Erdogan in Novi Pazar: This is my hometown

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Novi Pazar, where he stated that Turkey has special relations with the Sandžak region.

"Novi Pazar is my hometown. Your happiness is our happiness, your pain is our pain," Erdogan said.

A large number of Novopazar residents welcomed the two presidents.

Novi Pazar is decorated with billboards with Erdogan's image, flags of Serbia, Turkey and Bosnia, and two presidents will walk down the main street of that city today.

"We will protect our friendship," said Erdogan, who responded to the ovations of the people of Novopazar by shaking Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić's hand and raising it high.

He said that Sandžak, as he called the Raška region, is one of the most important bridges connecting Turkish citizens originating from Sandžak and the Bosniak minority in Serbia.

"This strong relationship has had a positive effect on the development of our bilateral relations," Erdogan said and recalled the song "when I look from the ramparts, I see a wonderful city...".

"Novi Pazar, my hometown, my favorite city, it is adorned by the Sopoćani monastery and the old fortress, and the most beautiful is the Altun-alem mosque," Erdogan noted.

We will work, he added, to increase the prosperity of Serbia and Novi Pazar as an important part of this country.

He pointed out that the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, is a true and sincere friend of Turkey and recalled that he was one of the first to support the institutions of Turkey on the night when a coup was attempted in that country.

"My friend Vučić and I have common opinions, and our brothers here showed that we have a special place here, as they showed it to the whole world on that difficult night of July 15," Erdogan said.

"I know that I will not be greeted half as well as the president of Turkey, but I have enough courage and a clear conscience to be able to come before you and tell you that I have worked and will work in the best interest of you and every citizen of Serbia," said Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. to the citizens of Novi Pazar in a joint address with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"I have enough courage and a clear conscience to tell you that I worked and am working in your best interest and the interest of every citizen of Serbia," said President Vučić.

The wish, he says, is for this area to be connected to Belgrade, Sarajevo and Podgorica.

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