Turkish MFA urges citizens to refrain from trips to Nagorno-Karabakh

ArmInfo.Turkish Foreign Ministry urged citizens to refrain from trips to Nagorno-Karabakh.

"Visiting the occupied territories without the permission of the 

Azerbaijani authorities contradicts not only international law, but 

also involves a number of sanctions in accordance with Azerbaijani 

legislation," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said, Anadolu reports.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry also recalled that Turkish citizens 

illegally visiting "occupied Azerbaijani territories" lose access to 

consular support.

Recall that in the second decade of September, representatives of the 

Turkish intelligentsia - a member of the political party "Green and 

Left Future", the chairman of the public organization "Ankara's 

Platform of Thinking" Ufuk Uraz, writer and public figure Said 

Chekinoglu, some Ali Bayramoglu, writer and presenter Erol 

Katyrchyoglu visited Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. This visit caused 

a painful reaction in Azerbaijan. The Prosecutor General's Office of 

Azerbaijan initiated a criminal case against the above- mentioned 

persons and conducts an inspection, moreover, they are declared on 

the international wanted list by the Interpol line. It is known that 

Turkey does not extradite its citizens to foreign countries at the 

request of Interpol. However, the Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan 

stated that Ankara will fulfill the legal requirements of the 

Azerbaijani legislation.