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In Azerbaijani secondary school textbooks the heroic episodes of Turkish history and other countries are presented as heroism committed by the Azerbaijanis in Azerbaijan, mainly as heroic deeds committed during the Karabakh war, Azerbaijani news website "Modern.az" reports.

As it is stated in the article, the Azerbaijani military expert, head of the "Military journalists" NGO Uzeyir Jawarov in the interview to Azerbaijani newspaper "Hurriyet" stated that he considers the current situation unacceptable, and warned that it could lead to resentment in Turkey.

"It turns out that the millions allocated from the state budget to improve the patriotic spirit of the youth, do not serve the purpose. The textbooks should present the true military history of Azerbaijan," he said.

MP Fazil Mustafayev admitted in its turn that Azerbaijan doesn’t have that rich military history, it begins since 1918, and the Soviet era history should not be attributed to Azerbaijan. "The textbooks must depict what exists in reality. Attribution of foreign history to Azerbaijan will one day come out and will create a shameful situation," he said.