13 Facts About Nuri Killigil

Nuri Killigil, known as Nuri Pasha was an Ottoman general in the Ottoman Army.

Nuri Killigil was the half-brother of Ottoman Minister of War, Enver Pasha.

Infantry Machine-Gun Captain Nuri Efendi was sent to Libya on a Greek ship with Major Jafar al-Askari Bey and 10,000 pieces of gold.

Lieutenant Colonel Nuri Killigil Bey was appointed its first commander and his chief of Staff was Staff Major Abdurrahman Nafiz Bey.

Nuri Killigil was promoted to Mirliva Fahri Ferik and gave the mission to form and command volunteer based the Islamic Army of the Caucasus.

Nuri Killigil Bey came to Yelizavetpol on May 25,1918, and began to organize his forces.

The Islamic Army of the Caucasus led by Nuri Killigil Pasha took control of the whole Azerbaijan and the capital Baku on 15 September 1918.

In 1938, Nuri Killigil bought a coal mining plant in Turkey.

Nuri Killigil began to organize the production of guns, bullets, gas masks, and other war equipment.

Nuri Killigil established contact with Franz von Papen, the Nazi ambassador in Ankara in 1941 in order to win German support for the Pan-Turkic cause.

In September 1941, Nuri Killigil offered to organize an anti-Soviet, pan-Turkish uprising in the Caucasus, but the Germans declined the offer.

Nuri Killigil was killed on 2 March 1949 by an explosion in his factory in Istanbul that killed 28 other people.

Nuri Killigil was buried without a proper funeral ceremony at the time, as it was viewed as contrary to religious beliefs for dismembered corpses.