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Putin Orders Sanction Against Turkey

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for sanctions against Turkey, including a ban on some goods and prohibiting extensions of labor contracts for Turks working in Russia.

The mandate published on the Kremlin's website Saturday follows the recent downing of a Russian warplane by Turkey.

This order also comes shortly after Turkey's president told supporters that he was "truly saddened" and wished the incident hadn't occured.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed supporters in the western city of Balikesir, early Saturday. He apologized for the first time since Turkish F-16 jets shot down the Russian jet on grounds that it had violated Turkey's airspace despite repeated warnings to change course.

Erdogan said neither country should allow the incident to escalate and take a destructive form that would lead to "saddening consequences."

He called again for a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of a climate conference in Paris next week, saying it would be an opportunity to overcome tensions.

The Associated Press reports that Erdogan's friendly overture however, came after he defended Turkey's action and criticized Russia for its operations in Syria.

"If we allow our sovereign rights to be violated ... then the territory would no longer be our territory," Erdogan said.

Putin denounced the Turkish action as a "treacherous stab in the back," and insisted that the plane was downed over Syrian territory in violation of international law.

He has also refused to take calls and meeting requests from Erdogan, saying that "we have seen that the Turkish side hasn't been ready to offer an elementary apology over the plane incident."

Since the incident, Russia has deployed long-range S-400 air defense missiles system to an air base in Syria to protect Russian warplanes. The Russian military warned it would shoot down any aerial target that would pose a potential threat to its planes.

Both countries have urged its citizens to delay non-urgent and unnecessary travel.

Putin's new sanctions now calls for chartered flights from Russia to Turkey to be stopped and for Russian tourism companies to stop selling vacation packages that include a stay in Turkey.

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