Once upon a time I wrote about the denialist response of Azerbaijanis and Turks regarding the destruction of the Armenian heritage in Azerbaijan and in Turkey.

It is, indeed, unfair to stereotype people. Indeed, there are some individual Azerbaijanis and Turks who have different approaches.

Alas, I have not encountered an Azerbaijani who would condemn the recent destruction of the Armenian cemetery in Nakhichevan. But I certainly have to share a recent letter by Turkish Professor Ali Kazancigil (who has worked for UNESCO for 30 years). After watching a video of the Azerbaijani destruction at www.julfa.cjb.net, Mr. Kazancigil wrote in a personal communication:

I have great sympathy for the Enlightenment philosopher Condorcet
who believed that human progress was possible and humans would become
better through reason and education. On the face of such horrors,
I have to sadly admit that his prediction has not come true, not yet
at least. Let's keep our optimism, it helps…