Turkey: Plane Downed Near Syrian Coast

On June 22, a Turkish air force F-4 plane went down 12.8 kilometers (eight miles) off the Syrian coast, southwest of Samandag district. The Turkish naval commander confirmed that the plane went down and announced that a rescue operation was under way. There are conflicting reports over whether two pilots have been rescued. 

More important, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who just arrived in Ankara from Rio de Janeiro, will go straight into an emergency meeting with Turkey's National Security Council. Erdogan and the council (including the chief of the general staff and the foreign and defense ministries) will discuss the plane incident and recent militant attacks in Turkey.