Erdoğan Iran poem controversy

On 10 December 2020, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was attending the Baku Victory Parade in the Republic of Azerbaijan. There, he read parts of a controversial poem, which, tapping into themes of Azerbaijani irredentism and pan-Turkism, subtly suggested a territorial affinity between Iranian Azerbaijan and the Republic of Azerbaijan. The incident sparked tensions with Iran; the Iranian government denounced Erdoğan's remarks as an act of challenging Iran's sovereignty, and a number of Iranian citizens protested at Turkish diplomatic missions in their country.

Erdoğan had been in Baku to commemorate Azerbaijan's victory over Armenia in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, which ended when a Russia-brokered ceasefire agreement came into effect on 10 November 2020. Turkey officially denies the accusation that it supported the Azerbaijani military during the conflict.

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