Charilaos Trikoupis - Prime Minister of Greece 7 times between 1875-1895

[Rogi]

Charilaos Trikoupis (July 1832 – April 1896) was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895.

Born in Nauplion in 1832, he was the son of Spiridon Trikoupis, a politician who was Prime Minister of Greece briefly in 1833, and Ekaterini Mavrokordatos, sister of Alexandros Mavrokordatos, who also served as a Prime Minister.

To understand the time-frame, this is all after the Greek Independence from the Ottoman Empire and before the Greek occupation of Macedonia - i.e. during Charilaos Trikoupis' time, Macedonia was still part of the Ottoman Empire.

Whilst he was Prime Minister of Greece, 1893, the Macedonians were forming the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (IMRO) and preparing their rebellion against the Ottomans (which then took place 10 years later).

Charilaos Trikoupis must have known that there would be subsequent wars over Macedonian territory following its eventual freedom from the Ottoman Empire, particularly given that he set the Greek policies for territorial expansions - it was he who set the designs for the eventual occupation for Macedonia.

He made this clear in his speech in 1886 in the Greek Parliament, stating that "...Greece would never achieve complete national statehood without Macedonia".

Charilaos Trikoupis also foretold what the Greek state had in mind for Macedonia and its people saying “When the Great War comes, Macedonia will become Greek or Bulgarian, according to who wins. If it is taken by the Bulgarians, they will make the population Slavs. If we take it, we will make all of them Greeks”.

[makedonin]

“When the Great War comes, Macedonia will become Greek or Bulgarian, according to who wins. If it is taken by the Bulgarians, they will make the population Slavs. If we take it, we will make all of them Greeks”.

Thanx for posting it Rogi.

As we all know plans never turn out as they are planned, thus they have a problem, US.

Now they are pushing it to the limit,to fulfill what they have intended so long ago.

Really idiotic.

[Risto the Great]

“When the Great War comes, Macedonia will become Greek or Bulgarian, according to who wins. If it is taken by the Bulgarians, they will make the population Slavs. If we take it, we will make all of them Greeks”.

And what would they have been if nobody took it?
There is the rub.

[Daskalot]

Going back in history and digg up lost facts is our #1 priority, thank you for this find Rogi.

[Soldier of Macedon]

“When the Great War comes, Macedonia will become Greek or Bulgarian, according to who wins. If it is taken by the Bulgarians, they will make the population Slavs. If we take it, we will make all of them Greeks”.

And what would they have been if nobody took it?
There is the rub.

Exactly. Leave the people to their own and they would have heavily opted in favour of remaining Macedonians with no other labels. None were required. But hey, propagandist thieves and bastards do their job well when they're in their element.

[Sarafot]

Charilaos Trikoupis (July 1832 – April 1896) was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895.

Born in Nauplion in 1832, he was the son of Spiridon Trikoupis, a politician who was Prime Minister of Greece briefly in 1833, and Ekaterini Mavrokordatos, sister of Alexandros Mavrokordatos, who also served as a Prime Minister.

To understand the time-frame, this is all after the Greek Independence from the Ottoman Empire and before the Greek occupation of Macedonia - i.e. during Charilaos Trikoupis' time, Macedonia was still part of the Ottoman Empire.

Whilst he was Prime Minister of Greece, 1893, the Macedonians were forming the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (IMRO) and preparing their rebellion against the Ottomans (which then took place 10 years later).

Charilaos Trikoupis must have known that there would be subsequent wars over Macedonian territory following its eventual freedom from the Ottoman Empire, particularly given that he set the Greek policies for territorial expansions - it was he who set the designs for the eventual occupation for Macedonia.

He made this clear in his speech in 1886 in the Greek Parliament, stating that "...Greece would never achieve complete national statehood without Macedonia".

Charilaos Trikoupis also foretold what the Greek state had in mind for Macedonia and its people saying “When the Great War comes, Macedonia will become Greek or Bulgarian, according to who wins. If it is taken by the Bulgarians, they will make the population Slavs. If we take it, we will make all of them Greeks”.

I need reference of this, can someone provide it where is that written, but it should not be Macedonian source...

[Rogi]

You'll find references for the above from these books:

Population exchange in Greek Macedonia By Elisabeth Kontogiorgi (from page 30)

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rsa9Ek7HfMEC&pg=PA30

Macedonia and Greece by John Shea (from Page 101)

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=InyEqBVhH-EC&pg=PA101

[osiris]

and somebody please tell us how this wannabee became a hellene given the fact they were mainly arvaniti in nauphlion.

[TrueMacedonian]

Same way they all became imposter hellenes Osiris. They were invented.

[Pelister]

"If we take it (Macedonia), we will make all of them Greeks”

This says it all. Clearly, the Prime Minister did not think Macedonia was populated by Greeks. If he wanted to fulfil his wishes, then he would have to invade. We need to learn more about this period in our history, because clearly, the groundwork for invading Macedonia had been worked out during that time.