Haydar Aliyev, the Founding President of Azerbaijan, would be 97 years old today if he was alive. Haydar Aliyev, who honored the Marmara Group Foundation in 1998, is the architect of today's outstanding Turkish-Azerbaijani relations. Dr. Akkan Suver, wrote an article about Haydar Aliyev who was accepted to be the Honorary President of the Marmara Group Foundation, on the occasion of his birthday, for Milliyet newspaper, one of the most prestigious newspapers of Turkey.