Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan departed for Karabakh on Sunday at the invitation of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to attend celebrations marking Azerbaijan's Victory Day.
Erdoğan was seen off at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport by Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Istanbul Governor Davut Gül, and Justice and Development (AK) Party Istanbul provincial chairman Abdullah Özdemir.
The president was accompanied by first lady Emine Erdoğan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı, National Intelligence Organization chief İbrahim Kalın, Communications Director Burhanettin Duran, Presidential Chief Adviser on Foreign Policy and Security Akif Cağatay Kılıç, AK Party Deputy Chairman and Head of Relations with Turkic States Kürşad Zorlu, and Binali Yıldırım, chairman of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States.
