Baku Turkish Martyrs' Memorial
Türk Şehitleri Anıtı (Bakü) | |
Ottoman Army soldiers killed in the Battle of Baku (1918) |
The Baku Turkish Martyrs' Memorial (Azerbaijani: Bakı Türk Şəhidliyi, Turkish: Bakü Türk Şehitleri Anıtı) is a memorial dedicated to the Ottoman soldiers killed during the World War I in Azerbaijan. It is situated within the Martyrs' Lane (Azerbaijani: Şəhidlər Xiyabanı) in Baku. It consists of a monument, an alley with name plates of the martyrs and a mosque.
1,130 Turkish soldiers and officers of the
The monument was designed by Turkish architects Hüseyin Bütüner and Hilmi Güner in the form of a two-story
A fountain in the mosque yard was demolished by the governor of Baku following tensions in the Azerbaijan–Turkey relations in 2001. In April 2009, the mosque was closed down by Azerbaijani authorities,[3] and it is still out of use even though Mehmet Görmez, president of the Turkish Religious Affairs, was permitted to pray in the mosque during his visit to Baku in December 2012.[4][5]
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References
- ^ a b "Memorial For Turkish Martyries and Territorial Planning Project, Baku-Azerbaijan 1999". UTM. Archived from the original on 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
- ^ "Bakü'nün İşgalden Kurtuluşunun 95. Yıldönümü" (in Turkish). Başbakanlık-Yurtdışı Türkler Aile ve Akraba Topluluklar Başkanlığı. Archived from the original on 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
- ^ a b Nadir, Müşfig (2009-04-27). "Azerbaycan'da "Şehitlik Camii" kapatıldı". İhlas News Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
- ^ "3 Yıl Sonra İlk Namaz Kılındı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
- ^ Tikit, Özcan (2013-02-27). "Bakü'de Hocalı öfkesi büyüyor". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-09-30.
