Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ANKARA2112
2007-08-15 15:18:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TURKISH POLICE SEIZE EQUIPMENT ALLEGED FOR PKK AND
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002112
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/15/2017
TAGS: PREL PTER GM TU
SUBJECT: TURKISH POLICE SEIZE EQUIPMENT ALLEGED FOR PKK AND
LINKED TO TURKISH EMPLOYEE AT US BASE IN GERMANY
REF: IIR 1 671 250807
Classified By: Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Christopher Rich for reasons
C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002112
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/15/2017
TAGS: PREL PTER GM TU
SUBJECT: TURKISH POLICE SEIZE EQUIPMENT ALLEGED FOR PKK AND
LINKED TO TURKISH EMPLOYEE AT US BASE IN GERMANY
REF: IIR 1 671 250807
Classified By: Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Christopher Rich for reasons 1.
4 (b,d)
1. (C) On August 14, MFA Deputy Director General for Security
Affairs Sakir Torunlar requested US assistance with an
investigation of a truck seized by Turkish police in the
Mediterranean Sea port of Mersin on August 2. The truck
contained portable radios and first aid supplies which,
according to Turkish police, were being transferred to the
PKK.
2. (C) According to Torunlar, the driver of the truck
confessed to obtaining the radios and first aid supplies from
a Turkish national employee of the US Army Air Force Exchange
Service (AAFES) in Giessen, Germany.
3. (SBU) Torunlar provided a list of the equipment seized
from the truck, which includes six black colored, "Yeasu"
brand hand-held radios with batteries, carrying straps, and
communication keys, and six other black colored portable
radios with batteries, belt clips, and antennas. The list
also includes the contents of a single first aid kit and 60
"rechargeable heat bags used for warming in rural areas."
4. (SBU) We have provided the information given by MFA on the
AAFES employee to AFOSI/Ankara, which will initiate
investigative activity with appropriate US agencies. Ankara
AFOSI POC is Mr. Chuck Gillow, tel. (90)(532) 712-4974.
Turkish authorities did not elaborate on police allegations
that the supplies were for the PKK.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
MCELDOWNEY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/15/2017
TAGS: PREL PTER GM TU
SUBJECT: TURKISH POLICE SEIZE EQUIPMENT ALLEGED FOR PKK AND
LINKED TO TURKISH EMPLOYEE AT US BASE IN GERMANY
REF: IIR 1 671 250807
Classified By: Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Christopher Rich for reasons 1.
4 (b,d)
1. (C) On August 14, MFA Deputy Director General for Security
Affairs Sakir Torunlar requested US assistance with an
investigation of a truck seized by Turkish police in the
Mediterranean Sea port of Mersin on August 2. The truck
contained portable radios and first aid supplies which,
according to Turkish police, were being transferred to the
PKK.
2. (C) According to Torunlar, the driver of the truck
confessed to obtaining the radios and first aid supplies from
a Turkish national employee of the US Army Air Force Exchange
Service (AAFES) in Giessen, Germany.
3. (SBU) Torunlar provided a list of the equipment seized
from the truck, which includes six black colored, "Yeasu"
brand hand-held radios with batteries, carrying straps, and
communication keys, and six other black colored portable
radios with batteries, belt clips, and antennas. The list
also includes the contents of a single first aid kit and 60
"rechargeable heat bags used for warming in rural areas."
4. (SBU) We have provided the information given by MFA on the
AAFES employee to AFOSI/Ankara, which will initiate
investigative activity with appropriate US agencies. Ankara
AFOSI POC is Mr. Chuck Gillow, tel. (90)(532) 712-4974.
Turkish authorities did not elaborate on police allegations
that the supplies were for the PKK.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
MCELDOWNEY