Captain of Dragoons wrote: It would be better if we had more sources in english on the Russians, French and Turks. The poor Turks are often discounted.
Try and get hold of these books for a perspective on the Turks.
Money. Edward, 'Twelve months with the Bashi-Bazooks' pub Chapman and Hall, London 1857
Sandwith. Humphrey, 'A narrative on the Siege of Kars' pub London 1856
Lake, Col Atwell, CB; 'Kars and our Captivity in Russia' pub Richard Bentley, London 1856
Slade. Rear Admiral Sir Adolphus, ' Turkey and the Crimean War' pub Smith Elder & Co, London 1867
Buzzard. Thomas MD, 'With the Turkish Army in the Crimea and Asia Minor' pub John Murray, London 1915
Williams. Col. Sir W. Fenwick, 'The Siege of Kars 1855' pub The Stationery Office, London 2000. This is a reprint of the original 1858 version and well worth getting.
Mawson. Micheal Hargreave, 'The True Heroes of Balaklava' pub Crimean Research Society, Bedford 1996
Hope this little lot wets your appatite? I managed to get my grubby paws on most of them through the inter-library lending service in the UK, I'm not sure of the situation abroad.
Cheers
Dave