Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet

Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet (12 March 1883 – 2 April 1958) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.

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.

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Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet Pasha
Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet, a Retired Officer of the Turkish Army, and Ali Fuad Erden, the Chancellor of the Turkish Military Academy, are with 3 German Officers on the Eastern Front . October 31, 1941