Twitter/Anadolu Turkish MP Samil Tayyar said he wants to 'down another Russian jet'

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Samil Tayyar made the offensive remarks in reference to Ankara shooting down a Russian warplane over Syria, sparking a furious international stand-off between the two countries. Both the Russian jet's pilot and a marine sent out as part of a helicopter rescue crew to locate the wreckage were killed in the incident, which took place in November last year.

The MP tweeted out the message, which may have been intended as a sick joke, after Moscow-based basketball team CSKA beat his side Fenerbahce in a tight encounter. The Russians beat their Turkish rivals 101-96 in extra time on Sunday, scooping their seventh crown in the biggest game in European basketball.

GETTY Turkey shot down the Russian jet last November

GETTY The incident sparked a major war of words between Russia and Turkey

But Mr Tayyar was so infuriated by the result of the match, which was part of a pan-European friendly competition, that he proposed a military response in retaliation. Writing in Turkish, he posted: "I want to shoot down one more Russian jet!" Turkey and Russia have been involved in a war of words ever since Ankara downed the Su-24 combat jet over Syria on November 24 last year. Moscow says that the jet was carrying out anti-terrorist operations when it was targeted by Turkish F-16s some 2.5 miles south of the country's southern border.