The dispute between the two Caucasian countries has remained tense since it started in 90’s. At different periods escalation of tensions are observed on the front line, soon being followed by a ceasefire. The latest and the biggest escalation had turned into a 4 days war in April, 2016. Since then no serious and large…
Politics in state management and in human relationships
Almost any regular user of INTERNET has somewhat idea about politics. Some people’s daily speeches are full of conspiracy theories while some others mainly criticize the ongoing happenings in the world and in the country. Obviously state politics and politics in personal life are totally different expressions. However, there are intersection points that make…
“Short cross between democracy and dictatorship” Constitutional Referendum in Turkey
The political environment in Turkey has been in turmoil in the last few years. Starting from the corruption scandal of the government members which resulted in resignation of 4 ministers, Turkey has been passing through a historical test and diagnosis which will shape its future toward the type of regime it will possess in…
Why Armenia continues to violate the ceasefire?
As we are approaching to the first anniversary of April war of 2016, tensions on the border of Azerbaijan with its occupied territories which is called Nagorno Karabakh are escalating. Armenia recently launched a video of fallen soldiers on the neutral zone. Azerbaijan Minister of Defense declared that Armenian army attempted to a big…
No leader in Islamic world?
Islam is a worldly religion and its believers are over 1 billion througout the world. There are around 50 Muslim countries in the world. Majority of those countries are economically less developed and are behind the western world. The history was shaped by Islamic countries and one of the biggest (the biggest) empires was Ottoman…
To live or to compete
It is not our decision to be born and to come to the world we live in. There are many other circumstances that we find ourselves in whereas we never decided to be so. But in the remaining part of our lives, especially after we become mature and have the sense and meaning of…
Travel to Azerbaijan – Sheki
Sheki is a beautiful, mountainous city in the South Caucasus on a chain of Great Caucasus mountains. It is one of the biggest cities of Azerbaijan with population of no more than 60 thousand currently. The city was densely populated in the past, however, economical slowdown and high rate of unemployment drove people to immigrate to…
Turkey from democracy to autocracy. How we lost a Middle East country with high level of democratic values
Turkey had stepped into a whole new era when a new government came to power in 2001. The new government (AKP – Justice and Development Party) was voicing out democracy, western values, European integration and modern Islamic views. For its attempts toward democratic values the new government has not only been popular in the…
Azerbaijan Economy: To be or Not to be
You don’t need to be an economist or a person with the background of economics in order to give comments about the current situation of economy in Azerbaijan. Country is passing through hard times with major financial difficulties and extreme slowdown of economy. Being an oil exporting country it was known in the world…
Trump knows he may not have another chance
Nowadays world is witnessing what they expected from Donald Trump during his presidential campaign. There were doubts and estimations that he was just doing politics and his real actions in case of being elected would not be that harsh enough. But he is utterly doing what he promised and meant he would do.
End of oil myth in a country with too fancy expectations
If a country is to be known with something, with some symbolic items that would definitely be oil, shaping the image of Azerbaijan outside of its borders. For years after gaining its independence in 1991, that was a driving force for economy within the country and for state foreign policy outside of the country….
Karabagh – Internal affairs or regional issue?
Karabagh is called a frozen conflict all over the world, especially around the political tables and in the international institutions. Though it is questionable, because the latest and the most serious clashes in April 2016 melted down the huge parts of ices of the conflict. Since the ceasefire of 90s the fiercest fights were observed….
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