Turkey keeps alive the memories of such figures in Hungarian history as Lajos Kossuth or Ferenc Rákóczi, who, as exiles, spent decades and died in Turkey, while Hungary does the same for Gül Baba, a Turkish dervish that died in Buda in 1541 and whose tomb has become a revered site, Varga said after the two governments signed an accord aimed for reconstructing the Gül Baba monument.

Hungary is financing the revamp of the park surrounding the shrine while Turkey will take care of the reconstruction of the building and its immediate vicinity.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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