Azerbaijan, in the scene of history BC. It begins to be seen from the 6th century. Due to its geopolitical situation, it has been invaded continuously and remained under the domination of various states. The first state established in this region was the kingdom founded by the Achaemenid Commander Sahrap Atropates. The name of the Kingdom of Atropates changed over time, and it was named Azurbeycan by the Sassanids and Azerbaigan by the Assyrians.

Turks and Iranians gave the region the name Azerbaijan.

After the Kingdom of Atropetes, the Seleucids, Armenians, Romans and Sassanids dominated the region respectively. Turks settled here in the 4th and 5th centuries AD. Later, the Sassanid ruler Nushirevan followed the policy of settling Iranians in the region. The Islamic state, which started to grow in the seventh century, started to conquer Azerbaijan. This conquest movement was completed in 643, when the region was completely under Muslim control. Later, the Abbasids ruled this place through Turkish orders. With the collapse of the Abbasid State, some local dynasties established principalities in these lands. Seljuk Raiders entered Azerbaijan from the seventh century. But they could not establish a definite dominance here. After 1015-1016 Oğuz tribes started to settle here. Although Tuğrul Bey sent his uncle and uncle to conquest here in 1043, no results could be obtained from the prolonged clashes with the Byzantines. It was during the reign of Sultan Alparslan that Azerbaijan came under definite Seljuk rule.

Azerbaijan's location

Azerbaijan came under the rule of Atabegs and Khwarezmhs between the 12th and 13th centuries. Later, the Mongols began to enter the area in 1320. The rule of Genghis lasted for a short time. After the death of Genghis, Azerbaijan was invaded by the Cuci nation. After them, Azerbaijan came under the domination of the Iranians, after a while, it came under the rule of the Golden Horde State. These invasions continued until the first half of the sixteenth century. The first Ottoman expedition to Azerbaijan started in the 16th century. Although Yavuz Sultan Selim Khan conquered Tabriz in 1514 during his wars with the Safavids, the city was again captured by the Safavids. In 1534, Suleiman the Magnificent Khan conquered Tabriz and conquered all of Azerbaijan the following year. As a result of the turmoil in 1555, Azerbaijan was again attached to the Safavids. During the reign of Sultan Murad III, it was again captured by the Ottomans.

Various khanates were established in Azerbaijan after 1539. Confusion in these; It continued until the 19th century. Although some development movements started in this century, their results were only seen at the beginning of the 20th century.

Finally, on April 28, 1920, the Soviet regime was declared by the invasion of the red army. Until Azerbaijan reached its current status, it was administered as a Caucasus federation together with Georgians-Armenians.

On December 5, 1936, some of its lands were given to Armenians and some to Georgians. Thus, three republics affiliated to Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, were established on the territory of Azerbaijan, which remained in the Caucasus.

During the invasion of the communists, corrupt ideas began to settle among the nation. Meanwhile, reformist ideas that destroyed Islam developed. The nation was surprised by these reformists and communists, and the uprisings against communism began. However, these were suppressed each time very bloody by the red army. There have been 56 violent revolts against communists. With the Glasnost and Prestroika policy that started in Russia in 1989, a return to material and moral values began in Northern Azerbaijan. There were riots to take back the territories given to the Armenians. The Red Army, who entered the Azerbaijan Republic, which declared its independence in 1990, smeared the country completely with blood. Although the Soviet Union continued its pressure against their republics, which were trying to declare their independence for a while, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania declared their independence in August 1991. Other Turkish states followed them. The war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Karabakh continues. The leader of the People's Front, Abulfeyz Elchibey, who won the elections held in mid-1992, became the head of state.