Summary
A town in Erzurum Province in eastern Turkey. Segment 04.03 mentions it as the place to which non-Muslim Wealth Tax debtors were sent for compulsory labor. In segment 05.04 it is mentioned as a destination to which older non-Muslim conscripts were sent for forced labor. Segment 05.06 says that 450 tax debtors sent to labor there were due to be transferred to Sinior’s unit but were instead released home.
Names and spelling variants
Aşkale; Askale; אשקלה
Mentioned in the book
Chapter Four – Bashhalan; segment 04.03 – The Wealth Tax; Chapter Five – Military Service; segment 05.04 – A Second Call-Up; Chapter Five – Military Service; segment 05.06 – Bridges