Babylon Istanbul. Československá zpravodajská expozitura v Turecku ve světle pracovní cesty Františka Fryče:

• Authors: Marek Vašut

Title variants

EN

Babylon Istanbul. Czechoslovak intelligence branch in Turkey in the light of Frantisek Fryč’s business trip:

DE

Babylon Istanbul. Die Residentur des tschechoslowakischen Nachrichtendienstes in der Türkei im Licht der Dienstreise von František Fryč:

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The submitted article is a specific probe into the environment of the Czechoslovak intelligence branch in Istanbul, particularly during 1943. The main restrictions, potential and factors affecting work by Czechoslovak intelligence officers in Turkey are outlined on the basis of information contained in a report from a business trip by intelligence officer Major František Fryč to Istanbul, with the addition of context. The financial issue of the branch and the issue of its primary tasks – the link to the former state of Czechoslovakia and acquisition of information – is particularly important. In order to provide a more accurate description, the staff aspect oft the branch is described along with several specific examples of victory and defeat. Several thematic sections provide us with the opportunity to evaluate the activities of the Istanbul intelligence branch, which remained in the shadows to some degree, on the basis of preserved sources.

Keywords

EN

history; 20th century; Second World War; Czechoslovakia; Turkey; Near East; Istanbul; Czechoslovak foreign resistance; Czechoslovak intelligence service; František Fryč; František Moravec

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 159-183
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Marek Vašut

• Moderní dějiny, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic