On 16 July at 15:00 pm 15 hours after the attempted coup d'etat in Turkey, the site of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev posted in Azerbaijani and Russian languages a letter of support to Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "With great concern and regret I watched the events in Turkey last night, the events associated with the coup attempt. This is a monstrous crime, on the one hand, against the state of Turkey, on the other - against the Turkish people's will and choice.
The Azerbaijani people and the state which is are always close to the Turkish people and the Turkish state, strongly condemns, and considers unacceptable a crime against the Constitution and the democracy in Turkey. I am sure that in the result of decisive measures to prevent the coup attempt, the unity of the people and government of Turkey, the situation in the brotherly country will stabilized in a short time.
Dear Brother, on behalf of the people of Azerbaijan and on my own behalf I express my deep condolences to the families of the martyrs who gave their lives in the name of suppressing the coup attempt, I wish a speedy recovery to the injured, Turan agency quotes word for word the letter.
Politics
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On Monday, hearings in the case of activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev continued at the Baku Court for Serious Crimes. At the beginning of the session, Hajiyev drew attention to the unjustified criminal prosecution of activist Raheel Abbasov, who had previously organized public defense for Hajiyev.
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On December 23, the trial of the head of the YouTube resource "Kanal-11" Teymur Kerimov, accused of extortion by threats, continued in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes.
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The head of Mossad (Israel's foreign intelligence service) David Barnea recommended to the country's political leadership strike Iran, not the Houthis, Ynet reported on December 22.
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Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov left for a working visit to Serbia on Monday.
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