Hello all,

My wife and I have a visit to Baku on our agenda for travel later this year. We are thinking of jumping off from Istanbul for a few nights (2-3). In reading some other sites they recommend getting a transit visa for such a short stay. My concern is that we are planning on arriving from and departing to Istanbul so in no sense will be "in transit." Does the Azerbaijan transit visa require travel to a third country like the Chinese TWOV process does?

Thanks for any advice/suggestions you can offer.