Aćif Hadžiahmetović Bljuta
The Biography Of The Sandzak Political Leader Aćif Hadžiahmetović Bljuta In Period 1919-1941

Summary/Abstract: Acif Hadžiahmetovic Bljuta was one of the most prominent political leaders in the first half of the 20 th century in the Sandžak area. In recent political events it name brought back the controversy over his role during the Second World War and its relations to the local Serbs. Born Albanian and raised in Novi Pazar as the member of the prominent family, Bljuta served as officer in the Turkish Army during the First World War. He retur-ned to Yugoslavia and became member of the Islamic community and twice in the Parliament until 1925, and again since 1938. Bljuta was very popular among the Muslim population of Sandžak, as a very religious and well-known merchant and local politician. After the occupation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (including Ser-bia) in April 1941, Bljuta supported the German occupation. He took the local power introducing the forced Albanisation of the Muslim population, harsh conditions to the local Serbs. He supported the idea of the Sandzak joining the Greater Albania. As effect of this policy, local Serbs organized themselves in the Chetnik resistance, which led to severe clashes in the au-tumn 1941. He personally took part in the fighting. On the other side, the German military authorities were also suspicious on his pro-Albanian ideas and putted Bljuta on measures of restricted movement and political acting.

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