On 28th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide, a Bosniak recalls survivors' stories that reveal gut-wrenching details of the massacre of more than 8,000 Muslims and the numbing atrocities on women and children
The war caused the death of over 100,000 people, at least 70 percent being Bosniaks / Photo: AA.
The war also displaced more than two million civilians, and hundreds of thousands of Bosnian Muslims poured into Türkiye, and Istanbul set up refugee camps. Bahadir found her calling to use her professional expertise as a tool to help her fellow Bosniaks and war survivors cope with their trauma.The Turkish Red Crescent and other humanitarian organisations also played a pivotal role in helping 350,000-odd refugees who found safe haven in several provinces of Türkiye.
Bahadir recalls Halida Izetbegovic telling her about Alija Izetbegovic’s impassioned words over the telephone when he called her: “Tell them, so we are understood.” The girl – whose identity was undisclosed to protect her privacy – was hidden by her family in a barrel when the Serb troops barged into their house. Her father, grandfather, and other male members of the family were taken out of the house and never seen again.
“We are not in pain. Those who have gone became martyrs. Allah is hosting them. Those who remain alive are in Türkiye’s motherly embrace and safe,” Bahadir quotes Nena as saying.
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