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He was among the founders of the secret [[Macedonian Society]] established in 1885 in Sofia to promote a kind of Macedonian pro-Serbian identity, distinguished especially from the ethnic identity of the [[Bulgarians]].<ref>Roumen Daskalov and Tchavdar Marinov. ''Entangled Histories of the Balkans: Volume One: National Ideologies and Language Policies''. BRILL, 2013. p. 316.</ref> The other leaders were Naum Evrov, Kosta Grupčev and Vasilij Karajovev.<ref>{{cite book|author=Dragan Taškovski|title=Rađanje makedonske nacije|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nn24AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=23 May 2013|year=1969|publisher=Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika Socijalističke Republike Srbije|page=175|quote=коју су предводили Наум Евров, Коста Групчев, Василиј Карајовев и Темко Попов}}</ref> Chased by the Bulgarian authorities in late August 1886, they moved to Belgrade, where they led а negotiations with the Serbian government on the Macedonian issue, and participated in the formation of the so-called [[Association of Serbo-Macedonians|Society of the Serbo-Macedonians]] in the same year. At that time “[[Macedonism]]” was seen by Serbian government as a possible counterweight to Bulgarian influence in Macedonia.<ref>Contested Ethnic Identity: The Case of Macedonian Immigrants in Toronto, 1900-1996, Chris Kostov, Peter Lang, 2010, ISBN 3034301960, p. 65.</ref> From Belgrade, he was sent by the Serbian authorities in Thessaloniki, where he found a job in the Bulgarian high school. However in 1887 he was expelled from the school for pro-Serbian propaganda. In 1888 in a letter to [[Despot Badžović]], Temko Popov emphasized what is his most important aim: to Macedonize the Macedonian Slavs.<ref name="PavlovskiPavlovski1993">{{cite book|author1=Jovan Pavlovski|author2=Mišel Pavlovski|title=Od prvična ideja do država: eden možen pogled na razvojot na nacionalnata misla i državnosta kaj Makedoncite|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=H-IyAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=25 May 2013|year=1993|publisher=Detska radost|page=45|quote=да не се лажеме, Деспоте, националниот у Македонија до такво дередже денеска је стигнал, што то и сам Исус Христос ако слезит од небоно не можит да го уверит Македонеца оти тој е блгарин или србин, освен оние Македонци у кои веќе пропагандата блгарска се има вкоренено}}</ref> In the same latter he stated: |
He was among the founders of the secret [[Macedonian Society]] established in 1885 in Sofia to promote a kind of Macedonian pro-Serbian identity, distinguished especially from the ethnic identity of the [[Bulgarians]].<ref>Roumen Daskalov and Tchavdar Marinov. ''Entangled Histories of the Balkans: Volume One: National Ideologies and Language Policies''. BRILL, 2013. p. 316.</ref> The other leaders were Naum Evrov, Kosta Grupčev and Vasilij Karajovev.<ref>{{cite book|author=Dragan Taškovski|title=Rađanje makedonske nacije|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nn24AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=23 May 2013|year=1969|publisher=Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika Socijalističke Republike Srbije|page=175|quote=коју су предводили Наум Евров, Коста Групчев, Василиј Карајовев и Темко Попов}}</ref> Chased by the Bulgarian authorities in late August 1886, they moved to Belgrade, where they led а negotiations with the Serbian government on the Macedonian issue, and participated in the formation of the so-called [[Association of Serbo-Macedonians|Society of the Serbo-Macedonians]] in the same year. At that time “[[Macedonism]]” was seen by Serbian government as a possible counterweight to Bulgarian influence in Macedonia.<ref>Contested Ethnic Identity: The Case of Macedonian Immigrants in Toronto, 1900-1996, Chris Kostov, Peter Lang, 2010, ISBN 3034301960, p. 65.</ref> From Belgrade, he was sent by the Serbian authorities in Thessaloniki, where he found a job in the Bulgarian high school. However in 1887 he was expelled from the school for pro-Serbian propaganda. In 1888 in a letter to [[Despot Badžović]], Temko Popov emphasized what is his most important aim: to Macedonize the Macedonian Slavs.<ref name="PavlovskiPavlovski1993">{{cite book|author1=Jovan Pavlovski|author2=Mišel Pavlovski|title=Od prvična ideja do država: eden možen pogled na razvojot na nacionalnata misla i državnosta kaj Makedoncite|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=H-IyAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=25 May 2013|year=1993|publisher=Detska radost|page=45|quote=да не се лажеме, Деспоте, националниот у Македонија до такво дередже денеска је стигнал, што то и сам Исус Христос ако слезит од небоно не можит да го уверит Македонеца оти тој е блгарин или србин, освен оние Македонци у кои веќе пропагандата блгарска се има вкоренено}}</ref> In the same latter he stated: |
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{{Quotation|Let us no lie to ourselves, Despot, the national spirit in Macedonia has reached such a stage today that even if Jesus Christ had come to the Earth, he would not have been able to persuade the Macedonian that he was a Bulgarian or a Serb, excepting those Macedonians in whom Bulgarian propaganda has already taken root.}} |
{{Quotation|In the introduction to this letter I will tell you in advance that I will take the trouble to write you, inasfar as it is possible, in our tongue, substituting for those words which I do not know with Bulgarian ones...It is true that our tongue, being most similar to Serbian, should gather from it those words which it does not have in its own dictionary, but where is our dictionary, where are our philologists, who might concern themselves with these important questions... If we have no philologists, where are the Serbian ones, who might know our tongue and might write those elementary and necessary books with such impassionate scholarship as to use Serbian words as supplementary words only where they can not find Macedonian ones, and not to be led by blind patriotism and instead of writing Macedonian textbooks, writing purely Serbian ones... Let us no lie to ourselves, Despot, the national spirit in Macedonia has reached such a stage today that even if Jesus Christ had come to the Earth, he would not have been able to persuade the Macedonian that he was a Bulgarian or a Serb, excepting those Macedonians in whom Bulgarian propaganda has already taken root.}} |
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Temko moved back to Belgrade where the [[Saint Sava society]] helped him materially to his new assignment at work. Subsequently, from 1888 to 1913 Temko Popovic was on Serbian diplomatic service consistently in Thessaloniki, Istanbul and Athens. As result since the eve of the new century, he and his collaborators promoted already only pro-Serbian ideas.<ref>Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia, Dimitar Bechev, Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 0810855658, p. 162.</ref> In 1908-1909 he lived in Constantinople, where he served as a Serbian member of the Ottoman Parliament. Later he worked in the Serbian Embassy in Athens until the end of the Balkan wars, and then moved to Serbia. In 1918 he was appointed Serbian mayor of Ohrid. In 1921 he was appointed inspector in Agricultural service in Bitola, where he retired. |
Temko moved back to Belgrade where the [[Saint Sava society]] helped him materially to his new assignment at work. Subsequently, from 1888 to 1913 Temko Popovic was on Serbian diplomatic service consistently in Thessaloniki, Istanbul and Athens. As result since the eve of the new century, he and his collaborators promoted already only pro-Serbian ideas.<ref>Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia, Dimitar Bechev, Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 0810855658, p. 162.</ref> In 1908-1909 he lived in Constantinople, where he served as a Serbian member of the Ottoman Parliament. Later he worked in the Serbian Embassy in Athens until the end of the Balkan wars, and then moved to Serbia. In 1918 he was appointed Serbian mayor of Ohrid. In 1921 he was appointed inspector in Agricultural service in Bitola, where he retired. |
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Temko Popov | |
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| Born | Темистокли Темко Попов 1855 |
| Died | 1929 |
| Nationality | Ottoman, Serbian, Yugoslavian |
| Other names | Темко Поповић |
| Known for | being Macedonian national activist and an activist of the Serbian national movement in Macedonia |
Temko Popov was an activist of the Macedonian and Serbian national movement in Macedonia.
He was among the founders of the secret Macedonian Society established in 1885 in Sofia to promote a kind of Macedonian pro-Serbian identity, distinguished especially from the ethnic identity of the Bulgarians.[1] The other leaders were Naum Evrov, Kosta Grupčev and Vasilij Karajovev.[2] Chased by the Bulgarian authorities in late August 1886, they moved to Belgrade, where they led а negotiations with the Serbian government on the Macedonian issue, and participated in the formation of the so-called Society of the Serbo-Macedonians in the same year. At that time “Macedonism” was seen by Serbian government as a possible counterweight to Bulgarian influence in Macedonia.[3] From Belgrade, he was sent by the Serbian authorities in Thessaloniki, where he found a job in the Bulgarian high school. However in 1887 he was expelled from the school for pro-Serbian propaganda. In 1888 in a letter to Despot Badžović, Temko Popov emphasized what is his most important aim: to Macedonize the Macedonian Slavs.[4] In the same latter he stated:
In the introduction to this letter I will tell you in advance that I will take the trouble to write you, inasfar as it is possible, in our tongue, substituting for those words which I do not know with Bulgarian ones...It is true that our tongue, being most similar to Serbian, should gather from it those words which it does not have in its own dictionary, but where is our dictionary, where are our philologists, who might concern themselves with these important questions... If we have no philologists, where are the Serbian ones, who might know our tongue and might write those elementary and necessary books with such impassionate scholarship as to use Serbian words as supplementary words only where they can not find Macedonian ones, and not to be led by blind patriotism and instead of writing Macedonian textbooks, writing purely Serbian ones... Let us no lie to ourselves, Despot, the national spirit in Macedonia has reached such a stage today that even if Jesus Christ had come to the Earth, he would not have been able to persuade the Macedonian that he was a Bulgarian or a Serb, excepting those Macedonians in whom Bulgarian propaganda has already taken root.
Temko moved back to Belgrade where the Saint Sava society helped him materially to his new assignment at work. Subsequently, from 1888 to 1913 Temko Popovic was on Serbian diplomatic service consistently in Thessaloniki, Istanbul and Athens. As result since the eve of the new century, he and his collaborators promoted already only pro-Serbian ideas.[5] In 1908-1909 he lived in Constantinople, where he served as a Serbian member of the Ottoman Parliament. Later he worked in the Serbian Embassy in Athens until the end of the Balkan wars, and then moved to Serbia. In 1918 he was appointed Serbian mayor of Ohrid. In 1921 he was appointed inspector in Agricultural service in Bitola, where he retired.
References
- ^ Roumen Daskalov and Tchavdar Marinov. Entangled Histories of the Balkans: Volume One: National Ideologies and Language Policies. BRILL, 2013. p. 316.
- ^ Dragan Taškovski (1969). Rađanje makedonske nacije. Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika Socijalističke Republike Srbije. p. 175. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
коју су предводили Наум Евров, Коста Групчев, Василиј Карајовев и Темко Попов
- ^ Contested Ethnic Identity: The Case of Macedonian Immigrants in Toronto, 1900-1996, Chris Kostov, Peter Lang, 2010, ISBN 3034301960, p. 65.
- ^ Jovan Pavlovski; Mišel Pavlovski (1993). Od prvična ideja do država: eden možen pogled na razvojot na nacionalnata misla i državnosta kaj Makedoncite. Detska radost. p. 45. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
да не се лажеме, Деспоте, националниот у Македонија до такво дередже денеска је стигнал, што то и сам Исус Христос ако слезит од небоно не можит да го уверит Македонеца оти тој е блгарин или србин, освен оние Македонци у кои веќе пропагандата блгарска се има вкоренено
- ^ Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia, Dimitar Bechev, Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 0810855658, p. 162.