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*Amanus, Giaur Dagh
*Ankara, Angora
*Bagtche, Bagche, Baghche, Bahçe (Amanus Mountains)
*Belemedik, Bilemedik, Bedernadik (Taurus Mountains)
*Bor, Bora, Bore (north of the Taurus Mountains)
*[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. Also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/241506 pdf download], Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/175378 ''Adventures in Turkey and Russia''] by E H Keeling, London 1924. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. The author 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/stream/blackwoodsmagazi205edinuoft#page/682/mode/2up "How British Prisoners Left Turkey"] by Lieutenant-Colonel E H Keeling page 682 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'' January-June 1919, Volume 205 Archive.org. The practical difficulties associated with the repatriation of prisoners of war.
*[https://archive.org/details/fourfiftymilesto00john ''Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom''] by Captain M A B Johnston, RGA and Captain K D Yearsley RE 1919 Archive.org. The cover title is ''450 Miles to Freedom''. The authors were at Kastamoni, Changri and Yozgad
*[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/railwaysinwester00pico ''Railways in Western Asia''] by Lieutenant-Colonel H Picot Indian Army (Retired). Published by the Central Asian Society, London 1904 Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/shortcuttoindiar00frasrich ''The Short Cut to India, the record of a journey along the route of the Baghdad Railway''] by David Fraser 1909 Archive.org. Includes a description of the areas where the railway had not then been constructed such as the Taurus and Amanus Mountains.
**[https://archive.org/stream/acrossasiaminoro00chiluoft#page/372/mode/2up Baghche [1911-12<nowiki>]</nowiki>] page 373 ''Across Asia Minor on Foot'' by W J Childs 1917. Archive.org.This journey took place 1911-1912.<ref>[http://search.proquest.com/openview/ef094cb144d907af53b5297bf8eae15c/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1818810 "On the Baghdad Road: On the Trail of W. J. Childs"] by John Fisher ''Archives 24, No 101'' (Oct 1, 1999): 53. First page only. Proquest.</ref>
**[https://www.jstor.org/stable/1779453?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents ''The Baghdad Railway''] by Captain S. F. Newcombe, R E and Lieut, J. P. S. Greig R E ''The Geographical Journal'' Volume 44, No. 6 (Dec., 1914), pp. 577-580. jstor.org . Describes a journey in May 1914. Includes photographs. Available to read online for free, but first you must register with JSTOR, see [[Miscellaneous tips]].
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=dtwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA647 "Germany’s Railway Problems in Asiatic Turkey"] by R J Bjurstedt page 647 ''Popular Mechanics'' May 1916. Google Books. Includes a map of the route of the Baghdad Railway.
