Bosnia And Herzegovina

The Bosnian-born Ottoman commander who stopped Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte's ambition to establish an empire in the East was crushed in 1799 at the Siege of Acre by Ahmed Jazzar Pasha.

How Bosnia's Muslims helped build the Ottoman Empire's Hejaz Railway

Bosnian Muslims living outside the Ottoman Empire financially supported Sultan Abdulhamid II's ambitious Hejaz railway project.

Bosnian children choose to study Turkish language and culture

The Yunus Emre Institute (YEE), which is Turkey’s global cultural institute, works to promote the study of Turkish and foster intercultural understanding. TRT World went to check out some of the work the organisation is doing in Sarajevo.

In pictures: Srebrenica’s war mothers still grieve

The biggest massacre in Europe since World War Two, the Srebrenica genocide took place in July 1995 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbian soldiers rounded up unarmed Muslim men and killed them, leaving behind women and girls to mourn their immense loss.

Bosnia gets government 14 months after election

The European Union says the move "opens the way for renewed commitment of the political parties to allow for progress on the EU path of the country".

Five arrested over Bosnia genocide museums embezzlement

Jasmin Meskovic, who heads the Association of Detainees of Bosnia, was among those arrested, a spokeswoman from the prosecutors' office said.

The Bosnian Muslim scholar who saved the Sarajevo Hagaddah

This is the story of Dervis M Korkut, a scholar who helped save Jewish lives and preserve their heritage in Bosnia.

Looming winter poses a threat to migrants stuck in Bosnia

The EU has described Bosnian refugee camps as a humanitarian disaster where a lack of coordination and potentially illegal action from Croatia has left migrants in the lurch in Bosnia.

Migrants seeking a path to the EU face “Country of torture”

With Bosnia increasingly overwhelmed by migrants, the focus is turning to Croatia’s treatment of refugees and a potential new route for migrants opening in the Balkans.

Turkish director wins Heart of Sarajevo award

Emin Alper directed “A Tale of Three Sisters," a drama about three young girls taken from a poor village in central Anatolia and given to affluent foster families. The movie was one of 53 films competing for the Heart of Sarajevo award.

How Bosnia became a destination for Arabs over the last 100 years

First as Hajj surrogates and now as refugees - this is the tale of how the presence of Arabs in Bosnia has transformed over the years.

Bosnia's bid to form a new govt fails over divisions on NATO

A meeting between Bosnia's Muslim, Serb and Croat leaders ended without an agreement because the Bosnian Serb member of the presidency was against a package that would also include adopting a plan that would move Bosniacloser to NATO membership.