Attacks on Serbs during the SerbianâOttoman Wars (1876â1878) | |
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Part of SerbianâOttoman Wars (1876â1878) | |
Location | Kosovo Vilayet |
Date | 1878 |
Target | Serbs |
Attack type | Murder, revenge killings |
Perpetrators | Muhaxhir, Albanian-Ottoman troops |
Motive | Serbophobia, expulsion of the Albanians, 1877-1878 |
The events of persecution against the Serbian population occurred in Ottoman Kosovo in 1878, as a consequence of the SerbianâOttoman Wars (1876â78). [1] Incoming Albanian refugees to Kosovo who were expelled by the Serbian army from the Sanjak of NiĆĄ were involved in revenge attacks and hostile to the local Serb population. [2] [3] [4] Albanian troops also participated in attacks, at the behest of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. [1]
During the SerbianâOttoman War of 1876â78, between 49,000 and 130,000 Albanians were expelled by the Serb army from the Sanjak of NiĆĄ and fled to the Kosovo Vilayet. [5] [6] [7] [8] [4] Within the context of the SerbianâOttoman Wars, the Sultan Abdul Hamid II unleashed his auxiliary troops consisting of Kosovar Albanians on the remaining Serbs before and after the Ottoman army's retreat in 1878. [9] Tensions in the form of revenge attacks arose by incoming Albanian refugees on local Kosovo Serbs that contributed to the beginnings of the ongoing Serbian-Albanian conflict in coming decades. [2] [3] [4]
Ottoman defeat to Serbia alongside new geopolitical circumstances post 1878 opposed by Albanian nationalists resulted in attitudes among them that eventually supported what today is known as " ethnic cleansing" that made part of the Kosovo Serb population to leave. [10]
Prior to the Balkan Wars (1912â13), Kosovo Serb community leader JanjiÄije PopoviÄ stated that the wars of 1876â1878 "tripled" the hatred of Turks and Albanians, especially that of the refugee population from the Sanjak of NiĆĄ toward Serbs by committing acts of violence against them. [4]
Attacks on Serbs during the SerbianâOttoman Wars (1876â1878) | |
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Part of SerbianâOttoman Wars (1876â1878) | |
Location | Kosovo Vilayet |
Date | 1878 |
Target | Serbs |
Attack type | Murder, revenge killings |
Perpetrators | Muhaxhir, Albanian-Ottoman troops |
Motive | Serbophobia, expulsion of the Albanians, 1877-1878 |
The events of persecution against the Serbian population occurred in Ottoman Kosovo in 1878, as a consequence of the SerbianâOttoman Wars (1876â78). [1] Incoming Albanian refugees to Kosovo who were expelled by the Serbian army from the Sanjak of NiĆĄ were involved in revenge attacks and hostile to the local Serb population. [2] [3] [4] Albanian troops also participated in attacks, at the behest of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. [1]
During the SerbianâOttoman War of 1876â78, between 49,000 and 130,000 Albanians were expelled by the Serb army from the Sanjak of NiĆĄ and fled to the Kosovo Vilayet. [5] [6] [7] [8] [4] Within the context of the SerbianâOttoman Wars, the Sultan Abdul Hamid II unleashed his auxiliary troops consisting of Kosovar Albanians on the remaining Serbs before and after the Ottoman army's retreat in 1878. [9] Tensions in the form of revenge attacks arose by incoming Albanian refugees on local Kosovo Serbs that contributed to the beginnings of the ongoing Serbian-Albanian conflict in coming decades. [2] [3] [4]
Ottoman defeat to Serbia alongside new geopolitical circumstances post 1878 opposed by Albanian nationalists resulted in attitudes among them that eventually supported what today is known as " ethnic cleansing" that made part of the Kosovo Serb population to leave. [10]
Prior to the Balkan Wars (1912â13), Kosovo Serb community leader JanjiÄije PopoviÄ stated that the wars of 1876â1878 "tripled" the hatred of Turks and Albanians, especially that of the refugee population from the Sanjak of NiĆĄ toward Serbs by committing acts of violence against them. [4]