The Turkish public fears the incident with the downing of the Russian plane will have negative consequences for their country and result in a sharp deterioration in Russo-Turkish relations.
Suriye sınırındaki endişe verici olayları ülkemiz adına büyük bir dikkat ve kaygıyla izliyorum.
— Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (@kilicdarogluk) 24 ноября 2015
"I'm watching with attention and a great concern the actions of our country and the alarming events that are taking place on the Syrian border," Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the Turkish Republican People's Party, said on his Twitter account.
Rusya, Türkiye için ticaret, turizm ve sanayi başta olmak üzere birçok alanda çok önemli bir ülkedir. Hamasete değil sağduyuya ihtiyaç var.
— Ertuğrul Günay (@ErtugrulGunay) 24 ноября 2015
"Russia is a very important country for Turkey in terms of cooperation, especially in tourism, trade and industry. We need common sense," Former Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertugrul Gunay shared his thoughts.
Uçak krizi 4- Türkiye'yi bu noktaya getiren, dış politikamızdaki yanlışlarımız ve tercihlerimizdir.
— Ismail Kucukkaya (@KucukkayaIsmail) 25 ноября 2015
"The incident with the Russian plane is a mistake that our country made in its foreign policy," famous journalist and anchor of the Turkish version of Fox TV Ismail Kucukkaya said.
His colleague Fatih Portakal was angry at the US government:
ABD: "Bu Türkiye ile Rusya arasında bir olay" Başınızın çaresine mi bakın diyor bunlar şimdi?
— fatih portakal (@fatihportakal) 24 ноября 2015
"USA: This incident is between Russia and Turkey. And now they're saying solve the problem yourself?"
Journalist and political analyst Ceyda Karan from the newspaper Cumhuriyet also criticized the actions of the Turkish government:
ABD: "Bu Türkiye ile Rusya arasında bir olay" Başınızın çaresine mi bakın diyor bunlar şimdi?
— fatih portakal (@fatihportakal) 24 ноября 2015
"It seems Obama became the defender of Turkmen, who support al-Nusra Front. He said problems on the [Syria-Turkey] border were caused by Russian airstrikes."
RTE"menşei bilinmeyen uçak" derken, iyi istihbarat alınmadığını ve Rus uçağı olduğu bilinseydi bombalanmıyacağını itiraf etmiş olmuyor mu?
— nazli ilicak (@Notredamedesion) 24 ноября 2015
"Isn't Turkey recognizing the weakness of its system of gathering intelligence by saying the ‘unidentified aircraft' statement?" — Former Turkish government Minister Nazli Ilicak said.
On Tuesday, a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 bomber crashed on Syrian territory four kilometers from the Turkish border. The aircraft was shot down by a Turkish F-16 jet. One Russian pilot was killed, the other was rescued.
