THE SHUSHI MASSACRES OF 1920 STILL FRESH IN ARMENIAN MEMORY
HULIQ, NC
O ct 4 2007
10vote The Shushi Massacres were the massacre of Armenian inhabitants
in Azerbaijan in 1920. Around 20,000 Armenians were killed and the
city of Shushi was destroyed.
The massacres had begin when Turkish and Azeri troops organized
clashes against the Armenian population of the city.
When the Karabakh capital of Shusha fell to Azerbaijani forces on
March 1920, its entire Armenian population was killed or expelled.
According to Chairman of the parliamentary Commission for Foreign
Relations of Karabakh, Vahram Atanesyan:
"The massacre of Armenians in Shushi in 1920 is nothing but a genocide,
Chairman of the parliamentary Commission for Foreign Relations of
Karabakh, Vahram Atanesyan, said at a press-conference today. He said
the massacre was perpetrated by Azerbaijan with the support of the
Turkish expeditionary corps. Atanesyan stressed that Karabakh has never
been a part of Azerbaijan and was de facto independent at that moment,
its status being recognized by Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan."