The asterisk there is that by the peace terms of the last couple of Azerbaijan-Armenia wars (which Azerbaijan won), Armenia is supposed to permit a corridor for transit between Nakhichevan and "mainland" Azerbaijan (in this case I suppose to mean what used to be Nagorno-Karabakh). So, depending on how military-only that road is/will be, it may be possible in the near or medium term to actually cross from Nakhichevan into Azerbaijan proper.
Mind you, Azerbaijan's land borders are still closed to non-cargo overland traffic. So even if there was no war tension between AZ and AM, you would not really be able to cross from Turkey into Nakhichevan.
The positive side is that it appears that between Georgia and Turkey, you can now cross over the smaller southern road passes too, not just the Batumi main road.
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