ANKARA
Europe's first mayor wearing headscarf Amra Babich said she was proud to show the success of a Muslim woman.
Babich, mayor of Visoko city in Bosnia-Herzegovina, told AA on Tuesday that she was proud of being elected a headscarved woman mayor.
It is giving me honor to show what a Muslim woman is capable of doing, she said.
I'm trying to show that a Muslim woman could be successful in life while fulfilling religious practices too, said Babich.
Babich, who visited Turkey for the first time after being elected as mayor, said that Muslim women, who were exerting efforts to be successful in life, deserved world's respect.
Noting that she was an example for other headscarved women, Babich expressed belief that examples like her would increase.
She said that participation of women in administrations was very important, adding that there were many successful headscarved women in Bosnia.
Babich said that she paid a visit to Turkey in order to show that Visoko municipality's doors were open to Turkish entrepreneurs.
Babich got 29,39 of votes in Visoko municipality elections which she ran as a candidate of Democratic Movement Party (SDA) that was founded by former president Alija Izzetbegovich. SDA has won the local elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina taking 34 municipalities out of 125.
