helped develop an intention to annex Greek-speaking areas, and bolster Greek presence in the still Ottoman-ruled Macedonia. The events in Macedonia, specifically the consequences of the conflicts between Greek and Bulgarian national activists, including Greek massacres against the Bulgarian population in 1905 and 1906, gave rise to pogroms against the ca. 70,000-80,000 strong Greek communities that lived in Bulgaria, who were considered to share responsibility for the actions of the Greek guerrilla groups. Nevertheless, the Young Turk movement resulted in a few instances of collaboration between Greek and Bulgarian bands, while this time the official policy in both countries continue to support the penetration of armed fighters into Ottoman Macedonia, but without having fully ensured that there would be no attacks on each other. Legacy The Greek fighters were portrayed by Greek writer Penelope Delta in her novel Τά μυστικά τοῦ Βάλτου (Ta Mystiká tou Váltou – The Secrets of the Swamp), as well as in the book of memoirs Ὁ Μακεδονικός Ἀγών (The Macedonian Struggle) by Germanos Karavangelis, while on the other side, the IMRO and their activities are depicted in the book Confessions of a Macedonian Bandit: A Californian in the Balkan Wars, written by Albert Sonnichsen, an American volunteer in the IMRO during the Macedonian Struggle. See also Macedonian Question List of Macedonian Revolutions Notes References Dakin, Douglas: "The Greek Struggle in Macedonia 1897–1913", 1993 Karavangelis, Germanos: "The Macedonian Struggle" (Memoirs)* Koliopoulos, Ioannis: History of Greece from 1800, Nation, State and Society, Thessaloniki, 2000 Rappoport, Alfred: Au pays des martyrs. Notes et souvenirs d'un ancien consul-général d'Autriche-Hongrie en Macédoine (1904–1909). Librarie Universitaire J. Gamber, Paris, 1927. Memoirs of the General Consul of Austro-Hungary in Macedonia. Cat. No. 7029530203814. Sonnichsen, Albert: Confessions of a Macedonian Bandit: A Californian in the Balkan Wars, The Narrative Press, (the Macedonian struggle from a perspective of an American volunteer in IMRO) Vakalopoulos, Apostolos: "History of the Greek Nation 1204–1985" (in Greek language) Macedonia under the Ottoman Empire Kosovo vilayet Manastir vilayet Salonica vilayet Wars involving the Ottoman Empire Wars involving Bulgaria Wars involving Serbia Wars involving Greece Conflicts in 1901 Conflicts in 1902 Conflicts in 1903 Conflicts in 1904 Conflicts in 1905 Conflicts in 1906 Conflicts in 1907 Conflicts in 1908 1893 in the Ottoman Empire 1904 in the Ottoman Empire 1905 in the Ottoman Empire 1906 in the Ottoman Empire 1907 in the Ottoman Empire 1908 in the Ottoman Empire Greece–Ottoman