The Umur-u Hafiye was a domestic intelligence organisation in
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
, which was active during
Abdulhamid II
Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...
era. The organisation was officially under the direction of the ''Zaptiye Teşkilatı'' (the
Ottoman gendarmerie
The Ottoman Gendarmerie ( tr, Jandarma), also known as ''zaptı'', was a security and public order organization (a precursor to law enforcement) in the 19th-century Ottoman Empire. The first official gendarmerie organization was founded in 1869.
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), but in practice it was linked directly to the Sultan, Abdulhamid II.
The consistence of the organisation was formed from three sections. The first section's mission was searching, finding and collecting the information about anti governmental organisations and individuals. The second section's mission was editing and reporting the information. The third section's mission was to inform Abdulhamid II.
See also
Yıldız Intelligence Agency
Yıldız Intelligence Agency ( tr, 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 afte ...
External links
* {{cite web, url=http://dergiler.ankara.edu.tr/dergiler/18/24/100.pdf, title=Article from Ankara University Periodical, publisher=
* http://www.ansiklopedi.biz/tarih/umur-u-hafiye-nedir
Government of the Ottoman Empire
Defunct intelligence agencies
Abdul Hamid II
Turkish intelligence agencies