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ErdoÄŸan also refuted Russia’s accusations that Turkey is buying oil from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which controls parts of Syria and Iraq. “The ones who claim that we buy oil this way from Daesh are obligated to prove their claim,” he said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIL. “Daesh sells the oil they drill to Assad. Talk these over with Assad you support. Assad's regime stands behind Daesh financial resources. Assad is carrying out a state terrorism. How can those supporting murderer of 380 000 people talk about human rights?! They don’t like our protesting against it,” ErdoÄŸan said.
“Turkeys has no reason to target Russia, which it has strong relations with. The plane was shot down within the rules of engagement announced earlier. The nationality of the plane was unknown at the time of the incident. A total of 10 warnings were issued over five minutes. The downing of the Russian jet was an "automatic reaction" in line with the standing rules of engagement on the Syrian border. We expect everyone to respect our sovereignty. Turkey will continue to respond the same way if its airspace is violated,” he added.
Stepping up his criticism, Putin also accused political leaders of Turkey of encouraging the "Islamization" of Turkish society, calling it a "much deeper problem" that the downing of the Russian plane. ErdoÄŸan responded to Putin on Thursday, saying the 99 percent of the Turks are already Muslims.
There is almost no country besides Turkey which fights against the organization called Daesh seriously.”
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