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This episode aims to discuss the wartime activities of the Ottoman´s Secrete Service (Teskilat-i Mahsusa) in Iran. We shall look upon the domestic political situation in Iran and its willingness to work with the Ottoman´s Secret Service that aimed to win the support of the local population and politicians and turned them against the British and Russian interests in the region in accordance with the Enver Pasha´s dream to create a pan-Turanian alliance against the Entente powers in the Middle East and with his vision to secure eastern territory for the Ottoman Empire as an compensation for the loss of European territory before the First World War.
By Vilém StrejčekThis episode aims to discuss the wartime activities of the Ottoman´s Secrete Service (Teskilat-i Mahsusa) in Iran. We shall look upon the domestic political situation in Iran and its willingness to work with the Ottoman´s Secret Service that aimed to win the support of the local population and politicians and turned them against the British and Russian interests in the region in accordance with the Enver Pasha´s dream to create a pan-Turanian alliance against the Entente powers in the Middle East and with his vision to secure eastern territory for the Ottoman Empire as an compensation for the loss of European territory before the First World War.