I. Dünya Savaşı Sırasında Azerbaycan Türkler'inin Erivan'da Ermeniler Tarafından Katledilmesine İlişkin Bir

The city and state of Yerevan has been a part of the territory of Azerbaijan in history. This area was ruled by Qajar Khan until 1828, which became part of Russian lands based on the Treaty of Turkmenchai in 1828. With the collapse of the tsarist government of Russia, the Armenians wanted to occupy the entire province of Yerevan and were able to declare Yerevan as the center of the Republic of Armenia despite the majority of Turks in thıs regıon. Since its formation, this government was trying to cleanse the region from other nations for the benefit of Armenians. The passage of time showed that the Armenians were successful in this policy and Yerevan and its surrounding villages were cleared of Turks. This document is one of the thousands of documents that the oppressed residents of Yerevan and the elders of its 20 villages have requested for help from the newly established government of Azerbaijan by sending letters in the Azerbaijani Turkish language with the Arabic alphabet and dated September 8, 1919. This letter reached the government of Azerbaijan on November 18, 1919and was registered as number 171. In this letter, the elders of Yerevan, while describing the atrocities of Dashnak Armenians during the First World War, explained how the people of Surmeli, Akh Sakhli, Qirakh Bolaq, Echmiadzin, Kalpan and Chichek regions were deported. In the following, you can see the minutes of the signing of the request for assistance from the Azerbaijan cabinet of twenty villages of Yerevan. The original of this document is kept in the archives of the Republic of Azerbaijan.