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Expert: Türkiye has not established with any country the kind of relationship it has with Azerbaijan

Turkish expert and SETA program director Muhittin Ataman

24 November 2025 10:38 (UTC +04:00)

Türkiye has not established with any other country the kind of bilateral relations it has built with Azerbaijan, Turkish expert and SETA program director Muhittin Ataman said in his speech at the First Forum of Azerbaijan–Türkiye Think Tanks held in Shusha, APA reports.

“Türkiye has always paid attention to diversifying the foreign policy instruments that will support it. One of the main points that interests us in the concept of foreign policy is regional cooperation. Türkiye has tried to be a coordinating, initiative-taking state in the region and, when possible, a proactive actor in resolving certain issues. The main link in this is the development of relations with neighboring countries. In this sense, Türkiye, in principle, does not want to discriminate against any of its neighbors, including Greece and Armenia, with which it has experienced the most problems. Türkiye persistently seeks to develop its relations with Turkic states and to implement this in a multifaceted way. In this regard, especially after the Karabakh victory, the level achieved in Türkiye–Azerbaijan relations serves as a kind of model,” Ataman emphasized.