Revolutionary Tircho Karev

Sotir (Tircho, Tirchu) Hristov (Itsov) Karev was a Bulgarian revolutionary and active member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (IMARO).

Tircho Karev was born in the town of Krushevo, then part of the Ottoman Empire. His father, Hristo Karev, was a well-known campaigner for Bulgarian ecclesiastical independence and also a revolutionary. His brother Tashko Karev was likewise a well-known IMARO activist.

Tircho Karev's occupation was building factory chimneys. He was responsible for constructing the chimneys of the Sugar Factory in Sofia.

In 1896 Tircho Karev joined IMARO's Krushevo Committee. After the Krushevo affair in the spring of 1902, he went underground. On 10 June 1902 Tircho Karev was killed during an operation with Velko Markov's detachment in Rakitnitsa.