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Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet (12 March 1883 – 2 April 1958) was an officer of the
Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet (12 March 1883 – 2 April 1958) was an officer of the Ottoman Army
The Military of the Ottoman Empire () was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire. It was founded in 1299 and dissolved in 1922.
Army
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and a general of the Turkish Army
The Turkish Land Forces () is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for Army, land-based military operations. The army was formed on November 8, 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Significant campaigns since the ...
.
In the fall 1941 he, along with General Ali Fuad Erden, visited the occupied territories in Ukraine (including Crimea
Crimea ( ) is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukrain ...
) on invitation of Gerd von Rundstedt
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (12 December 1875 – 24 February 1953) was a German ''Generalfeldmarschall'' (Field Marshal) in the ''German Army (1935–1945), Heer'' (Army) of Nazi Germany and OB West, ''Oberbefehlshaber West'' (Commande ...
. 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."
Being a staunch Turanist, he was briefly detained for Pan-Turkic activities in 1948 together with some other prominent Turanists.
Works
*''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
*List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence
This list includes high-ranking commanders who took part in the Turkish War of Independence:
See also
* Turkish State Cemetery#Burials
* List of recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey)
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*, Kocasinan Erkilet General Emir İlköğretim Okulu. {{DEFAULTSORT:Erkilet, Huseyin Husnu Emir 1883 births 1958 deaths Turks from the Ottoman Empire Military personnel from Istanbul Ottoman Military Academy alumni Ottoman Military College alumni Ottoman Army officers Turkish Sunni Muslims Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars Ottoman military personnel of World War I General Commanders of the Gendarmerie of Turkey Turkish anti-communists Turkish collaborators with Nazi Germany Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey) Turkish Army generals Turanists Pan-Turkists Writers from Istanbul