Academic recalls on destruction of hundreds shrines in Western Azerbaijan by Armenians

An Azerbaijani professor, Doctor of philology, Aftandil Mammadov, commented on Armenians having leveled hundreds of holy places in Western Azerbaijan to the ground.

According to Azertag, he noted on the fact, that "Our compatriots living in Western Azerbaijan were deported four times in one century. During these deportations, they lost not only their property, but also shrines, which for hundreds of years were places of worship for them. Our sanctuaries have become objects of Armenian vandalism”.

He stressed that, in particular, historical and religious monuments in the Agbaba district of the Amasya region were razed to the ground.

"Among them were not only sanctuaries in Aghbaba, but also famous places of worship in Meskheti, Aran Borchali, Chuldyr, Kars, which were sanctuaries located 3,000 meters above sea level as well as temples along the Caravan Route Bezirgan, Ojuz, Gizildag and others".

Mammadov noted that along with the listed shrines, the places of worship of Dere Ojagy near the village of Amasya, on the left bank of the Arpachay River, Suddashi on the banks of the Chivinli River, Seyid Abbas, Ojaggaya on the territory of the village of Magaradzhyg, Garaguney near the village of Gulluja, the Gizilgoch sanctuary and many other.

According to Mammadov, the solution to the issues raised at the meeting of President Ilham Aliyev with the intelligentsia from Western Azerbaijan will give a new impetus to research in this area.