From: farid@mem.odu.edu ("F. H. Miandoab")
Newsgroups: soc.culture.turkish
Subject: -->>> News - Azerbaijan <<<--
Date: 30 Jul 92 15:17:52 GMT
Reply-To: Turkish Cultural Program List <TRKNWS-L%USCVM.BITNET@forsythe.Stanford.EDU>

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Tabriz-Azerbaijan: Ministry of Education in Iran has announced that there
will be a two hour/week course in Azerbaijani language offered to primary
school children. The Ministry has stated that emphasis will be put on words
common to Farsi and Azeri language!
(Note: Millions of Azerbaijanis in Iran are deprived of their very basic
right to practise their language in their schools in Azerbaijan. International
pressure on the Iranian government could certainly change this.)

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AZERI GOVERMENT PROTECTS SOCIAL RIGHTS OF THE FOREIGN
MILITARY MEN

    BAKU,29/07/92,TURAN: The cabinet of ministers of
azerbaijan passed a resolution to protect social rights of the
foreign citizens, having their military service in azerbaijan.
    in accordance with the resolutin, houses and flats of the
military men / no matter under which departament they are/
should be transferred without compensation into their
possession.
     the military are granted a right  to exchange their flats
for those in any region of the former ussr. those leaving their
flats under the authority of the azeri state, will receive a
compencation according to the current prices.
     the military and their families, leaving azerbaijan, will
be free of import duty and any restrictions on removal of the
personal property. --0--


MONEY FOR A SPECIAL EMERGENCY

      BAKU,29/07/92,TURAN: Azeri goverment allotted 20.6 million
rubles for  "azerbaijan hava jollari" to be used in
case of an emergency.
     it is supposed, that the concern would buy some
helicopters, proved to be the most effective means to evacuate,
the population from the dangerous areas in case of an emergency.
--0--

AZERI PROFITEERS SPOILING MEAT PRICES IN TABRIZ

     BAKU,29/07/92,TURAN: Azeri agriculture has suffered much
damages through the mass export of cattle from the republic to
the north regions of iran (southern Azerbaijan).
    as it is almost impossible to control over the contraband
cattle export, it is hard to assess the right figure of losses.
    but still, it is an established fact that lately, in the
north regions of iran meat prices have come down half as much.
so, meat prices in the markets of tabriz have sunk from 800 by
400 tumans a kilogramme.
   having sold for a mere trifle the cattle, azeri profiteers
return to azerbaijan with bubble-gums and cheap iranian textile
fabrics. then the iranian consumar goods appear in the shops of
baku and other azeri cities. --0--


FINANCIAL INNOVATIONS IN AZERBAIJAN

    BAKU,29/07/92,TURAN: By the resolution of the cabinet of
ministers, beginning from august of this year, azei buyers could
pay for their purchases through cheque-books.
    also, if a person deposits money in a saving-bank to a
value of 50,000 rubles and more for a term no less than a year,
he would be payed 25 per cents a year from the invested sum.
    fazil mamedov, head of the press-center of the cabinet of
ministers informs the turan correspondent that at the bottom
of such a step lies acute shortage of ready-money. --0--


PRISONERS RETURNED TO ARMENIA

    BAKU,29/07/92,TURAN: This morning 20 armenians, captured in
the mid June in the azeri region of geranboy, were flown to armenia
in a special flight.
   though the azeri side was ready to return all those prisoners
to armenia nearly two weeks ago, it took yerevan ten days to
come to an agreement with the "red cross", taking  part  in the
negotiations as a mediator.
   leila yunusova, head of the information-analitical center of
the defence ministry said to the turan correspondent that
earlier, baku had put forward a proposal to exchange the
captured armenians for the azeri civilians, captured by
armenians in nagorno-karabakh. but yerevan denied the proposal.
--0--


FIERCE COMBATS IN THE REGION OF AGDERA

    BAKU,29/07/92,TURAN: The press-center of the defence
ministry reports that this morning sub-units of the armenian
expeditionary corps went on with attacking of the positions of
the azeri forces near the villages of mokhratag, metzshen,
kasapet and magavuz in the region of agdera in nagorno-karabakh.
armenian side is doing its best to round up the district center
and encircle azeri forces. for the last few days, armenia has
transferred a large amount of armoured vehicles and manpower to the
region of agdera.
    last night the district center of agdam and three villages
 in the region came under massive armenian shelling. there are
injured in the villages. the villages suffered much destructions.
    a woman was killed and several men injured in the region of
fizuli in the armenian "grad" missile shelling from the
positions in the village of gadrud. the region also suffered
from the tank's shelling.
    more than ten men have been wounded in the regions of sharur,
shakhbuz and sadarak in the republic of nakhichevan in the
armenian shelling. sadarac suffered destructiones.--0--
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Azeri language:

   BAKU,29/O7/92,TURAN:ERMENISTAN VE DAGLIG GARABAG NUMAYENDILIYI
ATEM DOVLETLERI ISTIRAKCILARININ RIM GORUSUNA GEDECEKLER.
    ERMENISTAN ALI SOVETININ DEPUTATI SUREN ZOLYAN BILDIRMISDIR KI,DAGLIG
GARABAG UZRE MINSK KONFRANSININ SEDRI BU GORUSDE ERMENILERIN
AZERBAYCANIN DAGLIG GARABAGA TECEVUZUNUN MUZAKIRE EDILMESI TELEBLERINI
YERINE YETIRMESINE SOZ VERMISDIR.
    YEREVANDAN ALINAN XEBERLERE GORE BU GORUSDE GONDARMA DAGLIG GARABAG
 RESPUBLIKASINDAN NAZIRLER SOVETI SEDRININ MUAVINI BORIS ARUSANYAN ISTIRAK
EDECEK.--0-



     BAKU,29/O7/92,TURAN:ERMENI MENBELERINDEN ALINAN XEBERLERE GORE
XANKENDI SEHER RABITE XETTININ REISI EDUARD ZAKIYAN DEMISDIR KI,GELEN
HEFTE YEREVAN-XANKENDI POCT MARSURUTU ISLEMEYE BASLAYACAG,HEMCININ SUSA
RABITE XETTI DE ISTISMARA VERILECEK.
      DEYILENE GORE OTEN IKI AY ERZINDE XANKENDINDE
15OO TELEFON NOMRESI,4OOO-E YAXIN RADIO NOGTESI BERPA OLUNMUS,
ERMENISTANLA MDB DOVLETLERI ARASINDA TELEFON RABITESI ISLEMEYE
BASLAMISDIR.--O--