The efficacy of Ottoman counter-intelligence in the 16th century

Contenu

Titre

The efficacy of Ottoman counter-intelligence in the 16th century

Auteur

Gürkan, Emrah Safa

Date

2012

Dans

Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Résumé

This article examines the Ottoman counter-intelligence mechanism and the extent to which it succeeded in preventing enemy intelligence. In the 16th century, the length and the scope of both Ottoman – Habsburg and the Ottoman Safavid Rivalry convinced the Ottomans to establish an intelligence network that gathered information in a large geography. Nevertheless, in the war of information between the Ottomans and their rivals, the success of Ottoman information-gathering was intertwined with the efficiency of Ottoman counter-intelligence. In order to gain an advantage in “politics of information”, the Ottoman secret diplomacy successfully refused its enemies a comfort which it sought for itself: access to information about the adversary.

Sujet

Ottomans -- Djerba

Langue

eng

volume

65

numéro

1

pages

1-38

doi

10.1556/AOrient.65.2012.1.1

issn

0001-6446, 1588-2667