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**[http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=232438&I=1&SE=1 Agreements with Turkey] (67) pages ((Australian) Prime Minister’s Department file) Includes treatment of the  British Prisoners of War working for the Baghdad Railway Construction Company in Belemedik in the Taurus Mountains. Also prisoners from Kut who suffered terrible conditions.
**[http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=232438&I=1&SE=1 Agreements with Turkey] (67) pages ((Australian) Prime Minister’s Department file) Includes treatment of the  British Prisoners of War working for the Baghdad Railway Construction Company in Belemedik in the Taurus Mountains. Also prisoners from Kut who suffered terrible conditions.
**[http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=353219&I=1&SE=1 Prisoners of War in Turkey]  Includes a copy of ''Reports on Conditions in Turkish Prisons'', HMSO, presented to the British Parliament 1919. File 1919/89/298 (37 pages)
**[http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=353219&I=1&SE=1 Prisoners of War in Turkey]  Includes a copy of ''Reports on Conditions in Turkish Prisons'', HMSO, presented to the British Parliament 1919. File 1919/89/298 (37 pages)
**[http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3445273&I=1&SE=1 Narrative:  ''Two and a half Years a prisoner of war in Turkey''] Related by Trooper GW Handsley, [2nd Light Horse] Written by Serj. JH Foster 1919. 39 pages. The narrative is pages 7-39.  This is an Australian file.
**[http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3445273&I=1&SE=1 Narrative:  ''Two and a half Years a prisoner of war in Turkey''] Related by Trooper GW Handsley, [2nd Light Horse] Written by Serj. JH Foster 1919. 39 pages. The narrative is pages 7-39.  This is an Australian file. [Subsequently published, see following entry].
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-38438001/view#page/n0/mode/1up ''Two-and-a-Half Years a Prisoner of War in Turkey''] Related by Trooper G.W. Handsley, Second Light Horse Regiment ; written by Sergeant J.R. Foster, 2nd edition c 1920. nla.gov.au
*Sample chapters from [http://www.saradistribution.com/otherranksofkut.htm ''Other Ranks of Kut''] by P. W. Long, M.M. Flight Sergeant R.A.F, 1938.  Transcription of the Preface,  Author’s Note,  Chapter One and Chapter Six only, with details of the titles of the remaining chapters. saradistribution.com.  The author was at the time Driver Percy Walter Long, 67528, 63rd Battery, R.F.A.<ref>[http://www.rushdenheritage.co.uk/war/longDriverPW.html Driver P. W. Long] 63rd Battery, R.F.A rushdenheritage.co.uk. [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31759/supplement/1230 The London Gazette Supplement] 27/30 January 1920, page 1230</ref> Long’s account starts on 30th April 1916, the day after the surrender of Kut.  From the preface by Sir Arnold Wilson, M.P.  “Of 2,592 British rank and file taken prisoner at Kut, 70 per cent died in captivity”. [http://www.naval-military-press.com/other-ranks-of-kut.html More about the book]
*Sample chapters from [http://www.saradistribution.com/otherranksofkut.htm ''Other Ranks of Kut''] by P. W. Long, M.M. Flight Sergeant R.A.F, 1938.  Transcription of the Preface,  Author’s Note,  Chapter One and Chapter Six only, with details of the titles of the remaining chapters. saradistribution.com.  The author was at the time Driver Percy Walter Long, 67528, 63rd Battery, R.F.A.<ref>[http://www.rushdenheritage.co.uk/war/longDriverPW.html Driver P. W. Long] 63rd Battery, R.F.A rushdenheritage.co.uk. [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31759/supplement/1230 The London Gazette Supplement] 27/30 January 1920, page 1230</ref> Long’s account starts on 30th April 1916, the day after the surrender of Kut.  From the preface by Sir Arnold Wilson, M.P.  “Of 2,592 British rank and file taken prisoner at Kut, 70 per cent died in captivity”. [http://www.naval-military-press.com/other-ranks-of-kut.html More about the book]



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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]

Spelling variants

  • Afyonkarahisar (modern name), Afyon Karahisar, Afyon Kara Hisar, Afyon, Afion, 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. seaforths "Foreign Office Files on POWs (FO 383)" Great War Forum 30 September 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. The War Graves Photographic Project: Autumn 2011 Newsletter
  5. Driver P. W. Long 63rd Battery, R.F.A rushdenheritage.co.uk. The London Gazette Supplement 27/30 January 1920, page 1230