Saturday, May 26, 2007

Turkey to finance a bridge in Bosnia - Turkish Daily News May 26, 2007

"Turkey to finance a bridge in Bosnia
Saturday, May 26, 2007

The Turkish government is to finance the restoration of the famous old bridge over the Drina River in the eastern Bosnia-Herzegovina town of Visegrad, reported earttimes.org Friday. Turkey will invest 5 million euros to reconstruct the Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Bridge, originally built by famous Ottoman architect Sinan on the 16th century whilst Bosnia-Herzegovina was still a part of the Ottoman Empire. "

Turkey to finance a bridge in Bosnia - Turkish Daily News May 26, 2007