Video - The Sultan's Spies: Loyalty or Betrayal?

When the Union and Progress Party seized power in the last year of Sultan Abdülhamid Khan, they started working to turn the people against the sultan and recruit members of their own party. Of these, Dr. Nazım went to Aydın and met with the notables of the town in his capacity as a tobacco merchant. Meanwhile, he went to Çakıcı Mehmed Efe, one of the famous masters. During the conversation, he said to Efe: "Sultan Abdulhamid is betraying the state. He especially filled the place with spies. They must be dispersed immediately." Efe turned to Nazım Bey and said: "The Sultan does not betray the country. When it comes to the spy business, I am a bandit. I wander around the mountains." In order to know, I need to be informed about the movements of the gendarmes. I have more than twenty spies in these villages. If they didn't send me news on time, I wouldn't be able to wander around these mountains even for a day. Why doesn't the sultan of this state have spies? Otherwise, this state cannot survive even for a day. Do not say such inappropriate things to me and leave this place immediately," he said and fired Nazım Bey.