Iğdır Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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The article presents a comprehensive and versatile view of Azerbaijan's transport and logistics system. As a result of the war, after the Karabakh lands were taken back from the thirty-year occupation, Zangezur, the ancient land of Azerbaijan, has also come to the fore to act as a corridor for the railways and highways of the region in the future. Special attention was paid to several points in the study. The first of these is the historical development of the transport and logistics system of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In the article, brief information was given about the status of the relevant system in the Soviet Era. The main focus of the research is the current state of the country's transport system and the development trends in the Nakhchivan region. In this respect, the general and economic information of the independence period and their processing have a special importance. The design, construction and commissioning of the Zangazur Corridor in terms of both railway and highway requirements reflects the long-term development of the subject. The aim of the study is to clarify the current situation, role, and importance at the international level of the transport and logistics system in the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the status of improvements and transformations in this field. The research was carried out by applying grouping, comparative analysis and other related methods on the data obtained from the State Statistics Institute of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The findings obtained as a result of the research, Zangezur Corridor will contribute to the restructuring of the transport logistics system not only in Azerbaijan, but also in the whole region, especially in Iran, Turkey and Russia, and will create an opportunity for the economic and social development of the entire region.