Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet (12 March 1883 – 2 April 1958) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.
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| Born | 12 March 1883 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 2 April 1958 (aged 75) Ankara, Turkey |
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| Allegiance |  Ottoman Empire Turkey |
| Years of service | Ottoman: 1904–1921 Turkey: September 15, 1921–1932 |
| Rank | Mirliva |
| Commands | Delegation 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 / wars | Balkan Wars First World War Turkish War of Independence |
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 Pan-Turkic 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.
See also
editSources
edit- ^ 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)
- ^ Anderson, Perry (11 September 2008). "Kemalism". London Review of Books. 30 (17).
External links
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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)