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3. Brief Summary of the Karabakh

Problem and the 44-Day Second

Karabakh War

arabakh is an area of approximately 18,000 km2, located between the
KKura and Aras rivers of Azerbaijan, east of Lake Sevan in Armenia. Na-
gorno-Karabakh, which is the subject of war between Azerbaijan and Arme-
nia, is a mountainous area of approximately 4,388 km2 covering the upper
parts of the region.

Karabakh has rich vegetation and water resources and is expressed with the
analogy of “heaven” in Azerbaijani literature. One-third of the area is forest
area. It has hosted many festivals with its natural beauty and has become an
important tourism region for Azerbaijan. 2
In Karabakh, which has hosted many civilisations since ancient times, Seljuk
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Turks began to dominate as of the 11th century. In the 15 -16 centuries, the
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region was dominated by other Turkmen lords, and these lords established
Ganja, Erivan, Shaki, Baku, Quba, Derbent, Nakhchivan, and Karabakh Khan-
ates. The Karabakh Khanate, founded in 1747, came under Russian rule in
1805. Later, with the agreements made by the Russians with Iran and the
Ottoman Empire, respectively, Armenians were granted the right to migrate
to Russian lands, and approximately 130,000 Armenians migrated from Iran
and Ottoman lands to the borders of present-day Armenia and Karabakh.
Also, during the First World War, many Armenians migrated to Russian lands.
Armenia, with its changing population rates, made great efforts to attach Na-

2 Aygün Attar, Karabağ Sorunu Kapsamında Ermeniler ve Ermeni Siyaseti, Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi, Ankara
2021

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