ShushaAliyev skipped Erdogan’s 30 October summit, then hosted him Sunday.
The rift opened in September, when Azerbaijan banned headscarves in schools.
Baku declared 31 Turkish nationals persona non grata, and Erdogan fired adviser Oktay Saral, who demanded a reversal.
“The hijab dispute is a symptom of a deeper rift,” wrote Gonul Tol, a Middle East Institute analyst.
Turkey is normalising ties with Armenia, but links progress to Armenian-Azerbaijani peace efforts.
How each outlet framed it
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- Dawn
- reads the Erdogan-Aliyev rift through the September hijab ban and the 31 expelled Turkish nationals, and notes Aliyev skipped the Oct 30 Turkic summit
- The New Arab
- describes the AKP criticism as coming from an Islamist-rooted party, and cites Aliyev's absence from the October 30 summit
- News18
- ties the rift to Baku's growing ties with Israel as well as the hijab ban, and quotes Erdogan's 'Baku's joy is Ankara's joy' line
- TRT World leans favorable
- frames the Shusha event as Erdogan's 'new era in the South Caucasus' claim, and quotes his praise of Baku's Karabakh reconstruction
Sources: TRT World, Dawn, The New Arab, News18