Today Azerbaijanis celebrate the Republic day that honors the date on which the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic (ADR) was founded in 1918 as the first democratic republic in the entire Muslim East. On May 18, Azerbaijan’s National Council declared the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, which marked the country’s independence from the …
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President Ilham Aliyev pays tribute to Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited a monument to the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in the Istiglaliyyat Street in Baku on the occasion of the Republic Day celebrated on May 28. The head of state laid flowers at the monument. Earlier, the president made a Facebook post about the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. Azerbaijanis …
Read More »The Azerbaijan Question in Iran: A Crucial Issue For Iran’s Future
Iran is a multinational country, composed of Persians, Azerbaijanis(Azerbaijani Turks), Kurds, Turkmens, Arabs, Baluchies and others. The Turkic origin Azerbaijanis in Iran are being discriminated against by th e Iranian regime. This problem is further exaggerated by the fact that, the Azerbaijanis are themselves a divided nation, separated by the …
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The period of the Democratic Republic, 1918-1920, was a distorted and scarce mentioned page in the history of Azerbaijan during the Soviet era. As archive documents on this period were always kept closed, researchers could not find out the real history, and those who did know about it deliberately described …
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1. (Constitution article) Article 23. I. State symbols of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall be: the Republic of Azerbaijan Flag, the Republic of Azerbaijan Emblem, and the Republic of Azerbaijan National Anthem. II. The Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall consist of three wide stripes. The upper stripe shall be of …
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