Devlet Bahçeli, chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party, received Azerbaijan's ambassador to Türkiye, Rashad Aslanov, at the MHP headquarters in Ankara. Bahçeli has led the nationalist party for decades, and it sits in parliament as part of the alliance supporting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government. Türkiye and Azerbaijan enjoy a relationship their leaders describe as one nation in two states, with military and energy cooperation among the closest in the region. Guests from Baku are regular callers at the party's Ankara offices, where officials typically discuss ties between the two capitals and the wider Turkic world. No detailed statement came out of the meeting, and the agenda was not made public. For Aslanov, calls on senior Turkish figures are a routine part of an envoy's calendar in a city crowded with diplomatic missions. Contacts between the MHP leadership and Azerbaijani officials have grown steadier as the two countries deepen joint projects in defense and transport.