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Jennifer Lawless, Australian Writer and Researcher, revisited Canakkale with regards to her studies on 'Anzac Prisoners of War'. Ms Lawless also performed a seminar named ' Lost Anzacs; A General Perspective of Anzac Prisoners of War' in the Suleyman Demirel Congress Center. Ms Lawless told that there had been insufficient research and literature with regards to Anzac Prisoners of War, added that some early propagandist literature on this issue do not reflect the reality. Ms Lawless stated that she had been working on Anzac Prisoners of war for 5 years and mainly focused on Anzac Prisoners of War in the Gallipoli Campaign. Ms Lawless told that she had identified 66 Anzac Prisoners of War. Ms Lawless added that these Prisoners of War had been transfered to different places in Turkey . Ms Lawsless added that those Anzac Soldiers who were wounded had been taken to Istanbul Capa and Gumussuyu Hospital and was kept here for a long time. Ms Lawless told that those who wasn't wounded, was sent to the Prisoners of War Camps. Ms Lawless stated the biggest Prisoners of War Camp as the Afyonkarahisar, and other camps are stated as Kastamonu, Gediz, Ankara, Pozantı, Çankırı, Yozgat, Bor, Adapazarı and Yesilkoy. Ms Lawless told that Anzac Prisnoers of War had not been in bad conditions, in fact they had several social activities. |
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