The first stage of mass massacres committed by Armenian armed groups against Azerbaijanis in Iravan governorate covers the period from the beginning of 1918 until the arrival of Turkish troops. On February 12, 1918, the Turkish army launched a counterattack, not tolerating the genocides committed by the Armenians in Eastern Anatolia. As the Armenian troops retreated from the Turkish troops, they looted the Muslim settlements and subjected their population to genocide. Until March 1918, Armenian armed groups destroyed 32 villages in Iravan district, 84 villages in Echimadzin district, 7 villages in Novo-Bayazid district, and 75 in Surmeli district – 198 villages in a row, and about 135 thousand people of our compatriots were subjected to genocide in those incidents.
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Historical Institute named after A.A. Bakikhanov Nazim Mustafa genocide of azerbaijans in Iravan governance (1918-1920) Baku – 2017
Doctor of Philosophy in History—Nazim Mustafa
