On December 24, 2021, Gardashkhan Azizkhanli, the lecturer at Khazar University's Department of Languages and Literature, defended his dissertation entitled "Citizenship lyrics in Azerbaijani poetry (based on the works of Mammad Araz, Sohrab Tahir, Mammad Ismayil)" at the meeting of Dissertation Council No.ED 1.05 at the Institute of Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi of ANAS. Head of the Department of Azerbaijan-Asian Relations of ANAS Professor Badirkhan Ahmadov (supervisor) and opponents - Professor Islam Garibov, Associate Professor, Doctor of Philosophy in Philology Afina Mammadli-Barmanbay, Doctor of Philosophy in Philology Aida Mirzayeva, Doctor of Philology Rahim Aliyev emphasized that the scientific and theoretical level of the research is high, and the author's analysis is of particular interest.

At the meeting it was also noted that the scientific results obtained in the research were appreciated by Professors of the Department of History of Azerbaijan Literature of Baku State University - Doctor of Philology Vagif Sultanli and Doctor of Philology Sanan Ibrahimov, Professor of the Department of Humanities of the Azerbaijan University of Oil and Industry, Doctor of Philology Rustam Kamal, Professor of the Department of Literature of the Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, Doctor of Philology Elman Guliyev , Leading researcher of the XX century (Soviet period) Azerbaijan literature department of the Institute of Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi of ANAS, doctor of philosophy in philology, associate professor Gunay Garayeva, associate professor of Azerbaijan Multiculturalism and Country Studies department of Baku Slavic University, doctor of philology Ibrahim Guliyev, Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University Teacher of the Department of Literature Teaching Technology, Doctor of Philosophy in Philology Ulker Bakhshiyeva in the opinions given to the dissertation and abstract.

At the end of the defense process, the members of the Council unanimously decided to submit the dissertation to the Supreme Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.