Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 8 Masoud Tajrishi, the Director Urmia Lake Revival Headquarters stated that Turkey, Japan, South Korea and Germany announced their cooperation for revival of lake Urmia. Mr. Masoud Tajrishi in an interview with ISNA said:” There are suggestions and projects from Turkey for improving agricultural conditions of the region. …

ANKARA, Turkey,Feb 2 In the political program of the channel 24 of the Turkish Network with name of Different View (Farklı görüş), the Turks of South Azerbaijan were described as the defensive shield and the main obstacle to a possible war between Turkey and Iran. According to Gunaz Tv (the official media …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Jan 30 Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force has become dissatisfied with Turkey’s actions and its lack of coordination with Iran and Syria. Qasem Soleimani sent a message via one of the Quds forces to the commander of the Turkish army. And he expressed:’ we are in …

ANKARA, Turkey Jan 12 At least 120 PKK terrorists were neutralized in counter-terror operations over the last one month across Turkey, according to the figures compiled by Anadolu Agency. Despite harsh winter conditions, security forces dealt a heavy blow to PKK terror organization with operations held from Dec. 1- Dec 31, …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 14 A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the Iraq-Iran border region killed more than four hundred people in both countries, sent people fleeing their homes into the night and was felt as far west as the Mediterranean coast, authorities reported on Monday. The worst damage appeared to …

Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 1 Turkey–Azerbaijan relations are at the highest level and at the highest peak, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev told the sixth meeting of the Azerbaijan-Turkey High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, held with participation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Baku on October 31. Addressing the meeting, President Aliyev …

ISTANBUL,Turkey,Nov 1 After fleeing the Assad regime, Syria‘s first astronaut builds a new life in Istanbul. The first Syrian astronaut, referring to receiving suggestions from some countries for scientific cooperation He wanted to use his experiences in Turkey, his second home. According to a report by Anadolu Agency, the first …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Jun 25 The US-based Azeri-Iranian channel GünAz TV, whose mandate is to create awareness of the plight of Azeri people living in northern Iran, is working to return to Türksat after its sudden removal from the satellite in 2006. In an exclusive interview with Today’s Zaman, Ahmed Obalı, the …

South Azerbaijanis have historically been considered the country’s most loyal ethnolinguistic minority. Predominantly Shiite, with religion being the most important source of collective identity, Turkophone Azerbaijanis had until the 1920s provided numerous dynasties to the Persian thrones. The rise of nationalism in the 20th century gradually breached the image of South …

Baku, North Azerbaijan, Oct 23 President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan thanked the President of the Republic of North Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in connection with the construction of the Star refinery, the Turkish media reported citing Erdogan’s speech at a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development …