Did Erdogan ‘Personally Authorize’ Shooting Down of Russian Jet?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan allegedly authorized the downing of a Russian warplane in an incident that briefly soured their relationship four years ago, the Turkey-focused Nordic Monitor website reported, citing a report to NATO it says it obtained. A Turkish F-16 interceptor shot down a Russian fighter-bomber near the Syrian border with an air-to-air…