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J-23 in Istambul J-23 (Hans Kloss) is hero of More Then Life at Stake (wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stawka_większa_niż_życie) TV series about adventures of a Polish secret agent Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland. Screenplay was written by Andrzej Szczypulski and Zbigniew Safjan, inspired by the first James Bond film – Doctor No. Main character of this TV series J-23 Hans Kloss was arrested in September 1939 and was working in German Shipyard in Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad). Just before German invasion on USSR he escapes and reaches Russian border. He offered his service for Russian (please remember that Poland in 1941 was occupied by III Reich and USSR under the rules of Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact) . Because he was similar to German intelligent officer , Russians decided to use him as double agent. During the Second World War he cooperate with Russian intelligence and communist movement in Poland. One of the episodes of series – Café Rose – was placed in Istanbul, where Kloss was ordered by RSHA to remove English spy operating in III Reich consulate in Istanbul. After a contact with his contact, Café Rose owner, he started looking for English spy to help him. During that he noticed that one of the officials – Commercial Counsellor Witte is very corrupt. Witte thinks that Kloss came to deprive him of the position and wants to give him a bribe During his operation he finds out who was a real agent and provokes Witte implying him that his interests is over. Witte trying to kill Kloss in Istanbul harbor but in end he dies. Thanks to Kloss English agent is safe. The cache is hidden near the Grand Bazar, because only this object actually played in this episode.

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This area was build by the Sultan Abdülmecit at 1840 for his father, Sultan Mahmud 2nd. Two other sultans and many others from the family have their tombs here. The building is covered with white marble. Some gifts from England and France are inside the tomb.

Stanisław Mikulski

    (1929 - 2014)