Sali Butka, an activist of the movement for national liberation and the protection of the country’s territorial integrity during the National Renaissance, passed away. He was born in the village of Butk\u00eb in Kolonj\u00eb, in 1857. From a young age he participated in the national movement. In 1905 he became a member of the Monastery Committee “For the freedom of Albania”, in 1906-1908 he organized and led the patriotic armed detachments in the district of Kolonj\u00eb. After the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, he headed the National Club of Cologne and in 1911 he raised a squad of fighters commanded by him. He took an active part in the General Uprising of 1912 as the leader of a detachment of colonist fighters and, in cooperation with the detachments commanded by Themistokli G\u00ebrmenji, Spiro Bellkameni, etc. He freed Erseka and entered Kor\u00e7a. He was placed at the service of the Provisional Government of Vlora, headed by Ismail Qemali. At the head of the military forces of Ismail Qemali’s government, he fought against the Greek invaders during the years 1913-1914. In one of these fights, in Nikolic\u00eb, he was seriously injured in one eye. He continued his patriotic activity even during the First World War. In 1916, at the head of his forces and in cooperation with those of Themistoklis G\u00ebrmenjit, he contributed to the proclamation by the French command of the “Autonomous Province of Kor\u00e7a”. In 1919, when Kor\u00e7a and Kolonja were again in danger of being separated from the Albanian state, Sali Butka was put in charge of the fighters who came from different regions of the country and fought for the protection of the territorial integrity of the Motherland. In 1920 he participated in the Congress of Lushnja, as a delegate from Kor\u00e7a, in 1924 he supported the June Revolution and the government of Fan S. Noli. Sali Butka remained until the end of his life an opponent of Ahmet Zog’s monarchist regime. He wrote a series of patriotic poems, which were collected and published in the volume “Ndjenjat p\u00ebr Atdheun” (\u201cFeelings for Homeland\u201d)(1920). (In the photo: Sali Butka)<\/i> <\/p>\n
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