#stepanakert
The Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber has produced a report framing the renaming of a street in #Stepanakert after Enver Pasha as an act of “historical gratitude” by Azerbaijan. The report presents this move as a symbol of the “brotherhood” and historical ties between Turkey and Azerbaijan, noting that a street in Shushi had previously been named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. To understand the gravity of this act, one must recall who Enver Pasha was. As a high-ranking leader of the Ottoman Empire, he was one of the principal architects of the #Armenian Genocide. Between 1915 and 1917, the mass deportation and extermination of the Armenian people were carried out with his direct involvement. Under his leadership, approximately 1.5 million Armenians were killed, Armenian soldiers were disarmed and massacred, the death marches to the Syrian desert of Deir ez-Zor were organized, and countless Armenian towns and villages were systematically destroyed. In this context, such a naming is far more than a symbolic gesture. It carries a clear political and ideological purpose — to reshape historical memory and silence those who continue to speak about the Armenian identity of these lands. Renaming a street in #Stepanakert after one of the main organizers of the genocide is more than just a name change; it is perceived as a deliberate distortion of history, ignoring the deep pain and collective memory of the Armenian people. This step reflects yet another manifestation of a broader policy aimed at systematically erasing #Armenian cultural and historical presence, replacing it with a narrative that does not acknowledge past atrocities, but instead seeks to justify and glorify those responsible.
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![#Stepanakert, capital of my homeland #Artsakh/#NagornoKarabakh [currently ethnically cleansed and occupied by #Azerbaijan] Video taken in February 2023.](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1722175703968284757/ext_tw_video_thumb/1722175470727237632/pu/img/gRcLhdPjgrbiIWaK.jpg)
