Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Aze ...

cult of personality A cult of personality, or a cult of the leader, Mudde, Cas and Kaltwasser, Cristóbal Rovira (2017) ''Populism: A Very Short Introduction''. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 63. is the result of an effort which is made to create an id ...

, also known as Heydarism ( az, heydərizm), became a significant part of Azerbaijani politics and

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after he came to power in 1993 and continuing after his death in 2003, when his son

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003. The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev, ...

succeeded him. Aliyev, a former Soviet

politburo A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states. Names The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contraction ...

member and the leader of

Soviet Azerbaijan Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...

from 1969 to 1987, became the

President of Azerbaijan The president of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the head of state of Azerbaijan. The Constitution states that the president is the embodiment of executive power, commander-in-chief, "representative of Azerbaijan in home and foreign policies", ...

in 1993. He then began to carefully design an autocratic system, with heavy reliance on family and clan members, oil revenues and patronage. In Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev is presented as the "national leader of the Azeri nation".

Heydar Aliyev's image in Azerbaijan

Aliyev has long been accused of violating human rights and forming an

autocratic Autocracy is a system of government in which absolute power over a state is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject neither to external legal restraints nor to regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perh ...

system in Azerbaijan, with many critics even characterizing the regime as

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. His personality cult has been compared to those in the

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, characterized by an atmosphere of fear in Azerbaijan and censorship of the press. This continued following his death. According to Azeri analyst Zafar Guliyev, the 2003 appointment of

as his father's successor instigated a process of asserting the personality cult of his predecessor and rewriting recent Azerbaijani history. In his 2003 book ''The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia'', German journalist Lutz Kleveman described the situation: Opposition analyst Zardusht Alizade has said that Aliyev "was the last representative of the political heritage of Stalin and Beria. epersonified the most terrible experiences in the fate of the Azerbaijani people." The 2006 US Congressional Record Proceedings and Debates also expressed concern about how Ilham Aliyev's government maintains a "distinct Soviet-era state television network and has elevated Heydar Aliyev to the status of a minor personality cult figure." American journalist and specialist on the Caucasus,

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wrote in 1998: Julie Hill described the cult in her 2005 book, ''The Silk Road revisited: markets, merchants and minarets'', as follows:

Heydar Aliyev's reaction

In 2001, when journalists from

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countries asked Heydar Aliyev about his cult of personality, he responded:

Places named after Heydar Aliyev

Every city and town in Azerbaijan has a street named after Heydar Aliyev, including one of the central avenues of the capital

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. According to official information, there are 60 Heydar Aliyev museums and centers in Azerbaijan. Other places named after him include: * Baku International Airport, named after Heydar Aliyev on 10 March 2004. *

Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex Heydar is a common male given name in Greater Iran, particularly in Iran and Azerbaijan. A variant of the Arabic name Haydar (also spelt Heidar, Haider, and other variants), it was a cognomen of Ali, who was known for his courage in battle. Heyda ...

, Baku * Ministry of National Security Academy in Baku ( ru) *

Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center The Heydar Aliyev Center is a building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. The center is named after Heydar Ali ...

* Heydar Mosque in Baku (opened in 2014) * Baku Oil Refinery ( ru) *The Baku factory of Deepwater Bases *Heydar Aliyev Georgia-Azerbaijan Humanitarian University, an independent university in

Marneuli Marneuli ( ka, მარნეული , az, Sarvan) is a town in the Kvemo Kartli region of southern Georgia and administrative center of Marneuli Municipality that borders neighboring Azerbaijan and Armenia. Toponymy According to Georgian so ...

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(opened in 2008)

Outside of Azerbaijan

*2004 – forest in

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*2004 – street in

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*2006 – park in

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*2007 – square in

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*2007 – park in

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*2007 – avenue in

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*2008 – street in

*2010 – forest in

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*2010 – avenue in

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*2010 – square in

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*2010 – park in

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*2011 – bridge in Tarsus,

*2011 – school in

*2011 – lycée in

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*2011 – street in

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*2011 – school in

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*Park in

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, Turkey *Avenue in İzmir, Turkey *Boulevard in İzmir, Turkey *High school in

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, Turkey On 14 June 2005, a

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was opened in

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, Russia on 6

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, near the house where Aliyev lived from 1949 to 1950.

Other

The

Heydar Aliyev Order Heydar Aliyev Order ( az, "Heydər Əliyev" ordeni) is the supreme order of Azerbaijan. The order was ratified by legislation of Azerbaijan Republic by the Decree No. 896-IIQ on 22 April 2005. The Heydar Aliyev Order is given to the citizens of th ...

, founded in 2004, is the supreme order of the

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Gül bayramı

Annually, since 2000, a festival is held in

in honor of Heydar Aliyev, called Gül bayramı, which translates to "Flower Feast". It starts on 10 May and lasts a few days. Traditionally, it is held in Heydar Aliyev Park, in front of the

Central Bank of Azerbaijan The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA, az, Azərbaycan Mərkəzi Bankı) is the central bank of Azerbaijan Republic. The headquarters of the bank is located in the capital city Baku. The National Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan was establish ...

, where unique flowers from around the world are gathered. According to the opposition ''Yeni Musavat'' newspaper, over $76 million were spent in 2013 on this festival.

Films

Two films were shot in 2003 commemorating Aliyev's 80th birthday. ''Black Label'' (Qara nişanə) was directed by

Vagif Mustafayev Vagif Mustafayev (born August 28, 1953) is an Azerbaijani film director, producer and screenwriter. Since 2006 he has been the president of the Space TV and Radio Company. Biography In 1982, he was accepted on two-year higher courses for script ...

with Polish actor

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( pl) playing Aliyev's role. ''The Moment of Truth'' was directed by Ramiz Fataliyev ( ru) with Russian actor Aleksandr Baluyev ( ru) playing the lead role.

Post stamps

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Statues and monuments

In Azerbaijan

Almost every major Azerbaijani city has at least one monument of Heydar Aliyev. Following his death in 2003, many more were erected in Azerbaijan and in other countries, especially in

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. In the capital Baku, there are at least three Heydar Aliyev statues: at

Heydar Aliyev International Airport Heydar Aliyev International Airport ( az, Heydar Aliyev adına Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) (IATA: GYD, ICAO: UBBB) is one of the seven international airports serving Azerbaijan. Formerly, it was called Bina International Airport after a suburb of ...

, at the

Alley of Honor The Alley of Honor ( az, Fəxri Xiyaban, Honorary ''Allée'') is a public cemetery and memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Alley includes burials of famed Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijan-affiliated expatriates, including several Presidents, scientists ...

and in Heydar Aliyev Park on Rashid Behbudov Street. Settlements in Azerbaijan with statues and monuments of Heydar Aliyev include: *

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* Ağdaş * Agsu * Astara *

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* Cəlilabad * Daşkəsən *

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* Goranboy *

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* İmişli *

İvanovka İvanovka (russian: Ивановка) is a village and municipality in the Ismailli District of Azerbaijan. It is at a height of 848 m above sea level, 13 km far from Ismailli region. The municipality consists of the villages of İvanovka an ...

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* Lerik *

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* Naftalan * Nəbiağalı *

Nakhichevan City Nakhchivan ( az, Naxçıvan ; arm, Նախիջևան, Nakhijevan) is the capital of the eponymous Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, located west of Baku. The municipality of Nakhchivan consists of the city of Nakhchivan, the settleme ...

* Oğuz *

Qabala Qabala ( az, Qəbələ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Qabala District of Azerbaijan. The municipality consists of the city of Gabala and the village of Küsnat. Before the city was known as Kutkashen, but after the Republic of ...

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* Qax * Qıvraq *

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Quba Quba () is a city and the administrative centre of the Quba District of Azerbaijan. The city lies on the north-eastern slopes of Shahdag mountain, at an altitude of 600 metres above sea level, on the right bank of the Kudyal river. It has a po ...

Qusar Qusar District (; az, Qusar rayonu; lez, КцIар район, script=Latn) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north-east of the country and belongs to the Guba-Khachmaz Economic Region. The district borders the dis ...

Quzanlı Quzanlı () is a village and the most populous municipality in the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 13,002. The municipality consists of the villages of Guzanly, Birinji Guzanly, Eyvazly, Chullu, and Imamgulubeyli. Since 2 ...

* Saatlı * Sabirabad * Salyan *

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* Şəki *

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* Siyəzən *

Sumqayit Sumgait (; az, Sumqayıt, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about away from the capital Baku. The city has a population of around 345,300, making it the second largest city in Azerbaijan after Bak ...

* Tovuz * Ucar * Xaçmaz * Xızı *

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* Yardımlı

Outside of Azerbaijan

Since Aliyev's death in 2003, many statues have been erected outside of Azerbaijan as well. The first statue of Aliyev outside Azerbaijan was inaugurated in

(2004). That same year, a bust of Aliyev was inaugurated in

, in a park named after him in 2007. Later statues were erected in

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, a suburb of

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(2008)

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's Tašmajdan Park (2011) and

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(2012). However, the latter was removed in 2013 following significant controversy. In only two years, three statues of Aliyev were erected in

: in

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(2009), Dzhemikent village,

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(2010) and

(2010). Statues of Aliyev were also installed in four Turkish cities:

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(2007),

's Haydar Aliyev Park, and

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, Uzbekistan in 2018.

References

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Outside of Azerbaijan

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Gül bayramı

Films

Post stamps

Statues and monuments

In Azerbaijan

Outside of Azerbaijan

See also

References