Noman Çelebicihan Battalion

Armed group in Donbass conflict

Noman Çelebicihan Battalion Батальйон імені Номана Челебіджіхана
Crimean Tatar: Noman Çelebicihan Batalyonı
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Leader	Lenur Islyamov [uk]
Dates of operation	18 September 2016 – late 2016 24 February 2022^[1]–present
Headquarters	Kherson Oblast
Active regions	Kherson Oblast
Size	250+ 560 (planned)
Part of	SBGS
Allies	Ukraine Turkey^[2]
Opponents	Russia

The Noman Çelebicihan Battalion (Ukrainian: Батальйон імені Номана Челебіджіхана, Crimean Tatar: Noman Çelebicihan Batalyonı) was a Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion named after Noman Çelebicihan formed in 2016 and disbanded on the same year. The base of the battalion was in the Kherson region bordering Crimea.^[3]

History

The battalion emerged from participants in the 2015 activist-led blockade of Crimea that stopped Ukrainian cargo from reaching the Crimean peninsula.^[4]^[5]^[6] The battalion was planned to include 560 people.^[4]

The Crimean Tatar battalion reportedly received assistance from a volunteer Turkey in 2016 shortly after founding.^[2]

In 2016 the battalion helped the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in the region bordering Crimea. The battalion virtually ceased to exist around the end of the same year, with many of its volunteers joining other battalions or enlisting into the Ukrainian army.^[6]

Crimean News Agency [tr] (Crimean Tatar: Qırım Haber Ajansı) reported that the battalion was formed again on February 24, 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[1]

On June 1, 2022, the Supreme Court of Russia recognized the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion as a terrorist organization.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Bilal, Anife (3 August 2022). "Savaşın başından bu yana 10 kişi Numan Çelebicihan Taburu üyesi olma iddiasıyla alıkonuldu". qha.com.tr. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Crimean Tatar battalion got help from Turkey". qha.com.ua. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "First pictures of the Batallion n.a. Noman Çelebicihan posted". qha.com.ua. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Crimea blockade activists to form volunteer battalion". ukrinform.net. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "Tatar Activists to Extend Their Blockade of Crimea to the Sea". newsweek.com. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Ukraine's Crimean Tatars are set to start patrolling the border". newsweek.com. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ Единый федеральный список организаций, в том числе иностранных и международных организаций, признанных в соответствии с законодательством Российской Федерации

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