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“Shame on you. Those who claim we buy oil from Daesh (ISIS) are obliged to prove it. If not, you are a slanderer,” Erdogan said, lashing out at Russian charges after his air force shot down a warplane on the Syrian border.
Erdogan also said that Russia was Turkey’s biggest energy supplier, followed by Iran.
Turkish F16 jets shot down a Russian warplane on the Syrian border on Tuesday, prompting a tough response from Moscow, a major trade partner of Ankara.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has denounced the act as a “stab in the back” by “accomplices of terrorists.”
Erdogan denied Russian accusations that Ankara was collaborating with ISIS.
