(CNN) -- Turkey shot down a Syrian fighter jet Sunday after the warplane strayed into its airspace, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. "Our F-16s went up in the air and shot that plane down. Why? Because if you violate my airspace, then from now on, our slap will be hard," Erdogan told supporters at a campaign rally. State-run media in Syria called the shoot-down an act of "blatant aggression" and said the downed plane was over northern Syria at the time. The pilot ejected and was rescued, SANA reported, citing a military source. The Turkish armed forces website reported that two Syrian planes were spotted and were warned four times about approaching Turkish airspace as they flew north in Syrian airspace.
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Turkish armed forces: One plane retreated after four warnings; other did not
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Syrian state media say plane was over Syria, accuse Turkey of "blatant aggression"
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Turkish Prime Minister: "If you violate my airspace ... our slap will be hard"
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Area has seen heavy fighting since an opposition offensive began recently
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In October 2012, Turkey fired on Syrian government targets in response to the shelling of a @placeholder border town in which five civilians were killed.