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Beginning from August 1, 1919, the British started to give horse and donkey

meat to all Ottoman prisoners. Forced to eat rotten horse and donkey meat
in the scorching heat of Egypt in the middle of August, many couldn't escape

catching dysentery, while some others got a horrible disease resembling mange,
which the British doctors called Pellagra, before they died. 98

However, this wasn't the only appalling treatment that the Turkish pris-

oners encountered at the camp. Historical sources report that British delib-
erately blinded around 15,000 Turkish soldiers in the camp. This shocking

violence caused great outrage during the time and was widely debated at the
Turkish Parliament and in the Turkish media throughout 1919, 1920 and

1921. These claims were based on two significant documents. The first is the
Turkish Parliament's decision of June 28, 1921, which was signed by Mustafa

Kemal, the Chairman of the Turkish Parliament, and eleven ministers. The
decision reads as follows:

Edirne MPs Şeref and Faik Bey presented their notice of motion regarding the
troops held captive in Malta, as well as about the British doctors, garrison com-
mander and officers in Egypt who deliberately disabled fifteen thousand pris-

oners of war, to the Cabinet of Ministers, which submitted the same to the
Turkish Parliament on 29.5.337 with number 354/706. The message was read

during the meeting of the Cabinet on 28.6.337 and it was decided that scien-
tific investigation is required and the findings shall be presented to the Min-
istry of Foreign Affairs along with the copy of the notice of motion. June 28,

1337. 99

This document is the Turkish parliament's decision to initiate a criminal

investigation into the actions of the British doctors, garrison commander and
officers that deliberately disabled 15 thousand prisoners of war in Egypt. An-

other document is the motion presented by Edirne MPs Faik and Şeref Bey
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during the 37 session of the Turkish Parliament on May 28, 1921. The last
part of the motion refers to the Turkish prisoners of war who were deliber-
ately blinded in Egyptian camps:

In Egypt, the British has deliberately blinded the 15,000 sons of our nation by

making them enter baths, which contained cresol more than necessary, with

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