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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
05ANKARA2024	BOEING PLAYING OUT ITS FINAL ACT IN TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: Despite having raised with Post multiple concerns about the Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) in the attack helicopter tender issued by Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) on February 10 (ref a),Boeing remains engaged in a dialogue with SSM over modifications that migh [...]	2005-04-07 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MCAP TU

05ANKARA2028	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-07 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2030	NEITHER "MODERATE" NOR EXTREMIST: TURKISH ISLAM IN [...] (C) Summary. Many in the West seek to promote Turkey as a "model" of "moderate Islam." The reality is very different. Islam in Turkey is stale and ingrown, straightjacketed by state control on the one hand and by narrow-minded lodge and brotherhood interpretations on the other. Although the [...]	2005-04-07 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA2031	TURKEY SUPPORTS US OBSERVER STATUS TO BSEC [...] (U) In conjunction with the visit of EUR/ACE Special Advisor John Markey to the Istanbul headquarters of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organization, Econoff met with MFA BSEC desk officer Ali Sain Akin April 6 to discuss the U.S. application for observer status and Turkey's object [...]	2005-04-07 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD TU PREL
05ANKARA2032	IMF MISSION MAKING PROGRESS BUT NO LOI BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: IMF Deputy Resrep confirmed that the mission currently in town is making progress with two out of three prior actions completed. The Regional Investment Incentives Scheme remains an issue, however, with improvements still needed before the IMF can accept it. In terms of timing, th [...]	2005-04-07 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
05ANKARA2034	TERRORIST FINANCE: MFA REQUESTS MORE BACKGROUND [...] (C) Summary: The asset freezes of Nasreddin Group Holding and Yasin Al-Qadi are currently being challenged in Turkey's highest administrative court. MFA officials requested more background information on these UN 1267 Committee designees to help support the GOT's case. A court ruling in favo [...]	2005-04-08 05:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN TU
05ANKARA2039	PSI: TURKEY'S FEEDBACK ON RECENT OPERATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials at both TGS and MFA have given us positive reviews of the recent PSI Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting in Omaha. Turkey plans to host an air/ground/sea exercise in May 2006. TGS claims it now has the lead on PSI, but we have not heard this elsewhere. The [...]	2005-04-08 08:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA2045	TURKEY: SMALL FARMING TOWN WITH THRIVING [...] (SBU) Summary. As one of Anatolia,s small agriculture-based communities, Bala is representative of Turkey's traditional economy. Farmers rely heavily on the central government,s direct income support payments to compensate for increasing input costs. Although there are hopes to establish an [...]	2005-04-08 08:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI TU
05ANKARA2049	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor conducted the second of three annual program consultations in Washington DC, meeting with stateside program coordinators of the projects being conducted in Turkey, including the Internal Control Program, Commodity Identification Training, Product Identification Tool [...]	2005-04-08 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA2051	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 12:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2058	NTM-I: TURKEY CONSIDERS SENDING TRAINERS, BUT [...] (C) Turkey is mulling over whether to send trainers to Iraq under NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I),but is clearly disappointed that the Iraqis have so far resisted coming here for training. End summary. 2. (C) On April 7, PolMilCouns discussed the current status of Turkey's contribution [...]	2005-04-08 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL TU IZ NATO
05ANKARA2060	TURKISH MFA OFFICIAL: "NATO INVOLVEMENT IN THE [...] (C) Turkey shares with us the goal of eventual NATO involvement in the Black Sea, an MFA official told us April 7. At BLACKSEAFOR's March 31 senior officials meeting, the members agreed on a common threat assessment and agreed that it would be beneficial to build some ties with outside states [...]	2005-04-08 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG UP RO BU NATO
05ANKARA2061	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - A WEAK LINK IN TURKISH REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Turks cite history to argue that Turkey is a model of religious tolerance. They assert that the existence of diverse religious communities in the Ottoman Empire and the acceptance of the Jews who migrated to Istanbul after expulsion from Spain in 1492 proves Turkey is free of rel [...]	2005-04-08 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2070	TURKEY:WHAT IF INVESTORS HEAD FOR THE DOOR? [...] (SBU) Summary: The acceleration of--and Turkey's dependence on--short-term portfolio investment flows has revived fears of what could happen if these investors head for the exits. If an exogenous shock is big enough, this "hot money" will indeed flee. Structural changes since 2001, however, [...]	2005-04-11 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA2072	TURKEY'S TELECOM BOARD CHALLENGES - INTEREST IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Telecom Regulatory Authority is planning a visit to the FCC as part of its efforts to increase capacity and expertise. While the state company Turk Telekom's privatization and the sector's liberalization slowly proceed, the Telecom Regulatory Authority struggles to [...]	2005-04-11 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV ECON TU
05ANKARA2074	SOUTHEAST TURKEY: TUNCELI GOVERNOR OKAYS [...] (C) Summary: After allegedly being threatened by Tunceli's Jandarma Commander on February 7 (reftel),Attorney Huseyin Aygun filed charges with the Public Prosecutor against the Commander. Tunceli Deputy Governor Ozkan Demir told poloff in a March 24 meeting that the Tunceli Governor - as the [...]	2005-04-11 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU
05ANKARA2076	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan comes to Washington with the GOT continuing to talk about a strategic partnership but with bilateral relations troubled by an absence of clarity on Turkish direction and intent. Ruling AKP officials publicly deny any bilateral problems or blame them on U. [...]	2005-04-11 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR PHUM TU
05ANKARA2078	PETKIM: PA GOES ON THE ROAD TO PROMOTE TURKEY'S [...] (SBU) Summary. PETKIM (Petrokimya Holding A.S.),Turkey's state petrochemical company, is preparing for an IPO of 30 percent of its shares in late April. Turkey,s privatization officials, together with privatization consulting companies, left for the U.S. last week to attend an investor,s c [...]	2005-04-11 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
05ANKARA2080	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-11 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2094	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in the weekly journal Temp [...]	2005-04-12 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2095	RE-EVALUATING THE LEAHY AMENDMENT: IMPORTANT STEP [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's increasingly critical contribution to stemming the flow of narcotics into the global supply chain can be strengthened by more U.S. assistance. Up until 1999, we were able to provide this assistance in the form of training, equipment, and demand reduction through the I [...]	2005-04-12 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR SNAR
05ANKARA2096	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-12 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2097	RELIGIOUS (UN)FREEDOM IN TURKEY: LONG-RESIDENT [...] (U) Summary: Authorities have given a long-resident Amcit Protestant pastor 15 days to depart Turkey because he does not have a work or residence permit. The pastor has been performing missionary work in Turkey for 20 years, and departs the country every three months to renew his tourist visa [...]	2005-04-12 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2099	TURKISH DCHOD TELLS USTRANSCOM ANSWER ON CARGO HUB [...] (S) Summary: DCHOD Gen Basbug told USTRANSCOM Commander Gen Handy that he saw no insurmountable problems in the US-Turkey military-to-military relationship. To repair other parts of the relationship, Basbug thought the US should take action against the PKK/Kongra Gel in northern Iraq (somethin [...]	2005-04-12 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA2100	TURKISH MFA DEFENDS GOT APPROACH TO SYRIA, [...] (C) DCM discussed Turkey's Syria policy April 12 with MFA Director General for the Middle East Oguz Celikkol. Celikkol defended President Sezer's April 13-14 visit to Damascus, and asserted that Sezer will deliver the same message to the Syrians that the international community has agreed upon [...]	2005-04-12 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE TU
05ANKARA2114	TURKEY SETS PRIVATIZATION MODEL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Aiming to expedite delayed privatization of Turkey's electricity distribution network (in which at least one U.S. company has expressed strong interest),the GOT has decided to move forward based on a "transfer-of-operating-rights" (TOR) sale of shares model, rather than throug [...]	2005-04-13 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
05ANKARA2124	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-14 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2126	COMMISSION ON NARCOTICS DRUGS: REQUEST FOR US [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey has requested US support for its candidacy for re-election to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) at ECOSOC. Post recommends favorable consideration, given Turkey's critical location along a main route for drug flows from Afghanistan. Turkey is also one of only two [...]	2005-04-14 08:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL AORC TU
05ANKARA2127	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] On April 13, per reftel request, Deputy PolMilCouns met with representatives of Incekara Holding and Yazici Company LTD at the Incekara address listed in reftel in order to establish the bona fides of Incekara and its role in license application 05-959223 for one WJ-9012A VXI Chassis. Ozgur I [...]	2005-04-14 08:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC TU
05ANKARA2129	U.S.-TURKEY FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] On April 13, post received a diplomatic note from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs stating that the Government of Turkey no longer intends to bring the Financial Agreement into effect. The language (para 2 below) parallels that suggested by reftel. In reply, the Embassy sent on April [...]	2005-04-14 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN TU
05ANKARA2131	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] On April 7, 2005, Embassy Blue Lantern Officer met with officials from Aselsan Corporation responsible for reftel procurement to Turkey (License Appl. 05-950176). Present were Program Manager Fikri Atmaca, Technical Director for the Electronics Hardware Department Serhat Salih Erzin and Purch [...]	2005-04-14 10:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC TU
05ANKARA2137	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-14 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2140	CIVAIR: NEW TRANSIT PASSENGER [...] (U) On March 27, Turkish authorities eliminated a gap in the border control system by requiring passport and customs controls to be performed at the initial airport of entry, rather than at the final destination. The change, which also affects transit passengers leaving Turkey, has led to pas [...]	2005-04-15 07:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC TU
05ANKARA2155	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-15 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2159	PA CONFIDENT ABOUT PRIVATIZATION DEALS, DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary. Privatization Administration (PA) President Metin Kilci's confidence in the PA,s ability to move forward with its ambitious privatization agenda for 2005 has been boosted by proposed changes to the GOT,s privatization law that should reduce legal challenges to PA transactions a [...]	2005-04-15 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV BEXP TU
05ANKARA2161	Turkish Parliament Moves on IMF Prior Action [...] (SBU) Summary: With the April 14 passage of a new Tax Administration Reform law, Turkey has satisfied the remaining "prior action" for finalizing a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a new three-year IMF stand-by program. However, differences with the IMF over controversial amendments to the region [...]	2005-04-15 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA2162	TURKISH PRESIDENT SEZER'S TRIP TO SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: President Sezer's April 13-14 visit appears indeed to have been symbolic (ref A),aside from his short one-on-one meeting with Asad. Turkish MFA officials are claiming that Sezer urged Asad to finish Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon by the end of the month and received Asad's pled [...]	2005-04-15 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE TU PTER SYRIA
05ANKARA2170	TRADE OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON PHARMACEUTICALS, [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) Deputy Director General for Agreements Osman Bekaroglu to deliver reftel demarche on anti-schizophrenia drug Zyprexa. Bekaroglu said that the Health Ministry was well aware of the sensitivities involved in the Zyprexa issue. With r [...]	2005-04-18 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
05ANKARA2189	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PRESSES ANTI-ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Parliament is pressing its campaign to tell the international community that there was no Armenian genocide. PM Erdogan has sent a letter to Armenian President Kocharian asking that Armenian scholars participate in a joint Turkish/Armenian historical research projec [...]	2005-04-18 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM PERL
05ANKARA2190	TURKISH MFA ON ECHR ACCEPTANCE OF XENIDES-ARESTIS [...] (C) Turkish MFA Northeast Mediterranean Affairs Acting DDG Bilman told us MFA and legal experts met in the wake of the ECHR's April 6 decision to admit the Xenides-Arestis v. Turkey Cyprus property case. Bilman maintained the ECHR had not questioned the legality of the "TRNC" compensation sc [...]	2005-04-18 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
05ANKARA2191	TURKISH MFA, NGOS PLAN ISTANBUL DEMOCRACY [...] This is a joint Embassy Ankara/ConGen Istanbul message. 2. Summary: Turkish MFA officials, its lead NGO partner in the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) TESEV, and Turkish women's NGO representatives met on April 10 to begin planning for a June DAD conference in Istanbul focusing on wome [...]	2005-04-18 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU KDEM
05ANKARA2192	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Monday, March 21 by Mil [...]	2005-04-18 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2193	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2194	EXBS: TURKISH COMMENTS TO LATEST NP COOPERATION [...] This is an action request- see para 4. 2. We have discussed the latest U.S. draft NP Cooperation and Assistance Agreement with MFA DDG for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric and other MFA representatives on several occasions since originally delivering it to the GOT in February, 20 [...]	2005-04-18 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
05ANKARA2196	TURKS SAY NEIGHBORS MEETING POSTPONED AT [...] (C) We read reftel with interest, but the Turks tell us a different story on the postponement of the Istanbul Iraq Neighbors' Meeting. MFA Head of Department for Iraq Avni Botsali emailed us at 0130 local time April 17 to inform us that the "neighbors meeting is postponed since PM-designate J [...]	2005-04-18 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
05ANKARA2206	MFA BLOCKING PURCHASE OF ABANDONED CHURCH [...] (U) Summary: An American pastor and his wife operate a Protestant "cultural center" in the Mediterranean tourist city of Antalya. Although their work is primarily religious, they hold work permits as owners of the company that runs the center, which includes a cafe and a room where community [...]	2005-04-19 08:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2215	LIFTING UNFICYP RESTRICTIONS: DHERINIA CROSSING [...] (C) We reiterated to Turkish MFA Acting DDG for Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs Bilman ref e-mail readout that, despite the opening of other crossings, Turkey will not get the language it desires in the next UNFICYP report and resolution if the Dherinia crossing remains closed. Bilman rep [...]	2005-04-19 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU UNFICYP
05ANKARA2229	COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG): [...] (SBU) On April 18, A/DCM chaired the meeting of the Counter Terrorism Finance Working Group (CTFWG). Other participants included representatives from ECON, RSO, DEA, CONS, OSI, LEGATT, and DAO. 2. (C) ECON reported that MFA officials responded to our request for more information on Movlad [...]	2005-04-19 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU
05ANKARA2230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-19 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA224	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-12 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2242	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Friday, April 1 by Hurr [...]	2005-04-20 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2249	GOT ON AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENTS; [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST IN PARA 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: IN AN APRIL 19 MEETING WITH ECONOFF, BARIS KALKAVAN, OF THE MFA AVIATION DEPARTMENT, RESPONDED TO REF A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE BILATERAL AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT BY ELIMINATING ANNEX III ON COMPUTER RESERVATIONS SYSTEMS [...]	2005-04-20 11:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA ASEC TU
05ANKARA2250	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2258	GOT SUMMARILY DEPORTS SYRIAN KURD [...] (U) Summary: The GOT in March summarily deported a Syrian army deserter without allowing the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to review his asylum petition. The Syrian, who was acquitted in a Turkish court on terrorism charges, claimed that because he is a Kurd and a de [...]	2005-04-21 08:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2260	TURKISH VIEWS ON OECD ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey has not yet determined its position on the U.S. task force proposal or on the Differentiated Engagement Strategy (DES) at the OECD. The MFA Department Head responsible for OECD issues, however, outlined Turkey's general approach to these issues in a way that suggests sig [...]	2005-04-21 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD PREL TU RS OECD
05ANKARA2261	MEETING WITH DEPUTY IMF RESREP [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Deputy Resrep confirmed press reports that all three prior actions are now completed and reiterated the expected timing for finalizing the new IMF program: signed Letter of Intent by end of April, board meeting mid-May. IMF staff expects the final version of the Regional In [...]	2005-04-21 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN TU
05ANKARA2273	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-22 05:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2277	SPECIAL 301: Update on Copyright/Trademark [...] (SBU) The GOT reports a sharp rise in seizure of pirated materials in 2004, along with other measures supporting copyright protection. Our principal film industry anti-piracy contact seems relatively upbeat about IP protection, but trademark owners, publishers and the software representative [...]	2005-04-22 07:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU USTR
05ANKARA2294	APPAREL EXECUTIVES ON CHINESE EXPORTS, TIFA, [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Amconsul Istanbul. 2. (SBU) Summary: In an April 8 lunch, textile and apparel industry representatives praised U.S. movement toward limits on Chinese textile imports and expressed the hope the European Commission would follow suit. They also supported [...]	2005-04-22 10:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX EFIN TU CH EUN
05ANKARA2302	CHOD OZKOK'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: The current public investigations of corruption within the Turkish military are unprecedented and apparently the responsibility of one man -- TGS Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok. Whether his motivation is to retain (or regain) public support for the military, show up an AKP government tha [...]	2005-04-22 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR TU
05ANKARA2312	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM TURKISH [...] Post received the original and faxed version of an April 18, 2005 letter to President Bush from the Turkish Parliamentarians Union regarding The Armenian Genocide issue. Original will be sent to the White House. Following is the post's informal translation of the letter: 2. BEGIN TEXT: [...]	2005-04-22 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU AM
05ANKARA2313	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GOT ANTI-MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN WITH A FILIBUSTERING MINISTER AYDIN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador has emphasized to State Minister Aydin serious U.S. concerns about the GOT's anti-Christian missionary campaign, including a written statement by Aydin defining missionaries as a threat to the State and maligning Christianity. The U.S. has long urged the EU to supp [...]	2005-04-22 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2314	TURKS PREPARING FOR PKK SPRING OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 17. Summary ------- 2. (S) The GOT appears to be convinced that the PKK is going to carry out its first "spring offensive" in southeast Turkey since 1999. Press and intel reporting indicate the Turks have moved two commando brigades towar [...]	2005-04-22 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ IR SY
05ANKARA2317	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-23 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2322	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-25 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2324	"OUR VIEWS ARE THE SAME AS YOURS," TURKISH IRAQ [...] (C) Turkey almost entirely shares our views on Iraq, GOT Special Envoy Koruturk told Senior Adviser and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Amb. Richard Jones on April 19. Amb. Jones outlined for the Turks our approach over the coming year, including providing support for the Iraqi Security Forces (I [...]	2005-04-25 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD TU IZ NATO
05ANKARA2331	ASSAILANTS FIREBOMB PROTESTANT CHURCH, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE [...] (U) Summary: Unknown actors firebombed a Protestant church in Ankara in the early-morning hours April 21, causing minor damage. The attack followed an email threat to the church from a violent organization responsible for the attempted murder of a human rights activist in 1998. The organizati [...]	2005-04-25 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2332	ISAF: TURKS SAY CAVEATS ARE BASED ON NATO PLANNING [...] (C) The Turkish military has told us that many of the national caveats on its ISAF forces are based on the ISAF Operations Plan (OPLAN) and other NATO requirements. Turkey will not remove its caveats, but would support changes in the OPLAN and AOR to meet Alliance needs. End summary. 2. ( [...]	2005-04-25 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU NATO
05ANKARA2333	UPDATE; CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE [...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with the President of the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority, Okay Cakiroglu, on April 22 to request an update on the status of the Cesium 137 that was seized in December. Cakiroglu stated that the Cesium 137 was still safely stored at a Turkish secure facility near Istanbul [...]	2005-04-26 05:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU
05ANKARA2342	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-26 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2349	Update on Van Hotel Case [...] (U) In February, a judge dismissed Amcit Victor Bedoian's civil case challenging the sale of his hotel in Van (reftel). The judge has since issued her reasoning in this case, which boils down to the finding that the hotel manager had written authorization from Bedoian, and was entitled to sel [...]	2005-04-27 06:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV PHUM TU
05ANKARA238	EU/CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-13 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CU PHUM PREL TU
05ANKARA2380	BTC pipeline in Turkey still aiming for late [...] (SBU) Summary: While working to deliver the Baku- Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey has pushed Turkey's state pipeline company BOTAS to operate much closer to international standards, it has encountered great difficulty managing the variety of sub-contracts on the job. BOTAS has had to seque [...]	2005-04-27 12:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM TU BTC
05ANKARA2388	SE TURKEY: SYRIACS CELEBRATES NEW YEAR, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Syriac community in Mardin province expressed to poloff satisfaction about a first-ever (for Turkey) Syriac New Year celebration held on April 1. At the same time, they expressed concern about a property dispute brewing in Bardakci village of Mardin, whe [...]	2005-04-27 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2389	NEA WATER ADVISOR CHARLES LAWSON DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NEA Senior Advisor for Science and Technology Issues Charles Lawson visited Turkey April 18-21 to explore GOT interest in cooperation on the Tigris-Euphrates basin. Lawson visited water infrastructure programs in the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP),which encompasses the hea [...]	2005-04-27 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD IZ PREL SENV SY TU
05ANKARA2394	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-27 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2397	AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION CONCERNING PEACEFUL USES [...] This is an Action Cable. See para 6. 2. Summary: The Government of Turkey completed the ratification process by the Turkish Grand National Assembly for the Agreement for Cooperation between the Republic of Turkey and the United State of America concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy. [...]	2005-04-28 05:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP TRGY TU
05ANKARA240	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-13 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2408	TURNAROUND AT PRIVATIZED STEEL COMPANY [...] (U) Summary. Karabuk Iron and Steel Works (Kardemir) was rescued from closure in 1995 through the cooperative effort of labor, business, townspeople, the Chamber of Commerce and then-Prime Minister Tansu Ciller and, today, can be considered a successful privatization story. It is not, howev [...]	2005-04-28 10:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB EMIN PGOV SOCI TU
05ANKARA242	TRILATERAL TALKS ON PKK/KONGRA-GEL [...] (C) U.S., Turkish, and IIG officials met Jan. 11 in Ankara for trilateral talks on PKK/Kongra-Gel. All sides agreed to our common resolve to defeat this organization, but the insurgency and Iraq's delicate transition all but rule out direct military action in the near term. At U.S. suggestion [...]	2005-01-13 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PREF MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA2431	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-28 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2432	TURKISH STATEMENT ON FORMATION OF IRAQI [...] On April 28, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement on the formation of the Iraqi Transitional Government. Informal embassy translation follows: BEGIN TEXT Turkish Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information Department No: 69 April 28, 2005 Announcement [...]	2005-04-28 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ TU
05ANKARA2439	IRAQ: TURKS REPORT MUSLIM ULEMA COUNCIL "BITTER" [...] (C) On April 27, MFA Head of Department for Iraq Avni Botsali provided PolMilOff with a brief readout of the visit to Ankara by a delegation of the Iraqi Muslim Ulema Council. The delegation, led by MUC Secretary General Dr. Harith al-Dhari, met with FonMin Gul in Ankara on April 27; they then [...]	2005-04-29 08:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM IZ TU
05ANKARA244	UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-14 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ TU
05ANKARA246	TURKEY EXPORTS 180 MW OF ELECTRICITY TO NORTHERN [...] (SBU) On a January 13 visit to the Karadeniz power plant near Silopi, southeast Turkey, which began providing electricity to northern Iraq in September 2003, Ankara and Adana officers learned that the plant is currently exporting about 180 MW across the border. The transmission line connecti [...]	2005-01-15 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG IZ PREL TU
05ANKARA247	TURKEY'S THRACE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND BOSPHORUS BYPASS - ADVOCACY QUESTION [...] (SBU) Thrace Development Company (TDC) Chairman Howard Lowe called on Ambassador December 8 to update us on TDC's proposed oil pipeline project that would be an alternative "bypass" route across Turkish Thrace for oil exported from the Black Sea that currently passes by tanker through the Tur [...]	2005-01-15 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET BEXP TU KZ
05ANKARA2474	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-29 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2478	SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA ON UNSCR 1559: [...] (C) Summary: We made reftel points to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Bozay April 29. GOT is awaiting a full UN report before coming to any conclusions about Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. The MFA issued a flaccid April 27 statement welcoming Syria's withdrawal announcement. The [...]	2005-05-02 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE TU
05ANKARA248	TURKEY OK'S SYRIA'S REQUEST TO DRAW WATER FROM THE [...] (U) In addition to positive rhetoric and signing of a trade agreement, Turkey and Syria reached symbolic agreements on two heretofore sensitive transboundary water issues during Prime Minster Erdogan's December 22-23 visit to Damascus. Turkey agreed to a Syrian request to draw water from the [...]	2005-01-15 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV SY TU
05ANKARA2490	JOINT STATEMENT FROM ISTANBUL IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] On May, 2, the Turkish MFA passed us a copy of the text of the joint statement from the April 29-30 Iraq neighbors' meeting (full text in para. 2). We will provide MFA's readout of the meeting septel. 2. Joint statement follows (original was in English): BEGIN TEXT (note internal paragra [...]	2005-05-02 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA
05ANKARA2491	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Wednesday, April 20 in [...]	2005-05-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2496	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] Subsequent to release of reftel b, Embassy received a response from Turkish authorities verifying that the Turkish Armed Forces is developing the UHF Jamming Program described in reftel A, case number 05-957032. On April 20, 2005, the MFA sent a Diplomatic Note confirming that Turkish Armed [...]	2005-05-02 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC TU
05ANKARA2522	Special 301: MFA Disappointed With PWL [...] (U) Per ref A, Econoff alerted MFA, the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU),the Turkish Patent Institute (TPE) and other agencies on April 29 that Turkey would remain on the Priority Watch List due to concerns about data exclusivity, patent linkage and copyright/trademark enforcement. FTU a [...]	2005-05-03 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU USTR
05ANKARA2524	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-03 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2525	OCALAN LIKELY TO GET RETRIAL [...] (U) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is expected to rule on May 12 that Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),did not receive a fair trial when he was convicted in 1999. Contacts say such a verdict would likely lead to a retrial in a Turkish co [...]	2005-05-03 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU PKK
05ANKARA2527	TURKEY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON USG FUEL DELIVERIES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy received a diplomatic note May 3 requesting information on U.S. purchases of refined products in Turkey for delivery to Iraq during the period May 2003 through April 2005. Para 4 contains text of diplomatic note. The informat [...]	2005-05-03 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EPET ETRD IZ PREL TU
05ANKARA2529	TURKEY APPROVES BILLION DOLLAR F-16 UPGRADE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkey's signature of a one billion dollar Foreign Military Sale (FMS) F-16 aircraft upgrade package with Lockheed Martin Aero as the prime USG contractor provided the pretext for Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul to publicly reinforce the importance of the US/TU bilateral [...]	2005-05-04 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS TU
05ANKARA253	TURKEY INCREASES AID FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF [...] Summary: The Turkish government announced that it will increase its tsunami assistance from $1.25 million to $5 million, bringing total donations public and private to about $9 million. One government official estimated that total donations would reach $30 million by the end of January. Pr [...]	2005-01-18 07:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL TU
05ANKARA254	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-18 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU

05ANKARA2548	IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT ON ISTANBUL NEIGHBORS MEETING [...] (C) Iraq and its neighbors--and numerous guests--held a "friendly and interactive" foreign ministers' meeting in Istanbul April 29-30, according to Turkish MFA officials. Our interlocutors reported relatively little squabbling over the communique text, though they apparently had to beat back a [...]	2005-05-04 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA
05ANKARA2552	BANK COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a round of meetings with Turkish bankers, Econoff obtained their perspective on Turkey's anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime. Currently, Turkish banks are following a less vigilant framework of policies and procedures than those of their foreign bank counter [...]	2005-05-04 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER TU
05ANKARA2553	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-04 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2555	TURKEY APPROVES USE OF INCIRLIK AIR BASE AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten months after the US requested to establish a multi-directional cargo hub at Incirlik Air Base to support Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),the Government of Turkey (GOT) has agreed to the establishment of a cargo hub on terms slightly more re [...]	2005-05-04 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU
05ANKARA2556	TGS REQUESTS UPDATED EADSIM SOFTWARE [...] Deputy PolMilCouns on May 3 received an original letter from Colonel Ziyaeddin Ipekkan, Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Scientific Division for forwarding to the US Missile Defense Agency Modeling and Simulation Program Director. The letter requests US provision to TGS of EADSI [...]	2005-05-04 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU
05ANKARA2564	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4 and 5. 2. (C) PolMilCouns raised the CWC host country agreement (HCA) with MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Bulent Meric and provided the revised text of the agreement on April 22, as instructed ref a. Meric said that t [...]	2005-05-05 08:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KTIA TU CWC
05ANKARA2578	IRAQ: GOT OFFERS CONDOLENCES FOR ERBIL AND OTHER [...] (SBU) The Turkish MFA released a statement following the May 4 Erbil bombing, condemning this and other recent terrorist attacks in Iraq (text in para. 2). MFA Head of Department for Iraq Avni Botsali told PolMilOff the evening of May 4 that FonMin Gul had also called KDP leader Masoud Barzan [...]	2005-05-05 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IZ TU
05ANKARA2579	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Summary: Last month, EXBS Advisor primarily focused on the status and direction of the Commodity Identification Training (CIT),which was scheduled to take place in April, but was eventually postponed to a later date. EXBS Advisor worked closely with MFA, Customs and Turkish Atomic Ener [...]	2005-05-05 11:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA2585	SE TURKISH GOVERNORS TONE DEAF ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-05 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ETRD CASC TU
05ANKARA2588	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-05 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2600	DAS KENNEDY MAY 3 MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA DIRGEN [...] (C) Summary: Continuing their strategic dialogue begun in February in Washington, EUR DAS Kennedy met May 3 with Turkish MFA DG for Central Asia and the Caucasus Akinci. FM Gul travels to Kyrgyzstan May 5 and will encourage the Kyrgyz to avoid violence and prioritize their assistance request [...]	2005-05-05 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU KG UZ AJ GG
05ANKARA2602	GERMAN CHANCELLOR URGES FURTHER GOT REFORM [...] (U) Summary: During his May 3-4 visit to Turkey, German Chancellor Schroeder praised GOT leaders for past reforms and encouraged further progress. He assured PM Erdogan and President Sezer that the EU will keep its commitment to open accession talks with Turkey in October. He said the German [...]	2005-05-06 06:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA2606	BTC PIPELINE IN TURKEY STILL AIMING FOR LATE 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: While working to deliver the Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey has pushed Turkey's state pipeline company BOTAS to operate much closer to international standards, it has encountered great difficulty managing the variety of sub-contracts on the job. BOTAS has had to seque [...]	2005-05-06 08:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM TU BTC
05ANKARA2607	TURKEY REQUESTS REVIEW OF US THIRD COUNTRY [...] This is an Action Request. Post has received a Diplomatic Note that responds to Action Item No. 4 from the Sept. 24, 2004 Security Cooperation Working Group (SCWG) meeting held in Ankara, and to the 30 June 2004 Embassy Dip Note outlining specific questions Turkey must answer for every Third [...]	2005-05-06 08:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PREL TU
05ANKARA2645	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2651	ACTION REQUEST: AIRLIFT FOR WOUNDED IRAQI KURDS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Late May 6, MFA Iraq Department Head Avni Botsali informed polmiloff that KDP leader Massoud Barzani had requested that Turkey medivac 27 of the injured from the Erbil bombing and 10 of their family members for advanced medical care [...]	2005-05-06 18:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA2663	DAS KENNEDY URGES TURKEY TO SEIZE OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: During her May 2-3 visit to Turkey, DAS Kennedy urged Turkish MFA officials, National Security Council Secretary General Alpogan, and parliamentarians to seize the opportunity for dialogue presented by the exchange of letters between PM Erdogan and President Kocharian. MFA Cauc [...]	2005-05-09 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM TU
05ANKARA2667	TURKEY'S BORON IS NOT BORING [...] SUMMARY: As the holder of the world's largest Boron reserves, Turkey is eager to derive economic value from this mineral. Among a variety of applications in industry, use of Boron for fuel cells and the potential hydrogen economy is most promising. Turkey's relatively new Boron Institute aim [...]	2005-05-09 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG EINV TU
05ANKARA2671	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-09 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2672	TURKEY MAY AGREE TO INFORMAL NATO-EU MINISTERIAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: At NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer's reported request, Turkey may soon agree to biannual NATO-EU informal meetings in order to move forward on NATO-EU cooperation. MFA officials told us May 6 that FonMin Gul has agreed in principle to this idea, but has not formally signed off as yet [...]	2005-05-09 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS TU CY MT NATO EUN
05ANKARA2674	PSI: TURKEY FORMS INTERMINISTERIAL COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Osman Yavuzalp, Head of Department MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs, on May 6 informed EXBS Advisor that the previous day the GOT held their first Interministerial Coordination Meeting to discuss Turkish participation in PSI and what steps Turkey will take in promoting PSI. The [...]	2005-05-10 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA2682	ICJ ELECTIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-10 11:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TU UNSC UNGA
05ANKARA2683	TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO WHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH [...] (SBU) Econoff conveyed reftel talking points to MFA International Political Organizations Department Head Levent Sahinkaya, who replied that Turkey shared the U.S. goal to complete the revision of the International Health Regulations (IHR) at the May 12-13 meeting of the Intergovernmental Wor [...]	2005-05-10 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TBIO TU WHO
05ANKARA2684	TURKEY: VIEWS ON UNICEF COUNTRY PROGRAM [...] Summary. Econoffs met with UNICEF representatives from both the National Committee and Country Offices to evaluate Turkey UNICEF,s program content and effectiveness per request in reftel. UNICEF,s activities in Turkey focus on maternal and child health; early childhood development and child- [...]	2005-05-10 12:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL TU
05ANKARA2689	COE EXPERT: TURKISH PRISONS RUN WITH "LOCK DOWN" [...] (C) Summary: A Council of Europe (COE) prison expert says the design of Turkey's high-security F-type prisons meets European standards, but some practices are draconian. Inmates are allowed very little time outside their cells. There is no evidence of systematic torture, but prison officials p [...]	2005-05-10 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA269	Turkey State Refinery Company TUPRAS [...] Summary: Following failure of an initial effort in 2004, the Government of Turkey plans to re-announce tenders (this time) for 51% of the state refinery company TUPRAS at the beginning of April 2005. Turkish officials are eager for U.S. participation. End Summary. 2. TUPRAS dominates th [...]	2005-01-18 07:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV KTDB TU
05ANKARA2690	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-10 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2696	TURKEY'S PENSION REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish government has submitted to Parliament a major reform of Turkey's social security institutions. The reform--a requirement of IFI programs--will consolidate three separate social security agencies into one, aligning the three systems' parameters on a less costly glid [...]	2005-05-10 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
05ANKARA2697	NATO-EU: FONMIN GUL AGREES TO BIANNUAL INFORMAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-10 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU CY MT NATO EUN
05ANKARA270	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-18 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2717	SPECIAL 301: HEALTH MINISTRY PLANS TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) The Deputy Undersecretary of the Turkish Health Ministry told us that the GOT had committed to the EC to extend data exclusivity protection to nonpatented drugs, which would address a major shortcoming in Turkey's regulatory regime. Separately, Lilly's Managing Director in Turkey inform [...]	2005-05-11 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU USTR
05ANKARA2719	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-11 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2720	EUR DAS KENNEDY'S MAY 3 MEETING WITH MFA U/S TUYGAN [...] (C) Summary: Calling on Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan May 3, EUR DAS Kennedy urged continued GOT focus on trafficking in persons and laid out a suggested plan for bilateral consultations through 2005. Tuygan appeared frustrated with the EU. Kennedy urged Turkey to stay positively engaged with the [...]	2005-05-11 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA2721	EUR DAS KENNEDY DISCUSSES CYPRUS IN ANKARA, MAY 3 [...] (C) Summary: In May 3 meetings with Turkish MFA and NSC officials, Turkish parliamentarians, and press, DAS Kennedy emphasized that the Greek Cypriots need to lay out their objections to the Annan Plan with clarity and finality. At the same time, Turkey must search for ways to promote overal [...]	2005-05-11 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
05ANKARA2726	TURKEY ON EDGE OVER EXPECTED EUROPEAN COURT OF [...] (C) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is expected to announce May 12 that Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) did not receive a fair trial in 1999 and is entitled to a retrial. Nationalism is always volatile in Turkey, and an Ocalan retrial c [...]	2005-05-11 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
05ANKARA2729	ANKARA FORUM PROMOTES BUSINESS COOPERATION AMONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Chamber of Commerce organized the first meeting of Israeli, Palestinian and Turkish business associations April 27 in Ankara, Turkey. In a joint statement after the meeting, the three parties named the initiative "the Ankara Forum for Palestine-Israel-Turkey Economic [...]	2005-05-12 07:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECIN ECON ETRD IS PREL TU
05ANKARA2730	TURKEY MOVES FORWARD (AGAIN) ON AEGEAN CBMS [...] (C) Summary: The CBMs announced during Greek FM Molyviatis' visit to Turkey are on track after a temporary freeze while TGS waited to see Athens' response to a mid-April incident when a desecrated Turkish flag was placed in the room of a Turkish cadet on an official exchange to the Greek mil [...]	2005-05-12 08:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR TU GR
05ANKARA2732	TREASURY DAS MEETING WITH TURKISH TREASURY U/S [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Asian Development Bank annual meeting in Istanbul, U.S. Treasury DAS David Loevinger met with Turkish Treasury U/S Ibrahim Canakci on May 5. Council of Economic Advisors Member Kristin Forbes also attended. Canakci downplayed the link between the French r [...]	2005-05-12 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
05ANKARA2733	NEW IPR CERTIFICATION REGULATION TO HELP COMBAT [...] (SBU) The GOT issued a new certification regulation last month, requiring all businesses involved in the recording, sale, reproduction and distribution of copyright materials to be certified from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MOCT). The regulation also imposes a Source Identification ( [...]	2005-05-12 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU USTR
05ANKARA2737	New Data Continue Pattern of Stubbornly-High [...] Summary: The National Statistics Office (SIS) announced that the unemployment rate was 11.5 percent in January, higher than the year-end 2004 rate of 10.3 percent. Seasonal factors and the use of a new methodology, however, mean that it is not clear the higher rate reflects a worsening unemplo [...]	2005-05-12 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB SOCI TU
05ANKARA2738	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2750	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES SAY GOT BILL FAILS TO SOLVE [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is reviewing a draft bill designed to address the issue of properties seized by the Turkish State from religious minority communities. Representatives of the Christian and Jewish communities say the bill would have only minimal favorable impact, primarily because it would [...]	2005-05-13 08:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2761	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-13 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2764	TURKISH AIRLINE BANNED BY NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) The Netherlands embassy confirmed press reports that on May 12 the Netherlands Transportation Ministry's civil aviation authority banned Turkish charter carrier Onur Air from operating to or from the Netherlands for a period of one month. Germany has implemented a similar decision. T [...]	2005-05-13 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR TU
05ANKARA2782	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Hurriyet on Tuesday, Ma [...]	2005-05-16 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2784	LABOR MINISTRY ON UNEMPLOYMENT IN TURKEY [...] (U) Summary. The Labor Ministry's ISKUR, the Turkish Employment Organization, an agency charged with developing and enacting employment policies, is trying to match jobs with workers at the micro level to alleviate Turkey's official 11.5 percent unemployment rate, which may understate the se [...]	2005-05-16 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI TU
05ANKARA2786	TURKS AGREE TO REGULAR CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) On May 13, Acting DCM discussed reftel list of proposed consultations with Turkey with Amb. Selahattin Alpar, MFA Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs. Visiting EUR DAS Laura Kennedy and MFA Under Secretary Ali Tuygan had informally agreed on reftel list in their May 3 meeting [...]	2005-05-17 04:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ETRD PGOV US TU IZ
05ANKARA2787	TURKEY PREPARES FIRST STEP FOR COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's MFA Water expert said water data received from the Iraqi Water Ministry showed Iraq's willingness to cooperate on the Tigris and Euphrates, and he hoped to issue soon an invitation for an Iraqi delegation to come to Ankara to start talks on cooperation. We recommend [...]	2005-05-17 04:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECIN IZ PREL SENV SY TU
05ANKARA2791	TURKEY'S CONTINUING OUTREACH TO IRAQI POLITICAL [...] MFA announced on May 11 that its pre-election training program in electoral politics and governance for interested Iraqi political parties would continue. The text of the announcement is at para 2. At this point, each group that applies will come to Turkey separately. Although not mentioned [...]	2005-05-17 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA2803	TURKISH MFA ON EU, IRAQ, BTC, AND BYPASSES [...] (SBU) Summary: A Turkish MFA official expressed concerns about continued lack of oil flow in the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, but optimism about potential for providing additional Turkish electricity to Iraq. He explained that the GOT was unable to initial the draft of the EU's Energy Community Tr [...]	2005-05-17 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD IZ TU
05ANKARA2810	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2811	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2812	TURK TELEKOM'S PRIVATIZATION: OPTIMISM AND GLOOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Privatization Administration has extended to June 24 from May 31 the deadline for bids in the sale of the 55% stake in state telecom company Turk Telekom. While there is lively demand from eight separate bidding groups for the tender, in combination with broad recognit [...]	2005-05-17 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS BEXP EFIN TU
05ANKARA2814	OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS [...] The Turkish media has been uncharacteristically restrained in its coverage of the alleged desecration incident at Guantanamo. News coverage since the claim was first published in Newsweek has generally been factual and balanced. Most papers reported on the demonstrations and violence in Afgh [...]	2005-05-17 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KISL PREL
05ANKARA2816	PSI: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA [...] (S) EXBS Adviser delivered reftel talking points/non-paper to MFA Head of Department for Arms Control and Disarmament Osman Yavuzalp the morning of May 17, 2005. Yavuzalp thanked us for the information and informed us that he would immediately pass the information to appropriate government of [...]	2005-05-17 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC IR PARM PREL TU MTCRE
05ANKARA2821	TURKEY WRESTLES WITH ECHR RULING QUESTIONING DUE [...] (C) Summary: Confusion and attempts to pass the buck among branches of government and between GOT and the Turkish State mark the Turkish reaction to European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that Turkey did not observe due process in interrogating and trying PKK terrorist leader Ocalan in 19 [...]	2005-05-18 10:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2831	CFE: TURKEY ASKS FOR YET ANOTHER REVISION TO DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 5. 2. (SBU) MFA Disarmament and Arms Control officer M. Selcuk Sancar called in PolMilOff on May 17 to inform us that the GOT is requesting one additional change to the draft CFE Host Country Agreement Text. Sancar reported that the MFA's lega [...]	2005-05-18 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KCFE PREL TU NATO
05ANKARA2832	SCENESETTER FOR WASHINGTON VISIT OF TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: Courteous but highly protocol-conscious and volatile Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Bulent Arinc looks forward to a highly ceremonial May 24-26 visit to Washington at the invitation of Speaker of the House Hastert. What matters above all to Arinc, who sees his visit [...]	2005-05-18 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
05ANKARA2837	ABSENT GOT LEADERSHIP, TURKISH MILITARY LAUNCHES [...] (C) Summary: Contacts report heavy Turkish military presence in southeastern Turkey. Adana PO reports that, while rural flows of recruits to the PKK may be occurring, contacts are not seeing a similar phenomenon from urban areas. Absent any Erdogan government strategy for dealing with the [...]	2005-05-19 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS PHUM TU
05ANKARA2838	PSI: MORE ON IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (S) MFA Under Secretary Ali Tuygan informed the Ambassador on May 18 that the shipment to Iran that he had raised the day before with Deputy U/S Nabi Sensoy had been stopped by Turkish authorities. 3. (S) Tuygan said that the British demarc [...]	2005-05-20 05:54:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC IR PARM PREL TU MTCRE
05ANKARA2839	SE TURKEY: DSM EXPERIMENT DRAGS ON [...] (C) Summary: DEHAP leaders have yet to realize their hopes of creating a new, national-level, moderate political party from the Democratic Society Movement (DSM) announced last fall. One observer attributes the delay to both the PKK,s popularity and pro-Kurdish politicians, need to recalcula [...]	2005-05-20 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2840	AKP GOVERNMENT WEAKENS PENAL-CODE REFORM BILLS [...] (C) Summary: Attorney contacts say a set of last-minute amendments being reviewed by Parliament would weaken penal-code related reform legislation that lawmakers originally approved in late 2004 to bolster Turkey's EU candidacy. The amendments curtail some of the rights of suspects and detain [...]	2005-05-20 07:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2889	USG PROPOSED UN COPUOS STSC SPACE DEBRIS [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-20 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA AORC TU
05ANKARA2890	SIKORSKY SEAHAWK SALE TO TURKEY CONTINGENT ON EXIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sikorsky Aircraft Corps, after three years of negotiation, may be closing in on an agreement with Turkey for the sale of Seahawk helicopters to the Turkish Navy. According to the local Sikorsky rep, the Turkish Naval Forces Commander wants an agreement finalized before the Prime M [...]	2005-05-20 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL EFIN BEXP TU EXIM
05ANKARA2891	AEGEAN: TURKEY MULLS NO LONGER FILING FLIGHT [...] (C/NF) Turkey is considering ceasing filing flight information with NATO for military flights over the Aegean, an MFA official told us May 20. TGS contacts confirm this. Mounting Turkish frustration with Greece's public relations and diplomatic efforts to paint the Turks as aggressors--along [...]	2005-05-20 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL TU GR NATO
05ANKARA2892	ACTION REQUEST: TIME TO RESTART TRILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 8. 2. (C) The United States engaged in trilateral talks with the Turkish and Iraqi governments on trucker security on Nov. 30, 2004 and on the PKK on Jan. 11 of this year. At both sets of talks--which were USG initiatives--all three sides agre [...]	2005-05-20 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ETRD MOPS EAID TU IZ US
05ANKARA2893	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 GAERC [...] (C) As part of Embassy Ankara's ongoing effort to advise the Turkish MFA of USG positions vis-a-vis the European Union, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA European Union Directorate Political Affairs Department Head Hakan Akbulut, who initially asserted that Turkey had parallel attitudes as [...]	2005-05-23 08:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL SU MARR MOPS TU EUN
05ANKARA2898	ANKARA - AMBASSADORS'FUND FOR REFUGEES PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Ankara requests 27,148 New Turkish Lira (approximately $19,962) from the Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees to furnish, secure and adapt an existing building to provide a woman's women's shelter for refugee and asylum- seeker women in Van, Turkey. The Women's Counseling Center (WCC) and U [...]	2005-05-23 10:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF OTRA TU
05ANKARA2899	ENGLISH LANGUAGE SPECIALIST HELPS WRITE TURKEY'S [...] SUMMARY: From April 25 to May 20, 2005, English Language Specialist William Smalzer worked in Izmir, Turkey, with the Ministry of Education textbook writers assigned to write the English books for grades 9-11 and for the prep year (before grade 9) for high schools that require entrance examina [...]	2005-05-23 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL TU
05ANKARA2900	DEMARCHE TO GOT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS [...] (U) The Ambassador delivered reftel A points May 18 to MFA U/S Tuygan, reiterating points raised by EUR DAS Kennedy during her May 3 visit to Ankara. He emphasized that PM Erdogan and FM Gul should be prepared to discuss human rights issues during their upcoming visit to Washington. 2. (C) [...]	2005-05-23 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM US EU TU
05ANKARA2901	GOT PREPARING REVISED WTO SERVICES OFFER [...] (SBU) On May 11, Econoff delivered reftel demarche urging the GOT to submit a revised WTO services offer by the May deadline to Sevgi Boz, Deputy Director General at the Turkish Treasury Undersecretariat. Boz responded that Treasury was coordinating an interagency review with the aim of submi [...]	2005-05-23 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TU WTO
05ANKARA2909	RESPONSE TO TURKEY ON UAE REQUEST FOR TURKISH [...] (C) This is an action request. Ambassador has received inquiries from Defense Minister Gonul, MFA UnderSecretary Tuygan and MFA Deputy Director General for Americas Affairs Ilicak in recent weeks regarding the status of the UAE request for Turkish pilots to train UAE pilots on the F-16 Block [...]	2005-05-23 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA2910	TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR MAY-JUNE CODELS [...] Summary: The Erdogan government's drift on relations with the U.S., with the EU, and on reform is of concern, as are trends inimical to religious freedom. U.S. Turkish relations remain solid in specific areas and we look for new opportunities to expand cooperation, but our relations are not [...]	2005-05-23 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OREP PINS ECON MARR TU
05ANKARA2911	CHIEF OF THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF MOVES CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unprecedented public address at the Istanbul War College on the occasion of his annual evaluation of the Turkish military, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) Ozkok broke his almost two year silence on Turkish foreign policy to lay out his views, in the name of the Tur [...]	2005-05-23 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU
05ANKARA2912	TURKS REPORT SUCCESSFUL JA'AFARI VISIT [...] (C) ITG PM Ja'afari made a successful May 19-21 visit to Turkey, according to a senior MFA official. Turkey offered to double its electricity exports to Iraq right away, and to increase these exports seven-fold in the next half a year. The Iraqi Finance Minister proposed an unorthodox procedur [...]	2005-05-23 17:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID ENRG PTER IZ TU
05ANKARA2916	TERRORISM FINANCE-TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR CODEL [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-24 07:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN TU
05ANKARA2938	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-24 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA295	TURKISH FM GUL'S VISIT TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish and Israeli contacts in Ankara portray FM Gul's January 3-5 visit to Israel and Palestine as giving mixed results: signaling the end of 2004's Turkish-Israeli public tensions (both Turkish and Israeli interlocutors affirm that deeper, long-standing security and intel coo [...]	2005-01-18 08:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS
05ANKARA296	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: The Turks, led by PM Erdogan, FonMin Gul, and chief foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, are selling improved relations with Syria as a major foreign policy success. GOT leaders cast Turkey as a channel of communication for the U.S. and Israel with Syria and as a friend that can supp [...]	2005-01-18 08:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD TU IS IZ SY
05ANKARA2968	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-25 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2969	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-25 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2970	RESUMPTION OF ONUR AIR FLIGHTS [...] (U) Sources at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Dutch Embassy in Ankara confirmed press reports that an agreement had been reached to permit Onur Air to resume flights to the Netherlands and other European countries, and that the airline actually resumed flights on May [...]	2005-05-25 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR TU
05ANKARA2972	CENTRAL BANK PREPARES TO WEATHER FRENCH "NO" [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-25 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
05ANKARA2975	BABACAN NAMED TURKEY'S EU NEGOTIATOR [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan announced that Minister of Economy Ali Babacan will be Turkey's EU negotiator. Although Babacan is among the most internationally-savvy Ministers, having long experience dealing with the IMF and the international financial community, some observers believe [...]	2005-05-26 04:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN TU
05ANKARA3014	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-26 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3018	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN AND FONMIN GUL'S JUNE VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: The Erdogan government's serious drift on EU-related reform; failure to take the lead on religious tolerance and indeed encouragement of intolerance; flawed handling of relations with still powerful Turkish State institutions; and unwillingness to invest in a robust bilateral rela [...]	2005-05-27 04:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU
05ANKARA3027	Upcoming Revisions to Industrial Property [...] (SBU) Summary: Two bills amending Turkish patent legislation are under consideration. One of these, which is not supported by the GOT, threatens to gut enforcement provisions for most foreign patent holders. The Ankara-based attorney who alerted us to this legislation remains concerned that [...]	2005-05-27 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR USTR TU
05ANKARA3032	GOT INTIMIDATION FORCES CANCELLATION OF [...] (U) This is a joint Ankara-Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary: Under accusations of treason by GOT and other political leaders, and the threat of prosecution, Bogazici University officials announced May 24 their last-minute decision to cancel a conference at which independent-minded intellectua [...]	2005-05-27 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA3033	IMF FIGHTING GOT'S POST-BOARD VOTE POPULISM, AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: In yet another case of proposing populist measures shortly after a board vote, in contravention of its commitments to the IMF, the GOT proposed legislation in mid-May that would soften repayment terms and penalties for missed social security premia payments. IMF pressure (and pe [...]	2005-05-27 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV TU
05ANKARA3035	AMERICAN-TURKISH COUNCIL BRINGS DEFENSE/SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: MOD Gonul, DCHOD Basbug and NSC SecGen Alpogan will all be in Washington June 5-7 for the American Turkish Council's annual conference. (It is possible that Alpogan may postpone his visit due to the heavy traffic of Turkish visitors that week.) While we understand many official [...]	2005-05-27 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PINR TU
05ANKARA304	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),a [...]	2005-01-18 09:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
05ANKARA3047	TRADE OFFICIAL ON SPECIAL 301, ZYPREXA, RICE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat's (FTU) Director General for Agreements maintained that the GOT would not take any action on applications to market copies of Zyprexa while the issue is still in the courts; promised that State Minister Tuzmen would soon reply to the joint USD [...]	2005-05-31 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EAGR TU
05ANKARA3053	PSI: MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY [...] (S) MFA Acting Undersecretary Nabi Sensoy raised the interdiction of missile-related items destined for Iran with the Ambassador and PolMilCouns on the margins of a lunch in honor of Senator Chuck Hagel May 31. Sensoy informed the Ambassador that the GOT was running out of time to hold this s [...]	2005-05-31 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR TU MTCRE
05ANKARA3055	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 15-31, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Radikal on Monday, May [...]	2005-06-01 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3058	DREAMS OF DISNEYLAND ON TURKEY'S MEDITERRANEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey,s tourism numbers continue to sky-rocket, with the first quarter forecast showing that 2005 will more than likely be a record-breaking year for the Turkish tourism industry. So far this year, 3.8 million tourists have visited Turkey*a 27 percent increase from the same p [...]	2005-06-01 10:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN TU
05ANKARA3079	TURKISH CUSTOMS ON WCO DEMARCHE, CSI, HABUR [...] (U) Econ Counselor and Econoff delivered reftel demarche urging Turkish support for the World Customs Organization (WCO) Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade to Acting Customs Undersecretary Riza Tuna Turagay on May 27. We also raised the Container Security Initiative [...]	2005-06-01 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD EAIR TU IZ
05ANKARA3084	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-01 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3086	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FONMIN GUL, MAY 26 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-01 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
05ANKARA3088	PSI: MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY [...] (S) Summary: Turkish authorities do not believe "catch all" export controls (suggested ref B) can be used unless the shipper of the missile-related equipment destined for Iran is formally imported into Turkey first. MFA continues to put its hope on the Chinese taking the shipment back, but ar [...]	2005-06-01 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR TU MTCRE
05ANKARA3093	TESTY TURKISH-IRAQI WATER TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish officials agreed with Iraqi Water Minister Rashid to continue technical water discussions in July, but the Turks have yet to be convinced about Iraq's request for additional water from the Euphrates. In a testy meeting, the two sides disagreed on basic issue of whethe [...]	2005-06-02 08:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECIN IZ TU

05ANKARA31	New Currency Rings in the New Year; 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey rang in the New Year by successfully putting into circulation the New Turkish Lira, which eliminated six zeros from the old lira. Despite fears of operational problems associated with the introduction, the Turkish Central Bank said today that commercial banks, inter-ban [...]	2005-01-04 05:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
05ANKARA310	REFORM DELAYS PUSH BACK TIMING OF IMF LETTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: With the completion of the required "prior actions" likely to take several more weeks, the IMF board vote on Turkey's new Stand-by Program is unlikely to take place before March. The delays seem to stem more from the complexity of the reforms, or internal Turkish issues than fr [...]	2005-01-18 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA3104	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-02 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3105	FRENCH AND DUTCH "NO'S": MINIMAL INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: Ruling AKP and most pundits and media channels say they have taken the French and Dutch "no" votes in stride and opine that the results will not affect Turkey's Oct. 3 start date for EU harmonization. Markets have reacted in a similarly low-key way. However, in the midst of cont [...]	2005-06-03 05:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU EUN EU
05ANKARA3112	HIGH COURT RULES FOR CLOSURE OF TEACHERS' UNION [...] (U) Summary: A Turkish appeals court ruled May 25 for the closure of Egitim Sen, the country's largest teachers' union, on the grounds that the union's bylaw violates the Constitution by advocating education in "mother tongues," which would include Kurdish. The union will appeal the ruling to [...]	2005-06-03 09:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA3127	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 5. 2. The Embassy received on May 27 a diplomatic note responding to a USG request for detailed syllabus information on Turkey's proposed Italian F-16 pilot training program for consideration in evaluating Turkey's corresponding Third Country Transf [...]	2005-06-03 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR IT TU
05ANKARA3134	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-03 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3138	PSI: MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY [...] (S) MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Bulent Meric contacted PolMilCouns on June 3 regarding the shipment of Chinese-origin missile-related equipment to Iran (reftels). Meric said that the UK Ambassador had explained to MFA Deputy U/S Sensoy on June 1 that HMG was d [...]	2005-06-03 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR TU MTCRE
05ANKARA3144	IRAQI TURKMEN GROUPS SQUARE OFF IN TURKEY [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 15. Summary ------- 2. (C) There are a number of Iraqi Turkmen groups in Ankara. Three that we have met recently appear to be united only in their anger at what they believe is CF support for Kurdish domination of northern Iraq, especially [...]	2005-06-06 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON IZ TU
05ANKARA3156	TURKEY INVITES US MILITARY PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Defense Attache Office (DAO) on May 31 received from the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief of Operations Lieutenant General Metin Yavuz Yalcin a letter of invitation for one US Flag Officer and one additional US officer to attend the Distinguished Visito [...]	2005-06-06 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA3163	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3164	CODEL KOLBE VISITS ANKARA, JUNE 2 [...] (C) Summary: In a June 2 visit to Ankara, CODEL Kolbe met with FM Gul and Parliament Speaker Arinc. Representative Kolbe reminded both Gul and Arinc of the importance of political leaders speaking out in support of our bilateral relationship. Gul emphasized the "common values" he asserted t [...]	2005-06-06 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU CY PHUM IR
05ANKARA3165	CONGRESSIONAL TURKEY STUDY GROUP/CODEL WEXLER [...] (C) Summary: The Congressional Turkey Study Group visited Turkey May 31 - June 2, meeting with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, CHOD Ozkok, Economy Minster and chief EU negotiator Babacan, DefMin Gonul, Parliament Speaker Arinc. Media coverage was positive, even from normally anti-U.S. outlets. All expr [...]	2005-06-06 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SY CY IZ PHUM
05ANKARA3166	FOLLOW-UP TO ILO DEMARCHES [...] Further to ref A and C demarches, Turkish MFA Head of Multilateral Economic Affairs Department Arar wrote the following in an email to Poloff: "We know the reasons behind the US position on the regular budget of the ILO. However it is difficult to support you on on this subject either, as the [...]	2005-06-06 16:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ELAB BB PHUM PREL ILO
05ANKARA3171	TURKEY CONTINUES TO PURSUE BTC SECURITY WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the recent "First Oil" celebration in Baku, BTC intergovernmental security coordination arrangements are still not complete. Georgia remains the biggest area of concern. Turkey has expressed willingness to facilitate training assistance, but says it has not received a [...]	2005-06-07 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET MARR MASS TU GG AZ
05ANKARA3177	TURKISH MFA AND MILITARY ON SYRIAN MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) Summary: Despite a blase official statement and light media coverage, Turkish MFA official says privately that the MFA considers as "serious" Syria's May 27 missile launch that resulted in one missile going astray over Turkey and scattering debris. MFA is not satisfied with the Syrian e [...]	2005-06-07 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PINS PBTS SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA3178	TURKEY ON 2005 TIP REPORT [...] We met with MFA's 2nd Secretary Ozlem Kural to deliver reftel demarche on June 3. Ms. Kural has newly taken up her position. She opined that the Tier 2 placement is "good" since, in her view, the GOT has worked hard on this issue in the past year. She mentioned that the GOT and the Governme [...]	2005-06-07 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3179	TURKISH EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR MNF-I DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-07 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PINS PTER TU IZ XF
05ANKARA3180	TURKS COMPLAIN SOMO STIFFING TURKISH OIL COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, Ambassador Koray Targay, says the Iraqi Central Bank has stopped making payments to the 16 Turkish energy companies providing refined products to SOMO because of a lack of cash. The MFA fears that the over $800 million in arrears th [...]	2005-06-07 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL EPET IZ TU
05ANKARA3181	PSI: TURKEY PRESS RELEASE TO MARK 2ND ANNIVERSARY [...] The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs marked the 2nd Anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative with a formal press release expressing Turkey's support of this important initiative along with the government's commitment to host a PSI exercise in the spring of 2006. This release w [...]	2005-06-07 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA3185	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT (MAY 2005) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor work this month focused mainly on moving the Government of Turkey forward in the Internal Control Program (ICP),Product Identification Tool (PIT) and Commodity Identification Training (CIT). EXBS Advisor was effective in getting the GOT to approve visits by delega [...]	2005-06-07 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA3186	GOT AND IOM LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: The IOM and the GOT, with funding from the U.S., launched a first major multi-country prevention campaign to combat human trafficking across Turkey, Ukraine and Moldova. The campaign includes a toll-free "157" helpline, multi-national multi-media advertising, and passport inserts. [...]	2005-06-08 04:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3189	REACTIONS TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION PERIOD [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on June 1 to MFA Africa Department Political Officer Melih Teves. Teves declined to provide responses on the Ethiopian post-election period, saying the matter needed further study. On June 6, Teves again declined to comment because his office had not yet rec [...]	2005-06-08 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM ET TU
05ANKARA3191	TURKEY'S SYRIACS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-08 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA3192	TURKISH MFA ON BRUSSELS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Gul will head Turkey's delegation to the Brussels conference. The GOT does not yet have a position on bilateral debt, but is resisting outright forgiveness. MFA officials say progress on assistance continues to be on hold until security improves. End Summary. [...]	2005-06-08 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA3194	CODEL SHELBY FOCUSES ON TERROR FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In its meetings in Turkey, Codel Shelby advanced the bilateral terrorism finance agenda, securing Turkish Ministers' agreement to sending U.S. terror finance experts to work with their Turkish counterparts. Minister of Finance Unakitan confirmed that the new law restructuring t [...]	2005-06-08 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PREL OVIP TU IZ
05ANKARA3195	SENATOR HAGEL REINFORCES IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his May 30-31 visit to Ankara, Senator Chuck Hagel met with Prime Minister Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler, Agriculture Minister Guclu and MFA Deputy Under Secretary Sensoy and exchanged views on the state of the SIPDIS bilateral relationship, Cyprus, Armenia, the PKK terr [...]	2005-06-08 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL OVIP TU
05ANKARA3196	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (C) This is an action request. Acting PolMilCouns delivered reftel A points and draft HCA/U MOU text to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Osman Yavuzalp on June 6. Yavuzalp said the MFA had already completed the legal review of the revised HCA/U MOU text presented by Post in A [...]	2005-06-08 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR KTIA TU CWC
05ANKARA3198	TURKEY CONSIDERING NATO AIRLIFT FOR AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) On June 6, PolMilOff called on MFA NATO Military Affairs Head of Department Alper Coskun to discuss ref a demarche. Coskun responded that Turkey wants to approach this issue constructively. He said that Turkey understands that this would not be a Berlin-plus operation, but he cautioned i [...]	2005-06-08 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SU TU NATO
05ANKARA3199	CABINET SHUFFLES AND THE LONG SQUEEZE: PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Long rumored to be considering a cabinet re-shuffle, PM Erdogan has made his first move suddenly and in limited fashion. However, more ministers in a cabinet which is still dominated by people loyal to Erdogan's chief internal rival FonMin Gul may be in Erdogan's sights as he tries slo [...]	2005-06-08 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU
05ANKARA320	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),a [...]	2005-01-18 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
05ANKARA322	Suggested Services Market Access Priorities [...] As requested reftel, Embassy has ranked market access priorities for Turkey's services sectors. We have also consulted with the local American business chamber on these priorities. Rank 1 are the highest priorities and 5 are the lowest. In addition, market openness is rated as high, medium [...]	2005-01-18 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
05ANKARA3223	TURKEY: SLOW PROGRESS ON ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's privatization of its electricity distribution company is proceeding slowly. All parties anticipate some delays, most likely to at least this autumn, primarily due to delays in putting in place important legislation underpinning process and mechanisms, but everybody giv [...]	2005-06-09 05:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG BEXP EINV TU
05ANKARA323	TURKEY: BOSPHORUS BYPASS VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish government still seeks to pursue its proposed "Voluntary Principles on the Turkish Straits" as a way to engage all stakeholders in seeking a solution to the risks of growing tanker congestion. The GOT is interested in U.S. comments and support for this proposal, as [...]	2005-01-18 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG TU
05ANKARA325	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-18 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3258	TURKEY'S TUPRAS REFINERY COMPANY PRIVATIZATION - [...] (U) Summary: There is significant foreign and domestic interest in the privatization of Turkish state refinery company (TUPRAS),reportedly including a U.S. company. The petroleum labor union, which successfully battled the last tender attempt (to Russian Tatneft),is gearing up a public camp [...]	2005-06-09 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET EFIN TU
05ANKARA3260	PSI: TURKISH RESPONSE ON SHARING MISSILE-RELATED [...] (S) Per ref a request, Post coordinated with the UK mission in Ankara to deliver a joint demarche to MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Nabi Sensoy on June 9 to request that Turkey share with China copies of both the legitimate and the false invoice related to the a [...]	2005-06-09 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA TU MTCRE
05ANKARA3261	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): MODIFIED DEC [...] (C) Acting PolMilCouns submitted to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Osman Yavuzalp on June 9 an annotated copy of the modified Dec. 1999 CWC Host Country Agreement with Turkey on Challenge Inspections draft MoU that highlighted changes from the original Dec. 1999 text. Post a [...]	2005-06-09 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR KTIA TU CWC
05ANKARA3262	OPEN SKIES QUOTA SHARING - TURKEY LIKELY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and MFA on the Open Skies Shared Quota, Acting PolMilCouns and Acting DATT discovered a large gap between the US and Turkish interpretation of the original agreement for a shared June flight which may have led to the recent impas [...]	2005-06-09 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA3263	TURKEY HOPES FOR INCREASED EXPORT OF ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Working to build on agreements between the Iraqi and Turkish Governments to increase electricity exports from Turkey to Iraq from current 150 MW to as much as 1200 MW (reftels),Turkish Company Kartet/Karadeniz is eager to fulfill this opportunity, but many obstacles remain: Tu [...]	2005-06-09 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD IZ TU
05ANKARA3265	OPEN SKIES QUOTA SHARING: TURKEY AGREES NOT TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 06:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA330	TURKISH PARTICIPATION AT THE SAUDI [...] (C) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 2. (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to first secretary in the Directorate General for Security Affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Togan Oral on 18 January. The Turkish delegation to the Saudi counterterrorism conferen [...]	2005-01-19 08:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA3301	COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Action request--see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey fully supports U.S. efforts to conclude CCIT convention at the 60th UNGA, acknowledges resistance exists among some OIC member states on points which are red lines for both the U.S. and Turkey, and asks for clarification of the U.S. sta [...]	2005-06-10 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU UNGA
05ANKARA331	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, JAN 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published January 14 by Iran Mania News (FBI [...]	2005-01-19 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3328	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3329	TURKEY AND IRAQ WILL MEET TO DISCUSS TRUCKER [...] (U) The press reported June 10 that bilateral working group meetings on transportation security and consular affairs agreed to during the Ankara visit of PM Jafari will be held at a technical level on June 13 (transportation) and June 16 (consular). MFA Chief of Section for Iraq Economic Rel [...]	2005-06-10 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN IZ MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA3340	TURKEY-ARMENIA RELATIONS: PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent high-profile people-to-people contacts between Turkey and Armenia involving journalists, artists and a maverick Turkish parliamentarian, official relations remain stalemated. End Summary. MFA: Armenia at Fault for No Warsaw Meeting --------------------------- [...]	2005-06-13 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AM
05ANKARA3347	RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE GSP WAIVERS COUPLED [...] (U) Embassy understands that Washington agencies are considering a waiver of competitive needs limits for travertine, as well as de minimus waivers and a redesignation for other Turkish products, under our Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. The Pharmaceuticals Research and Manuf [...]	2005-06-13 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
05ANKARA3354	POSSIBLE DELAYS IN IMF REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 04:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU IMF
05ANKARA3357	GMAC/DILLINGHAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) On June 1, ECON/C raised GMAC/Dillingham's problems in completing the long-delayed Izmir Ring Road project with Under Secretary Ibrahim Canakci, the head of the Turkish Treasury who reports directly to State Minister Ali Babacan. Canakci was familiar with the letter sent by OPIC VP Ro [...]	2005-06-14 07:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN EINV TU OPIC
05ANKARA3358	EXBS: SIGNING OF NP COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE [...] The Ambassador and Ambassador Ali Tuygun, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, signed the "Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the United States of America Regarding Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Non-Proliferation Purposes [...]	2005-06-14 07:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
05ANKARA3367	JUNE 13 GAERC DEMARCHE - TURKEY [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to Turkish MFA EU Political Affairs Department First Secretary Ege Turemen; he provided minimal responses to the following demarche topics. ------ Kosovo ------ He noted that the U.S. position remains the same as that enunciated in an earlier dem [...]	2005-06-14 09:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CM IR IZ LE PREL YI PARM TU EUN
05ANKARA3369	NO KNOWLEDGE OF NORTH KOREAN COUNTERFEITING IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 10:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EFIN KN TU
05ANKARA3380	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3381	Incentives in Turkey's Technology Development [...] (SBU) Summary: As a part of its efforts to attract foreign investment and promote high technology development, the GOT has given a variety of incentives to companies and individuals working in Technology Development Zones. These zones have had some success in attracting foreign entrepreneurs [...]	2005-06-14 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EIND EFIN TSPL TU EUN
05ANKARA3385	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3387	UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko's June 6-8 visit to Turkey, his first since becoming President, focused mainly on commercial issues. The two sides signed six agreements, including on energy, transport, and combating crime. Although Turkey claims to support Ukraine's EU and NATO aspiration [...]	2005-06-14 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG ECON TU UP
05ANKARA3388	TURKISH EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR MNF-I DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 17:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINS PTER TU IZ XF
05ANKARA3396	2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES/EXPROPRIATION [...] Claimant data: Claimants A are U.S. citizens Victor and Kristy Bedoian. They filed a Privacy Act Waiver in 2001 allowing information to be shared with family, friends, members of Congress, the press, the general public and the following individuals: Sally or Pat Killoran, William Wolfe, Mic [...]	2005-06-15 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE TU
05ANKARA3405	TURKEY SEEKS MEDIATION ROLE FOR TALAFAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. five. 2. (C) Late on June 10, MFA Head of Department for Iraq H. Avni Botsali informed PolMilOff that Turkey was planning to bring approximately 20 Sunni and Shia leaders--presumably Turkmen--from the troubled northwest Ninewa city of Talafar [...]	2005-06-15 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA3406	OPEN SKIES QUOTA SHARING: TURKS OPEN TO TALKS ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU PSCE
05ANKARA3410	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3412	Euro-Investors Shopping, Not Buying [...] (SBU) Summary. European investors have flocked to Turkey since the December 17 EU decision to go ahead with accession negotiations, but U.S. companies are not joining them. Despite all the shopping, concrete investment decisions are not slow in coming as would-be investors, European and U. [...]	2005-06-15 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV EFIN TU
05ANKARA3413	TURKEY SEEKS TO CONTRIBUTE ROBUSTLY TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) PolMilCouns and PolMilOff met with MFA officials June 14 and 15 to follow up on PM Erdogan's comments in the U.S. the week of June 5 that Turkey wants to do more to ensure the stability of Afghanistan after it relinquishes command of ISAF VII in August. Both MFA Deputy Director General for [...]	2005-06-15 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU NATO
05ANKARA3415	MAGEN DAVID ADOM DEMARCHE IN RESPONSE TO SWISS [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Head of International Political Organizations Levent Sahinkaya, who already had in his possession copies of the Swiss Circular Note, the Draft Rules of Procedure and the Draft Third Additional Protocol. Sahinkaya confirmed: -- the Turkish Amb [...]	2005-06-16 07:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ TU ICRC
05ANKARA3416	SCENESETTER FOR DAS CARPENTER'S VISIT TO ISTANBUL; [...] (C) Summary: The June 21-22 meeting in Istanbul focusing on the participation of women in public life, the first substantial Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) event, is an opportunity to underscore U.S. support for the initiative shown by co-sponsors Turkey, Italy and Yemen. The Turkish MF [...]	2005-06-16 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU KDEM
05ANKARA3418	TURKS EXPRESS CONCERNS OVER WASHINGTON POST STORY [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Safak Gokturk raised with PolMilCouns on June 15 a story in the Washington Post that day reportedly based on a cable from REO Kirkuk on Kurdish authorities "extra-judicial detentions" and sec [...]	2005-06-17 04:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS IZ TU
05ANKARA3456	NON-KINETIC ACTION AGAINST THE PKK [...] (S/NF) As I prepare to depart Ankara, I am leaving behind one serious piece of unfinished business: the PKK's continued and apparently unmolested and unchallenged presence in northern Iraq. This problem is especially irksome because in recent months the PKK has resumed its active terror campai [...]	2005-06-17 10:08:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA3466	TURKEY NOTIFIED THAT UAE REQUEST FOR TURKISH [...] (S) Deputy PolMilCouns notified MFA Americas Affairs Deputy Office Director Meral Barlas on June 15 that the USG has denied the United Arab Emirates (UAE) request for pilots and technicians from Turkey to train pilots and technicians from the UAE on F-16 Block 60 aircraft and for technicians f [...]	2005-06-17 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MASS TU TC
05ANKARA3467	SOUND BOMBS DETONATE AT ANKARA AKP OFFICES 06/16/05 [...] (SBU) On Thursday, 16 June 2005 at approximately 1300 hours (Local),an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near the Justice and Development Party (AKP) office in the Altindag district of Ankara, Turkey. The Turkish National Police (TNP) described the IED as a sound bomb. There were n [...]	2005-06-17 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA3473	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-17 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3474	DEMARCHE ON TURKISH RESTRICTIONS TO EMBASSY [...] We delivered ref A demarche to MFA Northeast Mediterranean Affairs A/DDG Bilman June 14. Bilman was not aware of the incident. He said he would "definitely look into the matter." However, his "first reaction" was that the restriction is "not unacceptable." He wondered whether the Vienna C [...]	2005-06-17 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL TU CY US
05ANKARA348	CODEL KYL 10 JANUARY MEETINGS WITH TGNA SPEAKER [...] (C) Summary. On 10 January, a CODEL led by Senator Jon Kyl, including Senator Murkowski, Senator Martinez and Representative Adam Smith, met separately with Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) Speaker Bulent Arinc and DPM/FM Abdullah Gul. Speaker Arinc noted Turkey's recent EU-oriented re [...]	2005-01-19 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA3490	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by The Messenger, Georgia's Englis [...]	2005-06-20 06:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3495	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-20 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3499	READOUT OF TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Iran Department Head Ulku (who did not go on the trip) asserts U/S Tuygan delivered a "crystal clear" message on Iran's nuclear program and the need to cooperate with the EU-3 and IAEA to DFM Aminzadeh June 11 but admitted Tuygan cloaked his message in diplomatic niceties. Wi [...]	2005-06-20 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER EPET ECON TU IR
05ANKARA3500	TURKISH MFA ON UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA issued one bland statement about Andijon and called in the Uzbek Ambassador shortly after the killings. Although DDG Karslioglu asserts that the Turkish statement was a strong message on human rights, MFA Uzbekistan Department Head doubts that Uzbek diplomats her [...]	2005-06-20 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UZ TU
05ANKARA352	MFA RAISES TURKEY-US RELATIONS AND KIRKUK [...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Tuygan told the Ambassador January 18 that the only significant problem in Turkey-US relations was Iraq. He identified three specific issues regarding Iraq -- a feeling that Turkey's contributions (especially in encouraging election participation) are not appr [...]	2005-01-19 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU
05ANKARA353	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY CONSIDERING UK REQUEST TO TAKE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey is positively considering a request by HMG to assume responsibility for the UK PRT in Mazar-e Sharif to help free up resources for the UK to lead a PRT in ISAFÂ´s Stage 3 expansion region, according to the Turkish MFA and confi [...]	2005-01-19 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU AF UK
05ANKARA354	GOT AND TURKMEN RAISE GRIEVANCES OVER KIRKUK [...] (C) Summary: Concern about the supplemental registration process now underway in Kirkuk prompted the Iraqi Turkmen Front's Ankara representative to issue a statement threatening that the ITF would "review" its participation in Iraqi elections if it saw evidence of widespread fraud in the proce [...]	2005-01-19 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA356	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MODIFIES ITS PRT STANCE [...] (C) Late January 19, MFA South Asia DDG Aydin Evirgen told PolMilCouns that, after further consideration "at high levels," Turkey was modifying its position on participating in PRTs in Afghanistan from that which he conveyed to us on January 18 (reftel). He said the Turkish General Staff (TGS) [...]	2005-01-20 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU AF UK
05ANKARA357	CENTCOM CDR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: GEN Abizaid and Foreign Minister Gul agreed on the goal of a stable, democratic and unified Iraq during their January 11 meeting in Ankara. Gul reiterated Turkey's support of elections in Iraq occurring on time with the fullest possible participation. Turkey is reaching out to [...]	2005-01-22 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
05ANKARA358	CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. General Abizaid held a wide-ranging discussion with Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan on areas of mutual concern in SIPDIS the Middle East and Central Asia as well as Turkey's challenges in Cyprus. Both shared the view that, despite perio [...]	2005-01-22 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP PTER TU
05ANKARA359	PASSAGE OF THE NEW TURKISH PENAL CODE - [...] On September 26, 2004, the New Turkish Penal Code was approved by the Turkish Parliament and will go into effect in April 2005. 2. Article 234 of the new Penal Code makes it a crime for a noncustodial parent or other blood relative to abduct a child less than 16 years of age from the custod [...]	2005-01-24 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CJAN KOCI KTIA TU
05ANKARA361	CENTCOM COMMANDER'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY OF THE [...] (S) SUMMARY. GEN Abizaid met with Turkey's DCHOD GEN Ilker Basbug on January 12. Both presented assessments of Iraq, Afghanistan, and U.S.-TU relations. Basbug reiterated the objectives of Turkish policies on Iraq-united, peaceful, democratic, and whole. Both sides agreed the upcoming elect [...]	2005-01-24 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP PTER TU
05ANKARA3637	TURKEY'S EU EFFORT PLAGUED BY LOW MORALE, [...] (C) Summary: Top GOT leaders insist publicly that the rejection of the EU Constitution in France and the Netherlands will not affect Turkey's EU candidacy, though our MFA contacts concede that recent events in Europe have sapped morale. The GOT's recently-appointed lead EU negotiator must org [...]	2005-06-27 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN TU EU
05ANKARA3669	GOT PAPER OUTLINES CONCERNS ON EU "FRAMEWORK" [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has distributed to EU-member-state governments a paper outlining its concerns about the EU's upcoming Framework for Negotiations with Turkey. In the paper, the GOT urges the EU to adopt the Framework before the October 3 start date of Turkey's EU talks, and to avoid addin [...]	2005-06-28 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU BRUSSELS USEU
05ANKARA371	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-24 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA373	TURKS MULLING NATO/EU PROBLEM BUT NOT YET READY [...] (C) Summary: Our recent conversations with MFA and TGS officials reveal that some thought is being given to how to resolve the impasse created by Turkey's strict interpretation of NAC decisions that excludes from Berlin Plus-related discussions those EU members who are not parties to a NATO s [...]	2005-01-24 17:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU MARR
05ANKARA377	IRAQ OCV REGISTRATIONS IN TURKEY SLOW [...] (SBU) On Jan. 24, PolMilOff called on Gezim Kiseri (Deputy Head of Country) and Sandra Khadhouri (Country Chief of External Relations) of IOM-Turkey's Iraq Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) office. They reported that OCV registration in Turkey has been low: 3,764 as of Jan. 23 (2,730 in Istanbul, 1 [...]	2005-01-25 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF TU IZ
05ANKARA3819	ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BOMBING AT TURKISH MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) On Friday, 1 July 2005 at approximately 0930 hours (Local),a male subject, 25-30 years old, attempting to enter the Turkish Ministry of Justice in Ankara repeatedly set off the magnetometer he passed through to gain entrance to the building. As the Turkish National Police (TNP) prepared [...]	2005-07-01 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CASC PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA3824	GOT STRUGGLING TO PUSH THROUGH IMF-REQUIRED [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament, which normally goes on summer recess July 1, is working long hours to complete its work on two legal reforms needed for a successful IMF review in July, and is being held over at least through July 3, and perhaps longer, to pass these laws. The problem seems to be p [...]	2005-07-01 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU IMF
05ANKARA3833	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...]	2005-07-01 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3839	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-01 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3841	TURKEY DENIES RELEASING ADDITIONAL EUPHRATES [...] (SBU) Summary. According to a Turkish MFA water expert, the GOT is indifferent to an announced increase of Euphrates flow from Syria to Iraq as a means to increase Iraqi electricity production. Euphrates flow from Turkey to Syria has not been increased, although Turkey continues to more th [...]	2005-07-01 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID PREL IZ SY TU
05ANKARA3842	SOMO DRAWS DOWN ARREARS TO TURKISH COMPANIES, [...] (C) Summary. Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization, SOMO, has made progress in drawing down arrears to Turkish oil products suppliers and has signed new contracts for 4.9 million tons of oil products to be delivered during the second half of this year. The Turks and Iraqis are also activ [...]	2005-07-01 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN ETRD IZ PREL TU
05ANKARA3843	APPROACHING TURKEY ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF F-16 [...] (C) Charge raised the issue of Turkey transferring F-16 aircraft to Pakistan (reftel) with Minister of Defense Vecdi Gonul during their initial meeting on June 30. Gonul thought the prospect was a good opportunity, noting the need to be supportive of Pakistan in general. 2. (C) PolMilCouns [...]	2005-07-01 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS TU PK
05ANKARA3844	TURKEY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON IRAQ, CONTINUES [...] (C) Turkey is "cautiously optimistic" on the future of Iraq, according to Osman Koruturk, the GOT's Special Envoy for Iraq. Turkey is continuing its outreach to political parties, and is facilitating a conference on the constitution at a Turkish mountain resort July 12-13. Koruturk claimed T [...]	2005-07-01 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA3845	SAUDI-ITALIAN CONSORTIUM WINS TURK TELECOM BID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Privatization Authority took a major step in the privatization of 55 percent of Turk Telekom July 1, opening the four consortia,s bids and short-listing the two top bidders: Oger Telecoms-Telecom Italia and a consortium led by Etisalat of UAE. In a televised bargaining ses [...]	2005-07-01 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP EFIN TU
05ANKARA3846	DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PATRICK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (DUSD) for Industrial Affairs Suzanne Patrick notified Turkish Under Secretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar that US SIPDIS companies and the US government remained concerned about many of the ATAK Helicopter tender terms and conditions (T [...]	2005-07-04 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV TU

05ANKARA3857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-05 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3863	TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY LEVEY PRESSES GOT ON WEAK [...] Put in place as quickly as possible legal provisions that criminalize the financing of terrorism and allow "safe harbor" for bank filers of suspicious transaction reports. We note that these provisions have been included in legislation recently submitted to parliament. If this legislation [...]	2005-07-05 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER TU
05ANKARA3870	TURKISH REPLY TO OPIC LETTER ON IZMIR RING [...] (U) On July 5, Embassy received the following response to our June 3 diplomatic note that transmitted OPIC Acting CEO Connelly's letter to Deputy Prime Minister Sener. Begin Text. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the honour to inform that the letter from Ross J. Connelly, Acting Presi [...]	2005-07-06 08:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV TU OPIC
05ANKARA3877	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-06 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA388	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-25 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3887	REHN WARNS FM GUL THAT FOUNDATIONS LAW "FALLS [...] (C) Summary: EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn sent a letter to FM Gul warning that the GOT's draft Law on Foundations "falls short of European standards" despite some positive elements. Rehn states that the draft in its current form would lead to numerous cases against Turkey in the European [...]	2005-07-06 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE EU
05ANKARA3889	FM GUL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In Charge's introductory call with FM Gul, both agreed on the importance of frank private bilateral dialogue and conveying to our publics the priority we place on our partnership. Gul acknowledged Iran's presidential election was "not perfect" but blamed reformists' failure to [...]	2005-07-06 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IR SY
05ANKARA3890	TURKEY WILL ISSUE CYPRUS NON-RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is determined to issue a written declaration that extending the Ankara Agreement to the ten new EU members does not constitute recognition of the Republic of Cyprus (ROC). Domestic criticism that it does constitute recognition is pushing the Turks toward tougher non-reco [...]	2005-07-06 16:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU EU
05ANKARA3891	PSI: MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY [...] (S) MFA Head of Department for Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Osman Yavuzalp contacted PolMilCouns on July 4 regarding the shipment of Chinese-origin missile-related equipment to Iran (reftels). Yavuzalp informed PolMilCouns that the shipment had been recalled by the owner back to China. [...]	2005-07-07 05:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC IR MNUC PARM PREL TSPA TU MTCRE
05ANKARA3892	CHARGE D'AFFAIRES UNDERSCORES USG PRIORITIES WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Turkey's NSC Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) SIPDIS urged Turkey to get in lockstep with the US on Syria and Iran, noted continuing USG efforts to recognize northern Cyprus' April 2004 vote in support of the Annan Plan and [...]	2005-07-07 05:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ SY IR TU
05ANKARA3907	FAILURE TO PASS SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM JEOPARDIZES [...] (SBU) Summary: Partly as a result of parliamentary obstructionism from the opposition CHP, the GOT failed over the weekend to pass social security legislation that was a condition for a favorable first review of its new IMF stand-by program and release of an $800 million credit. The GOT is [...]	2005-07-07 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV TU
05ANKARA394	GOT's New Data Exclusivity Regulation - Major [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT issued a revised regulation on January 19 providing a six-year term of data exclusivity protection for confidential pharmaceuticals test data effective January 1, 2005. The regulation contains major loopholes, including lack of retroactivity and other provisions which [...]	2005-01-25 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
05ANKARA395	TURKEY'S TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECTIVITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The severing of a key fiber optic cable link with Europe shows continued weakness in Turkey's telecom infrastructure and connectivity. Turk Telekom's progress in building up alternative links appears to have lessened the impact of this outage, but the system remains vulnerable [...]	2005-01-25 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV TU
05ANKARA3953	USNAVEUR ADM ULRICH DISCUSSES BLACK SEA, IRAQ AND [...] (C) Summary: During introductory calls as USNAVEUR and Joint Forces Command Naples commander, ADM Ulrich won Turkish Navy's agreement to hold consultations on information sharing between the Turks' Black Sea Harmony (BSH) operation and Allied Maritime Component Command Naples sometime before [...]	2005-07-07 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS TU RO BU GG UP RS IZ
05ANKARA3954	GEN BASBUG AND CHARGE DISCUSS IRAQ, PKK, BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: Deputy TGS Chief GEN Ilker Basbug believes that MNF-I has a new order to "track and capture" PKK personnel in Iraq. (We are checking.) He thought this was a positive indication of US intentions towards the terrorist group. The Charge told Basbug she would have an answer soon t [...]	2005-07-07 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ IR SY PKK
05ANKARA3961	SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS: [...] (C) We supplied reftel points to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Tezel, making clear Turkey is not a subject of this effort and asking for Turkish views on our proposed initiative. Tezel, a thoughtful interlocutor, thanked us and said he would reflect on our initiative and convey [...]	2005-07-07 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL KPAO TU
05ANKARA3962	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-07 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3963	ACTION REQUEST: TF FREEDOM AND TF WARRIOR LNO TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy seeks urgent DIA assistance in filling the position of Liaison Officer to the Turkish Special Forces in Northern Iraq. This position is vital in order to collect intel on the Turks' plans and intentions for Iraq, for crisis management, and for helping us pass real-time [...]	2005-07-07 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL PINS TU IZ
05ANKARA3964	TURKEY'S RESPONSE ON COORDINATING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) PolMilOff delivered ref a demarche July 6 to MFA Iraq Desk Officer Hakan Cakil. Cakil noted plans for an NGO-organized conference in Turkey July 12-13 on the constitution (reported ref b). The co-host Iraqi NGO (the Fund for Democracy an [...]	2005-07-07 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV ECON EIND IZ TU EUN
05ANKARA3965	TURKEY REQUESTS COUNTER-IED TRAINING AND [...] (C) Summary: Since the June 6-8 visit of the Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS DCHOD) General Ilker Basbug to Washington, TGS has raised on three separate occasions a request for USG information-sharing and technology support to counter the increasing number of Improvised Explosive [...]	2005-07-08 04:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA397	LETTER FROM KRG PM BARZANI TO AMBASSADOR EDELMAN [...] (C) Embassy Ankara concurs with Embassy Baghdad's advice (ref a) that Ambassador Edelman should not respond to KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani's letter. Ambassador said as much in ref b. We do, however, recommend that Embassy Baghdad or REO Kirkuk assure Barzani and other contacts that Ambassador E [...]	2005-01-25 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA3976	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT (JUNE-2005) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor coordinated the official signing ceremony for the NP Cooperation Agreement that, once ratified by the Turkish parliament, will allow full engagement of the EXBS program in Turkey. EXBS Advisor moved forward with the Department of Energy Commodity Identification Tra [...]	2005-07-08 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA3978	ANKARA EAC MEETINGS, 7/7 AND 7/8/2005 [...] (S) Charge convened a core EAC on 7/7/05 and RSO put an informational cautioning message to the full Embassy community concerning the London attack. At the opening of business on 7/8 Charge convened a full EAC to review the terrorist attacks in London and to discuss other recent terrorist rel [...]	2005-07-08 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ASEC CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA398	OBSERVER STATUS AT BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (C) Mission Turkey believes that it would be in U.S. interests to have observer status to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) forum and that we should begin consultations to this end. In ConGen Istanbul's initial meeting with him, new BSEC Secretary General Tedo Japaridze said he woul [...]	2005-01-25 16:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETTC KFPC PREL TU XG
05ANKARA3990	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-08 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3997	TURKMAN GROUP, HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY SEEK U.S. [...] This is an action request for the Department, USAID, and Embassy Baghdad--please see para. 9. 2. Summary: The Iraqi Turkmen Assembly and Hacettepe University are seeking U.S. assistance for a distance learning project for students in Kirkuk to take classes from Hacettepe. This is the first [...]	2005-07-08 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO EAID SCUL IZ TU
05ANKARA3998	MAGEN DAVID ADOM (MDA) DEMARCHE: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche June 24 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Botsali, who handles OIC matters and was leaving to attend the OIC meeting in Sanaa. He called the subject a technical matter and doubted it would be on the meeting agenda. 2. (C) Botsali called us back Ju [...]	2005-07-08 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL TU ICRC
05ANKARA4009	TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ BELIEVES CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Unal _Cevikoz told the Charge July 7 that he was called to Ankara (from his vacation in Istanbul) by Foreign Minister Gul to consult on the recent attacks on Arab diplomats in Baghdad. Gul was concerned by the recent attacks, but was still interested in visiting [...]	2005-07-08 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA4012	TURKISH MFA, TURKMEN FRONT ALLEGE KDP AND BADR [...] (C) During a long June 30 discussion on the situation in the northwest Ninewah province town of Talafar, Ankara Iraqi Turkmen Front representative Ahmet Muratli alleged to PolMilOff that KDP leader Masoud Barzani was fomenting sectarian violence in the town through payoffs and encouragement to [...]	2005-07-10 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU MOPS IZ
05ANKARA4013	TURKS DENY GO IT ALONE POLICY IN THE BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: An MFA official and a Turkish admiral admitted to us June 30 that RADM Kadir Sagdic's comments on the margins of a Harvard Black Sea Security Conference earlier that month (ref A) were "extreme" and did not reflect GOT policy. They credited his comments to personal views prompted [...]	2005-07-10 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON EU RO TU NATO
05ANKARA4031	GOT DISCOURAGES VISIT TO SOUTHEAST BY GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: GOT officials tried to discourage a German Protestant Church delegation from visiting southeastern Turkey as part of a fact-finding mission on refugee issues. The Turkish press reported that the MFA and national intelligence organization (MIT) sent a letter warning governors not t [...]	2005-07-11 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA4032	SOUTHEAST TURKEY UPDATE: ANTI-PKK OPERATIONS AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER TU PKK
05ANKARA4034	TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON G-4 FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered ref a points to Turkish MFA Multilateral Affairs DG Polat July 11, stressing the need to move forward on a wide range of UN reforms and avoid a divisive debate over UNSC membership. Polat said Turkey supports the Italy/Pakistan/Mexico group's opposition to the G-4 plan, [...]	2005-07-11 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TU UNSC
05ANKARA4035	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4036	TURKEY'S LEADERS, PRESS REACT TO LONDON ATTACKS [...] Senior Turkish officials were quick to condemn last week's terrorist bombings in London. Most press commentators also condemned the attack, though many blamed the US-led war in Iraq for accelerating the spread of terrorism. Some journalists also pointed to an alleged double standard by Weste [...]	2005-07-11 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER TU
05ANKARA4037	REPORT OF MEETING BETWEEN DOE INTERNATIONAL THREAT [...] (U) Summary: Members of the DOE Office of International Radiological Threat Reduction Program (IRTR) visited Ankara June 28, 2005 to discuss with officials of the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) shared concerns for the security of radioactive materials in the region and to explore oppo [...]	2005-07-12 07:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IZ KNNP OTRA PARM TRGY TU JO
05ANKARA404	TURKEY-U.S. BILATERAL ENERGY DIALOGUE - KEEPING IT [...] (SBU) The new GOT MFA DDG for Energy and Water, Mithat Rende, gave EconCounselor MFA's reaction to a meeting in Washington between the new DOE A/S for International Affairs Karen Harbert and GOT Ambassador Logoglu. According to the MFA's report, the meeting was also attended by DAS John Brod [...]	2005-01-26 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON TU
05ANKARA4042	TURKISH OPPOSITION PARTIES: DEVELOPMENTS ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's three main left-of-center parties have been unable to mount a serious challenge to the governing AKP. The left-of-center parties share similar ideologies and compete for the same minor segment of the Turkish electorate but are unable to cooperate and are plagued by poli [...]	2005-07-12 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA4051	SECURITY SECTOR SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Bozay July 12. Bozay undertook to pass the requests to the Turkish Ministries of Interior (responsible for Turkey's police forces) and Defense. He expressed optimism Turkey will find a way to contribute to the urgen [...]	2005-07-12 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL KWBG KPAL IS TU
05ANKARA4058	Zyprexa Update- MOH Issues Sales and Marketing [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EAGR TU
05ANKARA4059	TURKS PROPOSE AUG. 2 FOR TRILATERAL PKK TALKS, [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. five. 2. (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs Hayati Guven convoked PolMilCouns and PolMilOff July 12 to discuss PKK trilateral talks. Guven proposed Aug. 2 as a target date for the talks, and explained that given the Turkish summer [...]	2005-07-12 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA4070	DARFUR/NATO: FURTHER DETAILS ON TURKISH AIRLIFT [...] (C) On July 13, PolMilOff called on COL Halit Yilmaz, TGS J3 NATO Branch Chief, to discuss Turkish airlift support for Darfur. Yilmaz confirmed that Turkey will provide one C130 from Sept. 20-29. Its mission--along with the Danes--will be to lift equipment from Kenya and/or Chad to Darfur to [...]	2005-07-13 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL TU SU NATO EUN
05ANKARA4071	TURKEY ISSUES RFI ON RECONNAISSANCE AND [...] Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (Savunma Sanayi Mustesarligi - SSM) issued on July 7 a Request for Information (RFI) about Reconnaissance and Surveillance Satellite Systems. According to the SSM website, the project will include development of an Electro-Optical (EO) reconnai [...]	2005-07-14 05:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR TU
05ANKARA4079	ASAD VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered reftel points July 13 to MFA U/S Tuygan who, without providing details, defended as "private" the upcoming Asad visit to Turkey and the AKP government,s policy of engaging Asad. We received a similar response from AKP Vice Chairman for Political and Legal Affai [...]	2005-07-14 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY TU
05ANKARA4081	CHARGE WARNS TURKISH DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL POLICY MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her initial call on Turkey's Under Secretary for Defense Industries (Savunma Sanayi Mustesarligi SIPDIS -SSM) Murad Bayar, Charge d'Affaires underscored that SSM's plans to require pre-approval of licenses before a contract is awarded could result in the inability of US comp [...]	2005-07-14 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV EFIN ETTC BEXP TU IS
05ANKARA4094	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-14 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4095	ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE WORKING OUT SHARED COMMAND [...] (C) On July 13, PolMilOff called on TGS J3 NATO Branch Chief COL Halit Yilmaz to discuss Turkey's plans to contribute to security in Afghanistan after its ISAF VII command ends next month (see ref a). Yilmaz confirmed that the Turkish and French militaries are working on a formula for how to [...]	2005-07-14 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL TU AF FR NATO
05ANKARA4099	COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Polmilcouns raised the CCIT with MFA DG for International Security Affairs Hayati Guven on July 14 as instructed ref a. Guven responded that his office was in the process of "concluding informal consultations" within the GOT on our original demarche (ref c) and subsequent clarification th [...]	2005-07-15 08:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER TU UNGA
05ANKARA411	TURKEY: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY, [...] In response to reftel, the following is Mission's contribution to the 2004-5 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record." 2. Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system and a president with limited powers elected by the single-chamber p [...]	2005-01-26 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA4117	TIP IN TURKEY: REACTIONS TO NEW YORK TIMES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Craig Smith's June 27 New York Times article on Slavic women working in Turkey's growing sex trade has received mixed reaction in Turkey. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On June 28 Hurriyet columnist, Kanal D News Director and news magazine host Fatih Altayli wrote that he had reported [...]	2005-07-15 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA412	NATO CENTER OF EXCELLENCE-DEFENSE AGAINST TERRORISM [...] Summary: In an effort to gain alliance contribution for its new Center of Excellence - Defense Against Terrorism (CoE-DAT),the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on January 10 briefed NATO embassies in Ankara on the center and sent letters from MOD Gonul and CHOD GEN Ozkok to their counterparts. [...]	2005-01-26 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA4125	TURKEY, UK PRESIDENCY AGREE ON ANKARA AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: According to the UK Embassy. the GOT and the UK Presidency agreed July 15 on the modality by which Turkey will sign the Ankara Agreement extension protocol. The UK will announce the agreement on modality at the July 18 GAERC and expects the signing process to begin shortly there [...]	2005-07-15 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
05ANKARA4126	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, JUNE 2005 [...] A new National Security Policy document outlining the government's priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external security, and based on input from all Council member agencies, was expected to be finalized at the June 21 National Security Council meeting. The new draft do [...]	2005-07-15 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU
05ANKARA4127	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-15 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4141	TURKEY'S LIBERALIZATION WOES: SMOKE, BUT NO FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a modest but tangible political will to privatize, and efforts by the Privatization Administration, Competition Authority, and other sectoral regulatory bodies, Turkey's program of sectoral reform, liberalization, and privatization remains delayed and troubled. Across [...]	2005-07-18 04:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ECPS PGOV TU ENGR
05ANKARA4149	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Friday, July 1: [...]	2005-07-18 10:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4163	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-18 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4166	TURKEY AND IRAQ COOPERATE ON TRUCKER SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: Turkey and Iraq continue to work to improve the safety for Turkish drivers who transport large volumes of refined products and other goods into Iraq. Trucker deaths have fallen sharply in 2005. On June 22-23 Turkish and Iraqi officials met in Ankara to discuss transportation se [...]	2005-07-18 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IZ PREL TU
05ANKARA418	IRAQ: TURKS PLAN TO ISSUE POSITIVE PRE-ELECTION [...] (C) PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Department Avni Botsali Jan. 26 to discuss ref a demarche. Botsali responded that he expects the GOT to release a positive statement about the Iraqi elections prior to Jan. 30. He said it would be similar to previous statements the Turks have released which [...]	2005-01-26 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA4182	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: UPDATE ON PRO-PKK POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-19 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA4185	ANKARA CORE EAC MEETING 7/19/2005 [...] (C) On 07/19/05 the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss post's security posture in the aftermath of recent bombings in the Aegean coast tourist towns of Cesme and Kusadasi. The CORE EAC agreed to change the current country Consular Information sheet to reflect the recent bom [...]	2005-07-19 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC CASC PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA4186	TURKEY AND THE PKK: RAISING THE HEAT [...] (S/NF) Both the Turkish Deputy CHOD and MFA spokesman publicly confirmed July 19 that Turkey reserves the right to conduct cross-border operations against the PKK in northern Iraq. Additionally, the D/CHOD, GEN Ilker Basbug, reported that the U.S. has ordered the arrest (or capture) of key PKK [...]	2005-07-19 17:54:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MOPS PGOV TU IZ EUN PKK
05ANKARA4187	IRAQ: TURKS PLEASED WITH KORUTURK'S WASHINGTON [...] (C) On July 13, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff called on MFA Deputy Director General Safak Gokturk to get the Turkish assessment of the July 5-6 Washington visit of the GOT's Special Envoy for Iraq, Amb. Osman Koruturk (Gokturk accompanied Koruturk). Gokturk characterized the meetings as positive [...]	2005-07-19 18:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD IZ TU SY US
05ANKARA4188	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 05:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4190	TURKEY/LEBANON [...] (S) Summary: In the wake of PM Erdogan's June visit to Lebanon, the first by a Turkish PM in 50 years, Turkish MFA and Lebanese embassy spin relations as excellent. MFA and embassy contacts claim Erdogan pressed democratization and implementation of UNSCR 1559 during the visit, and urged le [...]	2005-07-20 06:08:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL TU LE SY
05ANKARA4205	ANKARA PUK REP SAYS IRAQI KURDS WILL GIVE UP [...] (C) The PUK's representative in Ankara, Bahros Galali, told us July 19 that all the Kurds want in the constitutional negotiations was Kirkuk; as long as they get this prize they will give on everything else. He bemoaned the slow pace of the Article 58 process and compensation, and blamed Barza [...]	2005-07-20 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA4214	DEMARCHE ON IRAQ DEBT AND ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: On Iraq debt, Turkish MFA officials again confirmed they have not been pressed on the debt issue by the ITG. The MFA officicals made very clear that they want to negotiate this issue directly with ITG officials, not outside advisors, although they agreed to meet with the advisors. [...]	2005-07-20 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID PREL IZ TU
05ANKARA4215	TURKISH MILITARY ON PKK: CALM DOWN PUBLIC [...] (S) Summary: In an extended one-on-one meeting July 20 with Turkish D/CHOD Basbug, Charge cautioned against an accelerating public dispute between Turkey and the US over PKK countermeasures, including &hot pursuit8 into Iraq. Basbug agreed on the importance of calming down public rhetoric [...]	2005-07-20 17:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MOPS PGOV TU IZ EUN PKK
05ANKARA4226	PRIVATIZATION AUTHORITY CONFIDENT ABOUT TURK [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Privatization Authority (PA) is confident that the privatization of Turk Telekom will be finalized after Cabinet approval in the late fall, despite initial confusion and allegations following announcement of the Oger consortium winning the tender on July 1. The PA [...]	2005-07-21 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BEXP EFIN TU
05ANKARA4227	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-21 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA423	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-26 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KTFN PTER TU
05ANKARA4230	TURKS ANNOYED WITH IRAQI AND IRANIAN INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Interior Minister, Bayan Jabr, seemed to take his lead from the Iranians at the July 18-19 meeting of Iraq's neighbors' interior ministers. Jabr annoyed the Turks by ignoring their advice to steer clear of the press, especially on the PKK issue; his private assurances to th [...]	2005-07-21 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM TU IZ IR BA EG SY KU SA JO
05ANKARA424	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-26 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4245	EUR/SE DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO ADANA: KURDISH [...] (C) Summary:Incoming EUR/SE Dep. Director Baxter Hunt visited Adana on July 19, meeting with local AK Party officials, attorneys and human rights advocates, and 39th Wing officials. AK party officials expressed confidence about the continuing appeal of the party and cited the lack of U.S. act [...]	2005-07-22 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM TU PKK
05ANKARA425	IRAQ: TURKISH DAILY CLAIMS KIRKUK TO BE HANDED [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (U) The Jan. 26 edition of the Turkish daily "Milliyet" ran a story claiming that the U.S., the UK, the IIG, and Iraqi Kurds have reached a secret deal under which Kirkuk will come under Kurdish control following Jan. 30 elections [...]	2005-01-26 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL PGOV TU IZ UK
05ANKARA4252	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-22 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4258	THE TURKISH PRESS DEBATES THE PKK ISSUE [...] (U) The increase in PKK violence in Turkey, culminating in the July 16 bus bombing in the Turkish resort of Kusadasi, has accelerated the public debate over how best to deal with the PKK. The dominant view continues to blame the violence on the perceived US failure to fulfill its commitment t [...]	2005-07-22 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER PREL TU PKK
05ANKARA426	SCENESETTER FOR JAN.31-FEB.1 VISIT OF UNDER [...] (S) Summary: Your visit will extend a series of January visits by Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones and Commander of Central Command General Abizaid, and will provide an opportunity to echo their pledge that the US will fight all forms of terroris [...]	2005-01-26 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP PREL MARR TU
05ANKARA4260	SYRIAN DFM VISITS ANKARA, FM GUL REPORTEDLY FEELS "USED" [...] (C) Summary: Syrian DFM al-Muallim met with FM Gul in Ankara July 22 to discuss Iraq, the Israel Palestine peace process, and a possible upcoming "unofficial" visit to Turkey by Bashar Asad (reftel). One MFA official told us privately that the discussions were difficult and inconclusive; ano [...]	2005-07-22 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU SY SYRIA
05ANKARA427	TURKISH MFA ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs acting DDG Bilman is confident Turkey will sign the Ankara Agreement extension protocol this summer, but in the face of domestic criticism about the lack of measures to help Turkish Cypriots, the MFA is not inclined to propose unila [...]	2005-01-26 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
05ANKARA4276	TRABZON: A CITY PASSED BY [...] (C) Summary: Trabzon on the Black Sea has the potential to be a beautiful city. It falls short of that potential, however. As with the rest of Turkey, the city suffers from economic under-development and high real unemployment. The city has a reputation for being strongly nationalistic. H [...]	2005-07-25 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA4278	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-25 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4288	TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ - REGULATORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S., Turkish, and Iraqi Governments share the goal of increasing exports from Turkey to Iraq. Turkey's Kartet Company currently exports 200 MW and seeks to increase in two steps: 1) to 350 MW, generally using existing capacity, and 2) to 1200 MW, asserting that it has the s [...]	2005-07-26 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD IZ TU
05ANKARA4290	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-26 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4296	TURKEY-EU: STEP BY STEP TOWARD TURKISH SIGNING OF [...] (C) Summary: The UK Embassy hopes UK lobbying will have steered the Turkish government to sign the additional protocol to the Ankara Agreement shortly after the July 27 Blair-Erdogan meeting in London. At the same time, the UK has been pressing Turkish authorities to issue Turkey's expected r [...]	2005-07-26 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EUN EU
05ANKARA4316	TRABZON'S COMLEKCI DISTRICT, THE BLACK SEA'S [...] (C) Summary: A June 27 New York Times article by Craig Smith on prostitution in Turkey gives an account of the prostitution situation in the Comlekci District of Trabzon. Prostitution is indeed rampant in Trabzon, as witnessed by PolOffs. What is not clear, however, is if trafficking is equa [...]	2005-07-27 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA4363	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-27 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4364	CHARGE DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS, [...] (C) Summary: GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Koruturk told Charge July 25 that Turkey hopes the Sunni Arabs will return soon to constitutional negotiations. He rebutted Kurdish criticism of Turkish outreach efforts, expressed concern that the Kurds may be agitating for Turkish troops to leave nort [...]	2005-07-27 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ SY
05ANKARA4366	FUEL SUPPLY CHAIN INTO IRAQ BACKED UP; RISK OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-28 04:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA4367	FUEL SUPPLY CHAIN INTO IRAQ BACKED UP; RISK OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-28 04:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA44	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-04 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4405	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-29 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4409	TURKEY'S SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL [...] Summary: The Supreme Military Council (Yuksek Askeri Surasi - YAS) will meet August 1-4 and decide general and flag officer promotions. We provide a description of the YAS and the military promotion and assignment system as background in advance of the announcement of senior promotions and as [...]	2005-08-01 04:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PINR TU
05ANKARA4425	TRACKER 23827 - REPORT ON U.S. SPEAKER DANIEL [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: U.S. Speaker Daniel Jacobs visited Turkey July 18-22, 2005, for a four-day speaker program that brought him into contact with government, business, NGO, and academic audiences for presentations and discussions of U.S. Environmental Policy with special emphasis on [...]	2005-08-01 11:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP SCUL TU
05ANKARA4443	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-01 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4456	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: ALEVI COMMUNITIES SEEK HIGHER [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: Alevis in southeastern Turkey of varying ethnic backgrounds recently have offered useful insight into the ongoing Anatolia-wide debate about the future shape of their faith and how they feel that the EU accession process might impact on [...]	2005-08-02 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU
05ANKARA4458	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: POLITICAL TRENDS, PKK, KURDISH [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: Southeast Turkey human rights contacts and likely post-DEHAP Kurdish political activists paint different, but equally discouraging, pictures of the region's political trajectory. Longtime Diyarbakir human rights contacts said that they [...]	2005-08-02 08:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU
05ANKARA446	"2005-YEAR OF PRIVATIZATIONS?" [...] (U) Summary: Vice President of the Privatization Administration (PA),Hasan Koktas, told us he is bullish on Turkey's privatization prospects for 2005 noting Turkey's favorable market conditions. Koktas is in charge of several of the GOT's largest pending privatizations: the tobacco division [...]	2005-01-27 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
05ANKARA4480	TURKEY AMENDMENTS MAY CURB INVESTOR APPETITE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Long awaited Government of Turkey (GOT) amendments to the Electricity Market Law, aimed to set the guidelines for the upcoming sale of the Turkish electricity distribution network, were delayed to October. The GOT made a last-minute move to pass particular articles of this amen [...]	2005-08-02 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV TU
05ANKARA4481	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 16-31, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Sunday, July 17: [...]	2005-08-02 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU

05ANKARA4484	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-02 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4486	TURKEY-EU: AKP GOVERNMENT SIGNS ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary: By its July 29 signing of an additional protocol extending the 1963 EEC-Turkey Ankara Agreement to the EU's 10 newest members, Turkey appeared to have fulfilled the remaining pre-condition for an Oct. 3 start to accession negotiations. However, the ability of the UK as EU Preside [...]	2005-08-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EUN EU
05ANKARA4490	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-02 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4494	FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTORS FIGHT WITHHOLDING TAX [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 08:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV BEXP TU
05ANKARA4495	TURKISH AIRLINES TO PURCHASE EIGHT MORE BOEINGS [...] SUMMARY: TURKISH AIRLINES ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH THAT IT HAD ORDERED AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT 737-800 AIRCRAFT FROM BOEING CO., EXERCISING AN OPTION RELATED TO AN ORDER OF 15 AIRCRAFT IN 2004. END SUMMARY. 2. TURKISH AIRLINES ANNOUNCED ON JULY 1 ITS ORDER OF AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT 737-800 AIRCRAFT [...]	2005-08-03 08:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR BEXP TU
05ANKARA4497	TURKISH OPPOSITION PARTIES: DEVELOPMENTS ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's two main right-of-center opposition parties have been unable to mount a serious challenge to the governing AKP. The two parties share very similar ideologies and compete for the same voters, but they are unable to unite under a common banner. As with the parties on the [...]	2005-08-03 08:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA4504	TURKISH CHAMBER CONTINUES TO PROMOTE BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary: Business delegations from Israel, Palestine and Turkey (the Ankara Forum) met in Jerusalem June 7 and agreed to move forward with an Israeli proposal to revive the Erez Industrial Zone in Gaza and restore more than 4,000 jobs to Palestinian workers there. Special Envoy Wolfensoh [...]	2005-08-03 11:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECIN ETRD IS PREL TU
05ANKARA4513	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4517	TURKEY REQUESTS EXIM FACILITY EXTENSION TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish Treasury on July 26 submitted a letter of request to EXIM Bank for the extension of an existing $1.366B facility to finance Turkey's purchase of a second batch of Sikorsky Seahawk Helicopters. Sale of the helos is conditional on extension of the EXIM facility. Turke [...]	2005-08-03 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL EFIN TU EXIM
05ANKARA4530	IMF RESREP SEES COMPRESSED FALL CALENDAR, INCREASED [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN TU IMF
05ANKARA4553	HIGH-LEVEL U.S. PARTICIPATION FOR TURKISH-IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-04 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD BEXP TU IZ
05ANKARA4555	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-04 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4556	DAS BRYZA PRESSES TURKISH MFA FOR CLOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of introductory meetings and a lunch with Turkish MFA officials on August 1, EUR DAS Matt Bryza welcomed the recent positive turn in bilateral relations and pressed for a structured approach to rebuilding US-Turkey partnership through agreement on a shared strategic [...]	2005-08-04 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR PINS TU IZ AF CY
05ANKARA4561	BANNER BOMB - MERSIN PROVINCE [...] (U) On Tuesday, August 2, 2005 at approximately 22:30 the Turkish National Police (TNP) conducted a controlled detonation of a "Banner Bomb" in the southern Ircel Province city of Mersin. There were no reports of injuries. 2. (U) Members of the PKK affiliated Halkin Kurtulus Ordusu-HPG (Pe [...]	2005-08-04 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ITA IP EUR CT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER
05ANKARA4563	TURKEY'S SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL MEETING PRODUCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) announced on August 4 the decisions made by the Supreme Military Council (Yuksek Askeri Surasi - YAS) at its August 1-4 meeting, during which the promotion, retirement and re-assignment of Turkey's senior military officers, as well as the dismissal [...]	2005-08-05 04:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR TU
05ANKARA4598	MINISTER BABACAN ON EU, IMF [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Charge, Minister of Economy--and now EU negotiator--Babacan painted a typically rosy picture of the GOT's role, claiming the IMF program was really the Government's, and asserting the program was effectively on track despite the delays in key reform l [...]	2005-08-05 09:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV PREL EINV EU TU
05ANKARA46	Turkey Biotech Regulations On Hold [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. TURKEY HAS DRAFTED BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS THAT IF ADOPTED IN THEIR CURRENT FORM, WOULD RESTRICT AGRICULTURAL TRADE. THE DRAFT WAS RECENTLY FINALIZED AND CIRCULATED TO RELEVANT INDUSTRIES. INDUSTRY SOURCES INDICATE THAT THE DRAFT REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD AFTER A [...]	2005-01-04 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
05ANKARA4607	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-05 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4609	TURKEY AND IRAQ DEADLOCKED ON SECOND BORDER [...] (C) Summary: With reports of increasingly tight fuel supplies in Iraq, the Charge called the MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs and wrote to the GOT to urge SIPDIS whatever action can be taken by Turkish customs to maximize throughput at Habur Gate. Separately, an MFA official [...]	2005-08-05 17:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EPET ETRD PREL IZ TU
05ANKARA4618	DELIVERANCE OF TIP STRATEGY FOR TURKEY [...] We met August 2 with MFA Asylum and Migration deputy directorate officer Ozlem Kural to deliver the reftel Trafficking in Persons Strategy for Turkey. Kural welcomed the strategies and assured us that Turkey was working diligently on the trafficking issue. MCELDOWNEY [...]	2005-08-08 10:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4619	RESIGNATION OF TURKEY'S SECGEN FOR EU AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: The resignation of Turkey's Secretary General for EU Affairs, a senior career diplomat highly regarded by his EU interlocutors, reflects a drift in ruling AKP's EU policies. The resignation also foreshadows a fundamental political struggle between the secular State and Islamist-o [...]	2005-08-08 10:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU EUN
05ANKARA4621	TURKEY'S 157 TIP HELPLINE: IT SAVES LIVES [...] Summary: The USG's financing of a trafficking prevention campaign, put into effect by the International Office for Migration (IOM) working closely with the GOT, has demonstrated outstanding results from reclaimed lives to governmental cooperation. Twenty-four victims of trafficking have bee [...]	2005-08-08 10:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4622	TERRORIST FINANCING: CHARGE MEETS FINANCE MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-08 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER TU
05ANKARA4636	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-09 05:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA464	IRAQ: FONMIN GUL'S LETTER TO UNSYG ANNAN [...] (SBU) On Jan. 27, the Turkish MFA forwarded us the text of a Jan. 19 letter from FonMin Gul to UNSYG Annan regarding the elections in Iraq and specific Turkish concerns regarding Kirkuk. (Text at para. 2.) Gul's concerns mirror closely those that Turkish policymakers have expressed privately [...]	2005-01-27 16:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AORC TU IZ
05ANKARA4645	TURKEY AND THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) In response to polmilcouns August 9 presentation of reftel points, MFA South Asia Deputy Director General Aydin Evergin said Ankara saw the growing potential of India as a positive contributor to the international community in much the same light as does Washington. As a result, the GOT wa [...]	2005-08-09 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IN
05ANKARA4653	CHARGE'S CONVERSATION WITH RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (C) On August 8, Charge met with Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) Chairman Ali Bardakoglu. Charge and Bardakoglu discussed a number of issues, including the importance of religious freedom and religious tolerance. Charge also inquired about the delayed opening of the Ecumenical Patr [...]	2005-08-09 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA4658	TURKISH PM ON CYPRUS AND U.S. ACTION AGAINST PKK [...] (S) Summary: In an August 8 introductory call on Prime Minister Erdogan, Charge reviewed the goals Turkey and the U.S. share regarding a comprehensive Cyprus settlement and Turkey's EU accession bid. Erdogan expressed frustration with the lack of concrete U.S. actions against the PKK in nort [...]	2005-08-09 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER TU PKK
05ANKARA4660	CHARGE RAISES MOTOROLA DISPUTE WITH PM [...] (SBU) During her August 8 introductory call on Prime Minister Erdogan (see septel),the Charge raised Motorola's more than $2 billion claim on the failed Turkish mobile phone company TELSIM. She urged that SDIF, the GOT bank guarantee fund that has taken control of TELSIM, reach an amicable [...]	2005-08-09 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV TU
05ANKARA4661	TURKEY WILLING TO TRANSFER F-16S TO PAKISTAN, FOR [...] (C) This is an action request. MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Aydin Evirgen informed us on Aug. 9 that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) is willing to provide to Pakistan some F-16 Block 30s that will not be included in Turkey's F-16 modernization program. He added, however, that T [...]	2005-08-10 04:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS TU PK
05ANKARA4688	CFE: TURKEY SUBMITS REVISED TEXT INCORPORATING USG [...] This is an action request. Post received via Diplomatic Note on Aug. 4 Turkey's latest proposed text for a CFE Host Country Agreement for implementing Treaty inspections. The proposed text appears to replicate the draft protocol text contained in reftel A, including the Article IV changes pr [...]	2005-08-11 06:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KCFE PREL TU NATO
05ANKARA4691	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JULY 2005) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor traveled to Washington DC for consultations, meeting with stateside program coordinators of the projects being conducted in Turkey, including the Commodity Identification Training, Second Line of Defense and other nonproliferation programs. EXBS Advisor also review [...]	2005-08-11 08:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA47	TURKEY AND IRAQ DISCUSS STEPS TO IMPROVE TRUCKER [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi and Turkish delegations met in Ankara December 29-30 to discuss implementation of agreements reached at the November 30 trilateral (U.S.-Iraq-Turkey) trucker security meeting. The Iraqis proposed a more eastern route for Turkish truckers driving from Zakho to Baghdad and [...]	2005-01-05 05:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD IZ PREL TU
05ANKARA4716	REACTION TO TURKISH DECLARATION OF NON-RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's July 29 declaration that is does not recognize the Republic of Cyprus (ROC) (ref A) has raised little controversy among EU diplomats in Ankara: it is what most expected, and not as extreme as some feared. Turkish media cautiously welcomed the protocol and non-recogniti [...]	2005-08-11 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EU
05ANKARA4722	TURKEY REJECTS US OFFER TO EXCHANGE HIGH-ENRICHED [...] Summary: A DOE team, accompanied by the Commercial Manager for the French energy company CERCA, visited Ankara from July 10-13 to discuss with Turkish Atomic Energy Commission (TAEK) officials Turkey's participation in the Foreign Research Reactor (FRR) Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Acceptance Progr [...]	2005-08-11 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP TRGY TU
05ANKARA4732	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, JULY 2005 [...] Throughout the month, government and military officials publicly accused each other, Turkey's neighbors, the EU and the US of inaction to respond to the PKK terrorist threat. However, they were unified in emphasizing that Turkey reserved the right to pursue the PKK into Iraq if necessary. Turk [...]	2005-08-11 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA4733	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-11 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4734	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-11 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4735	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-11 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4742	SCENESETTER FOR THE SEPT. 2-3 VISIT OF SENATOR TED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when our bilateral relations are on the mend from a difficult period when events in Iraq and Turkey's focus on getting a date from the EU to start accession negotiations overshadowed our traditionally close cooperation. With a growing economy, a sched [...]	2005-08-12 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OREP TU
05ANKARA4751	TURCO-RUSSIAN RAPPROCHEMENT: SEVEN HOURS OF [...] (C) Summary: In the context of booming trade with Russia (heavily in the latter's favor) and growing emotional understanding between Turks and Russians, PM Erdogan continues to feel that he is building a partnership of equals with Putin. What is lacking in Turkey is any rational analysis of R [...]	2005-08-12 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU RS
05ANKARA4754	LETTER FROM THE DEFENSE MINISTER TO SECDEF ON THE [...] On August 11, 2005, Embassy received the letter in para 2 from the Turkish Ministry of National Defense. In it, Defense Minister Gonul requests SECDEF's support for extension of the 1990 EXIM Bank facility for the sale of military helicopters to Turkey. This extension is a condition of the s [...]	2005-08-12 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL EFIN TU
05ANKARA4765	TURKISH VIEWS ON RENEWAL OF ISAF'S UN MANDATE AND [...] (C) Polmilcouns raised ISAF's UN mandate with MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan on August 11 as instructed ref A. Ceylan said that some offices within MFA had been discussing the use of force, mandates and international legitimacy recently. His office has argued that [...]	2005-08-12 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF TU IZ NATO UNSC
05ANKARA4767	DRAFT GENERAL EU POSITION FOR THE ACCESSION [...] (C) ON August 10, the Danish DCM (strictly protect) passed us the below document, dated July 19, from the European Council General Secretariat to the EU Permanent Representatives' Committee. 2. (C) Begin text: Â [...]	2005-08-12 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PGOV PREL TU
05ANKARA4774	Sept Codex Meeting in Japan - Turkish Input [...] On August 12, AgCounselor met with Dr. Fatih Yildiz from Middle East Technical University in Ankara. Dr. Fatih is member of the faculty on food engineering and will be Turkey's representative at the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology (Task Force) in [...]	2005-08-15 05:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ECON TU
05ANKARA4777	TURKEY-EU: FURTHER CONCERNS OF EU DIPLOMATS IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-15 08:59:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU EUN EU
05ANKARA4781	ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE TO HOLD MIL-MIL TALKS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Aydin Evirgen told PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns on Aug. 9 that a French military team would arrive in Ankara within days to hold talks with the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on the modalities of the proposed shared command of ISAF Central Regi [...]	2005-08-15 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL TU AF FR NATO
05ANKARA4783	BAGHDAD-ISTANBUL FLIGHTS START UP [...] AFTER A FOURTEEN YEAR BREAK IN SERVICE, STARTING WITH THE SANCTIONS REGIME IMPOSED IN 1991, IN EARLY AUGUST THE GOT APPROVED AND INAUGURATED TWICE WEEKLY SERVICE BETWEEN BAGHDAD AND ISTANBUL ON IRAQI AIRWAYS. THE AIRLINE OFFERS THE ROUND-TRIP FLIGHT ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS. ISTANBUL HAS DI [...]	2005-08-15 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR BEXP TU IZ
05ANKARA4784	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-15 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR KTIA TU CWC
05ANKARA4785	TURKS OF TWO MINDS ABOUT TRILATERAL MEETING ON THE [...] (SBU) The Turkish media provided generally low-key, negative initial coverage of US-Turkey-Iraq meeting on the PKK/KGK that took place in Washington August 6 (ref a). Most papers reported that the USG and the ITG had rejected Turkey's demand for immediate action against the terrorist group's [...]	2005-08-15 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA4786	COURT RULING THREATENS TO SUSPEND TURKISH POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise ruling in late July, the Council of State (Danistay) issued a suspension ruling for the Electricity Sales Agreement of Enka's Izmir power plant. Enka is optimistic that the court ruling will be overturned, given the power plant's significant share in Turkey's elect [...]	2005-08-15 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU EXIM OPIC
05ANKARA4789	CDA ASSURES TURKISH MFA OF U.S. SUPPORT IN THE EU, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Apakan called in CDA August 15 to urge that the U.S approach new EU members in support of Turkey's candidacy. CDA informed Apakan the process is underway (reftel),and urged that Turkey act quickly to demonstrate to the EU that it is ready for October 3. End Sum [...]	2005-08-15 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EU
05ANKARA4790	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-15 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4791	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-15 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4794	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 31- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Sunday, July 31: [...]	2005-08-16 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4795	JUSTICE MINISTER CICEK VOWS COOPERATION ON TERROR [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During an August 10 meeting with Charge, Turkish Minister of Justice Cemil Cicek stressed the desire of the GOT to cooperate with the U.S. on counterterrorism issues, including counterterrorism financing. The Minister expects the Turki [...]	2005-08-16 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PTER TU PKK
05ANKARA482	TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP REQUIRES ADEQUATE [...] (C) Summary. European Commission social policy sector manager in Ankara Zeynep Aydemir told us EU membership will require Turkey to guarantee full rights for trade unions and to establish a clear legal definition regarding the burden of proof in legal disputes. Aydemir attaches major signific [...]	2005-01-28 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI TU
05ANKARA4827	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-17 05:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4829	TURKEY TO ATTEND 2005 OXFORD TRACKER WORKSHOP [...] Post received a diplomatic note in reply to the invitation by the Nonproliferation Bureau to attend the "Tracker Workshop". This note states that the GOT will send two representatives to participate in the Tracker Workshop in Oxford, United Kingdom form October 24-28, 2005. 2. The Turkish [...]	2005-08-17 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM TU
05ANKARA4840	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-17 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4841	NUCLEAR SMUGGLING IN TURKEY: ALLEGED URANIUM [...] Summary: On August 16 and 17, 2005, Turkish press reported the arrest of 2 individuals suspected of attempting to sell enriched uranium. EXBS Advisor made contact with MFA and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) representatives to confirm the media reports. Both MFA and TAEK have offered [...]	2005-08-17 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PTER TU
05ANKARA4842	TURKISH PM'S KURDISH INITIATIVE: SEARCHING FOR [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan is portraying his public extension of a hand to Turkey's Kurds as the democratic alternative to resolving what he calls "the Kurdish problem". However, the ad hoc, undefined nature of his approach and rhetoric have left him vulnerable to charges that he has no real pl [...]	2005-08-17 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU
05ANKARA4857	RUMBLINGS IN ULTRA-NATIONALIST MHP [...] (C) Summary. Although the current Turkish political environment should provide right-nationalist MHP with an excellent opportunity to challenge ruling AKP, MHP has failed to gain much traction. MHP leadership,s failure has contributed to a growing dissident movement within the party. The co [...]	2005-08-18 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA4858	OFFICIAL TURKISH REACTION TO HELIOS AIRLINE CRASH [...] (U) On August 15, in response to a question, Turkish MFA spokesman Tan said Turkey is "deeply saddened for many Southern Cypriots and Greeks" who lost their lives in the August 14 Helios crash. Tan noted that PM Erdogan and FM Gul sent written condolences to Greek PM Karamanlis and FM Molyvi [...]	2005-08-18 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY GR
05ANKARA4861	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4862	SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AT TGS PROVIDE A WINDOW OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to reftels report on Turkish military promotions that were decided at the August 1-4 meeting of the Supreme Military Council (Yuksek Askeri Surasi - YAS),post has learned of numerous assignment changes for key military interlocutors (Note: as well as additional information [...]	2005-08-19 04:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR TU
05ANKARA4873	TURKEY'S LATEST CONCERNS OVER KURDISH ASPIRATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Nabi Sensoy called in Charge to raise Turkey's concerns over supposed Iraqi Kurdish demands that their right to self-determination be reflected in the new constitution, including their right to hold a referendum on the issue in eight year [...]	2005-08-19 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA4880	TURKEY WORKING TO EXPEDITE FUEL EXPORT TO IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: The GOT seems to be doing its best to maximize truck traffic at Habur Gate, but shipping flow through the gate will remain an on-going problem for a variety of reasons, particularly because the single gate will remain a bottleneck and because civilian and military needs in Iraq a [...]	2005-08-19 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EPET ETRD PREL IZ TU
05ANKARA4881	TURKISH CLASSICAL LIBERALS CRITICIZE AUTHORITARIAN [...] (C) POLOFFS met with Dr. Atilla Yayla, professor of political theory and political economy at Gazi University and the president of the Association for Liberal Thinking (LDT). Yayla is a genuine classical liberal, i.e. an advocate of religious freedom, freedom of thought, market economics, prop [...]	2005-08-19 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA4882	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-19 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4888	THE USE AND ABUSE OF TURKISH POLLS [...] Summary. Turkish polls have had a tendency inaccurately to forecast the outcome of Turkish national elections because the majority of Turkish survey firms do not follow the basic requirements for conducting a scientific poll. Nevertheless, Turkish elites --- including leaders in the governing [...]	2005-08-22 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA489	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-28 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4905	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-22 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4906	TURKISH MFA ON PKK TRILATERAL FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns on Aug. 19 presented to MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Security Affairs Bicakli the Framework for Action resulting from the recent PKK Trilateral Talks. Bicakli conf [...]	2005-08-22 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA4911	A SNAPSHOT OF TURKEY,S SAADET PARTY: LEFT-WING [...] (C) Summary. Saadet Party is the latest incarnation of Islamist parties formed by political Islam leader Necmettin Erbakan. The party,s members are hardcore Islamists (while not averse to material wealth),but their rhetoric often combines elements of Islamism with a leftwing inspired critic [...]	2005-08-23 06:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA4914	THE REAL STRENGTH OF THE AK PARTY: ITS WOMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: AK Party's women provide the energy that fuels AKP's mighty grassroots machine. The women feel valued by the Party's leaders and they are particularly enamored with PM Erdogan. That they are being used by the men in the party is almost irrelevant--the woman derive substantial [...]	2005-08-23 06:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA492	TURKEY: AES INTERESTED IN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Arlington, Virginia - based power company AES is seriously interested in investing in Turkey's electricity distribution sector. The GOT has still not clearly established the privatization methodology. This is the second major expression of strong interest by a U.S. company in [...]	2005-01-28 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
05ANKARA4939	THREATENING LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY OFFICER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON 22 August 2005 Acting DCM Timothy Betts received a letter, written in Arabic, claiming that Mujahideen here in Turkey will strike down our personnel and families. The letter was discussed at Country Team today, 23 August. Turkish National Police are investigating. End sum [...]	2005-08-23 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA4944	THIRD PARTY TRANSFER REQUEST: TRANSFER OF [...] (C) This is an action request. Post received on Aug. 18 a diplomatic note requesting initiation of USG procedures to consider approval of the transfer of 500 US-origin sonobuoys (250 AN-SSQ-41B type, 150 AN/SSQ-62B type, and 100 AN-SSQ-77A type) from the Turkish Navy to the Pakistani Naval Com [...]	2005-08-24 10:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL TU PK
05ANKARA4946	TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] Post received a diplomatic note in reply to the invitation by the Nonproliferation Bureau to attend the Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference. This note states that the GOT will send two representatives to participate in the Conference in Stockholm, Sweden from September 20-2 [...]	2005-08-24 10:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA4947	TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN SEDM WMD EXECUTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-15 21:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM TU
05ANKARA4951	"ALTERNATIVE" ARMENIAN CONFERENCE RESCHEDULED IN [...] (U) This is a joint AmCon Istanbul/Embassy Ankara message. 2. (C) Summary: A conference at which independent-minded intellectuals will speak about the massacres of Armenians in 1915, canceled in May after Turkish government pressure (ref A),has been rescheduled for September 23-25 in Ist [...]	2005-08-24 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM
05ANKARA4955	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Roj TV: Broadcasts in Kurdish, Arabic and Turkish from Brussels and follows the PKK line. It broadcasts for 12 hours starting at 1000 GMT. Roj TV, known as `PKK television,' airs news, political discussions, music, and children's programs. 2. Mesopotamia TV (Me-TV): Close to the PKK ca [...]	2005-08-24 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA496	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-28 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4965	ACTION REQUEST: TURKEY CONCERNED THAT NEW [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 7. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey believes the language on Kirkuk in the Iraqi draft constitution will remove safeguards currently in place in the TAL and give the Iraqi Kurds a "green light" to press forward with making the province part of the KRA. [...]	2005-08-24 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA497	U.S. VISITS HELPS TURKISH FEMA REFORM TURKEY'S [...] Summary: Turkey's Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) received the political endorsement of Deputy Prime Minister Sahin and key ministers to broaden its authority to coordinate Turkey's emergency management system. TEMA Director General Hassan Ipek said his December visit to the U.S. with Sa [...]	2005-01-28 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL SENV TU
05ANKARA498	Turkish Central Bank Intervenes: Motives [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Central Bank made a rare direct intervention in foreign exchange markets on January 27, buying about $1.5 billion to control excess foreign exchange (FX) market volatility and excess FX liquidity. This is the first direct intervention since February 2004 when the [...]	2005-01-28 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA499	TURKS SEEK PROCEDURE FOR EMERGENCY HELO FLIGHTS [...] (S) Summary: TGS has requested permission to fly Turkish military helicopters into northern Iraq in case of an emergency and also for rotating personnel in and out of the area. We understand such permission would require the overall permission of the IIG, though MNF-I would implement the nece [...]	2005-01-28 16:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA500	CHARGE URGES TURKS TO PRODUCE POSITIVE STATEMENT [...] (C) MFA Director General for the Middle East Oguz Celikkol called in Charge Jan. 28 to discuss the upcoming elections in Iraq. Celikkol provided us with MFA's Jan. 28 statement on the elections (see para. 3). Celikkol covered familiar Turkish ground: the election process in Kirkuk as well as [...]	2005-01-28 16:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA5003	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-25 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA501	MAIN OPPOSITION CHP LEADERSHIP STRUGGLE -- BAYKAL [...] (C) Summary. Struggle between Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Baykal and Istanbul-Sisli Mayor Sarigul for control of left-of-center CHP will come to a head at the Jan. 29-30 party convention. Most observers think Baykal will win the contest, but the outcome is not a shoe-in. The U.S. h [...]	2005-01-28 17:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA503	Turkish Central Bank Intervenes: Motives [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Central Bank made a rare direct intervention in foreign exchange markets on January 27, buying about $1.5 billion to control excess foreign exchange (FX) market volatility and excess FX liquidity. This is the first direct intervention since February 2004 when the [...]	2005-01-29 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA5035	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5037	TURKEY FOLLOW UP ON TERROR FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Taking up Treasury U/S Levey's offer to help in Turkey's preparation for its upcoming FATF review, Turkey's financial intelligence unit, MASAK, is organizing an interagency GOT group to meet with Embassy on September 15. The goal of the meeting is to identify areas for focused [...]	2005-08-26 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER TU
05ANKARA504	TURKEY PLANS TO PROVIDE STAFF AND MATERIALS FOR [...] (C) TGS/J3 LTG Yalcin told DCM and PolMilCouns on Jan. 26 that Turkey was planning to offer significant training and support for the Afghan War College. PolMilOff followed up Jan. 27 with Aydin Evirgen, MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia. Evirgen said that the plan--which still requir [...]	2005-01-29 17:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EAID TU AF
05ANKARA5061	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-29 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5064	SECOND THREAT LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY OFFICER [...] (SBU) On August 29, 2005 Embassy Deputy Political Officer Charles Blaha received a threatening letter, written in Arabic, similar to the letter received by post's Political Military Counselor (then Acting DCM) (reftel) on August 22, 2005. The letter was received by Blaha through the embassy [...]	2005-08-29 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA5065	FUEL FLOWING AGAIN TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Fuel shipments through Turkey to U.S. military and SOMO depots appear to have resumed following the partial clearing of SOMO payment arrears owed to Turkish suppliers and the establishment of a new Turkish system for monitoring deliveries in order to reduce smuggling. At the s [...]	2005-08-29 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECIN PREL IZ TU
05ANKARA5080	DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH TURKEY ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. DAS Bryza and Turkey's senior energy bureaucrat agreed that the imminent completion of the BTC pipeline set the stage for new areas of bilateral energy cooperation, including on Turkish Straits "bypass" pipelines, supplying gas to southern and southeastern Europe, and U.S. inv [...]	2005-08-31 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV TU GG IZ AZ BTC
05ANKARA5107	TURKEY: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Turkey has made a commitment to eliminate child labor as it pursues its EU membership bid. The GOT's short-term goal is to limit and improve the conditions under which children work. The GOT's long-term goal is to increase access to basic and vocational education as a means of improving the [...]	2005-09-01 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID

05ANKARA5109	GOT WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY FOLLOWING THROUGH ON [...] (C) Summary: Political observers widely credit PM Erdogan with breaking new rhetorical ground on the Kurdish issue in the context of his recent visit to Diyarbakir. But contacts say they doubt the GOT is prepared to follow through on the initiative. Members of the (PKK-related) Democratic Peo [...]	2005-09-01 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5113	FOOD AID AND THE WTO MESSAGE DELIVERED TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-01 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TU WTO AID
05ANKARA5114	STATE OF PLAY ON TURKEY-PKK [...] (S/NF) Summary: The PKK issue remains at the top of the political agenda in Turkey. Ethnic tensions--along with the death toll--are on the rise, while crowds at funerals of soldiers killed in PKK attacks have added "Damn the USA" to their traditional chant, "Damn the PKK." The Turks apprecia [...]	2005-09-01 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA5115	PKK FUNERAL CLASH INDICATES RISING TENSION IN [...] (C) Summary: One demonstrator was found dead following an August 28 clash in Batman between police and a group of PKK sympathizers trying to claim the bodies of six PKK fighters killed by Turkish military forces. Relatives of the victim say he was shot to death by police; the Batman police chi [...]	2005-09-01 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
05ANKARA5116	ANKARA EAC MEETING 09/01/2005 [...] (SBU) Charge chaired the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 9/01/05 to discuss implications of a second threat letter received by an Embassy Officer (reftel). In attendance were representatives from each of the following sections/agencies: RSO, MGT, CON, DAO, POL, PAS, MSG, ECON, INC, ESO, [...]	2005-09-01 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA5119	ADDRESSING THE AI THREAT IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary. Post delivered referenced talking points to officials at the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA). MARA officials are very concerned that Avian Influenza could spread to Turkey primarily by wild bird populations migrating from Russia. Officials welcomed a [...]	2005-09-01 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR TBIO KSTH
05ANKARA5122	TRADE MINISTER TUZMEN WASHINGTON MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. Turkish State Minister Tuzmen does not appear to have a specific agenda for his September 8-9 meetings at USTR, Commerce and DHS. In addition to our agriculture and IPR issues, it would be helpful to remind the tin-eared Minister of the importance of communication and dialogue [...]	2005-09-02 08:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EINV BEXP TU
05ANKARA5133	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-02 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5139	TERRORISM FINANCE: YASIN AL-QADI - STATUS OF ASSET [...] (SBU) Accoring to Turkish Foreign Ministry officials, a freeze on $3 million in al-Qadi assets found in Turkish bank accounts remains in place, although al-Qadi continues his legal challenge in Turkish courts of the Council of Ministers' freeze order (see ref b). The Turkish Court that revi [...]	2005-09-02 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER PGOV PREL TU EUN
05ANKARA5140	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 16- 31, 2005 [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...]	2005-09-02 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5157	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-02 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5163	GOT HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL RESIGNS, OFFICE MAY BE [...] (C) Summary: Vahit Bicak, head of the GOT's Human Rights Presidency, told us he will resign this month, out of frustration over the lack of support for the office from PM Erdogan and other GOT leaders. He said Erdogan informed him that he will not back a plan to create a new, independent huma [...]	2005-09-02 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5164	TURKEY PROVIDES THE STAGE FOR HISTORIC [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul was the scene of historic August 31 - September 1 meetings between Israel FM Shalom and Pakistani FM Kasuri. The Pakistanis contacted Turkish PM Erdogan for help in setting up the meeting; the Turks had no role in its political substance. The GOI appreciates Turkey's [...]	2005-09-02 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS PK
05ANKARA5165	TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT TALAFAR [...] (C) The GOT Deputy Special Envoy for Iraq, Ethem Tokdemir, briefed PolMilCouns Sept. 1 on Turkish concerns and actions regarding Talafar. He reported that a delegation of 17 tribal Turkmen leaders from Talafar (nine Shia, six Sunni, two unknown--full list in para. 5) traveled to Ankara and met [...]	2005-09-02 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA5166	ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UN: TURKEY HAS INVITATION [...] (C) A/DCM and PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Middle East Director General Oguz Celikkol on September 2. Celikkol, who was already aware of the points based on USUN's demarche to the Turkish Mission to the UN, acknowledged that PM Erdogan had, indeed, received an invitation [...]	2005-09-03 03:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY TU UNGA SYRIA
05ANKARA5168	TURKEY AND POTENTIAL GAS TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 06:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD TU GG AZ
05ANKARA5172	TURKEY VIEW ON BTC SECURITY AND CEYHAN INAUGURATION [...] (SBU) BTC Inauguration at Ceyhan: MFA DDG Energy Mithat Rende told Econ Counselor on September 2 that the GOT expected the BTC first oil tanker loading at Ceyhan to be scheduled for either mid December or March. He said that BP's current forecast for BTC completion estimated end of December [...]	2005-09-06 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL TU GG AZ BTC
05ANKARA5182	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5183	THE POST-GYMNICH VIEW FROM ANKARA: TURKS MAY [...] (C) Summary: GOT officials express differing degrees of displeasure with the draft text of an EU counter-declaration to the July 29 Turkish declaration of non-recognition of the Republic of Cyprus (ROC). In the end, the Turks will probably accept it if the text does not vary from the current [...]	2005-09-06 16:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY EU
05ANKARA5190	RULING AKP'S GRASSROOTS DIFFICULTIES IN ANKARA'S [...] (C) Summary. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) faces challenges in trying to maintain momentum in meeting its extremely ambitious goals for grassroots party building. AKP is running into difficulty filling party slots with clean, competent people; corrupt politicians, businessme [...]	2005-09-07 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA5191	GOT SENDING MONTREAL CONVENTION TO PARLIAMENT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-07 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON TU
05ANKARA5193	TURKISH BUSINESSMAN OFFERS 1.2 MILLION BOTTLES [...] This is an action cable. Please see para 6. 2. Summary: Turkish businessman Hasan Akincioglu has offered 1.2 million bottles of US Army VETCOM approved water to the relief efforts. Akincioglu has worked for 35 years with the US military stationed at Incirlik Air Force Base in Adana. He r [...]	2005-09-07 11:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL TU
05ANKARA5195	REQUEST FOR DOD PARTICIPATION IN IDEF 2005 [...] (U) This report contains sensitive Business Information; please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post understands that Turkey's Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul has invited Secretary Rumsfeld and two US officials of his choice to participate in IDEF 2005, the 7th International Defense In [...]	2005-09-07 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS TU
05ANKARA5196	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-07 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5208	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-07 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5209	TURKS AND TALAFAR: CONTINUING CONCERN, MOUNTING [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 4. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT continues to express deep concern about the situation in Talafar, a predominantly Turkmen city in northwest Ninewah province. MFA officials have peppered us with questions about the latest situation there and have [...]	2005-09-07 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA5210	TFUS01: TURKS RESPOND WITH COMPASSION AND [...] Summary: The GOT and Turkish citizens responded generously and compassionately in the aftermath of Katrina, both by publicly expressing condolences and by offering assistance to the affected region. Prime Minister Tayip Erdogan rebutted some of the commentary in the Islamist-oriented press by [...]	2005-09-07 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL TU
05ANKARA5220	TURKEY NUCLEAR QUEST AND U.S. TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Turkish officials prefer U.S. technology to implement its decision to develop a civilian nuclear power capability, Westinghouse and GE reps, both with previous bad experiences in Turkey, are skeptical about Turkey's will, capacity, and commitment to a transparent, non-pol [...]	2005-09-08 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
05ANKARA5221	TALAFAR SITUATION: TURKS ALLEGE IRANIAN (AND [...] (C) Summary: A senior Turkish MFA official speculated that Iran and/or the Iraqi Kurds may be "playing a game" in Talafar in order to eventually control the city, using CF ops to their own ends. We continue to try to feed as much factual information on Talafar as possible to the Turks in orde [...]	2005-09-08 08:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA5222	NEW DCHOD WANTS US TO TAKE ONE STEP TO DEMONSTRATE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish General Staff (TGS) Deputy Chief GEN Isik Kosaner told the Charge on Sept. 7 that he wanted to further improve US-Turkey mil-mil relations during his tenure. He pointed to the expected Sept. 8-9 visit of EUCOM CDR and CENTCOM D/CDR as a positive contribution to a relatio [...]	2005-09-08 09:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PINR TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA5223	DAS BRYZA'S AUGUST 25-26 VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: DAS Bryza attended a series of positive meetings with Turkish officials to promote a renewed strategic partnership between the US and Turkey. While noting that the U.S.-Turkish relationship is broad and multidimensional, Turkish interlocutors repeatedly stressed the importance of [...]	2005-09-08 10:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU PGOV PINS PREL
05ANKARA5233	ORHAN PAMUK CASE - CHARGE' TELEGRAPHS USG CONCERNS [...] (C) During a September 7 meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ali Tuygan, CDA McEldowney raised the freedom of speech court case that has been brought against world-renowned author Orhan Pamuk. Pamuk has been charged with "insulting Turks" for written remarks in which he made reference to the Armeni [...]	2005-09-08 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
05ANKARA5236	TURKS PREPARED TO ACCEPT EXISTING FRAMEWORK [...] (C) Summary: In separate September 7 meetings with MFA Deputy U/S Bozkir and U/S Tuygan, Charge learned that the Turks are prepared to stomach some fairly tough language in the Negotiating Framework, especially if they can get slightly modified language in the Counter-Declaration, linking Cy [...]	2005-09-08 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EU TU
05ANKARA5244	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5247	TALAFAR SITUATION: TURKS WANT TO SEND HA SEPT. 10 [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (C) Recalling his discussion with us the previous day (reftel),MFA MidEast DG Oguz Celikkol contacted polmilcouns Sept. 8 to relay that the Turkish Red Crescent was preparing to send "on Saturday or Sunday" (Sept. 10 or 11) from Ankara three [...]	2005-09-08 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA5248	NEW TGS J-5 STRATEGY DIVISION CHIEF READY TO ENGAGE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a Sept. 8 introductory call by PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns, new TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MG Savas confirmed TGS interest in holding Caucasus Working Group and HLDG meetings this fall. Savas listed his [...]	2005-09-08 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PARM PINR TU
05ANKARA5270	KING ABDULLAH VISITS TURKEY, SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdullah visited Ankara September 5 at his initiative and met briefly with Turkish President Sezer, PM Erdogan and FonMin Gul. Focusing on Iraq, Abdullah reportedly expressed two major concerns: first, that Iraq's Sunnis are becoming alienated from the constitutional proce [...]	2005-09-09 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS IR IZ TU
05ANKARA5275	TURKEY INTERIM RESPONSE ON AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP [...] Turkey was not able to deliver a definite response to our request for commitment to join an international partnership on avian and pandemic influenza (REF A). Officials at MFA and the Ministries of Health and Agriculture said the proposal looked positive, but were unable to give an official r [...]	2005-09-09 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO TU
05ANKARA5277	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (AUGUST 2005) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to monitor the NP projects that are underway in Turkey, including Internal Control Program (ICP),Commodity Identification Training (CIT),Product Identification Tool (PIT) and Second Line of Defense (SLD). Work continued to progress despite being in the m [...]	2005-09-09 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC IZ KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA5281	PM, MINISTER CRITICIZE STATE OF ISLAMIC WORLD [...] (U) Summary: PM Erdogan and State Minister Aydin recently made public statements criticizing the state of the Islamic world and calling on Muslims to uphold the values of their faith. Using strikingly similar language, the GOT leaders said the Islamic world lags behind the West in terms of so [...]	2005-09-09 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5282	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5295	DEMONSTRATION AT AMEMBASSY ANKARA - 09/10/2005 [...] (U) On 10 September 2005 at 1300 hours (Local) approximately 200 members of the Iraqi Turks Association, the Government Workers Union, the Labor Party, and Turkish Metal Workers Union, assembled on Kennedy Caddesi across from Embassy Ankara. This planned demonstration was in support of Iraqi [...]	2005-09-12 10:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER
05ANKARA5298	TURKISH STRAITS BYPASS - SLOW BUT SURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Turkish government officials continue to assert that Samsun-Ceyhan is the best route for a "Bosphorus bypass" pipeline, regional energy company reps say a commercial consensus is forming around Burgos-Alexandropolos, with Samsun-Ceyhan a possible second bypass, particular [...]	2005-09-12 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV TU
05ANKARA5299	TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO ENERGY SUPPLY DISRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey confirmed its participation in the IEA coordinated emergency response stock release related to the Katrina energy supply disruption. Turkey released refined products from state refiner TUPRAS. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In a September 2 meeting with Econ Counselor, GOT [...]	2005-09-12 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON TU
05ANKARA5305	9/11 EVENTS IN ANKARA, ISTANBUL GENERATE POSITIVE [...] Commemorations organized by Embassy Ankara and Congen Istanbul to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks generated unusually widespread and positive coverage in the Turkish media today. Embassy Ankara organized a ceremony and wreath-laying at a monument to Turkish martyrs in the nearby muni [...]	2005-09-12 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER TU
05ANKARA5306	TURKS ALLEGE COALITION F-16S VIOLATED TURKISH [...] (C) Turkish General Staff informed ODC Turkey Sept. 9 that it had data indicating that on the same day two F-16 aircraft "assumed having taken off from Iraq" violated Turkish airspace 20 km southeast of Sirnak. TGS's note claimed that the aircraft entered Turkish airspace at 1155 local time at [...]	2005-09-12 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA5308	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5310	TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ - GOOD NEWS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's Kartet Company gained GOT regulatory approval for increasing its exports to Iraq to 300 MW from current 200 MW, but for a limited and indefinite period, in favor of aiming for a competitive tender for allocation of transmission capacity for the longer term or for a lar [...]	2005-09-13 08:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD TU IZ OPIC
05ANKARA5317	SECRETARY'S INVITATION DELIVERED TO TURKISH FM [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-13 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EU OPDC TU NATO
05ANKARA5319	TURKS WILL NOT ACCEPT UIGHURS FROM GITMO [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-13 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TU CH
05ANKARA5333	TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR [...] Summary. Faced with massive financial and implementation challenges in meeting EU environmental standards, Turkey is interested in working with the U.S. Government and private sector in key environmental areas such as medical waste, municipal solid waste, air quality monitoring, wastewater t [...]	2005-09-14 06:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO BEXP TU EU
05ANKARA5342	TURKS PUT ON POOR SHOW AT ISTANBUL TIP CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a prime opportunity to provide valuable input in the August 25-27 TIP conference, the Turkish MFA, academia, and gendarmerie representatives dropped the ball. From not understanding the difference between smuggling and trafficking, to shamelessly touting Turkey's libera [...]	2005-09-14 11:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA5346	EUCOM/CENTCOM OFFER TURKS HELP WITH PKK; ASK FOR [...] (S/rel UK and AUS) Summary: At talks with EUCOM Commander Gen James Jones and CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lt.Gen. Lance Smith on Sept. 8-9, TGS Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok indicated that Turkish cross border operations targeting the PKK in northern Iraq were not imminent, but that Turkish patience was [...]	2005-09-14 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER MARR PREL TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA5350	TURKEY'S NSC SECGEN LOOKING FOR WASHINGTON [...] (U) During an August 26 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, Turkish National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan raised the possibility of a visit to Washington this fall to meet his NSC counterparts. Alpogan first mentioned his interest in such a visit during the Charge's initial [...]	2005-09-14 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
05ANKARA5351	GOT DENIES IT PLANS TO CLOSE HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE [...] (U) The Prime Ministry issued a written statement September 8 denying press reports indicating that the GOT had decided against the creation of an independent human rights institution and was considering closing the existing Human Rights Presidency (reftel). According to the statement, the GO [...]	2005-09-14 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5352	TURKEY'S REFINERY PRIVATIZATION: ANOTHER CROWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Privatization Authority seems to have taken another important step forward, with a Koc Holding - Shell consortium committing to pay a higher-than- expected $4.14 billion for a 51 percent stake in TUPRAS, Turkey's state-owned monopoly refiner. Given past court rulings a [...]	2005-09-14 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV KTDB TU
05ANKARA5353	TURKEY OFFERS REVISIONS TO PKK "FRAMEWORK FOR [...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs Amb. Hayati Guven called in PolMilCouns Sept. 9 to hand over Turkey's proposed revisions to the PKK "Framework for Action" document (reftel) as part of the trilateral U.S.-Turkey-Iraq process on the PKK. Guven noted that MFA Deputy Under Secretary [...]	2005-09-14 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA5354	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-14 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5355	TFUS01: TURKS REMEMBER GENEROUS EARTHQUAKE [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 6. 2. Summary: The GOT has formally offered an assistance package totaling USD 2.5 million for Hurricane Katrina, including a USD 1.5 million cash donation to the American Red Cross (already sent),and USD 1 million of in-kind assistance. GOT Emergen [...]	2005-09-14 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL KPAO TU
05ANKARA5357	TURKEY GENERALLY UNHAPPY WITH DRAFT IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is generally unhappy with the draft Iraqi constitution; chief concerns are Sunni Arab participation, Kirkuk, and official recognition of the Kurdistan region. The Turks see all of these issues as tending to pull the country apart, which would be seen as an existential thr [...]	2005-09-14 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA5393	CONTACTS FORESEE CONTINUED CONFLICT IN SOUTHEAST [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-15 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU
05ANKARA5394	TFUS01: TURKS IN KIND OFFER DETAILS [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. The Turkish Government has formally offered an assistance package totaling $2.5 million for Hurricane Katrina, including $1.5 million cash donation sent to the American Red Cross, and USD 1 million of in-kind assistance to be determined (Ref A). [...]	2005-09-15 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL KPAO TU
05ANKARA5395	PKK TRILATERAL TALKS: IRAQIS SEEKING JANUARY DATE [...] (C) On Sept. 14, Iraqi DCM Abdulwahab al-Jawary informed PolMilOff that, on instructions from the Iraqi MFA Department Head for Neighboring Countries, Amb. Taha Sukur Mahmoud al-Abbasi, the ITG wished to inform us that Iraq does not want to hold the next round of PKK trilateral (U.S.-Turkey-Ir [...]	2005-09-15 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA5396	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-15 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5416	EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-16 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TU
05ANKARA5420	TURKEY APPARENTLY NOT YET DECIDED ON CANCELING [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA and TGS will discuss the cancellation of military exercises on Sept. 19. MFA is inclined to cancel (if Greece does); the TGS J5 Greece/Cyprus Branch Chief told us he will recommend the decision be linked to whether EU accession negotiations commence Oct. 3. We be [...]	2005-09-16 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL CY GR TU
05ANKARA5421	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-16 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5425	Biotech Speaker in Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary. Most Turks, including government officials, journalists and academics, continue to express concern with transgenic crops and food. Despite the available scientific evidence, most people continue to believe that food products made from transgenic crops are unsafe and should wi [...]	2005-09-19 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KSTH
05ANKARA5444	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-20 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5448	US OFFICIALS COOPERATION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: In an important gesture of our preparedness to work together with Turkey to shut down the PKK's European support network, Washington analysts presented a list of PKK financiers to an interagency group of Turkish officials. In subsequent meetings, the Charge urged Finance Minister [...]	2005-09-20 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PREL TU PKK
05ANKARA5451	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-20 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5452	TURKISH RED CRESCENT DELIVERS HUMANITARIAN AID TO [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 8. 2. (C) Summary: Press coverage of the Turkish Red Crescent's delivery of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons' camps near Talafar has included accusations by Red Crescent that U.S. forces intimidated Turkish aid workers and attempte [...]	2005-09-20 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA5483	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-21 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5496	TALKING TO TURKS: WORDS AND PHRASES TO AVOID [...] (C) Summary: Some words and phrases Westerners commonly use to describe Turkish society and Turkish politics cause unintended controversy here. Turks are still debating fundamental aspects their politics, history, society, and religion, and by using certain words or phases Western commentator [...]	2005-09-22 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PA PGOV PINS PREL TU KISL
05ANKARA5499	NSA HADLEY VISIT TO TURKEY: ANCHORING THE [...] (C) Your arrival in Ankara comes at an extraordinarily difficult moment between Turkey and the EU. Your presence and the message of solidarity that you convey will provide much-needed solace to the Turkish government and to the broader population -- both of whom are feeling abused and humilia [...]	2005-09-22 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC TU US IZ SY IR EU
05ANKARA5501	VISIT TO TURKEY OF UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR [...] SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkey comes at a time when bilateral relations are gradually but perceptibly improving. While the Turks highly value U.S. support for Turkey,s EU membership and our active work on behalf of a Cyprus settlement, the perceptions that we have done nothing to counter the [...]	2005-09-22 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PGOV PREL KPAO TU
05ANKARA5502	BABACAN SCENESETTER: TURKISH ECONOMY AT A WATERSHED [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister Babacan comes to Washington at what may be a watershed moment for the Turkish economy. If Turkey officially becomes an EU accession country October 3, and recent privatization and FDI deals are consummated, Turkey will have taken another important step away from its bo [...]	2005-09-22 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV BEXP TU
05ANKARA5504	TURKEY FINE WITH F-16 REQUEST WITHDRAWAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-22 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PK TU
05ANKARA5506	US MISSION TURKEY: RESPONSIBILITY AND [...] THE U.S. MISSION IN TURKEY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN EUROPE. WITH OVER 1200 EMPLOYEES LOCATED IN FOUR SEPARATE CITIES (ANKARA, ISTANBUL, ADANA, AND IZMIR),THE MISSION IS COMPRISED OF OVER 20 AGENCIES ENGAGED ACROSS THE FULL RANGE OF USG POLICY PRIORITIES. TURKEY IS A COUNTRY OF GREAT STRATEG [...]	2005-09-22 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT
05ANKARA5507	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-23 04:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5531	UNESCO CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-23 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL TU UNESCO
05ANKARA5533	TURKEY AND BTC: WAITING FOR OIL AT THE GEORGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and Georgia are competing to see which will be the limiting bottleneck for first oil in the BTC pipeline, each side pointing vigorously at the other. As the contest will have contractual ramifications for settling construction delays and cost overruns, it has led to som [...]	2005-09-23 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM EINV TU BTC
05ANKARA5536	TURKEY AND TURK TELEKOM: EMBASSY ASSISTS AT&T [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy helped AT&T obtain GOT regulatory approval for its merger with SBC and with researching timely resolution of problems with downed leased lines in Turkey. The Turk Telekom privatization has been delayed due to some legal attacks launched by labor unions, but all parties ar [...]	2005-09-23 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV BEXP TU
05ANKARA5539	G-8 BMENA: TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN OCTOBER 1-3 [...] MFA Policy Planning Directorate Department Head Levent Gumrukcu told Poloff September 21 that MFA Director General for Policy Planning Ambassador Mehmet Akat would lead the Turkish delegation to Rabat. MFA Coordinator for BMENA Omur Orhun has a meeting in Cairo at that time and will not be a [...]	2005-09-23 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PREL KMPI TU BMENA
05ANKARA5540	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-24 01:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA561	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: You arrive in Turkey as we begin to recalibrate bilateral relations emphasizing renewed dialogue on areas of mutual concern to maximize achievable cooperation. We are working with a different democratizing Turkey as elites rotate and under the impact of widespread, and disaffect [...]	2005-02-01 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TU IZ
05ANKARA5621	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, August 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Thursday, September [...]	2005-09-27 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA5627	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, August 2005 [...] (SBU) Discussion of a new National Security Policy document (outlining the government's priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external security),which was postponed to August from the June NSC meeting, was not discussed in the NSC bi-monthly meeting of August 23. No offic [...]	2005-09-27 11:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA5632	CDA DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH MINISTER AYDIN [...] (U) Summary: CDA emphasized to State Minister Aydin during a September 21 meeting the importance the USG places on religious freedom, and asked if he would join her in efforts to promote religious tolerance in Turkey. Aydin averred that he supports such efforts in principle, but they are poli [...]	2005-09-27 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5634	TURKISH MEDIA COVERAGE - VISIT OF APNSA HADLEY [...] Turkish media coverage of APNSA Hadley's September 23-25 visit to Ankara has generally been straightforward, accurate, and positive. Not surprisingly, most papers focused on Hadley's public remarks on the the need for the United States to do more to address Turkey's concerns about PKK terrori [...]	2005-09-27 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5635	TURKEY: INTERAGENCY TERRORISM FINANCE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In follow-up to Treasury U/S Levey's June visit and the subsequent exchange of letters regarding Turkey's counter-terror finance (CTF) regime, Embassy met with an interagency GOT group on September 15. The focus was on pending legislative changes that GOT officials assert wi [...]	2005-09-27 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER TU
05ANKARA5636	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-27 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA566	TURKEY ENERGY: BTC, GAS, AND LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the Energy UnderSecretary, Turkey continues to make progress on liberalizing its electricity and gas sectors, but there are still details to be filled in on the underlying legislation and action plan for privatization. He said Russia is welcome to compete for priv [...]	2005-02-01 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET TU
05ANKARA5677	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5695	TURKS TO U/S HUGHES: DEEPER DIALOGUE WELCOME [...] (C) U/S Hughes met September 28 with Turkish FonMin Gul and MFA U/S Tuygan. Gul stressed Turkey's desire for stability on its borders, its concerns over developments in Iraq, and the need to maintain dialogue with Syria and Iran in order to change their behavior. On the PKK and terrorism, Gu [...]	2005-09-29 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KWMN SCUL TU
05ANKARA57	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-05 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5721	BOTH GOT AND MARKET PLAYERS SAY THEY'RE READY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
05ANKARA5727	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA577	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-01 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA581	MAIN OPPOSITION CHP LEADERSHIP STUGGLE -- BAYKAL'S [...] (C) Summary. Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Baykal was re-elected chairman of CHP at the party's convention on 28-29 January. Baykal's re-election marks a significant victory over his key political rivals within the party, but the negative publicity surrounding their leadership strug [...]	2005-02-01 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU

05ANKARA5825	APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH PM ERDOGAN: [...] (C) Summary: In a 90-minute meeting with APNSA Hadley on September 23, Turkish PM Erdogan spoke of the challenges in the Middle East and the need for concrete steps to promote democracy. In that context, he stressed his theme of building personal relations with leaders of Turkey's neighbors, [...]	2005-09-30 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS KPAL CY
05ANKARA5841	APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH NSC SECRETARY GENERAL [...] SUMMARY: In a one-hour meeting with APSNA Hadley on September 23, National Security Council Secretary General Yigit Alpogan spoke of the importance of opening new channels of dialogue to enhance the U.S.-Turkish relationship. The GOT appreciates U.S. support with the accession process, but w [...]	2005-09-30 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS PA
05ANKARA5843	APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN [...] (C) Summary. U/S Tuygan and APNSA Hadley both stressed the importance of U.S.-Turkish strategic partnership and agreed on the need for a bilateral strategic dialogue concerning the full range of cooperation on regional issues. Tuygan, however, also implied that Turkey feels overburdened by EU [...]	2005-09-30 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS PA
05ANKARA5845	APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH CHOD OZKOK [...] (C) Summary: Despite our occasional differences over Iraq, Turkey remains America's strategic partner, asserted Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok to APNSA Hadley. Ozkok reviewed Turkish views of the Black Sea, Caucasus, and Central Asia. He outlined the "nuclear chain" stretching from North Korea, Indi [...]	2005-09-30 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER KPKO TU IZ AF RS NATO
05ANKARA589	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 4 of 4 (septel). Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ A. (U) The GOT issued 26 humanitarian visas to allow victims [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA590	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PREVENTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 4 (septel). Prevention ---------- A. (SBU) Turkish MFA Illegal Migration Department Head Iskender Okyay stated that the two hundred sixty-two TIP [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA591	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA592	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 4 (septel). Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish [...]	2005-02-02 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5932	TURKS BITTER, RESIGNED AS EU DELIBERATES - "IT'S [...] (U) Summary: Turkish leaders across the political spectrum displayed wounded pride and bitter resignation on the eve of the planned October 3 start of EU accession talks. Turkey has done its part, PM Erdogan and FM Gul stressed; the decision now rests with the EU. The public mood has turned [...]	2005-10-03 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU
05ANKARA5943	TURKEY - INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 12:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI TU WHO
05ANKARA5947	SUBJECT: TURKISH MEDIA COVERAGE - VISIT OF UNDER [...] Turkish media coverage of Under Secretary Hughes' September 27-29 visit to Ankara and Istanbul was generally fair and factual. Coming on the eve of Turkey's historic start of EU accession talks, scheduled for October 3, coverage was less comprehensive than it might otherwise have been. The v [...]	2005-10-03 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5948	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, September [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Bu Gun on Saturday, September [...]	2005-10-03 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA5949	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5951	HOW TO TALK TO TURKS: THREE PROTOTYPICAL [...] (C) Summary: Our Turkish interlocutors can roughly be divided into three groups: elites; players; and "real Turks". USG officials generally find themselves speaking with elites (western-oriented decision makers or aspiring decision makers),who appear to share their views in order to be polit [...]	2005-10-04 06:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PA PGOV PINS PREL TU KISL
05ANKARA5953	WHAT IS BEHIND TURKEY'S BLACK SEA POLICY? [...] (C) Summary: Turkey makes a strong distinction between Black Sea maritime security and broader security challenges in the larger region (such as frozen conflicts). We see Turkish pride of place as a main driver of their approach to the former, though a genuine desire to draw Russia into cooperation [...]	2005-10-04 09:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU RO BU GG UP RS
05ANKARA5978	TURKEY, THE MORNING AFTER [...] (C) Summary: The morning after Turkish FM Gul made his late-evening, oft-postponed flight to Luxembourg to officially open Turkey's EU accession negotiations, Turkish officials and media alike are hailing the step as an historic accomplishment. Last minute changes to the negotiating framewo [...]	2005-10-04 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU TU
05ANKARA5984	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5985	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5986	TURKISH BUSINESS RELIEVED OVER START OF EU [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, the business community breathed a collective sigh of relief over the start of EU accession talks, though many claimed they had always been confident of the outcome. The business community has been among a key constituency in support of EU accession, however, their [...]	2005-10-04 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECIN TU EU
05ANKARA6004	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL TU
05ANKARA6012	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6033	TURKEY TO CONSIDER DRAFT AGREEMENT ON REMOTE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC MARR PARM PINR PREL MASS TU
05ANKARA6036	THE ANNAN PLAN AND UNTYING THE CYPRUS KNOT: [...] (C) In the aftermath of October 3, there may be an opportunity for us to make a renewed push toward a Cyprus settlement. Though we hesitate to express even guarded optimism, we do believe that the time has come for us to take a hard look at alternative ways forward. We applaud Embassy Nicos [...]	2005-10-06 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
05ANKARA606	TURKEY IMF AGREEMENT IN TROUBLE OVER INVESTMENT LAW [...] (C) Summary. According to the local IMF representative, a Turkish government decision to move ahead with a regional investment incentives law is imperiling the Fund's December agreement on the terms of a new three-year stand-by program. Minister Babacan was apparently powerless to prevent Co [...]	2005-02-02 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
05ANKARA6060	GOT: NEW LAW ON THE MENTALLY DISABLED WILL ADDRESS [...] (U) Summary: An international NGO issued a report September 28 asserting that Turkey's treatment of the mentally disabled is "tantamount to torture." The report alleges that Turkish psychiatric institutions employ practices such as shock therapy and physical restraint in ways that violate int [...]	2005-10-06 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA6062	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6065	MILITARY PENSION FUND WINS STEEL PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, the Turkish Privatization Authority held a tender auction for another "Crown Jewel," the state-owned steel company, Erdemir (Eregli Iron and Steel Industries of Turkey). The OYAK group, the military pension fund with diversified industrial holdings, won the auction [...]	2005-10-06 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPRV EFIN ECON BEXP EIND EINV TU
05ANKARA6066	BSEC SECGEN PUSHES FOR ACTIVE U.S. ROLE [...] (SBU) In a September 27 meeting with Charge, Ambassador Tedo Japaridze was delighted that Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) "senior officials" had agreed to U.S. observer status in the organization. This would make his job of making BSEC a more effective organization. He said the decis [...]	2005-10-06 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD PREL TU
05ANKARA607	USDP FEITH'S DISCUSSION WITH DCHOD BASBUG [...] (C) On January 31 in Ankara, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith met with Turkish Deputy Chief of Defense General Ilker Basbug. 2. (C) The Bilateral Relationship - Basbug described TU-US relations as "long-lasting" and "comprehensive" and added "It's not wise to tie our rela [...]	2005-02-02 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR IZ AF TU
05ANKARA6073	BOSNIA: TURKEY ON PRE-DAYTON ANNIVERSARY AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 07:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BK TU
05ANKARA6074	ICJ ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 07:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TU UNSC UNGA
05ANKARA6077	TURKEY'S DISASTER MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE: HAS IT [...] (SBU) Summary: After the devastating 1999 Marmara earthquake that occurred in Turkey, the World Bank required the 2000 establishment of a Turkish Emergency Management Agency to coordinate all disaster relief efforts. In addition, the GOT investigated charges of fraud and abuse of office in th [...]	2005-10-07 09:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID TU
05ANKARA608	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-02 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6083	EXBS: POSTPONEMENT OF DHS/CBP BORDER ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Post does not now provide country clearance for three officials from DHS/CBP to come to Turkey Oct 13-21 to conduct a country assessment in preparation for future engagement between CBP and the Turkish Customs authority. At present, the proposed visit would not achieve its desired goals du [...]	2005-10-07 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA6095	SOMO ARREARS TO TURKEY REACH $668 MILLION [...] (C) MFA Coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Amb. Koray Targay called in A/DCM Oct. 6 to report that arrears owed to Turkish companies by the Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) for humanitarian fuel for the Iraqi people had reached U.S.$ 688 million. In total, SOMO o [...]	2005-10-07 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA6096	IRAQ/KURDS: VISIT OF IRAQI PLANNING MINISTER [...] (C/Rel MCF-I) During a late September visit to Turkey, Iraqi Planning Minister Barham Salih proposed opening a second Turkey-Iraq border crossing about five kilometers west of the Habur Gate. According to the MFA, he noted with concern increasing Iranian influence in Iraq and was critical of [...]	2005-10-07 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL PTER IZ TU
05ANKARA6099	(S) IRAQ: TURKEY ENCOURAGES SUNNI PARTICIPATION, [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) MFA Director General for the Middle East and South Asia Oguz Celikkol briefed us October 7 on recent GOT contacts with Iraqi Sunni representatives as well as two envoys from Muqtada al-Sadr. Celikkol said the GOT u [...]	2005-10-07 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IZ TU
05ANKARA6100	IRAQ: TURKEY WANTS TO SEND HUMANITARIAN AID TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. Humanitarian Aid for Talafar and Kirkuk --------------------------------------- 2. (C) MFA Coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Amb. Koray Targay called in A/DCM Oct. 6 to inform us that Turkey wishes to provide humanitari [...]	2005-10-07 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA6101	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6105	Turkey's AI Outbreak - More Questions [...] Summary. Turkey is waiting for the results of tests, which were sent to England to determine the type of Avian Influenza (AI) that was detected in a turkey flock near Baliksehir last week. There is still some uncertainty among officials whether the virus is the H5N1 strain. The outbreak o [...]	2005-10-10 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO
05ANKARA6106	COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary. Turkey has a reputation for being a moderate, secular, and democratic country with a Muslim population. The reality of Islam in Turkey, however, is more complicated. The State actively represses unofficial expressions of Islam. Violent Turkish Islamic extremism does exist. Mi [...]	2005-10-11 06:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA611	USDP FEITH'S FEB. 1 MEETING WITH TURKISH NSC [...] (U) During their Feb. 1 meeting in Ankara, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith and Turkish National Security Council Secretary-General Amb. Yigit Alpogan discussed the following issues: 2. (C) Iraq: Alpogan analyzed the elections: --"More or less successful." --60% turnou [...]	2005-02-02 17:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PTER TU IZ AF
05ANKARA6138	Turkey's AI Outbreak - More Details [...] Summary. More details are emerging about the recent AI outbreak in Turkey. On Thursday, officials expect to receive test results for specimens sent to England to determine the subtype Avian Influenza (AI) that was detected in a turkey flock last week. The government has been taking extraor [...]	2005-10-11 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO
05ANKARA6181	LAUNCHING A STRUCTURED STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) With the October 3 EU decision on Turkey's accession negotiations behind us, it is time to turn toward consolidation of recent gains made in our bilateral relationship and to expand regional cooperation with Ankara. One way to do this is to establish a more structured policy dialogue that [...]	2005-10-12 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU US
05ANKARA6182	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-12 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6183	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 04:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6185	ANKARA EAC MEETING 10/11/2005 [...] (U) Charge chaired the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 10/11/05 to address the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) in a town in northwestern Turkey (refs B and C). In attendance were representatives from each of the following sections/agencies: RSO, MGT, RMO, IMO, CON, DAO, POL, PAS, [...]	2005-10-13 04:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AMGT AMED CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA6190	GOT SEES TIFA AS OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE IMPROVED [...] (U) During an October 11 meeting with visiting State EUR/SE Director Doug Silliman, Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) Director General of Agreements Tevfik Mengu said that the upcoming November 30 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting provides an opportunity for Tu [...]	2005-10-13 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV TU
05ANKARA6191	EXBS: PROBLEMS WITH BORDER SECURITY IN TURKEY [...] (U) Summary: Turkish MFA has requested a hold on travel to border areas under the EXBS program until the Turkish Parliament ratifies the recently signed Nonproliferation Cooperation Agreement. Following ratification, expected by the end of October, full implementation of the EXBS program, in [...]	2005-10-13 07:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC LG PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA6229	REHN OFFERS TURKEY FRESH START, URGES CONTINUED [...] (U) Summary: During his October 5-8 visit to Turkey, EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn offered a fresh start in Turkey's EU bid and called on the GOT to continue the reform process that enabled Turkey to open accession negotiations. Rehn pressed PM Erdogan, FM Gul and other GOT leaders to make [...]	2005-10-13 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE EU
05ANKARA6230	UKRAINE MUNITIONS: TURKEY WILL URGE UKRAINE TO [...] (SBU) On Oct. 3, PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Department for NATO Political Affairs Atilla Gunay to deliver ref a demarche. Gunay responded that Turkey will indeed urge the Ukrainian government to finalize the NATO-PfP Trust Fund implementing agreement with the NATO Maintenance and Supply [...]	2005-10-13 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS UP TU NATO
05ANKARA6231	SOMO ARREARS TO TURKEY AND FUEL SHORTFALL TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) MFA informed EconOff on October 13 that SOMO arrears (45 days past product delivery) to Turkish fuel suppliers had grown to $750 million and urged the USG to make demarches in Iraq to alleviate this growing problem (Ref A). According to the MFA, SOMO recently annulled 22 of 36 contracts [...]	2005-10-13 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EPET PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA6232	H5N1 Avian Influenza Confirmed in Turkey [...] Summary. The Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced that tests from the recent outbreak confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of Avian Influenza in Turkey. Samples had been sent to England earlier this week for testing. The Minister of Health made a similar announc [...]	2005-10-13 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU
05ANKARA6233	TURKISH MFA ON COOPERATION AGAINST PKK [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with visiting EUR/SE Director Doug Silliman, Turkish MFA Director General for Security Affairs Hayati Guven provided a list of seven PKK names that the GOT recommends we jointly target in Western Europe, all of which are the subject of Interpol red notices. Three of [...]	2005-10-13 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER KTFN PREL PREF IZ PKK
05ANKARA6236	Turkish Agriculture on the Eve of EU Negotiations [...] Summary. Turkey is expected to open the chapter on agriculture by January 2006. While agriculture will be one of the more difficult negotiations, given the significant and wrenching changes needed in rural areas, Turkey may benefit from the process itself. The Turkish government is being c [...]	2005-10-14 08:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO
05ANKARA6245	SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY ACTIVIST ON PKK AND GOT'S [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Diyarbakir Human Rights Association President Selahattin Demirtas reflects the views of many Consulate regional contacts regarding recent increased PKK activities in the Southeast. He believes that both the PKK and the military a [...]	2005-10-14 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV TU PHUM
05ANKARA6246	OCTOBER 7 LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM TURKISH [...] Embassy Ankara received a diplomatic note dated October 7 from the MFA requesting that we forward to the Secretary the text of a letter from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Abdullah Gul. According to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Turkish Embassy in Wa [...]	2005-10-14 11:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU
05ANKARA6248	U/S JOSEPH DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION IN TURKEY, [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary Joseph urged Turkey to take a resolute stand on Iran's nuclear weapons program during his September 29-30 visit to Ankara. Finance Minister Unakitan pledged to work with the United States to address proliferation financing and requested additional information on c [...]	2005-10-14 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA6251	ANKARA AGREEMENT EXTENSION PROTOCOL FACES FIGHT IN [...] (C) Summary: Although EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn recently urged Turkey to ratify the Ankara Agreement extension protcol as soon as possible (ref A),the GOT still has made no decision on when to send the protocol to the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA). The GOT, initially intent [...]	2005-10-14 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
05ANKARA6255	TURKEY AND TALAFAR: A GOOD NEWS STORY, MOSTLY [...] (C/REL GBR, AUS) Thanks to the efforts of our colleagues in Iraq, Embassy Ankara was able to work effectively to blunt negative public and policymaker opinion regarding the operations in Talafar last month. Turks are particularly sensitive about Talafar, a predominantly Turkmen city in northw [...]	2005-10-14 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA6258	REPLY TO PROPOSAL TO ANALYZE LEU SEIZED IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Turkey is willing to support a visit of U.S. experts to review previous tests conducted by the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority and other evidence seized in a police sting operation in Istanbul. Turkey is also conceptually willing to participate in the joint foren [...]	2005-10-14 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	AU KNNP PARM RS TU
05ANKARA6259	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-14 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6262	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (SEPTEMBER [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor served as control officer for the visit of State Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph. Also, in September EXBS Advisor coordinated a Commodity Identification Training (CIT) refresher course and related meetings for Turkish Custo [...]	2005-10-14 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA6291	Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey [...] Summary. Although there have been several suspicious cases of bird deaths in the Western and Eastern regions of the country, there have been no new outbreaks of Avian Influenza in Turkey. The Government plans to lift the quarantine restrictions in the AI affected zone by the end of the mont [...]	2005-10-17 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU
05ANKARA6292	IS TURKEY'S FISCAL POLICY TOO TIGHT? [...] (SBU) Summary: The very large size of Turkey's primary fiscal surplus target -- 6.5 % of GDP for the last four years -- has emerged as a key issue in discussions between the IMF and Turkey. While the IMF seems to have prevailed in its insistence on additional fiscal tightening in 2006, the [...]	2005-10-17 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN TU
05ANKARA6293	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-17 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6294	TURKEY AND BTC: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN THE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary. As oil creeps through BTC toward the Turkish border, Turkish officials privately expect that a "first oil" ceremony will not be held in Ceyhan until March 2006. Meanwhile, a UK official looking at allegations of human rights abuses by BTC in Turkish villages, was generally [...]	2005-10-17 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PHUM EINV TU GG BTC
05ANKARA63	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JAN. 3 MEETING WITH SPEAKER OF [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary emphasized the importance of strong U.S.-Turkish consultations on a wide range of issues. In response to Speaker Arinc's emotional criticism of "100,000 deaths" in Iraq and the Fallujah operation, the Deputy Secretary pointed to the misuse of mosques by insur [...]	2005-01-05 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
05ANKARA6300	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT DISCUSSES JUDICIAL [...] (U) Summary: Tulay Tugcu, newly elected president of Turkey's Constitutional Court, told Charge during an October 7 meeting that she is proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow individual citizens to apply directly to the Court. Tugcu defended the headscarf ban in universities as [...]	2005-10-18 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA6302	AFYON: PROSPERITY AND INEQUALITY IN AN ANATOLIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afyon, a clean and prosperous town located three hours southwest of Ankara, is better off than many Turkish cities, yet visiting PolOffs heard complaints about the economy. We met with a variety of citizens in Afyon, including businessmen, farmers, academics and government off [...]	2005-10-18 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA6303	ANKARA'S NEW TIP SHELTER -- MUNICIPALITY SETS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Ankara Trafficking in Persons (TIP) shelter, second in Turkey after Istanbul, will start accepting victims of trafficking (VOTs) by the end of October. The Ankara Municipality has delivered a first-rate shelter, totally renovated and furnished, and has offered to pay [...]	2005-10-18 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6308	TURKS PRESENT CSI DRAFT AGREEMENT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On October 12, GOT MFA Maritime Director Basat Ozturk presented emboffs with a GOT draft of an agreement that would implement the Container Security Initiative (CSI). Ozturk focused on the import [...]	2005-10-18 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU
05ANKARA6310	TURKEY-ISRAEL: NORTH-SOUTH ENERGY AND WATER LINKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and Israel announced ambitious plans for energy and water links, building on earlier announcements from both countries with Russia. This North- South energy corridor is intended to complement, not compete with, the East-West Energy Corridor. For Turkey, it is important [...]	2005-10-18 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV TU IS RU
05ANKARA6311	URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL SCUL TU BHUM ETRC UNESCO
05ANKARA6312	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6313	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6315	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] The 7th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the bi-annual Turkish defense fair) was held on September 27-30 in Ankara. Four hundred thirty-one companies from 52 countries participated in the fair. Twenty-one American companies had stands in IDEF: Boeing, Bren-Tronics, CPS, EOTECH, Ha [...]	2005-10-19 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA6316	TURKEY: EDUCATION COUNCIL PRESIDENT SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Erdogan Tezic, president of Turkey's Higher Education Council (YOK),told Charge during an October 17 meeting that he supports the reopening of the Halki seminary, and believes a solution can be found if Greece and Turkey discuss their respective religious minorities. He said Halk [...]	2005-10-19 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA6318	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Guardian Unlimited on Saturday [...]	2005-10-19 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6323	ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE AGREE TO SHARED COMMAND OF [...] On Oct. 18, PolMilOff discussed with COL Yakub Battal of the TGS J3 the state of play of negotiations between France and Turkey on their proposal to jointly command ISAF's Kabul Multinational Brigade beginning in mid-2006. Battal reported that France and Turkey have reached agreement, and woul [...]	2005-10-19 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS KPKO PREL TU FR AF NATO
05ANKARA6324	TURKEY'S VIEW ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE [...] PolCouns delivered ref E demarche on UNESCO Cultural Diversity Vote to Ambassador Sule Soysal, Director General for Overseas Promotion and Cultural Affairs on October 19. PolCouns explained U.S. concerns regarding the restriction of trade and the free flow of ideas that may occur. 2. Soys [...]	2005-10-19 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL SCUL TU BHUM ETRC UNESCO
05ANKARA6325	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-19 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ TU
05ANKARA6326	AFYON: PROSPERITY AND INEQUALITY IN AN ANATOLIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afyon, a prosperous town located three hours southwest of Ankara, is better off than many Turkish cities, yet visiting PolOffs heard complaints about the economy. We met with a variety of citizens in Afyon, including businessmen, farmers, academics and government officials. A [...]	2005-10-20 06:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ECON EFIN EAGR TU
05ANKARA6337	CENTER-RIGHT ANAP: A TURKISH BEE RISES FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, more than 20 Turkish MPs have defected to the ostensibly center-right, liberal, and democratic Motherland Party (ANAP),giving ANAP the right to form its own group in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA). As an official parliamentary group, ANA [...]	2005-10-20 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA6339	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TURKEY REQUESTS [...] Acting PolMilCouns delivered to Turkish MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Osman Yavuzalp on Oct. 20 reftel talking points and request for a meeting with Turkish experts on the margins of the CWC 10th Conference of the States Parties to discuss the draft agreement on challenge i [...]	2005-10-20 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR KTIA TU GR CWC
05ANKARA6348	ISRAEL AT UNGA I AND II -- TURKEY UNDECIDED [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref demarches on the Holocaust Remembrance Resolution as well opposing anti-Israel bias to Turkish MFA Middle East department officer Cagri Sakar on October 20. Holocaust Resolution -- Israel Gives Turkey an "Out" --------------------------------------------- ------- [...]	2005-10-20 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IS TU UNGA
05ANKARA6349	TURKISH MND REQUESTS BILAT WITH SECDEF AT SEDM [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. On October 17, 2005, Embassy received a diplomatic note confirming that Turkish Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul has accepted the U.S. invitation to the December 6-8 SEDM. Gonul requests a bilateral meeting with SecDef on the margins of th [...]	2005-10-20 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU
05ANKARA6351	SUSTAINING INTERCHANGE WITH TURKISH CYPRIOTS [...] (C) Summary: In line with Embassies Nicosia and Athens ideas for a post-October 3 way forward on Cyprus, Embassy Ankara offers two suggestions: initiating a sustained interchange with Turkish Cypriot authorities in areas of unassailable U.S. interest; and offering financing assistance for c [...]	2005-10-20 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY GR EU
05ANKARA6352	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6353	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6370	TURKEY SUPPORTS UNIIIC MISSION, VIEWS IMPACT ON [...] (C) Turkey supports the UNIIIC investigation into the Hariri assassination and is anxiously awaiting publication of the Mehlis report. The GOT will examine the report carefully before commenting but expects it to detail direct links to high Syrian officials. Turkey is apprehensive about the [...]	2005-10-21 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA6386	ENERGY MINISTER GULER WANTS TO WORK WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary. With BTC nearly complete, Turkish Energy Minister Guler is looking for new ways to work with the United States on strategic oil and gas transmission projects in the region, as well as for more U.S. investment in Turkey's growing domestic energy sector. He particularly wants U. [...]	2005-10-24 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL
05ANKARA6399	IMF PROGRAM: GOT ACCEPTS FISCAL AUSTERITY,NEEDS [...] (C) Summary: Though the GOT has accepted the IMF's fiscally austere 2006 primary surplus target, the GOT has again run into fierce delaying tactics by the political opposition party on the social security reform legislation. Fund staff (strictly protect) is awaiting a decision from IMF Managem [...]	2005-10-24 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ECIN IMF
05ANKARA64	DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES IRAQ AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Summary: At their Jan. 3 meeting, Deputy Secretary Armitage told Turkish General Staff Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok that his most recent visit to Iraq made him more optimistic about the January 30 elections there. He outlined steps that were being taken to reach out to Sunni Arabs, to improve s [...]	2005-01-05 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ SY JO IR
05ANKARA6400	TURKS REQUEST U.S. TAKE TOUGH LINE WITH BARZANI ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA requests that U.S. principals take a tough line with KRG President Masoud Barzani on the PKK and Kurdish expansionism, especially in Kirkuk but also in Ninewah. Additionally, the Turks hope we will publicize that this occurred. End summary. 2. (C/NF) MFA Director Gener [...]	2005-10-24 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAO TU IZ
05ANKARA6401	TURKEY'S SUPPORT TO FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed Turkey's support for the Foundation for the Future October 21 with MFA Policy Planning officer Levent Gumrukcu. Asked about Turkey's likely contribution to the Foundation, Gumrukcu said his office had proposed USD 500,000 and was awaiting Foreign Minister Gul's approv [...]	2005-10-24 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM EU TU
05ANKARA6424	TRACKER 24124 - REPORT ON U.S. SPEAKER SALLY [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: U.S. Speaker Sally Gardner Reed, President of Friends of the Library USA, spent a week in Turkey interacting with library professionals in Istanbul and Ankara September 18-24, 2005. In Istanbul, Ms. Reed delivered the keynote address at a conference that took pla [...]	2005-10-25 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP SCUL
05ANKARA6426	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-25 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
05ANKARA6428	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 04:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
05ANKARA644	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-03 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

05ANKARA6440	TURKS REACH OUT TO IRAQIS ON HUMANITARIAN AID FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA has revised its humanitarian aid (HA) offer for Talafar in order to generate a positive Iraqi response and to mend fences with the Iraqi Red Crescent. Senior MFA officials raised the HA issue Oct. 26 with both Charge and ECONCouns. We responded that Turkey must a [...]	2005-10-26 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MOPS IZ
05ANKARA6445	TURKEY/IRAQ: ALLAWI IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary. Former Iraqi PM Allawi visited Ankara the week of October 17 and met with FM Gul in the latter's capacity as acting PM. Allawi told the Turks he sought to build a broad, moderate coalition across sectarian lines with an Iraqi nationalist agenda. While impressed with Allawi, th [...]	2005-10-26 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ TU
05ANKARA6446	TURKISH MFA ON AZERBAIJAN ELECTIONS: QUIET [...] (C) Turkey's MFA says it has approached the GOAJ at all levels to express its desire for a free, fair, and transparent elections on November 6, but prefers not to do so publicly. The GOT expects Aliyev to win comfortably even without cheating. Turkey is sending a sizable contingent of offi [...]	2005-10-26 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TU AZ
05ANKARA6447	TURKEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) The ongoing suffering in Pakistan struck a deep chord in Turkey, leading to a broad outpouring of public interest and support for contributing to the earthquake relief effort, epitomized by Prime Minister Erdogan's October 20 visit to the affected area, during which he pledged $150 mill [...]	2005-10-26 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PK
05ANKARA6448	USG SUPPORT TO TURKEY"S FIGHT AGAINST THE PKK [...] (S) Summary: Charge delivered the points in reftel to MFA Deputy U/S Sensoy, going over the broad range of U.S. actions on PKK, and pressing him hard regarding public statements by senior GOT officials. On law enforcement cooperation in Europe, the Charge asked for more information on the tar [...]	2005-10-26 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN PTER EFIN PGOV PKK
05ANKARA6449	TURKEY CONSIDERING SUPPORTING PAK MI-17 HELICOPTER [...] (C/rel NATO) PolMilCouns raised Pakistan's urgent need for MI-17 parts with MFA NATO Affairs Deputy Director General Fatih Ceylan on Oct. 26. Noting that Turkey was doing its utmost to assist Pakistan in this time of need, Ceylan promised a prompt response. Turkey would do what it could, he [...]	2005-10-26 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS PK TU NATO
05ANKARA6463	TURKEY/IRAQ: SECOND TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] The Turkish Foreign Ministry published the following press statement on October 27 with reference to the Iraqi constitutional referendum. A previous statement was published October 17 (reftel). This statement emphasizes the importance of free and fair elections in December and the internati [...]	2005-10-27 10:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ TU
05ANKARA6468	TURKEY: SOMO ARREARS APPROACH BREAKING POINT [...] (SBU) Angry Suppliers: MFA informed EconOff on October 26 that SOMO arrears (45 days past product delivery) to Turkish fuel suppliers had grown to almost $900 million (out of accounts receivable of about $1 billion). Both the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK - representing Turkish supp [...]	2005-10-27 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EPET PREL IZ
05ANKARA6478	TURKISH RESPONSE TO US OFFER AGAINST PKK [...] (S) On October 27, ODC-Turkey received the letter in para 2 from the Turkish General Staff. The letter provides the Turkish position on various proposals regarding actions against the PKK made during the September 9 visit to Turkey of EUCOM CDR GEN Jones and CENTCOM DCDR LT GEN Smith, as well [...]	2005-10-27 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PKK
05ANKARA6479	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
05ANKARA648	THE TURKEY-IRAQ BORDERS CROSSING WORKS DESPITE [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: At the Turkey-Iraq border crossing, officials and facilities are strained but still functioning. The lines on the Turkish side waiting to enter Iraq are relatively short and orderly, in contrast to the apparent chaos across the Iraqi border where hundreds of t [...]	2005-02-03 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ MARR PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA6480	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
05ANKARA6481	TURKEY: AVIAN INFLUENZA AND PREPAREDNESS RAPID [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey experienced one confirmed outbreak of the H5N1 strain of Avian Influenza in Balikesir in northwestern Turkey in early October without reports of human illness or deaths. The Ministry of Health has taken a leadership role in contingency planning for a potential pandemic [...]	2005-10-27 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED
05ANKARA649	Turkey FDI: Rising Investor Interest, But [...] (SBU) Senior GOT officials are predicting a turnaround in FDI inflows to Turkey on the strength of the continuing recovery of the economy and the EU's decision to open accession talks late last year. There does seem to be increasing interest in Turkey on the part of foreign investors, in part [...]	2005-02-04 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON TU
05ANKARA6496	GOT ON US AG PROPOSAL: AMBITIOUS BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey expressed its concerns about the USG Doha agriculture proposal and remained noncommittal on our request for assistance in urging the EU to table a meaningful proposal. The GOT opposes reducing tariffs before developed countries reduce their domestic support and hopes to [...]	2005-10-28 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR WTRO
05ANKARA6498	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
05ANKARA6507	TURKEY CONVINCED THAT PRELIMINARY USG LICENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U/S for Defense Industries Bayar advised PM DAS Suchan that an Advisory Opinion issued by the USG to a US firm on a license request related to a Turkish defense tender meets the requirement for "preliminary government approval" contained in two recent Requests for Proposal (RFP) [...]	2005-10-31 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PGOV
05ANKARA6508	ICJ ELECTIONS: TURKEY STILL UNDECIDED [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC UNGA ICJ
05ANKARA6514	Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey [...] Summary. The Government of Turkey (GOT) plans to lift the quarantine restrictions in the AI affected zone if new lab results determine that there is no sign of AI in the 7 kilometer radius outside the quarantine zone near Balikesir. The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed reports in the press [...]	2005-10-31 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU
05ANKARA6518	TURKISH MFA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN [...] (SBU) On 31 October 2005, POLCOUNS and POLOFF delivered to Turkish MFA Acting Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Ambassador Aydin Evirgen reftel demarches. Evirgen responded by saying, "we share the same views on Ahmadi-Nejad's statement" and that it was "completely unacceptable." H [...]	2005-10-31 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM IR TU
05ANKARA6531	TURKEY/SYRIA -- TURKISH MFA STATEMENT ON UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA6535	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6536	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 16:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6540	CONSULATE ADANA TRAVELS TO TUNCELI AND ELAZIG [...] Classified by AmCon Adana Principal Officer Walter S. Reid, E.O. 12958, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 3. (C) Summary: Officers from Consulate Adana traveled to Tunceli and Elazig provinces October 25 and 26 to discuss PKK movements and human right [...]	2005-11-02 09:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
05ANKARA6543	AT THREE, TURKEY'S AKP GOVERNMENT SHOWING ITS AGE [...] (C) After three years in power, Turkish PM Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) government remain atop Turkey's political heap in popularity, and in control of the Turkish parliament and Turkey's municipalities. Yet the AKP government is beginning to show its age: it has reced [...]	2005-11-02 09:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EU TU CY
05ANKARA6546	TURKEY: FM GUL DODGES ISSUE OF IRANIAN EXTREMISM [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches to the MFA on October 31, emphasizing the need for the GOT to make clear its rejection of Ahmadi-Nejad's violent and irresponsible rhetoric. Acting Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Ambassador Aydin Evirgen promised us that Gul would deliver a stro [...]	2005-11-02 10:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU
05ANKARA6547	TURKEY AND ITS NEIGHBORS: NOVEMBER 1 FM GUL PRESS [...] Summary. In a wide-ranging November 1 press conference, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul acknowledged a "new phase" in U.S. - Turkish cooperation against (PKK) terrorism and addressed developments with a number of Turkey's problematic neighbors. His remarks on Iran in the wake of Irani [...]	2005-11-02 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TU
05ANKARA6550	MERMOUD IN ANKARA: INVESTMENT, TELECOM, NUKES [...] (SBU) Summary. In October 21 Ankara meetings, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud found improvements and opportunities in Turkey's telecom, energy, and other investment sectors. Turkey has made significant progress on improving its investment environmen [...]	2005-11-02 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECPS EINV EFIN ENRG TU
05ANKARA6554	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...]	2005-11-02 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6557	TURKEY COMMITTED TO ASSISTING PAKISTAN BUT [...] (SBU) On November 2, MFA officer Sebnem Incesu reiterated Turkey's commitment to assisting Pakistan. As noted in ref B, Turkey's initial pledge of USD 150 million led the list of international donors in terms of dollar amount. Incesu stated that a final decision regarding what additional ass [...]	2005-11-02 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM TU PK
05ANKARA6558	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkey marks the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting to be held in two years. In the absence of this high level bilateral dialogue, our political military communication with Turkey since 2003 has been dominated by the war in Iraq and its impact on the PKK, [...]	2005-11-02 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MARR PARM TU IZ AF
05ANKARA6561	TURKEY'S PLANS FOR MOVING FORWARD ON EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Bozkir, one of the leads in Turkey's EU accession negotiations, told us that the GoT's inter-ministerial negotiating structure is up and running, and they are proceeding with the screening of initial chapters. His immediate concerns are the Progress Report and Acc [...]	2005-11-07 06:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PROV TU EU
05ANKARA6583	SO FAR, SO GOOD ON US-FUNDED SOCIAL PROJECT [...] (U) Summary: A status check on the U.S.-funded Social Risk Mitigation Project (SRMP) found that the World Bank-led project is exceeding its goals of boosting school enrollment and vaccination rates. Reaching nearly two million people, the program is an example of the Bank's success in helping [...]	2005-11-07 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI TU
05ANKARA6585	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 05:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6586	TURKISH OPPOSITION PARTIES: DEVELOPMENTS ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's three main left-of-center parties have been unable to mount a serious challenge to the governing AKP. The left-of-center parties share similar ideologies and compete for the same minor segment of the Turkish electorate but are unable to cooperate and are plagued by poli [...]	2005-11-08 07:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
05ANKARA6593	Turkey's Policies Moderate Impact of High Oil [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EPET ECON TU
05ANKARA6594	AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY ANKARA RESPONSE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the emergence of Avian Influenza (AI) in Turkey in October 2005, Mission Ankara has taken steps to assess and deal with the possible risk to Mission Employees and American citizens living in Turkey. As a contingency planning exercise, we have also developed tripwires as [...]	2005-11-08 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT ASEC CASC CMGT
05ANKARA6605	Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey [...] Summary. The Government of Turkey (GOT) is still cautious about lifting the quarantine restrictions in the AI affected zone until more testing is done. The dead poultry in Inegol tested negative for AI. Although there continues to be no new confirmed outbreaks of AI in Turkey, there are repo [...]	2005-11-08 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC
05ANKARA6606	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 17:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6607	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-09 07:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA662	DOD PARTICIPATION IN IDEF TURKEY 2005 [...] Mission strongly supports and encourages direct Department of Defense participation in the 7th International Defense Industry, Aerospace and Maritime Fair (IDEF) 2005, which will be held in Ankara, Turkey from September 27-30, 2005. IDEF is held on a bi-annual basis and attracts the attenti [...]	2005-02-04 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR TU
05ANKARA6625	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Political Counselor Charles O. Blaha, E.O. 12958, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche and talking points to MFA Head of Human Rights Division Darama on November 9. Darama indicated that she would immediately forward our talking points to [...]	2005-11-09 11:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PREL TU
05ANKARA6634	PUSHING FOR PROGRESS AGAINST PKK NETWORKS IN [...] (C) Summary: Now that the Turks have given us their initial response to our list of PKK support groups in Europe, we should move quickly to the next phase of our strategy. We recommend that Washington send an interagency team to Ankara as soon as possible so that we can begin the process of c [...]	2005-11-09 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER EFIN PGOV TU PKK
05ANKARA6636	CORRECTED COPY -- WORLD BANK HELPS ADDRESS DEEP [...] (SBU) Summary: Within its total $6 billion portfolio, the World Bank is currently allocating $1.7 billion to social sector projects that assist workers laid off by privatization, strengthen health care delivery through transitioning to universal health insurance, and improve school curricula [...]	2005-11-09 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELAB SOCI TU
05ANKARA6637	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-09 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6641	TURKEY TIFA: PROPOSED DATE, AGENDA [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 & 3. 2. Turkey has proposed January 23 through 24, 2006, for the next Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) Council meeting with the US. Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) U/S Tuncer Kayalar will lead the Turkish delegation. Embassy w [...]	2005-11-10 11:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR TU USTR
05ANKARA6642	TURKISH MFA CLARIFIES POSITION ON AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Following a weak initial MFA statement and amid press reports that Turkish observers found no irregularities during the November 6 Azerbaijan elections, MFA Director General Halil Akinci clarified the Turkish position during a November 9 meeting with visiting Senior Advisor for Eurasia Stev [...]	2005-11-10 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU OSCE AZ
05ANKARA6669	TURKEY UNABLE TO PROVIDE PARTS FOR PAKISTANI MI-17 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-10 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS TU PK NATO
05ANKARA6670	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-11 06:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6671	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (OCTOBER [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to monitor NP projects that are underway in Turkey, including Internal Control Program (ICP),Commodity Identification Training (CIT),Product Identification Tool (PIT). EXBS Advisor also coordinated Turkish participation in CIT Instructor Training, a Bl [...]	2005-11-12 16:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC IZ KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA6695	CHARGE'S RAMADAN OUTREACH TOUCHES ANKARA'S POOREST [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Charg carried out an active program to connect with the poorer segments of Ankara's population. In each of her events, which included a visit to Ankara's largest mosque, an iftar dinner, and calls on charitable organizations, the C [...]	2005-11-14 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO SOCI EAID PREL TU
05ANKARA6701	THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE - TURK TELEKOM [...] (U) Summary: In a major step forward for economic reform in Turkey, the $6.55 billion sale of a 55% share of Telekom (TT) deal was finalized on November 14. In a ceremony attended by the Ministers of Transport and Finance, the Saudi-owned Oger Group and TT signed the final concession contract [...]	2005-11-14 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EFIN EINV BEXP TU
05ANKARA6702	MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL - TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Onal November 14, emphasizing the strong U.S. interest in adoption of the Third Protocol, and our hope that Turkey would use its OIC leadership role to visibly support it. Onal said the Turkish position would be "pos [...]	2005-11-15 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ICRC PREL IS TU
05ANKARA6706	FM GUL PLANS TO VISIT SYRIA TO URGE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. MFA Middle East DG Oguz Celikkol called in CDA November 14 to inform her that FM Gul plans to travel to Damascus on Wednesday, November 16, for a focused, three-hour visit with the purpose of encouraging Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to cooperate with the UN [...]	2005-11-15 09:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA6710	TURKEY LIKELY TO GO AHEAD WITH CYPRUS EXERCISES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish forces are planning to participate in "Toros" exercises on Cyprus in response to Greek Cypriot "Nikiforos" exercises in October. Although some in the Turkish MFA and TGS are counseling restraint, Cyprus hardliners are depicting failure to participate in "Toros" as anoth [...]	2005-11-15 10:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU CY
05ANKARA6733	QUID PRO QUO: TURKEY ALSO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR [...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. GOT MFA contacted us on November 14 to request USG support for their Category C candidate in the upcoming IMO elections. Per ref A, Econoff informed the GOT of the US's Category A candidate and requested GOT support. MFA attache in the [...]	2005-11-15 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT AORC PHSA KTIA IMO TR
05ANKARA6743	IRAN RELATED BRIEFING [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC TU
05ANKARA6744	NEW DIRECTIONS FOR US-TURKEY ECONOMIC RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the last meeting in December 2003, it is Turkey's turn to host the Under Secretary-level U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) in Ankara. Turkey's strong economic recovery since the 2001 financial crisis, notwithstanding large risks of backsliding, create [...]	2005-11-15 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TU
05ANKARA6749	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6750	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 16:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6751	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Senior Advisor and Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch and NEA Iraq Desk Officer Michele Siders to travel to Turkey from December 1-2, 2005 for consultations on Iraq. The point of contact for the visit is Political Offi [...]	2005-11-16 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PGOV PREL IZ AU PL RO RS IT FR BE NATO EUN
05ANKARA6754	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Milliyet and also reported by [...]	2005-11-16 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6763	GOT "SATISFIED" WITH EU REPORTS, DESPITE CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts say the November 9 EU reports on Turkey are acceptable to the GOT, although they have some objections to language relating to Greek Cypriot access to Turkish ports, minority language rights, and religious freedom. GOT leaders have been more supportive of the reports [...]	2005-11-16 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU
05ANKARA6768	ENGAGING TURKEY ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Senior Advisor for Eurasia Steven Mann discussed the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia during November 8-9 meetings at the Turkish Foreign Ministry. He encouraged Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to declare Turkey's support for Georgia's diplomatic initiative for South Ossetia. In a [...]	2005-11-17 07:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG ZJ RS TU
05ANKARA6769	TURKEY'S SAMSUN-CEYHAN OIL PIPELINE - BIG STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's long-standing preference for Samsun-Ceyhan as a Bosphorus bypass oil pipeline has moved a big step closer to fruition with the announcement that Italian oil firm ENI will collaborate with Turkish firm Calik Enerji to develop the project. While still far from a done d [...]	2005-11-17 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV TU RU BTC
05ANKARA6770	TURKEY COMMITTED TO SE EUROPE ENERGY PROCESS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey insists that it will continue to participate in the SE Europe energy integration process, but will not sign the Brussels treaty (recent ceremony in Brussels),because they will not foreclose on the option to negotiate longer transition time-frames to achieve energy and e [...]	2005-11-17 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV TU
05ANKARA6771	READ-OUT OF FM GUL'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 4. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (C) MFA Middle East DG Oguz Celikkol provided CDA a readout of FM Gul's brief November 16 visit to Damascus (reftel). Celikkol reported Gul made most of the points in t [...]	2005-11-17 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA6772	JANDARMA INVOLVEMENT IN BOMBING ROCKS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has been rocked by alleged jandarma involvement in a November 9 bombing in the town of Semdinli, in the ethnically-Kurdish southeastern province of Hakkari. After the blast, bystanders caught and severely beat three suspects. Police released two of the three, including a [...]	2005-11-17 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
05ANKARA6774	THE ANNAN PLAN AND UNTYING THE CYPRUS KNOT: [...] (C) In the aftermath of October 3, there may be an opportunity for us to make a renewed push toward a Cyprus settlement. Though we hesitate to express even guarded optimism, we do believe that the time has come for us to take a hard look at alternative ways forward. We applaud Embassy Nicos [...]	2005-11-17 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY
05ANKARA6775	Meeting at Turkish Foreign Trade Regarding WTO Rice [...] (SBU) Summary. The Turkish Under Secretariat for Foreign Trade has requested the U.S. response for dates in Geneva for consultations in connection with the U.S. WTO case concerning Turkey's import rice regime as well as data regarding the case. Turkish officials expressed the desire to res [...]	2005-11-18 05:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU
05ANKARA68	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ AND MEPP [...] (S) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary Bill Burns reconfirmed for senior Turkish MFA Middle East officials US commitment to the fulfillment of Iraq-wide elections on January 30, the establishment of an equitable government thereafter and the creation of an Iraqi security force able to take the l [...]	2005-01-05 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL OVIP TU
05ANKARA680	TURKEY 2004 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Since 1986, the International Narcotics Crime and Control (INCC) program has provided approximately 5,500 units of equipment and training, valued at over USD 5.7 million, to five Turkish agencies with responsibility for Turkey,s anti-narcotics programs: The Turkish Grain Board (TMO),Turkish [...]	2005-02-04 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN SNAR TU
05ANKARA6805	ASD FLORY AND MOD GONUL DISCUSS US-TU DEENSE [...] (C) Summary: Visiting ASD Flory thanked Defense Minister Gonul for his record of public support for the US-Turkey relationship when they met on November 10. In response to Gonul's complaint about US inaction against the PKK in northern Iraq, the ASD pointed out concrete steps the USG is taki [...]	2005-11-18 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS TU IZ
05ANKARA6818	TURKEY - FOLLOW-UP APPEAL FOR SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) With respect to other countries cited for generous thanks in ref A, Post notes that Turkey remains first in the line of donors with a plege of $150 million. 2. (SBU) On November 17, MFA Officer Sebnem Incesu reiterated Turkey's commitment to assisting Pakistan for both humanitarian [...]	2005-11-18 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM SENV TU PAK
05ANKARA6824	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-18 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6826	PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, TURKS SAY CYPRUS EXERCISES [...] (C) Following up on our efforts to turn off Turkish exercises -- named "Toros" -- in northern Cyprus, Charge reinforced ref b points to MFA Undersecretary Ali Tuygan on Nov. 16, urging he raise the matter with TGS. Tuygan acknowledged our points and agreed to raise the issue with the military [...]	2005-11-18 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU CY
05ANKARA6827	CHARGE TELLS TURKS NO MORE TALK ON SYRIA [...] (C) Charge re-engaged with Turkish MFA Middle East Director General Oguz Celikkol on November 18 and told him the USG is definitely not/not interested in a trilateral dialogue with Turkey and Syria, as the Turks had conveyed upon FM Gul's return from Damascus (refs b and c). The time for tal [...]	2005-11-18 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA683	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-04 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6838	Visit to Turkey by USAID Avian Influenza Official [...] Summary. In the month since the outbreak of Avian Influenza in Turkey, international and bilateral partners have been examining Turkey's response as a possible model for other countries and exploring possible deficient areas in which to collaborate with Turkey in case of any future outbreak [...]	2005-11-21 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC
05ANKARA6846	NOV. 8 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) During Nov. 8 Caucasus Working Group discussions, the U.S. and Turkey shared assessments of the strategic situation in the Caucasus and Central Asia. The U.S. side briefed on the Caspian Guard program, and urged the Turks to participate in the upgrade of Nasosnaya Airbase in Azerbaijan, t [...]	2005-11-21 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS
05ANKARA6849	PKK TERRORISM: TURKS PROVIDE MORE INFO ON HIGH [...] (S) Summary: MFA provided us with additional information on the seven high value PKK individuals in Europe, responding to our earlier request (ref B),and thought Ankara could accommodate a visit by a technical team from Washington to develop further information the week of November 28. Secur [...]	2005-11-21 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER TU US
05ANKARA686	TURKISH TREASURY WORRY ON IMF STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Showing considerable frustration and concern about Turkey's relations with the IMF, Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci explained the GOT's thinking in its recent decision to expand the investment incentives law despite the strong opposition of top IMF management. With the Pr [...]	2005-02-04 16:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
05ANKARA6864	TURKS CONSIDERING VISIT BY IRANIAN FM; STILL TIME [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Turkish MFA DG for the Middle East informed Charge November 22 that FM Gul intends to receive his Iranian colleague, FM Manouchehr Mottaki, in Ankara for a one-day working visit November 30; the initial impetus came from Tehran. Charge stressed repeatedly that [...]	2005-11-22 10:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR
05ANKARA6865	DEMARCHE REQUEST: KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION [...] (S) Poloff delivered ref a demarche to MFA Iraq Department Head Avni Botsali on November 10. Botsali said the MFA had already issued instructions to its Baghdad embassy to engage the IECI on the issue of PKK front parties and planned to do so as well with the Iraqi embassy in Ankara. In ter [...]	2005-11-22 11:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL IZ PKK
05ANKARA6870	Iraq: Turkey Companies Need Cash to Increase Oil [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish companies supplying refined petroleum products to Iraq's State Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) say they have the physical capacity to boost shipments to Iraq dramatically, but are not able to do so unless SOMO regularizes overdue payments. They appreciate the help of th [...]	2005-11-22 12:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN IZ
05ANKARA6878	THE PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS OF EARLY ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's ruling and pro-Islam Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is resisting opposition calls for early elections. Presidential politics are a major factor: parliament will elect Turkey,s next President in May 2007, and the term of the current parliament, dominated [...]	2005-11-22 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
05ANKARA688	SUBJECT: Turkey unveils adopted a nnew [...] (U) Summary: Using new, updated inflation baskets for the first time, the State Institute of Statistics (SIS) announced February 3 that ptionswith base year 2003, and the new inflation data based Forthe January , theConsumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.55 percent and the Producers Price Ind [...]	2005-02-05 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
05ANKARA6883	TURKS CONCERNED WITH LACK OF AGREED VENUE FOR [...] (C) Turkish MFA DG for Middle East Oguz Celikkol informed Charge November 22 that Detlev Mehlis had not accepted UNDOF as a proposed site for interrogations. Celikkol had learned this from Syrian D/FM Muallem at the opening session of the OIC Cairo conference on Iraq. Mehlis, Muallem told Ce [...]	2005-11-22 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU SY UN
05ANKARA6884	TURKEY: AVIAN INFLUENZA - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION [...] Summary. Turkey experienced one confirmed outbreak of the H5N1 strain of Avian Influenza in Balikesir in northwestern Turkey in early October without reports of human illness or deaths. Turkey has received generally high marks for its transparency, response, and containment of the outbreak, [...]	2005-11-22 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL AMED TU
05ANKARA689	EXBS; TURKISH COMMENTS TO LATEST NP COOPERATION [...] This is an action request- see para 4. 2. We have discussed the latest U.S. draft NP Cooperation and Assistance Agreement (ref A) with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Sabri Ergen and other MFA representatives on several occasions since originally delivering it to the GOT [...]	2005-02-07 06:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
05ANKARA6897	BABACAN: NO PLANS TO SEND ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Economy and EU negotiator Ali Babacan explained that the GOT had deliberately not created a new structure to handle the EU process so as to keep all ministries engaged. The GOT has no plans yet to submit the Ankara Protocol Extension to parliament. Babacan reiterated [...]	2005-11-22 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL PGOV EU TU
05ANKARA6898	ECONOMY MINISTER: TURKEY TO LAUNCH INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: Minister Babacan says the GOT will create a foreign investment promotion office reporting to the Prime Minister and Babacan makes the case that foreign direct investors can now have confidence in the GOT's three-year track record of political stability and economic stabilization. [...]	2005-11-22 16:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON EFIN TU
05ANKARA6899	PROPOSAL WOULD GUT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Summary. A bill abolishing penalties for infringing the industrial property rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs and geographical indications) of goods produced outside Turkey remains on the Turkish Parliament's agenda. Embassy contacts claim that the legislation was recentl [...]	2005-11-22 16:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU USTR
05ANKARA6900	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 17:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6901	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 17:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6930	TURKEY FACES OBSTACLES ON PATH TO EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Now that Turkey has begun EU accession talks, it faces the difficult prospect of meeting EU requirements regarding Cyprus, minority rights, religious freedom, civil-military relations, and freedom of expression. This will require Turkey to open debate on sensitive topics and chan [...]	2005-11-23 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU
05ANKARA6952	TURKEY-IRAQ HABUR GATE - WHERE TO GO FROM HERE? [...] (C) Summary. Geographical and political realities make Turkey the only neighbor of Iraq with the potential to meet Iraq's growing civilian and military needs for imported fossil fuels and consumer goods. While there are certain short and medium term fixes that can increase the capacity of [...]	2005-11-25 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ETRD TU IZ
05ANKARA6954	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-25 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6955	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-25 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6957	TURKEY: DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy DG (DAS) for Bilateral Economic Issues Ayse Sinirlioglu says Turkey has not yet decided how it will be represented at the Kabul Conference, but that the delegation will likely be led by senior MFA Afghanistan Coordinator Ambassador Koray Targay. Sinirlioglu, who will also at [...]	2005-11-28 06:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON KPWR PGOV AF TU

05ANKARA7013	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 16:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7014	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7016	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 05:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7027	(S) TURKS OFFER DEC 3 MEETING WITH IRAQI SUNNIS [...] (S) Turkish MFA Middle East Director General Celikkol called in PolCouns November 30 to convey an invitation to U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad, Ambassador Jeffrey or another appropriate USG official to meet privately this Saturday afternoon, December 3, in Istanbul with a group of Iraqi Su [...]	2005-11-30 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU IZ US
05ANKARA703	TURKEY: BP SAYS TNK-BP LOOKING AT BULGARIA-GREECE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Turkey's BP rep, TNK-BP and other Russian companies are taking a serious look at the proposed Burgas-Alexandropolos Bosphorus bypass oil pipeline. The company is concerned that Turkey might misunderstand BP's role, which was the result of heavy pressure on TNK-BP [...]	2005-02-07 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG TU
05ANKARA7031	2005 DECA: MOVING THE BASING RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 2005 DECA inspection was incrementally more positive and productive than the remarkably productive 2004 inspection (reftel). The Turkish delegation was generally constructive in its approach, and efforts by the US delegation to immediately resolve some issues and to question [...]	2005-11-30 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS TU
05ANKARA7034	Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) in Turkey since the October outbreak. According to reports, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has been testing for AI in the case of any suspicious bird deaths. Poultry consumption has steadily risen but is still well below [...]	2005-12-01 10:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC
05ANKARA7061	NAC COMMUNIQUE/MOLDOVA: TURKS SUPPORT "EITHER" [...] (C) PolMilOff discussed reftel demarche with Gulin Dinc, MFA Chief of Section for NATO Political Affairs, early Dec. Â [...]	2005-12-01 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM PREL KCFE TU
05ANKARA7066	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (NOVEMBER [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to shepard forward several of the EXBS projects that are underway in Turkey despite the lack of a ratified NP Cooperation Agreement, including the Internal Control Program (ICP),Commodity Identification Training (CIT),Product Identification Tool (PIT) an [...]	2005-12-01 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA7067	BTC OIL REACHES TURKEY - CEYHAN IN SPRING 2006 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BTC first oil crossed the Turkish border from Georgia on November 17. First tanker loading at Ceyhan is expected in spring 2006, which is also the expected timing for a first oil inauguration ceremony. BTC has addressed complaints filed in the formal OECD investment complaint [...]	2005-12-01 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM EINV TU BTC
05ANKARA7068	UPDATED SCENESETTER FOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF [...] (U) Embassy Ankara looks forward to welcoming you to Turkey. This will be the first high-level FBI visit to Turkey since Director Freeh came in 1998, prior to the opening of the Legat office in Ankara in October 1999. Turkish government and press interest in your visit will be very high. Yo [...]	2005-12-01 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PGOV KTFN TU
05ANKARA7069	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7070	BAYKAL USES NATIONALISM TO CEMENT CONTROL OF [...] (C) Summary. Party Chairman and former Foreign Minister Deniz Baykal was re-elected chairman of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on November 19, solidifying his dictatorial control over the party. The convention also showcased the continued evolution of CHP from a progressi [...]	2005-12-01 16:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA7071	OFFERS TO BRING TEAM ON PKK IN EUROPE, TREASURY [...] (C) Summary: Given the inability of the GOT to produce hard facts on PKK criminal activities in Europe, Econ/C discussed with MFA DDG for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli the utility of sending a law enforcement team to Ankara to meet with GOT counterparts on enhanced cooperation against PKK n [...]	2005-12-01 16:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN PREL TU PKK
05ANKARA7073	Turkish-Syrian Economic Relations Grow [...] (SBU) Summary. Starting at very low levels, there has been substantial growth of Turkish business with Syria although bilateral trade and investment remain trifling as a share of Turkey's overall trade and economy. Most of the benefits of the growth of the economic relationship have accrue [...]	2005-12-02 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA7078	TURKEY-RUSSIA-ITALY: BLUE STREAM FANFARE AND ADO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite Turkey's hopes to spin the official opening of the Blue Stream natural gas pipeline (under the Black Sea from Russia; constructed by Italian firm ENI) into tangible support for other energy corridor/hub dreams, the leaders departed Turkey without further concrete commit [...]	2005-12-02 08:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IT RU
05ANKARA7085	DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S PARTY (DEHAP) VICE PRESIDENT [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Despite the recent indictment of the suspected killer of former pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) Vice President Hikmet Fidan, questions remain about why he was killed. Fidan's death may have been intended as a messag [...]	2005-12-02 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU ADANA PKK
05ANKARA7096	TURKEY PREPARING PORTS/AIRPORTS PROPOSAL FOR UN [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA is preparing to give the UN a modestly more detailed version of FM Gul,s May proposal to open Turkish and northern Cypriot ports and airports. The Turks want the UN to broker agreement and implementation and [...]	2005-12-02 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU UN
05ANKARA7097	TURKEY'S MOH OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Health U/S Necdet Unuvar appeared optimistic about his ministry's new responsibilities after the MOH assumed many of the programs previously administered by Turkey's Social Security Commission (SSK). The GOT views these reforms, and the costs involved with them, as nec [...]	2005-12-02 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TBIO KIPR EFIN TU
05ANKARA7098	IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki visited Ankara November 30 to December 1 and met President Sezer, PM Erdogan, FM Gul and key opposition party leaders. Press coverage was low-key and largely positive. Turkish leaders reportedly gave Mottaki a "clear message," warning that Iran,s nuclear [...]	2005-12-02 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG PHUM ETRD IR TU
05ANKARA7099	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-04 06:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7100	ARRIVAL OF AMBASSADOR ROSS WILSON [...] Ambassador Ross Wilson arrived Ankara, Turkey on December 3 at approximately 1710 local time and assumed charge. 2. Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Nancy McEldowney and Ambassador Ross Wilson executed the certification of transfer pursuant to 2 FAM 162.3.3. WILSON [...]	2005-12-04 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER TU
05ANKARA711	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-07 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7136	MEHLIS REPORT FINANCING DEMARCHE: TURKEY [...] (C) Turkey is a likely refuge for Syrians implicated in the Mehlis report to try to hide their assets. Econcouns met separately with MFA DDG for Security Huseyin Bicakli and, Genc Osman Yarasli, President of MASAK, Turkey's FIU, to deliver reftel demarche. In both meetings, EconCouns discusse [...]	2005-12-05 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN EFIN SY TU
05ANKARA7138	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-05 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7149	TURKEY/RUSSIA: TURKEY SUPPORTS PLANNED [...] (C) Turkey supports U.S. dialog with Russia to promote joint transparency on regional issues. MFA Russia Department Section Chief Meltem Buyukkarakas shared this information with Poloff in response to reftel points on December 1. Buyukkarakas stressed that although Russia's power is less t [...]	2005-12-06 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU RS
05ANKARA7156	PSI: TURKEY INVITES UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN [...] This is an action request-- see para 6. 2. Summary: The GOT seeks a formal commitment of U.S. participation in the first PSI exercise that Turkey will host. In September 2005, we informed Turkey that we would participate in the exercise (ref a),however the level of participation would b [...]	2005-12-06 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA7157	UPDATE: U.S. PROPOSAL TO ANALYZE LEU SEIZED IN [...] (U) This is an Action Cable. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Turkey is still willing to support and is awaiting further information concerning a possible visit by U.S. experts to review previous tests conducted by the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority and other evidence sei [...]	2005-12-06 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AU KNNP PARM RS TU
05ANKARA7158	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7186	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7191	SCENESETTER FOR 10-16 DEC COUNTERPART VISIT OF [...] (S) Summary: This Counterpart Visit (CPV) by the Commander of the Turkish Land Forces, GEN Yasar Buyukanit, will be the most significant event in US-Turkish Army to Army relations in over half a decade. The already slowing post-Cold War US-Turkish mil to mil relationship was derailed in 2003 [...]	2005-12-08 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS TU IZ AF
05ANKARA7199	TAKING ACTION AGAINST PKK IN EUROPE [...] (C) Following up on his October 12 meeting with EUR/SE Director Silliman, MFA DG for Security Affairs Guven provided a summary of an instruction sent to Turkish embassies in the UK, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Bulgaria, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Norway, Greece, the Netherlands, Au [...]	2005-12-08 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN PREL TU
05ANKARA7200	ANKARA EAC MEETING 12/7/2005 [...] (U) Ambassador Wilson chaired the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 12/7/05 to discuss the mission's emergency preparedness. In attendance were representatives from each of the following sections/agencies: RSO, MGT, RMO, IMO, CON, DAO, POL, PAS, MSG, ECON, DEA, FBI, PMA, RAO, TSR, CLO, ODC [...]	2005-12-08 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ASEC AMGT AMED CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA7210	Killing Off Inflation - Move to Formal Inflation [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Central Bank announced that it will begin formal inflation targeting in 2006, and announced a targeted inflation rate of 5% in 2006, and 4% each in 2007 and 2008. This marks another milestone in Turkey's quest for economic normalcy. Although not without risk, the m [...]	2005-12-08 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA7214	DEPUTY IRAQ COORDINATOR DEUTSCH'S CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (S) In December 1-2 meetings with Turkish Prime Ministry advisor Davutoglu and senior MFA officials, Deputy Senior Advisor and Deputy Iraq Coordinator Robert Deutsch discussed the U.S. National Strategy for Victory in Iraq and the PRT concept, encouraged the Turks to consider contributing obs [...]	2005-12-08 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ENRG EPET IZ IR TU
05ANKARA7215	NO SPLITS IN TURKEY'S GOVERNING AKP PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Despite media reports and opposition rumors of splits among PM Erdogan's Justice and Development Party's (AKP) 357 parliamentarians, the group remains intact )- for now. Among AKP MPs, there are distinctive pious, pragmatic and nationalist currents, with crosscutting personal l [...]	2005-12-08 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA7216	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7218	PKK TERRORISM: PKK/KONGRA GEL PRISONER'S STATEMENT [...] (S) MFA Security Affairs Director General Hayati Guven on Dec. 7 raised with us the assertion by a PKK/Kongra Gel member who was arrested last month in Izmir that he received targeting information via Roj TV. (He had first informed us about this during a Nov. 18 meeting -- reftel.) Guven said [...]	2005-12-08 16:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER TU US PINR IZ DA
05ANKARA7219	URGING TURKS ON PAMUK TRIAL [...] (C) In advance of the December 16 start of the trial of novelist Orhan Pamuk for "insulting Turkishness," DCM met with MFA Deputy Under Secretary (and incoming ambassador to the United States) Nabi Sensoy to push hard for high-level GOT action to demonstrate their commitment to democracy and [...]	2005-12-09 05:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU
05ANKARA7221	AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY ANKARA CONTINGENCY [...] In response to reftel A, Ankara submitted its AI tripwires (reftel B) on 11/08/05. No further changes are recommended at this time. 2. Ankara tripwires will be entered into TRIPS on the classified network by 12/31/05. Designated employees for entering tripwire data: Jason Griffin, ARS [...]	2005-12-09 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT ASEC CASC CMGT
05ANKARA7223	TURKISH RESPONSE TO UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE THANK YOU [...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche and talking points to MFA Head of Human Rights Division Nilvana Darama on December 8. Darama indicated that the GOT appreciates U.S. consideration of the sensitivity of the Turkish position. She reiterated that the GOT had to balance EU positions and rela [...]	2005-12-09 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNGA UNHRC TU
05ANKARA7228	INFORMATION ON TURKISH GOVERNMENT INTERACTION WITH [...] There are a number of groups/NGOs in Turkey which support victims of terrorist attacks and their families, specifically victims of PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party). The two largest organizations, EMSAD and ASAYDD, participated with us at this year's 9/11 commemoration at a local martyrs' monume [...]	2005-12-09 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KWAWC KPAO TU
05ANKARA7236	TURKEY-IRAQ: WAY FORWARD ON SUSTAINMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post and EUCOM/DESC are prepared to work with Turkish authorities to explore short/medium term options that could improve predictability and consistency of fuel product flow across the border. These include staging sustainment trucks on the Turkish side of the border before th [...]	2005-12-09 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA7237	AMBASSADOR WILSON PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS [...] (C) Ambassador presented his credentials to Turkish President Sezer on December 8. In a cordial, 20 minute private meeting following the ceremony, Sezer commented on the importance Turkey attaches to its close relationship with the US, which he described as a fundamental point of his country, [...]	2005-12-09 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD TU US
05ANKARA7239	TURKEY 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Turkey is a major transit route for Southwest Asian opiates to Europe, and serves as a base for major narcotics traffickers and brokers. Turkish law enforcement organizations focus their efforts on stemming the traffic of drugs and intercepting precursor chemicals. Turkish law enforcement [...]	2005-12-09 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TU
05ANKARA7241	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 05:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7242	TURKEY UNDER FIRE FOR HIGH-PROFILE SPEECH CASES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish prosecutors have recently opened a number of speech-related cases against high-profile writers and intellectuals, drawing sharp criticism from EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn and others. The number of such cases has actually dropped in recent years. However, political a [...]	2005-12-12 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
05ANKARA7247	TURKISH MFA SPOKESMAN ON IRANIAN LEADER'S DECEMBER [...] (U) On 9 December 2005, Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Namik Tan delivered a statement in reply to a question about Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's 8 December 2005 statement casting doubt on the holocaust. The text of the Turkish statement is below. 2. (U) Begin Text: It is very impo [...]	2005-12-12 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU IR
05ANKARA7248	DOD PARTICIPATION IN TURKEY'S FY07 INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel request for recommendations for DOD participation in international trade shows, Mission supports DOD attendance at the 8th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF) to take place in Ankara, Turkey in September 2007. The 7th IDEF, held in Ankara from Sept. 27-30, 2005, was attended [...]	2005-09-01 20:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL TU
05ANKARA7255	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published in the November 8th edition of Ye [...]	2005-12-12 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA7266	GOT TAKES STEPS TO BOLSTER ITS COUNTER-TERROR [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's current counter-terror finance regime lacks the legal authority to carry out effective action against financiers of terror and it is weak on enforcement and interagency coordination. For example, terrorism finance is not clearly criminalized in Turkish law and Turkey do [...]	2005-12-12 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER TU
05ANKARA7271	IRAQ: KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION PARTY [...] (C) Per ref a request, MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Amb. Hayati Guven passed us a document which he stated the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad has presented to the Independent Election Commission of Iraq regarding PKK front parties (text at para. 3). 2. (C) COMMENT [...]	2005-12-12 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR IZ TU
05ANKARA7278	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7289	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2005 [...] After months of delay, at the bi-monthly National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Oct. 24, a revised National Security Policy Document (NSPD) was approved. The policy document outlines the Government of Turkey (GOT) priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external securit [...]	2005-12-13 10:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA7296	BUSINESS GIVES MIXED REVIEWS TO TURKEY'S IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Turkish music, film, and publishing industries give mixed reviews to the GOT's latest IPR enforcement efforts. While they agree that the 2004 IPR enforcement law is a welcome improvement, they argue that poor enforcement due to lack of training and knowledge [...]	2005-12-13 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU USTR
05ANKARA730	OUTREACH TO TURKISH NON-GOVERNMENTAL [...] Ref A requested information on private sector organizations which might have an interest in a sectoral initiative within the non-agricultural market access (NAMA) negotiating framework in the WTO. While there are a number of Turkish industries (especially the apparel, leather, tile, glasswar [...]	2005-02-08 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTEX TU
05ANKARA7302	TURKISH GOVERNMENT INQUIRES ON TWO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: The Turkish MFA has inquired about the status of two Turkish citizens it claims are CF detainees in Iraq. The MFA filed a diplomatic note about one alleged detainee; while it has not done so for the other, MFA personnel have made repeated informal inquiries w [...]	2005-12-13 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA7303	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7308	TURKISH JUDGE LIFTS ZYPREXA INJUNCTION AND GENERIC [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent lifting of a Turkish court injunction allowed a generic copy of the Eli Lilly product Zyprexa to come on the market December 9. Lilly representatives plan to continue fighting the case in court, but asked us to refrain from discussing their specific case with the GO [...]	2005-12-14 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
05ANKARA731	Mars on Alleged Turkish Infringement of [...] Evie Kyriakides, Trademark Counsel for Mars Incorporated, and Hoda Barakat, a partner in the Al Tamimi and Company law firm, called on Econoff and FCS Counselor in separate meetings on February 2 to seek USG advice and assistance with respect to alleged trademark infringements of Mars confect [...]	2005-02-08 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR BEXP TU
05ANKARA7318	Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey [...] The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture's Protection and Control Division published its fourth and final report on Avian Influenza (AI)on December 8, 2005 and submitted it to the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE). 2. The report declares that the country is free of AI a [...]	2005-12-14 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC
05ANKARA7330	GERMAN EXCHANGE DIPLOMAT EVALUATES TURKISH MFA [...] (C) Summary: A German diplomat who spent two months at the Turkish MFA told us the ministry's "top down" mentality discourages officials from evaluating state policies. He said a majority of MFA officials oppose EU membership for Turkey, though most support the recent EU-related legal reforms [...]	2005-12-14 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
05ANKARA7335	VODAFONE WINS TURKISH MOBILE OPERATOR TELSIM [...] (SBU) Summary: In another demonstration of Turkey's growing attractiveness to foreign investors and a welcome injection of competition into the mobile phone market, British giant Vodafone won the competition for Turkey's second largest GSM operator Telsim with a $4.55 billion bid. The sale al [...]	2005-12-14 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV BEXP TU
05ANKARA7342	TURKEY FUMBLES BOTAS GAS CONTRACT TRANSFER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a complicated tale of intrigue and ineptitude, an apparent effort by the Turkish state-owned pipelines company BOTAS to demonstrate that the 2001 law requiring transfer of import contracts to the private sector was unworkable blew up in the company's face as the press level [...]	2005-12-15 08:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET TU
05ANKARA7359	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-15 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7376	TURKEY/SYRIA/LEBANON: TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (C) MFA Syria Department Head Sedat Onal told us December 15 that he had not yet seen any draft UNSC resolution based on the UNIIIC's latest report, but surmised that Turkey will support a resolution that enjoins Syria to improve its cooperation with the Mehlis Commission. He acknowledged tha [...]	2005-12-15 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA7377	TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish Foreign Ministry released a generally positive press statement December 15 on the Iraqi elections (para 7). The statement did note that the GOT is concerned about information it has received on alleged irregularities in northern Iraq. MFA officials told us Turkmen [...]	2005-12-15 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
05ANKARA7386	ESF FUNDING CRITICAL TO COMBATING TIP IN TURKEY [...] Summary: In FY 2004, we gave the International Office for Migration (IOM) a grant of $600,000 from ESF to assist with their efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey. With that $600,000 ESF allocation, the IOM has made a world of difference in Turkey's fight against traffickin [...]	2005-12-16 08:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA7390	UPDATE REQUESTED: AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATIONS [...] (U) This is an Action Cable. See para 8. 2. (U) Summary: The Government of Turkey continues to seek information concerning the status of the ratification of the Agreement for Cooperation Concerning the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy. The lack of any information is having a negative ef [...]	2005-12-16 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KNNP PARM TRGY TU
05ANKARA7394	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, December 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Thursd [...]	2005-12-16 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA7396	EXBS: UPDATE OF NP COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE [...] This is an action cable. See para 5. 2. We received a diplomatic note from the MFA dated December 14, 2005 concerning the Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the United States of America Regarding Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Ass [...]	2005-12-16 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
05ANKARA7397	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7398	TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN UPDATE: KARZAI TO VISIT, ITALY [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 6. Summary ------- 2. (C) President Karzai will visit Turkey Jan. 5-6. Italy is joining Turkey and France's proposed co-command of ISAF's Capital Region Command; Turkey felt it could not refuse Italy's offer. Turkey may/may be prepared [...]	2005-12-16 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID SNAR KPKO TU AF
05ANKARA7399	TURKEY RECEIVES PARTIAL PAYMENT FROM SOMO [...] (SBU) MFA confirms that on December 14 SOMO made a partial payment of $150 million on its arrears to its Turkish fuel suppliers. Before the payment, arrears (amounts more than 45 days past due) exceeded $600 million out of total debt of over $800 million. With this one-quarter payment SOMO [...]	2005-12-16 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PREL EFIN TU IZ
05ANKARA7400	TURKEY 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] The following is Embassy Ankara's submission of Part II of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Money Laundering and Financial crimes. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT. TURKEY Turkey is an important regional financial center, particularly for Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well a [...]	2005-12-16 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TU
05ANKARA7423	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH TURKISH FM [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-19 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ETRD ECON PTER TU US IZ IR SY EU CY
05ANKARA7426	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON TURKISH PM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador used his December 15 introductory call on Turkish PM Erdogan to lay out USG priorities for bilateral relations. He reiterated U.S. commitment on the PKK issue but cautioned that expectations need to remain realistic. Erdogan echoed the Ambassador's views on the import [...]	2005-12-19 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU IZ CY ECON
05ANKARA7437	HYPE VERSUS REALITY OVER TURKEY'S ALCOHOL "BAN" [...] (C) Summary: Reports of alcohol "bans" by Turkey's ruling pro-Islam Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the headlines are largely exaggerated and misleading. The reality is that control over liquor sales and licensing, once held by provincial governors, has been turned over to municipali [...]	2005-12-19 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI TU
05ANKARA7439	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-19 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7440	Treasury Official Sparks Interest in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A FOLLOW-UP TO TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S VISIT IN JUNE AND SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS AND LETTERS, U.S. TREASURY OFFICIAL CHRISTOPHER BURDICK MADE A PRESENTATION TO GOT OFFICIALS ON TERRORIST FINANCE DESIGNATIONS ON DECEMBER 13. THE MEETING WAS WELL- ATTENDED BY AN INTERAGENCY GROUP [...]	2005-12-19 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER TU
05ANKARA7443	TURKEY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2005, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by commanding the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from February to August 2005. T [...]	2005-12-20 09:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO
05ANKARA7445	TURKISH MFA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PKK IN EUROPE [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on 19 December to Nevzat Uyanik, department head in the Security Bureau of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Uyanik emphasized that the Turkish government places importance on the USG's anti-PKK efforts in Europe, but the Turks believe the USG will have [...]	2005-12-20 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU GM
05ANKARA7453	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA748	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-08 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7498	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-21 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7513	THE CHANGING FACE OF POVERTY IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: While the incidence of extreme poverty is very low, nearly 25 percent of Turks live below the World Bank's international poverty line, with poor people increasingly concentrated in large cities. Despite an improving economy, regional disparities in income, together with intern [...]	2005-12-22 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM KWMN TU
05ANKARA7519	REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND SPORTS [...] CULTURAL AND SPORTS PROGRAMS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH. IN ADDITION TO THEIR INTRINSIC VALUE, THEY GENERATE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR POST TO PARTNER WITH A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND ENGAGE BROAD AND NON- TRADITIONAL AUDIENCES. SUCH PROGRAMMING ADDRESSES POST'S MPP OBJE [...]	2005-12-22 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL TU
05ANKARA753	NPT 2005 REVIEW CONCERENCE (REVCON): REQUEST TO [...] EXBS Adviser delivered reftel issue paper and talking points to MFA Head of Department for Arms Control and Disarmament Sabri Ergen on February 4, 2005. Ergen thanked us for the information and assured EXBS Adviser that the information would be provided to the Turkish delegation attending the [...]	2005-02-09 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM TU
05ANKARA7534	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7539	ACTION REQUEST: TURKEY TO OPEN CONSULATE IN MOSUL, [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. five. 2. (C) Turkey plans to re-open its consulate in Mosul imminently. The Consul General will be Huseyin Avni Botsali, until recently Head of Department for Middle Eastern Affairs. Botsali notified us Dec. 18 that he will travel to Mosul [...]	2005-12-22 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA7544	STATUS UPDATE: MEETING BETWEEN NUCLEAR AGENCY [...] Summary: Following up on a DOE/IRTR suggestions, Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) offered to host a meeting with the head of the Jordanian and Iraqi nuclear authorities in early 2006. The Turks would welcome U.S. observers to the meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to begin discussi [...]	2005-12-23 07:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG IZ JO KNNP OTRA PARM TRGY TU
05ANKARA7558	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-23 10:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7559	IRANIAN KURDISH ACTIVIST IN TURKEY SEEKING [...] (C) Summary: Well-known Iranian Kurdish activist Roya Toloui is currently in Turkey seeking re-settlement in a third country, preferably the U.S. She told us Iranian authorities tortured her in detention after her August arrest for allegedly organizing protests in Iranian Kurdistan. End Summ [...]	2005-12-23 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SMIG PGOV PHUM PTER IR TU
05ANKARA7560	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON TURKISH INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's first call on Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu December 22 focused on joint efforts against the PKK, particularly in Europe. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of assembling legal evidence against the PKK that European prosecutors could use to build cour [...]	2005-12-23 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ASEC CASC PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA7561	TURKEY: WB SEEKS USAID AVIAN INFLUENZA ROLE [...] Summary: To supplement a proposed $15 million Bank loan, the World Bank seeks a partnership role with USAID in a package to assist Turkey's Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza readiness. Bank staff sees potential for USAID contribution on early surveillance training, communication, protectiv [...]	2005-12-23 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO SENV ECON EAGR CASC AMED TU
05ANKARA7562	DPM SENER ENGAGED ON ECONOMIC, INVESTMENT, AND EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Sener, who has coordinating responsibility for economic issues, told the Ambassador that despite Turkey's successful economic recovery, more work needs to be done: interest rates are too high, the current account deficit is large, and obstacles to foreig [...]	2005-12-23 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN TU
05ANKARA7590	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-27 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7592	NOV. 9-10 HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting with Turkey in two years, the US side emphasized recent concrete US actions to assist Turkey in its efforts against the PKK terrorist organization and underscored the need for Turkey to publicly recognize the US role. The Turks [...]	2005-12-27 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PARM TU US IZ AF
05ANKARA7593	Minister of Agriculture, Mehdi Eker's comments on [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 22 meeting, Minister of Agriculture Mehdi Eker gave the Ambassador a general overview of the new Turkish agriculture policy and commented on the Turkish rice situation, in light of the current WTO case. Both sides agreed that the best manner to resolve the rice [...]	2005-12-28 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU
05ANKARA7594	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy personnel Harvey W. Clark, Ronald August Hansen, Scott Eston Hulse and Christopher John Joines to travel to Turkey from January 6-29, 2006. The purpose of the visit is in support of Department of Defense custome [...]	2005-12-28 10:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KSCA PREL OTRA TU

05ANKARA7596	TURKEY: URGING EARLY HIGH LEVEL VISITS TO IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador took the opportunity of a December 27 meeting with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Apakan to raise reftel points on the importance of the December 15 Iraqi election and follow up now on the establishment of a broad government. Ambassador described the election as a major step forward, w [...]	2005-12-28 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ TU
05ANKARA7602	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-28 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7604	TERRORISM FINANCING: OP-ED [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-28 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KPAO PTER TU
05ANKARA7605	NEW USAFE AND TURKISH AF COMMANDERS GET OFF TO A [...] (C) Summary: On his initial visit to Ankara as USAFE commander, General Thomas Hobbins and Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Commander General Faruk Comert focused on how to improve the relationship through practical cooperation like sharing US lessons learned flying air patrols over Lithuania before [...]	2005-12-28 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA7606	Second Avian Influenza Outbreak in Turkey [...] (U) Summary. On December 27, the Government of Turkey announced a second outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in the country. This one occurred in the East, near the Armenian border, in an area where there are only backyard farms and no commercial production operations. The government took all [...]	2005-12-28 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC EAID SENV ECON
05ANKARA7629	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON TURKISH MOD GONUL [...] (C) Summary: At the Ambassador's December 23 initial call on Defense Minister Gonul, the two agreed on the importance of the Turkey-US relationship. Gonul reiterated what he has said publicly, that Turkey's Saddam-era agreement with Iraq permitting cross-border operations was no longer valid. [...]	2005-12-29 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS TU
05ANKARA7630	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7631	TURKISH MFA PREPARING CYPRUS PROPOSAL FOR PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Apakan previewed with Ambassador December 27 the current MFA draft aimed at opening Turkish ports and airports to Greek Cypriots as part of a negotiable package that would make such a move feasible here. MFA is working this at the behest of FM Gul, who rea [...]	2005-12-29 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EU UN
05ANKARA7648	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUR/SE CYPUS DESK [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SE Cyprus Desk Officer Elise Mellinger to travel to Ankara January 18 - 19 and to Istanbul January 20 - 22, 2005. The purpose of the visit is to conduct meetings with local government officials. The point of contact for the visit [...]	2005-12-30 08:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OTRA PREL TU GR CY
05ANKARA7656	ENERGY MINISTER LOOKS FORWARD TO ENHANCED DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. Seeing opportunities for cooperation on regional gas and oil projects as well as prospects for U.S. private investment in Turkey's fast growing domestic energy sector, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler looks forward to greater dialogue and cooperation with the United States on energy [...]	2005-12-30 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG BEXP IR IZ TX AJ TU
05ANKARA7658	TURKEY'S 2006 "YEAR OF THE AMERICAS" [...] (SBU) Summary. Based on the success of similar regional strategies the GOT has been implementing since 2003, Turkey's Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) will focus its 2006 trade promotion strategy on the United States. With a target of increasing the share of Turkish goods in U.S. impor [...]	2005-12-30 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP TU
05ANKARA7671	EU DELEGATION OBSERVES DANGEROUS TENSIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: A delegation of Ankara-based EU representatives recently observed what one member described to us as dangerously high tensions in the southeastern province of Hakkari following the November bombing of a bookstore, allegedly by Jandarma officers. Local residents resent what they v [...]	2005-12-30 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
05ANKARA7674	REVISED ACTION REQUEST: TURKS FORMALLY REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. seven. 2. (C) Summary: MFA has revised its request for assistance for a Turkish team to travel to Mosul -- now o/a Jan. 16-19 -- to meet with local and U.S. officials and look at sites for the new Turkish consulate. We hope our colleagues in [...]	2005-12-30 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA7675	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES TURCO-ISRAELI [...] (C) The Israeli ambassador to Turkey advised us December 30 that Jerusalem has invited Turkish FM Gul to visit Israel January 5. The Turkish government, which requested this visit some time ago, should advise shortly on whether the date is acceptable. The purpose of the visit will be to sign [...]	2005-12-30 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IR IS
05ANKARA7676	AMBASSADOR RAISES SPEECH CONCERNS WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador used his initial call on Turkish Justice Minister Cicek December 30 to warn that the recent series of speech-related prosecutions has damaged Turkey's image in the U.S. He said that traditional supporters of Turkey in Washington may not be helpful in the future if the [...]	2005-12-30 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA7677	IRAQ: GOT DISMAYED THAT IECI LIKELY TO THROW OUT [...] (C) The Turkish MFA is dismayed that the Independent Election Commission of Iraq (IECI) is considering throwing out the results of out-of-country voting (OCV) in Istanbul for the recent elections. A Turkish official told us that if the IECI does take this step -- especially if it does not ack [...]	2005-12-30 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA775	CONVERSION OF CEKMECE RESEARCH REACTOR AND RETURN [...] Summary: A DOE-State team visited Ankara and Istanbul January 14-17 to meet with officials of the Turkish Atomic Energy Commission (TAEK) and operators of the TR-2 research reactor at the Cekmece Nuclear Research Center. Discussions focused on possible Turkish participation in a combined shi [...]	2005-02-09 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP TRGY TU
05ANKARA776	HUMAN RIGHTS BOARD CHAIRMAN RESIGNS AMID FEUD OVER [...] (C) Summary: The chairman and vice chairmen of a GOT human rights board resigned from the body in protest Feb. 7, asserting that the Prime Ministry dismissed them one year before their terms were up. The resignations followed a bitter dispute over the board's taboo-breaking October report on [...]	2005-02-09 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA777	NATO-EU COOPERATION: STILL HOSTAGE TO CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will not change its position on NATO-EU cooperation absent ROC concessions on the Cyprus issue, including measures to help the Turkish Cypriots. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered ref a demarche Feb. 9 to MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affai [...]	2005-02-09 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY MT
05ANKARA778	EXBS; TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Summary: EXBS advisor's primary focus this month was on two significant events, DOS/DOE meeting with GOT officials concerning the proposed plan for the early return of spent HEU fuel rods to the United States and coordination of the DOC team to propose the Product Identification Tool (PIT [...]	2005-02-10 05:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA779	CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE TURKISH/GEORGIAN [...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with Department Head for Customs Enforcement Ender Gurleyik on January 28, 2005 to request information concerning the truck parked between Georgian and Turkish customs gates (reftels). Gurleyik confirmed that the truck carrying scrap metal set off the portal monitors at t [...]	2005-02-10 06:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU
05ANKARA78	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JAN. 3 MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary underscored U.S. support for Iraqi elections on schedule; dismissed Gul's assertions that the U.S. favors Kurdish rather than Turkish concerns; and noted what Syria needs to do against former Iraqi regime elements if it wants better relations with the U.S. Gul emp [...]	2005-01-06 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU IR IZ
05ANKARA782	BROADER MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA INITIATIVE: [...] Summary: Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is planning a Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) meeting focused on the role of women in society in Istanbul in June. The MFA appointed an ambassador-level BMENAI Coordinator in January. End Summary. June DAD Meeting in Istanbul Focused [...]	2005-02-10 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL TU
05ANKARA783	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-10 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA786	PLANNING FOR THE SECOND U.S.-IRAQ-TURKEY [...] Action Request: Embassy Ankara seeks Washington approval and guidance to discuss with Turkish officials scheduling the second trilateral (U.S.-Iraq-Turkey) meeting on trucker security. The first meeting was held November 30 in Ankara, followed by a bilateral Turkey-Iraq meeting December 29. [...]	2005-02-10 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD IZ MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA799	GREEK CYPRIOT PARTY LEADER ANASTASSIADES MEETS [...] (C) Summary: In the first visit by a Greek Cypriot politician to Turkey since 1963, Democratic Rally (DISY) Party leader Nicos Anastassiades met with Turkish FM and Deputy Prime Minister Gul in Ankara on February 10. We understand that (1) Anastassiades raised changes to the Annan Plan that [...]	2005-02-11 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
05ANKARA800	ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS IN IRAN: LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT [...] SUMMARY. Two deacons of the Assyrian Christian church in Iran told Conoff that although Assyrians in Iran do not experience outright harassment, most of the small Assyrian community that remains seek to emigrate due to the lack of economic opportunities. END SUMMARY. FEW ASSYRIANS REMAIN I [...]	2005-02-11 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV CVIS IR
05ANKARA802	TURKS SEEK TO INCREASE MULTILATERAL MARITIME [...] (C) Turkish military and civilian officials have told us that Turkey is working to multilateralize its current Black Sea Harmony (BSH) operation, which monitors and assesses Black Sea maritime traffic and reports the findings to NATO. This effort would only extend to the other five littoral st [...]	2005-02-11 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG UP RO BU
05ANKARA805	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] As reported in ref a, Post has ascertained additional information for the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) section on money laundering and financial crime. This information follows the corrections that were e-mailed (ref b) to the Department in draft form. [...]	2005-02-11 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KTFN PTER TU
05ANKARA809	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-11 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA810	UPDATE: CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE [...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with MFA Energy Department First Secretary Basak Tug on February 11 to discuss the truck that SIPDIS was stopped at the Turkish/Georgian border due to the presence of cesium 137 in the scrap metal it was carrying. Tug confirmed the facts presented previously in ref A. [...]	2005-02-11 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU
05ANKARA812	TURKEY-IMF: IS IT ANY DIFFERENT THIS TIME? [...] (C) Summary: Although the IMF has gone public with its serious concerns about a new regional investment incentives law, markets are betting that the IMF and Turkish government will find a way to paper over their differences and work things out, as they have several times over the past three [...]	2005-02-11 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
05ANKARA814	GOT'S NEW APPROACH TO PROTESTANTS SPARKS BACKLASH [...] (U) Summary: Protestants in Turkey say the GOT has made tentative steps toward a more flexible approach to churches and missionaries, partly due to the influence of the EU process. For example, during Christmas authorities in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir for the first time gave permission for m [...]	2005-02-11 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA82	SCENESETTER FOR JAN. 11 U.S.-TURKEY-IRAQ TALKS ON [...] (C) Embassy appreciates the participation of our colleagues from Washington, Baghdad, and EUCOM in Jan. 11 trilateral (U.S.-Turkey-Iraq) talks on the PKK/Kongra-Gel. On. Jan. 5, Turkish MFA provided us with a rough outline for the talks themselves. In this message we hope to lay out what we believe [...]	2005-01-06 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PTER PREL PREF IZ TU EUN AM CY RS
05ANKARA830	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed Embassy's Blue Lantern officer that unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) parts under license 05-879186 that were shipped from the United States on September 29, 2003 were received and checked by reftel recipients. All but one canceled item were [...]	2005-02-14 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC TU
05ANKARA835	GOT DEFENDS NEW DATA EXCLUSIVITY REGULATION [...] (SBU) Health Ministry and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat representatives argued that Turkey's new data exclusivity regulation goes as far as is legally possible to protect research-based companies within Turkey's legal framework. The Health Ministry reported that it had implemented a system f [...]	2005-02-14 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
05ANKARA837	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-14 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA839	GOT Defends New Data Exclusivity Regulation [...] (SBU) Health Ministry and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat representatives argued that Turkey's new data exclusivity regulation goes as far as is legally possible to protect research-based companies within Turkey's legal framework. The Health Ministry reported that it had implemented a system f [...]	2005-02-14 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
05ANKARA861	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-15 10:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA862	SENIOR BIOTECH ADVISOR'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) In meetings with GOT officials and private sector organizations, State's Senior Agricultural Biotech Advisor raised U.S. concerns about the potential of Turkey's draft biosafety law to hinder trade and development, and provided an overview of U.S. biotechnology policies, particularly w [...]	2005-02-15 11:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO TU
05ANKARA864	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-15 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA865	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS RELAXED ABOUT MAZAR REJECTION [...] (C) The subject of Turkey's interest in replacing the UK at its PRT in Mazar-e Sharif (refs A and B) came up during a meeting on another subject between MFA DDG for South Asia Aydin Evirgen and polmilcouns. Evirgen understood that London was no longer interested in Turkey taking over the Maza [...]	2005-02-15 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU AF UK
05ANKARA866	GREEK CYPRIOT PARTY LEADER ANASTASSIADES MEETS [...] (C) Summary: Two days after meeting with Turkish FM Gul (reftel) Greek Cypriot Democratic Rally Party (DISY) leader Nicos Anastassiades met for about an hour with PM Erdogan in Istanbul February 12. Anastassiades again raised possible changes to the Annan Plan, although with more specificity [...]	2005-02-15 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
05ANKARA879	TURKISH MFA ON THE ANKARA AGREEMENT EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs Acting DDG Bilman foresees no problems finalizing the text of the Ankara Agreement extension protocol. However, he told us the Commission has given the Turks contradictory information on whether or not Turke [...]	2005-02-15 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
05ANKARA88	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-06 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA886	Update on Turkey BOT Power Plants [...] (SBU) Summary. The importance for Turkey of honoring its "BOT" contracts with independent power projects despite their high cost has been on the U.S.- Turkey economic agenda since the beginning of this decade. Despite public blustering and pressure on the companies to reduce prices, the go [...]	2005-02-16 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV TU
05ANKARA891	TURKISH PAPER ON KIRKUK [...] (C) During the Secretary's Feb. 6 meeting with FonMin Gul, Gul handed over a Turkish paper on ideas regarding the Kirkuk issue. MFA provided the paper to us on Feb. 7. Full text in para. 2. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT OF TURKISH PAPER: SET OF IDEAS REGARDING THE ARRANGEMENTS NEEDED TO SAFEGUARD [...]	2005-02-16 11:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA896	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-16 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA898	NATO/IRAQ: TURKEY GAME PLAN ON IRAQ FOR THE [...] (C) Post agrees with USNATO perspective (reftel) that Turkey could and should contribute additional support the NATO training mission in Iraq beyond its offer to provide leadership training to Iraqi security forces at its NATO Center of Excellence in Ankara (an offer which has not elicited an [...]	2005-02-16 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ
05ANKARA900	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM TRAINS EAST EUROPEAN, RUSSIAN [...] (U) On February 4, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted a seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) for embassy officials from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. Representatives from the embassies of Romania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekista [...]	2005-02-16 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA902	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 1-10, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Wednesday, February 9 by M [...]	2005-02-17 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA903	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 11-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 13 by the [...]	2005-02-17 07:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA905	TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN PSI OEG MEETINGS- MARCH [...] This is an action request- see para 5. 2. MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Head of Department Sabri Ergen on February 16 informed EXBS Advisor that MFA had received a copy of an OSD invitation to Turkey to participate in the next PSI Operational Experts Group meeting to be held in Omaha, N [...]	2005-02-17 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM TU
05ANKARA911	RESIGNATION FROM TURKISH CABINET: WHEN AND HOW [...] (C) Summary: Culture and Tourism Minister Mumcu's resignation from the AKP cabinet and the party will not split AKP. Nor is Mumcu or anyone else outside AKP with aspirations to form a credible political alternative able to challenge AKP's dominance in the near term. But Mumcu's move highligh [...]	2005-02-17 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
05ANKARA912	ESF SIGNING CEREMONY GENERATES POSITIVE NEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7, the Ambassador participated in a signing ceremony for the $9 million U.S. ESF grant to the World Bank to be used for conditional cash payments to poor families. Remarks by the Ambassador, World Bank director, Turkish Treasury Undersecretary and the manager of the [...]	2005-02-17 12:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EFIN TU
05ANKARA916	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY ON HARIRI MURDER AND SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Responding to our approach (ref A) by averring that evidence of Syrian involvement in the Hariri murder is currently unclear, Turkish MFA interlocutors show no inclination to deviate from the line of warming Turkish-Syrian relationship and seem to ignore the larger point that Syr [...]	2005-02-17 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV SY LE TU
05ANKARA920	TURKS REQUEST EMERGENCY HELO FLIGHTS AUTHORIZATION [...] (S) MFA Middle East/South Asia Director General Oguz Celikkol informed the DCM on February 16 that the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad had formally requested from the Iraqi Interim Government authorization to fly helicopters into northern Iraq for emergency extractions and personnel rotations. The [...]	2005-02-17 17:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA929	EX-MILITANTS CLAIM KONGRA-GEL "PEACEFUL" [...] (C) Summary: A group of ex-convict PKK militants faxed a letter to the Embassy making reference to the January U.S.-Turkey-Iraq talks on the PKK and claiming that the PKK successor organization Kongra-Gel seeks a peaceful solution to its conflict with the Turkish State. Officials from the pro [...]	2005-02-18 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
05ANKARA939	TURKEY: DATA EXCLUSIVITY DEMARCHE TO MFA [...] (SBU) Following-up on our meetings with the Health Ministry and Foreign Trade Under Secretariat (ref A),DCM made ref B demarche to MFA Director General for the Americas Selhattin Alpar on February 18. The DCM highlighted the important role intellectual property issues have played in our bi [...]	2005-02-18 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
05ANKARA94	TURK TELEKOM: FROM MONOPOLY TO COMPETITION [...] (SBU) Summary. State telecommunications monopoly Turk Telekom (TT) has been taking steps to maintain its dominance in Turkey's newly liberalizing telecom market, including by making significant investment in new technology in order to strengthen its "natural monopoly" position in the market. [...]	2005-01-06 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV TU
05ANKARA941	Turkey Takes Positive Steps in IPR Enforcement [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Culture considers the 2004 copyright legislation, which brought about a significant fall in street sales of pirated materials and jail terms for several convicted pirates, to be successful. The Ministry is now waiting for the Prime Ministry to approve a new C [...]	2005-02-18 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
05ANKARA942	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-18 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA944	TURKISH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON IMF DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Serdengecti described how the government's effort to extend regional investment incentives over the objection of the IMF opened the door to a resurgence of the dangerous political notion that Turkey could go it alone without the support of the IMF in particu [...]	2005-02-18 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
05ANKARA949	TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATO TRAINING [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion of Middle East issues with the DCM on February 16, MFA Director General for Middle East and South Asia Affairs Oguz Celikkol highlighted Turkey's support for the NATO training mission in Iraq through its offer to train Iraqi Security Force leadership in Ank [...]	2005-02-18 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
05ANKARA953	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK OF [...] On February 18, post received a written response from the MFA to our November 17, 2004 request for Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) confirmation of the receipt of Bradley Fighting Vehicle M-110 Howitzer and M-60A3 tank components purchased from the German company Defense Logistics and Aviat [...]	2005-02-18 17:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC GM TU
05ANKARA967	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-22 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA97	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S JANUARY 11-12 [...] (C) Summary: Our bilateral relationship with Turkey has become quite bumpy over the last years. The comfort of our NATO Alliance has been tested by Turkish perceptions of our operations in Iraq, developments on the domestic scene, and the movement toward the EU. Turkey shares our overall poli [...]	2005-01-06 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU IZ AF
05ANKARA971	Special 301 - Recommendation to Continue [...] (SBU) The GOT has taken a number of steps in the last year to improve intellectual property protection, especially for copyright owners. However, Turkey has not implemented fully TRIPS-consistent data exclusivity protection, and piracy and counterfeiting rates remain high. Embassy recommend [...]	2005-02-23 07:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
05ANKARA972	TURKEY TAKES A SMALL STEP IN DEALING WITH ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA is moving responsibility for official communication with the Government of Armenia from its Embassy in Moscow to its Embassy in Tbilisi. MFA portrays this as a pragmatic response to increased travel between Turkey and Armenia through Georgia. In substance, Turk [...]	2005-02-23 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	AM GG PREL TU
05ANKARA98	TURKEY URGES OIC MEMBERS TO ASSIST TSUNAMI RELIEF, [...] We delivered reftel points January 5 to Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Middle East Affairs Department Head Botsali, who is in charge of OIC-related issues. Botsali noted that OIC SecGen Ihsanoglu issued an appeal on January 1 for assistance to all OIC countries and Turkish FM Gul [...]	2005-01-06 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PGOV TU
05ANKARA982	ANKARA PUK REP SAYS TALABANI STRONGLY OPPOSES [...] (C) Ankara PUK Representative Bahros Galali--who has proven to be well-connected to the PUK leadership--pulled PolMilOff aside after a Feb. 23 briefing Galali provided to local diplomats on the Iraqi elections (reported septel). He expressed party leader Jalal Talabani's deep concern that the [...]	2005-02-23 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA987	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-23 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA993	TURKEY MFA UPDATE ON TRANSPORTATION ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In February 11 and 15 meetings with Econ Counselor and Econoff, MFA transport officials: indicated that the GOT would respond favorably to the Container Security Initiative (CSI); raised problems in managing Turkish-Iraqi airspace; warned that Bosphorus tunnel construction coul [...]	2005-02-24 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAIR IZ TU
05ASUNCION1019	PARAGUAY: ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN STIRS THE WATERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the DOD Military Information Support Team (MIST),Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) recently began using Wanted Posters and media spots in the newspapers and on radio to obtain leads on their Most [...]	2005-08-11 17:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1025	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 7 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: --New Mission Chief to Cuba is Pro-Castro --Venezuelan Investment in Paraguay --Drugs, Thugs, Guns and Money --31 Small Economies Discuss Access at WTO --------------------------------------- New Mission Chief to Cuba is Pro-Castro --------------------------------------- 2 [...]	2005-08-13 19:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM ETRD PA
05ASUNCION1026	INITIAL REACTIONS TO NEWS OF SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S [...] (C) Summary: In response to news of Secretary Rumsfeld's planned visit to Paraguay, local media reported heavily this week that the visit marks a further shift in policy for the Duarte Frutos administration, towards the U.S. and away from leftist governments in the region. Some sectors of the [...]	2005-08-13 19:56:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS PA VE CU BR AR
05ASUNCION1027	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STOCK FROM RPC MANILA [...] Post would like to order the following: 02 Outline of U.S. Government, 02-S, 50 copies at USD 1.30 ea., total USD 65. 03 Outline of American Geography, 03-S, 50 copies at USD 1.60 ea., total USD 80 04 Outline of the U.S. Economy, 04-S, 50 copies at USD 1.45 ea., total USD 72.50 05 Ou [...]	2005-08-16 14:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION1028	NEW IIP PUBLICATION OFFERING: AMRICAN TEENAGERS [...] Post would like to order 150 copies in Spanish of subject booklet at USD 1.95 ea. 2. Please ship via APO to Amembassy Asuncion, Public Diplomacy; Attn. PAO Karen L. Williams; Unit 4732; APO AA 34036. Fiscal data for shipping will be provided as soon as post receives shipping cost estimate [...]	2005-08-16 14:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION1032	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PEACE CORPS [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Karen Chaput and Jason Katz, for travel to Asuncion during the period of August 28 to September 4, 2005 for the purpose of videotaping and taking photos of Peace Corps Volunteers in Paraguay. The contact officer for the visit is the James Geenen, [...]	2005-08-16 19:53:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	NOTAG PA
05ASUNCION1035	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RMO LAWRENCE GERNON [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for RMO Dr. Lawrence Gernon, for travel to Asuncion during the period of August 21-24, 2005 for the purpose of providing support to Post. The contact officer for the visit is Maria Fernandez, Office tel.: (595)(21) 213-715, Ext 2025. Home tel.: (595)( [...]	2005-08-17 18:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED
05ASUNCION1037	PARAGUAY CONDUCTS FIRST INTERNAL PARTY ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY : On July 17, Deputy Blas Antonio Llano won the internal elections of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA),defeating Efrain Alegre by less than 12,000 votes. According to a Superior Elections Tribunal (TSJE) official, the election was a success and approximately 30 percent of [...]	2005-08-18 11:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PA
05ASUNCION1040	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CULTURE CONNECT [...] As requested in reference telegram, country clearance is granted for Maria Horne, Culture Connect Envoy, to travel to Asuncion during the period of 8/24/05 to 9/3/05 under the Cultural Connect Envoy Program. The contact officer for the visit is Bruce P. Kleiner,PAO, office tel.: (595-21) 213- [...]	2005-08-18 20:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO SCUL OXEC
05ASUNCION1041	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY BANKING ADVISOR [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Jean Jacques Deschamps, U.S. Treasury Regional Banking Advisor, (Security clearance: secret),for travel to Asuncion during the period of August 23-26, 2005, for the purpose of meeting with Central Bank President, international financing agencies an [...]	2005-08-18 20:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN OTRA PA
05ASUNCION1042	PARAGUAY ON LATAM CONTINGENTS REMAINING IN HAITI [...] (U) On 8/17, PolOff delivered reftel demarche (ref A) to MFA Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga and MFA International Organizations Director Julio Peralta. Peralta advised that Paraguay is still discussing with Spain the possibility of equipment and materiel support for Paraguayan troops to j [...]	2005-08-19 11:15:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR KPKO PA HA SP
05ASUNCION1043	ASUNCION REQUEST FOR U.S.SPEAKER ON COUNTER- [...] Brief program description: Post would like to join PAS Santiago in a request for a speaker on counter-terrorism issues (reftel 01643) for three days of presentations (negotiable) on the fight against terrorism to the Government of Paraguay Office of the Vice President; Institute for High Stra [...]	2005-08-19 14:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO PTER PA CI AR UY PE IIP
05ASUNCION1044	PARAGUAY INTERIM RESPONSE REGARDING THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-19 16:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNCHR UNGA
05ASUNCION1045	CABRAL IS BACK [...] (U) This is an action message. See final Paragraph. 2. (C) Summary: I called Duarte Frutos on August 18. After conversing about the successful visit of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, I noted my concern about persistent reports reaching me that drug-smuggling-tainted police commissioner [...]	2005-08-19 17:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PINR PA
05ASUNCION1046	PARAGUAY: SECDEF RUMSFELD AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. On 8/16, SECDEF Rumsfeld met for 90 minutes with President Duarte Frutos to discuss cooperation in the fight against international terrorism and transnational crime, challenges to democracy in Paraguay and the region, and the expansion of economic opportunity. SECDEF drew atte [...]	2005-08-20 18:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS KCRM PTER PINR SNAR PA KICC
05ASUNCION1047	PARAGUAY: EXPROPRIATION CASE A SETBACK FOR [...] (U) In a blow to Paraguay,s business climate, the Senate passed a bill on August 4 calling for the expropriation of 52,000 hectares (130,000 acres) of land owned by Reverend Sun Myung Moon,s Korea-based Unification Church in Paraguay,s northern Chaco region. It now must get through the Chamber [...]	2005-08-22 10:57:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PREL PA
05ASUNCION1053	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 14 [...] (U) Summary: -- Delay in Prosecution of Terrorist Supporter -- Candia is the New Attorney General -- Former Police Officers Imprisoned -- Entry of Cubans Concerns GOP -- New Immigration Security Measures Planned ------------------------------------------- Dela [...]	2005-08-22 18:12:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1062	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RPSO CONTRACTING OFFICER [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for RPSO Florida Contracting Officer Robert A. Lindquist for travel to Asuncion during the period of August 24 to August 27 to conduct the pre-proposal conference for the SENAD Offices Construction Project in Pedro Juan Caballero. The contact officer fo [...]	2005-08-23 12:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT ASEC
05ASUNCION1063	PARAGUAY: READOUT OF THE FIRST LADIES CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: From July 13-15, Paraguay hosted representatives from 20 countries at technical meetings in preparation of the 13th Western Hemisphere First Ladies Conference. The conference will be held September 28-30 in Asuncion. Delegates debated the Draft Declaration centered around the co [...]	2005-08-23 15:41:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN PA
05ASUNCION1065	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. SPEAKER MARGUERITE [...] As requested in reference telegram, country clearance is granted for Marguerite Sullivan, U.S. Speaker, to travel to Asuncion during the period of 8/28/05 to 9/6/05 to share her experience and abilities on "How to Run a Responsible Press Office" . The contact officer for the visit is Bruce P. [...]	2005-08-23 18:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OTRA PA AORC UNESCO
05ASUNCION1066	PARAGUAY: UN PERMREP NERVOUS ABOUT CTC ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) On August 19, I was approached at a reception in the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry, Amb. Eladio Loizaga, Paraguayan PermRep at the UN in New York. Loizaga, in town for a short stay, mentioned that he was concerned about possible developments related to the CTC and its engagement with P [...]	2005-08-24 12:08:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PTER PA UN
05ASUNCION1068	AMEMBASSY ASUNCION TO SEND POLOFF TO DEMOCRACY AND [...] Per reftel, Asuncion plans to send Political Officer Sterling D. Tilley, Jr. to the Democracy and Human Rights Officers Conference scheduled to be held in Washington, DC, on September 26 - 27. Hotel reservations are confirmed at the Key Bridge Marriott. POLOFF will arrive on September 24 at [...]	2005-08-24 20:00:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OTRA
05ASUNCION1069	PARAGUAY: IMF MISSION BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a lunch hosted by the Ambassador, the visiting IMF team told us that the government appears to have stayed the course on fiscal responsibility and to have tentatively met all of the e [...]	2005-08-24 21:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PA
05ASUNCION1071	PARAGUAY: NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEDGES COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. On 8/19, the Ambassador met with Ruben Candia Amarilla, Paraguay's newly elected Attorney General, to stress the importance the U.S. attaches to cooperation with his office in the fight against transnational crime, including drug trafficking, money laundering, terrorist financi [...]	2005-08-25 16:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PTER PINR SNAR PA KICC
05ASUNCION1072	PARAGUAY 2005 CHILD LABOR REPORT UPDATE [...] The following responses are an update to the 2004 Child Labor Report (ref. B) The responses are based on input from the Ministry of Children and Adolescents, the Ministry of Education, the International Labor Organization (ILO),and Pro Joven (Pro Youth),a non-governmental organization. 2 [...]	2005-08-25 17:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KWMN PA AID
05ASUNCION1076	PARAGUAY DISMISSIVE OF CHAVEZ SOCIAL CHARTER EVENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 16:08:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM SOCI PA OAS
05ASUNCION1077	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISORS AMARANTE [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Treasury Advisors: (1) Amarante Maestas (Security clearance: secret),for travel to Asuncion during the period of September 3-23, 2005, and (2) Robert Cortesi (Security clearance: secret) for travel to Asuncion during the period of September 18- Oct [...]	2005-08-26 16:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PA TRV

05ASUNCION1078	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR JOSEPH [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Treasury Reinforcement Advisor Joseph Bognanno (Security clearance: secret),for travel to Asuncion during the period of August SIPDIS 30-31, 2005, for the purpose of assisting Resident Enforcement Advisor Joe Parker with the FIU and the superint [...]	2005-08-29 11:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PA TRV

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