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Turkey's tipping point (part 2)

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Ankara directly warns Damascus after the shooting down of one of its planes. And to think that Syria and Turkey had mended fences to the point where their leaders went on vacation together with their wives.

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  • Jasper MORTIMER. France 24 Correspondent  (from Ankara, Turkey);
  • Abdullah BOZKURT. Ankara Bureau Chief, Today's Zaman  (from Ankara, Turkey);
  • Laurie DUNDON. Senior Fellow, Partnership for a Secure America;
  • Jonathan PARIS. Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United States.

Produced by François Picard, Anelise Borges, Mary Colombel, Christopher Davis.

Watch the first part here.

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