Karabakh Order
{{short description|Military order of Azerbaijan}}
{{Infobox military award
|name= Karabakh Order
"Qarabağ" ordeni
|image= Karabakh order.png
|image_size= 160px
|caption=
|type= Individual award
|awarded_for= The courage shown in the destruction of manpower and equipment of the enemy, as well as in the performance of official duties in conditions of a real threat to life during the liberation of the occupied territories and the restoration of the state borders of Azerbaijan.
|status= Active
|established= 20 November 2020
|lastawarded=
|total_awarded=204
|total_awarded_posthumously=
|total_recipients=
|higher= Victory Order
|lower= Istiglal Order
|image2= AZ Karabakh order ribbon.png
|image2_size= 100px
}}
Karabakh Order ({{langx|az|"Qarabağ" ordeni}}) is an order of Azerbaijan. The order was created on the occasion of Azerbaijan being the victor in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.{{Cite web |url=https://apa.az/en/domestic-news/Orders-and-medals-are-established-in-Azerbaijan-on-the-occasion-of-victory-in-Patriotic-War-335909 |title=Orders and medals are established in Azerbaijan on the occasion of victory in Patriotic War |date=20 November 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |work=Azeri Press Agency |language=en }}
History
On 11 November 2020, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, at a meeting with wounded Azerbaijani servicemen who took part in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, said that new orders and medals would be established in Azerbaijan, and that he gave appropriate instructions on awarding civilians and servicemen who showed "heroism on the battlefield and in the rear and distinguished themselves in this war." He also proposed the names of these orders and medals.{{Cite web |url=https://en.president.az/articles/46142 |title=Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva met with servicemen undergoing treatment at Clinical Medical Center 1 |date=11 November 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |work=President.az |publisher=Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan |language=en }} On 20 November 2020, at a plenary session of the Azerbaijani National Assembly, a draft bill on amendments to the bill "On the establishment of orders and medals of the Republic of Azerbaijan" was submitted for discussion.{{Cite web |url=https://en.president.az/articles/46142 |title=Vətən Müharibəsində qələbə münasibətilə Azərbaycan Respublikasının orden və medallarının təsis edilməsi ilə əlaqədar "Azərbaycan Respublikasının orden və medallarının təsis edilməsi haqqında" Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanununda dəyişiklik edilməsi barədə AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASININ QANUNU |trans-title=LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN on amendments to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On the establishment of orders and medals of the Republic of Azerbaijan" in connection with the establishment of orders and medals of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the occasion of victory in the Great Patriotic War |date=20 November 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |publisher=National Assembly of Azerbaijan |language=az }}
The Karabakh Order was established on the same day in the first reading in accordance with the bill "On the establishment of orders and medals of the Republic of Azerbaijan" on the occasion of Azerbaijan being the victor in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.{{Cite web |url=http://armiya.az/ru/news/166994 |title=Парламент Азербайджана утвердил в первом чтении законопроект об учреждении новых орденов и медалей Отечественной войны |trans-title=The Parliament of Azerbaijan approved in the first reading the bill on the establishment of new orders and medals of the Patriotic War |date=20 November 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |work=Armiya.az |language=ru }}
= Awarding =
On 9 December, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to award 204 servicemen, 48 of them posthumously with the Karabakh Order. The awardees included Mais Barkhudarov, Hikmat Hasanov, Arzu Rahimov, Nizam Osmanov, and Shahin Mammadov.{{Cite web |url=https://apa.az/az/azerbaycan-ordusu/Silahli-Quvvlrin-hrbi-qulluqculari-tltif-edilib-colorredSIYAHIcolor-618932ar |title=Silahlı Qüvvələrin hərbi qulluqçuları təltif edilib - SİYAHI |date=9 December 2020 |access-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201209162200/https://apa.az/az/azerbaycan-ordusu/Silahli-Quvvlrin-hrbi-qulluqculari-tltif-edilib-colorredSIYAHIcolor-618932ar |archive-date=9 December 2020 |work=Azeri Press Agency |language=az }}
On April 1, 2021, Selçuk Bayraktar awarded with the order. In June 2021, Baykar’s CEO Haluk Bayraktar awarded Karabakh Order by President İlham Aliyev in Shusha. {{cite news |title= Aliyev'den Haluk Bayraktar'a Karabağ Nişanı |url= https://m.haberturk.com/aliyev-den-haluk-bayraktar-a-karabag-nisani-3105204-amp |access-date=16 June 2021 |publisher=Daily Sabah |date=15 June 2021}}{{cite news |title=Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev awarded Haluk Bayraktar with “Karabakh” order |url=https://apa.az/en/xeber/official-news/azerbaijani-president-ilham-aliyev-awarded-haluk-bayraktar-with-karabakh-order-photo-351754 |access-date=16 June 2021 |agency=Apa.az |date=15 June 2021}}
Status
The Karabakh Order will be awarded for the "courage shown in the destruction of manpower and equipment of the enemy, as well as in the performance of official duties in conditions of a real threat to life during the liberation of the occupied territories and the restoration of the state borders of Azerbaijan".{{Cite web |url=https://mehriban-aliyeva.az/en/news/node/848472 |title=President Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva met with servicemen undergoing treatment at Clinical Medical Center No 1 |date=11 November 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |publisher=Official website of Mehriban Aliyeva |language=en }} According to the bill "On the establishment of orders and medals of the Republic of Azerbaijan", the medal's senior award is the Victory Order, while its junior award is the Istiglal Order.
References
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Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Azerbaijan