The Consequences of the Nagorno–Karabakh War for Azerbaijan and the Undeniable Reality of Khojaly Massacre: A View from Azerbaijan

• Authors: Abilov Shamkhal , Isayev Ismayil
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This article seeks to study the consequences of the Nagorno–Karabakh war for Azerbaijan: thus analyzes findings on occupied territories, casualties, and damages of the war from economic, political, and social perspectives. The utmost brutality and atrocity of the overall conflict is memorized with Khojaly Massacre committed against Azerbaijani civilians on 26 February 1992. Hence, the article unveils evidences through the scrutiny of secondary data from academic sources, publications, and news materials published by international media. The particular focus of the study is concentrated on to what extend special plan was prepared deliberately for ethnic cleansing in Khojaly during the Nagorno–Karabakh war.

Keywords

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the Nagorno–Karabakh War; Khojaly Massacre; Azerbaijan; Armenia

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 45
• Pages: 291–303

Contributors

author

Abilov Shamkhal

• Qafqaz University in Baku
• Leipzig University

author

Isayev Ismayil

• University of Vienna

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ppsy2016022