Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo

The Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo
Komiteti "Mbrojtja Kombëtare e Kosovës"
Formation1 May 1918; 106 years ago (1918-05-01)
FounderHoxha Kadri
Founded atShkodër, Albania
Purposepolitical activism
Key people
Hasan Prishtina, Qazim Begolli, Hysni Curri

The Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo (Albanian: Komiteti "Mbrojtja Kombëtare e Kosovës" abbrev. KMKK) was an Albanian organization founded in Shkodër on 1 May 1918.[1] It mainly consisted of the political exiles from Kosovo and was led by Hoxha Kadri from Pristina.[2] It had existed in looser form since May 1915.

  1. ^ Verli, Marenglen (2012). "Rrumat politike brenda Komitetit "MKK" dhe pozicioni Hoxha Kadri Prishtinës". Studime Historike (in Albanian) (3–04): 253–270. ISSN 0563-5799.
  2. ^ Vickers, Miranda (1999). The Albanians: a modern history. I.B.Tauris. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-86064-541-9. Soon after peace was signed, at the beginning of November 1918, the Committee for Defence of Kosova ... was set up illegally in Shkoder
    ... Two of the most prominent members were Hasan Pristina and Bajram Curri ...