Çocuq Mərcanlı

Cocuq Mərcanlı (also, Jojug Marjanli or Chojuk-Marjanly) is a village in the Jabrayil District of Azerbaijan.

Cocuq Mərcanlı
Cocuq Mərcanlı
Coordinates: 39°23′28″N 47°17′53″E
Country Azerbaijan
RayonJabrayil
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)
A view from Cocuq Mərcanlı village

In 1993, in the course of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, the Armenian army pushed Azerbaijani forces out of the village after gaining control of the nearby hills. It remained under Armenian control for four months during which it was completely razed.[1] Having failed to maintain control of the village, the Armenians retreated to the nearby hills. Cocuq Mərcanlı turned into a no man's land and its population never returned out of fear of shelling, with the exception of one family.[2]

However, during the 2016 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes, Azerbaijani troops regained control over the strategic Lalatapa hill located 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) north-west of the village,[3] which shifted Cocuq Mərcanlı away from the immediate front line and allowed safe access to the village. On 7 April 2016, internally displaced persons from Cocuq Mərcanlı visited the site of the village for the first time in 23 years.[4] In January 2017, Azerbaijan decided to invest 2 million euros into rebuilding the village.[5] [6] By June 2017, when the village was visited by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev[7] 50 houses and a school had been built, the access road was paved and a gas supply re-established. Reports in September 2017 suggest that villagers have continued to return to the village since then with a further 100 houses under construction.[8]

Cocuq Mərcanlı is currently the only village of the Jabrayil District effectively controlled by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

References
  1. Foreign Diplomats Visited Cocuq Mərcanlı Family. Day.az. 15 February 2017.
  2. "Азербайджанцы возвращаются в освобожденное село". Haqqin.az. 8 April 2016.
  3. "Nagorny-Karabakh: le cessez-le-feu globalement respecté entre l'Azerbaïdjan et les séparatistes". L'Express. 6 April 2016.
  4. "Беженцы возвращаются в село Чоджуг Марджанлы". Haqqin.az. 7 April 2016.
  5. Road to be Paved in Liberated Cocuq Mərcanlı. Haqqin.az. 10 February 2017.
  6. Ilham Aliyev Ordered to Restore Liberated Village of Cocuq Mərcanlı. Haqqin.az. 25 January 2017.
  7. Ilham Aliyev in Cocuq Mərcanlı. Haqqin.az. 14 June 2017.
  8. September 2017 report on AzerNews
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