AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY HISTORICAL RESEARCH FUND FORMED FULLY
Azerbaijan Business Center
June 17 2008
Azerbaijan
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. The first meeting of the Board of Trustees of
the Azerbaijan-Turkey Historical Research Fund (ATAF), the founder
of which is the Azerbaijan-Turkey Entrepreneurs Association (ATIB),
was held in Ankara on June 14.
ATIB reports that at the session due to accepting of new
members the ATF Board of Trustees ranks expanded from 46 up to 52
representatives. The ninth ex-president of Turkey, Suleyman Demirel,
has become the chairman of the Board. The Board of Trustees was also
included deputy chairman Ihsan Dogramachi, Samed Seyidov (Azeri MP
and vice president of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly),
ATIB chairman of board Ahmad Erentok.
In the course of the session ATAF also discussed strategy, organization
structure, staff schedule, and budget for 2008.
As a result, organization period in Fund’s activity completed.
ATAF sets goal to unite in the Fund representatives of scientific
world for study of the Armenian problem.
The ATAF foundation decision was made on May 15, 2006 in the course
of a conference conducted in Baku on the theme "Armenian Question in
the History of Azerbaijan and Turkey" with involvement of Historical
Organization of Turkey, Historical Institute of National Academy of
Sciences of Azerbaijan, Baku Sate University and ATIB itself on the
basis of quadripartite protocol of co-operation.
ATAF will operate within Azerbaijan-Turkey single strategy for solution
of the Armenian matter.