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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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02ADANA388 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 8, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2002-11-20 14:34:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA389 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 9-10, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ----------------------- [...]
2002-11-20 14:51:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA410 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 8-9, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------ [...]
2002-12-10 08:28:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA413 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 12, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]
2002-12-13 11:38:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA431 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 25-26, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]
2002-12-30 10:17:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA436 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 28-29, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]
2002-12-31 08:42:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ANKARA7726TURKEY'S ELECTIONS: OUR ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Islam-influenced AK (Justice and Development) of R. Tayyip Erdogan will be the clear winner in the Turkish national elections on Nov. 3, and has a strong shot at a Parliamentary majority. Deniz Baykal's Establishmentarian, left-of-center Republican Peoples' Party (CHP) will [...]
2002-11-01 10:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA7743ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-01 12:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA7766AK PARTY IN A PARLIAMENTARY LANDSLIDE: CLOSE TO A
[...] Summary: Justice and Development (AK) Party's landslide victory and Establishment standard-bearer Republican People's Party's (CHP) distant second-place finish in Turkey's Nov. 3 general elections cuts the number of parties in parliament back to only two for the first time in decades. While P. [...]
2002-11-03 23:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA7919ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-05 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA7921TURKEY: AK PARTY'S LANDSLIDE VICTORY SWEEPS ASIDE
[...] (C) Summary: After crushing defeat by AK in Nov. 3 elections, leaders of MHP, ANAP, and DYP, all of which failed to reenter Parliament, separately declared their intent to vacate their party chairmanships. With P.M. Ecevit's pre-election announcement that he will leave DSP leadership in April [...]
2002-11-05 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA7924TURKEY: TIMELINE TO ESTABLISH NEXT GOVERNMENT
[...] Timeline in para 2 lists the sequence of steps to be followed as the Justice and Development (AK) Party prepares to establish a government in the wake of its Nov. 3 landslide election victory. According to AK officials, assuming that President Sezer observes Turkish law and tradition (i.e., g [...]
2002-11-05 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA7942ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-06 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8007ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-07 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8079TURKEY: CHP ELECTION POSTMORTEM
[...] (C) Summary: The Nov. 3 Parliamentary elections were a major defeat for CHP at the hands of AK. Although CHP joins AK as one of only two parties in Parliament, CHP officials and activists are deeply disappointed by their distant second-place finish. Much of the blame has been placed on CHP [...]
2002-11-08 12:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA8087ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-08 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8108AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH AK PARTY CHAIRMAN ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with victorious AK Party leader Erdogan for first post-election visit. He complimented AK on its constructive electoral campaign and victory and noted U.S. readiness to work with the new AK government. U.S. seeks stronger bilateral economic ties and urges AK to fo [...]
2002-11-08 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON AA POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA8110TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODELS BEREUTER, HASTERT, ISSA, SMITH
[...] Summary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which thus far has chosen to follow a reasonable path with emphasis on EU membership. The economy is on eggshells, and the new government will need to stick to the IMF-backed reform pr [...]
2002-11-08 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU
02ANKARA8111PROBLEMS MEETING THE 2002 PRIMARY SURPLUS TARGET
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF and Central Bank are worried about the caretaker government's failure to fully implement fiscal measures needed to meet this year's primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GNP. We have expressed our concern about this to senior economic bureaucrats this week -- who s [...]
2002-11-08 16:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
02ANKARA8132ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-12 13:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8139AK PARTY DYNAMICS AND U.S. INTERESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-12 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARTIES PGOV PINS POLITICAL PREL TU
02ANKARA8156ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-13 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8165CAN AK PARTY REMOVE OBSTACLES TO PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: On the surface of it, and given AK Party's strong parliamentary majority, there should be a straightforward, if sequential, legal way ahead for disenfranchised AK Party chairman Erdogan to reclaim his political rights, gain election to Parliament, and be appointed Prime Minister. [...]
2002-11-13 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA8230ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-14 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8250TURKEY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EU AND CYPRUS WITH
[...] (C) Ambassador met Nov. 14 with EU Hirep Javier Solana to discuss the EU perspective on UNSYG Annan's plan for a settlement on Cyprus, and the prospects for progress on Turkey's EU bid at Copenhagen in December. Solana noted that he had had separate meetings with MFA U/S Ziyal and AK (Justice [...]
2002-11-15 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA8252TURKEY'S DEEP STATE
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Deep State, the behind-the-scenes machinery and power relationships among selected members of the military, judicial, and bureaucratic elite, has endured as an essential factor in political life and in citizens' wary calculations of their relation to the State. Now, however [...]
2002-11-15 11:01:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
02ANKARA8310AK PARTY MOVES STEP BY STEP TOWARD FORMING
[...] (C) We understand from top AK Party official Bulent Arinc that in his Nov. 15 call on President Sezer, AK Party chairman Erdogan submitted AK number two Abdullah Gul's name as AK's first choice for Prime Minister. Arinc intimated that Gul is AK's preferred candidate not only owing to his popu [...]
2002-11-15 12:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8343ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-15 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8356AK PARTY BEGINS TO ENGAGE ON THE ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the past week, AK Party moved to inject discipline into its public statements on the economy, initiated contacts with the economic bureaucracy, and reiterated its intention to work with the IMF. AK Economic Coordinator Ali Babacan sought to reassure us that, despite some u [...]
2002-11-15 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
02ANKARA8358AK PARTY TO FORM NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT WITH ABDULLAH GUL AS PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Nov. 16 President Sezer gave the mandate to form the new Turkish government to AK Party number two Abdullah Gul (ref A),who announced he will submit his proposed cabinet list to Sezer Nov. 18. We expect the government to be in office a week to ten days thereafter. Gul bio in para 5. [...]
2002-11-16 11:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
02ANKARA8369TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON EU, CYPRUS NEWS
[...] (U) The two-week market rallies continued strongly on the morning of November 18: -- Treasury bill yields dropped 1.5 percentage points. With the benchmark July 2 bill now at 49.5 percent, in compounded terms, rates have dropped over 14 percentage points since the November 3 elections. [...]
2002-11-18 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
02ANKARA8377ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-18 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8379INCOMING GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The economic elements of the incoming government's action plan, announced by Party leader Tayyip Erdogan on November 16, reflect AK's efforts to balance its desire to boost the "real economy" and help the poor with its need to reassure markets and maintain fiscal discipline. [...]
2002-11-18 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV EINV TU
02ANKARA8380TURKEY'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: YASAR YAKIS
[...] (U) Turkey's 58th government, announced Nov. 18, includes former career diplomat and three-time ambassador Yasar (Yashar) Yakis (Yah-kish) as Foreign Minister. Bio below. 2. (C) A mostly conventionally-minded, retired 39-year veteran of the MFA, Yakis is now AK Vice Chairman for foreign [...]
2002-11-18 15:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8381THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S CORE ECONOMIC TEAM
[...] (C) The new Government Cabinet was announced by Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, following his meeting with President Sezer November 18. Following are post's informal biographical notes on several of the likely key economic players. When asked at the press conference "who will be the economy m [...]
2002-11-18 16:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PINR PREL TU
02ANKARA8382TURKEY'S 58TH GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE
[...] (U) President Sezer's Nov. 18 approval of the AK Party government under P.M. Abdullah Gul (ref A; cabinet below, para 4) puts into place a government: --committed to pursuing Turkey's EU candidacy and democratic reforms; --open to working with the U.S. on key regional issues; --fo [...]
2002-11-19 05:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
02ANKARA8440ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-19 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8448TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT: MORE INSIGHTS INTO
[...] (U) Summary: President Sezer drew a line by rejecting one proposed cabinet assignment in the AK government, but allowed AK to keep the candidate as a State Minister. Fiery orator Bulent Arinc, who has his own strong following among AK voters and whom we expect to underscore the prerogatives of [...]
2002-11-19 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8474ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-20 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8505TURKEY'S NEW DEFENSE MINISTER: VECDI GONUL
[...] (C) Summary: GOT DefMin Gonul's principal political task is to ensure smooth relations between his Islam-influenced AK Party and a Turkish military which as adopted a wait-and-see attitude while remaining on the lookout for any sign AK might try to alter the current status of civilian-military [...]
2002-11-21 12:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8523ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-21 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8527THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC TEAM STARTS WORK,
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gul announced the portfolios of the state ministers, dividing supervision of the economic agencies between Deputy PM Abdullatif Sener (privatization, banking and capital markets boards),State Minister Ali Babacan (Treasury, Central Bank and main state banks),and [...]
2002-11-21 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV TU
02ANKARA8532BEHIND THE MAN: THE FAMILY OF NEW TURKISH PM
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul (reftel),Number Two man in the Islam-influenced AK (Justice and Development) Party of R. Tayyip Erdogan, is a democrat and political reformist who nonetheless heads a family that takes Islam seriously and reflects his own moral proc [...]
2002-11-22 10:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
02ANKARA8535TURKEY: POSSIBLE VISIT BY SWEDISH FM COULD BOOST
[...] (C) Anne Dismoor, Swedish Ambassador to Turkey, told poloff at a November 20 reception that she was hopeful Swedish FM Lindh would visit Turkey soon. According to Dismoor, Lindh canceled her trip last year after GOT officials stated she would have to cancel a planned visit to Diyarbakir, a so [...]
2002-11-22 11:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SW TU
02ANKARA8561ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-22 13:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8581ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-25 12:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8586AK PARTY ANNOUNCES SWEEPING HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: PM Gul announced Nov. 23 a broad plan including sweeping legal changes designed to bring Turkey into full compliance with EU human rights standards. The GOT is also preparing to introduce a 36-article legislative reform package in support of the plan. The administration intends [...]
2002-11-25 13:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8622ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-26 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8633CODEL HASTERT'S MEETINGS IN ANKARA
[...] (C) Summary: A codel led by Speaker Hastert met Nov. 21 with P.M. Gul and Parliament President ("Speaker") Arinc. Speaker Hastert congratulated Gul on AK's landslide election victory and Turkey's recent progress on political and economic reform. Gul echoed AK leader Erdogan's commitment to EU [...]
2002-11-26 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
02ANKARA8638NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT TO GRANT
[...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/NGA, NEA/EX and EUR/SE. See paras 3-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NOFORN) Embassy understands that Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Senator Biden (D-DE),Senator Hagel (R-NE),three SFRC professional staff members a [...]
2002-11-26 16:10:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PINR OTRA ASEC AFIN CPAS AMGT TU IZ
02ANKARA8676ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-11-27 14:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8728EMBASSY RAISES PAMUKBANK CASE WITH AK VICE CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) We met November 29 with AK Vice Chairman and MP Murat Mercan to highlight the risks resulting from the Danistay's November 22 injunction against BRSA's takeover of insolvent Pamukbank. We said the decision, although taken by an independent judicial body, undermined the BRSA's credibility [...]
2002-11-29 12:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV TU
02ANKARA8738EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS GIVE HIGH MARKS TO NEW GOT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Ankara-based Eurodiplomats say ruling AK Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other members of the new GOT have impressed EU leaders with their approach to human rights reform and commitment to EU membership. So far, they say, Erdogan appears willing to break with GOT tradition [...]
2002-11-29 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8753TURKEY: BACKGROUND ON CHP CHAIRMAN DENIZ BAYKAL
[...] (C) Summary: Combining a sharp intellect with a divisive manner, Deniz Baykal is back in Parliament as opposition leader of a CHP reeling from the thrashing it received at the hands of Islam-influenced AK Party in Nov. 3 national elections. Aware of widespread public perceptions that he is a [...]
2002-12-02 12:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA8778EU AMBIVALENCE, CYPRUS SEEN AS OBSTACLES TO
[...] (C) Poloff discussed the state of Turkey's EU candidacy with several Ankara-based European diplomats following a November 26 meeting with Ambassador in which an unusually downbeat PM Gul appeared to believe Turkey had recently lost ground in its EU membership bid. -------------- EU Ambiva [...]
2002-12-02 15:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8779TURKEY: NULLIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS IN SIIRT
[...] (U) Summary: Anatolia News Agency reports Dec. 2 that the Supreme Election Board (YSK),acting pursuant to a petition filed by the Justice and Development (AK) Party last month, has nullified the results of the Nov. 3 elections in southeastern Siirt province. Provided AK can push through the n [...]
2002-12-02 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA8783TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP SEES AN AK PARTY DIVIDED
[...] (C) Summary: Trounced at the polls on Nov. 3, Deniz Baykal's CHP is already trying to turn the tables on the Islam-influenced AK Party government. CHP is now focusing on the headscarf controversy that flared up again when AK's Speaker of Parliament Arinc and his headscarf-clad wife were on ha [...]
2002-12-03 09:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA8798ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-03 15:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8845ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-04 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8851TERRORIST FINANCING: LEGAL BACKGROUND FOR USG
[...] (C) Summary: With a new, single party Turkish government at the beginning of its tenure, the timing for the December 16-19 interagency anti-terrorist finance visit is good. Senior civil servants in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice support a new law to expedite the GOT's ability [...]
2002-12-04 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PTER CVIS TU
02ANKARA8852SCENESETTER FOR DEC. 9-10 WASHINGTON VISIT OF AK PARTY CHAIRMAN R. TAYYIP ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary: As Turkey's strongest politician Tayyip Erdogan is key to our ability to influence the AK Party government and public opinion on Iraq and other strategic U.S. interests. His heightened sense of pride is undiminished, indeed boosted, by the Kemalist State's continuing attempts to [...]
2002-12-04 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PINS TU
02ANKARA8859TURKISH HEAD SCARF DEBATE: "THE TURBAN IS A MORAL
[...] (C) Summary: As Turkey watchers speculate about newly-elected Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan's political priorities, university professor Huseyn Bagci, an academic advisor to Erdogan, shared his views on a variety of issues. Bagci affirmed "The turban (head sc [...]
2002-12-09 08:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8867ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] Erdogan to US 2. Turkey-EU "Ozal treatment for Erdogan" Washington reporter of mass appeal "Milliyet" Yasemin Congar wrote (12/9): "The US President is going to host Tayyip Erdogan as a prime minister. Erdogan's treatment as Turkey's new leader coincides with the upcoming EU summit, [...]
2002-12-09 13:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8873DECISION-MAKING IN TURKEY: AK'S INTRODUCTION TO
[...] (C) Summary: As disparate and well-placed sources had predicted, Islam-influenced AK Party government received a lecture on the dangers posed by "reactionary" Islam at the Nov. 29 meeting of the National Security Council (NSC),the first since AK assumed power. (On Dec. 9, AK P.M. Gul was trea [...]
2002-12-10 10:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
02ANKARA8879ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-10 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8881GOT'S LATEST REFORM PACKAGE - SCORECARD AND
[...] (U) Summary: The GOT has prepared extensive legislative reforms designed to crack down on torture and remove barriers to free expression, association, and fair trial. Parliament will likely pass the reforms quickly, possibly before or during the December 12-13 EU Summit in Copenhagen. The re [...]
2002-12-10 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8900ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-11 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8935ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-12 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8976TURKEY POST-COPENHAGEN
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey is reacting with disappointment and resignation to the EU's decision at the Dec. 12-13 Copenhagen summit: 1) to review Turkey's EU accession bid in December 2004, withholding a definite date to start formal accession talks; and 2) to admit Cyprus as a member before a settle [...]
2002-12-13 17:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA8991ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-16 13:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8996DEFMIN HOPES FOR DECISION ON IRAQ WITHIN DAYS
[...] (S) Summary: In an introductory call on the new Minister of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gonul December 16, Ambassador emphasized the positive outcome of AK Party Leader Erdogan's visit to Washington, the resolution of Turkey's participation agreement with the EU on ESDP, progress on Turkey's [...]
2002-12-17 05:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS TU IZ
02ANKARA9040AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE MEETS WITH TURKISH
[...] (C) Summary: In Dec. 13 meetings with President Sezer, MFA Deputy U/S for the Middle East Tuygan, and representatives of ruling AK Party and main opposition CHP, American Jewish Committee (AJC) leaders affirmed AJC's support for Turkey. End summary. 2. (C) Dec. 13 AJC President Tann [...]
2002-12-18 13:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA9041ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-18 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9051TURKEY: AK PARTY SEES DENKTAS AS OBSTACLE TO
[...] (C) Summary: The political debate in Ankara regarding Turkey's EU candidacy and the future of Cyprus is revealing sharp differences between the ruling AK (Justice and Development) Party/Government and the Establishmentarian foreign policy class, including elements that predominate in the MFA. [...]
2002-12-19 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA9068ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-20 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9071SEZER VETO CALLS SIIRT ELECTIONS INTO QUESTION
[...] (C) President Sezer's Dec. 19 veto of a constitutional amendment package, which is designed to reinstate AK Leader Erdogan's political rights and clear the way for his entry into government (septel),calls into question the date for the "new" elections in Siirt Province and Erdogan's immediate [...]
2002-12-20 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA9073TURKEY: PRESIDENT'S VETO CLOUDS ERDOGAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: President Sezer Dec. 19 vetoed a constitutional amendment package (including changes to Articles 67, 76, and 78 -- ref A) designed to reinstate AK Leader Erdogan's political rights and clear the way for his entry into Parliament and the Government. Contacts across the spectrum say [...]
2002-12-20 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
02ANKARA9084ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-23 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9109ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-24 09:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9122ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-26 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9166AMB. MANN'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: AK party officials, including Energy Minister Guler and three newly-elected parliamentarians, confirmed their support for the BTC and Shah Deniz projects to EB/CBED Ambassador Mann in his December 18-20 visit to Ankara. Mann reviewed U.S. energy policy in the Caspian, noting tha [...]
2002-12-30 05:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
02ANKARA9183TURKISH PARLIAMENT RE-ENACTS VETOED CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (U) Turkish Parliament Dec. 27 re-enacted without changes a package of constitutional amendments designed to pave the way for Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Erdogan to regain his political rights, run for parliament, and thus become Prime Minister (reftel). The package -- approved b [...]
2002-12-30 12:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
02ISTANBUL1933ISTANBUL'S MARKET ANALYSTS COME TO TERMS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: While much of Istanbul's secular establishment remains wary and suspicious of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development (AK) party, soundings among market insiders in Istanbul on the eve of Sunday's polls show a more nuanced view among the city's business elite. In contrast [...]
2002-11-01 16:04:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON TU
02ROME5569ITALIAN RESPONSE TO PRE- GAERC POINTS ON DPRK,
[...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 14, POLMINCOUNS DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO ROCCO ANTONIO CANGELOSI, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION. ON THE DPRK, CANGELOSI'S WANTED TO KNOW, "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THEM IN ORDER TO REOPEN THE DIALOGUE?" POLMINCOUNS REPLIED THAT WE HAD LOST CONFIDENCE IN ANYT [...]
2002-11-15 16:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KN TU CY IT EUN
03ADANA13 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 14, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2003-01-15 14:51:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA130 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 6, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Turkiye: Although the [...]
2003-05-06 15:02:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA167 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 27, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Turkiye, Bolge, [...]
2003-06-27 14:39:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA168 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 30, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriyet, / UNESCO i [...]
2003-06-30 13:44:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA188 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 16, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often Adana contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Dunya [...]
2003-07-18 11:21:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA23 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 24, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2003-01-27 09:42:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA25 THE VIEW FROM SIRNAK PROVINCE:
[...] (SBU) Summary: In southeastern Turkey's Sirnak province, one of two bordering Iraq, the preoccupation of government officials, NGOs, and businessmen is less about war than about war's aftermath. The populace is desperate to revive border trade and commerce. Kurdish interlocutors worry that [...]
2003-01-28 17:36:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU SY IZ ADANA
03ADANA261 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Turkiye, Bolge, Ek [...]
2003-10-07 13:10:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA269 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 15, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET/MILLIYET [...]
2003-10-16 16:11:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA285 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 18, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet, Bolge [...]
2003-11-18 16:47:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
03ADANA3 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 4-5, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]
2003-01-09 09:20:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA35 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 31, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2003-02-03 08:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA36 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 1-2, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------ [...]
2003-02-04 08:42:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA39 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 4, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2003-02-06 09:19:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA40 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 5, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2003-02-06 09:24:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA41 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 6, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2003-02-07 09:06:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM ADANA
03ADANA45 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]
2003-02-18 10:22:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA46 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 18, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]
2003-02-20 08:40:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA49 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 21, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]
2003-02-24 09:13:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA5 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 8, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS --------------------------- [...]
2003-01-09 09:25:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA53 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 22-23, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]
2003-02-25 13:39:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA57 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 27, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]
2003-02-28 13:11:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA62 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 05, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------------- [...]
2003-03-06 14:32:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA66 THE VIEW FROM THE SOUTHEAST,
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-07 16:46:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU OSCE ADANA
03ADANA7 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 9, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS --------------------------- [...]
2003-01-13 09:40:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA9 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 11-12, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ----------------------- [...]
2003-01-14 09:01:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA98 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet/Bolge/Cumh [...]
2003-04-07 17:07:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ANKARA1091SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]
2003-02-19 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA1092TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HEFLEY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]
2003-02-19 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1094ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-19 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1126ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-20 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1132TURKEY ON IRAQ: STUMBLING UNWILLINGLY TOWARD THE
[...] (C) Summary: Virtually all interlocutors from across the spectrum assume eventual GOT agreement to deployment of U.S. forces through Turkey. However, there is no clear GOT decision on the horizon; for their part, key elements of the Kemalist State are compounding the delay by using the Iraq q [...]
2003-02-20 20:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1161ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-21 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1207ON THE EVE OF THE IRAQ VOTE: WHICH WAY WILL TURKEY
[...] (C) P.M. Gul's cabinet formally submitted a combined draft resolution -- covering deployment of U.S. troops through Turkey and deployment of Turkish forces abroad -- to Parliament Feb. 24. Given procedural requirements, the earliest Parliament can begin debate will be 1500 local (0800 Washingt [...]
2003-02-24 17:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA122ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-06 13:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1232ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-25 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1267IRAQ: CODEL HEFLEY PRESSES FOR TURKISH SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 20-21 meetings, Codel Hefley politely but aggressively pressed Turkey's leadership to permit U.S. forces to use Turkey as a potential base for operations. While recognizing the political difficulties Turkey's elected politicians face, the Codel called upon them to he [...]
2003-02-26 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD TU IQ
03ANKARA1273ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-26 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1303OCALAN'S CONTINUED ISOLATION, POSSIBLE RETURN OF
[...] (C) Summary: Relatives and attorneys remain unable to visit jailed PKK leader Ocalan; the last visit took place November 27. The official GOT line is that stormy weather has grounded the boat that takes visitors to Ocalan's island prison, but some GOT officials privately acknowledge there mus [...]
2003-02-27 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU PKK
03ANKARA1313ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-28 07:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1332ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-28 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1345IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT REJECTS U.S. TROOP
[...] (U) On March 1, in closed session, the Turkish Parliament rejected a motion that would have allowed the U.S. to deploy troops for operations against Iraq. Of the 533 members present, 264 voted in favor and 250 against. 19 MPs abstained. Article 96 of the Constitution requires that an absol [...]
2003-03-01 20:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1346TURKEY: PARLIAMENTARY VOTE POST-MORTEM
[...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S told the Ambassador March 1 the Turkish system was in shock following defeat of the Parliamentary resolution for U.S. and Turkish Troop Deployments. The PM and Government worked hard to convince parliamentarians, but felt their efforts were not fully understood. Turkey [...]
2003-03-01 21:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA1350TURKEY: WHY THE VOTE WENT SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: Ref A reported the March 1 defeat in Parliament of the AK Government's petition to permit deployment of U.S. troops to Turkey. A number of factors contributed to the outcome, primarily: 1) the secular Turkish State's fears about USG intention in Iraq; 2) a strong desire to bring [...]
2003-03-03 11:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1359ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-03 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1364TURKEY: NOTIONAL CALENDAR FOR ERDOGAN'S ASSUMPTION
[...] (U) AK leader Erdogan is a candidate for Parliament in the special March 9 election in Siirt province. Assuming he wins a seat in the legislature, the election will serve as a prelude to his eventually assuming the role of prime minister. 2. (U) The following notional calendar represents [...]
2003-03-03 17:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1386ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-04 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1391NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP AND PUK TO UNIFY
[...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Ankara rep Bahros Galali called on Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 3 to inform that after the Iraqi opposition conference in Salahadeen, PUK leader Jalal Talabani and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani met and agreed to unify t [...]
2003-03-04 16:06:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1392TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 4 COB
[...] (SBU) Summary: Markets were relieved this afternoon that today's Treasury auctions had gone relatively well, with the lira and equities gaining for the day (though t-bill yields closed up 2.5 percentage points). Treasury raised a total of TL 2.3 quadrillion that, together with some of Tresaur [...]
2003-03-04 16:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1406TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 5 AM: MARKETS BEGIN TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets improved throughout the morning of March 5, and at mid-day appeared poised to continue a rally. Yields on T-bills strengthened five percentage points in morning trading. This positive market sentiment is based on two statements indicating that the [...]
2003-03-05 12:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1410TURKEY: ERDOGAN AND AK LOOKING GOOD IN SIIRT
[...] (C) Contacts across the political spectrum indicate AK and its party leader Erdogan are poised to win the March 9 special election in Siirt province, paving the way Erdogan's entry into Parliament and eventual move to the Prime Ministry. -- AK M. P. Egemen Bagis told us March 4 that 16 AK [...]
2003-03-05 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1411ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-05 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1419TURKEY: PARLIAMENT FEELING ITS OATS
[...] (C) Building on the March 1 defeat of the government proposal regarding U.S. and Turkish troop deployments to Iraq (reftel),Parliamentary leaders and other influential M.P.s are sketching out an ambitious agenda that will, if carried out, aggrandize the institution and make it a more permanent [...]
2003-03-05 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1421TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 5 COB
[...] (U) All Turkish markets continued to strengthen in afternoon trading on March 5, with expectations of the rallies continuing into March 6. -- The lira appreciated over 2 percent, to close at TL 1,609,000. According to several market participants (Yapi Kredi Treasurer Imece, JP Morgan/Ch [...]
2003-03-05 16:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1442TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 6 AM: MARKETS STABLE,
[...] Summary: Turkish financial markets were flat during the morning of March 6, awaiting confirmation of their expectation that a new GOT, led by AK Chairman Erdogan, would deliver a U.S. financial package. Erdogan and State Minister Babacan, facing public complaints about the new taxes in the [...]
2003-03-06 12:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1461ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-07 06:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1477ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-07 13:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1485IRAQ: CODEL WEXLER PRESSES RULING AK PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: AK Party leader Erdogan initially told Codel Wexler March 8 he may need several weeks (until end March) to create the right conditions for parliamentary passage of a resolution permitting deployment of U.S. troops through Turkey. When Codel and Ambassador pushed back that Turkey [...]
2003-03-08 11:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA1488TURKEY: ERDOGAN AND AK REPORTEDLY SWEEP SIIRT
[...] According to unofficial election results as released by Siirt governor's office, R. Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party swept all three seats in March 9 repeat of parliamentary election in Siirt province. The elections were re-run owing to electoral irregularities in Siirt during the Nov. 3 natio [...]
2003-03-09 16:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1496SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S DEWEY AND
[...] (C) The Turkish Parliament,s March 1 vote rejecting deployment of U.S. troops, along with a worsening in Turkish-Kurdish tensions, has shaken the GOT and has increased the uncertainty surrounding Turkey,s ultimate choices on Iraq. Whether or not there will be a Northern Option, your visit on [...]
2003-03-10 09:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID IZ PREF PREL MOPS TU
03ANKARA1508ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-10 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA152ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-07 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1528 AIR POLLUTION IN TURKEY: YOU CAN'T MANAGE WHAT YOU
[...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey's air pollution monitoring infrastructure is inconsistent and largely unreliable, making it nearly impossible to assess the level of Turkey's air quality and its effects on health. Reliance on fossil fuels for industrial activity, domestic heating, and vehicle travel ar [...]
2003-03-11 11:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO TU
03ANKARA1529TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 11: MARKETS QUIET, WEAK
[...] (U) On March 11, Turkish Treasury auctioned a 546-day dollar-denominated bond in the local debt market to weak demand. The annual yield - 6.88 percent - was below market expectations, but the Treasury only succeeded in selling $180.5 million. 2. (SBU) Comment: The debt redemption on M [...]
2003-03-11 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1533ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-11 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1546NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT: WHAT WILL ERDOGAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: AK Party chairman Erdogan has the mandate to form a new Turkish government. We expect him to shuffle the outgoing cabinet, although timing of the shuffle is not yet certain. While the Erdogan government might assume office quickly, contacts across the spectrum advise us Erdogan i [...]
2003-03-12 03:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1565TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 12: MARKETS IGNORE MOODY'S
[...] (U) In the morning of March 12, yields on lira T-bills inched upwards to close at 57.5 percent (yesterday's close was 56.8 percent). The lira remained unchanged at about TL 1,620,000 to the dollar. The Istanbul Stock Exchange was down 1 percent in morning trading, after dropping about 1 per [...]
2003-03-12 11:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1567ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-12 12:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1579TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT: MORE ON ERDOGAN'S TIMING
[...] (C) Summary: AK leader Erdogan likely to submit his candidate cabinet list March 13. Possible he will emerge as Prime Minister in office as of that date. Still no convincing sign, however, that he intends to pass a parliamentary resolution approving U.S. troop deployment in the next five-six [...]
2003-03-12 21:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1587TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 13: TREASURY U/S OZTRAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Faik Oztrak told us March 13 that the key to debt sustainability this year is economic reform program implementation, not the U.S. package. Oztrak is concerned that the new Erdogan government will view the U.S. package as "an excuse not to implement the [...]
2003-03-13 12:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1593ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-13 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1624GOT CLOSES PRO-KURDISH HADEP PARTY, OPENS CASE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's highest court announced the closure of the pro-Kurdish HADEP party the same day a chief prosecutor opened a case to close the closely linked DEHAP party. HADEP is accused of aiding the PKK and other offenses; DEHAP is charged with actions against the democratic state and [...]
2003-03-13 16:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA1630TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 14: MARKET WORRIES MOUNT IN
[...] (U) Turkish financial markets in morning trading March 14 are beginning to reflect the concern that the U.S. financial package is off the table. The benchmark lira T-bill rose two percentage points to close at 60 percent compounded. The lira depreciated one percent, now trading at TL 1,650,0 [...]
2003-03-14 10:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1634TURKEY/IRAQ: OPPOSITION CHP'S GRATUITOUS
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts from main opposition CHP say that although another UN resolution could influence some backbenchers, CHP is likely to continue to vote en bloc against U.S. troop deployment. Taking their cue from President Sezer, CHPers at all levels assert that any UNSC resolutionless op [...]
2003-03-14 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA1635ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] Post Djindjic assassination in Serbia and the Balkans 2. Iraq and US-Turkey relations "Djindjic was victimized by foreign intervention" Ferai Tinc commented on the assassination of the Serbian leader in mass appeal Hurriyet (3/14): "Djindjic was killed on the eve of a meeting to shape Ko [...]
2003-03-14 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1660TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Late afternoon March 14 President Sezer approved AK leader Erdogan's cabinet list and sent it to the Turkish Parliament for consideration and eventual vote of confidence. Erdogan is now officially Prime Minister. 2. (C) Erdogan's new cabinet is largely the same as that of his predece [...]
2003-03-14 16:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1667TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 17: SELL-OFF IN LOCAL
[...] (U) News that the U.S. financial package was off the table led to sell-offs in all Turkish financial markets in the morning March 17 trading session: -- The lira depreciated 2 percent to close at TL 1,680,000 to the dollar (Friday's close was TL 1,647,000). -- T-bill rates rose sharp [...]
2003-03-17 20:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1671"ISLAMIC" UNION HAK-IS ON IRAQ, LABOR ISSUES IN
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Islamic-oriented union Hak-Is president Salim Uslu expressed: 1) resignation to Turkey's eventually joining the coalition against Saddam; and 2) hope that Tayyip Erdogan's new government will not make major changes to the AK Government's "urgent action plan" emphasizing [...]
2003-03-17 20:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU ILAB
03ANKARA1692TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 18: MARKETS TURN AROUND ON
[...] (U) The Turkish Treasury raised TL 3.4 quadrillion (about $ 2 billion) in two lira-denominated debt instrument auctions on March 18, as Turkish markets rebounded on overnight "good news" regarding the U.S. financial package (see para 3 below). The auction results announced 1:30 pm local time [...]
2003-03-18 11:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1702ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-18 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1713TURKISH ECONOMY COB 3/18: RETURN TO NEVER NEVER
[...] (C) Summary: Reports that the U.S. financial package was back "on the table" sustained the market's rally this afternoon, with the lira closing at TL 1,648,000 and t-bill yields ending at slightly under 60 percent. CB Governor Serdengecti warned us that, should Parliament pass a second reso [...]
2003-03-18 17:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1720AK ECONOMIC POLICY: REFORM ONLY AS A LAST RESORT
[...] (C) Summary: New Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's decision not to make any changes in the AK economic team suggests he is unlikely to break sharply with the Gul government's economic appraoch. That is unfortunate. In its four months in office, the AK leadership has proven that it neither un [...]
2003-03-19 08:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1742TURKEY: POLITICAL RETURN OF ISLAMIST LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: Returning from the political wilderness, Islamist former Prime Minister Erbakan is bent on using Saadet Party and the Iraq issue to hammer the ruling AK Party and P.M. Erdogan, a former Erbakan protege. It is unlikely the septuagenarian Erbakan can reclaim his once dominant place [...]
2003-03-19 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1780TURKISH MARKETS COB MARCH 19: LIMITED FURTHER
[...] (U) After falling significantly in the morning, Turkish markets declined only slightly in the afternoon session, as investors struggled to figure out whether some kind of U.S. assistance package might still be possible. At market closing, the lira had weakened to TL 1,695,776/dollar, while [...]
2003-03-19 17:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1793TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 20: CONTAINED REACTION FOR
[...] (U) At OOB March 20, Turkish markets opened sharply down, but recovered somewhat as the morning went on. JP MOrgan/Chase bond trader Gumisdis, Yapi Kredi Bank Treasurer Imece and other market players here all pointed to the Ari Fleischer statement that "the White House has not ruled out assi [...]
2003-03-20 12:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1809ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-21 11:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1811ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-21 12:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1905TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 24: ERDOGAN SPEECH DOESN'T
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday evening March 23, PM Erdogan addressed the nation committing the new GOT to continue the economic reform program and to take additional reform measures if needed. But markets weren't buying, and yields on T-bills rose 5.5 percentage points in morning trading March 24 [...]
2003-03-24 12:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1908ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-24 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1931TURKEY'S RULING AK PARTY: DISCONTENT ON HIGH AND
[...] (C) Summary: Senior AK party reps express concern to us at AK's mishandling of the Iraq question and relations with the U.S. Local AK party bosses in Ankara districts complain bitterly to us about AK's failure to pass the U.S. deployment resolution (ref A) and what they see as AK's subsequent [...]
2003-03-25 09:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1946ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-25 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2010TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 27: MARKETS QUIET;
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Turkish markets were relatively quiet on March 27 am, a wide range of market and GOT contacts tell us confidence in the government remains rock bottom. This translates into ongoing serious concerns about the GOT's ability to roll-over about $3 billion of debt in its local [...]
2003-03-27 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2039TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 28: CONTINUING PROBLEMATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Markets remained quiet on March 28 am, with T-bill yields weakening slightly to 65.7 percent. Two economic policy developments in the past day, however, indicate that AK continues to take actions that won't improve its credibility gap with the markets. First, according to pre [...]
2003-03-28 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2051SENIOR BANKING OFFICIALS CONCERNED OVER GOT ECON
[...] (C) Summary: In frank discussions March 26 and 27, BRSA Chairman Engin Akcakoca and the outgoing Chairman of the State Bank Board Safa Ocak told us of concerns with the lack of market confidence in the government. They described a situation of policy drift on the economy, with Deputy PM Sen [...]
2003-03-28 16:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2052DEMARCHES ON WAR SUPPLEMENTAL AND BOLSTERING
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: DCM delivered ref A and B points to Treasury U/S Oztrak and MFA Deputy U/S Kilic March 26-27, and EconCouns separately presented them to State Planning U/S Tiktik and AK Deputy Reha Denemec. DCM stressed that USG was very co [...]
2003-03-28 16:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2059ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-28 16:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2099ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-31 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2130PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: THE FIRST MAJOR SALE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A top GOT Privatization Administration (PA) official told us March 28 the GOT is on track to meet its $4 billion sales target for 2003, which will result in $2.6 billion in PA revenue this year and the rest to be paid by installment. The official defended the GOT's proposed law [...]
2003-04-01 11:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2133TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 1: MARKETS AWAIT IMF GOOD
[...] (U) Transactions volumes in Turkish financial markets were very low on April 1 am. T-bill yields were unchanged at 65 percent compounded, the lira appreciated slightly to TL 1,702,000, and the Istanbul Stock Exchange 100 index was up 1 percent. Stock market transaction volume has averaged [...]
2003-04-01 12:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2232TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: LEADING MARDIN M.P.S SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Prominent Kurdish M.P.s representing the border province of Mardin for both ruling AK and opposition CHP support the U.S.-led war against Saddam. Despite (1) pressure from elements within AK, (2) outright hostility from the CHP and the Turkish State, and (3) the ethnically Turkish [...]
2003-04-07 10:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2233TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 7: FIRST T-BILL AUCTION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Treasury raised $844 million in the first of three T-bill auctions scheduled for April 7-8. Treasury's target is to raise a total of $3 billion ahead of $3.2 billion in debt service payments on April 9. Today's auction results came in at market expectations; the m [...]
2003-04-07 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2243TRANCHING AND CONDITIONING OF U.S. ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (C) Assuming Congress approves $1 billion in ESF assistance for Turkey, we expect the Turkish Government to leverage that money into the largest possible package -- $8.5 billion in long-term loans. Prime Minister Erdogan has stated this intention publicly, and numerous lower level officials [...]
2003-04-07 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA2258TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 8: SUCCESSFUL T-BILL
[...] (U) Treasury raised a total of TL 3.26 quadrillion ($1.97 billion) in two debt auctions on the morning of April 8. Results were: Maturity Net Amt Compounded of Paper Sold (quad) Interest Rate --------- ----------- ------------- Oct. 8 Bill TL 0.801 57 pct Apr [...]
2003-04-08 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2259IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO ANKARA: GOT/GOI
[...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told the Ambassador late April 7 Iranian FM Kharrazi,s April 6 visit to Ankara revealed a congruence of views between the GOT and GOI on Iraq. Kharrazi reportedly requested Gul,s support for re-establishing Turkish-Iranian-Syrian trilateral consultations with Syria, b [...]
2003-04-08 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TU IZ SY
03ANKARA2292TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 9: NEWS OF U.S. AID
[...] (U) On April 9 am, in the first trading session for the new T-bill issued yesterday, volume was quite high - TL 1.1 quadrillion ($670 million). Rates, however, did not decline as expected. Traders cited the local press reports that the Senate version of the U.S. aid for Turkey contains a co [...]
2003-04-09 10:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PREL TU
03ANKARA23APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS APPEARS TO
[...] (U) President Sezer's Dec. 31 approval of a package of constitutional reforms appears to open the door for Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Erdogan to regain his political rights, run for Parliament, and become Prime Minister. A political reform package of legal amendments (the secon [...]
2003-01-02 12:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
03ANKARA2315ECONOMIC MINISTERS BATTLE FOR INFLUENCE AS ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary: Infighting among economic ministers is hindering the Government's efforts to coordinate policy around an economic "super-minister." Deputy PM Sener, who was supposed to lead the economic team, appears to be losing influence to Finance Minister Unakitan, while State Minister Bab [...]
2003-04-09 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA2323TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 10: MARKETS DROP ON NO.
[...] (U) As of 2:00 pm local time April 10, local news reports that Iraqi Kurds have taken Kirkuk are raising market concerns of a Turkish reaction that could jeopardize the U.S. aid package. T-bill yields rose nearly three percentage points to 66 percent; the lira depreciated almost two percent [...]
2003-04-10 11:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2335ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-10 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2353TURKEY: DIFFICULTIES FROM PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Trouble continues with ruling AK party parliamentary Human Rights Committee Chairman Elkatmis regarding Iraq-related anti-American statements he persists in making to the press, statements which (1) are at odds with the AK government line; (2) reflect the committee's refusal to ta [...]
2003-04-11 09:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2372APRIL 11 TURKISH GOVT STATEMENTS ON IRAQ
[...] Anatolia News Agency reported that a written press announcement issued by the Prime Ministry April 11 stated that GOT military and civilian leaders discussed developments in Iraq at the meeting held at the Prime Ministry this morning. The situation in Kirkuk and Mosul was high on the agenda. [...]
2003-04-11 13:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDIZ PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2419TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 14: POSITIVE PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Positive statements by IMF and GOT officials over the weekend, combined with a lessening of anxiety over Iraq, gave Turkish markets a modest lift this morning. The lira strengthened to TL 1,633,000/dollar, yields on the benchmark 4/28/04 t-bill fell to 62.31 percent, and the stock marke [...]
2003-04-14 11:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA2503ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-17 10:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2504TURKS AND ISRAELIS SAY THEY ARE PLEASED WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Embassy used terms like "positive, excellent," and Turkish MFA "successful" to describe Israeli Foreign Minister Shalom's first official visit to Turkey April 13-14. End summary. 2. (C) Israeli DCM Nahshon told us April 15 plans for FonMin Shalom's April 13-14 [...]
2003-04-17 10:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IS
03ANKARA2521THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF: A FRACTIOUS AND SULLEN POLITICAL COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: As refs (A-E) note, Turkish General Staff (TGS) remains deeply involved in day-to-day political life and policymaking, with attendant strains and divisions among senior military leaders over domestic and foreign policy issues. These divisions are more visible today than at any ti [...]
2003-04-18 08:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
03ANKARA2524TURKEY MARKETS ENJOY A QUIET BUT POSITIVE WEEK
[...] (U) Turkish markets rose steadily, if not spectacularly, this week. The lira strengthened from TL 1.65 million/dollar at the end of last week to TL 1.60 at the close of this morning's trading session. Meanwhile, yields on the benchmark 4/28/04 t-bill fell from 64.39 to 57.72 percent, and t [...]
2003-04-18 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2568ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-21 12:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2646ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-24 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2666TURKEY'S HEADSCARF ISSUE OPENS ANOTHER POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Islamist headscarf remains a threatening symbol for the Kemalist state. In inviting headscarved women to a reception in honor of the children's holiday, AK Party Speaker of Parliament Arinc has widened a rift between the GOT and the Turkish Establishment. End summary. 2. [...]
2003-04-24 17:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2695TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 25: POSITIVE NEWS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Some positive news came at the end of a relatively quiet week in Turkish markets: the GOT announced a well-regarded macro-economist bureaucrat, Ibrahim Canakci, to replace Faik Oztrak at Treasury. The Central Bank announced a 3 percentage point cut in its short-term borrowin [...]
2003-04-25 11:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2776ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-29 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2847ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-01 13:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2902SUGAR LAW LEAVES BITTER TASTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new sugar law implemented in September 2002 was supposed to eliminate the sugar industry's rampant overproduction, as well as GOT subsidies for its export, and eventually move the industry toward the free market. However, even as state-owned sugar company SEKER (its privati [...]
2003-05-05 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2914AK REVIVES PLANS TO SELL STATE LANDS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM ERDOGAN ANNOUNCED RECENTLY THAT THE GOT IS PLANNING TO REALIZE BETWEEN $25-30 BILLION IN NEW REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF STATE-OWNED "FOREST LAND," MUCH OF IT TREELESS SUBURBAN SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS. THE OPPOSITION CHP AND SEVERAL NGOS CRITICIZED THE PROPOSAL, AND PRESIDENT SEZ [...]
2003-05-06 04:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA298ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-13 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA301EMBASSY PRESSES AK ON ECONOMIC POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Gul January 9, emphasizing that any possible U.S. financial assistance was conditional on continued implementation of the economic reform program. Embassy delivered the same message January 9 and 13 to Treasury U/S Oztrak and [...]
2003-01-13 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3011ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-08 11:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3016ERDOGAN ADVISOR BENEFITS FROM GOT GENEROSITY TO
[...] (C) Summary: Unable to fulfill his campaign pledge to raise support prices for Turkey's hazelnut farmers, Prime Minister Erdogan instead announced in February that the government would provide additional direct income support to this politically-powerful group. One of the beneficiaries of t [...]
2003-05-08 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAGR TU
03ANKARA3052ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-09 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3093ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-12 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA31ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-02 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3151ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-13 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3154FORMER MP DISCUSSES ROLE IN MANISA TORTURE
[...] (C) Summary: Sabri Ergul, one of the prosecuting attorneys in the high-profile Manisa police torture case, used his status as a parliamentarian to maintain pressure on the GOT and ensure the 10 defendants were convicted and sentenced. Ergul served as a witness in the case, having seen some of [...]
2003-05-13 16:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3155TURKEY: RETURN OF THE HOCA
[...] (C) Summary: At Saadet Party's May 11 national convention, long-time leader of Turkey's Islamist movement Necmettin Erbakan returned to active politics as party chairman. Unlike recent conventions of right-of-center DYP and ANAP, Saadet's congress was far more lively and colorful. The mood of [...]
2003-05-13 17:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3187CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHIEF JUSTICE DISCUSSES ROLE
[...] Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mustafa Bumin discussed his views on: the ruling AK Party; the threat of Islamic fundamentalism in Turkey; the role of the Constitution in a State of law; and the recent law lowering the retirement age for civil se [...]
2003-05-14 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA3197HIGHLIGHTS OF APRIL 27-29 CODEL WEXLER
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 27-29 visit to Ankara, Representative Robert Wexler visited with senior GOT leadership to assure continued support for the U.S.-Turkish relationship while simultaneously acknowledging there had been recent differences between the two countries. To mitigate any p [...]
2003-05-15 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON OREP PGOV PREL TU US
03ANKARA3205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-15 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3206IMF READOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF resident rep in Ankara briefed us May 13 on the status of the Fifth Review. Given the number of unmet conditions at this point, the earliest date for the Fifth Review Board meeting is likely to be early July. While the GOT may meet its primary surplus criterion, there are [...]
2003-05-15 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3225GOT OFFICIALS ON IRAQ SANCTIONS LIFT RESOLUTION,
[...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA officials and the Energy Minister reacted positively to demarches by the Ambassador and others on the UN Security Council draft Iraq sanctions lift resolution. However, other MFA and Foreign Trade officials stressed the GOT's strong view that all pending, signed co [...]
2003-05-16 06:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA3257ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-16 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3287ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-20 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3305ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-21 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3397UNION OF CHAMBERS PRESIDENT BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON
[...] (SBU) Influential Union of Chambers of Commerce (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarciklioglu told the Ambassador May 22 that he had returned from a three-day visit to Washington with agreement on several specific initiatives to bolster the bilateral relationship. They include: - establishing a [...]
2003-05-23 12:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA3401ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-23 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3410OPPOSITION FROM TURKEY'S NSC SHARPENS CONFLICT
[...] (C) Summary: GOT leaders continue to support passage of a series of reform packages to harmonize Turkey's practices with EU membership criteria. TGS chief Ozkok and his deputy Buyukanit also formally support Turkey's EU candidacy. At the same time the military-dominated National Security Cou [...]
2003-05-23 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3412TURKEY'S CYPRUS POLICY: WHAT NOW?
[...] (C) Summary: Assessments of how Turkey should move on Cyprus vary in both the GOT and Turkish State. Some (e.g., FonMin Gul) are working to overcome what they recognize as pressure on Turkey's interests following the failure of the UN-sponsored Cyprus talks and the EU's decision to accept a d [...]
2003-05-23 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY TU
03ANKARA3458ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-27 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3488POLITICIANS PRESS CENTRAL BANK TO CUT INTEREST
[...] (SBU) Government ministers continue to ratchet up the pressure on the Central Bank to cut overnight interest rates, arguing that such a move is needed to weaken the recently-robust lira and prevent Turkey's growing current account deficit from deteriorating further. 2. (SBU) The pressur [...]
2003-05-28 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3506DAS PASCOE'S MAY 21-22 POST-WAR TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (C) State Department DAS for European Affairs Lynn Pascoe told GOT officials May 21-22 the USG was disappointed with Turkey over its handling of issues of major importance to the US, including Iraq and Cyprus. DAS Pascoe said the door to rebuilding relations was open, but it was up to Turkey t [...]
2003-05-29 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR AR TU IZ IS
03ANKARA3507TURKISH FONMIN GUL TO OIC: "WE SHOULD FIRST PUT
[...] (U) Much of May 29 Turkish press highlights what it reports as Deputy P.M./FonMin Gul's strong pro-democracy statement at May 28 OIC meeting in Tehran. Promoting what some press characterized as a "visionary" message (one supporting some USG points in reftel demarche),Gul urged the transform [...]
2003-05-29 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PGOV SCUL TU
03ANKARA3509TURKEY: CHP TAKES A TACTICAL VIEW OF REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP has publicly, and privately in meetings with us, endorsed the AK government's EU reform package but has rejected AK proposals to sell state-owned forestry lands and to allow local administrations more control over health and education services. The CHP stance refle [...]
2003-05-30 07:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3537DISCUSSION WITH MFA ON TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE AND
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: DCM met with MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic May 29 to discuss ways in which Turkey could begin establishing a normal trading relationship with Iraq. Kilic said the MFA was ready to move forward [...]
2003-05-30 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EPET IZ TU
03ANKARA3694DEFINING THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY: GENERAL STAFF AND GOVERNMENT STRUGGLE WITH THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER
[...] (C) Summary: Chief of the General Staff (TGS) Ozkok's attempt to smother disgruntlement in senior ranks and at the same time to warn ruling AK party against perceived anti-secular trends has achieved neither goal. While tensions between the military and AK, and within each, will continue, we [...]
2003-06-06 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA3729ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-09 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3732TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP DEVELOPS "NUANCES" ON EU
[...] (C) Ref A noted main opposition CHP's general support for the AK government's sixth EU reform package, which could be brought to Parliament perhaps as early as this week. However, in light of the May 28 NSC meeting and the well-publicized opposition to the reform process among hardliners in th [...]
2003-06-09 15:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3751GOT FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF USG APPROACH FOR JUNE 16
[...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Action Request at paragraph 8. 3. (C) SUMMARY. We delivered reftel demarche on June 9 to representatives of the Turkish MFA, who promised full support for the USG approach at the June 16 IAEA Bo [...]
2003-06-10 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA
03ANKARA3753TURKS ASSERT WILLINGNESS TO MOVE FORWARD DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 1-4 visit to Ankara, President of the Project on Transitional Democracies Bruce Jackson urged Turkish officials to consider a wider, European context as it pursues foreign policy over the next 18 months. GOT interlocutors embraced Jackson's message and seemed will [...]
2003-06-10 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3784TURKEY'S GENC PARTY: THE KEMALIST STATE'S NEW
[...] (C) Summary: As reported in reftels, Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan is trying to moderate Genc Party's nationalist-corporatist image by toning down his angry anti-U.S., anti-West rhetoric and by recruiting well-known politicians from the center-right. As part of this strategy, Uzan has been grant [...]
2003-06-11 12:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3787TURKEY TRYING TO SUPPORT THE MIDDLE EAST ROADMAP
[...] (C) Since late May, numerous meetings with GOT officials and press reports suggest Turkey is seeking to develop a constructive approach on Middle East issues, offering to host an MEPP (and a separate OIC) conference in Turkey and sending appropriate, reform-minded messages to Iran and Syria (r [...]
2003-06-11 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IS TU
03ANKARA3815TURKEY ECONOMIC UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The increasing likelihood of a delay beyond end-June in the Fifth Review under Turkey's IMF program so far has not dampened the relatively buoyant mood in the markets, as the lira continues to trade strongly against the dollar. The Central Bank intervened again this week, to [...]
2003-06-12 13:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA3826ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-12 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3892ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-16 13:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3916FIFTH REVIEW DELAY RAISES NEW CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk indicated to us today that, even with speedy conclusion of the GOT's letter of intent, the IMF's fifth review "cannot" be completed by the end of June, bringing into full play tough end-of-June performance targets. Benign markets stem [...]
2003-06-18 04:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA3918AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE VISIT TO ANKARA, JUNE 6,
[...] (C) Five members of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) including Harold Tanner, president, Shula Bahat, chief operating officer, Stanley Bergman, board member, Marian Bergman, board member and Barry Jacobs, director of strategic studies visited Ankara on Friday, June 6 to meet with senior G [...]
2003-06-18 07:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IS TU
03ANKARA3974SIXTH EU-RELATED REFORM PACKAGE IN PARLIAMENT,
[...] (C) Summary: With the Turkish Parliament beginning its consideration of the GOT's sixth EU-related reform package in the past two years, the ruling AK Party has moved forward despite an attempt by the military-dominated National Security Council (NSC) to delay the legislation and the outspoken [...]
2003-06-19 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3992TURKEY'S LOCAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ANKARA: LET
[...] (C) Summary: In the metropolitan municipality of Ankara, the campaign season has begun anew. Local elections must be held here by April 2004, although some of our contacts continue to speculate that the ruling AK Party could change the constitution to hold local polls sometime this fall. Cand [...]
2003-06-20 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3997ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-20 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4019ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-23 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4026TURKEY: AK GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS THE SCREWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: AK Party is engaging in a broad and popular anti-corruption campaign for both normative policy and narrower, hardball political reasons. By doing so, P.M. Erdogan and AK are: 1) implicating both their political and bureaucratic rivals; thereby 2) putting them on the defensive and [...]
2003-06-24 11:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4033ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-24 13:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA404SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN,
[...] (S/NF) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, a small CENTCOM/EUCOM planning team will soon [...]
2003-01-16 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA4061CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AROUND PETKIM PRIVATIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first major sale in Turkey's ambitious 2003 privatization program is nearing the finish line, with the imminent submission of the winning bid for the state petrochemical company Petkim to Turkey's High Privatization Council for approval. The tender is engulfed in controve [...]
2003-06-25 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG TU
03ANKARA4110TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP STILL WALKING TIGHTROPE ON
[...] (C) Summary: AK government says it will pursue as one or two additional EU reform packages (the seventh and eighth) before Parliament goes on delayed recess this summer. Opposition CHP supported the sixth package in June 20 vote, but is now attempting to put the breaks on the government's refo [...]
2003-06-26 20:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4161TURKEY: CORRUPTION CHARGES DIMMING GENC PARTY'S
[...] (C) Summary: New corruption charges against Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan, stemming from his abuse of Uzan-linked companies against Turkish citizens in Turkey, are having a negative impact on his populist, xenophobic Genc Party's standing in the public eye. The controversy surrounding the notori [...]
2003-07-01 09:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4178ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-01 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4217ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-03 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4230TURKEY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ITS SPECIAL
[...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Acting Undersecretary of MFA Baki Ilkin convoked DCM the evening of July 4th to formally protest the reported arrest by US forces of Turkish Special Forces (SF) in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. According to Ilkin, at approximately 14:30 July 4, Turkish SF re [...]
2003-07-04 20:48:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4231ARREST OF TURKISH SF CLOSES BORDER
[...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) Ambassador spoke with MFA Acting U/S Baki Ilkin the morning of July 5 concerning the arrest of Turkish Special Forces in Iraq (reftel). Ilkin said that US military authorities in northern Iraq told the Turkish Liaison team with the 173rd in Iraq th [...]
2003-07-05 11:01:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4240TURKEY: GROWING HOSTILITY TOWARD USG IN WAKE OF N.
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the release of the Turks detained by U.S. forces in Suleimaniye, negative press and public reaction to the U.S. operation reached new heights in the July 7 morning papers. The hostile press reaction will continue to grow absent a clear and forceful public justification fo [...]
2003-07-07 10:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4278TURKEY: ESTABLISHMENT SEETHES WHILE AK GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS MEASURED STANCE ON IRAQ INCIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish press July 8 highlights the divide between the AK Government and military/Establishment over the recent arrest and release of Turkish troops by U.S. forces in Iraq. While AK insists on a measured response, the military's political/press allies continue a confrontational p [...]
2003-07-08 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4299TURKEY: PRESS BEGINS TO QUESTION TURKISH MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish press' sensationalist reaction to July 4 U.S. arrest (and subsequent release) of Turkish special forces soldiers in Iraq shifted somewhat July 9. Even mainstream secularist journalists have begun to question what the Turkish military is or may have been doing in Iraq. Re [...]
2003-07-09 13:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4318ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-10 04:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4355TURKISH MILITARY AND OPPOSITION CHP CONTINUE
[...] (U) Action request -- para 10. 2. (C) Summary: While some of the Turkish press continues to fan anti-U.S. and anti-ruling AK party sentiment, other papers are featuring sources which point to charges that Turkish Special Forces were engaged in activities in Iraq inimical to cooperation wi [...]
2003-07-10 16:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA4376(C) DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL SUSPICIOUS OF MILITARY
[...] (C) Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has consistently been one of the most responsible members of the ruling AK government. In the run-up to the failed March 1 vote, he argued within AK governing circles for cooperation with the US. Throughout the tense period that followed, he has always placed t [...]
2003-07-11 13:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4382TURKEY: JULY 11 REACTIONS TO IRAQ INCIDENT
[...] (U) Summary: sensationalist reporting on the July 4 detentions of Turkish Special Forces (TSF) by U.S. troops continued to fade in the July 11 Turkish press, with the incident pushed off the front pages in several major dailies. Ultra-nationalists, advocating a "reevaluation" of the bilateral [...]
2003-07-11 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4385PRIME MINISTER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO SYRIAN
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu briefed DCM July 11 on the July 10 telephone call between PM Erdogan and Syrian President Assad. Burcuoglu said that during the June visit of U/S Ziyal to Washington, Turkey had been asked by the U.S to pass a strong message to the Sy [...]
2003-07-11 14:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU SY IS KWBG
03ANKARA4422AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
[...] (C) During a July 14 farewell call, Ambassador praised Central Bank Governor Serdengecti for his economic policy work and his cooperation with the U.S., and solicited Serdengecti's views on the issues on which the new Ambassador might want to focus. Serdengecti responded that the most impor [...]
2003-07-14 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA4426ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-14 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4467ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-16 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4477SCENESETTER FOR GENS. ABIZAID AND JONES' JULY
[...] (S) Summary: Your visits come as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our [...]
2003-07-17 08:16:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4487ISRAELI PRESIDENT KATZAV'S VISIT TO TURKEY "A
[...] (C) Ankara Israeli Embassy contacts are pleased with President Katzav's July 8-9 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nahshon said "The visit was a great success," and further commented, "The mere fact the visit occurred was a success in itself. The Turks did everything they co [...]
2003-07-17 13:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL JO IS TU
03ANKARA4490ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-17 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4500SCENESETTER FOR ADM NATTER JULY 20-22 VISIT TO
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our c [...]
2003-07-18 05:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4525TURKEY: DRAFT 2003 IRF
[...] The following text is the draft 2003 report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) for Turkey: 2. The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice; however, the Government imposes some restrictions on religious groups and on [...]
2003-07-18 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF TU
03ANKARA4544TURKISH GENERAL STAFF OBJECTS TO EU REFORM PACKAGE
[...] (U) CNN Turk and NTV news channels report July 18 that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) leadership has voiced objections to the AK Government about its latest EU-related reform package. According to the reports, TGS opposes the reforms because: 1) they "restrict the jurisdiction of the National [...]
2003-07-21 07:24:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4552SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]
2003-07-21 10:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA458IMF KRUEGER AND WORLD BANK LINN DELIVER TOUGH
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Deputy Managing Director Krueger delivered a tough message to Prime Minister Gul and the rest of the GOT January 16, stressing that the government needed to implement the economic reform program in light of its "dangerous" financial situation. She and World Bank VP Linn, w [...]
2003-01-17 12:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4591TURKEY: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 21 FAREWELL CALL ON
[...] (C) Ambassador paid a farewell call July 21 on I. Melih Gokcek, long-time and currently independent Mayor of Ankara. Gokcek provided his view on recent U.S.-Turkey tensions and how to repair them. Gokcek observed that anti-Americanism is on the rise and risks becoming a permanent, and decisive [...]
2003-07-22 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4593ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-22 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA467SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a critical time in US-Turkey relations. Over the last two years the US has supported IMF packages of unprecedented proportions to assist Turkey in recovering from its worst economic crisis in decades. The strategic partnership has grown as a result of Turkey's signi [...]
2003-01-17 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA4692LITTLE PROGRESS ON RESOLVING BOT AND CARGILL/ADM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish authorities are making little if any progress toward resolving the investment disputes involving U.S. power generation and starch-based sweetener companies. The BOT issue is being held up in part due to disagreements between the Energy Ministry and the Energy Market R [...]
2003-07-24 12:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL TU
03ANKARA476AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN:
[...] (C) Summary: Noting loss of market confidence, Ambassador pressed AK party chairman Erdogan to use his influence clearly to affirm that the GOT will hew to its IMF-supported economic program. Erdogan professed that there are no differences between the GOT and IMF on goals; he averred that the [...]
2003-01-21 05:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN TU
03ANKARA4767TURKEY: THE BATTLE OVER CONTROL OF GOT RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary: Recent controversy over AK Parliament and Government proposals to employ an additional 15 thousand imams at Turkish mosques is reawakening an age-old controversy over the role of religion in Turkish public life. It also reveals that: 1) both strict secularists and religious conser [...]
2003-07-28 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4804TURKEY: PARLIAMENT TAKES UP CONTROVERSIAL NSC
[...] (C) Summary: Parliament July 30 -- two days before the legislative recess -- began debating the AK Government's 7th EU reform-related package, which deals with in part controversial changes to the powerful National Security Council and the NSC Secretariat. The package may be voted late July 3 [...]
2003-07-30 13:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4818ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-30 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4834TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES NSC REFORM PACKAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Parliament late July 30 unanimously approved the AK Government's seventh EU-related reform package. As noted in reftels, the most important -- and controversial -- aspects of the package concerned changes to the National Security Council (NSC). Though limited in scope, the NSC r [...]
2003-07-31 12:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4849ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-31 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4851TURKISH TROOPS FOR IRAQ: GOT NEEDS TO SHOW
[...] (S) In separate meetings July 30 with MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin and PM Advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, Charge was told that the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister want a Turkish troop deployment to Iraq, but must take to Parliament any decision to deploy troops to Iraq. In an effort to get to yes wh [...]
2003-07-31 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA4856TURKEY: MORE ON DEHAP PLAN TO VISIT PKK/KADEK IN
[...] (C) July 31, following delivery of reftel points to DEHAP regarding the party's planned Aug. 4 delegation to PKK/KADEK members in northern Iraq, Diyarbakir Mayor Feridun Celik, a delegation leader, called in Ankara requesting a meeting. (Note: as reported reftel, GOT officials had told us the [...]
2003-08-01 07:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4867ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-01 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA489ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-21 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4895ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-04 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4911ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-05 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA494TURKEY'S ECONOMY: GOOD TREASURY BOND AUCTIONS
[...] (U) On January 21, Turkish Treasury auctioned a one-year fixed rate bond and a two-year floating rate bond today to strong demand, in advance of a January 22 debt redemption to the market of TL 5.4 quadrillion (about $3.5 billion). Treasury sold: -- a total of TL 3.2 quadrillion of the on [...]
2003-01-21 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4950ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-06 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5039ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-08 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5072ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-11 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5105SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]
2003-08-12 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5107SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]
2003-08-12 12:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5116ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-12 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5154ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-13 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5186ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-14 13:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5191TURKS IN GEAR TO DECIDE ON STABILIZATION FORCE
[...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu met with Charge d'Affaires August 14 to lay out additional steps the GOT envisions towards obtaining parliamentary approval for a Turkish contribution to the Iraq stabilization force by September 15. He noted that t [...]
2003-08-14 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA524ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-22 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA528ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON RUSSIAN GAS, BTC
[...] (C) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told Ambassador January 15 that one of his top priorities was to renegotiate Turkey's expensive natural gas contracts with Russia. He asked if the U.S. would help him strengthen his negotiating hand vis-a-vis the Russians by tolerating -- or pretending to t [...]
2003-01-22 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET GG TU KZ ETTC
03ANKARA535CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULES ERDOGAN NO LONGER AK
[...] (U) Turkish Constitutional Court's 6-5 retroactive ruling that AK Party (AKP) chairman Erdogan lost his chairmanship when he was forced to resign as a founding member in October throws another temporary barrier in Erdogan's path to the Prime Ministership. At the same time we understand from th [...]
2003-01-22 16:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA5409SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS' VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]
2003-08-25 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA5416ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-25 13:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5456ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-28 04:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5464AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON FONMIN GUL: FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: FonMin Gul said Aug. 27 the GOT wants a democratic, stable Iraq able to govern itself; GOT will move cautiously toward a decision on possible troop contribution to stabilization force; U.S. response to Turkey's concerns on PKK/Kadek remains a key point for Ankara. Reaffirming U.S. [...]
2003-08-28 10:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA548SCENESETTER FOR SACEUR GENERAL JONES'S JANUARY 24
[...] (S) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively and should be completed 23 January 03. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, two small C [...]
2003-01-23 11:21:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR TU
03ANKARA5480ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-29 07:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5491ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-29 10:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5530ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-03 07:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5547ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH INVITES PRESIDENT BUSH TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who will travel to New York in March 2004, hopes he could also see President Bush in Washington then. He wants to invite the President to visit the Patriarchate when he is in Istanbul at the May 2004 NATO Summit. The Patriarch characterized his [...]
2003-09-03 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA5548ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-03 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5628ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-05 12:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5637ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-05 12:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5644BANK REGULATOR'S HEADACHES
[...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Scot Marciel for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: In a meeting with econoffs September 4, embattled BRSA Chairman Engin Akcakoca described GOT consideration of legislation that, if enacted in its current form, would greatly reduce the indepe [...]
2003-09-05 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA5652TURKEY: AMBASSADOR, DEPUTY P.M. SAHIN DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: In his introductory call on Deputy P.M. Mehmet Ali Sahin, the Ambassador underscored the importance of U.S.-Turkey relations; said that Turkey could play an important positive role in Iraq; and raised concerns about minority foundations. Sahin said the GOT believes it can contrib [...]
2003-09-08 09:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ TU PHUM
03ANKARA5701ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-09 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5745SCENESETTER FOR INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION TEAM FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Four and a half years after the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, the GOT remains divided over how to deal with the remnants of the terrorist organization, how to handle Kurdish nationalism, and whether to loosen restrictions on Kurdish political and cultural expression. The [...]
2003-09-10 11:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5750ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-10 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5791TURKEY: LOCAL AK PARETY BOSSES CONFIDENT IN
[...] (C) Summary: In separate early September meetings, ruling AK Party bosses in Ankara discussed signs of improving economic conditions, local elections, and intra-party politics. Poloff met with Hamdi Balaban of Ankara's left-leaning Yenimahalle district and Orhan Kaya of Altindag, one of Ankar [...]
2003-09-12 08:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5805ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-12 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA581ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-24 12:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5836ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-15 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5848COULD AN ELECTION-RELATED COURT CASE CUT AK
[...] (C) Summary: Supreme Appeals Court's likely confirmation of the sentence in an election fraud case against pro-Kurdish DEHAP raises the question whether High Election Board (YSK) will subsequently reallocate seats in Parliament, reducing AK's political dominance and enabling right-of-center DYP [...]
2003-09-16 06:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU
03ANKARA586ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-24 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5892ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-17 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5900AMBASSADOR, ANKARA MAYOR DISCUSS LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a Sept. 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Ankara mayor Melih Gokcek expressed hope that the AK Government will pass local administrative reform. He expects that the more controversial aspects of the reform will be taken up after local elections, which are scheduled for next Apri [...]
2003-09-18 07:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5945ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-19 12:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5954ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-19 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5966ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-22 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6002ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-23 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6019ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-24 12:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6072NORTHERN IRAQ: TALABANI TRIES TO MEND FENCES WITH
[...] (C) Iraqi Governing Council member and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Jalal Talabani, sent letters Sept. 23 to Turkish PM Erdogan and MFA Undersecretary Ziyal seeking improved relations between the PUK and Turkey. He also sent a verbal message noting that Turkey and the Iraqi Kur [...]
2003-09-26 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA612LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM AKP CHAIRMAN ERDOGAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-24 15:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA6122APPEALS COURT RULING COULD LEAD TO REDISTRIBUTION
[...] (C) Summary: As expected, Turkey's Supreme Appeals Court upheld a lower court ruling convicting leaders of the pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) of election fraud. The High Election Board (YSK) will determine how to respond to the ruling. Most of our contacts predict the YSK will [...]
2003-09-30 05:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA613LETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY FROM AKP CHAIRMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-24 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA6136ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-30 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6144REGULATORS COMPLAIN OF STIFF OPPOSITION TO ELECTRICITY REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-01 08:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6161INDIAN PRIME MINISTER VAJPAYEE'S SEPTEMBER 16-19
[...] (U) Indian PM Vajpayee visited Turkey September 16-19, the first visit by an Indian PM in 15 years. Vajpayee spent September 17 in Ankara, meeting with GOT officials including PM Erdogan and FM Gul. Vajpayee went to Istanbul on September 18, meeting with business leaders and Turkish Preside [...]
2003-10-01 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IN
03ANKARA6162IMF MISSION BEGINS TALKS
[...] (SBU) IMF ResRep briefed us late October 1 on the mission's first few days of talks in Ankara. Although the talks are going well, he cautioned that there is still much work to do, and it is too early to say whether the mission will be able to wrap things up during this visit, which ends Octo [...]
2003-10-01 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA6164TURKS SAY THEY ARE STILL INTERESTED IN QIZ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-01 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA6165PRIVATIZATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. After years of slow motion on privatization, IMF conditions and the AK government,s more business-oriented approach seems to have led to a decisive phase in Turkey,s privatization program. How serious the GOT has become will be known by the end of the year, by when three of t [...]
2003-10-02 04:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6197ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-02 12:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6208PRESIDENT SEZER'S SPEECH AT OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
[...] () Summary: In reiterating his opposition to Turkish troops for Iraq and in displaying a partisan preference for left-of-center opposition CHP over the AK government, President Sezer demonstrated again that he is part of the problem, not the solution. End summary. 2. (C) Admonishing Turk [...]
2003-10-02 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA6209GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE ON LOAN AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Under fire for having agreed to political conditions (i.e., not sending troops unilaterally into northern Iraq) in the financial agreement with the United States, the government is on the defensive. State Minister Babacan told the press last night that the "loan will be used if [...]
2003-10-02 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6230ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-03 12:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6238SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship and where Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: the presence of PKK/Kadek terrorists in northern Iraq and whether Turkey will contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq [...]
2003-10-03 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6241OCTOBER 3 UPDATE ON IMF MISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep told us late today that progress in reaching agreement on measures for the 6th review had been a bit slower than they had planned, but he remained hopeful the mission could wrap things up by the end of next week. The main issues remain winning GOT political-level s [...]
2003-10-03 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA626IRAQ: FOLLOW-UP READOUT ON AK PARTY CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) In Jan. 20 follow-up to Jan. 19 Ambassador-AK leader Erdogan meeting, Erdogan foreign policy advisor Bagis told us: --Erdogan understood Ambassador's message that it's up to him (Erdogan) to make the case on Iraq to the Turkish public and parliament. --One factor holding Erdogan ba [...]
2003-01-24 18:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6266ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-06 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6270AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TGS DEP CHIEF BASBUG FOCUSES ON IRAQ AND CYPRUS
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador's lengthy (1.5 hours) initial call on the TGS DCHOD, General Basbug, focused primarily on Iraq and Cyprus. On Iraq, Basbug asserted that TGS supports a GOT decision to contribute troops to Iraq, preferably before a new UNSCR is passed, although he worried that m [...]
2003-10-06 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MASS MARR MOPS PTER PINR CY IZ TU
03ANKARA6272AK GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT PARLIAMENT WILL APPROVE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's cabinet-equivalent Council of Ministers adopted and sent to the Parliament on October 6 a motion for the dispatch of Turkish troops to Iraq. Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party parliamentarians and even one opposition parliamentarian expressed confidence the meas [...]
2003-10-06 17:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6291ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-07 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6303TURKISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Parliament approved sending troops to Iraq on October 7 by a comfortable majority, 358 for, 183 against, 2 abstentions. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) unsuccessfully tried to thwart approval by a last-minute assertion, quickly refuted by Foreign Minister [...]
2003-10-07 16:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6322SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]
2003-10-08 11:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6332ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-08 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6342NO AGREEMENT WITH IMF LIKELY UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT
[...] (Sbu) Summary: IMF Resident Representative told Econoffs October 8 that the Fund Mission is highly unlikely to wrap up agreement on the Sixth Review until early next week at the earliest. Though the Turkish economic team had a long meeting with the Prime Minister October 7 on the IMF issues, [...]
2003-10-08 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6344SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]
2003-10-09 06:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6365ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-09 13:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6385ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-10 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6390INVESTMENT DISPUTES: PROGRESS FOR CARGILL/ADM,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT announced October 9 that it will will increase the quota for non-sugar sweetener producers to 15 percent of the total sugar quota for the year that began September 1, which means Cargill and ADM can avoid potentially ruinous production cuts. Cargill, however, is still [...]
2003-10-10 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECPS ETRD PGOV TU
03ANKARA6409ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-14 12:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6411SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]
2003-10-14 13:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6422IMF CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON SIXTH REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk told econoff the IMF mission is close to agreement with the GOT on a Letter of Intent. The budget issues have been worked out and Brekk believes the Prime Minister has accepted a version of the direct tax reform the Fund can live with. [...]
2003-10-14 15:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
03ANKARA6424CODEL MCCONNEL'S OCTOBER 10 MEETINGS WITH PM
[...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan told visiting Codel McConell October 10 that elements within Turkey and Iraq were making "ugly" statements about the possible deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq as part of the stabilization force there. Erdogan said he was not familiar with the details of the discuss [...]
2003-10-15 07:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6441ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-15 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6447TURKEY: AK PARTY CONGRESS REAFFIRMS PM ERDOGAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan emerged from the ruling AK Party's Oct. 12 well-organized congress more in control of his party. In his acceptance speech, Erdogan focused primarily on AK's commitment to achieving a just, democratic system in Turkey. On Iraq, he reiterated the GOT's commitment to send [...]
2003-10-15 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6481TURKEY: MORE FALLOUT FROM AK PARTY CONVENTION
[...] (C) Summary: As noted reftel, PM Erdogan emerged from the Oct. 12 AK Party convention more firmly in control of the party's administration. In changing almost half of the AK's fifty-member Central Decision-Making and Administrative Board (MKYK),Erdogan has provided some clues as to who in the [...]
2003-10-16 15:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV TU
03ANKARA6525ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-17 13:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6563ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-20 13:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6620SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ROYCE VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq and resolution of the PKK/KADEK question remain the focus of the US-Turkish relationship. Turks are seized with two Iraq-related issues: whether the U.S. will work out with the Interim Governing Council the eventual deployment of [...]
2003-10-22 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6621ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-22 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6697ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-24 13:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6728ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-27 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6772ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-30 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6857THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART ONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE MESSAGES ABOUT THE AMCON ADANA REPORTING TEAM VISIT TO SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY FROM SEPTEMBER 14-26. REFTELS REPORT SOME ASPECTS OF THIS TRIP. THE REGION'S KURDISH POPULATION WAS DISTRUSTFUL OF STATE INITIATIVES; SAW THE "RETURN TO HOME" LAW AS INDISTINGU [...]
2003-11-04 07:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU
03ANKARA694ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-28 11:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6945ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-06 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA699ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-28 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6994ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-07 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7019ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-10 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7037ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-12 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA706AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PM ON ECONOMIC REFORM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told Deputy Prime Minister Sener January 28 that Turkey was now seriously off-track on its IMF program, that USG assistance was conditioned on both military cooperation and implementation of the reform program, and that it would be impossible for the USG to agree to ass [...]
2003-01-28 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA7070ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-13 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7093AK MP TRAVELS TO PAKISTAN TO SOLICT GOP ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) AK MP Mahmut Kocak told pol counselor November 12 that he would lead a delegation to Pakistan November 13 to solicit the GOP's assistance in securing the release of Turkish national Hassan Ornal, who is being held hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban. Kocak said the plan is to use the go [...]
2003-11-14 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU AF PGOV PTER PINS
03ANKARA7100ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-14 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7103ENRON'S RESPONSE TO BOT PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. ENRON's lawyer has forwarded a proposal to AK Party Vice-Chair Reha Denemec in an attempt to reach a compromise with the Ministry of Energy (MENR) over its BOT project. ENRON continues to demand an unconditional license and appears anxious to resolve the dispute over electrici [...]
2003-11-14 14:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7114TGS D/CHOD BASBUG'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON - AN
[...] (C) Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Basbug will visit Washington November 16-21 to lead the Turkish delegation to the US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG). He has requested meetings with National Security Advisor Rice, DepSecDef Wolfowitz, CJCS Myers and VCJCS Pace. Basbug may also s [...]
2003-11-14 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF CY ASEC OVIP
03ANKARA7133PKK/KADEK/KHK MEETS NOV. 15 IN NORTHERN IRAQ:
[...] (U) The Turkish press reported Nov. 16 that the newly-established KHK (the new name adopted by the PKK/KADEK) held a meeting Nov. 15 in the mountains of northern Iraq near Sulaymaniyah along the Iran-Iraq border. The press reports say that the KHK had planned to meet at a Mosul hotel, but was [...]
2003-11-17 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA7134AMBASSADOR'S NOV. 14 MEETING WITH P.M. ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary: USG's tougher language and steps against PKK/KADEK/KHK in Iraq has made strong impression on P.M. Erdogan and he responded positively to Ambassador's statement that Washington has put its unhappiness with Turkey behind us. Erdogan sees back-to-back defense and economic partnershi [...]
2003-11-17 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN TU IZ
03ANKARA7164ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-18 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-19 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7229SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER CICEK'S
[...] (C) Summary: Justice Minister Cicek's visit to Washington allows us to raise high-profile global issues with one of the Turkish cabinet's most influential and outspoken figures. Our priorities for his visit should be: 1) to urge continued GOT progress on EU-related human rights reform, and und [...]
2003-11-20 12:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CASC EFIN IZ TU
03ANKARA7242ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-20 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7297ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-21 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7300IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT TALABANI
[...] (C) Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) President Jalal Talabani and his delegation to Turkey met Ambassador, DCM and A/PolMilCouns Nov. 21, providing a readout of their Nov. 19-20 meetings with Turkish officials and businessmen, including PM Erdogan, Acting FM/Trade Minister Tuzmen, MFA U/S Ziyal, [...]
2003-11-21 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7311SCENESETTER FOR THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: A successful EPC will help our efforts to strengthen a bilateral relationship that has been through difficult times this year. Two developments -- the still-fragile recovery of the Turkish economy, and the development of economic opportunities in Iraq -- should create opportuni [...]
2003-11-24 08:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN EINV TU
03ANKARA7319ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A "SOFT LANDING": VCJCS GEN
[...] (C) You arrive in Turkey at a time when our focus is on increasing Turkish cooperation on Iraq reconstruction and minimizing the fallout from the decision to forego Turkey,s offer to contribute forces to the stabilization efforts in Iraq. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) saw deploying forces t [...]
2003-11-25 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR PREL PTER OVIP PGOV TU
03ANKARA7338ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-28 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7340IRAQ: TURKISH MFA DG BURCUOGLU ON VISIT OF
[...] (C) DCM met MFA Director General for the Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu Nov. 21 to deliver the Secretary's oral message on Iraq (Ref C) and to get a Turkish readout of the Talabani/IGC visit (Ref A). Burcuoglu pointed to the CPA-IGC agreement's reference to a federal structure, suggesting that [...]
2003-11-28 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7363PM ERDOGAN STIRS CONTROVERSY BY REJECTING "ISLAMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan has ignited controversy by rejecting the phrase "Islamic terrorism" to describe the November 15 and 20 Istanbul bombings. Secular critics of Erdogan and his AK Party government worried that the government was soft on terrorism because of its Islamic roots. There i [...]
2003-12-02 09:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PGOV PTER TU
03ANKARA7388ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-02 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7416ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-03 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA742ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-29 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7446UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN'S FORCE POSTURE
[...] (S) Welcome back to Turkey. We and the GOT are looking forward to your December 8-9 visit. You will be seeing TGS Deputy Chief Basbug (both TGS Chief Ozkok and DefMin Gonul are traveling),DPM/FM Gul, and MFA U/S Ziyal. You will find the Turks preoccupied with the investigation into the I [...]
2003-12-04 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV MARR TU
03ANKARA7448ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-04 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7451TURKEY MFA CYPRUS DEPARTMENT HEAD ON UPCOMING
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Cyprus Department Head Levent Bilman worries that despite its planned initiative for a Cyprus settlement, Turkey will be unfairly blamed for future breakdowns in negotiations. He claims Turkey's initiative will be prepared in line with the SYG's requirements and said, witho [...]
2003-12-04 15:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7491ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-05 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7494MEETING WITH IMF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (Sbu) IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk told econoffs it is still possible the IMF Board could meet to approve the Sixth Review this year, but it will require expedited parliamentary action on the required legislation the week of December 8-12. The GOT seems to be making a serious effort to get the b [...]
2003-12-08 06:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA7509ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-08 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7510SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COX VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when the GOT is seized with the issues of security and counterterrorism. GOT leaders and security forces have reacted responsibly to the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, though some politicians and commentators have tried to score p [...]
2003-12-08 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT AFIN ASEC PTER PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA753BTC UPDATE FROM TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: BTC construction in Turkey is on schedule (first pipe is scheduled to arrive at Iskenderun port on February 7) and on budget; however, there is some concern that the change in government has slowed down the decision-making process on operational issues. We believe that occasiona [...]
2003-01-29 17:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA7580ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-10 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7610ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-11 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7611DECEMBER 1-2 VISIT TO TURKEY OF UKRAINIAN PM
[...] (U) The December 1-2 visit to Turkey of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych focused mainly on bilateral economic relations. In the first-ever visit of the PM of an independent Ukraine to Turkey, the two nations discussed bilateral trade and signed environmental and cultural agreements. At the end of the [...]
2003-12-11 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SENV TU UP
03ANKARA7612U/S GROSSMAN FORCE POSTURE CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) In meetings with FM Gul, DCHOD GEN Basbug and others from MFA and TGS, U/S Grossman initiated consultations with the Turks on the US global posture review. He emphasized that this effort to move to a post-Cold War posture would be in accordance with our international security commitments a [...]
2003-12-11 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TU
03ANKARA7631ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-12 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7641TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT MOTHERLAND PARTY STRUGGLING
[...] (C) Summary: Unable to regain political momentum or solve ANAP's deepening financial difficulties, colorless chairman Ozdemir resigned days before the party's Dec. 13-14 general convention. Former M.P. Nesrin Nas is likely to emerge as the next ANAP leader. However, her ability to boost ANAP' [...]
2003-12-12 15:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7691NEW HIGHER EDUCATION PRESIDENT TAKES OVER TURKEY'S
[...] (C) Summary: On December 8, President Sezer appointed Erdogan Tezic, the rector of Galatasaray University, as head of the Higher Education Council (YOK),replacing Kemal Guruz. Like President Sezer, Erdogan Tezic is a specialist in constitutional law, having served as a law professor in Istan [...]
2003-12-16 10:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKPAO OEXC SCUL TU
03ANKARA7724ACTING VS. PKK/KADEK IN IRAQ BEFORE POTUS-ERDOGAN:
[...] (S) In anticipation of the January 28 meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister Erdogan, Post submits a list (see paras 2-5) of possible actions the USG could take against the PKK/KADEK/KHK in northern Iraq that the President could cite as completed deliverables in that meeting. The US [...]
2003-12-17 10:14:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL MOPS ETRD SNAR PINR IZ TU
03ANKARA7729ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-17 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7767TURKEY REACTS TO THE ELECTIONS IN NORTHERN CYPRUS
[...] (C) Summary: Close results in northern Cyprus' December 14 elections have unleashed a wave of speculation about their meaning and possible coalitions on both sides in Turkey's Cyprus debate. However, amid the media hype there is a clear sense that all eyes are now on Ankara. Ankara's EU dip [...]
2003-12-19 08:43:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETCY PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7793ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-19 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA783ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-30 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7850ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-22 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7972ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-29 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7977AFGHANISTAN: MFA U/S ZIYAL PROPOSES US-TURKISH
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Department Head for South Asian Affairs Ergin Soner told us December 27 that U/S Ziyal wished to hold formal bilateral consultations on Afghanistan in Ankara prior to the POTUS-Erdogan meeting at the end of January. Ziyal was pleased [...]
2003-12-29 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA7984GROWING TURKISH REACTION, PUBLIC CRITICISM OF U.S.
[...] Negative reaction by the Turkish Government, opposition politicians, and the press to the reported detention of 11 Turkish Special Forces troops in Northern Iraq continues to grow. Prime Minister Erdogan, describing the incident as "extremely distressing," said that he expects the situation t [...]
2003-12-30 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA808TURKEY: ARINC FLEXING PARLIAMENT'S MUSCLES
[...] (C) Summary: The growing popular desire in Turkey for comprehensive, systemic change and a more open society gives Parliament, under leadership of AK Party heavyweight Bulent Arinc, room to assert itself and its constitutional prerogatives. In principle the process should be a boon to democra [...]
2003-01-31 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
03ANKARA810ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-31 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA838ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-03 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA87ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-03 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA887TURKEY'S ECONOMY: IS THE DEAL ON PAMUK AND YAPI
[...] (SBU) Summary: As details of the Banking Board's January 31 deal with Cukurova Group emerge, it looks like bail-out of the group. The deal reschedules Cukurova's $5 billion debt to two banks (Pamuk and Yapi Kredi) on favorable terms, without requiring the group to put any cash upfront. Furt [...]
2003-02-04 17:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA914ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-05 15:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA971ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-07 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ISTANBUL1347ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH (FINALLY) MEETS WITH AKP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I met with FonMin Abdullah Gul and IntMin Abdulkadir Aksu on August 8 and 12, respectively. Though both ministers publicly and warmly received Bartholomew, the meetings did not yield any concrete steps forward on property issues or recognition of [...]
2003-09-12 21:04:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ISTANBUL1348DEEDS FOR SALE! GET YOUR PROPERTY DEEDS RIGHT HERE!
[...] (SBU) Summary: A property amnesty currently being planned by the Justice and Development (AK) Party government has set off a flurry of debate and criticism in Istanbul. AK sees the measure as a potential major source of revenue, a realistic solution to a long-ignored problem (i.e., "illegal" [...]
2003-09-15 05:11:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON TK
03ISTANBUL1356PM ERDOGAN CALLS FOR U.S. ACTION AGAINST PKK/KADEK
[...] (U) Summary: In a September 12 public speech, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called for a leading U.N. role in Iraq, Turkish contributions to Iraq's stability and reconstruction, and U.S. action against PKK/KADEK. Without attaching any specific pre-conditions, the PM said that Turkey is still [...]
2003-09-15 11:43:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1395SLIPPERY SLOPE TO SHARI'A?: ISTANBUL DEBATES AKP
[...] (sbu) Summary: Ask anyone in Istanbul what's wrong with the Turkish education system and you are likely to get the same answer: overcrowded, under-funded schools tied up in bureaucratic red tape. Fixing the problem, however, has been the subject of considerable acrimonious political debate. C [...]
2003-09-19 12:20:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL SOCI TU
03ISTANBUL1410WHOSE ISLAM? AK PARTI AND ISTANBUL ALEVIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Alevis, followers of a heterodox religious-cultural offshoot of Shi'a Islam and Anatolian Sufism, probably number about 10 percent of Turkey's population (7 million, with several million in Istanbul),although some Alevis assert that there are 25 million. Persecuted by the Ottoman [...]
2003-09-24 05:49:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1427ISTANBUL VIEWS ON SENDING TURKISH TROOPS TO IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Istanbul residents from all walks of life continue to worry about the situation in Iraq and the prospect of sending troops to Iraq. Whomever we meet with, and whatever the subject, the conversation inevitably turns to Iraq. Despite the widespread opposition before the U.S. inter [...]
2003-09-26 08:31:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1579TWO MURDERS, THREATS SHAKE ISTANBUL JEWISH
[...] (C) Summary: A recent extortion campaign against members of a Jewish retirement home's board of directors has shaken Istanbul's Jewish community. One of the board members, Yasef Yahya, was killed on August 22 at his office. Starting three weeks ago, other members of the board have been contac [...]
2003-10-27 05:58:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1616AKP LAYS ISTANBUL GROUNDWORK FOR MARCH 28 LOCAL
[...] (sbu) Summary: Following Ruling AK Party national congress (reftel),the Istanbul AK Party organization is gearing up vigorously at the grassroots level for next year's March 28 municipal elections. Not content merely to rely on the party's performance at the national level, the Istanbul AK P [...]
2003-10-31 13:56:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TK
03ISTANBUL1647POSSIBLE EDUCATION MINISTRY MOVEMENT ON HALKI?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent encouraging comments by Turkish government officials about prospects for re-opening Halki Theological Seminary have sparked extensive press interest. Education Minister Huseyin Celik, in a recent meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, said that re-opening Halki (p [...]
2003-11-05 08:13:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1711ISTANBUL REACTS TO SYNAGOGUE BOMBINGS
[...] (sbu) Summary: Istanbul is still stunned by the shock and horror of Saturday's synagogue bombings. The overwhelming response has been to view this as a senseless and unjustifiable attack, not merely against Turkey's small Jewish community, but against Turkey itself. Despite widespread specul [...]
2003-11-17 14:12:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER TU
03ISTANBUL1739DUZCE: BLESSED BY NATURE, CURSED BY NATURE
[...] (sbu) Summary: On November 12-13, the fourth anniversary of a major earthquake, Poloff visited Duzce, a small Black Sea province halfway between Istanbul and Ankara. Impoverished by natural disasters and cruel circumstances, Duzce is Turkey's newest province and has placed its trust in the Jus [...]
2003-11-19 14:14:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EAGR TU
03ISTANBUL1752BOMBING UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-21 14:11:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC TU
03ISTANBUL1759ISTANBUL GOVERNOR COMMENTS ON TERRORIST ATTACKS
[...] (U) After examining sites of the November 15 and 20 terrorist attacks, the Ambassador visited the Istanbul Mayor and Governor on November 24 to extend the condolences of the United States and to offer any further assistance that might be required during the investigations Istanbul Gover [...]
2003-11-26 09:54:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1849MACROECONOMIC RESULTS BRING OPTIMISM IN ISTANBUL,
[...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recent soundings among leading Istanbul market analysts and participants highlight the extent to which Turkey's continued strong macroeconomic performance has left them more optimistic about the future. With s [...]
2003-12-18 10:51:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL349RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN: CLUES FROM ISTANBUL
[...] (U) Summary: In assessing the outlook for the new government to be led by Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Tayyip Erdogan, we look back at his only major previous government experience --- as Istanbul Mayor from 1994 to 1998. End Summary. Refah and Grassroots Politics ---------- [...]
2003-03-14 14:11:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL TK
03ISTANBUL418ISTANBUL ECONOMIC ANALYSTS: LOOKING FOR A LIFELINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a rocky start to the week on Monday, word that the U.S. Iraq supplemental contains 1 billion USD for Turkey has been seized on as a lifeline by Istanbul markets and analysts. Concern persists about the sustainability of Turkey's debt, however. Analysts suggest any probl [...]
2003-03-27 14:33:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL49ISTANBUL'S TAKE ON AK ECONOMICS: ALL ISN'T LOST
[...] (C) Summary: Istanbul contacts in the financial and real sectors agree that in its first month and a half Turkey's Ak government "hasn't gotten it" and has done a poor job on economic policy, thereby dissipating much of the goodwill generated by initial perceptions that a single-party governme [...]
2003-01-13 05:42:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ETRD TU
03ISTANBUL636ISTANBUL MAYORALTY: UP FOR GRABS?
[...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul Mayoralty, often characterized as the second most desirable political prize in the country, has become the focus of a back-room power struggle as players jockey for ground in advance of the April 2004 local elections. Mayor Ali Mufit Gurtuna, an independent since the [...]
2003-05-05 11:03:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TK
03ISTANBUL880AKP AND THE ISTANBUL "ESNAFLAR": A PERFECT MATCH?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Support from the Istanbul "esnaflar" ) small businessmen, restaurant owners, craftsmen, shopkeepers, street vendors, and taxi and truck drivers - may have contributed to the Justice and Development (AK) Party's November 2002 electoral success, but this support may be less solid [...]
2003-06-23 10:13:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN TK
03ISTANBUL894AKP ISTANBUL CONGRESS: "MUEZZINOGLU RELOADED"
[...] (U) Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan headlined the June 22 AK Istanbul Congress. There were no surprises (in fact, no challengers at all) in the reelection of Istanbul Chairman Mehmet Muezzinoglu, and Erdogan's unscripted speech focused on predicta [...]
2003-06-25 04:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON TK
03ISTANBUL953SULTANBEYLI: A HIGHWAY RUNS THROUGH IT... AND
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: A recent visit to Sultanbeyli, one of Istanbul's poorer Asian districts, highlights how Turkey's uneven economic gains in recent years have widened the gap between the "haves" and "have-nots." The modern Istanbul-Ankara highway runs right through this conservative, [...]
2003-07-09 08:32:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI TK
03OTTAWA659 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY
[...] "Pope has zeal, but no answer on Iraq question" Columnist Marcus Gee noted in the leading Globe and Mail (3/6) that, "John Paul is dead against war and he is not afraid to say so.... To drive his antiwar message home, John Paul has met many of the leading players in the Iraq debate: British [...]
2003-03-10 20:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA660 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; TURKEY
[...] "How to lose the war of public opinion" Under the sub-heading, "The Bush administration might think it has enough evidence to attack Saddam Hussein, but the polls show otherwise," Calgary Herald columnist Danielle Smith wrote in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (3/7): "Had Saddam Hussein been [...]
2003-03-10 20:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03ROME2702SCC WESTON DISCUSSES CYPRUS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 11 meetings with Italian MFA officials and Diplomatic Advisors to PM Berlusconi, Special Coordinator for Cyprus Tom Weston, accompanied by Cyprus desk officer Marc Collins, discussed the status of negotiations on Cyprus and pointed out likely turns in the road during Ital [...]
2003-06-16 09:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL CY IT UN
03ROME4150ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: CYPRUS DISCUSSIONS WITH SCC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 8, SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR CYPRUS TOM WESTON DISCUSSED UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN NORTHERN CYPRUS AND TURKEY'S ROLE IN THE PEACE PROCESS, INCLUDING THE UNHELPFUL "CUSTOMS UNION AGREEMENT" SIGNED RECENTLY WITH NORTHERN CYPRUS. IN SEPARATE MEETINGS, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCON [...]
2003-09-11 12:01:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL CY TU GR IT EUN
03ROME5001EU/TURKEY CONFERENCE TAKES SOBER BUT HOPEFUL VIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 20-21 POLOFF ATTENDED AN EU-TURKEY CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE AND ASPEN INSTITUTE-ROME THAT DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGES TURKEY FACES IN ATTAINING EU MEMBERSHIP. WHILE NONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS APPEARED TO DOUBT TURKEY WOULD EVENTUALLY BECO [...]
2003-11-04 13:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDTU IT PREL EUN
03THEHAGUE2636DUTCH PRIME MINISTER VISITS TURKEY
[...] This is an action request for EUR/SCC Tom Weston. Please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Prime Minister Balkenende traveled to Istanbul and Ankara October 7-9 to discuss developments in Turkey's EU accession bid and Cyprus. Despite Turkish pleas, the Dutch made no promises on Turkey's EU c [...]
2003-10-16 11:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EU TK NL
03THEHAGUE2997SCC WESTON MEETS WITH DUTCH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: SCC Amb. Tom Weston, accompanied by Amb. Sobel, met with MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on November 24, followed by a meeting with MFA deputy Political Director for European Affairs Schaper, deputy DG for European Affairs Ed Kronenberg, and DCM Russel. Weston briefed MFA co [...]
2003-12-03 10:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL CY NL TY
04ADANA106SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 17, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-20 08:06:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA110SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 21-23, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-25 05:37:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA128RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ROUND-UP: SE TURKEY
[...] (U) Summary: Members of the Protestant, Catholic and Muslim communities in various cities in southeast Turkey report that they are able to worship freely, but that the state continues to restrict some aspects of their religious life. A Diyarbakir pastor's acquittal last May on charges of wors [...]
2004-09-27 15:24:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA136SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 6, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 06, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. ZAMAN: In Adana, poli [...]
2004-10-06 13:32:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA140SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 13, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 14:14:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA146MINORITY LABEL GRATES ON SOUTHEAST TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kurdish and Alevi community contacts grated at both recent EU and Turkish-government linked reports characterizing their respective communities as "minorities" in discussions last week with PO. The Malatya Security Director's recent warning to local media appears aimed at Sunn [...]
2004-11-04 15:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF TU ADANA
04ADANA175SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 27, 2004
[...] OZGUR GUNDEM: According to the report of the Turkish Agriculturalists Association, despite the fact that East Anatolia has been a center for cattle breeding because of the favorable ecological conditions of the region, implementation of wrong state policies has seriously hampered the dev [...]
2004-12-28 06:16:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA176SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 22, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 22, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM [...]
2004-12-28 07:38:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA86RELEASED DEP DEPUTIES TOUR SE TURKEY AS PKK TERROR EXPANDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Four recently released former DEP deputies, including Leyla Zana, kicked off a five-day tour of southeast Turkey on June 12 with a Diyarbakir rally attended by tens of thousands of enthusiastic supporters. The four deputies called for a six-month extension of PKK/Kongra Gel's r [...]
2004-06-21 11:45:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA99SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 23, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 23, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: 400 [...]
2004-08-04 08:35:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ANKARA1005AFGHANISTAN: MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA and TGS reached an agreement February 18 to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. MFA/TGS want to move quickly: their goal is to stand up a PRT by the time of the NATO Summit. MFA/TGS have asked for Washi [...]
2004-02-20 16:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1036GEORGIAN FM JAPARIDZE'S FIRST VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: Georgian FM Japaridze reportedly gave Turkish FM Gul a positive readout of President Saakashvili's recent Moscow trip but said Saakashvili had emphasized that Georgia will remain oriented toward the West, will insist on Russian withdrawal from bases in Georgia, and will not agree [...]
2004-02-23 16:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON EPET GG PGOV PREL RS TU
04ANKARA1041ISTANBUL SUMMIT: TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF GME BUT
[...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor and polmiloff met with MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan to sound out MFA's thinking about the Greater Middle East (GME) initiative at the Istanbul Summit after the late January visit to Washington of Ambassadors Sensoy and Morali. Ceylan said that Ambassadors Sensoy [...]
2004-02-24 11:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TU
04ANKARA1058ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-24 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1133ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-26 14:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA114TURKISH EXIMBANK SEEKING GOT APPROVALS FOR TRADE
[...] (Sbu) Summary: In a meeting with a U.S. Eximbank official, Turkish Eximbank President Kilicoglu expressed strong determination to establish a credit facility for the Trade Bank of Iraq, but said he first had to obtain approval from a cabinet-level committee, which might take until February. K [...]
2004-01-08 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN BEXP ETRD TU IZ
04ANKARA118ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-08 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1208ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-01 16:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1230TGS QUESTIONS ON GME
[...] (C) In response to questions from the Turkish General Staff regarding the Greater Middle East Initiative, on February 27 deputy PolMil counselor met with TGS/J5 staff officers and, drawing on reftel, briefed them on the GME concept. They had already seen the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative [...]
2004-03-02 10:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL TU XF
04ANKARA1234 Foreign Trade Official on WTO Negotiations,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 27 meeting with Econoff, Foreign Trade Deputy Director General Husnu Dilemre and Department Head Hasan Yalcin expressed support for USTR Zoellick's efforts to establish positive momentum in the WTO negotiations, provided some details on the Turkey - Palestine FTA, [...]
2004-03-02 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD TU
04ANKARA1237ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-02 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1258SCENESETTER FOR U/S GROSSMAN'S VISIT TO TURKEY:
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Ankara is a key opportunity to explain the Greater Middle East Initiative (GME) and to listen to Turkey's ideas about GME. Although GME has generated considerable commentary, few here understand its methods or aims. Internally, Turkey's path towards EU accession [...]
2004-03-02 16:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA1275CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER VISITS TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Schroeder's February 23-24 visit to Turkey, the first by a German Chancellor in 11 years, yielded vigorous-sounding assertions of support for Turkey's EU aspirations. Amid good atmospherics, Schroeder urged the Turks to keep on track on human rights and Cyprus. End [...]
2004-03-03 12:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALGM PREL TU
04ANKARA1276ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-03 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1287MFA VIEWS VISIT OF GERMAN OPPOSITION LEADERS AS
[...] (U) Kemalettin Eruygur, chief of the MFA Deputy Directorate General for Western Europe, told us March 1 that he believes the February 15-17 visit to Turkey of German opposition CDU-CSU opposition leaders Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schauble was helpful for both sides, although neither side shif [...]
2004-03-03 16:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA129IMF CONCERNS: POPULIST MEASURES CLOUD FISCAL
[...] (C) Summary: According to IMF officials and market analysts, GOT decisions to increase both minimum wage and 2004 pension payments well above projected inflation have significantly complicated the outlook for achieving fiscal targets, and possibly inflation targets as well. Fund staff estimat [...]
2004-01-09 05:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1319IMF NEAR AGREEMENT WITH GOT ON SEVENTH REVIEW
[...] (Sbu) Summary: According to IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk, the Fund Mission is near agrement with the GOT on a Letter of Intent for the Seventh Review. On the fiscal side, the GOT and Fund have agreed on measures to plug the 7 Quadrillion TL fiscal gap: increasing the cut in discr [...]
2004-03-04 17:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1342ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-05 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1345NATO SYG COMES HAT IN HAND DURING FIRST VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: During his February 18 introductory visit to Ankara NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer met with President Sezer, PM Erdogan, FM Gul, and MND Gonul. His agenda included Afghanistan, Iraq, terrorism and the Istanbul Summit. According to MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan, the SYG requested Turkey co [...]
2004-03-05 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS TU
04ANKARA136TURKEY'S ECONOMY: WHY WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE
[...] (C) Summary: Government leaders are celebrating a successful economic year, with inflation dropping to 18.4 percent, growth near the 5 percent target, and interest rates on the massive public debt falling dramatically. The sense of crisis has faded. The AK Government deserves some credit f [...]
2004-01-09 07:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV PGOV ETRD TU
04ANKARA1360IRAQ: TURKEY SLAMS TAL
[...] (C) Summary: GOT reacts harshly to the terms of the TAL. It views the process as undemocractic; the result as a pure ethnic federation dividing Iraq; and the treatment of the Turkomen as belittling. The result is inconsistent with the presentation to date by the U.S. including in the recent [...]
2004-03-05 21:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA137GOT to Announce Data Exclusivity Policy Soon: Need
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 7. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Prompted by the need to respond to the European Commission's decision last month to examine pharmaceuticals trade policies, the GOT is likely to announce its plans to implement data exclusivity protection for p [...]
2004-01-09 08:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA14ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-02 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1420ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-10 05:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1423Prime Minister leads AK Party press to win two
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-10 07:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR TU
04ANKARA1437BANK REGULATORS GRAPPLE WITH FAILED BANK OWNERS
[...] (Sbu) Summary: The recently-appointed management of the now-separate bank regulatory agencies are struggling to deal with a range of issues relating to the failed banks. Having moved decisively to seize Uzan group companies, the new Deposit Guarantee Fund Chairman told Econcouns he will try to [...]
2004-03-10 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1458AT PM'S URGING, STATE DROPS CASE AGAINST HUMAN
[...] (U) Prosecutors failed to attend the March 9 hearing of a case against the leadership of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF),apparently in line with a high-level GOT decision to allow the case to be closed. 2. (U) HRF operates five torture treatment centers in Turkey and serves as a cleari [...]
2004-03-11 14:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1500ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-12 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1507SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: General Basbug comes to Washington at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been one year since the 1 March vote and 5 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is approached from a multi- [...]
2004-03-12 16:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA151ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-09 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1511AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE:
[...] (Sbu) Summary: At a lunch meeting at the residence March 9, Finance Minister Unakitan discussed U.S. investment disputes in Turkey, said the Uzans' cell phone company has a potential buyer who is in touch with Motorola, and asserted both GOT ownership of the economic reform program and a GOT d [...]
2004-03-15 08:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1539ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-15 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1607AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON DRAFT LETTER OF INTENT,
[...] (Sbu) Summary: Deputy ResRep confirmed to Econoffs that the IMF and GOT have reached agreement on a draft letter of intent (LOI),with only minor follow-up steps needed for the GOT to sign the actual LOI. Not coincidentally, on March 17 the Central Bank cut overnight interest rates by 2 percen [...]
2004-03-17 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1652AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GME, CYPRUS WITH TURKEY'S NSC
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish NSC SecGen Sariisik welcomed hearing more about the Greater Middle East Initiative when the Ambassador called on him March 17. Sariisik and his deputy, LTG Uzun, had questions about the GME and the role the USG envisages for Turkey. They were careful in underscoring the [...]
2004-03-18 16:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
04ANKARA1665ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-19 11:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1698ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-22 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1710TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: POLLSTERS SEE HUGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A group of pollsters and political scientists predicted to Ambassador March 18 that the ruling AKP will win between 45-55 percent of the vote in March 28 municipal elections. AKP's success will create high public expectations, which the party may have trouble meeting. Meanwhile [...]
2004-03-23 07:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1717SOUTHEAST TURKEY SITUATION REPORT: IMPROVING
[...] (SBU) From February 22-27, consulate personnel traveled the eastern part of the consular district, including the cities of Diyarbakir, Batman, Mardin, Nusaybin and Sanliurfa. The primary issues that emerged in meetings with academicians, medical and legal professionals, politicians, local ad [...]
2004-03-23 09:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU SY IZ
04ANKARA1786ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-24 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1813ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-26 06:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1833TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE WEST
[...] (C) Summary: The ruling AKP's chances of winning municipalities in the Aegean region is hampered by the party's uninspiring candidates. Rather than build support through intense door-to-door campaigning, AKP is relying on the popularity of P.M. Erdogan and the AKP "brand" to attract voters. [...]
2004-03-26 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1834AK PARTY'S WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Candidates running against ruling AK Party (AKP) in the western Black Sea region appear to be holding their own as they approach March 28 local election. At the same time they accuse AKP of using "bribes and blackmail" to influence voters. They assert AKP's national success is du [...]
2004-03-26 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1835TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: AKP POISED FOR
[...] Summary: Hampered by unorganized, uninspiring candidates, AKP's chances in the Anatolian provinces of Konya, Aksaray, and Sivas are based more on PM Erdogan's national popularity than any local candidate or particular platform. Except in rare races where opposition is organized and effective, [...]
2004-03-26 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1842TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ...AND THE MAYOR OF
[...] (U) Summary: We expect ruling AK Party (AKP) to win big in Turkey's March 28 mayoral and municipal council elections. However, victory will weigh heavily on the course of Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party (AKP) government and on his and his party's ability (1) to manage popular, pent-up expectations, [...]
2004-03-27 09:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1847RULING AK PARTY'S BIG WIN IN LOCAL ELECTIONS: HOW
[...] () Summary: Ruling AK Party's (AKP) strong but not overwhelming win in March 28 elections appears to open the way for PM Erdogan to continue to press ahead with an agenda of change and reform. At the same time, the win leaves core elements of the Turkish State -- already deeply distrustful of [...]
2004-03-29 10:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1854ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-29 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1880ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-30 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1928SCENESETTER FOR THE APRIL 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been more than a year since the 1 March vote and 6 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is best approached from a [...]
2004-04-02 06:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CY IZ TU
04ANKARA1946ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-02 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2008ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-07 04:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2010TURKISH MEDIA: REQUEST TO TAPE A PRIME-TIME
[...] Post strongly supports the request of prominent Turkish national security strategist Faruk Demir and centrist daily "Aksam"'s Ankara bureau chief Nuray Basaran to tape an interview with Secretary Powell to feature as the inauguration, or one of the first broadcasts, of their new, prime-time TV [...]
2004-04-07 06:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2025ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-07 14:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2026TURKEY'S CYPRUS ENDGAME
[...] (C) Summary: Assuming an April 24 approval by both Turkish and Greek Cypriots, Turkey's AKP government is poised to play out its Cyprus endgame with the military, President Sezer, and the Parliament. In a stormy April 5 meeting of Turkey's National Security Council (NSC),the military and P [...]
2004-04-07 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY PREL TU
04ANKARA2074TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: ASSESSING RULING
[...] (C) Summary: With electoral victory in his pocket, PM Erdogan faces the immediate challenge of getting a Cyprus settlement but remains outwardly confident that his strategies of becoming Turkey's "single man" and capturing the center and center-right are working. A preliminary analysis of ele [...]
2004-04-09 13:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA2078TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: WHAT IS THE
[...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's reforms in pursuit of Turkey's EU candidacy suggest there is truth in his assertions that he and AKP hew to western concepts of democracy. At the same time, many in AKP and the Turkish "secular" establishment worry that because Erdogan and other AKP founders came out [...]
2004-04-09 15:58:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA21AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INDUSTRY MINISTER
[...] (Sbu) Summary: Minister of Industry Ali Coskun told Ambassador the GOT would introduce legislation to solve Cargill's zoning problem in January and claimed the GOT was working on the data exclusivity problem. Coskun seemed to take the Ambassador's point on the need to resolve some American co [...]
2004-01-05 08:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA2109ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-12 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA211USG-SOURCED WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE MIXES
[...] (C) Summary: A January 9 article in the Wall Street Journal that quotes U.S. officials and misleadingly links the review of U.S. global defense posture to the commencement of the rotation of U.S. troops to and from Iraq through the Incirlik Air Base was ill-timed and has complicated the Miss [...]
2004-01-13 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS KPAO TU IZ
04ANKARA2137ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-13 13:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2138Trafficking in Persons: IOM Reports Recent
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In April 9 discussions with Emboff, IOM Chief of Mission Regina Boucault cited 1) ongoing anti-TIP training for Turkish law enforcement officials, and 2) implementation of a victim referral agreement between the Ministry of Interior and Turkey's leading TIP NGO as continuing evide [...]
2004-04-13 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA214ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-13 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA215TURKEY CLAIMS SYRIA AND IRAN SHARE CONCERN OVER
[...] (C) Summary: Syria and Iran have expressed concerns to Turkey about the Kurds' ambition for maximum autonomy over a greater territory in Iraq, according to MFA U/S Ziyal. Ankara says it is resisting "ganging up" on the Kurds with Damascus and Tehran, and is urging the Kurds to be reasonable. [...]
2004-01-13 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ SY IR CY
04ANKARA2185ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-15 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2204TURKISH CHOD OZKOK GIVES DELPHIC MESSAGE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Most Turkish commentators interpreted CHOD Ozkok's careful April 13 remarks on Cyprus as a signal the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will not oppose Turkish Cypriot or Turkish parliamentary acceptance of the draft Cyprus settlement. A number of observers, however, taking into account [...]
2004-04-16 16:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
04ANKARA2206TURKEY AND NORTHERN IRAQ: KONGRA GEL (KGK) MITIGATION STRATEGY
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reasons: 1.4 (b),(c) and (d). 2. (S) Summary: We agree with CPA that Turkish troops in northern Iraq could become a problem after the June 30 transfer of sovereignty, but Embassy Ankara does not believe the approach recommended in reftel will work wi [...]
2004-04-17 06:22:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
04ANKARA2210TURKEY: NAMES, TITLE, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR
[...] (SBU) Below is Mission's response to reftel regarding updated contact information for senior Turkish officials (April 16, 2004). Recep Tayyip Erdogan Prime Minister Comment: Erdogan does not speak English. To reach the P.M., contact one of the officials listed below: (a) Chief Foreign Po [...]
2004-04-19 08:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2218GROWING TURKISH REACTION, PUBLIC CRITICISM OF U.S.
[...] Negative reaction by the Turkish Government, opposition politicians, and the press to the reported detention of 11 Turkish Special Forces troops in Northern Iraq continues to grow. Prime Minister Erdogan, describing the incident as "extremely distressing," said that he expects the situation t [...]
2004-04-19 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2224TURKISH MFA BRIEFS UNSC AMBASSADORS ON CYPRUS
[...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy U/S briefed UNSC member state ambassadors on April 19 about possible UNSC action over the next several days. Ilkin explained that the SYG will issue a report, and the agreement will go to the UNSC to endorse the Foundation Agreement and authorize a UN peacekeeping force [...]
2004-04-20 05:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA224TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP CAUSING STIR OVER INCIRLIK
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP is trying to make hay over the public disclosure of the arrangement to allow U.S. troops to rotate out of and to Iraq using Incirlik air base. CHP M.P.s argue that the decision is against the constitution and complain that the AK Party Government still refuses to sh [...]
2004-01-14 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2240ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-21 06:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA226PRESIDENT ASSAD'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: Assad's January 6-9 visit to Turkey was the first by any Syrian President. Assad met one-on-one with PM Erdogan and President Sezer, and also met FM Gul, TGS Chief Ozkok, Parliament Speaker Arinc, and main opposition CHP leader Baykal. Turkish contacts say GOT raised terrorism, [...]
2004-01-14 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY TU IS
04ANKARA2268ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-21 07:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2293AFGHANISTAN: MFA/TGS TO RECOMMEND TO PM THAT THEY
[...] (C) MFA and TGS will recommend to PM Erdogan that Turkey establish a PRT in Takhar province in northeastern Afghanistan. The recommendation will also include a request for funding for the Turkish helicopters for ISAF, and a briefing on the possibility that the HRF in Istanbul may replace the [...]
2004-04-21 16:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA23MFA U/S Ziyal Letter to U/S Larson on EPC
[...] MFA transmitted a letter from Undersecretary Ziyal to U/S Larson via diplomatic note on the Economic Partnership Commission. In the letter, Ziyal affirms the importance of the economic reform program, addressing investment issues, moving forward on a Turkey Qualifying Industrial Zone, and co [...]
2004-01-05 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL EINV TU
04ANKARA231ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] Iraq 2. Cyprus Can't We be More Transparent? Sami Kohen observed in the mass appeal Milliyet (1/14): "There is no meaning and no benefit in equating the use of Incirlik air base for the US troop rotation with the March 1 decree. The TGS and the Government already announced that the Jun [...]
2004-01-14 16:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2327OPPOSITION CHP: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Unable to look at the beam in their own eye to understand their own responsibility for CHP's serious decline, CHP leader Baykal and others in his circle are looking for a mote in the U.S.'s eye as they accuse the USG of actively seeking Baykal's ouster. All the while rebels in CH [...]
2004-04-23 08:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2332 TURKISH MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS IN RUN-UP TO POTUS
[...] As we approach the June 26-29 POTUS visit to Turkey for bilateral meetings in Ankara and the NATO Summit in Istanbul, Turkish press interest in the visit is building. The embassy has received numerous requests from Turkish media outlets to interview USG principals in the run-up to the visit, a [...]
2004-04-26 09:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OVIP TU
04ANKARA2334INDUSTRY MINISTER PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON CARGILL
[...] (SBU) On April 21, the Ambassador met with Industry and Commerce Minister Ali Coskun to press for resolution of U.S. company disputes, particularly Cargill,s zoning issue. Highlighting the importance of foreign direct investment for raising living standards and the opportunities to showcase th [...]
2004-04-26 10:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EINV TU
04ANKARA2341TURKEY'S WAY FORWARD ON CYPRUS
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the wake of the GCs' "no," we need to move toward an eventual GC "yes" to the Burgenstock agreement. On the Turkish side, we should help Ankara preserve the its delicate balance for Cyprus settlement; encourage the Erdogan government to continue its "one step ahead" pol [...]
2004-04-26 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2345EXBS: DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TRAINING AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EXPERTS FROM DOE/NNSA AND DOE LABS HELD NUCLEAR EXPORT-RELATED CONSULTATIONS AND TRAINING IN TURKEY THE WEEK OF MARCH 15, 2004. THE USG TEAM PRESENTED A 2-DAY NUCLEAR-RELATED COMMODITY IDENTIFICATION TRAINING (CIT) SEMINAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 24 REPRESENTATIVES OF TURKISH GOVERN [...]
2004-04-26 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA2403CYPRUS NEXT STEPS: GOT POINTS DELIVERED
[...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman April 28. He undertook to convey them to all other MFA officials involved on Cyprus before SRSG DeSoto's arrival in Ankara. In addition to meetings with MFA officials, DeSoto will meet with PM Erdogan and FM Gul. [...]
2004-04-29 08:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY ECON ETRD EU PREL TU
04ANKARA2419ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-29 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2453ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-30 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2457AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 30 MEETING WITH FM ABDULLAH GUL
[...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY. TURKISH FM ABDULLAH GUL HOSTED A LUNCH FOR AMBASSADOR EDELMAN AND UK AMBASSADOR PETER WESTMACOTT TO THANK THEM FOR USG AND HMG EFFORTS TO SECURE A CYPRUS SETTLEMENT BEFORE MAY 1. AMBASSADOR EDELMAN ALSO HAD A SEPARATE 30 MINUTE MEETING TO DISCUSS OTHER ISSUES IN PREPARATI [...]
2004-05-03 09:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETAM CY IZ MOPS PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA2474ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-03 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2475TURKISH HELOS TO AFGHANISTAN: DECISION IS WITH
[...] (C) MFA NATO Department Head Alper Coksun told deputy pol-mil counselor May 3 that Turkey and Luxembourg had worked out an acceptable arrangement for Luxembourg to finance the deployment of the three Turkish helos to/from Afghanistan in support of ISAF operations. Funding for spare parts and [...]
2004-05-03 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2541ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-05 16:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2577ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-06 17:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA259CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR URGES U.S. TO PRESS ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Serdengecti convoked econoffs to raise concerns that Prime Minister Erdogan's Washington visit could reinforce the GOT perception that the U.S. will back Turkey financially regardless of the quality of GOT economic policies. He urged that U.S. leaders include [...]
2004-01-15 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2598ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-07 15:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2599CONTINUED SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS
[...] (Sbu) Summary: The sell-off continued in Turkish markets this week, with bursts of nervous selling Thursday and Friday driving the lira to new lows for the year. A bad week for global emerging markets was exacerbated in the Turkish case by increased tension between the Government and the milit [...]
2004-05-07 17:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2600RULING PARTY, "SECULAR" OPPONENTS CLASH OVER
[...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party has introduced a bill that would make it easier for graduates of imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools to enroll in university programs other than theology. AK's opponents deride the bill as a threat to the secular State. The opposition Republica [...]
2004-05-08 06:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2623ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-10 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA263ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-15 16:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2663NEW DRAFT LAW REMOVES BARRIER TO UNIVERSITY
[...] (C) Summary: AK Party (AKP) government will press ahead with its new draft higher education law despite open opposition from the military and higher education establishment. Under the existing law, higher education has been under the purview of the controversial Higher Education Council (YOK) [...]
2004-05-12 08:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKPAO OEXC SCUL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2664TURKISH MILITARY WANTED YES/NO CYPRUS OUTCOME
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish General Staff is appreciative of US and UK assistance in forging a balanced although problematic Cyprus plan. TGS wanted the yes/no outcome from the referenda, although it has no clear idea of where to go from here. The Turkish military worries that Cyprus might use [...]
2004-05-12 09:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS GR CY TU PINR
04ANKARA2667RULING AK PARTY, OPPOSITION CHP, AND WOMEN'S
[...] (U) Summary: MPs from ruling AK Party clashed with the opposition CHP and women's rights advocates in debates over a constitutional amendment on gender equality. Parliament adopted an AKP measure with expanded language on the equal rights of men and women, while rejecting a CHP proposal suppo [...]
2004-05-12 09:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2680BOEING FEELS PRESSURE IN THE TURKISH MARKET
[...] (C) Summary: Boeing representatives continue to be concerned over attempts by a senior official of the AKP cabinet to pressure the company into hiring one of his associates as Boeing's representative in Turkey. Boeing is currently competing with EADS-Airbus for the potential sale of 19 narro [...]
2004-05-12 12:22:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETBEXP ECON ETRD TU
04ANKARA2691ISAF SHORTFALLS: TURKS CONTEND THEY HAVE THE
[...] (C) During a recent discussion on Turkish helos for Afghanistan (ref b),NATO Department Head Alper Coskum confirmed what MFA officials had told us in late March (ref c): the Turkish military does not possess Role 2 and Casualty Staging Medical Unit capability. Coskun said the Turkish Genera [...]
2004-05-12 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2695ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-12 15:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2698TURKEY LOOKING TO MINIMIZE AEGEAN TENSIONS FOR
[...] (C) PolmilCouns sought an update on the status of Greek-Turkish military relations in the wake of PM Erdogan's visit to Athens (ref B) from TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus Director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu on May 10. The Admiral was hopeful that the PM's visit had laid the groundwork to move forward on be [...]
2004-05-12 17:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS GR TU
04ANKARA2717ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-13 15:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2736AFGHANISTAN: PM APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR PRT IN
[...] (C) PM Erdogan approved the MFA/TGS proposal to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar province and agreed to provide the requisite funding. The MFA will instruct its missions in Kabul, Brussels and Washington to inform the appropriate authorities. Turkey will not consider [...]
2004-05-14 13:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2743SHARING THE GMEI SUPPORT PLAN: TURKEY
[...] (C) We delivered ref A points and ref B Plan of Support on May 14 to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Akcapar and Middle East Department Section Chief Sekizkok. Per ref A, we modified ref B cover letter to include a paragraph reading "We are conveying this to you at this point to [...]
2004-05-14 16:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PREL TU KMPI
04ANKARA2758 Secretary Mineta's May 23 to 25 Visit to
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes several weeks before the President's June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time of improving political relations and close cooperation on our key international priorities. Your meetings with Transport Minister Yildi [...]
2004-05-17 10:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PTER EAIR PREL OVIP TU
04ANKARA2779ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-17 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2791GOT CANCELS $2B ATAK HELICOPTER, $1B UAV, AND AN
[...] (C) The Executive Committee (PM, CHOD and MOD) announced May 14 that it had canceled procurement programs for attack helicopters and UAVs, as well as a moribund program for main battle tanks. The EC publicly explained its decision as an effort to better acquire new models based on domestic pr [...]
2004-05-17 16:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL TU IS
04ANKARA2812ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-18 15:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2822AFGHANISTAN AND PRTS: TURKS SET ON TAKHAR
[...] (C) On the margins of a meeting on Cyprus (septel),MFA U/S Ziyal reiterated to Ambassador and UK Ambassador Westmacott that Turkey is committed to establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar and is not considering alternative locations. 2. (C) UK Amb. Westmacott opened [...]
2004-05-18 16:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2823TURKISH POLITICAL STABILITY: TENSIONS BREAK THE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey has entered a period of increased political tension as a result of the education reform controversy. PM Erdogan will remain under constant pressure from within his AK Party and from the Turkish military. Erdogan and AKP are showing strains as even relatively "liberal" memb [...]
2004-05-20 05:24:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA2834INVITATION TO PM ERDOGAN TO G-8 SUMMIT AT SEA
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, May 20 Ambassador delivered invitation to Prime Minister Erdogan to attend Sea Island G-8 Summit for GME lunch on June 9. Ambassador stressed our appreciation for the constructive Turkish contribution to work on the Democracy Assistance Group and willingness to be a co-spon [...]
2004-05-20 11:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL TU
04ANKARA2839AMBASSADORS EDELMAN AND WESTMACOTT'S MAY 18
[...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Ambassador Edelman and UK Ambassador Westmacott, Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal and Deputy U/S Ilkin urged USUN and the UK UN delegation to stay in close touch with the Turkish delegation as the UNSC considered action after the SYG's report. The Turks expect a general [...]
2004-05-20 11:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY PREL TU
04ANKARA2857ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-20 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2874FUTURE IMF ROLE IN TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: Post offers its analysis of issues associated with the IMF's future role in Turkey. In our view, the primary goals are to reduce the Fund's exposure and to encourage Turkey to implement sound policies and pursue the reform road to sustainable growth. In theory, [...]
2004-05-21 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA2881ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-21 16:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2894ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-24 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2898TURKS "NOT GETTING ANYWHERE" WITH RUSSIA ON CYPRUS
[...] (C) Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman told us May 24 that the GOT expects no change in Russia's Cyprus policy, despite FM Gul's May 20 visit to Moscow. Gul went to Moscow with an OIC delegation but met one-on-one with FM Lavrov to discuss Cyprus. MFA U/S Ziyal told Ambassador Edelman [...]
2004-05-24 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY PREL TU
04ANKARA2901TURKEY AND PRTS IN AFGHANISTAN: SETTING THE RECORD
[...] (C) The Turkish press is reporting that Washington is debating whether to respond positively to Turkey's proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar province if the Turks refuse to go west or south. We provide a chronology of Turkey's PRT-related consultations and considerations leading up to their [...]
2004-05-24 15:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2906BLAIR VISIT TO ANKARA: MARKING A DEEPENING OF
[...] (U) Summary: During a brief but concentrated visit to Turkey May 17, UK PM Blair assured PM Erdogan and President Sezer the UK will back Turkey's EU bid and work to end the isolation of Turkish Cypriots. Blair and Erdogan agreed on a UK-initiated "Action Plan" to hold annual PM-level bilateral [...]
2004-05-25 07:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TU
04ANKARA2913ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-25 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2947AFGHANISTAN: TURKISH CHOD REITERATES TO GEN KUJAT
[...] (C) Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok reiterated to NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee GEN Kujat May 26 that the GOT's position on establishing a PRT in Takhar was firm and that Turkey would not establish a PRT in an alternate location. Ozkok noted a decision to deploy Turkey's HRF in Istanbul to [...]
2004-05-27 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2977ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-27 15:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3008PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES
[...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]
2004-06-01 11:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETCASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3033ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-01 18:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3046ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-02 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3059TURKISH POLITICS: PRESIDENT VETOES BILL ON
[...] (U) Summary: As expected, President Sezer May 28 vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for graduates of technical and vocational high schools, including imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools, to enroll in university programs other than their area of high school specialization. PM [...]
2004-06-03 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3077ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-03 15:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3088PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES
[...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]
2004-06-04 11:00:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETCASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3108ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-04 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3121AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MAY RECONSIDER WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (C) During a June 4 meeting that included UK Ambassador Westmacott to discuss Cyprus (septel),Ambassador again encouraged MFA U/S Ziyal to consider establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the west or the south of Afghanistan. Ziyal was adamant that Turkey would not establish a [...]
2004-06-07 12:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3123U.S.-TURKEY FINANCIAL AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador reiterated to MFA U/S Ziyal June 4 that the U.S. considered negotiations on changes to the language in the financial agreement to be over. Referring to local press reports from that morning quoting Prime Minister Erdogan as saying that Turkey would not [...]
2004-06-07 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA3136ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-07 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3149ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-08 13:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA32ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-05 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3201ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-09 13:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3203IMF TEAM LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCING GAP,
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting IMF Mission Chief Moghadam told Econcouns that Turkish officials had told him the GOT will not ratify the U.S. FA because President Sezer has said he would veto it. Note: The GOT has not said this to us directly. End Note. With most analysts believing the GOT will have a [...]
2004-06-09 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA3206COURT RELEASES ZANA, CO-DEFENDANTS; APPEAL
[...] (U) Turkey's High Court of Appeals June 9 ordered the release of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs pending the outcome of their appeal. The Court made its decision one day after the defendants' attorney filed a formal release request. The Court is scheduled to take up the appeal [...]
2004-06-09 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3236TURKEY BEGINS BROADCASTS IN KURDISH, OTHER
[...] (C) Summary: June 7 state-owned TRT broadcasting company began airing news and cultural programs on radio and TV in Kurdish and three other languages traditionally spoken in Anatolia, in a long-delayed GOT effort to comply with EU free speech requirements. Contacts say PM Erdogan and FM Gul o [...]
2004-06-10 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3328ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-14 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA340INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: In Jan. 16 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador highlighted USG interest in strengthening counter terrorism cooperation and intelligence sharing with the GOT. Aksu asserted CT relations with Syria are improving, committed to instituting passenger and baggage checks to [...]
2004-01-20 08:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY TU
04ANKARA3405ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-15 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3435ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-16 16:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3458ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-17 16:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA348TURKISH P.M. ERDOGAN GOES TO WASHINGTON: HOW STRONG A LEADER IN THE FACE OF STRONG CHALLENGES?
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-20 12:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3484SCENESETTER FOR CODELS FRIST, LUGAR, AND BEREUTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) appears unassailable, with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and no viable opposition party. GOT legal reforms have improved the chances for an accession negotiation start date from the EU in December. Yet AKP struggles with corruption, ad h [...]
2004-06-21 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU
04ANKARA355ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-20 16:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3584IRAQ: TALABANI MEETS TURKISH FM GUL, PROPOSES
[...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUU) leader and former Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) member Jalal Talabani met PolMilOff June 22 and briefed on what he called his "excellent, friendly" meeting earlier that day with Turkish Deputy PM/FM Gul. He told Gul that the PUK condemned all violent [...]
2004-06-24 15:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PINR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA3589ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-25 05:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA361AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 18 CONVERSATION WITH FOREIGN
[...] (S) TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN EARLIER SCHEDULED FAMILY BRUNCH ON JANUARY 18, AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED PM ERDOGAN'S UPCOMING VISIT TO WASHINGTON EXTENSIVELY WITH DEPUTY PM AND FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH GUL. FM GUL LISTENED ATTENTIVELY AS AMBASSADOR WALKED THROUGH THE POINTS IN REFS A AND B LINE BY [...]
2004-01-21 04:43:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETCY IZ PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3618AFGHANISTAN: GOT'S DECISION NOT TO ESTABLISH A
[...] (C) Deputy pol-mil counselor contacted MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen June 25, following up on the Ambassador's earlier conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal on Turkish thinking on PRTs (ref a). Evirgen said that Turkey had completely abandoned its proposal to establish a PRT in Takh [...]
2004-06-25 17:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA362AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH DSHOD BASBUG, JANUARY 19, 2004
[...] (S) AMBASSADOR HOSTED TGS DEPUTY CHIEF GENERAL ILKER BASBUG TO DISCUSS THE PM'S FORTHCOMING VISIT TO THE U.S., NORTHERN IRAQ AND CYPRUS ON JANUARY 19. BASBUG WAS SUFFERING FROM A PROLONGED HEAD COLD AND EXPRESSED RELIEF THAT HIS JANUARY 16 (FIRST OF ITS KIND) OPEN PRESS CONFERENCE WAS BEHIND HIM [...]
2004-01-21 04:44:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETCY IZ PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3621ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-27 12:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3622ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-27 12:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3631ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-28 08:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3632ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-28 08:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3633ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-28 08:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3724ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-01 11:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3728THE TURKISH MILITARY: OZKOK TRIES TO STRIKE
[...] (C) Turkish General Staff (TGS) CHOD GEN Ozkok continues to balance the promotion of Turkey's EU membership prospects by reducing the Turkish military's past position at the commanding heights of politics with a desire to ensure that the Turkish military is able to intervene in domestic politi [...]
2004-07-01 12:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL TU PINR
04ANKARA3732PM ERDOGAN ASKS POTUS TO RELEASE THREE TURKISH
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) The Turkish press is reporting that PM Erdogan asked President Bush during their June 27 meeting in Ankara to release the three remaining Turkish nationals under detention at GTMO. The President reportedly said he would look into the matte [...]
2004-07-01 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS PREL AF TU
04ANKARA3791ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-08 09:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3802ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-08 16:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3828ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-09 17:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3840ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-12 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3908ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-14 16:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA396ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-22 13:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA397ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-22 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3988TURCO-ISRAELI RELATIONS REMAIN ACTIVE BUT
[...] (C) Summary: July 13-15 visit to Turkey of Israeli Deputy PM Olmert demonstrated that Turco-Israeli relations have broadened beyond the mil-mil/intel ties that have hitherto formed the core of the relationship. In the Israeli view the visit cast in sharp relief the rivalry (which we have prev [...]
2004-07-19 07:19:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS TU IS
04ANKARA3995ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-19 16:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. VISIT, CYPRUS, NATO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Turkish PM Erdogan December 31 in advance of Erdogan's late-January U.S. visit. The Ambassador said White House officials view the visit as an opportunity to enhance U.S.-Turkey relations and set the stage for the June NATO Summit in Istanbul. The USG and G [...]
2004-01-02 11:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR EINV AM CY TU
04ANKARA4072ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-21 16:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4112TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 TRIP TO IRAN: U.S.
[...] (C) In delivering reftel demarche July 22 to MFA DDG for South Asia Evirgen, polcounselor noted our understanding that Turkey shares U.S. views on the need for sharp improvement in Iranian behavior. The USG has strong interest in seeing PM Erdogan deliver crisp, unambiguous messages to Tehran [...]
2004-07-23 13:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON ENRG TU IR
04ANKARA4118ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-23 16:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4132IRAQ: TURKS TERM JULY 21 CAIRO IRAQ NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) Iraq's neighbors are increasingly willing to engage with a newly sovereign Iraqi government, Turkish officials told us on July 23, though some are still holding back. MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Safak Gokturk said that the tone of the July 21 Cairo meeting of Iraq's neighb [...]
2004-07-27 13:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS IZ TU EG IS
04ANKARA4148TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]
2004-07-28 09:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4190ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4194SECOND REQUEST: STATUS OF TURKISH NATIONALS AT GTMO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. three. 2. (S) At their June 27 meeting in Ankara, PM Erdogan raised the issue of three Turkish nationals still held at GTMO with President Bush. Ref a requested the Department to provide us with an update on the status of the remaining Turks [...]
2004-07-28 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS PREL AF TU
04ANKARA4233ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-29 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4267ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-30 15:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4274 TURKEY LOOKS FOR ECONOMIC SWEETENERS FOR EU
[...] (C) Summary. In an apparent effort to secure France's support for Turkey's EU bid, Prime Minister Erdogan offered contracts or potential contracts to French companies during his July trip to Paris. This includes Turkish Airlines' purchase of 36 mid-size Airbus jets, suggestions that Turkey [...]
2004-08-02 08:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAIR BEXP FR TU
04ANKARA4285 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 27, 2004
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 27, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Tercuman, Evrensel, Vak [...]
2004-08-02 13:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4345IRAQI PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT TURKEY
[...] (SBU) MFA Iraq Desk Officer Ferhat Alkan told PolMilOff Aug. 3 that both Iraq's interim president and prime minister would visit Turkey soon. President al-Yawar will be in Ankara Aug. 16 and 17 and will meet with President Sezer and FonMin Gul. Alkan said that PM Erdogan may be out of the co [...]
2004-08-04 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IZ
04ANKARA4370ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-04 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4397ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-05 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4419COMNAVEUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (S) Summary: Welcome back to Turkey! Although you are a frequent visitor, this visit is particularly important because you will be wearing your US (vice NATO) hat. As such, yours is the first visit by a US four-star admiral in a national capacity since ADM Natter,s visit as Fleet Forces Com [...]
2004-08-06 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA4421TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and ruling AKP contacts, PM Erdogan urged the Iranians to cooperate with IAEA on their nuclear program. The visit failed to produce an agreement on an expanded project to transship Iranian natural gas: the Turks sought a price reduction on their 1996 gas deal wi [...]
2004-08-06 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR IZ KNNP PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4428ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-06 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4443TURKEY AND IRAN GAS, BOSPORUS BYPASS, AND BTC
[...] (C) Summary: In a August 5 meeting with Charge, MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Relations Alev Kilic expressed general support for U.S. goals for regional energy development - with one exception. While Kilic stressed that Turkey,s priority for natural gas was for realizing transit from the Caspi [...]
2004-08-09 09:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD IR GA UK TU
04ANKARA4455GOT PREPARING THREE-YEAR ECONOMIC PROGRAM
[...] (Sbu) Summary: Earlier this summer, the Turkish Government began work on a 3-year economic program. An outgrowth of previous and existing policy planning vehicles, the 3-year program is a GOT economic policy program being developed with input from--but independently of --the IMF. According t [...]
2004-08-09 16:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECIN TU
04ANKARA4526ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-11 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4528IMF OFFICIAL ON GOT'S DECISION TO SEEK A NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Following IMF Mission Chief Moghadam,s surprise visit to Ankara last week, and public statements by PM Erdogan and Economy Minister Babacan that the GOT had decided to seek a follow-on disbursing Standby Arrangement(SBA),Econoffs met with IMF Deputy Resident Representative Chri [...]
2004-08-11 16:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV ECIN TU
04ANKARA453KOREAN TROOPS TO NORTHERN IRAQ: NEED TO BRIEF PM
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) DCM confirmed January 22 that PM Erdogan will travel to Seoul to meet with Korean officials February 7. 3. (C) PM Erdogan may already know (possibly from information obtained by the Turkish military liaison officers stationed in nort [...]
2004-01-23 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ KS
04ANKARA4541ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-12 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4563ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4587ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-16 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA464IMF RESREP: TURKEY IS OFF TRACK
[...] (C) Summary: Despite diplomatic public statements, the first stage of the IMF's Seventh Review Mission found Turkey to be seriously off-track, according to IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk. The backsliding is notable with regard to two "pillars" of the program--fiscal discipline and banking sector re [...]
2004-01-23 15:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA465TGS INFORMATION ON TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (S) TGS has informed ODC-Turkey of its understanding that the Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party (PCDK),which they claim is an extension of the PKK/KADEK/KHK, is recruting Arabs around Mosul, training them in terrorist tactics, and conducting surv [...]
2004-01-23 16:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER MARR PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA4651TURKISH READOUT ON IIG PRESIDENT AL-YAWAR VISIT:
[...] (C) The GOT is pleased with the Aug. 16-17 visit of IIG President al-Yawar and the IIG ministers for foreign affairs, water resources, and trade. Al-Yawar told the Turks that he and the IIG intentionally chose Turkey for his first major trip abroad, and that they saw Turkey as Iraq's most imp [...]
2004-08-18 16:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG ECON TU IZ
04ANKARA4733PM ERDOGAN VISITS GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary: According to preliminary readout, Erdogan brought Saakashvili and Zhvania a message of "Turkish support for the GOG" in South Ossetia and Abkhazia but urged restraint, dialogue and, in Abkhazia, easing the CIS economic embargo. In response to Erdogan's emphasis on the importance [...]
2004-08-20 12:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET TU GG RS
04ANKARA4764ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-23 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA48ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-07 05:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4815ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-25 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA482PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S TURKEY VISIT CEMENTS TIES, SKIPS KEY ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistani President Musharraf's January 19-22 visit to Turkey was heavy on ceremony and warm rhetoric, but apparently skipped over key issues of cross-border terrorism and non-proliferation. The visit appeared designed to cement ties, which had become testy in 2002, and to avoid contro [...]
2004-01-26 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIN PARM PK PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA487ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-26 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4878ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-27 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4946ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-01 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4967ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-02 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4995ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-03 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5002TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 15-
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 26, 2004 by Minsk Belaru [...]
2004-09-03 15:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5013ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-07 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5113VERHEUGEN OFFERS STRONG SUPPORT DURING TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: During an intense September 4-9 visit to Turkey, EU Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen stressed his support for opening accession talks with Turkey in 2005, even stating flatly in one meeting that the EU will set a date for talks at the December Summit. However, Verheugen also war [...]
2004-09-10 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5114RULING AK PARTY'S HYPOCRITIC OATH: THE ATTEMPT TO
[...] (C) Summary: An attempt by ruling AK Party (AKP) to re-criminalize adultery and fornication raises serious questions about AKP's commitment to EU values and the party leadership's ability to move away from its Islamist roots. End summary. 2. (U) In the run-up to the EU's October progress re [...]
2004-09-10 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA512ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-27 13:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5180AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TURKISH MFA DEPUTY U/S
[...] (C) Summary: Taking stock of Cyprus on September 13, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin expressed disappointment at the state of the EU's trade and aid proposals and the lack of a UNSCR endorsing the SYG's report; said UNFICYP's mandate should focus more on facilitating the flow of people and goo [...]
2004-09-14 12:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY PREL TU
04ANKARA5195GROWING TURKISH GOVERNMENT FRUSTRATION OVER LACK
[...] (C) Summary: GOT frustration at the perceived lack of measures to ease Turkish Cypriots' isolation is growing. GOT interlocutors at all levels have expressed this frustration to us in recent meetings; Secretary Powell will hear much the same if he meets with FM Gul at UNGA. For now, the EU i [...]
2004-09-14 15:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY PREL TU
04ANKARA5200RULING AK PARTY RETREATS FROM GAMBIT TO
[...] (U) Facing strong reluctance from various factions within the party and a sharp reaction from EU member states, ruling AK Party (AKP) leadership appears to have abandoned an attempt (ref B) to include re-criminalization of adultery and fornication (zina) as an amendment to the new criminal code [...]
2004-09-14 16:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA5205TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 1-15,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 10, 2004 by Turkish l [...]
2004-09-15 09:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5221ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-15 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5266SCENESETTER FOR DASD BRZEZINSKI'S SEPTEMBER 21
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes at a challenging time in our bilateral relations. Our painstaking efforts to rebuild relations over the last year, capped by a successful Istanbul NATO Summit in June, have resulted in the restoration of productive relations at the top military and civilian levels [...]
2004-09-16 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PGOV PARM PTER OVIP MOPS MASS CY IR
04ANKARA5306SECRETARY ABRAHAM'S SEPTEMBER 21 VISIT TO ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes a few months after the President,s June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time when bilateral and political relations are generally on track. Your meeting with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler will provide an excellent op [...]
2004-09-17 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5310RULING AK PARTY COMPLICATES ITS ITS POLITICAL
[...] (U) Summary: AK Party (AKP) government's reversal of course by a renewed insistence on criminalizing adultery and subsequent suspension of passage of the new criminal code until after the Oct. 6 release of the EU's progress report on Turkey's candidacy; EU's insistence that Turkey pass its new [...]
2004-09-17 17:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU
04ANKARA5350TURKISH MARKETS FALL SHARPLY ON EU CONCERNS
[...] (Sbu) Summary: No sooner had markets shown signs of beginning an autumn rally, than the GOT, ss handling of the adultery issue -- resulting in the postponement of the penal code reform and negative implications for Turkey,s EU accession prospects -- caused markets to fall sharply Friday, Sept [...]
2004-09-20 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL
04ANKARA5370ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-21 13:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5373ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-21 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5395ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-22 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5453ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-23 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5482ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-24 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA550ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-28 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5527TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY AND THE ADULTERY
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts in ruling AK Party (AKP) say PM Erdogan was personally in charge of the effort to criminalize adultery in the new Penal Code, pursuing the matter until finally backing down during a September 23 visit to Brussels. With the issue resolved, EU contacts say the EU i [...]
2004-09-27 13:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5535ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-27 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5550AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW TLFC COMMANDER
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged General Buyukanit to discuss ways to improve our Army-to-Army relationship when the latter sees USAREUR CG General Bell in October. Buyukanit suggested that both sides made mistakes in the attack helicopter tender and expected the next time the GOT would [...]
2004-09-28 10:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR MOPS PINR IZ CY AF TU
04ANKARA5556ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-28 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5689ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-04 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5708TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 15-30,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 27, 200 [...]
2004-10-05 12:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5712TURKISH PRESIDENT SEZER OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH
[...] (U) Summary: While underscoring the importance of relations with the U.S., President Sezer used his Oct. 1 address to parliament twice sharply to criticize U.S. non-action against the terrorist PKK sheltering in northern Iraq. In a lengthy and wooden assessment of the domestic state of affair [...]
2004-10-05 12:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA5717ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-05 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5719TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The centerpiece of Turkey's growing role as hub in the East-West Corridor, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, is broadly on track and nearing completion. Government of Turkey (GOT) Officials and BTC company officials assert that BTC is on track at 80 percent complete for m [...]
2004-10-05 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EWWT TU GA
04ANKARA573ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-29 12:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5734TURKEY CANCELS EU/OIC FORUM OVER CYPRUS DISPUTE
[...] (C) Summary: On September 30, in a dispute with the EU over designation of the Turkish Cypriot observer delegation, Turkey canceled the October 4-5 EU-OIC Joint Forum in Istanbul. The Turkish MFA and the Dutch EU Presidency each claim the other turned down reasonable compromises and ignored [...]
2004-10-06 07:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU CY
04ANKARA5741ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-06 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5750TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, September 2004
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 28, 2004 by the Anato [...]
2004-10-07 10:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5751TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 10:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDIN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU
04ANKARA5758SPECIAL TURKISH MEDIA REACTION: EU COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 12:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5777ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-08 14:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5781GOT: EU REPORT PAVES WAY FOR TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: GOT and EU contacts say they believe the October 6 EU Progress Report on Turkey paves the way for the opening of accession talks in 2005. At the same time, GOT officials maintain that elements of the report, including a statement that the outcome of the talks cannot be guaranteed, [...]
2004-10-08 17:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5784FM GUL AND STRAW MEET IN ANKARA OCTOBER 7
[...] (C) Summary: UK FM Straw met with Turkish FM Gul the morning after the EC issued its Turkey report. Gul said Turkey is pleased overall with the report but cited some complaints, including on economic issues. Gul wants PM Erdogan to write to the EU about them. Gul urged direct flights to n [...]
2004-10-12 04:49:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETCY IR IZ PREL TU UK AM GG
04ANKARA5791 Turkish Business: EU Accession Talks Not Enough
[...] (SBU) Summary. Strong advocates of EU membership, leaders of Turkey's business community see accession negotiations as another step in a long, arduous process of economic and political change that will eventually make Turkey a more "normal" country. In contrast to their political counterpa [...]
2004-10-13 06:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TU
04ANKARA5807ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-13 10:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA581POSITIVE FISCHER VISIT SETS SCENE FOR VISITS BY
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA and the German Embassy both characterize German FM Fischer's January 21-22 visit to Ankara as positive. Both sides see Turkey as having made significant progress on the Copenhagen Criteria for EU accession but agree Turkey needs to improve implementation in orde [...]
2004-01-29 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALGM PREL TU
04ANKARA583PRODI PRAISES GOT REFORMS IN HISTORIC VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 15-16 visit to Turkey, European Commission President Prodi praised GOT leaders for adopting extensive EU-related legislative reforms. He called for greater implementation of the reforms, and urged progress on a Cyprus solution by May. He also said the EU and GOT [...]
2004-01-29 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5830ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-14 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5860TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 7-14, 2004
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published October 14, 2004 by the Anatoli [...]
2004-10-15 12:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5882ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-15 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5908ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5934ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-19 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5952MASOUD BARZANI IN ANKARA: NOT IN A MOOD TO
[...] (C) Summary: KDP leader Masoud Barzani paid his first visit to Ankara in two years Oct. 11-12, during which he met with PM Erdogan and FonMin Gul. According to the Turkish MFA, Barzani was unexpectedly assertive, especially on Kirkuk, which he stated was a Kurdish city, period. Barzani chara [...]
2004-10-20 09:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA5964ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-20 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5993ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-21 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6000TURKEY'S FIRST CIVILIAN NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (S) Summary: In an October 15 introductory call by the Ambassador, Yigit Alpogan, the first civilian Secretary-General in the seventy year history of the Turkish SIPDIS National Security Council (NSC),outlined plans to downsize and further "civilianize" the NSC staff. Alpogan provided li [...]
2004-10-22 10:53:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR PGOV PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA6010ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-22 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6030CODEL HASTINGS MEETS IN TURKEY IN FIRST OFFICIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-25 09:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP PHUM PINR PINS PROP PTER AMGT TU IZ
04ANKARA6043TURKISH OIL COMPANY WANTS TO DO BUSINESS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to its CEO, the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has developed a "strategic plan" for reengaging in oil and gas development in Northern Iraq that it will present in Baghdad, Washington, and London. Understanding that Iraq's oil and gas resources are con [...]
2004-10-25 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEPET EWWT TU IZ
04ANKARA6048ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-25 13:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6051TURKEY INTENDS TO JOIN ICC "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE"
[...] (C) Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Department Head Levent Sahinkaya told us on October 22 that Turkey intends to become a signatory to the Rome Statute "as soon as possible." Sahinkaya said he cannot predict whether this will happen before or after December 17, when the EU [...]
2004-10-25 13:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU
04ANKARA6069ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-26 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6092ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-27 14:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6116HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CALLING FOR NEW CONCEPT OF
[...] (C) Summary: A GOT human rights board's report recommending Turkey update its concept of "minority" to make it consistent with Western European practices has stirred sharp controversy. Report notes Turkey continues to apply a narrow, discriminatory definition of "minority" based on Turkish St [...]
2004-10-28 10:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6135IMF BOARD VOTE UNLIKELY BEFORE EU DECISION
[...] (C) Summary. Contrary to its expectations of concluding a letter of intent by October 26, the IMF team negotiating a new Stand-by program left Turkey having made little progress on key program components. These include: specific tax measures for 2005 (with the GOT keen on a Fund-opposed VAT r [...]
2004-10-28 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA615ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-30 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6207SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey provides an excellent opportunity to assure the Turks that the U.S. continues to support Turkey's EU candidacy. Some elements in Turkey view the U.S. and EU as rival power blocs, and question why the U.S. would want Turkey in the EU. By highlighting areas o [...]
2004-11-02 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EU TU
04ANKARA6229AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HALKI WITH EDUCATION MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary: During an October 26 meeting, the Ambassador recommended that Education Minister Celik engage in a dialogue with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the re-opening of the Halki Seminary. The Ambassador told Celik that progress on Halki would bolster Turkey's image in the run-up t [...]
2004-11-03 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6254ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-04 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6258SIGN OF IMPROVING RELATIONS -- TURKS FIGHT FIRE IN
[...] Turkish officials over the past year have spoken often of improving relations with Syria. But so far it has been mostly talk, until October 27, when in a surprising show of cooperation, Syria asked for and Turkey delivered planes and fire fighters to put out a blaze along the border of Turkey [...]
2004-11-04 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECIN PREL SY TU
04ANKARA6276TURKISH PRESIDENT, PM CONGRATULATE POTUS, VP ON
[...] (U) The Turkish MFA faxed us the following letters of congratulations dated November 4, 2004 from Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed to President Bush and a letter of congratulations dated November 4, 2004 from Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan to [...]
2004-11-05 09:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL
04ANKARA6285ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-05 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6293BMENAI: DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE PLANNING
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. Summary: Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) co-sponsors Italy, Turkey and Yemen continue planning for a November 25 meeting in Rome of the three FMs, and possibly the U.S., at which they will release a DAD work plan. After the Rome meetin [...]
2004-11-06 11:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TU IT YM KMPI KDEM
04ANKARA63ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-07 13:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6311UK DIPLOMATS MEET IN ANKARA TO THINK ABOUT THE WAY
[...] (C) Summary: The UK Ambassadors to Greece and Turkey, Cyprus High Commissioner Parker, and FCO EU and Mediterranean Director Chilcott met in Ankara November 1 to discuss, inter alia, the way forward on Cyprus. They assess that Papadopolous' demands are not yet getting any support within the [...]
2004-11-08 16:17:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL CY TU
04ANKARA6329ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-09 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6369GOT REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO JANUARY ELECTIONS IN
[...] (C) MFA Middle East Deputy Director General Safak Gokturk told PolMilCouns that Iraq's State Minister for Provincial Affairs Wael Abdul Latif and Deputy Foreign Minister Bayati delivered an oral message on operations in Fallujah to Prime Minister Erdogan at 2:00 pm Nov. 10. Speaking shortly af [...]
2004-11-10 15:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ TU
04ANKARA6407ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-12 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6428ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-17 17:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6490LABOR UNION OPPOSITION TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT PLANS
[...] (C) Summary: International financial institutions recommend the transfer of Ministry of Labor and Social Security hospitals to the Ministry of Health. With public sector health care costs rising faster than inflation, the idea is to assure more efficient and cost-effective delivery of healt [...]
2004-11-19 15:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB SOCI TU
04ANKARA6565ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-24 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA660ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-05 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6615DISTORTED TURKISH REACTION TO FALLUJAH OPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Over the past two weeks, Turkish media portrayal of the al-Fajr operation in Fallujah has been unabashedly biased, vehemently anti-U.S. and often flat-out wrong. The MFA did not react to the most outrageous misstatements until November 26; the military has been publicly silent. [...]
2004-11-29 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIZ KPAO MOPS PREL TU
04ANKARA6620ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-29 16:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6621SCENESETTER: U.S. VISIT OF TURKISH DEPUTY PRIME
[...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin is leading a six-person Turkish delegation to visit the U.S. December 1-3 at the invitation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). We understand he will also meet U/S Grossman at State and USAID Admi [...]
2004-11-29 16:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID OVIP PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6628AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARCHON VISIT, GREEK ORTHODOX
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador told MFA U/S Tuygan on November 26 that the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a New York-based Greek Orthodox group, are visiting Ankara to discuss religious freedom with the GOT as part of a pilgrimage involving the transfer of relics from the Vatican to the [...]
2004-11-30 09:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EU TU
04ANKARA663SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY, 2003-4
[...] (U) In response to reftel, the following is Mission's contribution to the 2003-4 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record." 2. (U) Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system and a president with limited powers elected by the single [...]
2004-02-05 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP TU
04ANKARA6648ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-30 16:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6672ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-01 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6742ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-03 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6767TALKING POINTS FOR PUTIN'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Econoff delivered ref A points to GOT MFA Deputy Director General for Energy Hakki Akil on December 3, noting that similar points had been delivered at multiple levels over recent months. Ambassador Edelman delivered the full set of ref A points to Deputy U/S Apakan on December 2. 2. [...]
2004-12-03 16:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET TU
04ANKARA6768ARCHONS MEET WITH FM GUL
[...] (U) Summary: Representatives of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a U.S.-based group of Greek Orthodox laymen, met with FM Gul December 2 during a religious pilgrimage to Turkey. The Archons urged Gul to take action to reverse the process of State expropriation of Greek Orthodox pro [...]
2004-12-03 16:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6792ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-06 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6805ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-07 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6816 Scenesetter for Codel Hastert
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, cooperation in Iraq, Turkey's EU accession prospects and the state of t [...]
2004-12-08 11:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL MARR PGOV ECON IZ TU
04ANKARA6820BOY'S KILLING IN KIZILTEPE ATTRACTS NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an incident that local security officials initially described as a clash between police and terrorists, and under circumstances still being investigated, Turkish security officials shot to death 12-year-old Ugur Kaymaz and his father, Ahmet,were killed by gunfire on Novembe [...]
2004-12-08 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA6829ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-08 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6835 Scenesetter for Treasury DAS Loevinger
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. It is also a delicate moment in relations with both the IMF and EU. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, coo [...]
2004-12-09 13:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
04ANKARA6838ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-09 13:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6845PUTIN REPORTEDLY PROMISES RUSSIAN UNSC SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Putin promised Russian support for Turkey in the UNSC during meetings with Turkish President Sezer and PM Erdogan, according to Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman. FM Lavrov tried to backpedal, but Putin said he would call UNSYG Annan to express Russian support for the G [...]
2004-12-10 06:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY PREL TU
04ANKARA6867NEW ERA IN TURKISH RUSSIAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS? --
[...] (SBU) Summary: The December 5-6 visit of Russian President Putin to Turkey was portrayed by Turkish politicians and the press as a turning point in Russian-Turkish relations. Putin and Turkish President Sezer asserted that the rapid growth of bilateral trade is leading to an emerging "Multi [...]
2004-12-10 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRD PREL RS TU
04ANKARA6871GOT POSITION ON PATRIARCH'S STATUS HAS NO LEGAL
[...] (U) Summary: There is no legal basis for the GOT's policy of denying the ecumenical status of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Istanbul, an MFA official acknowledged. Though PM Erdogan and other GOT officials assert that the 1923 Lausanne Treaty establishes the Patriarch as the spiritual leade [...]
2004-12-10 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6882ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-10 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6887PUTIN VISITS TURKEY: RUSSIA BIDS TO TURN TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: Putin's visit demonstrated both Russia's assessment that Turkey is in play and the Turks' habit for mixing wishful thinking, barbarian handling, and a desire for (lucrative) attention. As of now, the visit appears not to have been the total breakthrough the Russians and some Turks [...]
2004-12-10 19:52:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS EPET ETRD TU
04ANKARA6907ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-13 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6939ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-14 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6948TURKEY NUCLEAR ENERGY - ANNOUNCE IT AND THEY WILL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is pursuing the ambitious goal of adding nuclear energy to its power mix over the next decade, and is seeking U.S. or French know-how as its technology of choice. Raised earlier this year when PM Erdogan visited France, nuclear energy cooperation was also hastily added to [...]
2004-12-15 05:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV TRGY TU
04ANKARA6964ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-15 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6995ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-16 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-02 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7023ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-17 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7066ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-20 16:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7067SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S
[...] (C) You arrive at a time when Turkey, having secured a 2005 start date for EU accession negotiations, will have begun to wake up warily to the enormous challenges entailed by harmonization. You arrive as well in a Turkey where much of the public, fed massive, continuing disinformation by an a [...]
2004-12-20 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IZ ECON TU
04ANKARA7075ACTION REQUEST: AIRLIFT FOR SECURITY ATTACHE TO
[...] (U) This is an action request for State, DoD, CENTCOM, Embassy Baghdad, and MNF-I. Please see para. three. 2. (U) On Dec. 17, AIF in Mosul attacked a convoy of four vehicles carrying Turkish police officers assigned TDY to provide security at the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad. Five Turkish o [...]
2004-12-21 13:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA7100ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 15:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7111ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-22 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7120SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-23 11:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL
04ANKARA7154 Turkey FDI: GOT Expectations Tied to EU Accession
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-27 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV TU
04ANKARA7160ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-27 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7190ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-29 05:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7201ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-29 12:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7211ERDOGAN AND AK PARTY AFTER TWO YEARS IN POWER:
[...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan and his ruling AK Party seem to have a firm grip on power -- if for no other reasons that there is currently no viable alternative and inertia weighs heavily in politics. Nevertheless, Erdogan and his party face enormous challenges if they are successfully to embrace c [...]
2004-12-30 05:19:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA749AK GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPT TO BROADEN ACCESS TO KORAN
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT in December withdrew new regulations that would have made it easier to open Koran courses after opponents called them a threat to the "secular" State. An official from the Religious Affairs Directorate acknowledged political mistakes in the handling of the regulation, but [...]
2004-02-08 08:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA763ROCKY TRANSITION AT BANK REGULATORY AGENCIES AS
[...] (C) Summary: Following the resignation of former BRSA/SDIF Chairman Akcakoca and the passage of legislation separating the two bank regulatory institutions, these agencies are in transition to new management and a new structure. By all accounts, it is shaping up as a difficult transition, with [...]
2004-02-09 10:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA790ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-10 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA814ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-11 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA849ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-12 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA851GLIMMERS OF TURKISH RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORLD
[...] (Sbu) Summary: Country Director Andrew Vorkink painted a mixed picture on Turkish re-engagement with the World Bank. In two sectors, energy and banking, the GOT has shifted to meaningful engagement in recent weeks, in both cases working with the Bank to develop a new interagency-coordinated st [...]
2004-02-12 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ENRG EINV PGOV TU
04ANKARA880ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-13 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA90FEAR OF REJECTION KEEPS ANKARA FROM ASKING IGC FOR
[...] (C) DCM briefed MFA Director General for Middle East Burcuoglu on US strategy for Iraq on January 2, drawing from ref a and recent policy statements. He noted that CPA would appreciate a readout by the planned GOT fact-finding mission to Iraq (ref b) towards the end of its time there. (Burcuo [...]
2004-01-08 10:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA919ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-17 15:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA921PRESIDENT MUBARAK VISITS TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: During an February 11-12 visit to Ankara, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak listened to Turkish views on Iraq, while the Turks did most of the listening on the subject of Israel/Palestine. Mubarak agreed with Turks' concerns about Iraq's territorial integrity and unity. He brie [...]
2004-02-18 07:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEG IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA948ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-18 16:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA953DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND SEIZES CONTROL OF UZAN
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Congen Istanbul cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) moved on Saturday, February 14 to seize control of 219 companies owned by the controversial Uzan family in the latest episode of the protracted conflict between the fa [...]
2004-02-19 05:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA958ALTINBAS TORTURE CASE PLAGUED BY DELAYS
[...] (C) Summary: The 13-year-old trial of 10 police officers charged with torturing and killing university student Birtan Altinbas continues to be plagued by delays, as the defense tries to postpone a verdict until the statute of limitations expires. The defendants have consistently failed to appe [...]
2004-02-19 10:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA975GERMAN OPPOSITION LEADER PROPOSES EU-TURKEY
[...] (U) Summary: German opposition CDU-CSU leaders told PM Erdogan and other GOT officials during a visit to Turkey that they favor a "privileged partnership" between the EU and Turkey over full Turkish membership. Erdogan rejected the idea, but maintained a positive tone during discussions. A G [...]
2004-02-19 17:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA992ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-20 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA994TURKEY: OPPOSITION LEFT-OF-CENTER CHP LIMPING
[...] (C) Summary: Main opposition CHP's chances in March 28 local elections are dim, according to our own extensive contacts with party M.P.s and recent polling data. A few CHP M.P.s are growing more critical of party leadership but have not shown the courage of their convictions by speaking out p [...]
2004-02-20 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
04BRUSSELS1496EUR/PDAS RIES DISCUSSIONS WITH EU ON TURKEY'S
[...] (C) Summary: EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries visited Brussels on March 30 to review EU Commission concerns on specific Copenhagen Criteria issues, with the aim of working with the EU and Turkey to achieve a positive decision on a Turkish date for accession negotiations in December. Matthias Reute, DG [...]
2004-04-06 16:10:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2262USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT JUNE
[...] Sensitive but unclassified -- entire text. 2. Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the EU as it absorbs its new members and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU under the Irish Presidency i [...]
2004-05-27 10:28:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3226ENCOURAGING SIGNALS FROM COMMISSION AND DUTCH
[...] (C) In meetings on July 26-27 in Brussels with Dutch Presidency, Commission and Council officials, EUR DAS Laura Kennedy heard guardedly optimistic assessments from all that the EU, at its summit this December, would reach a positive decision on opening EU accession negotiations with Turkey ne [...]
2004-07-30 07:47:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4346EU: PARTING THOUGHTS FROM RELEX COMMISSIONER CHRIS
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador held a reflective October 6 farewell meeting with RELEX Commissioner Patten, whose term expires at the end of the month. Patten called the Commission's decision earlier that day to recommend in favor of starting accession negotiations with Turkey "the most important de [...]
2004-10-08 13:04:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS758US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 2: SOUTH CAUCASUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy Allegrone -- discussed US-EU cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus with the EU's COEST Troika. This cable covers the South Caucasus portion of the [...]
2004-02-23 10:05:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AM AJ GG RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04DUBLIN1841THE AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 22 DISCUSSION WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a free-flowing December 22 meeting, the Ambassador and Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern agreed that President Bush's planned February visit to Europe presented an opportunity to reenergize trans-Atlantic ties. Ahern noted a "huge willingness" among his counterparts within t [...]
2004-12-23 10:55:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR CPAS CVIS MASS PINR PINS EAID PGOV
04ISTANBUL1624TURKEY AND THE EU: HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sessions at last week's Istanbul conference of Europe's Green Party highlighted Turkey's hopes and aspirations to gain a date for the beginning of accession negotiations, but also lingering sensitivities about perceived EU discrimination against Turkey and local discomfort abou [...]
2004-10-28 08:50:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM TU
04ISTANBUL1677KUCUKARMUTLU: APPLE OF ISTANBUL'S EYE AND
[...] (u) Summary: A storm is brewing in the Istanbul neighborhood of Kucukarmutlu, pitting Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and its plans for a technology park against local residents and politicians. ITU recently reiterated its intention to seek implementation of court decisions to evict tens [...]
2004-11-09 06:48:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SENV ECON EAID TU
04ISTANBUL1837ISTANBUL POLITICS: AKP CONSOLIDATES CONTROL
[...] (sbu) Summary: Following dominatig victories in the arch 28 local elections, Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials in Istanbul have sought to furthr consolidate power by attracting converts from ther parties and have transferred key assets fro the few remaining non-AKP districts to are [...]
2004-12-09 10:45:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1944RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE OR WINDOW DRESSING
[...] (sbu) Summary: In trying to burnish ruling AKP's religious tolerance credentials, Prime Minister Erdogan attended the December 5 opening of a museum at an Armenian Hospital in Istanbul and four days later presided over the opening ceremony for a new mosque-church-synagogue complex near Antaly [...]
2004-12-28 11:25:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL402ISTANBUL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS FAMILIAR
[...] (U) Summary: The long-planned but oft-delayed International Investment Advisory Council (IAC) meeting grouping CEO's from leading multinationals finally took place in Istanbul on March 15. Organized by the Turkish government with cooperation from the World Bank and International Monetary Fu [...]
2004-03-17 13:10:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL492TURKS PROTEST YASSIN'S DEATH, CONDEMN ISRAEL, U.S.
[...] (u) Summary: Protesters burned Israeli and American flags at a symbolic funeral held for the former Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin following the noon prayer on Friday, March 26, in the Sultanahmet district, in central Istanbul. About 5,000 people participated in the demonstration organized b [...]
2004-03-30 12:06:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KISL TU
04ISTANBUL843"WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU": NEW COMMISSION DISPLAYS
[...] (c) Summary: A delegation of the new inter-ministerial commission charged with resolving outstanding minority issues visited Istanbul in January to meet with the leaders of the religious communities and to follow up on complaints that the religious leaders had passed to Prime Minister Erdogan l [...]
2004-05-28 10:01:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
04ROME3698ITALY/TURKEY: CONFIDENT TURKEY WILL RECEIVE A
[...] (C) On September 23, MFA Director for Turkey/Cyprus Affairs Renato Ricci told poloff that while his government was still confident that Turkey would receive a "yes" on a date to begin EU accession negotiations at the December Council, recent moves to include criminalizing adultery in the cou [...]
2004-09-24 11:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IT TU EUN
04ROME4682ITALY ON EU GAERC/COUNCIL AGENDA: TURKEY WILL
[...] (C) The MFA's Director for EU Integration, Michele Quaroni, told poloff that consensus was building around a Council conclusion with an unconditional date to begin Turkish accession negotiations. He was not sure whether the date would be during the first or second semester of 2005. France may [...]
2004-12-10 08:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KPAL UP CO HR CG RW IT EUN
04TELAVIV1866ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Blair in Libya ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Thursday in Washington, the date of PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. was set as April 14. Jerusalem Post (lead story) and Ha'aretz reported that Sharon's bure [...]
2004-03-26 10:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that during his visit to the region Wednesday British PM Tony Blair called for the cessation of Palestinian terrorism as a paramount need for the renewa [...]
2004-12-23 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04THEHAGUE1524NETHERLANDS/TURKEY/EU: ERDOGAN GETS PRAISE BUT NO
[...] (C) Summary: As expected, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's June 16 visit to the Netherlands focused heavily on Turkey's EU accession bid. Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende publicly and privately praised Turkey's reform efforts to date and assured Erdogan that negotiations on accession would be [...]
2004-06-18 14:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL TU EU NL
04THEHAGUE2452TURKEY/EU/CYPRUS - "THEY AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hannie Pollman-Zall (protect),MFA Director of the Western and Central European Department, told Poloff on September 23 that if the Turks thought the European reaction to the adultery law proposal was bad, "they ain't seen nothin' yet." Ankara, she suggested, may still not ful [...]
2004-09-24 15:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL TU NL CY
04THEHAGUE3166NETHERLANDS/EU: FM BOT ON CHINA, TURKEY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one and one half hour discussion with Ambassador Sobel on December 2, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot laid out his priorities for the last few weeks of the Dutch EU presidency. Bot stated categorically that he will not lift the Chinese Arms Embargo, but predicted (agai [...]
2004-12-03 16:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CH RS NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3178EU/TURKEY: DUTCH ISSUE REV 2 DRAFT TEXT
[...] (C) Rob Swartbol (PM Balkenende's diplomatic advisor) (STRICTLY PROTECT) told Ambassador Sobel late December 6 he was alarmed about efforts by France, Austria and Denmark to promote a third way/privileged partnership alternative for Turkey. He said that the Dutch were working to get Germany an [...]
2004-12-06 19:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL TU CY EUN
04THEHAGUE3223TURKEY/EU: DUCH PM'S DEC 9 DINNER WITH ERDOGAN
[...] (C) PM Balkenende's focus at dinner with PM Erdogan in Brussels tonight, December 9, is to seek an agreement over how Turkey can adequately indicate recognition of Cyprus in the context of accession negotiations, Jochem Wiers (MFA EU Enlargement office and main drafter of accession texts for [...]
2004-12-09 13:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAORC CY GR NL PREL TU EUN
04THEHAGUE3333TURKEY ACCESSION/EU: THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: (C) According to Dutch diplomat Pieter de Gooijer, the intense Dutch-led negotiations leading to the EU Council's invitation to Turkey for accession talks were one for the history books. In a recent conversation with DCM and Poloff, he provided the inside story of the last hours of th [...]
2004-12-23 15:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL TU CY EUN INRB
04THEHAGUE584DUTCH VIEWS ON PM'S MARCH 16 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: On March 9, Ambassador Sobel met separately with FM Bot and the PM's diplomatic advisor, Rob Swartbol, to preview the March 16 meeting between the President and PM Balkenende. PM Balkenede will bring the message that the Dutch EU presidency will advance the transatlantic agenda i [...]
2004-03-10 10:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALIZ NL PREL TU
04VATICAN3196VATICAN STILL OPEN TO TURKEY’S EU BID
[...] (C) Acting Holy See Foreign Minister Parolin reaffirmed August 18 that the Holy See remained open to Turkish EU membership, notwithstanding recent critical comments by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Parolin emphasized that the Holy See's position on Turkish membership in the EU had not changed from the [...]
2004-08-18 16:27:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALEU PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT
05ADANA102SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 10, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-12 05:42:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA104SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 12, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-13 05:43:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA105SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 13, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-16 05:37:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA106SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 16, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-17 05:09:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA132SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 29, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-11 14:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA14SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 18, 2005
[...] CUMHURIYET / TERCUMAN / YENI SAFAK / HURRIYET / VAKIT / TURKIYE: PM Erdogan is expected to announce good news to the farmers before the upcoming religious holiday. During his meeting with farmers and volunteers for agricultural development today, PM is expected to announce ways to r [...]
2005-01-24 14:10:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA15SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13, 2005
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM: [...]
2005-01-25 06:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA150SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15, 2005
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 15, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...]
2005-08-16 13:33:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA154SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22, 2005
[...] BOLGE: The daily reports that the purpose of U.S. Embassy Charge d'Affaires Nancy McEldowney's visit last week to Turkey's Agricultural Ministry was to pressure Turkey on its recent decision to restrict rice imports from the U.S. in order to prevent material injury to Turkish rice produce [...]
2005-08-23 10:46:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA155SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 12:30:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA159SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-06 12:11:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA166SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2005
[...] ZAMAN: Saban Bas, Chairperson of Adana Chamber of Commerce, said that foreign companies would take part for the first time in the third of the annual Cukurova Industry and Commerce Fair that will be held in September 26 in Adana. Bas said that 11 companies from Nahcevan (part of Azerbaij [...]
2005-09-22 09:16:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA167CATHOLIC BISHOP ANNOUNCES INTENT TO CLOSE ADANA CATHOLIC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-23 13:52:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KIRF VT TU ADANA
05ADANA168SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2005
[...] EKSPRES / (CUKUROVA): A group comprised of the senior leaders of Adana, under the leadership of Abdullah Torun, Adana deputy from AKP, and including the provincial chairperson of AKP, the Adana mayor, chairpersons of chambers and agricultural associations, held a press announcement. The [...]
2005-09-26 08:20:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA169ANXIOUS SOUTHEAST TURKEY PONDERS EU INTEGRATION IN THE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 14:07:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV TU ADANA
05ADANA172SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2005
[...] EKSPRES / ZAMAN: According to AKP Adana Provincial Chairperson Abdullah Dogru, followers of the former prime minister and president Suleyman Demirel's agricultural policies devastated the agricultural sector in Turkey. 2. SABAH (GUNEY) / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA / BOLGE / EKSPRES [...]
2005-10-05 11:56:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA185PKK VIOLENCE IN SE TURKEY CONTINUES DESPITE TURKEY, EU FIRST
[...] (SBU) The number of incidents of PKK-related violence in the southeast has shown no sign of decreasing since the October 3 milestone beginning discussions on Turkey's EU accession. At the same time, it does not appear that the GOT has made any changes in its approach of using security forces a [...]
2005-10-17 13:24:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PKK ADANA EU
05ADANA188SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-18 10:27:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA19SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 26, 2005
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 26, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. RADIKAL / CUM [...]
2005-01-28 15:56:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA195SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 09:58:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA196SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 09:59:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA197SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 10:00:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA199DIYARBAKIR POLL SHOWS KURDISH ISSUE TURKEY'S BIGGEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: A recent Dicle University poll found that the Diyarbakir's residents had mixed feelings about their government's lack of follow-up after PM Erdogan's August 12 speech promising the use of democratic methods to solve the "Kurdish issue." The poll confirmed that almost 90 percent [...]
2005-11-01 07:09:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ ADANA
05ADANA2NEW TURKISH-SYRIAN TRADE DEAL SIGN OF BETTER THINGS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-03 07:48:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL SY JO IZ TU ADANA
05ADANA200SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-01 10:33:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA207LOCAL SOUTHEAST REACTION TO SEMDINLI BOMBING INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 8-10 trip to the southeast, the Sirnak office of DEHAP's follow-on party, Democratic Society Party (DTP in Turkish),told AMCON Adana officers about the bombing in Hakkari province's Semdinli township allegedly perpetrated by government security forces. The GOT [...]
2005-11-18 10:14:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ADANA
05ADANA213SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 14:41:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA214SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 14:41:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA216SOUTHEAST REMAINS SKEPTICAL ABOUT GOT REFORM PROMISES AFTER
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reaction in Turkey's heavily-Kurdish southeast to PM Erdogan's November 21 visit to Semdinli, Yuksekova and Hakkari was positive, but skepticism about the government's ability to bring the perpetrators of the Semdinli bombings to justice remains high. Erdogan did no [...]
2005-11-23 06:57:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ADANA217SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-23 07:56:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA221SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-28 11:36:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA222CONTINUING DEVELOPMENTS IN SEMDINLI BOMBING CASE: TWO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since the November 9 Semdinli bombing (reftels A and B) and the PM's subsequent visit to the region (reftel C),the parliamentary Human Rights Committee toured the region to investigate the case. Hakkari's governor was re-assigned to another province, a move he attempted to depi [...]
2005-11-30 12:26:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA223SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-02 09:39:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA224SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 1, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-02 09:39:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA225SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-02 15:14:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA227SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 05, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 14:14:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA229SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 08, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 13:58:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA230SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 09, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-12 12:20:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA232SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 07:37:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA24SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31, 2005
[...] YENI SAFAK: Cantemur Aslan, General Manager of SEKA (Turkish State Pulp and Paper Plant) and Atilla Osmancelebioglu, Governor of Mersin, delivered the good news that SEKA's port in the Tasucu district of Silifke in Mersin will be reopened. It had been idle for ten years. (Note: The S [...]
2005-02-04 07:30:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA241SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-20 12:06:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA242SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-20 15:20:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA3SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 28, 2004
[...] BOLGE / TURKIYE / EKSPRES / VAKIT / MILLI GAZETE: As compared to the figures of the previous year, the exports from Turkey to the Middle East countries are breaking the records and the volume of exports has increased by 40.9 percent. Mehmet Hadra, President of the Turkish-Arab Businessmen [...]
2005-01-03 09:57:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA30DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE IN SIIRT
[...] (U) Per reftel (SE Turkey Press Summary 1/25/05),as many as 1000 demonstrators reportedly clashed with security officials in Siirt on January 23, 2005. Reportedly throwing stones and breaking windows, they protested what they claimed was a decision by government and municipal officials to b [...]
2005-02-17 14:43:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC PREL TU ADANA
05ADANA32SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-18 08:36:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA34SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18, 2005
[...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / EKSPRES / BOLGE / SABAH (GUNEY): The First International Economic Cooperation Forum is to be held in Adana today. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and representatives from 400 domestic and international companies are expected to attend the two-day Forum hosted by the Adana Cha [...]
2005-02-23 07:58:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA35SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22, 2005
[...] MILLIYET / EKSPRES / BOLGE / ZAMAN / TURKIYE: Adana Chamber of Commerce will open the East Mediterranean Foreign Trade Center today to foster the international relationships of Cukurova Region's SMEs. Among the undertakings of the Center are providing advisory services to the SMEs with r [...]
2005-02-23 08:03:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA42SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2005
[...] SABAH (GUNEY): Chambers of Commerce, Chambers of Industry and Commodity Exchanges will hold Assembly elections around Turkey between March 1 and 3. Locally, the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Industry election will be March 3, and the Gaziantep Commodity Exchange election Ma [...]
2005-03-01 07:29:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA49SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14, 2005
[...] BOLGE: The volume of transactions in Adana Commodity Exchange has reached a record-breaking figure of 1,712,592,491,425,944 Turkish lira ($1,3 billion) in 2004. This increase over 2003's figures is attributed to an abundance of products and price increases since last year. REID [...]
2005-03-15 13:31:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA50SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15, 2005
[...] SABAH (GUNEY): The producers of the Cukurova Plain have been producing organically cultivated lettuce and exporting some of the produce to EU countries. The lettuce is either being consumed in supermarkets and fast food chains in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara, or is being made into salads in [...]
2005-03-15 14:21:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA55SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-18 13:19:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA60SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-22 14:52:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA61SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24, 2005
[...] ZAMAN / BOLGE: Celik-Is (Steel Union),discontent with contract negotiations, decided to go on a stike at the Iskenderun Iron and Steel Factory in Hatay on May 2. REID [...]
2005-03-25 08:57:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA65SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-01 06:02:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA66SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 29,2005
[...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / BOLGE / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Suleyman Onatca, Chairperson of the Adana Industrialists and Businessmen Association, announced that his visits with Syrian and Jordanian authorities last week were very fruitful in terms of economic relations. Onatca said that his vi [...]
2005-04-01 06:53:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA77SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-12 06:39:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA8SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4, 2005
[...] MILLIYET / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Umit Ozgumus, President of the Adana Chamber of Industry, is going to meet President Erdogan for the second time on January 5, and will mainly discuss the new Incentive Law. Umit Ozgumus, who is selected as the representative of the East Mediterrane [...]
2005-01-07 09:48:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA9SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5, 2005
[...] ZAMAN / CUMHURIYET / SABAH (GUNEY): PM Erdogan was not able to resist the demands of MPs on the Incentive Law. Erdogan announced that the scope of the Incentive Law will be expanded and thirteen more cities will be included in the new system. PM Erdogan further added that MPs s [...]
2005-01-07 12:11:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ANKARA1IRANIAN FONMIN KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO TURKEY: IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA interlocutors tell us PM Erdogan strongly underscored Turkish concerns about Iran's nuclear program to visiting Iranian FonMin Kharrazi. End summary. 2. (C) In separate, coordinated Dec. 29 calls on MFA, Polcounselor met DDG for South Asia (including Iran) Evirgen [...]
2005-01-01 05:01:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MNUC PARM ENRG TU IR IZ
05ANKARA1010ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-24 15:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1015IRAQ: TURKEY WILL SUPPORT ITG, SENDS POSITIVE
[...] (C) PolMilOffs called on MFA Head of Iraq Department Avni Botsali on Feb. 23 to deliver reftel demarche. In response, Botsali read from (and handed us) cleared press guidance that he had drafted for MFA spokesman Namik Tan on Feb. 17. The guidance notes the UNSC president's statement of Feb. [...]
2005-02-25 08:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
05ANKARA1037ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-25 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA104CODEL KYL SCENESETTER FOR TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, cooperation in Iraq, Turkey's EU accession process and the state of the [...]
2005-01-07 09:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL MARR PGOV ECON TU IZ
05ANKARA1040TURKEY: ENERGY CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION GOOD AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reminiscent of the 2001 "White Energy Probe", Turkey has launched a new energy corruption investigation, casting its net first to 11 senior energy officals and business-people in the electricity and natural gas sectors, the investigation -- announced by Energy Minister Guler -- h [...]
2005-02-26 15:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV TU
05ANKARA106ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-07 13:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1062AMBASSADOR'S ESF-LINKED SCHOOL VISIT: ESF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7, the Ambassador participated in a signing ceremony for the $9 million U.S. ESF grant to the World Bank to be used for conditional cash payments to poor families. Remarks by the Ambassador, World Bank director, Turkish Treasury Undersecretary and the manager of the [...]
2005-02-28 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EFIN KPAO TU
05ANKARA1071TURKISH MFA AND LOCAL PUK REP POSITIVE ON
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT, the PUK's Ankara Representative, and the press are all putting a positive spin on the Feb. 24 meeting in Dukan between PUK leader Jalal Talabani and GOT Special Iraq Envoy Osman Koruturk. Turkey expressed its support for an Iraqi solution to questions such as the status [...]
2005-02-28 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA1074TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY ADRIFT
[...] (C) Summary: Ankara-based European diplomats confirm our assessment that Turkey's EU candidacy remains adrift more than two months after the EU decided at the December Summit to set a date for accession negotiations. PM Erdogan has yet to name a lead EU negotiator, and since the Summit has tr [...]
2005-02-28 16:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1093IMF RESREP MORE HOPEFUL ABOUT STANDBY AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resrep confirmed that the GOT has decided to water down its proposal to expand the investment incentives law, thereby opening the way to resolving the current standoff with the IMF. Provided the GOT: a)follows through on revising the investment incentives law so that it [...]
2005-03-01 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
05ANKARA1102RULING AK PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP SLOWLY ERODING
[...] (U) With the March 1 resignation from Turkish Prime Minster's ruling Justice and Development (AK) party of controversial Istanbul MP Goksal Kucukali, the distribution of seats in the Turkish Parliament stands as follows: 363 - AKP (Justice and Development Party) 170 - CHP (Republican Peop [...]
2005-03-02 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
05ANKARA1104SCENESETTER FOR 3-4 MARCH VISIT OF US ARMY EUROPE
[...] (S) Summary: While your visit comes on the heels of a series US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander SIPDIS General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Feith and Secretary [...]
2005-02-23 17:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR
05ANKARA1171LABOR-RELATED CHALLENGES AND INITIATIVES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-04 16:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI TU
05ANKARA1211TURKISH LEADERS CRITICIZE IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT;
[...] (C) Summary: GOT leaders have criticized the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) for its poor showing in the Iraqi elections. ITF's Ankara representative told us that his party favors Ja'afari for Prime Minister and will continue to fight for Turkmen rights in Kirkuk. He accused the U.S. of treating Ir [...]
2005-03-07 15:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA1213AMBASSADOR URGES TURKISH MFA TO PRESS SYRIA ON
[...] (S) Summary: On March 4 Ambassador urged Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan to have the MFA press the Syrians on troop withdrawal from Lebanon. Ambassador followed up with ref A points on March 6. Tuygan said the GOT is contemplating a letter from PM Erdogan to Assad. Tuygan called ref A points "well [...]
2005-03-07 16:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL TU LE SY
05ANKARA1225ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-08 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1231TURKISH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OFFICIAL SAYS MOST
[...] (C) Summary: A close Embassy contact in the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) retired early in frustration after being unable to overcome resistance within the ministry to EU reform; she returned at the insistence of the Justice Minister. The official, an expert on EU law, told us the MOJ Undersecreta [...]
2005-03-08 17:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1260ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-09 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1275MEIN KAMPF - WHAT TODAY'S YOUNG TURKS ARE READING
[...] (C) Summary: Mein Kampf has climbed to the top 10 on Turkish bestseller lists, with sales jumping dramatically in the last couple of months. A spokesman for the Jewish community said he has warned publishers that the book could provoke anti-Semitism, and questioned why it is selling at a disc [...]
2005-03-10 10:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1315ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA132ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-10 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1321TURK-IS LABOR UNION PROTESTS CLOSURE OF
[...] (U) Summary. Turkish Izmit-based paper factory SEKA has been in continuous operation since 1934. Although the GOT's Privatization Administration closed this loss-making factory, Seluloz-Is, a branch of Turk-Is Labor Union, protested the closing and discouraged its members from taking advanta [...]
2005-03-11 08:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ELAB PGOV SOCI TU
05ANKARA1330 Visa Data Tracks Turkey's Economic Recovery
[...] (SBU) Summary. Contrary to popular wisdom, non- immigrant visa data shows that the recovery from the 2000-1 economic crisis is having a real impact on Turkey's middle and lower classes. This is confirmed by other signs of growing household consumption, but income disparities, unemployment, [...]
2005-03-11 13:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN CVIS PGOV ECON TU
05ANKARA1332ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-11 14:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1334TURKISH MFA ON SYRIA, LEBANON, AND MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary. Turkish MFA DG Celikkol told us the MFA called in the Syrian Ambassador March 9 and urged Syria to "avoid a crisis" in Lebanon, but stopped short of anything stronger. MFA officials still assert that a reduced Syrian role in Lebanon will threaten "stability." They view Assad as [...]
2005-03-11 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU LE SY IS
05ANKARA1339EU TROIKA VISIT HIGHLIGHTS DEFICIENCIES IN
[...] (C) Summary: In a visit overshadowed by media images of police beating demonstrators in Istanbul (septel),the EU Troika visited Ankara March 6-7 to discuss the upcoming accession talks with Turkey. PM Erdogan and FM Gul insisted the GOT remains focused on EU-related reform. However, EU cont [...]
2005-03-11 17:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1340EU FURIOUS OVER GOT HANDLING OF POLICE VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Ankara-based EU diplomats say EU leaders are furious over the GOT's continued poor handling of the violent March 6 police crackdown on International Women's Day demonstrators in Istanbul. FM Gul promised an investigation; however PM Erdogan, Justice Minister Cicek, and other GOT [...]
2005-03-11 17:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1447ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 07:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1484IRAQ: TURKS TRYING TO CHANGE A LOSING GAME
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's leadership and policy establishment appears to be grasping for a new and more constructive policy direction on Iraq, in part (we believe) based on the desire to limit the weight Iraq puts on the U.S.-Turkish relationship, in part also due to the Turks' post-election evalu [...]
2005-02-28 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV ELTN ETRD TU IZ
05ANKARA1511TURKISH IMAMS DELIVER ANTI-MISSIONARY SERMON
[...] (U) Summary: Under instructions from the GOT's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet),imams across Turkey delivered a sermon March 11 depicting Christian missionaries as part of an organized force aiming to "steal the beliefs of our young people and children." The sermon, part of a broade [...]
2005-03-16 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1549ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-17 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1559CENTRAL BANK AND GLOBAL SELL-OFF STOP RALLY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A global sell-off in emerging markets, coming on the heels of a Central Bank rate cut and intervention, have caused a correction in the sustained rally in Turkish financial markets. The lira, which had hit its highest level in three years earlier this month, finally reversed co [...]
2005-03-17 16:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
05ANKARA1571TURKEY UPDATE FOR THE VISIT OF COMNAVEUR ADM MIKE
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a series of US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith, Secretary of State [...]
2005-03-18 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA1627AUSTRALIAN GROUP(AG): U.S. PAPER ON ACTIONS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-21 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDCB ETTC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA1632ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-21 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1656ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-22 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1702ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-23 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1726ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-24 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1730TURKEY ADRIFT
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey is stuck in a domestic and foreign policy drift stemming from leadership and structural problems in ruling AKP. A long-overdue healthy debate over Turkey's identity and AKP, including its handling of relations with the U.S., has started. But AKP's policy muddle is leaving a vacu [...]
2005-03-25 09:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
05ANKARA1755ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-25 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1774ULTRA-NATIONALIST MHP SENSING NEW OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (C) Summary. Although leaders of Turkey,s ultranationalist, right-wing National Action Party (MHP) claim that their party is a modern, democratic, secular, patriotic, and non-racist, the party has a neofascist ideology, a history of political violence, and a rigid hierarchical structure. MHP [...]
2005-03-28 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU
05ANKARA1802ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-29 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1832ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1841THE TURKS AND HISTORY: THRASHING ABOUT ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: Although the Turkish public debate on the fate of the Armenians in Anatolia is slowly opening up, a defensive Turkish nationalist policy of denial remains the position of choice for both the Kemalist and more Islamist/neo-Ottoman-oriented sides of the establishment. Launching an [...]
2005-03-30 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU AM
05ANKARA1888ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] The delay will give the Government time to consider changes in the face of domestic and international criticism from press and human rights groups. Revisions to the penal code demanded by the European Union aim to bring Turkey's criminal justice system into line with recent political reforms [...]
2005-04-01 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1906TURKEY PREPARING TO BREAK SILENCE ON THE US CARGO
[...] (S) Following nine months of silence since the US formally asked Turkey to allow the US to establish a cargo hub at Incirlik Air Base for the transit of cargo in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),recent public comments by Turkish officials may sugge [...]
2005-04-03 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PGOV TU
05ANKARA1952SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL JOHN HANDY,
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a series of US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Feith, Secretary of State Rice, [...]
2005-04-05 11:19:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA1958ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-05 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA196ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-11 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1960TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ: NEIGHBORS MEETING, SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) MFA Department Head for Iraq Avni Botsali briefed PolMilOff April 5 on plans for the next Iraq neighbors meeting, which will take place in Istanbul April 18-19. Participants will be Iraq, its neighbors, and Egypt. Senior officials will convene on the 18th, foreign ministers on the 19th. [...]
2005-04-05 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA198MAIN OPPOSITION CHP LEADERSHIP STRUGGLE -- IS CHP
[...] (C) Summary. Istanbul Sisli Mayor Mustafa Sarigul's challenge to Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal is the most serious challenge to Baykal's leadership in recent years. Yet Sarigul's bid is more than just the struggle between two men for the control of the second largest po [...]
2005-01-12 08:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA1980ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1981SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICHARD JONES' VISIT TO
[...] (C) Turkey's leadership is trying to take a more positive attitude toward both the United States and Iraq. This has resulted both from policymakers' understanding that they need to stand up more for the relationship and from the realization that Turkey has more to gain by supporting Iraq's de [...]
2005-04-06 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MASS ELTN ETRD TU IZ
05ANKARA2028ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-07 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2030NEITHER "MODERATE" NOR EXTREMIST: TURKISH ISLAM IN
[...] (C) Summary. Many in the West seek to promote Turkey as a "model" of "moderate Islam." The reality is very different. Islam in Turkey is stale and ingrown, straightjacketed by state control on the one hand and by narrow-minded lodge and brotherhood interpretations on the other. Although the [...]
2005-04-07 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA2051ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-08 12:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2061RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - A WEAK LINK IN TURKISH REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Turks cite history to argue that Turkey is a model of religious tolerance. They assert that the existence of diverse religious communities in the Ottoman Empire and the acceptance of the Jews who migrated to Istanbul after expulsion from Spain in 1492 proves Turkey is free of rel [...]
2005-04-08 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2076SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan comes to Washington with the GOT continuing to talk about a strategic partnership but with bilateral relations troubled by an absence of clarity on Turkish direction and intent. Ruling AKP officials publicly deny any bilateral problems or blame them on U. [...]
2005-04-11 13:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR PHUM TU
05ANKARA2080ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-11 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2096ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-12 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2124ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-14 05:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2137ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-14 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2155ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-15 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2189TURKISH PARLIAMENT PRESSES ANTI-ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Parliament is pressing its campaign to tell the international community that there was no Armenian genocide. PM Erdogan has sent a letter to Armenian President Kocharian asking that Armenian scholars participate in a joint Turkish/Armenian historical research projec [...]
2005-04-18 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALTU AM PERL
05ANKARA2193ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-18 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2230ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA224ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-12 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2242TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Friday, April 1 by Hurr [...]
2005-04-20 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2250ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-20 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2273ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-22 05:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2314TURKS PREPARING FOR PKK SPRING OFFENSIVE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 17. Summary ------- 2. (S) The GOT appears to be convinced that the PKK is going to carry out its first "spring offensive" in southeast Turkey since 1999. Press and intel reporting indicate the Turks have moved two commando brigades towar [...]
2005-04-22 13:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ IR SY
05ANKARA2317ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-23 13:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2322ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-25 12:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2342ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-26 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2389NEA WATER ADVISOR CHARLES LAWSON DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NEA Senior Advisor for Science and Technology Issues Charles Lawson visited Turkey April 18-21 to explore GOT interest in cooperation on the Tigris-Euphrates basin. Lawson visited water infrastructure programs in the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP),which encompasses the hea [...]
2005-04-27 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD IZ PREL SENV SY TU
05ANKARA2394ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-27 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA240ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-13 15:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2431ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-28 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA247TURKEY'S THRACE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND BOSPHORUS BYPASS - ADVOCACY QUESTION
[...] (SBU) Thrace Development Company (TDC) Chairman Howard Lowe called on Ambassador December 8 to update us on TDC's proposed oil pipeline project that would be an alternative "bypass" route across Turkish Thrace for oil exported from the Black Sea that currently passes by tanker through the Tur [...]
2005-01-15 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEPET BEXP TU KZ
05ANKARA2474ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-29 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2478SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA ON UNSCR 1559:
[...] (C) Summary: We made reftel points to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Bozay April 29. GOT is awaiting a full UN report before coming to any conclusions about Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. The MFA issued a flaccid April 27 statement welcoming Syria's withdrawal announcement. The [...]
2005-05-02 07:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY LE TU
05ANKARA248TURKEY OK'S SYRIA'S REQUEST TO DRAW WATER FROM THE
[...] (U) In addition to positive rhetoric and signing of a trade agreement, Turkey and Syria reached symbolic agreements on two heretofore sensitive transboundary water issues during Prime Minster Erdogan's December 22-23 visit to Damascus. Turkey agreed to a Syrian request to draw water from the [...]
2005-01-15 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALSENV SY TU
05ANKARA2490JOINT STATEMENT FROM ISTANBUL IRAQ NEIGHBORS
[...] On May, 2, the Turkish MFA passed us a copy of the text of the joint statement from the April 29-30 Iraq neighbors' meeting (full text in para. 2). We will provide MFA's readout of the meeting septel. 2. Joint statement follows (original was in English): BEGIN TEXT (note internal paragra [...]
2005-05-02 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA
05ANKARA2524ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-03 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA253TURKEY INCREASES AID FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF
[...] Summary: The Turkish government announced that it will increase its tsunami assistance from $1.25 million to $5 million, bringing total donations public and private to about $9 million. One government official estimated that total donations would reach $30 million by the end of January. Pr [...]
2005-01-18 07:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL TU
05ANKARA2548IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT ON ISTANBUL NEIGHBORS MEETING
[...] (C) Iraq and its neighbors--and numerous guests--held a "friendly and interactive" foreign ministers' meeting in Istanbul April 29-30, according to Turkish MFA officials. Our interlocutors reported relatively little squabbling over the communique text, though they apparently had to beat back a [...]
2005-05-04 12:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA
05ANKARA2553ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-04 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2555TURKEY APPROVES USE OF INCIRLIK AIR BASE AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten months after the US requested to establish a multi-directional cargo hub at Incirlik Air Base to support Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),the Government of Turkey (GOT) has agreed to the establishment of a cargo hub on terms slightly more re [...]
2005-05-04 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU
05ANKARA2585SE TURKISH GOVERNORS TONE DEAF ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-05 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ETRD CASC TU
05ANKARA2588ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2005-05-05 13:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2602GERMAN CHANCELLOR URGES FURTHER GOT REFORM
[...] (U) Summary: During his May 3-4 visit to Turkey, German Chancellor Schroeder praised GOT leaders for past reforms and encouraged further progress. He assured PM Erdogan and President Sezer that the EU will keep its commitment to open accession talks with Turkey in October. He said the German [...]
2005-05-06 06:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA2645ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2005-05-06 14:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2663DAS KENNEDY URGES TURKEY TO SEIZE OPPORTUNITY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: During her May 2-3 visit to Turkey, DAS Kennedy urged Turkish MFA officials, National Security Council Secretary General Alpogan, and parliamentarians to seize the opportunity for dialogue presented by the exchange of letters between PM Erdogan and President Kocharian. MFA Cauc [...]
2005-05-09 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL AM TU
05ANKARA2671ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2005-05-09 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2690ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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2005-05-10 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
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