Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday congratulated Azerbaijan on the 104th anniversary of the liberation of the capital, Baku, from the Bolshevik occupation.
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“I congratulate the anniversary of the liberation of Baku, the capital of friendly and brotherly Azerbaijan and an integral part of us,” Erdogan said in a post on social media.
“As before, we will continue to stand by our Azerbaijani brothers in their just struggle,” he added.
Nuri Pasha led the Islamic Caucasus Army, which he and his brother Enver Pasha, the Ottoman Minister of War, founded in order to liberate the Caucasus from the Bolshevik occupation at the request of the Muslims of Azerbaijan and Dagestan in 1918.
The Muslims of Azerbaijan and Dagestan provided great support to the army during its entry into the South Caucasus and took the initiative on a large scale to join in order to fight in its ranks against the Bolshevik forces and the Armenian gangs.
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The army was able to impose its control on important cities and strategic areas such as Ganja, Koigay, Salian, Aksu, Kurdemir and Shamakhi, after imposing its control over Baku after fierce fighting.
