Whole Azerbaijan

Whole Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Bütöv Azərbaycan) is an irredentist concept of uniting Azerbaijani-inhabited territories into Azerbaijan.

History

The idea of "Whole Azerbaijan" was formulated by Piruz Dilanchi in 1991 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.[1][2] Elchibey published his book on the idea, Bütöv Azərbaycan yolunda, in Turkey in 1998. It argued that the borders of Azerbaijan should extend from Derbent to the Persian Gulf.[3] Elchibey argued that this was a territory of Azerbaijani historical ethnic presence.[4] He proposed that Azerbaijan had right to rule it, under a proposed system of governance called "United Azerbaijani Lands" (Birləşmiş Azərbaycan Yurdları).[3] After his death in 2002, it was published postmortem. He opposed the idea of a separate and independent Iranian Azerbaijan.[5]

Distribution of the Azerbaijani language.

Political initiatives

The term Whole Azerbaijan continued in political initiatives including the SANLM (CAMAH) and Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party.

Boundaries

Although the boundaries of Whole Azerbaijan are not strictly defined, some proponents portray them as encompassing the following areas[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Keskin, Arif (February 6, 2003). "Güney Azerbaycan Milli Demokratik Hareketi Yol Ayrımında". TÜRKSAM (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on February 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Program of South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement". SANLM. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Rehmoğlu, Arif. "Satranç Tahtasında Azerbaycan ve Farsistan". Avrasya Dosyası, Avrasya Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi. Ankara.
  4. ↑ "Böyük Azərbaycan tarixən şimalda Dərbənddən başlayıb, Həmədan mərkəz olmaqla Bəsrə körfəzinədək uzanırdı" Bütöv Azərbaycan yolunda, Əbülfəz Elchibey, Ecdad Yayınları, Ankara, 1998
  5. ↑ Bütöv Azərbaycan Haqqında, Yeni Müsavat newspaper, Baku, 2002
  6. ↑ Bütöv Azərbaycan Haritası
  • "Diaspora agrees to reintegrate Iranian Azerbaijan in Republic of Azerbaijan". abc.az. August 30, 2012. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
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