With the political collapse of the medieval Bosnian state, Soko together with neighboring Srebrenik fell in Hungarian hands, and it was part of the so-called Srebrenik banate until 1520, as a military frontier that protected Hungarian territory from the Ottoman invasion from Bosnia. After the Ottomans suddenly managed to conquer Srebrenik, the crew of Soko retreated, and set the town on fire.
“But the Ottomans restored it, and placed their own crew in it. Since then until the first half of the 19th century, Soko was a military fortress, and its importance was especially expressed at the time of the Ottoman-Habsburg wars in the late 17th and early 18th century,” said historian Edin Sakovic. At the end of the 19th century, it was mentioned as a “well-preserved ruin”, worth visiting of the tourists, but during World War II it served to village units to resist the attackers – partisan units that operated on the wider area of Gracanica.
Soko is included in the category of most endangered cultural heritage in our country, which requires restoration and conservation measures, according to historian Edin Sakovic.
(Source: A. Dedic/Faktor.ba)