{{redirect|Taraggi|the newspaper|Taraggi (newspaper)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox military award | name = Taraggi<br />"Tərəqqi" medalı | image = "Tərəqqi" medalı.png | image_upright = 0.6 | caption = | presenter = President of Azerbaijan | type = Individual Award | eligibility = Azerbaijani government's civilian personnel, citizens and non-citizens, foreign civilians | awarded_for = Special contributions in the sphere of science, culture, literature, arts, public education and health, etc. | campaign = | status = Active | description = | clasps = 1 | established = December 6, 1993. Decree No. 758 | firstawarded = | lastawarded = | total_awarded = | total_awarded_posthumously = | total_recipients = | individual = | higher = For Services in the Rear in the Patriotic War Medal<br />Medal for Courage | same = | lower = | image2 = 90px }}
The '''Taraggi Medal''' ("Progress Medal"; {{langx|az|"Tərəqqi" medalı}}) – is the state award of Azerbaijan Republic. The award was created by Heydar Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, on December 6, 1993 by the Decree No. 758. Recipients of the award include Leyla Aliyeva, the daughter of Azerbaijan's ruler Ilham Aliyev and granddaughter of former ruler Heydar Aliyev.<ref name=":0" />
==Status== The Taraggi Medal is given to: * Citizens of Azerbaijan Republic * Foreign nationals and non-citizens of Azerbaijan Republic * People without citizenship
The medal is given to distinguished persons for the following services: * Special contributions in the sphere of industry and agriculture; * Revelation and innovatory proposals of the great importance; * Special contributions in the sphere of science, culture, literature, arts, public education and health; * Special contributions on building and reconstruction of agricultural objects; * Productive activity in development of physical culture and sport.
The medal also was given for particular merits. For example, from July 4, 2011 the medal was given to several persons in the sphere of development of Azerbaijani diaspora by Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan Republic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://president.az/articles/2681|title=Azərbaycan diasporunun inkişafındakı xidmətlərinə görə bir qrup şəxsin təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı|website=president.az}}</ref>
The Taraggi medal is pinned to the left side of the chest and if there are other medals or orders of Azerbaijan Republic the Taraggi medal is followed Medal for Courage.
==Description== The Taraggi Medal is made of brass metal in the form of oval and sharp-edged salient ornament with sizes of 51 mm along vertical line and 48 mm along horizontal line. There is a 51 mm diameter circle in the centre of the ornament framed with decorated stripe of 2,5 mm width, a stripe with curved endings on which is a relief inscription Taraggi, a bud like a branched tree against the background of the radiant Sun. And there is a seven edged star on the top. There are pictures of a crescent and eight-edged star on the rear top side of the medal. There is a stretched hexagon in the bottom for writing the awarding date. The medal is bordered with a salient ledge. All inscriptions and pictures are salient. With the help of eye ring the medal is attached to a tetragonal block. The block consists of 2 ornamented parts concatenated with moiré ribbon of brown color. The left top and bottom edges of the ribbon are olive and are intersected by golden lines of 1 mm width. The whole width of the ribbon is 19 mm. Size of the block is 46 mm x 22 mm.
==Recipients== * Leyla Aliyeva – the daughter of Azerbaijan's ruler Ilham Aliyev and granddaughter of former ruler Heydar Aliyev.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://vestikavkaza.ru/news/obshestvo/diaspora/39624.html|title=В Баку проходит третий съезд азербайджанцев мира|website=vestikavkaza.ru|date=July 5, 2011 }}</ref> * Ilkin Mammadov - Head of the International Relations Department of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan<ref>{{Cite web |title=Milli Meclis |url=https://meclis.gov.az/cat_shobe.php?cat=77&lang=en#:~:text=Ilkin%20Afghan%20oglu%20Mammadov |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=www.meclis.gov.az}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=3938 - Dövlət qulluqçularının təltif edilməsi haqqında |url=https://e-qanun.az/framework/54478 |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=e-qanun.az}}</ref> *Aziz Seyidov – lawyer, Justice of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://azertag.az/xeber/azerbaycan_ali_mehkemesinin_yaradilmasinin_100_illiyi_munasibetile_bir_qrup_sexsin_teltif_edilmesi_haqqinda_azerbaycan_respublikasi_prezidentinin_serencami-2485370|title=Azərbaycan Ali Məhkəməsinin yaradılmasının 100 illiyi münasibətilə bir qrup şəxsin təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı - AZƏRTAC}}</ref> * Tale Heydarov – chair of European-Azerbaijani Society * Erich Feigl – Austrian] writer, journalist, documentary film-maker and film producer * Rahid Alekberli – chief technical officer of Delta Telecom <ref>{{cite web |title=E-QANUN |url=https://e-qanun.az/framework/18819 |website=e-qanun.az |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASINDA RABİTƏ VƏ İNFORMASİYA TEXNOLOGİYALARI SAHƏSİNDƏ ÇALIŞAN ŞƏXSLƏRİN TƏLTİF EDİLMƏSİ HAQQINDA AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN SƏRƏNCAMI |url=https://azertag.az/xeber/AZARBAYCAN_RESPUBLIKASINDA_RABITA_VA_INFORMASIYA_TEXNOLOGIYALARI_SAHASINDA_CHALISAN_SAXSLARIN_TALTIF_EDILMASI_HAQQINDA_AZARBAYCAN_RESPUBLIKASI_PREZIDENTININ_SARANCAMI-462698 |website=azertag.az |language=az}}</ref> * Ramin Isayev<ref>{{cite web | url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/25262 | title=Azərbaycan Respublikasının neft sənayesi işçilərinin təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi }}</ref> * Elchin Safaraly-oghlu Babayev<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shao.az/ebabayev/|title=Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory|accessdate=October 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024222502/http://www.shao.az/ebabayev/|archive-date=October 24, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Enes Cansever – Zaman Daily editor-in-chief<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeanpaulleblanc.com/Azerbaijan.htm|title=jeanpaulleblanc.com - jeanpaulleblanc Resources and Information.|accessdate=October 24, 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=33500 Azerbaijan Awards State Medal to Zaman Daily]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> * Iskandar Shirali<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://azertag.az/xeber/AZARBAYCAN_RESPUBLIKASININ_NEFT_SANAYESI_ISCHILARININ_TARAQQI_MEDALI_ILA_TALTIF_EDILMASI_HAQQINDA_AZARBAYCAN_RESPUBLIKASI_PREZIDENTININ_SARANCAMI-452615|title=AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASININ NEFT SƏNAYESİ İŞÇİLƏRİNİN “TƏRƏQQİ” MEDALI İLƏ TƏLTİF EDİLMƏSİ HAQQINDA AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN SƏRƏNCAMI - AZƏRTAC}}</ref> – the head of Integrated Drilling Trust of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) * Said Irandoust <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ait.ac.th/news-and-events/archive/2006/News.2007-09-12.095346 | title = AIT president receives Medal of Progress from Azerbaijani president | year = 2006 }}</ref> * Seven representatives from the Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yardim.et/az|title=Ana səhifə|website=yardim.et}}</ref> * Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action<ref>http://www.anama.baku.az/pictures/_anamanews/awards_to_anama.pdf{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> * Medical workers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://anspress.com/nid77329.html|title=Azerbaijan's President signs executive order on awarding medical workers|accessdate=October 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619092301/http://www.anspress.com/nid77329.html|archive-date=June 19, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Employees of Azerbaijan National Library<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ru.apa.az/en/news.php?id=92118|title=Azerbaijani President awards employees of National Library|accessdate=October 24, 2016}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> * Education workers of the Ganja State University<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/73661/-azerbaijani-president-decrees-to-award-tereggi-medal-to-educational-workers-.html |title = Azerbaijani President Decrees To Award Taraggi Medal To Educational Workers |work = The Journal of the Turkish Weekly |date = April 22, 2009 |access-date = May 16, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110615010018/http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/73661/-azerbaijani-president-decrees-to-award-tereggi-medal-to-educational-workers-.html |archive-date = June 15, 2011 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=100940|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225202058/http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=100940|url-status=dead|title=Azerbaijan’s President issues orders to award employees of Ganja State University|archivedate=February 25, 2012}}</ref> * Teymur Hajiyev<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.az|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009162139/http://www.news.az/articles/7656|url-status=dead|title=News.az - Latest news from Azerbaijan|archivedate=October 9, 2011|website=News.az}}</ref> *German Zaharyaev – Azerbaijani born Russian billionaire<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.apa.az/xeber_a_group_of_persons_were_awarded_for_thei_244656.html|title=A group of persons were awarded for their merits in the development of the Azerbaijani diaspora|first=APA Information Agency, APA|last=Holding|accessdate=October 24, 2016}}</ref> * Rashad Nabiyev – chair of the board and chief executive officer of Azercosmos.<ref>{{cite web |title=Azərbaycan Respublikasında informasiya-kommunikasiya və kosmik sənaye sahələrində çalışan şəxslərin təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi |url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/10963 |website=president.az |publisher=president.az |language=az}}</ref> *Namig Mammadov – Azerbaijani public figure, businessman and maecenas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://president.az/articles/10963|title=Azərbaycan Respublikasında informasiya-kommunikasiya və kosmik sənaye sahələrində çalışan şəxslərin təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı|author=İlham Əliyev|author-link=İlham Əliyev|date=February 6, 2014|website=president.az|language=az|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519115736/http://president.az/articles/10963|archivedate=May 19, 2017|url-status=|accessdate=19 May 2017}}</ref> *Shakir Hasanov – Azerbaijani engineer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.e-qanun.az/framework/18676|title=On awarding people who have contributed to the socio-economic development of Sumgayit: Order Of The President Of The Republic Of Azerbaijan|date=16 November 2009|access-date=27 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111202653/http://www.e-qanun.az/framework/18676|archive-date=11 November 2017|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine|language=Azerbaijani}}</ref> *Gulshan Aliyeva-Kengerli – professor<ref name="a">{{cite web|url= https://science.gov.az/az/forms/doktora-nauk-tsentralnoy-nauchnoy-biblioteki/2112|title= Mərkəzi Elmi Kitabxananın elmlər doktorları|author= |date= |website= science.gov.az|publisher= |language= az|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230219185324/https://science.gov.az/az/forms/doktora-nauk-tsentralnoy-nauchnoy-biblioteki/2112|archive-date= 2023-02-19|url-status= live}}</ref> *Yusif Jabbarov - Chairman of NEQSOL Holding<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rufizoğlu |first=Hafiz |date=2023-08-19 |title=NEQSOL Holding CEO, Yusif Jabbarov, receives the prestigious Taraggi Medal |url=https://turkic.world/en/articles/other/134040?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=TurkicWorld |language=en}}</ref>{{AI-retrieved source|date=March 2026|checked=no}} *Ramiz Aliguliyev — director of the Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Azerbaijan Technical University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://e-qanun.az/framework/26933|title=On awarding individuals working in the information, communication and space industries in the Republic of Azerbaijan: Order Of The President Of The Republic Of Azerbaijan|date=6 February 2014|access-date=20 February 2026|url-status=live|language=Azerbaijani}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{State awards of the Azerbaijani Republic}}
Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Azerbaijan Category:Awards established in 1993 Category:1993 establishments in Azerbaijan Category:Recipients of the Taraggi