The Iraqi Minister of Culture and Antiquities, Hassan Nazim, celebrated, through his Twitter account, the opening of an airport in Azerbaijan bearing the name of the poet Fuzuli al-Baghdadi, but he blamed Iraq for neglecting this poet, while other countries are proud of the most distinguished Iraqis.
Nazim posted on his Twitter account a set of photos of the airport, one of which was the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accompanied by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during the opening of the "Fuzoli" airport, and commented on it, "A new airport in Azerbaijan in the name of Fuzuli."
Nazim added that the poet Muhammed Suleiman, nicknamed Fuzuli Baghdad, lived from 1494 to 1556, an Iraqi Turkmen poet, born and died in Iraq and was buried in the city of Karbala.
A new airport in Azerbaijan with the name Fuzuli.
Fuzuli 1494-1556, an Iraqi Turkmen poet, was born and died in Iraq and was buried in the shrine of Imam Hussein.
He wrote his works in Turkish and he wrote in Persian and Arabic.
The Turkmen of Iraq, the Azeris, the Turks, and the Persians consider him their poet, and we neglect him.
I wrote a study about him in an attempt to restore my curiosity as an Iraqi poet.
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— Hassan Nadhem (@HassanNadhem) November 2, 2021
He pointed out that Fuzuli wrote his works in Arabic, Turkish and Persian, noting that the Turkmens of Iraq, Azeris, Turks and Persians consider him their poet, while "we neglect him."
Last Tuesday, Azerbaijan announced the opening of a new airport bearing the name of the late Iraqi poet Muhammad Suleiman, nicknamed "Fudoli al-Baghdadi", the first poet of the East in the tenth century AD.
The opening of the airport was attended by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The airport extends over an area of more than 100 square kilometers, and is about 180 kilometers from the Azerbaijani capital, Baku.
Observers say that the airport adds exceptional tourism and commercial importance to the area's surroundings.