Azerbaijan bans 31 Turks from entering country as headscarf ban dispute escalates

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The entry bans affect prominent conservative figures as controversy over headscarves in Azerbaijani schools strains ties with Turkey Azerbaijan has barred 31 Turkish citizens from entering the country over social media remarks that authorities allege threatened Azerbaijani national security and advocated the forcible overthrow of the Baku government. The move marks a further escalation in a dispute over a headscarf ban between the two countries, which share close ethnic, religious, cultural and