Zangezur reality in Ahmed Agaoglu’s press activity

Abstract

At the beginning of the 20th century one of the personalities who played a major role in the
formation of independent national statehood in Azerbaijan is Ahmed Agaoglu. Ahmed Agaoglu, who did
great work for higher education, public education and development, was a defender not only of Caucasian
Muslims, but also of Turks living in a wider geography as a politician and journalist, and nationalism was
always at the forefront of his way of thinking. In 1918, he was elected a deputy from Zangezur to the
Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. Ahmed Agaoglu, an active participant in the parliament,
was one of the representatives sent to participate in the Versailles Peace Conference. He has a deep
knowledge of European democratic values and Turkish history and culture, and he also attached great
importance to the promotion of national culture.