Azerbaijani Democratic Party

Azerbaijani Democratic Party
آذربایجان دموکرات فرقه‌سی
LeaderJafar Pishevari
ChairmanGhulam Yahya Daneshian[1]
FounderMir Jafar Baghirov[2]
Founded3 September 1945[2]
Dissolved1960[1]
Split fromTudeh Party of Iran
Merged intoTudeh Party of Iran[1]
HeadquartersBaku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR (1946–60)[2]
Tabriz, Iran (1945–46)[2]
IdeologyAzerbaijani nationalism[3]
Left-wing nationalism
Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Pan-Turkism[4]
Separatism[5]
Political positionFar-left

The Azerbaijan Democratic Party (Azerbaijani: آذربایجان دموکرات فرقه‌سی, romanizedAzərbaycan Demokrat Firqəsi; Persian: فرقه دموکرات آذربایجان, romanizedFerqa-ye demokrāt-e Āzarbāyjān) was a pro-Soviet, separatist, and pan-Turkist party founded by Jafar Pishevari in Tabriz, Iran, in September 1945.[6][5] It depended on the Soviet Union and was supported by it.[6] The ADP was founded as an opposition party against the Pahlavi dynasty.[citation needed] The Soviet-supported Tudeh Party dissolved its Azerbaijan chapter and ordered its members to join the ADP. The ADP ruled the Soviet-backed Azerbaijan People's Government from 1945 until 1946 with Pishevari as premier.

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