Turkish
president Tayyip Erdogan has warned Russia 'not to play with fire' after
Vladimir Putin suggested the Su-24 jet was shot down after the U.S
passed on details of its flight path.
Relations
between the two countries have been deteriorating since Turkey shot
down the Russian military plane near the Syrian border on Tuesday after
claims it entered their airspace.
Moscow
has threatened Ankara with economic retaliation for the incident and
Putin even accused the U.S of leaking information about the flight to
Turkey after they gave them prior warning of the mission.
Turkish
president Tayyip Erdogan, who has warned Russia not to 'play with
fire' following the downing of one of its jets near the Turkey-Syria
border. Vladimir Putin, has accused the U.S. of knowing exactly
when and where the doomed Russian jet was travelling
A protester holds up a poster showing
Russian president Vladimir Putin, which says 'Putin, killer, during a
demonstration against Russia in Istanbul today
But
today Erdogan told supporters during a speech in Bayburt, north east
Turkey that Russia's threats were 'emotional' and 'unfitting'.
He said: 'We very sincerely recommend to Russia not to play with fire.
'We really attach a lot of importance to our relations with Russia... We don't want these relations to suffer harm in any way.'
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