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08AMMAN2653	GOJ LAUNCHES PUBLIC FINANCING FOR POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (C) Summary. On September 2, Jordan's cabinet approved regulations which allow the launch of a public fund for political parties. Ever since a new law on political parties went into force in April, the fund has been the subject of much speculation among the parties and wrangling between dif [...]	2008-09-14 05:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO

08AMMAN2654	Jordan's Trade Deficit Doubles During First Half of 2008; [...] Summary: Jordan's trade deficit nearly doubled to $5 billion during the first half of 2008. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) attributes the expanding trade gap to a significant increase in imports, which reached $8.61 billion due largely to the price increase for crude oil imports. The Greate [...]	2008-09-14 05:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO
08AMMAN2658	Health Minister to Attend October 25-26 IPAPI Meeting in [...] (SBU) Jordan's Minister of Health, Salah Mawajdeh, is expected to attend the October 25-26 international conference on avian and pandemic influenza hosted by Egypt (Ref A). Assistant Secretary General for Primary Health Care Dr. Adel Belbeisi told ESTHOff that while the details of the Jordania [...]	2008-09-14 11:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU JO
08AMMAN266	PALESTINIAN NSF ARRIVE IN JORDAN FOR TRAINING AT [...] (SBU) On January 23, head of the Public Security Directorate Major General Mazen Al-Qadi and Ambassador Hale signed the latest amendments to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) Letter of Agreement that provide for the training of Palestinian Authority National Security Forc [...]	2008-01-24 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KPAL MASS JO
08AMMAN2669	SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET NEEDED FOR SOCIAL SAFETY NET [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Finance has drafted a temporary law for a second supplemental budget of $106 million to cover additional social safety net payments to civil servants, retirees, armed forces members, and welfare recipients. The supplement will be funded by an equivalent $106 mil [...]	2008-09-15 09:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV EAID JO
08AMMAN2671	KBR TRAFFICKING LAWSUIT GENERATING WIDE INTEREST [...] (U) Summary: A lawsuit recently filed in California against Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., and Jordanian firm Daoud & Partners for allegedly trafficking 13 Nepalese into Iraq has generated wide interest. Commentators are demanding that the GOJ investigate, prodded along by spurious allegations th [...]	2008-09-15 11:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KTIP NP IZ JO
08AMMAN2672	MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY IMPROVES BUT [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: One year after the passage of the 2007 Municipalities Law (Ref A),the Ministry of Municipal Affairs (MoMA) and local officials generally view it as a successful reform of the 1955 law. Direct election of local officials has improved governmental accountability, a [...]	2008-09-15 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV JO
08AMMAN2673	AWADALLAH FACES MORE HITS FROM THE RUMOR MILL [...] (C) Summary: Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah, long an object of anti-Palestinian, anti-reformist anger and resentment, is facing yet another round of malicious gossip and slander designed to compel his ouster. This time, the allegations focus on a guilt-by-association link between Awadall [...]	2008-09-15 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KCOR JO
08AMMAN2675	JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR DEPARTS FOR BAGHDAD [...] (C) The Jordanian Foreign Ministry has informed Post that the new Jordanian Ambassador to Iraq, Nayef Fantoul al-Zeidan, departed for Baghdad on September 14th. Zeidan will be Jordan's first representative in Baghdad in several years (Ref A). 2. (C) Zeidan, a career diplomat, served as [...]	2008-09-15 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN2680	JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ TO PRESENT [...] (C) Nayef al-Zeidan, the Jordanian Ambassador to Iraq (Ref A),has delayed his departure for Baghdad until after the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which ends October 3rd. Muhammad al-Khalidi, the newly appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, informed Poloff on September 16 tha [...]	2008-09-16 12:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN2683	CONTINUED HIGH WORLD PRICES LEAD TO RECORD REVENUES FOR [...] (U) Summary: Growing world demand and rising prices resulted in rapid growth in Jordanian exports of fertilizer (up 126%),potash (52%) and phosphate (75%) in the first seven months of 2008 (ref A). Correspondingly, revenues and profits at Arab Potash Company (APC) and Jordan Phosphate Mines C [...]	2008-09-16 12:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EMIN EINV JO
08AMMAN2684	AMBASSADOR BEECROFT'S MEETING WITH UNHCR COUNTRY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 courtesy call, Imran Riza, Country Representative for UNHCR, told Ambassador that UNHCR had a good relationship with the Government of Jordan, and that UNHCR continued its efforts to reach Iraqi refugees in Jordan. He thanked the USG for its continued support, [...]	2008-09-16 13:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PREL JO
08AMMAN2685	CIVIL SOCIETY SUGGESTS CHANGES TO ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Jordan's civil society are negotiating with the government on amendments to the Law on Associations (Refs A-E). Possible obstacles include tribal conservatives and the security services seeking to protect their equities, and civil society confronting its own i [...]	2008-09-16 14:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN269	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Michael Ledeboer + 6 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Michael Ledeboer, James Allen, Sheila Hansen, Tarik Samman, Jacek Stawiski, Anurag Chhabra and Thomas Cooley to Jordan from 31 January - 8 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the th [...]	2008-01-27 06:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN2690	Amman Hosting Regional Conference on Investigative [...] Well known Jordanian journalist Rana Sabbagh, the Executive Director of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ),is organizing a regional conference November 28 - 30 on investigative journalism which is scheduled to include big name media figures such as Yusri Foda of Al Jazeera and [...]	2008-09-17 11:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO PREL
08AMMAN2696	DESPITE SLOWDOWN IN CEMENT DEMAND, JORDAN'S PRODUCTION [...] (U) Summary: After five years of 10-15% growth in cement demand and 3.8% growth in production, domestic demand for cement in Jordan has begun to drop due to inflation and a slow down in construction. Despite this trend, Jordan's annual cement production is set to double from 4.5 to 11 million t [...]	2008-09-18 10:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV JO
08AMMAN27	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Alex Williams + [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Alex Williams, Keith Thompson, Dane Kaley, Alfredo Ferrer, Charles Langston, Rodney Walters and Stephen Kennedy to Jordan from 3 February through 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especiall [...]	2008-01-06 09:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN270	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR James Allen and [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Allen and Albert Rodriguez to Jordan from 23 February - 12 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of [...]	2008-01-27 06:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN2700	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED; NEW [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations, Ayman Al-Aamiry on September 18. Aamiry did not offer a substantive reaction. 2. (SBU) Aamiry informed PolOff that he would be moving on shortly to a new position as Assistant for H [...]	2008-09-18 13:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JO
08AMMAN2701	ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS: A COMPARATIVE VIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Civil society's suggested amendments to the Law on Associations are ambitious and far-reaching. Many of them touch on sensitive areas which may produce an adverse government reaction. The amendments would largely take the power of government oversight away from cabinet ministe [...]	2008-09-18 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2702	ASSOCIATIONS LAW: THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Civil society's proposed amendments to the Law on Associations are ambitious and worthy of our support, but contain within them a potential problem. By pursuing an all-or-nothing strategy that ignores Prime Minister Dahabi's explicit tamping down of expectations, civil society ma [...]	2008-09-18 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2712	JORDAN-- WORKSHOP FINDS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [...] Summary: On August 31, 2008, the Mental Health and Psychosocial working-group for Iraqis in Jordan met in Amman under the chairmanship of Save the Children and International Medical Corps (IMC). The workshop examined case studies and reaffirmed the findings of previous meetings. The partic [...]	2008-09-22 11:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID JO
08AMMAN2715	Jordanian Business Associations Revive Tijara Coalition to [...] Summary: The Tijara coalition of 16 Jordanian business associations has begun to implement a new one-year strategy to promote U.S.-Jordan trade through policy forums and trade capacity-building workshops funded by USAID. In a September 17 policy forum with the Ambassador and Government of Jo [...]	2008-09-22 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR JO
08AMMAN2716	ASSOCIATIONS LAW: PM RETURNS AMENDMENTS, ASKING [...] (S) Prime Minister Nader Dahabi told Ambassador September 21 that he was sending civil society's list of associations law amendments back to the group of activists that produced them; he is insisting that they identify their priorities on the list. Dahabi asserted that he needs this prioritiz [...]	2008-09-22 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2717	GC VOTE ON IAEA BOG MESA SEAT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref A demarche to Nabil Masarweh, Acting Director of Foreign Minister Bashir's private office, on September 21. (Note: Bashir departed for UNGA on Friday and was unavailable to receive the demarche. End note.) Masarweh agreed that neither Iran nor Syria were appropriate [...]	2008-09-23 03:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUC JO
08AMMAN2754	UNSC MINISTERIAL ON SETTLEMENTS: JORDAN WILL TRY [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche September 25 to Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah. Awadallah said that he is in daily contact with FM Salah Al-Bashir, currently in New York for UNGA, and would relay the points. Awadallah said that Jordan will try to be helpful to the extent it can. [...]	2008-09-25 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KWBG KPAL UNSC JO
08AMMAN2756	PARLIAMENT'S FALL SESSION: A PREVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's parliament will return for its ordinary session on October 5. The first order of business will be the election of the speaker, a vote that current speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali seems to have clinched already. Economic issues are set to dominate the agenda, with complica [...]	2008-09-28 05:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KDEM JO
08AMMAN2757	PARLIAMENT'S FALL SESSION: A PREVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's parliament will return for its ordinary session on October 5. The first order of business will be the election of the speaker, a vote that current speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali seems to have clinched already. Economic issues are set to dominate the agenda, with complica [...]	2008-09-28 06:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KDEM JO
08AMMAN2770	KING CONTINUES BROADENING JORDAN'S REACH WITH [...] (SBU) Jordan's King Abdullah visited China on September 17-18, his sixth trip to the country, as part of his ongoing effort to broaden Jordan's ties with central Asia and beyond (Ref A). During meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao and other officials, the Jordanian delegation, including [...]	2008-09-29 07:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JO CH
08AMMAN2779	JORDAN: U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 12:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ARM CDG PREL UNGA JO
08AMMAN278	TOURISM IN JORDAN IN 2007: REVENUES UP, MORE EUROPEANS, [...] Summary: Revenues from Jordan's tourism industry have grown 13 percent since 2006. The number and duration of European visitors is growing but Arab tourism is declining. Among Jordanian cities, Petra is experiencing the fastest growth, but low-budget hotels there continue to suffer from heavy [...]	2008-01-27 15:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND JO
08AMMAN2780	Jordan Reacts to Iraq Cholera "Outbreak" with Heightened [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reports of isolated cases of cholera in various areas of Iraq, the Government of Jordan had directed the medical screening of people arriving from Iraq. It has also imposed a temporary ban on the import of non-canned food products from Iraq. The number of report [...]	2008-09-29 13:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL ETRD JO IZ
08AMMAN2781	MEDIA REPORTS FURTHER GOJ CONTACT WITH THE MUSLIM [...] (U) Media outlets reported recently that the director of the General Intelligence Department (GID),LTG Mohammad Dahabi, held a third round of meetings with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and spoke on the phone with HAMAS Political Bureau Director Khaled Meshal in mid September. Islamist-leaning [...]	2008-09-29 14:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO KISL KPAL PGOV
08AMMAN2782	BROADBAND COMPETITION STILL SLUGGISH BUT FUTURE CAPACITY [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 21% of Jordanians use the internet but only 3% of the population subscribes to an internet service. Jordan is currently served by 20 internet service providers (ISPs) which resell service from Jordan Telecom Group/Orange (JTG). Jordan's broadband service remains expe [...]	2008-10-05 05:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINT EINV TINT JO
08AMMAN2783	FY09 PRIORITIES AND WORK-ITEMS FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB [...] The Amman ESTH Hub for the NEA Bureau was established in 1997 and supports 17 countries in the NEA region. The current incumbent (Manu Bhalla) is the fourth Hub officer and is supported by a regional environmental specialist (currently vacant). The Amman Hub advances a wide range of regional [...]	2008-10-05 11:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO ETRD EAID PGOV JO
08AMMAN2788	JORDAN SAYS QATARI NATIONAL AL-SUBAYI HAS NOT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 10:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PTER PREL JO
08AMMAN279	MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 17 meeting with environmental attorney Diane Bodman (wife of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman),Minister of Environment Khaled Irani provided a historical perspective on Jordan's environmental issues, the strong relationship of the government with environmental NGOs, [...]	2008-01-27 15:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO
08AMMAN2798	KING SHUFFLES THE ROYAL COURT, CALLS PARLIAMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Last week saw the culmination of recent rumors as Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah stepped down and was replaced by East Banker Nasser Al-Lozi. In Lozi, King Abdullah has found the desired centrist, establishment figure to rebuild relationships following the departure of his c [...]	2008-10-06 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN2799	FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES CONTINUE TO RISE AFTER MARCH'S [...] (U) The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) announced that its foreign currency reserves had risen to $7.56 billion by the end of August 2008, a 13% increase over the $6.69 billion level in August 2007. These current reserves are equivalent to about five months of Jordan's import of goods and service [...]	2008-10-07 06:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV JO
08AMMAN28	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Lovelace + 4 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Lovelace, William Miracle, William Huggins, Philip Archer and Shane Tuttle to Jordan from 7 - 8 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. [...]	2008-01-06 09:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN280	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ghassan Aldebs [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Carl Stubbert to Jordan from 10 - 13 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...]	2008-01-28 05:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN2804	JORDAN ARMED FORCES BRIEFED ON IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) PolCouns and DATT delivered Ref A demarche to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Khaled Sarayreh on September 29. Emboffs paid special attention to the ramifications for Jordan's field hospital in Fallujah, Iraq, and its Special Operations Forces protecting the hospital. Em [...]	2008-10-08 07:08:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	IZ JO MOPS
08AMMAN2810	IMPLEMENTING UNSC RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 12:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR MNUC PARM JO
08AMMAN2812	JORDANIAN FM TO ATTEND FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] (C) PolOff on October 8 delivered the draft "Partnership Between G8, BMENA Governments and Civil Society" document (ref) to Ambassador Mohammad Shahankari, Director of the Negotiations Coordination Bureau in the MFA, and GOJ point person on the Forum for the Future. Shahankari made a quick s [...]	2008-10-08 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KMPI JO
08AMMAN2819	JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 12-14 VISIT OF ISN PDAS [...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the October 13-14 visit to Jordan of International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau PDAS McNerney. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East and is active in a broad range of regional engagement [...]	2008-10-09 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN282	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Keith Riggle [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Keith Riggle to Jordan from 3 - 6 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...]	2008-01-28 05:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN2820	Government of Iraq Repatriates Approximately 116 [...] (U) Summary: according to an Iraqi diplomat in Jordan, the Government of Iraq carried out two repatriation operations in Jordan, one on September 28, and a second on October 6. The GOI reportedly repatriated approximately 116 in the two operations. UNHCR subsequently confirmed that the mov [...]	2008-10-09 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID JO
08AMMAN2822	JORDAN DECLARES COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING TIP DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large Mark Lagon, Director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) discussed steps taken by the GOJ to eliminate trafficking conditions in Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) and solutions to deal with trafficking-relate [...]	2008-10-09 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIP BG ID CE RP IN JO
08AMMAN2823	GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 13:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JO
08AMMAN283	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Jonathan Maddock + [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Jonathan Maddock, Michael Ledeboer, Thomas Chrzanowski, Thomas Cooley, Anurag Chhabra, Sheila Hansen, James Heidt, Emaan Osman, David Prosen, Tarik Samman, Stephen Sheehy, Jacek Stawiski, Stephen Williamson, Jesse Wintjes and Alan Young to Jordan [...]	2008-01-28 05:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN284	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Eric Christopher [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Eric to Jordan from 1 - 8 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country clearance [...]	2008-01-28 05:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN285	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Max Krupp + 11 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Max Krupp, Steven Brackin, Joshua Curtis, John Meadows, Michael Guiso, Jesse Byrd, Jimmie Cusick, Christian Wallace, Mark Watson, Jerry Wilson, Rick McIntosh and Shaun Smith to Jordan from 30 January - 29 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The [...]	2008-01-28 05:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN2852	GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 06:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JO
08AMMAN2884	JORDANIAN REACTION TO BEIJING OLYMPICS MUTED [...] (SBU) Most Jordanians viewed the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics through the lens of their national teams' performance. The Games received fairly straightforward coverage from the major Jordanian news outlets provided, for the most part, by a small number of reporters who accompanied the Jordan [...]	2008-10-16 12:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN2885	JORDAN WILLING TO PROVIDE M113S TO YEMEN IF [...] (S) Ambassador delivered Reftel points October 15 to Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi. After consulting King Abdullah, Al-Lozi responded October 16 that Jordan has the M113s and would be willing to provide them to Yemen if compensated financially. 2. (S) Note: Jordan owns over 300 refurbis [...]	2008-10-16 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR YE JO
08AMMAN2888	JORDAN JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS RECEIVE TRAINING ON USE OF [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) delivered a Strategic (Task Force) Approach to the Investigation and Prosecution of Organized and Financial [...]	2008-10-16 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON KCRM SNAR JO
08AMMAN2898	DOE/NNSA/NA242/NNTRAV/EXBS: DIPLOMATIC NOTE SENT TO GOJ [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-19 08:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO
08AMMAN29	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR William Louden [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of William Louden to Jordan from 29 December through 4 January 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elect [...]	2008-01-06 09:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN2928	PYRAMID SCHEME HIGHLIGHTS PAST REGULATORY FAILURES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Independent of the U.S. sub-prime crisis and the global financial crisis, as many as 70 Jordanian firms falsely claiming to broker and manage funds composed of financial instruments listed in markets outside Jordan collapsed in late September. Such "brokerage" firms were not reg [...]	2008-10-23 13:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SOCI JO
08AMMAN2929	JORDAN IPR UPDATE: SLOW PROGRESS IN REVISING LAWS AND [...] (SBU) Jordan described in September, as part of the World Trade Organization Trade Policy Review process, its unrealized plans to establish an umbrella IPR organization; Jordan had first announced these plans at the September 2006 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee meetings in Amman. K [...]	2008-10-26 04:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR JO
08AMMAN2941	MAJALI SPREADS THE WEALTH IN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament spent the first week of its ordinary session electing its leadership. Abdulhadi Al-Majali comfortably won re-election to the speakership, and his National Democratic Trend parceled out leadership jobs and committee chairmanships with the National Fraternal Blo [...]	2008-10-26 13:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
08AMMAN2945	INFLATION PUSHES WOMEN IN JORDAN'S PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff recently met with forty women in the Wahdat and Zarqa Palestinian refugee camps to talk about the impact inflation is having on their daily lives. While the conservative culture of the camps is still a barrier to employment, economic necessity is pushing an increasing n [...]	2008-10-27 06:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF ECON PGOV KPAL KWMN JO
08AMMAN295	JORDAN TO ATTEND FEBRUARY 7 PSI OUTREACH EVENT IN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on January 28 to Khalid Takhayneh from the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Takhayneh said he received last week the UK's invitation to the February 7 Proliferation Security Initiative meeting in London, and that his office had [...]	2008-01-28 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PARM PREL KNNP ZR JO
08AMMAN2957	Iraqis in Jordan Allege Mosul Violence Linked to Kurds, not [...] (SBU) At the request of the Charge of the Apostolic Nunciature in Amman, Embassy EconOff Iraq-Watcher and Religious Freedom PolOff recently met with a group of Iraqis originally from the Mosul area. The delegation of approximately fifteen, consisting of both Sunni Muslims and Christians, prese [...]	2008-10-28 05:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL JO IZ
08AMMAN2958	Jordan: Iraq Embassy Reports Repatriation [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, more than 100 Iraqis returned from Jordan via an Iraqi-chartered aircraft. The October 25 flight appears to be the first planeload of Iraqis to return from Jordan following similar operations from Egypt, and Syria earlier this year. Neither the GOJ nor UNHCR [...]	2008-10-28 05:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID JO
08AMMAN296	JORDAN'S SUBSIDY-FREE 2008 BUDGET PASSES LOWER HOUSE OF [...] (U) On January 24, Jordan's lower house of parliament approved the 2008 budget by a vote of 87-11, with three abstentions and nine absentees. Three days of discussion in the parliament focused on the impact of financial reform, particularly the end of fuel subsidies, on limited income citizens [...]	2008-01-29 05:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV EAID JO
08AMMAN2965	IMPLEMENTING MUGHRABI GATE PROJECT REMAINS [...] (C) The MFA's Director of Policy Planning and Research, Omar Nahar - Post's primary GOJ contact on the matter of planned construction of a new ascent to the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount - gave PolOff a readout of the GOJ's latest views on October 21. The meeting [...]	2008-10-28 11:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN2970	JORDANIAN CANDIDATE FOR ICJ, INCUMBENT JUDGE AWN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 13:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA UNSC JO
08AMMAN2973	JORDANIAN POET ON TRIAL FOR BLASPHEMY [...] (SBU) Charges against a Jordanian poet, Islam Samhan, for allegedly defaming and insulting religion through Quranic verses and prophets in his book of poetry, "Grace Like a Shadow," has pitted religious leaders against public calls for greater freedom of expression. Eight months after the book [...]	2008-10-29 10:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI JO
08AMMAN2974	CARE-Jordan Hits Temporary Snag in PRM Project Proposal [...] (SBU) Summary: At CareQs Request, RefCoord intervened with the GOJ to appeal the GOJ rejection of the USG-funded psychosocial project. The GOJ agreed to review the decision after discussing the journalism component of the project with CARE-Jordan. The GOJ continues to be leery of any pr [...]	2008-10-29 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID JO
08AMMAN2977	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS DISCUSS LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS [...] (SBU) As part of Embassy Amman's continuing engagement on the Law on Associations (Ref A),the Ambassador hosted a tea for eleven civil society leaders on October 20. Post previously reported that Prime Minister Nader Dahabi was planning to return civil society's suggested amendments and ask [...]	2008-10-30 11:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN2981	ARAB LEAGUE ESTABLISHES IPR OFFICE AND HOSTS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Arab Federation for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (AFPIPR),an intellectual property rights (IPR) organization affiliated with the Arab League, opened its Jordan office earlier this summer and received diplomatic accreditation on October 9. On October 28, AF [...]	2008-10-30 11:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR JO AL
08AMMAN2982	Jordan's 2009 Budget Grows Deficit with Bonuses and [...] (U) Summary: The Finance Ministry presented the $8.69 billion 2009 central budget to Parliament on October 26. The budget is 8.2% larger than 2008 because of growing capital expenditures including the King's housing initiative, as well as bonuses for civil servants and pensioners. This budge [...]	2008-10-30 11:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID JO
08AMMAN2986	JORDAN NONCOMMITAL ON CO-SPONSORING COMPLIANCE [...] (S) Foreign Minister Salaheddine Al-Bashir reiterated Jordan's support of the compliance resolution (reftel) to visiting Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Paula DeSutter and indicated he would consider joining as a co-sponsor, but made no further commitment. D [...]	2008-10-30 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	CDG JO PARM PREL UNGA
08AMMAN2988	JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY SCRAMBLES TO PRIORITIZE [...] (C) Minister of Social Development Hala Lattouf met with civil society leaders on October 29, returning their suggested amendments to the Law on Associations and asking once again for a prioritized list (Refs A and B). NGO leaders were given until November 2 to resubmit their changes to Latto [...]	2008-11-02 09:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN299	TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION REQUEST FOR AMMAN FSN AGRICULTURAL [...] FAS AMMAN REQUESTS APPROVAL FOR FSN AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST MOHAMMED KHRAISHY TO VISIT DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, FEBRUARY 23-28, 2007, TO ESCORT JORDANIAN TRADERS TO THE AMERICAN PAVILION OF THE GULFOOD EXHIBITION. NO ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED. 2. USDA FAS REGIONAL OFFICE IN CAIRO HAS SUFFE [...]	2008-01-29 09:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR JO OTRA TU
08AMMAN2994	GOJ Officials Confirm to ISN PDAS Jordan's Commitment to [...] (S/NF) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation PDAS Patricia McNerney, during her October 13-14 visit to Jordan, discussed Iran, the full range of nonproliferation issues, and bilateral cooperation with Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials including Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashi [...]	2008-11-02 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG PARM TRGY PREL JO
08AMMAN2999	Jordan Water Conference Cancelled Because of Israel-Arab [...] (SBU) Summary: Host country Jordan cancelled the Euro-Med Partners Ministerial Conference on Water scheduled to begin on October 28 over disputes about the participation of the Arab League (AL). A Jordanian Foreign Ministry (FM) contact and diplomats in Jordan said the dispute was over the A [...]	2008-11-02 12:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV EAID PGOV JO AL
08AMMAN30	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR James Holland and Peter [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Holland and Peter McGrew to Jordan from 17 January through 2 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Departmen [...]	2008-01-06 09:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN300	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Jodie Kunkel + 3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Jodie Kunkel, Jeremy Harper, Jeffrey Patterson and Gabriel Dicola to Jordan from 9 February - 30 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On Oc [...]	2008-01-29 09:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN3002	MAJALI REJECTS ELECTORAL REFORM CHATTER [...] (SBU) Jordan's electoral system has recently emerged as a topic of discussion, first in background chatter and now in comments in the official media. Lower house speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali offered a surprisingly blunt rejection of changes in Jordan's electoral system in a wide-ranging inter [...]	2008-11-03 07:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAL JO
08AMMAN301	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR 699 STUDENTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of 699 (Six Hundred and Ninety-nine) students to Jordan from 17 February - 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...]	2008-01-29 09:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN3011	Red-Dead Feasibility Grapples with Funding Problems as [...] (C) The World Bank led Red-Dead Feasibility Study (RDS),grappling with a $3.5 million funding shortfall at its May 2008 launch, continues to wrestle with money-problems. Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) Assistant Secretary General (and Red-Dead Project Manager) Fayez Bataineh told ESTH [...]	2008-11-04 10:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID PGOV JO
08AMMAN3012	IRANIANS RAISE SOFA AT IRAQ NEIGHBORS SECURITY [...] (U) The fifth annual rotating conference of the Interior Ministers of Iraq's Neighboring Countries took place in Amman, October 23-24, with participation from the Ministers of Interior of Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. The official closing stateme [...]	2008-11-04 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ JO PGOV PREL
08AMMAN3013	JORDAN'S ISRAEL WATCHERS LIKE LIVNI, SEE HER LOSING [...] (C) Summary: The political tumult in Israel has grabbed the attention of Jordan's Israel-watching cadre. Most of our contacts - largely supportive of, if pessimistic about, the peace process - were pleased Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni had won leadership of the Kadima Party (particularly given [...]	2008-11-04 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS JO
08AMMAN3017	U.S. Pharmaceutical Company Pulling Out of Jordan Creates [...] (U) Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) Senior Vice President Frank Pasqualone told EmbOffs October 30 that BMS will be closing its nine-person Jordanian sales operation and BMS drugs will no longer be available for direct sale in Jordan. Pasqualone said this closing is part of a larger corporate str [...]	2008-11-05 05:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BTIO KIPR JO
08AMMAN3022	Jordan 2009 National Trade Estimate [...] Per reftel, below is the text of Jordan's 2009 National Trade Estimate, also sent, as requested, to USTR as a Microsoft Word document. 2. Begin Text: TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Jordan was $261 million in the first 11 months of FY 08, a decrease of $248 million fr [...]	2008-11-05 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN JO
08AMMAN304	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR 699 STUDENTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of 699 (Six Hundred and Ninety-nine) students to Jordan from 17 February - 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...]	2008-01-29 11:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN3048	JORDAN--STAFFDEL WAXMAN TO GOJ--ESF IS FOR IRAQIS [...] (C) Summary: In her meeting with Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Suhair Ali, Kennedy Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Sharon Waxman delivered a strong, polite signal that U.S. Congressional leadership were keen to see USG economic support funds (ESF) used to make progress in [...]	2008-11-06 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PREL
08AMMAN3079	Jordan Media Reaction to Obama Election [...] Summary: nearly all columnists and editors writing in the Jordanian press today welcomed the election of Senator Obama as the next U.S. President, with the dominant theme being that he would bring very positive change to an America allegedly tarnished by the bush presidency. Following are exc [...]	2008-11-06 14:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO KMDR PREL
08AMMAN3080	FM BASHIR AND A/S HOOK DISCUSS HAMAS TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir and IO A/S Brian Hook discussed Jordanian talks with Hamas, the Mughrabi Gate issue, and other regional developments during a lunch on November 1. Addressing recent interactions with Hamas, Bashir maintained that Jordanian policy had no [...]	2008-11-09 06:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3084	JORDAN UNDECIDED ON IRAN NO-ACTION MOTION [...] (C) Ambassador and IO A/S Hook raised the issue of no-action motions with Jordanian FM Bashir on November 1 (septel). A/S Hook urged Jordan to vote with the U.S. to allow a resolution condemning Iran's human rights record to go forward to a vote. If Jordan was unable to do so, Hook counsele [...]	2008-11-09 13:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL JO
08AMMAN31	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Greenwich + 3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Tom Greenwich, Jeffrey Platz, William Cox and Travis Riffle to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007 [...]	2008-01-06 09:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN3105	Jordan's King Speaks Out on Press Freedom [...] (U) Summary: In an interview conducted November 9 with the editors in chief of the four major Arabic dailies and the Jordan Times, King Abdullah II expressed his "prohibition" of imprisonment of journalists for publication crimes. The king's statements come barely a week after the detention of [...]	2008-11-12 05:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KMDR KPAO JO
08AMMAN3116	TWO YEARS ON, PROGRESS ON DEMOCRACY GOALS FALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Agenda, issued in 2006, remains the primary guide for political and economic reform in Jordan. The agenda's 10-year vision is ambitious, tackling many structural and cultural issues to pave the way for modernizing Jordan's political system. Opposition to that vi [...]	2008-11-13 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN JO
08AMMAN3117	JORDAN'S ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS FACE CRITICS [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's cabinet debated amendments to the controversial Law on Associations on November 12, with reform-minded cabinet officials having met for a prep session the day before. Our contacts in parliament remain either uninformed about the need for amendments or hostile to their [...]	2008-11-13 16:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN3120	EPA Administrator Johnson Visit to Jordan Bolsters [...] Summary: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's October 17 - 22 visit to Jordan, the first-ever such visit by an Administrator, included the high-profile signing of a Statement of Intent with Environment Minister Khaled Irani to bolster environmental enforceme [...]	2008-11-16 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO SENV JO
08AMMAN3121	KING DECLARES 2009 THE YEAR OF AGRICULTURE: WATER USE AND [...] (U) King Abdullah announced during an early October field visit to the rural Al Arda area that 2009 would be "The Year of Agriculture." Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi reiterated the message during a mid-October meeting with Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) officials. The plan, still in develop [...]	2008-11-17 06:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO JO
08AMMAN3122	JORDANIAN-QATARI RELATIONS START TO THAW IN BUSINESS AND [...] (C) Prime Minister Nader Dahabi led a high-level November 8-9 delegation to Qatar which included the Ministers of Labor, Industry and Trade, and Media Affairs. According to press reports, Jordan and Qatar agreed to establish a joint investment fund, with up to $1 billion from Qatar, and to se [...]	2008-11-17 07:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL PGOV KISL KWBG JO QA

08AMMAN3123	IN PRESS ROUNDTABLE, KING ASSERTS CLEAR COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) King Abdullah II reaffirmed his commitment to eliminate all forms of violence against women and children in a November 8 meeting with editors of local daily newspapers stating that such crimes would not be tolerated as they threaten the country's future by undermining its young people. T [...]	2008-11-17 07:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KOCI KWMN JO
08AMMAN3125	IRAQI MEDIA OUTLETS BASED IN JORDAN: PROFILES [...] (U) A number of Iraqi satellite television channels have established operations in Amman since 2005. These channels offer news and entertainment programming aimed at primarily Sunni audiences in Iraq and in neighboring countries. Following is a profile of the major channels, based on intervie [...]	2008-11-17 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR IZ JO
08AMMAN3136	Two-Day Strike by Truckers Results in Some Fuel Shortages; [...] (SBU) Summary: Sixty-five Jordanian oil transportation companies held a two-day strike on November 13 and 14 in protest of what they consider to be low transportation fees paid by the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JRPC) and an alleged unfair bidding process for the transport of oil from I [...]	2008-11-19 10:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN EPET JO IZ
08AMMAN3139	Jordan Improves Road Safety Traffic Record in 2008 [...] Summary: Although Jordan continues to have one of the highest traffic accident rates in the world, it has witnessed a significant gain in improving its road-traffic safety record in 2008, reducing fatality rates by almost 40%. Several high-profile traffic fatalities focused considerable atte [...]	2008-11-19 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL PGOV JO
08AMMAN315	JORDAN'S FIRST INDEPENDENT TV STATION STILL ON HOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Six months after its scheduled on air debut, and two years after its initial establishment, Jordan's first independent television station, ATV, remains off the air despite new ownership. ATV's new management predicts the station will go on air "soon," perhaps by the middle of 200 [...]	2008-02-03 07:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KPAO KMDR JO
08AMMAN3164	JORDAN FEARS IT WILL BEAR BURDEN OF FAILURE (OR [...] (S) Summary and Comment: With some frequency over the past several months the local commentariat has expressed anxiety that Jordan risks becoming the alternative Palestinian homeland, given Palestinian disunity and perceived Israeli and U.S. duplicity. Officials have publicly reaffirmed thei [...]	2008-11-20 13:11:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3165	NOTES FROM JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT: ALLIANCES WAX AND [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the allocation of parliamentary committee chairmanships and leadership positions, the alliance between parliament speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali's National Democratic Trend and the business-oriented National Fraternal Bloc (Al-Ikha) was dissolved. A new bloc of MPs [...]	2008-11-20 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
08AMMAN3166	JORDAN ARMED FORCES WAITING FOR IRAQI REQUEST TO [...] (S) Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) number two and Joint Operations Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Suleiman Al-Raoud told visiting SOCCENT Commander Major General Charles Cleveland on November 20 that the JAF is waiting for the Government of Iraq (GOI) to indicate that they would like the JAF [...]	2008-11-20 16:13:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	IZ JO MOPS
08AMMAN3167	U.S.-JORDAN POLITICAL DIALOGUE FOCUSES ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Jordanian Foreign Ministry hosted senior department officials and Embassy Amman for the kick-off of a strategic policy dialogue on November 17. The dialogue is an offshoot of the assistance Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in September with the GOJ, outlining furthe [...]	2008-11-20 16:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN3171	JORDAN TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past six months, Jordan made steady progress on measures to combat trafficking-in-persons. Progress includes an increase in trafficking-related cases being tried, the approval of a joint labor inspector and police investigation unit, the creation of a Humanitarian and L [...]	2008-11-23 06:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN IZ IS SY ID
08AMMAN3172	VCI A/S DESUTTER DISCUSSES WMD, IRAN, AND NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In conversations with GOJ officials during her October 25-29 visit to Jordan, visiting Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter discussed the importance of countering Iranian and North Korean weapons of mass destruction (W [...]	2008-11-23 10:21:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PARM PINS KNNP KTIA JO
08AMMAN3173	IN SPITE OF GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES JORDANIANS ARE [...] (U) Summary: After years of steady GDP growth near 6% and inflation near 5%, skyrocketing inflation in Jordan in 2008 has dwarfed wage growth and created new challenges for GOJ. While wages have increased an estimated 25% since 2002, the Consumer Price Index has increased an average of 44%, an [...]	2008-11-23 10:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI JO
08AMMAN3177	JORDAN INDICATES IT WILL SUPPORT FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered on November 23, reftel demarche to Ayman Aamiry, the MFA's head of International Organizations. Thanking him for Jordan's support for the first committee resolution on compliance, she encouraged Jordan to back the measure in the plenary session. Aamiry said that Jor [...]	2008-11-24 05:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC UNGA JO
08AMMAN3184	JORDAN EXPLAINS THE DIFFICULTY IT FACES IN [...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered on November 23 reftel demarche and talking points to Ayman Aamiry, director of international organizations at Jordan's MFA. Aamiry listened closely to the talking points and accepted the list of 2007 resolutions with an anti-Israeli bias. He noted that the message "h [...]	2008-11-24 15:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY JO
08AMMAN3189	GOJ LEADERS TALK AID, REFORM, PALESTINIANS, LEVANT [...] (C) Summary: NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, who was in Amman to participate in the U.S.-Jordan Political Dialogue (Ref A),spent November 18 in separate meetings with King Abdullah, Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi, Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, Senate President Zeid [...]	2008-11-25 07:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL SY IS LE AE MO JO
08AMMAN3194	JORDAN RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON NOVEMBER [...] (C) Pol Chief delivered on November 25 points in reftel demarche to the FM's Office Director, Nabil Masarweh, who promised to pass the information to his minister, scheduled to leave later in the day for Cairo. 2. (C) After the meeting, Masarweh called to say that the main subject of the [...]	2008-11-25 14:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG AL JO
08AMMAN32	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gonzalo Gonzalez [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gonzalo Gonzalez to Jordan from 11 - 18 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...]	2008-01-06 09:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN3206	Proposal on Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 13:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV JO
08AMMAN3219	JORDAN'S ASSOCIATIONS LAW LIKELY TO TAKE EFFECT AS [...] (C) When the King endorsed Jordan's controversial Law on Associations in September, he exacted a promise from PM Nader Al-Dahabi to amend the bill before it becomes the law of the land (Ref A). With that date (December 15) now just around the corner, civil society and government contacts are [...]	2008-12-01 06:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN3262	JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS PUSH THE LIMITS WITH GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Action Front (IAF) has recently launched a campaign to lift the siege on Gaza with a series of rallies and petitions and the proposed dispatch of a ship of humanitarian supplies. On December 3, IAF members staged a walkout in Parliament when [...]	2008-12-04 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3266	AMMAN EAC OF 12/06/2008 [...] (S) Ambassador convened a core meeting of the Amman Emergency Action Committee on December 6, 2008, to discuss new information regarding the threat described in reftel A and courses of action for Post. 2. (S/NF) GRPO presented the EAC with tearline language which they will pass to the Gener [...]	2008-12-08 12:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER JO
08AMMAN3267	Jordan Garment Factories Face Declining Sales and [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordanian apparel exports fell 13.5% in the first nine months of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007 and are expected to continue falling, primarily due to the slowing U.S. economy. Press reports announced the imminent closure of several factories, but government officials [...]	2008-12-08 12:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
08AMMAN3280	JORDANIAN COURT DELIVERS STRICTER HONOR CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: The criminal court handed down on December 1 uncharacteristically strict seven-and-a-half-year sentences in two separate cases in which the defendants each claimed they murdered female relatives because they tainted their family's honor. Until these rulings, perpetrators of such [...]	2008-12-11 13:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN SOCI JO
08AMMAN3292	JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 14-16 VISIT OF [...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the December 14-16 visit to Jordan of Codel Dorgan. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East and is active in a broad range of regional engagement activities. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Summa [...]	2008-12-11 16:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC JO OREP PGOV PREL
08AMMAN3298	JORDANIAN AIR CHARTER COMPANY BEGINS SERVICE TO IRAQ'S [...] (U) Jordan Aviation (JA),Jordan's largest charter airline, flew a test flight to Najaf in southern Iraq on December 6 and began charter service to Najaf International Airport on December 12. According to press reports, JA Chairman Captain Mohammed Al-Khashman said that JA will dedicate three p [...]	2008-12-14 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON JO IZ
08AMMAN3301	Participants in Jordan-hosted Third Neighbors Conference on [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan hosted the Third Iraqi Refugees Neighbors (host countries) Conference on November 20, bringing together representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the UN, the Arab League, and the International Red Cross/Red Crescent. Observers included the U.S., led [...]	2008-12-14 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID PREL JO
08AMMAN3311	Monitoring Cooperative Agreement SPRMO08CA097, [...] (U) On December 14, Antares Foundation-Jordan held the first of a series of workshops in Amman for NGO staff working in psychosocial/mental health programming. RefCoord attended the opening session of the PRM-funded workshop. Attendance exceeded AntaresQ expectations with 26 participants att [...]	2008-12-15 14:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF JO
08AMMAN3312	KOSOVO DEMARCHE: JORDAN REMAINS APPREHENSIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
08AMMAN3313	ANNAPOLIS PROCESS DEMARCHE: JORDAN SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 14:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG UNSC JO
08AMMAN332	JORDAN CRACKS DOWN ON PIRACY WITH MORE JAIL SENTENCES AND [...] (U) In 2007, Jordan's National Library Department (NLD) referred 357 cases of IPR violations to the courts, bringing the total number of cases since 2000 to 1,936. Jordanian courts have become increasingly stricter with IPR crimes by issuing more jail sentences and higher fines (Reftel). [...]	2008-02-04 05:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV JO
08AMMAN3327	JORDANIAN MEDIA JOIN BANDWAGON HAILING SHOE THROWER [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's media over the past two days have focused, like their counterparts in other Arab countries, on the shoe throwing incident against President Bush in Iraq. Daily newspapers carried front-page coverage of the incident, with an enormous number of editorial commentary, cartoons, a [...]	2008-12-16 14:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO KMDR KWBG
08AMMAN3329	U.S.-JORDAN POLITICAL DIALOGUE ADDRESSES REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Following the signature of a joint MOU on assistance September 22, the first session of a U.S.-Jordan political dialogue convened in Amman on November 17 (Reftel). Jordan was represented by FM Salah Al-Bashir and members of his staff, while the American side was represented by S [...]	2008-12-17 09:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IS JO
08AMMAN3335	JORDAN: THE DAHABI GOVERNMENT, ONE YEAR ON [...] (C) Summary. A year after taking office, Jordan's PM Nader Dahabi and his government enjoy strong support from the political elite and average Jordanians. Ongoing concerns about the economy remain, but Dahabi and his government have successfully explained the need for restructuring in the fa [...]	2008-12-17 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM JO
08AMMAN3336	JORDAN'S 123 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador met with Chief of the Royal Court, Naser Lozi, on December 13 and discussed progress on Jordan,s 123 Agreement. Lozi explained that Jordanian officials were still reviewing the points that the U.S. had proposed Jordan use in its letter of assurances (ref b). He acknowledged th [...]	2008-12-17 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
08AMMAN3353	KING'S DECENTRALIZATION PLAN HAS MANY CRITICS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. The King is pushing the Jordanian government to revive an ambitious decentralization plan. While the plan's stated goal is to respond more effectively to local concerns, the King may also be pushing the plan for some of its political side-effects, including changes in Jordan's e [...]	2008-12-18 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM KPAL JO
08AMMAN3354	UNESCO DG ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 16:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO JO
08AMMAN3359	Proposed QIZ Satellite Garment Factories Adhering to [...] (U) As requested ref A, Emboffs have sought to verify that the ten proposed Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) satellite factories are creating new job opportunities for rural Jordanians and not currently exporting garments under the QIZ agreement. 2. (U) Of the ten areas identified by the G [...]	2008-12-23 03:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX JO
08AMMAN3360	JORDAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In its public statements and security measures, the Government of Jordan continued to place a high priority on its fight against violent extremism in 2008. This occurred against a backdrop of low support among Jordanians for terrorism. The Pew Research Center Global Attitudes survey of 200 [...]	2008-12-23 04:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC JO
08AMMAN3361	U.S. AND JORDAN SIGN MEGAPORTS AGREEMENT [...] (U) Following more than two years of negotiation, the Ambassador and Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC) Director General Dr. Jamal Sharaf signed on December 16 the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch the Megaports Initiative designed to reduce the risk of nuclear proliferatio [...]	2008-12-23 04:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC JO
08AMMAN3363	AMBASSADOR PRESSES JORDAN,S CHIEF OF ROYAL COURT [...] (S) In meetings December 18 and 20, Ambassador followed up on his earlier discussion with the Foreign Minister (reftel) by separately pressing Chief of the Royal Court Nasser al-Lozi and Prime Minister Nader Dahabi to have Jordan recognize Kosovo. Both agreed that Jordan should and would rec [...]	2008-12-23 10:01:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL JO
08AMMAN3365	POSSIBLE CABINET SHUFFLE WOULD CONTINUE TRADITION [...] (C) Summary: PM Nader Dahabi has prepared a list of names for a new cabinet to discuss with the King, with the aim of announcing a new government in the coming weeks. In historical terms, the Dahabi government represents an unusual period of continuity, particularly given the cabinet's frequ [...]	2008-12-23 10:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN3366	ACTING A/S WITTEN ENCOURAGES JORDAN TO GRANT IRAQI [...] (SBU) In his meeting with Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir on November 19, PRM Acting A/S Witten raised the issue of increased residence and employment rights for Iraqis in Jordan. Witten told the FM that the USG wanted to see Iraqis have access to residence status, work permits, and vocationa [...]	2008-12-23 11:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID JO
08AMMAN3367	JORDAN CAUTIOUS ABOUT PROCESSING WALID PALESTINIAN [...] (C) In separate November 19 meetings with Jordanian Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Suhair Al-Ali and Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleh Al-Bashir, PRM Acting A/S Witten asked about the possibility of processing in Jordan the Iraqi-Palestinians from the Walid camp on the Ir [...]	2008-12-23 11:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL JO
08AMMAN3368	IPR PIRACY AND ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN THREATEN GROWTH AND [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's Information Technology (IT) sector grew 15% in 2007, but 2008 statistics, when released, are expected to reflect a decline because of the worldwide economic slowdown. Nevertheless, for a country which lacks natural resources, but has an abundance of educated human capital [...]	2008-12-23 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT ETRD KIPR JO
08AMMAN3369	JORDAN WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TO ISAF ON ELECTIONS [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi on December 18. Lozi responded to the Ambassador on December 21, agreeing in principle that Jordan would enhance its planned contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan to support [...]	2008-12-23 13:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	MOPS MARR PREL NATO JO
08AMMAN3370	JORDAN TO CONSIDER ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 14:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER PBTS PHSA JO
08AMMAN3371	ACTING A/S WITTEN PRESSES JORDANIAN MINISTER TO DO [...] (SBU) Summary: PRM Acting A/S Samuel Witten met on November 19 in Amman with Minister for Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) Suhair Al-Ali to press the GOJ to be more creative on vocational training, status and work permit issues for Iraqi refugees in Jordan. Minister Ali told Wi [...]	2008-12-23 14:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID JO IZ
08AMMAN3372	KING ABDULLAH OUTLINES A REGION IN TRANSITION WITH [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah, in a December 14 meeting with CODEL Dorgan, discussed the importance of keeping the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations at the center of U.S. Middle East policy during the transition and the next administration. The King also outlined for Senators Dorgan, Conrad, Coch [...]	2008-12-23 15:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN3384	Monitoring and Evaluation for Save The Children- [...] (U) RefCoord attended on December 27, the first graduation ceremony for students attending Save The Children-supported Ta'leem classes in Amman, Jordan. RefCoord met with Jason Erb, Deputy Program Director for Save the Children-Jordan, and with trainers and volunteers for the Taleem program. [...]	2008-12-28 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID IZ JO
08AMMAN3385	SUCCESSFUL JORDANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT STUDY TOUR [...] SUMMARY: A ten-person Jordanian delegation from the Ministry of Environment (MOE),the Environmental Rangers, and the Royal Society for Conservation of Nature (RSCN),participated in an October 22-November 4, 2008, Inspection and Enforcement study tour in the U.S. The comprehensive study tour [...]	2008-12-28 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO
08AMMAN3386	JORDAN'S PM SUPPORTS AMENDING ASSOCIATIONS LAW BUT [...] (C) Ambassador urged Prime Minister Nader Dahabi in a December 20 meeting to move forward rapidly on amending the restrictive law of associations, which went into effect on December 15. Ambassador also raised the issue with Chief of the Royal Court Nasser al-Lozi in a December 21 meeting, br [...]	2008-12-28 14:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN3387	JORDAN FM SUMMONS P5 AMBASSADORS TO PROTEST [...] (C) Ambassador and the representatives of other P5 countries were summoned the afternoon of December 27 by Jordan's Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, who registered his country's protest of Israel's "disproportionate" and "indiscriminate" bombing in Gaza. Ambassador pointed out that the stri [...]	2008-12-28 15:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL JO
08AMMAN3388	JORDAN'S CABINET APPROVES ANTI-TIP LAW; NEXT STOP [...] (C) Jordan's cabinet has just approved a draft anti-trafficking-in-persons law, which is expected to be submitted to Parliament the last week of December, according to Jordan's PM Nader Dahabi in a December 24 phone call with the Ambassador. The PM expressed his hope that the law will be passe [...]	2008-12-29 11:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIP JO
08AMMAN3389	JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...]	2008-12-30 04:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3390	JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...]	2008-12-30 04:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3402	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION TO SITUATION IN GAZA [...] SUMMARY: Since the weekend, Jordanian media outlets have focused all but exclusively on events in Gaza involving Israeli air strikes on militant positions. Coverage has been accompanied by gruesome photos taken of casualties in Gaza. Events dominate editorial commentary as well as front and i [...]	2008-12-30 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR JO
08AMMAN3405	JORDANIAN GID'S DAHABI REPLACED WITH A SPECIALIST [...] (S) In a development surprising for its timing, given intense ongoing public and parliamentary anger at Israel's raids on Gaza, Lieutenant General Muhammad Al-Dahabi has been replaced as Director of the General Intelligence Department, ending just over three years in the post. A Royal Decree [...]	2008-12-30 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR JO
08AMMAN3408	CODEL DORGAN DISCUSSES REGION WITH JORDAN,S FM [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir discussed the strength of the U.S.-Jordanian relationship and the importance of resolving the Israel-Palestinian issue, as well as Jordan's support for Iraq and Lebanon, with Senators Dorgan, Conrad, Cochran and Whitehouse. He also spoke of the ne [...]	2008-12-31 07:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN3417	JORDAN: FM RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 11:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM JO
08AMMAN3418	JORDAN ISLAMISTS PROTEST GAZA EVENTS AND ARAB [...] (SBU) An estimated 2,000 protesters attended a December 30 demonstration organized by the Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, half a mile from the U.S. Embassy on Cairo Street in the upper class commercial area of Abdoun. Speakers, including Muslim Broth [...]	2008-12-31 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL KISL JO
08AMMAN347	ISLAMISTS RAMP UP ANTI-NORMALIZATION RHETORIC TO [...] (C) Summary: After losing two-thirds of its parliamentary representation in November's elections, the Islamic Action Front (IAF) is pulling out the stops to rebuild its base. In the past six weeks, the IAF has sought to capitalize on popular unhappiness with the situation in Gaza with a serie [...]	2008-02-04 13:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO
08AMMAN390	HABASH DEATH DRAWS JORDAN'S GAZE BRIEFLY; SOME SEE [...] (C) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine founder George Habash, whose calls for the overthrow of the Hashemites and brazen, terrorist airline hijackings here in 1970 ran afoul of the Jordanian Government and precipitated the crackdown on Palestinian groups known as Black September, d [...]	2008-02-06 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KPAL PTER JO IS
08AMMAN391	THE RIGHT OF RETURN: WHAT IT MEANS IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: The right of return for Palestinians is one of the issues at the heart of the debate over what it means to be Jordanian. Though our GOJ interlocutors insist that the theoretical option of return remains, they are now more engaged with the issue of compensation, both for individua [...]	2008-02-06 14:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KPAL JO
08AMMAN393	REMINDER OF FEBRUARY 11 DEADLINE TO NOMINATE [...] Embassy Amman would like to remind action addressees of the February 11 deadline for submitting the names of candidates for the Interdiction and Investigation of Bulk Cash Smuggling (BCS) seminar to be delivered in Amman, Jordan from March 10-13, 2008 (reftel). The seminar will be presented b [...]	2008-02-06 15:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD KTFN SNAR XF
08AMMAN394	A/S WELCH AND JORDANIAN FM DISCUSS ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch met with Salaheddin Al-Bashir, Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs. Speaking about the ongoing Annapolis process, Bashir and Welch agreed that regional conferences could help create more positive atmospherics to keep momentum go [...]	2008-02-06 16:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN396	CHAD: JORDAN CONCERNED ABOUT INSTABILITY, OUTSIDE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 17:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH JO
08AMMAN407	JORDAN'S SUBSIDY-FREE BUDGET SIGNED INTO LAW; PRICE [...] (U) On February 6 Jordan's 2008 state budget law was enacted, a decision that sets into motion an unpopular, but fiscally responsible, plan to eliminate subsidies for petroleum products and barley. The new law was published in a special edition of the Official Gazette, the final legal step fol [...]	2008-02-07 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV EAID JO
08AMMAN408	Status of Jordan's WIREC Participation [...] (U) Jordan is expected to send an official delegation to WIREC 2008, but needs additional time to finalize its participation. The Ambassador has conveyed the invitation to Foreign Minister Al-Bashir per refs A and B. Additionally, through a diplomatic note to the relevant ministries, the Emb [...]	2008-02-07 14:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV EAID EPET KGHG OPDC TRGY JO
08AMMAN409	Jordan Prepares for Potential Summer Drought - Again [...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretaries General of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) and the Jordan Valley Authority conveyed to ESTH Officer in separate January 24 meetings a clear sense of an impending summer water crisis. Lower than average rainfall has led to Jordanian dams being filled a [...]	2008-02-07 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO SY IS
08AMMAN41	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Ulises Calvo [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ulises Calvo to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cle [...]	2008-01-06 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN410	PHILIPPINE GOVERMENT BARS WORKERS FROM JORDAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 17, the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment announced a temporary ban on Filipino workers going to Jordan due to the "growing number of distressed Filipino workers being housed in the Filipino Workers Resource Center in Jordan". Philippine diplomats in Amm [...]	2008-02-07 15:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB SMIG KWMN KCRM JO RP CE
08AMMAN411	UN.GIFT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON VIENNA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 15:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO
08AMMAN413	AMMAN DISTRIBUTES PAYMENTS OF TEMPORARY TRANSITION ALLOWANCE STIPEND TO FORMER EMBASSY BAGHDAD STAFF [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-10 05:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF AMGT AFSN IZ JO
08AMMAN42	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Saeed Sooudi and Garry [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Saeed Sooudi and Garry Scroggins to Jordan from 18 - 31 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...]	2008-01-06 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN424	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, GAZA, LEBANON [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a February 6 meeting with Mohammed Dahabi, head of the General Intelligence Department (GID),NEA A/S David Welch discussed the peace process, Gaza, and Lebanon. Dahabi's reading of the Gaza situation was that it was a victory for Hamas. On the Annapolis process, Dahabi [...]	2008-02-10 09:49:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EG IS JO KWBG LE PREL
08AMMAN43	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Ulises Calvo [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ulises Calvo to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cle [...]	2008-01-06 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN433	KING NEITHER ACCEPTS NOR DECLINES INVITATION TO [...] (S) On February 10, shortly after the departure from his office of visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem, the King briefed the Ambassador alone on the discussion. The purpose of the visit was to extend formally an invitation to the King to attend a March Arab League summit in Damas [...]	2008-02-10 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPKO JO SY LE
08AMMAN44	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Azzam Hassan [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Azzam Hassan to Jordan from 11 - 26 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...]	2008-01-06 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN446	JORDANIAN DELEGATION TO VIENNA FORUM TO BE LED BY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO
08AMMAN448	JORDANIAN DELEGATION TO VIENNA FORUM TO BE LED BY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 05:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO
08AMMAN455	JORDANIANS WILL CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN JO
08AMMAN456	KOSOVO: JORDAN WAITING ON OIC, AL SUMMITS TO [...] (C) On February 12 Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, and DCM separately delivered the same points to Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah. Both took note of the USG position and were cognizant of USG and EU intentions, but asserted that Jordan neede [...]	2008-02-12 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI JO
08AMMAN473	KOSOVO: FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON JORDAN'S POSITION [...] (C) Ambassador had a second conversation with Foreign Minister Salah al-Bashir on February 12, regarding Jordan's position on recognizing Kosovo independence. Bashir indicated that Jordan understood the logic of the U.S./EU stand, but would be unable to act prior to the OIC and Arab League s [...]	2008-02-13 16:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI JO
08AMMAN479	CORRECTED COPY OF AMMAN 456: KOSOVO: JORDAN [...] (C) On February 12 Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, and DCM separately delivered the same points to Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah. Both took note of the USG position and were cognizant of USG and EU intentions, but asserted that Jordan neede [...]	2008-02-14 11:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI JO
08AMMAN485	PALESTINIAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARD ARRIVE IN JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KPAL MASS JO
08AMMAN486	IRAQI IN JORDAN UPDATE - FEBRUARY 14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR ramped up referrals to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) in early 2007. UNHCR staff began pilot testing of a new database to link its assistance programs with those of partners and its resettlement efforts; if successful, UNHCR will go live with the system by l [...]	2008-02-14 14:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SOCI EAID JO IZ
08AMMAN504	GROWING NUMBERS OF JORDANIANS INVEST IN STOCK MARKET [...] (U) SUMMARY: Approximately 15 percent of Jordanians own shares in companies traded on the Amman Stock Exchange. The exchange saw rapid growth in 2003 to 2005, followed by a steep decline in 2006 and quick growth in 2007. 245 companies are listed on the exchange, which now has 65 brokerage fi [...]	2008-02-18 06:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV JO
08AMMAN51	GOJ REQUESTS SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR A LOCAL FIRM TO EXPORT [...] This is an action request for USDA. Please see para 5. 2. Post received January 2 a dipnote requesting the U.S. give favorable consideration to a petition from the Jordanian private food processing company Nabil Food to export to the U.S. "ethnic" food produced in Jordan, but containing me [...]	2008-01-07 11:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD JO
08AMMAN516	TRAVEL ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR KUNDER, [...] USAID/Jordan requests ISU Kuwait expeditor assistance for Deputy Administrator James Kunder, DAA James Bever and Technical Advisor David Wall on February 25 and 26; and again on February 28 and 29 for Mr. Kunder. 2. Purpose of travel is transit through Kuwait to Iraq for the U.S.-Iraq Dialo [...]	2008-02-18 11:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA JO IZ KU
08AMMAN518	JORDAN TO COMPENSATE FARMERS FOR CROP LOSSES DUE TO RECENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) decided on February 12 to allocate USD 14 million for compensation to farmers who sustained financial losses due to a two-week frost spell in January, the worst to hit the kingdom in over a decade. 5,000 farmers, and 12,000 of 30,000 hectares of crop [...]	2008-02-18 13:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV JO
08AMMAN527	U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE - [...] (C) In the absence from the country of Foreign Minister Bashir, Charge delivered ref A demarche to Acting Foreign Minister (and regularly, Minister of State for Media and Communication Affairs) Nasser Joudeh February 19. Joudeh said he would consult with others in the GOJ and convey any feedb [...]	2008-02-19 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI KV JO
08AMMAN532	UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER REVIEWS HIS TRIP TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR High Commissioner Antonio Guterres highlighted UNHCR's pleasure with the growing "consolidation of asylum space in the region" for Iraqi refugees in a February 18 meeting with the diplomatic and donor communities in Amman. The "relation of confidence" UNHCR has developed [...]	2008-02-20 05:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM SOCI EAID JO IZ SY LE
08AMMAN535	AS NEW POLITICAL PARTY RULES LOOM, JORDANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In April, a new law regulating political parties will come into effect in Jordan. This law will require parties to broaden their membership in return for (still theoretical) financing, in the hope that Jordan's irrelevant political formations will become national political play [...]	2008-02-20 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV JO
08AMMAN536	JORDANIAN CONCERNS ON THE OLD CITY'S MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Jordan is actively engaged in discussions with Israeli and UNESCO officials about plans to replace the access ramp leading up to the Mughrabi Gate to the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif in the Old City of Jerusalem, but remains concerned that Israel will disregard archeological finds of sign [...]	2008-02-20 12:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PINR JO IS
08AMMAN551	Jordan's Trade Deficit Widens Significantly [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's trade deficit increased 23.4% to $7.8 billion in 2007, equivalent to about one-half of its GDP (reftels). Jordanian economists attribute the expanding trade gap primarily to a 17.2% increase in imports, which reached $13.5 billion. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) reported [...]	2008-02-21 10:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO
08AMMAN56	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Light Ronald [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Light Ronald to Jordan from 11 - 13 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...]	2008-01-07 14:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN560	ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NO COMMENT ON INCORPORATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP JO
08AMMAN563	Jordan Exempts Departing Iraqis From Fees; Introduces New [...] (SBU) The Jordanian Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced February 13 it would fully exempt departing Iraqis from overstay fines, and would waive 50 percent of the fines for Iraqis who choose to stay in Jordan providing they correct/update their status by March 17, 2008, a date extended until A [...]	2008-02-21 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV JO IZ
08AMMAN565	JORDAN-KUWAIT WARMING TREND CONTINUES WITH VISIT [...] (C) The mid-February visit to Jordan of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah (and several other ministers) is the latest public sign of healing - at the government/royal family level, at least - of relations strained throughout the 1990s because of Kuwait's linge [...]	2008-02-21 16:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV JO KU ETRD
08AMMAN57	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gary Groves [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gary Groves to Jordan from 11 - 21 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...]	2008-01-07 14:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO

08AMMAN573	OPIC CEO Reviews Projects Supporting King's Initiatives in [...] (SBU) Summary: OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher discussed ongoing and potential OPIC investments in Jordan worth $750 million with senior Jordanian officials on the margins of the February 10-11 Middle East and North Africa Trade and Investment Conference held in Amman. In 2007, OPIC [...]	2008-02-24 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG OPIC JO KWBG
08AMMAN580	DOES JORDAN NEED A CONSTITUTIONAL COURT? [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the government's withdrawal of a recent controversial draft law regulating civil society (Ref A),there is renewed talk in Jordan about the necessity of founding a Constitutional Court. Long a part of internal reform discussions, the idea has historically been push [...]	2008-02-25 07:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN600	JORDAN-BASED PNC LEADERS SEE PLANS TO CONVENE [...] (C) Summary: Arab media outlets have in recent weeks reported discussions in Ramallah of the possibility of convening the Palestine National Council (PNC) in the coming months, either in Ramallah, Amman, or Cairo. Post's PNC contacts including Speaker Salim al-Zanoun confirm moves are afoot, [...]	2008-02-25 15:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL JO IS
08AMMAN602	JORDAN FY 2008 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] (U) As requested reftel, Embassy Amman's submission for the FY 2008 congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency follows. 2. (SBU) Begin text: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is firmly committed to fiscal transparency and accountability, and continues to institute new controls [...]	2008-02-26 05:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL JO
08AMMAN603	JORDAN STARTS SHIFT TO UNLEADED GASOLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan has begun implementation of a long-awaited decision to switch from regular to unleaded fuel, a change that officially went into effect February 8 when the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) announced it had stopped providing gas stations with leaded fuel. The Gover [...]	2008-02-26 05:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EPET ETRD PGOV JO
08AMMAN604	JORDAN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION SHOWS SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is showing tentative signs of life. The ACC's chair told Post that the institution is now digging into casework after securing a new building and a full complement of staff. Some in the donor community, however, are deeply skeptical of t [...]	2008-02-26 06:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM JO
08AMMAN605	AS FUEL SUBSIDIES VANISH, JORDANIAN POLITICIANS [...] (C) Summary: Now that Jordan's parliament has endorsed a budget free from fuel subsidies (Refs A & B),politicians are beginning to talk about how the decision will impact the political world. Among members of parliament, the government gets high marks for preparing public opinion for the re [...]	2008-02-26 07:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JO
08AMMAN606	KOSOVO: FOREIGN MINISTER REITERATES INCLINATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 11:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KV UNMIK YI JO
08AMMAN612	EVANGELIZING, PROSELYTIZING, AND SHEEP-STEALING IN [...] (C) Summary: The GOJ's recent expulsion of a number of missionaries (reftel) has provoked a media and political firestorm, exposing major rifts between the Christian communities in Jordan and generating a highly defensive tone on the part of the government. The "traditional" churches of Jorda [...]	2008-02-26 16:12:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI JO
08AMMAN62	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OPIC OFFICERS MONTGOMERY, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of OPIC Officers Danielle Montgomery, Nancy Rivera, Mary Boomgard and Alexander Evans to Jordan from January 10-18, 2008, as requested reftel. The purpose of the trip is to perform due diligence for the Disi project. The travelers should carefully [...]	2008-01-08 07:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV OPIC OTRA JO
08AMMAN626	ELECTRONIC JIHAD: MAINSTREAM ISLAMIST WEBSITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A year-old Jordanian web site, Islamouna, conveys strong criticism of U.S. foreign policy in Iraq and the Middle East, while simultaneously criticizing al-Qaeda and takfirism for "distorting Islam" and "confusing Muslims about their religion." According to Islamouna,s editor, the [...]	2008-02-27 09:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER KPAO SOCI JO
08AMMAN628	Jordan Feeling the Impact of Increased Fuel Prices [...] (SBU) Summary: After the decision to lift remaining fuel subsidies went into effect on February 8, the prices of fuel derivatives were set to market prices, rising by 3% to 110.9% (Ref B) depending on the product. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) will remain partially subsidized until April, whe [...]	2008-02-27 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON JO
08AMMAN632	Jordan's Official Delegation to WIREC [...] (U) Jordan's official five-member delegation to WIREC 2008 will be led by Minister of Environment Khaled Irani and include the following officials: -- Mr. Maher Matalka, Head of the Economic Department, Royal Hashemite Court; -- Mr. Malek Kabariti, Head of the National Energy Research Cente [...]	2008-02-27 12:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV EAID EPET KGHG OPDC TRGY JO
08AMMAN633	Embassy Avian Influenza Task Force Meeting - Jordan [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman's Avian Influenza (AI) Task Force met February 20 to review the status of avian flu tracking and preparedness in Jordan. Jordan has not reported any new cases of AI since March 2006. Jordan has also participated in regional preparedness planning exercises through the Middl [...]	2008-02-27 12:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU JO
08AMMAN638	JORDAN PLANNING TO ATTEND THE ARAB [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche February 25 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh was not aware of the issue, but after a quick phone call to the Jordanian parliament's Secretary General, confirmed that Jordan's parliament was SIPDIS p [...]	2008-02-27 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN639	IRAQIS IN JORDAN: ECONOMIC CRISIS, DROP BY DROP [...] (C) Summary: NGOs and Iraqis increasingly describe the deteriorating economic circumstances of Iraqi refugees in Jordan and their continued reluctance to seek essential services. While the Jordanian government remains responsive to our requests to ensure the provision of services, the measure [...]	2008-02-27 15:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID SOCI JO IZ
08AMMAN651	EMBASSY AMMAN INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONAL ENERGY REPORT [...] In response to reftel, this message provides information on Embassy Amman's organization and resources regarding energy-related work: A. Sections of the Embassy Handling Energy -- Economic Section: 8 Total Staff -- Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) - 2 Total Staff -- [...]	2008-02-28 16:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD ECON JO
08AMMAN655	DOMESTIC IT SECTOR GROWS DESPITE LURE OF DUBAI [...] (U) Summary: The Jordanian information technology (IT) sector grew an estimated 25 percent in 2007, and is exploiting strong technical, entrepreneurial and Arabic cultural awareness skills. A growing mobile and broadband internet telecommunications sector is a strong complement, and the govern [...]	2008-03-02 06:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT EINV TINT JO
08AMMAN663	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-02 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL KCRM UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JO
08AMMAN670	RISING PRICES REINFORCE VIEW AMONG SOME THAT AMMAN IS THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Amman has recently been rated as one of the most expensive cities in the Middle East by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Prices in Jordan continue to rise as a result of rising world fuel and food prices and Jordan's peg to the weakening U.S. dollar. Jordan's Consumer Price Averag [...]	2008-03-03 06:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SOCI JO
08AMMAN674	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION LINKING [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 10:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC JO
08AMMAN682	JORDAN TO SUPPORT AMB. SWING WITH OIC LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Poloff met on February 27 with the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Deputy Director Hussam al-Husseini to deliver reftel demarche urging Jordanian support for the candidacy of Ambassador William Swing for Director General of the International Organization for Migration. Huss [...]	2008-03-03 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SMIG JO
08AMMAN688	JORDAN: MEDIA REACT TO EVENTS IN GAZA [...] (U) SUMMARY: JORDANIAN MEDIA FOCUSED WITH INCREASING INTENSITY THIS PAST WEEKEND ON EVENTS IN GAZA INVOLVING CLASHES BETWEEN ISRAELI FORCES AND PALESTINIAN MILITANTS. COVERAGE OF EVENTS HAS COMPETED WITH THE KING'S U.S. VISIT FOR PRE-EMINENCE ON THE FRONT PAGES, AND HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY GRA [...]	2008-03-03 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO KMDR KWBG
08AMMAN69	JORDAN MAINTAINS HIGHEST ALERT STATUS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Following Israel's announcement of the discovery of the H5N1 virus at a poultry farm, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) has reviewed and maintained its highest level of alert status for the threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) (ref A). Israeli authorities reported the inciden [...]	2008-01-08 11:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR ETRD JO
08AMMAN691	JORDAN: MARCH 5-6 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polcouns delivered ref A demarche March 3 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Note: FM Bashir is currently in the United States accompanying King Abdullah on his official visit. Jordan's Ambassador to Egypt Omar Rifai will lead the Jordanian delegatio [...]	2008-03-04 09:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO LE SY KV AL IZ
08AMMAN692	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: DEMARCHE ON UN PRESENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 09:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC JO
08AMMAN693	JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS BEGIN INTERNAL ELECTIONS; HAWKS [...] (C) Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has begun to conduct internal elections for its Shura Council, the MB's highest leadership body. The vote for the 50-member council lasts from late February until mid-March. The election pits "hawks" against "doves" from within the MB, though their policy [...]	2008-03-04 11:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM JO
08AMMAN698	JORDAN TO HOST NEIGHBORS REFUGEE WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office Jamal Al-Shamayleh informed Polcouns on March 3 that Jordan will host the next Iraq neighbors' working group on refugee issues either March 17 or 18. MFA staff subsequently confirmed that they are planning to host delegations from Iraq, i [...]	2008-03-04 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL JO IZ
08AMMAN705	JORDANIAN IDENTITY POLITICS TRUMP GENDER CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The issue of who can and cannot transmit citizenship is an ongoing concern of many women in Jordan, and was revived in the public consciousness during recent parliamentary elections. Jordanian women married to non-Jordanian men do not transmit citizenship to their children. This create [...]	2008-03-05 09:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KPAL KDEM JO
08AMMAN706	JORDAN ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 10:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV JO
08AMMAN708	UNSCR 1803: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 12:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP MNUC IR JO
08AMMAN727	Jordan Waives Overstay Fees for 6,000 Workers in QIZ [...] (U) The Jordanian Cabinet approved February 27 a request by the Ministries of Labor and Interior to waive approximately JD 6 million (USD 8.5 million) in overstay fines for over 6,000 foreign workers in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),mainly from South Asia. According to the Ministry o [...]	2008-03-06 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTEX JO
08AMMAN729	JORDAN: MEDIA REACT TO KING'S U.S. VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordanian media gave high visibility to King Abdullah's working visit to the United States, focusing today and yesterday on his meetings with the President, the Vice President, and Congressional leaders. Coverage drew strictly from Government of Jordan official news accounts. Wit [...]	2008-03-06 14:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO KMDR
08AMMAN755	NEW JORDANIAN WEEKLY STRESSES ITC INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new Jordanian weekly newspaper known for running feature stories and investigative reports, al-Sijjl ("The Record"),hit newsstands in November, 2007. Al-Sijjl's executive managing editor told us recently that his publication aims to provide an alternative to a Jordanian press [...]	2008-03-09 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PTER SOCI JO
08AMMAN76	STAFFDEL DIAMOND DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA, [...] (C) Summary: During the visit of Staffdel Diamond to Jordan January 6-7, the group discussed the peace process, Jordanian relations with Syria, Iraqi refugee issues, and nuclear energy with Jordanian officials. Interlocutors stressed the need for concrete steps that would create immediate t [...]	2008-01-09 07:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ENRG JO IS SY
08AMMAN772	JORDAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) During the preceding year, the Government of Jordan demonstrated its commitment to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) and addressing forced labor concerns related to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ)s. The government drafted an anti-TIP law; increased the training for its labor [...]	2008-03-10 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO
08AMMAN776	JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) During the preceding year, the Government of Jordan demonstrated its commitment to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) and addressing forced labor concerns related to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ)s. The government drafted an anti-TIP law; increased the training for its labor [...]	2008-03-11 09:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO
08AMMAN78	JORDAN REAPS $232 MILLION FROM ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES IPO [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan sold 71 percent of national air carrier Royal Jordanian's (RJ) shares in a recent IPO and raised $232 million. During the IPO road show, RJ President Samer Majali highlighted RJ's growth in a growing region and the profitability of its Iraq routes. Since [...]	2008-01-09 08:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON KPRV JO
08AMMAN785	Jordan Sets New, Higher Fuel Prices for March 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 07:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON JO
08AMMAN79	GOJ TO APPLY TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced in December 2007 that it will enforce during the first quarter of 2008 the mandatory adoption of technical standards for Jordanian fruit and vegetable exports. The standards apply to all fresh produce and address quality, size, transpo [...]	2008-01-09 12:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD JO
08AMMAN802	JORDAN REVERSES DEPORTATION DECISIONS FOR THREE [...] (C) Jordan's General Intelligence Director Lt. General Mohammad Dahabi agreed to reverse deportation orders for three American Evangelical missionaries (reported ref B) during a March 9 meeting with the Ambassador. Dahabi told the Ambassador that these individuals, if outside Jordan, would be [...]	2008-03-13 07:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI CASC JO
08AMMAN81	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gregory Staton + 1 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gregory Staton and Ranji Matthew to Jordan from 14 - 18 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...]	2008-01-09 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN813	Promoting the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement [...] (SBU) Summary: Although total U.S.-Jordan trade has continued to grow, Jordanian exports to the U.S. under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) represented a mere 23% of total exports to the U.S. in 2007, and grew only modestly over 2006. Garment exports, primarily shipped under the Qua [...]	2008-03-13 15:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO
08AMMAN815	NEARLY SEVEN PERCENT INFLATION IN ONE MONTH REFLECTS FUEL [...] (U) Jordan's Department of Statistics reported a 6.54 percent increase in the monthly Consumer Price Average (CPA) between January 2008 and February 2008 - the largest monthly jump in several years - in its March 10 monthly report. This increase follows a 0.7 percent one-month increase from De [...]	2008-03-16 05:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON JO
08AMMAN816	LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM UNDERWAY TO PROVIDE [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan (GoJ) has completed part one of a three-stage process to register and tag all ruminant animals, including sheep, goats, camels, and cattle. One goal of the project, which began mid-February and is scheduled to be completed by April 2008, is to create an animal tr [...]	2008-03-16 05:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO JO
08AMMAN824	JORDAN CONSIDERING CO-SPONSORSHIP OF U.S./EC TAFT GOODS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-16 15:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON JO
08AMMAN832	ISLAMISTS PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF [...] (C) Summary: The Islamic Action Front (IAF) has led a group of parliamentarians in filing a petition which suggests undoing several provisions of the political parties law passed in April 2007. The proposed amendments would allow at least some of Jordan's smaller, irrelevant political parties [...]	2008-03-17 13:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
08AMMAN856	PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: INVITATION DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 09:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP KSTC JO
08AMMAN867	HAWKS REPORTEDLY WIN JORDANIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD [...] (C) Muslim Brotherhood (MB) hawks have reportedly won a majority in the new MB Shura Council following internal elections. Speculation now turns to who will hold the position of MB Controller General, the top spot in the MB. Despite continuing internal fissures, the new council will work hard [...]	2008-03-19 16:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM JO
08AMMAN869	KING AND QUEEN OUTLINE IRANIAN "NEMESIS" FOR [...] (C) Speaking to members of an Jordanian MFA-organized delegation of staffers from the U.S. Senate, King Abdullah and Queen Rania stressed the threat Iran poses to security and stability in the region, and linked the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the rise of Iranian influence in the region. The Ki [...]	2008-03-19 17:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KWBG IR JO
08AMMAN870	ROYAL COURT CHIEF AND PM DISCUSS IRAN, ECONOMY, [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 17:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN KWBG ECON IR IS JO
08AMMAN871	KING AND QUEEN OUTLINE IRANIAN "NEMESIS" FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 17:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KWBG IR JO
08AMMAN872	ROYAL COURT CHIEF AND PM DISCUSS IRAN, ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with a visiting Senate staffdel (whose trip was arranged by the Jordanian MFA),Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah and Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi addressed Jordan's place in the regional political order, political reform, and economic issues. Awadallah reiterat [...]	2008-03-19 17:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN KWBG ECON IR IS JO
08AMMAN884	JORDAN AMENDS LAWS TO ESTABLISH NEW NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following Parliamentary approval of amendments to two nuclear energy laws, a Royal Decree was issued on March 12, 2008 to appoint five commissioners to the newly established High Commission on Nuclear Energy. All the commissioners are U.S.-educated in nuclear energy or physics, [...]	2008-03-24 08:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON KNNP TRGY JO
08AMMAN902	GOJ WORKING TO REPATRIATE STRIKING VIETNAMESE [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Ministry of Labor is actively working with 176 striking Vietnamese workers, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Government of Vietnam (GVN) to resolve any impediments to their voluntary return from Jordan to Vietnam. Minister of Labor Salem is fr [...]	2008-03-25 16:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM SMIG JO VN
08AMMAN93	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Peter Leary and [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Peter Leary and Manuel Rangel to Jordan from 18 - 23 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elec [...]	2008-01-12 10:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN94	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Rodrigue Aleandre [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Rodrigue Aleandre to Jordan from 26 - 31 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...]	2008-01-12 10:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN949	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: DISI WATER PSC [...] (SBU) Summary: In order to foster greater efficiency in Jordan's water sector, post recommended a series of conditions precedent (CPs) related to water reform as part of the annual cash transfer portion of ESF to the Government of Jordan (GOJ),which the GOJ has agreed in principle to implement [...]	2008-03-31 09:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV SENV JO
08AMMAN96	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Thomas Tennant and [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Thomas Tennant and Joseph Pestar to Jordan from 20 - 24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...]	2008-01-12 10:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN976	STRIKING VIETNAMESE WORKERS GO HOME [...] Sibbel explained that the remaining ten workers changed their minds, and decided to remain in Jordan and return to work at the factory. Sibbel confirmed that MOL inspectors verified that all departing workers had been paid according to their contracts before leaving. He also said that the MO [...]	2008-04-01 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JO VM
08AMMAN99	INVITATION TO ATTEND MARCH BULK CASH SMUGGLING SEMINAR IN [...] This message contains action requests. Please see paragraphs 4-8. 2. The U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (DHS-ICE and CBP) will jointly deliver a [...]	2008-01-13 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD KTFN SNAR XF
08AMMAN998	JORDAN NOT YET PREPARED TO DISCUSS HCA ON CWC; MFA [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Khaled Takhayneh, head of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament Section. Takhayneh indicated on April 3 that the delegation to the CWC Second Review Conference starting on April 7 would be Jordan's Ambassador to the Hague, Ahmad al-Hasan. However, Hasan w [...]	2008-04-03 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS JO KTIA
08AMSTERDAM35	ESTA OUTREACH IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since the June 3 announcement of the DHS Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) program, Consulate General Amsterdam and colleagues at the U.S. Embassy in The Hague have conducted extensive ESTA outreach activities. We have developed an action plan to continue to reac [...]	2008-07-18 15:09:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT PREL KPAO PGOV NL
08AMSTERDAM53	AUGUST VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of AmEmbassy The Hauge and ConGen Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The August Visas Viper meeting was held on September 4, 2008. In the absence of the Acting DCM in The Hague and the PO in Amsterdam, the meeting was chaired by RSO John [...]	2008-09-11 13:37:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
08AMSTERDAM71	AMSTERDAM: VALIDATION STUDY INDICATES LOW INCIDENCE OF FRAUD [...] SUMMARY. In October 2008, the U.S. Consulate in Amsterdam conducted a validation survey of B1/B2 visas issued by Post to citizens of the People's Republic of China (PRC). PRC citizens constitute the largest group of third country national (TCN) applicants at Post. Over half of all Chinese a [...]	2008-11-28 15:44:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD NL CH CVIS ASEC SMIG CFED
08ANKARA100	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1000	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1002	Update on PKK Violence (May 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 16-23, 2008 reporting period, four security [...]	2008-05-29 07:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1005	EMBASSY ANKARA RESPONSE FOR OPIC FINANCE: FERSAN [...] Per reftel, we conducted a review of Fersan operations and determined there is no derogatory information about the company, industry, or its prospects. Please see more detail in the internal report emailed to Alfredo Rodriguez by Robert Dunn on May 28. We have no available information on any [...]	2008-05-29 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV TU
08ANKARA1006	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1010	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1014	TURKEY: IMF, LABOR, AND ILL-ADVISED PENSION [...] (C) Summary. President Abdullah Gul signed into law a new employment and labor reform package this week. Key components include a five-percent reduction in employer social security contributions, five-year GOT subsidies of social security premiums for companies that hire women or young peop [...]	2008-06-01 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA1015	TURKEY'S KURDISH DTP: HAWKS 1, DOVES 0 [...] (C) The Democratic Society Party's (DTP) July convention is likely to be a turning point for the pro-Kurdish party, following a tumultuous period that saw the ouster of party moderates in favor of hard-line leadership. DTP Parliamentary Group Chairman Ahmet Turk's surprisingly frank statement [...]	2008-06-02 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA102	TURKEY: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE SURROUNDS KARAMANLIS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Turkey and Greece's decade-long rapprochement will take a much awaited step forward with Greek PM Costas Karamanlis' January 23-25 trip to Ankara and Istanbul -- the first visit of a Greek prime minister to Turkey in 49 years. His meetings with high-level GOT official [...]	2008-01-18 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GR
08ANKARA1022	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER BABACAN'S [...] (C) Summary. FM Ali Babacan is projecting a business-as-usual image as Turkey's domestic political situation continues to roil over the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). With the Prime Ministry focused on Iraq issues and the Presidency tracking Turkey's relations with A [...]	2008-06-02 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID TU
08ANKARA1023	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1024	Update on PKK Violence (May 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 24-31, 2008 reporting period, one security [...]	2008-06-03 07:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1025	EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) This report was coordinated with FAS Ankara. 2. (C) Summary: Agricultural Biotechnology is a very sensitive subject in Turkey about which there currently is little public debate. Turkey is taking its lead on biotech policy from Europe, in part due to its desire to join the European Un [...]	2008-06-03 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO TU
08ANKARA1026	TURKEY: WHY INVESTORS ARE NERVOUS [...] Summary: Both economic and financial indicators show the honeymoon is over for the Turkish economy. Expectations are negative and Turkish assets are losing value. Our investment banking contacts see more nervousness from investors, occasionally setting Turkey apart from other emerging mark [...]	2008-06-03 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1029	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1032	TURKEY WILL SIGN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nudged by the EU, and seeking greater influence in post-Kyoto negotiations, the GOT announced on June 2 that it would begin a process to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The GOT hopes the parliament will approve the ratification before its July recess, clearing the way for Turkey to [...]	2008-06-03 16:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TU
08ANKARA1033	TURKEY WILL SIGN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nudged by the EU, and seeking greater influence in post-Kyoto negotiations, the GOT announced on June 2 that it would begin a process to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The GOT hopes the parliament will approve the ratification before its July recess, clearing the way for Turkey to pa [...]	2008-06-04 04:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TU
08ANKARA1034	TURKEY WILL SIGN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nudged by the EU, and seeking greater influence in post-Kyoto negotiations, the GOT announced on June 2 that it would begin a process to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The GOT hopes the parliament will approve the ratification before its July recess, clearing the way for Turkey to [...]	2008-06-04 04:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TU
08ANKARA1036	TURKEY CLAIMS GLOCKS SEIZED IN ANTI-AL QAEDA RAIDS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Foreign Ministry provided us June 3 the serial numbers of five Glock pistols recently seized by Turkish authorities. Four of the Glocks were reportedly seized during Turkish law enforcement raids against al Qaeda cells in Gaziantep, Istanbul and elsewhere on January [...]	2008-06-04 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC KCRM OIG IZ TU
08ANKARA1037	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1040	TURKEY/IRAN: NO STATEMENT ON IAEA REPORT, [...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Department Head for Iranian Affairs Devrim Ozturk and MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Bora Kerimoglu on June 3. Ozturk offered the following response: -- Turkey appreciates the reftel information and has been studying the IAE [...]	2008-06-04 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IR
08ANKARA1043	TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE POSTS [...] (U) Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate's (Diyanet) guidance on "appropriate" conduct for Muslims, posted on its website, is generating considerable debate, particularly proscriptions governing "sexual life." The list attracted attention during a May Provincial Muftis Conference; Radikal d [...]	2008-06-05 06:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
08ANKARA1045	INFLATION TROUBLE IN TURKEY [...] Summary: Following May CPI inflation data that signaled the return of double-digit inflation for the first time since 2004, the Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) significantly revised upward its official inflation target for 2009, 2010, and 2011 to 7.5%, 6.5%, and 5.5%, respectively. Inflation [...]	2008-06-05 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1046	SECRETARY CHERTOFF URGES INCREASED [...] (C) Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff urged more interactive and continuous counterterrorism cooperation with Turkey in May 28 meetings with senior Prime Ministry, Foreign Ministry (MFA),Interior Ministry (MOI),Justice Ministry (MOJ),Jandarma General [...]	2008-06-05 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU
08ANKARA1047	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1048	TURKEY: BUGGING INCIDENT BOOMERANGS ON OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hastily condemned as Turkey's own Watergate, an alleged government bugging incident is looking increasingly like a technical blooper by the supposed "victim". Despite evidence to the contrary, opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal stands by his man, Se [...]	2008-06-05 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU
08ANKARA1049	TURKEY WILL ATTEND 4TH GI MEETING, UNCLEAR AT WHAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP PGOV TU
08ANKARA105	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1050	THE MANY FACES OF TURKISH SECULARISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Differing interpretations of secularism in Turkey cloud public discussion of a concept central to the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the struggle to modernize Turkish society. Traditional "secular" elites focus on state authority -- over r [...]	2008-06-06 03:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1051	TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ANNULS HEADSCARF [...] (C) Summary and comment. On June 5, Turkey's Constitutional Court annulled two constitutional amendments designed to lift the headscarf ban at universities and halted their implementation. The Court ruled that the amendments are inconsistent with "immutable" Constitutional provisions protect [...]	2008-06-06 10:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
08ANKARA1052	TURKEY-PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN: "ANKARA PROCESS" [...] (C) Ongoing political wrangling in Pakistan has caused the dates for the next Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral summit (the "Ankara Process") to slip once again, this time to October 2008, according to MFA South Asia Section Head Ilhan Sener. An U/S-level Joint Working Group (JWG) would [...]	2008-06-06 10:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF PK TU
08ANKARA1054	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1055	CODELS TANNER AND LEAHY MEET WITH PM ERDOGAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 29 meetings with Codels Tanner and Leahy, President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan lauded improved U.S.-Turkey relations and expressed gratitude for U.S. support against PKK terrorism. Erdogan complained of Congressional resolutions introduced on Cyprus and the Aegean t [...]	2008-06-06 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR PTER ENRG ETTC IR IS TU
08ANKARA1056	TURKEY: JUNE UPDATE ON IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] (C) Pursuant to Ref A guidance, on June 5 we delivered additional talking points to MFA UN desk chief Nilufer Kaygisiz regarding our continued interest in Turkey's support for Ambassador Bill Swing's IOM Director General candidacy (refs c and d). We emphasized Amb. Swing's strong credentials, [...]	2008-06-06 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SMIG TU
08ANKARA1057	TURKISH GENERALS SPEAK OUT ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: At a June 5-6 symposium on the Middle East in Istanbul organized by the Turkish General Staff's (TGS) Strategic Studies Research Center, TGS Chief General Buyukanit provided a pessimistic outlook on the Middle East in remarks characterized by implicit criticism of the West. Buyuk [...]	2008-06-09 03:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ IR IS SY

08ANKARA106	TGS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FROM JANUARY 15 AIR STRIKES [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) released the following statement on January 18: BEGIN TGS STATEMENT (Unofficial Embassy translation) No. BA-09/08 Evaluations regarding the results of the air operations Turkish Armed Forces carried out against the PKK/KONGRA-GEL terror organization i [...]	2008-01-18 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ TU
08ANKARA1060	TURKEY: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] (U) Post consulted with GOT officials, representatives of organized labor, employers' organizations, and ILO representatives in Turkey in an effort to determine the level and nature of the use of child and forced labor in the production of goods, per request in ref A. Post is aware of one rep [...]	2008-06-09 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
08ANKARA1061	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1062	ABKHAZ "FM" SHAMBA IN ANKARA: "INDEPENDENCE NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Addressing a small audience of supporters and Caucasus experts in Ankara June 4, Abkhaz "FM" Shamba underscored the priority Abkhazia attaches to its "special relationship" with the Abkhaz diaspora in Turkey and the importance of opening direct travel with Turkey, but describe [...]	2008-06-09 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG TU
08ANKARA1064	TURKEY: UPDATED INFORMATION FOR LEADING GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The contact information provided is keyed to reftel request. -- Country: The Republic of Turkey. -- Date of information: May 30, 2008 2. (SBU) Head of Government: Prime Minister -- Last Name: Erdogan -- First/Middle Names: Recep Tayyip -- Conventional Usage: Prime Minister Erdoga [...]	2008-06-10 06:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL TU
08ANKARA1065	Update on PKK Violence (June 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security of [...]	2008-06-10 06:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1068	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAY 2008) [...] (U) Summary: Turkey continues to progress with proposed enhancements to their existing export controls and has submitted new proposed legislation to combine export control lists, form a Export Control Board (ECB),and improve licensing processes for dual-use and other sensitive items (ref a). [...]	2008-06-10 08:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA107	TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL IN DAMASCUS 1/19 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials told us President Gul plans a one-day visit to Damascus January 19 in connection with a cultural event the SARG is organizing, but will urge Asad to play a positive role in Lebanon. Visiting NEA PDAS Satterfield urged that Gul push Asad hard to allow presidenti [...]	2008-01-19 16:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU LE SY
08ANKARA1070	TURKEY: GULER UPBEAT ON GAS SUPPLY POST-NAKHCHIVAN [...] (C) Summary. PM Erdogan,s meeting with Azerbaijan President Aliyev June 4 in Naxchivan may have produced enough agreement on new Azeri gas supplies for Turkey to unblock the Nabucco and Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas transit negotiations, Energy Minister Guler suggested to Ambassador June 9. [...]	2008-06-10 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1071	TURKEY UNVEILS SCHEDULE FOR NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary. On May 30 and June 4, we met with Turkey's Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel and MFA Energy Issues Department Head Berris Ekinci, respectively. Both understood that Turkey is being blamed for lack of progress on Nabucco and they detailed a re-invigorated GOT approach to Nabucco t [...]	2008-06-10 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1073	ANKAIR WILL COMPLY WITH DOC STOP-ORDER AND PLANE'S [...] (SBU) On June 7, we received a copy of the June 6 Temporary Denial Order signed by Department of Commerce (DOC) Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Darryl Jackson, temporarily denying the export privileges of Turkish company Ankair from selling a Boeing 747 to British company Galaxy Av [...]	2008-06-10 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL TU IR
08ANKARA1074	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1075	TURKEY: 1267 NOTIFICATION ON AL RASHID TRUST AND [...] (SBU) On June 6, we shared reftel points with Metin Ergin, Office Director for Security Affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ergin thanked us for the information, and said he would share it promptly with all appropriate parties in the Government of Turkey. 2. (S) In Reftel [...]	2008-06-10 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL
08ANKARA1076	TURKEY: EXBS AGREEMENT ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On June 10, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun presented us with a diplomatic note (e-mailed to EUR/SE),dated June 9, advising that the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of [...]	2008-06-10 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC PTER KNNP PARM TU
08ANKARA1081	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1085	BOTAS CONFIRMS SOCAR GAS OFFER [...] (C) Summary. June 4 talks between PM Erdogan and Azerbaijan President Aliev resulted in a SOCAR offer to sell 50% of the Shah Deniz phase II export volumes to Turkey (roughly 5 bcm),BOTAS Chairman Duzyol told the Ambassador on June 11. Duzyol went on at length about Turkey's need for gas; [...]	2008-06-12 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1086	TURKEY: 2008 REPORT ON EXPROPRIATION AND INVESTMENT [...] The following is Embassy Ankara's submission for the 2008 report to the U.S. Congress on expropriation claims and investment disputes, providing an update on the two ongoing cases reported in 2007. 2. Claimant Data: -- Claimants A are Victor and Kristy Bedoian, both U.S. citizens. The [...]	2008-06-12 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CASC TU
08ANKARA1088	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1090	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1091	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Parliament passed a law June 11 with a provision that allows state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) to devote one of its 24-hour television channels to foreign-language broadcasting -- specifically, Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian. The bill will be sent [...]	2008-06-12 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1096	STRESS FRACTURES WITHIN TURKEY'S RULING PARTY [...] (C) Summary and comment. The closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) complicates PM Erdogan's challenge of holding together his big tent party. Under the strain of a possible closure, differences among the traditional AKP factions - National View (Milli Gorus),lib [...]	2008-06-13 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
08ANKARA1098	EXPERT VIEWS ON TURKISH MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings this week with Central Bank (CBRT) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) managers, we heard similar complaints about GOT shortfalls in economic management and fiscal policy. Central Bank Markets Department Manager Cigdem Kose said the CBRT will have trouble [...]	2008-06-13 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA11	TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL'S JANUARY VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Abdullah Gul is Turkey's first president to visit Washington since 1999. He took office in August following a sharp confrontation between the government and military in April and an overwhelming Justice and Development Party (AKP) victory in parliamentary elections in July. Gul's move f [...]	2008-01-03 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL PTER ENRG TU
08ANKARA1100	TURKEY: SPECIAL REP. OZCELIK ON TURKEY-IRAQ NEXT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkey-Iraq bilateral relations are set to gain another boost with PM Erdogan's visit to Baghdad to establish a TU-IZ senior level bilateral strategic commission o/a July 4 (please protect). GOT Special Representative for Iraq Murat Ozcelik hopes to gain Turkish National Security [...]	2008-06-13 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG TU IZ
08ANKARA1101	TURKEY ADVOCATES PATIENCE ON CIS PEACEKEEPERS IN [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has not yet been briefed by Georgia on any decision to call for the replacement of Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia (ref A),but is aware of the proposal from contacts in other capitals, according to MFA South Caucasus Head of Department Firat Sunel. Sunel believes the pr [...]	2008-06-13 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU TU
08ANKARA1103	TURKEY: PRIME MINISTER'S ALEVI ADVISOR RESIGNS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 07:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
08ANKARA1108	TURKEY ON PROPOSED GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Maritime Department Head Mehmet Poroy. Poroy told us that Turkey agrees with the principles of the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) in general; however, he had a number of questions about how the GMP will work operationally that were not answered i [...]	2008-06-16 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN TU
08ANKARA1110	TURKEY/BERLIN CONFERENCE: EAGER TO HELP, BUT IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Security Affairs Department Head Metin Ersin on June 13. Ersin, who represented Turkey at a preparatory conference in Berlin, told us Foreign Minister Babacan is expected to lead the Turkish delega [...]	2008-06-16 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN
08ANKARA1113	PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S JUNE 6-8 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Cumber underscored the need for cooperation and innovation within the OIC during May 6-8 meetings in Ankara and Istanbul with GOT officials, OIC representatives, intellectuals, and journalists. S/E Cumber explained his mandate and briefed on efforts t [...]	2008-06-16 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIC PREL PGOV PHUM TU
08ANKARA1119	FRANK MERMOUD DISCUSSES NUCLEAR POWER AND [...] (C) Summary. The Secretary's Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud discussed Turkey's vision for civilian nuclear power development with Ministry of Energy Acting Under Secretary Cimen and Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) Chairman Cakiroglu on June 12. M [...]	2008-06-17 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP KTIA TU
08ANKARA1120	ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ SET TO EXPIRE JUNE 30 [...] (C) On June 17, Karadeniz Toptan Elektrik Ticareti (KARTET) Director Nuray Atacik told us that electricity exports to Iraq are set to expire on June 30, 2008, unless Kartet receives two key documents from the GOI, followed by an approval from the GOT. From Iraq, Kartet needs an extension of [...]	2008-06-17 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1121	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 06:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1122	TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE DOWNPLAYS [...] (C) Summary and comment: A senior official from Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) called news reports the Diyanet posted a list of sexual do's and dont's on its website (reftel) "irresponsible." The official told us reporters had cherry-picked several items out of a "quite pro [...]	2008-06-18 07:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1126	Update on PKK Violence (June 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two security [...]	2008-06-18 09:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1132	TURKEY'S PARTY CLOSURE CASE BARRELS TO CONCLUSION [...] (c) Summary: It is increasingly expected in Turkey that the Constitutional Court will close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and ban a range of its leaders, especially PM Erdogan. In the wake of a ruling that could occur this autumn or possibly sooner, the AKP plans to re-form [...]	2008-06-18 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL US TU
08ANKARA1134	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1135	EU REACTIONS TO TURKISH CLOSURE CASE [...] (c) UK Ambassador to Turkey Nick Baird has expressed concern to Ambassador about where EU thinking may be heading on reactions to the AKP closure case. Of immediate concern, Baird understands that Enlargement Commissioner Rehn now believes a Constitutional Court ruling to close the party and [...]	2008-06-18 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU TU
08ANKARA1136	TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY TO URGE IRAN TO ACCEPT P5+1 [...] (C) During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan (reported septel),Ambassador shared information on the P5 1 offer, explained the strategy behind it, and urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the package. Drawing on reftel points, Ambassador stressed that the package was generous, builds [...]	2008-06-18 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU
08ANKARA1137	TURKEY: CHP'S EMBRACE GETS COLD SHOULDER IN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Deniz Baykal traveled to Turkey's Kurdish southeast June 4-5 to deliver a message of understanding for the needs of the region's farmers and of pride in Turkey's ethnic diversi [...]	2008-06-18 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1138	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR AND MFA U/S APAKAN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan, Ambassador urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the P5 1 package (ref a),sought MFA's assistance in modernizing U.S.-Turkish cooperation in counterterrorism, and recommended Turkey do more to develop a coordinated message on Nabucc [...]	2008-06-18 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG NATO EUN TU
08ANKARA1139	TURKISH COURT ORDERS CLOSURE OF GAY-LESBIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment. An Istanbul court ruled May 29 that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual (LGBTT) advocacy organization "Lambda Istanbul" be closed for violating the "general moral rules" of society. Lambda, which appealed to the Court of Cassation (and is allowed to [...]	2008-06-19 05:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1142	TURKEY: MOJ SAYS COURT ERRED IN FIRST ARTICLE 301 [...] (U) Summary and comment: In the first high-profile verdict to be handed down since parliament amended controversial Penal Code Article 301 (insulting "Turkishness"),an Istanbul court sentenced Armenian-British publisher Ragip Zarakolu to pay a fine of 1400 YTL (USD 1100),for publishing a bo [...]	2008-06-19 09:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1145	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1148	EU FRIENDS OF TURKEY ON AKP CLOSURE CASE REACTIONS [...] (c) A close-hold, ad hoc EU Friends of Turkey group consisting of the foreign ministers of the UK, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Finland, plus Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, met June 19 to discuss possible reactions to a Turkish Constitutional Court decision to close the ruling Justice and Dev [...]	2008-06-20 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU TU
08ANKARA1149	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1150	TURKEY: ISRAEL-SYRIA PEACE TALKS' DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Since the media began reporting on the latest round of Israel-Syria peace talks, Turkey's regional leadership role has resonated particularly well with its domestic audience, at a time when the government could use a foreign policy success. The talks are the first major victory f [...]	2008-06-20 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS SY TU
08ANKARA1155	TURKEY: REPORTED FORCED DEPORTATION OF IRANIAN [...] (C) Post raised US concerns over reports of forced repatriations by Turkey to Iraq per reftel at various levels of the MFA. Ambassador has done so twice with MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan. Apakan was initially only slightly aware of the incident from having to approve MFA press guidance and said h [...]	2008-06-23 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL IR IZ SY TU
08ANKARA1156	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-23 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1157	TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY RAISES P5+1 OFFER WITH IRAN [...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sinirlioglu told the Ambassador June 23 Turkey followed up with the Iranians on the updated P5 1 package EU that foreign policy chief Solana presented during his recent visit to Iran. FM Babacan met in Kampala June 20 on the margins of the Organization of the Isl [...]	2008-06-23 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU
08ANKARA1158	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-24 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1162	TURKEY SENDS MORE WATER TO IRAQ AND UPDATE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 24, the MFA briefed the Ankara diplomatic community about the Fifth World Water Forum to be held in Istanbul March 16-22, 2009. Following the briefing, we met with MFA Environmental and Water Advisor Altay Altinoirs to discuss the status of on-going trilateral (Turkey [...]	2008-06-24 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV
08ANKARA1166	TURKEY URGING PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN DIALOGUE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish President Gul plans to call Afghan President Karzai, Pakistani President Musharraf and Pakistani PM Gillani to urge them to commit to talks in Ankara in September, per a Turkish MFA contact. The Turks believe Karzai would accept, and even welcome, Gillani's participatio [...]	2008-06-25 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF PK TU
08ANKARA1167	TURKEY: BUREAUCRATIC ELITES CAUGHT HOLDING HANDS IN THE DARK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Evidence of secret alliances among Turkey's unelected elites, including elements of the military, judiciary, and bureaucracy, emerged in recent days. Although Turks have long accepted as fact the existence of an alleged "deep state" network pulling strings behind the scenes, conc [...]	2008-06-25 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1168	TURKEY'S YOUTH REMAIN POLITICALLY DISENGAGED [...] (C) Summary and Comment. At a critical time in Turkey's political evolution, the country's youth are politically disengaged, due in part to their own apathy and an authoritarian society. Students, professors, journalists, and NGOs at a DVC hosted by the Ambassador discussed the situation in T [...]	2008-06-25 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OPRC PGOV PREL SCUL TU
08ANKARA1170	TURKEY: MILITARY MACHINATIONS ALLEGED, CRITICIZED [...] (C) Chastened by the unintended consequences of its April 2007 "e-memorandum," Turkey's military has refrained from publicly commenting on politics for well over a year. However, a series of media reports suggest the brass has been busy behind the scenes seeking to influence key institutions a [...]	2008-06-26 03:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
08ANKARA1172	EU SUPPORTS TURKEY AS A NATURAL GAS HUB [...] Summary. On June 20, Turkey,s Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel told us the EU and Turkey reached a new level of understanding during June 14-15 talks with the EU Nabucco Coordinator's Assistant Brendan Devlin. Goksel supports the EU's new position which shifts focus from Nabucco to the larg [...]	2008-06-26 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1173	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1175	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1176	FOREIGN INTEREST DOWN FOR TURKEY'S PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Privatization receipts are a significant source of income for Turkey. The AKP-led government has pursued an aggressive privatization program since it took office in 2002. On June 12, Privatization Agency (PA) President Metin Kilci told us that although foreign investor intere [...]	2008-06-26 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON TU
08ANKARA1178	Update on PKK Violence (June 16 - 23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 16 - 23, 2008 reporting period, one securit [...]	2008-06-27 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1179	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1182	TURKEY GSP WAIVER REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador carried out reftel instructions regarding Turkey's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) eligibility for gold jewelry with MFA U/S Apakan by phone June 27 and in person June 28. Apakan reaffirmed the positions stated in Foreign Trade Minister Tuzmen's April 8, 200 [...]	2008-06-28 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL TU
08ANKARA1183	GOT Electricity Hikes Affect Mission Turkey's Bottom Line [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOT is moving to eliminate subsidies in the electricity sector. This is a welcome and necessary step for privatization of the sector. The combination of high fuel prices (input for electricity generation) and a GOT-imposed price ceiling on electricity prices has resulted [...]	2008-06-30 10:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AFIN AMGT ECON ENRG TU
08ANKARA1187	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA119	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1190	TURKEY/CYPRUS: MFA TAKING WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a June 27 meeting, MFA Cyprus Section Head Can Oztas told us the MFA remains supportive of current negotiations between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, but has no plans to propose any concessions or gestures towards building momentum for a resolution. He rejected r [...]	2008-06-30 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CY TU
08ANKARA1191	TURKEY/CYPRUS: MFA TAKING WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a June 27 meeting, MFA Cyprus Section Head Can Oztas told us the MFA remains supportive of current negotiations between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, but has no plans to propose any concessions or gestures towards building momentum for a resolution. He rejected r [...]	2008-07-01 04:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CY TU
08ANKARA1193	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1194	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT COUNTERSTROKE AGAINST DEEP [...] (C) Summary: On the morning of July 1, Turkish police arrested up to 24 individuals associated with the so-called "Ergenekon gang," under investigation for conspiring to topple the government. Among those arrested are two retired four-star Army generals: Hursit Tolon, former First Army Comman [...]	2008-07-01 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PHUM TU
08ANKARA1195	TURKISH CANDIDATES FOR MAKTOUM FOUNDATION [...] Per reftel, we offer seven candidates for possible participation in a Maktoum Foundation Conference to be held in Dubai in early 2009. Their names and descriptions follow: 2. Ms. Mutlu Alkan: She is an executive in the family company Malkan Makina textile machinery and has greatly expan [...]	2008-07-01 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL
08ANKARA1196	TURKEY LESS OPTIMISTIC ON PAKISTAN FOLLOWING [...] (C) The GOT is more pessimistic about the prospect for Pakistani political unity following Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Zardari's June 27-28 visit, according to MFA Section Head Ilhan Sener. Zardari, who stopped in Turkey enroute to Socialist International meetings in Athens, explain [...]	2008-07-01 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF PK TU
08ANKARA12	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA120	TURKISH ADVISOR ON GUL VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (c) Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu briefed Ambassador January 22 regarding President Gul's visit January 19 to Damascus. As noted ref a, the proximate cause was a Syrian invitation to an "Arab Cultural Capital of 2008" event. According to Davutoglu, Gul decided [...]	2008-01-22 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY TU
08ANKARA1202	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1206	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP UNDER ATTACK ON TWO FRONTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is under scrutiny both within Socialist International (SI) and by Turkey's Constitutional Court in unrelated developments that highlight the party's feckless leadership and the lack of meaningful alternatives on the left. CH [...]	2008-07-02 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1209	Update on PKK Violence (June 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 24-30, 2008 reporting period, no security [...]	2008-07-03 08:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA121	TURKEY: NEW CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture reported on January 22 that avian influenza was found in dead backyard poultry in the town of Caycuma, in the northern province of Zonguldak. Following the RT-PCR method testing at the Central Veterinary Control and Research Institute, it was determined tha [...]	2008-01-23 05:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU
08ANKARA1212	TURKEY: ERGENEKON ARRESTS AND MILITARY SUCCESSION [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff's (TGS) official reaction to the July 1 "Ergenekon" arrests (ref a),which netted two retired army four-star generals and other former military personnel, has been limited to an official website posting clarifying that searches of military property related to the [...]	2008-07-03 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KCRM PREL TU
08ANKARA1215	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1216	TURKEY: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PINR PREL KNNP EUN TU
08ANKARA1217	TURKEY: COUP THWARTED OR REVENGE TAKEN? [...] (C) Summary. As the shock wanes over the July 1 detention of over 20 people, including two senior retired military officers, in connection with the year-old Ergenekon investigation (reftel),most Turks view the developments as a worrisome escalation of the struggle between Kemalist ultranatio [...]	2008-07-07 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA122	Update on PKK Violence (January 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 8-15, 2007 reporting period, no GOT sec [...]	2008-01-23 05:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1222	SCENESETTER FOR C. BOYDEN GRAY'S JULY 10-13 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit coincides with political uncertainty surrounding the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) due to a closure case against it pending in the Constitutional Court. Recent high-profile detentions in connection with a year-long investigation into suspec [...]	2008-07-07 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1223	TURKEY -- A FINE MESS [...] (c) Summary: The next four weeks in Turkey will likely be as dramatic as any in over a decade. This time frame will probably see a ruling by the Constitutional Court on the AKP closure case, an indictment in the alleged Ergenekon plot by retired military and other Kemalists to overthrow the [...]	2008-07-07 16:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1224	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 03:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1226	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1227	TURKS PLAY THE WAITING GAME AS AKP CLOSURE CASE [...] (C) Summary. Following oral arguments last week, the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) enters its final phase. Once the Constitutional Court's rapporteur completes his assessment of the evidence, including a non-binding recommended ruling, the chief justice [...]	2008-07-08 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
08ANKARA1228	WHO'S ON FIRST? TURKEY AND THE IMF [...] (C) Summary. On May 10, Turkey's stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ended. Reftels detail the importance investors place on Turkey continuing to have a strong relationship with the IMF, including the ability to borrow if the economy goes south. In separate meeti [...]	2008-07-09 03:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1231	TURKEY QUIET ON EU CUBA BENCHMARKS [...] (C) The GOT does not intend to endorse publicly the June 23 EU policy statements on Cuba, but believes Turkey will be able to support the EU approach of setting aside sanctions and furthering a political dialogue based on Cuban progress on key human rights benchmarks, MFA Latin America Departm [...]	2008-07-09 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU TU
08ANKARA1232	TURKEY: TERRORISM FINANCE: VENEZUELA-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 07:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS VE TU
08ANKARA1237	TURKISH-IRANIAN ETHNIC OPPOSITION GROUPS UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iranian regime is suppressing Azeri-Iranian (Turkish) ethnic opposition groups in Iran, leading those groups to become more militant and espouse armed struggle, according to Center for Eurasian and Strategic Studies (ASAM) Middle East Expert Arif Keskin (protect). Ethnic na [...]	2008-07-09 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR TU
08ANKARA1238	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JUNE 2008) [...] (U) Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator attended annual EXBS Advisor Conference in Washington DC June 9th-13th, 2008. EXBS's long awaited Nonproliferation Agreement was placed into force on June 9th, 2008 by GOT. MFA agrees to co-host a joint EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar in Ankara in Sept [...]	2008-07-09 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA1239	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1240	TURKEY REMAINS STAUNCH KOSOVO SUPPORTER, BRUSSELS [...] (C) On July 3 we met with MFA Department Head Ilhan Saygili and made REF A points. Saygili reiterated that Turkey was among the first countries to recognize Kosovo, remains a staunch Kosovo supporter through International Steering Group (ISG) membership, and continues to press for additional [...]	2008-07-09 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL PGOV TU KV
08ANKARA1241	TURKEY EVALUATING SARGSIAN'S INVITATION TO [...] (C) Turkey has received the written invitation to President Gul from Armenian President to attend the Turkey-Armenia World Cup qualification match in Yerevan, September 9 (reftel),according to MFA South Caucasus and Central Asia DDG Umit Yardim. Yardim told us that the invitation was receiv [...]	2008-07-09 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM GA TU
08ANKARA1242	TURKEY: REACTIONS TO ATTACK ON ISTANBUL CONSULATE [...] (U) Following the attack in front of Consulate General Istanbul at approximately 1100 on July 9, at 15:28 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement (unofficial Embassy translation): "We strongly denounce the heinous armed attack that occurred in front of the US Consulate [...]	2008-07-09 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL PTER TU
08ANKARA1245	TURKEY: INFORMATION STILL INCOMPLETE ON ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Turkish National Police (TNP) officials this morning passed the Embassy, unofficially, the names of the assailants in yesterday's attack on the Consulate General in Istanbul: Raif Topcil, born in 1988; Erkan Kargin, born in 1982; Bulent Cinar, born in 1985. (Note: Several newspape [...]	2008-07-10 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL PTER TU
08ANKARA1247	IF TURKEY'S RULING PARTY IS CLOSED, WHAT THEN? [...] (SBU) Summary. The chance Turkey's Constitutional Court will close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has Turks checking their constitutions to plan their post-closure moves. Even those betting the Court will penalize the party with something short of closure are preparing for the [...]	2008-07-10 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
08ANKARA1248	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA125	TURKEY APPEALS FOR USG HELP TO KEEP PKK ON EU [...] (C) MFA DDG for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar appealed for U.S. support against PKK efforts to be removed from the European Union's list of terrorist organizations during a January 22 meeting with Regional Counterterrorism Coordinator. Reiterating points made by DG Hayati Guven to the Amba [...]	2008-01-23 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EU UK TU

08ANKARA1255	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1256	TURKEY/IRAN: FM MOTTAKI TO VISIT ANKARA JULY 17-18 [...] (C) FM Mottaki is planning to visit Ankara, July 17-18 (arriving the evening of July 17),according to MFA DDG for South Asia and Iran Babur Hizlan. Mottaki had previously indicated to the Turks an intention to visit Turkey following internal discussion on the refreshed P5 1 package. FM Bab [...]	2008-07-11 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR TU
08ANKARA1259	TURKEY: STILL AIMING FOR SEPTEMBER AF-PK-TU [...] (C) Turkey believes hosting a meeting between Afghan and Pakistani leaders is more important then ever, given heightened bilateral tensions, but confirming a date and Pakistani representation remains difficult, MFA Deputy U/S for Middle East, South Asia and Iran Sinirlioglu told Ambassador Ju [...]	2008-07-11 16:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF PK TU
08ANKARA126	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1260	THE CASE FOR NON-CLOSURE OF TURKEY'S RULING PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. There are signs that at least some in Turkey think that closure of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by the Constitutional Court -- deemed inevitable by many since the case was filed in March -- may not occur. Signals that AKP opponents see value in not c [...]	2008-07-11 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1264	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1265	SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. US-Turkish relations have been transformed in the nearly three years since your last visit in 2005. You come right after Erdogan's visit to Baghdad (July 10),Boyden Gray's visit here (July 11) and President Bush's July 11 condolence call to President Gul over the Istanbul consul [...]	2008-07-14 16:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON IZ SY IS IR AF PK CY TU
08ANKARA1266	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT EXTENDS INCIRLIK HUB AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: The MFA has extended bilateral agreements on the Air Cargo Hub at Incirlik airbase and related activities only to the end of 2008, anticipating the expiration of UNSCR 1790 (2007),which underpins government approval of those agreements. Extension of those agreements beyond 2008 [...]	2008-07-15 05:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ TU
08ANKARA1269	TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT HEAVY ON GOOD WILL, [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov visited Ankara July 1 to continue ongoing efforts to increase bilateral dialogue. As during FM Babacan's February trip to Moscow, the conversation focused primarily on economic relations. The two leaders reaffirmed mutual views on Iran, Iraq, the Black Sea, and [...]	2008-07-15 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU TU
08ANKARA1270	TURKEY: MEK IRANIAN REFUGUEES STILL NOT WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past few weeks, the issue of MEK (Mujahideen-E-Khalq) Iranians entering Turkey has again come to the fore in Post's conversations with the GOT on refugee issues. At least 45 MEK Iranians are currently known to have entered Turkish territory from Iraq, nearly all having [...]	2008-07-15 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM TU IZ
08ANKARA1277	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's chief foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told visiting DAS Matt Bryza July 11 that Erdogan's July 10 Baghdad meetings were a "good start." The Turks discussed alternate sources of gas for the Nabucco pipeline with Iraqi officials, acknowledgin [...]	2008-07-16 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG IZ AM CY TU
08ANKARA1279	TURKEY/IRAQ ENERGY COOPERATION: GOT OPTIMISTIC, [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Middle East, Iran and South Asia Sinirlioglu expressed to visiting EUR DAS Bryza July 11 the GOT's satisfaction with PM Erdogan's July 10 visit to Baghdad. The visit was the first full-fledged ceremonial reception of a visiting leader held at Baghdad airport. Sinirliog [...]	2008-07-16 11:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG IZ TU
08ANKARA1280	TURKEY: PRIVATIZATION SUCEEDS DESPITE POLTICAL TURMOIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the global economic downturn and Turkish domestic political turmoil, the GOT successfully privatized two electricity distribution companies earlier this month. This sale demonstrated Turkey's continuing ability to attract foreign investment, to command a good price and [...]	2008-07-16 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU
08ANKARA1283	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1284	SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY URGES TURKEY TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray discussed regional energy issues and moving Caspian gas westward with Turkish PM Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler and others on July 11. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's strong support for Nabucco and the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas projects [...]	2008-07-16 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1286	CORRECTED: SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY URGES TURKEY TO MOVE [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray discussed regional energy issues and moving Caspian gas westward with Turkish PM Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler and others on July 11. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's strong support for Nabucco and the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas projects [...]	2008-07-17 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1288	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1289	TURKEY: COURT RAPPORTEUR RECOMMENDS NON-CLOSURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Constitutional Court's rapporteur July 16 submitted a non-binding recommendation against closing the ruling AKP or banning any of its MPs from politics. The Court has ignored the rapporteur's views in the past, when it voted unanimously to accept the AKP closure case and whe [...]	2008-07-17 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
08ANKARA129	TURKEY: GUL FOCUSES ON BUSINESS, ARAB LEAGUE IN [...] (C) President Abdullah Gul's January 14-16 visit to Egypt was successful and primarily focused on enhancing the bilateral economic relationship, according to MFA Levant Desk Officer Murat Omeroglu. In addition to his meetings with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, PM Ahmed Nazif, FM Ahmed Abou [...]	2008-01-23 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV ETRD TU EG
08ANKARA1290	Update on PKK Violence (July 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one security o [...]	2008-07-18 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1291	Update on PKK Violence (July 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 8-15, 2008 reporting period, three security [...]	2008-07-18 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1293	TURKEY APPROACHES MEDITERRANEAN UNION WITH CAUTION [...] (C) Summary: Despite PM Erdogan's last minute decision to attend the Mediterranean Union Summit July 13-14, the GOT remains highly skeptical of the organization's viability, as well as French intentions. Turkey's MFA successfully negotiated a series of concessions in the final communiqu to e [...]	2008-07-18 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR TU IS SY
08ANKARA1296	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA130	CODEL SHUSTER IN TURKEY: PKK TERRORISM, ARMENIAN [...] (C) Summary. During a January 11-15 trip to Turkey, MFA U/S Apakan said cooperation against PKK terrorists had created a "renewed partnership" but cautioned the House's Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.R. 106) remains a challenge. Codel Shuster asked the GOT to expand outreach efforts on Capi [...]	2008-01-23 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU
08ANKARA1301	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-21 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1303	TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY SO FAR UNHINDERED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Domestic political uncertainty arising from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) closure case and Ergenekon prosecution (reftel) has not constrained PM Erdogan from painting himself the statesman through bold foreign policy activism. Turkey's foreign and security appa [...]	2008-07-21 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1304	TURKEY: DTP'S YEAR OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Summary and comment. The results of the 2007 parliamentary elections raised hopes that Turkey could achieve progress on the Kurdish issue. Some 20 pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) MPs, elected as independents in districts throughout the Southeast, gave the party parliamentary r [...]	2008-07-22 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER TU
08ANKARA1306	TERRORIST EXTRADITION ROUNDTABLE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Top terrorism prosecutors and judges from Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iraq, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland met in Istanbul, Turkey June 24-26, 2008 to discuss their respective practices and overcome obstacles in extraditing terrorists. The meeting, co-hosted [...]	2008-07-22 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU
08ANKARA1307	TURKEY: MFA OUTLINES UPCOMING AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT [...] (C) MFA Africa Section Chief Aykut Kumbaroglu told us the GOT will host the Turkey-Africa Union Cooperation Summit in Istanbul August 18-21. President Gul extended invitations to heads-of-state from 51 African Union members (all with the exception of Western Sahara, which Turkey does not recog [...]	2008-07-22 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AF
08ANKARA1309	TURKEY: CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on July 22. Ulgen expressed appreciation for the information, and said although Turkey has not used cluster munitions in operations for over a decade, it retains a significant st [...]	2008-07-23 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO
08ANKARA131	EBRD: DONOR TURKEY LUKEWARM ON BECOMING RECIPIENT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey, a founding donor to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, is considering becoming a recipient of EBRD funds. The EBRD would have to change its mandate for Turkey to receive funds, since the original 1991 mandate was to "nurture a new private sector in a [...]	2008-01-23 17:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA1310	TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SETS DATE FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Constitutional Court will begin deliberations July 28 on the closure case pending since March against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). It is expected to take several days to produce a verdict, although the Court is not required to rule by any date certain [...]	2008-07-23 11:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1311	GLOBAL INITIATIVE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 22. She reiterated GOT's reticence in participating in Global Initiative activities, even technical, working-level events, since Cyprus became a partner in 2007. She offered to circulate the information she [...]	2008-07-23 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL
08ANKARA1312	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1313	TURKEY: FILAMENT WINDING MACHINES WILL NOT BE [...] (S) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen told us on July 22 that the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (UFT) was recently approached by Tet Makina reps regarding its application to export filament winding machine [...]	2008-07-23 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCAE KSCA TU PK
08ANKARA1314	ECONOMIC IMPACT IF COURT CLOSES AKP [...] (SBU) Summary: Investors agree that AKP,s closure is the most likely outcome of the court,s deliberations and therefore, the effect of the closure has already been largely factored into market behavior. However, two key unknowns, the fate of PM Erdogan and AKP,s current economic policies, wi [...]	2008-07-23 19:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA132	S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ/PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with FM Babacan, MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, Iraq Coordinator Celikkol, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun January 18, S/I Satterfield noted progress made in Iraq on security and the economy, but characterized gains a [...]	2008-01-23 17:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR KU
08ANKARA1325	TURKEY: MEDIA SUPPORT FOR ARMENIA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish media have reported "secret," high-level Turkey-Armenia talks on normalizing bilateral relations with little fanfare, but positively; the political opposition and their media outlets have not objected. Nor has the military. The media's approach suggests broad public [...]	2008-07-24 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OPRC AM TU
08ANKARA1326	BAKU-TBILISI-KARS RAILWAY GROUNDBREAKING; GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Gul traveled to the ancient Armenian capital of Ani July 23 before joining Georgian President Saakashvili and Azerbaijani President Aliyev for a groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, Turkey on the Turkish leg of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway, July 24. The bilateral m [...]	2008-07-24 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV AJ AM GG TU
08ANKARA1327	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1331	TURKISH GULENIST SCHOOLS: "BE EVERYWHERE OR BE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Gulenist-administered Turkish schools are inspired by the same humanistic philosophy no matter where they operate in Turkey or the world, according to teachers and students at a leading Gulenist math and science school in Ankara. The teachers underscored that these schools mus [...]	2008-07-25 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI TU
08ANKARA1334	HARD-LINE TURKISH HISTORIAN OUSTED [...] (C) In a surprise move, reported by the press as a good will gesture toward Armenia, quasi-governmental Turkish Historical Society (TTK) President Yusuf Halacoglu was relieved from his duties by a Cabinet decision published in the July 23 Official Gazette. Halacoglu, during his 15-year tenur [...]	2008-07-25 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1335	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen and MFA Head of Department for South Asian Affairs Devrim Ozturk on July 22. Our interlocutors thanked us for the information and reaffirmed Turkey's commitment to fully implement the requirements of the UNSC resolut [...]	2008-07-25 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNUC ETTC PREL TU IR
08ANKARA1337	ERGENEKON INDICTMENT STILL MURKY BUT PROCESS ALONE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court decided July 25 to accept the indictment filed in the Ergenekon case and proceed to prosecution (ref A). The 2,500 page indictment has clarified little about the case. Some Turks see the indictment as a courageous step toward bringing Turkey's stat [...]	2008-07-25 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU
08ANKARA1338	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] (c) Ambassador spoke July 25 with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan to inquire about FM Babacan's plans to attend the Tehran NAM ministerial and to carry out the demarche in reftel. The Turkish press has been reporting for some days that Babacan may attend, and lower-level MFA staff had previously sugge [...]	2008-07-25 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR TU
08ANKARA134	TURKISH DEPUTY CHOD GEN. SAYGUN'S VISIT TO US [...] (S) Summary: US-Turkish military-to-military relations are stronger now than at any time since 2003. GEN Saygun's January 15 visit to Baghdad has improved prospects for Turkey-Iraq cooperation on PKK terrorism and given impetus to bilateral dialogue. During January 29-30 High Level Defense G [...]	2008-01-24 08:03:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER TU
08ANKARA1340	(S) SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN DEMARCHE [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 25. Ulgen said the GOT determination that the machine in question was not controlled by the Wassenaar Arrangement or the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was made following consultations with interagency ex [...]	2008-07-25 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC PK TU
08ANKARA1341	AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY FORCE SIZE INCREASE DEMARCHE [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA South Asia Department Second Secretary Ilhan Sener on July 3. On July 10 MFA South Asia Deputy Director General Babur Hizlan told us Turkey was in favor of the proposal to expand the size of the Afghan National Army. On July 23, we followed up with Devri [...]	2008-07-25 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO AF TU
08ANKARA1342	AKP INSIDERS DISCUSS CLOSURE CASE [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of Turkish Constitutional Court deliberations in the AKP closure case that begin July 28, the outcome is impossible to predict. A senior AKP-affiliated journalist told Ambassador July 24 that he is hopeful the Turkish Constitutional Court may avoid ruling to close the [...]	2008-07-25 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
08ANKARA1345	Update on PKK Violence (July 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 16-23, 2008 reporting period, two security [...]	2008-07-28 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1348	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1352	TURKEY: SOUTHEAST LEADERS SAY AKP CLOSURE UNLIKELY TO SPUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) stronghold in Eastern Anatolia, contacts from diverse political persuasions told us AKP's closure would set back Turkey's democratization and send the wrong message to the international community. Citing [...]	2008-07-29 09:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TU
08ANKARA1353	TURKEY: EC ENERGY DELEGATION VISIT YIELDS NO [...] (C) Summary. Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Energy Security at the EC Directorate General for Energy Transportation led a technical-level delegation to Ankara for talks with Turkey's Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel on July 17-18. The talks were to prepare the groundwork for the visit of Com [...]	2008-07-29 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1355	TURKEY: IRAQ ARREARS CAUSE DESPERATE ACTION BY [...] (C) Summary. Ignoring pleas from high-level GOT officials, BOTAS (state-owned oil and gas pipeline company) temporarily suspended, then resumed, operation of the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline, a major export route for Iraqi oil on July 22. BOTAS claims the inability to collect on large Iraqi d [...]	2008-07-29 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1359	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA136	TURKEY-U.S. RELATIONS: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Turkish MFA U/S Apakan reviewed developments in bilateral relations in the wake of President Gul's January 8-9 talks in Washington. They agreed to coordinate measures for a set of high-level meetings in Washington in mid-April. END SUMMARY. STRENGTHENING U.S.- [...]	2008-01-24 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM ENRG EPET ECON TU
08ANKARA1364	TURKEY-AFRICA COOPERATION SUMMIT PREPARATIONS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Cevikoz updated the DCM on preparation for the August 18-20 Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit in Istanbul (reftel). 17 heads of state or government have so far confirmed participation and the GOT is expecting more. Zimbabwe has not confirmed President Mugabe's participation, [...]	2008-07-30 06:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XA TU
08ANKARA1368	TURKEY: POTENTIAL VISIT BY AHMADINEJAD TO TURKEY [...] (C) We spoke with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan and separately with the MFA Iran Desk July 30 about extensive media reporting indicating GOT preparations for a possible visit by Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Istanbul on August 14. We made the following points: -- With the deadline for an Irania [...]	2008-07-30 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR TU
08ANKARA1369	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1370	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1371	LOVE FOR SALE - THE TAUDRY TALE OF TURKISH MEDIA OWNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM TU
08ANKARA1372	TURKEY: GUL-ALIYEV/SAAKASHVILI BILATERALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Energy issues and Azerbaijani-Turkmen relations monopolized President Gul's bilateral with Azerbaijani President Aliyev, at the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, July 24, MFA U/S Cevikoz told the DCM July 29. Gul also had an unexceptional discussi [...]	2008-07-30 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELTN ETRD ENRG EPET AJ AM GG TX TU
08ANKARA1373	TURKEY'S RULING PARTY FINED BUT NOT CLOSED BY [...] (U) In a six to five vote, Turkey's Constitutional Court decided July 30 not to close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),ending weeks of uncertainty and speculation about Turkey's political future. While six judges voted for closure, the constitution requires that at least seven [...]	2008-07-30 16:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM TU
08ANKARA1374	TURKEY RELIEVED AT COURT DECISION NOT TO CLOSE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turks breathed a collective sigh of relief July 30 as the Constitutional Court released its decision to fine but not close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for anti-secular activities (reftel). Announced after three days of deliberations, the ruling came [...]	2008-07-31 10:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TU
08ANKARA1377	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1378	RUSSIA,S GROWING INTEREST IN TURKISH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. According to the local press and commentators, the July 18 visit of Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev signified warming relations between Turkey and Russia on energy issues. The jury is still out on whether Medvedev's proposals for further access to Turkey's market or his n [...]	2008-07-31 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1383	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 08:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1384	AFRICA: TURKEY'S BLUSHING BRIDE? [...] (C) Summary: For Turkey, sub-Saharan Africa represents an opportunity to expand its international influence and advance its multilateral ambitions, foremost a UNSC non-permanent member seat. Since announcing its UNSC candidacy in 2003, the GOT has overtly wooed African states in the hopes of [...]	2008-08-04 11:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU AF
08ANKARA1386	REQUESTING DIPLOMATIC STATUS FOR OFFICE OF DEFENSE [...] Post requests Department approve diplomatic status for Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Turkey personnel in accordance with 3 FAH-1 H-2438.2 in lieu of status under the NATO Status of Forces (SOFA) Implementing Agreement with Turkey. ODC Turkey Chief enjoyed diplomatic status until 2005, w [...]	2008-08-04 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	APER MARR TU
08ANKARA1390	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1391	TURKEY: SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL RESULTS [...] (U) Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) announced on August 4 the results of its annual meeting to determine new assignments, promotions, and dismissals. As expected, Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) GEN Ilker Basbug (bio info reported septel) was named the new chief of the Turkish G [...]	2008-08-04 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MARR TU
08ANKARA1392	TURKEY'S NEW CHOD: GENERAL ILKER BASBUG [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Land Forces Commander General Ilker Basbug (pronounced BAHSH-boo) was named as Turkey's next CHOD at the Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) that concluded on August 4 (full YAS results reported septel). Despite some shifts in civil-military relations, the [...]	2008-08-04 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
08ANKARA1395	PARLIAMENT AGAIN APPROVES FOREIGN LAND PURCHASES IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate decisions in January and April 2008, the Constitutional Court struck down portions of both the Title Deed Law and the Foreign Direct Investment Law, effectively barring real estate purchases by foreign real persons or corporations (reftels). In an amendment to the Tit [...]	2008-08-05 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON BEXP TU
08ANKARA1401	TURKEY/NATO-EU: NO SIGNS OF LET UP IN TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging recent French efforts to improve NATO-EU ties as a gesture of goodwill, Turkish officials are unimpressed. They view the recent French non-paper proposing a NATO-EU high-level working group with suspicion, and believe it is designed to circumvent the NATO-EU [...]	2008-08-05 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EUN NATO TU KV
08ANKARA1402	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1403	TURKEY: MIND THE GAP: PM ERDOGAN'S SOUTHEAST [...] (C) Summary and comment. The Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) had new life amid renewed doubts. PM Erdogan recently announced the GOT plans to dedicate $21.5 billion to complete the project by 2012 (Ref A). An ambitious $32 billion multi-sector regional development scheme harnessing the [...]	2008-08-05 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TU
08ANKARA1404	TURKEY: KURDISH VIEWS ON AKP NON-CLOSURE, ERGENEKON [...] (U) This is an AmConsulate Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: Kurds in Turkey,s southeast expressed relief but not elation that the Constitutional Court declined to ban the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). AKP support remains high in conservative parts of the southeast, but nationa [...]	2008-08-06 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TU
08ANKARA1405	TURKEY: GOT OUTLINES AHMADINEJAD VISIT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. Iranian President Ahmadinejad will visit Turkey August 14, in what the GOT is describing to us as a "working visit." He will travel only to Istanbul -- not Ankara -- where he will meet with President Gul and, most likely, PM Erdogan. The visit has not been officially anno [...]	2008-08-06 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR TU
08ANKARA1407	TURKEY'S TERRORISM LAWS: UNORTHODOX BUT WORKABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent extended discussions with Turkish Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials, we reviewed Turkey's legal framework for prosecuting terrorism activities. In response to our concern that Turkey's current terrorism law too narrowly focuses on domestic terrorism and does no [...]	2008-08-06 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU
08ANKARA141	TURKEY: MFA BALKANS CHIEF DISCUSSES KOSOVO, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: GOT officials tell us that Turkey is ready to recognize Kosovo independence. Timing, however, is contingent on EU solidarity. Should a majority of EU countries, including key members, immediately recognize Kosovo, Turkey will rapidly follow suit. MFA Balkans Departm [...]	2008-01-24 10:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU KV MW
08ANKARA1410	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1411	TURKEY'S NEXT DCHOD: GENERAL HASAN IGSIZ [...] (C) Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) (ref a) named General Hasan Igsiz (pronounced Ih-siz) as Turkey's next Deputy Chief of Defense (DCHOD),succeeding GEN Ersin Saygun. He is reportedly a protege of newly named CHOD Ilker Basbug (ref b). As general officers, Igsiz and Basbug have hel [...]	2008-08-07 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR TU
08ANKARA1415	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1417	GOT STATUS UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR: THE PLOT THICKENS REF: SECSTATE 84112 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK
08ANKARA1423	TFGG01: TURKEY'S REACTION TO GEORGIA/SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG TU
08ANKARA1424	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1426	TURKEY: NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KCFE PARM GG RU TU
08ANKARA1430	TURKISH REACTION TO DEMARCHE DISCOURAGING AN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised US concerns per reftel with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan on August 8. Apakan said the US message was clearly understand and that there would be "nothing new, tangible or solid" on energy signed with Iran anytime soon. MFA Energy Office Director Altay said August 11 [...]	2008-08-11 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETTC AJ IR TU
08ANKARA1440	TURKEY: MILITARY VS. OPPOSITION PART DEUX (THIS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish military and the main opposition Republican People,s Party (CHP) recently entered into their second public clash in six months. On August 5, CHP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu publicly criticized the Supreme Military Council's (YAS) decision [...]	2008-08-12 10:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
08ANKARA1441	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JULY 2008) [...] (SBU) Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator visited Kapikule and Ipsala Border Ports of Entry to review Customs Inspection and Enforcement operations and assess Turkish border security capabilities. MFA confirms Turkish interagency participation in a joint EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar at [...]	2008-08-12 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA1442	TFGG01: TURKEY PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey has provided some humanitarian assistance to Georgia already and is considering an additional request from the Government of Georgia for a field hospital in Gori. A Turkish Red Crescent team is on the ground in Tbilisi assessing the situation. The GOT has not yet evacuate [...]	2008-08-12 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU GG
08ANKARA1446	TURKEY: ISRAELI CONCERNS ON AHMEDINEJAD VISIT [...] (C) The Israeli Government voiced its concerns to the GOT regarding Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul visit in both Ankara and Tel Aviv, August 7 (reftel). Israeli Embassy Spokesman Amit Zarouk told us Israeli Ambassador Gaby Levy underscored in his meeting with MFA Deputy [...]	2008-08-12 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PROG PREL TU IS IR
08ANKARA1448	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1449	TURKEY: KURDS TIRING OF ANKARA'S BIG STICK [...] (U) This is an AmConsulate Adana message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Recent conversations in southeastern Turkey suggest that, regardless of GOT military successes against the terrorist PKK, sympathy for "the organization" is unwavering. Developments in 2008 ) stepped-up military operations, human ri [...]	2008-08-12 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TU
08ANKARA1450	NO TURKISH DECISION ON BIT RENEGOTIATION THIS YEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey continues to tie prospects for renegotiation of its Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to its EU accession process and views a wholesale renegotiation as unlikely. Turkish Treasury DDG for Foreign Investment Murat Alici described the 2004 Model BIT as an overly long, overly [...]	2008-08-13 06:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV TU
08ANKARA1451	TURKEY: TEMPEST IN ACADEMIC TEAPOT [...] (C) Summary and comment: President Abdullah Gul's August 5 appointment of 21 university rectors brought little joy to AKP's opponents. As one of the first high-profile selection procedures following the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) narrow escape from being banned for anti-sec [...]	2008-08-13 06:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1452	Update on PKK Violence (July 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 24-31, 2008 reporting period, five security [...]	2008-08-13 08:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1453	Update on PKK Violence (August 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 1-7, 2008 reporting period, five village [...]	2008-08-13 08:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1459	TURKEY: NUCLEAR SUPPLIER GROUP EXCEPTION FOR INDIA [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on August 12 to MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Affairs Bora Kerimoglu. Kerimoglu expressed appreciation for the information provided and our offer to respond to any questions the GOT might have on the issue, and pledged to convey th [...]	2008-08-13 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ETTC AORC ENRG IN TU

08ANKARA146	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1465	TURKEY: AHMADINEJAD VISIT SCHEDULE STILL FLUID [...] (C) President Gul's Foreign Policy Advisor Amb. Gurcan Turkoglu characterized Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul trip to CDA as a "political necessity" to maintain good bilateral relations. It is impossible for Turkey to ignore Iran, he said. Given the nuclear issue's grow [...]	2008-08-13 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR TU
08ANKARA147	TURKEY: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture appears to be following appropriate procedures in response to the AI outbreak in Zonguldak province. 2. On January 22, the Ministry of Agriculture's General Directorate of Protection and Control submitted a report to the World Organization for Animal Hea [...]	2008-01-24 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU
08ANKARA1471	POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS FOR IPR IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. In recent months, the GOT has taken several positive steps in its protection of copyright, and plans to implement encouraging new programs in the latter half of 2008 and early 2009. 1) On June 1, a new system finally came online to certify and track all members of the distributi [...]	2008-08-14 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KIPR USTR TU
08ANKARA1472	TFGG01: GOT URGED TO DEMAND RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel points August 14 to MFA Deputy U/S for Americas Berk and DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Ozturk. Berk agreed that Russia should fulfill the commitments it made in the agreement with President Sarkozy and that OSCE observers should have immediate access to areas curren [...]	2008-08-14 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL GG RS TU UN
08ANKARA1475	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1476	SECOND UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR REF: A. SECSTATE 84112 B. ANKARA 1417 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK
08ANKARA1477	ALL GAIN, NO PAIN: TURKEY'S KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (C) MFA Department head for Environment Nursel Berberoglu said August 13 Turkey is ready to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. By delaying until now, Turkey believes it can ratify without incurring any binding obligation to reduce emissions (despite being an Annex 1 country),and still participate full [...]	2008-08-15 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENGR SENV EAGR TU
08ANKARA1478	PM ERDOGAN VISITS MOSCOW AND TBILISI; SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Erdogan received a warm reception from Russian leaders in Moscow, where he conveyed Turkey's clear support for Georgia's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. The Russians responded they have no intention of entering Tbilisi or occupying Georgia, but that Georgia was [...]	2008-08-15 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GG RS TU ZJ
08ANKARA148	TURKEY: SUDANESE PRESIDENT'S VISITS GARNERS HARSH [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese President Bashir met with President Gul and Energy Minister Guler during his controversial January 21 trip to Ankara. President Gul urged Sudan to cooperate with the international community to find a solution to Darfur, pushing Bashir to make the United Nations-African U [...]	2008-01-24 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU SU
08ANKARA1490	Update on PKK Violence (August 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 8-15, 2008 reporting period, eleven secu [...]	2008-08-18 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1494	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1497	TURKEY URGES AHMADINEJAD TO ACCEPT P5/1 OFFER [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an MFA readout, President Gul told visiting Iranian President Ahmadinejad August 15 that Iran should take advantage of the P5/1 refreshed package and urged the Iranians to be constructive on regional issues. Ahmadinejad did not respond substantively, other than to den [...]	2008-08-19 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA1498	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA15	TURKISH ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ CUT OVER [...] (C) Summary. Electricity exports to Northern Iraq by the private Turkish company Karadeniz Toptan Elektik Ticaret (Kartet) were cut on January 2, 2008. As we foreshadowed (ref A) a series of complicated commercial and intergovernmental agreements were not renewed before December 31, 2007, w [...]	2008-01-04 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU EINV IZ
08ANKARA1504	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1508	HOW TURKEY'S YOUTH VIEW THE US: LOSING A [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Turkey faces a "demographic window of opportunity," with 60% of its population under the age of 30. Politically disengaged and generally neglected as a resource by political parties (refA),young Turks face high unemployment and a country struggling to balance tradit [...]	2008-08-21 09:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1509	TURKEY: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN TU
08ANKARA151	TURKISH COURTS BLOCK ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" WEBSITE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish courts banned access to the immensely popular "YouTube" website for five days beginning January 17, to block a picture with swear words imposed over Turkey's founding father, Ataturk, and the Turkish flag. The GOT maintains the courts are properly implementing a new In [...]	2008-01-25 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1512	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1513	TFGG01: TURKEY'S CAUCASUS STABILITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOT continues to roll out its "Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform" concept, with PM Erdogan visiting Baku August 20. Based on contacts with MFA officials, the concept, stemming from a 2000 proposal from then-President Demirel, is still being refined. MFA contacts h [...]	2008-08-21 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM AJ GG RU TU
08ANKARA1519	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA152	TURKEY: CODEL DAVIS STRESSES COOPERATION IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: During their January 10 - 12 visit to Ankara, CODEL Davis met with Turkish Members of Parliament (MPs),officials from the Central Bank, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Treasury, and representatives from the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges (TOBB),Turkey's [...]	2008-01-25 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN TU IZ
08ANKARA153	Update on PKK Violence (January 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 16-23, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...]	2008-01-25 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1532	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1546	Update on PKK Violence (August 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one securit [...]	2008-08-27 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1547	TURKEY LINKS USS MOUNT WHITNEY PASSAGE WITH GLOBAL [...] (S/NF) This is an urgent action message. Post requests immediate guidance on request for USS Mount Whitney to transit the Turkish Straits. 2. (S/NF) As noted in ref b, Turkey has granted permission for overflight of its airspace by Global Hawk missions to conduct surveillance over Georgi [...]	2008-08-27 10:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM GG TU
08ANKARA1549	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1550	TURKEY-AU SUMMIT OVERSHADOWED BY BASHIR'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOT-hosted Turkey-African Union (AU) Cooperation Summit, August 18-21, rendered no surprises. During the sessions, the GOT focused on developing good will, expanding trade ties, and lobbying for African support of Turkey's UNSC bid. Overall, the GOT was pleased with both atte [...]	2008-08-27 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XA TU
08ANKARA1552	TURKEY: THIRD NATIONAL PROGRAM AIMED AT [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) recently rolled out a "Third National Program" to define the government's priorities and reinvigorate EU-related reforms over the next four years. Senior AKP contacts admit reaching consensus on the plan will be difficult, given the [...]	2008-08-27 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1553	TURKEY SUPPORTS GEORGIA'S SOVEREIGNTY AND [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to MFA South Caucasus Department Head Firat Sunel, urging a clear statement rejecting Russia's recognition of Abkhaz and South Ossetian independence. Sunel noted the August 26 MFA statement (see paragraph 6),calling it a short but clear message of concern, and [...]	2008-08-27 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU TU
08ANKARA1559	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA156	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1560	TURKEY: SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 26, Senator Lugar and delegation discussed the situation in Georgia, Caspian energy issues including Nabucco, Turkey's EU accession and other issues with President Gul, Foreign Minister Babacan and Energy Minister Guler. The Senator also hosted a dinner for represen [...]	2008-08-28 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU
08ANKARA1563	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1564	TURKEY: AHMET TURK RAISES THE PROFILE OF DTP'S [...] (C) Summary and comment: Recent statements by pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) leader Ahmet Turk have raised the profile of DTP's more moderate wing. Turk, re-elected as party co-chairman at DTP's July convention, called for peaceful resolution through dialogue of Turkey's intractab [...]	2008-08-29 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1565	VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Your planned September 6 meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan offers an opportunity to consult on five sets of issues: Georgia and the Caucasus, energy, Iran, Iraq, and the need for renewed Turkish reform. Erdogan is in confident form following relative victory in the closure case against th [...]	2008-08-29 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1566	VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Your planned September 6 meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan offers an opportunity to consult on five sets of issues: Georgia and the Caucasus, energy, Iran, Iraq, and the need for renewed Turkish reform. Erdogan is in confident form following relative victory in the closure case against th [...]	2008-08-29 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1567	VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Your planned September 6 meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan offers an opportunity to consult on five sets of issues: Georgia and the Caucasus, energy, Iran, Iraq, and the need for renewed Turkish reform. Erdogan is in confident form following relative victory in the closure case against th [...]	2008-08-29 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA157	TURKEY RELUCTANT TO RECEIVE, SHARE INFORMATION [...] (S) Anticipating the flow through Turkey of foreign fighters and others affiliated with known terrorist organizations will increase in the future, the FBI has proactively reached out to Turkey's law enforcement and intelligence communities to initiate formal information sharing on known or su [...]	2008-01-25 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC TU
08ANKARA1572	TURKEY-MACEDONIA STRATEGIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche points, MFA Balkans Department Head Ilhan Saygili underscored to us that the strategic cooperation document is not an agreement, but a statement of the two countries' intentions to promote and strengthen bilateral strategic relations. Within the document, th [...]	2008-09-02 09:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK TU GR
08ANKARA1575	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 11:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1576	TURKEY: GEORGIAN FM URGES GLOBAL SOLUTIONS IN [...] (C) Georgian DCM Irakli Koplatadze on September 1 gave DCM a readout of the August 31 meeting between Turkish FM Babacan and Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili in Istanbul. Babacan, said Koplatadze, began the meeting by expressing "deep concern" for Russian actions and strong Turkish support for the [...]	2008-09-02 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU TU
08ANKARA1579	TURKEY ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNGA KV
08ANKARA158	CLOSING MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: HOW REALISTIC A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Efforts to re-energize negotiations to close Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq will continue to be hindered by GOT and UNHCR security concerns related to the camp. Working level GOT officials believe radical PKK elements continue to control the camp. They believe a permanen [...]	2008-01-25 17:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER PGOV PHUM TU IZ
08ANKARA1580	TURKEY'S ENERGY DEAL WITH IRAN STALLED [...] (C) Summary. Local press continues to speculate that Energy Minister Guler will travel to Iran soon to conclude a detailed energy agreement. In private, Energy Acting Under Secretary Selahattin Cimen told us the deal has no legs. He confirmed that technical negotiations between Iran and Tur [...]	2008-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1584	TURKISH MFA ON LAVROV TALKS, BURNS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Apakan briefed Ambassador September 2 regarding FM Babacan's talks with Russian FM Lavrov the same day in Istanbul. Babacan reportedly emphasized that Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia contradicts international law; associated Turkey with the st [...]	2008-09-03 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU TU
08ANKARA1585	TURKEY SUPPORTS AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY INCREASE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA DDG for South Asia and Iran Babur Hizlan September 3, requesting Turkish support for expanding the Afghan National Army (ANA) to 134,000 at the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board meeting in Kabul, September 10, and reminding him of the importance the U [...]	2008-09-03 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF TU
08ANKARA1586	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1588	Update on PKK Violence (August 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 24-31, 2008 reporting period, eight secu [...]	2008-09-04 06:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1595	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1596	TURKEY: NEW MILITARY CHIEF'S FIRST POLICY SPEECH [...] (C) Summary: During new Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Ikler Basbug,s nationally televised speech at his August 28 change of command ceremony, Basbug: -- Highlighted the importance of US-Turkey bilateral relations and preserving the "perfect level of cooperation" against the PKK; -- Vo [...]	2008-09-04 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
08ANKARA1597	TURKEY ENTHUSIASTIC ON EVE OF GUL VISIT TO ARMENIA [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Turkey is abuzz only two days ahead of a now-confirmed visit by President Gul to Yerevan September 6 to attend a Turkey-Armenia World Cup qualifier. Viewing the visit as a powerful Turkish contribution to promoting peace and stability in the Caucasus and to solving the Na [...]	2008-09-04 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
08ANKARA1598	TURKISH MFA: CYPRUS TALKS ARE "LAST CHANCE" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish MFA's key Cyprus official views the direct talks as the "last chance" for a solution on the island, and notes that "other options" will need to be considered if these negotiations fail. Both Turkish Cypriot leader Talat and Ankara suspect the Greek Cypriot side plans [...]	2008-09-05 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU US
08ANKARA1599	TURKEY: ALEVIS PROTEST GOT'S POLICY ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara and Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Several Alevi groups organized an August 24 rally in Istanbul's Taksim square to protest the GOT's policy of requiring primary and secondary public school students to take a religious educa [...]	2008-09-05 10:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1600	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1602	BABACAN/LAVROV IN ISTANBUL: "FRIENDS CAN DISAGREE" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey underscored its support for Georgia's territorial integrity during FM Babacan's September 2 meeting with Russian FM Lavrov in Istanbul, MFA DDG for Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Murat Burhan told us September 4. However, Lavrov called the decision to recognize Abkh [...]	2008-09-05 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU TU
08ANKARA1603	MFA SUPPORTS IRAQI SCIENTISTS PROGRAM, AWAITING [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IZ TU
08ANKARA1604	TURKEY: STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY IN ANKARA, SEPT. 1-2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 1-2 September a House Foreign Relations Committee Staff delegation led by Alan Makovsky discussed the situation in Georgia, energy issues, and the ongoing Israel-Syria talks with senior Turkish government officials at the Presidency, Prime Ministry, and Ministry of Foreign Af [...]	2008-09-05 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1605	TURKEY FINALLY JOINS WIPO TREATIES [...] On August 28, after more than a year of delay, Turkey finally deposited its instruments of accession for the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty with the WIPO in Geneva, with no reservations. The treaty will enter into force on November 28, 2008. As reported [...]	2008-09-05 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR USTR WIPO TU
08ANKARA1606	TURKEY: MILITARY CHIEF VISITS LARGEST KURDISH CITY [...] (U) GEN Ilker Basbug, in his first domestic trip as the new chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS),traveled to 2nd Army Headquarters (primary responsibility of which is to prosecute the war against the PKK) in Malatya, and Diyarbakir, Turkey's largest Kurdish city. During his visit to 2nd [...]	2008-09-05 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
08ANKARA1607	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1611	TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL MEETS U/S BURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 5 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, Turkish President Gul said his trip to Yerevan the next day is intended to lay the foundation for progress in bilateral relations. He spoke at length about his private "blunt" discussions with Iranian President Ahmadinejad [...]	2008-09-09 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1613	TURKEY: MUNICIPAL POLICE BEAT ANKARA SHOPOWNER FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: A security camera captured two municipal policemen beating a shop owner with wooden sticks in the conservative Ankara district of Kecioren August 14 for allegedly violating the ban on alcohol sales after 11 p.m. Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ankara MP Yilm [...]	2008-09-09 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1619	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (AUGUST 2008) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator finalized agenda and logistics for the Sept. 17-18 EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar, to he held in Ankara. DOE/SLD provided Turkey's first training on SLD provided radiation detection pagers, survey instruments and RIDDS to TNP's Bomb Disposal experts. Turk [...]	2008-09-10 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA1622	DELIVERY OF AI DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL
08ANKARA1623	Update on PKK Violence (September 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 1-7, 2008 reporting period, 13 securit [...]	2008-09-10 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1624	TURKISH MFA INTERESTED IN EU OBSERVER MISSION IN [...] (C) During a meeting to deliver reftel demarche (reported septel),MFA NATO Security Affairs Section Head M. Turker Ari took the opportunity to note Turkey's interest in the proposed EU observer mission in Georgia. Ari inquired whether the US has received any information from the EU about the [...]	2008-09-10 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO TU GG
08ANKARA1625	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1626	TURKEY: RULING AKP AIMING HIGH IN MARCH 2009 [...] (C) Summary and comment: Showing signs of the political prowess that led to its political dominance, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is astutely gearing up for March 2009 local elections well before its opponents. AKP hopes to demonstrate it is "the party of all Turkey" by [...]	2008-09-10 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1627	U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...]	2008-09-10 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1628	U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...]	2008-09-10 22:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1629	IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 06:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO TU IZ
08ANKARA1633	CJCS VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (S) The timing of your visit to Turkey is ideal. The President's commitment in November to provide enhanced intelligence against the PKK immensely strengthened US engagement here. But we are now at some pivot points: -- in Turkey, a new CHOD and DCHOD, both critical people for our work on [...]	2008-09-11 10:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR GG IZ TU
08ANKARA1634	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1635	TURKISH CAUCASIANS' INFLUENCE ON REGIONAL POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The conflict in Georgia has mobilized a large portion of Turkey's ethnic Caucasian community to lobby Ankara to join Moscow in recognizing Abkhaz and South Ossetian independence. As during the Chechen wars of the 1990s, ethnic Caucasian groups will force the GOT to w [...]	2008-09-11 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU TU
08ANKARA1636	TURKEY: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On September 4 we solicited from MFA Acting Head of Department for Council of Europe and Human Rights Yonca Sunel GOT support for U.S. priority country-specific and thematic resolutions that will be offered, urged Turkey to vote against the Defamation of Religions resolution, and sought [...]	2008-09-11 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN TU
08ANKARA1639	TURKISH GDP GROWTH SLOWED SHARPLY IN SECOND QUARTER [...] Summary: TurkStat data released on September 10 showed Turkey's GDP grew only 1.9% (YOY) in the second quarter, far below market forecasts of 3.7% and down sharply from 6.7% growth in the first quarter. While first half growth was still a respectable 4.2%, the sharp slowdown from quarter to q [...]	2008-09-12 08:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA164	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-28 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1640	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1641	TURKEY: GULER PRESSES BAKU AND ASHGABAT FOR GAS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler continued to be obsessed by attracting gas to Turkey and expressed indifference over the fate of Nabucco. Guler said he had positive meetings in Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan but divulged few details. Turkey ap [...]	2008-09-12 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1642	GUL IN BAKU AND YEREVAN; GEORGIAN PM IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) MFA South Caucasus Section Head Firat Sunel briefed us September 11 on President Gul's September 10 visit to Baku. Despite criticism in the Azerbaijani media and some Turkish outlets of Gul's September 6 trip to Yerevan, President Aliyev gave Gul and the visiting Turkish side the impression [...]	2008-09-12 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ GG TU
08ANKARA1643	TURKEY: CHARITY FUND SCANDAL PROMPTS PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. A very public and ugly battle has erupted between Prime Minister Erdogan and the Dogan Group. The conflict dominated the news this week after Erdogan lashed out at business and media mogul Aydin Dogan for reporting on allegations in a German court that the German-based Deniz Feneri Cha [...]	2008-09-15 04:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL TU
08ANKARA165	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION CONFRONT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's ban against headscarves at universities may soon be lifted if negotiations succeed between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and opposition Nationalist Action Party (MHP) on proposed constitutional amendments. PM Erdogan reignited the highly sensitive issue [...]	2008-01-28 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ANKARA1650	TURKEY: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA TU
08ANKARA1651	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: On the ropes in its Constitutional Court closure case, pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) is staging "awareness-raising" walks, and reaching out to any who will listen to garner much-needed support. In his September 16 oral defense on behalf of the party, DTP Chairman Ah [...]	2008-09-15 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1652	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1657	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA166	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: January 2008 [...] Turkey launched air strikes against PKK terrorist positions in northern Iraq on December 16, 17, 22 and 26. Several of the air strikes were supported by artillery fire. During the same period, counterterrorism operations within Southeast Turkey and against PKK terrorists in several cities con [...]	2008-01-29 10:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL CH KZ GR TU
08ANKARA1660	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1664	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1665	Update on PKK Violence (September 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two secu [...]	2008-09-18 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1667	TURKEY: OPPONENTS SEE CHINKS IN AKP'S ARMOR AMID [...] (C) Summary and comment: Critics of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) point to a recent SONAR company poll showing a decline in AKP's popularity to 32 percent as a sign voters are souring on the party. Opposition politicians, journalists, and analysts believe a struggling econom [...]	2008-09-18 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1669	SCENESETTER FOR USG-GOT UNGA MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials will be highly visible in New York for this year,s UN General Assembly as their years-long effort to secure election to a UN Security Council seat representing the Western European and Others group comes to a climax. U.S. officials will want to engage the Turks o [...]	2008-09-18 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
08ANKARA1675	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1676	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP DEFENDS ITSELF BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a two-hour verbal defense presented to the Constitutional Court September 16, Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) Co-Chairman Ahmet Turk urged the Court not to close DTP and ban 220 of its members from politics. Turk claimed DTP has been working diligently to find a p [...]	2008-09-19 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1679	U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]	2008-09-22 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1680	TURKEY REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR NORTHERN IRAQ GAS [...] (C) As part of the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group held in Ankara on September 15, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and DAS Matt Bryza discussed Iraq energy issues with the GOT. Caspian energy issues reported septel. Gray and the head of the Turkish delegation MFA Dep [...]	2008-09-22 08:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IZ TU
08ANKARA1681	GULER STICKS TO TURKEY FIRST FORMULA FOR CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza discussed Caspian and Iraqi gas with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler during a September 15 meeting. Guler asked for U.S. support for a northern export route for Iraqi gas to Turkey and Europe. [...]	2008-09-22 08:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ

08ANKARA1686	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1687	TURKEY: EMBASSY SUPPORT OF GE REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary. General Electric (GE) Turkey Managing Director Kursat Ozkan informed us September 4 that GE sent a formal request to GOT to postpone the deadline for bids for Turkey's first civilian nuclear power plant from September 24, 2008 to March 1, 2009 due to lack of project risk infor [...]	2008-09-22 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT ENIV ENRG TU
08ANKARA1688	TURKEY-RUSSIA SIGN CUSTOMS DEAL TO RESOLVE TRADE DISPUTE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TU
08ANKARA1689	CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN CALL ON PRESIDENT GUL [...] (C) Summary: President Gul told CJCS Admiral Mullen September 15 that Turkey wanted our close counterterrorism cooperation to continue and that U.S. success in Iraq is critical for Turkey. Admiral Mullen pledged U.S commitment to sustaining intelligence cooperation. Gul said Turkey continue [...]	2008-09-22 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ GG IR PK AF TU
08ANKARA169	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1690	MFA WANTS TO MAINTAIN NRC PREPCOM AS CHANNEL FOR [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA NATO Policy Department Head Gulhan Ulutekin on September 22. While she took our points on board, Ulutekin said Turkey views the PrepCom as a useful tool to maintain contact with Russia, particularly on issues in the long-term interest of the Alliance, i [...]	2008-09-22 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG RS TU
08ANKARA1693	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1694	TURKEY FLOATS MIDDLE EAST SECURITY AND COOPERATION [...] (C) President Abdullah Gul will unveil Turkey's security and cooperation in the Middle East initiative (reftel) during his September 23 UNGA speech, according to MFA Middle East desk officer Murat Omeroglu. In very general terms, Gul will advocate for increased regional dialogue and propose th [...]	2008-09-23 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1696	DAS BRYZA TALKS CYPRUS, MONTREUX CONVENTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 15 meeting in Ankara with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, MFA DU/S Berk said the GOT is pleased Cyprus negotiations have begun, but remains circumspect until it becomes more clear the Greek Cypriots are committed to negotiating a comprehensive settlement and not just going [...]	2008-09-23 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU CY
08ANKARA1699	U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]	2008-09-24 08:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA17	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. Per ref a. we met with Mechanical and Chemical Industries Corporation (MKEK) Director of Marketing and Export Akif Akgul on January 3, 2008 to discuss case number 05-050075628 related to an order for approximately one thousand Smith and [...]	2008-01-04 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC TU KOMC
08ANKARA170	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1700	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1701	TURKEY: MORE ARRESTED IN ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION; [...] (C) Summary: As many as 17 more suspects were detained on September 23 in the latest round of police action in the investigation of the alleged anti-government Ergenekon organization. Detainees included a former Istanbul district mayor, a former senior police official, a prominent journalis [...]	2008-09-24 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM TU
08ANKARA1709	TURKEY/TIP: NEW PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOT has launched a media campaign, including posters, TV and radio spots, to raise public awareness of TIP and promote the "157" hotline, and is taking additional steps to generate public support in the fight against TIP. A draft GOT-commissioned report on demand for TIP i [...]	2008-09-25 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TIP SMIG PHUM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB TU
08ANKARA171	HEADSCARF LEGISLATION MOVING AT WARP SPEED THROUGH [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey's parliament is expected to vote next week on changes designed to lift the ban on headscarves in universities. After intense negotiations (reftel),ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and far-right Nationalist Action Party (MHP) leaders submitted a pack [...]	2008-01-30 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
08ANKARA1710	NEAR-TERM IRAQI GAS TO TURKEY? [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador discussed the near-term possibility of importing Iraqi gas to Turkey and Europe with the Chairman of Turkerler Group, Kazim Turker, on September 23. Turker said his Iraqi partner, Dana Gas, is committed to use early gas to supply Iraqi domestic needs but gas for expo [...]	2008-09-25 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IZ TU
08ANKARA1711	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1712	TURKEY SEEKING MORE INFO ON NTM-I BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Section Head for NATO Military Affairs M. Turker Ari on September 25. We noted that taking a lead role in the NTM-I border security mission would provide an additional opportunity for Turkey to engage with Iraq on and help support Iraq,s effort in streng [...]	2008-09-25 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO TU IZ
08ANKARA1714	ADDRESSING AFGHAN CONCERNS FOLLOWING SHINDAND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO TU AF
08ANKARA1715	GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 11:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP
08ANKARA1716	NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) We passed the non-paper contained in reftel and a copy of the publicly-released paper to MFA Disarmament and Nonproliferation Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun on September 25. Gun welcomed the information and confirmed that the Turkish defense attache in Washington has received a brief [...]	2008-09-26 11:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM
08ANKARA1718	Update on PKK Violence (September 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one sec [...]	2008-09-26 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1719	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA172	TURKISH ELECTRICITY TO NORTHERN IRAQ: CONTRACT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Murat Ozcelik presented us with a two paragraph contract amendment on January 29 that he said was a "simple solution" to getting Turkish electricity supplies flowing again into Northern Iraq. The amendment needs to be signed by Kartet, the private T [...]	2008-01-30 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV EPET IZ TU
08ANKARA1721	TURKS INTERESTED BUT CAUTIOUS IN FURTHERING EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: A 17-18 September 2008 Seminar co-sponsored by the EXBS program (State ISN/ECC) and the Turkish MFA highlighted opportunities for bilateral cooperation to strengthen Turkey's nonproliferation regime and engage with Turkey in outreach to promote stronger nonproliferation efforts [...]	2008-09-26 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU EXBS
08ANKARA1722	TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ON KHANAQIN STABILITY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey is as concerned as the United States about stability in Iraq in light of events in recent weeks in the Khanaqin area of Diyala Province and the stand-off between Peshmerga and the IAF, according to MFA Iraq Desk Officer Can Oguz. The GOT has no intention of taking actions [...]	2008-09-26 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1723	TURKEY: CORRUPTION DEBATE FORESHADOWS A TENSE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Following a week of fast-flying accusations during which opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) whip Kemal Kilicdaroglu accused ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman Dengir Mir Firat of being a "drug baron" and Firat called Kilicdaroglu a "sland [...]	2008-09-26 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1724	RUSSIANS ARE THE SOLE BIDDER ON TURKEY'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. Ignoring delay requests from a majority of potential bidders, the GOT stuck to the September 24 bid submission deadline for the nuclear power tender and received only one bid, from AtomStroyExport of Russia. The bid will be subjected to an approval process, but GOT officials se [...]	2008-09-26 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV ENRG RS TU
08ANKARA1726	TURKEY'S PATENT LAW REFORM ENDANGERED BY NEW [...] (SBU) On September 23, representatives from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA),briefed us about current issues affecting the pharmaceutical industry. Chief among their concerns were two proposed amendments to the new patent law, both of which would seriously wea [...]	2008-09-30 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KIPR USTR TU
08ANKARA173	TURKEY: KARAMANLIS VISIT PAVES WAY FOR IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary: Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis' January 23-25 trip to Turkey symbolizes the improved state of Turkish-Greek relations. During his meeting with PM Erdogan, the two Prime Ministers focused on how to overcome the three most contentious bilateral issues -- Cyprus, the Aegean, and mi [...]	2008-01-30 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GR
08ANKARA1737	TURKEY: RATIFICATION OF NATO ACCESSION PROTOCOL [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche requesting an update on the status of Turkey's efforts to ratify the NATO accession protocols for Albania and Croatia to MFA NATO Policy Department Head Gulhane Ulutekin on October 6. She said the bills to approve the accession protocols have been drafted and [...]	2008-10-06 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR NATO PREL KTIA TU
08ANKARA1738	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1739	TURKEY STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNGA KV TU
08ANKARA1740	Update on PKK Violence (September 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 24-30, 2008 reporting period, three s [...]	2008-10-06 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1744	ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS SOUND, SO FAR [...] Summary and comment: The effects of the global financial crisis on Turkey's economy have not been significant, thus far. The stock market, known for volatility, has lost value and the lira has depreciated slightly. Structural reforms implemented by the GOT, especially in the banking sector, [...]	2008-10-08 05:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1747	TURKEY LIKELY TO SUPPORT CANCELLATION OF ANNUAL [...] (S) Turkey is likely to support the call for cancellation of the annual Turkey-Turkish Cypriot military exercise Toros, according to MFA DDG for Northeast Mediterranean Kerim Uras, though a formal decision has yet to be taken. Uras told us the afternoon of October 8 that senior MFA colleagues [...]	2008-10-08 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PM CY TU
08ANKARA1748	TURKEY: FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DAVUTOGLU REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para three. 2. (C) Prime Ministry and Presidential foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu informed Ambassador October 7 that he will travel to Washington October 26-29 to participate in a Brookings conference on the Middle East and expressed his interest [...]	2008-10-08 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP TU
08ANKARA1754	TURKISH PETROLEUM CONFERENCE TARGETS UPSTREAM INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The purpose of Turkish Petroleum's "Northern Arabian Plate Oil and Gas Summit" (NAPOGS 2008) October 8-10 was to share information about ongoing or planned upstream development in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The conference targeted participation of energy ministers and nati [...]	2008-10-09 09:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY
08ANKARA1760	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1761	TURKEY: ENERGY MINISTER ON INVESTMENT IN IRAN [...] (U) On October 8, Reuters carried an interview with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on investment in Iran. The version in Turkish provided more detail than the wire service version. Below is a translation by Embassy staff of Guler's comments from the original story. 2. (U) Guler sai [...]	2008-10-09 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU IR
08ANKARA1762	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 04:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1763	BANKS CLAIM LIMITED EXPOSURE TO GLOBAL CRISIS [...] Summary: While the world financial crisis continues, the Turkish banking sector is relatively robust thanks to its strong balance sheets and limited foreign exposure. The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) is confident about the financial position of the sector, and says banker [...]	2008-10-10 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1766	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1767	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PLAUGED BY POLARIZATION AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: A climate of polarization fueled by allegations of corruption against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is expected to distract Parliament during the fall term that officially began October 1. The situation will likely be inflamed further by wrangling ove [...]	2008-10-10 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1770	TURKEY: KURDISH LAWYER CLAIMS PKK BEING WEAKENED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Hamza Yilmaz, a former lawyer for Abdullah Ocalan, told us he believes the PKK is losing the battle for the hearts and minds of the Kurdish community as the AKP has used religion to appeal to rural Kurds and the PKK/DTP's violent tactics and internal confusion have t [...]	2008-10-10 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1771	REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel request for third-party transfer of M113 armored personnel carriers to Yemen on October 7 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Department for Security Affairs Inan Ozyildiz. Ozyildiz pledged that MFA would give the request serious consideration but said the decisi [...]	2008-10-10 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM YM TU
08ANKARA1779	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP'S [...] (C) Summary: A consensus appears to be emerging on the elements needed to defeat the PKK and the GOT and Turkish military are collaborating closely, according to several well-placed sources. These elements include: denying PKK safe havens in northern Iraq; granting security forces additional [...]	2008-10-14 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
08ANKARA1781	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1786	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1787	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT - (SEPTEMBER 2008) [...] Summary: Activities this month focused primarily on executing the Sept. 17-18 Nonproliferation Seminar and making arrangements for the Customs VIP visit to the U.S. in November. EXBS also accompanied DOE/SLD rep to meetings with the Turkish national Police in support of their program. End Summ [...]	2008-10-15 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA1788	DELIVERY OF PRESIDENT BUSH - PM BROWN LETTER TO [...] (SBU) On October 14, jointly with the British Embassy, we delivered a copy of the President Bush - PM Brown letter to Hoseyin Avni Aksoy, Head of the MFA Multilateral Economic Affairs Office. Aksoy said he would consult with the Ministries of Agriculture and Industry on the proposed Global Par [...]	2008-10-15 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID TU
08ANKARA1791	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS [...] On October 14, we shared reftel information with Can Oguz, Office of the Special Envoy for Iraq, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oguz thanked us for the information, said he would promptly share it with the appropriate parties, and made no substantial additional comment. Visit Ankara's [...]	2008-10-15 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC TU IZ IR SY
08ANKARA1792	DRUNKEN PASSENGER DISRUPTS TURKISH AIR FLIGHT, BUT [...] (U) Turkish and international media reported October 15 that a Turkish Airlines flight from Antalya, Turkey to St Petersburg, Russia had been hijacked during flight. Subsequent press reports said the hijacker had been subdued and that the flight was continuing on to St Petersburg. Still later [...]	2008-10-16 04:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR TU RU
08ANKARA1793	Update on PKK Violence (October 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 1-7, 2008 reporting period, 19 security [...]	2008-10-16 06:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA18	TURKISH AIR STRIKES AGAINST PKK TERRORISTS IN [...] (S) Summary: Between December 16 and 26, Turkey launched four air strikes against PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq. The first attack on December 16 had the largest number of targets and struck the furthest south, hitting locations on south Qandil Mountain. Prior to the first attack, Tur [...]	2008-01-04 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER IZ TU
08ANKARA180	TURKEY: ERDOGAN'S CRITICISM OF ISRAEL SPARKS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish/Israeli relations became tenser following Prime Minister Erdogan's January 23 comments criticizing the GOI for its siege of Gaza. In remarks to his party's parliamentary caucus, Erdogan called the Gaza Strip an "open air prison" and blamed Israel for this "humanitarian tr [...]	2008-01-31 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS
08ANKARA1801	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1805	TURKEY WOOS ARAB LEAGUE FOR SUPPORT ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT continues to move forward with its Middle East outreach proposals -- the Turkey-Arab League Forum and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Middle East (CSCME) -- with only minimal results. Contrary to expectations, President Gul did not outline Turkey's CSCME [...]	2008-10-17 04:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL TU
08ANKARA1806	TURKEY: PKK ATTACK PUTS MILITARY UNDER A MICROSCOPE [...] (C) Since the October 3-4 PKK attack on the Aktutun military outpost, Turkey's military has come under unprecedented press criticism. This included calls for the resignation of the Deputy Chief of Staff (for failing to prevent the attack) and of the Chief of Turkey's Air Force (for being caug [...]	2008-10-17 04:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1807	TURKEY PRESSING FOR RATIFICATION OF MONTREAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on October 16 to Basat Ozturk, DDG for Civil Aviation and Maritime Affairs at MFA. Ozturk said the GOT strongly supports the ratification of the Montreal Convention and pressed earlier this year to make it a legislative priority. The ratification legislati [...]	2008-10-17 04:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ICAO TU
08ANKARA1809	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1810	TURKEY STILL OPPOSES OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION OFF [...] (C) We met October 16 with Basat Ozturk, DDG for Aviation and Maritime Affairs at MFA, to discuss Turkey,s position on oil and gas exploration off the coast of Cyprus. Ozturk said Turkey,s position has not changed from last year (reftel),and will not be affected by ongoing talks between the [...]	2008-10-17 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PBTS ENRG CY TU
08ANKARA1818	TURKEY: EUROPE MUST COUNT TURKEY AS PART OF ITS [...] (C) Summary: DCM and EconCouns met with Energy U/S Selahattin Cimen on October 16 to present copies of President Bush's letters to PM Erdogan and President Gul (reftel a) and to discuss Ministry of Energy (MOE) views on Turkey's energy supply policy. Cimen said Turkey appreciates the sincerity [...]	2008-10-18 09:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG TU
08ANKARA1819	TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: ELECTIONS, AFGHAN SPEAKER [...] (C) Turkey views upcoming Afghan elections as an important opportunity to strengthen Afghan national identity, MFA South Asia Section Head Emre Karagol told us October 17. President Gul and PM Erodgan underscored this point with Afghan National Assembly Speaker Kanuni during Kanuni's October [...]	2008-10-20 05:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV AF PK TU
08ANKARA182	TURKEY'S OUTREACH TO THE KURDS OF THE SOUTHEAST: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish military operations in northern Iraq have opened new space in Turkey's political discourse. In sharp contrast to the situation throughout most of 2007, topics such as a focused economic development plan for southeastern Turkey, expanded Kurdish language broadcasting and e [...]	2008-01-31 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA1820	TURKEY: STRONG NEGATIVE REACTION EXPECTED ON NATO [...] (C) We understand plans are moving forward to commit NATO assets to participate in Exercise Noble Archer 2008, an exercise scheduled to begin December 2, which includes a flight track over Agios Efstratios, a small island in the Aegean Sea. Turkey asserts that the demilitarized status of this [...]	2008-10-20 05:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO TU
08ANKARA1824	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1827	TURKEY: OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL GG TU
08ANKARA1828	TURKEY: TRABZON UP FOR GRABS IN NATIONWIDE LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Politics are personal and party affiliation counts for little in Turkey's Black Sea port of Trabzon. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is hoping to win Trabzon -- one of the very few large municipalities outside of its control -- in the March 2009 local [...]	2008-10-20 16:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ETRD EIND SOCI TU
08ANKARA1829	FIRST WAVES OF FINANCIAL CRISIS REACH TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: The financial crisis is affecting Turkey by reducing its GDP growth, employment, and exports, and by reducing capital and credit flows into Turkey. Combined, these have the potential to undermine Turkey,s relatively well-capitalized and lightly-leveraged banks (reftels). Economic [...]	2008-10-21 04:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA183	IRAQ NEIGHBORS PROCESS: MARCH 1-4 ENERGY WORKING [...] (SBU) MFA Energy Department Head Altay and GOT Iraq Coordinator Celikol told us in separate meetings that the GOI has agreed to dates for the next meeting of the Neighbors Process Energy Working Group. The GOT plans to host the Energy Working Group on March 1 and 2 in Istanbul. The GOT is p [...]	2008-01-31 20:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET IZ TU
08ANKARA1831	TURKEY: AKP EYES SECULAR STRONGHOLD OF IZMIR IN [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Aegean jewel of Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, is at the heart of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) quest to dominate March 2009 local elections by besting its July 2007 parliamentary election performance, when it captured 47 percent of the [...]	2008-10-21 07:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1833	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS PRESIDENT BUSH - PM BROWN [...] (SBU) Ambassador used the opportunity of an October 16 meeting to present the President Bush -- PM Brown letter to Gurcan Turkoglu, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to President Abdullah Gul. Turkoglu, who had not yet received a copy of the letter from the MFA, underscored the importance of food [...]	2008-10-21 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PREL
08ANKARA1837	VAN: A GLIMPSE INTO TURKEY'S REMOTE EAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Two Embassy Econoffs recently visited the city of Van, a regional center in Turkey's remote east along the border with Iran. They found a pleasant lakeside city struggling to deal with a huge influx of intern [...]	2008-10-21 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON BTIO PGOV EAID TU
08ANKARA1839	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA184	ANKARA'S WATER SUPPLY: SUPPLY UP QUALITY DOWN FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Water levels in Ankara,s reservoirs have risen from an approximate 15 day supply in December 2007 to an approximate 100 day supply in late January 2008. The usable water supply is still only 60% of the January 2007 level. To avoid another water shortage in summer 2008, the c [...]	2008-02-01 06:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD SENV TU
08ANKARA1840	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1841	TURKEY OPPOSES BLANKET MTCR OUTREACH, CONCERNED [...] (C) MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Head of Section Mustafa Yurdakul convoked us on October 17 to raise GOT concerns about the US proposal on technical outreach at the MTCR (reftel). Yurdakul, who will lead the Turkish delegation to the MTCR Plenary in Canberra , said while Turkey suppor [...]	2008-10-22 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC PREL PARM KSCA TU
08ANKARA1843	PJAK STATEMENT ACCUSES U.S. OF SUPPORTING [...] (U) The Freedom Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK),the terrorist, anti-Iran affiliate of the PKK, released a statement threatening U.S. interests on October 18. It claims that U.S.-Turkey intelligence cooperation has prompted Turkey-Iran cooperation and coordinated joint attacks on "libertarian [...]	2008-10-22 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR PINS PROP MOPS IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1845	TURKEY: NNSA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR TOBEY PROPOSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In October 20-21 meetings with GOT officials, NNSA Deputy Administrator Tobey stressed NNSA,s desire to enhance bilateral engagement on nuclear nonproliferation, proposed possible areas of cooperation, and underscored NNSA,s willingness to assist Turkey with the development of ind [...]	2008-10-22 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KNNP ENRG EXBS TU
08ANKARA1846	SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEP SEC KUPFER'S OCT 30-31 [...] (SBU) Turkey remains the vital link in our strategy to bring gas from the Caspian Basin and Central Asia to Europe through a Southern Corridor. Turkish leaders with whom you will meet believe Turkey is facing acute electricity shortages as early as 2009 and natural gas shortages of up to 16 [...]	2008-10-23 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1850	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1852	TURKEY TO ABSTAIN FROM FIRST COMMITTEE VOTE ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UNGA PARM TU
08ANKARA1853	TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FLEXES MUSCLE IN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's Constitution Court October 22 issued its "detailed verdict" fleshing out its June 5 annulment of constitutional amendments designed to lift the headscarf ban at Turkish universities. The Court ruled that the proposed amendments were an attempt to manipulate [...]	2008-10-23 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1854	TURKEY: A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a three-hour meeting October 21 with EUR A/S Fried, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan said that Turkey: -- hopes to wrap up an agreement with Armenia before the end of the year; -- wants both the U.S. and EU to join the Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform in its se [...]	2008-10-24 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1855	TURKEY: IMF MISSION SEES NEED FOR NEW FUND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wilson hosted IMF Mission Head Lorenzo Giorgiani, new IMF Turkey Desk Director Rachel Van Elkan, IMF Turkey Mission Chief Hossein Samei and Deputy Mission Chief Davide Lombardo for a breakfast with G-7 ambassadors on October 23. Giorgiani said the GOT has not yet ask [...]	2008-10-24 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA1857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1861	TURKEY: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ON NOV 13-14 BAKU [...] (C) Turkish MFA Energy Department First Secretary Berris Ekinci contacted the Embassy October 23 in hopes of learning more about the Nov 13-14 Baku Energy Summit. Ekinci expressed frustration about the lack of information from Baku and said the government of Azerbaijan had failed to respond [...]	2008-10-24 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IZ TU AJ
08ANKARA1864	TURKEY: LIRA DEPRECIATES SHARPLY [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Turkish lira has taken a pounding, falling 37% against the dollar this month and 14.5% from October 20 to 24. The lira's sharp fall is mainly the result of foreign investors selling Turkish assets (USD $14 b [...]	2008-10-27 05:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA1870	TURKEY: MOU SIGNED ON HEU FUEL RETURN AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Office of Global Threat Reduction, and from the Department's Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security (ISN/NESS) met with the president and other officials from the Turkish Atomi [...]	2008-10-27 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM TRGY TU
08ANKARA1871	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1872	TURKEY: PRIME MINISTER REJECTS IMF AND BUSINESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan lashed out October 26 at the IMF and business groups pressuring the GOT to sign a new IMF agreement, saying "during a crisis, we will not bury the future in darkness by bowing to the de [...]	2008-10-28 05:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1877	Update on PKK Violence (October 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one securi [...]	2008-10-28 10:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1878	Update on PKK Violence (October 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 8-15, 2008 reporting period, nine securi [...]	2008-10-28 10:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1879	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1881	TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ISSUES DETAILED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following closely on the heels of its October 22 verdict in the headscarf case (ref A),Turkey's Constitutional Court October 24 issued its detailed verdict fleshing out its July 30 ruling not to close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for alleged anti-se [...]	2008-10-28 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1882	PERSONNEL SHUFFLES ROCK STATE MEDIA GIANT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 05:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM PGOV OSCE EU OIIP TU
08ANKARA1885	TURKEY: MFA DISCUSSES UNSC PREPARATIONS [...] (C) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 4 below. 2. (C) MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs Hasan Gogus told DCM October 26 the GOT has begun initial preparations for Turkey's 2009-2011 non-permanent UNSC tenure. Gogus reported MFA has yet to de [...]	2008-10-30 10:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC TU
08ANKARA1888	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

08ANKARA189	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1897	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1898	TURKEY: RESPONSE TO INFORMATION GATHERING REQUEST: [...] (C) The GOT has not yet publicly offered any ideas on reform of Bretton Woods institutions. GOT contacts say that they are awaiting the Summit agenda before meeting to discuss Turkey,s position on the specific agenda items. The Prime Minister and Treasury Minister have publicly said that T [...]	2008-11-03 05:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA1899	Update on PKK Violence (October 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 24-31, 2008 reporting period, no securit [...]	2008-11-03 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA19	TURKEY: 2007 - INTOLERANCE AND VIOLENCE TOWARD [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary: Intolerance and violence against Turkey's dwindling religious minority communities spiked in 2007. The January assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, the brutal killing of three Christian [...]	2008-01-04 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA190	TURKEY: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] There have been no new outbreaks since the small one reported in Zonguldak province on January 19th; however, the incubation period is not over. 2. According to a representative of the European UnionQs (EU) Technical Assistance team in Turkey, the Turkish Ministry of AgricultureQs General [...]	2008-02-01 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU
08ANKARA1901	EU COMMISSIONER PIEBALGS TO GET TURKEY TO DROP [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, an EU Commission delegation led by Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Conventional Energy Sources, Directorate General for Transportation and Energy met with Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Selahattin Cimen, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Selim Kuneralp and other GOT off [...]	2008-11-03 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU XG
08ANKARA1902	SCENESETTER FOR THE WASHINGTON VISIT OF TURKISH [...] (C) Admiral Atac's visit will permit us to further cement strong bilateral military ties through the service with which we have perhaps the strongest bond. This visit will allow Atac to raise the most pressing issues for the Turkish Navy today: -- U.S. naval presence in the Black Sea in re [...]	2008-11-03 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS IZ RU TU
08ANKARA1904	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1905	TURKEY: UNPRECEDENTED MILITARY BRIEFING TO COUNCIL [...] (SBU) At the military's request, the Chief of Turkish General Staff (TGS) Ilker Basbug briefed the Council of Ministers on Monday, October 27 on the military's counterterrorism efforts. This reportedly marked the first time the head of the Turkish military briefed the Council of Ministers and [...]	2008-11-03 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU
08ANKARA1907	TURKEY: CAPITAL REPATRIATION LAW WILL NOT EXEMPT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: We met October 31 with Hasan Aktan, Undersecretary of Finance, to discuss the GOT's draft Capital Repatriation law and press reports that the GOT draft bill would exempt repatriated capital from money launderi [...]	2008-11-04 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN TU
08ANKARA191	GOT PRESSES IRAQI TURKMEN TO RETURN TO KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials are pressing Iraqi Turkmen members of the Kirkuk Provincial Council to end their boycott and resume involvement in council deliberations. The Turks recognize it is in the interests of the Iraqi Turkmen people that their elected representatives participate in the pol [...]	2008-02-01 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA1910	TURKEY: CYPRUS WATCHERS DOWNBEAT ON TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Skepticism about the chances for a Cyprus settlement continues across a range of Turkish academics and opinion leaders who track the issue, a small group of whom the DCM hosted October 31 for a free-ranging discussion. The prevailing sentiments include: -- G/C voters turned to [...]	2008-11-04 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU US
08ANKARA1911	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1914	TURKEY: UNPOPULAR GAS PRICE INCREASES GO FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, the Turkish gas import monopoly BOTAS announced a 22.5% price increase in gas for households and 22% for industry. This is the fifth gas price increase in 2008 and brings the total gas price increase to over 70% so far this year. At a press conference on Novembe [...]	2008-11-04 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU
08ANKARA1916	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY PARTY [...] (C) Summary and comment: The symbolism of victory in the March 2009 local elections is helping fuel the rapidly rising tension and violence in Turkey's Southeast (reftel). PM Erdogan's repeated visits to the region in recent weeks are part of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) [...]	2008-11-05 09:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1917	FM BABACAN IN AFGHANISTAN; GILLANI, KARZAI IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Babacan stressed Turkey's commitment to Afghanistan during his October 26-27 visit to Kabul, Wardak and northern Afghanistan. The Turks are pressing forward on infrastructure and education projects, but face obstacles from local and national authorities in Kabul. Turkey has [...]	2008-11-05 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER MARR EAID EINV AF PK TU
08ANKARA1918	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1920	(C) MINISTER SIMSEK ASKS USG HELP TO MODERATE IMF [...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting with Ambassador Wilson, Treasury Minister Simsek asked the USG to intercede with the IMF to moderate its demands for a new program with Turkey. Simsek said the GOT sees a Precautionary Stand-By Agreement as an anchor for private sector expectations, but t [...]	2008-11-05 17:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU
08ANKARA1922	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1923	TURKEY NOT PLANNING TO HOST PSI OR REGIONAL OEG [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA1924	TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION HEAD REMAINS [...] (C) During a November 4 meeting with a team from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Safety Administration (DOE/NNSA) to discuss the repatriation of US-origin highly enriched uranium (septel),Turkish Atomic Energy Commission (TAEK) President Okay Cakiroglu expressed annoyance with the [...]	2008-11-06 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ENRG EXBS TU
08ANKARA1926	TURKEY: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Following is Mission Turkey's submission of the Drugs and Chemical Control Section for the 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Turkey I. Summary Turkey continues to be a major transit route for Southwest Asian opiates moving to Europe, and serves as a staging area f [...]	2008-11-06 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
08ANKARA1927	TURKEY: GOT REQUESTS MEETINGS ON MULTILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3 below. 2. (C) During a November 6 meeting with DCM and Economic Counselor, Turkish G-20 Summit Sherpa Selim Kuneralp asked about a proposed meeting between PM Erdogan and the Vice President on the margins of the G-20 Financial Summit, as a follow [...]	2008-11-07 05:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG TU
08ANKARA1928	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 05:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TU
08ANKARA1930	TURKEY: PREPARATIONS AND OUTLOOK FOR G-20 [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Economic Counselor met November 6 with Turkish Summit Sherpa Selim Kuneralp and MFA Department Head for Multilateral Economic Affairs Serap Ozcuksun to discuss Turkish preparations for the G-20 Summit. Kuneralp said the Prime Minister has not yet decided who will sit with [...]	2008-11-07 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KSUM PREL TU
08ANKARA1931	RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT EUN IMO
08ANKARA1932	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1935	TURKEY: PKK SUCCEEDING IN DRIVING WEDGE BETWEEN [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: During one week of meetings in southeastern Turkey, PolOff met with political figures, writers and NGOs to discuss the Kurdish issue, growing regional tension, and upcoming local elections. Contacts said the PKK is using the pro-Kurdish [...]	2008-11-07 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1936	GOT AND PIEBALGS AGREE ON CASPIAN DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary. Ankara EU Commission Economic Counselor Ulrike Hauer described EU Commissioner Andris Piebalgs' November 6 visit to Ankara as very successful. Piebalgs met with President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, Treasury Minister Simsek and Energy Undersecretary Cimen. Gul told Piebalgs he [...]	2008-11-07 17:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1937	TURKEY: EU PROGRESS REPORT CITES LACK OF REFORMS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The EU's annual progress report on Turkey released November 5 met with mixed reaction here. Referring to the assessment as "balanced," GOT officials publicly highlighted its positive aspects, including Turkey's contributions to regional and energy security and progress [...]	2008-11-07 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1938	HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG: TURKEY'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureaucratic turf battles and finger pointing continue to frame Ankara's recent announcement of a new civilian structure to manage GoT efforts against the PKK in southeastern Turkey. That announcement came after extensive discussion on a new counterterrorism approach, amid mount [...]	2008-11-07 17:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR TU
08ANKARA1939	HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG: TURKEY'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureaucratic turf battles and finger pointing continue to frame Ankara's recent announcement of a new civilian structure to manage GoT efforts against the PKK in southeastern Turkey. That announcement came after extensive discussion on a new counterterrorism approach, amid mount [...]	2008-11-10 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR TU
08ANKARA1940	TURKEY RECEPTIVE TO STAFFING UN KOREA COMMAND AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkish General Staff (TGS) told Major General John Weida, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, UN Command Korea, November 7 that Turkey would participate in planning for the theater-level exercise Key Resolve and would consider sending a Turkish officer to staff the UN Korea Command (Re [...]	2008-11-10 07:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KS TU
08ANKARA1942	TURKEY: EXPORT CONTROL INTERAGENCY CONTEMPLATING NEXT STEPS IN NONPRO COOPERATION [...] (C) We delivered letters from DOE/NNSA Deputy Administrator Will Tobey (Ref a) and ISN/ECC Director Yvette Wong (ref b) to MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament DDG Ahmet Gun on November 3. He thanked us for the letters and provided a readout of the October 24 meeting of the interagency Export [...]	2008-11-10 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU ETTC
08ANKARA1943	TURKEY: RESIGNATION OF POLITICAL HEAVYWEIGHT [...] (C) Summary and comment: The November 7 resignation of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman and party co-founder Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat surprised Ankara's political establishment and engendered immediate waves of speculation. Political circles dismissed Firat's stated re [...]	2008-11-10 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1948	TURKEY TO SEND MOI OFFICIAL TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The MFA confirmed on November 10 that the GOT will be represented at the November 13-14 Global Initiative Exercise Planning Group meeting (ref a) by Hasan Huseyin Gercek, a superintendent from the Ministry of Interior's Directorate General for Security Affairs. 2. (C) Comment: To our [...]	2008-11-10 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP
08ANKARA1950	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1953	Update on PKK Violence (November 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security [...]	2008-11-12 10:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1956	COMBATING TIP IN TURKEY: UNEVEN PROGRESS TOWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is facing a number of deadlines in 2009 in achieving long-term and sustainable support for core aspects of its anti-trafficking program: the TIP shelters and the "157" hotline. Our EU, NGO and GOT contacts remain confident that Turkey will do so, but the effort has take [...]	2008-11-12 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TIP SMIG PHUM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB TU
08ANKARA1957	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1959	TURKEY: DTP CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (U) The following congratulatory message was received for the President-elect from Co-President of the Democratic Society Party (DTP). Begin text: We would like to present our hearty congratulations on your election as the President of the United States of America. We hope that, your co [...]	2008-11-13 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP TU
08ANKARA196	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1960	TURKEY: CHP CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT ELECT [...] (U) The following congratulatory message was received November 6 for the President-elect from the Chairman of the opposition Republican Peoples' Party (CHP). Begin text: Dear Mr. President-Elect, I warmly congratulate your election as the President of the United States of America. I am [...]	2008-11-13 10:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP TU
08ANKARA1961	TURKEY: BABACAN DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ WITH UK FS [...] (C) Summary: In an attempt to reconnect following a tense meeting on the margins of UNGA, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband hosted FM Ali Babacan in his hometown of South Shield November 7. Babacan provided an optimistic update on GOT's ongoing discussions with the Kurdistan Regional Govern [...]	2008-11-13 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN IR IZ TU UK
08ANKARA1964	TURKEY/IRAQ: GOT ACCEPTS POSTPONEMENT OF TRILAT [...] (S) The GOT has accepted Iraq's request that the IZ-TU-US Trilateral meeting on security issues scheduled to take place November 14 be postponed. The delegation is now planning to travel to Baghdad November 19 and, according to GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Murat Ozcelik, will be led by Interior [...]	2008-11-13 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR IZ TU
08ANKARA1965	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1967	TURKEY: MFA ASSERTS EU MOMENTUM CONTINUES, BUT [...] (C) MFA European Union Political Affairs Section Head Yaprak Alp told us that the pace of EU reform in Turkey has not slowed. As the focus shifts from controversial political reforms to more technical aspects, Turkey's EU accession bid simply is no longer front page news and thus many believe [...]	2008-11-13 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EUN TU
08ANKARA1969	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON FEDERAL RESERVE SWAP LINES [...] (C) Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche on November 13 to Ibrahim Yagli, Acting Department Head for Multilateral Economic Affairs at MFA. Econ Counselor emphasized that we were responding to the Minister's non-offical request to explore a Fed swap line as an option (reftel B),and t [...]	2008-11-13 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
08ANKARA1972	FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN: TURKEY TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) We conveyed ref A points on the "Friends of Pakistan" meeting in Abu Dhabi to MFA South Asia Section Head Emre Karagol November 13. Karagol, who will accompany MFA DG for South Asia and Iran Huseyin Dirioz to the November 17 meeting, told us Turkey plans to concentrate on the security and [...]	2008-11-14 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON EAID AF PK TU
08ANKARA1974	TURKEY/NSG: TURKEY CONCERNED ABOUT "SUBJECTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA TU
08ANKARA1975	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (OCTOBER [...] Summary: TDY EXBS Advisor Kevin Cummings and EXBS Coordinator met with Turkish Customs Enforcement officials during this period and provided a comprehensive briefing on U.S. Customs. Final preparations have been confirmed for the November 12-24 visit of Director General of Customs Enforcemen [...]	2008-11-14 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA1978	TURKISH REAL SECTOR BEING SQUEEZED FROM ALL SIDES [...] (SBU) Summary: With the financial crisis hitting both Turkey and the region, the real sector finds itself squeezed between a sharp economic slowdown in key export markets and a tightening of credit. With $191 billion in FX debt (combined real and financial sector) outstanding, Turkey,s priva [...]	2008-11-14 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA198	TRENDS FOR TURKISH ECONOMY IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: 2008 will be a challenging year for the Turkish economy and the government's economic policies. Turkey already has felt effects from the global credit crisis and investor risk re-assessment and it remains vulnerable because of its external financing needs. Economic growth is s [...]	2008-02-04 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN TU
08ANKARA1980	TURKEY/AZERBAIJAN: GUL PROPOSES TRILATERAL MEETING [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Eastern Europe and South Caucasus Unal Cevikoz and PM Foreign Policy Advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador separately that President Gul proposed a trilateral Turkey-Armenia-Azerbaijan summit, perhaps in late January or early February, to President Aliyev, during Aliye [...]	2008-11-14 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM AJ TU
08ANKARA1982	TURKEY NEEDS AN IMF DEAL AND EXTERNAL FINANCING [...] (C) Summary: Reftel A describes multiple pressures on the real sector in Turkey. Key among them is financing. Banking fundamentals in Turkey remain sound, but banks are becoming skittish and limiting or cutting off credit to all but their best customers. The GOT is getting pressure to make [...]	2008-11-14 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA1983	TURKEY TAKES BTC TO COURT [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, recently-promoted BP Turkey President Djan Suphi told us that negotiations with Azerbaijan on Shah Deniz Phase II pricing are deadlocked, but he feels Azerbaijan is softening its position and that could lead to a compromise. Suphi argued that SOCAR does not want [...]	2008-11-14 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1984	TURKEY: MOVIE DEPICTING "REAL" ATATURK EVOKES [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's current box-office leader "Mustafa" is stirring emotions due to its portrayal of the modern Turkish Republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as a lonely, hard-drinking man beset by doubts. After opening to sold out shows and rave reviews, hard-line Kemalist critics launc [...]	2008-11-14 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1985	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1987	TURKEY: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL TU
08ANKARA199	TURKEY CONSIDERING REQUEST TO INSPECT SYRIA BOUND [...] (S) We delivered reftel paper to MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun, and Head of Department for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay on February 4. Both Gun and Olcay expressed appreciation for the advanced notification and the detailed information regar [...]	2008-02-04 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC TU IR KN
08ANKARA1990	TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER TUZMEN'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 12 meeting, the Ambassador spoke with Kursad Tuzmen, State Minister for Foreign Trade, on a range of issues, with special attention to the future of Iraq and Georgia. Tuzmen was pessimistic about Iraq, but sees opportunities to reshape Iraq's future through trade and [...]	2008-11-17 11:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN TU IZ GG
08ANKARA1991	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1992	TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY EAGER FOR CHANGE IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials and Think-tankers in Ankara told Department of State Iranian Affairs Office Director Todd Schwartz during November 13 meetings that the U.S. should initiate direct talks with Iran and signal a willingness to "extend a hand of friendship" early in the Obama Admini [...]	2008-11-17 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG IR TU
08ANKARA1993	TURKEY: AKP FLIRTS WITH ALEVI INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Alevi leaders greeted with skepticism Turkish press accounts that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) plans to create an office within the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to fund Alevi prayer houses (cemevis) and broaden Alevi rights. They believe AKP is c [...]	2008-11-17 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1994	TURKEY: MINISTER GULER IN TEHRAN TO TRY TO CLOSE [...] (C) On November 15, a delegation led by Turkish Energy Minister Guler went to Tehran to try to conclude negotiations begun in July 2007 to develop natural gas in Iran's large South Pars field and to construct a dedicated pipeline to bring Iranian gas to Turkey (reftel). The delegation also i [...]	2008-11-17 17:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA1996	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1997	TURKEY WILL HANDLE TWO EASTERN MED MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: Charge and Econ Counselor met November 17 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Haydar Berk to discuss two maritime incidents that occurred in the eastern Mediterranean on November 14 and 15 in waters that Turkey claims as part of its continental shelf (reftel B). The first started midd [...]	2008-11-18 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ENRG CY GR TU
08ANKARA1998	TURKEY SIGNS NATURAL GAS MOU WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary. MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci characterized the MOU signed between Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and Iranian Petroleum Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari on November 17 as "nothing new." There was no progress on long-standing issues such as gas price, investment ter [...]	2008-11-18 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA200	GOT EXPLAINS WHY GAS TO GREECE IS SHUT OFF [...] (C) Summary: BOTAS (state gas pipeline company) Chairman and General Manager Saltuk Duzyol told us that he cannot supply both the domestic Turkish market and meet supply commitments to Greece because of both deep and sustained supply cuts from Iran and supply reductions from Azerbaijan. Duyz [...]	2008-02-05 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA2002	TURKEY: WHIRLING ISSUES BYPASS KONYA [...] (C) Summary and comment: The central Anatolian city of Konya has a rich history and unique modern-day economic and political importance to Turkey. In the past decade, this "Anatolian Tiger" of 1 million people has built a dynamic economy centered on industrial agriculture but expanding rapid [...]	2008-11-19 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2003	TURKEY: IRAN NUCLEAR CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel demarche to MFA Near East and South Asia Deputy Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu on November 19, underscoring that, as a member of the NSG and the IAEA Board of Governors and soon-to-be member of the UNSC, GOT participation in the conference would send the wrong sign [...]	2008-11-19 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IR TU
08ANKARA2004	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2005	OBAMA SPELLS HOPE FOR TURKEY'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary and comment: An array of Turkey's most prominent human rights defenders hailed the election of Barack Obama as the beginning of a new era for the advancement of human rights in Turkey and the world. In the eyes of these activists, the European Union's ability to influence the GOT [...]	2008-11-19 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2006	DP PARTY CONGRESS: FANFARE FOR A COMMON MAN [...] (C) Summary: The center-right Democrat Party (DP),a former electoral powerhouse with a checkered history, held its national party congress on 15 November. The convention hall was packed, the participants energetic, and the incumbent chairman, Suleyman Soylu, was reelected easily with a mess [...]	2008-11-19 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV TU
08ANKARA2008	HOLY TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT! IT'S BATMAN VS. BATMAN [...] SUMMARY. In a story that received a great deal of play in the blogosphere and in both the U.S. and Turkish press (including mention on CNN and in Variety),Huseyin Kalkan, mayor of the small Turkish city of Batman, has announced plans to sue Warner Brothers and director Christopher Nolan for u [...]	2008-11-20 06:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR PHUM KCRM TU
08ANKARA2011	TURKEY PLANS TO AMEND NATURAL GAS MARKET LAW TO FREE GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT is expediting long-awaited legislative amendments to liberalize the natural gas market in Turkey. Iran's gas cut-off the past few winters, and increasing pressure from companies wanting to enter the market pushed the Energy Ministry to prepare a Gas Sector Strategy Pap [...]	2008-11-20 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU
08ANKARA2012	TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN'S PASSAGE TO INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Eight years after the last visit to New Delhi by a Turkish Government leader, Prime Minister Erdogan departs November 20 for a four-day trip to India. Both the MFA and Indian Embassy in Ankara describe the visit as "overdue," but emphasize that it reflects a healthy bilateral r [...]	2008-11-20 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL TU IN AF PK
08ANKARA2013	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2014	TURKEY SEEKING A COMPROMISE WITH IMF [...] (C) Summary: Charge and Econ Couns met November 19 with State Minister for Treasury Simsek to get a readout on the G-20 Summit and GOT discussions with the IMF. Simsek said the G-20 was a "good first meeting," but produced nothing concrete. While G-20 countries were encouraged to take fiscal [...]	2008-11-20 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA2016	TURKEY: MFA DEPUTY U/S SINIRLIOGLU ON IRAQ, [...] (S) Summary: MFA Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East and South Asia Feridun Sinirlioglu provided CDA with an overview of pressing regional issues November 19. He reported that President Gul intends to visit cities outside Baghdad in addition to the capital during his upcoming Iraq visit [...]	2008-11-20 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR
08ANKARA2017	ILL-TIMED RATE REDUCTIONS IN TURKEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. In a move analysts called "shocking, premature, futile, and destructive," the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) on November 19 cut its overnight borrowing rate to 16.25% (down from 16.75%) and its [...]	2008-11-20 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA2018	TURKEY: MFA'S AFRICA DEPARTMENT RAMPING UP FOR UNSC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The MFA's Africa Department (AFGY) is ramping up its efforts to prepare for Turkey's rapidly approaching 2009-2011 non-permanent UNSC tenure. While MFA leadership has not determined how the decision-making process will work, the three-man department is taking nascent [...]	2008-11-21 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC TU
08ANKARA202	TURKEY: NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK [...] The Ministry of Agriculture announced on February 4th, that there is a new outbreak of Avian Influenza in the country. This outbreak is in Samsun province on the Black Sea, about 400 Kilometers east of Zonguldak, where the last outbreak occurred. 2. On January 28, Ministry officials were in [...]	2008-02-05 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU
08ANKARA2022	TURKEY-IRAN NATURAL GAS MOU: OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. We continue to seek information on the November 17 natural gas MOU signed between Turkey and Iran. The MFA is reluctant to share the text but did read from it during our meeting. The MOU is a "statement of intent" rather than a firm commitment, the MFA argued. As reported refte [...]	2008-11-21 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA2024	PM MALIKI SENDS ENVOY TO REASSURE NEIGHBORS ON SOFA [...] (C) PM Maliki sent an envoy, State Minister for National Dialogue Akram al-Hakim, to deliver a personal message to PM Erdogan, and other regional leaders, regarding the Iraq-U.S. SOFA, according to MFA Department Head for Iraq Aydin Acikel. Al-Hakim, who arrived in Ankara early November 20 fro [...]	2008-11-21 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ TU
08ANKARA2025	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2028	TURKEY-IRAN NATURAL GAS MOU: OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. We continue to seek information on the November 17 natural gas MOU signed between Turkey and Iran. The MFA is reluctant to share the text but did read from it during our meeting. The MOU is a "statement of intent" rather than a firm commitment, the MFA argued. As reported refte [...]	2008-11-21 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA203	TURKEY: POSITIVE SHIFTS IN PUBLIC OPINION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The overwhelmingly positive reaction of political leaders to US-Turkey cooperation against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is now also being reflected in public opinion. Recent polls indicate that the US has reversed the downward trend in public opinion that had U [...]	2008-02-05 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA2031	TALAT ON CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS: GLASS IS HALF-FULL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat portrayed the status of ongoing Cyprus negotiations in realistic yet optimistic terms in a November 20 speech in Ankara. Talat was clear in pointing out the trouble spots where negotiations have to date accomplished little, and agreed wit [...]	2008-11-24 07:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CY TU
08ANKARA2038	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2039	TURKEY-AZERBAIJAN GAS TALKS HELD UP BY RESALE [...] (C) On November 20, BOTAS International Relations Department Head Emre Unger described to us the state of play on Turkey-Azerbaijan gas negotiations. He said the two sides are nearing agreement on how much Azerbaijan Shah Deniz Phase II (SD II) gas would be available for purchase by Turkey. [...]	2008-11-24 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET AJ TU
08ANKARA2040	TURKEY'S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTIES FIND RELIGION [...] (C) Summary: Sensing that the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) may be vulnerable in the lead-up to local elections, the leaders of both of Turkey's main opposition parties -- the arch-secular Republican People's Party (CHP) and the nationalist Nationalist Action Party (MHP) -- h [...]	2008-11-24 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA2041	TURKEY: POLICE LIFT CURTAIN ON ERGENEKON PROBE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish National Police on November 21 gave the Embassy an extensive briefing on their investigation into Ergenekon, the shadowy group alleged to have plotted an overthrow of the AKP government. The briefing presented a seamless informational overview, underscoring that Ergeneko [...]	2008-11-24 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV TU
08ANKARA2044	Update on PKK Violence (November 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no securit [...]	2008-11-25 07:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2045	TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. CT DIALOGUE PROPOSAL, URGES [...] (S) Summary. S/CT Dell Dailey urged Turkey November 14 to agree to an annual high-level counterterrorism (CT) dialogue, pressed it to use its influence with Syria to halt the transit of foreign terrorists and asked it to positively respond to earlier U.S. information-sharing proposals. Inter [...]	2008-11-25 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV IZ SY EU TU
08ANKARA2049	TURKEY: PKK LEADER OCALAN MAY GET COMPANY [...] (U) This is an AmConsulate Adana message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Acting on a year-old rebuke from the Council of Europe's Committee (COE) for the Prevention of Torture (CPT),the GOT has announced potential plans to modify the conditions of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been in solitary c [...]	2008-11-25 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2050	TURKEY ON GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND [...] Ag Counselor delivered reftel talking points to Selma Ayture at the External Relations Division at the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs (MARA) on Nov. 25. She replied that they were aware of the initiative but said there had been no coordinated discussion within the ministry. She a [...]	2008-11-25 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV
08ANKARA2051	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2052	TURKEY'S RULING AKP: LET THE ELECTION GAMES BEGIN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Facing its first nationwide electoral test since its landslide victory in the July 2007 parliamentary elections, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is sparing no expense in taking organizational steps to help secure victory. AKP Deputy Chairman for Electo [...]	2008-11-25 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU

08ANKARA2055	TURKISH RESPONSE: POTENTIAL PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (SBU) On November 26, we delivered reftel message to Babur Girgin, Department Head, Directorate of South Asia, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Girgin said Turkey is generally supportive of the concept of holding a Pakistan Donors, Conference, but has not determined the level of its parti [...]	2008-11-26 11:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK TU AF
08ANKARA2056	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2057	TURKEY/IAEA: TURKEY WILL EXPRESS "NUANCED" [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Security and Disarmament DG Tomur Bayar on November 25. Drawing on reftel background, CDA stressed that, as a neighbor of both Iran and Syria, a member of the IAEA Board of Governors (BoG) and soon-to-be member of the UN Security Council, [...]	2008-11-26 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY TU
08ANKARA2058	AN IRAN VIGNETTE; DUAL EXISTENCES IN DAILY LIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a September interview with Leila E, an official with the Iranian Ministry of Interior, she offered insights into political, social, and religious issues occurring in Iran. She described pervasive efforts by the regime to monitor and control the activities of the Iranian po [...]	2008-11-26 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS IR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SOCI TU
08ANKARA206	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2063	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2064	TURKEY WILL NOT SIGN THE CONVENTION ON CLUSTER [...] (U) MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul confirmed on November 28 that the GOT will not/not sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey SILLIMAN [...]	2008-11-28 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MOPS TU
08ANKARA2065	TURKEY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) We delivered the demarche regarding the "Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments" (reftel) to MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul on November 29. Yurdakul said the USG can count on GOT support for the res [...]	2008-11-28 12:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA TU
08ANKARA2066	TURKISH WOMEN TOO FIGHT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's young but steadily growing women's rights movement can claim progress in recent years. A handful of committed NGO's pushed the GOT to make women's rights one of the centerpieces of the government's 2003-2004 effort to accelerate EU-related reforms. They succeeded: the [...]	2008-11-28 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2068	Update on PKK Violence (November 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 16-23, 2008 reporting period, three se [...]	2008-12-01 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2069	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2070	TURKEY: PREMIER THINK TANK ASAM CLOSES ITS DOORS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: One of Turkey's premier think tanks the Eurasian Strategic Research Center (ASAM) unexpectedly closed in November after losing its main corporate sponsor. The Ulker Group pulled its funding on short notice. While neither ASAM nor Ulker have publicly addressed the re [...]	2008-12-01 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
08ANKARA2077	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2078	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2083	SIVAS AND YOZGAT: COMPLACENCY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV TU
08ANKARA2085	TURKEY: MFA ON THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 11:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08ANKARA2086	TURKEY: ERDOGAN SHIFTS INTO NATIONALIST GEAR [...] (C) Summary: Islamist columnist Fehmi Koru's November 6 comment that Prime Minister Erdogan came to power in 2002 as an "Obama-like personality but came to resemble President Bush" drew an aggressive reaction from Erdogan and generated a groundswell of commentary. Many who had once supported [...]	2008-12-04 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2087	TURKEY ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTIONIST SPIRAL, [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel talking points to Ibrahim Yagli, MFA Department Head in the Office of Multilateral Economic Affairs. He observed that the GOT had not been aware of the protectionist measures taken by India, Brazil, and Argentina. Yagli agreed that such activities could create a dan [...]	2008-12-04 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO
08ANKARA2088	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY [...] (C) MFA Under Secretary Apakan's December 8-9 visit will be the fifth iteration of the "Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue" agreed upon by Secretary Rice and then-FM Gul in July 2006. Knowing it will take some time for the new administration to have its new team in place, U/S Apakan presse [...]	2008-12-04 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL TU
08ANKARA2089	TURKEY: ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE [...] (U) Summary: To respond to the Department's call for action in recognition of November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the United Nations' "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" (ref A),Embassy Ankara: --engaged with a diverse array of ci [...]	2008-12-04 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM TU
08ANKARA209	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES GAS TRANSIT WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a 14-hour stopover in Istanbul on January 28, U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steve Mann discussed a range of energy issues with BOTAS (state oil and gas pipeline company) General Manager Saltuk Duzyol, British Petroleum Turkey Director Tahir Uysal [...]	2008-02-05 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET IZ TU TX
08ANKARA2091	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON INCREASING FINANCIAL [...] (C) Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche on December 3 jointly with representatives of the UK, Italian, French and German embasssies to Devrim Ozturk, Head of MFA's South Asia Department. Italian DCM Alessandro Azzoni read the joint talking points, noting that he was speaking for all five [...]	2008-12-05 04:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP MNUC IR TU
08ANKARA2096	TURKEY REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD ACT: RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relations with Cuba are limited and its investment on the island is nonexistent. The two countries conduct a yearly Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting, most recently chaired in March in Ankara by Cuba's Minister for Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Investment a [...]	2008-12-05 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU TU
08ANKARA21	TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR BOMBING KILLS FIVE, INJURES [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate Adana - Embassy Ankara cable. 2. (U) On January 3 at approximately 1650 hours local, an explosion in Diyarbakir's busy Yenisehir district rocked an area adjacent to the upscale Dedeman Hotel, a shopping mall, and military barracks, shattering windows in neighbo [...]	2008-01-04 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV TU
08ANKARA2106	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON POTENTIAL PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Econ counselor delivered reftel talking points December 11 to Babur Girgen, Head of the Afghan-Pakistan Department at MFA. Girgen said having a fixed date for the conference was the most important factor to ensure the [...]	2008-12-11 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PK TU
08ANKARA2109	TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR MAYOR ENVISIONS 2009 PROGRESS [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Diyarbakir mayor Osman Baydemir voiced hope that the incoming Obama administration will address Turkey's Kurdish issue by mediating a dialogue that would result in an end to violence by the PKK and an expansion of Kurdish political righ [...]	2008-12-12 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA211	TURKEY: ACADEMIC CONVICTED FOR INSULTING ATATURK [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2114	INCIRLIK HUB AGREEMENT: ANOTHER STEP FORWARD [...] (SBU) The Iraqi Ambassador in Turkey delivered ref a request to the Turkish Foreign Ministry during the morning hours of December 15. MFA officials told us that the GOI note, together with the U.S. request to extend the validity of agreements regarding support to OIF through Turkey, was sent [...]	2008-12-15 17:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MARR TU IZ
08ANKARA2115	Update on PKK Violence (November 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 24-30, 2008 reporting period, no securi [...]	2008-12-16 07:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2116	Update on PKK Violence (December 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security [...]	2008-12-16 07:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2118	TURKISH INTELLECTUALS APOLOGIZE TO ARMENIANS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: 275 intellectuals have signed a petition apologizing for the "great disaster" suffered by Armenians in 1915. The apology has prompted considerable debate in Turkey, with some criticizing the authors for not calling on the state to apologize and others arguing that the apology, w [...]	2008-12-16 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AM TU
08ANKARA2119	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA212	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2123	TURKS ASK WHETHER AZERBAIJAN IS SERIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci expressed frustration with Azerbaijan after the latest round of talks on gas transit in Ankara on December 5. Ekinci, who attended the talks, told Econoff that the purpose of the talks was to finalize an agreement on a gas transit MOU first propose [...]	2008-12-16 16:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA2126	U/S APAKAN ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, IAEA, NSG [...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA U/S Apakan and Amb discussed U.S.-Turkish cooperation on energy, Afghanistan, and Iran. Apakan asked for U.S. support for a Turkish proposal to increase NATO-ESDP cooperation, and expressed concern for NATO's support for exercise Noble Archer. Amb asked for Turkey's continu [...]	2008-12-17 09:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL NATO CY US TU
08ANKARA2128	AS CALLS FOR REFORM INCREASE, TURKISH PATENT LAW [...] (C) Summary. On November 20, Turkey's International Investor Association (YASED) released a report on the status of intellectual property rights in Turkey and the economic importance of improving those rights. The report, which YASED presented directly to Prime Minister Erdogan, estimates th [...]	2008-12-17 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ECON USTR EINV TU
08ANKARA2129	TURKEY: SIX MILLION NEW VOTERS CAN'T BE WRONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Controversy is swelling in Turkey surrounding a new voter registration system that has added six million additional registered voters to the voter lists in the runup to the 2009 local elections, fueling speculation of political manipulation. Critics of the new system charge th [...]	2008-12-17 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA213	TURKEY: TOP COURTS DEFEND POLITICAL ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two of Turkey's highest courts are publicly and privately signaling an intention to play an interventionist role in constraining government efforts to lift the headscarf ban at universities -- a proxy for what they view as the larger struggle for the Republic's soul. Court of App [...]	2008-02-06 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ANKARA2134	INCIRLIK CARGO HUB: GOT MOVING TOWARD EXTENDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 11:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PARM IZ TU
08ANKARA2137	TURKEY: RUSSIAN NUCLEAR POWER BID PASSES FIRST [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) announced December 19 that it accepted the technical merits of the bid by a Russian-led consortium to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. The consortium consists of Russian companies Atomstroyexport and Inter RAO UES and Turkish fin [...]	2008-12-19 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ENRG EPET RS TU
08ANKARA2138	UNSYG SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER TALKS TURKEY ON CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSYG Special Advisor on Cyprus Alexander Downer told the Ambassador December 17 he: -- hopes to learn Turkish bottom lines and who speaks for the GOT on Cyprus policy; - depends on the U.S. and U.K. to wield influence on the process; - foresees referenda by the end of 2009; - n [...]	2008-12-19 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
08ANKARA2139	TURKEY RESTORING ANCIENT ARMENIAN CITY OF ANI [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The excavation, preservation and restoration of the ancient Armenian city of Ani continues with renewed emphasis since President Gul's July 2008 visit there. The Culture Ministry (MOC) is working in partner [...]	2008-12-19 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL PGOV AM TU
08ANKARA214	TURKEY: THIRD AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN JUST OVER TWO [...] On February 6, the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture (MARA) confirmed a third outbreak of Avian Influenza in just over two weeks. This one is in Sakarya province, 125 kilometers east of Istanbul. MARA officials stated that on February 4 suspicious birds were tested. The test results showed tha [...]	2008-02-06 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU
08ANKARA2140	TURKEY WELCOMES OPENING OF EU CHAPTERS [...] (C) The GOT readily welcomed the European Union's decision to open two accession chapters, "free movement of capital" and "information, society, and media," following the 6th Turkey-EU Accession Conference in Brussels. This brings the total number of opened chapters to ten. (Note: The EU froz [...]	2008-12-19 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EUN TU
08ANKARA2147	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 11:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2148	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 11:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2151	TURKEY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Domestic and transnational terrorist groups have targeted Turkish nationals and foreigners in Turkey, including, on occasion, USG personnel, for more than 40 years. Terrorist groups that operated in Turkey have included Kurdish separatist, Marxist-Leninist, radical Islamist, and pro-Chechen gr [...]	2008-12-22 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PTER TU
08ANKARA2156	TURKEY: RESPONSE TO NOBLE ARCHER LIMITED TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Basat Ozturk told Pol-Mil Couns on December 22 that Turkey's response to Noble Archer is complete; it was limited to three letters: From Turkey's NATO PermRep to the NATO SecGen, from Turkey' Military Representative at SHAPE to [...]	2008-12-22 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO GR TU
08ANKARA2157	TURKEY: IRAQI VP HASHIMI SEEKS GOT SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Iraqi VP Tariq Al-Hashimi visited Turkey December 20-21 for meetings with President Gul and PM Erdogan. According to MFA Iraq Department Head Aydin Acikel, Hashimi complained about PM Maliki's administration to GOT officials and reported on discussions Iraqi Sunni, Kurdish, and some Shia p [...]	2008-12-22 17:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2158	OSMANLI CUMHURIYETI: A TURKEY WITHOUT ATATURK [...] (SBU) Summary: "Osmanli Cumhuriyeti," a recently released comedy film hypothesizes what Turkey would look like today had its founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, not lived past the age of eight. Its vision is bleak, a combination of anti-Westernism and nostalgia for a largely-imagined golden age [...]	2008-12-23 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EU OSCE PGOV TU
08ANKARA2159	TURKEY: REACTION TO READOUT OF FRIED-ANTONOV [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
08ANKARA216	TURKEY-IRAN JOINT ECONOMIC COUNCIL ADVANCES [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's economic relationship with Iran continues to grow, with the bilateral trade volume increasing from $1 billion in 2000 to $7.4 billion in 2007. 80% of this trade, however, continues to be Iranian fuel exports to Turkey, totaling $5.2 billion in 2006. The number of Irania [...]	2008-02-07 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL TU IR
08ANKARA2162	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (NOVEMBER [...] Summary: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports Turkish Nonproliferation interagency continues to review findings and recommendations of September EXBS and Nonproliferation Seminar. EXBS TDY Advisor Kevin Cummings and EXBS Coordinator accompanied five senior Turkish Customs Enforcement [...]	2008-12-24 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA2166	TURKEY: RELATIONS WITH GREECE STEADILY [...] (C) During a December 19 courtesy call with Greek Ambassador Fotios Xydas, he and Ambassador agreed that there remain a number of problems in Turkey-Greece relations, including delimitation of borders and EEZs in the Aegean, flow of third-country migrants, treatment of religious minorities and [...]	2008-12-24 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GR
08ANKARA2167	TURKEY: SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA NATO Operations Section Head Turker Ari and Afghanistan Desk Officer Emre Karagol on December 19. Ari expressed appreciation for the non-paper, noting that the information is timely: an interagency senior working-level (likely at the deputy undersecreta [...]	2008-12-24 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR
08ANKARA2168	TURKEY/ENR: STILL REVIEWING NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Following Ambassador's 12/15 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan (ref a),Pol-Mil Couns met with MFA DDG Ahmet Gun on 12/23 to press GOT to support the Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) guidelines on the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technology (ENR),drawing on reftel guidance. DDG Gun said [...]	2008-12-24 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY TU
08ANKARA217	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY FEARS IMPACT OF DOSTUM ARREST; [...] (C) MFA U/S Apakan called Ambassador February 5 to relay concerns about Uzbek strongman Abdul Rashid Dostum. Apakan said he had information that Afghan police might soon arrest Dostum (ref A). The GOT believed his arrest would be counterproductive; every effort should be made to use him on [...]	2008-02-07 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF TU
08ANKARA2172	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2173	TURKEY/UNESCO: STILL UNDECIDED ON DG CANDIDATE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Cultural Affairs Section Head Orhan Cetinel December 24. Cetinel does not expect Turkey to decide on a UNESCO DG candidate until shortly before the Executive Council meets later in 2009, but observed that Turkey's criteria for a DG are broadly [...]	2008-12-24 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO TU
08ANKARA2174	TURKEY/ISRAEL/SYRIA: OLMERT REMAINS POSITIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Israeli PM Olmert visited Ankara December 22 in what was billed a "farewell" call, meeting privately with PM Erdogan (we believe PM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu translated) and, with delegations, President Gul. Syria and Gaza dominated the agenda. According to Israeli Embass [...]	2008-12-24 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PTER IS SY TU
08ANKARA2175	MINISTRY OF JUSTICE RAMPING UP IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Mustafa Akkus, Judge and DDG for European Union Affairs at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),and Hulya Cetin, a judge specializing in IPR issues in the same department, provided Econoff with a summary of the MOJ's efforts to improve Turkey's IPR regime and increase the level of enfor [...]	2008-12-29 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ECON KCRM USTR TU
08ANKARA2177	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA218	Update on PKK Violence (January 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 24-31, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...]	2008-02-07 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2180	TURKEY: TIGHTENED 2009 BUDGET WILL HELP PAVE WAY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish parliament approved the 2009 budget on December 27, While the budget as passed still contains some dubious macroeconomic assumptions, such as 4% GDP growth (private economists'estimates range from -4% to 2%),the GOT reduced planned expenditures by YTL 3.6 billion in [...]	2008-12-29 18:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA2181	TURKEY/GEORGIAN SEPARATIST REGIONS: ANKARA CANNOT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points to MFA Deputy U/S for Eastern Europe and South Caucasus Unal Cevikoz December 29, underscoring the importance of collective support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Cevikoz promised to analyze the U.S. strategy on Georgia's separatist [...]	2008-12-30 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS TU
08ANKARA2186	TURKEY: COURTS CLASH OVER ELECTION PROFILE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A squabble between the Council of State (Danistay) and the Constitutional Court has cast a further shadow over municipal elections scheduled for March 29, 2009. The argument nominally concerns whether a number of municipalities that recently appealed a decision to dissolve them [...]	2008-12-30 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
08ANKARA2187	TURKEY URGES IRAQI PM MALIKI TO PRESS AHEAD WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both PM Erdogan and President Gul encouraged PM Maliki, during his December 24 visit to Ankara, to enact political reforms that will encourage Sunni participation in government, according to an MFA readout. Maliki reportedly understood the political challenges he faces. The Turk [...]	2008-12-30 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU
08ANKARA2188	TURKEY/ENR: TURKEY WANTS TO KEEP DOOR OPEN ON [...] (C) Pol-Mil Couns met again with MFA DDG for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun on December 30 to ask for an update on Turkey's position on the draft Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) guidelines on the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR)technology and equipment (Refs a and [...]	2008-12-30 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY TU
08ANKARA2190	TURKEY CONDEMNS GAZA ATTACKS [...] (U) Turkey has reacted strongly to Israeli attacks in Gaza. PM Erdogan has called the attacks a "crime against humanity," a "blow to world peace," and complained they showed a "lack of respect" for Turkey, which has been exerting great efforts to restore peace in the region. President Gul wa [...]	2008-12-30 17:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PGOV PTER IS TU
08ANKARA2191	THOUSANDS OF IPR CASES MAY BE DISMISSED [...] (SBU) Summary. As reported reftel, in July the Constitutional Court struck down provisions of the trademark law criminalizing IPR violations and gave the GOT until January 5, 2009 to pass legislation that meets constitutional requirements. With January 5 fast approaching and the Parliament in [...]	2008-12-31 04:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON KCRM TU
08ANKARA2192	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 06:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2194	TURKEY/TIP: STRONG COMMITMENT, UNEVEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: GOT, NGO, and IOM experts discussed with visiting G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Jennifer Donnelly December 15-17 the considerable progress Turkey has made in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) sin [...]	2008-12-31 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
08ANKARA2195	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2196	TURKEY: INFLUENTIAL THINKERS LOOK AHEAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Influential Ankara-based opinion makers told visiting EUR/SE Deputy Director Brink that: -- Continuation of US support for the fight against the PKK and the prevention of an Armenian Genocide Resolution (AGR) will be the key early bell-weather for Turkish-U.S. relations under th [...]	2008-12-31 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CY TU
08ANKARA2197	TURKEY PUSHING FOR "END OF HOSTILITIES" IN GAZA [...] (S) The Ambassador on December 31 discussed PM Erdogan's diplomatic efforts to end the military conflict in Gaza with Turkish PM Foreign Policy Adviser Ahmet Davutoglu and separately with MFA U/S Apakan. Davutoglu was preparing to depart with PM Erdogan for Amman and Damascus, followed by co [...]	2008-12-31 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV IS TU
08ANKARA22	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA222	TURKEY: HEADSCARF BAN AMENDMENTS PASS FIRST ROUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Round one of the constitutional amendment package to lift the headscarf ban at Turkey's universities passed easily February 6, with support from three of four parties in parliament. The second round of voting is scheduled for February 9, after which it will go to President Abdul [...]	2008-02-07 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ANKARA224	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA226	SCENESETTER FOR ASD SO/LIC/IC VICKERS' FEBRUARY [...] (S) Summary: US-Turkish mil-to-mil relations are stronger now than at any time since 2003. Both the political and military leadership welcome US intelligence support for Turkish military efforts against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq. This positive environment has helped revitalize the hist [...]	2008-02-07 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER TU
08ANKARA227	ELECTRICITY TO NORTHERN IRAQ: IMPORT PERMIT [...] (SBU) The Kartet electricity plant in Turkey that supplies electricity to northern Iraq ran out of fuel and shut down on January 2. The plant is fueled by Iraqi heavy fuel oil. As reported reftel, the final hurdle to getting fuel deliveries resumed and the plant restarted was issuance of an [...]	2008-02-08 05:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG IZ PREL TU
08ANKARA228	TURKEY'S GAS TO GREECE FLOWING AGAIN [...] (C) On February 7, the Prime Minister's office notified the Ambassador that Turkey had resumed natural gas exports to Greece. BOTAS (state pipeline company) Director for Natural Gas Contracts Selcuk Advan confirmed that the gas was flowing to Greece again, although the level was less than the [...]	2008-02-08 05:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA23	Turkish Exports Boomed in 2007 [...] Summary: Turkish exports reached USD 105.9 billion in 2007, enjoying a 23.5 percent increase from 2006 and surpassing the official target of USD 100 billion. Turkish State Minister for Trade, Kursad Tuzmen, said 2008 exports would continue to be the locomotive for Turkey's economic growth. Th [...]	2008-01-04 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
08ANKARA234	TURKEY - TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] On February 8, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Sakir Torunlar. He promised to share the information with relevant GOT ministries and offices promptly. He expressed appreciation for the notification and will follow up with us i [...]	2008-02-08 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
08ANKARA235	TURKEY : TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] On February 8, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Sakir Torunlar. He promised to share the information with relevant GOT ministries and offices promptly. He expressed appreciation for the notification and will follow up with us i [...]	2008-02-08 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC
08ANKARA236	KOSOVO: TURKEY WELCOMES STEERING GROUP INVITATION [...] (C) Both MFA Deputy Director General for Americas Ersin Ercin and Deputy Director General for Balkans and Western Europe Hasan Asan assured us that Turkey's early recognition for Kosovo's independence is certain. They described President Tadic's re-election in Serbia as positive, and hoped t [...]	2008-02-08 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU YI ZL
08ANKARA237	TURKEY: SUPPORTS LEBANON, NOW AND ALWAYS, BUT [...] (C) We conveyed reftel points on support for Lebanon February 8 to MFA Department Head for Middle East Kerem Kiratli and Lebanon/Syria Desk Officer Cem Ulusoy. Kiratli said he would convey the substance of the demarche to Deputy Under Secretary Sinirlioglu and Under Secretary Apakan. He emph [...]	2008-02-11 06:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV LE SY TU
08ANKARA238	TURKEY: CONDEMNING ARREST AND ARRAIGNMENT OF [...] (SBU) We conveyed the substance of reftel demarche urging condemnation of the SARG's arrest and detention of democracy activists in Syria February 8 to MFA Department Head for Middle East Kerem Kiratli and Lebanon/Syria Desk Officer Cem Ulusoy. Kiratli undertook to convey the substance of the [...]	2008-02-11 06:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI TU SY
08ANKARA24	TURKEY'S ULTRANATIONALIST "VALLEY OF THE WOLVES" [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's popular television drama "Valley of the Wolves" is back on the air and setting new records in its fourth season. "Show TV" temporarily canceled the program in February 2007 due to government pressure and viewer complaints over the show's violence. Television [...]	2008-01-04 16:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA242	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 07:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA244	WHAT'S TIED UP IN TURKEY'S HEADSCARF DEBATE? [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the second, final round of voting February 9, Turkey's parliament approved two constitutional amendments aimed at lifting the headscarf ban at universities. The amendments, addressing equality under the law and right to education, lay the groundwork for lifting the ban, though [...]	2008-02-11 10:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ANKARA248	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA252	TURKEY: TSA MOVES FORWARD ON PROVIDING SECURITY TRAINING [...] (SBU) During a January 22 meeting, Embassy Athens Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Representative Daniel Furlong and Turkish Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) Deputy Director General for Security Haydar Yalcin discussed various training programs previously requested by t [...]	2008-02-11 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
08ANKARA263	TURKEY WILL CONDITION OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR AIR [...] (S) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on February 11. Given the likelihood that the cargo contained in this flight may be in violation of UNSCR 1718, Ulgen said the MFA had decided to require an inspection of the aircraft and carg [...]	2008-02-12 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN
08ANKARA264	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA265	TURKEY SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on February 11 to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen, who is coordinating Turkey's interagency position on cluster munitions and was a member of the Turkish delegation to the Oslo Process meeting in Vienna on 5-7 December. Ulgen sai [...]	2008-02-12 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO TU
08ANKARA266	TURKEY: SE KURDS SKEPTICAL OF ANKARA'S NEWFOUND [...] (U) This is an AmConsul Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary. Despite increasing hints in Ankara that the GOT is considering proposals to start addressing the root causes of the Kurdish issue, leaders in southeastern Turkey are skeptical the GOT is committed to the reforms needed for a lasting solut [...]	2008-02-13 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA268	DOE DAS HEGBURG DISCUSSES CLEAN ENERGY WITH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of a January 29-30 Department of Energy-sponsored Clean Energy Technologies Conference, DOE DAS for International Policy Alan Hegburg discussed a range of energy issues with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler. Guler said Turkey wants to be a regional leader in clean ene [...]	2008-02-13 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA270	Update on PKK Violence (February 1 - 7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 1 - 7, 2008 reporting period, no GOT s [...]	2008-02-13 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA271	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JANUARY [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor met with EU Commission representative to coordinate future border security assistance programs with Turkish Customs. EXBS program completed Customs clearance of CT-30 Kits and Gerber tool Kits and moved them into temporary storage at Post, awaiting MFA acceptance of new [...]	2008-02-13 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA273	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

08ANKARA275	TURKEY/KOSOVO: TURKEY TO FOLLOW CLOSE ON OUR HEELS [...] (U) This message contains an action request at para 5. 2. (C) Ambassador emphasized our hope that countries would recognize Kosovo soon after it declares independence, and reviewed with MFA U/S Apakan the request that Turkey become a member of the Kosovo International Steering Group (ISG) (r [...]	2008-02-13 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PROV YI EU OSCE TU
08ANKARA277	TURKEY: BANK MELLI ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE A TURKISH [...] (S) A January 28 visit by Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey gave us the opportunity to share Ref A points widely with appropriate parties in the Turkish Government, including Treasury Minister Mehmet Simsek, Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan, MASAK President Adnan Erturk, and Ministry of Fo [...]	2008-02-14 05:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP MNUM IR TU EFIN
08ANKARA278	TURKEY: NEW GOT TAX IMPLEMENTATION UPSETS FREE TRADE ZONES [...] (U) Summary: A recent communique issued by Turkish Customs levies additional taxes against companies operating in Free Trade Zones. This unforeseen change in tax policy substantially increased production costs in these zones. The Aegean Free Trade Zone, which has majority U.S. ownership, was a [...]	2008-02-14 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON TU
08ANKARA279	TURKEY OPPOSES ICAO PLANS TO TRANSFER SAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish MFA Civil Aviation officials summoned PMA Counselor on February 12 to request U.S. support at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Turkey has written an objection letter to ICAO leadership opposing its plans to transfer "state" responsibility for Search [...]	2008-02-14 08:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL TU CY
08ANKARA280	MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: TURKS MULLING REACTION TO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: GOT officials have received an invitation from the GOI to resume discussion of closing Makhmour refugee camp (ref a) and are considering their response. Any decision to move forward on Makhmour will be made at the political level in Ankara. The GOT wants the camp clo [...]	2008-02-14 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL IZ TU
08ANKARA282	CFE: TURKS SEEK COPY OF U.S. ACTION-FOR-ACTION [...] (C) Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us February 14 that he appreciated being in close contact with DAS Karin Look and other U.S. officials on the way forward on CFE. Gun said he understood the U.S. had prepared a revised draft of [...]	2008-02-14 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO TU
08ANKARA284	RE-STARTING THE IRAN DIALOGUE WITH TURKEY [...] (S) Ambassador raised with MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan February 12 the need significantly to intensify our consultations with Turkey on Iran under the Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue paper on which the Secretary and then-FM Gul agreed in July 2006. He suggested that these consultations shou [...]	2008-02-14 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MNUC UNSC TU IR
08ANKARA285	TURKEY: ANKARA CONFERENCE DISCUSSES HOW TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA288	TURKEY NOT READY TO COSPONSOR U.S./EC TAFT GOODS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points in coordination with the EC's Economic Counselor in Turkey, Ulrike Hauer. Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat Deputy Director General for Multilateral Agreements, Hasan Yalcin, told us that Turkey supports the ideas presented in the joint proposal "in princ [...]	2008-02-15 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON TU
08ANKARA289	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA290	TURKEY PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVAR INDEPENDENCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT will recognize an independent Kosovo soon after the Quint and the U.S. GOT officials remain uncertain whether Kosovars will declare independence over the weekend, or merely announce a date on which they will proclaim their independence. Regardless, they are expecting an [...]	2008-02-15 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU RU GG YI AA
08ANKARA292	TURKEY: AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK SITUATION UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Ag office is now aware of six outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI),three of which have confirmed lab results and have been reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) by TurkeyQs Ministry of Agriculture. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [...]	2008-02-15 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU
08ANKARA296	TURKEY SUPPORTS NIMETZ PROCESS, AMBITIOUS [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Serdar Kilic and Deputy Director General for Balkans Affairs Hasan Asan. Both Kilic and Asan stated Turkey's support for the Nimetz process as the appropriate channel to resolve the dispute between Greece and Maced [...]	2008-02-15 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL GR MK TU
08ANKARA298	TURKEY: MORE FROM BRSA ON IRANIAN BANKING INTEREST [...] (S) Summary. In a follow-up meeting on Ref B issues, Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) Chairman Tevfik Bilgin (please protect) told us that the proposed Bank Melli purchase of Adabank is not possible at this time. Adabank is under the supervision of Turkey's Securities Deposit [...]	2008-02-19 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP MNUM IR TU EFIN
08ANKARA30	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA302	Update on PKK Violence (February 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...]	2008-02-19 09:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA306	TURKEY'S INTERNET REGULATION AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: An ongoing struggle between Google and Turkey's Telecommunications Authority (TTA) highlights the difficult issues Turkey is grappling with as it attempts to harness the positive aspects of the Internet while limiting harmful content. Google, which owns the popular video-sharing [...]	2008-02-19 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA307	MGKV01: TURKEY SWIFTLY RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (U) At approximately 19:30 local time, February 18, the GOT formally recognized Kosovo's independence. FM Babacan's statement (see paragraph 4) emphasized the importance Turkey attaches to peace and stability in the Balkans. The statement also noted Turkey's historical and cultural ties to [...]	2008-02-19 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU YI ZL
08ANKARA309	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA31	TURKEY: GOT ON NON-MILITARY SOLUTIONS TO PKK [...] (C) Summary and comment. The GOT is taking preliminary steps to address the political and economic demands of its Kurdish population, in conjunction with recent military attacks against terrorist PKK targets in northern Iraq. Both PM Erdogan's government and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) u [...]	2008-01-08 06:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IZ TU
08ANKARA313	TURKEY: SOLDIERS CAPTURED BY PKK ON TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial of the eight Turkish soldiers captured and subsequently released by the PKK in October 2007 began on February 1 in the Jandarma Command Military Court in Van. Following the hearing, the soldiers were released and will return to court April 25. The trial has been belo [...]	2008-02-19 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER TU
08ANKARA314	TURKEY: NO OBJECTIONS TO US PLANS TO SEEK [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM NATO PREL TU
08ANKARA315	TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) Summary and comment. PM Erdogan and officials from the state-controlled "TRT" broadcasting network announced plans February 17 for TRT to dedicate a channel to broadcast an array of Kurdish language programs. The PM set no rollout date, but his statement provides the most specifics to dat [...]	2008-02-19 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA316	TURKEY NEEDS GAS TO BE A RELIABLE TRANSIT PARTNER [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is under increasing pressure to conclude a transit agreement with Azerbaijan to clear the way for Caspian gas to flow into Europe. The negotiation between Turkey and Azerbaijan is not only about transit but also about supply. Our Caspian Strategy needs to look at Turkey [...]	2008-02-20 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA319	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA32	Update on PKK Violence (December 24-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 24-31, 2007 reporting period, no GOT s [...]	2008-01-08 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA320	TURKEY: HEADSCARF DEBATE REVEALS FISSURES [...] (C) Turkey again finds itself in a state of domestic tension and polarization. Among politicians, the debate over the headscarf (whether or not to allow girls who cover their heads into universities) has degenerated into a series of sophomoric arguments. They're not battling it out on the st [...]	2008-02-20 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
08ANKARA321	EU NABUCCO COORDINATOR SAYS TURKEY MUST ACT NOW ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, EU Coordinator for Nabucco Jozias van Aartsen told us he would deliver a firm message to his Turkish interloctuers (which included Prime Minister Erdogan) that Turkey must act now to save the Nabucco pipeline. He said he has a six-month time horizon for progress [...]	2008-02-21 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA324	TURKEY/IRAQ: ASSISTING TURKEY WITH BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: U.S. intelligence cooperation in support of Turkish operations against the PKK has transformed our bilateral relations. As we look for ways to lower Turkey's reliance on purely military means to protect its borders, Turkey has expressed an interest in intelligence, surveillance [...]	2008-02-21 12:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER KCRM MARR MOPS TU IZ IR
08ANKARA326	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES FOUNDATIONS LAW [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's parliament passed the long-delayed Foundations Law to expand non-Muslim religious property rights February 20, despite vocal condemnation from opposition parties and subdued criticis [...]	2008-02-21 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU
08ANKARA327	TURKEY: TERRORIST TAK THREATENS NEW WAVE OF VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The terrorist organization TAK (Kurdistan Freedom Falcons),close affiliate of the PKK terrorist group, announced February 19 it will initiate an extensive new wave of violence against military and civilian targets inside and outside Turkey. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) TAK, a deadly terrori [...]	2008-02-21 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA328	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA33	TURKEY: INSUFFICIENT TIME TO RECALL SHIPMENT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EWWT GM PARM PK PREL SN TU
08ANKARA331	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 1: TURKEY LAUNCHES GROUND [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has publicly announced that Turkish forces have launched a ground operation into northern Iraq, which began at 1700 hours Zulu on February 21. Predator imagery has identified two columns of approximately 800 dismounted infantry six kilometers in [...]	2008-02-22 10:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA332	TURKEY: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) A strict reading of the criteria outlined in reftel paras 2 and 8 could lead to the conclusion that Turkey does not possess critical infrastructure (CI) or key resources (KR) whose incapacity or destruction would have a "debilitating impact on (U.S.) security, national economic security, [...]	2008-02-22 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON ASEC PREL ETTC TU
08ANKARA335	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA336	BUSINESS GROUPS WARN GOT ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Three major business organizations warned the government on February 21 about rising unemployment and slowing industrial activity. The Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB),Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) and Turkish Clothing [...]	2008-02-22 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TU
08ANKARA337	AS TROOPS GO AFTER PKK, TURKEY LOOKS TO INCREASE [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOT officials are considering ways to increase engagement and cooperation with Iraqi counterparts, even as Turkish troops move across the Iraqi border to root out the PKK presence from areas through which they routinely access Turkish territory. Murat Ozcelik, the GOT's new Actin [...]	2008-02-22 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA338	GOT PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY CYPRIOT ELECTION FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials expressed pleasant surprise at the unexpected outcome of the first round of Cyprus' presidential election. Regardless of the final outcome, Turkey remains prepared to press for resumption of final settlement negotiations as soon as possible. The Turks are hopeful t [...]	2008-02-22 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
08ANKARA339	TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL CONGRATULATES [...] (U) On February 21, Turkish President Abdullah Gul sent a message to Armenian President-elect Sargsyan, addressing him as "Esteemed President," and congratulating him on his election victory (see full text, para 4). Gul expressed his wish that their joint efforts would contribute to stability [...]	2008-02-22 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
08ANKARA34	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA340	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 2: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (C) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue. According to press reporting, the Turkish ground units involved are two brigades from the Second Army based in Malatya. U.S. military logistics personnel at the Habur Gate crossing between Turkey and Iraq reported traffic flowing [...]	2008-02-22 17:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA341	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...]	2008-02-23 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA342	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...]	2008-02-23 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA343	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...]	2008-02-23 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA345	PM ERDOGAN TELLS CODEL BIDEN TURKEY CAN DO MORE IN [...] (C) Summary. Turkish PM Erdogan briefed visiting Senators Biden, Kerry and Hagel February 22 on GOT efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, the fight against terrorism and Turkey's relations with Armenia. Noting the senators' previous stop in Afghanistan, Erdogan said Turkey can do more in Afghanistan [...]	2008-02-25 07:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PTER PGOV AF IZ TU
08ANKARA348	Update on PKK Violence (February 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 16-23, 2008 reporting period, two secu [...]	2008-02-25 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA349	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: January 2008 [...] Turkey carried out air strikes against PKK terrorist positions in northern Iraq on January 15. Turkish General Staff (TGS) announced that over 60 targets were hit. Counter-terrorism operations within Southeast Turkey against PKK terrorists continued during month. TGS reported that 36 terrori [...]	2008-02-25 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL IZ IT UK MK QA GR TU
08ANKARA35	DESPITE IRANIAN GAS CUTS, TURKEY KEEPS THE LIGHTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. In the midst of cold winter weather and snow, Turkey is suffering from reduced gas imports from Iran and Russia. The GOT is taking several measures to assure that power is kept on. In a worse case scenario of bad weather forcing Russia to cut gas supplies to Turkey via the West [...]	2008-01-08 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA350	TURKEY'S PRESIDENT APPROVES CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish President Abdullah Gul signed two constitutional amendments February 22, laying the groundwork for lifting Turkey's headscarf ban at universities. Opposition parties plan to file a challenge in the Constitutional Court on Wednesday. Heated debate continues over whethe [...]	2008-02-25 09:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
08ANKARA354	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 4: GROUND OPERATIONS, MILITARY [...] (SBU) Turkish ground operations in the Zap-Metina area of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. Weather in the objective area is expected to deteriorate significantly over the next 24-48 hours, limiting air operations [...]	2008-02-25 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA355	TURKEY: ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY URGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Attorney General Mukasey discussed counterterrorism and law enforcement cooperation with Turkish Justice Minister Sahin and Interior Minister Atalay during his February 14-15 visit to Ankara, apparently the first official visit by a U.S. Attorney General. Both sides reaffirme [...]	2008-02-25 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CJAN OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM TU
08ANKARA356	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA357	TURKEY: DPM CICEK,S HARSH RHETORIC SETS BACK CT [...] (C) Summary. In separate February 19 meetings with the Belgian Ministers of Justice and the Interior, Turkey's DPM Cemil Cicek used very blunt language to insist that Belgium crack down on terrorism, according to both Turkish MFA and Belgian Embassy sources. Cicek implied Belgium should not [...]	2008-02-25 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL BE TU
08ANKARA358	EU NABUCCO COORDINATOR SAYS TURKEY MUST ACT NOW ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, EU Coordinator for Nabucco Jozias van Aartsen told us he would deliver a firm message to his Turkish interloctuers (which included Prime Minister Erdogan) that Turkey must act now to save the Nabucco pipeline. He said he has a six-month time horizon for progress [...]	2008-02-25 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA36	Turkish Parliament Ratifies 2008 Budget [...] (U) Summary: The most significant aspect of Turkey's 2008 budget is the decrease in the primary surplus target to 5.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). For five years, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has used a primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GDP. In working to achieve the amb [...]	2008-01-09 05:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
08ANKARA360	TURKS TERM INAUGURAL TURKEY-EU CT TALKS "GOOD [...] (C) Summary. The first Turkey-EU bilateral counterterrorism talks held February 19 in Brussels were generally positive, according to MFA officials. Although the Euros continue to be focused on Al Qaeda and counter radicalization, new CT mechanisms can also be applied to the PKK, they noted. [...]	2008-02-25 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EU TU
08ANKARA366	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 5: GROUND OPERATIONS CONTINUE, [...] (C) Turkish ground forces continue to engage PKK terrorists in the Zap Metina region of northern Iraq, supported by air and artillery strikes. Deteriorating weather conditions in the objective area will likely hamper operations over the next 24 hours. Normal logistics and customs operations [...]	2008-02-26 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA369	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA371	TURKEY: DOSTUM UNWELCOME IN TURKEY, STAND-OFF [...] (C) The Dostum stand-off continues, MFA South Asia DDG Babur Hizlan told us February 26. Hizlan had phoned us on February 25 to relate that Dostum wants security guarantees to leave Kabul and go to the north, and the ten days on the Chief Prosecutor's order to Dostum to turn himself in or le [...]	2008-02-26 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF TU
08ANKARA374	TURKEY-WORLD BANK COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador joined World Bank Country Director for Turkey Ulrich Zachau February 14 to discuss the World Bank's role in Turkey and the upcoming release of the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS),outlined below, which is embargoed until February 28. The CPS outlines a four-year [...]	2008-02-27 10:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID EINV TU
08ANKARA375	TURKEY: MALATYA LAWYERS REQUEST RECUSAL OF [...] (C) Summary: Attorneys for the families of victims of the April 2007 Malatya triple murder of Christian bookstore workers (ref B) argued at the February 25 proceeding that the three-judge panel should be removed for bias. The court postponed the trial to March 17, to allow a Diyarbakir penal [...]	2008-02-27 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA376	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 6: DAY 5 OF GROUND OPERATIONS [...] (C) Turkish ground troops continued to receive air and artillery support on February 26, despite poor weather conditions. Weather in the objective area is expected to improve over the next 24-48 hours. Normal logistics and customs operations continue at Habur Gate. 2. (U) A Turkish Genera [...]	2008-02-27 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA377	TURKEY PRIORITIZES PAKISTAN STABILITY; COURTS INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey favors a grand governing coalition in Pakistan, to continue to include President Musharraf, MFA South Asia DDG Hizlan told us February 26. Rather than internal politicking, Pakistan's politicians should be focused on curtailing violence and extremism. Turkey is not dir [...]	2008-02-27 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IN PK TU
08ANKARA378	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA379	TURKEY: U/S LEVEY ON DANGERS OF DOING BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: In his January 28th meetings with the Turkish Foreign, Finance, and Treasury Ministries and Halkbank, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey discussed the dangers of doing business with Iran and warned of the need for constant vigilance and extraordinary scrutiny in financial relat [...]	2008-02-27 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EFIN KTFN KNNP EINV TU IR
08ANKARA381	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHALLENGES HEADSCARF AMENDMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition parties applied to Turkey's Constitutional Court February 27 to stay implementation and ultimately annul constitutional amendments designed to lift the headscarf ban at universities. The court is expected to rule quickly on the stay motion; a decision on annulling the [...]	2008-02-27 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ANKARA382	SOMALIA AND PIRACY: TURKEY INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel with MFA Department Head for Maritime Affairs, Mehmet Poroy, on February 27. Poroy provided us with some background on Turkey's previous engagement on this issue. Because of Turkey's involvement in the International Maritime Organization (IMO),the IMO Secretary Gen [...]	2008-02-27 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC EWWT TU SO UN
08ANKARA384	CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH FM BABACAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Biden discussed with Turkish FM Babacan ongoing U.S.-Turkey cooperation and efforts to promote stability in the region, notably in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, during a February 22 meeting. Babacan described the EU accession process as integral to Turkey's ongoing dem [...]	2008-02-27 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV TU
08ANKARA385	Codel Biden talks Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan with [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, in a February 22 meeting with Codel Biden, focused on political realism and participation as the key to stability in Iraq. Maximalist demands were counterproductive. The surge was working. Passage of important legislation would further enhance political integra [...]	2008-02-27 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV PK BM AF EUN TU
08ANKARA386	CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH FM BABACAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Biden discussed with Turkish FM Babacan ongoing U.S.-Turkey cooperation and efforts to promote stability in the region, notably in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, during a February 22 meeting. Babacan described the EU accession process as integral to Turkey's ongoing dem [...]	2008-02-28 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV TU
08ANKARA387	CODEL BIDEN TALKS IRAQ, PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN WITH TURKISH PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, in a February 22 meeting with Codel Biden, focused on political realism and participation as the key to stability in Iraq. Maximalist demands were counterproductive. The surge was working. Passage of important legislation would further enhance political integra [...]	2008-02-28 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV PK BM AF EUN TU
08ANKARA389	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 7: DAY 6 OF GROUND OPERATIONS [...] (C) Turkish forces continued to engage PKK in the Zap Metina region of northern Iraq, backed by close air support and artillery. Operations at the Habur Gate crossing remained normal. 2. (U) A Turkish General Staff (TGS) statement on February 27 reported 77 terrorists and 5 Turkish soldier [...]	2008-02-28 09:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA39	TURKEY: ONGOING PKK VIOLENCE TAKES A NEW TACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: PKK violence has continued since 2004, when the terrorist group ended a ceasefire it had observed following the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in 1999. In 2007, the PKK was responsible for the deaths of at least 139 security personnel and 27 civilians. Another 216 security [...]	2008-01-09 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA390	CUBA: TURKEY EXPECTS SLOW BUT POSITIVE CHANGE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points February 27 to MFA Americas DG Vefahan Ocak. Ocak -- Turkish Ambassador to Cuba from 2002-2007 -- said Turkey shares our hopes for liberalization and a better life for the Cuban people. Noting his experience in Cuba, Ocak opined that the continuing presence of [...]	2008-02-28 10:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CU TU
08ANKARA392	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA393	TURKEY-RUSSIA RELATIONS REMAIN ON TRACK DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The atmosphere was surprisingly positive during Turkish FM Babacan's February 19-20 visit to Moscow, MFA Russia and Eastern Europe Department Head Meltem Buyukkarakas told us February 26. Trade and investment continue to drive relations, though the Turks are dissatisfied with a [...]	2008-02-28 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU TU
08ANKARA394	S/CT PDAS URBANCIC'S ANKARA VISIT: PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. Ankara-based diplomats expressed frustration in dealing with Turkish prosecutors and described successes in tackling the PKK during a February 12 meeting with S/CT PDAS Urbancic. The Belgian police liaison reported establishment of a new federal prosecutor dedicated to PKK crime [...]	2008-02-29 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EU TU
08ANKARA395	TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. EFFORTS AGAINST PKK, WANTS [...] (C) Summary. European officials are starting to treat the PKK as both a terrorist organization and an organized crime operation that poses a danger to Europe, S/CT PDAS Urbancic told a February 12 interagency meeting of Turkish officials lead by MFA Security Affairs Director General Hayati Guv [...]	2008-02-29 08:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EU TU
08ANKARA396	LEAHY VETTING: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF [...] This is an action request. 2. Post has reviewed the following Turkish candidate for an International Military Education and Training (IMET) sponsored program. Action Request: Post requests that Department conduct a name check on this candidate in appropriate databases (DRL/PM/EUR/INR) and [...]	2008-02-29 11:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA398	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 8: DAY 7 OF GROUND OPERATIONS [...] (S//REL TO USA, GBR) Although we have received no formal TGS notification, elements of the Turkish forces involved in the cross-border operation in northern Iraq appear to have begun withdrawing from their forward operating bases. Turkish air force and artillery units conducted cross-border C [...]	2008-02-29 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA402	TURKEY'S VIEW ON LNG THROUGH THE BOSPORUS STRAITS [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara/Consulate General Istanbul report. 2. (C) Summary and comment: In reference to proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Constanza (ref A),we researched LNG transit through the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits. Currently, no LNG transits the Bos [...]	2008-02-29 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL RO TU
08ANKARA403	TURKEY: TGS ANNOUNCES WITHDRAWAL OF GROUND TROOPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA405	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA41	TURKEY'S PM DISCUSSES TERRORISM, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary. In a January 7 meeting with Codel Martinez, Prime Minister Erdogan said he hopes for continued, vigorous bilateral cooperation against terrorism and stressed Turkey wants to contribute positively to Iraq's welfare. He said the House's Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.R.106) had [...]	2008-01-09 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AM IZ TU
08ANKARA410	TURKEY: WILLING TO CONSIDER INFORMAL KOSOVO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Serdar Kilic told us February 28 Turkey was willing to consider informal consultations among "Kosovo Contributors," but emphasized that a formal response to ref a points will have to wait until the March 6 NATO Foreign Ministers meeting. He ask [...]	2008-02-29 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO EU PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA416	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA417	TURKEY: MEDIA COVERAGE OF MILITARY OPERATION IN [...] (U) Summary: Civilian and military officials have had to respond to criticism from the opposition, reflected both in the mainstream and opposition press, that Turkey bowed to U.S. pressure to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq. The withdrawal occurred the day after Defense Secretary Gates' [...]	2008-03-03 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA418	TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN
08ANKARA423	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA424	TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel A questions. This is part 1 of 3 (septels). Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 90-312-457-7178, fax 90-312-468-4775. Renzulli (FS-03) spent approximately 90 hou [...]	2008-03-04 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
08ANKARA425	TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel questions. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish Pen [...]	2008-03-04 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
08ANKARA426	TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: VICTIM PROTECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel A questions. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). VICTIM PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE -------------------------------- A. (SBU) Foreign victims identified by Turkish authorities may apply f [...]	2008-03-04 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
08ANKARA429	TURKEY: UPDATE IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SMIG
08ANKARA43	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA430	TURKEY: MILITARY LASHES OUT AT OPPOSITION IN [...] (C) Summary: In an ironic twist, controversy over the Turkish military's pull-out from Iraq has pitted the Turkish General Staff (TGS) against its erstwhile political allies, the Republican People's Party (CHP),and has driven the TGS closer to PM Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) [...]	2008-03-05 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS TU IZ
08ANKARA431	AFTERMATH OF TURKEY'S REDEPLOYMENT FROM IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: As reported in reftel, the military and government have come under public criticism here for having withdrawn Turkish troops from northern Iraq "in response to US pressure" that was conveyed in remarks Secretary Gates and the President made on February 28. One senior officer com [...]	2008-03-05 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS IZ US TU
08ANKARA432	Update on PKK Violence (February 24 - 29, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 24-29, 2008 reporting period, 17 securi [...]	2008-03-05 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA435	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA436	TURKEY: KURDISH REACTIONS TO THE CROSS-BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OSCE TU IZ

08ANKARA438	TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 08:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN

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