A scandal is brewing in Azerbaijan, and Fikret Mamedov, the director of a tourism company in the country, is at the center of this scandal.
The reason is his harsh statements on Facebook, and with respect to “low intellect” of the main Azerbaijani-speaking population.
“This [Azerbaijani] is a language of mass subservience, sycophancy, ignorance, backwardness,” Mamedov stated when asked why he does not write in Azerbaijani.
According to Haqqin.az news agency of Azerbaijan, he considered his compatriots a limited-minded society which is incapable of self-criticism and analysis, and he noted: “This is not the nation for whose sake it is worth the effort.”
These statements brought forth criticisms and personal insults.