Turkey accuses Russia of propaganda show with Su-24 black box

ISTANBUL, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Russia of making "propaganda shows" with a black box recovered from its downed SU-24 warplane.
"It was stated that the black box was opened, but the information was unreadable due to the destruction," the Anadolu news agency quoted Erdogan as saying Wednesday in meeting with village and neighborhood headmen at the presidential complex in Ankara.
"We did not have the slightest doubts on the subject, because our information was clear and solid," the president said.
"At a time when the world has accepted Turkey's rightfulness, these disingenuous propaganda shows do not have any meaning beyond further embarrassing those who seek help from them," Erdogan said.
Russia opened the black box of the jet - which was shot down by Turkey on Nov. 24 - live on TV earlier this week.
However, the Russian authorities said they were unable to retrieve data from the flight recorder as 13 of the device's 16 microchips had been destroyed and the remaining three were heavily damaged. (end) ta.ibi