Tale Heydarov

Tale Heydarov (Azerbaijani: Tale Heydərov) is an Azerbaijani businessman and investor.

Tale Heydarov
Personal details
NationalityAzerbaijani
Children3
ParentKamaladdin Heydarov
Alma materCollingham College; London School of Economics and Political Science; Birkbeck, University of London
OccupationFounder of science and education organisations
Websitehttps://taleheydarov.com

He founded the European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS), a lobbying group which was known for sponsoring luxurious trips for European politicians to travel to Azerbaijan and promoting the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan. It has since closed. [1][2][3] The group was involved in the Azerbaijani laundromat scandal. Heydarov was also implicated in a 2018 investigation by the Daphne Project into companies that invested in secret across Europe through a Maltese bank.[4]

Early life and education

Heydarov attended Collingham College, London, from 2001–2003, and read for a BSc International Relations and History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from 2003–2006.

He received a Master’s degree in International Security and Global Governance from Birkbeck, University of London, in 2008.

Career

Tale Heydarov is Chairman of the Board of Gilan Holdings, a conglomerate business in Azerbaijan. Heyadrov took over the company from his father who founded the company in the 1980s.[5] The company has invested in the Azeri football clubs Gabala FC football club and Gabala Sports Club. Tale was president of Gabala FC from 2005 to 2019, and Gabala Sports Club, which included the football team Gabala FK, since 2013.[6]

Heydarov is Founder and Chairman of the European Azerbaijan School (EAS),[7] a private co-educational day-school applying the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, Cambridge International Examinations and the IB Diploma Programme. He is also the Founder and Director of the Azerbaijani Teacher’s Development Centre (ATDC).[8]

Heydarov is the founder of several companies in the publishing sector, including Teas Press Publishing House and the Libraff chain of bookstores, which sells publications in Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Turkish.[9][10] From 2006–2019, he was Chief Editor of Visions of Azerbaijan magazine, which began in 2006 but also launched as a digital TV channel in 2016.

While a student in London, Heydarov founded the London Azerbaijani Society which later developed into the European Azerbaijani Society (TEAS). It is a lobbying group which was known for sponsoring luxurious trips for European politicians to travel to Azerbaijan and promoting the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan.[11][12][13] The group was involved in the Azerbaijani laundromat scandal.

Films

He was executive producer of the movies:

  • "Gənc səslər, qədim nəğmələr"
  • "Azərbaycan xaricilərin gözü ilə"
  • "İvonna Botto-Şirməmmədovanın həyat hekayəsi".[14]

Publications (Publisher/Editor)

English
  • International Visions: The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Karabakh – From History to Future Peace Prospects. Baku, 2007[15]
  • Azerbaijan: 100 Questions Answered. Baku, 2008[16]
  • Ordubadi M.S. Years of Blood – A History of the Armenian–Muslim Clashes in the Caucausus, 1905–06. London, 2010[17]
  • The Armenian Question in the Caucasus – Russian Archive Documents and Publications. Vols. 1–3. London, 2012[18]
  • Khojaly: Witness of a War Crime – Armenia in the Dock. London, 2014[19][20]

References
  1. Mammadova, Paul Radu, Khadija Ismayilova and Madina. "The Influence Machine". OCCRP. Retrieved 2021-07-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Broers, Broers Laurence (2019-08-21). Armenia and Azerbaijan: Anatomy of a Rivalry. Edinburgh University Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-4744-5055-3.
  3. "Plush hotels and caviar diplomacy: how Azerbaijan's elite wooed MPs". the Guardian. 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  4. "Azeri ruling families linked to secret investments via Maltese bank". the Guardian. 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  5. "Azeri ruling families linked to secret investments via Maltese bank". the Guardian. 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  6. "Tale Heydərov: "Artıq mənim üçün bu vəzifədən getməyin vaxtı çatıb"". Report İnformasiya Agentliyi (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  7. European Azerbaijan School (EAS)
  8. "Azerbaijan Teacher Development Centre accredited as Cambridge Professional Development Centre". Azertac. 12 June 2018.
  9. "˝LIBRAFF˝ kitab mağazasının ˝Sumqayıt˝ filialı açılıb - FOTO". Apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  10. ""Teas Press" "Ən yaxşı nəşriyyat" seçilib". Apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  11. Mammadova, Paul Radu, Khadija Ismayilova and Madina. "The Influence Machine". OCCRP. Retrieved 2021-07-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. Broers, Broers Laurence (2019-08-21). Armenia and Azerbaijan: Anatomy of a Rivalry. Edinburgh University Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-4744-5055-3.
  13. "Plush hotels and caviar diplomacy: how Azerbaijan's elite wooed MPs". the Guardian. 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  14. ""Gənc Səslər, Qədim Nəğmə" adlı sənədli filmin nümayişi keçirildi - FOTOLAR". Teleqraf.com (in Azerbaijani). 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  15. International Visions: The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict over Karabakh. From History to Future Peace Prospects. 1 January 2007. ISBN 978-9952809244.
  16. Azerbaijan - 100 Questions Answered: 100 Questions Answered: 3rd Edition. 1 November 2008. ASIN 9952806809.
  17. "Years of Blood". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  18. Heydarov, Tale (1 July 2011). The Armenian Question in the Caucasus: Russian Archive Documents and Publications, 1724-1914 (Three Volume Set). ISBN 978-0863724091.
  19. "Book "Khojaly Witness of a war crime – Armenia in the Dock" launches in London". Azertac. 2 July 2015.
  20. Heydarov, Tale; Peart, Ian; Machlachlan, Fiona (30 March 2015). Khojaly Witness of a War Crime: Armenia in the Dock. ISBN 978-0863725401.
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