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Whole Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani:Bütöv Azərbaycan) is anirredentistconcept of uniting presumed historicallyAzerbaijani-inhabited territories into theRepublic of Azerbaijan.
The idea of "Whole Azerbaijan" was formulated byPiruz Dilanchi in 1991[2] and defined in 1992 byAzerbaijani presidentAbulfaz 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.[3][4] Elchibey published his book on the idea,Bütöv Azərbaycan yolunda, in Turkey in 1998. It claimed that the borders of Azerbaijan should extend fromDerbent to thePersian Gulf.[5][dubious –discuss] Elchibey claimed that this was a territory of Azerbaijani historical ethnic presence.[6][verification needed] He proposed that Azerbaijan had right to rule it, under a proposed system of governance called "United Azerbaijani Lands" (Birləşmiş Azərbaycan Yurdları).[5] After his death in 2002, it was published postmortem. He opposed the idea of a separate and independentSouth Azerbaijan.[7][dubious –discuss][verification needed] Elchibey's ultimate goal was to unite the newly independentRepublic of Azerbaijan with theAzerbaijan region under Iranian rule(in his words,South Azerbaijan) and then unite withTurkey to establish a "Turk" federation.[8]
Azerbaijani historiography portrays the early to mid 1800s as the "ideal" and "normative" situation with Azeri sovereignty over Karabakh and Southern Azerbaijan (Iran), despite that a "united Azerbaijan" was never, in fact, independent but always part of the Iranian empires.[9] The concept of Whole Azerbaijan has been Azerbaijani state policy since theSeptember 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes.[10]
The term Whole Azerbaijan continued in political initiatives including the SANLM (CAMAH)[11] and Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party.[citation needed]
Although the boundaries of Whole Azerbaijan are not strictly defined, some proponents portray them as encompassing the following areas:[12][13][14][15]
provinces ofEast Azerbaijan,West Azerbaijan,Ardabil andZanjan
Derbentsky district,Republic of Dagestan
part of theKvemo Kartli province ofGeorgiaMuhterem liderimiz Elçibey, İran isimli halklar hapishanesinin bu aşamadan geçeceğini öngörmüştü. Ancak kendisinin nihai amacı önce tam bağımsız Güney Azerbaycan Devleti, ardından Türkiye, Güney Azerbaycan ve Bakü merkezli Azerbaycan Cumhuriyeti'nin bir federasyon çatısı altında birleşmesiydi.
