Nothing really explained to me the problem Turkey is having with Russia until I looked at this graph regarding Turkish people around the world: From Wikipedia

If you look at the 100,000 to 200,000 people in Syria you might understand better why Turkey shot the Russian Bomber down. Because Russia is killing Turkish civilians in Syria right now.
Total population
Approx. 140–160 million[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Turkey	55,500,000–59,500,000[3]
Uzbekistan	25,200,000[4]
Iran	14,550,000 [5]
Russia	12,009,969[6]
Kazakhstan	12,300,000[7]
China	11,647,000[8]
Azerbaijan	9,047,000[9]
European Union	5,876,318
Turkmenistan	4,500,000[10]
Kyrgyzstan	4,500,000[11]
Afghanistan	3,500,000[12]
Iraq	1,500,000[13]
Tajikistan	1,200,000[14]
United States	1,000,000+[15]
Pakistan	500,000[16]
Northern Cyprus	298,862[17]
Australia	293,500
Georgia	284,761[18]
Ukraine	275,300[19]
Saudi Arabia	224,460
Syria	100,000–200,000[20]
Moldova	158,300[21]
Mongolia	106,955[22]
Macedonia	77,959[23]
Languages
Turkic languages
Religion
Islam (Sunni · Nondenominational Muslims · Muwahhid Muslims · Cultural Muslim · Quranist Muslim · Alevi · Twelver Shia · Ja'fari) Christianity (Eastern Orthodox Christianity) Judaism (Djudios Turkos · Sabbataists · Karaites) Irreligion (Agnosticism · Atheism) Animism, Tengrism, Shamanism, Mani

Independent Turkic states shown in red

The Turkic peoples are a collection of ethnic groups that live in northern, eastern, central, and western Asia, northwestern China, and parts of eastern Europe. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family.^[24] They share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds. The term Turkic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of peoples including existing societies such as the Turkish people, Azerbaijanis, Chuvashes, Kazakhs, Tatars, Kyrgyz, Turkmens, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, Bashkirs, Qashqai, Gagauz, Altai, Khakas, Tuvans, Yakuts, Crimean Karaites, Krymchaks, Karakalpaks, Karachays, Balkars, Nogais and as well as past civilizations such as Yenisei Kirghiz, Dingling, Tiele, Chuban, Pannonian Avars, Göktürks, Bulgars, Kumans, Kipchaks, Turgeshes, Khazars, Seljuk Turks, Ottoman Turks, Mamluks, Timurids, Khiljis, and possibly Huns, Xiongnu, Wusun, Tauri and the Tuoba.^{[24][25][26][27][28]}
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Turkic peoples: Wikipedia