2021 · Organizational history
Earlier publications, organizational changes and state support, arranged by year.
Independently documented marks an externally corroborated event. Contemporary record marks a period document, publication, interview or attributed report; it does not confirm every claim or announced outcome. Each entry identifies the named body. Earlier association records do not establish WAC’s legal continuity.
2021
Reported date
Online commemoration reported
Contemporary recordAn online commemoration is reported under both organizational names, with MPs, scholars and domestic/overseas representatives.
Named body: Society and WAC names used together in the report
Only a secondary report is included; the event has not been independently confirmed in this record.
The report names both organizations in an online commemoration. Attendance and the event date are reported by that outlet; the record does not establish the organizations’ legal relationship.
Publication date
Interview explicitly uses both organization names
Contemporary recordThe interview identifies Alekberli as leading both named bodies, before the August 2022 reorganization.
Named body: Azerbaijan Refugees Society and Western Azerbaijan Community
Documents public name usage, not registration or legal continuity. Documents public name usage, not registration or legal continuity.
Documents public name usage, not registration or legal continuity.
Publication date
Sumgait meeting reported
Contemporary recordThe report describes a Sumgait meeting using both “Azerbaijan Refugees Society” and “Western Azerbaijan Community” names.
Named body: Society and WAC names used together in the report
Only a secondary report is included; the event has not been independently confirmed in this record.
The dated report describes a meeting and uses both organizational names. It supports reported name usage and the meeting account, not a separate registration or proven legal succession.
Publication date
Ankara online conference names the Community
Contemporary recordA Turkish report explicitly attributes an online conference to the Ankara representation and names Alakbarli as Community chair.
Named body: “Batı Azerbaycan Topluluğu” Ankara representation, as named in the source
The article names organizer WAC Ankara representation, Derya Akdemir as its representative, and Aziz Alakbarli as WAC chair. It attributes denial of the Armenian genocide and claims about Zangezur to speakers. Alakbarli demands return conditions, adding that otherwise they already know the route. This is an unspecified conditional warning, not an announced attack.
Current full text and metadata agree on 24 April 2021. Internet Archive CDX lists a same-day capture; its body initially returned 429 and was not yet read. Naming and reported activity are documented at the source’s stated date; legal continuity and exact event day remain unestablished.
Publication date
Conference co-organized by “Azerbaijan Refugees Society”
Contemporary recordTÜRKSOY names “Azerbaijan Refugees Society” as a co-organizer and Alekberli as its chair. It does not name the Western Azerbaijan Community.
Named body: “Azerbaijan Refugees Society”
The report uses the Turkish name “Azerbaycan Göçmenler Derneği”. It describes an organizational role, not merely Alekberli’s personal attendance. This does not independently establish that the association was WAC or prove legal continuity with it.
29 March is TÜRKSOY’s publication date. The exact event day remains unconfirmed. The source corroborates the named society’s participation, not WAC’s involvement or succession.
The conference and the named society’s role are corroborated by a co-organizer. A verified copy of the Academy newspaper already existed by 2 March 2022. Neither source establishes WAC involvement or legal continuity.