Turko-Islamic Art in Kosovo

The Balkans and the destroying of Mosques in Kosovo after the final war (1998-1999)

Resumo

This piece discusses t he architectural, cultural, and religious influence of Turkish culture on the major cities of Kosova as well a s the major cities of the Balkan region as a whole. The destruction of the mosques after t he Final war of Kosova. Destroyed a nd damaged Islamic monuments throughout the Kosova conflicts (1998-1999). Many Kosovar-Albanian cultural objects were destroyed and damaged throughout the era of Slavic occupation of Kosova, specifically during the war era of the Final war of Kosova (1998-1999). Being t hat Kosova was a part of the Ottoman

Empire, Ottoman architecture definitely influenced Kosovar/Albanian architecture. After World War II, Kosova fell into Yugoslavian communist control, who had plans to modernize the general architecture of the c ommunist country in a way to create more of a sense of urbanity to residential areas and city property as a whole. These architectural measures b eing taken were to rid the residential settlements of Ottoman architectural influence. To the communists, the Ottoman architectural design and style was known as “old fashioned” and not “modern”.