For the town in Bulgaria, see
Gotse Delchev (town). Georgi Nikolov Delchev (
1872-
1903), well-known with his diminutive name Gotse Delchev, Goce Delčev or Goce Delchev, (
Bulgarian and
Macedonian: Гоце Делчев), was an important
19th century revolutionary figure in
Ottoman Macedonia and
Thrace. He was one of the leaders of what is nowadays commonly referred to as the
IMRO. One of the first names of the organisation was "Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees" (BMARC оr БМОРК), which was later changed to Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (SMARO, ТМОРО). There is a dispute between Bulgarian historians (Pandev, 1969, 1970) and Yugoslav (later Macedonian) historians (Bitoski, 1997) regarding when the renaming took place: 1896/97 or 1902. Most Western scholars seem to have accepted Pаndev's view (Poulton, 2000; Adanir, 1979; Perry, 1988). Hugh Poulton writes that "The organisation repeatedly and confusingly changed its name, often as a reflection of the balance between pro-Bulgarian and pro-Macedonian autonomists (see below). It appears to have originally been called the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Committee (BMORK -- the 'O' standing for Odrin or Adrianopole). In 1902 it changed its name to the Secret Macedonian Adrianopolitan Revolutionary Organisation (TMORO) while from 1905 it was first known as VMORO and then simply VMRO, where the 'V' stands for 'inner' in Bulgarian. This organization was active in Ottoman Macedonia and Thrace at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
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