{"id":7852,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/enrico-tellini\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:50","slug":"enrico-tellini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/enrico-tellini\/","title":{"rendered":"Enrico Tellini"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enrico <\/span>T<\/span>ellini<\/span> (1871–1923), a major I<\/span>t<\/span>alian officer, was killed near Ioannina. During World War I, he served in <\/span>t<\/span>he command of I<\/span>t<\/span>alian <\/span>t<\/span>roops in Albania, and in 1923, he was promo<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>o general and appoin<\/span>t<\/span>ed head of <\/span>t<\/span>he I<\/span>t<\/span>alian mission a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he In<\/span>t<\/span>erna<\/span>t<\/span>ional<\/span> Commission for De<\/span>t<\/span>ermining <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>Albanian-Greek<\/span> Border, where he was en<\/span>t<\/span>rus<\/span>t<\/span>ed wi<\/span>t<\/span>h leading <\/span>t<\/span>ha<\/span>t<\/span> commission. <\/span>T<\/span>ellini<\/span> main<\/span>t<\/span>ained an objec<\/span>t<\/span>ive s<\/span>t<\/span>ance, opposing <\/span>t<\/span>he effor<\/span>t<\/span>s of Greek governmen<\/span>t<\/span> represen<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>ives <\/span>t<\/span>o al<\/span>t<\/span>er <\/span>t<\/span>he e<\/span>t<\/span>hnic composi<\/span>t<\/span>ion of Albanian border <\/span>villages. <\/span>T<\/span>his posi<\/span>t<\/span>ion <\/span>ul<\/span>t<\/span>ima<\/span>t<\/span>ely led<\/span> t<\/span>o his assassina<\/span>t<\/span>ion by members of a Greek gang. <\/span>In an a<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>emp<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>o<\/span> deflec<\/span>t<\/span> blame, <\/span>t<\/span>he Greek governmen<\/span>t<\/span> sough<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>o pin <\/span>t<\/span>he crime on Albanians, bu<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>his effor<\/span>t<\/span> was unsuccessful. European public opinion, along wi<\/span>t<\/span>h <\/span>t<\/span>he Lea<\/span>gue of Na<\/span>t<\/span>ions and <\/span>t<\/span>he Conference of Ambassadors, demanded <\/span>t<\/span>ha<\/span>t<\/span> A<\/span>t<\/span>hens apprehend and prosecu<\/span>t<\/span>e <\/span>t<\/span>he murderers and provide compensa<\/span>t<\/span>ion. <\/span>T<\/span>he Greek au<\/span>t<\/span>hori<\/span>t<\/span>ies’ refusal <\/span>t<\/span>o fulfill <\/span>t<\/span>hese obliga<\/span>t<\/span>ions resul<\/span>t<\/span>ed in a crisis in <\/span>I<\/span>t<\/span>alian-Greek<\/span> rela<\/span>t<\/span>ions, culmina<\/span>t<\/span>ing <\/span>in <\/span>t<\/span>he occupa<\/span>t<\/span>ion of <\/span>t<\/span>he ci<\/span>t<\/span>y of Corfu by I<\/span>t<\/span>alian forces from Augus<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>o Sep<\/span>t<\/span>ember 1923. <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span>o: Enriko <\/span>T<\/span><\/em>elini<\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian encyclopedic dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary – Vol. 3<\/span><\/span>, Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kris<\/span>t<\/span>alina-KH”, <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a, 2009, page 2674.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enrico_<\/span>T<\/span>ellini<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Near Janina, Enrico Tellini (1871\u20131923), an Italian major, was killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11446,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7852\/revisions\/11446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}