http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160312/1036179905/turkey-russia-aircraft-downing.html

18:42 12.03.2016

After Turkish poet Haydar Hussein and students in Istanbul expressed their regret in connection with the downed Russian Su-24 aircraft and the soured Russian-Turkish relations, the retired Turkish general spoke to Sputnik about the future of Russian-Turkish relations as he sees them.

Erdoğan Karakuş, a Chairman of the Turkish Union of retired officers and a Lieutenant-General of the Turkish Air Force, said in an interview, “I hope that soon the incident of the shot down Russian aircraft will be history and the Russian-Turkish relations will be normalized.”

“We are very sorry about what has happened. We have always sought to be friendly with Russia, to maintain good neighborly relations and to try and avoid all possible misunderstandings.”

Karakuş further said that the shooting down of the Russian aircraft was a mistake and it should not have happened. “I want you to know that we are deeply sorry for what has happened and we hope for a speedy recovery and strengthening of our relations.”

The normalization of the Russian-Turkish relations is in the interest of the Turkish people and Russian society, the retired general said.

“Russians are our neighbors, our brothers. We have to live together in peace and harmony. There is no other way. I very much hope that the current cold relations will very soon go into the past. I do not like to say it, but we should recognize that sometimes people's opinion on a particular issue can be radically different from the position of their government. It is obvious that the Turkish people are in favor of normalization of the Russian-Turkish relations.”

The retired general further said that his son lives in Antalya. “With Russians living there, he has developed a strong friendship. Recently, they again held an event, where they discussed the current state of the Russian-Turkish contacts. I sincerely hope for the earliest possible normalization.”

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