К М , ▁SK M ). ▁Being ▁a ▁constitu ent ▁state ▁of ▁Y ug oslav ia , ▁a ▁leading ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Non - Al igned ▁Mov ement , ▁SR ▁Mac ed onia ▁purs ued ▁a ▁neutral ▁foreign ▁policy ▁and ▁maintained ▁a ▁more ▁liberal ▁commun ist ▁system ▁compared ▁to ▁other ▁commun ist ▁states . ▁The ▁r uling ▁ide ology ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁T ito ism ▁and ▁Work ers ' ▁self - management ▁( Mac ed onian : ▁само у прав у ва ње , ▁sam oup rav u van je ). ▁ ▁Minor ities ▁While ▁the ▁Mac ed oni ans ▁were ▁the ▁majority ▁and ▁were ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁constitu ent ▁nations ▁of ▁S FR ▁Y ug oslav ia ▁( o fficial ▁term : ▁narod ) ▁the ▁rights ▁of ▁the ▁eth nic ▁minor ities ▁( o fficial ▁term : ▁narod nosti ) ▁were ▁guaranteed ▁by ▁the ▁Constitution . ▁The ▁official ▁language ▁of ▁SR ▁Mac ed onia ▁was ▁Mac ed onian , ▁however ▁Mac ed onian ▁Alban ians ▁and ▁Mac ed onian ▁Tur ks ▁had ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁use ▁their ▁own ▁languages ▁within ▁the ▁school ▁system ▁and ▁the ▁media . ▁The ▁constitution ▁of ▁the ▁SR ▁Mac ed onia ▁defined ▁the ▁state ▁as ▁the ▁national ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁eth nic ▁Mac ed oni ans , ▁but ▁also ▁as ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Alban ians ▁and ▁Tur ks . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁Y ug oslav ▁rule ▁in ▁Mac ed onia , ▁accus ations ▁sur fac ed ▁that ▁the ▁new ▁authorities ▁were ▁involved ▁in ▁ret ribution ▁against