List of newspapers in Azerbaijan

The following is a list of newspapers in Azerbaijan

There are around 3,500 newspapers being published in Azerbaijan. The vast majority of them are published in Azerbaijani. The remaining 130 are published in Russian (70), English (50) and other languages (Turkish, French, German, Arabic, Persian, Armenian, etc.).

Azerbaijani newspapers can be split into more serious-minded newspapers, usually referred to as broadsheets due to their large size, and sometimes known collectively as "the quality press". Less serious-minded newspapers are often in the smaller Berliner format.

Below is a list of important newspapers published in Azerbaijan.

Newspapers

Daily newspapers

Title	Published	Format	Est.	Owner	Language	Orientation	Political party support in 2013 Presidential election
AzeriTimes.com	Daily	Broadsheet	2008	Ziya Ibrahim	English	Independent, Left-center
Crime and Criminal	Daily	Broadsheet	2016	Aqil Yusifov	Azerbaijani	New Azerbaijan Party
Adalat	Daily	Broadsheet	1990	Agil Abbas	Azerbaijani	Right-center	New Azerbaijan Party
Azadliq	Daily	Broadsheet	1989	Ganimat Zahid	Azerbaijani	Left-wing	National Council of Democratic Forces
Azerbaycan	Daily	Berliner	1918	Government of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani	Right-wing	New Azerbaijan Party
Bakinskiy Rabochiy	Daily	Broadsheet	1906	Agabak Asgarov	Russian	Right-center	New Azerbaijan Party
Bizim Yol	Daily	Broadsheet	2000	Bahaddin Gaziyev	Azerbaijani	Left-center
Echo	Daily	Broadsheet	2001	Rauf Talishinsky	Russian	Liberal
Ekspress	Daily	Broadsheet	1995	Mushfig Safiyev	Azerbaijani	Left-center
Kaspi	Daily	Broadsheet	1999	Intellekt	Azerbaijani	Right-center
Khalg Gazeti	Daily	Broadsheet	1919	Mahal Ismayilogly	Azerbaijani	Right-wing	New Azerbaijan Party
Khalg Cebhesi Gazeti	Daily	Broadsheet	2001	Elchin Mirzabeyli	Azerbaijani	Left-wing	National Council of Democratic Forces
Respublika	Daily	Broadsheet	1990	Government of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani	Right-wing, populist	New Azerbaijan Party
Sherg	Daily	Broadsheet	1996	Akif Ashirli	Azerbaijani	Right-wing
Tezadlar	Daily	Broadsheet	1993	Asif Marzili	Azerbaijani	Right-wing
Üç nöqta	Daily	Broadsheet	1998	Khoshgadam Hidayatgizy	Azerbaijani	Right-wing
Yeni Musavat	Daily	Broadsheet	1989	Rauf Arifoglu	Azerbaijani	Left-wing, populist	National Council of Democratic Forces
Zaman	Daily	Broadsheet	1991	Fetullah Gulen	Azerbaijani	Left-center

Non-daily newspapers

Title	Published	Format	Est.	Owner	Language	Orientation	Political party support in 2013 Presidential election
Azernews	Sunday	Berliner	1997	Fazil Abbasov	English	Centre-right	New Azerbaijan Party
Nedelya Jivaya Gazeta	Sunday	Berliner	1997	Unknown	Russian	Centre-right	New Azerbaijan Party

Local newspapers in Azerbaijan

• Lankaran
  • Lankaran
• Nakhchivan
  • Sharg Gapisi
• Shaki
  • Shaki
  • Shakinin Sasi
• Sumgayit
  • 365 Gün

Specialist newspapers

Sport

• Futbol+ – daily newspaper summarising the day's football news

Other special interest

• Ədəbiyyat qəzeti – monthly literary newspaper
• Qoroskop – monthly newspaper aimed at horoscope followers
• Tumurcuq – monthly newspaper for children

Free newspapers in urban centres

• Birja – weekly free newspaper of classified advertising

Former newspapers

• Akinchi (1875–1877) - weekly
• Bauer und Arbeiter (1924) - weekly
• Çeşmə (1991–1995)- daily.
• Dövran (1997–2000) - weekly.
• Gündəlik Azərbaycan (2005–2007) - daily.
• Istiglal (1932–1934) - weekly
• Komanda (2008–2014) - daily newspaper summarising football news
• Lenins Weg (1932–1936) - weekly
• Müxalifət (1991–2007) - daily
• Zerkalo (1990–2014) - daily

Further reading

• "Azerbaijan: Directory: the Press". Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.

Other websites

• Newspapers List of Azerbaijan Archived 2020-05-11 at the Wayback Machine