Samira Ahmadbeyli

149th year of national press in Azerbaijan marked by record number of arrested journalists

Arrests in Azerbaijan

July 23, 2024

Since November of last year, 17 media employees have been arrested, most of them charged with "smuggling."

Viticulture in Azerbaijan developing in the shadow of officials

Azerbaijan

June 26, 2023

Azerbaijani vintners call low purchase prices and monopoly the main obstacle to the development of winemaking in the country

Locals trying to save the village of Griz and their native language from extinction

Azerbaijan

April 14, 2023

Residents of a high-mountain village in Azerbaijan who speak a minority language hope that a new road will change their lives

"Islam does not have a significant influence on society in Azerbaijan. What does this mean?" Study

Azerbaijan

January 30, 2023

How influential is Islam in this mono-religious nation? A JAMNews deep dive.

Stuck between Russia and Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

December 14, 2022

History from the Azerbaijani villages of Khrakhoba and Uryanoba

"Wonderful activity." How an Azerbaijani journalist became a beekeeper

Azerbaijan

July 27, 2022

A young beekeeper who radically changed his profession - about beekeeping, journalism and economics

Azerbaijani village that survived two Karabakh wars

Azerbaijan-Armenia

April 17, 2022

Some residents of Garachinar are waiting to move to Karabakh, others are waiting for the development of the village to finally begin

Cows, war and faith: story of a Krishna devotee farmer from an Azerbaijani village

Azerbaijan

January 29, 2022

Jamshid Guliyev, a Krishna devotee farmer from Azerbaijan and a veteran of the Karabakh conflict, used to be a journalist, but now keeps a farm where no animals are slaughtered

Erdogan's government about to face a trial by lira

Turkey

November 26, 2021

The unprecedented depreciation of the Turkish lira has seriously affected the credibility of the Erdogan's government, caused a wave of protests that swept across Turkey

Syrian, Afghan refugee crisis hits Turkey amid Taliban takeover

Turkey

August 22, 2021

Syrian and Afghan refugees in Turkey have been the cause of society's unrest over the last few weeks. Turks believe that refugee assistance is discriminatory against them

Arson or incompetence? What's causing wildfires in Turkey

Turkey

August 03, 2021

Wildfires and terrorism in Turkey - is there a connection between the two. The opposition and many in society believe that the true cause of the crisis in the southwest of the country is the government's incompetence

Turkish mafia boss accuses Erdogan government of drug and weapon trafficking

Turkey

June 16, 2021

Mafia boss Sedat Peker has accused the Turkish government of drug and weapon trafficking. Who is he and how is Erdogan's government addressing his claims?

Turkey nixes Istanbul Convention on prevention of violence against women. Why and what does this mean?

Turkey

March 23, 2021

"Only 17% of respondents are against, and the president cannot overturn parliamentary decisions" - Turkey withdrew from the Istanbul Convention, commentary by opposition MP for JAMnews

Copyright law: lawlessness or protection in Azerbaijan?

Azerbaijan

February 01, 2021

Copyright in Azerbaijan is protected by law, but this has no practical significance. We tried to find out the reasons for this together with the authors themselves

More than 90,000 attacks on doctors in Turkey in last 10 years – why? What’s being done to stop it?

Turkey

September 26, 2020

Around 60 percent of medical staff in Turkey have been exposed to attacks at least ten times

Kinship adoption in Azerbaijan: solid tradition or social scourge?

Azerbaijan

August 20, 2020

The sacrifices families are ready to make for the sake of a ‘pure blood line’

Erdogan approves Hagia Sophia’s transformation into mosque. Photos

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

July 10, 2020

86 years later, the Hagia Sophia, one of the main symbols of Istanbul, is deprived of the status of a museum and is open for worship as a mosque

Turkish president taking on Youtube, Twitter, and Netflix

July 04, 2020

Turkish President Erdogan wants to ban Youtube, Twitter, and Netflix after social media users offended his daughter. 16 people who posted comments have been detained, another 15 are on the wanted list.

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