Turkey to prevent Armenian activities over alleged genocide anniversary
By Nazrin Gadimova
Turkey will take all necessary measures to prevent the events that the Armenians can hold in 2015 in connection "with the 100th anniversary of the so-called Armenian genocide, Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ismail Alper Coskun said at the conference named "Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Caucasian Islamic Army" and dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the liberation of Baku from Bolshevik-Armenian occupation.
"Armenians have already made the farfetched claims, and those claims can be expected in the future," said the ambassador and added that Turkey will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Canakkale Battle.
Coskun also said that the Armenian state ideology is based on falsification of the 1915 events.
"I hope that all historical events will be studied from the point of view of archival material, as it was suggested by Turkey and Azerbaijan," he said.
The conference, which was organized by the ADA jointly with the Turkish embassy in Azerbaijan and the Turkish Cultural Centre named after Yunus Emre, was held at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA) on September 19. The event brought together Principal of the ADA Khafiz Pashayev, Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ismail Alper Coskun and other officials.
Speaking at the event, Pashayev emphasized the importance of the conference, told about the importance of Turkey's assistance to Azerbaijan. He said that the Caucasian Islamic Army played an important role in the history of Azerbaijani-Turkish brotherhood.
Then a documentary movie about the arrival in Azerbaijan and fighting way of the Caucasian Islamic Army led by General of the Ottoman Army Nuru Pasha was shown at the event.
In 1918, Nuru Pasha commanded the Caucasian Islamic Army, which consisted of about 13,000 people. In the Geokchay battle Nuru Pasha defeated the Red Army of Baku Soviet while they begun their attack on Ganja. On July 20, Caucasian Islamic Army took the strategically important Shamakha.
To combat the Caucasian Islamic Army British troops under the command of General Lionel Dunsterville arrived in Baku, but they were forced to leave the city realizing the impossibility of successful defence of Nuru Pasha's army. On September 15, 1918, Caucasian Islamic Army liberated Baku.