TERRORIST LISTS - TURKEY

UNCLAS ANKARA 006659 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS FOR EB/ESC/TFS, S/CT (Patty Hill) and IO/PSC(John Sandage) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KTFN TU SUBJECT: TERRORIST LISTS - TURKEY REF: STATE 193615 ¶1. (SBU) Turkey does not maintain a national list of banned terrorist entities: there is no national designations system. The Turkish authorities circulate all 1267-designated and U.S.-designated names to government agencies, financial institutions and to other legal entities with reporting requirements under Turkey's anti-money-laundering and counterterrorism statutes. ¶2. (SBU) The list is not made public, however, nor does the inclusion on the list necessarily mean the listed name is subject to freezing or other sanctions. If assets are found in Turkey, and the listed name is on the 1267 list, the assets can be frozen by a Council of Ministers decree, although the authority of the Council of Ministers to freeze is currently undergoing a legal challenge. WILSON