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The '''National Assembly of Macedonia''' was established in 1880, as a reaction to the [[Congress of Berlin]] (1878) and composed of 32 representatives from all over [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]].<ref>Discourses of collective identity in Central and Southeast Europe (1770–1945) [https://books.google.com/books?id=TpPWvubBL0MC&pg=PA481&dq=National+Assembly+of+Macedonia+(1880)#v=onepage&q=National%20Assembly%20of%20Macedonia%20(1880)&f=false Page 481] By Balázs Trencsényi, Michal Kopeček {{ISBN|978-963-7326-52-3}} (2006)</ref> The biographies of certain members like, the Greek Leonidas Vulgaris,<ref>Greek Federalism During the Nineteenth Century: Ideas and Projects - [https://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=According+to+scholars%2C+in+1880%2C+Vulgaris+founded+a+Provisional+Government+of&btnG=Search+Books Page 99 by Varban N. Todorov] {{ISBN|0-88033-305-7}}</ref> reveal Greek influence, both official and unofficial. However the composition of the delegates who participated in that convention, represents Albanians, Turks, Greeks, and Vlachs as well as Slavic adherents of all political orientations, that is Bulgarian, Greek and Serbian.
The '''National Assembly of Macedonia''' was established in 1880, as a reaction to the [[Congress of Berlin]] (1878) and composed of 32 representatives from all over [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]].<ref>Discourses of collective identity in Central and Southeast Europe (1770–1945) [https://books.google.com/books?id=TpPWvubBL0MC&pg=PA481&dq=National+Assembly+of+Macedonia+(1880)#v=onepage&q=National%20Assembly%20of%20Macedonia%20(1880)&f=false Page 481] By Balázs Trencsényi, Michal Kopeček {{ISBN|978-963-7326-52-3}} (2006)</ref>


Between May 21 and June 2, in Gremen Teke, near [[Arnissa]], [[Monastir Province, Ottoman Empire]] (now [[Macedonia (Greece)]], it held its first session. The Assembly was summoned to review the political situation of the country after the [[Berlin Congress]] and the indifference of the [[Great Powers]] to force the [[Ottoman Empire]] to implement the mandatory Article 23 from the [[Berlin Agreement]], namely to give Macedonia a special autonomous status. On the agenda were the activities that need to be taken to achieve the “national cause”. The Assembly concluded that even after the latest big changes on the Balkans, when all other Christian nations gained national freedom and statehood: “[[Romania]], [[Serbia]] and [[Montenegro]] gained a full independence, and [[Bulgaria]], [[East Rumelia]] and [[Crete]] gained civil rights, it is only Macedonia, that had its own civilization from the most ancient times, was left without any help”. Than the National Assembly “unanimously decided to demand from the Ottoman state and Great powers swift implementation of the Article 23 of the Berlin Agreement for the Macedonian nation and for Macedonia”.
Between May 21 and June 2, in Gremen Teke, near [[Arnissa]], [[Monastir Province, Ottoman Empire]] (now [[Macedonia (Greece)]], it held its first session. The Assembly was summoned to review the political situation of the country after the [[Berlin Congress]] and the indifference of the [[Great Powers]] to force the [[Ottoman Empire]] to implement the mandatory Article 23 from the [[Berlin Agreement]], namely to give Macedonia a special autonomous status. On the agenda were the activities that need to be taken to achieve the “national cause”. The Assembly concluded that even after the latest big changes on the Balkans, when all other Christian nations gained national freedom and statehood: “[[Romania]], [[Serbia]] and [[Montenegro]] gained a full independence, and [[Bulgaria]], [[East Rumelia]] and [[Crete]] gained civil rights, it is only Macedonia, that had its own civilization from the most ancient times, was left without any help”. Than the National Assembly “unanimously decided to demand from the Ottoman state and Great powers swift implementation of the Article 23 of the Berlin Agreement for the Macedonian nation and for Macedonia”.

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The National Assembly of Macedonia was established in 1880, as a reaction to the Congress of Berlin (1878) and composed of 32 representatives from all over Macedonia.[1]

Between May 21 and June 2, in Gremen Teke, near Arnissa, Monastir Province, Ottoman Empire (now Macedonia (Greece), it held its first session. The Assembly was summoned to review the political situation of the country after the Berlin Congress and the indifference of the Great Powers to force the Ottoman Empire to implement the mandatory Article 23 from the Berlin Agreement, namely to give Macedonia a special autonomous status. On the agenda were the activities that need to be taken to achieve the “national cause”. The Assembly concluded that even after the latest big changes on the Balkans, when all other Christian nations gained national freedom and statehood: “Romania, Serbia and Montenegro gained a full independence, and Bulgaria, East Rumelia and Crete gained civil rights, it is only Macedonia, that had its own civilization from the most ancient times, was left without any help”. Than the National Assembly “unanimously decided to demand from the Ottoman state and Great powers swift implementation of the Article 23 of the Berlin Agreement for the Macedonian nation and for Macedonia”.

National Assembly elected a Provisional Government of Macedonia, named “Unity” as an executive and operational body that will undertake all necessary activities to achieve the “national cause: creation of Macedonian state”. It was decided that they will first demand, using legal means, a right for autonomy, recognized by the Great powers and sanctioned by the international Berlin Agreement from 1878. If the Ottoman government denies the fulfillment of this obligation, and Great powers do not force it to fulfill it, “the Provisional Government will call the Macedonian nation to arms, under the banner: Macedonia for Macedonians, to restore the ancient Macedonia.

In March 1881 the Provisional Government published a Manifest, with a protocol decision of the Macedonian National Assembly, to the diplomatic representatives of the Great powers.

This manifest is mentioned by the Bulgarian Patriarch Kiril in the Book: Б’лгарската екзархија в Одринско и Македонија след Освободителната војна (1877–1878), vol. 1/1, Софиа: Синодално издателство, 1969, p. 461-466, 485.

References

  1. ^ Discourses of collective identity in Central and Southeast Europe (1770–1945) Page 481 By Balázs Trencsényi, Michal Kopeček ISBN 978-963-7326-52-3 (2006)

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