Independence Day (Azerbaijan)

A ceremony held on Istiglaliyyat Street in 2019.

Independence Day (Azerbaijani: Müstəqillik Günü) honors the date on which the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) was founded as the first secular democratic state in the Muslim East: 28 May 1918. Since 1990, Republic Day is celebrated as a national holiday in Azerbaijan.[1]

Until 2021, it was marked as Republic Day. In October 2021, it was renamed and became Independence Day.[2][3]

  1. ^ Rais Rasulzade (his grandson), "Mammad Amin Rasulzade: Founding Father of the First Republic," Archived 2011-12-08 at the Wayback Machine in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 7:3 (Autumn 1999), pp. 22–23.
  2. ^ "Milli Məclis bayramların adlarını dəyişdi". yenisabah.az. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Respublika Günü və Milli Müstəqillik Gününün adları niyə dəyişdirilir?". oxu.az. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.