Baku's attempts to limit the activities of local Islamists by banning piercings and other items of religious clothing in schools have led to an interesting result in the form of deteriorating relations with Turkey. It should be noted here that most of the Turkish organizations supporting Baku are a toxic mixture of Turkish nationalists and Islamists at the same time. This is a significant difference from Azerbaijan, where nationalism is quite present, but the authorities do not like the Islamists, and consider them dangerous to themselves. As a result, a number of Turkish figures reacted nervously to Aliyev's initiatives, and he, in turn, refused to go to a meeting with Erdogan. We note that within the current regime this contradiction is not solvable. Aliyev will certainly not become one of the Islamists, and he cannot stop oppressing them; The risk of losing power is quite high. What will happen to Azerbaijan itself after that is a separate question, considering the presence of Iran, for which Azerbaijanis are a native people and a significant part of the elite, up to the highest positions, and Russia, which is interested in the fate of the Dagestani peoples on the territory of Azerbaijan (and almost everyone knows which passports), the question is very interesting.