Londra 2012 açılış seremonisi I have a feeling that in the case of the Turkish RF-4E downing by Syrian forces on June 22 something went wrong in Turkey’s still controversial decision-making mechanism. This is because the Turkish military has not yet been fully brought under civilian democratic control, raising concerns over whether the military usually makes decisions by itself that normally should be the responsibility of the government. Though more than one month has passed since the jet-downing incident, circumstances behind how it was shot down by Syrian forces or whether the jet crashed when the pilots overreacted to a possible Syrian attack -- even if it was not hit by a missile or an anti-aircraft gun -- are still unclear. This lack of clarity mainly stems from confusing statements being made by both the military and the government, raising doubts over the Turkish version of the incident. The government, however, insists that the jet, which was unarmed, was downed without warning by Syrian forces in international airspace 13 miles off the Syrian coast, one mile away from the 12 miles of Syrian airspace set under international law. The military, in the meantime, also is also sticking to its initial thesis that the jet was downed in international airspace. But the military changed its earlier statements when it later said it was neither downed by a missile or by an anti-aircraft-gun. Diplomatic sources, meanwhile, said recently that the jet was downed by a heat-seeking missile. Londra 2012 açılış seremonisi