The message titled “26 February 1992” noted the following: "On the 29th anniversary of the Khojaly Massacre, I commemorate with mercy the 613 Azerbaijani brothers and sisters who were brutally murdered irrespective of women, children and the elderly, whose suffering we will remember for the years to come and whose sorrow we will feel over and over again, and I extend my condolences to the friendly and brotherly people of Azerbaijan. We are one nation, two states. As Turkey, we will continue to stand with Azerbaijan in its rightful cause.”