Hysen Ceka
Hysen Ceka (1866–1921) was a prominent patriot, educator, and activist of the Albanian National Awakening, known for his significant role in promoting the Albanian language and national consciousness in central Albania. He completed his higher education in law at the Mülkiye University in Istanbul [1], where he actively participated in Albanian patriotic student circles. After graduating successfully, he worked in Monastir (Bitola) as a professor and contributed to the founding of Albanian patriotic societies.
His patriotic and educational activity extended from Burgajet, where he was a teacher to Ahmet Zog (later King Zog I, [2][3][4] to Elbasan, Shpat, Mokra, Gramsh, and Shëngjergj, where, under Ottoman repression, he taught the Albanian language, often in disguise to avoid persecution.[5] He was among the initiators of the opening of the first Albanian-language school in Elbasan on August 2, 1908,[6] and he trained generations of students who later became teachers and promoters of Albanian education.
In 1910, he resigned from the Ottoman Idadie school after refusing to teach Albanian using the Arabic script. Around the same year, he was arrested by the Ottoman authorities in Elbasan because of his patriotic activities. After Albania’s independence, during 1913–1914, he served as a judge in Gramsh, continuing to support Albanian education and state-building. He died in Elbasan in 1921. In 1942, on the 30th anniversary of Albanian independence, the “Zgjimi” Elementary School in Elbasan was named “Hysen Ceka” in his honor.
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- ↑ "Në Përkujtim të 111-Vjetorit të Normales së Elbasanit". Elbasani.org. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
