Erdogan, Aliyev cement military and business ties during Karabakh 'victory lap' - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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The national flags of Azerbaijan (L) and Turkey, and portraits of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) hang side-by-side on the mayoral building in the Kecioren district of Ankara on October 21, 2020. — The national flags of Azerbaijan (L) and Turkey, and portraits of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R), hang side by side on the mayoral building in the Kecioren district of Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 21, 2020. — Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images

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