CNN: Turkey won't apologize for downing Russian warplane, Erdogan says
(CNN)Turkey will not apologize for downing a Russian fighter jet it says violated Turkish airspace near the Syrian border, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an exclusive CNN interview Thursday in Ankara.
"I think if there is a party that needs to apologize, it is not us," he said from the Turkish capital. "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."
In a meeting with community leaders in Ankara, Erdogan said, "If the same violation occurs today, Turkey has to react the same way."
WNU Editor: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is doubling down. It is also now safe to assume that this conversation is not going to take place .... Putin-Erdogan meeting in Paris on Nov 30 not planned — Kremlin (TASS).
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5 comments:
Erdogan's not going to come out well on this one.
Nope, he is not, and this latest boo boo just may play out in a Turkish civil war.The Russians, and the Chinese, just may give him a dose of his own medicine.
Doubling Down only seems to work against domestic opposition.
At least that is the way it seems to work in the U.S. and Turkey.
Well done, PR Erdogan just forgot to tell putinesco to F.O.
Sultan Smartass deserves a slap in his mouth.
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