Economic Measures in the Activities of the Serbian Chetnik Organisation in the Kosovo and Bitola Vilayets, 1904-1908: A Case Study
Economic Measures in the Activities of the Serbian Chetnik Organisation in the Kosovo and Bitola Vilayets, 1904-1908: A Case Study

Summary/Abstract: Economic methods played a supplementary yet highly significant role in the struggle conducted by the guerrilla units of the Serbian Chetnik Organisation (SCO) in the Kosovo and Bitola (Monastir) vilayets of the Ottoman Empire, aiding in the achievement of national objectives. Following the example and experience of the rival comitadji organisations (Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation – MRO; Bulgarian-Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation – BMARO; Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation – SMARO; Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation – IMARO), the Serbian revolutionary structure in the Ottoman Empire similarly employed economic measures as a means of attracting the Orthodox population of the Bitola and Kosovo vilayets into its ranks. Since these activities were conducted to promote the national and state interests of the Kingdom of Serbia, they can be characterised as a form of economic nationalism.

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