Turkish parliament fails to approve Khojaly commemoration
The Turkish Great National Assembly (parliament) has
rejected a proposal to commemorate the victims of the Khojaly
massacre perpetrated by Armenians against Azerbaijanis in 1992, a
lawmaker has said.
Senol Bal, who represents the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), told the Baku-based ATV channel that members of the ruling Justice and Development Party particularly objected to an initiative to schedule the date for the Khojaly commemoration, insisting that the legislature should confine itself to discussing the issue.
Rasad Doghru, an MP from the same party had proposed, while addressing parliament last week, that a date honoring the memories of Azerbaijanis who fell on that tragic day should be set aside in Turkey. He said during his interviews with local TV channels on a recent visit to Baku that he sensed the desire of the Azerbaijani people to make this happen.
Hearings on the Khojaly massacre were held in the Turkish parliament last Wednesday. The lawmakers decisively condemned the carnage, labeling it a crime against the entire Turkic world and urged Ankara to put forth a more resolute stance regarding the developments. They indicated that the perpetrators of this massacre and those that aided them must be punished, calling on the world community to recognize the tragedy.
Meanwhile, the Turkish ruling party blamed the world community for paying no attention to the massacre, which occurred only a few years ago and is proven by photos and facts about numerous human deaths, while Armenians are stepping up their propaganda regarding alleged World War I-era killings of huge numbers of Armenians which they call genocide.
"We call on all countries to be objective and conscious on this issue," it said in a statement on the occasion of the Khojaly anniversary.
On February 25-26, 1992, Armenian forces attacked unarmed civilians in Khojaly with the support of the Russian troops. 613 people were brutally killed, while 1,275 taken captive, 487 became handicapped and 150 went missing.
Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a cease-fire in 1994, but Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law. The OSCE-brokered peace talks have been fruitless so far.
Senol Bal, who represents the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), told the Baku-based ATV channel that members of the ruling Justice and Development Party particularly objected to an initiative to schedule the date for the Khojaly commemoration, insisting that the legislature should confine itself to discussing the issue.
Rasad Doghru, an MP from the same party had proposed, while addressing parliament last week, that a date honoring the memories of Azerbaijanis who fell on that tragic day should be set aside in Turkey. He said during his interviews with local TV channels on a recent visit to Baku that he sensed the desire of the Azerbaijani people to make this happen.
Hearings on the Khojaly massacre were held in the Turkish parliament last Wednesday. The lawmakers decisively condemned the carnage, labeling it a crime against the entire Turkic world and urged Ankara to put forth a more resolute stance regarding the developments. They indicated that the perpetrators of this massacre and those that aided them must be punished, calling on the world community to recognize the tragedy.
Meanwhile, the Turkish ruling party blamed the world community for paying no attention to the massacre, which occurred only a few years ago and is proven by photos and facts about numerous human deaths, while Armenians are stepping up their propaganda regarding alleged World War I-era killings of huge numbers of Armenians which they call genocide.
"We call on all countries to be objective and conscious on this issue," it said in a statement on the occasion of the Khojaly anniversary.
On February 25-26, 1992, Armenian forces attacked unarmed civilians in Khojaly with the support of the Russian troops. 613 people were brutally killed, while 1,275 taken captive, 487 became handicapped and 150 went missing.
Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a cease-fire in 1994, but Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law. The OSCE-brokered peace talks have been fruitless so far.
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