TURKEY: SECOND CANDIDATE FOR OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM

UNCLAS ANKARA 000068 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/RPM (TAGGART/POSEN),S/T (CLARK/KURSCH) USOSCE FOR HYDE/RASCHKA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PTER PREL KCIP OSCE TU SUBJECT: TURKEY: SECOND CANDIDATE FOR OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP REF: A. 09 ANKARA 1783 ¶B. 09 STATE 115646 ¶1. After further consultations with the Turkish National Police (TNP),we have identified the following TNP candidate for the OSCE Counterterrorism Workshop to be held in Vienna February 11-12, 2010. (TNP did not provide a second name as an alternate.) Yusuf TOPCAN, Major, Turkish National Police, Intelligence Department Headquarters. Major TOPCAN received his Bachelor's Degree in criminal justice from the TNP Police Academy in 1995. His curriculum vita follows: 1996-1998 - Deputy Inspector, TNP Public Order Department, Antalya, Turkey 1998-2000 - Deputy Inspector, Protection Unit, Prime Ministry, Ankara, Turkey 2000-2004 - Captain, Intelligence Analyst, TNP Intelligence Department Headquarters, Ankara, where he worked as an analyst against separatist terrorist movements. 2004-2007 - Captain, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in the United States, Washington, DC and Algers, Algeria. 2007- present - Major, TNP Intelligence Department Headquarters, Ankara, Turkey. In 2000, TOPCAN attended a counterterrorism course and a VIP protection training course in Washington, DC. ¶2. Major TOPCAN's contact information: work telephone number: 90-312-412-6265; cell telephone number: 90-505-562-8899; and e-mail topcan7@hotmail.com. ¶3. Embassy POCs for Yusuf TOPCAN: Legal Attache Raymond Duda raymond.duda@ic.fbi.gov and Regional Counterterrorism Coordinator Carol Reynolds (reynoldsct@state.gov). Jeffrey "Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.s gov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turkey"