Hamlet Isaxanli In Search of “Khazar” - DSpace at Khazar University

30In Search of "Khazar"smiled, then set the next appointment with us and weleft.Around the same time, my continuedchairmanship of the mathematics department atAzerbaijan State Institute of Economics was gettingmore and more on the nerves of the institute’smanagers. The department was one of the major ones,and they were eager to influence the entrance exampolicies that I was in charge of. I began feeling morepressure and many conflicts were created in superficialways. I started getting messages like "you have to leaveyour position or...", and there even were threats. Thesituation became such that this position no longersatisfied me as well.First of all, as I mentioned before, there was noopportunity to do anything useful. Secondly, I knew thatthe young teachers I invited to the department wouldsupport me in any event of discord, some other teacherswould not act against me and I didn’t want them to beincluded on any "black list" because of me. Also, thegap between the image of university that I hadconceived in my mind and the reality of my present jobwas so great that it led me to leave my position.One day I went to the vice-chancellor’s office andhanded in my resignation. He immediately called thechancellor and told him about my resignation andeveryone involved quickly agreed to accept it.Now I could dedicate myself fully to my idea. Iwas preparing for a new meeting with the PrimeMinister.