800-year-old Hebrew book seized in Turkey

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey

An 800-year-old book written in Hebrew was seized in southeastern Turkey, local officials said on Thursday.

The Turkish gendarme’s anti-smuggling teams caught four people red-handed trying to sell the medieval tome, said the Diyarbakir Governorship in a statement.

Adorned with religious illustrations, the book consists of some 22 pages of leather, the statement added.

The medieval book was put under state protection, it said.

Writing by Handan Kazanci