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When did the Ottoman Turks invade Albania?
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The Ottoman Turks first invaded Albania in 1388. They completed their initial occupation of the country by 1430.1
Following this, the Albanian national hero Skanderbeg led a successful resistance that drove the occupiers out starting in 1443, maintaining Albanian independence for over two decades. After Skanderbeg’s death in 1468, resistance gradually collapsed, and the Turks reoccupied the country by 1506, establishing a period of rule that lasted for more than four centuries.12