About the Author
Alekso Martulkov was a Macedonian socialist revolutionary and publicist, often regarded as one of the earliest organized socialist activists from Macedonia. He was involved in the Macedonian Socialist Group and later in IMRO (United), advocating the liberation and political emancipation of Macedonia. Born in Veles into a poor family, he was orphaned at an early age and continued his education in Bitola and Skopje, where he formed a clandestine student socialist circle, an activity that led to his expulsion from the Pedagogical School. He later lived in Sofia and Geneva, and after returning to Macedonia joined the revolutionary movement of MRO/IMRO, working in Veles and Kumanovo and assisting wounded fighters during the Ilinden Uprising.
After World War II, Martulkov returned to Macedonia and took part in the ASNOM process, serving as a member of its Presidium and later as a representative in the Assembly of Macedonia. In September 1944, following Bulgaria’s capitulation, he was among the signatories of an Appeal to the Macedonians in Bulgaria, alongside other prominent figures of the Macedonian revolutionary tradition.
He was awarded the Ilinden Commemorative Medal, and completed his memoirs My Participation in the Revolutionary Struggles of Macedonia in 1953; they were published in 1954 by the Institute of National History. In the work, Martulkov reflects on the struggle against Ottoman rule, internal factional conflicts within the Organization, and the competing nationalist propagandas of neighboring states. Disillusioned later in life, he returned to Sofia, where he died.
