Abu Yusuf Al-Turki

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| name = Abu Yusuf Al-Turki

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| birth_name = Ümit Yaşar Toprak

| birth_date = {{circa|1970}}

| birth_place = Bursa, Turkey

| death_date = 23 September 2014
(aged 44) {{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/09/28/Khorasan-leader-s-death-suggested-in-militant-tweets.html|title=Khorasan leader's death suggested in militant tweets|accessdate=6 October 2014|work=AFP|date=28 September 2014}}

| death_place = Idlib Governorate, Syria{{cite web|title=French bomb-maker with Khorasan radicalized over 'several years'|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/31/world/meast/syria-khorasan-bomb-maker/|publisher=CNN|date=1 November 2014|accessdate=3 November 2014}}

| death_cause = Killed by bombardment

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| nationality = Turkish{{cite news|title=US raids kill Al-Qaeda's Turkish sniper in Syria|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-raids-kill-al-qaedas-turkish-sniper-in-syria.aspx?pageID=238&nid=72147&NewsCatID=352|work=Agence-France Presse|date=24 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014}}

| other_names = "The Turk"{{cite news|title=US airstrikes target Al Nusrah Front, Islamic State in Syria|url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/09/jihadists_claim_al_n.php|accessdate=2 October 2014|work=Long War Journal}}

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|allegiance=al-Qaeda in Iraq (formerly)
Taliban
al-Nusra Front

Khorasan

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|battles= Iraq War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Syrian Civil War
Military intervention against ISIL

• American-led intervention in Syria

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Ümit Yaşar Toprak ({{circa}} 1970 – 23 September 2014) also known by his nom de guerre Abu Yusuf Al-Turki (the "Turk") was a sniper in the al-Nusra Front{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/british-teenage-jihadi-believed-killed-syria-ibrahim-kamara|title=British teenage jihadi believed to have been killed in Syria|work=The Guardian|date=24 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014}} who trained fighters on how to become snipers. He was also a member of the Wolf Unit, which was described as a unit of al-Nusra Front fighters (according to documents found by members of the Dubai-based Al Aan TV station).{{cite web|title=حصري: وثائق تظهر أن مجموعة خراسان هي نفسها مجموعة الذئب التابعة للنصرة|url=http://www.alaan.tv/news/world-news/114998/khorassan-group-is-in-fact-the-wolf-unit-of-nusra-front-documents-show|work=Al Aan TV|date=1 October 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014}} The Wolf Unit is reportedly another name for the Khorasan Group,{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2014/9/30/6875671/is-khorasans-real-name-the-wolf-unit-of-jabhat-al-nusra|title=Is Khorasan's real name "the Wolf Unit of Jabhat al-Nusra"?|work=Vox Media|date=30 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014}} though there are indications that the Khorasan Group may not exist as a separate entity from Jabhat al-Nusra.{{cite news|title=Wolf or Khorasan: Who Was Jabhat al-Nusra's Abu Yusuf al-Turki?|work=Chechens in Syria|first=Joanna|last=Paraszczuk|url=http://www.chechensinsyria.com/?p=22623|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007070149/http://www.chechensinsyria.com/?p=22623|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2014|date=2 October 2014|accessdate=8 October 2014}} Of Turkish descent,{{cite news|title=ABD saldırısında Nusra'nın Türk komutanı öldü|url=http://www.dunyabulteni.net/haberler/309950/abd-saldirisinda-nusranin-turk-komutani-oldu|work=Dünya Bülteni|date=23 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014|language=Turkish|quote=ABD'nin bu sabah Nusra ve IŞİD hedeflerine düzenlediği saldırıda, Nusra Cephesi'nin Türk asıllı komutanı Ebu Yusuf el Türki de hayatını kaybetti}} Al-Turki lived in the Turkish province of Bursa, leaving behind five children so that he could fight for the al-Nusra Front. On 23 September 2014, Al-Turki was killed during a series of a U.S.-led anti-Khorasan Group coalition airstrikes over Syria.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/world/meast/isis-airstrikes/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|title='The Turk' is dead: Al Qaeda-linked terror group says leader died in Syria airstrikes|work=CNN|date=23 September 2014|accessdate=2 October 2014|first1=Chelsea|last1=Carter|first2=Elise|last2=Labott|first3=Jim|last3=Sciutto}}