"I think if there is a party that needs to apologize, it is not us," he said. "Those who violated our airspace are the ones who need to apologize. Our pilots and our armed forces, they simply fulfilled their duties, which consisted of responding to violations of the rules of engagement. I think this is the essence."
Russia deploys anti-aircraft missiles to Syria
Tensions in the Middle East have escalated after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane, with the Turkish President accusing Russia of deceit and Moscow announcing it will deploy anti-aircraft missiles to Syria.
There has been bellicose rhetoric on both sides, missiles are being deployed, and Russia and Turkey have each accused the other of supporting terrorism.
Now the economic weapons are being unsheathed.
Turkey and Russia have starkly different positions on Syria, with Ankara supporting rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a key ally of Moscow.
Russia says Turkey breached it's sovereignty
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned what he said was the violation of airspace by Russian warplanes, calling it an infringement of his country's sovereignty. Turkey had repeatedly complained in the past of similar incidents.
He charged Russia with propping up the Assad government -- a regime he said was inflicting terrorism on its own people. His remarks came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Turkey of being "the terrorists' accomplices" for shooting down a plane he claimed was on an anti-terrorism mission.
Erdogan disputed that claim in a speech.
"There is no Daesh" in the area where the Russian planes were flying, Erdogan said, using another name for ISIS. "Do not deceive us! We know the locations of Daesh."
(Bloom Gist with CNN and Sky News)
