Danforth, Loring. „North Macedonia - The Ottoman Empire | Britannica”. www.britannica.com (на језику: енглески). Приступљено 13. 2. 2023. „One of IMRO's leaders, Gotsé Delchev, whose nom de guerre was Ahil (Achilles), is regarded by both Macedonians and Bulgarians as a national hero. He seems to have identified himself as a Bulgarian and to have regarded the Slavs of Macedonia as Bulgarians.”
Moulakis, Athanasios (1. 12. 2010). „The Controversial Ethnogenesis of Macedonia”. European Political Science (на језику: енглески). 9 (4): 495—510. ISSN1682-0983. doi:10.1057/eps.2010.72. „Gotse Delchev, may, as Macedonian historians claim, have 'objectively' served the cause of Macedonian independence, but in his letters he called himself a Bulgarian. In other words it is not clear that the sense of Slavic Macedonian identity at the time of Delchev was in general developed.”
Anastasoff, Christ (1. 3. 1939). „The Tragic Peninsula : a History of the Macedonian Independence Movement since 1878”. International Affairs (на језику: енглески). 18 (2): 282. doi:10.2307/3019927. Приступљено 12. 2. 2023. „In spite of the fact that in the Bulgarian schools of Salonica and Sofia he had been educated in the spirit of nationalism, Delcheff looked upon all races in Macedonia as his brothers and fellow-countrymen. He was struggling for the freedom not only of the Macedonian Bulgarians, but also of all the nationalities inhabiting Macedonia.”
Kardjilov, Peter Ivanov (2020). The Cinematographic Activities of Charles Rider Noble and John Mackenzie in the Balkans (Volume Two) (на језику: енглески). Cambridge Scholars Publisher. стр. 5. ISBN978-1-5275-5772-7. Приступљено 7. 2. 2023. „What was more, “the military” (SMAC) worked in close collaboration and mutual understanding with the “civilian” leaders of the IMARO. This is shown by the fact that, at the Sixth Macedonian Congress (held May 1–5, 1899), Sarafov was nominated for president and Gotse Delchev and Gyorche Petrov, external representatives of the “secret ones,” were elected full-right members of the SMAC.”
Sherman, Laura Beth (1980). Fires on the Mountain: The Macedonian Revolutionary Movement and the Kidnapping of Ellen Stone (на језику: енглески). East European Monographs. стр. 18. ISBN978-0-914710-55-4. Приступљено 7. 2. 2023. „From 1899 to 1901, the supreme committee provided subsidies to IMRO' s central committee, allowances for Delchev and Petrov in Sofia, and weapons for bands sent to the interior. Delchev and Petrov were elected full members of the supreme committee.”
Perry, Duncan M. (1988). The Politics of Terror: The Macedonian Liberation Movements, 1893-1903 (на језику: енглески). Duke University Press. стр. 39—40. ISBN978-0-8223-0813-3. Приступљено 11. 2. 2023. „IMRO group modeled itself after the revolutionary organization of Vasil Levski and other noted Bulgarian revolutionaries like Hristo Botev and Georgi Benkovski, each of whom was a leader during the earlier Bulgarian revolutionary movement.”
Bousfield, Jonathan; Richardson, Dan (2002). Bulgaria (на језику: енглески). Rough Guides. стр. 449—450. ISBN978-1-85828-882-6.
Kostov, Chris (2010). Contested Ethnic Identity: The Case of Macedonian Immigrants in Toronto, 1900-1996 (на језику: енглески). Peter Lang. стр. 112. ISBN978-3-0343-0196-1. Приступљено 11. 2. 2023. „The Bulgarian historians, such as Veselin Angelov, Nikola Achkov and Kosta Tzarnushanov continue to publish their research backed with many primary sources to prove that the term 'Macedonian' when applied to Slavs has always meant only a regional identity of the Bulgarians.”
Ethnologia Balkanica (на језику: енглески). Prof. M. Drinov Academic Publishing House. 2006. стр. 133. ISBN978-3-8258-9903-5. Приступљено 11. 2. 2023. „Slavic Macedonian intellectuals felt loyalty to Macedonia as a region or territory without claiming any specifically Macedonian ethnicity. The primary aim of this Macedonian regionalism was a multi-ethnic alliance against the Ottoman rule.”
Roth, Klaus; Brunnbauer, Ulf (2008). Region, Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe (на језику: енглески). LIT Verlag Münster. стр. 136. ISBN978-3-8258-1387-1. Приступљено 11. 2. 2023. „The Bulgarian loyalties of IMRO's leadership, however, coexisted with the desire for multi-ethnic Macedonia to enjoy administrative autonomy. When Delchev was elected to IMRO's Central Committee in 1896, he opened membership in IMRO to all inhabitants of European Turkey since the goal was to assemble all dissatisfied elements in Macedonia and Adrianople regions regardless of ethnicity or religion in order to win through revolution full autonomy for both regions.”
Sherman, Laura Beth (1980). Fires on the Mountain: The Macedonian Revolutionary Movement and the Kidnapping of Ellen Stone (на језику: енглески). East European Monographs. ISBN978-0-914710-55-4. Приступљено 12. 2. 2023. „The revolutionary committee dedicated itself to fight for "full political autonomy for Macedonia and Adrianople." Since they sought autonomy only for those areas inhabited by Bulgarians, they denied other nationalities membership in IMRO. According to Article 3 of the statutes, "any Bulgarian could become a member".”
Kaufman, Stuart J. (2001). Modern Hatreds: The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War (на језику: енглески). Cornell University Press. стр. 193. ISBN978-0-8014-8736-1. Приступљено 13. 2. 2023. „A more modern national hero is Gotse Delchev, leader of the turn-of-the-century Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), which was actually a largely pro-Bulgarian organization but is claimed as the founding Macedonian national movement.”
Benson, L. (28. 10. 2003). Yugoslavia: A Concise History (на језику: енглески). Springer. стр. 89. ISBN978-1-4039-9720-3. Приступљено 13. 2. 2023. „The past was systematically falsified to conceal the fact that many prominent ‘Macedonians’ had supposed themselves to be Bulgarians, and generations of students were taught the pseudo-history of the Macedonian nation. The mass media and education were the key to this process of national acculturation, speaking to people in a language that they came to regard as their Macedonian mothertongue, even if it was perfectly understood in Sofia.”
Anastasoff, Christ (1. 3. 1939). „The Tragic Peninsula : a History of the Macedonian Independence Movement since 1878”. International Affairs (на језику: енглески). 18 (2): 282. doi:10.2307/3019927. Приступљено 12. 2. 2023. „In spite of the fact that in the Bulgarian schools of Salonica and Sofia he had been educated in the spirit of nationalism, Delcheff looked upon all races in Macedonia as his brothers and fellow-countrymen. He was struggling for the freedom not only of the Macedonian Bulgarians, but also of all the nationalities inhabiting Macedonia.”
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Brooks, Julian (2015). „The Education Race for Macedonia, 1878—1903”. The Journal of Modern Hellenism (на језику: енглески). 31: 23—58. Приступљено 11. 2. 2023. „In Macedonia, the education race produced the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), which organized and carried out the Ilinden Uprising of 1903. Most of IMRO's founders and principal organizers were graduates of the Bulgarian Exarchate schools in Macedonia, who had become teachers and inspectors in the same system that had educated them. Frustrated with the pace of change, they organized and networked to develop their movement throughout the Bulgarian school system that employed them. The Exarchate schools were an ideal forum in which to propagate their cause, and the leading members were able to circulate to different posts, to spread the word, and to build up supplies and stores for the anticipated uprising. As it became more powerful, IMRO was able to impress upon the Exarchate its wishes for teacher and inspector appointments in Macedonia.”
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Moulakis, Athanasios (1. 12. 2010). „The Controversial Ethnogenesis of Macedonia”. European Political Science (на језику: енглески). 9 (4): 495—510. ISSN1682-0983. doi:10.1057/eps.2010.72. „Gotse Delchev, may, as Macedonian historians claim, have 'objectively' served the cause of Macedonian independence, but in his letters he called himself a Bulgarian. In other words it is not clear that the sense of Slavic Macedonian identity at the time of Delchev was in general developed.”
Moulakis, Athanasios (1. 12. 2010). „The Controversial Ethnogenesis of Macedonia”. European Political Science (на језику: енглески). 9 (4): 495—510. ISSN1682-0983. doi:10.1057/eps.2010.72. „Gotse Delchev, may, as Macedonian historians claim, have 'objectively' served the cause of Macedonian independence, but in his letters he called himself a Bulgarian. In other words it is not clear that the sense of Slavic Macedonian identity at the time of Delchev was in general developed.”
