Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag is to visit Bulgaria from August 6 to August 8 on the occasion of major Muslim religious holiday Eid ul-Fitr (Ramazan Bayram).
Bekir Bozdag will arrive in Bulgaria through the border checkpoint Derekjoi – Malko Tarnovo and he is expected to visit the village of Ljulakovo in the Burgas district, the towns of Shumen and Silistra in northeastern Bulgaria, Pleven, Ruse and Plovdiv in south Bulgaria.
He is also expected to visit the Bulgarian towns of Kardzhali and Momchilgrad, populated with larger Muslim communities.
Each year, as a tradition, the Turkish Deputy PM visits ethnic Turkish communities during the days of Ramazan Bayram.