In February 2014 a formal request was made by various public figures throughout the world to nominate Aylisli for the Nobel Peace Prize - " For courage shown in his efforts to reconcile Azerbaijani and Armenian people " . Among the nominators were the social science professors and the university presidents as Craig Calhoun , Immanuel Wallerstein , Theodor Shanin . They noted that Akram Aylisli was probably the first Turkic author who wrote a book of penitence for the Armenian Genocide . " Aylisli was the first to express that pain in a literary work which is very personal , deep and hard-won . Mr Aylisli ’s actions are important not only for Armenians and Azerbaijanis , but for others all across the former Soviet Union , who have been blinded by ethnic hatred . His example in fact transcends location , ethnicity or political persuasion . His lone resistance , his defiance , his willingness to sacrifice all for the sake of truth , is an encouragement to each of us to be brave . Mr Aylisli is one of those rare people such as Martin Luther King and Andrey Sakharov , whose personal courage and moral impulse can change a nation ’s fate and destroy the walls dividing nations . "
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Akram Aylisli