The director General of the State Archives of Turkey Yusuf Sarinay reported that the preparatory work is over and they are ready to receive a historical commission to be formed under the Armenian-Turkish Protocols.

A Turkish website reports that Yusuf Sarinay pointed out that Turkey has a 700-year –long history of the Ottoman Empire, which is of international importance.

“At present the information on over 30 countries is kept in our archives. We have finished the preparatory work for receiving the joint historical commission to be set up under the Armenian-Turkish protocols,” Sarinay said. He said that the agency has published documents on the last years on the Ottoman Empire, including the 258 documents on Armenian riots.

NEWS.am reminds readers that in his interviews with international media outlets, Turkish President Abdullah Gul repeatedly stated that Turkey had opened its military archives. He proposed the formation of a commission of historians and gave assurances that Turkey will admit any expert opinion. It is noteworthy that the Turkish archives containing the information on the Ottoman Empire have been examined and “cleaned out” over recent decades. So, with the best will in the world, any document on the Armenian Genocide can hardly be found.