Why is Turkey absent from table despite being in field? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Fehim Tastekin

Fehim Tastekin

Oct 15, 2020

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (C) and Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) arrive for a press conference after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry building in Ankara, on Oct. 05, 2020. — ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images

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People display Turkish and Azerbaijan flags on their scooters as they take a tour in the city in solidarity with Azerbaijan called by Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), in Istanbul on October 5, 2020. - Turkey on October 4, 2020 condemned what it said were attacks on civilians by Armenian forces on the Azerbaijani city of Ganja in the conflict over disputed breakaway region Nagorno-Karabakh. The fighting over Karabakh, which broke out into renewed fighting seven days ago, intensified as Armenian

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