Xüsusi Təyinatlı Polis Dəstəsi(Azerbaijani) Отряд милиции особого назначения(Russian)
Active
1990 – March 17, 1995
Country
Azerbaijan
Agency
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Headquarters
Baku
Common name
OPON
Commanders
Current commander
General Rovshan Javadov
Notable commanders
Commander of Aghdam detachment Allahverdi Baghirov
Notables
Significant operation(s)
First Nagorno-Karabakh War Operation Ring
The Special Purpose Police Unit (Azerbaijani: Xüsusi Təyinatlı Polis Dəstəsi (XTPD); Russian: Отряд милиции особого назначения, OMON) or OPON (Otrjad Policiji Osobovo Naznačenija) was a special forces detachment unit within the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan in the early 1990s formed during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The first body of the unit consisted of 3,000 policemen.[1]
The initial name of OMON was changed to OPON after the Azerbaijani Declaration of Independence. The unit was dissolved by the government after an OPON revolt led by Colonel Rovshan Javadov on March 13, 1995. On March 17, 1995, security forces of Azerbaijan sieged and stormed the OPON headquarters in the outskirts of Baku where Javadov, along with over 50 others, was killed.[2][3]
^"Prezident sarayı, 8 iyun 2000-ci il" [Presidential palace, June 8, 2000]. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
^"SÜLHƏDDİN ƏKBƏR MƏNƏ QƏZƏBLƏNDİ VƏ DEDİ..." [Sulhaddin got mad and told me...]. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
^Babek Bakir (2010-03-17). "Əsas itkilərimiz ağ bayraq qaldırandan sonra baş verdi" [Main losses came after we raised the white flag]. RFE/RL. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
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