Spiro Jovan Kosturi (? – 11 November 1906), also known as Spiro Kosturi, was a prominent figure involved in the

Albanian National Awakening The Albanian National Awakening ( or ), commonly known as the Albanian Renaissance or Albanian Revival, is a period throughout the 19th and 20th century of a cultural, political, and social movement in the Albanian history where the Albanian ...

. Spiro Kosturi was the son of

Jovan Kosturi Jovan Cico Kosturi (1831–1924) was involved in the Albanian National Awakening. Founded in early 1880s, the magazine '' Drita'' by 1884 was led by Kosturi along with Orhan Pojani and Thimi Marko while it was distributed throughout Toskëria (so ...

, a figure in the Albanian national movement. Kosturi was one of four trustees of the boys school in Korçë and in 1903 Ottoman authorities concerned with Albanian education and national sentiments arrested and exiled him to

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. In 1906, Greek bishop Photios was assassinated by an Albanian guerilla band and some months after the event Greeks retaliated by assassinating Kosturi in

. "The agents of the Metropolitan of Kosturi killed the Orthodox patriot Spiro Kosturi." The death of Kosturi impacted the Albanian national movement that resulted in meetings being held, resolutions passed and the diaspora press like ''Kombi'' in

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and '' Drita'' in

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attempted to arouse national sentiments. Kosturi was considered a martyr for the national movement in Albanian circles and toward the fight against Greeks. "A few months later the Greeks retaliated by assassinating in Salonica Spiro Kosturi" Kosturi was also the brother of

Idhomene Kosturi Idhomen Jovan Kosturi (15 May 1873 – 5 November 1943), also known as Idhomeno Kosturi, was an Albanian politician, regent and once acting Prime Minister of Albania. He would become the second representative of Albanian Orthodox population to ...

, an Albanian politician,

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and once acting

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kosturi, Spiro Jovan Activists of the Albanian National Awakening People from Korçë People from Manastir vilayet 1906 deaths