ANCIENT AZERI TOWN ARMENIANIZED

AzerNews Weekly, Azerbaijan
April 13 2006

Separatists in the self-proclaimed Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh republic
are trying to turn the occupied ancient Azeri town of Shusha into
a cultural center of world Armenians and plan to carry out this
outrageous plan by holding an electronic referendum.

“Every Armenian will be able to access a special website and voice
his opinion on the issue to facilitate the town’s turning into a
scientific, cultural and tourism center for not only Upper Garabagh
and Armenia, but also all world Armenians,” the head of the self-styled
Shusha Foundation, Bakor Karapetian, maintained.

Armenian scholars seeking to distort history have discovered items
dating back to the 12th century as well as the ancient Turkic period
during their archaeological excavations in the territory of Shusha.

The Armenian Catholic Church in Beirut, Lebanon had allocated $25,000
for the purpose.