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Pristina in Central Balkans is the largest city and capital of today's Republic of Kosovo. The city that is home to a variety of ethnical factors has been dominated by many powers throughout history such as the Roman Empire, the Serbian Kingdom, and the Ottoman Empire. The city that was a non-Muslim residence area until mid-15th Century started to adopt a different demographical structure with Ottoman sovereignty. In this study, Pristina's demographical change in the almost hundred years from the second half of the 15th Century to the second half of the 16th Century is discussed and how the city gained its identity as an Turkish-İslamic city is assessed. In this scope, Muslim-Turkish residences built in the city shall be discussed along with new mosque and masjid established in Pristina, neighborhoods that emerged around the places of worship, connections of neighborhoods with each other, and demographics of residents in the neighborhood. Also, localization of Muslim neighborhoods in physical structure shall be presented based on recorded documents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]