The volume “Balkan Wars” fails at documenting crimes against Albanians
The “Joint History Project”: A five-part critique on the (mis)representation of Albanians in alternative history books.
In an excerpt from the memoirs of Turkish politician Riza Nur, Albanians are blamed for the defeat of Ottoman forces, as according to him, they were deceived by the Serbs, paid by the Greeks, and they had deserted and surrendered.
It would be useful to bring excerpts from articles written by the Serbian Social-Democrat Dimitrije Tucović, one of which says, “we committed a premeditated murder attempt on an entire nation.”
Shkëlzen Gashi
Shkëlzen Gashi studied Political Sciences at the University of Prishtina and Democracy and Human Rights on the joint study programme of the Universities of Bologna and Sarajevo for his Master’s degree. He is author of many publications (books and articles). In 2010 he published the unauthorized biography of Adem Demaçi (available in English), who had spent 28 years in Yugoslav prisons. Recently, he has published many articles about the presentation of the history of Kosovo in the history schoolbooks in Kosovo, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. Also, he is writing a biography on Ibrahim Rugova, the leader of the Albanians in Kosovo from 1989–2006.
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