39°23′28″N 47°17′53″E / 39.39111°N 47.29806°E / 39.39111; 47.29806

Jojug Marjanly
Azerbaijani: Cocuq Mərcanlı
Jojug Marjanly is located in Azerbaijan
Jojug Marjanly
Jojug Marjanly
Coordinates: 39°23′28″N 47°17′53″E / 39.39111°N 47.29806°E / 39.39111; 47.29806
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictJabrayil
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Jojug Marjanly (Azerbaijani: Cocuq Mərcanlı) is a village in the Jabrayil District of Azerbaijan.

History

In 1993, in the course of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the Armenian forces 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]

Up until 27 September 2020, Cocuq Mərcanlı was the only village of the Jabrayil District effectively controlled by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. It was also the provisional centre of the district until the recapture of Jabrayil on 9 October 2020.

References

  1. ↑ Foreign Diplomats Visited Çocuq 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 Çocuq Mərcanlı. Haqqin.az. 10 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Ilham Aliyev Ordered to Restore Liberated Village of Çocuq Mərcanlı. Haqqin.az. 25 January 2017.
  7. ↑ Ilham Aliyev in Çocuq Mərcanlı. Haqqin.az. 14 June 2017.
  8. ↑ September 2017 report on AzerNews


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