GEOPOLITICS

The South Azerbaijani Turkic people are a significant ethnic group in Iran, with an estimated population of 25-30 million. They primarily reside in the northwestern region of South Azerbaijan and have a rich and ancient history dating back to the pre-Islamic period. Despite this, their native language, Azerbaijani Turkish, is not recognized as official in Iran, resulting in limited use in government and public life. This has led to various forms of discrimination against them, including cultural, linguistic, economic, political, and social bias.

The liberation of Shusha city has a very important geostrategic significance, President of the „Caucasus International Center for the Study of Geohistory and Geopolitics“, Guram Markhulia told „Trend“.

The expert congratulated the entire Azerbaijani people with the liberation of the city of Shusha.

“Finally, the refugees of Azerbaijan will be able to return to their native lands”, Markhulia notes.

Armenia experiences difficulties not only due to the mistakes or incompetence of the government, which is indeed the case sometimes, but mostly due to the spatial-geopolitical inadequacy of the state

Author: Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan

Date: 12.03.2018

„Even if lasting peace is established, he who renounces the inner readiness for physical struggle will ultimately perish“