Istanbul`s Turkey-Azerbaijan Circle makes statement on March 31 - Day of Genocide
Baku, April 1 (AZERTAC). Istanbul`s Turkey-Azerbaijan Circle has made a statement on March 31 - the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis, saying March 31 - the day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis and 26 February Khojaly genocide should be commemorated in all the organizations in Turkey, Safar Karakoyunlu, the circle`s chairman told.
Karakoyunlu added the responsible ones for this violent act should be punished according to the rules of the international law.
The statement says: “Thousands of Azerbaijanis were killed just for their ethnic identity, houses were set on fire, the people were burnt alive. Architectural monuments, schools, hospitals, mosques and other buildings were destroyed, most of Baku turned into ruins. Genocide of Azerbaijanis was carried out in Baku, Shamakhi, Guba, Karabakh, Zangazur, Nakhchivan, Lankaran and other places with medieval barbarity. In February and March 1918, Armenians killed about 50,000 people in Baku, Shamakhi, Guba, Mugan, Lankaran and other cities of Azerbaijan.”
“Their homes were robbed, and tens of thousands of people were forced out of their homes. Only in Baku, about 30,000 people were mercilessly killed. Fifty-eight villages were burnt in Shamakhi, 150 villages in Karabakh, 115 in Zangazur, 211 in Iravan Province and 92 Azerbaijani villages in Kars were completely destroyed, people were punished ruthlessly regardless of their gender and age.
Right after the end of the World War II, mass resettlement of Armenians was started. Around 509,000 Armenians were shifted from Syria, Greece, Lebanon, Iran, Bulgaria, Romania, France, USA, Greece and Palestine to Armenia.
The pictures and videos of the Quba mass graveyard were uploaded to the official webpage of the circle.
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