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Work to drain groundwater in the centre of Baku’s Buzovna settlement has entered its final stage about six months after it began, but state institutions have yet to disclose the project’s cost, source...

The protected-area system: what lies behind the map? The institutional protection of wildlife in Azerbaijan dates back to the 1930s, when the Goygol, Zagatala and Gizilaghaj nature reserves were estab...

Falling births, fewer marriages and the concentration of people around Baku are turning demography from an abstract statistic into a long-term economic risk. The Great Return may partly reshape Azerba...

Azerbaijan is expanding its network of inclusive classrooms, but a substantial gap remains between a child’s right to learn alongside their peers and the daily realities of school life. A ramp and an...

The construction of a sewer line serving properties controlled by the Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation has developed from a local infrastructure project into a story of opacity, damaged roads, en...

The Ecology Ministry has confirmed that it did not receive the drainage-line project. However, the ministry has yet to disclose who allowed construction to begin without an environmental opinion or ho...

Azerbaijan’s State Water Resources Agency manages water supply, sewerage and wastewater disposal systems in Baku. But when Turan requested information about the clients, contractors, costs and environ...

The Office of Azerbaijan’s Commissioner for Human Rights requested information from government bodies about construction and environmental problems in Buzovna. Most of the questions, however, remain u...

The district administration’s responses to inquiries from the director of the Turan Analytical Service do not relieve it of responsibility for coordination and oversight within the district Mehman Ali...

After experiencing mass displacement and the consequences of war, Azerbaijan is seeking to turn humanitarian assistance into an instrument of international influence. But the model’s viability will de...

Population growth, urbanisation, regional distribution and the new demographic landscape of the Great Return As of July 1, 2026, Azerbaijan’s population had reached 10,273,450. Since the beginning of...

How citizens participate in urban planning and environmental decisions in Azerbaijan The law requires projects to be disclosed in advance, residents to be heard and the rejection of their proposals to...

Field observation conducted on the coast near the settlement of Pirshaghi. August 2026 “It’s not as if this is your place...” This analysis begins not with figures, but with an ordinary observation. O...

Looking down on the northern Absheron coast, it is difficult not to notice a pattern. Azerbaijan's most restricted government compound — the presidential residence in Zagulba — is located neither in c...

The Road from Absolutism to Constitutional Government The Iranian Constitutional Movement (Mashruteh), which unfolded in the early twentieth century, is regarded as one of the most important turning p...

Higher education continues to improve a person’s chances of finding work. However, the gap between academic programmes and employers’ needs, the lack of practical experience and the limited number of...