<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, amaGrikhi aseMakedoniya ayengumbuso omncane ezindaweni eziningana ngaphakathi kwesifunda sezinhlanga eziningi saseMakedoniya, ikakhulukazi kude nogu. Babehlala kanye nabantu abakhuluma isiSlavic, iningi labo elalibizwa ngokuthi amaBulgaria, kanye nezinye izinhlanga ezifana namaJuda, amaTurkey nama-Albania. Kodwa-ke, abakhuluma isiGreki babebaluleke kakhulu endaweni eseningizimu yesifunda eyayihlanganisa izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zeMakedoniya yanamuhla yesiGreki. Izenzo zaseBulgaria zokuxhaphaza abantu baseBulgaria baseMacedonia ngokusungulwa kwe-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization kanye nethonya le-Bulgarian Exarchate esifundeni, kwaholela ekuvukeleni kwe-Ilinden  <response>: owavalwa amabutho ase-Ottoman; lezi zenzakalo zabangela iGrisi ukuba isize abaseMacedonia ukuba bamelane namabutho ase-Ottoman nawaseBulgaria, ngokuthumela izikhulu zamasosha ezazakha amaqembu ahlanganisa abaseMacedonia nabanye amavolontiya aseGrisi, okwakuholela eMzabalazweni waseMacedonia kusukela ngo-1904 kuya ku-1908, okwaphela nge-Young Turk Revolution. Ngokwenani labantu ngo-1904, elaqhutshwa nguHüseyin Hilmi Pasha ngenxa yeziphathimandla zase-Ottoman, amaGrikhi ayeyizakhamuzi eziningi ezifundeni zaseThessaloniki naseMonastir, zazidlulwa ngobuningi esifundeni saseKosovo ngamaBulgaria okwakungamaningi. 