Aliyev ‘Azerbaijanizes’ Yerevan Teachers’ Seminary

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.”