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Turkey, a prominent NATO member and an ally of USA for decades, has shot down on November 24 a Russian war plane that violated airspace of Turkey on the Syrian border and Russian President Vladimir Putin said it was an act that would have serious consequences for ties between two key protagonists in the Syria war.

The fighter jet exploded in mid-air, crashing in a fireball onto a mountain on the Syrian side of the border, television pictures showed. Video footage of the incident showed a warplane crashing onto a hill and two crew members apparently parachuting safely.  "A Russian Su-24 plane was downed under the rules of engagement because it violated Turkish airspace despite the warnings," the Turkish presidency said. Turkey has summoned the Russian envoy to Ankara over the incident, which comes on the eve of a visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the country.

Russia confirmed that one of its planes had been downed at an altitude of 6,000 metres but said it appeared to have been shot down from the ground. Russian news agencies quoted the defence ministry as saying. "It is a very serious incident," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

The Turkish army said the Russian plane was shot down by two F-16s after violating Turkish airspace 10 times within a five- minute period, but Russia challenged the Turkish account if incident and said it was flying over Syria. The downing took place over the Yayladagi district of Turkey's Hatay province on the border with Syria. "The plane violated Turkish air space five times in 10 minutes despite warnings," the army said in a statement, adding it was shot down according to the rules of engagement".

Turkish television pictures showed the jet exploding and crashing in a ball of flames into a Syrian mountain.  Turkish media said one pilot had been captured by rebel forces in Syria after both ejected by parachute while Syrian opposition sources said one was dead and another missing. Reports said two pilots had ejected from the plane and Turkish television pictures showed two white parachutes descending to the ground. Their fate was not certain. CNN-Turk said Syrian Turkmen forces fighting the Russian-backed regime of President Bashar al-Assad had captured one pilot.  Syrian opposition sources meanwhile told AFP one pilot was dead, the second missing.

Reacting to Turkey shooting down a Russian plane, President Vladimir Putin said that “Turkey is behaving as if Russia shot down the plane’, adding that the action would have serious consequences for Russia-Turkey relations. He claimed that large amounts of oil from militants in Syria go to Turkey and that neither Russian pilots nor their jets threatened the territory of Turkey. Putin says Turkey is trying to get NATO to back ISIS and accuses Erdogan of supporting the group.

With a major diplomatic crisis looming between two states on opposing sides in the Syria conflict, Russia angrily insisted its jet never had entered Turkish airspace. Putin said the plane fell in Syrian territory four kilometres from the border with Turkey and "did not in any way threaten Turkey". The shooting down of the plane was "a stab in the back committed by accomplices of terrorists," Putin said at a meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Moscow. "Today's tragic event will have serious consequences for Russian-Turkish relations," he warned.

Meanwhile, Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu said that the country had the right to respond if its airspace is violated despite repeated warnings, speaking after a Russian warplane was shot down by Turkish jets along the country's Syria border. In a speech in the capital Ankara, Davutoglu said the world should know that Turkey would do "whatever is necessary" to guarantee the country's security. "Everyone must know that it is our international right and national duty to take any measure against whoever violates our air or land borders," Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

With a major diplomatic crisis looming between two states on opposing sides in the Syria conflict, Russia insisted the jet was all the time inside Syrian airspace.  Turkish media said one pilot had been captured by rebel forces in Syria after both ejected by parachute while Syrian opposition sources said one was dead and another missing. 

At Ankara's request, NATO allies will hold an "extraordinary" meeting at 1600 GMT to discuss the incident, an alliance official said. "NATO is monitoring the situation closely. We are in contact with Turkish authorities."

The Turkomen Mountains region has been subjected to a government offensive over the past days under the cover of Russian airstrikes. Last month, Turkish jets shot down an unidentified drone that had also violated Turkey's airspace. Rami Abdurrahman who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the warplane crashed in the Turkmen Mountains region in the coastal province of Latakia. He added that the fate of the pilot and co-pilot is not known yet.

According to a 2013 BBC World Service poll, 30% of Turks view Russia's influence positively, with 46% expressing a negative view. Starting in 1568, the Ottoman Empire's support for smaller Turkic and Islamic vassal states in modern Russia brought the two empires into conflict.  These increasingly went in Russia's favour. By nineteenth century, Russia was helping Turkey's Slavic and Christian minorities to revolt against Ottoman rule. The two empires fought each other for the last time during the First World War. However, by the end of the war both monarchies had been either overthrown, or defeated. the Soviet government headed by Vladimir Lenin, who emerged victorious from the Russian Civil War by 1921, viewed the Turkish revolutionary (national) movement under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal as friendly.

Later, Turkey feared Soviet invasion and sought aid from the United States and joined NATO in 1952. The USSR and Turkey were in different camps during the Korean War and throughout the Cold War. On the 24th of November 2015, Turkish F-16 combat aircraft shot down a Russian Su-24 during an airspace dispute close to the Turkish-Syrian border. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the incident as "a stab in the back by the accomplices of terrorists" and will have significant consequences including for relations between Russia and Turkey.

Following immediately after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, relations between the two nations dramatically and strongly improved; on May 25, 1992, a visit to Moscow by Turkish Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel saw the signing of a Russian-Turkish treaty on the foundations of their relations. Russia is somewhat skeptical of Turkey's admission into the European Union which has the potential of damaging its relations with Turkey, but both countries are key strategic partners in the Transcaucasian region.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan flew to Sochi, Russia for a 16 May 2009 working visit with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at which he stated, “Turkey and Russia have responsibilities in the region. We have to take steps for the peace and well being of the region. Despite the disagreements of the past, relations between Turkey and Russia have improved and become exceptional under Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. In May 2010, a high level visit by the Russian President to Turkey saw the signing of numerous deals such as the lifting of visa requirements. Both countries have found a mutual interest in shoring up large investments between the two states, especially in the energy sector, where Russia has shown significant interest. Turkey and Russia also signed a multi-billion dollar nuclear deal which will be built by Russian company Atomstroyexport.

Finally, on the 24th of November 2015, Turkish F-16 combat aircraft shot down a Russian Su-24 during an airspace dispute close to the Turkish-Syrian border, accelerating the bilateral tensions.  Russian President Vladimir Putin described the incident as "a stab in the back by the accomplices of terrorists" and warned it will have significant consequences including for relations between Russia and Turkey.

The presence of aircraft from Russia, the United States, France, Turkey and a clutch of Gulf States in Syrian skies had long raised fears of an incident that could quickly escalate into a major diplomatic and military crisis.

Turkey informed the United States that it shot down a Russian warplane after it violated Turkish airspace but US forces were not involved in the incident, a US defense official said, declining further comment.

It appeared to be the first time a NATO member's armed forces have downed a Russian or Soviet warplane since the 1950s. NATO member Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet on the Syrian border today, threatening a major spike in tensions between two key protagonists in the four-year Syria civil war. The Turkish army said the plane was shot down by two Turkish F-16s after violating Turkish airspace 10 times within a five-minute period.

NATO has called an emergency meeting over the incident, the first of its kind since Russia launched air strikes in Syria in September, to the consternation of the West. The presence of military aircraft from Russia, the USA, France, Turkey and a clutch of Gulf States in Syrian skies had long raised fears of an incident that could quickly escalate into a major diplomatic and military crisis.

It appears Turkey, former Ottoman Empire, is suspicious of Russian war in Syria and doubts if Moscow tries to weaken Turkey.

There is at least one country - more than the USA - that would feel happy about the looming Russo-Turkish tensions: that is obviously Israel.