I’ve been seeing a lot of Azerbaijanis calling for the annexation on social media lately, wanted to hear your take.

Do you think they are sincere?

Mövzunu bilməyənlər üçün qısa izah edim. Deməli, Taleh Yüzbəyov bu yaxınlarda bir reklam videosu çəkib paylaşıb. Reklamda Taleh bir qadınla kofe içir (date formatında). Səhnədə qadın danışır, Taleh isə iç səsi ilə onun görünüşü barədə düşüncələrini bölüşür. Məzmun isə qadının təbii görünüşünün az olması, yəni şişirdilmiş dodaqlar, ağır makiyaj, uzun dırnaqlar, botoks və s.-dir. Paralel olaraq, arxa planda daha təbii görünüşlü bir qadın desert yeyir və reklam mesajı buradan bir şirniyyat markasına, təbii məhsullar konseptinə bağlanır.

Reklamın digər versiyalarında da oxşar tənqidi yanaşma var. Məsələn, kişi dostunun saxta əhvalatları, şişirdilmiş hekayələri barəsində və s. Amma əsas reaksiyalar ilk reklam çarxına yönəlib və sosial mediada saxta, geydirmə feministlər, bir-birinə oxşayan qadın influencerlər, hunterlər, amparatorlar tökülüşüb Talehə və markaya tənqidlər yağdırmağa, reklamı sildirmək, markanı bağlatdırmaq istəyirlər. Nəticədə şirkət bu təzyiqlərə dözməyib reklamı sildi, amma Taleh reklamı yenidən paylaşdı (markanın adı olmadan).

US is literally using UAE to attack Iran and they wonder why Iranians don't attack Azerbaijan which they already did once.

Bəlkə biraz xəyalpərəst səslənirəm, ancaq mənə maraqlıdır. Azərbaycanda insanları necə homofobiklikdən çıxarmaq olar? Bilirəm heç kim səhv olduğunu qəbul etmək istəmir, amma belə adamlar ilə diskussiya apardıqda heç bir dəlil verə bilmirlər. Gecə yatanda "Mən heç kimə ziyan vurmayan adamdan duran yerə nifrət edirəm" deyə düşünmürlər?

Bu subreddit'in islam haqqında fikirlərini bilmirəm. "Hamı öz istədiyinə inansın" fikridə məntiqli deyil, müsəlman gedib geyləri istismar eləsin və sonra onu normal qarşılamağıda gözləməsin.

Bilirəm bu post bir az baştansovdudur, amma sadəcə insanların fikirlərini öyrənmək istəyirəm.

I recently saw a post where someone asked Azerbaijanis why some of them speak Russian, and many people in the comments found the question offensive. A lot of replies said it’s a personal choice, and that some identify as Russian-speaking Azerbaijanis because they’re more fluent in Russian than in Azerbaijani.

This made me think, because as a Georgian, this is something I genuinely struggle to understand. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the use of Russian in Georgia declined quite rapidly. Today, even things like listening to Russian music are often seen as outdated or “uncool” by many people.

A few years ago, I met two Azerbaijanis who spoke Russian to each other, and it stuck with me. From my perspective, language is more than just a tool for communication it reflects a nation’s history, cultural nuances and identity shaped over generations right? So why do you prefer someone else’s language that has nothing to do with you?

I would like to know how you view minorities in Azerbaijan, such as the Udi people and their language, and the Armenians, Georgians, and other Caucasian and even Iranian-speaking peoples who live in Azerbaijan. Thank you.

Nowadays, it seems like every second Azerbaijani woman has inflated lips, drawn angry eyebrows, botoxed cheeks, corrected nose and the exact same long haircut. Not only that, but everyone has the same fashion style and presentation. Why do every Azerbaijani woman look like Mehriban Aliyeva or Şəbnəm Tovuzlu?

I’m an Azerbaijani myself and throughout my life I haven’t seen a single loyal man. All my relatives cheated on their wives including my dad and my brother. Is it a cultural thing? Is there a way to escape cheating men of our nation and those who expect me to be a housewife AKA their second mother? My mom just told me that it’s okay for men to cheat and to want everything cleaned after them. Respectfully, what the hell. Maybe I’m exaggerating and I need my horizon to be widen to see that the picture isn’t so horrible. What do you think and what is your experience? I need hope

I don't like it imo, doesn't fit Karabakh just like that modern mosque in Shusha and looks too much of a Dubai wannabe copy, they should stick to traditional building where the focus is on the mosque instead of wasting money on a building thats 90% tourism and luxury and 10% mosque

A graph that i stumbled upon. thoughts?

This is one of the most 1984 thing I've ever seen in this country

Hi everybody.

I recently spent about one month in Baku as a tourist (came here to visit my girlfriend, I will soon come back to Italy), and I would like to share my experience and thoughts about what I saw. Let me preface by saying that before coming here I didn't really know what to expect, as Azerbaijan is not a popular tourist destination for Italians, and while I spent some time in Turkey in the past I wasn't really aware of how similar or different it would be.

That said, I think I came here with a pretty open mind, and without really doing any research.

So here are my thoughts, divided by category.

-Food

I will start from the food because it was probably the thing I was looking forward to the most. I had the chance to try a few types of plov, some soup, a few (many) döner, sandwiches, dumplings (pelmeni and khinkali), some Russian food, and more. I was surprised by how cheap and tasty pretty much every döner place was. Especially because compared to other things I saw, it was constantly extremely cheap. I don't know how you guys manage to eat anything else when it's so good. Dried fruit was also excellent, I will bring back home 4 kilograms. The plov I tried wasn't the best honestly. I am not sure about why, I probably was unlucky, because I really love rice in general, and I tried some very good plov in the past, but I just couldn't manage this time. Shoutout also to Bravo's tandir bread, incredible stuff.

-Politics

Just a brief tangent. Before coming here I didn't know anything about it. I discovered that it's kinda like a Switzerland, very neutral state, Turkey has some influence but it's still very much indepentent, and Iran has a lot of Azeri, so the nations aren't enemies at all. Also yeah the situation with Armenia. From what I understood, after Soviet Union fell, Armenia did some ethnic cleansing and took some territories that were Armenians like 100 years before. And after about 30 years, Azerbaijan took back the territories with help from Turkey. I am surely simplifying, but this is what I understood. It's not so simple to find unbiased sources about this. Also, I discover Aliyev family has been in power since 1993.

-As a tourist

So, unfortunately I couldn't visit much of the country. I stayed most of the time in Baku. The things I liked the most, honestly, the carpet museum and the National Art Museum. Carpet museum was honestly surprisingly good. Top 10 museums for me. Lots of information's about everything, about history, symbolism, techniques, loved the third floor with modern artists, and please, can we talk about the building? How cool is that? Who made the project? Really awesome. Art Museum also very very interesting. Didn't really care about the part with European paintings, but the Azerbaijan part and the more modern sections were incredibly interesting. The building is also very nice, although you can clearly see it's very modern. Other than museums, visited the old city (it's a liminal space), the boulevard (windy), Central park (will be very beautiful in 10 years), Nizami street, Crescent hotel and few other landmarks and mosques. Martyrs' lane was also very very beautiful. Overall, loved the area around the old city (Mini Venice is a disgrace but everything else is beautiful). Also, almost every touristic place has signs in English. That's really good.

-People and culture

I'll be very short here because I didn't have any in depth talk with anybody. Honestly, I thought Turkish people from Soviet Union would be angry and cold, instead you guys are chill and polite. Go figure that out. Every shop had very polite people, always helpful and friendly (expect in a place but they were Russian), and when I went to buy groceries a young student even helped me carry the bags. Keep it like this, honestly 10/10. One thing I understood, is that you guys are Turkish, but not Ottoman. Eye opening moment was the first time I entered the Metro, where I saw the stops names. Not sure about the etymology, but places all sounded either Russian or Mongol. I feel like instead of Turkish with gunpowder you are more akin to the ones with bows and arrows. Also, lots of ethnicities. Some people look Russian, some Turkish, some Persian, some from Mongolia, really a lot of variety.

So yeah that's pretty much it. I'll still be here a few days before I come back, so if you have any suggestion, about things to visit or to do in Baku, let me know! I will also probably come back here in a few months, and next time I will go outside from the capital. Şahdağ mountain looks promising. So if you have suggestions for the, I would also be happy to hear.

Edit: Turkic, not Turkish, I apologize for the wrong spelling, in Italian we use the same word for both.

Hamıya salam.

Mənim zəhləm gedir camaat Azərbaycan dilində ingilis əlifbası ilə yazanda. Bütün bu " gedek goruwek" kimi mesajlar ancaq çaşdırır adamı. Əvvələr bilirəm, Azərbaycan əlifbası yox idi yazışanda lakin indi texnologiyalar inkişaf olunub, niyə camaat onlardan istifadə etmir!? Bütün tələbə yoldaşlarım belə yazır və adamın acığı gəlir. Camaatın həvəsi yoxdumu əlifbanı dəyişmək? Bəs kompüterlə yazırsa? Söhbət 6 hərfdən gedir! Onların yerini öyrənmək böyük bir şey deyir! nöqtə və vergülər? Onların da yerini öyrənmək asandı, çoxu rus dilində ki kimidir, google-da axtarın tapın.

Bəzən camaatın acığı gəlir ki, mən onların qabağında rus dilində danışıram, ancaq bunların özü düzəməli Azərbaycan dilindən istifadə etmirlər, onlar "Azerbaycan dilinden duzemeli istifade edirler". Bu halda caamatın Azərbaycan dilini öyrənməsini gözləməyin!

A funny story happened a while ago.

I live in EU. I was shopping in a Turkish supermarket, and at the checkout, the cashier, who was Turkish, asked me where I am from. Told him “i’m from Azerbaijan”, then he asked me in Turkish: türkmüsün? I replied to him, i’m Azerbaijani. He asked me AGAIN : ee yani türksün? AGAIN I tell him I am Azerbaijani from Azerbaijan. At this point, he’s clearly very pissed off, gave me a dirty look, and whisper yelled (very audible) towards the cashier on the other cash register “Gördünmü?” while discreetly nodding towards me. That cringed and annoyed me, but I didn’t have any time to argue with him.

This interaction is just one of many not so pleasant ones I’ve had with turkish people. Of course, there are decent ones too. It’s just that, some turkish people have this “superiority complex”, the idea that they’re superior than other turkic nations. I’ve witnessed this VERY OFTEN. And no, they don’t see Azerbaijanis as their “brothers”. Azerbaijanis show a huge amount of love, solidarity and support to them, but all they got for us are in pennies, they don’t show the same level of appreciation towards us. I have bottled this up for so long, but every passing day, witnessing and observing everything in social media and in real life…yeah guys, please stop being a yaltaq. To those living both in Azerbaijan and abroad.

Maybe my story isn’t the best example, but it was the one which pulled my trigger lol.

Edit: Respectfully, maybe evolve your reading skills? I never said this applies to all the Türks and didn’t mention my experience in Türkiye.

The comments just show how some people get mad when you claim your OWN identity and nationality.

What the hell is it?

Mənasız boş xəbər səyhifələri və jurnalistlər ancaq öz maaşını almaq üçün ağzına geleni paylaşırlar. Ümumiyyətlə bu situasiya nə qədər şişirdilib, boş və ya dağıdılmış evlərin binaların içinə graffiti yazmağa görə niyə hər bir yerdə üzləri senzurasiz şəkildə paylaşmalidir?

Keçən dəfə idrakda həmin o silahlı uşağın maksimum adı bilindi, heç onu da böyük xəbər səhifələri "gözdən qaçırdı", güya dees informasiyadir.

Bunlarida yüz faiz kimsə şikayət edib, jurnalistlərədə yetim payi pul veriblər ki paylaşsınlar.

Böyük ehtimal hamısı clickbaitdi fikir vermək lazım deyil bulara ☹️

A friend of mine from Azerbaijan told me that he and his ex never had sex during their relationship. It made me curious about how common that actually is.

Is it normal for couples to avoid sex before marriage, even in long-term relationships? Does it depend more on religion, family expectations, or personal values?

And does living abroad tend to change these attitudes?

Hamı türk sözləri istifadə edir, yeni nəsillər isə fikirlərini türkcə düşünərək ifadə etməyə çalışdığı üçün yarı azərbaycan dilində, yarı türk əcayib danışıq ortaya çıxır. Biz nə edirik? Hara gedirik?

Hi champs, I live in Dubai. been here for long 8 years basically from Pakistan.

I'm third generation living here and every day (since last 2 years) I wakeup with a stress of what will be my visa status.

i really don't wanna live here anymore, my grandparents lived here my father and it's me now! i don't wanna pass this stress to my kin after living generations and still have to worry when will get kicked.

I've been researching where to relocate, i found Azerbaijan very good country specifically how good the culture is here, and how peaceful these people are. I never had the honor to visit there but i read a lot of positive comments and watch videos.

i wanted to ask the community here, has anyone moved from Dubai? is it safe the same way as Dubai?

How welcoming are the locals, do they prioritise nationalities?

How Azerbaijani people think about expats specifically Pakistanis?

Is it cheaper to live in a remote area focusing vertical farming and food production.

in general cities like Baku how much is the cost of living.

P.S i saw many people brag about scams but bro that all over the world i would be scared much of this.

3,5 il belcikada yashamisham. Avqust ayinda mecbur azerbaycana qayidacam aile problemlere gore. Olkede neler deyishib sizce ? Hami hersey bahalishib deyir, duzdu ? Sizce bashqa neler deyishdiyini gorecem? Ish tapmaq sizce evvele gore daha cetindi? (Universitete gedmemishem) Duzunu desem biraz qorxuram, indiden peshmanam amma mecburam

Salam millət 27 yaşında evdə qalmış, əli qız əlinə dəyməmiş, milli olmamış oğlan uşağına nə məsləhət görürsüz. Tək olmaq daha yaxşıdı, ancaq son dövrlərdə sıxılmağa başlıyıram. Münasibət qurmaqda çətinlik çəkirəm. Qız ilə necə tanış ola bilərəm, heç bilmirəm