Ilham Aliyev: "While I was a student, we were studying distorted history"

Young generation must know history the way it is, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said as he received Turkey's National Education Minister Ziya Selcuk, Report informs, citing AzerTag.

"While I was a student, we were studying distorted history. The leaders of the Dashnak-Bolshevik gangs, who shed the blood of the Azerbaijani people, were portrayed as heroes. When I was in school and university, I read these books, these fake history books. We learned the real history after gaining independence. Heroes were portrayed as enemies and enemies as heroes. Therefore, we, the people who lived in the Soviet Union – I was 30 years old when the Soviet Union collapsed and I had completed my education – when we learned what harmful and fake history was presented to us. Therefore, in the current situation, we must show our ancient history, as well as our modern history, the way it is, and we will work together in this area," the head of state added.