Alparslan Çelik | |
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Born | 1982 (age 41–42) Keban, Turkey |
Allegiance | Syrian Turkmen Brigades |
Years of service | 2014–2016 |
Rank | Second-in-command |
Unit | Turkmen Coastal Division |
Battles/wars |
Syrian civil war 2015–2016 Latakia offensive 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown |
Alparslan Çelik (born 1982) is a Turkish Islamist Nationalist. [1] In 2014 he joined the Syrian Turkmen Brigades of the Free Syrian Army and fought against the Syrian Army. On 24 November, after Turkey shot down a Russian bomber jet, he allegedly killed the Russian pilot Oleg Peshkov. [2] [3] Çelik was detained in İzmir, Turkey on 31 March 2016. [4] All charges against him were dropped on 9 May 2016. [5]
His father Ramazan Çelik was the Mayor of Keban for the Nationalist Movement Party [6]
Alparslan Çelik | |
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Born | 1982 (age 41–42) Keban, Turkey |
Allegiance | Syrian Turkmen Brigades |
Years of service | 2014–2016 |
Rank | Second-in-command |
Unit | Turkmen Coastal Division |
Battles/wars |
Syrian civil war 2015–2016 Latakia offensive 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown |
Alparslan Çelik (born 1982) is a Turkish Islamist Nationalist. [1] In 2014 he joined the Syrian Turkmen Brigades of the Free Syrian Army and fought against the Syrian Army. On 24 November, after Turkey shot down a Russian bomber jet, he allegedly killed the Russian pilot Oleg Peshkov. [2] [3] Çelik was detained in İzmir, Turkey on 31 March 2016. [4] All charges against him were dropped on 9 May 2016. [5]
His father Ramazan Çelik was the Mayor of Keban for the Nationalist Movement Party [6]