Mirza Khazar

Mirza Khazar 2006

Mirza Khazar (Azerbaijani: Mirzə Xəzər ), also known as Mirza Michaeli, as Mirza Kerim oglu Mikayilov (Azerbaijani: Mirzə Kərim oğlu Mikayılov) (born October 29, 1947 in Göyçay , Azerbaijani SSR , USSR ; † January 31, 2020 in Germany ) was an Azerbaijani author , editor , political analyst, presenter, radio journalist and publisher. He was the translator of the Bible . He was known for his political analysis during his career as a radio journalist. Most recently he lived in Munich for a long time .

Life

In July 1973, Khazar graduated from the Law Faculty of Azerbaijan State University . From August 1973 to January 1974 he worked as a lawyer in Sumgait . In June 1974 he emigrated to Israel and attended law courses in Tel-Aviv . From June 1975 to January 1976, Mirza Khazar served in the Israel Defense Forces .

From August 1976 to October 1985 Khazar worked as deputy editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani service of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty in Munich. In October 1985, he was invited to serve as editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani service on Voice of America radio in Washington, DC . In February 1987 he returned to Munich to head the Azerbaijani service on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty and worked there until September 2003. In January 2004 he founded the newspaper “Mirza Khazar's Voice” (Mirzə Xəzərin Səsi) in Baku. Khazar currently runs the online newspaper “Mirza Khazar's Voice” in three languages: Azerbaijani, English and Russian. From September to October 2005, Mirza Khazar hosted “Azadlig TV” (Freedom TV), the first independent station broadcasting to Azerbaijan from abroad. At the end of 2005 he launched the Internet radio “Mirza Khazar's Voice”. Broadcasters can listen to pre-recorded audio files . He wrote articles on the political and economic situation in Azerbaijan and other former Soviet countries, which were published in Turkey , the Czech Republic and other countries. The establishment of the Popular Front in Azerbaijan (December 28, 1998) was the first research into the attempts of local intellectuals and patriots to create a national democratic movement in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani Popular Front was officially established in 1989. In August 1989 he published “The Birlik Society in the Azerbaijani Democratic Movement”.

Bible translation

From 1975 to 1984 he was commissioned by the Institute for Bible Translation in Stockholm to translate the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. Khazar's translation of the New Testament was published by the Institute for Bible Translation in 1982. Translation of the entire Bible began in 1975 and was completed in 1984. The translation of the New Testament made by Khazar is currently used in Azerbaijan . This translation was reprinted five times in the following years. The Old Testament was completely translated in 1984, but has not yet been printed.

Black January

On January 20, 1990, the Soviet military invaded Baku , the capital of Azerbaijan , to suppress the national movement there. Up to 200 people died during the raid. Before the invasion , the Soviets managed to suppress all efforts to spread the news from Azerbaijan to the local population and the international community. The energy center of the local television was blown up and print media banned. Khazar and his team from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty managed to be the only news source to send daily reports from Baku to Azerbaijanis inside and outside the country for several days. His distinctive voice and name are known to most of Azerbaijanis in and outside of Azerbaijan.

Awards

Khazar's name was included in the book “100 Great Azerbaijanis” compiled by the prominent Azerbaijani researcher and writer Alisa Nijat, published in Baku in 1999. In 1990, the Popular Front of Azerbaijan awarded Mirza Khazar the Mammed Amin Rasulzade Prize for his important role in the national democratic movement in Azerbaijan. Mammed Amin Rasulzade is one of the founders of the first independent Azerbaijani Republic in 1918. Sabir Rustamkhanly, an eminent Azerbaijani writer and politician, described Mirza Khazar in his interview with Cumhuriyet newspaper in September 2003 as “a symbol of our national struggle”. His name appeared in the Encyclopedia of Mountain Jews . The book was published in Israel in 2006.

Web links

• The Voice of Mirza Khazar (German version)
• 1989 interviews and phone conversations (Indiana.edu)
• EurasiaNet
• Black January in Baku 1990

media

• Poem: Khalil Rza
• Poem: Mirza Alekber Sabir
• Poem: Hökume Bülluri

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mirza Khazar passes away. Retrieved February 5, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Biography of Mirza Khazar ( Memento from July 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Website of the newspaper mirzexezerinsesi.net ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ FROM ABROAD, AZERBAIJANI TV STATIONS TRY TO SPEAK OUT
5. ↑ Webpage of the online radio ( Memento from May 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ 20 January 1990: Black Face of the Red Terror in Azerbaijan
7. ^ Black January 1990 . Azerbaijan International. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
8. ↑ 100 greatest Azerbaijanis ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Краткая энциклопедия горских евреев ( Memento from July 21, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )