XX. Yüzyılda, Batı Azerbaycan’da Uygulanan Etnosit Politikalar ve Katliama Uğrayan Türk Toponimleri

İbrahim  BAYRAMOV

Research Article

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): June

Ethnocide Policies in Western Azerbaijan and Turkish Toponyms Subject to Massacre in the 20th Century

İbrahim BAYRAMOV^▸^▾

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Submitted: July 1, 2026
Published: June 30, 2026

Abstract

Batı Azerbaycan zengin ve çalkantılı bir tarihe sahiptir. Güney Kafkasya'da farklı zamanlarda meydana gelen sosyo-politik olaylar, savaşlar ve demografik durumdaki kasıtlı değişiklikler Batı Azerbaycan'ı da etkilemiştir. Tüm bu acı olaylar yer adlarında iz bırakmıştır. 16 Temmuz 1826'da Azerbaycan'ın bölünmesi için başlayan Rusya-İran Savaşı, 1877-1878'de gerçekleşen Osmanlı-Rus Savaşı ve 10 Şubat 1828'de imzalanan Türkmençay Barış Antlaşması sonucunda, Batı Azerbaycan'daki nüfus arasında gerilim artmış ve birçoğu anavatanlarını terk etmek zorunda kalmıştır. 1905-1906'da gerçekleşen Ermeni-Azerbaycan Savaşı da Batı Azerbaycan'da yaygın katliamlara yol açmış ve Azerbaycan Türkleri anavatanlarından sürülmüştür. 1918'de Batı Azerbaycan'da Daşnak Ararat Cumhuriyeti'nin kurulması, Azerbaycan Türkleri için büyük trajedilere neden olmuştur. Tamamen Ermenileştirilmiş olan Daşnak Ararat Cumhuriyeti'nin uyguladığı ulusal ayrımcılık ve etnik temizlik politikası sonucunda, 1918-1920 yılları arasında Azerbaycan Türklerinin yaşadığı 124 yerleşim yeri yıkılarak harabeye dönüştürülmüştür. Ermeni Devleti, 1950'ler-1980'ler arasında Azerbaycan Türklerini Batı Azerbaycan'daki yurtlarından çeşitli şekillerde, "kültürel" yöntemler kullanarak sürgün etmiştir. Bunlar birkaç şekilde gerçekleştirilmiştir: 1) Azerbaycan Türklerinin yaşadığı köyler birleştirilmiştir; 2) Köy sakinleri yeniden yerleştirilmiş ve köy yerleşimi tasfiye edilmiştir; 3) Yerleşimin idari bölgesi, bölge veya şehrin idari bölgesine dahil edilmiş ve köyün adı Ermenistan'ın idari bölgesel birimlerinin bileşiminden çıkarılmıştır.

References

Western Azerbaijan has a rich, turbulent history. The socio-political events, wars, and deliberate changes in the demographic situation that occurred in the South Caucasus at different times did not bypass Western Azerbaijan. All these painful events have left their mark in toponyms. As a result of the war between Russia and Iran for the partition of Azerbaijan that began on July 16, 1826, the Ottoman-Russian war that took place in 1877–1878, as well as the signing of the Turkmenchay Peace Treaty on February 10, 1828, tension increased among the population in Western Azerbaijan, and many of the locals were forced to leave their native lands1905. The Armenian-Azerbaijan wars in the 1906-1906 period also caused massacres and the forced deportations of Azerbaijan Turks from their homelands. The establishment of the Dashnak Ararat Republic in Western Azerbaijan in 1918 created great tragedies for Azerbaijanis. As a result of the national discrimination and ethnic cleansing policy of the Dashnak Ararat Republic, which was completely Armenianized, 124 settlements inhabited by Azerbaijanis were destroyed and turned into ruins in 1918-1920. By using cultural methods, the Armenian state carried out the deportation of Azerbaijanis from Western Azerbaijan from their homelands in various ways in the 1950s-1980s. These were carried out in several ways: 1) the villages inhabited by Azerbaijanis were united; 2) the inhabitants of the village were resettled and the village settlements were liquidated; 3) the administrative territory of the settlement was included in the administrative orbit of the region or city, and the name of the village was removed from the composition of the administrative territorial units of Armenia.

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Ethnocide Policies in Western Azerbaijan and Turkish Toponyms Subject to Massacre in the 20th Century. (2026). Adbilim, 1(1), 54-65. https://adbilim.com/index.php/main/article/view/15

[1] Western Azerbaijan has a rich, turbulent history. The socio-political events, wars, and deliberate changes in the demographic situation that occurred in the South Caucasus at different times did not bypass Western Azerbaijan. All these painful events have left their mark in toponyms. As a result of the war between Russia and Iran for the partition of Azerbaijan that began on July 16, 1826, the Ottoman-Russian war that took place in 1877–1878, as well as the signing of the Turkmenchay Peace Treaty on February 10, 1828, tension increased among the population in Western Azerbaijan, and many of the locals were forced to leave their native lands1905. The Armenian-Azerbaijan wars in the 1906-1906 period also caused massacres and the forced deportations of Azerbaijan Turks from their homelands. The establishment of the Dashnak Ararat Republic in Western Azerbaijan in 1918 created great tragedies for Azerbaijanis. As a result of the national discrimination and ethnic cleansing policy of the Dashnak Ararat Republic, which was completely Armenianized, 124 settlements inhabited by Azerbaijanis were destroyed and turned into ruins in 1918-1920. By using cultural methods, the Armenian state carried out the deportation of Azerbaijanis from Western Azerbaijan from their homelands in various ways in the 1950s-1980s. These were carried out in several ways: 1) the villages inhabited by Azerbaijanis were united; 2) the inhabitants of the village were resettled and the village settlements were liquidated; 3) the administrative territory of the settlement was included in the administrative orbit of the region or city, and the name of the village was removed from the composition of the administrative territorial units of Armenia.