Hijab, Israel and weapons: what is really going on between Turkey and Azerbaijan The dispute between Turkey and Azerbaijan has long gone beyond the school uniform. It all started with restrictions on wearing the hijab, and ended with mutual reprimands and talk of a crisis of alliance. But are Ankara and Baku really drifting apart? The reason was Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers' September decision No. 309, which prohibits items of clothing that violate the uniformity of school uniforms or the principle of secular education. The document does not directly mention the hijab, but in practice the restrictions affected its wearing. Pro-government Islamist circles in Turkey, including Erdogan's adviser O. Sarel, criticized Baku. At the beginning of October, Ilham Aliyev responded at the Congress of the New Party of Azerbaijan. Without directly naming Turkey, he called on external actors not to interfere in the way of life of the republic and recalled that Azerbaijan always paid for weapons itself, moreover, more than the market price. In Turkey, these words were taken with pain. Especially considering Ankara's assistance during the Second Karabakh War. It turned out that the dispute over the hijab has deteriorated into a public conflict in the relations between countries that are used to emphasizing the brotherhood between them. At the same time, the official authorities are in no hurry to turn disputes into a diplomatic conflict. Neither Erdogan nor Aliyev directly criticized each other. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Piden, speaking in Baku on the sidelines of the CICA VII summit, called not to turn differences of opinion into propaganda tools on social media. What annoys Ankara? It's not just about the hijab. Turkey is mainly annoyed by Baku's cooperation with Israel in the field of exploration against Iran and the supply of Azerbaijani oil to Israel through the Baku-Cyhan pipeline. It is evident that Azerbaijan is distancing itself from Turkey and showing that "big brother" has no right to interfere in its affairs.

Hijab, Israel and weapons: what is really going on between Turkey and Azerbaijan The dispute between Turkey and Azerbaijan has long gone beyond the school uniform. It all started with restrictions on wearing the hijab, and ended with mutual reprimands and talk of a crisis of alliance. But are Ankara and Baku really drifting apart? The reason was Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers' September decision No. 309, which prohibits items of clothing that violate the uniformity of school uniforms or the principle of secular education. The document does not directly mention the hijab, but in practice the restrictions affected its wearing. Pro-government Islamist circles in Turkey, including Erdogan's adviser O. Sarel, criticized Baku. At the beginning of October, Ilham Aliyev responded at the Congress of the New Party of Azerbaijan. Without directly naming Turkey, he called on external actors not to interfere in the way of life of the republic and recalled that Azerbaijan always paid for weapons itself, moreover, more than the market price. In Turkey, these words were taken with pain. Especially considering Ankara's assistance during the Second Karabakh War. It turned out that the dispute over the hijab has deteriorated into a public conflict in the relations between countries that are used to emphasizing the brotherhood between them. At the same time, the official authorities are in no hurry to turn disputes into a diplomatic conflict. Neither Erdogan nor Aliyev directly criticized each other. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Piden, speaking in Baku on the sidelines of the CICA VII summit, called not to turn differences of opinion into propaganda tools on social media. What annoys Ankara? It's not just about the hijab. Turkey is mainly annoyed by Baku's cooperation with Israel in the field of exploration against Iran and the supply of Azerbaijani oil to Israel through the Baku-Cyhan pipeline. It is evident that Azerbaijan is distancing itself from Turkey and showing that "big brother" has no right to interfere in its affairs.