Ankara marks 108th anniversary of Baku's liberation

An event marking the 108th anniversary of Baku's liberation from Armenian-Bolshevik occupation was held at the Shusha Congress Center of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Türkiye in Ankara.

According to Report's Türkiye bureau, a monument to the Caucasian Islamic Army was unveiled as part of the event organized by the Türkiye-Azerbaijan Friendship, Cooperation and Solidarity Foundation (TADIV).

Turkish National Defense Minister Yaşar Güler addressed the ceremony, after which a performance was presented by the Lalalar Caucasian dance group and a Mehter military band.

The program then continued at the Shusha Congress Center with an event titled "One Nation, Two States: Brotherhood Sealed with Blood in 1918."

TADIV (Türkiye-Azerbaijan Friendship, Cooperation and Solidarity Foundation) Chair Aygün Attar delivered the opening remarks and described the liberation of Baku from Armenian-Bolshevik occupation as one of the glorious pages of Azerbaijan's 20th-century history.

Shamil Ayrim, head of the Türkiye-Azerbaijan Interparliamentary Friendship Group in the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, stressed that Türkiye and Azerbaijan had provided each other with both political and military support throughout history.

Eldar Aliyev, counselor at the Azerbaijani Embassy in Türkiye, described the Caucasian Islamic Army's liberation of Baku from occupation as an important event in the history of Azerbaijan's independence.

Güler said in his remarks that the liberation of Baku by the Caucasian Islamic Army had laid the groundwork at the time for strengthening Azerbaijan's sovereignty and ensuring its territorial integrity.

Two video clips prepared by the Turkish Ministry of National Defense on the Caucasian Islamic Army's liberation of Baku and the Second Garabagh War were then screened.

Following the official part of the event, a concert program titled "Çırpınırdı Qara dəniz" ("The Black Sea Raged") was presented with the participation of soloists from the Ankara State Opera and Ballet.