31 March Genocide In Baku According To Archive Documentation

March 31, 1918 tens of thousands of Muslims were killed in Baku and other provinces. The main focus was to occupy Baku and the oil industry no doubt. Muslims migrated from Baku to the south and they sought help and refuge from the Ottomans. Thanks to Caucasian Islamic Army and its upbringing Commander Nuri Pasha arriving on time, the people of Northern Azerbaijan survived the invasion and atrocities. In this article we will discuss the activities of the Armenians mainly based on archival documentation of and their supporters in this land. There are too many documents showing all the activities of the Armenian Dashnak forces that were supported by Russia, especially outside forces. During our study we tried to use a part of these documents. The majority of documents are in Russian. Armenian rebels implemented the atrocities not only to the people of Anatolia, but also to those living in Azerbaijan. Either in Turkish archives or in Azerbaijan archives the documents show that the Armenian terrorist organizations such as the Tashnak, Ramgavar and Hinchak allied with the Russian army during the First World War, and they engaged in the wide-scale destruction in Baku, Nakhchivan, Cuba, Ganja, Karabakh and Zengezur. So we need to be study again the Muslim Turks of genocide. We think with our research will contribute to a one-sided public awareness of the Armenians, especially regarding their activities in Baku in 1918. I believe as the number of such studies based on new documents and resources increase, prejudices, legal and political approaches will be changed in a positive sense.

Keywords

Azerbaijan, Armenian, Karabakh, Baku, Tashnak, archıve, genocide.