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Turkish militant
Alparslan Çelik
Alparslan Çelik in 2015
Born1982 (age 42–43)
Keban, Turkey
AllegianceSyrian 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

Alparslan Çelik (born 1982) is a Turkish Islamist Nationalist. In 2014 he joined the Syrian Turkmen Brigades of the Free Syrian Army and fought against the Syrian Army. On 24 November 2015, after Turkey shot down a Russian bomber jet, he allegedly killed the Russian pilot Oleg Peshkov. Çelik was detained in İzmir, Turkey on 31 March 2016. All charges against him were dropped on 9 May 2016.

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

References

  1. "Alparslan Çelik ve 13 arkadaşı için istenen ceza belli oldu".
  2. "Killer of Russia's Su-24 Pilot Detained in Turkey | News". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  3. "MIDEAST - I have no fear of the Russians, says alleged killer of Russian pilot". Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  4. "CRIME - Alleged killer of Russian jet pilot detained in İzmir". Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  5. "Turkey sets free man charged with killing Russian pilot". Xinhua. 2016-05-10. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  6. "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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