Aliyev ‘Azerbaijanizes’ Yerevan Teachers’ Seminary

 News.am 
Dec 30 2021

The president of Azerbaijan has come up with a new initiative which aims to create a "basis" for territorial claims against Armenia.

This time Ilham Aliyev has "Azerbaijanized" the Yerevan Teachers' Seminary.

According to Azerbaijani media, Aliyev signed an order Wednesday to prepare the events for the 140th anniversary of the “Irevan Teachers' Seminary.”

The Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan has prepared a respective program, and the Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to resolve the matters arising from this order.

The decision, in particular, states that the seminary, which was established in 1881—that is, half a century before the emergence of Azerbaijan—"has made a commendable contribution to the preservation of the Irevan mahal where Azerbaijanis formed a majority in the preservation of the traditional content and activities of social, literary, scientific, and cultural life. They have written memorable pages in the annals of pedagogical thought."

But the obvious fact that this education institution was called a "seminary" and, accordingly, it presupposes Christian education, does not seem to bother the Azerbaijani authorities.

To note, the aforesaid is not the first declaration by Ilham Aliyev about Yerevan "belonging to Azerbaijan." Previously, he had claimed that the Armenian capital was "the homeland of his ancestors."

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS