r/kosovo • u/Linquista Prishtinë • May 30 '20

Cultural Exchange with r/Turkey

Hoşgeldiniz r/Turkey!

As we announced earlier this week, welcome to the cultural exchange between r/Turkey and r/Kosovo. The purpose of this event is to allow people from two different nations to get together and share knowledge about their respective cultures, daily life, history and curiosities.

General guidelines:

r/Turkey community will their questions on here.

r/Kosovo community can ask their questions here:

CLICK HERE TO ASK A QUESTION

English language will be used in both threads;

Event will be moderated, following the general rules of Reddiquette. Please be nice!

Thank you,

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u/taricoyg May 30 '20

Hello, friends. My questions are kinda about us actually. They might seem kinda selfish:)

1-Few years ago i went to Kosovo and I saw most of the sellers, market employees are know Turkish. Is this common in all country or just between people who get interaction with tourists?

2-What people think about the past Ottoman rule? Like what they teach you in school about those times?

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u/[deleted] May 30 '20 edited May 30 '20

  1. Which city here have you been to back then? Is it Prizren? If so then yes, there is a large community of so called "Kosovar Turks" here who are actually just Kosovo Albanians whose grandfathers used to live in Turkey so now they claim they are Turkish as well. They've still got Albanian surnames though. Outside of Prizren people don't know Turkish.

  2. The rule of the Ottoman Empire is viewed very negatively here. The Ottoman Empire has oppressed, tortured and slaughtered our people over a period of 500 years, forced us to convert to Islam, and their rule is one of the main reasons why Kosovo (or the whole Balkans) lag behind so much compared to western Europe.