A prison inmate of Bosnia-Herzegovina's first president Aliya Izetbegovic and the writer of the national anthem of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cemalettin Latic on Friday visited Anadolu Agency (AA) Chairman of the Board and Director General Kemal Ozturk in Ankara.
Having arrived in Ankara to perform the "Srebrenicki Inferno" oratorio, known as the "Srebrenica Hell" in Turkey and one that was composed to remember those Bosnians killed by the Serbians in July 1995 in Srebrenica, Latic was greeted by Kemal Ozturk at the stairs of the AA.
Cemalettin Latic arrived at the AA with his daughter Nafisa Latic and they spoke with Ozturk for a while.
Cemalettin Latic invited Kemal Ozturk to the "Srebrenica Hell" program to be held at the MEB Sura Auditorium in Ankara on Friday evening and said they expected high level Turkish officials to attend the program which will take place with the contributions of the Turkish Presidential Symphony Orchestra and Zenica Youth Ensemble.
Describing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a close friend, Cemalettin Latic indicated that the oratorio's printed Turkish version was presented to Erdogan.
The writer of the oratorio, Latic stressed that he, along with the oratorio's composer Celo Yusic, hoped to inform the Turkish people better with their work about the Srebrenica genocide.
"Tonight's oratorio would be our first one out of Bosnia-Herzegovina," Latic noted.
"My tears carry meaning against the West's 'civilizing'. They permitted genocide take place against Muslim Europeans. At the end of the oratorio, there is an important dialogue between a Muslim and a nun. While music will be at the forefront of our work tonight, I want my Turkish brethren to receive my message through a poem," Latic said.
Latic, who also wrote the script for a film on the Serbians' massacre of Bosnians, said that they attached high importance to the project.
"We continue to work so that the genocide which took place in the middle of Europe gets carried to future generations. We expect Turkish authorities to help us in this regard," Latic emphasized.
"I sent the film's script to Prime Minister Erdogan on Thursday. After completing and reading the script, I loved it. We, of course, want to make our own 'Schindler's List' along with our Turkish brethren," Latic stated.
"I worked hard for the film's script. The Serbians want to shoot a film on concentration camps of Croatians in which Serbians and Jews were killed. However, as a nation, we have nothing to do with the concentration camps. However, we have to fight against the dream of a 'Greater Serbia'. This is only the first version of the script. I believe that, if we can be in solidarity with Turkish script writers and directors, we can make our own 'Schindler's List'," Latic indicated.
Latic said that he tried to get in touch with Turkish script writers but has not received any response yet.
