Nubar Ozanyan
| Nubar Ozanyan | |
|---|---|
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| Other name(s) | Orhan Bakırcıyan (nom de guerre) |
| Born | 1956 Yozgat, Turkey |
| Died |
August 14, 2017 (aged 61) Raqqa, Syria |
| Allegiance |
 TKP/ML
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| Service/branch | |
| Years of service | 1980s–2017 |
| Rank | TİKKO commander of operations in Rojava |
| Battles/wars |
Maoist insurgency in Turkey First Intifada Lebanese Civil War Nagorno-Karabakh War Kurdish–Turkish conflict Syrian Civil War |
Nubar Ozanyan (Armenian: Նուպար Օզանեան, 1956–2017), also known by his nom de guerre Orhan Bakırcıyan, was a Turkey-born Armenian radical communist revolutionary, who served as commander for 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 of Iraq and the Levant during the Battle of Raqqa.
Ozanyan was born into a poor ethnic Armenian family in Yozgat, Turkey in 1956, with his mother dying when he was still young. After receiving primary education, he was introduced to radical leftist ideology and joined the TKP/ML. Following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, Ozanyan went into exile in France, where he reportedly was one of Yılmaz Güney's defenders. In the late 1980s, Ozanyan joined TKP/ML's military wing, TİKKO. In 1988 he ventured to Palestine and fought with the PFLP against Israel during the First Intifada. Ozanyan also received military training by local militants in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley in 1990. Between 1991-92, he reportedly fought in the Nagorno-Karabakh War against Azerbaijan. He returned to Turkey's Tunceli Province in 1992 and thereafter participated in the local Maoist insurgency. At this time, Ozanyan began to rise in the ranks of the TKP/ML, and became an important organizer, ideologist, recruiter, trainer and frontline commander for the party.
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