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 independenc...

In war and conflict situations, both on the front political plane, parties resort to discourses for persuasion propaganda in order justify legitimize their actions, manage flow of information by spreading point view. this context, study aims reveal how persuasive rhetorical tools discourse are used relation an important issue such as war, example President Azerbaijan İlham Aliyev’s address nati...