Mustafa Cerić , the president of the Islamic community of Bosnia and Herzegovina , stated : " Turkey is our mother , so it was , so it will remain . " On 11 July 2012 , while visiting commemoration of Srebrenica massacre in Srebrenica , Turkish prime minister , Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , stated that Alija Izetbegović told him while he visited him in hospital that he left him " Bosnia and Herzegovina as a testament " and that " Bosnia and Herzegovina is an inheritance of the Ottomans " . In recent years Turkish influence amongst the Bosniak politicians is growing . Erdogan is known for his effort in conciliation of two major Bosniak political parties , the Party of Democratic Action and the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina , the latter is '' de iure '' a multi-ethnic party
Srebrenica massacre
Srebrenica massacre
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Turkey relations