Thursday, June 25, 2009

Nigar Goksel: “Armenian issue is at core of Turkish identity” Istanbul researcher discusses Armenia and Turkey

"Nigar Goksel: “Armenian issue is at core of Turkish identity”
Istanbul researcher discusses Armenia and Turkey

by Emil Sanamyan

Washington - Diba Nigar Goksel is an Istanbul-based senior analyst for the European Stability Initiative (ESI), a Berlin think tank. For the past several years, Ms. Goksel's work has focused on Armenia and has included a report, "Noah's Dove Returns: Armenia, Turkey and the Debate on Genocide," released last April. Last week she was in the United States to begin a research project on the Armenian diaspora's role in Armenia. She was interviewed by the Armenian Reporter's Washington editor Emil Sanamyan on June 17."

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