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An existing section of the Nakhchivan-Armenia-Azerbaijan rail tracks, in Nakhchivan. Photo: Azertaj
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Turkey renews calls for ‘Zangezur corridor’ 

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The chair of the Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee has called on Armenia to change its constitution and to open the ‘Zangezur corridor’ — a proposal to link mainland Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan. The calls were made by the Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee Chair, Fuat Oktay, on Saturday. He expressed his country’s readiness to normalise relations with Armenia, adding that they will ‘do it together with Azerbaijan’. He added that Ankara ‘fully suppor

Wrestlers Lyova Gevoryan (left) and Hakan Buykcingil (right). Image via RFE/RL.
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Armenian and Turkish wrestlers disqualified after brawl

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An Armenian and a Turkish wrestler were disqualified from a championship in Albania after they got into a brawl mid-match. The incident took place during a match between the two wrestlers, Lyova Gevoryan and Hakan Buykcingil, at the U23 World Championship in Albania.  The two athletes began brawling mid-match, leading to both of them being disqualified. The short video of the match circulating online shows the Turkish wrestler shoving Gevorgyan, who is then seen slapping Buyukcingil before

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