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He studied politics and law in [[Istanbul]]. Born as member of Siskovic clan<ref>{{cite book|last=Vickers|first=Miranda|title=Between Serb and Albanian : a history of Kosovo|year=1998|publisher=Columbia University Press|location=New York|isbn=9780231113830|url=http://books.google.rs/books?ei=FvGFT_nMG5DGtAaeyMy3Bg&hl=sr&id=S41pAAAAMAAJ&dq=hasan+pristina+siskovic&q=%22Led+by+Hasan+Pristina+%281873-1933%29%2C+23+who+came+from+the+powerful+Siskovic+clan+in+Vucitrn%2C+this+was+by+far+the+best+organised+and+most+effective+Albanian+revolt+against+the+Ottoman+authorities+since+the+formation+of+the+Prizren+League.%22|author=Miranda Vickers|accessdate=11 April 2012|page=73|quote=Hasan Pristina (1873-1933), 23 who came from the powerful Siskovic clan in Vucitrn,}}</ref> he changed his last name into Prishtina when elected a parliament member of the Ottoman National Parliament in Istanbul during the [[Second Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire)|Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="Malcolm1998">{{cite book|last=Malcolm|first=Noel|title=Kosovo: a short history|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GGQ_AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Hasan+Prishtina%22+%2B+%22Berisha%22&dq=%22Hasan+Prishtina%22+%2B+%22Berisha%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0jCGT-mQGYmJ4gTCvKSHCA&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBQ|accessdate=12 April 2012|year=1998|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9780333666128|page=245}}</ref> |
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After the Ottoman Government did not keep their promises for more rights and independence to the [[Albania]] nation, Hasan Prishtina and several other prominent Albanian intellectuals started organizing the Albanian National Movement. He together with [[Isa Boletini]] and [[Bajram Curri]] took the responsibility to start the Albanian National Movement in Kosovo. |
After the Ottoman Government did not keep their promises for more rights and independence to the [[Albania]] nation, Hasan Prishtina and several other prominent Albanian intellectuals started organizing the Albanian National Movement. He together with [[Isa Boletini]] and [[Bajram Curri]] took the responsibility to start the Albanian National Movement in Kosovo. |
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Hasan Prishtina | |
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| 8th Prime Minister of Albania | |
| In office 7 December 1921 – 12 December 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Qazim Koculi |
| Succeeded by | Idhomene Kosturi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1873 Vıçıtırın (now Vučitrn), then Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1933 Thessaloniki, Greece |
Hasan Prishtina (born 1873 in Vıçıtırın (now Vučitrn),[1] Kosovo Province, Ottoman Empire – died 1933 in Thessaloniki, Greece) born Hasan Berisha was an Albanian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Albania in December 1921. [2]
Biography
He studied politics and law in Istanbul. Born as member of Siskovic clan[3] he changed his last name into Prishtina when elected a parliament member of the Ottoman National Parliament in Istanbul during the Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire.[2]
After the Ottoman Government did not keep their promises for more rights and independence to the Albania nation, Hasan Prishtina and several other prominent Albanian intellectuals started organizing the Albanian National Movement. He together with Isa Boletini and Bajram Curri took the responsibility to start the Albanian National Movement in Kosovo.
He was elected a Minister in the Albanian government of Ismail Qemali in 1913.
In 1918, Hasan Prishtina, Kadri Prishtina (Hoxhë Kadriu), Bajram Curri and many others created the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo and had their representatives in Rome and Albania.[4]
Hasan Prishtina was in charge of the delegation of the Committee in December 1919 which represented Albanians for the protection of their rights in the Paris Peace Conference, where he requested the re-unification of Kosovo and Albania.
He was one of the main organizers of the Congress of Lushnjë in 1920.
Later in 1921 he was elected as the Prime Minister of the Albanian government, but resigned due to disagreements he had with Ahmet Zogu, who was a Minister of Interior at that time. After that he remained just a member of the parliament.
After the establishment of good relations with the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes of 1922 and Ahmet Zogu's government, Hasan Prishtina and many other leaders from Kosovo were persecuted. There are claims that Ahmet Zogu even authorized the Serbian troops to search for him in Albania's territory. [citation needed]
In the end of February 1923, Hasan Prishtina and Bajram Curri organized an uprisal of Albanians in Kosovo, against the Serbian troops installed there. This uprisal was crushed. No assistance was provided by Ahmet Zogu.
After this uprisal, several persecutions of Albanians in Kosovo followed.
Hasan Prishtina is known to have been very rich, and sold almost all his property to finance the education of Albanians from Kosovo in universities around Europe, and for the armed resistance, during all his life.
He was imprisoned by Belgrade for a period, was released in 1931, and was killed in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1933. His mansion in the city is currently used as Thessaloniki's school for children with visual impairment.
Legacy
Hasan Prishtina is commemorated in Kosovo and Albania. In 1993, when a meeting commemorating the 60th anniversary of his death was convened in Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbian police raided the place and showed machine guns to the participants. Out of 80 participants, 37 were arrested and the rest were beaten for 5 to 15 minutes by police.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Dérens, Jean-Arnault (2006). Kosovo, année zéro. Harvard College Library: Paris Paris-Méditerranée 2006. p. 365. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ a b Malcolm, Noel (1998). Kosovo: a short history. Macmillan. p. 245. ISBN 9780333666128. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ^ Vickers, Miranda (1998). Between Serb and Albanian : a history of Kosovo. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 73. ISBN 9780231113830. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
Hasan Pristina (1873-1933), 23 who came from the powerful Siskovic clan in Vucitrn,
{{cite book}}: More than one of|author=and|last=specified (help) - ^ Bradt Travel Guide Kosovo. Bradt Travel Guides. 2007. p. 14. ISBN 101841621994. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: length (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Human Rights Watch/Helsinki (Organization : U.S.) (1993). Open wounds: human rights abuses in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. pp. 57–60. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
Further reading
- O.S. Pearson, Albania and King Zog, I.B. Tauris. 2005 (ISBN 1-84511-013-7).
