Bilinmeyen Y nleriyle Kafkasya Müslümanlar n n Bakü’deki lk Kongresi

Russia muslims freed from despotic regime of Tsarits Russia following the Revolution of March 12th. Also getting the benefit from this freedom circumstances, they started to organize congresses to find solutions to their national, social and political problems. One of these congresses is Baku Congress at which South and North Caucasian muslims representatives come together on April 28th, 1917, which is also the subject matter of this study. The information about the congress belgons to the Kaim-makam of Bacil town of the Yemen province. In order to learn the circumstances in Russia, to organize and to make Turkic-Muslim inhabitants in Caucasia free from Russian reign, and Ottoman administrators decided to send volunteers and commiteemen. The Kaim-makam of Bacil applied for such a duty. Bacil Kaim-makam prepared a report on September 20th, 1917 in which he narrated his activities. Bacil Kaim-makam, also wrote in his report as a historical document that a secret consultation and discussion assembly was formed by he most reliable characters participated in the congress from South and North Caucasia, and that they decided to annex South and North Caucasia to Turkey.