Members of the Grey Wolves have fought in the Syrian Civil War , primarily in support of the Syrian Turkmen , whom they consider kinsmen . MHP and Grey Wolves have provided the Syrian Turkmen Assembly with relief aid and fighters . On 24 November 2015 , Turkish Air Force F-16s shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M bomber aircraft near the Syria – Turkey border . The pilot was shot in mid-air parachuting toward land by Syrian Turkmen rebels under Syrian Turkmen Brigades . The Turkmen rebel group operated under the command of Alparslan Celik , a Turkish national and a Grey Wolves member from Elazığ . One Syrian rebel group with known ties to the Grey Wolves is the Muntasir Billah Brigade
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2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown
Grey Wolves (organization)