the good muallim, your text above looks like a publication in Zerkalo.az by a Akif Nagi efendi…
You are not right: THAT Baku was NOT the result of tolerance of azeris. THAT Baku was the result to the Russian presence in Caucasus. THAT multi-cultural, friendly Baku appeared on the Earth when the Russians came to Caucasus, and disappeared when the Russians went away. If your "tolerance" means something, try to apply it, say, to Talish and Lezgin people, who are asking you for national textbooks and national schools for years without any success… If you are so tolerant, why don't you give some rights to Talishs or Lezgins?
And lastly…
Wow, pretty refreshing…
Just would like to expand on this remark. As a Talysh from my dad side (all I have to do is present my last name, and without any doubt that shall satisfy any curious minds) I would like to assure that I have never heard my dad, or any of our relatives even ONCE complain about our rights being disturbed or discriminated on that basis. Not even once. This includes Soviet and post-Soviet period ( ok, may be jokes about 12 AM, but lets get real, I laugh and tell them myself). This includes every single member of our quite extended family in Lenkoran, Astara , Massaly ( seems like most of the people here are pretty familiar with the geography of Azerbaijan, so it shouldn't be that big of a problem, but if I am mistaken then generally these are the areas with Talysh population).
I am not going to touch the Lezgin issue, because I would choose to leave that to appropriate people. I am fully aware that on this forum there is one user who proclaims that he is talysh and the rights of his people are next to the dirt on sidewalk. I am not looking to start a great argument here, like wow wow, you say this, he says that, but I really don't have wax in my ears (I clean them pretty well actually on daily basis, but I will touch on this topic sometime later))) ), so I am trying to find this absolutely incredible that I have not heard of this problem. Absolutely incredible. Thank you for your time. Sorry about going away from original topic, but you have to agree that when people speak on your behalf like that and your problems which you didnt even know existed .... jsut draws attention.
PS: about that so called Talysh Mugam Respublikasi. As one of my professors says, just like Holy Roman Empire ( there was nothing holy about it, it wasn't Roman, and it wasn't an empire)……
PPS: No, I don't speak talysh, so lets not check my language capabilities. Please. Pretty please
Thoughts of an anti-nationalist Turk
in Genocide
Posted · Edited by Windowsvista
Just would like to expand on this remark. As a Talysh from my dad side (all I have to do is present my last name, and without any doubt that shall satisfy any curious minds) I would like to assure that I have never heard my dad, or any of our relatives even ONCE complain about our rights being disturbed or discriminated on that basis. Not even once. This includes Soviet and post-Soviet period ( ok, may be jokes about 12 AM, but lets get real, I laugh and tell them myself). This includes every single member of our quite extended family in Lenkoran, Astara , Massaly ( seems like most of the people here are pretty familiar with the geography of Azerbaijan, so it shouldn't be that big of a problem, but if I am mistaken then generally these are the areas with Talysh population).
I am not going to touch the Lezgin issue, because I would choose to leave that to appropriate people. I am fully aware that on this forum there is one user who proclaims that he is talysh and the rights of his people are next to the dirt on sidewalk. I am not looking to start a great argument here, like wow wow, you say this, he says that, but I really don't have wax in my ears (I clean them pretty well actually on daily basis, but I will touch on this topic sometime later))) ), so I am trying to find this absolutely incredible that I have not heard of this problem. Absolutely incredible. Thank you for your time. Sorry about going away from original topic, but you have to agree that when people speak on your behalf like that and your problems which you didnt even know existed .... jsut draws attention.
PS: about that so called Talysh Mugam Respublikasi. As one of my professors says, just like Holy Roman Empire ( there was nothing holy about it, it wasn't Roman, and it wasn't an empire)……
PPS: No, I don't speak talysh, so lets not check my language capabilities. Please. Pretty please