Kodžadžik

Kodžadžik ( Коџаџик Macedonian, Turkish Kocacık, Albanian Koxhaxhik or Koxhaxhiku ) is a village in the south of the municipality of Centar Zupa in western Macedonia. West of the village flows the Black Drin. The area is very hilly; the population is mainly engaged in agriculture. The village has 275 inhabitants ( 2002).

Kodžadžik is first mentioned in writing in 1385. At that time the place was called Svetigrad ( other name form: Sfetigrad ).

1443/44 and 1448 was the village castle scene of sieges of the Ottomans. The castle was held by the League of Lezha, which consisted of Albanian and Montenegrin prince, who wanted to protect their countries from the border power. From the Battle of the 1448 graves were 300 Christian and 900 Muslim martyrs found. The League had to give up after their defeat the castle to the Ottomans.

After the Ottoman conquest in 1448, the village was given the Turkish name Kocacık, which means " great battle " means. In this period, the first Turks settled.

In Kodžadžik was the childhood home of the founder in 1923 proclaimed the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. In September 2012, a memorial was opened in honor of Atatürk at this point.