И еще одно подтверждение, что это были не слова извинения, а соболезнования, сожаления и сочувствия.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/turkish-president-...
I would like to express my compassion and deep condolences to the family of the dead Russian pilot and say I’m sorry,” the Kremlin quoted the letter as saying. “I share their pain with all my heart. We are ready to take any incentive to help ease the pain of the burden of inflicted damage.”
Mr. Erdogan’s office offered a more limited version of the letter, quoting the president as saying: “I would like to inform the family of the deceased Russian pilot that I share their pain and to offer my condolences to them. May they excuse us.”
The Turkish version didn’t mention the word “sorry,” but the Kremlin took it as an apology. Mr. Erdogan, speaking later at a dinner with shopkeepers and tradesmen, said he had expressed “regrets about what happened” and reminded Mr. Putin of ways the two countries could cooperate."

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