Memoirs of Captivity of Ihsan (Pere) Bey, the Telegrapher in the Balkan War

Abstract

Mehmet & Idot;hsan (Pere) Bey, who holds a significant place in history of Turkish telegraphy and who established the PR Secret Telegraph Center during the National Struggle, enabling encrypted communication between national institutions in Istanbul and Ankara, was serving as a telegraph officer for the British Cable Company on Bozcaada when the island was occupied by Greece. & Idot;hsan Bey was arrested due to his nationalist attitudes after the occupation of Bozcaada, regardless of whether he was an officer for the British Cable Company. He was retained in the Ruf military camp near Athens after a hard eight-day sea voyage as a prisoner. During the captivity of & Idot;hsan Bey, Turkish prisoners from the old lands of Ottoman Empire were dispatched to the same prison camp, and the Greeks were making joyful displays due to this situation. The memoirs of & Idot;hsan Bey, who was released from the prison camp because he was an officer for the British Cable Company, but began his compulsory residence in Athens, constitute the subject of a scientific study for the first time.