The Beginning of Serbian Mobilization in Kosovo and Rise of Nationalism

Sedat Kryezi̇u

doi:10.21551/jhf.984408

Abstract

The Kosovo Albanian student demonstrations of 1981 have been used as an alibi for Serbian nationalism to strengthen its ranks in Kosovo. The rise of Serbian nationalism started several years ago, but its first appearance occurred at “Francuka 7” Street, in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, where the seat of Serbia’s Writers’ League (henceforth: SWL) was located. This seat released clear instructions for the mobilizing actions of Serbs in Kosovo and further. The construction of various ideas was supported also by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (henceforth: SASA and by the Serbian Orthodox Church (henceforth: SOC). This would become like a three leafed flower (SWL-SASA-SOC) whose intoxicating smell affected many Serbian minds. Therefore, the paper “The beginning of Serbian mobilization in Kosovo and rise of nationalism”, aims to elaborate the factors that influenced the beginning of rise of the Serbian nationalism, its organization and escalation, and consequences deriving from it.

Highlights

After the Albanian demonstrations of March 1981, a fire that engulfed an annex of the Serbian Patriarchate complex in Peja on the night of 15 March 1981, increased further the tensions in Belgrade
The Kosovo Albanian student demonstrations of 1981 have been used as an alibi for Serbian nationalism to strengthen its ranks in Kosovo
The paper “The beginning of Serbian mobilization in Kosovo and rise of nationalism”, aims to elaborate the factors that influenced the beginning of rise of the Serbian nationalism, its organization and escalation, and consequences deriving from it

Summary

Introduction

After the Albanian demonstrations of March 1981, a fire that engulfed an annex of the Serbian Patriarchate complex in Peja on the night of 15 March 1981, increased further the tensions in Belgrade. Https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jhf names were not unintentional: while the first one pretends the resistance against the displacement and protection of national identity, the second one symbolizes the shed of Serbian blood during the Battle of Kosovo in the year 1389.

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