Citizenship, National Identity, and Nation-Building in Azerbaijan: Between the Legacy of the Past and the Spirit of Independence

Abstract The aim of this article is to shed light on the process nation-building and formation national identity in post-Soviet Azerbaijan. peculiarity Azerbaijani that debates how build a nation define were nourished by two discourses: Azerbaijanism ( Azerbaycanç?l?q) Turkism T?rkç?l?k). focuses firstly discourses pre-independence period while elaborating roots premises nationalist independence movement. Secondly, it highlights post-independence discussing meanings attributed nationhood. It shows these shaped existing Azerbaijan with particular emphasis citizenship identity, marked multiculturalism, hospitality, tolerance, patriotism. Yet one can still categorize country as having an incomplete process, due violation territorial integrity result Karabakh conflict.