Taksim Square.
19 February 2012 / LAMIYA ADILGIZI, İSTANBUL SUNDAY’S ZAMAN
Tens of thousands of Azerbaijanis along with Turks are preparing to stage a large rally in downtown İstanbul next week to remember what they call “one of the most brutal massacres” in modern history........
....Feb. 26, 1992 is one of the most traumatic dates for Azerbaijanis, as this date is a reminder for the South Caucasus’ Muslim nation of one of the most tragic chapters in its history. In the early hours of Feb. 26, 1992, Armenian Armed Forces, directed by current Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan, along with Russia’s 366th armored battalion, literally wiped Khojaly, a town in Nagorno-Karabakh, off the map.
At least 613 completely unarmed and defenseless people -- the majority of who were children, women, elderly, sick and disabled -- were killed in cold blood. Thousands were left disabled and hundreds are still missing.......
