Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ANKARA2352
2006-04-28 12:57:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002352
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2026
TAGS: PREL PTER TU CH
SUBJECT: TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON ETLO/SHAT
REF: A. STATE 006383
B. ANKARA 000252
C. ANKARA 001748
Classified By: Political Counselor Janice Weiner, reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002352
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2026
TAGS: PREL PTER TU CH
SUBJECT: TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON ETLO/SHAT
REF: A. STATE 006383
B. ANKARA 000252
C. ANKARA 001748
Classified By: Political Counselor Janice Weiner, reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d)
1. (C) We met with Huseyin Ozdemir, Chief of Section in the
International Security Department of the Turkish Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, on April 27 to follow up on our January
demarche (refs a and b) regarding China's request that the UN
designate the East Turkistan Liberation Organization
(ELTO/SHAT) a terrorist organization. In addition to what we
reported in ref c, Ozdemir conveyed to us a number of details
regarding alleged ETLO/SHAT activities.
2. (C) Abdulcafer Turkoglu was born in Kayseri, Turkey, in
1977. He was captured by Turkish authorities on October 7,
1999, and turned over to the court system.
-- Turkoglu is accused of conducting a bomb attack on March
5, 1998, against an apartment building where employees of the
Chinese Consulate lived in the Sisli district of Istanbul.
-- Turkoglu is also accused of killing Yeuchun (Xu) on April
5, 1998. Xu was the owner of a supermarket in the Besiktas
district of Istanbul. (Note: Surnames in parentheses. End
Note.)
-- Turkoglu is also accused of killing Tang (Xin),the owner
of a Chinese restaurant, and wounding Yaping (Zhao) on Octber
5, 1999, in the Bakirkoy district of Istanbul.
-- Turkoglu was captured by Turkish authorities soon after
the third incident. When police searched Turkoglu's
apartment, they found an ETLO flag. In his deposition,
Turkoglu claimed that he invented the ETLO and was using the
ETLO name to protest Chinese treatment of people in
Turkistan.
-- Turkoglu and two accomplices -- Seyit Taranci and Kadir
Karakus -- are currently on trial. Turkoglu is accused of
being involved in all three incidents mentioned above; the
other two men are only accused of involvement in the Bakirkoy
shootings.
3. (C) Mehmet Emin Hazret was born in China in 1950. He
later emigrated to Turkey and received Turkish citizenship on
March 21, 1992. He lives in Istanbul. China has issued an
Interpol red warrant (A-1302-12-2003) for his arrest.
Turkish authorities are unaware of any connections between
Hazret and ETLO. Ozdemir could not say whether Hazret was
involved in any anti-Chinese or pro-Turkistan activities.
4. (C) Ozdemir told us that he has conveyed the same
information regarding Turkoglu, Hazret, and ETLO to Chinese
embassy officials.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/28/2026
TAGS: PREL PTER TU CH
SUBJECT: TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON ETLO/SHAT
REF: A. STATE 006383
B. ANKARA 000252
C. ANKARA 001748
Classified By: Political Counselor Janice Weiner, reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d)
1. (C) We met with Huseyin Ozdemir, Chief of Section in the
International Security Department of the Turkish Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, on April 27 to follow up on our January
demarche (refs a and b) regarding China's request that the UN
designate the East Turkistan Liberation Organization
(ELTO/SHAT) a terrorist organization. In addition to what we
reported in ref c, Ozdemir conveyed to us a number of details
regarding alleged ETLO/SHAT activities.
2. (C) Abdulcafer Turkoglu was born in Kayseri, Turkey, in
1977. He was captured by Turkish authorities on October 7,
1999, and turned over to the court system.
-- Turkoglu is accused of conducting a bomb attack on March
5, 1998, against an apartment building where employees of the
Chinese Consulate lived in the Sisli district of Istanbul.
-- Turkoglu is also accused of killing Yeuchun (Xu) on April
5, 1998. Xu was the owner of a supermarket in the Besiktas
district of Istanbul. (Note: Surnames in parentheses. End
Note.)
-- Turkoglu is also accused of killing Tang (Xin),the owner
of a Chinese restaurant, and wounding Yaping (Zhao) on Octber
5, 1999, in the Bakirkoy district of Istanbul.
-- Turkoglu was captured by Turkish authorities soon after
the third incident. When police searched Turkoglu's
apartment, they found an ETLO flag. In his deposition,
Turkoglu claimed that he invented the ETLO and was using the
ETLO name to protest Chinese treatment of people in
Turkistan.
-- Turkoglu and two accomplices -- Seyit Taranci and Kadir
Karakus -- are currently on trial. Turkoglu is accused of
being involved in all three incidents mentioned above; the
other two men are only accused of involvement in the Bakirkoy
shootings.
3. (C) Mehmet Emin Hazret was born in China in 1950. He
later emigrated to Turkey and received Turkish citizenship on
March 21, 1992. He lives in Istanbul. China has issued an
Interpol red warrant (A-1302-12-2003) for his arrest.
Turkish authorities are unaware of any connections between
Hazret and ETLO. Ozdemir could not say whether Hazret was
involved in any anti-Chinese or pro-Turkistan activities.
4. (C) Ozdemir told us that he has conveyed the same
information regarding Turkoglu, Hazret, and ETLO to Chinese
embassy officials.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON