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*[https://archive.org/details/easternnightsand00bottiala ''Eastern Nights--and Flights; a Record of Oriental Adventure''] by Alan Bott 1920 Archive.org  The author was a scout pilot in Palestine, who became, after his plane crashed in 1918  a prisoner of the Turks, eventually in Afion-Kara-Hissar in Turkey. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bott Alan Bott] Wikipedia.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/easternnightsand00bottiala ''Eastern Nights--and Flights; a Record of Oriental Adventure''] by Alan Bott 1920 Archive.org  The author was a scout pilot in Palestine, who became, after his plane crashed in 1918  a prisoner of the Turks, eventually in Afion-Kara-Hissar in Turkey. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bott Alan Bott] Wikipedia.
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89081845935?urlappend=%3Bseq=255 ''The Escaping Club'': "Part II"]  [page 241]  by A. J. Evans 1922 Hathi Trust Digital Library. As a POW the author had escaped from  Germany in June 1917.  In March 1918, while on a bombing raid in Palestine his plane came down. He was captured by Arabs, along with two others, and subsequently became prisoners of the Turks.
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89081845935?urlappend=%3Bseq=255 ''The Escaping Club'': "Part II"]  [page 241]  by A. J. Evans 1922 Hathi Trust Digital Library. As a POW the author had escaped from  Germany in June 1917.  In March 1918, while on a bombing raid in Palestine his plane came down. He was captured by Arabs, along with two others, and subsequently became prisoners of the Turks.
*''Adventures in Turkey and Russia'' by E H Keeling,  London  1924 is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. He was captured at Kut, and the initial chapter details the the very poor medical of many of those captured. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Keeling Edward Keeling] Wikipedia. He was  in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers.
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*''Adventures in Turkey and Russia'' by E H Keeling,  London  1924 is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. He was captured at Kut, and the initial chapter details the the very poor medical condition of many of those captured. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Keeling Edward Keeling] Wikipedia. He was  in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/inbrigandshandst00forduoft ''In Brigands' Hands and Turkish Prisons, 1914-1918''] by A Forder  1920 Archive.org The author was an American missionary  who was taken prisoner in Jerusalem  in November 1914 and  jailed by the military. He was a prisoner in Damascus for four years until the British occupation.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/inbrigandshandst00forduoft ''In Brigands' Hands and Turkish Prisons, 1914-1918''] by A Forder  1920 Archive.org The author was an American missionary  who was taken prisoner in Jerusalem  in November 1914 and  jailed by the military. He was a prisoner in Damascus for four years until the British occupation.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/agreementbetween00ingrea ''Agreement between the British and Ottoman governments respecting prisoners of war and civilians'']  Presented to Parliament  April 1918  HMSO. Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/agreementbetween00ingrea ''Agreement between the British and Ottoman governments respecting prisoners of war and civilians'']  Presented to Parliament  April 1918  HMSO. Archive.org

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Officers who were captured were generally treated better than “other ranks”, who almost always experienced terrible conditions, often leading to death.

Of approximately 2,962 white British officers and other ranks captured at Kut, 1,782 would go on to die in Ottoman captivity. Indian prisoners along with their white comrades, experienced a horrific death march from Kut-al-Amara to the northern railhead at Ras-el-Ain (in modern day Syria).[1]

There were camps in Kastamonu, Eskisehir, Capadoccia, Cankiri, Afion, Sivas, Yozgat, Hacikiri, Belemedik[2]

A POW Museum has now been established at Afionkarahissar in the main (namazgah-chapel) section of the Madrasa[3]

Spelling variants

  • Afyonkarahisar (modern name), Afyon Karahisar, Afyon Kara Hisar, Afyon, Afion, Afionkarahissar, Afion-Kara-Hissar, Afion Karahissar, Afioun Karahissar, Afium-Kara-hissar.
  • Kiangri, Changri, Çankırı, Cankiri, Cangara
  • Hacikiri, Hadschkiri, (the latter may be the German name), Hacýkýrý . A work camp in the Taurus Mountains.

Mesopotamia

For many accounts of members of the allied forces taken prisoner in Mesopotamia, especially after the fall of Kut, see Mesopotamia Campaign-External links and Historical books online

Additional information

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. "Prisoners of War" by Heather Jones. encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net. 'Section 6: Mistreatment' contains information about prisoners in Turkey. See External links, above.
  2. Dogan Sahin Kut POW Great War Forum 28 January 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. Sahin, Dogan Henry James Harding POW held by the Turkish Army Great War Forum 23 May 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015
  4. seaforths "Foreign Office Files on POWs (FO 383)" Great War Forum 30 September 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. The War Graves Photographic Project: Autumn 2011 Newsletter
  6. Driver P. W. Long 63rd Battery, R.F.A rushdenheritage.co.uk. The London Gazette Supplement 27/30 January 1920, page 1230