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*[https://archive.org/stream/mysecretservicev00manwrich#page/92/mode/2up "I Visit Asia Minor"] Chapter VI, page 93 ''My Secret Service: Vienna--Sophia--Constantinople--Nish--Belgrade--Asia Minor, etc.'' by The Man Who Dined With the Kaiser 1916. Archive.org. A journey on the Baghdad Railway from Constantinople to Konia, during war time, although a longer journey had been planned.
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:[https://archive.org/details/poemsincaptivity00stiluoft ''Poems in Captivity''] by John Still 1919 Archive.org
*[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 HathiTrust 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, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.241506 Archive.org version].*[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, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175378 Archive.org version]. 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/stream/mysecretservicev00manwrich#page/92/mode/2up "I Visit Asia Minor"] Chapter VI, page 93 ''My Secret Service: Vienna--Sophia--Constantinople--Nish--Belgrade--Asia Minor, etc.'' by 'The Man Who Dined With the Kaiser' 1916. Archive.org. A journey, c January 1916, on the Baghdad Railway from Constantinople to Konia, although a longer journey had been planned. Page 101 briefly mentions 300 French prisoners at Konia.
*[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
====Baghdad Railway====
Baghdad Railway . Note: The German and American spelling is Bagdad.
*[http://digi.landesbibliothek.at/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:at:AT-OOeLB-1954408 Railway Map of Turkey: Summer 1914] Digital page 205, ''Der Kampf um die Dardanellen 1915'', part of the series ''Schlachten des Weltkrieges''. The Digital State Library of Upper Austria.
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/images/berlin-baghdad-bahn-map-1916.jpg C 1916 Map showing Route of the Baghdad Railway] showing yet to be constructed tunnels. globalsecurity.org. Full title: Sketch Map to Illustrate The Operations In Mesopotamia and the Route of the Baghdad Railway. Elsewhere it is stated that this map is not a correct representation of the state of the Baghdad railway during WW1, as it shows the link from Konya ending at Bulgurlu; in fact, that portion of the line was open as far as Karapunar<ref>[http://www.corkpsc.org/db.php?mid=917 Palestine: Information with Provenance (PIWP database)] corkpsc.org</ref>
*[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'' Volume 24, No 101 (Oct 1, 1999): 53. First page only. Probably ''Journal of the British Records Association''. 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.
*[https://archive.org/details/warbagdadrailway02jast ''The War and the Bagdad Railway; the story of Asia Minor and its relation to the present conflict''] by Morris Jastrow 3rd edition 1918 (first published 1917) with a [https://archive.org/stream/warbagdadrailway02jast#page/n194/mode/1up Map] showing the route of the railway.
