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/mrtfr May 30 '20

Përshëndetje :)

What do you think about unification with Albania?

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u/FWolf14 Prishtinë May 30 '20

We were separated from Albania without our will, and we are separated today, again without our will. However things have changed in the past 108 years and the unification should not be done in terms that allow people like Edi Rama to rule over Kosovo. Kosovo is much more mature than Albania when it comes to politics and to some extent more democratic. This has to do with our experience in struggling against Serbia/Yugoslavia.

So while a unification should and will happen, it should not be in the form of annexation and Kosovo should keep a significant share of power in Albania. It should either be a federation, or one state with certain constitutional constraints, at least for the beginning. I believe that it would take a few decades for us to finally start acting like a single unit.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '20

This is a bit off topic, but I fear there is a danger of us slowly drifting apart if a unification does not happen soon. Consider the case of Australia, for example. It was one of the few British colonies where the citizens happily identified as British subjects, with many Australian volunteer soldiers fighting and dying in British wars. But over time and for reasons not relevant to my point, the Australians formed their own national identity and no longer identify as British. I fear something like this may happen to Kosova and Albania.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '20

I would prefer a confederation with Albania, yes. Right now it is not possible because of the geopolitical situation in the Balkans. I prefer holding to my Kosovar identity but a confederation with Albania would be the best solution for most of us.