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'''Ümit Yaşar Toprak'''<ref name=afp/> also known by his nom de guerre '''Abu Yusuf Al-Turki''' (the "Turk") was a sniper in the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/british-teenage-jihadi-believed-killed-syria-ibrahim-kamara|title=British teenage jihadi believed to have been killed in Syria|work=The Guardian|date=24 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014}}</ref> who trained fighters on how to become snipers.<ref name=lwj/> He was also a member of the Wolf Unit, which was described as a unit of al-Nusra Front fighters (according to documents found by members of the Dubai-based ] station).<ref>{{cite web|title=حصري: وثائق تظهر أن مجموعة خراسان هي نفسها مجموعة الذئب التابعة للنصرة|url=http://www.alaan.tv/news/world-news/114998/khorassan-group-is-in-fact-the-wolf-unit-of-nusra-front-documents-show|work=]|date=1 October 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014}}</ref> The Wolf Unit is reportedly another name for the ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2014/9/30/6875671/is-khorasans-real-name-the-wolf-unit-of-jabhat-al-nusra|title=Is Khorasan's real name "the Wolf Unit of Jabhat al-Nusra"?|work=Vox Media|date=30 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014}}</ref> though there are indications that the Khorasan Group may not exist as a separate entity from Jabhat al-Nusra.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wolf or Khorasan: Who Was Jabhat al-Nusra’s Abu Yusuf al-Turki?|work=Chechens in Syria|first=Joanna|last=Paraszczuk|url=http://www.chechensinsyria.com/?p=22623|date=2 October 2014|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref> Of ] descent,<ref>{{cite news|title=ABD saldırısında Nusra'nın Türk komutanı öldü|url=http://www.dunyabulteni.net/haberler/309950/abd-saldirisinda-nusranin-turk-komutani-oldu|work=Dünya Bülteni|date=23 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014|language=Turkish|quote=ABD'nin bu sabah Nusra ve IŞİD hedeflerine düzenlediği saldırıda, Nusra Cephesi'nin Türk asıllı komutanı Ebu Yusuf el Türki de hayatını kaybetti}}</ref> Al-Turki lived in the Turkish province of ], leaving behind five children so that he could fight for the al-Nusra Front.<ref name=afp/> On 23 September 2014, Al-Turki was killed during a series of a U.S.-led anti-Khorasan Group coalition airstrikes over ].<ref name="Turk">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/world/meast/isis-airstrikes/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|title='The Turk' is dead: Al Qaeda-linked terror group says leader died in Syria airstrikes|work=CNN|date=23 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014|first1=Chelsea|last1=Carter|first2=Elise|last2=Labott|first3=Jim|last3=Sciutto}}</ref> '''Ümit Yaşar Toprak'''<ref name=afp/> ({{circa}} 1970 – 23 September 2014) also known by his nom de guerre '''Abu Yusuf Al-Turki''' (the "Turk") was a sniper in the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/british-teenage-jihadi-believed-killed-syria-ibrahim-kamara|title=British teenage jihadi believed to have been killed in Syria|work=The Guardian|date=24 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014}}</ref> who trained fighters on how to become snipers.<ref name=lwj/> He was also a member of the Wolf Unit, which was described as a unit of al-Nusra Front fighters (according to documents found by members of the Dubai-based ] station).<ref>{{cite web|title=حصري: وثائق تظهر أن مجموعة خراسان هي نفسها مجموعة الذئب التابعة للنصرة|url=http://www.alaan.tv/news/world-news/114998/khorassan-group-is-in-fact-the-wolf-unit-of-nusra-front-documents-show|work=]|date=1 October 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014}}</ref> The Wolf Unit is reportedly another name for the ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2014/9/30/6875671/is-khorasans-real-name-the-wolf-unit-of-jabhat-al-nusra|title=Is Khorasan's real name "the Wolf Unit of Jabhat al-Nusra"?|work=Vox Media|date=30 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014}}</ref> though there are indications that the Khorasan Group may not exist as a separate entity from Jabhat al-Nusra.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wolf or Khorasan: Who Was Jabhat al-Nusra's Abu Yusuf al-Turki?|work=Chechens in Syria|first=Joanna|last=Paraszczuk|url=http://www.chechensinsyria.com/?p=22623|date=2 October 2014|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref> Of ] descent,<ref>{{cite news|title=ABD saldırısında Nusra'nın Türk komutanı öldü|url=http://www.dunyabulteni.net/haberler/309950/abd-saldirisinda-nusranin-turk-komutani-oldu|work=Dünya Bülteni|date=23 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014|language=Turkish|quote=ABD'nin bu sabah Nusra ve IŞİD hedeflerine düzenlediği saldırıda, Nusra Cephesi'nin Türk asıllı komutanı Ebu Yusuf el Türki de hayatını kaybetti}}</ref> Al-Turki lived in the Turkish province of ], leaving behind five children so that he could fight for the al-Nusra Front.<ref name=afp/> On 23 September 2014, Al-Turki was killed during a series of a U.S.-led anti-Khorasan Group coalition airstrikes over ].<ref name="Turk">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/world/meast/isis-airstrikes/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|title='The Turk' is dead: Al Qaeda-linked terror group says leader died in Syria airstrikes|work=CNN|date=23 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014|first1=Chelsea|last1=Carter|first2=Elise|last2=Labott|first3=Jim|last3=Sciutto}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 01:05, 24 May 2024

Abu Yusuf Al-Turki
BornÜmit Yaşar Toprak
c. 1970
Bursa, Turkey
Died23 September 2014
(aged 44)
Idlib Governorate, Syria
Cause of deathKilled by bombardment
NationalityTurkish
Other names"The Turk"
Military career
Allegianceal-Qaeda in Iraq (formerly)
Taliban
al-Nusra Front
Khorasan
Battles / warsIraq War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Syrian Civil War
Military intervention against ISIL

Ümit Yaşar Toprak (c. 1970 – 23 September 2014) also known by his nom de guerre Abu Yusuf Al-Turki (the "Turk") was a sniper in the al-Nusra Front who trained fighters on how to become snipers. He was also a member of the Wolf Unit, which was described as a unit of al-Nusra Front fighters (according to documents found by members of the Dubai-based Al Aan TV station). The Wolf Unit is reportedly another name for the Khorasan Group, though there are indications that the Khorasan Group may not exist as a separate entity from Jabhat al-Nusra. Of Turkish descent, Al-Turki lived in the Turkish province of Bursa, leaving behind five children so that he could fight for the al-Nusra Front. On 23 September 2014, Al-Turki was killed during a series of a U.S.-led anti-Khorasan Group coalition airstrikes over Syria.

References

  1. "Khorasan leader's death suggested in militant tweets". AFP. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. "French bomb-maker with Khorasan radicalized over 'several years'". CNN. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. ^ "US raids kill Al-Qaeda's Turkish sniper in Syria". Agence-France Presse. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  4. ^ "US airstrikes target Al Nusrah Front, Islamic State in Syria". Long War Journal. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  5. "British teenage jihadi believed to have been killed in Syria". The Guardian. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  6. "حصري: وثائق تظهر أن مجموعة خراسان هي نفسها مجموعة الذئب التابعة للنصرة". Al Aan TV. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  7. "Is Khorasan's real name "the Wolf Unit of Jabhat al-Nusra"?". Vox Media. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  8. Paraszczuk, Joanna (2 October 2014). "Wolf or Khorasan: Who Was Jabhat al-Nusra's Abu Yusuf al-Turki?". Chechens in Syria. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  9. "ABD saldırısında Nusra'nın Türk komutanı öldü". Dünya Bülteni (in Turkish). 23 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014. ABD'nin bu sabah Nusra ve IŞİD hedeflerine düzenlediği saldırıda, Nusra Cephesi'nin Türk asıllı komutanı Ebu Yusuf el Türki de hayatını kaybetti
  10. Carter, Chelsea; Labott, Elise; Sciutto, Jim (23 September 2014). "'The Turk' is dead: Al Qaeda-linked terror group says leader died in Syria airstrikes". CNN. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
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