Muamer Zukorlić

The head of the Workers' Party of Turkey, the child of Bosniak immigrants from Sandzak, has generated a stir in Turkish politics - which he hopes will translate into seats in the May elections.

Votes for the party increased by 15 per cent and the SPP secured three seats in the Serbian parliament. But despite this success, questions about Muamer Zukorlic's death overshadowed its victory in Sandzak.

Muamer Zukorlic's coffin being carried to his grave. Photo: Muamer Zukorlic/Facebook

"As part of the investigation, a statement was taken from Usame Zukorlic [son of Muamer Zukorlic], and then an order was given to exhume the body of the late Muamer Zukorlic, with which the family agreed," the prosecutor's office told Radio Sto Plus on Thursday.

The sudden death of Bosniak strongman Muamer Zukorlic has shocked the mainly Muslim region, which straddles Serbia and Montenegro, and where he left a unique mark.

In mid-December, a group of men, some of them armed, set up a roadblock at a construction site in the southern Serbian town of Novi Pazar, where an Islamic centre was being built by the Islamic Community of Serbia.

The electoral list of Sulejman Ugljanin, president of the Party of Democratic Action, has defeated Belgrade's preferred candidate, Muamer Zukorlic - but has had to enter a coalition in order to keep its grasp over the Bosniak National Council, BNV.

The Serbian authorities have put MP Muamer Zukorlic under police protection after he received several threats from Islamists on social networks, the Bosniak party leader said on Tuesday. 

Turkey has set aside around 500 million euros to finance infrastructure projects in Serbia. Currently, "a model for this funding is being sought," Tanjug reported on Friday.

Photo: O. Bunic

Consultations about the forming and the composition of Serbia's next government are now in the final phase, state broadcaster RTS reported on Thursday.

According to the report, a majority of 156 members of the Serbian National Assembly ("people's deputies") has been secured to vote Ana Brnabic's cabinet in.

NOVI PAZAR - The speech by Sulejman Ugljanin, leader of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) of Sandzak and chairman of the Bosniak National Council (BNV), in which he called Serbia "a chauvinistic country", claiming that it is carrying out violence and discrimination against Bosniaks, has been met with strong condemnation from officials and certain political parties, primarily other parties br