SECOND KARABAKH WAR AND ITS RESULTS

Abstract

Armenia, which was established by Russia to create an ethnic barrier between Anatolian Turks and Central Asian Turks on former Turkish lands, first declared its independence after the collapse of the USSR, and then continued its policy of expansion in Turkish lands. In this context, Armenia, which seized Karabakh and the surrounding Azerbaijani lands since 1991, committed the Khojaly massacre in 1992 and continued the occupation of Azerbaijani lands until 2020, despite the UN Security Council's decisions to end the occupation. During Pashinyan's term, who was the first prime minister to take office after Armenia's transition from the presidential system to the parliamentary system, on July 12, 2020, the Armenian army attacked the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan and then the Azerbaijani lands around Karabakh on September 27, 2020. As a result of Azerbaijan's use of its right of self-defense, Armenia lost the war it started and had to accept the Triple Statement with Azerbaijan. In this study, after giving brief information about the seizure of Azerbaijani lands and the expansion of Armenia in the historical process, the developments between Azerbaijan and Armenia since Pashinyan's appointment as Prime Minister, the Second Karabakh War, the Triple Statement agreed after the war, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Armenia were discussed. In the conclusion part, suggestions were made about the steps that Azerbaijan should take for the implementation of the peace agreement and the improvement of Armenia's relations with Azerbaijan.

Keywords

• karabakh
• second karabakh war
• triple statement.