Settlement

Sopia

Municipality Suhareka

Sopia is in the municipality of Suhareka. An Ottoman register from 1893 documents the settlement. For 1998–99, the source documents expulsion, burning by Serbian forces, and killings by Serbian forces.

The source records burning connected with a documented historical conflict. The source records migration of residents to Turkey.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 4.

Source entry: SOPIA

This page presents a selected part of a much more extensive published settlement study. For detailed archival references, family histories, local toponyms and the complete settlement record, consult the original volume.

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