Gultekin Hajibeyli was released after interrogation by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan.

Gultekin Hajibeyli, a member of the Coordination Center of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan, was detained on November 29, 2025, in Turkey and sent to a deportation center. The Turkish authorities cited "threatening public security" as the reason for the deportation, a term they use when deporting foreign terrorists. In December 2025, Gultekin Hacibeyli received an official deportation order from Turkey for five years. She considered the deportation order unlawful. In February, Hajibeyli was deported to Azerbaijan. A source in the National Security Service (NSDS) told a Caucasian Knot correspondent that Hajibeyli was questioned as a witness by the Azerbaijani State Security Service (SSS) and released around midnight. The source confirmed that Gultekin Hajibeyli has been brought into the investigation into Ramiz Mehdiyev's case. Hajibeyli herself was unavailable for comment, and a Caucasian Knot correspondent was also unable to obtain comment from the SSS. Azerbaijani opposition figures previously linked Hajibeyli's detention in Turkey to the case of Popular Front Party leader Ali Karimli. In November 2025, Azerbaijan's State Security Service detained PFPA leader Ali Karimli and his adviser Mammad Ibrahim. Both opposition figures were arrested and charged under Article 278.1 of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code (actions aimed at the violent seizure of power or the violent change of the constitutional order of the state). They denied the charges, and Karimli called his criminal case political persecution. On February 9, Karimli's arrest was extended by four months. On February 12, the State Security Service announced the uncovering of a conspiracy against the country's authorities involving former high-ranking officials and members of the Azerbaijani opposition. Among the defendants in the case are Ali Kerimli and former head of the presidential administration Ramiz Mehdiyev, who is under house arrest on charges of attempting a coup d'état.