At Russia's request, the pilot had been given Orthodox funeral rites, and his body would be handed over to Russia, Turkey's semi-official Anadolu news agency reported.
The pilot's body was handed over to Turkey in the early hours of Sunday, he said. It was not immediately apparent who had custody of the body before then.
The two nations have been at odds since Turkey shot down the jet near the Turkey-Syria border on Tuesday, saying it had violated Turkish airspace. Russia has denied that claim.
The countries disagree sharply on whether the Russian plane was in Turkish airspace when it was shot down, as well as whether any warnings went out to the crew.
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Russia claims that its planes were bombing ISIS militants in the area, though Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that only Turkmen -- "our brothers and sisters" -- were in that region of Syria.
The incident left one pilot dead; another was rescued.
Source - CNN
