RT by @mikenov: 🇹🇷🇦🇿🇮🇱 ERDOGAN’S LONGTIME ALLY ALIYEV SNUBS TURKIC SUMMIT AS “TWO STATES, ONE NATION” ALLIANCE STARTS TO CRACK OVER HIJAB & ISRAEL Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev skipped Turkic states summit in Ankara despite a personal invitation from Erdogan. The two leaders have spent years presenting Turkey and Azerbaijan as “two states, one nation,” but tensions are now spilling into the open. The latest fight began after Turkish officials criticized Azerbaijan’s restrictions on headscarves in schools, prompting Baku to warn outsiders against interfering in its domestic affairs. Azerbaijan has also declared 31 Turkish nationals persona non grata over social media posts critici

🇹🇷🇦🇿🇮🇱 ERDOGAN’S LONGTIME ALLY ALIYEV SNUBS TURKIC SUMMIT AS “TWO STATES, ONE NATION” ALLIANCE STARTS TO CRACK OVER HIJAB & ISRAEL

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev skipped Turkic states summit in Ankara despite a personal invitation from Erdogan.

The two leaders have spent years presenting Turkey and Azerbaijan as “two states, one nation,” but tensions are now spilling into the open.

The latest fight began after Turkish officials criticized Azerbaijan’s restrictions on headscarves in schools, prompting Baku to warn outsiders against interfering in its domestic affairs.

Azerbaijan has also declared 31 Turkish nationals persona non grata over social media posts criticizing Baku.

Behind that dispute is a much bigger divide over Israel, Turkey’s rapprochement with Armenia, and how much influence Ankara should have in Azerbaijan.

Erdogan tried to cool things down at the summit, saying there was “no place for separation, division, or conflict in our family picture.”

Aliyev still did not show up.

Source: Reuters, US News / Writer: Naz

— @MarioNawfal Nov 1, 2026