Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry marked Azerbaijan’s September 27 Remembrance Day by honoring “our Azerbaijani brothers and sisters who were martyred for Karabakh,” saying Türkiye would continue to stand by Azerbaijan under the motto “One Nation, Two States.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he commemorated “our heroic martyrs who fought to liberate Karabakh from occupation” with mercy and honored the veterans, adding: “Karabakh is Azerbaijani land and will remain so forever.”
AK Party deputy chair Kürşad Zorlu, who heads the party’s relations with Turkic states, said Türkiye shares Azerbaijan’s pain and joy just as it stood by it in Karabakh, adding that the unbreakable bonds between the two countries “will not give way to any provocation.”

The Second Karabakh War, known in Azerbaijan as the Patriotic War, began on September 27, 2020.
In Baku, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva laid a wreath at the Victory Monument in Victory Park to mark Remembrance Day.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also spoke by phone with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. According to Türkiye’s Communications Directorate, Erdoğan conveyed his greetings on Azerbaijan’s Remembrance Day and commemorated the fallen with respect.