Ilyas Bazna
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Elyesa Bazna ( Turkish: [ˈeljesa ˈbazna] ), sometimes known as Ilyaz and Iliaz [2] Bazna ( Albanian: [iliaz bazna]; [3] 28 July 1904 – 21 December 1970), was a secret agent for Nazi Germany during World War II, operating under the code name Cicero .
Jan 18, 2019 · Operation Cicero: Directed by Serdar Akar. With Erdal Besikçioglu, Burcu Biricik, Ertan Saban, Murat Garibagaoglu. Ilyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during WW2. After Bazna starts to work as a German spy he is going to experience a series of unexpected events.
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Jun 28, 2021 · Elyesa Bazna was a Turkish servant who stole and sold secret documents from the British ambassador to Turkey to the Nazis during World War II. He was code-named Cicero by the Germans, who used his information to plan the murder of Allied leaders and to undermine their war efforts.
- Morgan Dunn
Ilyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during WW2. After Bazna starts to work as a German spy he is going to experience a series of unexpected events. Cicero, pseudonym of Ilyas Bazna, born 1904, Pristina, one of the most famous spies of World War II, who worked for Nazi Germany in 1943-44 while he was employed as valet ...
Cicero was one of the most famous spies of World War II, who worked for Nazi Germany in 1943–44 while he was employed as valet to Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen, British ambassador to neutral Turkey from 1939.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A string of damaging air raids on Sophia, the Bulgarian capital, commenced November 14, exactly as foretold by the Cicero documents. This provided credence to his claim of being privy to the most sensitive Allied data in the Middle East and justified his steep prices.
One of the best known spy stories of our time is that of Operation Cicero, a textbook exercise in tradecraft set in neutral Ankara during World War II.
