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Çerçiz Topulli
Çerçiz Topulli in a rare photoBorn 1880
Gjirokastër, Albania (then Ottoman Empire)Died 1915 (aged 35)
Shkoder, AlbaniaOccupation kachak, rilindas Ethnicity Albanian
Literary movement Albanian National Revival Çerçiz Topulli (1880 - 15 July 1915) was an Albanian Rennaissance armed fighter, writer, and patriot, and is a People's Hero of Albania. He was the younger brother of Bajo Topulli.[1]
In April 1907 he led the movement that acted against the Ottoman Empire in Southern Albania. He took the decision of killing the Gjirokastër's Turkish commander and led the Mashkullora War on March 18, 1908.[2]
He wrote an article "From the Mountains of Albania" in the journal "The Hope of Albania" in its issue of January 1907. In that article he condemned the many thefts that the Turkish administration would commit towards the Albanains and asked for full independence of Albania. In the article he made calls for an armed insurgency.[1]
After the proclamation of the independence of Albania on November 28, 1912 Topulli fought to protect Albania from the Montenegrins. He was killed in the Shtoi plain (Shkoder) from the Montenegrin invadors. In 1937 his bones were brought back to Gjirokastër.[3][4]
References
- The Albanians: an ethnic history from prehistoric times to the present By Edwin E. Jacques page 262 [1]
People's Heroes of Albania Hero Abdyl Frashëri - Ali Demi - Ali Kelmendi - Bardhok Biba - Çerçiz Topulli - Ded Gjo Luli - Enver Hoxha - Isa Boletini - Ismail Qemali - Liri Gerro - Luigj Gurakuqi - Mic Sokoli - Misto Mame - Mujo Ulqinaku - Qemal Stafa - Selam Musai - Themo Vasi - Vasil Laçi - Vojo KushiHeroine Bule Naipi- Margarita Tutulani - Persefoni Kokëdhima - Zonja ÇurreCategories:- 1880 births
- 1915 deaths
- People from Gjirokastër
- Heroes of Albania
- Albanian revolutionaries
- Albanian military personnel
- Albanian writers
- Activists of the Rilindja Kombëtare
- Albanian activists
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