{"id":6266,"date":"2015-12-01T17:09:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T17:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=6266"},"modified":"2015-12-01T17:09:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T17:09:46","slug":"turkey-challenges-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/turkey-challenges-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey challenges Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Erdugan\"<\/a>Turkey has challenged Russia to prove its claim that Ankara shot down a Russian plane in order to protect its oil trade with Islamic State (IS).
\n\u201cIf you allege something you should prove it,\u201d Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
\nHe was responding to the accusation by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who also said last week\u2019s downing of the plane was a \u201chuge mistake\u201d.
\nThe Turkish government has refused to apologise for the incident.
\nOne Russian pilot was killed and the other rescued after Russia\u2019s Su-24 bomber was shot down by a Turkish F-16 fighter on the Syrian border on 24 November.
\nA Russian marine was killed during the rescue operation in north-western Syria.
\nTurkey says the jet entered its airspace \u2013 an accusation Russia denies.
\nThe US state department has said evidence from Turkish and US sources indicates the aircraft did violate Turkish airspace.
\nTurkey has denied any ties to IS and is part of a US-led coalition carrying out air strikes against the militant group.<\/p>\n

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