ɪn lˈeɪt ɑːktˈoʊbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti nˈaɪn, ˈæɡeɪbkˌɑːv lˈɛft ˈoʊdɛsə fɔːɹ ˌɪstˌænbˈʊl æz æn "ɪlˈiːɡəl" ɹᵻzˈaɪdənt ɪn tˈɜːki, wˌɛɹ hiː ɹᵻplˈeɪst ðə tɹˈɑːtskiˌaɪt jˈækɑːv blˈʌmkɪn ˈeɪliəs ʒˈɪvɔɪ, hˌuː wʌz sˈuːn ˈɛksᵻkjˌuːɾᵻd ɪn mˈɑːskoʊ.
In late October 1929, Agabekov left Odessa for Istanbul as an "illegal" rezident in Turkey, where he replaced the Trotskyite Yakov Blumkin (alias Zhivoi), who was soon executed in Moscow.