A brief overview on Karabakh history from past to today

Authors

  • Ercan Karakoc Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi

Keywords:

Karabakh, Caucasia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire, Russia and Soviet Union.

Abstract

After initiation of the glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) policies in the USSR by Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union started to crumble, and old, forgotten, suppressed problems especially regarding territorial claims between Azerbaijanis and Armenians re-emerged. Although Mountainous (Nagorno) Karabakh is officially part of Azerbaijan Republic, after fierce and bloody clashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis, the entire Nagorno Karabakh region and seven additional surrounding districts of Lachin, Kelbajar, Agdam, Jabrail, Fizuli, Khubadly and Zengilan, it means over 20 per cent of Azerbaijan, were occupied by Armenians, and because of serious war situations, many Azerbaijanis living in these areas had to migrate from their homeland to Azerbaijan and have been living under miserable conditions since the early 1990s.

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Published

2011-12-05

How to Cite

Karakoc, E. (2011). A brief overview on Karabakh history from past to today. Journal of Human Sciences, 8(2), 1002–1026. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/2026

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History