Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet

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Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet
1320-P. 5[1]
Born1883 (1883)
Constantinople (Istanbul), Ottoman Empire
Died4 September 1954(1954-09-04) (aged 70–71)
Ankara, Turkey
Buried
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman: 1904–1921
Turkey: September 15, 1921–1932
RankMirliva
Commands heldDelegation to the Army Group Mackensen, Chief of Staff of the XIV Corps, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Yıldırım Army Group, Chief of Staff of the Fourth Army, Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army, 46th Division, Chief of Staff of the Ninth Army, Chief of Staff of the Second Army, 3rd division of the General Staff, Chief of the Council of Military History, Military attaché to Bern
7th Division, Chief of Staff of the Second Army, 1st Division, Chief of the Operations Division of the General Staff, 7th Division, Izmir Fortified Area Command
Battles/warsBalkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet Pasha
Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet, a Retired Officer of the Turkish Army, and Ali Fuad Erden, the Chancellor of the Turkish Military Academy, are with 3 German Officers on the Eastern Front. October 31, 1941

Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet (1883; Constantinople (Istanbul) – 1954; Ankara) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.

In the fall 1941 he, along with General Ali Fuad Erden, visited the occupied territories in Ukraine (including Crimea) on invitation of Gerd von Rundstedt. From there he and other Turkish officers flew to Rastenburg to meet Hitler in person. In 1943 he published his essays on that trip under title "What I Saw on the Eastern Front.[2]"

Being a staunch Turanist, he was briefly detained for Panturkic activities in 1948 together with some other prominent Turanists.

Works[edit]

  • Yıldırım, İstanbul, 1921.
  • Büyük Harpte Tank Muharebesi
  • Seferî Karargâhlarda Kurmay Görevleri, İstanbul, 1921.
  • Erkan-ı Harbiyye Meslek, Vezaif ve Teşkilatı, Tarihi ve İlmî Tetkikat, İstanbul, 1924.
  • Dağda Harp Hareketleri hakkında bir Tetkik, İstanbul 1926. (Maurice Abadie)
  • H. H. Emir Erkilet Paşa.'nın Avrupa'da tetkik seyahatlerine ait rapora zeyl, Ankara, 1927.
  • Harp Albümü, İstanbul Cumhuriyet Basımevi.
  • Şark Cephesinde Gördüklerim, Hilmi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1943.
  • 2. Cihan Harbi ve Türkiye, Giriş: Harbin Avrupa'da Doğurduğu Pürüzlü Meseleler, İnkılâp Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1945.

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Sources[edit]

  1. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 216. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ Anderson, Perry (11 September 2008). "Kemalism". London Review of Books. 30 (17).

External links[edit]

Media related to Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet at Wikimedia Commons

  • "General Emir Paşa". Archived from the original on February 10, 2008. Retrieved October 2, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link), Kocasinan Erkilet General Emir İlköğretim Okulu. (in Turkish)