Nubar Ozanyan

Nubar Ozanyan (, born Fermun Çırak; 1956–2017) was a Turkish-born Armenian radical communist revolutionary, who served as a commander in 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 during the Battle of Raqqa.

Biography Ozanyan's birth name was Fermun Çırak. He later adopted a great number of pseudonyms, of which "Nubar Ozanyan" and "Orhan Bakırcıyan" were the best known.

He was born into a poor ethnic Armenian family in Yozgat, Central Anatolia, 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, he ventured to Palestine and fought with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine against the Israel Defence Forces during the First Intifada. Ozanyan received military training from local militants in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley in 1990.

Ozanyan took part in the Battle for Raqqa, IS's self-proclaimed capital, during which he was killed in combat on 14 August 2017. A memorial was held for him by the IFB and YPG/YPJ in Raqqa, His death was lamented by the TKP/ML, the Istanbul-based Armenian Nor Zartonk movement, the PFLP, and the IRPGF.