Today, a visiting delegation of the Turkish
Constitutional Court led by its president Mrs. Tulay Tugcu commemorated
national leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev at the Alley of Honors in Baku. She
laid a wreath at the tomb of the great son of the Turkic world, and
flowers at that of Academician Zarifa Aliyeva.
Accompanying president of the Constitutional Court of
Azerbaijan Farhad Fatullayev briefed his counterpart about history of the
alley.
After that, the delegation members paid respect to heroic
sons and daughters of Azerbaijan at the Alley of Martyrs, and laid carnations
at the tombs of those who sacrificed their lives for freedom and independence
of the country.
Here, Mrs. Tugcu also laid a wreath at the monument to
1130 Turkish soldiers died in the battle against Bolsheviks and Armenian
dashnaks, who committed a bloody massacre in Baku in 1918.
She got acquainted with a nearby Mosque, as well.
Later, Farhad Abdullayev and Mrs. Tulay Tugcu signed a
memorandum on mutual understanding between the Constitutional Courts of
Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Farhad Abdullayev said the document envisages
cooperation including exchange of theory and practice, and preparing and
conducting joint measures on protection of human rights and freedoms, building
democratic and legal state, organization of joint training courses for jurists
etc. He qualified the Memo as a sign of high level of relationship between the
two countries’ supreme bodies.
Tulay Tugcu said she was particularly pleased with her
meeting with President Ilham Aliyev, and with the fact that her first ever
visit to Baku is being paid during great leader Heydar Aliyev’s birthday
celebrations.
Mrs. Tugcu expressed confidence the document will be
of great importance for both countries’ state and legal systems.
After the signing ceremony, presidents of the
Constitutional Courts of Azerbaijan and Turkey responded to questions from
journalists.