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Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)

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*[https://archive.org/details/anamericanphysic00usshuoft ''An American Physician in Turkey : a narrative of adventures in peace and in war''] by Clarence D Ussher and Grace H Knapp 1917 Archive.org. The author was a medical missionary. The chapters from [https://archive.org/stream/anamericanphysic00usshuoft#page/212/mode/2up page 213] cover the war period.
*Baghdad Railway
**[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>
**[http://menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/landau/content/titleinfo/213119 ''Report by Major Law on Railways in Asiatic Turkey : with five maps ; presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty ; May 1896''] Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt.
**[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.
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