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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Turkey-Iran relations have heated up since the weekend. The two countries are called diplomatic officials.
It all started when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Azerbaijan and read a poem about the country’s victory over the war with Armenia, in Nagorno-Karabakh. Erdogan referred to the northwestern province of Iran, which he said belonged to Azerbaijan.
This caused a strong reaction in the land of Ayatollah Khamanei. In addition, Iran is home to a large Azerbaijani community, especially in the northwestern provinces alongside Azerbaijan and Armenia.
According to the news agency ISNA Iran, the poem is one of the symbols of the Turkish separatists. The Iranian authorities summoned the Turkish ambassador to Tehran to complain about Erdogan’s “interventionist and unacceptable statements”.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also wrote on Twitter. He called Erdogan’s words bad.
“President Erdogan was not told that what he said wrong in Baku (Azerbaijan) refers to the forced separation of the northern region of Aras from the Iranian homeland,” he was quoted as saying. AFP, Monday (12/14/2020).
Turkey also reacted to this. Ankara summoned the Iranian ambassador asking for clarification on the “unfounded” claims.
President Erdogan’s spokesman, Fahrettin Altun, also said that his party condemned the use of “offensive language” by Erdogan. According to him, reading poetry was deliberately taken out of context.
Altun said the poem was about Armenia and Azerbaijan did not refer to Iran. “Nor is it implied in any way, shape or form,” he said.
The same was also emphasized by Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. According to sources in a phone call with Iranian officials, he said that the Shiite country’s statement was unacceptable.
“The baseless and serious statements made by Iran and directed at our president are unacceptable,” wrote a source in the Turkish Foreign Ministry. AFP again.
“Also, during Iran’s tough times, Turkey has been defending the country. This has increased Ankara’s level of disappointment.”
Iran and Turkey have increased economic cooperation over the past decade. However, the two remain rivals in parts of the Middle East and Central Asia.
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