Funeral service held after 67 years for Turkish war hero Nuri Pasha

English-language news report on the funeral service held in 2016, 67 years after the death of Nuri Pasha (Killigil).

This 2016 English-language news item reports on the funeral service held for Nuri Pasha (Killigil), commander of the Army of Islam of the Caucasus, 67 years after his death. It illustrates how his memory is sustained through contemporary commemorative practice in Turkey and Azerbaijan. Rather than the 1918 campaign itself, it sheds light on twenty-first-century remembrance of the commander.