... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...says one of the country’s military helicopters has been shot down near the border with Syria.
Erdogan said Saturday that the helicopter was participating in the
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
's Hatay province.
He said Turkey would respond harshly to the attack and that the "perpetrators" would pay a "heavy price" for the downing that took place around noon local time and in the southern border of Hatay.
Later,
For nearly a month, Turkey has been engaged in a massive military operation in northwestern Syria with an alleged aim of neutralizing a threat by Kurds from the city of Afrin and surrounding areas in the Syrian province of Aleppo.
In his televised statement, Erdogan did not blame the Kurds or any other party for the downing of the helicopter.
A Kurdish militia front man, identified as Mustafa Bali, grabbed credit for the attack, saying the helicopter was downed by fighters in Raju, northwestern Afrin.