People wait for the arrival of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic, in Novi Pazar, Serbia, October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
NOVI PAZAR, Serbia (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan received a rapturous welcome on Wednesday during a visit to the Serbian town of Novi Pazar, capital of the Muslim majority Sandzak region that has seen mass emigration to Turkey since the violent breakup of Yugoslavia.
Erdogan, on a two-day visit to Serbia, hopes to boost Turkey's economic and cultural influence in the Balkan region, which was part of the Ottoman empire for centuries, at a time of increased tensions with the European Union and United States.
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