Alparslan Çelik (born 1982) is a
Turkish Islamist Nationalist. In 2014 he joined the
Syrian Turkmen Brigades of the
Free Syrian Army
The Free Syrian Army (FSA; ) is a Big tent, big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition (2011–2024), Syrian opposition rebel groups in the Syrian civil war founded on 29 July 2011 by Colonel Riad al-Asaad and six officers who defe ...
and fought against the
Syrian Arab Army
The Syrian Arab Armed Forces (SAAF; ) were the combined armed forces of Syria from 1963 to 2024. They served during the rule of the Ba'ath Party in Syria.
The SAAF consisted of the Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Air Force, Syrian Arab Air D ...
(SAA). On 24 November 2015, after
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
shot down a Russian bomber jet, he allegedly killed the Russian pilot
Oleg Peshkov. Çelik was detained in
Ä°zmir
Ä°zmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of Ä°zmir Province. In 2024, the city of Ä°zmir had ...
, Turkey on 31 March 2016. All charges against him were dropped on 9 May 2016.
His father Ramazan Çelik was the Mayor of
for the
Nationalist Movement Party
The Nationalist Movement Party, or alternatively translated as Nationalist Action Party (, MHP), is a Turkish Far-right politics, far-right, ultranationalism, ultranationalist Political parties in Turkey, political party. The group is often de ...
References
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Living people
Turkish nationalists
Turkish criminals
People from Keban, Elazığ
1982 births
Turkish Islamists
Members of the Free Syrian Army
Syrian Turkmen Assembly