Kodžadžik

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Kodžadžik
Коџаџик
Kocacık
Village
The house of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's father's family
The house of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's father's family
Kodžadžik is located in North Macedonia
Kodžadžik
Kodžadžik
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°27′N 20°36′E / 41.450°N 20.600°E / 41.450; 20.600Coordinates: 41°27′N 20°36′E / 41.450°N 20.600°E / 41.450; 20.600
Country North Macedonia
RegionLogo of Southwestern Region, North Macedonia.svg Southwestern
MunicipalityCoat of arms of Centar Župa Municipality.svg Centar Župa
Population
 (2002)
 • Total275
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesDB
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Kodžadžik (Macedonian: Коџаџик; Turkish: Kocacık), is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia.

Name

A former Ottoman fortress existed at the location of Kodžadžik before the end of the first half of the 15th century.[1] Scholars such as Smiljanić and Hadži Vasiljević stated that a battle between Skanderbeg and Ottoman Turks took place in the area, and that the name of the village derives from the Turkish expression kocacenk, which means big battle.[1]

History

According to historians, the village was first mentioned in 1385 and the name of the village means Great Battle.[2] It was known as Sfetigrad[citation needed] before the Ottoman conquest in 1448, in which Ottoman forces captured it from forces of the League of Lezhë after sieging it for three months.[3] After the Ottoman conquest, Kodžadžik was settled by Ottoman soldiers and Turkish nomads (Yörüks). The local church was converted to a mosque, and Kodžadžik, as part of the sanjak (district) Debra-i Bala, became a center that connected the southeast with Albania and the Adriatic Sea. In the course of time, resettlements of the Turks to nearby villages, intermarriages, and social interactions contributed to Turkification of the area and religious conversion.[4]

The fortress of Kodžadžik is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 with 51 household heads being attested who were exempt from paying the haraç tax as long as they maintained the upper fortress. The personal names recorded are of a mixed local Albanian-Slavic (and more generally Christian) character, although the Slavic onomastic element predominates; Radeko Porteviri; Pejo (possibly, Pijo), son of Radeko; Todor Koleci; Bogçeja son of Todor; Nikolla son of Drago; Todor Drago; Jançe, brother of Todor; Radako, brother of Jançe; Dimitri Pavli; Ivan Koleci; Nikolla son of Tanas; Gjorgje Pavli; Dimitri Koleci; Pavël Kallogjeri; Gjoni, son of Pavël; Pop Bojko; Nikolla brother of Pop Bojko; Gjon Strumahu; Petër Kalani; Radec Deskoviçi; Petko Shirgji; Todori, brother of Petko; Radçe Bogisha; Dimitri Zaharia; Ifço Bogiçi; Bogiçe, son of Ifço; Gjon Llazari; Vlashi, brother of Gjon; Nikolla Bratani; Gjorgo Strumahu; Gjergj Koleci; Nanko, brother of Gjergj; Pjeko Obertko (Obretko); Nenko, brother of Pjeko; Todori, brother of Nenko; Gjuro Kozhonari; Ninec Damziqi; Brato, brother of Ninec; Pjero Llazini; Pop Ratko; Radqe Stanisha; Zaharia Stanisha; Ninec Vidiqi; Radçe Kozhari; Dabërto Strumahu; Dako Masktori; Bushko Todori; and Ninec Dajçi.

The carpenters of the upper castle, who were also exempt from taxes, were: Gjin Drodgjeri; Bogiçe, son of Gjin; and Aleko, son of Gjin.[5]

Kodžadžik is known for the house of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's parents. The memorial house of Kemal Atatürk's father was reconstructed in Kodžadžik.[6]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by a Turkish speaking population consisting of Turks.[7][8]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 275 inhabitants, whom all are Turks.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 43. "Коџаџик е село и најбогата историја во овој крај. Тука била некогашна Турска тврдина која постоела пред крајот на I пол. од XV в. (Радониќ, Скендербег, 243). Кај Смиљаниќ (с.66) и Хаџи Васиљевиќ (Г. Дебар, 141) е запишано предание за битка меѓу Скендербег и Турците, со која е поврзана народната етимологија на селото (од "kocacenk" -Коџаџик, на Турски: голема битка)."
  2. ^ Makfax
  3. ^ Some sources refer to the siege occurring in 1449. Most original documents, however, only refer to it happening in 1448. See: Schmitt p. 93.
  4. ^ Anna Zadrożna. "Reconstructing the past in a post-Ottoman village:Turkishness in a transnational context": 3. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 59.
  6. ^ MIA
  7. ^ Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p.214. "Турски етнички елемент живее во Жупа - во селата: Коџаџик, Новаци, Брештани, Елевци, Евла, Долгаш, Ослоница и Праленик, и нешто во градот Дебар." p. 326.
  8. ^ Bunguri, Adem (2009). "Kalaja e Koxhaxhikut (Dibër) [Koxhaxhik's Castle (Dibër)]". Studime Historike (1–02): 44. "Është kjo arsyeja që pranë kalasë së Koxhaxhikut sot gjenden 6 fshatra turqishtfolës, që janë: Pralanik, Breshtan, Novak, Elefc, Koxhaxhik dhe Dollgash."
  9. ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 189.

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