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These railway work camps were under control of the German construction company.
A map additionally mentions camps in the Taurus Mountains at Tchekerdere, Iola and Karapunar.<ref>michaldr. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/238776-kut-surrender/&do=findComment&comment=2434850 Kut Surrender] ''Great War Forum'' 17 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016. The source of the map is given as index30.jpg from Gallipoli – DVD from ''Mapping the Front'' Great War Map DVD Collection by The Western Front Association (in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum}</ref> The railway line extended to Karapunar before the war. Karapunar appears either to be near toBelemedik, or one source advises it was the earlier name for, Belemedik.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/39631091@N03/6786473244 Photograph and text: Belemedik, Ruins of the "German city"] by Gunter Hartnagel flickr.com. The railway station Karapınar was opened in 1912. Even by then, the site was called Belemedik.</ref>
The section between Bagtsche and Airan –Entilli was at kilometres “485,800-502,800”<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/geologiekleinasi00frec#page/50/mode/2up/search/Bagtsche Page 50] ''Geologie Kleinasiens im Bereich der Bagdadbahn'' by Fritz Frech 1916 Archive.org</ref>. William Fratel of the Indian Subordinate Medical Department, who had been captured at Kut, was court-martialled in England in 1919 for his actions at Bagtsche.<ref>IPT [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=233239&hl= Kut Cruelty - William Fratel] ''Great War Forum'' 5 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.</ref>
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/39631091@N03/albums/72157622412214804 Photographs: Historical : Baghdad Railway] including
**[https://www.flickr.com/photos/39631091@N03/6932593819/in/album-72157622412214804/ Belemedik c 1915-18] which includes text about Allied POWs, British and Indian, working along the railway. Working meant tunnel works, laying tracks but often loading and de-loading wagons. Others had to join road-construction teams. Gunter Hartnagel Collection on flickr.com. There are also associated photograph collections titled "Baghdad Railway: Now and then", and "Baghdad Railway: Taurus/Toros section"
*[http://www.gda-old.bayern.de/findmittel/ead/findbuch.php?fb=478&lft=49860&rgt=58181&alft=56260&argt=56279#ae Photograph collection including the Taurus and Amanus mountains]. Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv (Bavarian State Archives). The Bavarian Squadron 304 travelled through the Ottoman empire to get to the Palestine front with their valuable aeroplanes. Part of their route took them through the Taurus and Amanus mountains 1917-1918.
*[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=MIC19180510.2.2 "Scene From "Inferno." Prisoners In Turkey. British Soldiers Ill-Treated"] ''Mount Ida Chronicle'', [New Zealand] Volume XLV, 10 May 1918, Page 1 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
*[http://theconversation.com/the-forgotten-anzacs-honoured-guests-of-the-sultan-25884 "The forgotten Anzacs: ‘honoured guests’ of the Sultan"] 24 April 2014 theconversation.com. This article also mentions Indian POWs.
