Hoxha Kadri | |
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Born | 1878 |
Died | |
Nationality | Ottoman, Albanian |
Other names | Kadri Lutfullah Prishtina |
Occupation(s) | Lawyer, politician, publisher |
Known for | Committee of Kosovo |
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Kadri Prishtina (1878–1925), better known as Hoxha Kadri, was an Albanian political figure of the early 1920s. [1]
Hoxha Kadriu was born in
Prishtina, in the
Kosovo Vilayet of the
Ottoman Empire. He took the first studies in his home town in
Turkish language, studying later in
Uskub school "Dar ul-Mualimin". He studied law and education in
Istanbul, first in the Private Pegagogical Schools "Darüttedris" and later in the "Fatih"
Medrese. On February 4, 1902 he joined the
Young Turks movement. In 1904 he was arrested by Ottoman authorities because of his refusals to point to the author of "Fitret ul-Islâm", a problematic and controversial essay on the
Islam religion, with
Syrja Bey Vlora as author. He spent four years in
Yedikule prison where he lost a leg due to
gangrene. After his released he was interned in
Tokat in north-eastern
Anatolia where he worked as a lawyer. With the
Young Turk Revolution of 1908 his persecution ended and he was sent in
Samsun by the
Black Sea to finish his studies. In 1911 he became professor of law, and was appointed in 1913 to work at the Bank of Istanbul, after that being expelled from Turkey.
[2]
During
World War I he was stationed in Shkodër, north-west Albanian town. He formed there an organization called "Komiteti i Fshehtë" (Secret Committee) with a nationalistic programme.
He was one of the founders of the
Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo, and was officially its leader for the time it operated based on
Shkodër. Prishtina would be also in charge of representing the Committee in meetings and keeping correspondence for foreign factors. His deputy was
Hysni Curri, and
Bedri Pejani served as Committee's secretary.
[3]
He was appointed Minister of Justice of the Albanian government coming out of the Congress of Lushnjë. In 1921 he was Deputy Chairman of the Albanian Parliament. In December 1921 he was again appointed Minister of Justice of the short-lived government of Hasan Prishtina.
Several schools and streets in Albania and Kosovo bear his name. [4][ better source needed] [5]
In 1921, Prishtina published in Shkodër the newspaper Udha e së Vërtetës (Road of the truth). The newspaper served the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo as well, after the Populli (The people) newspaper of Sali Nivica and Bedri Pejani was closed.
Ai, si hoxhë dhe si shqiptar me origjinë kosovare (Prishtinë), ka qënë i pazëvëndësueshëm për atë situatë. E ka përfaqësuar pranë të huajve me dinjitet Komitetin dhe i ka zbatuar me aftësi vendimet e tij. Memorandumet, protestat e panumurta, drejtuar Konferencës së Paqës dhe qeverive të huaja rreth të drejtave kombëtare e të Kosovës irredente, me anë të Kryqit të Kuq Amerikan, e pjesërisht me anë të kolonelit francez, të gjitha këto kanë dalë nga dora e Hoxhës dhe ishin të përkthyera në frëngjishte nga dora e Bedri Pejës.