Befreiungsbewegung
Led by the belief that Ottoman power could be brought down only with armed action, he began organizing small groups of revolutionary fighters, called "cheti". Their aim was to instigate unrest in Bulgaria, thus motivating the population to fight the Ottomans. For the purpose of coordinating the armed resistance Rakovski and his followers founded the Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Committee - an organization which was yet to feature in the Bulgarian Liberation movement.