Temko Popov

Temko Popov
Born
Темистокли Попов

c. 1855
Ohrid, Ottoman Empire
Died1929
Ohrid, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
NationalityOttoman, Serbian, Yugoslav
Other namesTemko Popov (Темко Попов); Temko Popović (Темко Поповић)
Organizations
Known forbeing Macedonian national activist and an activist of the Serbian national movement in Macedonia

Temko Popov (Macedonian: Темко Попов; Serbian: Темко Поповић) was a pro-Macedonian activist and Serbian national worker in the Ottoman Empire. He espoused in his youth, according to Bulgarian sources, developed a kind of Macedonian pro-Serbian identity. Per Serbian sources, this plan was used by Serbian politicians as a counterweight to Bulgarian influence and to serbianize the Macedonian Slavs.

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