[7] The creation of the Ullah millet was achieved with the help of Romania and external powers, notably Austria-Hungary and the German Empire, and it granted the Aromanians the right to have their own churches and to have more autonomy over education.
Another reason may be the fact that the Ullah millet was established by a Turkish Ottoman Sultan, causing his word to not be widely accepted or respected due to the bad relations between Greece and Turkey.
[7] In North Macedonia however, the holiday is known as the "National Day of the Vlachs" (Macedonian: Национален ден на Власите, romanized: Nacionalen den na Vlasite) and it has been congratulated by officials such as the former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski[8] or the former President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski.
[11] This day is also meant to be a holiday for the Aromanians, but also for the Megleno-Romanians and the Istro-Romanians, albeit in the perspective that these three peoples are Romanian subgroups living south of the Danube.
In the Balkan Romanianness Day, the establishment of the Ullah millet is also celebrated, but in this case, the date of the holiday is based on the Old Style,[12] as Romania only adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1919.