Azerbaijan
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Caption: Is this how the crisis in Ukraine ends? The current war in Ukraine has now been formally recognised as a Western proxy war against Russia by no less than the current British Foreign Secretary, Elizabeth Truss. And there are strong indications in her statement of intent last week that it is only the start…
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One of the great myths of the first Karabakh war is that the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict started as a result of the tragic events that occurred in Sumgait (Sumqayit), Azerbaijan, in late February, 1988. This belief, which has become something of an article of faith was referred to fairly recently by Vladimir Putin when he said:…
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the massacre committed at Khojaly by Armenian forces against Azerbaijani civilians during the first Karabakh War. On 26th February, 1992 Armenian armed groups attacked the Azerbaijani town and in one night massacred more than 613 innocent people, including women, children, and infants. 25 children were orphaned and 130 lost…
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TRT World’s new book “The Karabakh Gambit: Responsibility for the Future” offers an insightful examination of the prominent aspects of the Second Karabakh War between Azerbaijan and Armenia and the future implications for the South Caucasus. Download it for free here: The book, published by TRT World Research Centre, is edited by researchers Turan Gafarlı…
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Article published in Daily Sabah, 2 October 2021: A year ago, on 27th September 2020, Azerbaijan began the liberation of its territory that had been occupied by Armenia for nearly 30 years. The Armenian aggression at Tovuz, a few weeks earlier, had begun the countdown to war. The Yerevan government, through its provocations, had signalled…
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Quo Vadis Armenia? (Where are you marching Armenia?) (Updated and retitled due to the addition of postscripts.) I have sometimes been asked in interviews whether Armenia has accepted the new reality in the Southern Caucasus, brought about by its defeat in the Second Karabakh War, which now has its first anniversary. That is a difficult…
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Nikol Pashinyan has been officially reappointed as Prime Minister of Armenia, after his unexpected triumph in gaining almost 54 per cent of the vote in June’s snap parliamentary election. Pashinyan is in a much stronger position than could have been expected, considering he is a defeated war leader. One commentator described the choice that faced…
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One hundred years ago, on 18th July 1921, a Dashnaksutyun terrorist, Misak Torlakian, assassinated the Azerbaijani statesman, Behbud Khan Javanshir, outside the Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul. Behbud Khan Javanshir was born in 1877 in the village of Azad Qaraqoyunlu, which was situated in the Javanshir Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate. His father Azad Khan…
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On May 28th Azerbaijanis will commemorate the 103rd anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. They will celebrate this momentous event in 2021 with greater joy this year, after the liberation of Karabakh and the occupied territories fresh in the minds of the Azerbaijani people. The Azerbaijan Republic emerged unexpectedly during as a result of a…
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The President of the United States has declared that the Ottoman Empire committed Genocide against the Armenians. In his statement chastising Turkey, President Biden chose not to mention the millions of Ottoman Muslims killed by the actions of the invading Imperialist Powers and their Armenian allies from 1914-22. According to the US demographer, Justin McCarthy,…
