Nuri Killigil
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| Born | 1889 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 2 March 1949 (aged 59–60) Sütlüce, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Allegiance |
 Ottoman Empire
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| 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, also known as Nuri Pasha (1889–1949) was a general in the Ottoman Army. He was the half-brother of Ottoman Minister of War, Enver Pasha. During World War II, he helped to establish the Turkestan legion of the Schutzstaffel, the major paramilitary of Nazi Germany. Nuri Pasha is of Circassian decent.
Infantry Machine-Gun Captain Nuri Efendi was sent to Libya on an illegal Greek ship with Major Jafar al-Askari Bey and 10,000 gold. His mission was to organize and coordinate operations of Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa forces with local forces against Italian and British forces. They landed on the shore between Tobruk and Sallum on February 21, 1915 and then went to Ahmed Sharif es Senussi in Sallum. In 1917, in 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).
Nuri Bey's elder brother Enver Pasha, commander of the Ottoman Army, who saw an opportunity in Caucuses after the Russian Revolution took Russia out of Word War I, called back Nuri Bey from Libya. He was promoted to 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. The Army of Islam was formed officially on July 10, 1918
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