DECEMBER TURKISH CYPRIOT ELECTION CONCERNS: ROUND

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 007057 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/13/2013 TAGS: CY PGOV PHUM PREL TU SUBJECT: DECEMBER TURKISH CYPRIOT ELECTION CONCERNS: ROUND FIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED REF: STATE 311918 (U) Classified by Embassy Ankara DCM Robert Deutsch, E.O. ¶12958. reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche November 10 to MFA Director General for Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs Ertugrul Apakan. Apakan said he would pass the information and USG position to the Turkish Embassy in Nicosia. ¶2. (C) Deputy Polcouns followed up demarche later on November 10 and on November 12 with Apakan's deputy Necip Eguz. Eguz confirmed the information was passed to the Turkish Embassy in Nicosia but said the MFA had not yet received a reaction or news of any further developments. EDELMAN