Fatih Sultan Mehmet Barracks

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Operation Althea Mehmet The Conqueror Barracks, 2005

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Barracks is the headquarters and barracks of the Turkish Armed Forces battalion in Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina under EUFOR (European Union Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina).[1][2][3][4][5]

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It was named after the Ottoman sultan Mehmet II, the conqueror of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[6]

The command, which used the Zenica Steel Factory building as its headquarters, moved to its new building on 16 June 2005.[7][8]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bosnia Turkey" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Would Turkey intervene militarily in Bosnia-Herzegovina? "A main obstacle is Russia"". B92.net. 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  3. ^ "turkeys-overseas-military-bases".
  4. ^ "To prevent a second Bosnian genocide, Turkey may finally militarily intervene". Middle East Monitor. 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  5. ^ "European Union Force in BiH - Turkish Company reached Full Operational Capability". euforbih.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  6. ^ "EUFOR Fact Sheet – Countries of EUFOR". EUFOR. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  7. ^ "EUFOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Military Operation ALTHEA | EEAS". www.eeas.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  8. ^ "European Union Force in BiH - Turkish Company reached Full Operational Capability". www.euforbih.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  9. ^ "Peace Support Operation".
  10. ^ "EUFOR Combined Training Activity 2023/07".