IN THE CLUTCHES OF STARVATION AND DISEASE (1914-1918) THE TURKISH ARMY IN THE ARABIAN REGION
AÇLIK VE HASTALIĞIN PENÇESİNDE ARAP COĞRAFYASINDA TÜRK ASKERİ (1914-1918)

Author : Taner BİLGİN
Number of pages : 102-128

Abstract

During the World War I, which occurred between1914-1918, the number of soldiers who died of starvation and infectious diseases is as many as the number of soldiers who fell in battle. This situation is both the result of the coexistence of crowded military groups under bad conditions and the hitches of the war. In the great warfare, the Turkish army had casualties pretty much either. In this war, the Turkish military fought in many battlefronts, but, fighting became much more abrasive in the Arabian region to which they were unaccustomed on account of the geographical conditions. In this article, the trials and tribulations the Turkish military encountered during the World War I especially in Syria, Iraq, Hedjaz, Palestine and Yemen have been tried to be revealed.

Keywords

World War I, Disease, The Arabian Region, Turkish army, Palestine, Hedjaz, Syria, Yemen, Iraq

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