Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ANKARA5139
2006-09-06 13:36:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TERRORISM FINANCE: TURKISH GOVERNMENT APPEALS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 005139
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
TREASURY FOR OTI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/06/2016
TAGS: KTFN PTER TU
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: TURKISH GOVERNMENT APPEALS
AL-QADI DECISION
REF: ANKARA 5001
Classified By: Economic Counselor Tom Goldberger. Reasons
1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 005139
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
TREASURY FOR OTI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/06/2016
TAGS: KTFN PTER TU
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: TURKISH GOVERNMENT APPEALS
AL-QADI DECISION
REF: ANKARA 5001
Classified By: Economic Counselor Tom Goldberger. Reasons
1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Further to ref, MFA DDG Huseyin Bicakli confirmed that
on September 5, the MFA and Prime Ministry filed an appeal of
the July Danistay (Council of State) ruling that invalidated
the 2001 Council of Ministers order that freezed Yassin
al-Qadi's assets in Turkey pursuant to UNSCR 1267. Bicakli
said the Ministry of Finance would file a similar brief.
Bicakli said this is the first of several levels of potential
appeal within the judicial system. Another MFA official told
us that one of the four judges on the panel that ruled in
July dissented, and yesterday's filings appealed based on the
dissenting judge's opinion. MFA also confirmed that
al-Qadi's assets remain frozen, therefore honoring Turkey's
obligation under SR 1267.
2. (C) Comments: The filing confirms what MFA officials had
told us, i.e. that the Prime Minister's statements expressing
personal sympathy for al-Qadi do not represent official
government policy. The filing demonstrates that the Turkish
government is committed to honoring its obligations under UN
Security Council resolution 1267 to freeze the assets of
UN-designated terrorist financiers.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
TREASURY FOR OTI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/06/2016
TAGS: KTFN PTER TU
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: TURKISH GOVERNMENT APPEALS
AL-QADI DECISION
REF: ANKARA 5001
Classified By: Economic Counselor Tom Goldberger. Reasons
1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Further to ref, MFA DDG Huseyin Bicakli confirmed that
on September 5, the MFA and Prime Ministry filed an appeal of
the July Danistay (Council of State) ruling that invalidated
the 2001 Council of Ministers order that freezed Yassin
al-Qadi's assets in Turkey pursuant to UNSCR 1267. Bicakli
said the Ministry of Finance would file a similar brief.
Bicakli said this is the first of several levels of potential
appeal within the judicial system. Another MFA official told
us that one of the four judges on the panel that ruled in
July dissented, and yesterday's filings appealed based on the
dissenting judge's opinion. MFA also confirmed that
al-Qadi's assets remain frozen, therefore honoring Turkey's
obligation under SR 1267.
2. (C) Comments: The filing confirms what MFA officials had
told us, i.e. that the Prime Minister's statements expressing
personal sympathy for al-Qadi do not represent official
government policy. The filing demonstrates that the Turkish
government is committed to honoring its obligations under UN
Security Council resolution 1267 to freeze the assets of
UN-designated terrorist financiers.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON