Turkey`s leaders back `Islamisation` of Turkish society : Putin

Reuters, Moscow :Russian President Vladimir Putin today said Turkey’s political leaders had been encouraging the Islamisation of Turkish society, something he said was a problem, Russian agencies quoted him as saying.Speaking a day after Turkey shot down one of Moscow’s jets, Putin said:”The problem is not the tragedy we witnessed yesterday,” the TASS news agency quoted him as saying.”The problem is much deeper. We observe … that the current Turkish leadership over a significant number of years has been pursuing a deliberate policy of supporting the Islamisation of their country.”Putin also said that an S-300 air defence system would be sent to Russia’s air base in Syria, Interfax and other agencies reported. The Defence Ministry said earlier today that Russia would send an S-400 system to the base.In a separate statement to agencies, Russia’s Defence Ministry said that the second pilot of the downed SU-24 jet was safe and had returned to Russia’s air base in Syria.Meanwhile, Russia is prepared to coordinate strikes against Islamic State militants in a joint command with the United States, France and others who want to participate, including Turkey, Moscow’s envoy to Paris said today.