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The event "Salute to the Turk's Flag" was organized by the Federation of Turkiye-Azerbaijani Associations (TADEF) and the Azerbaijan Culture and Solidarity Association of Manisa, dedicated to November 8 - Victory Day.

Azernews reports, citing the State Committee on Diaspora Affairs that at the event organized at the "Irfan Majlis" in the Yunus Emre Culture Park located in Manisa, the dear memory of the martyrs of Turkey and Azerbaijan was commemorated with a minute of silence, and the national anthems of the two countries were played.

Chairman of Manisa Azerbaijan Culture and Solidarity Association Shenturk Hoşgül, who spoke later, for his participation in the event dedicated to Victory Day and his support, Yunus Amre Municipality Chairman Semih Balaban, Manisa Büyükşeher Municipality Secretary General Burak Daste and other municipalities of Manisa, local executive structures, public institutions, political expressed his gratitude to his parties and media representatives.

Invited to the event, professor Vafa Kurban, head of the Turkish World Public, Economic and Political Relations Department of the Institute of Turkish World Studies of Ege University, made a speech on the policy of aggression, ethnic cleansing, separatism and terrorism implemented by Armenia against Azerbaijan. The speaker, who demonstrated the crimes committed in his presentation with facts, talked about the double standards displayed in the global arena and their serious consequences. In the report presenting the occupation plan of Karabakh and the chronology of these processes, it was emphasized that the genocides committed repeatedly against Azerbaijanis were proven by the discovery of mass graves in those territories freed from occupation.

Speaking about Azerbaijan's Victory Day, the scientist pointed out that the Victory of our country in the Second Garabagh War was ensured as a result of the determination and will of the Azerbaijani people, economic strength, modern army building, and people-power unity. It was noted that with the great skill and determination of the President of Azerbaijan, the victorious Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, and the heroism of our soldiers who demonstrated high professionalism, the Patriotic War ended with the Great Victory of our people.