Erdogan tried to reach Putin after Su-24 incident but failed

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with French TV station he could not get through to his counterpart Vladimir Putin after the incident with Russia's warplane on Tuesday.

Censor.NET reports citing BBC Russian Service.

According to Erdogan, the Turkish military would have acted differently if they had known for certain it was a Russian aircraft.

"If we had known it was a Russian plane, we would probably have warned it in a different way," the president said on air of France 24.

Earlier, Putin expressed his indignation at the fact the Turkish side had not apologized for the downed plane.

In response, Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an interview with CNN said that Turkey would not apologize for the downed Russian bomber, because those who violate the country's airspace should do so.