Greek revolutionary organizations

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

Organization Active Notes Image
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. Filiki Eteria flag.svg
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. Seal of the Greek-Macedonian Committee.jpg
Panepirotic Assembly 1914 Established in Argyrokastro. Declared independence from Albania and the creation of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus. Flag of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.svg
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 flag.svg
EOKA B 1971–74 Established in the Republic of Cyprus. Involved in the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. EOKA flag.svg

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