She was the co-host of the documentary series Bir Yar Gelir Bizlere, and she was co-editor of Tales from the Expat Harem, both about expatriation to Turkey.

Gökmen, along with Anastasia M. Ashman, created and edited the nonfiction anthology Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey.

Stories by scholars, artists, missionaries, journalists, entrepreneurs and Peace Corps volunteers relate personal assimilation into Turkish friendship, neighborhood, wifehood, and motherhood.

Tales from the Expat Harem is also published in Turkey, where it was a #1 national bestseller in January 2006.

The author, along with co-editor Anastasia M. Ashman, was interviewed on NBC's Today, on its occasional travel segment Where in the World is Matt Lauer?