• The Turks incarcerated Allied prisoners in houses on this street near the foot of the mountain at Afion Karahissar. In this photograph, British and Russian POW's stand in the street in front of their accommodations with Turkish guards. Source: Sandes, Tales of Turkey, 1924, 158.

Source: Sandes, Tales of Turkey, 1924, 158.

From Pursuit of an "unparalleled opportunity": American YMCA and prisoner of war diplomacy among the Central Power nations during World War I, 1914-1923 by Kenneth Steuer

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