Panhellenic organisation: The "unknown" phase of the Greek revolutionary struggle in european Turkey, 1908-1909
Abstract
Hellenic underground revolutionary activity in European Turkey, after the
successful Young Turk coup in Macedonia in July 1908, has not become the
object of any systematic historical research so far, with the notable
exception of Professor Gounaris’ study (1984). The present article shall
attempt to fill in that void. Outlining the organizational structure, function
and activity of the Πανελλήνιος ’Οργάνωση (Panhellenic Organization,
Π.Ο.), the basic Greek revolutionary apparatus which had been active from
summer 1908 to autumn 1909 in Turkey-in-Europe, has been neither the
chief nor the sole intent of the article. The main purpose of this study is to
focus and elaborate on colonel Danglis’ (head of the Π.Ο.) operational plan
for the solidification, development and advancement of the Organization.
Colonel Danglis had embraced the belief that the implementation of the
Π.Ο. program depended upon its integration into Greek state machinery,
and particularly the Foreign Office. The military leader of the Π.Ο. argued
that the Π.Ο. should initially built an effective revolutionary network in
Ottoman territory. After a reasonable period of time the Π.Ο. could evolve
into a powerful tool that would undertake to promote the economic
interests and political emancipation of the Greek populations living under
Ottoman rule.
This study was based on manuscript archival sources, drawn mainly from
the Historical Archive of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and
selected secondary sources.
Article Details
- How to Cite
-
Ψηλός Χ. (2008). Panhellenic organisation: The "unknown" phase of the Greek revolutionary struggle in european Turkey, 1908-1909. Bulletin of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies, 15, 325–336. https://doi.org/10.12681/deltiokms.265
- Issue
- Vol. 15 (2008)
- Section
- Articles
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g. post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (preferably in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).