Cheta

Not to be confused with Chetniks, Chaeta, or Kheta River.

A Cheta (Albanian: çeta, Bulgarian: чета, Serbian: чета/četa, Turkish: çete, Greek: τσέτης) was an armed band organized by the mostly Bulgarian, Serbian, Orthodox Christian population on the territory of the Ottoman Empire that undertook anti-Turkish activity.[1] The cheta was usually led by a leader, called voivoda. The members of the chetas were called chetniks.[2]

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