Thursday, November 26, 2015

Erdogan Says Turkey Will Not Apologize for Downing Russian Su-24

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Ankara will not apologise to Russia for shooting down a Su-24 bomber jet.

"I think if there is a party that needs to apologize, it is not us," Erdogan told CNN in an interview.

"Those who violated our airspace are the ones who need to apologize. Our pilots and our armed forces, they simply fulfilled their duties, which consisted of responding to <…> violations of the rules of engagement. I think this is the essence.

The Russian Su-24 Fencer bomber was shot down by two Turkish F-16s Tuesday morning while conducting operations over Syria .... http://sputniknews.com