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. "Mehmet Akif has been a common symbol of Turks and Albanians, and he exemplifies the closeness between the two nations," says Adem Urfa, representative of the Turkish Co-operation and Development Administration (TIKA) in Kosovo.
Druga važna ličnost je Mehmet Akif Ersoj, sin Albanca iz zapadnog grada Peći, koji je napisao tursku nacionalnu himnu i bio blizak Ataturkov prijatelj. „Mehmet Akif je zajednički simbol Turaka i Albanaca i primer je bliskosti između dva naroda“, kaže Adem Urfa, predstavnik turske Uprave za saradnju i razvoj (TIKA) na Kosovu.