azerbaijan | leader | artur_rasizade <tsp> azerbaijan | capital | baku <tsp> baku_turkish_martyrs'_memorial | material | red granite and white marble <tsp> azerbaijan | leadertitle | prime_minister_of_azerbaijan <tsp> baku_turkish_martyrs'_memorial | location | azerbaijan <tsp> baku_turkish_martyrs'_memorial | nativename | türk şehitleri anıtı <tsp> azerbaijan | legislature | national_assembly_(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 
prime minister artur rasizade is the leader of azerbaijan where the source of legislature is the national assembly. baku is the capital city and is the location of the red granite and white marble baku turkish martyrs memorial . locally known as turk sehitleri aniti.the republic of azerbaijan is part of the south caucasus region