"In Turkey, taboo lifts over past treatment of Armenians
Last week, Prime Minister Erdogan proposed a joint study into Armenian claims of genocide.
By Yigal Schleifer | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
ISTANBUL, TURKEY � When Turkish executive Noyan Soyak helped found a group to bring together businessmen from Turkey and Armenia, the organization stepped into a gaping void.
'When we started [in 1997], it was difficult even to publicly pronounce the word 'Armenia' or 'Armenians' in Turkey,' says Mr. Soyak, whose group today has some 250 Turkish and Armenian members."
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