azerbaijan | leader | artur_rasizade <tsp> azerbaijan | capital | baku <tsp> azerbaijan | leadertitle | prime_minister_of_azerbaijan <tsp> baku_turkish_martyrs'_memorial | location | azerbaijan <sep> azerbaijan (uk:  (listen), us: ; azerbaijani: azərbaycan, [ɑːzæɾbɑjˈdʒɑn]), officially the republic of azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of eastern europe and western asia it is a part of the south caucasus region and is bounded by the caspian sea to the east, russia (republic of dagestan) to the north, georgia to the northwest, armenia and turkey to the west, and iran to the south baku is the capital and largest city the azerbaijan democratic republic proclaimed its independence from the transcaucasian democratic federative republic in 1918 and became the first secular democratic muslim-majority state in 1920, the country was incorporated into the soviet union as the azerbaijan ssr 
the baku turkish martyrs' memorial is located in baku. the capital of azerbaijan. a country led by the prime minister of azerbaijan. artur rasizade.azerbaijan is the first secular democratic muslim-majority state