Alparslan Çelik
Alparslan Çelik | |
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Alparslan Çelik in 2015 | |
| Born | 1982 (age 42–43) Keban, Turkey |
| Allegiance | Syrian Turkmen Brigades |
| Years of service | 2014–2016 |
| Rank | Second-in-command |
| Unit | Turkmen Coastal Division |
| Battles / wars | |
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 Arab Army (SAA). 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