Nubar Ozanyan

Nubar Ozanyan
Other name(s)Fermun Çırak (birth name)
Orhan Bakırcıyan (nom de guerre)
Born1956
Yozgat, Turkey
Died(2017-08-14)14 August 2017 (aged 61)
Raqqa, Syria
Buried
Al-Malikiyah (Derîk), Syria
Allegiance TKP/ML
Branch
Years of service1980s–2017
RankTİKKO commander of operations in Rojava
Battles / wars

Nubar Ozanyan (Armenian: Նուպար Օզանեան, born Fermun Çırak; 1956–2017) was a Turkish-born Armenian radical communist revolutionary, who served as a commander in the militant Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (TKP/ML). Fighting in several conflicts for the group, he eventually died in combat against the Islamic State during the Battle of Raqqa.