Boatmen of Thessaloniki

The Boatmen of Thessaloniki (Bulgarian: Гемиджиите, Macedonian: Гемиџиите, Gemidzhiite) or the Assassins of Salonica, was a Bulgarian anarchistic group, active in the Ottoman Empire between 1900-1903. Most of its members were young graduates from the Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki. From 28 April until 1 May 1903 the group launched a campaign of terror bombing in Thessaloniki, the so-called "Thessaloniki bombings of 1903". Their aim was to attract the attention of the Great Powers to Ottoman oppression in Macedonia and Thrace.

Trivia

 * Actor Petar Popyordanov is a relative of certain members of the group.