Harran Evleri - Türkiye Seyahat Acentaları Birliği

Prizren’den bir köy (en üstte), gene UNESCO listesindeyer alan bir başka manastır (üstte) ve Sinan Paşa Camii(sağda).A village in Prizren (Top) another monastery listed underUNESCO (upper side) and Sinan Pasha Mosque (Rightside).This young state’s population is made of 85 percentAlbanians, 3-4 percent Serbians and 3-4 percentTurks. Taking this distribution into account, theofficial language is Albanian and Serbian. Kosovianconstitution states Turkish is at an official level inmunicipalities.It is like an Ottoman museumThe numeric information aside, firstly, the capitalPristina and Prizren, one of the most important citiesall of Kosovo is like an open air museum for Ottomanhistory.There are small and big mosques, stone bridges,houses and streets that remind you of Anatolia, andeven Turkish baths that remained from Ottomanperiod. Already, Macedonia-Kosovo tours that attractmore and more interest are named “Ottoman Tours”.The Republic of Kosovo is still very young. It isalmost the baby of Europe. Furthermore, its roadshave been damaged during the bloody and painfulbonbings of 2000’s. This is why tourism is newlybourgeoning. In any case, it is a nice experienceto meet Kosovians while sitting at coffee shops atPristina and Prizren’s main avenues, to buy Balkanfolk music and to dicover common words and food.TÜRSAB DERGİ | MAYIS 2013 33