Macedonian and Albanian cooperation

[Carlin]

Not much cooperation here

URL:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128459606?searchTerm=Macedonians&searchLimits=l-illustrated%3Dtrue

The British colonial Press of 1903 - Reporter regarded massacre of Jews (pogrom) in Tsarist Russia on par with Albanian atrocities against Macedonians.

The World's News (Sydney, Australia) Saturday 4 July 1903, page 21.

"Kishineff looks like a city that had been invaded by a furious enemy. The houses half destroyed, people with bandaged heads, with broken arms & legs-does all this not remind one of a Macedonian settlement or a Slavonic town, invaded by Albanians or Bashi-Bazouks?"

[Liberator of Makedonija]

The Central National Committee for the Autonomy of Macedonia and Albania was said to have been formed in London and involved Dimitrija Čupovski.

According to the website "Virtual Macedonia", this committee developed from the "Macedonian Brotherhood" in Athens in 1893

[Liberator of Makedonija]

In a letter addressed to the Bitola Revolutionary Region by Todor Aleksandrov from 15th May 1922, he asks Macedonian komiti to collaborate with Albanian komiti and to establish relations with the "Albanian committee"

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Tirana, 20 December 1921: The 'Tirana Protocol'

A meeting held in Tirana was attended by Aleksandar Protogerov of VMRO(A), Dr. Filip Atanasov of the Macedonian Federal Revolutionary Organisation and two representatives of the Albanian Revolutionary Committee: Rexhep Mitrovica and Professor Bedri Pejani. Some of the agreements that were reached:

. To work for the liberation of Macedonia and its establishment as an independent state, organised adminstratively in the same vein as Switzerland (as a federal republic)
. Macedonia's northern border would be extended just north of Kačanik in Kosovo
. Macedonia's western border would remain the same [excluding Mala Prespa, Golo Brdo & Gora] and the right to self-determination would be granted to the city of Debar
. Joint assistance in crossing the border into Aegean Macedonia
. The creation of a base in Albania to coordinate with already established bases in Bulgaria to launch joint incursions into Vardar Macedonia

The protocol was signed with the goal of "commencing joint revolutionary activity in western Macedonia" and "establishing Macedonia as an autonomous and independent state"

[All taken from Zoran Todorovski's biography on Todor Aleksandrov]

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Just prior to the First Balkan War, members of the VMRO Central Committee travelled to Cetinje, Montenegro to meet with Albanian revolutionaries and discuss collaboration. During the wars the Central Committee adopted a resolution to establish contact with "the Albanian and Turkish revolutionary committees for joint action against the Serbs and Greeks". It was these contacts that drew Albanian support to the Ohrid-Debar Uprising.

[Karposh]

Whatever token gestures there may have been on their part, they pale in comparison to what their kin, the opportunistic Bashibazouk, did to Macedonian non-combatants, after the Turkish army had just destroyed a Christian village or town.

[Soldier of Macedon]

This is an interesting topic, but I wouldn't expect to find too many meaningful examples, because even if there were some Albanians who (opportunistically or otherwise) collaborated with Macedonian freedom-fighters during the late Ottoman era, they are but an anecdote when compared to the thousands of Albanian Muslims who supported the Ottoman oppression of Macedonian Christians. While they were able to maintain their privileged positions over the tormented Macedonian villages, they were happy to see the perpetuation of that horrific system. When they saw the Ottoman Empire start to crumble, some of them began to act against the Porte, but many of them remained faithful to the centuries-old occupation until the end.

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Good find Carlin

[Carlin]

There appears to be a documentary on this topic.

Here is part 1, THE COOPERATION OF MACEDONIANS AND ALBANIANS FROM 1850 TO 1940:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJa9ECGqHvM

And here is part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu5NEFHgUSw

It's in Macedonian, no English subtitles. I just came across this so I haven't had the opportunity to watch it yet.

[Liberator of Makedonija]

The Albanian-Macedonian Revolutionary League was formed in 1887, with Isaija Mažovski as a member.

[Carlin]

Translation?

More or less the same as google translation from Bulgarian, which Amphipolis provided.


tchaiku / Albo, can you please provide a brief translation summary of the following (it's in Albanian):

http://www.shipkovica.com/Vlerakombetare/Albanomaqedonia.htm

[Liberator of Makedonija]

It ultimately seems to come from and is cited from here:

http://www.proiectavdhela.ro/publicatii/maria_pariza_presa_aromana_in_date.pdf

Translation?

[Carlin]

It ultimately seems to come from and is cited from here:

http://www.proiectavdhela.ro/publicatii/maria_pariza_presa_aromana_in_date.pdf

[Amphipolis]

https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F

[Liberator of Makedonija]

This is google translation from Bulgarian

Albano-Macedonia (in Greek : Albanian-Macedonia ) or Albano-Macedonian is a daily newspaper published in Bucharest in 1893-1894 in 2 identical versions in Romanian and Greek.

The newspaper was published by Steflu al-Damchiu Makedon and published unsigned texts. Only one copy was kept on January 25, 1894, the text of which was taken for the first edition. The logo is "Brotherhood, Freedom", symbolizing solidarity between Albanians and Aromanians . The newspaper is about liberation and independence in Albania. The main idea of the newspaper is the liberation of Albanians and Vlachs. The newspaper is confiscated.

And what was the source you translated it from?