The 1992 Khojaly massacre was a “crime against humanity,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a tweet on the 31st anniversary of the violent attack in which hundreds of Azerbaijani citizens were killed by Armenian forces.
“We condemn the murder of our Azerbaijani brothers in Khojaly 31 years ago, and we once again commemorate our martyrs with mercy,” Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
“We have not forgotten the crime against humanity committed in Khojaly, we will not forget,” he added, emphasizing that Türkiye shares Azerbaijan’s pain.
Armenian forces took over the town of Khojaly on February 26, 1992 after battering it with heavy artillery and tanks, assisted by an infantry regiment. The offensive killed 613 Azerbaijani people, including 106 women and 63 children.
Vestnik Kavkaza earlier reported that an international group of human rights activists visited the places where the murders were committed, and honored the memory of the victims of the Khojaly tragedy.
