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Azerbaijani Armenophobia hits Turks: Turkish athlete Zafer Noyan,
being taking for Armenian, was not allowed to enter Baku
23:00 31/05/2014 >> SOCIETY
Azerbaijani authorities sent Turkish athlete Zafer Noyan, who arrived
in Baku to attend the European Arm-wrestling Championship, back to his
homeland. As the Azerbaijani portal Sportbox.az quotes Turkish media,
the reason for this was that Noyan was taken for an Armenian in Baku.
Turkish athlete argued that he was not an Armenian, however it did not
help him and he was deported to Turkey.
Armenophobia in Azerbaijan is also evident by the fact that people
with Armenian surnames or the surnames that are similar to Armenian
ones are not allowed to enter the republic. Thus, in 2010 because of
illegal actions of the "Aeroflot" representation of Azerbaijan the
Armenian delegation was not able to leave Moscow to Baku for the 64th
General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union.
In June 2011, a photojournalist of the Bloomberg agency, a citizen of
the United States and Russia Diana Markosian was deported from Baku to
Istanbul because of her Armenian origin. MFA of Azerbaijan confirmed
that the Armenian origin of the photojournalist of Bloomberg agency
has served a reason for her deportation: "During her stay in
Azerbaijan Markosian will face security problems because of her
Armenian origin."
In July 2011, two players of Russian "Torpedo" club from Armavir were
deported from Azerbaijan immediately after arriving at the airport of
Ganja.
In October 2011, representatives of "Azerbaijan Airlines" (AZAL), at
the airport "Domodedovo" the representative of "AvtoVAZ" citizen of
Russian federation Sergei Gyurjian was removed from Moscow - Baku
flight, together with his Israeli colleague Shuhmahera Demitra, the
Director of "LADA International Limited", who were involved in the
delegation in Baku for committing a deal to import LADA cars to the
Republic of Azerbaijan.
At the same time, the head of the press service of "Azerbaijani
Railways" Nadir Azmammadov stated that "the entry of those having
Armenia nationality, as well as citizens of other countries of
Armenian origin is officially banned in Azerbaijan."
In December 2012, at the Baku airport, a Russian journalist from
Kabardino-Balkaria, Sufyan Zhemukhova, was detained. The cause of the
almost failed deportation was the name of the journalist - Sufyan that
reminded the Azerbaijani border guards the ending of the Armenian
surnames.
Source: Panorama.am
being taking for Armenian, was not allowed to enter Baku
23:00 31/05/2014 >> SOCIETY
Azerbaijani authorities sent Turkish athlete Zafer Noyan, who arrived
in Baku to attend the European Arm-wrestling Championship, back to his
homeland. As the Azerbaijani portal Sportbox.az quotes Turkish media,
the reason for this was that Noyan was taken for an Armenian in Baku.
Turkish athlete argued that he was not an Armenian, however it did not
help him and he was deported to Turkey.
Armenophobia in Azerbaijan is also evident by the fact that people
with Armenian surnames or the surnames that are similar to Armenian
ones are not allowed to enter the republic. Thus, in 2010 because of
illegal actions of the "Aeroflot" representation of Azerbaijan the
Armenian delegation was not able to leave Moscow to Baku for the 64th
General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union.
In June 2011, a photojournalist of the Bloomberg agency, a citizen of
the United States and Russia Diana Markosian was deported from Baku to
Istanbul because of her Armenian origin. MFA of Azerbaijan confirmed
that the Armenian origin of the photojournalist of Bloomberg agency
has served a reason for her deportation: "During her stay in
Azerbaijan Markosian will face security problems because of her
Armenian origin."
In July 2011, two players of Russian "Torpedo" club from Armavir were
deported from Azerbaijan immediately after arriving at the airport of
Ganja.
In October 2011, representatives of "Azerbaijan Airlines" (AZAL), at
the airport "Domodedovo" the representative of "AvtoVAZ" citizen of
Russian federation Sergei Gyurjian was removed from Moscow - Baku
flight, together with his Israeli colleague Shuhmahera Demitra, the
Director of "LADA International Limited", who were involved in the
delegation in Baku for committing a deal to import LADA cars to the
Republic of Azerbaijan.
At the same time, the head of the press service of "Azerbaijani
Railways" Nadir Azmammadov stated that "the entry of those having
Armenia nationality, as well as citizens of other countries of
Armenian origin is officially banned in Azerbaijan."
In December 2012, at the Baku airport, a Russian journalist from
Kabardino-Balkaria, Sufyan Zhemukhova, was detained. The cause of the
almost failed deportation was the name of the journalist - Sufyan that
reminded the Azerbaijani border guards the ending of the Armenian
surnames.
Source: Panorama.am