Serb Democratic League

Immediately after the outbreak of the Young Turk Revolution, the Serbs decided to organize themselves in a different way.

The First Serbian Conference in Skopje was attended by 26 of the most respected Serbs in the Ottoman Empire.

[2] Serbian Democratic League in the Ottoman and its members of the Central Committee included: Bogdan Radenković, Đorđe Hadži-Kostić, Sava Stojanović, David Dimitrijević, Aleksandar Bukvic, Jovan Šantrić, Milan Čemerikić, Velimir Prelić, Vasa Jovanović and Gliša Elezović.

[3] A proclamation was sent to the Serbs in the Ottoman Empire, in which The First Assembly of Serbs in the Ottoman Empire was held from 2 February -11 February 1909 in Skopje[6] At that assembly, resolutions were passed on political, economic and church school opportunities.

They demanded that the laws be respected, and in particular the freedom and equality of citizens, and that the Serbian name be freely used.