The Turkish military considered Syria a hostile country from now on, and therefore changed the protocol of military action: Now, any military element that approximates the border will be considered "a threat" , as indicated this morning the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan . "The Turkish army will respond to any violation by the Syrian border," assured the head of government. "As valuable as the friendship of Turkey, their anger is just as furious. Do not take our common sense and our cautious approach as a sign of passivity, "said Erdogan, who has stated that" Syria is a clear and present danger "to Turkey. "The radar records are clear. quelled fighter recognition in a solo test flight. That's a hostile act , "said the prime minister, calling it" intolerable ". Although Erdogan's speech sets the stage for future incidents, it seems that, for now, Turkey will not go to war with its neighbor . Something that does not even the father of the missing pilot, Ali Erton. " It is wrong for a country goes to war by a pilot, aircraft or fifty planes . What matters is that my son serves his country, "he said yesterday Samanyolu television. "I am a man of faith, and I think the martyrs never die," he added.
NATO: 'Unacceptable'
"We believe that this act is unacceptable and we condemn in the strongest terms," said, for his part, Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen . "The allies have expressed their strong support and solidarity with Turkey", he said. However, Turkey has failed, in the NATO meeting today, to invoke Article 5 of the NATO Charter, which states that an attack on one member will be considered an attack against all.
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