Azerbaijan Press Council urges Turkish media to end biased campaign

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Azerbaijan's Press Council has called on Turkish media to end a campaign it considers biased. No further details are given, so neither the outlets involved nor the coverage that provoked the appeal is identified. The Press Council in Baku acts as an umbrella body for Azerbaijani press organizations and periodically issues public statements when it believes reporting abroad has crossed a line. Ankara and Baku count themselves as close partners, yet friction over media narratives does occasionally surface despite the alliance. Public spats of this kind usually revolve around coverage of regional disputes or domestic sensitivities on one side or the other. Presumably the council wants a change in tone rather than anything resembling a formal diplomatic complaint. Whatever prompted it, the appeal is a reminder that even the closest of allies quarrel over how they are portrayed.

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