A student at the Faculty of Philosophy was successful at the event sponsored by the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Sarajevo

On March 12, 2019, a ceremony was held in the Center for Culture and Art of the Yunus Emre Institute in Sarajevo in memory of Mehmet Akif Ersoy, the author of the national anthem of the Republic of Turkey, which was officially adopted by the Turkish National Assembly on March 12, 1921. This manifestation is organized under the auspices of the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Sarajevo, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Turkey and the Yunus Emre Institute.

Lejla Hodžić, a third-year student at the Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zenica, also participated in the event. Namely, Lejla Hodžić presented her literary work under the title Milletin Sesi Mehmet Akif (Mehmet Akıf the voice of the people).

Student Lejla Hodžić was sent sincere congratulations by the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey in Bosnia and Herzegovina Haldun Koç, the attaché for education of the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Sarajevo Vasi Ete and the director of the Yunus Emre Institute Sarajevo Mehmet Akif Yaman, presenting her with a tablet as a reward for her success in the literary competition organized within this manifestations. We also join in the congratulations with the desire to achieve even better results in the future.