Azerbaijan

President Ilham Aliyev is on a visit in Azerbaijan’s Dashkasan city, Azertag reported on July 22. During the visit, Aliyev has visited the Alley of Martyrs in Dashkasan where martyrs of the first and second Karbakh wars have been buried. Thirty-one residents of Dashkasan were martyred during the 44-day-war in …

Director-General of the Islamic World Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) Salim M. AlMalik has met with Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Morocco Oktay Gurbanov to discuss prospects for cooperation between the organization and the country. During the meeting, held at ICESCO headquarters in Rabat, the two parties discussed ICESCO’s proposal …

The International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation has hosted presentation of the book “44 Days of the Patriotic War, Hulusi Kilic on the Information front” by the famous diplomat, former Ambassador of Turkey to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic. The book reflects the professional activities of Hulusi Kilic, including interviews and speeches …

The chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office (CMD) Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade and the heads of the religious confessions of Azerbaijan visited the mosques of Saatly and Ashaghy Govharagha in Shusha city (liberated from Armenian occupation in the 2020 Karabakh war), Trend reports on July 10. The visitors also viewed and were first …

The Mirza Fatali Akhundov House-Museum has displayed miniatures and paintings inspired by Nizami Ganjavi’s legacy. The art works were presented by talented artists from Azerbaijan and Georgia. The exhibition timed to the poet’s 880th anniversary was attended by the Azerbaijan Culture Minister Anar Karimov, cultural and public figures as well as representatives of culture and …

The International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation has hosted an event dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the birth of the world-famous Hungarian composer Bela Bartok. İn her opening remarks, president of the Foundation, Gunay Afandiyeva, noted that the entire life and creative path of Bela Bartok is an example …

The blast that occurred in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea on July 4 had been caused by mud volcano eruption in Dashli Island, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) reported today. “A mud volcano where natural combustion took place, has been found 30 km off the coast …

The process of vaccination against coronavirus continues successfully in Azerbaijan, Ramin Bayramly, chairman of the Board of the Association for Management of Medical Territorial Subdivisions (TABIB), said, Trend reports on July 2. “Every day, citizens receive on average more than 80,000 doses of the vaccine. We plan to complete the vaccination by …

Head of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation Gunay Afandiyeva, on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, presented to the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan the first book of stories by the outstanding Turkish writer Omar Seyfeddin published by the Foundation in Germany. The …

The International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation has hosted an international scientific conference “The Great Silk Road and the Turkic World”, as well as the presentation of books “Azerbaijan on the Silk Road”, published in English and Russian on the initiative and with the support of the organization. President of …