Još jedna važna ličnost je Mehmet Akif Ersoy, sin Albanca iz grada Peći na zapadu zemlje, koji je napisao tursku nacionalnu himnu i bio blizak prijatelj Ataturka.
Another important personality is Mehmet Akif Ersoy, the son of an Albanian from the western city of Peja, who wrote the Turkish national anthem and was a close friend of Ataturk.