A Brief History of Espionage

Espionage; In international relations, it includes obtaining and transferring confidential information of another state in political, military, economic, technical or other fields on behalf of a state.

Almost every state wants to know what states that are or may be dangerous or foreign to themselves think of them for their survival. With the continuous advancement of science and technology, espionage organizations, which used to be dependent on individuals, play effective roles in listening, monitoring and recording tools, spy aircraft or electronic-based devices on ships, spy satellites in space.

The Development of Espionage

Today, most states are destroying each other with cold wars rather than hot wars. This is a type of espionage developed to destroy the peculiar characteristics of nations, which are performed by well-trained master spies. Each state has put the provisions on espionage into their domestic laws and penal codes. In the implementation of these provisions, the fact that the individuals are foreign or their nationality does not change the result. However, if foreigners with diplomatic missions are caught with such actions, they usually result in their deportation, and that diplomat is declared an “unwanted person”. Especially until 1990, diplomats of the countries governed by communist rule started such activities in western countries and were frequently captured and expelled from these countries.

The world’s healthiest news organization before the first world war, II. It was the “Yıldız” (also known as Teşkilat-ı Mahs )sa) organization founded and developed by Abdülhamîd Han. In recent history and today, the CIA of the USA, previously the Soviet Russia’s now the KGB of the Russian Federation and Israel’s MOSSAD organizations play the most active role in this regard. As a matter of fact, espionage incidents II. It increased much more after the world war and gained a technical nature with the advancement of technique. Therefore, countries that are advanced in technique are more successful in spying activities.

Examples of Espionage in History

As an example of spying activities that have cost the public; The Profuma Scandal, which emerged with the transfer of some secrets of the atomic bomb to Soviet Russia by scientists, the British Defense Minister’s relationship with a women’s hired organization in the past, and the espionage of more than 100 diplomats and officials in the Soviet Embassy in London The fact that they were expelled from the country in 1971 due to the fact that the two German countries were unified, the chief advisor of the West German Chancellor Brandt was understood to be the spy of the East German side, and the Prime Minister’s resignation and the fall of the government.