Abdullah Tahiri Explained

Abdullah Tahiri
Birth Date:2 September 1956
Birth Place:Mališevo, Gjilan, SFR Yugoslavia
(today Kosovo)
Allegiance: Kosovo Liberation Army
Serviceyears:1998–1999
Battles:Kosovo War
Awards:Hero of Kosovo (posthumously)

Abdullah Tahiri (September 2, 1956 – May 19, 1999) was rewonwed political activist and commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army. [1]

Education

Tahiri attended primary school until 1975, at which point he left because of "hostile activities" against the state. His secondary education continued in Bujanovac, but he was expelled after helping organize demonstrations in the spring of 1981.

Political activity

Tahiri was one of the organizers of the 1981 protests that took place on March 11, 1981, in Pristina. While many believed the protest to be spontaneous, it was in fact planned and organized by Gani Koci, Bajram Kosumi, and others.[2] On 1–2 April 1981, organized demonstrations began, asking for recognition of a Kosovar Republic. Tahiri organized his fellow citizens around his ideology of freeing Kosovo from Serbian influence.

Tahiri was the OZK (Operative Zone of Karadak) founder of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the first commander of OZK Regulation (military force). He became a Major General in the military force and Tahiri had been active in the leadership of the Union of Political Parties of Gjilan that acted as a unique body.

Tahiri was later jailed and sentenced to four years imprisonment.[3] [4]

Death

Tahiri's body lies in the cemetery of martyrs in Gjilan.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. ^Abdullah Tahiri, is to save (from prison), that Kosovo will forgive life.Epoka e Re, Prishtinë date 20.05.2014 | 09:51
  2. ^declares political activity Hydajet Hyseni, bot. Epoka e Re, Pristina date 20.05.2014 Web site: Archived copy . 2015-05-09 . 2015-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518090948/http://www.epokaere.com/index.aspx?SID=13&PMID=5&LID=2&ACatID=4&AID=40844&Ctype=1 . dead .
  3. ^Abdullah Tahiri military political activity KLA
  4. ^Abdullah Tahiri military-political activity KLA... Web site: Archived copy . 2015-05-09 . 2015-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518073814/http://www.rajonipress.com/shfleto-artikujt.php?id=36869 . dead .
  5. http://www.dardania.biz/vb/upload/showthread.php?t=33859&page=2%7C15 ^ 227 August is the day of the Gregorian calendar in 1998 - Imprisonment OZK (Kosovo)