The fine line between loyalty and betrayal… Sometimes a turning point, sometimes a breaking point, sometimes a decision that changes the course of history. But what makes someone a "traitor"? What conditions, what powers, what fears give rise to betrayal?

In this installment of her "The History of Everything" series, Pelin Batu takes the subject from an object and moves it to a concept. She tells the history of traitors.

Throughout history, betrayal has not only been an individual abandoning their loyalty. It is also a silent but powerful factor behind the collapse of empires, the loss of wars, and the reshaping of states. Sometimes it's a general switching sides on the battlefield, sometimes a scientist selling secrets to the enemy, sometimes the betrayal of a friend, a lover, a relative…

In this episode, Pelin Batu sheds light on the psychology and politics of betrayal, and the turning points hidden in the dark corners of history.

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