The Wikipedia volunteers of the Azerbaijan Cultural Center named after Heydar Aliyev in Uzbekistan substantially edited the Zangezur article in the Uzbek language section of “Wikipedia”.
About it Publika.azElnur Eltürk, chief specialist of the “Electronic Academy” department of ANAS Presidium, researcher-expert on diaspora, informed.
In the article, the readers were given extensive and detailed information in Uzbek language about Zangezur district, the ancient territory of Azerbaijan, which was joined to Armenia piece by piece with the military and political support of foreign patrons from the beginning of the 20th century.
The edited article mentions that Zangezur is a historical area covering part of the territories of Armenia and Azerbaijan. In the information given about the Zangezur toponym, it is stated that “Zengi” is the name of an ancient Turkic tribe, and even today most geographical toponyms in the area are of Turkish origin.
In the “History” section of the article, based on archival documents and historical facts, it is reported that during the years 1905-1907, as well as 1918-1920, armed attacks were committed by Armenian groups on the villages of Zangezur inhabited by Azerbaijanis, and as a result of these attacks, more than 100 villages were destroyed. looted, burned and wiped off the face of the earth.
The article emphasizes that on August 10, 1920, the Caucasus Bureau of Russia made a decision to give the Sharur-Daraleyaz region of Nakhchivan to Armenia without the consent of the Bolshevik leadership of Azerbaijan, and the regions of Karabakh and Zangezur were declared “disputed territories” between Azerbaijan and Armenia. It is also noted here that later, by the decision of the general meeting of the Political and Organizational Bureau of the Azerbaijan CP(b)P, Zangezur was accepted to be handed over to Armenia.
In the material, it is mentioned that in 1988, not only the people of Zangezur, but also residents of Goycha, Darelayaz and Iravan districts of West Azerbaijan (from the territory of present-day Armenia) were expelled from their ancestral homes and subjected to terror, as well as the destruction of historical monuments by Armenians.
In the wiki article, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, said, “Our ancestral land, the Iravan khanate, Zangezur district, and other lands are now the land of the Armenian state. These are our historical lands, but we do not claim land against Armenia, although we can. Because the present Armenia is located the territory is the ancient Turkish and Azerbaijani lands” was also quoted.
The wiki article, edited in Uzbek, cites historical documents and includes a photograph of an article published in the French magazine L’OEuvre on July 14, 1920. In the article published in the magazine, the fact that the Zangezur region, which is the territory of Azerbaijan, was transferred to Armenia according to the agreement signed between Soviet Russia and the Republic of Armenia on July 1 of that year was also reflected.
Information about the Zangezur Corridor is also reflected in the “Zangezur Corridor” section of Wikimedia.
It is noted here that one of the important results of Azerbaijan’s historical victory in the Second Karabakh War, which started on September 27, 2020 and lasted for 44 days, is the opening of the Zangezur corridor, which runs directly from Nakhchivan to Azerbaijan. The tripartite Declaration signed between the leaders of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia on November 10, 2020 in the section created in Uzbek is not only the cessation of military operations, but also the restoration, development and restoration of economic and transport relations that have been limited in the region as a result of the occupation policy of Armenia in the South Caucasus for nearly 30 years. it is also reflected that it creates a legal basis for the implementation of global projects in this direction.
In the “Economic advantages” section of the Wiki article, it was mentioned that the Zangezur corridor has a fairly large economic potential and natural resources, and will create conditions for the faster development of interregional economic and tourism relations. It is emphasized here that the mentioned project is of strategic and economic importance, which connects the Turkish states with a gross domestic product of more than 1.1 trillion dollars, and creates additional advantages for the countries of the region.
In the article, on October 26, 2021, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of the Zangezur Corridor, the opening of the Horadiz-Jabrayil-Zengilan-Aghband highway, that is, the road that forms the basis of the Zangezur Corridor, in the region liberated from the Armenian invaders. information and photos are also reflected.
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