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Prizren was an Albanian town back then. But turned entirely from Catholic into Muslim in the 1600's

It is claimed Albanians demographically grew there in the early Ottoman period through constant mass immigration, these Albanians apparently also were encouraged by the Ottomans to settle and were given special rights. Let's see what the evidence says: 15th and 16th century: 17th Century...

Loyal Ottoman Servants :laughing: - Kosovo: A Short History

What about the J2b2-L283 in Kosovo ? Does it mainly come from these tribes too ? ,..............

We are just asking if this Y-DNA is Proto-Illyrian / Indo European or not ? Since you act like an expert maybe you could simply answer this question ? Since that's what the thread title says ''Proto-Illyrian'' ? So tell us , how did this Y-DNA get to the Balkans and with what populations ? How...

- Kosovo: A Short History

Some more on devshirme

Are you surprised ?

Nobody is derailing anything you attention seeker. - The Illyrians - Carleton Coon Even that Matzinger guy supports this theory , as far as I'm concerned this theory still hasn't been disproven. Does not matter what it says on wiki. If this Y-DNA came with Indo-Europeans then it either...

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Just a bit off topic guys, but according to Frederick Anscombe and some others Gjakova in Kosovo was founded by Albanians ? Seems to of been a village ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence

Curious though, what do you define as intelligence ? (I am not arguing against you or anything) https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence What do you think about emotional intelligence ?

Lol you're quickly to jump to assumptions and conclusions :laughing: Relax, we already know you are anti-Albanian :laughing: I have seen him also on other forums and he is definitely not Albanian. There was another Greek guy arguing the same on Apecity , and I remember he showed that many of...

I wasn't addressing you but the thread in general. I wasn't even talking about the Islands and I am aware some people from Peloponnese plot very southern.

Remember this as a kid

Here is from Frederick Anscombe https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/577/1/Binder2.pdf

There were actually taxes that Christians didn't have to pay which gave an advantage in the end. Many Muslims also witnessed in court in favor of Christians. It's interesting how the people who managed to keep their religion, Orthodox Christians, have adapted the narrative they were the victims...

Even sources from Ottoman Albania show both many Muslims and Christian Albanians despised the Turks as did others. But this thread is not about that but to debunk some myths . You also forgot devirshme apparently was abolished early from what I am reading. Also Muslims in the Balkans are just...