- Hakija Turajlić
Infobox Person
name = Hakija Turajlić
caption = Hakija Turajlić
birth_date = 1937
birth_place =Čapljina ,Kingdom of Yugoslavia
dead=dead
death_date = death date|1993|1|8|mf=y
death_place =Sarajevo ,Bosnia and Herzegovina |Hakija Turajlić (
1937 -January 8 ,1993 ) was a Bosnian politician and businessman who served as the deputy Prime Minister ofBosnia and Herzegovina until he wasmurder ed in 1993. [ [http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DM/lib00377,0ED3D368B994AE8D.html Bosnian official's slaying shatters Muslim trust in UN protection.]Dallas Morning News ,February 10 ,1993 .]Prior to the start of the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turajlić was the director of the multifaceted Bosnian company
Energoinvest and as such secured large sums of money for the defense of the country.Murder
On
January 8 ,1993 Hakija Turajlić went toSarajevo International Airport to greetOrhan Sefa Kilercioğlu who accompanied an aid shipment fromTurkey . In order to return toSarajevo he had to pass through Serb controlled territory for whichUNPROFOR was supposed to provide protection. The UN convoy which was taking Turajlić to Sarajevo was stopped bySerb soldiers at a roadblock a few kilometers from the airport. After a 90 minute standoff a FrenchUNPROFOR officer opened the door to thearmoured personnel carrier in which Turajlić was sitting and a Serb soldier opened fire with anAK-47 . Turajlić was hit with 7-8 rounds. His murder strained relations between the Bosnian government and UNPROFOR and was also the reason that peace talks inGeneva were cancelled. The UN and the Serbs both refused to cooperate with the Bosnian government investigation and help find the killer. A Bosnian Serb soldier, Goran Vasic, was eventually charged with Turajlić's murder but ultimately acquitted of that charge in 2002. [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/98024384.html?dids=98024384:98024384&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=Jan+4%2C+2002&author=&desc=WORLD%3B+In+Brief WORLD; In Brief.]Washington Post ,January 4 ,2002 . Quote:"A Sarajevo court has convicted a Bosnian Serb soldier of committing war crimes against prisoners but acquitted him of killing the country's deputy prime minister. Goran Vasic was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison, local media reported. He was convicted on charges of beating prisoners at the Medjarici camp in Sarajevo during the country's 1992-1995 war. The court said it lacked evidence to convict him of killing Hakija Turajlic, the deputy prime minister of Bosnia in 1992."]Honors
A street in the
Dobrinja section of Sarajevo is named in his honor.References
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