Prevention of Illegal Trafficking and Transfer of Cultural Properties in The Light of United Nations Conventions

Protection of cultural properties of which existence decreases every day is one of the most important issues causing global concern. Many important conventions have been drawn up as a result of the efforts led by United Nations in order to prevent the threats against these properties accepted as the common heritage of the mankind. The purpose of this study is to examine the criminal law provisions included in the leading ones of these internationally important conventions, to raise awareness and to contribute, even slightly, to the future works concerning this issue in our domestic law.