azerbaijan | capital | baku <tsp> baku_turkish_martyrs'_memorial | material | red granite and white marble <tsp> baku_turkish_martyrs'_memorial | dedicatedto | ottoman army soldiers killed in the battle of baku <tsp> baku_turkish_martyrs'_memorial | location | azerbaijan <tsp> azerbaijan | leadername | artur_rasizade <tsp> baku_turkish_martyrs'_memorial | designer | hüseyin bütüner and hilmi güner <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 
baku is the capital city of azerbaijan where the leader is artur rasizade and the legislature is the national assembly. it is the location of the red granite and white marble baku turkish martyrs memorial designed by hilmi guner and huseyin butuner and dedicated to the soldiers of the ottoman army who lost their lives at the battle of baku.the azerbaijani government is divided into two provinces : baku and the of baku azerbaijan