Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan yaƙe-yaƙe biyu na Balkan na 1912 da 1913 da kuma rushewar Daular Ottoman, yawancin yankunanta na Turai da aka gudanar sun kasu tsakanin Girka, Bulgaria da Serbia. Kusan yankin da zai zama Arewacin Makidoniya ya kasance tare da Serbia daidai da yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya da aka kulla a Bucharest. Koyaya, an ba da yankin Strumica ga Bulgaria. Bayan rabuwa, an gudanar da yakin neman zabe na Bulgaria a yankunan da ke karkashin ikon Serbia da Girka. Serbs sun rufe makarantu Bulgarian 641 da majami'u 761, yayin da aka kori limaman Exarchist da malamai. An hana yin amfani da dukan yaren Macedonian da kuma harshen Bulgarian na yau da kullum. IMRO, tare da 'yan Albaniya na gida, sun shirya taron.
Ohrid<unk>Debar tawaye ga mulkin Serbia. A cikin 'yan kwanaki' yan tawaye sun kama garuruwan Gostivar, Struga da Ohrid, suna korar sojojin Serbia. In ji rahoton Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, rundunar soja na Serbia da ke da sojoji 100,000 ne suka dakile tawayen. An kashe mutane da yawa kuma dubban 'yan gudun hijira sun gudu zuwa Bulgaria da Albania.