Alparslan Çelik

Alparslan Çelik (born 1982) is a Turkish Islamist-Nationalist Alperen Ocakları[1][2] member. In 2014 he joined the Syrian Turkmen Brigades 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.[3][4] Çelik was detained in İzmir, Turkey on 31 March 2016.[5][6] All charges against him were dropped on 9 May 2016.[7] However the investigation was subsequently reopened in which he denied killing the pilot, instead insisting that he was killed by another group.[8]

Alparslan Çelik
Born1982 (age 38–39)
Keban, Turkey
AllegianceAlperen Ocakları Syrian Turkmen Brigades
Years of service2014-2016
RankSecond-in-command
UnitTurkmen Coastal Division
Battles/warsSyrian civil war

2015–2016 Latakia offensive

2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown

His father Ramazan Çelik was the Mayor of Keban for the Nationalist Movement Party[9]

References
  1. Rusya'nın aradığı Alparslan Çelik'ten olay iddialar!
  2. Alparslan Çelik ve 13 arkadaşı için istenen ceza belli oldu
  3. "Killer of Russia's Su-24 Pilot Detained in Turkey | News". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  4. "MIDEAST - I have no fear of the Russians, says alleged killer of Russian pilot". Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  5. "Turkey detains alleged killer of Russian pilot downed over Syria border". RT International. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  6. "CRIME - Alleged killer of Russian jet pilot detained in İzmir". Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  7. "Turkey sets free man charged with killing Russian pilot". Xinhua. 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  8. "Turkey reopens probe into suspected killer of Russian pilot". Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  9. "Eski MHP Keban Belediye Başkanı Ramazan Çelik'in oğlu İki yıldır Suriye'de." AyyıldızHaber.com (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
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