GREEK VOCATIONAL ACTION IN OTTOMAN MACEDONIA: Dilemmas and Transformations (1902 - 1904) Cover Image

ГРЧКАТА ВООРУЖЕНА АКЦИЈА ВО ОСМАНЛИСКА МАКЕДОНИЈА: ДИЛЕМИ И ТРАНСФОРМАЦИИ (1902 – 1904)
GREEK VOCATIONAL ACTION IN OTTOMAN MACEDONIA: Dilemmas and Transformations (1902 - 1904)

Author(s): Dimitar Ljorovski
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Институт за национална историја
Keywords: Kingdom of Greece; Ottoman Macedonia; paramilitary; MRO

Summary/Abstract: The Greek government had decided to lead the war against MRO (Macedonian Revolutionary Organization) with mercenary paramilitary formations, created on Greek territory, with members from the Kingdom of Greece and the Iceland of Crete (autonomous area under the jurisdiction of the Ottoman Empire). Also, there where individuals from Ottoman Macedonia under the leadership of Greek officers, firstly as leaders of Andarts, and later leaders of real arm groups. The beginning of the Greek “Macedonian struggle” (1904-1908) had shown the wrong perception of those who claimed that there is great number of Greek “Macedonians” i.e. followers of the Greek Patriarchy which will take arms and later on, lead the fight by them self. The reality was different. The Greek nationalists had understood that the power of Ellinismus in those parts of the Ottoman Empire was very low.

  • Issue Year: 62/2018
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 71-84
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Macedonian