Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis

Genocide DayOn March 26, 1998, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev issued a decree on which the genocide committed against the Azerbaijani people began to be celebrated.

Today, events are held in Azerbaijan and in many countries of the world to commemorate the victims of the massacres of Azerbaijanis in Baku, Shemakha and other cities committed by Armenians in March 1918.

According to the State Committee for Work with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad, similar events will be held in US cities. To this end, the American-Azerbaijani society has prepared a plan of events dedicated to March 31 – the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis. A press release was sent to all U.S. congressmen.

Azerbaijanis of New York will hold a rally-procession through the streets of the city, and commemorative events will be held in Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Miami.


This date will be widely celebrated in the CIS - in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan.

In Turkey, the Turkey-Azerbaijan Friendship Society and the Federation of Turkish-Azerbaijani Societies will hold a rally in front of the Istanbul Municipality building.

This day will be widely celebrated in many other countries of the world.