Any falsification of history is easily demolished by the study of archives and historical documents. No matter what the "historians" fantasise about - after the publication of the real historical documents, no stone can be left unturned in their fantasies and myths.

Revealed archival documents do not provide an opportunity to fantasise and speculate about "genocide" and "millions of victims and extraordinary suffering" of the Armenian people, which has already become part of the official Armenian ideology.  This is especially true for the events of the 20th century, when every change in the situation of a person: his or her expulsion or resettlement, mobilisation or demobilisation, illness or death, was usually very carefully documented.

Let us not forget that during the First World War, the Ottoman Empire was allied with Germany and there was full coordination between the two. The Germans tried to record everything with "German meticulousness and punctuality". In order to interact with such an ally, Turkey had to introduce approximately the same level of meticulousness and punctuality. Otherwise, it was difficult to achieve full cooperation between the armies and state apparatuses of the two powers.

As a result, everything related to the same deportation of the Armenian population from a part of the frontline regions was thoroughly documented and recorded. As well as the victims and damages caused by the actions of the Dashnak gangs (which was the reason for the deportation).  It could not have been otherwise - in wartime conditions, state bodies demanded reports from lower structures on where and how the allocated funds and resources were spent.

It seems that this is just a "treasure trove of facts" about the infamous "genocide". And these archives are open! Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced several years ago the opening of the Ottoman archives related to World War I to Armenian scholars and invited official Yerevan to do the same with regard to its archives related to that period.

But during Serzh Sargsyan's rule, Armenian scholars were banned from working in the Ottoman archives. "Why do we need archives, we already know everything," said President Sargsyan at the time.

This was yet another confirmation that all stories about the "1915 Genocide" among Armenian "historians" are completely fabricated and falsified. They "know" everything only on the basis of their own fantasies. After all, there are no documents confirming any orders about the "genocide". As well as the facts of this "genocide" recorded in documents.

There are certainly documents that record the resettlements and even the deaths of Ottoman citizens of Armenian nationality during these resettlements. It was necessary at least because it was necessary to assess the need for food, means of transportation, housing and facilities for the resettled and so on. All these archives of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey are open. Anyone, including Armenians, can request them and study them. He can also trace the history of his great-grandparents through these documents. The only thing he will not find in them are acts of "genocide". There were deaths, they were recorded, but mostly from natural causes and not "by the hundreds of thousands and millions" as the falsifiers of history claim.

There are archives from the beginning of the 20th century not only in Turkey. There are archives in the Republic of Armenia as well. Moreover, the archives are very significant and not only related to the events of the First World War.

It should not be forgotten that at certain historical moments, up to 80% of the capitals of the Ottoman Empire were controlled by Armenians. Documents confirming the ownership of certain assets and lands have clearly been preserved. And not only in Turkey. After the resettlement to Georgia and the support of the Armenians in Georgia by the Tsarist Russia, lands and properties were transferred to the Armenians, especially in the big cities and their neighborhoods, in the same Tbilisi. The relevant documents should be preserved in the archives.

Huge archives are also connected with the Armenian Church and Echmiadzin. After all, the Armenian nation was mainly formed around the Church. And these documents are interesting not only for Armenians, but also for Georgians. After all, it is on the basis of such documents or their "concealment" that the Armenian side today claims hundreds of Georgian churches all over Georgia.

On the basis of these documents, such claims can be refuted if they are carefully studied. Especially if it turns out that this or that church, or the land on which the church was located, was appropriated by the Armenian side through dubious transactions or machinations. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Armenian side, which makes unfounded claims to other people's holy places, at the same time denies access to its archives, not only to its own scholars, but also to the scholars of neighboring countries, including Georgia. While Armenian scholars can work freely in Georgian archives.

Therefore, it is no coincidence that Georgian historians have written to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan asking him to open the archives:

"To the Prime Minister of Armenia

Mr. Nikol V. Pashinyan.

Dear Nikol Vovayevich!

We pay our respects to you for your efforts to normalize Armenia's relations with our two other neighbors, the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Our pan-Caucasian home needs a new and peaceful approach to understanding how we will live our lives.

To live in peace and harmony or to continue to inflame our states and civil societies with a flood of hatred and enmity.

In order to stop this and to create new perspectives, we need to analyze once again what is influencing our present and our future.

As you know, one of the factors influencing the positions and policies of states is the historical past.

For its comprehensive and objective study, a more thorough research of archival sources and documents stored in the state historical archives of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey is necessary.

In order to start this process, it is very important that the leaders of the countries of the South Caucasus and the entire region show political will.

As you know, the archives of Georgia, Republic of Turkey and Republic of Azerbaijan have given permission for full-scale study of historical materials of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries without any restrictions.

In order to overcome the obstacles to the peace initiatives and processes in the region and to analyze more deeply the processes that took place here in the early twentieth century, the time has come for Armenian historians to establish close ties with the scholars and archives of the Republic of Turkey, where the overwhelming majority of the Armenian people lived before the First World War.

To this end, several years ago, Turkish President T. R. Erdogan announced the opening of Turkish archives to Armenian scholars and suggested that official Yerevan do the same, i.e. provide access to Armenian historical archives to everyone, including Armenian scholars. The Armenian leadership at that time refused to do so, saying that there was no need to do so, since they allegedly already knew everything.   

Dear Nikol Vovayevich!

We ask you not to repeat the mistakes of the past leaders of Armenia and to give an impetus to the beginning of the processes of cooperation between the state structures of the Archives Department of Armenia and the corresponding archives departments of Turkey and Azerbaijan.

We ask you to give a start to an important stage on the way to comprehensive peace - to open unhindered access of Armenian researchers and scientists to the historical archives of Armenia itself, as well as to provide the historians of Georgia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Turkey with an opportunity to freely use the archival materials of the Armenian archives.

With sincere respect, historians of Georgia: and 8 signatures of professors and doctors of sciences".

It was not only Georgian scholars who made a request to open the archives and allow scholars to freely use the historical documents. A Russian scientist of Armenian origin, a professor of RAE, a member of the Russian Union of Writers, supported the initiative of the Azerbaijani political scientist Fuad Akhundov, who appealed to the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to allow Armenian scientists access to the historical archives in Turkey in order to put an end to the distortion of historical facts. Once again, the issue is the Ottoman archives, to which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened access by a historic decision.

As Fuad Akhundov noted, "any honest scientist, and there are some in Armenia, would ask permission to come to this archive with a cot" upon hearing about it. And many researchers did indeed seize the opportunity. But not the Armenian ones, because the Armenian president at the time, Serzh Sargsyan, basically forbade them to work in the Ottoman archive.

Prof. Gagik Ohanjian's letter to Nikol Pashinyan:

"Dear Nikol Vovaevich!

First of all, I would like to express my approval and welcome your efforts to establish good neighborly relations with our country's centuries-old neighbors, today's Turkey and Azerbaijan.

The establishment of such relations must necessarily include the creation of favorable conditions for intellectual, cultural and scientific cooperation between our peoples, including the study of our common centuries-old history.

Due to numerous reasons, which we do not see the point of listing here and which are known to everyone, our Armenian researchers, the Armenian intelligentsia had no opportunity to work with the archival materials stored in the relevant institutions of Turkey.

In this regard, we would be extremely grateful for your assistance in establishing the necessary contacts with scholars and archives of Turkey in order to study the centuries-old history of our people's residence in the Ottoman Empire and its successor, the Republic of Turkey".

It should be noted that Gagik Ohanjanyan received a letter from the administration of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in which they promised to notify him as soon as there is an opportunity to start studying Turkish and Armenian archives. Ohanyan told renowned historian Philip Ekozyants during a program on his YouTube channel.

There is hope that the policy of historical speculation and falsification by the leadership of the Republic of Armenia, based on hiding its archives and banning Armenian scholars from working in the archives of Turkey, will finally be changed. The opening of the archives will mark the beginning of the process of searching for historical truth for the sake of normalization of Armenia's relations with neighboring countries and reconciliation with neighboring nations.

George Kvinitadze