Ankara, Turkey, Oct 29 Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is opening what he claims will eventually become the world’s largest airport on the 95th anniversary of Turkey’s establishment as a republic. Tens of thousands of workers have been scrambling to finish the airport to meet Mr. Erdogan’s 29 October deadline. However, its launch on Monday is symbolic with only limited …
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26th Anniversary of the Occupation of Shusha-North Azerbaijan by Armenia
Baku, North Azerbaijan, May 8 26 years (May 8, 1992) have passed since the occupation of Shusha city by the armed forces of Armenia. The occupation resulted in the destruction of the town of Shusha and 30 villages in the region and the expulsion of more than 24,000 people, which …
Read More »Turkic world Commemorate Mammad Amin Rasulzade’s 134th birth anniversary
Baku, North Azerbaijan, jan 31 134th birth anniversary of Mammad Amin Rasulzade , one of the founding political leaders of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was Commemorate in various Turkic country. Rasulzade was born in the Novkhani township, Baku on January 31, 1884. He participated in the creation of an …
Read More »Armenia resettling Syrian refugees on occupied lands – breach of int’l law, Baku tells UNHCR
Baku, North Azerbaijan, Dec. 16 Policy pursued by Armenia aimed at resettling Syrian refugees of Armenian origin on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan is a grave breach of the international humanitarian law, reads a statement by the Delegation of Azerbaijan at the United Nations High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges. …
Read More »Mesut Özil shows red card to Germany’s anti-Turkish football lobby
Ankara, Turkey, July 27 The quote “I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose” in Mesut Özil‘s indirect farewell letter to the German Football Federation (DFB) last Sunday is, on one hand, a shocking revelation of how the DFB, at least at its top, …
Read More »Sardar Azmoun Quits Iran National Team for Racist Insults
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan June 28 Iran striker Sardar Azmoun announced his retirement from international football on Thursday, saying he had decided to quit the national team because of racist insults aimed at the 23-year-old had ruined his mother’s health. Iran was knocked out of the World Cup with a win, a …
Read More »Two Iranian Kabaddi Players Seek Asylum in Australia
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 13 Two members of Iran’s national team have refused to return from the Kabaddi World Cup in Australia and say they are seeking asylum after being threatened with “severe punishment” by the head of Iran’s Kabaddi Federation. The federation had previously insisted that the two players …
Read More »“Tabriz Park” unveiled in Kazan
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 3 A park in Kazan city of Tatarstan was named after Tabriz”, said Mir Etemad Emadi, the general manager of Public & international relations of Tabriz municipality . Following the articles of sisterhood contract between Tabriz and Kazan, the municipal administrators of two cities were committed to name one …
Read More »100th anniversary of Baku’s liberation marked in North Azerbaijan
Baku, North Azerbaijan, Sep13 By Kamila Aliyeva September 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the liberation of Baku from the Armenian-Bolshevik invaders – one of the most valiant pages in the history of Azerbaijan of the twentieth century. On September 15, 1918, Baku was liberated by the Caucasian Islamic Army, …
Read More »100 years pass since March genocide of Azerbaijanis
Baku, North Azerbaijan, Mar 31 North Azerbaijan today marks the centenary of the March 1918 Genocide of Azerbaijanis. After the Republic of Azerbaijan regained its independence, it has become possible to renew the objective picture of the past history of Azerbaijani people, Trend reports. The truth, which for many years was …
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