Dealer
Ahmet Kadir Dinç
fl. 1975–1990 · Cyprus
Cypriot dealer, active 1975–1990. Dealt at Nicosia (Lefkoşa). Worked with Aydın Dikmen.
Life and work
- c. 1989Reported to have been in prison in England in the late 1980s for smuggling, 'not for smuggling antiquities' (an unnamed official quoted by Hofstadter).
EnglandHofstadter 1994, p. 206
- 1989NamedHofstadter's informants name him among men who stripped Cypriot churches (with Hasan Harman, Mustafa Avçibaşı, Kemal Köse) and call him the biggest smuggler on the Turkish Cypriot side; no conviction for antiquities is reported. His separate prison term is for smuggling that Hofstadter's informant says was not antiquities.
Connections
3 peopleColleagues & contacts
- Worked with Aydın Dikmen
- Connected with Aydın Dikmendisputed
- Worked with Hasan Harmanpossibly
- Worked with Kemal Kösepossibly
Sources
- 1.Dan Hofstadter (1994). Goldberg's Angel: An Adventure in the Antiquities Trade.