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05ANKARA2192
2005-04-18 14:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16-
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 002192
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, EUR/PGI, EUR/SE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
SUBJECT: TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16-
31, 2005
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 002192
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, EUR/PGI, EUR/SE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
SUBJECT: TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16-
31, 2005
1. (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and
international media sources published the following news
articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles
originally published in Turkish is provided through
unofficial local FSN translation.
2. (U) Published on Monday, March 21 by Milliyet,
http://www.milliyet.com:
TITLE: Annually 1.2 Million Children Are Being Sold
BEGIN TEXT: (Vienna) The OSCE based in Vienna announced
that annually 1.2 million children are sold worldwide.
Helga Konrad, OSCE special envoy for following human
trafficking, stated that the number of children sold in
particular in eastern European countries doubled in the
last three years.
Konrad noted that 30 percent of the victims of human
traffickers who operate worldwide were children and
that the sold children were used as cheap labor in the
fields of agriculture, mining, domestic work and
prostitution.
Doottridge (the paper did not identify who he/she was)
said that some of the sold children were forced to
serve as beggars and some others were employed in
small-scale organized crime. END TEXT.
3. (U) Published on Friday, March 18 by Almaty Karavan:
TITLE: Paper Criticizes Suspected Human Trafficker's
Release on Bail
BEGIN FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT: The Almaty garrison's
military prosecutor has released on bail a senior
lieutenant who is suspected of organizing trafficking
of women abroad. A source told us that the suspect had
tried to justify his activity recruiting girls to
Turkey.saying that it was for undercover work.
However, having studied the portfolios of recruited
girls, the military police came to the conclusion that
none of them suited the role of undercover radio
operator.
The military specialist was detained on 18 February.
When the suspect had been detained, he tried to buy his
freedom for 105,000 tenge (about 800 dollars) and 210
dollars. But the police refused to take the money from
him and brought additional charges against him for
attempted bribery.
Later it turned out that the senior lieutenant was not
an ordinary military officer but an employee of the
Defense Ministry's chief intelligence department, the
head of a special group.
The case caused an international scandal. The Turkish
special services arrested other individuals in Istanbul
who were suspected of recruiting prostitutes. However,
now thanks to the fact that now he has been released on
bail, the suspect can destroy all traces of his
suspicious activity. END TEXT.
4. (U) Published Wednesday, March 16 by the semi-official
Turkish-language Anatolian News Agency:
BEGIN TEXT: Three people, including one police officer,
were detained in Istanbul on charges of forcing
prostitution on women coming to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan
with employment promises. Arrest decision in absentia
was issued on two people (including one police
officer).
According to information obtained by AA correspondent,
Kyrgyz nationals Dina J. and Gulanda S. and police
officer A.T. who brought Gulzade M., Dinara A., Nazgul
T., Roza R. and Zinagul T. to Turkey with the promises
that they will find jobs, then threatened them and
forced them for prostitution. Kyrgyz nationals Dina J.
and Gulanda S. and police officer A.T. were detained.
It was learned that Dina J. and Gulanda S. forced these
five women for prostitution for a while and then sent
them to Kucukcekmece district to Fahriye B., who is
known to be a "women trafficker" along with the police
officer A.S. who she lives with.
Upon the complaint of the Kyrgyz women who were forced
into prostitution by Fahriye B. and police officer A.S.
as well, the Foreigners Police got activated and
launched an operation.
Police officer A.T., Dina J. and Gulanda S. were sent
to the Istanbul Public Prosecutor's office and then at
the court they were taken, arrested, and imprisoned on
charges of "human trafficking and forcing for
prostitution."
Arrest decision in absentia was issued on other police
officer A.S. and Fahriye B. END TEXT.
EDELMAN
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, EUR/PGI, EUR/SE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
SUBJECT: TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16-
31, 2005
1. (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and
international media sources published the following news
articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles
originally published in Turkish is provided through
unofficial local FSN translation.
2. (U) Published on Monday, March 21 by Milliyet,
http://www.milliyet.com:
TITLE: Annually 1.2 Million Children Are Being Sold
BEGIN TEXT: (Vienna) The OSCE based in Vienna announced
that annually 1.2 million children are sold worldwide.
Helga Konrad, OSCE special envoy for following human
trafficking, stated that the number of children sold in
particular in eastern European countries doubled in the
last three years.
Konrad noted that 30 percent of the victims of human
traffickers who operate worldwide were children and
that the sold children were used as cheap labor in the
fields of agriculture, mining, domestic work and
prostitution.
Doottridge (the paper did not identify who he/she was)
said that some of the sold children were forced to
serve as beggars and some others were employed in
small-scale organized crime. END TEXT.
3. (U) Published on Friday, March 18 by Almaty Karavan:
TITLE: Paper Criticizes Suspected Human Trafficker's
Release on Bail
BEGIN FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT: The Almaty garrison's
military prosecutor has released on bail a senior
lieutenant who is suspected of organizing trafficking
of women abroad. A source told us that the suspect had
tried to justify his activity recruiting girls to
Turkey.saying that it was for undercover work.
However, having studied the portfolios of recruited
girls, the military police came to the conclusion that
none of them suited the role of undercover radio
operator.
The military specialist was detained on 18 February.
When the suspect had been detained, he tried to buy his
freedom for 105,000 tenge (about 800 dollars) and 210
dollars. But the police refused to take the money from
him and brought additional charges against him for
attempted bribery.
Later it turned out that the senior lieutenant was not
an ordinary military officer but an employee of the
Defense Ministry's chief intelligence department, the
head of a special group.
The case caused an international scandal. The Turkish
special services arrested other individuals in Istanbul
who were suspected of recruiting prostitutes. However,
now thanks to the fact that now he has been released on
bail, the suspect can destroy all traces of his
suspicious activity. END TEXT.
4. (U) Published Wednesday, March 16 by the semi-official
Turkish-language Anatolian News Agency:
BEGIN TEXT: Three people, including one police officer,
were detained in Istanbul on charges of forcing
prostitution on women coming to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan
with employment promises. Arrest decision in absentia
was issued on two people (including one police
officer).
According to information obtained by AA correspondent,
Kyrgyz nationals Dina J. and Gulanda S. and police
officer A.T. who brought Gulzade M., Dinara A., Nazgul
T., Roza R. and Zinagul T. to Turkey with the promises
that they will find jobs, then threatened them and
forced them for prostitution. Kyrgyz nationals Dina J.
and Gulanda S. and police officer A.T. were detained.
It was learned that Dina J. and Gulanda S. forced these
five women for prostitution for a while and then sent
them to Kucukcekmece district to Fahriye B., who is
known to be a "women trafficker" along with the police
officer A.S. who she lives with.
Upon the complaint of the Kyrgyz women who were forced
into prostitution by Fahriye B. and police officer A.S.
as well, the Foreigners Police got activated and
launched an operation.
Police officer A.T., Dina J. and Gulanda S. were sent
to the Istanbul Public Prosecutor's office and then at
the court they were taken, arrested, and imprisoned on
charges of "human trafficking and forcing for
prostitution."
Arrest decision in absentia was issued on other police
officer A.S. and Fahriye B. END TEXT.
EDELMAN