Kachaks

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Kosovo Albanian rebels controlling a road in Kosovo, 1920s

Kachaks (Albanian: kaçak, Serbian: kačaci/качаци) is a term used for the Albanian bandits active in the 19th and early 20th century in northern Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia, and later as a term for the militias of Albanian revolutionary organizations against the Kingdom of Serbia (1910–18) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–24), called the "Kaçak movement".

Etymology

The word is derived from Turkish kaçak for "bandit, outlaw, army deserter",[1] originally from kaç–ak ("one who runs away, deserter").[2] The word refers to Albanian outlaws in groups who attacked and plundered individuals, caravans, or villages.[1]

Background

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See also: Albanian National Awakening

History

The Committee for the National Defense of Kosovo (Albanian: Komiteti për Mbrojten Kombëtare së Kosovës) was created in Shkodër, under Hasan Prishtina. The Committee sponsored insurgents and organized active resistance in North Albania as well as Albanian populated areas of Yugoslavia.

In 1918, Albanian kachaks were active around Ohrid and Bitola.[3]

The Kachaks were popular among Albanians, and local support to them increased in the 1920s when Hasan Prishtina became a member of the Albanian parliament, Hoxhe Kadriu became Minister of justice, and Bajram Curri became Minister of war. All three were Kosovar Albanians. During this time, Kosovar Albanians under Azem Galica began an armed struggle, also known as the Kachak movement.

Legacy

They are widely depicted in the Albanian folklore.[4][5][6] Albanian collaborationists in Yugoslavia during World War II were also known as Kachaks.[7]

People

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Yugoslav period
Ottoman period

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  7. ↑ Hans-Christian Petersen, Samuel Salzborn (2010). Antisemitism in Eastern Europe: History and Present in Comparison. Bern: Peter Lang. p. 97.
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