Some Interesting Facts About Ismail Kemal

But who was Ismail Kemal? What is his education. What were his highest duties in the hierarchy of the Ottoman Empire. And how he established the Albanian independence club in Istanbul and was deported by Turkish power. Why the Sultan appointed him his adviser.

Ismail Kemal was born on October 16, 1844, in Vlora, and died on January 24, 1919, in Peruja, Italy. Only after 1990 was Turkish historian Nejip Alpan taught that Ismail Kemal's birthday was one day with Enver Hoxha's. But it is kept secret, not writing in any history book. In Albania's history texts and birthday textbooks, it was written on January 24th 1844. It is actually October 16, 1844.

Ismail Kemal, actually his name was Ismail do Vlora. His name was changed during the time of the communist regime on communist outlook to the title “Bey”, but never has any historian and personality explained this change.

He was one of the most important characters in the popular Vlora family, a wealthy family and many traditions, and has produced many important characters in Albanian political life.

Ismail Kemal lived 72 years, 3 months, 8 days, or a total of 2628 days. He had an average height and an averagely weighted body. Ismail Kemal wore a time garment, a time suit, a time tie, carefully brushed gray hair, and a white beard brushed it too. The color of the costumes was generally black, and the head wore hats.

Ismail Kemal lived in these countries all his life: Albania, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria, Syria and for a short time in France, England, Switzerland, and Germany.

He graduated from the Zosima High School in Janina and after a considerable career in the Turkish administration. He was educated in Paris for Jury and Economic Science. With this education he was one of the most educated in the Turkish administration at the time.

Ismail Kemal was known and as a polyglot, a weapon he served in all his political activity on the Albanian issue. He was excellently acquainted with Albanian, Ottoman, young Turkish, ancient Greek, Latin, Italian and French.

He is named the nation's father, having performed the most historic act in the entire history of the Albanian state. He raised the independence flag in Vlora on November 28, 1912, and declared Albania independent by urging international powers to recognise this decision.

Under no circumstances and in any situation, he did not use this negative moment to benefit and receive recognitions. In his speech on the day of the Declaration of Independence, he has even indicated that, as God wanted him to be the first to raise the flag of independence, so as to become the first hero of the Albanian state.

Ismail Kemal is the prime minister and the first president in Albanian state history. He remained in charge of the government from the 28th. November 1912 to January 22, 1914, for 12 months and 56 days.

In the work assessments that Turkish administration management for Ismail Kemal made, these words are noted: Worthy Val, diplomat, MP, state leader, thinker and first chairman of the Albanian state.

He began his political career as an interpreter in Turkey's Foreign Ministry in 1860. The second task in Ismail Kemal's administration was in 1868, the director of the Secretariat at the Jurydice Office in Sofia, Bulgaria, then part of Ottoman Turkey.

Ismail Kemal later assumed the post of subfect of the Ruscuk region, a task he held for five years. In 1873, he resigns and leaves the post, appointing Turkey's secretary - general of the Foreign Ministry in 1876, a task that helped him greatly to get to know Turkish diplomacy from within but also foreign. He remained in the task for a year.

. In 1877, he undergoes a sentence in his career, precisely for his patriotic activity towards Albania. With the reasoning that he sought Albania's autonomy, he has been exiled for seven years to Kytahja in Anadol. But the pressure of part of the Turkish administration, but also of Albanian patriots, led Sultan Avdylhamit to remove the exile and even appoint Vali to Bolu, Turkey.

Ismail Kemal is named Val in Syria, a very high task at the time, and more so for a province that later received independence as an independent state. He held that commission until June 28, 1892.

For good work Ismail Kemal managed to become a personal adviser to Sultan Avdylham, the moment the Ottoman Empire was at the end of it. A task he held from 1892 to 1900. This helped him to get to know the empire from within.

On May 1, 1900, Sultan Avdilham for work and good qualities is named by Libya's General Val, a very high task at the time. But Ismail Kemal left for Tripoli, but the road returns and goes to Paris, London and elsewhere to work on the Albanian issue.

In 1908, with the help of northern Macedonian Albanians, Ismail Kemali is elected deputy of the Berat district, but was actually representative of all Albania. During the time that Ismail Kemal was deputy in the first parliament of modern Turkey, he had a considerable weight. Ismail Kemal's talks in the Parliament have been one of the most eloquent and thought - provoking opposers to attack him unjustly.

Ismail Kemal appeared in 1871, right in the heart of Ottoman Turkey, that he submitted three successive requests for the opening of Albanian schools in Albania. Although working as part of the Ottoman administration, he participated in a meeting of Albanian reborns in Istanbul to create the Albanian alphabet.

In 1865 Ismail Kemal began working for Albania's independence, creating a club at the empire's chief centre, Istanbul, along with Constantine Christoforidhin.

The Turkish administration's security service found that while Ismail Kemal worked for Turkey, it had drafted a document for the project of an independent Albania. This was also one of the greatest causes of persecution committed against him.

Ismail Kemal died under mysterious circumstances in Peruja, Italy, shortly before making a press conference. So far, there is not actually an explosive version of his death, but they have always been suspicious.

The biggest suspicion is thought to be that it has been poisoned in food by Greek and Italian anti-Albanian circles, viewing Ismail Kemal as a highly influential personality on the Albanian issue.

Ismail Kemal's body was held in Peru for two weeks after its death, with the idea of embalming. But this added to his doubts about poisoning, since they have released all internal organs to eliminate any signs of autopsy.

Ismail Kemal was buried twice. The first time in February 1919 in Kanini, home to his birth and ancestors, and the second time November 28, in Vlora, 1932. The second burial was done by specifically order of King Ahmet Zogu, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Independence. Zogu and the party at the time have paid the highest respects to Ismail Kemal's body, placing the bones in the tomb still in Vlora.

The ceremony to redepend on the remains of Ismail Kemal has been described as one of the largest ceremonies Ahmet Zogu has organised all the time he has been in power. He has made the greatest honors to what was called the father of the nation.

Ismail Kemal is one of those political and state personalities who has written his own memories. But his memories have never been published, and that is a wonder that he has accompanied everything in his life.

The most active descendants of modern-day Ismail Kemal are Darling Vlora, Nedim Vlora and Ariana Vlora. And most of the other offspring have died, while the rest have been immigration for many years.

Qamil be Vlora (1895-1950) was Ismail Kemal's last son and child. Qamili was the only son of Ismail Kemal who did not leave Albania. Even though he did not participate in politics in 1946, after refusing to accept co-operation with the communist regime, he was arrested on the pre-lawless pretext “, after being found a revolver, more ancient than functional. In prison he became tuberculosis and died at 55.

Ismail Kemal twice and in both cases with Greek citizens. For the first time, she had no children with a widow from Konica after she died during her birth with her daughter. And for the second time, he married in 1886, Cleonici Surmel, the daughter of a Greek noble man from the district of Eddenea.

38. Ismail Kemal was forced to kidnap his second wife because laws forbade a Muslim to marry an Orthodox. As writes in his memoirs Ismail Kemali, on his father-in-law's advice the future bride was kidnapped, while the wedding was officially introduced in 1886, he was 23.

From the second marriage, Ismail Kemal had nine children, three girls and six sons. The girls were called Myvedet, Alije, Ylvie. While the boys were Mahmud Bey, Tahir Bey, Et'hem Bey, Jevdet Bey, Qazim Bey and Qamil Bey.

Ismail Kemal's speech on the afternoon of November 28, 1912, Vlora, lasted about five minutes. The talk contained 450 words and was interrupted several times by calls from people who had gathered in the city square. The longest break in Ismail Kemal's speech is the moment he puts out the flag and waves it into the air and says “troft Albania Free!”

41. Ismail Kemal's speech in the Declaration of Independence was all read in Albanian. It mentions the Declaration of Independence, the Skenderbe fight, the suffering of Albanians, and finally, a prayer to God to protect Albanians and free Albania.

The most special word of Ismail Kemal's speech in Vlora is: “Great God, to accept from here on out to be the first witness of the country, just as I had the honor and fate of being the first to kiss and make him free wave. Our flag, given to you free”.

Ismail Kemal declared independence for all Albanian trains. Kosovo, part of Macedonia, Chemmeria and the later split from Montenegro, enters this act.