Whole Azerbaijan
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[[File:UnitedAzerbaijan.jpg|thumb|[[File:Map of Azeri dialects.png|thumb|Azeri speaking people]]Historical territories of Azerbaijani nation]] Whole Azerbaijan (Template:Lang-az) is an irredentist concept of uniting presumed historically Azerbaijani-inhabited territories into the Republic of Azerbaijan.
History
The idea of "Whole Azerbaijan" was formulated by Piruz Dilanchi in 1991 [1] and defined in 1992 by Azerbaijani president Abulfaz Elchibey (s. 1992-93). In 1991, Dilanchi founded the SANLM nationalist organization and in 1997 Elchibey founded the "Whole Azerbaijan Union" (Bütöv Azərbaycan Birliyi) organization.[2][3] Elchibey published his book on the idea, Bütöv Azərbaycan yolunda, in Turkey in 1998. It claimed that the borders of Azerbaijan should extend from Derbent to the Persian Gulf.[4][dubious – discuss] Elchibey claimed that this was a territory of Azerbaijani historical ethnic presence.[5][verification needed] He proposed that Azerbaijan had right to rule it, under a proposed system of governance called "United Azerbaijani Lands" (Birləşmiş Azərbaycan Yurdları).[4] After his death in 2002, it was published postmortem. He opposed the idea of a separate and independent South Azerbaijan.[6][dubious – discuss][verification needed]
Political initiatives
The term Whole Azerbaijan continued in political initiatives including the SANLM (CAMAH) [7] and Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party.[citation needed]
Boundaries
Although the boundaries of Whole Azerbaijan are not strictly defined, some proponents portray them as encompassing the following areas[8][9][10][11]
- South Azerbaijan (Cənubi Azərbaycan) -
provinces of East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Ardabil and Zanjan - Western Azerbaijan (Qərbi Azərbaycan) -
most of the territory of Armenia - Derbent (Dərbənd) -
Derbentsky district, Republic of Dagestan - Borchali (Borçalı) -
part of the Kvemo Kartli province of Georgia
See also
References
- ^ "Sayfa Bulunamadı - Ankara Haber Son dakika - Ankara Haberleri Sondakika".
- ^ Keskin, Arif (February 6, 2003). "Güney Azerbaycan Milli Demokratik Hareketi Yol Ayrımında". TÜRKSAM (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on February 28, 2012.
- ^ "Program of South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement". SANLM. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
- ^ a b Rehmoğlu, Arif. "Satranç Tahtasında Azerbaycan ve Farsistan". Avrasya Dosyası, Avrasya Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi. Ankara.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Böyük Azərbaycan tarixən şimalda Dərbənddən başlayıb, Həmədan mərkəz olmaqla Bəsrə körfəzinədək uzanırdı" Bütöv Azərbaycan yolunda, Əbülfəz Elchibey, Ecdad Yayınları, Ankara, 1998
- ^ Bütöv Azərbaycan Haqqında, Yeni Müsavat newspaper, Baku, 2002
- ^ "Məramnanmə – CAMAH".
- ^ Yoksa, Erhan (October 2020). "Ebulfez Elçibey'inAzerbaycan Özelinde Türk Dünyası Meselelerine Bakışı". Journal of Universal History Studies (in Turkish) (3): 216–237.
- ^ "Bütöv Azerbaycan!". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ Elchibey, Abulfaz (2004). Bütöv Azärbaycan yolunda. ISBN 9789952403435.
- ^ "Elçibey'in "Birleşmiş Azerbaycan" ideolojisi – KAFKASSAM – Kafkasya Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi". Retrieved 2021-05-12.
External links
- "Diaspora agrees to reintegrate Iranian Azerbaijan in Republic of Azerbaijan". abc.az. August 30, 2012. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.