At the meeting of the Dissertational Council of the Institute of Geography named after acad. H. Aliyev of ANAS under the chairmanship of academician Ramiz Mammadov, Ilaha Fikret gizi Guliyeva defended her thesis on specialty 5408/01 “Physical geography and biogeography, soil geography, geophysics and geochemistry of landscaped”, for the degree of PhD on the theme “Dynamics of development of modern landscapes of Talysh Mountains and the estimation of their recreational potential”.

By secret ballot, a decision was taken to petition the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan to award the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in geography to Ilaha Guliyeva.