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The Arbëreshë (pronounced [aɾbəˈɾɛʃ]; Albanian: Arbëreshët e Italisë; Italian: Albanesi d'Italia), also known as Albanians of Italy or Italo-Albanians, are an Albanian ethnolinguistic group minority historically settled in Southern and Insular Italy (in the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, Molise, mostly concentrated in the region of Calabria and Sicily).
The Italian diaspora ( Italian: emigrazione italiana, pronounced [emiɡratˈtsjoːne itaˈljaːna]) is the large-scale emigration of Italians from Italy. There were two major Italian diasporas in Italian history. The first diaspora began around 1880, two decades after the Unification of Italy, and ended in the 1920s to the early 1940s with the ...
Turkey has about six million citizens of full or partial Albanian descent, [30] and most still feel a connection to Albania. There is also a strong Turkish minority in Kosovo. Albania was the last nation in southeastern Europe to claim independence from the Ottoman Empire, on 28 November 1912. Many Albanians emigrated to Turkey between 1950 and ...
The Albanians in Italy ( Italian: Albanesi in Italia; Albanian: Shqiptarët në Itali) refers to the Albanian migrants in Italy and their descendants. They mostly trace their origins to Albania, Greece and since recently to a lesser extent to Kosovo, North Macedonia and other Albanian-speaking territories in the Balkan Peninsula.
The island was officially part of Italy from the end of World War I to 1947. In 1926, the Italian government, in agreement with Albanian authorities, sent 300 Italian colonists to Kamëz, near Tirana, to promote agricultural development. Most of the Italians were farmers from Arbëreshë communities in southern Italy.
Rome, however, delivered Tirana an ultimatum on March 25, 1939, demanding that it consent to Italy's occupation of Albania. [18] Zog refused to accept money in exchange for allowing a full Italian takeover and colonization of Albania. [citation needed] The Albanian government tried to keep news of the Italian ultimatum secret.
Succeeded by. 1939: Albanian Kingdom. 1941: Zeta Banovina. Vardar Banovina. German Occupation. The Italian protectorate of Albania, also known as Italian Albania, the Kingdom of Albania or Greater Albania, [ 3][ 4] existed as a puppet state and protectorate of Fascist Italy. It was practically a union between Italy and Albania, officially led ...
Registration. Optional. Launched. 12 October 2003; 20 years ago. ( 2003-10-12) The Albanian Wikipedia ( Albanian: Wikipedia Shqip) is the Albanian language edition of Wikipedia started on 12 October 2003. As of 12 August 2024, the Wikipedia has 98,651 articles and is the 72nd-largest Wikipedia. [ 1]