Sali Nivitsa ( Alb. Sali Nivica / Sali Nivitza ; May 15, 1890 , Regin - January 10, 1920 ) - Albanian politician, nationalist, journalist and teacher.
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Biography
Sali Nivitsa was born in the village of Regin , in southern Ottoman Albania , in the present Tepelena . He went to school in Manastir (1904-1907), where Albanian nationalist Bayo Topuli had a strong influence on him. Then Nivitsa moved to Ioannina , where he studied at the Greek language school Zosima (1907-1909). Then he went to Durres , where he taught for a short time (1909-1910). He became increasingly addicted to the Albanian national movement. In the years 1911-1912 Nivitsa participated in anti-Ottoman activities and uprisings in southern Albania. For this, he was arrested and detained in Istanbul . However, Nivitsa was soon released thanks to the intervention of Ismail Kemali and managed to become a teacher of the Albanian language at Robert College in Istanbul [1] .
Nivitsa returned to Albania after gaining its independence and, together with Mustafa Hilmi Leskovik (1887-1915), also known as Mucho Kuli, financed the newspaper Narod ( Alb. Populli ) in Vlore (1914). Soon he moved to Shkodra, where he met the end of the First World War [1] .
Prior to her death, Nivitsa was a member of the National Literary Organization and the Kosovo National Defense Committee [2] . He became editor-in-chief of the Albanian patriotic newspaper Narod in early 1919. It was published in Shkodra and openly supported the Kosovo National Defense Committee. Its first issue was released on January 18, 1919 with the slogan “For the Glory of the Nation” ( Alb. Për lavdinë e Atdheut ). She promoted Albanian ethnic unity, the Albanian national affair, and called for the liberation of Kosovo from the Serbs [1] .
His nationalist activities were annoying in neighboring countries, especially Italy, which kept most of Albania under a protectorate. He was killed in Shkoder by a criminal, Kolya Ashiku, allegedly commissioned by the Italian consulate. [1] Politician Seyfi Vlamasi provided details of his murder. Nivitsa and Ashiku quarreled during the negotiations on the rental of the store. Ashiku said that he wants to solve everything on the eve . His brother Andon, a Catholic priest, warned Husni Zurri , leader of the Kosovo National Defense Committee, about Ashiku’s serious intentions. But Tsurri and Nivits neglected these warnings. Despite the fact that Tsurri put a guard at Nyvitsa, Ashik managed to catch him alone in the city lane and fired twice. Nivitsa managed to answer with four shots in the direction of Ashiku, who ran away and hid in the Italian consulate. Nivitsa died later in the hospital. Although there were rumors that Ashiku was directly connected with the Italians, Vlamasi calls the incident “an ordinary murder that caused great political damage” [3] .
On the day of his funeral, which was attended by a large number of people, all the shops of the city were closed in honor of him [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Robert Elsie. A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History . - IB Tauris. - P. 332. - ISBN 978-1780764313 .
- ↑ Michael Schmidt-Neke. Enstehung und Ausbau der Königsdiktatur in Albanien, 1912-1939 . - Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1987. - P. 50–. - ISBN 978-3-486-54321-6 .
- ↑ 1 2 Sejfi Vllamasi (2000), "V" , in Marenglen Verli, Ballafaqime politike në Shqipëri (1897-1942): kujtime dhe vlerësime historike , Shtëpia Botuese "Neraida", ISBN 9992771313 , < http: //www.mnvr. org / ballafaqime-politike-ne-shqiperi-1897-1942-periudha-e-peste / >