A Syrian rebel commander who boasted of killing a Russian pilot after Turkey downed Russian jet on Tuesday appeared to be Turkish ultranationalist and a son of former mayor in one of Turkish provinces.
| Could it be that the Turkemen are not actually a native Syrian rebel group, but rather an expression of now-President Erdogan's hatred of his former BFF President Assad? |
Alparslan Celik, deputy commander of a Syrian Turkmen brigade turned out to be the son of a mayor of a Keban municipality in Turkey’s Elazig province. He also turned out to be the member of The Grey Wolves ultranationalist group, members of which have carried out scores of political murders since 1970s.
| Fascinating. The Grey Wolves have been mentioned here once or several times. |
Celik came under spotlight after he announced that as the two Russian pilots descended by parachute after the Su-24 jet was downed by Turkish military, both were shot dead by Turkmen forces on Tuesday.
A graphic video posted earlier on social media purported to show a Russian pilot lying on the ground surrounded by a group of armed militants.
| At the time they were called Turkmen rebels. Now we have to consider the possibility they were actually Turkish Grey Wolves operating clandestinely on the far side of the border as an arm of the Turkish government. |
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