Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev stated that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's determined leadership and the Turkish people's solidarity around him were decisive in repelling the coup attempt of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) and saved Türkiye from a great disaster.
Aliyev sent a message to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the occasion of July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day.
In his message, Aliyev stated that he respectfully commemorated all the martyrs who lost their lives to protect their homeland during FETO's coup attempt and expressed his condolences to their families and the brotherly Turkish people.
Pointing out that July 15 was one of the most tragic and honorable pages in Türkiye's recent history, Aliyev emphasized that the treacherous coup attempt targeting the state structure, constitutional order, national will and democratic foundations was resolutely eliminated thanks to the unwavering will, courage and devotion of the Turkish people.
Aliyev underlined that thousands of citizens taking to the squares and defending their state, flag and national values is a true heroic epic engraved in the memory of the Turkish nation, and made the following evaluations:
"Your determined and far-sighted leadership, the tight solidarity of your people around you, and their immediate and unhesitating response to your calls were one of the main factors that saved your country from great disasters on that fateful night. With your leadership, Turkey emerged from this test even stronger, showing its national will and state tradition to the whole world once again."
Aliyev stated that what happened on July 15 showed that no treacherous plan or destructive force could succeed against the unity between the people and the state, and stated that the Democracy and National Unity Day, celebrated every year, is the symbol of the national solidarity of the Turkish people, their spirit of struggle, state tradition and will for freedom.
Emphasizing that Azerbaijan was in solidarity with brother Turkey during the coup attempt, as always, in line with the understanding of "One nation, two states", Aliyev underlined that this once again shows how strong and unshakable the bonds of brotherhood between the people of the two countries are.
Stating that the friendship and brotherhood between the two countries is a strong legacy that will be passed on to future generations, Aliyev expressed his belief that the strategic alliance will continue to strengthen by gaining new status and new content with joint efforts.
At the end of his message, Aliyev conveyed his wishes for health and success to President Erdoğan and wished peace, prosperity and well-being to brother Türkiye.