Erdogan tells Putin he's sorry

Shaking and making up

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Kremlin he's sorry about shooting down a Russian fighter jet last November. At least that's what the Kremlin is reporting and, like the Clintons, they have been known to stretch the truth now and then.

Supposedly, Erdogan penned a letter that literally said "I am sorry" to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had referred to the incident "a stab in the back."

This was especially true for the dead pilot and his family. But the Turkish leader expressed his "sympathy and deep condolences" to the family of the murdered pilot and "asked to be forgiven," Dmitry Peskov, a Putin mouthpiece, told reporters. 

Erdogan revealed that an investigation was in progress against the Turk who is associated with the "death of Russian pilot," the Russian media claimed.

Turkey's original story was that two of its F-16s shot down the Russian jet for violating Turkish airspace near the Syrian border and refused to obey orders to turn back. 

Russians responded to the shooting down of its fighter jet by banning agricultural imports and halting package tours to Turkey, causing tour bus companies to fold and create a shortage of vitamin C to the Turkish nation. 




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