SHOTLIST TIANJIN, CHINA (SEPT. 1, 2025) (TURKISH PRESIDENCY - ACCESS ALL) 1.VARIOUS OF TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN SHAKING HANDS AND POSING WITH AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV 2. ERDOGAN AND ALIYEV SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER 3. TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN WITH AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER CEYHUN BAYRAMOV DURING MEETINGTIANJIN, CHINA - SEPT. 1: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Monday during the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of State Council summit in Tianjin, China. Erdogan held discussions with Aliyev at his hotel. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov also participated in the meeting. No additional details were provided. Erdogan arrived in China on Sunday and held bilateral meetings with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that day. The 25th summit of the SCO opened Monday with President Xi delivering the opening address. The SCO evolved from the "Shanghai Five" mechanism comprising China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan before Uzbekistan joined as the sixth member. Today, it includes 10 member states, two observers and 14 dialogue partners across Asia, Europe and Africa. The organization covers approximately 24% of global land area and 42% of the world’s population, with member states accounting for roughly one-quarter of global GDP and trade increasing nearly 100-fold in two decades.