AZERBAIJAN’S ALIYEV CALLS TURKEY’S GUL OVER REPUBLIC DAY
Oct 30 2009
Turkey
Aliyev congratulated Gul on the occasion of the 86th anniversary
of the Turkish Republic and the Turkish president’s birthday, the
statement said.
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev telephoned his Turkish counterpart
Abdullah Gul on Thursday, said a statement from Gul’s press office.
Aliyev congratulated Gul on the occasion of the 86th anniversary
of the Turkish Republic and the Turkish president’s birthday, the
statement said.
Azerbaijan recently ended flag crisis, allowing Turkish flags to
raise at Turkish martyrs’ cemetery in Baku.
Azerbaijan, which have been uneasy about the recent rapprochement
between Turkey and Armenia, hauled down Turkish flag at Martyrdom
Mosque in the Azerbaijani martyrdom.
"Turks cemetery" (Martyrdom) was erected in Baku in honour of 1130
Turkish soldiers died fighting within "Caucasian Islam Army" against
Armenian and Russian soldiers that occupied Azerbaijan in 1918.