Nuri Killigil Military person

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 founded the Turkestan legion of the Schutzstaffel, the major paramilitary of Nazi Germany.

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Nuri Killigil
Birth place
Ottoman Empire , Istanbul
Date of deathMarch 02, 1949
Place of death
Turkey , Sütlüce Istanbul , Istanbul

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allegiance22px Ottoman Empire
military operations
Italo-Turkish War
World War I
Battle of Baku
military commandAfrica Groups Command Army of Islam
service start1911
service end1919

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