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Mehman Aliyev
Azerbaijani journalist
Mehman Aliyev (Azerbaijani: Mehman Yadulla oğlu Əliyev) is the director of Turan Information Agency, a Baku-based news agency. He is a regular critic of the Azerbaijani government.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Mehman Aliyev (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Oct 26, 1957.1
About
On 13 February 2025 Turan's website published a statement from Aliyev saying that for financial reasons Turan would "suspend the agency's activities in its present format."
From Wikipedia’s article on Mehman Aliyev, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedLomonosov Moscow State University3
Career
Occupation: journalist.5
- Date not recordedChair, Turan Information Agency4
Personal life
Legal issues and controversies
Mehman Aliyev was charged with tax evasion and abuse of powers in August 2017. He was released from pretrial detention and put under house arrest later that year. Aliyev denied any wrongdoing. Human rights organizations and Western governments (including Reporters Without Borders and United States Department of State) condemned his arrest and called it politically motivated.
From Wikipedia’s article on Mehman Aliyev (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sources
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- 1WikidataMehman Aliyev on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaMehman Aliyev on Wikipedia
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- 8WikidataTuran Information Agency, Chair
- 9Wikimedia CommonsMehman Aliyev photo by Parvana Bayramova, Public domain