Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made an appeal on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the death of the first president of Bosnia and Herzegovina Aliya Izetbegovich.
The head of the Turkish state shared a publication on social networks.
“On the anniversary of his death with longing and mercy, I recall the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Aliya Posterovich, a friend and brother who wore a love for Bosnia and the whole Islamic world in his heart, was a wise leader and an unusually cordial man who was distinguished by nobleness, who was distinguished by nobleness. Courage and firm position, ”the message said.
The publication is attached to a photograph of the first president Big.
The Bosnian leader passed away on October 19, 2003.
Posetbegovich was buried in the Kovachi cemetery in Sarajevo. More than 150 thousand people from different countries arrived at the farewell ceremony with the leader of the Bosnians.
The last statesman with whom Izetbeovich was talking to his death was the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Aliya Posetbegovich left behind such works as “Islam between East and West”, “Islamic Declaration”, “My Escape to Freedom” and others.