This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 86%. (I'm a bot)Many Turks saw the intervention in Libya and the demand for greater maritime rights in the eastern Mediterranean as in Turkey's interests, and the country overwhelmingly sides with Azerbaijan in its conflict with Armenia.The military, though diminished politically, remains a powerful institution in Turkey, with capabilities honed as part of NATO. There has been a move since the 1990s, before Mr. Erdogan's tenure, to build a domestic defense industry, which now produces armed drones - made by a company owned by Mr. Erdogan's son-in-law, Selcuk Bayraktar - warships and attack helicopters.Armenia claims a Turkish F-16 shot down an Armenian fighter jet, though officials from Azerbaijan and Turkey have denied that.President Emmanuel Macron of France said on Wednesday that there was evidence that a proxy force of Syrian fighters had been deployed from southern Turkey to Azerbaijan.A Syrian fighter confirmed the presence of those forces, which Azerbaijan and Turkey have denied.Despite Turkey's refusal to confirm the use of Turkish armed drones in the Caucasus, Mr. Bayraktar posted Azerbaijan's defense ministry footage of drone strikes on Twitter on the first day of the conflict.Summary Source | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Turkey#1 Azerbaijan#2 Erdogan#3 Armenia#4 fight#5Post found in /r/news, /r/AutoNewspaper, /r/TheColorIsBlue and /r/NYTauto.NOTICE: This thread is for discussing the submission topic. Please do not discuss the concept of the autotldr bot here. via /r/autotldr https://ift.tt/2SmPDb2
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