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Treatment of prisoners appears to have varied considerably, depending on who was in charge of the camps.
A POW Museum has now been established at '''Afionkarahissar''' in the main (namazgah-chapel) section of the Madrasa<ref> Sahin, Dogan [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/227884-henry-james-harding-pow-held-by-the-turkish-army/index.php?showtopicdo=227884findComment&pcomment=2265886 Henry James Harding POW held by the Turkish Army] ''Great War Forum'' 23 May 2015. Retrieved 14 19 June 20152018.</ref>
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It is possible that only British soldiers, and not soldiers from the Indian Army, were exhumed and reburied.
Prisoners who died in captivity in Mosul, Mesopotamia are commemorated on the Memorial at Basra. It seems likely that none of the individual graves could be identified.<ref name=Mos> typandy. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.com/forums/index.php?org/topic/246100-taken-prisoner-relieving-kut-and-died-either-in-turkey-or-at-mosul/&?do=findComment&comment=2477912 Taken prisoner relieving Kut and died either in Turkey or at Mosul.] ''Great War Forum'' 29 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 201619 June 2018.</ref>
==Mesopotamia==
*Imperial War Museums [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030007535 Catalogue entry: Private Papers of Colonel W C Spackman]: Ts memoir (331pp) covering his service as Regimental Medical Officer to the 48th Pioneers, 6th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, 1914 - 1915, at Kut during the siege, December 1915 - April 1916, and as a prisoner of war in Anatolia, 1916 – 1918. An edited version has been published, ''Captured at Kut, Prisoner of the Turks. The Great War Diaries of Colonel William Spackman''. In August 1916 he was a prisoner in Mosul, Mesopotamia, where there were many deaths.<ref name=Mos/>
*The Liddle Collection at the University of Leeds has a number of books, manuscripts and tapes, including transcripts in its collection, relating to Prisoners of War in Turkey. For catalogue references, use terms such as prisoner, Turkey in the [http://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore Search]. Includes a photocopy of the book ''The Sufferings of the Kut Garrison during their March into Turkey as Prisoners of War, 1916-1917'' by F A Harvey, Lt & Q-Mr, published 1922. (The author was in the 2nd Battalion, [[54th Regiment of Foot|Dorsetshire Regiment]], and this book was privately printed after his death in 1921, as a memorial. Another photocopy is available at the Imperial War Museums). Note, the actual items do not appear to be available online.
*Foreign Office Files (FO 383) at the National Archives:**[https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=8DF1E713C2B47BF5!568&ithint=file%2cpdf&app=WordPdf&authkey=!AEkNEeEoAkHHztY Finding Aid: Foreign Office Files (FO 383) at the National Archives: Regarding Military & Civilian Prisoners of War: List of Files and Contents: 1915-1919]. Compiled September 2014 by seaforths.<ref> seaforths. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/index.php?showtopic=218552&hl= -foreign-office-files-on-pows-fo-383/ "Foreign Office Files on POWs (FO 383)"] ''Great War Forum'' 30 September 2014. Retrieved 10 February 201519 June 2018.</ref> Contains a FIND (Search) function. This link now requires a Microsoft sign in. Current status unclear. onedrive.live.com. Contains references such as "FO 383/090 1915 Description: Turkey: Prisoners, including…"
**Catalogue entry [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2617474 FO 383/231 Turkey. Prisoners...] includes mention of camps at Magnesia, Smyrna, Tchoroum, and transfer of British and French prisoners from camps at Kiangri and Afion Kara Hissar to Bosanti for employment on railway construction.
** Other records from FO 383 include FO 383/456 File 117571 (03/09/1918) Various lists: Nominal role of British Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Men and Indian military personnel held at Afrion Kara Hissar, Kedos, Konia, and Magnesia in Turkey providing rank, name and unit/ship… 2. List of Assistant Surgeons of the Indian Medical Service: PoWs in Turkey. 3. List of Sub Assistant Surgeons of the Indian Medical Service; PoWs inTurkey…<ref>themonsstar . [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/114664-pows/index.php?showtopicdo=114664findComment&pcomment=1094884 POWs] ''Great War Forum'' 13 January 2009. Retrieved 1 August 201519 June 2018.</ref>
:'''Note 1''': [[Findmypast|findmypast]] has a dataset of records "Prisoners Of War 1715-1945" and a similar Browse dataset (both located in Armed forces & conflict/Regimental & service records) which contain selected records from FO 383, including some for Indian Army soldiers, together with some other records from The National Archives. Includes at least parts from FO 383/336, POWs in Turkey, 1917; FO 383/456, POWs in Turkey, 1918.
:'''Note 2''': FamilySearch has selected FO 383 images, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2537285 catalogue entry] viewable on a FamilySearch computer at a [[FamilySearch Centres|FamilySearch Centre]].
*[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.
*[http://empirecall.pbworks.com/w/page/61592428/McPherson-J-C-Pte-2309 John Charles McPherson 2309 AIF 3rd Bn]. Contains a newspaper report of his time as a POW, from capture near Beersheba, in 1917, to working on railway construction in the Taurus Mountains.
*[http://www.naa.gov.au National Archives of Australia] contains a digitized service record for Chapman Mathers, Service Number-919, a POW who died and was buried in the Armenian Cemetery at Angora. This file contains some general information, and includes a copy of what appears to be a Turkish death certificate.<ref>Canberra et al. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/230228-ankara-municipal-cemetery-baghdad-north-gate/index.php?showtopicdo=230228 findComment&comment=2352583 Ankara Municipal cemetery / Baghdad North gate] ''Great War Forum'' 13 January 2016. Retrieved 12 February 201619 June 2018.</ref>
*[http://www.ramc-ww1.com/profile.php?cPath=274_443_157&profile_id=11658&osCsid=29 RAMC profile of: Valentine Michael Flood [Service No: 46780<nowiki>]</nowiki>] He was moved in early 1916 to the camp at Bilemedik-Pouzantri where he'd have been put to work on the Berlin - Baghdad railway. He appears to have died in the POW Hospital at Angora (Ankara) and was buried in the hospital cemetery.
*[http://garriehutchinson.com/2013/01/17/new-zealands-gallipoli-prisoners-of-war/ New Zealand’s Gallipoli Prisoners of War]. Scroll down for an account by Private William Robert Surgenor (10/724 Wellington Infantry Battalion) who was wounded and captured on Chunuk Bair on 8 August 1915 and was in various prisoner of war camps in Turkey. His account appears as an Appendix in the book ''Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story'' by Chris Pugsley.The original account is held at Archives, New Zealand (R24428210). January 17, 2013. garriehutchinson.com
