Cilician Gates Constructed by Allied POWs from Bozanti

Notes:

This photograph shows the Cilician Gates looking north, showing the stream and road bed for the Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Allied prisoners provided the labor force for the construction of this railway line through this Taurus Mountains pass. Although Allied prisoners were slow workers and resorted to sabotage whenever possible, the Turks still preferred POW labor for their railroad construction projects rather than employing local workers.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Turkey, Bozanti, Work, Transportation, Railroad Work, World War 1914-1918, Asian History, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Edward H. Keeling, Adventures in Turkey and Russia, London: John Murray, 1924, 42.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1245