Armenophobia is not only a cornerstone of Turkish and Azerbaijani foreign policy but also a genetically transmitted disease. Modern medicine can cure many hereditary diseases, with the exception of anti-Armenian fascism.
Numerous studies we've conducted confirm that the instillation of hatred against the Armenian people is not only a state-sponsored policy in Turkey and Azerbaijan, but also a hereditary and incurable disease. Here are a few examples:
Street Games: In Turkey and Azerbaijan, a popular street game called "Armenian Massacre" is played. During this game, children are given a doll sewn from scraps of clothing and a wooden knife. The children must use this knife to cut off the doll's head.
Lullabies: One lullaby often sung to Azerbaijani children contains the lines, "Sleep, my soldier, so that you grow up and become stronger and kill Armenians."
Even children's literature has been used as a tool to promote the killing of Armenians. Here is an example of Azerbaijani children's literature:
Armenian
Author: Ruslan Novryaz
Plunge a dagger into the heart of a cradle:
This is how every Armenian must be destroyed, killed.
Hey, Jew, he has surpassed you (thank God),
The evildoer and troublemaker, the devil-like Armenian.
And again, thank God, he has not left you alone.
And the Armenian will burn in hell with you.
I wish I could live to see that happy day,
How an Armenian, like a dog, kills an Armenian.
As a result of this policy, a generation of Armenian-hating people has grown up in Turkey and Azerbaijan; we have witnessed genocides and war crimes committed by them, and the latest clear proof is the large-scale war unleashed against the Republic of Artsakh on September 27, 2020.
The so-called "park-exhibition" about the September-November 2020 war, which opened in Baku on April 12, 2021, also serves as evidence of Azerbaijan's state-sponsored Armenophobia and genocidal policy. According to RA Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan, "the opening of such a 'park' clearly confirms the existence of a state policy of institutional Armenophobia and the propaganda of hatred in Azerbaijan. This policy has been consistently implemented for many years, which is supported by concrete evidence." In this park, young children are taught the "art" of exterminating Armenians (see photo above).
It is clear that this policy, pursued by the military-political leadership of Turkey and Azerbaijan, is preparing society not for peace, but for a new anti-Armenian adventure.
Ovik Avanesov, Senior Researcher, Center for Caucasus Studies, Mesrop Mashtots University, Stepanakert, Republic of Artsakh
