The Macedonian Knot: The Identity of the Macedonians, as Revealed in the Development of the Balkan League 1878-1914- The Role of Macedonia in the Strategy of the Entente Before the First World War

Unpublished documents from German archives prove the separate identity of the Macedonian people (who, like all other Slavic groups in south-east Europe, settled in the Balkans during the migration of nations). The neighbouring states have no right to deny the Macedonians their legitimacy to their name, language and territory. During the last Russian-Turkish War over Bulgaria in 1877/78, Macedonia, Thrace and Epirus were also freed but were returned to the Ottoman Empire at the Congress of B...