Yıldız Intelligence Agency
Intelligence agency of the Ottoman Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yıldız Intelligence Agency (Turkish: Yıldız İstihbarat Teşkilatı) was founded in 1880 by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, two years after he took office. It was the first organized intelligence agency in Turkish history, and was named after Yıldız Palace, the palace Abdul Hamid II resided in.