https://web.archive.org/web/20150717144559/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18562210
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On Saturday, President Gul said the Turkish government could not ignore the fact that Syria had shot down a Turkish aircraft.
"It is not possible to cover over a thing like this, whatever is necessary will be done," he was quoted as saying by state news agency, Anatolia.
"It is routine for jet fighters to sometimes fly in and out over [national] borders... when you consider their speed over the sea," he added.
"These are not ill-intentioned things but happen beyond control due to the jets' speed."
"It is not possible to cover over a thing like this, whatever is necessary will be done," he was quoted as saying by state news agency, Anatolia.
"It is routine for jet fighters to sometimes fly in and out over [national] borders... when you consider their speed over the sea," he added.
"These are not ill-intentioned things but happen beyond control due to the jets' speed."
Fast-forward 3 years, and Turkey ambushes a Russian bomber, returning without munitions from a known-to-NATO combat mission, without fighter protection, as previously agreed upon with USNATO, and maybe flies over Turkish territory for 17 seconds...
And it's rich coming from Turkey:
https://www.rt.com/news/323594-turkey-risks-world-war/
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"Erdogan claims that a Russian aircraft entered Turkey's airspace for a few seconds, forgetting that its own planes violate Iraqi and Syrian airspace every day," al-Maliki said, as quoted by AFP.
The incident has also provoked a wave of indignation in Greece, which claimed that Turkish warplanes violated Greek airspace almost on a regular basis with 2,244 breaches in 2014 alone.
The incident has also provoked a wave of indignation in Greece, which claimed that Turkish warplanes violated Greek airspace almost on a regular basis with 2,244 breaches in 2014 alone.
I rest my case here.
