The cultural and educational activity of „Gajret“ in Tuzla District during the Austro-Hungarian period

Abstract

„Gajret“ made a significant step forward in the field of educational and cultural development of the Bosniak population in Tuzla and its surroundings during the AustroHungarian period. Namely, in contrast to the reading rooms, singing and other associations, which operated locally, the importance of „Gajret“, among other things, reflected in the fact that it was out of the local frame and operated at the level of the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Therefore the results of its action on cultural field were extremely important and large.