Tajar Tetova ( tr, Kalkandelenli Tayyar) was an

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military commander and ''çetë'' (band) leader in southern

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and

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History

Background

Born in

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(modern day

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) in the late-19th century, Tajar bey Tetova came from a noble landowning family. Tetova rose through the military ranks of the Ottoman empire, becoming a captain in the Ottoman army.

Albanian National Awakening

In 1908 he was sent by the

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to support the Ottoman troops against the Albanian uprisings in Monastir (present-day Bitola). On June 22, 1908, captain Tajar Tetova working together with the Bashkimi club of Monastir, mutinied and fled into the mountains with seven officers and 150 Albanian soldiers to join southern Albanian

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revolutionaries. He formed a military league, demanding the retirement of the Young Turk government and general elections claiming that the existing cabinet was elected under terrorist agitation of the Young Turkish Committee. Tetova and his soldiers took all the weapons and ammunition company as well as two heavy machine guns from the Turkish in Monastir. Tetova expanded his insurgent movement in the area of

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, Korce and Kolonje. Tetova's group merged with

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fighters and together fought against the invaders of

. He served for a short time as Mayor of

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. A street in Elbasan is named after him.

Sources

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