Özet:

The Republic of Azerbaijan, the first republic of Turks established in history, had to pay heavy prices both in the first years of its establishment and in the periods when it regained its independence. So that even though they were condemned to starvation, imprisoned, tortured, and even get killed by a firing squad, they did not think of any alternative but independence. The Russians, who did not give the right of independence to non-Russian peoples despite their promise during the Soviet revolution, brutally persecuted non-Russian peoples, especially the Azerbaijani Turks, who continued the national struggle. Azerbaijani intellectuals also used many different methods to announce this persecution applied to non-Russian people to the world public opinion. One of the publications reflects the events that took place in Russia during the mentioned period in the Bildiriş newspaper. The series of articles titled ‘Things I Witness in Solovki’ in the newspaper revealed the struggle at that time, the persecution of non-Russian peoples, and the suffering experienced. In this study, it is aimed to reveal how the non-Russian people, especially the Azerbaijani Turks, were exposed to world public opinion by Bildiriş newspaper before and after the Soviet revolution. Within the scope of the study, the relevant issues of the Bildiriş newspaper were obtained and the persecution of non-Russia people was evaluated by examining the article series called ‘Things I Witness in Solovki’.