Greek revolutionary organizations

Organization list

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This list includes revolutionary organizations aimed at liberating and unifying Greek-inhabited territories into the historical national state of Greece.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2014)

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Ellinoglosso Xenodocheio | 1814  | Established in Paris. Provided education for Greeks and prepared for a future struggle against Ottoman rule.
Filiki Etaireia | 1814–21  | Established in Odessa. Organizer of the Greek War of Independence.[1] |
Ethniki Etaireia | 1894–96  | Established in Athens. Advocated for the liberation of all Greek-inhabited territories. Considered to be responsible for the start of the Greco-Turkish War (1897).
Hellenic Macedonian Committee | 1890s–1908  | Established in Athens. Headquartered in the Greek consulate of Thessaloniki. Coordinator of Greek efforts during the Macedonian Struggle.  |
Panepirotic Assembly | 1914  | Established in Argyrokastro. Declared independence from Albania and the creation of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.  |
EOKA | 1955–59  | Established in British Cyprus. Waged a guerilla war against the British to achieve union with Greece, causing the Cyprus Emergency. Led to the independence of Cyprus.  |
EOKA B | 1971–74  | Established in the Republic of Cyprus. Involved in the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.  |

## References

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1. ^ Alison, Phillips W. (1897). The war of Greek independence, 1821 to 1833. London : Smith, Elder. pp. 20, 21. (retrieved from University of California Library)

## See also

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* Greek War of Independence
* Megali Idea
* Enosis
* Northern Epirus
* Republic of Pontus