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William John Hamilton

English geologist William

John Hamilton travelled Anatolia
between 1835 and 1842 before
writing his book Researches in Asia

Minor, Pontus and Armenia. The

book studied everything within the
borders of the Ottoman from its
geography to history, topography

to vegetation and geology from an

intelligence point of view. Hamil-
ton wrongly believed that due to
the religion of Islam, the future

achievements of the Turkish peo-
William John Hamilton's Researches in
ple would be restricted and didn't Asia Minor, Pontus, and Armenia
hesitate to display his aversion to
Islam at every opportunity. 165 In

truth, Hamilton was just another British deep state spy tasked with studying

Anatolia to provide reports to his superiors for use against the Turks.

Stratford Canning

Stratford Canning spent a long time in the Ottoman Empire as an am-
bassador. Being another British deep state spy capable of influencing the Ot-

toman foreign policies, he became close friends with anglophile Mustafa Reşid
Pasha, and managed to be the most powerful foreign statesman in Istanbul

during the Reform Edict Era. When the Ottoman-Russian conflict broke out
in 1853, he prevented peace and contributed to the start of the Crimean War.

Civinis Efendi was the chief intelligence officer reporting to Canning.

Born on the island of Mykonos, he lived in St. Petersburg and managed to be
in the service of the Russian Empress. After marrying the daughter of an of-

ficer working in the palace, he stole some of the jewelry of the Empress and
fled. After spending time in Anatolia disguised as an imam lecturing at

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