Istanbul Museum refused Azerbaijanis to conduct anti-Armenian activities
Museum of Contemporary Art in Istanbul at the last moment refused Azerbaijani "Society Europe - Azerbaijan" to hold an event, dedicated to the anniversary of Aghdam events taken place in 1992, reports Azerbaijani news portal "Haqqin.az" citing Turkish sources.
According to the article the presentation of the film "Endless Corridor" was to be held in this museum as well as the books devoted to the event were to be presented. The museum at the last moment has refused to hold the event, citing the fact that the film has anti-Armenian nature.
On February 26, 1992, during the war in Karabakh, around 200 to 300 people (according to Human Rights Watch, and 600 according to the version propagated by Azerbaijan) were killed in unknown circumstances near the city of Aghdam. They have been deliberately withheld by the Azerbaijani authorities in the midst of the military actions. Population of the village of Khojalu, which was one of the firing points shooting at the blockaded Stepanakert (among five others) was kept in the village for months by force and was not evacuated by the authorities of Azerbaijan deliberately, in order to use them as human shields later.
Residents of Khojalu coming out through the humanitarian corridor, that the self-defense forces of NKR had left open, freely passed more than 10 km and reached the Aghdam city controlled by the Azerbaijani troops. Later, not far from the positions of Azerbaijani troops dead bodies of the villagers were found. The exact death toll remains unknown as the official Baku publishes data contradicting each other.