DOI: https://doi.org/10.36719/2706-6185/56/19-24
Nahayat Isgenderova
Baku State University
PhD student
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2877-8944
nehayet87@gmail.com
National Parties in the Political Life of Northern Azerbaijan
in the Early 20th Century
Abstract
The article analyzes the emergence and activities of national political parties in Northern Azerbaijan in the early twentieth century. It examines the influence of Tsarist colonial policy, the 1905–1907 revolutionary events, Armenian-Muslim conflicts, and World War I on national political organization. The ideological foundations, social bases, and organizational structures of the “Geyrat”, “Difai”, “Mudafiya”, and “Musavat” parties are studied. The research concludes that these parties played a key role in shaping national consciousness and preparing the ideological groundwork for Azerbaijani statehood.
Keywords: national movement, political parties, Difai, Musavat, Qeyrat, Northern Azerbaijan, early 20th century