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Since the early years of the 20th century, the Albanian perception of Ottomans, Turkey and Turks is examined through comprehensive literature review. Along with the written resources, the author’s personal observations, assessments and determinations as he was on duty in Kosovo as Senior Turkish Officer in 2007 and Turkish Contribution Commander in 2009-2010, have been used in this study. It is known that besides the positive perceptions towards Turks and Turkey in Kosovo and Albania, there are effective people belonging to different social rank who see the Ottoman centuries in the Balkans as the reasons of today’s various complicated problems. The paper attempts to understand the reasons of such opposite perceptions, and their possible impact on political, economic, cultural and social relations of between Turkey and Kosovo and Albania.

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