One of the most influential Azerbaijani dailies Yeni Musavat made a scandalous assertion, reads Today’s Zaman press review.

The daily says that before signing Armenia-Turkey Protocols last year, Azerbaijani Presideny Ilham Aliyev decided to launch a military operation in Upper Karabakh, however Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) took certain measures and talked Aliyev out of doing it.

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