The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that lasted from 1992 to 1995, during which Bosniaks were ethnically cleansed. A Turkish doctor, who performed surgery on a 2-year-old Bosniak girl with deformities in her feet in the final years of the Bosnian War, was reunited with his former patient after 27 years.

After 27 years, a Turkish doctor who operated on a 2-year-old Bosniak child with foot deformity during the latter years of the Bosnian War was reunited with his former patient.

When Mustafa Can Kosay met Emsada Cago on June 9, 1995, he was a young doctor with a Turkish peacekeeping team stationed in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Cago remarked, “because of war, we had limited healthcare and little means for my treatment. Someone recommended us to see doctors at the Turkish garrison. There, we met Dr. Kosay and Ayse (now a retired colonel), who supported us in every way.”

After Dr. Kosay took her to a nearby hospital and operated on her, the little girl, who had previously suffered several unsuccessful surgery, was able to walk again.

“What I felt after recovery cannot be described… very emotional moments,” she expressed her thoughts.

Cago contacted the doctor over social media a few years later, and the two began chatting before agreeing to meet again.

“Now, she is a mother of two children. As a doctor, I am always happy to see my recovered patients, but meeting a patient after 27 years was a different experience altogether,” Dr. Kosay explained.

The Bosnia War (1992 – 1995)

Following Bosnia’s independence in 1992, Bosnian Serbs, with the support of Serbia’s president, Slobodan Milosevic, launched an ethnic cleansing campaign across the country.

The Orthodox Serbs were seeking vengeance for Ottoman Turkish Empire activities in the past, and they saw Bosnian Muslims as a remnant of the Ottoman Empire.

More than 100,000 people were killed during the Bosnian War, according to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), with Bosniaks accounting for at least 70% of those dead.

According to the United Nations Commission (UNHCR) on Human Rights, more than two million people became refugees as a result of the conflict.

After a definitive cease-fire was agreed in Dayton, Ohio, the Bosnian War came to an end. The Dayton Accords called for a federalized Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a Croat-Bosniak federation on 51 percent of the land and a Serb republic on 49 percent. In December 1995, the deal was finally signed.

DONATE

For Advert Inquiries
Tele/+234 7036309859
E-mail: themuslimvoiceng@gmail.com

For News/Article
E-mail: themuslimvoiceng@gmail.com