Definitions for "1988 Yerevan Demonstrations"
Yerevan Demonstrations (Armenian: Երևան Դեմոնստրացիաները) took place when about 200,000 Armenians gathered around at Yerevan square demonstrating. Armenian Christians, wanted the Nagorno-Karabakh area of neighboring Azerbaijan to become part of their republic. Armenians say they are repressed by Azerbaijan's, who are largely Moslem.