From a recent letter to the UN:
“Disregarding these warnings, both (russian) planes, at an altitude of 19000 feet violated turkish airspace … for 17 seconds. … Plane 2 was fired at while in Turkish national airspace…”
From http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-18584872 :
“A short-term border violation can never be a pretext for an attack,” - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey, 2012, after a Turkish plane was shot down over Syria.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu today revealed that he personally gave the order to down the Russian Su-24 fighter jet that lead to the death of one pilot. “Despite all the warnings, we had had to destroy the aircraft” Davutoğlu told a meeting of his AK party. “The Turkish Armed Forces carried out orders given
