Türkiye's defense ministry shares publication on 32nd commemoration of Khojaly genocide

Türkiye's defense ministry shares publication on 32nd commemoration of Khojaly genocide

BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 26. Türkiye's Ministry of National Defense has shared a publication on the occasion of the 32nd commemoration of the Khojaly genocide on X, TurkicWorld reports.

"We pray for Allah's mercy for our compatriots brutally killed in Khojaly 32 years ago and share the pain of our Azerbaijani brothers," the publication reads.

To note, today marks the 32nd commemoration of the Khojaly massacre. On the night of February 25-26, 1992, Khojaly city was occupied by Armenia’s armed forces with the assistance of the former USSR’s 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment following massive artillery shelling.

As a result of the occupation, 613 people, including 63 children, 106 women, and 70 elderly citizens were brutally murdered, eight families were completely wiped out, 130 children lost one of their parents, and 25 children lost both of their parents. The fate of 150 people, including 68 women and 26 children out of 1275 people, who were taken prisoner and hostage as well as cruelly tortured is still unknown.