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New Youth-Turkish movement tried to introduce some novelties and carry out the collection of the remaining tax liabilities which faced with the non-approval of the Albanians in Kosovo villayet. The Albanians opposed the introduction of new cash benefits including the payment of the already existing ones. The endeavour of the Turkish authorities to implement their thoughts faced with great resistance among the Albanian population, which escalated during the first half of 1910and turned into open conflict with Turkish army. The first greater conflicts broke out between Đakovica and Peć, and enlarged afterwards to Kosovsko Pomoravlje and Lab. The passivity of the Turkish authorities and army as well as the avoidance of conflicts with the Albanians led to the appearance of more mutually non-connected rebellions. The number of regular Turkish units at this area at the beginning of the uprising was small. The bodies of the central power avoided conflicts and tried to reconcile the Albanians but, as the movement was getting wider and expanding, there were the influx of Turkish army from other parts of the Ottoman Empire and its concentration in the rebelled parts. Shefket Turgut pasha was the army commander whose dedication to the tasks execution led to the preponderance over the rebelled Albanians. He had managed to eliminate all resistance-related points so that until the end of May the army established order and peace at the rebelled territories after that it came about the disarmament of the Albanians. Nevertheless, the disarmament was not carried out properly due to the fact the Youth-Turkish regime after military victories wanted to make a bargain with the Albanians and got them for their ideas – „to stay as the rampart of the Empire in Europe“, as they used to be during the sultan Abul Hamid. Although some leaders of the rebellions and their partisans had been prosecuted in Thessaloniki and Skopje, the penalties were mild, and some of them were released home at the

U radu se ukazuje na pokušaj novog, mladoturskog režima da uvede neke novine i izvrši naplatu zaostalih poreskih obaveza, koje su naišle na neodobravanje Arbanasa u Kosovskom vilajetu. Nastojanje turskih vlasti da sprovedu u delo svoje zamisli naišlo je na veliki otpor među arbanaškim stanovništvom, koji je tokom prve polovine 1910. godine kulminirao i pretvorio se u otvoreni sukob sa turskom vojskom. Pobune su se javljale sporadično i prenosile se iz jednog u drugi kraj. Takva situacija dovela je do pomeranja turske vojske iz drugih delova Osmanskog carstva i koncentraciju u krajevima zahvaćenih pobunom. Pasivno ponašanje turskih državnih organa i vojske odlagalo je rešavanje ovog problema. Tek kada se s turske strane odlučnije postupilo, došlo je ugušenja pobune. Odlučujuću ulogu u tim zbivanjima imao je Šefket Turgut paša, koji je naneo nekoliko važnih poraza pobunjenicima. Arbanaške pobune tokom prve polovine 1910. godine pokazale su svu slabost Osmanskog carstva, ali i spremnost velikih sila da se aktivno uključe u rešavanje ovog pitanja, gledajući pre svega svoje interese. New Youth-Turkish movement tried to introduce some novelties and carry out the collection of the remaining tax liabilities which faced with the non-approval of the Albanians in Kosovo villayet. The Albanians opposed the introduction of new cash benefits including the payment of the already existing ones. The endeavour of the Turkish authorities to implement their thoughts faced with great resistance among the Albanian population, which escalated during the first half of 1910and turned into open conflict with Turkish army. The first greater conflicts broke out between Đakovica and Peć, and enlarged afterwards to Kosovsko Pomoravlje and Lab. The passivity of the Turkish authorities and army as well as the avoidance of conflicts with the Albanians led to the appearance of more mutually non-connected rebellions. The number of regular Turkish units at this area at the beginning of the uprising was small. The bodies of the central power avoided conflicts and tried to reconcile the Albanians but, as the movement was getting wider and expanding, there were the influx of Turkish army from other parts of the Ottoman Empire and its concentration in the rebelled parts. Shefket Turgut pasha was the army commander whose dedication to the tasks execution led to the preponderance over the rebelled Albanians. He had managed to eliminate all resistance-related points so that until the end of May the army established order and peace at the rebelled territories after that it came about the disarmament of the Albanians. Nevertheless, the disarmament was not carried out properly due to the fact the Youth-Turkish regime after military victories wanted to make a bargain with the Albanians and got them for their ideas - 'to stay as the rampart of the Empire in Europe', as they used to be during the sultan Abul Hamid. Although some leaders of the rebellions and their partisans had been prosecuted in Thessaloniki and Skopje, the penalties were mild, and some of them were released home at the end of the year. Differently from them, Serbian teachers accused of arms possession stayed in the prison any longer waiting to be taken to the court. During the first half of 1910, Albanian rebellions showed all weak points of the Ottoman Empire, which were to be found in unenviable financial position. The events in Old Serbia had been followed with attention by the surrounding Balkan states including great powers, out of which some took part in these events.

with informations about the circumstances of their creation makes the contextual socio-cultural problematics apparent, Haziran 1908’de gayrimüslimlerin bir koruda eğlence düzenleyecek olması binlerce Arnavut’un Firzovik’te toplanmaya başlamasına sebep olmuştur. Resneli Niyazi Bey’in başlattığı isyanı bastırmakla vazifelendirilmiş olan ve bu konuda Arnavutların da desteğini almak isteyen 18. Tümen Komutanı Şemsi Paşa’nın Arnavutlara yaptığı çağrı ve Avusturya askerî birliklerinin bölge üzerine harekete geçtiği şayiasının yayılması sonucunda, toplananların sayısı birkaç hafta içinde otuz bine yaklaşmıştır. Kalabalığın günden güne arttığını gören Osmanlı yönetimi, sorunu çözmek için Firzovik’e Kosova Jandarma Kumandanı Miralay Galip Bey’i göndermiştir. Bir İttihatçı olan ve Üsküp’te İttihatçı teşkilatlanmayı başlatmış olan Miralay Galip Bey, Firzovik’te toplanan kalabalığı dağıtmak yerine yapmış olduğu çalışmalarla buraya daha fazla Arnavut’un toplanmasını sağlamıştır. Miralay Galip Bey, on iki gün boyunca yapmış olduğu çalışmalar sonucunda Firzovik’te toplanmış olan Arnavutları meşrutiyetin ilan edilmesi gerektiği hususunda ikna etmiştir. Müsveddesini Miralay Galip Bey’in hazırlamış olduğu ve meşrutiyetin bir an önce ilan edilmesini talep eden bir dilekçe, kalabalığı temsilen yüz seksen kişi tarafından imzalanarak Yıldız Sarayı’na gönderilmiştir. Padişaha taleplerini dilekçeyle bildirmiş olan Arnavutlar, istekleri yerine getirilmediği takdirde İstanbul üzerine yürüyüşe geçeceklerini ve bu konuda yemin ettiklerini de belirtmişlerdir. Resneli Niyazi Bey’in emrindeki askerlerle dağa çıktığı, İttihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti’nin şubelerinin meşrutiyetin ilanı için saraya telgraf çektikleri günlerde Arnavutların bu şekilde davranması II. Abdülhamit’in meşrutiyeti ilan etmesinde büyük bir etkiye sahip olmuştur.Anahtar Sözcükler: Firzovik, Meşrutiyet, Galip Bey, Arnavutlar.THE CONTRIBUTION OF FIRZOVIK MEETING TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROCLAMATIONAbstract: In June 1908, the non-Muslims’ having fun in a grove triggered the gathering of thousands of Albanians in Firzovik. The call was made by the 18th division Commander Şemsi Pasha who was assigned to suppress the rebellion started by Resneli Niyazi Bey and he wanted to get the support of Albanians. After the spreading news of Austrian troops’ moving over the region, it was renounced that the number of gathering people was almost thirty thousand in a few weeks. The Ottoman Government sent the Kosovo Gendarmerie Commander Colonel Galip Bey to Firzovik to solve the problem upon seeing the increasing crowd day by day. Colonel Galip Bey who started the organization in Skopje, and also was a unionist, caused more Albanians’ coming there instead of distributing the group. Colonel Galip Bey convinced the Albanians that gathered in Firzovik to accept the need of the proclamation of the constitutionalism. A draft of a petition prepared by Colonel Galip Bey, demanding the declaration of constitutionalism in a very short time was signed by eighty people representing the crowd and was sent to Yıldız Palace. Albanians, who reported their demands with a petition to the Sultan, indicated that they swore to march on İstanbul if their request would not be accepted. In these days, Resneli Niyazi Bey’s escape to mountains with the soldiers under his command, the Committee of Union and Progress branches’ telegram to the palace for the declaration of Constitutionalism, and Albanians’ this attitude created a major impact on Abdülhamit II to declare the constitutionalism.Keywords: Firzovik, Constitutionalism, Galip Bey, the Albanians.