İşıqlı, Qubadli
Ishygly (Azerbaijani: İşıqlı) is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan.
History
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces on 23 August 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Urekan (Armenian: Ուռեկան). It was recaptured on 2 November 2020 during the Lachin offensive by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Notable people
- Alakbar Aliyev — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
References
- ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ https://www.defenceturk.net/azerbaycan-ordusu-yerlesim-yerlerini-ermeni-isgalinden-kurtariyor Azerbaijan Army liberate settlements from Armenian occupiation (Language: Turkish)
- ^ "Aliyev Alakbar Hasan oglu". milliqahraman.az. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
External links
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