Turkey-Russia relations are undergoing a serious crisis since the downing of the Russian warplane by Turkey for the violation of the Turkish airspace on 24 November 2015. Both sides present arguments through reciprocal statements in order to justify their actions. The future and the overall course of the relations are now thought mostly to depend on a statement of apology by Turkey to Russia. Russia particularly states that for the normalization of the relations Turkey has to make an apology, otherwise the sanctions that have been introduced on various sectors will continue increasingly. Then, does Turkey really have to apologize? Why and on which grounds do states apologize? And what would be political and legal consequences of apologies. How will the demand for apology affect the future of the relations and what should be done in order to deescalate the crisis? This study tries to answer these questions.
