Nuri Killigil

Nuri Killigil
Nuri Pasha
Born	December 0, 1889(1889-12-00) Istanbul (Constantinople), Ottoman Empire
Died	2 March 1949(1949-03-02) (aged 60) Sütlüce, Istanbul, Turkey
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Years of service	Ottoman: 1911-1919
Rank	Mirliva Fahrî (honorary) Ferik
Commands held	Africa Groups Command, Army of Islam
Battles/wars	Italo-Turkish War First World War Battle of Baku

Nuri Killigil (Nuri Pasha) (1889–1949) was a general in the Ottoman Army. He was brother of Ottoman Minister of War, Enver Pasha.

Military career

Libya

Main article: North African Campaign (World War I)

Infantry Machine-Gun Captain Nuri Efendi was sent to Libya by an illegal Greek ship with Major Jafar al-Askari Bey and 10,000 gold. His mission was to archive operations of Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa forces with local forces against Italian and British forces. They landed at the shore between Tobruk and Sallum on February 21, 1915. And then they went to Ahmed Sharif es Senussi in Sallum.^[1] In 1917, as an attempt to organize the efforts which was dispersed by the British, the Ottoman General Staff established the “Africa Groups Command” (Afrika Grupları Komutanlığı), of which the primary objective was the coastal regions of Libya. Lieutenant Colonel Nuri Bey was appointed its first commander. And his chief of Staff was Staff Major Abdurrahman Nafiz Bey (Gürman).^[1]

Caucasus

Main article: Army of Islam (Ottoman Empire)

Nuri Bey's elder brother Enver Pasha, who couldn't resist the lure of Pan-Turanism,^[2] called back Nuri Bey from Libya. Enver Pasha promoted him Mirliva Fahri (honorary) Ferik and gave the mission to form and command the Army of Islam. Nuri Bey came to Yelizavetpol (present day: Ganja) on May 25, 1918 and began to organize his forces.^[3] The Army of Islam was formed officially on July 10, 1918^[2]

Arms industry

Gallery

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  Enver, their father Ahmet and Nuri

Sources

1. ^ ^{a b} Hamit Pehlivanlı, "Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa Kuzey Afrika'da (1914-1918)", Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi, Sayı 47, Cilt: XVI, Temmuz 2000. (Turkish)
2. ^ ^{a b} Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwoodpress, 2001, ISBN 0-313-31516-7, p. 189.
3. ^ Ajun Kurter, Türk Hava Kuvvetleri Tarihi, Cilt: IV, 3rd edition, Türk Hava Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı, 2009, p. 92.

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Name	Killigil, Nuri
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Date of birth	1889-0-0
Place of birth	Istanbul (Constantinople), Ottoman Empire
Date of death	March 2, 1949
Place of death	Sütlüce, Istanbul, Turkey