Vendosja e popullatës muhaxhire në gallapin e Prishtinës

Abstract

The position of the Albanians during the Ottoman-Russian wars of 1877-1878 was very difficult, which put them in a very difficult position of survival. The Slavic peoples of the Balkans, supported by the Russian Empire, attacked Ottoman territories in the Balkans, forcing them to withdraw from the war-torn areas. Here the most injured were the local population or the Albanians, who were labeled as Turks and as such were looted, terrorized, killed and forced to move from their lands. This paper reflects the settlement of the migrant population in Gallapin of Pristina and their movements through this territory looking for a suitable space and better conditions to live. Their decision to live in this area happened when they realized that they could no longer return to their earlier land. The emigrants settled in Gallap may not all be from the war that took place during the years 1877-1878, but among them there are families who have faced the first migrations that took place even earlier from the Pashallek of Belgrade and that were settled in Sanjak of Nishi, and finally together with the population from Vranja, Nishi, Leskofci, etc. are forced to move in the direction of Kosovo, where the first station of their settlement was certainly the Gallapi of Pristina, where they try to find shelter first and then seek better living conditions. This, of course, was not easy, because they were settled on the lands of the previous owners, and with this the pastures were reduced, etc. Many of the immigrants, who were economically better off, did not stop in Gallap but continued to Skopje and many others to Turkey.