Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity'
The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations
during World War I, 1914-1923.
by Kenneth Steuer

Appendix A

Prison Camps

Turkish Prision Camps



Ouchak

OUCHAK (USAK or USHAK): This prison camp was located in the Vilayet of Brusa in eastern Anatolia. The city was situated fifty-five miles west of Afion Karahissar on the railroad line between Afion and Ala-Shehr. The Turks imprisoned British officers and enlisted men in Ouchak in khans inside the city.