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Bishku 2013, p. 98. "When NATO launched airstrikes in reaction to Serbian persecution and military actions against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in March 1999 – an action that lasted over two months – Turkey supplied eighteen jets. After that operation, Turkey contributed several hundred troops to the Kosovo Force, a continuing NATO-led peacekeeping operation originally authorized under United Nations Security Council resolution 1244. After Albania, Turkey was one of the first to recognize Kosovo as an independent state, on 18 February 2008." Bishku, Michael (2013). "Albania and the Middle East". Mediterranean Quarterly. 24 (2): 81–103. doi:10.1215/10474552-2141908. S2CID154341789.
Öktem 2011, p. 158. "This assertion holds particularly true for Kosovo and Macedonia, where most remaining Albanians and Turks are in close contact with family members living in Turkey..." Öktem, Kerem (2011). "Between emigration, de-Islamization and the nation-state: Muslim communities in the Balkans today". Southeast European and Black Sea Studies. 11 (2): 155–171. doi:10.1080/14683857.2011.587249. S2CID153655241.
Bishku 2013, p. 98. "When NATO launched airstrikes in reaction to Serbian persecution and military actions against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in March 1999 – an action that lasted over two months – Turkey supplied eighteen jets. After that operation, Turkey contributed several hundred troops to the Kosovo Force, a continuing NATO-led peacekeeping operation originally authorized under United Nations Security Council resolution 1244. After Albania, Turkey was one of the first to recognize Kosovo as an independent state, on 18 February 2008." Bishku, Michael (2013). "Albania and the Middle East". Mediterranean Quarterly. 24 (2): 81–103. doi:10.1215/10474552-2141908. S2CID154341789.
