German scientist: No Armenian rule in Yerevan until 1918

There was no Armenian rule in Yerevan until 1918, German researcher Dr. Michael Reinhard Hess wrote in his letter to the Spiegel magazine, Report informs.

The German researcher crushed the anti-Azerbaijani slanderous podcast distributed by the magazine with the given facts and arguments.

Among the magazine’s podcasts on international topics under the heading “8 billion”, host Olaf Heuser presented another podcast on Azerbaijani-Armenian relations on January 14 (https://www.spiegel.de/thema/podcast-acht-milliarden/ ). The 33-minute report completely distorted the truth, it reflected exclusively the Armenian position.

Having made an excursion into the history of the Safavid state (1501-1736), Hess emphasizes that at that time there was the Iravan Baylarbays and the majority of its inhabitants consisted of Azerbaijani-speaking Muslims.

Presenting the existence of the Iravan Khanate in the 18th century and its liquidation by Russia in 1828 as a fact, Hess writes that “the first ever transfer of Yerevan city under the control of the Armenian Ararat Republic occurred on May 28, 1918. The historical and legal legitimacy of this issue is being questioned by Azerbaijan. All this proves that there was no Armenian rule in Yerevan, and the designation of these territories as Western Azerbaijan is quite logical.”

At the end of the letter, Hess urged German journalists not to talk about a topic they have no idea about.