Palestinian family gives Ottoman treasure to Turkish ambassador
After having kept it for 104 years, a Palestinian family handed over to the Turkish ambassador to the Palestinian territories a pouch containing the Turkish and Palestinian flags and old banknotes left by an Ottoman officer who was going to World War I.
In 1917, in the city of Nablus in Palestine, before leaving for World War I, an officer in the Ottoman army gave a Palestinian family a small bag containing the Turkish and Palestinian flags and a piece of cloth wrapping some old banknotes of various denominations.
On Nov. 4, after having kept the pouch for all these years, the family handed it over to the Turkish counsel in Jerusalem, Ahmet R. Demirer, during a ceremony held at the headquarters of Nablus Governorate.
The ceremony was also attended by Nablus Governor Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Ramadan, the city Mayor Iyad Khalaf, and several members of the al-Aloul family that had held the treasured possession.
The Turkish ambassador thanked the Aloul family for faithfully keeping the pouch and expressed his happiness for visiting the city of Nablus and participating in the event.
