Turkey supports the OSCE Minsk Group , as a mechanism for resolving the territorial dispute and views it from the principle of Azerbaijani integrity . It does not recognize the '' de facto '' independent republic of Nagorno-Karabakh that emerged as a result of occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia and has supported various indirect bilateral talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia and initiated trilateral dialogue in Reykjavik in 2002 and the Istanbul Summit , 2004 among the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey , Azerbaijan and Armenia in an attempt to resolve the ongoing conflict , but its diplomatic efforts are hampered by its own tensions with Armenia over the claim of Armenian Genocide and its ongoing border blockade against Armenia , which has resulted in subsequent infrastructure projects bypassing Armenian territory
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Azerbaijan–Turkey relations