World | Turkey Turkey PM: We Downed Syria Jet in Airspace 'Slap' PM says it violated its airspace; Syria calls move 'blatant aggression' By Polly Davis Doig Posted Mar 23, 2014 8:25 AM CDT Copied In this Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, file photo, Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a news briefing. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File) Days after Recep Tayyip Erdogan's attempt at eradicating Twitter didn't go so well, the Turkish PM is confirming that his armed forces shot down a Syrian fighter jet after it violated Turkish airspace, reports the BBC. " A Syrian plane violated our airspace," he told a rally today, as per Reuters. "Our F-16s took off and hit this plane. Why? Because if you violate my airspace, our slap after this will be hard." The incident comes at a place near the border where Syrian rebels and regime forces have long struggled for control. A Syrian military spokesman denounced the hit as "blatant aggression" on Turkey's part, reports the AP. Read These Next Israel's 'decapitation' strategy in Iran carries risks. Democrats walk out on Bondi's Epstein files briefing. Woman arrested in Iowa murder that puzzled cops for 15 years. Ex-counterterror official Joe Kent is under investigation by the FBI. Report an error