The strategic aim was to reduce the physical, professional and cultural presence of all the major players in the city and to strengthen the Subjinn presence. A variety of methods was used: from the gathering of disinformation and the spreading of "secret" informaton to the hanging of dadaesque slogans in Macedonian and Armenian, rather than French, outside Greek and Turkish shops, to the foundation of a children’s nursery in a multi-ethnic neighbourhood and the circulation of the “Prophecies of Alexander the Great”, written, in fact, by Zolah himself.

Young Turks, Makedonomachoi and Comitadjis

The successful Turkish military coup of 1908, which implemented the 1876 Constitution, is known to us as the Young Turk Revolution. It epitomised a new generation of Turkish modernisers. European-educated and anti-authoritarian, who had united their powers in the Committee for Union and Progress. The activities of the Young Turks instigated by Kemal Attaturk originated in Macedonia.

Their rise changed everything. One section of the Christian population, hoping for change, believed their pronouncements of equality and fraternity, although not yet aware of the ethnic dimension of the movement. Despite their misgivings, the diplomatic authorities and the Committees, Greek and Bulgarian, had to suspend their military actions and attempt to exploit the new freedoms for their own benefit. As did the Macedonian Subjinns.