Kavass
A kavass or cavass is a Turkish name for an armed police-officer, also for a courier or guide such as it is usual to engage when travelling in Turkey.
The name is used, inter alia, for the guards that traditionally preserve public order at the important worship spots of the Holy Land, such as the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and the Nativity Church in Bethlehem.
More generally, in the words of the famous spy Elyesa Bazna, "in Turkey anyone who serves a foreigner is known as a kavass."
