Media Review for August 15

Azerbaijani-Turkish relations, the arrest of Ambassador Eldar Hasanov, and the likelihood of monopolization of taxi activities are topics of today's media.

The newspaper Azerbaijan writes about the Azerbaijani-Turkish relations. The author emphasizes that Turkey unequivocally supports Azerbaijan in the Karabakh issue. An example of this is the position taken by Turkey during the battles on July 12-16 in the Tovuz direction. The arrival of a Turkish military delegation to Baku one of these days is also confirmation of this. Turkey and Azerbaijan hold joint military exercises every year. The latter were held from July 29 to August 10. The author of the article speaks of Armenia's serious concern about these exercises, which have become another military-political message to Yerevan.

The website Yenisabah.az writes about the arrest of Ambassador Eldar Hasanov, discussing this issue with the deputy Fazail Agamaly. The latter claims that the arrests will not end with Hasanov. According to Agamaly, the arrest of Hasanov is an integral part of the reforms carried out by the head of state. At the same time, he noted that the arrests in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic corps of the country can be continued. According to Agamaly, the rumors surrounding the arrest of Eldar Hasanov should not be given serious attention, since everything will become clear from the reports of the State Security Service and the Prosecutor General's Office.

The Arqument.az website is discussing with the economist Gubad Ibadoglu the issue of a possible monopolization of taxi services. According to the economist, new standards will be adopted for vehicles providing taxi services. This means monopolization of taxi services. Last year, the taxi industry was cited as having no monopoly. And this can be seen from the difference in prices for taxi services, which was possible due to competition.    -0-