Teme Sejko

Teme Sejko (25 de agosto de 1922 - 31 de mayo de 1961) fue un contralmirante albanés y comandante de la armada albanesa y de la base naval de Durrës . ^{[ 1 ]} En 1961 fue ejecutado por ser presuntamente el líder de un grupo prosoviético que había estado planeando un golpe de Estado contra Enver Hoxha vendiendo la armada albanesa a la Sexta Flota de los Estados Unidos .

Teme Sejko, miembro de la familia Sejko de Filiates , una familia albanesa cham , musulmana . Nació en Konispol , Albania , el 25 de agosto de 1922. ^{[ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]} Su padre, Mehmet Sejko, era un terrateniente de la región y uno de los líderes del Batallón Chameria . Su madre, Shyqëranie Taka, era ama de casa. Era sobrina de Alush Taka, quien había sido comandante en la Guerra de Vlora y también estaba emparentada con Osman Taka . Teme Sejko tenía dos hermanos, Taho y Sulo, y dos hermanas, Nurie y Merushe. Una de sus hermanas estaba casada con Rexhep Plaku, un terrateniente de Konispol . Su padre envió a Teme a Tirana , Sarandë y Shkodër a estudiar. Terminó sus estudios en la Academia Militar Voroshilov en Moscú . ^{[ 2 ] [ 5 ]}

In 1943 he was sent by the National Anti-Fascist Liberation Army of Albania to Konispol, where he became one of the founding members of the Chameria battalion (Albanian: Batalioni Çamëria). After World War II Teme Sejko rose rapidly through the ranks of the Albanian army, becoming in 1958 rear-admiral of the Albanian navy. During the period of poor relations with Yugoslavia, Colonel Sejko was sending undercover groups into Yugoslavia.^[2]

In July 1960 he was arrested by the Sigurimi, Albania's secret police, for allegedly being part of a joint Greek-Yugoslav-Italian-US sixth Fleet counterrevolutionary plot to overthrow the Albanian government.^[6][7] He was arrested along with six other military commanders: his brother, and ex-editor-in-chief of Zëri i Popullit, Taho Sejko; Liri Belishova, chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania; and Tahir Demi, representative of Albania at Comecon. They were tried in May 1961 and convicted. Teme Sejko was sentenced to death and shot after the trial along with three other high-ranking members of the Albanian army and the Party of Labour of Albania, Tahir Demi, Abdyl Resuli and Hajri Mane on 31 May 1961.^[8][9] The four remaining commanders received prison sentences ranging from 15 years to life imprisonment. Teme Sejko's son, Sokol, and two of his brothers were shot as well. His wife, Shpresa, committed suicide as did his brother, Sulo. After his execution the Office of Naval Intelligence reported that Teme Sejko was a key figure of the Soviet-Albanian split. Sources in Yugoslavia at the time argued that Sejko had been accused because of his politics. It was said that the executions had arisen because Hoxha disagreed with the conclusions of a Party conference in Tirana in 1956.^[2]