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The Presentation of the Ottoman Empire Period in Albanian Journals Between World Wars I and Ii
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Faton PllanaUniversity of Pristina
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The period between World Wars I and II, was a very challenging period in the history of the Albanian people. Regardless that Albania officially was not part of any of the two belligerent coalitions (the Allies and the Central Powers) in the First World War, nevertheless, some parts of hers were occupied by the bellig-erents (the largest part of Albania was occupied by Austria-Hungary, while the southern part was occupied by France and Italy). Even after the end of the war, some parts of it, especially the southern part, were still occupied, and the war for freedom continued until the final departure of the foreign occupying armies. Even after this achievement, the political stability in Albania continued to be a “relative stability,” as Egro emphasizes. (Egro, 2007: 65)
Having this general preview of the political situation in Albania (without going into the details of these events that happened because it is not the aim of this ar-ticle), we see that the scientific development, including historiography too, had its difficulties and did not achieve its development as it should be. Unfortunately, in this period, the historiography was still far from being a meaningful histori-ography, with a critical and scientific character, since the nationalist historiogra-phy was still dominating, which in fact we do not face only in Albania, but also in other Balkan countries. Nevertheless, it can not be denied their contributions in the development of Albanian historiography. Part of this contribution were jour-nals or periodicals that were published in that period, respectively, the historical articles that were published by those journals. (For more details on the political life in Albania in this period: Historia e Popullit Shqiptar III, 2007: 123-371. For more details on the development of Albanian historiography in this period: Egro, 2007: 65-87)
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Publication TypeChapter
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Volume
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Pages165-186
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PublishedJune 9, 2025
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Series PositionResearch 5
Abdula, S., & Murtezani, S. . (Eds.). (2025). The Presentation of the Ottoman Empire Period in Albanian Journals Between World Wars I and Ii. In The Balkans: History, Religion and Society: Vol. Research 5 (pp. 165-186). Idefe Publications. https://doi.org/10.5331/