Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Avrasya Uluslararası Araştırmalar Dergisi, cilt.13, sa.46, ss.417-436, 2025 (TRDizin)
In the last decades of the 20th century, the power vacuum created by the collapse of the Soviet Union, territorial disputes of some ethnic groups with multiple ethno-religious formations and lack of political development led to the anarchic nature of the South Caucasus region. Today, rapid and profound information and communication developments in various global spheres, especially in regions with diverse and plural identities, have caused serious damage and challenges. In fact, there is hardly a region in the international arena with diverse identities that does not face challenges and identity dilemmas. This study aims to examine the social repercussions of the conflicts between Azerbaijan and Armenia from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in 1988 to 2025, including identity, patriotism, national consciousness, sacralization of national identity and anomie. The effects of ethnic conflicts are evaluated through the structural functionalist approach. Therefore, the theoretical framework of the study is based on the views of Durkheim, one of the fathers of this approach. This study, which is based on qualitative research method, was carried out by document analysis method through secondary sources. The study argues that the emphasis on identity differences reproduces a culture of violence between the two countries, which leads to consequences such as patriotism, reconstruction of national consciousness and anomie. For Armenia, anomie and identity crisis were the inevitable sociological consequences of the post-war period. The war led to a norm breakdown and identity confusion in Armenia. In Armenia, the collective identity was seriously questioned after the defeat. In Azerbaijan, the high identity energy generated by the victory faces questions of sustainability and justice. It should be noted that in both societies these processes have the potential to lead to fragility unless strategies for social resilience against anomie are developed.