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Spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev refused to fly by “Turkish Airlines” company. The reason was the dissemination of Armenian newspaper “Aqos” in company's aircraft, published in Istanbul. According to Azerbaijani portal "Haqqin.az" Elman Abdullayev wrote about it in Twitter.

On 21 February 2013 Azeri news agency “1nyuz.az” reported that the “Turkish Airlines” (THY) distributes its passengers Armenian daily "Agos" free of charge. The air carrier placed "Agos" on the stand of free newspapers in the international Airport after Ataturk in Istanbul. It was reported that in the near future, this newspaper will be distributed among the passengers of all flights of THY.

In Azerbaijan they react painfully to all these events that take place in Turkey. Thus, after the Turkish President Gul congratulated the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on his victory at the Armenian presidential elections many activists expressed their discontent in Azerbaijan. The deputy executive secretary of the ruling party “Yeni Azerbaijan”, MP Mubariz Gurbanli said that he regrets for the congratulation sent by the President of Turkey, which is “strategic partner” of Azerbaijan. Deputy heads of the Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov and others expressed dissatisfaction too.

Hrant Dink, editor of newspaper "Agos" published in Turkey was assassinated in Istanbul on January 19, in 2007 in front of the editorial office. On 17 January in 2012 the court of Istanbul issued its verdict over this case. According to the decision, 18 suspects were acquitted and released. Their implication in an armed terrorist group, planning and assistance in the crime the court found not proven.

It is known that Yasin Hayal the main accused in Dink’s assassination was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Erhan Tuncel, who was accused of leading the armed terrorist groups and planning the murder, was acquitted.

The actual perpetrator of the crime, who at the time was under-aged, Ogun Samast was taken into custody a day after the murder was committed and in July of the previous year was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months imprisonment. Suspects Yoldzhun Ersin and Ahmet Iskender have been sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in prison for being involved in the murder and for planning the crime.