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- Title
CAUCASIAN UNION PARTY AND ITS VIEWS ON AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN POLICY IN THE EARLY 20<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY.
- Authors
TOPAL, Coşkun
- Abstract
The Caucasus Mountains are generally considered as in both Europe and Asia, located from the end point of Dnieper, Don and Volga Rivers toward the South to the high plateaus of Anatolia, extending to Baghdad and Tehran and then from the Gulf of Iran toward Indian Ocean where the intersection of the old way exists. That is, the Caucasus is a region at the border of Europe and Asia, situated between the Black and the Caspian Seas. The Caucasus has a strategic position from Central Asia to Europe, following a significant geopolitical path from Black sea to the Mediterranean via the Straits. On the other hand the Caucasus Mountains is one of the world's largest mountains which is extending within the boundaries of the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. The Caucasus Mountains also extends From the northeast coast of the Black Sea, to the west coast of the Caspian Sea. The Mountains Which is considered the natural boundary between Europe and Asia and covers an area of approximately 400,000 km2. On May 28 Azerbaijan had declared its independence. The main apparatus of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan which was temporarily located in Gence was moved to Baku in September 1918. In this period, Caucasian Union Party was established secretly in the Caucasus in the vicinity of Gokcay, and second its activities seem to have taken place on 30 January 1918. Caucasion Union and Progress Party and Union Party which had a special position in the development of the political and cultural life as a whole in Azerbaijan. In this paper, we have generally used articles quoted from Ittihad newspaper which was printed by Ittihad Party. This paper basically examines Caucasian Union Party and Its views on Azerbaijan foreign policy in the early 20th century on empirical grounds.
- Subjects
BLACK Sea; INTERNATIONAL relations; TWENTIETH century; POLITICAL parties; AZERBAIJAN foreign relations
- Publication
Electronic Turkish Studies, 2014, Vol 9, Issue 2, p1529
- ISSN
1308-2140
- Publication type
Article