 Another group of Azerbaijanis from Shaki relocated to Bursa in 1863.The next wave of Azerbaijani immigration to eastern Turkey took place in 1918–1925, when many Muslim residents of then newly independent Armenia fled their homes, escaping massacres by armed bands of Armenian nationalists.In 1941, already 5,000 Azerbaijanis lived in 60 villages along the Turkish bank of the Arpaçay.