Why are you mixing up things here? Arvanites was greek word to refer to Albanians, it was Albanian Christians. Souliotes = Albanian orthodox Christians. the turkish word for Albanian is Arnavut. very similar. the arvanite call themselves Arbereshe... and there are also Arbereshe in Italy, the italians call them Albanesi which means 'Albanian' . Some of the biggest Albanian nationalists have been Arbereshe, and they were a part of the Albanian national awakening. there is a very good job done by greeks and serbs on the internet to claim the opposite.
now you may take it as you want it. the ''ALBANIANS'' that were fighting against them were Pro Ottomans, just like many greeks that were Ottomans. or have you forgotten?... it's funny how you call the Greeks that were pro ottomans as turks, but the Albanians that were pro Ottomans are ALBANIANS? and for this it's to be blamed on all Albanians? like they didn't terrorize other albanians? it's like many Norwegians were on the nazi side, but many were against.
You're wrong. The first to collaborate with Ottomans were Greeks, after constantinople. the early Ottoman army was actually Greek Ottomans. then later came Albanians, Serbs, Bosnians.
if Albanians were so pro-ottoman, why did they revolt against them even after Skanderbegs death??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_Revolt_of_1910
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_Revolts_of_1833–1839
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_Revolt_of_1912
Because some Albanians went on Ottoman side? you insist they spoke on behalf of every albanian? you think Ali Pasha tepelena spoke on behalf of all Albanians? he was an Ottoman servant....EVERY nation had people that went on Ottoman side, greeks, serbs, bosnians etc. at the same time you had people that were against them.
If Albanians wanted to name Albania west turkey, why the hell were they fighting for independence from Ottomans? Why were they fighting to unite Kosovo with Albania? but Ottoman forces wanted to put a stop on Albanian revolts, so they cooperated with Serbs and had many Albanians that were for independence, killed. for example Mother Theresa's father was poisoned by Serbs. Why they kill Haxhi Zeka?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haxhi_Zeka
if you're going to say that Albanians that were pro-ottoman represented Albanians, don't forget the pro Ottoman greeks too, ok? Greeks have done a very good job on hiding their muslim population, even going as far as to deport them. Just because you're a muslim doesn't mean you're a turk or pro Ottoman either. People converted to not pay taxes, after generations it became their religion, does that mean they want their own country conquered by others? Unless you see religion first, and nation 2nd... This is the difference between you greeks and us. for you, religion comes first. that's why you do population exchanges. the greek nation is based on greek orthodoxy
and west turkey? Why would somebody fight for independence and then name it after the enemies country? talk about contradicting yourself.
You mean Ismail Qemail? he never said that.
What you greeks and serbs don't understand is that you can't teach us our history, there was a time in Albanian history called ''Albanian national awakening'' it was the time when it was Albanians forgetting their religions and unite and fight for their country and people FIRST, religion came 2nd. after skanderbegs death, albanians tried to fight, managed to for a time, but lost in the end again... this was a fight against the biggest and most powerful army in the world, most of the time we were outnumbered.. yet there are places were Ottomans never managed to step in, a battle in malesia, 3,000 albanians lead by a WOMAN, against 30,000 Ottomans, a battle which Ottomans lost....after Skanderbegs death, hundreds of years went by until Albanians started to WAKE UP AGAIN. see: Albanian national awakening. The Albanians that liberated greece were orthodox christians. they put religion first.. that's wh
y im saying the greek nation is based on orthodoxy, so many other ethnicities have easily asimilated into the greek population just because of sharing the same religion. the greek nation is the opposite of turkey, who are united under islam, even though the genepool consists of many ethnicities. Turkey was founded by Qemal attaturk, they didn't want anything to do with the Ottoman empire either.
Because Ottomans had many Albanian warriors these represent all Albanians? So Quisling represented all Norwegians? I know some of the greatest Ottoman warriors were Albanians... despite the fact that there were just as many Serbs, Bosnians and Greeks in the Ottoman army. Some of the greatest warriors fighting against Ottomans were also Albanians.