| Karaolos | |
|---|---|
| Prisoner-of-war camp Refugee camp Internment camp | |
 The Karaolos camp was used to house Jewish internees in 1946–49. | |
| Location | Karaolos, Cyprus |
| Operated by | British Empire |
| Operational | 1916 – 1921 1946 – 1949 |
| Inmates | Ottomans (1916 – 1920) Russians (1920 – 1921) Jews (1946 – 1949) |
The Karaolos prisoner of war camp was a prisoner-of-war camp established in Karaolos, Cyprus in 1916 with the intent of housing Ottoman troops captured during the course of World War I. The Ottomans were repatriated in February 1920, on the same year the camp received refugees of the Russian Civil War housing them for a year. Between 1946 and 1949, Karaolos resumed operation as part of the system of Cyprus internment camps used for the detention of Jewish refugees attempting to settle in Mandatory Palestine.