A hijab row has strained Turkey-Azerbaijan ties, raising questions about their strategic partnership. While the dispute centres on secularism, experts flag Azerbaijan’s ties with Israel and regional ...

The exclusion of headscarf-wearing students and teachers from Azerbaijani schools has stirred a wave of solidarity in Turkey ...

For Gulshan Aliyeva, a teacher, the debate over the hijab in Azerbaijan’s public schools has become a personal struggle that ...

Girls wearing headscarves have been turned away from schools in Azerbaijan, triggering unusual protests involving children.

The New Azerbaijan Party, led by President Ilham Aliyev, on Tuesday accused Turkey of stoking artificial tensions between the ...

Protests have taken place over the rules which have seen pupils wearing hijabs turned away from schools.

The statement came in the wake of a cyberattack from pro-Iranian forces and deteriorating relations with ally Turkey.

New school dress rules in majority-Shiite Azerbaijan have led to crying pupils, class boycotts, and 37 arrests, Turkish ...

Inseparable allies for 35 years, Azerbaijan and Turkey now find themselves feuding over a recent Azerbaijani government ...

Shiite Azerbaijan have led to crying pupils, class boycotts and 37 arrests; Erdogan's adviser calls the hijab a religious ...

BAKU, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan defended on Tuesday its decision to introduce school uniform rules that have led to protests over restrictions on Islamic headscarves, and told close ally Turkey to ...