Kodžadžik
Kodžadžik (Macedonian: Коџаџик; Turkish: Kocacık), formerly known as Svetigrad, is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia.
Kodžadžik
Коџаџик Kocacık | |
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Village | |
 The house of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's father's family | |
  Kodžadžik Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°27′N 20°36′E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipality |  Centar Župa |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 275 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | DB |
| Website | . |
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 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]
Kodžadžik is known for the house of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's parents. The memorial house of Kemal Atatürk's father was reconstructed in Kodžadžik.[5]
Demographics
The village is inhabited by a Turkish speaking population consisting of Turks.[6][7]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 275 inhabitants, whom all are Turks.[8]
References
- 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)."
- Makfax
- Some sources refer to the siege occurring in 1449. Most original documents, however, only refer to it happening in 1448. See: Schmitt p. 93.
- Anna Zadrożna. "Reconstructing the past in a post-Ottoman village:Turkishness in a transnational context": 3.
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- 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.
- 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."
- Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 189.