Friday, October 12, 2007

Inside the Turkish Psyche: Traumatic Issues Trouble a Nation’s Sense of Its Identity - New York Times

"Inside the Turkish Psyche: Traumatic Issues Trouble a Nation’s Sense of Its Identity

By SABRINA TAVERNISE and SEBNEM ARSU
Published: October 12, 2007

BAGHDAD, Oct. 11 — To an outsider, the Turkish position on the issue of the Armenian genocide might seem confusing. If most of the rest of world argues that the Ottoman government tried to exterminate its Armenian population, why does Turkey disagree?"

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