Alparslan_Çelik

Alparslan Çelik

Alparslan Çelik

Turkish militant

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]

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His father Ramazan Çelik was the Mayor of Keban for the Nationalist Movement Party[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Alparslan Çelik ve 13 arkadaşı için istenen ceza belli oldu".
  2. [2]
    "Killer of Russia's Su-24 Pilot Detained in Turkey | News". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
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    "MIDEAST - I have no fear of the Russians, says alleged killer of Russian pilot". Retrieved 2016-04-19.
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    "CRIME - Alleged killer of Russian jet pilot detained in İzmir". Retrieved 2016-04-19.
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    "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. [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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