Turkey moves to defuse Azerbaijan headscarf row after Aliyev's rebuke

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Turkish officials say Ankara will not respond to the Azerbaijani president's criticism and has reassured Baku it will not interfere in its domestic affairs Turkey will not respond to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's veiled criticism of Ankara following protests in Turkey over an informal headscarf ban introduced in Azerbaijani schools last month, multiple Turkish officials told Middle East Eye. In September, the Azerbaijani government decided to prohibit clothing in schools that it said viol