Gërçe Memorandum

The Gërçe Memorandum (Albanian: Memorandumi i Greçës) of 23 June 1911 included twelve requests for the establishment of an autonomous Albanian province within the Ottoman Empire. The Memorandum was jointly written by Ismail Kemal bey Vlora and Luigj Gurakuqi.

The leaders of the Albanian Revolt of 1911 organized a meeting at the location of Gërçe (Greçë, Gerče, Gerča), in the Kingdom of Montenegro. It is believed to have been a location in Zatrijebač, in modern-day eastern Podgorica municipality. Ismail Qemali joined them and together they draw up the memorandum, sometimes referred to as the "Red Book" because of the color of its covers, which addressed their requests both to Ottoman Empire and Europe (in particular to the Great Britain). This memorandum was signed by 22 Albanian chieftains, four from each tribe of Hoti, Gruda and Shkreli, five from Kastrati, three from Kelmend and two from Shalë.

Requests in the memorandum included:

The Memorandum was submitted to the representatives of Great Powers in Cetinje, Montenegro. It was drafted by Qemali as a reply to amnesty offered by Ottoman military commander Shefqet Turgut Pasha on 18 June.

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