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.