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Home > Authors > Prof. Dr. Gökhan Arslan > The Spy

The Spy

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Published: 23.08.2026 06:00

The Spy, known in Turkish as Ajan, is a miniseries adapted from the true-life story of a man who spied in Syria on behalf of Israel's secret service, Mossad, in the early 1960s. 

It recounts the story of Eli Cohen, who transformed from an ordinary accountant into a secret agent, infiltrating Damascus to gain critical trust within high society and political circles, and the psychological and dangerous transformation he underwent during this process.

It describes the collapse of the Egyptian air force in a vivid manner.

It lays bare the cautionary and pathetic state into which the trio of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan fell.

Cohen, who was Israeli but infiltrated the system by living as an Arab, and his story of espionage during the Arab-Israeli war as a Deputy Minister of Defense, bears similarities to Turkey's recent years.

The arrest of the Chief of General Staff as a terrorist leader, the wiretapping attack carried out against the Prime Minister of the time, the entry into the Cosmic Room thanks to a fake assassination plot against a minister, the stopping of the MİT trucks, and the issue of the MİT undersecretary being summoned to testify upon the recommendation of the highest level of the state.

Most recently, an attempt to kidnap a person using the right-of-way privileges of a vehicle allocated to a former minister.

While the Turkish state had lost all its protective relays and its collapse was a matter of moments, God protected us.

We must also include those residing in Stockholm who advise Turks to join armed groups in this category, so that our fate does not once again depend solely on God.

All of these are present in Cohen's film, The Spy.

Except for the final scene.

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