In July, Turkey banned a German military plane from arriving in Armenia through its airspace and transporting Armenian peacekeepers on a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan, forcing Germany to send the plane to Armenia on a longer route.
The dispatcher did not give any explanation to that. The Turkish government did not solve the problem either. The incident was covered by the German Spiegel.
According to the media, it is common for NATO member states to fly over each other's airspace, so it is considered a Turkish provocation.
The authoritative periodical likened Turkey's behavior to its policy of denying the Armenian Genocide.
