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Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)

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**[http://helenhambling.com/2013/07/31/a-goat-track-to-the-holy-grail/ A goat track to the Holy Grail…] July 31, 2013. A journey to Belemedik and Hacikiri, in the Taurus Mountains, sites of the camps where POWs worked on the railway tunnels for the Berlin to Baghdad Railway. helenhambling.com
***[https://www.flickr.com/photos/50074978@N06/sets/72157626048039691/ Photographs: Prison of War camp WW1, Belemedik Turkey], Prisoners of War Camp along the Berlin-Baghdad Railway flickr.com
*[https://norfolkinworldwar1.org/tag2016/prisoners11/16/the-journey-into-ofcaptivity-mesopotamia-in-war/ 1916 The Journey into Captivity – Mesopotamia in 1916 [2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment<nowiki>]</nowiki>]; [https://norfolkinworldwar1.org/2017/06/16/captivity-in-turkey-from-the-diaries-of-lieutenant-colonel-francis-cecil-lodge-part-2-january-june1917/ Captivity in Turkey: from the diaries of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Cecil Lodge Part 2: January-December 1917] norfolkinworldwar1.org. With extracts from the accounts of two officers, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Lodge and Captain Alfred Shakeshaft.
*[https://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2010/10/20/experiences-of-a-prisoner-of-war-in-turkey-the-captain-white-story/ "Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Turkey : the Captain White story"] by Amanda Rebbeck 20 October 2010. awm.gov.au . White wrote of his experiences in ''Guests of the unspeakable : the odessey of an Australian airman - being a record of captivity and escape in Turkey'' by T.W. White (1928).
*[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/gallipoli-anzac-offered-job-by-turkish-captors-after-wwi/6349574 "Homesick Anzac POW offered full-time job by Turkish captors after WWI"] by Mazoe Ford. 25 April 2015. abc.net.au. Australian soldier George Kerr, ((AIF) 14th Battalion), wounded and captured at Gallipoli, became the paymaster at Belemedik POW camp.
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