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ULUDAĞ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
SOSYAL BİLİMLER ENSTİTÜSÜ
FELSEFE VE DİN BİLİMLERİ ANABİLİM DALI
DİN SOSYOLOJİSİ BİLİM DALI
Enes İDRİZ
BURSA 2007
ÖZET
Enes İDRİZ
Enes İDRİZ
(Master Thesis)
Skopje is the capital city of the Republic of Macedonia, which separated from
Socialist Union of Yugoslavia in 1991. Being one of the most ancient countries in Balkan
Peninsula Macedonia has been an important area for its cultural, demographic and geographic
sides. For this reason Macedonia may be called a miniature of Balkan Peninsula for having
different peoples with different ethnical and cultural background.
Through history this cultural differency sometimes received as a cultural richness and
people lived in peace and harmony and sometimes received as a very center of the problems
so disorders and wars occurred.
During war times all people and groups living in the city and Skopje itself suffered too
much. After Ottoman Empires weakness and its total withdrew from Balkan Peninsula current
peace and tolerance replaced with disorders and wars like other parts of the peninsula. During
communist era and following period hostility towards Islam was very strong and Muslim
communities came under attack in every aspect of life. Even today Muslims suffer from
different pressures.
In this study we try to find out the structure of the moral values of Muslims in Skopje
during those hard times and have a sociological look at their straggle to maintain their values
and how they practised them.
Key words:
1. Macedonia
2. Skopje
3. Balkan Peninsula
4. Values
5. Sociology of Religion