Noman Çelebicihan Battalion Explained

Noman Çelebicihan Battalion
Батальйон імені Номана Челебіджіхана
Native Name:Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish: Noman Çelebicihan Batalyonı
Native Name Lang:CRH
Active:18 September 2016 – late 2016
24 February 2022–present
Area:Kherson Oblast
Size:250+
560
Partof: SBGS
Allies: Ukraine
Turkey
Opponents: Russia

Battles:War in Donbas
Russian Invasion of Ukraine

The Noman Çelebicihan Battalion (Ukrainian: Батальйон імені Номана Челебіджіхана, Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish: Noman Çelebicihan Batalyonı) is 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.[1]

History

The battalion emerged from participants in the 2015 activist-led blockade of Crimea that stopped Ukrainian cargo from reaching the Crimean peninsula.[2] [3] The battalion was planned to include 560 people.[2]

The Crimean Tatar battalion reportedly received assistance from a volunteer Turkey in 2016 shortly after founding.[4]

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.[5]

(Crimean Tatar: Qırım Haber Ajansı) reported that the battalion was formed again on February 24, 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First pictures of the Batallion n.a. Noman Çelebicihan posted. qha.com.ua. 16 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20171019101356/http://qha.com.ua/en/politics/first-pictures-of-the-batallion-n-a-noman-celebicihan-posted/135928/. 19 October 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Crimea blockade activists to form volunteer battalion. ukrinform.net. 16 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Tatar Activists to Extend Their Blockade of Crimea to the Sea. 1 December 2015. newsweek.com. 16 April 2018.
  4. Web site: Crimean Tatar battalion got help from Turkey. qha.com.ua. 16 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011005614/http://qha.com.ua/en/politics/crimean-tatar-battalion-got-help-from-turkey/135907/. 11 October 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: Ukraine's Crimean Tatars are set to start patrolling the border. 18 April 2016. newsweek.com. 16 April 2018.
  6. Web site: Bilal . Anife . 3 August 2022 . Savaşın başından bu yana 10 kişi Numan Çelebicihan Taburu üyesi olma iddiasıyla alıkonuldu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220905220544/https://qha.com.tr/kirim/savasin-basindan-bu-yana-10-kisi-numan-celebicihan-taburu-uyesi-olma-iddiasiyla-alikonuldu/428330/ . 5 September 2022 . 5 September 2022 . qha.com.tr.
  7. http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/npd/terror.htm Единый федеральный список организаций, в том числе иностранных и международных организаций, признанных в соответствии с законодательством Российской Федерации