A case which could spoil the honeymoon between Ankara and Baku. Arrived in Baku for the European Championships in wrestling, an athlete Turkish Zafer Noyan was deported from Baku airport and returned to Turkey, because his name was Armenian sounding! Zafer Noyan (24 years) was turned upon his arrival in Azerbaijan Azerbaijani customs pretext that Armenian stay … Yet the Turkish sports insisted that his name was not Armenian and he was not Armenian . Nothing helped. He was released on a plane to return to Istanbul. The press and the Turkish media have seized on this case which caused a scandal and perfectly demonstrates the undemocratic spirit of Azerbaijan through its officials orders Aliyev.

Krikor Amirzayan