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Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority-Muslim population - regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Despite a 1994 cease-fire, Azerbaijan has yet to resolve its conflict with Armenia over the Azerbaijani Nag... [read more]
Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority-Muslim population - regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Despite a 1994 cease-fire, Azerbaijan has yet to resolve its conflict with Armenia over the Azerbaijani Nag... [read more] Blog: Baku - culture shock
Date: July 13th 2008
So here is my first update from Azerbaijan. I am at the moment participating in an AEGEE-summer university in Baku, learning the Azeri language, which is related to Turkish. We are approx 13 participants and at least as many organizers from the universities in Baku. So let's begin, Baku, where East meets West, where Islam co-exists with capitalism and where Ladas and Mercedes fill th ... read more
Date: July 13th 2008
So here is my first update from Azerbaijan. I am at the moment participating in an AEGEE-summer university in Baku, learning the Azeri language, which is related to Turkish. We are approx 13 participants and at least as many organizers from the universities in Baku. So let's begin, Baku, where East meets West, where Islam co-exists with capitalism and where Ladas and Mercedes fill th ... read more
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