Gjylekar (, ) is a village in Viti municipality, Kosovo.
Geography
The village borders the
Anamorava valley in the North and is situated in the
Karadak mountains.
History
The ancestors of the inhabitants of the village belong to the
Gashi tribe and originally settled in the
Gjakova Highlands
The Highlands of Gjakova or Gjakova Highlands ( sq, Malësia e Gjakovës) refers to the mountainous ethnographic region in the eastern Albanian Alps that sits between north-eastern Albania and western Kosovo, serving as the historical centres of ...
.
The
Austro-Hungarian
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...
consulate in Belgrade reported that during February 1913, Serbian military forces massacred nearly all Albanian inhabitants of the village.
Notes
References
Villages in Viti, Kosovo
{{Kosovo-geo-stub