Davutoglu said that Russian air strikes in Idlib and Aleppo in Syria could cause a further influx of refugees into Turkey. The news comes after Turkey scrambled F-16 fighter jets last weekend after a Russian MiG-29 crossed into Turkish territory near the town of Yayladagi, in Hatay province, close to the border with Syria.
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He stated: “The Turkish armed forces have their orders”.
On Monday, Turkey’s military said a MIG-29 jet had harassed two Turkish F-16s for five minutes and 40 seconds on Sunday by locking its radar on to them.
Also, according to the head of government, “three or four days ago a suicide bomber was neutralized in Istanbul”. Both of the explosions took place near the main train station at around 10am today, local time.
Turkey’s prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu has accused Russia of escalating the conflict in Syria, and he claimed that Moscow admitted its warplanes had violated his country’s airspace by mistake.
Rumours of jet being shot out of the sky come amid heightening tensions between Russian president Vladimir Putin and the West.
Earlier, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said Ankara had proposed a meeting between Turkish and Russian military officials in Ankara on avoiding future Russian infringements of Turkey’s airspace.
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In August, Germany said it would end its contribution to the anti-missile mission in Turkey.
