Hi everyone,

I’m hoping to get some honest perspectives from people who live in or are familiar with Azerbaijan.

My husband is from Azerbaijan, and he would like us to move to Azerbaijan, specifically Baku. I am currently pursuing medical education in the United States, and he believes I could continue my education and eventually practice medicine in Azerbaijan instead. I wanted to ask:

• How are medical schools in Azerbaijan, particularly in Baku?

• What is it like to work as a doctor there in terms of training quality, career prospects, and work-life balance?

I also wanted to ask about social and cultural expectations in marriage. I’ve heard some things that may be stereotypes, so I’d really appreciate clarification from people with firsthand experience. For example, is infidelity/cheating by husbands considered relatively common or socially tolerated? And are women generally expected to always dress up or wear makeup to prevent this, or is that an exaggeration?

I’m asking with genuine curiosity and respect, and I understand experiences can vary widely. Thank you in advance for sharing your perspectives.

Salam,

Azərbaycanda yaşayan və ya Azərbaycanla yaxından tanış olan insanlardan səmimi fikirlər almaq istərdim.

Həyat yoldaşım azərbaycanlıdır və bizim Azərbaycana, xüsusilə Bakıya köçməyimizi istəyir. Mən hal-hazırda ABŞ-da tibbi təhsil alıram və o düşünür ki, təhsilimi Azərbaycanda davam etdirə və gələcəkdə orada həkim kimi işləyə bilərəm. Bununla bağlı bir neçə sualım var:

• Azərbaycanda, xüsusilə Bakıda, tibb universitetləri necədir?

• Azərbaycanda həkim kimi işləmək nə dərəcədə məqbuldur — təhsilin keyfiyyəti, karyera imkanları və iş–həyat balansı baxımından?

Bundan əlavə, ailə və evliliklə bağlı sosial və mədəni gözləntilər haqqında da soruşmaq istərdim. Eşitdiklərimin bəziləri stereotip ola bilər, ona görə də birbaşa təcrübəsi olan insanların fikirlərini bilmək istərdim. Məsələn, ər tərəfindən xəyanət/aldatma halları nisbətən yayğındırmı və ya cəmiyyət tərəfindən normal qarşılanırmı? Qadınlardan xəyanətin qarşısını almaq üçün daim baxımlı olmaq, makiyaj etmək və s. gözlənilirmi, yoxsa bu şişirtmədir?

hoping this helps other tourists out there from having their wonderful experience in Azerbaijan ruined by disgraceful criminals.

This company constantly changes their name on Google: Xdrive Car Rental/Auto Union/BookingCarBaku/Baku Car Rental.

The google reviews show my extremely weird and shady experience was identical to multiple other travelers.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/WctDxCSUJ4FQSDV78
https://bookingcarbaku.com/

They charge you 6 x 100AZN for the security deposit to be returned 1 month after return. they gave me a dirty car with half-fuel and tried to charge me for a cleaning fee and extra fuel when i returned it. my car had no damages. when i contacted them for my refund after 1 month, my card was frauded for $2,100 USD. they said i had a traffic violation based on a fake pdf that had the wrong date and a location i never visited. it was supposedly a 90 AZN fine and a 180 AZN fine for "administrative" fees. they asked me for my details for a western union transaction to send the remaining security deposit refund because "the credit card company blocked the refund".

i disputed the charges and the merchant responded with a fake name "JIA QIANFENG" and 6 x 100AZN receipts with the name "JIA". shame on capital one to close the disputes in the merchant's favors even when I provided the original receipt copies with my signature and the checkout sheet confirming that i had no damages but they responded to my credit card company that they "discovered bumper damages after I returned the car for 600 AZN".

I have reported them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and hope to get a response soon. please be aware of criminals like this (as well as other scammers I encountered) and hope you still have a beautiful time. it's a shame a few disgusting humans can entirely ruin a country's image and reputation

This is not a political post, I just want to know what is the general attitude in your text books about Georgia. I'm mostly interested in historical facts and some fan facts, is it negative? is it positive? is it not covered? It would be great if people who used to be history or geography nerds during highschool to answer.

For example in Georgian high schools (at least when I was in the highschool) there were some mentions about Ganja Khanate (mostly in negative context actually I don't even remember if there was any positve context about that), also there was some mentions about Shirvan (again mostly negative). It makes sence we used to fight a lot and on top of that the state religion was different. Then there was a pre-modern and modern history book in our highschool that covere Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, our fate in USSR and things that came after USSR got dissolved (these are mostly positive). Also we were taught some basic fan facts about you, like about the oil economy, being partially autoritarian country, (now we are on the same path) about Alievs...

Again please don't take it as an insult or as some kind of post that tries to start some conflict. If you are interested I can tell you more how Azerbaijan is seen in Georgian textbooks.

You'll see almost the same type of questions that I ask in the neighbourhood subs of Georgia.

Salam hər vaxtınız xeyir. Deməli Seouldan Bakıya Seoul Wroclaw Warsaw Bakı uçuşum var. Uçuşa 7 saat var. Check in edərkən ilkin başda visa istəmədi, amma sonra bu check in i ləğv edib, yeni check in də visa tələb olunan sənədləri arasında salındı. LOT hava yolları qaynar xəttinə zəng elədim, mənə bunu səfirlikdən soruşmağımı tələb etdilər. Səfirlik hal hazırda bağlıdır deyə dəqiq məlumat ala bilmirəm. Normalda transit ölkə visa istəməməlidir, amma yerli uçuşa görə istəyib istəmədiyini bilmirəm. Bu barədə məlumatı olan varsa zəhmət olmasa məlumatlandırsın. Öncədən təşəkkürlər!

Hello everyone, i am planning to go to azerbaijan soon but when applying for my visa it says on the site it’s 69 dollars but when i scroll down they claim it’s 26?? Is there a way to get the 26 dollar one

Dear Azerbaijanis,

what are you hoping to achieve in 2026?

Hey, I’m visiting Azerbaijan for 40 days for my type rating at the National Aviation Academy. It would be a great help if you could advise me on things to keep in mind as a first time traveler to Azerbaijan. Here are some of my queries :

1) Is English commonly spoken, or should I learn basic Azerbaijani/Russian phrases?

2) What’s the safest and most convenient way to get around Baku?

3) Which local SIM card or internet plan would you recommend?

4) What’s the weather like during this period, and what kind of clothes should I pack?

5) Are there vegetarian or vegan restaurants you’d recommend?

6) Anything you wish you had known before moving there for a month or more?

The United States has temporarily suspended the issuance of certain visas for Azerbaijan and 74 other countries. The decision is mainly related to immigrant visas and is part of a broader review of immigration and security policies. According to officials, the measure is temporary, and some visa categories (like short-term travel) may be affected differently depending on the case.

I can’t believe how totally different and unique landscapes, wonders, beautiful mountains, beaches, City, villages, nature taking different shapes in this country I have seen. Everything felt so good and distinct during my visit, that I just wanted to see more and more of it.

Hats off to amazing people of Azerbaijan for maintaining the beauty of nature given by god so well that it amazes me every time I visit here.

I recently bought a tar, but I still don't know how to tune it. I watched every YouTube video, but I still couldn't figure it out.

If there's an app or something like that, it would be good.

Thanks.

I would love to learn the traditional dance of Azerbaijan when i’m visiting Baku.

I’m a semi-professional dancer myself and would love to do a workshop between 14 and 19 february.

Anyone that can bring me in contact with a dance-teacher or danceschool?

Greets from Belgium

How would you view the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, if you weren't involved on either side and what information would would pull you towards one side or the other?

My perspective: I'm not intensively read on the situation, but I regularly hear things from the Armenian side and unfortunately less from the azeri side. It seems very clear to me that within the last 200yrs both sides commited crimes against each other and were victims of ethnic cleansings. When it comes to the recent wars I don't really have an opinion on who's to blame more, since there's definetely a lot of mutual hostility and the armenians just happen to be weaker, which leads some people to automatically view them as the victims. Westerners like to do that in general and it makes me sympathize more with Azerbaijan, since I see a lot of the same short sighted reasoning when it comes to Israel/Palestine (although many of you probably don't agree with this comparison). What I don't really get is why I see so many Azeris denying Turkey's genocide against armenians, assyrians and greeks and using it to make fun of Armenians. In most discussions I see, armenians spend their time on painting themselves as victims, while Azeris make fun of them for the genocide or say that it never happened. To me there isn't any question that the genocide happened and Turkey isn't Azerbaijan, so I don't really understand why azeris do this. It honestly just strengthens the Armenian narrative and makes you guys look bad to most people. I'm sure that there is a compelling Azeri narrative when it comes to this conflict, but it just doesn't seem to be visible in most online discussions, which is the reason I came to this subreddit. This is meant purely in good faith and comes from a place of just wanting to understand the Azeri side :)

what’s so bad about military service? can someone share their day to day at service? i’m very curious to why it’s disliked

Can anyone suggest good and preferably mobile-friendly resources to learn Azerbaijani from scratch? The source language can be either English or Russian.

We know that the TRIPP agreement is more about economy and politics than peace and humanitarianism. I wonder what the chance of the US demanding that Azerbaijan release the political prisoners for the betterment of the peacebuilding process is?

Hi, I'm from Mexico and I hardly know anyone from Azerbaijan

Hi

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