During the stay of representatives of the Bosnian diaspora from 11 countries in Izmir, on the occasion of the 17th World Diaspora Futsal Championship and the meeting of the Main Committee
SSD BiH took the opportunity to visit the grave of Ahmet Kemal Baysak, the first Honorary Consul of BiH and Ambassador of SSD BiH.He was honored with the recitation of Fatiha and a minute of silence.
Ahmet Kemal Baysak, Honorary Consul General of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Turkey and Honorary Ambassador of the World Federation of the Diaspora of Bosnia and Herzegovina, died last year in Izmir at the age of 88 due to the consequences of Covid-19.
He was a businessman and held a number of important public positions. Baysak was originally from Herzegovina. His family migrated to Turkey after the Berlin Congress in 1878, and he was the fourth generation of the Grebo family.
He initiated numerous activities with the aim of helping Bosnia and Herzegovina, and he did so through the Bosnian Federation in Turkey, SSDBiH and many other associations that connected Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was declared an honorary citizen of Sarajevo, Bihać and Goražde.
We had the honor of hosting Mr. Ahmet Kemal Baysak at the Bosnian House in Birmingham.
This great loss of our dear Kemal Bey is a great blow and an irreparable loss for his family as well as for the entire Bosnia and Herzegovina and its diaspora.
Also, before the start of the draw for the group competition of the BiH Diaspora Futsal Championship, we remembered and paid tribute to the following people: Ivica Osim, Ahmet Kemal Baysak, Edvin Hodžić, Hamdija Malić and Jovan Divjak.
Delegation On this occasion, SSD BIH had the honor to meet his son Atila, and at the same time exchange only positive experiences and wonderful moments spent with the late Ahmet Kemal.
