Kadri Prishtina
| Hoxha Kadri Prishtina | |
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| Born | 1878 Prishtina, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | January 20, 1925 Shkodër, Albania |
| Nationality | Ottoman, Albanian |
| Other names | Kadri Lutfullah Prishtina |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician, publisher |
| Known for | Committee of Kosovo |
Kadri Prishtina (1878–1925), also referred as Hoxha Kadri, was an Albanian political figure of the early '20s.
Prishtina was born in Prishtina, in the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. He took the first studies in his home town in Turkish language, studying later in Uskub school "Dar ul-Mualimin". He studied law and education in Istambul, first in the Private Pegagogical Schools "Darüttedris" and later in the "Fatih" Medrese. On February 4, 1902 he joined the Young Turks movement. In 1904 he was arrested by Ottoman authorities because of his refusals to point to the author of "Fitret ul-Islâm", a problematic and controversial essay on the Islam religion, with Syrja Bey Vlora as author. He spent four years in Yedikule prison where he lost a leg due to gangrene. After his released he was interned in Tokat in north-eastern Anatolia where he worked as a lawyer. With the Young Turk Revolution of 1908 his persecution ended and he was sent in Samsun by the Black Sea to finish his studies. In 1911 he became professor of law, and was appointed in 1913 to work at the Bank of Istambul, after that being expelled from Turkey.
During World War I he was stationed in Shkodër, north-west Albanian town. He formed there an organization called "Komiteti i Fshehtë" (Secret Committee) with a nationalistic programme.
He was one of the founders of the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo, and was officially its leader for the time it operated based on Shkodër. Prishtina would be also in charge of representing the Committee in meetings and keeping correspondence for foreign factors. His deputy was Hysni Curri, and Bedri Pejani served as Committee's secretary.
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