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Panhellenic organisation : The "unknown" phase of the Greek revolutionary struggle in european Turkey, 1908-1909

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• Ψηλός, Χριστόφορος
• Ψηλός, Χριστόφορος

Hellenic underground revolutionary activity in European Turkey, after thesuccessful Young Turk coup in Macedonia in July 1908, has not become theobject of any systematic historical research so far, with the notableexception of Professor Gounaris’ study (1984). The present article shallattempt to fill in that void. Outlining the organizational structure, functionand activity of the Πανελλήνιος ’Οργάνωση (Panhellenic Organization,Π.Ο.), the basic Greek revolutionary apparatus which had been active fromsummer 1908 to autumn 1909 in Turkey-in-Europe, has been neither thechief nor the sole intent of the article. The main purpose of this study is tofocus and elaborate on colonel Danglis’ (head of the Π.Ο.) operational planfor the solidification, development and advancement of the Organization.Colonel Danglis had embraced the belief that the implementation of theΠ.Ο. program depended upon its integration into Greek state machinery,and particularly the Foreign Office. The military leader of the Π.Ο. arguedthat the Π.Ο. should initially built an effective revolutionary network inOttoman territory. After a reasonable period of time the Π.Ο. could evolveinto a powerful tool that would undertake to promote the economicinterests and political emancipation of the Greek populations living underOttoman rule.This study was based on manuscript archival sources, drawn mainly fromthe Historical Archive of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, andselected secondary sources.

• History and Archaeology

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• http://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/deltiokms/article/view/2646
• http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/deltiokms.265