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{{Short description|Turkish shootdown near the Syrian border}}
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| caption = The Su-24M aircraft that was shot down, two weeks before the event.
|date = 24 November 2015
| occurrence_type = Incident
|summary = Shootdown by Turkish Air Force ] fighter jets<br>Killings by ] rebels
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{{Campaignbox Syrian–Turkish border clashes during the Syrian Civil War}}
{{Campaignbox Spillover of the Syrian Civil War}}


The ] ] ] a Russian ]<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.ibtimes.com/what-fencer-su-24-what-know-about-russian-plane-shot-down-turkey-2197848|title=What Is A Fencer Su-24? What To Know About The Russian Plane Shot Down By Turkey|work=International Business Times|author= Lydia Tomkiw| date=24 November 2015| accessdate =24 November 2015}}</ref> bomber aircraft near the ] on 24 November 2015.<ref name=TurkishGeneralStaffPressRelease>{{cite web | last=Press release | title = Hava sahası İletim | url = http://www.tsk.tr/3_basin_yayin_faaliyetleri/3_1_basin_aciklamalari/2015/ba_97.html | language = Turkish | trans-title = Transmission of Airspace | work = ] | date = November 24, 2015 | accessdate = November 24, 2015}}</ref> The pilot and ] both ejected, one of whom was rescued, while the other was shot and killed by ] rebels while he was in mid-air parachuting toward land.<ref name="National Post">{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/turkey-blasts-russian-warplane-out-of-the-sky-says-jet-violated-its-airspace-pilots-fate-unclear|title=Syrian rebels fired on parachuting Russian pilots, killing at least one after Turkey shot down warplane: official|author=National Post|date=25 November 2015|work=nationalpost.com|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref> A ] from the search-and-rescue team launched to retrieve the two airmen was also killed when the rescue helicopter was shot down by the rebels.<ref name="National Post"/> On 24 November 2015, a ] ] shot down a Russian ] ] near the ].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.ibtimes.com/what-fencer-su-24-what-know-about-russian-plane-shot-down-turkey-2197848|title=What Is A Fencer Su-24? What To Know About The Russian Plane Shot Down By Turkey|work=International Business Times|author= Lydia Tomkiw| date=24 November 2015| access-date =24 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=TurkishGeneralStaffPressRelease>{{cite web|last=Press release |title=Hava sahası İletim |url=http://www.tsk.tr/3_basin_yayin_faaliyetleri/3_1_basin_aciklamalari/2015/ba_97.html |language=tr |trans-title=Transmission of Airspace |work=] |date=24 November 2015 |access-date=24 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124152949/http://www.tsk.tr/3_basin_yayin_faaliyetleri/3_1_basin_aciklamalari/2015/ba_97.html |archive-date=24 November 2015 }}</ref> According to ], the aircraft was fired upon while in Turkish ] because it violated the border up to a depth of {{convert|1.36|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=off}} for about 17 seconds after being warned to change its ] ten times over a period of five minutes before entering the airspace.<ref name=unscstatement/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://live.aljazeera.com/Event/Turkey_downs_Russian_jet/207502662|title=Turkey downs Russian jet|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=24 November 2015|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref> The ] denied that the aircraft ever left Syrian airspace, claiming that their ] data showed that the Sukhoi was about {{convert|1000|m|yd}} inside Syrian airspace when it was shot down.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-11-24 |title=Turkey's downing of Russian warplane - what we know |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34912581 |access-date=2022-11-24}}</ref>


The ] said that the U.S. independently confirmed that the aircraft's flight path violated Turkish territory, and that the Turks gave multiple warnings to the pilot, to which they received no response and released audio recordings of the warnings they had broadcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-confirms-downed-russian-plane-entered-turkish-airspace-n471481|title=U.S. Confirms That Downed Russian Plane Entered Turkish Airspace|author=Andrea Mitchell|work=NBC News|date=30 November 2015 |access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2015/11/250155.htm#RUSSIA|title=Daily Press Briefing – November 30, 2015 – RUSSIA/TURKEY|work=U.S. Department of State|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> ] ] pointed out that Turkey had the right to defend its ].<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Turkey's downing of Russian warplane – what we know|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34912581|publisher=BBC|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> Although ] ] said that the U.S. knew the flight path of the Russian jet and should have informed Turkey, two U.S. officials said that Russia had not informed the U.S. military of its jet's flight plan.<ref>Phil Stewart, , Reuters (27 November 2015).</ref>
According to Turkey, the aircraft was shot down in Turkish airspace, which it violated up to a depth of {{convert|1.36|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=off}} for about 17 seconds, after being warned to change its heading 10 times over a period of five minutes.<ref name=unscstatement/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://live.aljazeera.com/Event/Turkey_downs_Russian_jet/207502662|title=Turkey downs Russian jet|work=Al Jazeera|date=24 November 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref> The Turkish Government also said that it did not know the nationality of the aircraft at the time of the shooting.<ref name=unscstatement/> The Russia Defence Ministry denied the aircraft ever left Syrian ], counter-claiming that Russian Ministry of Defence satellite data showed that the plane was about {{convert|1000|m|yd}} inside Syrian airspace when it was shot down.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sputniknews.com/military/20151124/1030695406/mod-su-24-flight-path.html|title=Russian Defense Ministry Video Proves Su-24 Never Entered Turkish Airspace|author=Sputnik|date=24 November 2015|work=sputniknews.com|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref> According to unnamed United States officials, the aircraft was shot down in Syrian airspace<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/25/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-impact-idUSKBN0TE04M20151125#b4s3MWqL4TD5QR2k.97|title=Russian jet hit inside Syria after incursion into Turkey: U.S. official|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> after being in Turkish airspace for two to three seconds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/turkey-shoots-down-russian-warplane-near-border-syria-n468671|title=Turkey Shoots Down Russian Warplane Near Border With Syria|publisher=NBC News|accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> Reactions to the incident included harsh rhetoric from Russia and an attempt to temper the situation by NATO afterwards. Russia also announced it would deploy ] air defense systems to ] and destroy any target that may threaten its warplanes.


The Russian pilot and navigator both ] from the aircraft. The navigator Konstantin Murakhtin was rescued, but the pilot Oleg Peshkov was shot and killed by ] rebel ground fire while descending by parachute.<ref name="National Post">{{cite news|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/turkey-blasts-russian-warplane-out-of-the-sky-says-jet-violated-its-airspace-pilots-fate-unclear|title=Syrian Turkmens fired on parachuting Russian pilots, killing at least one after Turkey shot down warplane: official|newspaper=]|date=25 November 2015|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref> A Russian ] from the ] team launched to retrieve the two airmen was also killed when a rescue helicopter was targeted by the rebels.<ref name="National Post"/><ref name="weapon"/>
The shootdown was the first destruction of a ] or ] military aircraft by a ] member state since the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maxim.com/maxim-man/article/turkey-russia-warplane-ISIS-2015-11|title=A NATO Country Just Shot Down a Russian Warplane for the First Time Since the Cold War|work=Maxim}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/24/turkey_downing_that_russian_fighter_jet_is_terrible_news_for_the_war_on.html|title=Turkey downing that Russian fighter jet is terrible news for the war on ISIS.|author=|date=|work=Slate Magazine|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref>

The incident was the first destruction of a ] or ] warplane by a ] member state since an ] during the ] in 1953.<ref name=Gibbons-Neff>{{cite news|last1=Gibbons-Neff|first1=Thomas|title=The last time a Russian jet was shot down by a NATO jet was in 1952|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/11/24/the-last-time-a-russian-jet-was-shot-down-by-a-nato-jet-was-in-1952/|access-date=2 December 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/24/turkey_downing_that_russian_fighter_jet_is_terrible_news_for_the_war_on.html|title=Turkey downing that Russian fighter jet is terrible news for the war on ISIS.|work=Slate Magazine|date=24 November 2015 |access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maxim.com/maxim-man/article/turkey-russia-warplane-ISIS-2015-11|title=A NATO Country Just Shot Down a Russian Warplane for the First Time Since the Cold War|work=Maxim|date=24 November 2015 }}</ref> Reactions to the incident included denunciation from Russia and an attempt to defuse the situation by NATO afterwards. Russia deployed the guided missile cruiser ] armed with ] long-range ]s off the Syrian coast near ]<ref name="Victoria Richards">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/russia-deploys-missile-cruiser-in-mediterranean-to-destroy-any-target-after-plane-shot-down-by-a6747721.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/russia-deploys-missile-cruiser-in-mediterranean-to-destroy-any-target-after-plane-shot-down-by-a6747721.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Russia deploys warship to Mediterranean to destroy 'any target' after plane shot down by Turkey|author=Victoria Richards|date=25 November 2015|work=The Independent|access-date=27 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and ] mobile SAM systems to ]. In response, the ] deployed the ] land-based radar electronic support system in ] along the Turkish–Syrian border.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenseworld.net/news/14727/Russia_To_Wage_Electronic_Warfare_Against_Turkey|title=Russia To Wage Electronic Warfare Against Turkey|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.plymouth.ac.uk/dcss/2015/12/02/turkey-deployed-koral-radar-electronic-warfare-system-close-to-syria-to-counter-russian-s-400-missile-system/|title=TURKEY DEPLOYED KORAL RADAR-ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM CLOSE TO SYRIA TO COUNTER RUSSIAN S-400 MISSILE SYSTEM|work=DCSS News|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref>


==Background== ==Background==
{{Further|Syrian Civil War|Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War|Spillover of the Syrian Civil War}} {{Further|Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War|Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War|Spillover of the Syrian Civil War}}
] (left) and Russian President ] at the ] in ] on 15 November 2015]]
The Syrian civil war broke out in 2011 following an armed uprising, leading to the formation of numerous rebel forces, including foreign-backed ones, in the country. In 2012, following encouragement from Turkey, ] formed their own armed brigades in opposition to the Syrian government of President ], loosely affiliated with other rebels such as the ]. In Latakia they formed the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Who are the Turkmen in Syria?|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34910389|website=BBC News|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Beauchamp|first1=Zac|title=Syria’s Turkmen: who they are, and what they have to do with Russia’s downed plane|url=http://www.vox.com/2015/11/24/9792830/russia-plane-turkmen|website=Vox|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref> Prior to the incident, ] were "running headlines highlighting the suffering of the Turkmens, who are closely related to Anatolian Turks."<ref name="NYT Range of Frustrations">{{cite news|last1=Bradsher|first1=Keith|title=Range of Frustrations Reached Boil as Turkey Shot Down Russian Jet|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/world/europe/turkey-russia-fighter-jet.html?_r=0|accessdate=26 November 2015|work=The New York Times|date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
After the ] by Syrian forces, Turkish prime minister ] protested, saying that brief incursions should not trigger an attack, pointing out that Turkey did not shoot down Syrian helicopters that strayed into Turkish airspace.<ref>{{cite news|title=Turkey PM Erdogan issues Syria border warning |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-18584872|publisher=BBC|date=26 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Turkey hardens military position after Syria downs jet |url= http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/26/world/meast/turkey-syria-plane/|publisher=CNN|date=27 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Russia accuses Turkey of 'hypocrisy' after Erdogan admits airspace violation 'does not justify attack' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-accuses-turkey-of-hypocrisy-after-erdogan-himself-says-airspace-violation-does-not-justify-a6748146.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-accuses-turkey-of-hypocrisy-after-erdogan-himself-says-airspace-violation-does-not-justify-a6748146.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The Independent|date=26 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Nevertheless, as a response to the event he announced that Turkey changed its ], and said it would start to consider all "military elements" approaching from Syria an enemy threat and would act accordingly.<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Borger | first1 = Julian | last2 = Black | first2 = Ian | title = Turkey threatens Syria with military retaliation over downed jet | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/26/turkey-threatens-syria-retaliation | newspaper = ] | date = 26 June 2012 | access-date = 3 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=APRulesofEngagement>{{cite news | last1 = Heintz | first1 = Jim | last2 = Fraser | first2 = Suzan | title = Turkey shoots down Russian jet it says violated its airspace | url = http://bigstory.ap.org/article/066bc52167e844bb9f5732d8650b0b35/report-turkey-shoots-down-warplane-over-airspace-intrusion | agency = Associated Press | date = 24 November 2015 | access-date = 24 November 2015 | archive-date = 26 November 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151126051417/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/066bc52167e844bb9f5732d8650b0b35/report-turkey-shoots-down-warplane-over-airspace-intrusion | url-status = dead }}</ref> Subsequently, Turkey shot down a Syrian ] helicopter in September 2013<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Parkinson | first1 = Joe | last2 = Albayrak | first2 = Ayla | title = Turkey Shoots Down Syrian Helicopter | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323527004579079211922065496 | work = The Wall Street Journal | date = 16 September 2015 | access-date = 3 December 2015}}</ref> and a ] warplane in March 2014.<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Arsu | first1 = Sebnem | title = Turkey Downs Warplane From Syria After Warning | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/world/europe/syria.html | work = The New York Times | date = 23 March 2014 | access-date = 3 December 2015}}</ref>


Russia is one of several ] in the ]. On 30 September 2015, Russia began ] in support of the SAA against Syrian rebels.
After the ], Turkey changed its ] and, according to the new rules, it would consider all "elements" approaching from Syria an enemy threat and would "act accordingly."<ref name=StarAdvertiserRulesofEngagement>{{cite news | last1 = Heintz | first1 = Jim | last2 = Fraser | first2 = Suzan | title = Turkey downs Russian jet; Putin warns of 'significant consequences' | url = http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20151124_Russia_confirms_its_jet_shot_down_near_Turkish_border.html | newspaper = ] from ] | location = Honolulu | date = November 24, 2015 | accessdate = November 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name=APRulesofEngagement>{{cite web | last1 = Heintz | first1 = Jim | last2 = Fraser | first2 = Suzan | title = Turkey shoots down Russian jet it says violated its airspace | url = http://bigstory.ap.org/article/066bc52167e844bb9f5732d8650b0b35/report-turkey-shoots-down-warplane-over-airspace-intrusion | work = AP | date = November 24, 2015 | accessdate = November 24, 2015}}</ref>


In early October, Turkey and ] protested against what they saw as Russia's deliberate violations of Turkish airspace.<ref name=viol>{{cite news|title= Syria conflict: Russia violation of Turkish airspace 'no accident'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34453739|access-date=24 November 2015|publisher=BBC|date=6 October 2015}}</ref>{{efn|On 15 October, Turkish jets shot down a drone operating in Turkish airspace.<ref name=ReutersDrone>{{cite news | last = Coskun | first = Orhan (from Ankara) | title = Turkey shoots down drone near Syria, U.S. suspects Russian origin | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-warplane-idUSKCN0SA15K20151016#P4Z9b4oziuBGJbSy.97 | work = ] | date = 16 October 2015 | access-date = 24 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=NYTDrone>{{cite news | last = Yeginau | first = Ceylan | title = Turkish Jets Shoot Down Drone Near Syria | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/17/world/europe/turkey-drone-syria-border.html| newspaper = ] | location = New York City | date = 16 October 2015 | access-date = 24 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=GuardianDrone>{{cite news | last1 = Chulov | first1 = Martin | last2 = Shaheen | first2 = Kareem | title = Turkey shoots down unidentified drone near Syrian border: Sources suggest drone is of Russian origin but Ankara keen to avoid blaming Moscow as tensions simmer over airspace violations | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/16/turkey-shoots-down-drone-near-syrian-border | newspaper = ] | location = Manchester | date = 16 October 2015 | access-date = 24 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=AljazeeraDrone>{{cite web | last = Staff | title = Turkey shoots down drone at Syria border: "Unmanned vehicle" entered airspace from Syria and was targeted by planes patrolling border, Turkish military says. | url = http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/turkey-unidentified-aircraft-shot-151016104805046.html | publisher = ] | date = 16 October 2015 | access-date = 24 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=CNNDrone>{{cite web | last = Melvin | first = Don | title = Turkish air force reports it shot down unidentified drone | url = http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/turkey-unidentified-aircraft-shot-151016104805046.html | publisher = CNN | date = 16 October 2015 | access-date = 24 November 2015}}</ref> United States defence officials said that the drone was Russian; Russian officials denied that any of their aircraft had been shot down.<ref name=ReutersDrone/><ref name=NYTDrone/><ref name=GuardianDrone/><ref name=AljazeeraDrone/><ref name=CNNDrone/> On 17 October, Turkish Prime Minister ] said Turkey would shoot down any aircraft violating its airspace.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-airspace-idUSKCN0SB0QX20151018 |title=Turkey would shoot down planes violating its air space: PM |newspaper=Reuters |date=18 October 2015 |access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref>}} The Russian defence ministry admitted that a Russian ] aircraft had entered Turkish airspace "for a few seconds" because of bad weather, adding that measures had been taken to prevent a repeat of such incidents, however Turkish radar had tracked the aircraft straying into Turkish airspace for up to {{convert|5|mi|km|0|order=flip|abbr=on}} lasting "several minutes".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theaviationist.com/2015/10/05/russian-su-30sm-su-24-violate-turkish-airspace-flanker-locks-on-tuaf-f-16-for-5-minutes/|title=The Aviationist » Russian Su-30SM, Su-24 violate Turkish airspace. Flanker locks on TuAF F-16 for +5 minutes|work=The Aviationist|date=5 October 2015 |access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/05/turkey-says-russian-warplane-violated-airspace|title=Nato condemns Russia over violations of Turkey's airspace|first=Kareem|last=Shaheen|work=The Guardian|date=6 October 2015|access-date=26 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-says-russian-fighter-jet-violated-its-airspace-with-syria-1444040488|title=Turkey Says Russian Fighter Jet Violated Its Airspace With Syria|work=The Wall Street Journal|first1=Julian E.|last1=Barnes|first2=Emre|last2=Peker|first3=Gordon|last3=Lubold|date=5 October 2015|access-date=26 November 2015}}</ref> From 3–15 October, five discussions between senior ranking officials from Turkey and Russia occurred, concerning Turkish rules of engagement and Russian violations of Turkish airspace.<ref name=HaberlerROE>{{cite web | title = Türkiye Ekim Ayında Rusya'yı Beş Kez Uyardı: Türk ve Rus yetkililer, Ekim ayında Rus jetlerinin Türk hava sahasını ihlalleri konusunda 5 kez görüştü. | url = http://www.haberler.com/turkiye-ekim-ayinda-rusya-yi-bes-kez-uyardi-7905849-haberi/ | publisher = Haberler.com | language = tr | trans-title = The strict rules of engagement that had been transmitted to the Russian authorities will be implemented | date = 24 November 2015 | access-date = 24 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=Consultations>{{cite web | last = Press release | title = О консультациях заместителя Министра иностранных дел России А.Ю.Мешкова с заместителем Министра иностранных дел Турции А.К.Айдыном | url = http://www.turkey.mid.ru/hron/hronika381.html | work = Russian Embassy in Ankara | language = ru | trans-title = Consultations of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia A. Yu. Meshkova with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey A. K. Aydynom | date = 14 October 2015 | access-date = 27 November 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208122705/http://www.turkey.mid.ru/hron/hronika381.html | archive-date = 8 December 2015 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=Consultations2>{{cite web | last = Press release | title = О консультациях спецпредставителя Президента Российской Федерации по Ближнему Востоку и странам Африки, заместителя Министра иностранных дел России М.Л.Богданова с заместителем Министра иностранных дел Турции У.Ялчином | url = http://www.turkey.mid.ru/hron/hronika382.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208155514/http://www.turkey.mid.ru/hron/hronika382.html | archive-date = 8 December 2015 | work = Russian Embassy in Ankara | language = ru | trans-title = Consultations between Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and African countries, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia M. L. Bogdanov with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey U. Yalchinom | date = 18 October 2015 | access-date = 27 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=Telephone>{{cite web | last = Press release | title = О телефонном разговоре Президента России В.В.Путина с Президентом Турции Р.Т.Эрдоганом | url = http://www.turkey.mid.ru/hron/hronika383.html | work = Russian Embassy in Ankara | language = ru | trans-title = A telephone Conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan | date = 21 October 2015 | access-date = 27 November 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208133405/http://www.turkey.mid.ru/hron/hronika383.html | archive-date = 8 December 2015 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> On 6 November 2015, six ] were deployed by ] from the ] at their ] in Britain to ] as part of ].<ref name=APRulesofEngagement/><ref name=USAFEdeployF15s>{{cite web | title = F-15Cs arrive at Incirlik Air Base | url = http://www.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123462805 | work = ] official website | date = 6 November 2015 | access-date = 3 December 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151106183743/http://www.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123462805 | archive-date = 6 November 2015 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The government of Turkey requested these to secure the sovereignty of Turkish airspace because of earlier repeated Russian intrusions into Turkish airspace.<ref name=APRulesofEngagement/><ref name=USAFEdeployF15s/>
Russia is one of several ] in the ]. On 30 September 2015, Russia began ] against the ] (ISIL) and other anti-government forces.


In early October, Turkey and ] protested against what they saw as Russia's deliberate violations of Turkish airspace.<ref name=viol>{{cite news|title= Syria conflict: Russia violation of Turkish airspace 'no accident'|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34453739|accessdate=24 November 2015|agency=BBC|date=6 October 2015}}</ref>{{efn|On 15 October, Turkish jets shot down a drone operating in Turkish airspace.<ref name=ReutersDrone>{{cite web | last = Coskun | first = Orhan (from Ankara) | title = Turkey shoots down drone near Syria, U.S. suspects Russian origin | url = http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/16/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-warplane-idUSKCN0SA15K20151016#P4Z9b4oziuBGJbSy.97 | work = ] | date = October 16, 2015 | accessdate = November 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name=NYTDrone>{{cite news | last = Yeginau | first = Ceylan | title = Turkish Jets Shoot Down Drone Near Syria | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/17/world/europe/turkey-drone-syria-border.html?_r=0 | newspaper = ] | location = New York City | date = October 16, 2015 | accessdate = November 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name=GuardianDrone>{{cite news | last1 = Chulov | first1 = Martin | last2 = Shaheen | first2 = Kareem | title = Turkey shoots down unidentified drone near Syrian border: Sources suggest drone is of Russian origin but Ankara keen to avoid blaming Moscow as tensions simmer over airspace violations | url = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/16/turkey-shoots-down-drone-near-syrian-border | newspaper = ] | location = Manchester | date = October 16, 2015 | accessdate = November 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name=AljazeeraDrone>{{cite web | last = Staff | title = Turkey shoots down drone at Syria border: "Unmanned vehicle" entered airspace from Syria and was targeted by planes patrolling border, Turkish military says. | url = http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/turkey-unidentified-aircraft-shot-151016104805046.html | work = ] | date = October 16, 2015 | accessdate = November 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name=CNNDrone>{{cite web | last = Melvin | first = Don | title = Turkish air force reports it shot down unidentified drone | url = http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/turkey-unidentified-aircraft-shot-151016104805046.html | work = ] | date = October 16, 2015 | accessdate = November 24, 2015}}</ref> United States defense officials said that the drone was Russian, however, Russian defense officials on their Facebook page stated that none of their aircraft were shot down.<ref name=ReutersDrone/><ref name=NYTDrone/><ref name=GuardianDrone/><ref name=AljazeeraDrone/><ref name=CNNDrone/> On 17 October, Turkish Prime Minister ] said Turkey would shoot down aircraft violating its air space.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/18/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-airspace-idUSKCN0SB0QX20151018 |title=Turkey would shoot down planes violating its air space: PM |date=18 October 2015 |accessdate=24 November 2015}}</ref>}} The Russian Defence Ministry admitted that a Russian ] aircraft had entered Turkish airspace "for a few seconds" because of bad weather, adding that measures had been taken to prevent a repeat of such incidents.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/05/turkey-says-russian-warplane-violated-airspace</ref><ref>http://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-says-russian-fighter-jet-violated-its-airspace-with-syria-1444040488</ref> From 3–15 October, five discussions between senior ranking officials from Turkey and Russia occurred concerning Turkish rules of engagement and Russian violations of Turkish airspace.<ref name=HaberlerROE>{{cite web | title = Türkiye Ekim Ayında Rusya'yı Beş Kez Uyardı: Türk ve Rus yetkililer, Ekim ayında Rus jetlerinin Türk hava sahasını ihlalleri konusunda 5 kez görüştü. | url = http://www.haberler.com/turkiye-ekim-ayinda-rusya-yi-bes-kez-uyardi-7905849-haberi/ | work = Haberler.com | language = Turkish | trans-title = The strict rules of engagement that had been transmitted to the Russian authorities will be implemented | date = November 24, 2015 | accessdate = November 24, 2015}}</ref> On 19 November, Russian Ambassador to Turkey&nbsp;]&nbsp;and the Russian ] were summoned by Turkey. Russia, criticised by Turkey for having its army operate very close to the ], in an area inhabited by Syrian Turkmen, free of ISIL or other terrorist groups, was reminded that Turkey's rules of engagement were in place and it would react to any violations of its border security. Russia was also warned Turkey would not be indifferent to "attacks targeting the life security of Turkmen" in the ] area.<ref>{{cite web |author=Deniz Zeyrek |title=Turkey warns Russia over border security |work=] |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-warns-russia-over-border-security.aspx?pageID=238&nID=91568&NewsCatID=510 |date=24 November 2015 |accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Economist">{{cite news|title=Turkish frustration at Russian intervention has smouldered for months. All it needed was a spark |url=http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21679092-turkish-frustration-russian-intervention-has-smouldered-months-all-it-needed-was|accessdate=25 November 2015|work=]|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> The preceding week Turkey had called for the U.N. Security Council to discuss attacks against Turkmens.<ref name=reuters>{{cite news|title=Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Putin warns of 'serious consequences'|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/25/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUSKBN0TD0IR20151125|work=Reuters|date=23 November 2015}}</ref> Approximately 1,700 people had fled the area within the past three days due to battles between Syrian government forces and anti-government groups.<ref name=reuters/> Russia has bombed the area near the Turkish border to support the ].<ref name=reuters/> On 19 November, Russian ambassador to Turkey&nbsp;]&nbsp;and the Russian ], Colonel Andrei Victorovich Dovger, were summoned by Turkey.<ref name=RussianEmbassyAnkara>{{cite web | title = Embassy of the Russian Federation in Turkey: Office of the Military Attaché | url = http://www.turkey.mid.ru/eng/vat.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208133015/http://www.turkey.mid.ru/eng/vat.html | archive-date = 8 December 2015 | work = Russian Embassy in Ankara | access-date = 27 November 2015}}</ref> Russia, which was criticised by Turkey for having conducted operations near the ], a region inhabited by ] and largely free of ISIL (though ], the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, was present in the region),<ref name="independent">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-crisis-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-shock-western-countries-by-supporting-antiassad-jihadists-10242747.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-crisis-turkey-and-saudi-arabia-shock-western-countries-by-supporting-antiassad-jihadists-10242747.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Turkey and Saudi Arabia alarm the West by backing Islamist extremists the Americans had bombed in Syria |author=Kim Sengupta |newspaper=The Independent |date=12 May 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="al-monitor"/> was notified that Turkey's rules of engagement were in place and it would react to any violations of its border security. Turkey also warned Russia that it would not be indifferent to "attacks targeting the life security of Turkmen" in the ] area.<ref>{{cite web |author=Deniz Zeyrek |title=Turkey warns Russia over border security |work=] |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-warns-russia-over-border-security.aspx?pageID=238&nID=91568&NewsCatID=510 |date=24 November 2015 |access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Economist">{{cite news|title=Turkish frustration at Russian intervention has smouldered for months. All it needed was a spark |url=https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21679092-turkish-frustration-russian-intervention-has-smouldered-months-all-it-needed-was|access-date=25 November 2015|newspaper=]|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> The preceding week Turkey had called for the UN Security Council to discuss attacks against Turkish-backed Turkmens.<ref name=reuters>{{cite news|title=Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Putin warns of 'serious consequences'|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUSKBN0TD0IR20151125|work=Reuters|date=23 November 2015}}</ref> Approximately 1,700 people had fled the area in the previous three days due to battles between Syrian government forces and anti-government Syrian Turkmen and al-Nusra Front fighters.<ref name="al-monitor"/> Russia had bombed the area near the Turkish border to support ].<ref name=reuters/> Syrian Turkmen formed their own armed brigades called ] in opposition to the Syrian government of President ], loosely affiliated with other rebels such as the ]. The Turkmen brigades also cooperated with ]'s Syrian affiliate the al-Nusra Front and with the ] coalition known as ].<ref name = "BBC1"/> In ], the Turkish-supported rebels formed the ].<ref name = "BBC1">{{cite news|title=Who are the Turkmen in Syria?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34910389|work=BBC News|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>


==The shootdown==
The attack occurred a day after Putin attended the ] in Tehran where he discussed with Iranian leaders the need to confront terrorist groups such as ISIL.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2015/11/23/438886/Iran-Russia-Putin-Rouhani-MOUs|title=Iran, Russia sign seven MoUs as GECF wraps up in Tehran|work=PressTV}}</ref>
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On 24 November 2015 at 9:24&nbsp;am local time (7:24&nbsp;am ]),<ref name="BBC" /> as it was returning to ], a Russian ] aircraft with tail number 83 white and registration number RF-90932<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-10 |title= |script-title=ru:Потери российских Су-24 в зонах боевых действий. Досье |trans-title=Losses of Russian Su-24s in combat zones. Dossier |url=https://tass.ru/info/4632759 |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=] |language=ru |quote=Су-24М (бортовой номер "83 белый", регистрационный номер RF-90932)}}</ref> was shot down near the ] by a missile from a patrolling ] ].<ref name="BS1">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/russian-su-24-fighter-jet-shot-over-syria-by-turkey-reports-115112400434_1.html|title=Turkey shoots down Russian jet near Syrian border|work=Business Standard|date=24 November 2015|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=TASSShootdown>{{cite web | title = Минобороны РФ: российский Су-24 сбили при возвращении на авиабазу в Сирии | url = http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/2467225 | work = ] | language = ru | trans-title=Defense Ministry: Russian Su-24 shot down while returning to base in Syria | date = 24 November 2015 | access-date = 24 November 2015}}</ref> Later analysis suggested that a radar-guided, medium range ] was fired from between {{convert|9|-|12|mi|km|order=flip}} away.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/heres-reason-why-russian-aircraft-keep-dying-syria-128527|title=Here's the Reason why Russian Aircraft Keep Dying In Syria|first=Sebastien|last=Roblin|date=29 February 2020|website=The National Interest}}</ref> '']'' reported that the two Su-24s were on their way to strike Syrian Turkmen targets.<ref name="The Economist"/> Syrian government forces supported by the ] militias and the Russian Air Force were fighting against Syrian Turkmen brigades, ] and ] fighters.<ref name="al-monitor">{{cite news |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/11/turkey-russia-syria-best-worse-case-scenarios-russian-jet.html |title=After shooting down Russian jet, what's next for Turkey? |work=] |date=26 November 2015 |access-date=28 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231181717/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/11/turkey-russia-syria-best-worse-case-scenarios-russian-jet.html |archive-date=31 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Shootdown==
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]. The cyan line is the border between Turkey and Syria and the red line crossing the border is Turkey's claim of the Su-24 flight path.]]
On 24 November 2015 at 9:24 in the morning, a Russian ] attack aircraft was shot down near the ] by two patrolling ] ] as it was returning to the ].<ref name="BS1">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/russian-su-24-fighter-jet-shot-over-syria-by-turkey-reports-115112400434_1.html|title=Turkey shoots down Russian jet near Syrian border|work=Business Standard|date=24 November 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=TASSShootdown>{{cite web | title = Минобороны РФ: российский Су-24 сбили при возвращении на авиабазу в Сирии: "Российский военный самолет Су-24 при возвращении на авиабазу Хмеймим был сбит турецким истребителем F-16 на территории Сирийской Арабской Республики", - сказали в военном ведомстве | url = http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/2467225 | work = ] | language = Russian | trans-title=Defense Ministry: Russian Su-24 shot down while returning to base in Syria: "A Russian military aircraft Su-24 when returning to the airbase Hmeymim was shot down by Turkish F-16 fighters over the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic," - said the Defense Ministry | date = November 24, 2015 | accessdate = November 24, 2015}}</ref> According to Turkey, the two Su-24's were believed to have been on their way to strike Syrian Turkmen targets.<ref name="The Economist"/>


Early reports from Russian news agencies citing the Russian Defence Ministry, indicated that the aircraft had been downed by a ground-based strike from Syrian Turkmen rebels, but they later confirmed Turkish reports that the aircraft had been shot down by Turkish fighter jets.{{cn|date=November 2020}} The Turkish military released a graphic of the Russian aircraft's flight pattern, which shows it crossing the southern tip of ] before being shot down and crashing near ].<ref name=Buzzfeed>{{cite news|last1=Whittaker|first1=Francis|last2=Melville-Smith|first2=Alicia|title=Russian Jet Downed Near Turkey-Syria Border|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/franciswhittaker/warplane-crashes-near-turkeys-border-with-syria|access-date=24 November 2015|agency=Buzzfeed News|date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/24/world/middleeast/russia-turkey-jet-shoot-down-maps.html|title=Sorting Out What Russia and Turkey Say Happened in the Sky|work=The New York Times|date=24 November 2015|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> Russia then countered Turkey's radar trace analysis by publishing a different flight map showing no airspace violation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/turkey-russia-maps-jet-shot-down-2015-11|title=War of the maps: Turkey released a map showing where Russia violated its airspace, and Russia countered|author=Natasha Bertrand|work=Business Insider|date=24 November 2015|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2015/11/24/turkey-russia-plane-map/#wDGBtJ8NtOqk|title=Maps from Russia and Turkey tell very different stories about the downed jet|author=Huizhong Wu|work=Mashable|date=24 November 2015|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> Three days later, on 27 November, Russia published another map.<ref name="mod">{{cite web|title=Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces presents facts of the attack on the Russian Su-24M aircraft carried out by the Turkish F-16 fighter in the sky over Syria on 24 November|url=http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12066900@egNews|publisher=]|access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref>
]. The red line represents what Russia claims was the Su-24M's flight path, while the blue line is the Turkish F-16 flight path. Dashed white lines represent the border.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/turkey-russia-maps-jet-shot-down-2015-11|title=War of the maps: Turkey released a map showing where Russia violated its airspace, and Russia countered|author=Natasha Bertrand|work=Business Insider|date=24 November 2015|accessdate=24 November 2015}}</ref>]]


According to Turkey's statement to the ], two aircraft, whose nationalities were unknown at the time, violated Turkish airspace up to a depth of {{convert|1.36|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=on}} for about 17 seconds.<ref name=unscstatement>{{Cite web|title = Turkey's statement to the United Nations Security Council|url = http://live.aljazeera.com/Event/Turkey_downs_Russian_jet/207503335|website = Al Jazeera|accessdate = 24 November 2015|language = en-AU}}</ref><ref name=am-un-2015_10165510>{{cite web |title=Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations, Ambassador 2015/10165510|url=http://images.scribblelive.com/2015/11/24/749f9a60-bf6e-499b-bf74-f2613eb63eed.jpg |publisher=UN|date=24 November 2015|author=H.E. Mr. Matthew Ryeroft|quote=Disregarding these warning, both aircraft, at an altitude of 19.000 feet , violated Turkish national airspace to a depth of 1,36 miles and 1,15 miles in length for 17 seconds from 0.24'.05'' local time.}}</ref> According to Turkish officials, the aircraft were given 10 warnings within the span of 5 minutes to change their course.<ref name=Buzzfeed /> The aircraft disregarded the warnings and were subsequently fired upon by Turkish F-16s patrolling the area. One of the aircraft then left Turkish airspace and the other crashed into Syrian territory after being shot while in Turkish airspace.<ref name=unscstatement/> Based on its heat signature, an anonymous ] official stated that the jet was hit in Syrian airspace after a short incursion into Turkey.<ref>{{cite news|title=Russian jet hit inside Syria after incursion into Turkey: U.S. official|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/25/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-impact-idUSKBN0TE04M20151125?mod=related&channelName=Aerospace|work=Reuters|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> According to Turkey's statement to the ], two aircraft, whose nationalities were unknown at the time, violated Turkish airspace up to a depth of {{convert|1.36|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=on}} for about 17 seconds.<ref name=unscstatement>{{cite web|title = Turkey's statement to the United Nations Security Council|url = http://live.aljazeera.com/Event/Turkey_downs_Russian_jet/207503335|publisher = Al Jazeera|access-date = 24 November 2015|language = en-AU}}</ref><ref name=am-un-2015_10165510>{{cite web|title=Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations, Ambassador 2015/10165510|url=http://images.scribblelive.com/2015/11/24/749f9a60-bf6e-499b-bf74-f2613eb63eed.jpg|publisher=UN|date=24 November 2015|author=H.E. Mr. Matthew Ryeroft|quote=Disregarding these warnings, both aircraft, at an altitude of 19,000 feet , violated Turkish national airspace to a depth of 1.36 miles and 1.15 miles in length for 17 seconds from 0.24'.05" local time.|access-date=24 November 2015|archive-date=24 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124165034/http://images.scribblelive.com/2015/11/24/749f9a60-bf6e-499b-bf74-f2613eb63eed.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Turkish officials, the aircraft were given 10 warnings within the span of 5 minutes, by operators at a ] station, to change their course.<ref name=Buzzfeed /> Turkey later released the audio recording ("The unknown air traffic position to Humaymim 020 radial 26 miles. This is Turkish Air Force speaking on ]. You are approaching Turkish airspace, change your heading south immediately").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dha.com.tr/dusurulen-rus-ucagini-boyle-uyardi_1081232.html|title=Düşürülen Rus uçağını böyle uyardı|work=Dha.com.tr|access-date=29 November 2015|archive-date=27 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127202424/http://www.dha.com.tr/dusurulen-rus-ucagini-boyle-uyardi_1081232.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haberturk.com/gundem/haber/1158557-dusurulen-rus-ucagini-boyle-uyardi|title=Düşürülen Rus uçağını böyle uyardı|date=26 November 2015|work=haberturk.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34929242|title=Turkey releases audio of 'warning' to downed Russia jet|work=BBC News|date=26 November 2015 }}</ref> The Russians claim there were no warnings.<ref>{{cite news|title='Turkey gave no warning' – downed Russian pilot&nbsp;– rescued pilot of downed Russian Su-24|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34925229|publisher=BBC|date=25 November 2015}}</ref> Analysts have noted that Turkey's warnings were issued on a dedicated mutually-agreed radio channel, which was the international Guard (emergency) channel (243.0&nbsp;MHz), but the R-862M radio fitted to the Su-24M is not able to monitor this channel without optional equipment, which may not have been installed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theaviationist.com/2015/11/27/turkish-air-force-f-16s-ambushed-the-su-24-fencer-heres-russias-version-of-the-controversial-shootdown/|title="Turkish Air Force F-16s ambushed the Su-24 Fencer": here's Russia's version of the controversial shootdown|first=David|last=Cenciotti|work=The Aviationist|date=27 November 2015|access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.janes.com/article/56295/russian-su-24m-communications-equipment-blamed-for-shootdown|title=Russian Su-24M communications equipment blamed for shootdown|first=Reuben|last=Johnson|work=Janes|date=28 November 2015|access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref> According to Turkey, one aircraft left Turkish national airspace after violating it; the other aircraft was fired upon by Turkish F-16s patrolling the area and crashed into Syrian territory after being hit in Turkish airspace.<ref name=unscstatement/> Based on its heat signature, an anonymous American official stated that the jet was hit in Syrian airspace after a short incursion into Turkey.<ref>{{cite news|title=Russian jet hit inside Syria after incursion into Turkey: U.S. official|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-impact-idUSKBN0TE04M20151125?mod=related&channelName=Aerospace|work=Reuters|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> On 30 November, US Ambassador to NATO ] stated that the data supported the Turkish version of events.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-usa-idUSKBN0TJ1TN20151130#H3dm3ACU45t7oZrh.97|title=U.S. backs Turkey's explanation of Russian air incursion|work=Reuters|date=30 November 2015 |access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref>


According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Su-24 was downed at an altitude of {{convert|6000|m|ft}} within one kilometre of the Turkish border while returning to the Khmeimim Air Base in Syria.<ref name=TASSShootdown/> Russia has steadfastly maintained that "throughout its flight, the aircraft remained exclusively above Syrian territory."<ref name="BS1" /> The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the aircraft was a Su-24 but said that it had proof the jet was within Syrian airspace.<ref name=Buzzfeed/> According to the Russian Defence Ministry, the Su-24 was downed from an altitude of {{convert|6000|m|ft}} within one kilometre of the Turkish border and in Syrian airspace, while returning to the Khmeimim airbase in Syria.<ref name=TASSShootdown/> Russia has maintained that the aircraft never left Syrian territory.<ref name="BS1" /> The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the aircraft was an Su-24 but said that it had proof the jet was within Syrian airspace.<ref name=Buzzfeed/> According to the commander-in-chief of the ], ], a Turkish F-16 entered Syria's airspace for 40 seconds and flew {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}} inside Syrian territory, but the Russian warplane did not violate the Turkish border.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tass.ru/en/defense/840016|title=TASS: Military & Defense – Turkey's F-16 that downed Russian bomber was in Syrian airspace for 40 seconds – commander|work=TASS|access-date=29 November 2015|archive-date=30 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130032926/http://tass.ru/en/defense/840016|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Casualties==
According to the surviving Russian pilot, Captain Konstantin Murakhtin, neither of the pilots in the two Turkish F-16 jets gave them any warning before engaging. He said "it’s impossible that we violated their airspace even for a second...We were flying at an altitude of 6,000 metres in completely clear weather and I had total control of our flight path throughout."<ref>{{cite news|title=‘Turkish jets gave us no warning before shooting’ – rescued pilot of downed Russian Su-24|url=https://www.rt.com/news/323431-saved-pilot-turkish-su24/|work=RT|date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
], 30 November 2015.]]
<ref>{{cite news|title='Turkey gave no warning' - downed Russian pilot – rescued pilot of downed Russian Su-24|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34925229|work=BBC|date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
Both pilots ejected after the aircraft was hit.<ref name=Buzzfeed/> Initially, the deputy commander of a Turkmen ] rebel brigade in Syria, ] (a Turkish citizen and member of the ] ultra-nationalist group<ref>{{cite news |title=Grey Wolves Facist Killed Russian Pilot – Turkmen Brigade murderer a Turkish citizen with far-right links|publisher=MorningStar |date= 27 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Syria: Photos of Alparslan Celik, rebel leader from Turkey who shot Russian pilot, go viral |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/syria-photos-alparslan-celik-rebel-leader-turkey-who-shot-russian-pilot-go-viral-656993 |website=International Business Times |date= 27 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=MHP'li eski başkanın oğlu savaşmak için Irak'a gitti |url=http://www.cnnturk.com/fotogaleri/turkiye/mhpli-eski-baskanin-oglu-savasmak-icin-iraka-gitti?page=1 |publisher=CNN Turk |date=9 September 2014}}</ref>), claimed his forces had ] as they descended with parachutes,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUKKBN0TD0IS20151124|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307033551/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUKKBN0TD0IS20151124|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2016|title=Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Putin warns of 'serious consequences'|agency=Reuters UK|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> and in a film a person could be heard in the background repeatedly shouting "Stop shooting!" in ] as the parachutists descended.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id2721 |title=Russian pilots 'shot dead' as they parachuted from plane – rebels |publisher=BNO News |access-date=3 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127202809/http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id2721 |archive-date=27 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A Turkish official reported that he believed both were alive.<ref name=IBT>{{cite news|last1=Masi|first1=Alessandria|title=Syrian Rebels, Turkmen Brigades Claim To Have Russian Pilots Ejected From Jet Downed By Turkey|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/syrian-rebels-turkmen-brigades-claim-have-russian-pilots-ejected-jet-downed-turkey-2197744|access-date=25 November 2015|work=International Business Times|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> It was also reported that one of the pilots had been captured by the Turkmen fighters and a video was circulated which allegedly showed the pilot's body.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/11/25/00/33/syria-rebel-video-shows-russian-pilot|title=Syria rebel video 'shows Russian pilot'|work=9news|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref>


Russia's military general staff spokesman Lieutenant General ] confirmed that one pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Anatolyevich Peshkov, was killed by ground fire;<ref>{{cite news|title=Nato meets as Russia confirms one of two pilots dead after jet shot down – as it happened|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/24/russian-jet-downed-by-turkish-planes-near-syrian-border-live-updates|date=24 November 2015|work=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Latest: Russia pilot killed by groundfire in Syria|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b27e9efac9ee404385e5d45cafb76489/latest-rebel-video-purports-show-russian-pilot|date=28 November 2015|agency=Associated Press|access-date=28 November 2015|archive-date=27 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127152632/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b27e9efac9ee404385e5d45cafb76489/latest-rebel-video-purports-show-russian-pilot|url-status=dead}}</ref> the weapons systems operator was rescued.<ref name="weapon">{{cite news|last1=MacFarquhar|first1=Neil|title=Navigator Rescued After Turkey Shot Down Warplane, Russia Says|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/world/europe/turkey-russia-jet.html|access-date=25 November 2015|work=]|date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
Early reports from multiple Russian news agencies indicated that the aircraft had been downed by a ground-based strike from Syrian Turkmen rebels, but the Russian Defence Ministry later confirmed the Turkish reports that the aircraft had been downed by Turkish fighter jets. ] reported that the Turkish military had released a graphic of the Russian aircraft's flight pattern, which shows it crossing the southern tip of ] before being shot down and crashing near ].<ref name=Buzzfeed>{{cite news|last1=Whittaker|first1=Francis|last2=Melville-Smith|first2=Alicia|title=Russian Jet Downed Near Turkey-Syria Border|url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/franciswhittaker/warplane-crashes-near-turkeys-border-with-syria|accessdate=24 November 2015|agency=Buzzfeed News|date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CNNTURK_ENG/status/669098577524822016|title=#BREAKING Flight radar track on downed warplane issued by Turkish military|work=CNN Türk ENG via Twitter|date=24 November 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref>


The shooting of an ejecting aircraft pilot is in contravention of Article 42 of the 1977 ] of the ]s,<ref name="Middle East Eye">{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-shoots-down-military-plane-syria-border-media-1973658689|title=Turkey downs Russian plane for 'violating airspace'|work=Middle East Eye|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref> yet, Protocol I only apply to interstate armed conflict (i.e., fighting between opposing states) and no ] prohibited such practice in a non-interstate conflict (i.e., fighting between state forces and ]). In other words, while shooting down the Russian Sukhoi Su-24 by Turkey fell under the context of interstate conflict, the killing of the parachuting pilot was caused by a non-state armed group and therefore fell under the context of non-interstate conflict.<ref>{{cite book|title=Operation Aleppo: Russia's War in Syria|author=Tim Ripley|page=75|date=2018|publisher=Telic-Herrick Publications|isbn=9-7809-9294-5824}}</ref>
===Casualties===
Both pilots ejected after the aircraft was hit.<ref name=Buzzfeed/> It was reported that one of the pilots was captured by Turkmen ] fighters in Syria. The fighters who were videotaping his body shouted things such as "'']''"<ref name="press"/> and that the pilot should have been burned when captured<ref name="Rt">Breaking News. RT. 24 November 2015. 17:30 MST. https://www.rt.com/on-air/</ref>{{Failed verification|date=November 2015}} and a video allegedly showing his body was circulated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/11/25/00/33/syria-rebel-video-shows-russian-pilot|title=Syria rebel video 'shows Russian pilot'|work=9news|accessdate=24 November 2015}}</ref> Initially, the deputy commander of a Turkmen rebel brigade in Syria, later identified as Alparslan Çelik, a Turkish citizen and ] member,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ntv.livejournal.com/426110.html|title=Найти и уничтожить|language=Russian|work=livejournal.com}}</ref> claimed his forces ] as they descended with parachutes,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/11/24/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUKKBN0TD0IS20151124|title=Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Putin warns of 'serious consequences'|agency=Reuters UK|accessdate=24 November 2015}}</ref> while a Turkish official believed that both were alive.<ref name=IBT>{{cite news|last1=Masi|first1=Alessandria|title=Syrian Rebels, Turkmen Brigades Claim To Have Russian Pilots Ejected From Jet Downed By Turkey|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/syrian-rebels-turkmen-brigades-claim-have-russian-pilots-ejected-jet-downed-turkey-2197744|accessdate=25 November 2015|work=International Business Times|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> Later, Russian officials{{who|date=November 2015}}<!--needs clarification as the ministry theyre from offers more details--> confirmed that one pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Anatolyevich Peshkov was shot dead,<ref>{{cite news|title=Nato meets as Russia confirms one of two pilots dead after jet shot down - as it happened|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/24/russian-jet-downed-by-turkish-planes-near-syrian-border-live-updates|date=24 November 2015|work=]}}</ref> while the other pilot was rescued.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lenta.ru/news/2015/11/25/pilot/|title=Российский посол подтвердил спасение одного из летчиков сбитого Су-24|author=|date=|language=Russian|work=lenta.ru|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=MacFarquhar|first1=Neil|title=Navigator Rescued After Turkey Shot Down Warplane, Russia Says|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/world/europe/turkey-russia-jet.html|accessdate=25 November 2015|work=]|date=25 November 2015}}</ref> The shooting of an ejecting aircraft pilot is in contravention of the ]'s Article 42, which states: "No person parachuting from an aircraft in distress shall be made the object of attack during his descent."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-shoots-down-military-plane-syria-border-media-1973658689|title=Turkey downs Russian plane for 'violating airspace'|author=|date=|work=Middle East Eye|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref> ] journalist Roman Kosarev, who himself was under attack on the same day in ], was the first to interview the rescued pilot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rt.com/news/323388-second-pilot-kosarev-rescue/|title=RT's Roman Kosarev 1st journalist to talk to saved pilot of Su-24 shot down by Turkey (VIDEO)|work=RT English|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref>


The killed pilot of Su-24, Oleg Peshkov, was posthumously awarded the title of ], while surviving weapon systems officer, Konstantin Murakhtin, and the killed rescuer, Alexander Pozynych, received the ].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://tass.ru/politika/2469899|title=Путин подписал указ о награждении экипажей Су-24М и поискового вертолета|publisher=]|language=Russian| date=25 November 2015| accessdate =25 November 2015}}</ref> The pilot of the Su-24, Oleg Peshkov, 45, was posthumously awarded the ], the country's highest military honour; the surviving weapon systems officer, Konstantin Murakhtin, and the deceased rescuer, Alexander Pozynich, 29, received the ].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://tass.ru/politika/2469899|title=Путин подписал указ о награждении экипажей Су-24М и поискового вертолета|trans-title=Putin signed a decree awarding the crews of Su-24M and a search helicopter|work=]|language=ru| date=25 November 2015| access-date =25 November 2015}}</ref> On 2 December Peshkov was ] in the Alley of Heroes of the cemetery in ] with about 10,000 people attending.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-turkey-pilot-idUSKBN0TL1KE20151203|title=Pilot of Russian plane downed by Turkey buried with military honors |work=Reuters| date=2 December 2015| access-date =8 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pravmir.com/10-000-compatriots-prayed-in-lipetsk-at-the-requiem-service-for-the-pilot-killed-in-syria |title=10,000 compatriots prayed in Lipetsk at the requiem service for the pilot killed in Syria| date=2 December 2015| access-date =8 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/88390.htm|title=More Than 10,000 People Came To Pay Last Respects To Hero of Russia, Oleg Peshkov|work=pravoslavie.ru| date=3 December 2015| access-date =8 December 2015}}</ref>


====Search and rescue==== ===Search and rescue===
The Turkish state-owned ] showed video footage of the aircraft crashing and the two pilots parachuting down. Russian helicopters conducted low-altitude ] flights in the area to look for the pilot.{{cn|date=November 2020}}
The Turkish state-owned ] showed the initial video footage of the aircraft crashing and the two pilots parachuting down. Russian helicopters were reportedly conducting low-altitude ] flights in the area to look for the pilot.<ref name="press">{{cite news|title=Turkish jets shoot down Russian warplane, Russia denies airspace violation|url=http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2015/11/24/438935/Syria-warplane-Turkish-border|accessdate=24 November 2015|agency=PressTV|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> Two ] helicopters were sent on the mission to find and recover the pilots from the crash site. One of these helicopters was damaged by the small-arms fire of ] militants, resulting in the death of a ], and was forced to make an ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sputniknews.com/world/20151124/1030686711/su24-rescue-syria-russia.html|title=One Dead as Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Attacked During Rescue Mission in Syria|date=24 November 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015|work=Sputnik News}}</ref><ref name="nyt2">{{cite news|last1=Yeginsu|first1=Ceylan|last2=MacFarquhar|first2=Neil|title=Turkey Shoots Down Russian Warplane Near Syrian Border|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/world/europe/turkey-syria-russia-military-plane.html|accessdate=24 November 2015|work=]|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> The ]'s ] claimed that they subsequently destroyed the abandoned helicopter using a U.S.-made ] missile.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rt.com/news/323306-video-russia-helicopter-syria/|title=FSA video claims Russian-made helicopter hit with US-made TOW missile near Su-24 crash site|work=RT|date=24 November 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref>

Two ] helicopters were sent to find and recover the pilots from the crash site. One of the helicopters was damaged by small-arms fire from ] militants, resulting in the death of a ], and was forced to make an ].<ref name="nyt2">{{cite news|last1=Yeginsu|first1=Ceylan|last2=MacFarquhar|first2=Neil|title=Turkey Shoots Down Russian Warplane Near Syrian Border|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/world/europe/turkey-syria-russia-military-plane.html|access-date=24 November 2015|work=]|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> All the surviving crew of the helicopter were later rescued and evacuated.{{cn|date=November 2020}} The ]'s ] claimed that they subsequently destroyed the abandoned helicopter using a US-made ] missile.{{cn|date=November 2020}}

As the ] began planning an operation to extract the pilot, the Iranian General ] contacted them and proposed a joint rescue operation under his supervision. The rescue team which General Soleimani put forth consisted of eight Hezbollah special forces personnel and 18 Syrian commandos, who were trained by Iran and had firsthand knowledge of the geography of the area, with Russia providing transport, logistical support, air cover and satellite intelligence. One of the pilots, Oleg Peshkov, had been wounded and then killed by rebels after parachuting from the plane, while the other one, Konstantin Murahtin, escaped and was rescued. During the rescue mission a Russian Marine, Alexandr Pozynich, had been fatally wounded. The rescue team returned to base safely and handed over the pilot to the Syrian Army. Vladimir Putin was reportedly closely following the operation.<ref name="timesofisrael.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-injured-general-oversaw-daring-rescue-of-downed-russian-pilot/|title=Iran: Injured general oversaw daring rescue of downed Russian pilot|work=The Times of Israel|access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="heraldscotland.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14101664.Moscow__downed_Russian_pilot_was_rescued_by_Syrian_army/|title=Moscow: downed Russian pilot was rescued by Syrian army|work=Herald Scotland|date=25 November 2015 |access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref> The body of the dead pilot was flown to Turkey and Russian officials in Ankara arranged for its repatriation to Moscow.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/turkey-deliver-body-russian-pilot-moscow-151129090957855.html |newspaper=] |title=Turkey to deliver body of Russian pilot to Moscow |date=29 November 2015 |access-date=30 November 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1001090/turkey-sends-corpse-of-shot-down-pilot-back-to-russia-reports/ |newspaper=Tribune |title=Turkey sends corpse of shot down pilot back to Russia: reports |date=30 November 2015 |access-date=30 November 2015 }}</ref>

==Aftermath==
{{see also|Russia–Turkey relations}}
] presents President Putin with the ] of the Su-24]]
On 25 November, the foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey spoke for an hour by telephone, and both governments stated that day that they would not initiate a war as a result of the incident. Russian Foreign Minister ] told journalists that his country would "seriously reevaluate" its relationship with Turkey.<ref name="NYT Range of Frustrations">{{cite news|last1=Bradsher|first1=Keith|title=Range of Frustrations Reached Boil as Turkey Shot Down Russian Jet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/world/europe/turkey-russia-fighter-jet.html|access-date=26 November 2015|work=The New York Times|date=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=AFP|title=No war with Turkey over 'planned provocation' jet downing: Lavrov|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/30196939/russia-does-not-plan-to-go-to-war-with-turkey-foreign-minister/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126171159/https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/30196939/russia-does-not-plan-to-go-to-war-with-turkey-foreign-minister/|archive-date=26 November 2015|access-date=26 November 2015|work=Yahoo7 News|date=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rainsford|first1=Sarah|title=Russia sends clear message to Turkey: Don't try it again|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34925823|access-date=26 November 2015|work=BBC News|date=25 November 2015}}</ref> The ] broke off military contacts with the ] and Russian defence officials said that future airstrikes in Syria would be escorted by fighters.<ref name="MarineBBC">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34917485 | title=Turkey Russia jet: Marine killed in pilot rescue bid | work=BBC News | date=24 November 2015 | access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> According to the Russian Minister of Defence ], Russia will deploy ] surface-to-air missile systems to Khmeimim airbase in Syria, where the Russian Aerospace Forces group is stationed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/russian-pilot-rescued-syrian-commando-unit-101718676.html#|title=Putin sends air-defense missiles to Syria to deter Turkey|agency=Associated Press|date=25 November 2015|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>


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===Involved parties=== ===Involved parties===
A few hours following the incident, ] ] spoke from ], where he was meeting with ] ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sputniknews.com/russia/20151124/1030643972/putin-abdula-jordan-russia-plane-crash-syria.html|title=Russia's President Meets King of Jordan|work=Sputnik|date=24 November 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref> warning of a "stab in the back by terrorist accomplices,"<ref name=Buzzfeed/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34913173|title=Turkey downing of Russia jet 'stab in the back' - Putin|work=BBC News|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> that "we will never tolerate such crimes like the one committed today"<ref name=reuters/> and that ] would be affected. Foreign Minister ] was due to visit Turkey the next day to "smooth relations," while Turkish President ] was due to visit Russia later in the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-turkey-shoots-down-russian-warplane-will-vladimir-putin-react-adversely-2148533|title=Turkey shoots down Russian warplane -- will Vladimir Putin react adversely?|date=24 November 2015|work=DNA|accessdate=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/151124/world-europe/article/turkey-shoots-down-military-plane-syria-border|title=One Russian pilot of downed jet dead, second missing, NATO calls for emergency meet|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=24 November 2015|accessdate=24 November 2015}}</ref> Lavrov canceled his trip after the incident.<ref name="MarineBBC"/> Lieutenant General Sergey Rudskoy said: "We warn that every target posing a potential threat will be destroyed."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rt.com/news/323377-russian-pilot-saved-syria/|title=One of 2 Russian pilots shot down by Turkey rescued, back to airbase in Syria|work=RT English|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref> Protesters pelted the Turkish embassy in Russia with eggs, whereafter police cleared the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russian-protesters-pelt-turkish-embassy-in-moscow-with-eggs-and-smash-windows-after-jet-downed-a6748326.html|title=Russian protesters pelt Turkish embassy in Moscow with eggs and smash windows after jet downed|author=Lizzie Dearden|date=25 November 2015|work=The Independent}}</ref> A few hours after the incident, ] ] spoke from ], where he was meeting with ] ], saying that it was a "stab in the back by terrorist accomplices,"<ref name=Buzzfeed/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34913173|title=Turkey downing of Russia jet 'stab in the back' Putin|work=BBC News|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> that Russia would not put up with attacks like this one<ref name=reuters/> and that ] would be affected. Foreign Minister ] was due to visit Turkey the next day, and Turkish President ] had scheduled a visit to Russia later in the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-turkey-shoots-down-russian-warplane-will-vladimir-putin-react-adversely-2148533|title=Turkey shoots down Russian warplane will Vladimir Putin react adversely?|date=24 November 2015|work=DNA|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/151124/world-europe/article/turkey-shoots-down-military-plane-syria-border|title=One Russian pilot of downed jet dead, second missing, NATO calls for emergency meet|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=24 November 2015|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.balkanews.org/index.php/2015/11/24/turkey-says-it-shot-down-russian-warplane-near-syrian-border/|title=Turkey says it shot down Russian warplane near Syrian border|date=24 November 2015|access-date=24 November 2015}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Lavrov cancelled his trip after the incident.<ref name="MarineBBC"/> Lieutenant General Sergey Rudskoi said that forces threatening Russia would be targeted.{{cn|date=November 2020}} Protesters pelted the Turkish embassy in Russia with eggs before police cleared the area.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russian-protesters-pelt-turkish-embassy-in-moscow-with-eggs-and-smash-windows-after-jet-downed-a6748326.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russian-protesters-pelt-turkish-embassy-in-moscow-with-eggs-and-smash-windows-after-jet-downed-a6748326.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Russian protesters pelt Turkish embassy in Moscow with eggs and smash windows after jet downed|author=Lizzie Dearden|date=25 November 2015|work=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 26 November, Prime Minister ] announced broad economic sanctions against Turkey that would affect their joint investment projects,<ref name="Russian sanctions - BBC">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34933608 | title=Russia 'plans sanctions' against Turkey over jet downing | work=BBC News | date=26 November 2015 | access-date=26 November 2015}}</ref> including the possible shelving of a multibillion-dollar deal to build ] ] through Turkey.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/27/world/europe/russia-turkey-plane-downing.html?&hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news|title=Kremlin Cutting Economic Links With the Turks|author=Neil MacFarquhar|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 November 2015|access-date=26 November 2015}}</ref> Chechen leader ] said that Turkey would regret its actions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ramzan-kadyrov-turkey-russia-instagram-a6747666.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ramzan-kadyrov-turkey-russia-instagram-a6747666.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=Moscow-backed warlord Ramzan Kadyrov says Turkey will 'regret what it has done for a long time' after Russian plane shot down|author=Doug Bolton|date=25 November 2015|work=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Putin accused Turkey of helping ] in the illegal oil trade, saying that funds from the sale of oil were used to support terrorists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/jet-downing-threaten-not-derail-220255631.html |title= Will Putin Use the Energy Weapon Against Turkey?|date=24 November 2015|work=Yahoo News}}</ref> The Russian Air Force had recently started bombing the oil tankers en route to other countries, including Turkey, and the infrastructure for processing and storage of crude oil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-airstrikes-blast-isis-oil-facilities-in-syria/ |title=Russian airstrikes blast ISIS oil facilities in Syria |date=20 November 2015 |work=CBS News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Is Vladimir Putin right to label Turkey 'accomplices of terrorists'? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/24/vladimir-putin-turkey-isis-terrorists-warplane-analysis |work=The Guardian|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> Putin later claimed that the Turkish shoot-down was an "ambush" that had been prepared in advance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/real-turkeys-shoot-down-russian-jet-1615790737|title=The real reason for Turkey's shoot-down of the Russian jet|work=Middle East Eye}}</ref> A bill making denial of the ] illegal has been introduced in the Russian ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-armenia-genocide-accountability/27387944.html |title=Russian Lawmakers Propose Bill on Accountability For Armenia Genocide Denial |newspaper=Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty |date=28 November 2015}}</ref>


Syrian Information Minister ] said the shooting was a "new crime" that will be added to the record of insurgent groups fighting in the country and of those countries that were financing and arming them; he mentioned Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar as the strongest such backers.<ref name="ni"/> Syrian Information Minister ] said the shooting would be added to the criminal record of insurgent groups fighting in the country and of those countries that were financing and arming them; he mentioned Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar as the strongest such backers.<ref name="ni"/>


Erdogan warned everyone to "respect the right of Turkey to defend its borders" and said that the reason why worse incidents have not taken place in the past regarding Syria is because of the, "cool-headedness of Turkey." He also stressed that Turkey's actions were fully in line with the new rules of engagement adopted after Syria shot down a Turkish jet in 2012.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Turkey's downing of Russian warplane - what we know|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34912581|publisher=BBC|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> Turkish Foreign Minister ] offered condolences and said the Turkish pilots did not know it was a Russian plane.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=241173&cid=22&fromval=1|title=Lavrov Rules out War Action on Turkey, Says Downing Su24 pre-Planned Provocation|publisher=Al-Manar| date=25 November 2015| accessdate =25 November 2015}}</ref> Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu defended the action saying Turkey has the right "to take all kinds of measures" against border violations as a "national duty," but that it did not amount to an aggression against any foreign territory and the country called for ] to hold an extraordinary meeting later in the day.<ref>{{cite news|title=NATO calls 'extraordinary meeting' after Turkey downs Russian jet|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/997532/nato-calls-extraordinary-meeting-after-turkey-downs-russian-jet/|accessdate=24 November 2015|work=The Express Tribune|agency=]|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> He further called for working towards "extinguishing the fire that is burning in Syria."<ref name="ni"/> Davutoğlu also said: "No one can legitimize attacks on Turkmens in Syria using the pretext of fighting the Islamic State."<ref name="NYT Range of Frustrations"/> Writing on ''Twitter'', Turkey's Ambassador to the United States, Serdar Kilic, indicated: "Understand this: Turkey is a country whose warnings should be taken seriously and listened to. Don't test Turkey's patience. Try to win its friendship."<ref name=CNNPlane>{{cite news|last1=Melvin, Martinez & Zeynep|first1=Don, Michael & Bilginsoy|title=Putin calls jet's downing 'stab in the back'; Turkey says warning ignored|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/24/middleeast/warplane-crashes-near-syria-turkey-border/|publisher=CNN|date=November 24, 2015}}</ref> In a letter to the UN Security Council, Turkey's permanent representative ] wrote{{where|date=November 2015}} that the two aircraft had approached Turkish airspace near the town of Yayladagi in Hatay province, but disregarded the ten warnings that were issued over the space of five minutes via an "emergency" channel to change direction by flying 2.19&nbsp;km (1.36 miles) and 1.85&nbsp;km (1.15 miles) into Turkey.<ref name=BBC/> Erdoğan pointed out that Turkey had the right to defend its airspace. He said worse incidents have not taken place in the past because of Turkey's restraint. He also stressed that Turkey's actions were fully in line with the new rules of engagement adopted after Syria shot down a Turkish jet in 2012.<ref name="BBC"/> Turkish Foreign Minister ] offered condolences and said the Turkish pilots did not know it was a Russian plane.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=241173&cid=22&fromval=1| title =Lavrov Rules out War Action on Turkey, Says Downing Su24 pre-Planned Provocation| publisher =Al-Manar| date =25 November 2015| access-date =25 November 2015| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151126133055/http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=241173&cid=22&fromval=1| archive-date =26 November 2015| url-status =dead| df =dmy-all}}</ref> Turkish Prime Minister ] defended the action saying Turkey has the right to defend itself against border violations, but that it did not amount to an aggression against any foreign territory and the country called for ] to hold an extraordinary meeting later in the day.<ref>{{cite news|title=NATO calls 'extraordinary meeting' after Turkey downs Russian jet|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/997532/nato-calls-extraordinary-meeting-after-turkey-downs-russian-jet/|access-date=24 November 2015|work=The Express Tribune|agency=]|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> He further called for working towards solving the crisis in Syria.<ref name="ni"/> Davutoğlu also said that attacks on Turkmen could not be legitimised under the justification of attacking ISIL.<ref name="NYT Range of Frustrations"/> Turkey's Ambassador to the United States, Serdar Kilic, asked for Turkey's warnings to be taken seriously.<ref name=CNNPlane>{{cite news|last1=Melvin, Martinez & Zeynep|first1=Don, Michael & Bilginsoy|title=Putin calls jet's downing 'stab in the back'; Turkey says warning ignored|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/24/middleeast/warplane-crashes-near-syria-turkey-border/|publisher=CNN|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> Davutoglu said Turkey would cooperate but did not offer an apology.{{cn|date=November 2020}} Dozens of protesters were reported outside the Russian consulate in Istanbul demonstrating against Russian military operations in the Turkmen-populated areas of Syria.<ref name="ni"/> Russian President Putin issued a decree within hours of Turkey's statement which placed a ban on trade of some goods, forbade extensions of labour contracts for Turks working in Russia as of 1 January 2016, ended chartered flights from Russia to Turkey, disallowed Russian tourism companies from selling holiday packages with a stay in Turkey, and called for ending visa-free travel between Russia and Turkey, while ordering tighter control over Turkish air carriers in Russia, using security as a justification.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/world/europe/russia-places-sanctions-on-turkey.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=homepage&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Home%20Page&pgtype=article|title=Russia Places Sanctions on Turkey|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The New York Times|date=28 November 2015|access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref>


Russia started bombarding rebels&nbsp;– including Turkmen insurgents&nbsp;– in Latakia, ignoring demands made by Turkey over the previous week to end its military operations close to the Turkish border.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-turkey-downed-jet-2015-11 |title=Russia is already exacting its revenge on Turkey for downing a Russian warplane |author=Natasha Bertrand |publisher=Business Insider Inc. |access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref> A Turkmen commander said missiles fired from Russian warships in the Mediterranean were also hitting the area.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-latakia-idUSKBN0TE1FN20151125#jpDZv7fEddRAzRga.97|title=Russia bombards Syrian rebels near site of downed Russian jet|work=Reuters|date=25 November 2015|access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref> Russian Defence Ministry spokesman ] said that as soon as the pilot was rescued the groups responsible for the attack had been killed by Russian bombing and Syrian government rocket artillery.{{cn|date=November 2020}} A Turkish supply convoy, reportedly carrying small arms, machine-guns and ammunition, was bombed by what is believed to have been Russian airstrikes in the northwestern town of ], in north-western Syria. Claimed as an aid convoy by the Turks, no organization has as yet confirmed that the convoy belonged to them. At least seven people died and ten people were injured as around 20 trucks went up in flames.{{cn|date=November 2020}} Turkish state-run ] accused Russia of supporting the ] ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/russian-support-for-pkks-syrian-arm-pyd-/482307 |title=Russian support for PKK's Syrian arm PYD |work=Anadolu Agency |date=27 November 2015}}</ref>
The ] and ] and ] fell over 1%, while the ] also dropped following news of the shootdown.<ref name=TOI>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/Turkish-Russian-shares-fall-after-Turkey-downs-Russian-made-warplane/articleshow/49907227.cms|title=Turkish, Russian shares fall after Turkey downs Russian-made warplane|work=The Times of India|accessdate=24 November 2015}}</ref> Dozens of protesters were reported outside the Russian consulate in Istanbul demonstrating against Russian military operations in the Turkmen-populated areas of Syria.<ref name="ni"/>


On 25 November – the day after the jet was shot down, a Russian lawmaker, ], introduced a bill to the ] that would criminalize the denial of the ],<ref>{{Cite news|title = Russian deputies seek accountability for Armenia genocide denial|url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-armenia-russia-bill-idUSKBN0TE1WL20151125|newspaper = Reuters|date = 25 November 2015|access-date = 7 December 2015}}</ref> a political move that Turkey has strongly opposed when countries like France and Greece adopted similar laws.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Greece: Third Country to Criminalize Denial of the Armenian Genocide|url = http://asbarez.com/127003/greece-third-country-to-criminalize-denial-of-the-armenian-genocide/|website = Asbarez.com| date=16 September 2014 |access-date = 7 December 2015|language = en-US}}</ref>
===Others===
] ] called upon Turkey and Russia to stay "cool headed and calm"; he was supported by the ] ], following her meeting with ] ], who urged both parties to avoid escalation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/11/eus-tusk-urges-all-to-stay-cool-headed-after-russian-jet-downed/|title=EU’s Tusk urges all to stay ‘cool headed’ after Russian jet downed|work=The Guardian|accessdate=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/203875#.VlSq7HbhCUk|title=EU cautions Russia, Turkey to stay 'calm'|work=Arutz Sheva|accessdate=24 November 2015}}</ref> Stoltenberg backed Turkey's assessment of the engagement and said: "We stand in solidarity with Turkey and support the territorial integrity of our NATO ally, Turkey", and called for both sides to de-escalate the situation. ] ] assured his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a phone call, of support for his country's right to defend its sovereignty and that it was important to find out exactly what had happened and to take measures to "discourage any kind of escalation".<ref name="MarineBBC"/> ] ] called the plane incident "a serious one" and said that Turkey is providing information to NATO "so that we can find what really happened." He also called for the prevention of any escalation of the situation.<ref name=CNNPlane/> Czech President ] said that Turkey's action was "a too radical move which only increases the tension in the region," while Prime Minister ] and Foreign Minister ] called for better co-ordination among those fighting in the region.<ref name="ni">{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/Russian-Foreign-Minister-Cancels-Visit-to-Turkey/2015/11/24/article3144752.ece|title=Russian Foreign Minister Cancels Visit to Turkey|work=The New Indian Express|date=24 November 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref> German Vice-Chancellor ] called Turkish actions unpredictable: “This incident shows for the first time that we are dealing with an actor who is unpredictable according to statements from various parts of the region – that is not Russia, that is Turkey."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fr-online.de/syrien/su-24-abschuss-sigmar-gabriel-nennt-tuerkei--unkalkulierbar--,24136514,32493462.html|title=Sigmar Gabriel nennt Türkei "unkalkulierbar"|language=German|trans-title=
Sigmar Gabriel called Turkey "unpredictable"
|work=Frankfurter Rundschau|date=24 November 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref> Foreign Minister ] called for "prudence and common sense" in response to the incident and that ] should not be derailed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Germany's Steinmeier urges Russia and Turkey to show restraint|url=http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-steinmeier-urges-russia-and-turkey-to-show-restraint/a-18873822|agency=DW|publisher=DW}}</ref> British Foreign Secretary ] said the incident was potentially serious but also said that Turkey was an important ally of the United Kingdom and European Union.<ref name=Mirror/> When asked by British opposition Labour MP ] whether Turkey could still be considered an ally, Hammond said that Turkey is an important NATO ally as it "holds the key to a number of important questions both in relation to the battle against ISIL but also in relation to the migration challenge that Europe faces, and it will remain a very important partner for this country and for the European Union."<ref name=Mirror>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/philip-hammond-says-turkey-shooting-6890455|title=Philip Hammond says Turkey shooting down Russian plane is "potentially serious incident"|author=Mikey Smith|date=24 November 2015|work=mirror|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref>


On 26 November, Russia deployed the guided missile cruiser ] armed with ] long-range ]s positioned off ], off the Syrian coast<ref name="Victoria Richards"/> and ] mobile SAM systems to ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.688640|title=Russia Deploys S-400 Anti-aircraft System in Syria|work=Haaretz.com}}</ref> The Russian military warned it would shoot down any aerial target that posed a threat to its planes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/11/28/turkish-president-says-wishes-plane-downing-had-not-happened/76491142/|title=Kremlin hits Turkey with sanctions over shoot down of Russian warplane|date=28 November 2015|work=USA TODAY}}</ref>
Broader European ]s also fell as a result of the shooting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ticker.com/?page=market_update&id=62320|title=market update|author=|date=|work=ticker.com|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref>


On 26 November, the Russian Ministry of Defence broke off contact with the Turkish military. All existing channels of communication between the two sides have been shut down, the ministry said.<ref name="stratfor.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.stratfor.com/situation-report/russia-turkey-military-contacts-broken-moscow-says|title=Russia, Turkey: Military Contacts Broken Off, Moscow Says|work=Stratfor}}</ref>
==Aftermath==
The ] broke off military contact with the ]. The Russian military also said that future airstrikes in Syria would see fighters escorting Russian bombers.<ref name="MarineBBC">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34917485 | title=Turkey Russia jet: Marine killed in pilot rescue bid | publisher=] | date=24 November 2015 | accessdate=24 November 2015}}</ref> According to the Russian Minister of Defense ], Russia will deploy ] surface-to-air missile systems to Khmeimim Air Base in Syria, where the Russian Aerospace Forces group is stationed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sputniknews.com/military/20151125/1030713024/russian-defense-missiles-syria-deployment.html|title=S-400 Will be Deployed at Syrian Airbase Hmeymim - Russian Defense Minister|author=Sputnik|date=25 November 2015|work=Sputnik News|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.yahoo.com/russian-pilot-rescued-syrian-commando-unit-101718676.html#|title=Putin sends air-defense missiles to Syria to deter Turkey|work=Associated Press|date=25 November 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref>


On 27 November, Russia announced that it had also suspended its participation in joint Black Sea naval drills indefinitely. The Russian navy's envoy in charge of coordinating the actions of Russia's Black Sea Fleet with the Turkish navy has reportedly been recalled.<ref name="stratfor.com"/> On 27 November, Russian Foreign minister ] announced that Moscow will halt the existing visa-free regime starting on 1 January, saying that Turkey has become a conduit for terrorists and has been reluctant to share information with Moscow about Russian citizens accused of involvement in terrorist activities.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chronicledaily.com/2015/11/28/russian-federation-ends-visa-free-travel-regime-with-turkey/|title=Russian Federation ends visa-free travel regime with Turkey|work=Chronicle Daily|first=David|last=Chambers|date=28 November 2015|access-date=1 December 2015}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 28 November, Russian President ] signed a decree imposing economic sanctions against Turkey. The decree, which came into force immediately, banned charter flights from Russia to Turkey, prevented tour firms selling holidays there, and outlawed some Turkish imports, and halted or curbed the economic activities of Turkish firms and nationals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-russia-kremlin-idUSKBN0TH0H720151129|title=Putin, citing national security, signs Turkey sanctions decree|work=Reuters|first1=Andrew|last1=Osborn|first2=Polina|last2=Devitt|date=28 November 2015|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> On 2 December, Russian Deputy Defence Minister ] said in a media briefing with foreign journalists that Turkey was the biggest buyer of "stolen" oil from Syria and Iraq and accused the family of Turkish President ] of being directly involved in the trade of petroleum with the Islamic State group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34982951|title=Syria conflict: Russia accuses Erdogan of trading oil with IS|work=bbc|date=2 December 2015|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> On 3 December, Putin referred to the incident during his annual state of the nation speech.<ref>. The Politicon, 3 December 2015</ref>
On 25 November, Russia started bombarding rebels – including Turkmen insurgents – in Latakia, ignoring demands made by Turkey over the past week to end its military operations close to the Turkish border.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-turkey-downed-jet-2015-11 |title=Russia is already exacting its revenge on Turkey for downing a Russian warplane |author=Natasha Bertrand |publisher=Business Insider Inc. |accessdate=November 25, 2015}}</ref> This bombardment was done via missiles fired from Russian warships, artillery and aircraft.<ref>http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russian-warships-fighter-jets-bombard-6898207</ref> An aid convoy reported to have been carrying construction material was bombed by airstrikes in the northwestern town of ], near the Turkish border, controlled by the armed Syrian opposition. At least seven truck drivers died and ten people were injured.<ref>http://www.dailysabah.com/syrian-crisis/2015/11/25/russian-airstrikes-target-aid-convoy-in-northwestern-syrian-town-of-azaz-7-killed</ref>


At his annual press conference on 17 December 2015, when asked about a third-party involvement in the current Russian-Turkish relations deteriorated by the shootdown of Russian Su-24, Vladimir Putin remarked "…if someone in the Turkish government decided to lick the Americans in a certain place, well I don't know then, was that the right decision or not?".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thepoliticon.net/analytics/227-velikiy-lider-velikaya-kultura.html|title=Velikiy lider. Velikaya kultura.|last=Huseynov|first=Rusif|date=24 December 2015|website=The Politicon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009224841/http://thepoliticon.net/analytics/227-velikiy-lider-velikaya-kultura.html|archive-date=9 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey spoke by phone for an hour on 25 November, and both governments stated that day that they would not initiate a war as a result of the shootdown incident. Russian Foreign Minister ] told journalists that day that his country would "seriously reevaluate" its relationship with Turkey, however.<ref name="NYT Range of Frustrations" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=AFP|title=No war with Turkey over 'planned provocation' jet downing: Lavrov|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/30196939/russia-does-not-plan-to-go-to-war-with-turkey-foreign-minister/|accessdate=26 November 2015|work=Yahoo7 News|date=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rainsford|first1=Sarah|title=Russia sends clear message to Turkey: Don't try it again|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34925823|accessdate=26 November 2015|work=BBC News|date=25 November 2015}}</ref>

On 23 December, ], co-leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish ] (HDP), criticized Ankara's stance regarding a Russian jet shot down by Turkey.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/mideast-crisis-russia-turkey-idINKBN0U615C20151223 |title=Russia hosts pro-Kurdish Turkish politician who condemns Ankara |newspaper=Reuters |date=23 December 2015 |access-date=1 January 2016 |archive-date=24 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224195024/http://in.reuters.com/article/mideast-crisis-russia-turkey-idINKBN0U615C20151223 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 27 December, the Turkish newspaper '']'' published an interview with Alparslan Çelik who spoke about the downing. ] reported that the Turkish militant had fought in Syria for two years. The Russian foreign ministry expressed surprise and indignation that a major Turkish newspaper had given floor to the "murderer and terrorist... filled with hatred towards Russia and the Russian people." On 30 December, the Russian foreign ministry called for Ankara to arrest Çelik.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://tass.ru/en/politics/847949 | title=Russia demands Turkey take measures to capture militant who shot dead Russian pilot – Turkish media published an interview with the militant who shot dead a Russian pilot | newspaper=] | date=23 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/moscow-demands-rebels-arrest-for-murder-of-downed-russian-pilot |title=Moscow demands rebel's arrest for 'murder' of downed Russian pilot| newspaper=] | date=30 December 2015}}</ref>

In June 2016, Turkish President ] sent a letter, on the recommendation of ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Turkish FM: 'My friends Kamaladdin Heydarov and Farhad Ahmedov reconciled us with Russia' |url=http://azeridaily.com/news/23114 |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=azeridaily.com |archive-date=19 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119201140/http://azeridaily.com/news/23114 |url-status=dead }}</ref> to Russian President ] expressing sympathy and 'deep condolences' to the family of the victims. An investigation was also reopened into the suspected Turkish military personnel involved in the incident.<ref>{{cite web|title=Erdogan 'sorry' for downing of Russian jet|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/turkey-erdogan-russian-jet-160627131324044.html|website=al-jazeera|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> Russian media interpreted the contents of the letter as an apology for downed aircraft.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dailysabah.com/diplomacy/2016/06/28/kremlin-replaces-apology-with-excuse-us-on-statement-regarding-erdogans-letter |title=Kremlin replaces 'apology' with 'excuse us' on statement regarding Erdoğan's letter| newspaper=] | date=28 June 2016}}</ref> Three weeks later (in the meantime, there had been a ] against him), Erdoğan announced in an interview that the two Turkish pilots who downed Russian aircraft were arrested on suspicion that they have links to the ], and that a court should find out "the truth".<ref> 21 July 2016</ref> By doing so, Turkish government aimed to cast aspirations to the movement, a conspiracy theory implying that the organization was behind the all troubles Turkey was facing.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Taş|first=Hakkı|date=2018-01-02|title=The 15 July abortive coup and post-truth politics in Turkey|journal=Southeast European and Black Sea Studies|volume=18|issue=1|pages=1–19|doi=10.1080/14683857.2018.1452374|s2cid=158561438 |issn=1468-3857|doi-access=free}}</ref>

===International organizations===
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* {{flagu|European Union}}: ] ] called upon Turkey and Russia to stay calm; he was supported by the ] ], following her meeting with ] ], who urged both parties to avoid escalation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/11/eus-tusk-urges-all-to-stay-cool-headed-after-russian-jet-downed/|title=EU's Tusk urges all to stay 'cool headed' after Russian jet downed|work=The Guardian|date=24 November 2015|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/203875|title=EU cautions Russia, Turkey to stay 'calm'|date=24 November 2015 |publisher=Arutz Sheva|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref>
* {{flagu|NATO}}: ] ] backed Turkey's assessment of the engagement, offered solidarity with Turkey, and called for both sides to de-escalate the situation.<ref name=BBC/><ref>{{cite news|title=Statement by the NATO Secretary General after the extraordinary NAC meeting|url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_125052.htm|publisher=NATO|date=24 November 2015}}</ref>

===Countries===
* {{flagu|Armenia}}: Defence Minister ] said it was a blow to efforts to fight terrorism.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/27386412.html/|title=Armenia Condemns Turkey's Downing of Russian Jet|work=Azatutyun.am|date=25 November 2015 |access-date=27 November 2015 |last1=Harutyunyan |first1=Sargis }}</ref>
* {{flagu|Australia}}: Foreign Minister ] said that it was important the incident did not lead to an escalation of conflict "in a highly charged regional situation."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-urges-restraint-after-russian-fighter-jet-shot-down-near-turkeysyria-border-20151124-gl787m.html |title=Australia-urges-restraint-after-russian-fighter-jet-shot-down-near-turkey-syria-border|work=smh.com.au|date=25 November 2015|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Azerbaijan}}: President ] said that Azerbaijan was ready to make efforts to reduce and eliminate tension in Turkish-Russian relations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/2462052.html|title=President Aliyev: Azerbaijan ready to make efforts to reduce and eliminate tension in Turkish-Russian relations|work=trend.az|date=27 November 2015|access-date=30 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212185957/http://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/2462052.html|archive-date=12 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Cyprus}}: The office of President ] stated that the shootdown would undermine efforts to fight terrorism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://famagusta-gazette.com/cyprus-downing-of-russian-fighter-a-blow-to-efforts-to-combat-terrorism-p31133-69.htm|title=Cyprus: Downing of Russian fighter a blow to efforts to combat terrorism|publisher=famagusta-gazette.com|access-date=27 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126145755/http://famagusta-gazette.com/cyprus-downing-of-russian-fighter-a-blow-to-efforts-to-combat-terrorism-p31133-69.htm|archive-date=26 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Czech Republic}}: President ] said Turkey's attack on the jet again fuels previously-raised suspicions that Ankara is supporting the terrorists in Syria.{{cn|date=November 2020}} Prime Minister ] and Foreign Minister ] called for better co-ordination among those fighting in the region.<ref name="ni">{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/Russian-Foreign-Minister-Cancels-Visit-to-Turkey/2015/11/24/article3144752.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125064009/http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/Russian-Foreign-Minister-Cancels-Visit-to-Turkey/2015/11/24/article3144752.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 November 2015|title=Russian Foreign Minister Cancels Visit to Turkey|work=The New Indian Express|date=24 November 2015|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
* {{flagu|France}}: President ] called the plane incident "a serious one" and said that Turkey is providing information to NATO to investigate the circumstances. He also called for the prevention of any escalation of the situation.<ref name="CNNPlane" />
* {{flagu|Georgia}}: ] ] said that Turkey has every right to respond to airspace violations by Russia. She said that Russia had deliberately violated the airspace of NATO and EU member states in recent months, despite repeated warnings. She also noted that Turkey is an important and respected partner and player in today's world.<ref>{{cite web|title = Georgia backs Turkey over Russia warplane incident – World Bulletin|url = http://www.worldbulletin.net/headlines/166812/georgia-backs-turkey-over-russia-warplane-incident|website = World Bulletin|access-date = 28 November 2015}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Germany}}: ] ] said that countries have the right to defend their airspace, but the event took place against a context of tension, and that she had spoken to the Turkish prime minister in an effort to promote calm.<ref>{{cite web|title = Merkel says downing of Russian plane has complicated Syria solution|url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-turkey-germany-idUKKBN0TE0SN20151125|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208203801/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-turkey-germany-idUKKBN0TE0SN20151125|url-status = dead|archive-date = 8 December 2015|website = Reuters UK|access-date = 27 November 2015|language = en-GB}}</ref> German Vice-Chancellor ] called Turkish actions unpredictable.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fr-online.de/syrien/su-24-abschuss-sigmar-gabriel-nennt-tuerkei--unkalkulierbar--,24136514,32493462.html|title=Sigmar Gabriel nennt Türkei "unkalkulierbar"|language=de|trans-title=Sigmar Gabriel called Turkey "unpredictable"|work=Frankfurter Rundschau|date=24 November 2015|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref> Foreign Minister ] called for "prudence and common sense" in response to the incident and that ] should not be derailed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Germany's Steinmeier urges Russia and Turkey to show restraint|url=http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-steinmeier-urges-russia-and-turkey-to-show-restraint/a-18873822|agency=DW|publisher=DW}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Greece}}: Greek Foreign Minister ] expressed solidarity with Russia in a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart ].{{cn|date=November 2020}} Greeks, also stated that ] almost daily.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.theweek.co.uk/67305/turkey-violated-greek-airspace-more-than-2000-times-last-year |title=Turkey violated Greek airspace more than 2,000 times last year |magazine=]|date=27 November 2015}}</ref>
*{{flagu|Iran}}: ] said the governments of Russia and Turkey should investigate the circumstances and avoid repetition.{{cn|date=July 2021}} ], Iranian Foreign Minister, said the recent escalation of tensions between the two nations over Turkey's downing of a Russian jet can be settled through mutual discretion and prudence.{{cn|date=July 2021}} General ], a revolutionary guards adviser to the ], said Turkey had committed a "tactical mistake".{{cn|date=July 2021}}
*{{flagu|Iraq}}: Vice President ] accused Turkey of hypocrisy, saying that "Turkey's planes violate Iraqi and Syrian airspace every day".<ref>{{cite news | title=Turkey risks sparking world war, says Iraq's Maliki | publisher=Yahoo News | date=26 November 2015 | url=https://news.yahoo.com/turkey-risks-sparking-world-war-says-iraqs-maliki-113845036.html }}</ref>
* {{flagu|Kazakhstan}}: Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry urged both countries to show restraint.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inform.kz/eng/article/2843038 |title=Kazakh MFA releases statement on downed Russian SU-24M jet |publisher=Inform.kz |access-date=3 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208124443/http://www.inform.kz/eng/article/2843038 |url-status=dead }}</ref> President Nazarbayev said that the plane was in a war against terrorists.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Catherine Putz, The Diplomat |url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/12/whats-kazakhstan-role-in-calming-russia-turkey-tensions/ |title=What's Kazakhstan Role in Calming Russia-Turkey Tensions? |magazine=The Diplomat |access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Latvia}}: Minister of Defence ] told ] that NATO allies are united with Turkey, who had the right to protect its airspace. He added that there is much evidence regarding breaches of Turkish airspace carried out by Russian military aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|title = Latvian MFA: shooting down of Russian warplane over Turkey will escalate tensions between NATO and Russia|url = http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/legislation/?doc=113394|website = The Baltic Course {{!}} Baltic States news & analytics|access-date = 27 November 2015}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Lithuania}}: Foreign Minister ] supported Turkey's right to defend itself.<ref>{{cite web|title = L.Linkevičius: "Rusijos antskrydis Turkijoje nėra netikėtas"|url = http://lietuvosdiena.lrytas.lt/aktualijos/l-linkevicius-rusijos-antskrydis-turkijoje-nera-netiketas.htm|website = lietuvosdiena.lrytas.lt|access-date = 27 November 2015|language = lt-LT|archive-date = 29 June 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190629164633/https://lietuvosdiena.lrytas.lt/aktualijos/l-linkevicius-rusijos-antskrydis-turkijoje-nera-netiketas.htm|url-status = dead}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Pakistan}}: A few days later, the ] expressed concerns about the ongoing tensions between Turkey and Russia and recommended that the two countries should negotiate.<ref name="World News, Pakistan">{{cite news|last1=Staff reporter|title=Turkey, Russia should resolve tensions with mutual dialogue: Foreign Office|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/310259-Turkey-Russia-should-resolve-tensions-with-mutual|access-date=28 November 2015|work=World News|agency=World News|publisher=World News, Pakistan}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Serbia}}: President ] said that the incident was the fault of Turkey and that Turkey often violated Greek and Syrian airspace adding that "now one can hardly expect aid from Turkey in the fight against terrorism".<ref>{{cite news|title=Serbian President: Turkey is guilty|url=http://inserbia.info/today/2015/11/serbian-president-turkey-is-guilty/|access-date=28 November 2015|work= Sputnik |publisher= InSerbia Network }}</ref>
* {{flagu|Ukraine}}: National Security and Defence Council Secretary ] said that the Turkish Air Force acted professionally as any civilised country should operate when its sovereign space is violated by another state's warplane. He added that Ukraine should shoot down Russian jets if they violate Ukraine's airspace too.<ref>{{cite web|title = Ukraine should down Russian jets if they violate Ukraine's airspace – Turchynov|url = http://uatoday.tv/politics/ukraine-should-down-russian-jets-if-they-violate-ukraine-s-airspace-turchynov-540771.html|website = uatoday.tv|access-date = 27 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Ukraine bans Russian planes to transit through its airspace {{!}} New Yorker Daily|url = http://www.newyorkerdaily.net/2213/ukraine-bans-russian-planes-to-transit-through-its-airspace-36866/|website = www.newyorkerdaily.net|access-date = 27 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151126131201/http://www.newyorkerdaily.net/2213/ukraine-bans-russian-planes-to-transit-through-its-airspace-36866/|archive-date = 26 November 2015|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref>
*{{flagu|United Kingdom}}: ] ] said the incident was potentially serious but also said that Turkey was an important ally of the United Kingdom and European Union. When asked by opposition Labour MP ] whether Turkey could still be considered an ally, Hammond said that Turkey is an important NATO ally in the context of the fight against ISIL and the migration crisis.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nato meets as Russia confirms one of two pilots dead after jet shot down – as it happened|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/24/russian-jet-downed-by-turkish-planes-near-syrian-border-live-updates|access-date=27 November 2015|work=The Guardian|date=24 November 2015|quote=14:12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Russian jet shot down by Turkey – as it happened|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/12015505/Russian-jet-shot-down-by-Turkey-as-it-happened.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/12015505/Russian-jet-shot-down-by-Turkey-as-it-happened.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=27 November 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=24 November 2007|quote=12:07}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* {{flagu|United States}}: President ] assured his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a phone call, of support for his country's right to defend its sovereignty and that it was important to find out exactly what had happened and to prevent escalation.<ref name="MarineBBC" /> ] Spokesperson ] stated that Syrian Turkmen under attack have the right to self-defence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2015/11/249928.htm|publisher=]|title=Daily Press Briefing – November 24, 2015|date=24 November 2015|access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref> The United States announced a list of new ] on Russian and Syrian individuals and companies.<ref>{{cite news|title=Turkey shooting down plane was 'planned provocation' says Russia, as rescued pilot claims he had no warning – latest |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/12015465/Turkey-shoots-down-Russia-jet-live.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/12015465/Turkey-shoots-down-Russia-jet-live.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Telegraph|date=26 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Financial markets===
The ] and ], and ] fell over 1%. The ] also dropped following news of the shootdown,<ref name=TOI>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/Turkish-Russian-shares-fall-after-Turkey-downs-Russian-made-warplane/articleshow/49907227.cms|title=Turkish, Russian shares fall after Turkey downs Russian-made warplane|work=The Times of India|date=24 November 2015 |access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> as did broader European ]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ticker.com/?page=market_update&id=62320|title=market update|publisher=ticker.com|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>


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Turkish shootdown near the Syrian border

2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown
The Su-24M aircraft that was shot down, two weeks before the event.
Incident
Date24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)
SummaryShot down by Turkish F-16 fighter jet
SiteSyria–Turkey border
Aircraft
Aircraft typeSukhoi Su-24M
Operator Russian Air Force
Registration83
Flight originKhmeimim Air Base, Syria
Occupants2
Crew2
Fatalities1
Survivors1
Syrian–Turkish border clashes during the Syrian Civil War
Turkey & Syria (2011–13)

Turkey & ISIL

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On 24 November 2015, a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M attack aircraft near the Syria–Turkey border. According to Turkey, the aircraft was fired upon while in Turkish airspace because it violated the border up to a depth of 2.19 kilometres (1.36 miles) for about 17 seconds after being warned to change its heading ten times over a period of five minutes before entering the airspace. The Russia Defence Ministry denied that the aircraft ever left Syrian airspace, claiming that their satellite data showed that the Sukhoi was about 1,000 metres (1,100 yd) inside Syrian airspace when it was shot down.

The U.S. State Department said that the U.S. independently confirmed that the aircraft's flight path violated Turkish territory, and that the Turks gave multiple warnings to the pilot, to which they received no response and released audio recordings of the warnings they had broadcast. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan pointed out that Turkey had the right to defend its airspace. Although Russian president Vladimir Putin said that the U.S. knew the flight path of the Russian jet and should have informed Turkey, two U.S. officials said that Russia had not informed the U.S. military of its jet's flight plan.

The Russian pilot and navigator both ejected from the aircraft. The navigator Konstantin Murakhtin was rescued, but the pilot Oleg Peshkov was shot and killed by Syrian rebel ground fire while descending by parachute. A Russian marine from the search and rescue team launched to retrieve the two airmen was also killed when a rescue helicopter was targeted by the rebels.

The incident was the first destruction of a Russian or Soviet Air Forces warplane by a NATO member state since an attack on the Sui-ho Dam during the Korean War in 1953. Reactions to the incident included denunciation from Russia and an attempt to defuse the situation by NATO afterwards. Russia deployed the guided missile cruiser Moskva armed with S-300F (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range SAM missiles off the Syrian coast near Latakia and S-400 (SA-21 Growler) mobile SAM systems to Khmeimim airbase. In response, the Turkish Armed Forces deployed the KORAL land-based radar electronic support system in Hatay Province along the Turkish–Syrian border.

Background

Further information: Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War, and Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
Turkish President Erdoğan (left) and Russian President Putin at the G-20 summit in Antalya on 15 November 2015

After the 2012 shooting down of a Turkish RF-4E Phantom II Jet by Syrian forces, Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan protested, saying that brief incursions should not trigger an attack, pointing out that Turkey did not shoot down Syrian helicopters that strayed into Turkish airspace. Nevertheless, as a response to the event he announced that Turkey changed its rules of engagement, and said it would start to consider all "military elements" approaching from Syria an enemy threat and would act accordingly. Subsequently, Turkey shot down a Syrian Mi-17 helicopter in September 2013 and a MiG-23 warplane in March 2014.

Russia is one of several countries directly involved in the Syrian conflict. On 30 September 2015, Russia began its air campaign in support of the SAA against Syrian rebels.

In early October, Turkey and NATO protested against what they saw as Russia's deliberate violations of Turkish airspace. The Russian defence ministry admitted that a Russian Su-30 aircraft had entered Turkish airspace "for a few seconds" because of bad weather, adding that measures had been taken to prevent a repeat of such incidents, however Turkish radar had tracked the aircraft straying into Turkish airspace for up to 8 km (5 mi) lasting "several minutes". From 3–15 October, five discussions between senior ranking officials from Turkey and Russia occurred, concerning Turkish rules of engagement and Russian violations of Turkish airspace. On 6 November 2015, six U.S. Air Force F-15C fighters were deployed by US European Command from the 48th Fighter Wing at their Lakenheath base in Britain to Incirlik Air Base as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. The government of Turkey requested these to secure the sovereignty of Turkish airspace because of earlier repeated Russian intrusions into Turkish airspace.

On 19 November, Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov and the Russian military attaché, Colonel Andrei Victorovich Dovger, were summoned by Turkey. Russia, which was criticised by Turkey for having conducted operations near the Turkish border, a region inhabited by Syrian Turkmen and largely free of ISIL (though al-Nusra Front, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, was present in the region), was notified that Turkey's rules of engagement were in place and it would react to any violations of its border security. Turkey also warned Russia that it would not be indifferent to "attacks targeting the life security of Turkmen" in the Bayırbucak area. The preceding week Turkey had called for the UN Security Council to discuss attacks against Turkish-backed Turkmens. Approximately 1,700 people had fled the area in the previous three days due to battles between Syrian government forces and anti-government Syrian Turkmen and al-Nusra Front fighters. Russia had bombed the area near the Turkish border to support Syrian government forces. Syrian Turkmen formed their own armed brigades called Syrian Turkmen Brigades in opposition to the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad, loosely affiliated with other rebels such as the Free Syrian Army. The Turkmen brigades also cooperated with al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate the al-Nusra Front and with the Salafi coalition known as Ahrar al-Sham. In Latakia, the Turkish-supported rebels formed the Jabal al-Turkman Brigade.

The shootdown

Approximate flight paths according to the Turkish and Russian forces.

On 24 November 2015 at 9:24 am local time (7:24 am GMT), as it was returning to Khmeimim airbase, a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft with tail number 83 white and registration number RF-90932 was shot down near the Syrian–Turkish border by a missile from a patrolling Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet. Later analysis suggested that a radar-guided, medium range AIM-120 AMRAAM was fired from between 14–19 kilometres (9–12 mi) away. The Economist reported that the two Su-24s were on their way to strike Syrian Turkmen targets. Syrian government forces supported by the Shiite militias and the Russian Air Force were fighting against Syrian Turkmen brigades, Army of Conquest and al-Nusra Front fighters.

Early reports from Russian news agencies citing the Russian Defence Ministry, indicated that the aircraft had been downed by a ground-based strike from Syrian Turkmen rebels, but they later confirmed Turkish reports that the aircraft had been shot down by Turkish fighter jets. The Turkish military released a graphic of the Russian aircraft's flight pattern, which shows it crossing the southern tip of Hatay Province before being shot down and crashing near Turkmen Mountain. Russia then countered Turkey's radar trace analysis by publishing a different flight map showing no airspace violation. Three days later, on 27 November, Russia published another map.

According to Turkey's statement to the UN Security Council, two aircraft, whose nationalities were unknown at the time, violated Turkish airspace up to a depth of 2.19 km (1.36 mi) for about 17 seconds. According to Turkish officials, the aircraft were given 10 warnings within the span of 5 minutes, by operators at a ground-controlled interception station, to change their course. Turkey later released the audio recording ("The unknown air traffic position to Humaymim 020 radial 26 miles. This is Turkish Air Force speaking on Guard. You are approaching Turkish airspace, change your heading south immediately"). The Russians claim there were no warnings. Analysts have noted that Turkey's warnings were issued on a dedicated mutually-agreed radio channel, which was the international Guard (emergency) channel (243.0 MHz), but the R-862M radio fitted to the Su-24M is not able to monitor this channel without optional equipment, which may not have been installed. According to Turkey, one aircraft left Turkish national airspace after violating it; the other aircraft was fired upon by Turkish F-16s patrolling the area and crashed into Syrian territory after being hit in Turkish airspace. Based on its heat signature, an anonymous American official stated that the jet was hit in Syrian airspace after a short incursion into Turkey. On 30 November, US Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute stated that the data supported the Turkish version of events.

According to the Russian Defence Ministry, the Su-24 was downed from an altitude of 6,000 metres (20,000 ft) within one kilometre of the Turkish border and in Syrian airspace, while returning to the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Russia has maintained that the aircraft never left Syrian territory. The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the aircraft was an Su-24 but said that it had proof the jet was within Syrian airspace. According to the commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Viktor Bondarev, a Turkish F-16 entered Syria's airspace for 40 seconds and flew 2 km (1.2 mi) inside Syrian territory, but the Russian warplane did not violate the Turkish border.

Casualties

Repatriation of Oleg Peshkov's body at Chkalovsky Airport, 30 November 2015.

Both pilots ejected after the aircraft was hit. Initially, the deputy commander of a Turkmen Syrian opposition rebel brigade in Syria, Alparslan Çelik (a Turkish citizen and member of the Grey Wolves ultra-nationalist group), claimed his forces had shot dead the two pilots as they descended with parachutes, and in a film a person could be heard in the background repeatedly shouting "Stop shooting!" in Turkish as the parachutists descended. A Turkish official reported that he believed both were alive. It was also reported that one of the pilots had been captured by the Turkmen fighters and a video was circulated which allegedly showed the pilot's body.

Russia's military general staff spokesman Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoi confirmed that one pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Anatolyevich Peshkov, was killed by ground fire; the weapons systems operator was rescued.

The shooting of an ejecting aircraft pilot is in contravention of Article 42 of the 1977 Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, yet, Protocol I only apply to interstate armed conflict (i.e., fighting between opposing states) and no international humanitarian law prohibited such practice in a non-interstate conflict (i.e., fighting between state forces and non-state armed groups). In other words, while shooting down the Russian Sukhoi Su-24 by Turkey fell under the context of interstate conflict, the killing of the parachuting pilot was caused by a non-state armed group and therefore fell under the context of non-interstate conflict.

The pilot of the Su-24, Oleg Peshkov, 45, was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation, the country's highest military honour; the surviving weapon systems officer, Konstantin Murakhtin, and the deceased rescuer, Alexander Pozynich, 29, received the Order of Courage. On 2 December Peshkov was buried with full military honours in the Alley of Heroes of the cemetery in Lipetsk with about 10,000 people attending.

Search and rescue

The Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency showed video footage of the aircraft crashing and the two pilots parachuting down. Russian helicopters conducted low-altitude combat search and rescue flights in the area to look for the pilot.

Two Mil Mi-8 helicopters were sent to find and recover the pilots from the crash site. One of the helicopters was damaged by small-arms fire from Syrian Turkmen Brigade militants, resulting in the death of a naval infantryman, and was forced to make an emergency landing. All the surviving crew of the helicopter were later rescued and evacuated. The Free Syrian Army's 1st Coastal Division claimed that they subsequently destroyed the abandoned helicopter using a US-made BGM-71 TOW missile.

As the Russian Armed Forces began planning an operation to extract the pilot, the Iranian General Qasem Soleimani contacted them and proposed a joint rescue operation under his supervision. The rescue team which General Soleimani put forth consisted of eight Hezbollah special forces personnel and 18 Syrian commandos, who were trained by Iran and had firsthand knowledge of the geography of the area, with Russia providing transport, logistical support, air cover and satellite intelligence. One of the pilots, Oleg Peshkov, had been wounded and then killed by rebels after parachuting from the plane, while the other one, Konstantin Murahtin, escaped and was rescued. During the rescue mission a Russian Marine, Alexandr Pozynich, had been fatally wounded. The rescue team returned to base safely and handed over the pilot to the Syrian Army. Vladimir Putin was reportedly closely following the operation. The body of the dead pilot was flown to Turkey and Russian officials in Ankara arranged for its repatriation to Moscow.

Aftermath

See also: Russia–Turkey relations
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu presents President Putin with the flight data recorder of the Su-24

On 25 November, the foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey spoke for an hour by telephone, and both governments stated that day that they would not initiate a war as a result of the incident. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists that his country would "seriously reevaluate" its relationship with Turkey. The Russian Defence Ministry broke off military contacts with the Turkish Armed Forces and Russian defence officials said that future airstrikes in Syria would be escorted by fighters. According to the Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu, Russia will deploy S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Khmeimim airbase in Syria, where the Russian Aerospace Forces group is stationed.

Reactions

Involved parties

A few hours after the incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke from Sochi, where he was meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan, saying that it was a "stab in the back by terrorist accomplices," that Russia would not put up with attacks like this one and that Russia–Turkey relations would be affected. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was due to visit Turkey the next day, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had scheduled a visit to Russia later in the year. Lavrov cancelled his trip after the incident. Lieutenant General Sergey Rudskoi said that forces threatening Russia would be targeted. Protesters pelted the Turkish embassy in Russia with eggs before police cleared the area. On 26 November, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced broad economic sanctions against Turkey that would affect their joint investment projects, including the possible shelving of a multibillion-dollar deal to build Turkish Stream gas pipeline through Turkey. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said that Turkey would regret its actions. Putin accused Turkey of helping ISIL in the illegal oil trade, saying that funds from the sale of oil were used to support terrorists. The Russian Air Force had recently started bombing the oil tankers en route to other countries, including Turkey, and the infrastructure for processing and storage of crude oil. Putin later claimed that the Turkish shoot-down was an "ambush" that had been prepared in advance. A bill making denial of the Armenian genocide illegal has been introduced in the Russian State Duma.

Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said the shooting would be added to the criminal record of insurgent groups fighting in the country and of those countries that were financing and arming them; he mentioned Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar as the strongest such backers.

Erdoğan pointed out that Turkey had the right to defend its airspace. He said worse incidents have not taken place in the past because of Turkey's restraint. He also stressed that Turkey's actions were fully in line with the new rules of engagement adopted after Syria shot down a Turkish jet in 2012. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu offered condolences and said the Turkish pilots did not know it was a Russian plane. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu defended the action saying Turkey has the right to defend itself against border violations, but that it did not amount to an aggression against any foreign territory and the country called for NATO to hold an extraordinary meeting later in the day. He further called for working towards solving the crisis in Syria. Davutoğlu also said that attacks on Turkmen could not be legitimised under the justification of attacking ISIL. Turkey's Ambassador to the United States, Serdar Kilic, asked for Turkey's warnings to be taken seriously. Davutoglu said Turkey would cooperate but did not offer an apology. Dozens of protesters were reported outside the Russian consulate in Istanbul demonstrating against Russian military operations in the Turkmen-populated areas of Syria. Russian President Putin issued a decree within hours of Turkey's statement which placed a ban on trade of some goods, forbade extensions of labour contracts for Turks working in Russia as of 1 January 2016, ended chartered flights from Russia to Turkey, disallowed Russian tourism companies from selling holiday packages with a stay in Turkey, and called for ending visa-free travel between Russia and Turkey, while ordering tighter control over Turkish air carriers in Russia, using security as a justification.

Russia started bombarding rebels – including Turkmen insurgents – in Latakia, ignoring demands made by Turkey over the previous week to end its military operations close to the Turkish border. A Turkmen commander said missiles fired from Russian warships in the Mediterranean were also hitting the area. Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that as soon as the pilot was rescued the groups responsible for the attack had been killed by Russian bombing and Syrian government rocket artillery. A Turkish supply convoy, reportedly carrying small arms, machine-guns and ammunition, was bombed by what is believed to have been Russian airstrikes in the northwestern town of Azaz, in north-western Syria. Claimed as an aid convoy by the Turks, no organization has as yet confirmed that the convoy belonged to them. At least seven people died and ten people were injured as around 20 trucks went up in flames. Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency accused Russia of supporting the Kurdish YPG, PYD and Syrian Democratic Forces.

On 25 November – the day after the jet was shot down, a Russian lawmaker, Sergei Mironov, introduced a bill to the Russian parliament that would criminalize the denial of the Armenian genocide, a political move that Turkey has strongly opposed when countries like France and Greece adopted similar laws.

On 26 November, Russia deployed the guided missile cruiser Moskva armed with S-300F (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range SAM missiles positioned off Latakia, off the Syrian coast and S-400 (SA-21 Growler) mobile SAM systems to Khmeimim airbase. The Russian military warned it would shoot down any aerial target that posed a threat to its planes.

On 26 November, the Russian Ministry of Defence broke off contact with the Turkish military. All existing channels of communication between the two sides have been shut down, the ministry said.

On 27 November, Russia announced that it had also suspended its participation in joint Black Sea naval drills indefinitely. The Russian navy's envoy in charge of coordinating the actions of Russia's Black Sea Fleet with the Turkish navy has reportedly been recalled. On 27 November, Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov announced that Moscow will halt the existing visa-free regime starting on 1 January, saying that Turkey has become a conduit for terrorists and has been reluctant to share information with Moscow about Russian citizens accused of involvement in terrorist activities. On 28 November, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing economic sanctions against Turkey. The decree, which came into force immediately, banned charter flights from Russia to Turkey, prevented tour firms selling holidays there, and outlawed some Turkish imports, and halted or curbed the economic activities of Turkish firms and nationals. On 2 December, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov said in a media briefing with foreign journalists that Turkey was the biggest buyer of "stolen" oil from Syria and Iraq and accused the family of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of being directly involved in the trade of petroleum with the Islamic State group. On 3 December, Putin referred to the incident during his annual state of the nation speech.

At his annual press conference on 17 December 2015, when asked about a third-party involvement in the current Russian-Turkish relations deteriorated by the shootdown of Russian Su-24, Vladimir Putin remarked "…if someone in the Turkish government decided to lick the Americans in a certain place, well I don't know then, was that the right decision or not?".

On 23 December, Selahattin Demirtaş, co-leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), criticized Ankara's stance regarding a Russian jet shot down by Turkey.

On 27 December, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet published an interview with Alparslan Çelik who spoke about the downing. TASS reported that the Turkish militant had fought in Syria for two years. The Russian foreign ministry expressed surprise and indignation that a major Turkish newspaper had given floor to the "murderer and terrorist... filled with hatred towards Russia and the Russian people." On 30 December, the Russian foreign ministry called for Ankara to arrest Çelik.

In June 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a letter, on the recommendation of Farkhad Akhmedov to Russian President Vladimir Putin expressing sympathy and 'deep condolences' to the family of the victims. An investigation was also reopened into the suspected Turkish military personnel involved in the incident. Russian media interpreted the contents of the letter as an apology for downed aircraft. Three weeks later (in the meantime, there had been a coup d'état attempt against him), Erdoğan announced in an interview that the two Turkish pilots who downed Russian aircraft were arrested on suspicion that they have links to the Gülen movement, and that a court should find out "the truth". By doing so, Turkish government aimed to cast aspirations to the movement, a conspiracy theory implying that the organization was behind the all troubles Turkey was facing.

International organizations

Countries

  •  Armenia: Defence Minister Seyran Ohanian said it was a blow to efforts to fight terrorism.
  •  Australia: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that it was important the incident did not lead to an escalation of conflict "in a highly charged regional situation."
  •  Azerbaijan: President Ilham Aliyev said that Azerbaijan was ready to make efforts to reduce and eliminate tension in Turkish-Russian relations.
  •  Cyprus: The office of President Nicos Anastasiades stated that the shootdown would undermine efforts to fight terrorism.
  •  Czech Republic: President Miloš Zeman said Turkey's attack on the jet again fuels previously-raised suspicions that Ankara is supporting the terrorists in Syria. Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek called for better co-ordination among those fighting in the region.
  •  France: President François Hollande called the plane incident "a serious one" and said that Turkey is providing information to NATO to investigate the circumstances. He also called for the prevention of any escalation of the situation.
  •  Georgia: Defence Minister Tinatin Khidasheli said that Turkey has every right to respond to airspace violations by Russia. She said that Russia had deliberately violated the airspace of NATO and EU member states in recent months, despite repeated warnings. She also noted that Turkey is an important and respected partner and player in today's world.
  •  Germany: Chancellor Angela Merkel said that countries have the right to defend their airspace, but the event took place against a context of tension, and that she had spoken to the Turkish prime minister in an effort to promote calm. German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel called Turkish actions unpredictable. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for "prudence and common sense" in response to the incident and that Syria peace talks in Vienna should not be derailed.
  •  Greece: Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias expressed solidarity with Russia in a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. Greeks, also stated that Turkey violated Greek airspace almost daily.
  •  Iran: President Rouhani said the governments of Russia and Turkey should investigate the circumstances and avoid repetition. Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister, said the recent escalation of tensions between the two nations over Turkey's downing of a Russian jet can be settled through mutual discretion and prudence. General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a revolutionary guards adviser to the Supreme Leader of Iran, said Turkey had committed a "tactical mistake".
  •  Iraq: Vice President Nouri al-Maliki accused Turkey of hypocrisy, saying that "Turkey's planes violate Iraqi and Syrian airspace every day".
  •  Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry urged both countries to show restraint. President Nazarbayev said that the plane was in a war against terrorists.
  •  Latvia: Minister of Defence Raimonds Bergmanis told LNT that NATO allies are united with Turkey, who had the right to protect its airspace. He added that there is much evidence regarding breaches of Turkish airspace carried out by Russian military aircraft.
  •  Lithuania: Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius supported Turkey's right to defend itself.
  •  Pakistan: A few days later, the Foreign Office expressed concerns about the ongoing tensions between Turkey and Russia and recommended that the two countries should negotiate.
  •  Serbia: President Tomislav Nikolić said that the incident was the fault of Turkey and that Turkey often violated Greek and Syrian airspace adding that "now one can hardly expect aid from Turkey in the fight against terrorism".
  •  Ukraine: National Security and Defence Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said that the Turkish Air Force acted professionally as any civilised country should operate when its sovereign space is violated by another state's warplane. He added that Ukraine should shoot down Russian jets if they violate Ukraine's airspace too.
  •  United Kingdom: Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the incident was potentially serious but also said that Turkey was an important ally of the United Kingdom and European Union. When asked by opposition Labour MP Dennis Skinner whether Turkey could still be considered an ally, Hammond said that Turkey is an important NATO ally in the context of the fight against ISIL and the migration crisis.
  •  United States: President Barack Obama assured his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a phone call, of support for his country's right to defend its sovereignty and that it was important to find out exactly what had happened and to prevent escalation. Department of State Spokesperson Mark Toner stated that Syrian Turkmen under attack have the right to self-defence. The United States announced a list of new economic sanctions on Russian and Syrian individuals and companies.

Financial markets

The MICEX and RTS Index, and Borsa Istanbul fell over 1%. The Turkish lira also dropped following news of the shootdown, as did broader European stock markets.

See also

Notes

  1. On 15 October, Turkish jets shot down a drone operating in Turkish airspace. United States defence officials said that the drone was Russian; Russian officials denied that any of their aircraft had been shot down. On 17 October, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Turkey would shoot down any aircraft violating its airspace.

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