Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan © Umit Bektas
g2 - Turki akan membuka api kepada pesawat asing melanggarterma ruang udara Turki di masa akan datang, Presiden Recep Tayyip Erdogan memberi amaran di tengah-tengah krisis diplomatik yang disebabkan oleh menembak jatuh sebuah kapal terbang perang Rusia oleh Tentera Udara Turki.
"Jika lain melanggar sempadan udara kita berlaku, kita boleh bertindak balas dengan cara yang sama," katanya. "Pesawat itu ditembak jatuh dalam kaedah-kaedah penglibatan diumumkan sebelum ini."
Pada hari Selasa, jet pejuang F-16 Turki melepaskan tembakan dan dijatuhkan sebuah kapal terbang perang Rusia menjalankan misi pertempuran di Syria. Ankara mengekalkan Federation Su-24 pengebom menyeberangi sempadan dan kekal di ruang udara Turki selama 17 saat.
Rusia menafikan sebarang pelanggaran. Ia juga menolak dakwaan Turki bahawa tentera berulang kali memberi amaran juruterbang jet Rusia sebelum menyerang ia.
Erdogan: We’ll continue shooting down violating planes
Turkey will open fire on foreign planes violating Turkish airspace in the future, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned amid a diplomatic crisis caused by the downing of a Russian warplane by the Turkish Air Force.
“If another violation of our aerial border happens, we can respond in the same way,” he said. “The plane was shot down within the rules of engagement announced earlier.”
On Tuesday, a Turkish F-16 fighter jet fired at and downed a Russian warplane conducting a combat mission in Syria. Ankara maintains the Russian Su-24 bomber crossed the border and remained in Turkish airspace for 17 seconds.
Russia denies any violations. It also rejects Turkey’s claims that its military repeatedly warned the pilots of the Russian jet before attacking it.
Downing of Russian Su-24 'looks very much like a preplanned provocation' - Lavrov (Menembak jatuh Su-24 Rusia'kelihatan sangat seperti provokasi terancang' - Lavrov) http://on.rt.com/6xjg 1:08 PM - 26 Nov 2015
Perdana Menteri Ahmet Davutoglu memberitahu rakan-rakan ahli Parti AK bahawa dia sendiri telah membenarkan peraturan dilangsungkan.
"Kita telah menyebut bahawa kami akan mengambil semua langkah pencegahan yang diperlukan diperlukan jika perkembangan ini menyebabkan melanggar ruang udara Turki," kata Davutoglu. "Pesanan untuk angkatan tentera saya telah diberikan oleh saya semasa mesyuarat."
Beliau menambah bahawa dasar Turki terhadap ‘interloping’ pesawat asing "telah dijelaskan di peringkat tertinggi. Kami telah memberikan semua amaran perlu. Kami memberitahu Rusia pesawat tentera mungkin diserang."
Kejadian itu telah menyebabkan kesan yang teruk hubungan Rusia-Turki dalam beberapa dekad. Moscow menuduh kerajaan Turki mengadakan provokasi yang dirancang.
Memburukkan lagi perselisihan adalah kematian dua tentera Rusia dalam kejadian itu. Juruterbang jet dijatuhkan ditembak mati oleh pejuang kumpulan militan Turki disokong kerana payung terjun beliau ke tanah. Dan marin terbunuh apabila helikopter Rusia dihantar untuk menyelamatkan anak-anak kapal datang di bawah api dari tanah. Helikopter itu rosak dan terpaksa ke tanah, selepas itu pesawat yang ditinggalkan telah dimusnahkan oleh peluru berpandu anti-kereta kebal.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told fellow members of his AK Party that he had personally authorized the rules of engagement.
“We have mentioned that we would take all the necessary precautions needed if these developments result in violation of Turkish airspace,” Davutoğlu said. “The orders to my armed forces were given by me during a meeting.”
He added that Turkey’s policy towards interloping foreign aircraft “had been explained at the highest level. We gave all necessary warnings. We told the Russians that military aircraft may be attacked.”
The incident has caused the worst deterioration of Russian-Turkish relations in decades. Moscow accused the Turkish government of staging a premeditated provocation.
Davutoglu Rusia letupkan operasi anti-pengganas di utara Syria, berkata serangan udara Rusia mensasarkan orang awam bukan pengganas.
"Tidak ada pengganas di sana. Serangan udara di Bayırbucak tidak boleh dibenarkan oleh memerangi IS. Kita tidak boleh menutup mata kepada fakta bahawa orang awam yang menjadi sasaran serangan di bawah nama menentang IS. Serangan ini mesti dihentikan, "katanya merujuk kepada kumpulan pengganas Negara Islam (IS), yang mendakwa Ankara untuk menentang sebagai sebahagian daripada pakatan yang diketuai Amerika Syarikat.
Rusia menegaskan terdapat kehadiran pejuang jihad asing di rantau ini serta unsur-unsur infrastruktur pengganas. Moscow percaya Ankara melindungi pasukan pengganas di Syria dengan matlamat untuk meneruskan menyeludup minyak di seberang sempadan.
"Tindakan Turki adalah perlindungan de facto Negara Islam (IS)," kata Perdana Menteri Rusia Dmitry Medvedev pada hari Rabu. "Ini tidak menghairankan, memandangkan maklumat yang kita miliki tentang kepentingan kewangan langsung beberapa pegawai Turki yang berhubungan dengan pembekalan produk minyak ditapis oleh tumbuh-tumbuhan dikawal oleh ISIS."
PM Turki berkata Ankara mahu mengekalkan hubungan dengan Rusia walaupun kejadian itu.
Davutoğlu blasted Russian anti-terrorist operations in northern Syria, saying Russian airstrikes target civilians not terrorists.
“There are no terrorists there. Airstrikes in Bayırbucak cannot be justified by the fight against IS. We cannot turn a blind eye on the fact that civilians come under attack under the guise of fighting against IS. These attacks must be stopped,” he said referring to the terrorist group Islamic State, which Ankara claims to be fighting against as part of a US-led coalition.
Russia insists there is a presence of foreign jihadist fighters in the region as well as elements of terrorist infrastructure. Moscow believes Ankara is shielding terrorist forces in Syria with the goal of continuing to smuggle oil across the border.
“Turkey’s actions are de facto protection of Islamic State,” Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday. “This is no surprise, considering the information we have about the direct financial interest of some Turkish officials relating to the supply of oil products refined by plants controlled by ISIS.”
The Turkish PM said Ankara wants to maintain ties with Russia despite the incident.
