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Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 272, TURKEY.: Library of Economics and Liberty In Europe the area, undetermined, of the sandjak of Novi Bazar, with a population of 168,000, is still under Turkish administration, although a part of Herzegovina. Shortly after the conquest of Constantinople, the Byzantine province was adopted as the new, unit of administration, the sandjaks being grouped for this purpose under the government of a wali, or prefect, as the word is used in Arabic history. The sandjaks of European Turkey, whose arrangement in vilayets has not been permanent since the treaty of Berlin, are Monastir Korytya, Prisrend, Urhkul and Debra in the vilayet of Monastir, Jannina, Prevesa, Argyro Kastro Berat and Trikala, the vilayet of Jannina; Salonica Seres and Drama, vilayet of Salonica, Adrianople, Rodosto and Gallipoli, vilayet of Adrianople. www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy1042.html   (7167 words)

FACE | Cinema | Tournees | Films - VIVA LALDJERIE She is torn between tradition and modernity, between her mother’s desire for her to find a husband and her aspiration to live like a modern young woman. Sandjak, formerly an exotic dancer, hides from fundamentalists who are set on killing her. Fifi, a prostitute who lives next door to Sandjak and Goucem, is usually very busy entertaining men in her room, including influential ones who should not be there. www.facecouncil.org /tournees/fichesfilms/vivelaldjerie.html   (229 words)

Sandzak Muslims seek autonomy in new Yugoslav democracy [Free Republic] Neglected or oppressed by Slobodan Milosevic, Yugoslavia's Muslim community -- concentrated in the poor central region of Sandjak -- is pinning its hopes on Belgrade's new administration to grant it autonomy. For him, the seniority of Islam in Sandjak, whose roots stretch back to the medieval Ottoman empire's Balkans domination, is not is dispute. That difference was clearly reflected in the two communities' voting in the September presidential polls: while Muslims massively backed reformist Vojislav Kostunica, the region's Serbs mostly cast their ballots for the old regime of the ousted strongman. www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a1a430c3e90.htm   (2204 words)

BALKAN MEDIA & POLICY MONITOR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) Even before the war, the Sandjak Muslims looking for jobs felt that Bosnia was closer to them than parts of Serbia outside Sandjak and when they were enrolling at universities, that Sarajevo was closer than Belgrade. The identification of the Sandjak Muslims with the Muslims in Bosnia, many of whom were their relatives, could not have been prevented by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by encircling Novi Pazar with tanks in the autumn of 1992, nor by sending reservists to Sandjak. asim Ljajic is a representative of the political group in Sandjak which maintains that participation in the political life of the state is one of the elements for the fulfillment of national political goals and, as such, he advocates that SDA should participate in the elections. mediafilter.org /mff/Mon.30-31.2.html   (8772 words)

Viva Laldjerie Synopsis - Moviefone Goucem is an attractive twentysomething who works in a photo shop, and has been having an affair with a doctor (Lounes Tazairt), though to her chagrin he seems little inclined to leave his wife for her. Sandjak has found a kindred spirit in her next-door neighbor Fifi (Nadia Kaci), a cheerful prostitute who sees no shame in her profession, and the former dancer makes friends with Tiziri (Lynda Harchaoui), a young girl who likes Papicha's brash style and wants to learn how to dance. Sandjak receives word that a celebrated nightclub where she once performed is being turned into a mosque; saddened and enraged that the city she knew is changing, she decides to find a venue that will still allow her to dance as she sets out to resume her career. movies.aol.com /movie/viva-laldjerie/20656/synopsis   (174 words)

Montenegro´s Muslims lean toward separatist lobby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) Sandjak straddles Montenegro, Serbia and parts of the Serbian province of Kosovo, which has been administered by the United Nations since 1999. Some, albeit just a few, want an independent Sandjak: others favour an independent Montenegro, but almost all of them think that Yugoslavia is dead," said Kalac, an activist for a coalition of ethnic Bosnian Muslims parties. In Rozaje´s bustling market on Friday, many of the traders who came from the Serbian part of Sandjak to sell their wares do not share this optimism. www.balkanpeace.org /hed/archive/apr01/hed3126.shtml   (571 words)

First World War.com - Primary Documents - Lazare Muskovitch on Montenegro's Conduct of the War, 13 January 1916 Montenegro was given the task of protecting the rear of the Serbian army, and its battalions defended the Sandjak frontier with such success that on this side the Serbians were given time to retire. Five or six days' march was necessary for the arrival of reinforcements at Lovcen, and to gain time for the arrival of forces from the other fronts the Montenegrins were obliged to demand an armistice of six days. Reinforcements were thus brought up from the Sandjak front to the number of twelve battalions, who fought very well on the Lovcen front. www.firstworldwar.com /source/muskovitch.htm   (798 words)

Wilsonian Armenia - Armeniapedia.org The decision to ]eave to Turkey the harbor towns and hinterland of Kerasun and Ordu in Trebizond Sandjak was dictated by the fact that the population of this region is strongly Moslem and Turkish and that these towns are the out lets for the easterumost sections of the Turkish vilayet of Sivas. thence westward to the point common to the boundaries of the Sandjaks of Erzingan and Erzerum and the Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz, situated at a sharp angle in the vilayet boundary, approximately 24 kilometers westward from the village of Palumor and 32 kilometers southeastward from the city of Erzingan, The chief authorities used for the names of Geographical features, and of elevations of mountains, and the location of vilayet, sandjak, and kaza houndaries, are the Turkish General Staff map, scale 1:200,000, and, in part, the British map, scale 1:1,000,000. www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Wilsonian_Armenia   (3916 words)

ACT Appeals The target group for the ACT/HIA Sandjak Project 2000 is Serb refugees from Bosnia and Krajina, Croatia, IDPs from Kosovo (Albanians, Bosnjaks, Serbs and Gorani) and local social cases — priority is given to pensioners, extended families, female headed families and the unemployed. In the Sandjak region the town of Priboj has the most disastrous economic situation with no operating factory for employment. Due to the economic-political situation and the general poverty of the population the average citizens cannot afford to pay even for the most basic level of health services. www.act-intl.org /appeals/appeals_2000/BK01Rev1-HIA-Sandjak.html   (1390 words)

CNNSI.com - Soccer - World - New Kabylie boss takes CAF Cup final in stride - Thursday November 16, 2000 07:00 PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) JS Kabylie fired iyd coach Ahmed Belayachi last weekend after a poor start to the new domestic season, and appointed Nasser Sandjak to take over the side with barely a week to prepare before the first leg of the final. But Sandjak said the upheaval had not affected his players. Sandjak is not unused to being thrown into the deep end. sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2000/11/16/caf_cup   (543 words)

MINELRES - IHF 1998 report on Yugoslavia Muslim-Bosniaks, who made up about 54 percent of the total population in Sandjak, were recognized by neither the Serbian nor Montenegrin constitution as an ethnic minority, thus they did not even have formal guarantees for the realization of minority rights. Following the victory of Milo Djukanovic in the elections for the Montenegrin presidency, Muslim-Bosniaks and ethnic Albanians - the majority of whom had voted for him - were slandered as enemies by the supporters of the former Montenegrin president, Momir Bulatovic, and were openly threatened. Some 60-80,000 individuals from Sandjak were estimated to have left Sandjak after the Yugoslav conflict broke out. www.minelres.lv /count/yugoslavia/IHF98yug.htm   (6449 words)

OSCE: The OSCE Missions of Long Duration The Mission to Kosovo was based in Pristina (with permanent presence in Pec and Prizren), the Mission to Sandjak in Novi Pazar (with a permanent presence in Priepolje), and the Mission to Vojvodina in Subotica. With this decision, the OSCE Missions of Long Duration in Kosovo, Sandjak and Vojvodina were formally closed. According to the MoU the duration of the Missions was limited to an initial period of 6 months from the beginning of their activities; extension of this period was subject to mutual agreement by the Parties. www.osce.org /item/15753.html   (612 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Valona During the Latin domination a Latin see was established, and Eubel (Hierarchia catholica medii aevi, I, 124) mentions several of its bishops. Valona, or Vlora, in Albania, is now a caza of the sandjak of Berat in the vilayet of Janina. The city, which has a port on the Adriatic, has about 10,000 inhabitants; there is a Catholic parish, which belongs to the Archdiocese of Durazzo. www.newadvent.org /cathen/15264a.htm   (259 words)

BBC SPORT | Football | African | Raja's top striker returns The Algerian club, chasing an unprecedented fourth successive title, could only draw 0-0 against the Cameroon league leaders at home a fortnight ago. But coach Nasser Sandjak believes his struggling side can stay in the competition despite their dramatic loss of form. Sandjak said: "It's not yet lost for us. news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/football/africa/3122506.stm   (347 words)

Frostburg State University Detailed Event Listing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) Additional Information: Viva Laldjerie explores the lives of three women in Algiers as they manage to get by despite their daily difficulties. Twenty seven year old Goucem works at a local photo shop and lives with her mother Sandjak in a low-rent residential hotel. Viva Laldjerie highlights the tensions between modern and traditional society in a country emerging from civil war and dominated by men. www.frostburg.edu /community/eventdt.cfm?event_id=1865   (193 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Seerth The diocese began to have Catholic titulars in the time of Julius III. Seerth is now the chief town of a sandjak in the vilayet of Bitlis, containing 15,000 inhabitants. It has fine orchards and vineyards, is an industrial centre containing much gypsum, and manufacturing arms and printed calico. www.newadvent.org /cathen/13681c.htm   (188 words)

[No title] In the meantime, the Turks gradually took into their hands certain fortified places, garrisoned them with their forces and began to control the strategic routes. At a favourable moment, they then eliminated the ruling dynasty by military expeditions, posted their garrisons in fortresses of strategic importance, demolished other fortified places, organized an administration of a rather military character (sandjaks) and gave military holdings (timars) to sipahis (cavalry men) who formed the main force of the Osmanli army. First of all, the division of the state's population into Mohammedans, members of the Islam community, and other tolerated religious groups living outside the Osmanli political society on the same territory, did not facilitate integration, not to speak of assimilation. coursesa.matrix.msu.edu /~fisher/bosnia/readings/Mladenovic.html   (2103 words)

SEHER MITROVICA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) The Turkish traveler Evliya Celebi recorded in his writings that Mitrovica had been conquered by the Bosnian sandjak bey Husrev-bey. There is no reliable information about the exact date when Srem had become a particular Turkish sandjak, but a separate census of the town was taken even before 1541. At the time of mass colonization of the populations from North Serbia and North-East Bosnia in Srem. elchem.ihtm.bg.ac.yu /HtDocs/AD/Mitrovica/SeatOfHeadquarters.htm   (868 words)

Global Beat Syndicate: Journalism in Serbia Imprisoned In several remarkable dispatches for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Filipovic told of the atrocities committed by the Yugoslav Army in Kosovo, allowing the soldiers to describe their crimes and their remorse in their own words. In another article, he detailed the military build-up in the Sandjak, the Muslim-majority territory in Serbia. And in yet another piece, he detailed the efforts by the authorities to smuggle police and other armed individuals into Kosovo. www.bu.edu /globalbeat/syndicate/Borden051700.html   (791 words)

Kosova Communication #225 Regarding Kosova, the statement says, amongst other things, that the Belgrade regime is not allowing the return of the OSCE missions to Kosova, Sandjak and Vojvodina and the UN Human Rights Committee Special rapportuer to carry his duty in the FR of Yugoslavia. On 16 June the Serbian Helsinki Committee stated that the arrests of the Muslim population of Sandjak has increased recently. This has helped contribute towards the cleansing of the Muslim population in Sandjak. www.hri.org /cgi-bin/brief?/news/balkans/koscom/1995/95-06-19.koscom.html   (1757 words)

BBC News | CUP TEAMS | Team profile: Algeria Captain Moosa Saib is very frank about these difficulties, and he hopes only that his team mates will be determined enough to overcome them. Coach Sandjak surprisingly ommitted French-based players Salem Harcheche and Karim Kerkar, who had accompanied the side on a training trip to Brazil. And that trip went far from smoothly with a humiliating 7-0 defeat at the hands of a Romario-inspired Vasco de Gama, warming up for the world championships. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sport/football/africa/cup_of_nations/cup_teams/599261.stm   (230 words)

Axis History Factbook: Operation "Kugelblitz" (1943-12-02) Conduct of Operations and Results: “Kugelblitz”, and its second phase called “Schneesturm”, are collectively known as the 6th Enemy Offensive in the postwar Yugoslav literature. The initial fighting occurred in the Prijepolje — Pljevlja area in Sandjak and then gradually farther north into the area east of Sarajevo. The Partisans admit to very heavy losses in the first few days of the operation at the hands of the 1. www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=7513   (348 words)

officials 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) The Commander-in-Chief was paid daily fees of 500 akches, plus an annual salary of 90,000 akches. Promotion for the Commander-in-Chief was to be made Governor General or Grand Vizier but if he was demoted he was made Sandjak-Bey (Governor General of a Sandjak or subdivision of a province). Once every three years, the Commander-in-Chief was given a horse from the stable of the Sultan. www.naqshbandi.org /ottomans/ranks/officier2.htm   (238 words)

NATO/IFOR: UN Resolution S/RES/855 (1993)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) Deeply concerned at the refusal of the authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to allow the CSCE missions of long duration to continue their activities, Bearing in mind that the CSCE missions of long duration are an example of preventive diplomacy undertaken within the framework of the CSCE, and have greatly contributed to promoting stability and counteracting the risk of violence in Kosovo, Sandjak and Vojvodina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Determined to avoid any extension of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia and, in this context, attaching great importance to the work of the CSCE missions and to the continued ability of the international community to monitor the situation in Kosovo, Sandjak and Vojvodina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), www.nato.int /ifor/un/u930809a.htm   (289 words)

Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | Beaten to the punch Ismaili, the first Egyptian club to win the Champions' League trophy -- the feat accomplished in 1969 -- was hoping to achieve another Egyptian first by winning the CAF. The Algerians believed nothing will stand between them and victory, and coach Nasser Sandjak, who replaced Ahmed Belayachi -- fired a couple of weeks ago -- probably spoke the mind of thousands of team supporters when he practically assured victory before the game. "We have our two hands on the trophy already," Sandjak said. weekly.ahram.org.eg /2000/511/sp5.htm   (457 words)

Risto Popovic: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) During the Balkan war of 1912, Commander of the Eastern Detachment in Metohija and the area in the direction of Skoder; later on appointed Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command. During World War One in 1914, Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command and Commander of the Herzegovina Detachment, the Sandjak and the Uzice Army. From 17 January 1916, Commander of the Protection Force and Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command. www.zoominfo.com /directory/Popovic_Risto_170615740.htm   (243 words)

Educational Resources -- The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916 Of special importance is a chapter by British historian Arnold Toynbee that summarizes Armenian history up to the year 1915. Cilicia (Vilayet of Adana and Sandjak of Marash) Summary of Armenian History up to and including the year 1915, by Arnold Toynbee www.armenian-genocide.org /Education.15/current_category.122/resourceguide_detail.html   (185 words)

SEEurope.net :: Politics :: Serbia is to kind to minorities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) Should Serbia do the same as the neighbouring states have done to their minorities? Should all hungarians and croatians be expelled from Vojvodina and should all muslims be expelled from Sandjak? Should all albanians be expelled from the southern parts of serbia? www.seeurope.net /en/forum/read.php?6,19058,page=1   (490 words)

Documents 72-85. Bryce. Armenians. VIII--Trebizond & Shabin Kara-Hissar; IX---Sivas; X---Kaisaria.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) One of the girls present, on being told that everyone she had inquired about had been killed, was terribly overcome; yet she succeeded in suppressing her strong emotion, and nerved herself to take a solemn oath of remembrance, which was shared by all present. The Sandjak of Kaisaria is an outlying sub-division of the. It lies under the shadow of the Erdjies Dagh (Mount Argaios), and bestrides the course of the Kizil Irmak immediately below Sivas. www.cilicia.com /bryce/a10.htm   (15651 words)

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