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Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)

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*Kastamuni, Kastamouni, Kastamonu, Castamuni , Castamouni, Castamonu, Castamoni, Castamowni
*Kiangri, Kangri, Changri, Çankırı, Cankiri, Cangara. Situated approximately mid-way between Ankara and the internment centre at Kastamuni (Kastamonu)<ref name =Nor>"Captivity in Turkey: from the diaries of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Cecil Lodge Part 2: January-December 1917", refer External links above.</ref>
*Konia, Konya
*Entelli, Entilli, Intilli, Intille, Intaley. A work camp in the Amanus Mountains.
*Gedis, Gediz, Gadiz. Appears to have been established late 1917, about 60 miles north-west of Afion.<ref name=Nor/>
It appears there were many deaths of prisoners in Mesopotamia. There are records of deaths at a Prisoners Camp at Mosul.
==Additional information==
===Also see===
*[[Chaplains Returns]] for information about GRO War deaths databases including "War Deaths Indian Services 1914-1921".
===External links===
*[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5362C4RD9uk/Ug1O52l5NgI/AAAAAAAAPA4/F38OXgUwk8A/s1600/1915+place+names-14.jpg Map: place names in East and South East of Ottoman Domain with Latin alphabet, before 1915: Sivas region]. From website Mavi Boncuk, ([http://boncuk1.rssing.com/chan-23614969/all_p4.html page 4], 08/15/13 scroll down). This is only one of a series maps which may be downloaded from the 08/15/13 post on page 4, or [https://app.box.com/s/n304osmvwcjl7tie9m1r direct pdf link, 16 pages, including the Adana region]. [https://archive.org/details/1915-turkey-place-names/mode/1up Archive.org mirror version].
*The British Library collection contains the book ''Çanakkale Muharebeleri'nin esirleri : ifadeler ve mektuplar = Prisoners of war at the Çanakkale Battles : testimonies and letters'' (in two volumes) by Ahmet Tetik, Y. Serdar Demirtaş, Sema Demirtaş. UIN: BLL01015395994 [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?menuitem=0&fromTop=true&fromPreferences=false&fromEshelf=false&vid=BLVU1 Search the catalogue]. In Turkish and English. Contains Lists of prisoners taken at [[Gallipoli]] (Çanakkale) derived from records in Turkish Archives. (Sample pages.<ref> emrezmen. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/260865-allied-pow/?do=findComment&comment=2642881 Allied PoW] ''Great War Forum'' 6 May 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2019.</ref>)
*Another Turkish language publication is ''Kralın Esir Askerleri (I. Dünya Savaşı'nda Anadolu'daki İngiliz Esirleri ve Esir Kampları)'' by Mahmut Akkor, Google Translate title ''King's Prisoner Soldiers (British Prisoners and Prison Camps in Anatolia during the First World War''). (Details.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331787111_Kralin_Esir_Askerleri_I_Dunya_Savasi%27nda_Anadolu%27daki_Ingiliz_Esirleri_ve_Esir_Kamplari Kralın Esir Askerleri (I. Dünya Savaşı'nda Anadolu'daki İngiliz Esirleri ve Esir Kampları)] by Mahmut Akkor 2019. researchgate.net. Publisher: Yeditepe Yayinevi ISBN 978-6052070-48-2 </ref>)
:2013 Doctoral thesis, Turkish language [http://kizilaytarih.org/makale-tez/tz004.pdf ''I. Dünya Savaşı'nda Anadolu'daki İngiliz Esirleri ve Esir Kampları''] by Mahmut Akkor. kizilaytarih.org. Use [https://translate.google.com Google Translate] for individual sections.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170624075844/http://www.cwgc.org/about-us/what-we-do/archive.aspx Commonwealth War Graves Commission Archive], (archived webpage) located in the Head Office in Maidenhead, England. The Catalogue Records relating to Turkey are available in this [https://web.archive.org/web/20170528152821/http://www.cwgc.org/about-us/what-we-do/archive/archive-catalogue.aspx link] (archived page) then select Archive Catalogue Part 1 Sections 07-08, then scroll down. There is an online [http://archive.cwgc.org CWGC Archive catalogue Search] (which includes some digitised items, but not currently (2017/12) any relating to Turkey). The Archive includes a [http://archive.cwgc.org/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=CWGC%2fLIB Library].
*[http://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/prisoners_of_war_ottoman_empiremiddle_east "Prisoners of War (Ottoman Empire/Middle East)"] by Yücel Yanıkdağ . Scroll down to the section "Entente Prisoners of War in the Ottoman Empire" encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net. The mortality rate of the British and Dominion prisoners in Ottoman captivity was very high.
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