Khanyurdu welcomes new residents as 15 families get keys to homes in Karabakh PHOTO / Updated

Another group of families has returned to Khanyurdu village in Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district under the government’s Great Return programme.

Thus, 15 families comprising 46 people were given the keys to new homes on September 8, Caliber.Az reports, citing local media.

The families had previously been living in temporary accommodation across the country, including hostels, sanatoriums and administrative buildings.

With this latest relocation, Khanyurdu is now home to 69 families in total, amounting to 237 residents.

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As part of the Great Return programme, 15 internally displaced families, comprising a total of 46 people, have returned to Khanyurdu village in Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district.

The relocation is part of ongoing efforts to restore life in areas affected by the Karabakh conflict, Caliber.Az reports, citing local media.

With this stage completed, Khanyurdu will now be home to 69 families, amounting to 237 residents.

During the period of occupation, these families were temporarily accommodated in various locations across Azerbaijan, including dormitories, sanatoriums, and administrative buildings. 

After the occupation ended in November 2020 and Azerbaijan regained its territorial integrity, the country initiated the Great Return programme—a comprehensive, government-led initiative aimed at enabling internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return safely and with dignity to their revitalised ancestral homelands.

The first phase, scheduled to be completed by 2026, plans to resettle 140,000 IDPs in 100 settlements, with the ultimate objective of full restoration by 2040.

By Aghakazim Guliyev