Koçi
Koçi is an Albanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Koçi Bey (died 1650), Albanian Ottoman bureaucrat * Elez Koçi (1856-1916), Albanian activist * Ervin Koçi, Albanian politician * Koçi Xoxe (1911-1949), Albanian politician * Akil Mark Koci (born 1946), Kosovo Albanian composer * Hafiz Sabri Koçi (1921-2004), Albanian cleric * Amanda Ava Koçi, known as Ava Max, American singer of Albanian origin See also * Kočí Kočí (coachman in Czech) may refer to: Places * Kočí (Chrudim District), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic Czech people * David Kočí, ice hockey player * Přemysl Kočí, artist * Václav Kočí Václav Kočí (born July 1 ..., Czech surname {{DEFAULTSORT:Koci Albanian-language surnames ...
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Elez Koçi
Elez Koci (Elez Sadik Koçi) was a prominent Albanian independence activist from the region of Dibër, Albania. He was born on 1856, in Ostren i Madh, Dibër, in the present-day municipality of Bulqizë. He attended elementary studies in Debar and in 1876 finished the theological high school in Monastir. He participated in the 1908 Congress of Monastir which established the Albanian alphabet and also lead a revolt against a new Ottoman administration in the region of Diber in 1911 and was subsequently arrested and sentenced 3 years in prison for rebellion. Ottoman Empire’s delicate and weakening position allowed him to be released early and he was able to participate as a delegate, in the proclamation of independence in Vlora on November 28, 1912. By 1915 when Bulgaria proclaimed war against Serbia and occupied northeastern territories of Albania, he led an armed uprising to oppose the newly Bulgarian installed institutions. Elez Koçi was planning to raise the Albania ...
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