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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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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
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
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
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
02ANKARA8935ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-12 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
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
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
02ANKARA9084ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-23 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9161ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-27 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
02ISTANBUL2107ANNAN CYPRUS PLAN: ISTANBUL COMMENTATORS
[...] (C) Summary: Turks in Istanbul continue to debate the merits and drawbacks of a possible Cyprus settlement in the wake of Denktas's acceptance of the UN plan as a "basis for negotiations." Consensus among the experts with whom we have spoken in Istanbul (including Turkish Cypriots, journalist [...]
2002-12-04 10:00:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU GR CY UN
03ADANA105 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel/Bolge: Th [...]
2003-04-14 14:41:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA112 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 17, 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 Radikal: In response to [...]
2003-04-17 16:46:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA121 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 28, 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. Sabah/Cumhuriyet/Ra [...]
2003-04-28 12:10:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA125 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 1, 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. Cumhuriyet: The dead [...]
2003-05-02 08:53:00Consulate 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
03ADANA224 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 26, 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. Zaman, Bolge, Milli [...]
2003-08-26 16:59:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA226 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 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. Milliyet / General [...]
2003-08-27 16:13:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA233 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 04, 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/Turkiy [...]
2003-09-04 15:46:00Consulate 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
03ADANA30 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 29, 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 -------------------------- [...]
2003-01-30 10:06:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA76 SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-17 13:22:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ANKARA1078TURKEY'S ECONOMY: MARKETS HOPEFUL, IMF SEES SOME
[...] (U) On February 18, Turkish financial markets continued to ignore the news of a deadlock in negotiations over a U.S. assistance package: the lira appreciated nearly one percent to close at TL 1,626,000 from yesterday's TL 1.642,000); TL-denominated T-bills dropped one percentage point to 57 [...]
2003-02-18 16:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1161ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-21 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1325IRAQ: TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT AWAIT NSC
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Parliament has rescheduled for March 1 -- one day after the powerful National Security Council (NSC) meets -- its debate and possible vote on AK Party Government's draft decision to permit U.S. troop deployment through Turkey and deployment of Turkish troops in N. Iraq. A [...]
2003-02-28 11:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1351TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 3 AM: GUL AND IMF STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Early March 3 public statements by PM Gul, IMF Mission Chief and the Central Bank all helped contain market sell-offs on the morning of March 3. Some investors' hope that the parliament's decision might not be final also helped limit the damage. The good news is that the GOT a [...]
2003-03-03 11:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA1411ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-05 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1459TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 6 COB: RETURN OF COMPLACENCY
[...] (U) On March 6, Turkish financial markets were stable. The lira remained unchanged at TL 1, 608,000 to the dollar. Yields on lira-denominated T-bills strengthened slightly to 57.5 percent compounded (yesterday's close was 58 percent). The Istanbul Stock Exchange closed up 0.2 percent. 2. [...]
2003-03-06 17:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL TU
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
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
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
03ANKARA1809ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-21 11:08:00Embassy 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
03ANKARA2173ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-03 13:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2303ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-09 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR 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
03ANKARA2516TURKEY: GENC PARTY DREAMS BIG
[...] (C) Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan's Genc (Young) Party Ankara provincial chairman Sule Nazlioglu expounded in a forceful manner on her party's political goals in an April 16 meeting with poloffs in Kizilcahamam sub-province. Surrounded by a coterie of dapper young men who seemed out of place in a [...]
2003-04-17 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
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
03ANKARA2912IRAQ: LETTERS FROM TGS CHOD OZKOK TO CJCS MYERS,
[...] (C) On May 5, 2003, the Embassy received copies of three letters from TGS CHOD Gen. Ozkok: (1) an April 30 letter to CJCS Gen. Myers (see para two for text),(2) a May 1 letter to CJCS Myers (see para three for text) and (3) a May 1 letter to SACEUR Gen Jones (see para four for text). The fi [...]
2003-05-05 16:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA2975ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-07 13:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3205ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-15 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3265TURKEY'S ECONOMY: SOME POSITIVE SIGNS, BUT LITTLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The rapid end of the Iraq war, prospect of U.S. and IMF money, and a global emerging market rally have combined to boost the Turkish currency and reduce interest rates substantially in recent weeks. Meanwhile, exports and industrial production continue to rise, while inflatio [...]
2003-05-16 14:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3408GOT REQUESTS INFORMATION ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) In a March 22 meeting with Ambassador, Interior Minister Aksu requested information on six Turkish citizens he said are being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Aksu provided names, DOBs and POBs for the detainees, as follows: -- Murat Kurnaz; 3/ [...]
2003-05-23 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM 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
03ANKARA4155ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-30 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4160THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: GOT REQUEST TO SELL MURAT
[...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting information on this submarine re-transfer request. This is the third diplomatic note we have received from the MFA regarding this case. The first two [...]
2003-07-01 08:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR TU
03ANKARA4171ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-01 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4178ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-01 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4237TURKISH PRESS SLAMS US DETENTION OF TURKISH
[...] Public reaction and rhetoric about the Turkish SF detained in Iraq continues to mount in Turkey as evidenced by increasingly large demonstrations at our missions and more vociferous statements to the press by government officials. Headlines in July 6 major Turkish newspapers -- "The Ugly [...]
2003-07-07 08:32:00Embassy 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
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
03ANKARA5416ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-25 13:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5491ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-29 10:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5780TRAVEL OF TURKS TO KIRKUK SEPT 11 BY BUS THROUGH
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-11 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA586ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-24 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6144REGULATORS COMPLAIN OF STIFF OPPOSITION TO ELECTRICITY REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-01 08:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6198MFA CAUCASUS OFFICIAL ON ARMENIA, GEORGIA,
[...] (C) Summary. In a September 23 conversation with poloff, MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali worried about Russian influence in the Caucasus, particularly Georgia, during a period when U.S. attention was turned to Iraq. Adali expressed eagerness for the U.S. and Turkey to work together [...]
2003-10-02 13:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU GG AJ AM RS
03ANKARA6332ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-08 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6441ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-15 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6577 Update on Copyright Enforcement: Culture
[...] (SBU) Copyright industry representatives contend that gaps in Turkish legislation and weak enforcement are responsible for persistently high piracy. The Culture and Tourism Minister promised the industry that the GOT would take several steps to tackle the problem, including a total ban on str [...]
2003-10-22 10:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA6752ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-28 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7040THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER OF USS RAZORBACK: MFA
[...] This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. On November 10, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that provides the GOT's rationale for wanting to transfer title of the vessel USS Razorback in Turkey (the dip note was faxed to EUR/SE November 10). [...]
2003-11-12 17:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS TU
03ANKARA7157DEFENSE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The annual Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) inspections occurred the week of October 20-24, 2003 in Ankara, Izmir and Incirlik. While talks between the two sides became tense during discussions of a small number of specific issues, the overall mood of the inspec [...]
2003-11-18 07:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR ELAB ECPS ECON TU
03ANKARA7338ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-28 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7388ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-02 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7419MFA CAUCASUS OFFICIAL ON THE THREAT OF SECESSION
[...] (C) Summary: On December 2, Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali said Turkey would work to prevent Ajarian secession in Georgia. He was more cautious about Turkey's willingness to play an effective role in countering Abkhazian secession. End Summary. Ajaria 2. (C) Em [...]
2003-12-03 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU GG
03ANKARA7491ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-05 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7493IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT REPS SAY ITF WILL SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara and London reps Ahmet Muratli and Asif Sertturkmen called on PolMilOff Dec. 5. They complained that Kurdish parties were flying flags all over Kirkuk, an act they considered provocative. They also complained that Kurds were disproportionately being giv [...]
2003-12-07 12:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PREF MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA7506TURKISH FOOD AID TO GEORGIA
[...] (SBU) Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali told poloff on December 8 that Turkey would provide humanitarian aid to Georgia in the form of food. According to Adali, Georgian Finance Minister Nogaideli had been in contact with the GOT and indicated that Georgia's most urgent need w [...]
2003-12-08 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDGG PREL 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
03ANKARA7788NEW TURKISH ACTION REQUEST AGAINST PKK/KADEK/KONGRA GEL IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Following our delivery of summary of ref (A) USG demarche to EU capitals on extending terrorist designation of KADEK/KONGRA GEL (septel),MFA DDG for counter-terrorism Asya passed over the a non-paper (para 2) which he said the Turkish General Staff had requested he forward. He asked that the U [...]
2003-12-19 13:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
03ANKARA7992TURKISH EXPORTS TO IRAQ FLOURISHING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions with Turkish business executives and economists support the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat's reports that Turkish exports to Iraq are booming. In fact, some in the private sector argue that actual exports exceed official figures, with one prominent economist specu [...]
2003-12-30 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ENRG PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA861TURKISH ECONOMY: TREASURY VIEWS OF DOMESTIC DEBT
[...] (U) On January 3, Turkish Treasury auctioned a three-month T-bill to strong demand, selling TL 955 trillion (on total bids of TL 1.8 quadrillion) at the annually compounded rate of 47 percent. Note: This was a quarterly "reference rate auction," used to determine the interest rates for quar [...]
2003-02-03 17:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA87ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-03 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ISTANBUL1015MARKET ANALYSTS OPTIMISTIC FOR THE SHORT-TERM, BUT
[...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Istanbul market analysts have welcomed recent progress in Turkey-IMF relations and indications that the oft-delayed fifth review can be wrapped up by early to mid-August. As a result they are "optimistic" for [...]
2003-07-23 12:51:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL113ISTANBUL MARKETS "WAIT AND SEE" ON GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Istanbul bankers and market analysts see current market sentiment as one of "watchful waiting," but believe that despite recent declines in the stock market, there is an underlying expectation that the Turkish government will reach agreement with the IMF on the fourth r [...]
2003-01-27 13:57:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL118TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP REQUESTS GUANTANAMO
[...] (U) On January 21, Poloff met with Ahmet Mercan, Istanbul Chairman of Islamically-oriented Turkish human rights group Mazlum-Der (Organization of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed People). Mazlum-Der provided Poloff with a letter dated January 13, 2003, requesting information on a Turk [...]
2003-01-29 05:30:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL
03ISTANBUL1200ISTANBUL ECONOMISTS CHEER RECENT GOOD NEWS, BUT
[...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2.(SBU) Summary: Istanbul market analysts are pleasantly surprised by recent positive developments in the economy, and accept the rationale for the IMF's preemptive decision to reschedule much of Turkey's 2004 and 2005 debt repay [...]
2003-08-14 14:06:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN PGOV 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
03ISTANBUL1449WEIGHING CORPORATE TURKEY'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengcti this month added his voice to those expressing concern about the risks to the Turkish economy posed by the growing open positions of companies in the real sector. Observers agree that while the Turkish banking sector-- whose own open pos [...]
2003-09-30 13:42:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN 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
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
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
03ISTANBUL465ISTANBUL ECONOMIC PESSIMISM: "MUDDLING THROUGH" AS
[...] (SBU) Summary: While not quite so pessimistic as they were two weeks ago about Turkey's immediate economic prospects, Istanbul financial analysts remain decidedly gloomy about the country's mid-term future. All agree that the Treasury seems to have next week's debt auction well in hand. In [...]
2003-04-07 08:56:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL635TURKEY'S BANKING SECTOR: ON FIRMER GROUND, BUT NOT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Industry and government contacts in Istanbul and Ankara concur that Turkey's banking sector has improved considerably since the 2001 crisis. Government moves to impose effective and independent oversight through the creation of the Banking Regulatory and Supervision Agency (BR [...]
2003-05-05 10:03:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON TU
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
03VATICAN4570VATICAN MIFFED, REALISTIC ABOUT GEORGIAN ABOUT
[...] (C) VATICAN AUTHORITIES WERE SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA'S DECISION NOT TO SIGN AN INTERSTATE AGREEMENT THAT HAD BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH THE HOLY SEE. FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN LOUIS TAURAN HAD UNUSUALLY STRONG WORDS IN THE MEDIA AS HE CONCLUDED HIS FRUITLESS VISIT TO G [...]
2003-10-06 15:09:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALGG KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VT
03VATICAN4956VATICAN SEES KAZAKH-SPONSORED WORLD RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) HOLY SEE DIPLOMATS WHO ATTENDED THE SEPTEMBER 24- 25 CONGRESS OF WORLD AND TRADITIONAL NATIONAL RELIGIONS IN ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN REGARD THE FORUM AS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD FOR INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE. THE HOLY SEE, WHICH HAS BEEN ACTIVELY PROMOTING SUCH A DIALOGUE FOR DECADES, WELCO [...]
2003-10-31 06:00:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIRF KZ VT
04ADANA110SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 21-23, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-25 05:37:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA97SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 20, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-20 11:30:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV 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
04ANKARA1037DEMARCHE TO RENEW ISRAEL'S WEOG MEMBERSHIP: TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-24 06:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IS PREL TU
04ANKARA1500ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-12 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR 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
04ANKARA1926STRONGER THAN EXPECTED 2003 GDP GROWTH; MIXED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Final numbers released March 31 show Turkey's GNP grew 5.9 percent in 2003, well above the market consensus forecast of 5.2 percent. For 2004, there is a significant divergence of views among Turkish economists -- both inside and outside the GOT -- with some forecasting growth a [...]
2004-04-01 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA2007MFA MAKES CASE FOR ANTI-TIP EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) In separate April 5 discussions with Turkish MP Egemen Bagis and MFA Director General of Consular Affairs Murat Ersavci, the Ambassador raised concerns about the GOT's silence on specific anti-trafficking efforts. The Ambassador engaged Bagis and Ersavci on repeated requests for inform [...]
2004-04-06 15:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2008ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-07 04:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2013PDAS RIES DISCUSSIONS WITH TURKEY ON EU ACCESSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In March 31 Ankara meetings, EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries 1) discussed opportunities for U.S. support of Turkey's EU candidacy and 2) encouraged a renewed GOT emphasis on meeting Copenhagen criteria. Ries noted that high profile solutions including, e.g., reopening Halki Seminary, removi [...]
2004-04-07 12:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM TU
04ANKARA2143TURKEY THREATENS RETALIATION IF KDP CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) In a meeting on another subject, MFA DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu complained to DCM about indiscriminate KDP detention of Turks/Turkomen in Iraq. Burcuoglu gave the DCM a list of the Turkomen who are, to the best of GOT's knowledge, currently being held in Iraq. One, Mr. Murat Ziya i [...]
2004-04-14 04:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2185ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-15 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2291TURKEY'S GREYING WOLVES: RIGHTIST-NATIONALIST MHP
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of rightist-nationalist MHP are spinning March 28 municipal election results as a victory. According to at least one MHP official, however, the party had expected a better showing. Although MHP leaders profess a desire to bring the party into the mainstream, party policie [...]
2004-04-21 16:06:00Embassy 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
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
04ANKARA2391ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-28 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2544TURKISH DETAINEES AT GTMO -- MFA REQUESTS
[...] (S) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) MFA INR official Emma Beskarbes telephoned Pol-Mil Counselor May 5 to inquire about front-page stories (based on an article that appeared in the Washington Post on May 2) that there are 10 Turkish citizens among the 750 individuals being [...]
2004-05-05 16:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2717ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-13 15:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3108ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-04 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3149ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-08 13:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA317BREAKTHROUGHS BETWEEN TURKEY AND ARMENIA APPEAR
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting, Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali reaffirmed that Turkey linked opening the Armenian border and full diplomatic relations to Armenian concessions in Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) (reftel). Although MFA officials will travel to Yerevan in February [...]
2004-01-19 09:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAJ AM PREL TU
04ANKARA3240 Turkey's New Importers Associations
[...] (SBU) Summary: A variety of private businesspersons suggest that the GOT's imminent creation of mandatory associations of Turkish importers could impede trade and might be inconsistent with Turkey's WTO obligations. The Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FT) dismisses these allegations, [...]
2004-06-10 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD TU
04ANKARA3405ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-15 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3622ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-27 12:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3632ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-28 08:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3675TIP IN TURKEY: JOINT OPERATION RESULTS IN ARRESTS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish National Police (TNP) officials confirmed press reports (reftel) that a joint anti-TIP Turkish-Romanian Police operation (Mirage 2004) netted an international trafficking ring and freed seven Romanian TIP victims ages 17 to 20. TNP Foreigners, Borders and Asylum Department [...]
2004-06-29 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3724ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-01 11:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3764TURKISH MFA CLAIMS ARMENIA WILLING TO DISCUSS NK
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali portrays the June 28 meeting during the Istanbul NATO Summit between Turkish FM Gul and Armenian FM Oskanian, and a follow-on trilateral meeting including Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov, as steps forward in resolving the Nagorno Karab [...]
2004-07-07 14:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAJ AM PBTS TU
04ANKARA3976ARE SE TURKEY PROTESTS AGAINST PKK TERROR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-16 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PHUM ASEC IZ TU
04ANKARA4133DAS KENNEDY: DISCUSSIONS ON IRAQ, CYPRUS, AND EU
[...] (C) Summary: In July 20/21 Ankara meetings at the Turkish MFA and General Secretariat for EU Affairs, EUR/DAS Laura Kennedy solicited evaluations of 1) Turkey's prospects for a definite date to begin EU accession negotiations; 2) steps forward in the wake of the Greek Cypriot rejection of the [...]
2004-07-27 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL OTRA TU CY IZ EU
04ANKARA4190ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4273TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 16-31, 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 not published in English is provided through unofficial local FSN translation or otherwise noted sources. 2. (U) Published July 28, 20 [...]
2004-08-02 08:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ANKARA4320ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-03 14:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4340TERRORISTS IN IRAQ MURDER TURKISH HOSTAGE;
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) Turkish MFA confirmed Aug. 2 the murder of a Turkish citizen who had been held hostage in Iraq. In response to this and other recent murders of Turkish truckers in Iraq, a major association of Turkish trucking companies called for [...]
2004-08-03 17:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PHUM IZ TU
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
04ANKARA4435TURKISH USG CONTRACTOR WITHDRAWING EMPLOYEES FROM
[...] (C) In an Aug. 5 meeting on another topic (septel),MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic handed the Charge a list of 31 Turkish employees of Tepe Construction Company and its subsidiary, Bilintur, who are working under contract at a U.S. Marine base near Fallujah. Kilic s [...]
2004-08-06 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA4448TIP IN TURKEY: POLICE GUIDEBOOK ON TIP
[...] (U) In an August 5 meeting at the Turkish Security Directorate, Foreigners Department Assistant Director Murat Oz provided para 2 text of the Turkish Security Directorate's anti-TIP guidebook. Oz told Emboff that the guidebook was published by the Security Directorate and dis [...]
2004-08-09 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4490US TREASURY OFFICIAL'S VISIT: LOCAL ECONOMISTS
[...] (Sbu) Summary: In a round of meetings with visiting US Treasury official Marshall Mills at the end of July, GOT economic officials, IFI representatives, and private sector analysts painted a picture of Turkey being at an important juncture in defining its policy direction over the next 1-3 [...]
2004-08-10 17:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA4503TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT I
[...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Backgrou [...]
2004-08-11 08:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4504TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT II
[...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police (AFP) agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Sc [...]
2004-08-11 09:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4526ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-11 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4529TURKS SEEK URGENT COOPERATION ON SECURITY MEASURES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. four. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Bilateral Political Affairs Baki Ilkin called in DCM Aug. 11 to discuss the security situation for Turkish truckers in Iraq. The GOT has been dealing with the murder and kidnapping of a number of T [...]
2004-08-11 16:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA4580TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1-
[...] (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 15, 2004 by the Internat [...]
2004-08-16 08:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4600FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA ON TRUCKER
[...] (C) Following MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin calling in the DCM (ref a),MFA Deputy Director General Sakir Fakili held a preliminary follow-up meeting with emboffs Aug. 13. Fakili stressed the importance of secure transfer and offload facilities, enhanced convoy security, and insurance assistance. He [...]
2004-08-16 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA4713EMPLOYER OF TURKISH HOSTAGE IN IRAQ SAYS IT WILL
[...] (C) Ali Kantur, CEO of Turkey's TEPE group--a significant KBR subcontractor in Iraq--and Deputy General Manager Suleyman Son, met with Ambassador and Emboffs August 19 to discuss TEPE's security problems in Iraq. Kantur and Son passed on that the Turkish TV station NTV reported at noon today [...]
2004-08-19 16:32:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER IZ TU
04ANKARA4893TURKISH BUSINESSMEN DESCRIBE THREAT TO WORK IN
[...] (Sbu) Summary: In recent days the head of the Turkish Chamber of Commerce, as well as executives of two leading Turkish USG contractors in Iraq (Tepe and Yuksel) have all met with the Ambassador to press for US consideration of additional security measures to enhance security for Turkish truc [...]
2004-08-28 06:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ETRD ECON IZ TU
04ANKARA507 New Import Surveillance Measures
[...] (U) On December 31, 2003, the GOT published a series of import surveillance and protection measures in the State Gazette. The measures set import reference prices for consumer goods ranging from kitchenware to toothbrushes (see para 3 for summary). The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat is now [...]
2004-01-27 07:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD TU
04ANKARA5143ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-13 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA550ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-28 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5713TURKEY PLANS TO ATTEND PARIS PACT CONSULTATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT plans to send an Ambassador-level, interagency delegation to the Paris Pact consultative meeting in Vienna, however, the GOT is not receptive to the idea of being the focus of or hosting one of the upcoming expert-level meetings. End Summary. 2. (U) Econoff delivere [...]
2004-10-05 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PREL SNAR TU
04ANKARA5717ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-05 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5758SPECIAL TURKISH MEDIA REACTION: EU COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 12:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5764WEOG ROTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOPDC PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA5908ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6234 Implementation of Mandatory Importers
[...] (SBU) Summary: GOT plans to create mandatory membership organizations for importers have not been implemented, apparently due to widespread business opposition. The GOT is considering an alternate kind of organization, a joint (mandatory membership) foreign trade association including both i [...]
2004-11-03 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD TU
04ANKARA6286DEMARCHE: ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN CONSULTATIVE
[...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche on November 4 to Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Head Murat Ates, who noted that Turkey had supported Israel's inclusion in the Western Europe and Others Group in New York in 2000, as well as during the 2004 membership renewal. Ates wanted [...]
2004-11-05 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KIPR IS TU
04ANKARA63ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-07 13:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6309TIP IN TURKEY: ISTANBUL SHELTER REPORTS SUCCESS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Anti-TIP NGOs International Office for Migration (IOM) and Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) reported the first successful repatriation this week of 3 Ukrainian trafficking victims through the Istanbul Human Trafficking Shelter. The event simultaneously highlighted m [...]
2004-11-08 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6489EUR DAS LAURA KENNEDY MEETS TURKISH OFFICIALS TO
[...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Laura Kennedy visited Ankara November 11-12 to discuss with Turkish officials the December 17 European Council decision on starting accession negotiations with Turkey. Kennedy met with Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mehmet Dulger, MFA Deputy U/S for EU A [...]
2004-11-19 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECIN EU PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA660ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-05 13:31:00Embassy 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
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
04ANKARA6687TIP IN TURKEY: MFA REPORTS INTERIM PROGRESS
[...] The National Task Force on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, established in October 2002, held its 7th meeting on November 3, 2004, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Mr. Murat Ersavci, the D.G. of Consular and Social Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The representatives participa [...]
2004-12-02 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU
04ANKARA6700 Turkish Markets Uneasy Over EU News Flow
[...] (SBU) Summary: As analysts had long expected, the approach of the December 17 EU decision is generating increased volatility in Turkish financial markets. A market-worrying flow of news on the EU front was the leading factor in a sell-off during the last few days in November. Though markets [...]
2004-12-03 09:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA6766TURKISH MFA AND ANKARA REP DENY IRAQI TURKMEN
[...] (C) PolMilOff contacted both the Ankara Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) representative, Ahmet Muratli, as well as the MFA Iraq Desk, to see if we could verify reftel report that the ITF had signed a statement calling for a boycott of Jan. 30 elections in Iraq. Muratli strongly denied that the ITF s [...]
2004-12-03 16:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINS IZ TU
04ANKARA6829ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-08 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA856MEETING AT MFA RE DUBLIN GROUP
[...] (U) On February 11 Econoff met with Murat Ates, Head of Department, International Political Organizations, MFA, to discuss Turkey,s application to join the Dublin Group (DG). 2. (C) Ates reiterated Turkey's interest in joining the DG and explained the GOT's opposition to forming a Mini-D [...]
2004-02-13 07:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID SNAR TU
04ISTANBUL1062TURKEY'S FIRST TIP VICTIM SHELTER: SECRETARY
[...] Summary: Secretary Powell and FM Gul witnessed the signing of a protocol that will lead to the opening of Turkey's first shelter for trafficking in persons victims later this month. The signing ceremony, which attracted significant attention and publicity, publicly committed the Turkish gov [...]
2004-07-09 07:01:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ISTANBUL1249TURKISH TRUCKING ASSOCIATION URGES HALT TO WORK
[...] (sbu) Immediately following the August 2 murder of Murat Yuce, a former Turkish trucker who had been held hostage in Iraq, Turkey's largest transporters' association released a statement calling on its members to halt work on all U.S. military contracts in Iraq. The non-binding statement may [...]
2004-08-09 07:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PTER PREL IZ TU
04ISTANBUL1371ISTANBUL ANALYSTS ON CURRENT ACCOUNT RISKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite positive international and domestic developments, including the Turkish government's recognition of the need for a new stand-by agreement for the 2005-2007 period, Turkish markets have remained range-bound in recent weeks. Many analysts attribute the markets' failure t [...]
2004-09-01 11:35:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL1925ISTANBUL ANALYSTS ON MARKET DEVELOPMENTS,
[...] (u) Summary: Istanbul market analysts were not surprised at the relatively moderate size of the post-EU decision rally, because they believe that much of the good news had already been priced into the markets during the last few months. They expect, however, that interest in Turkish financial [...]
2004-12-27 05:44:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN TU
04ISTANBUL365ISTANBUL KURDS FOCUS ON IRAQI "KURDISTAN"
[...] (C) Summary: Previously polarized and defined by their degree of support and sympathy for the PKK (later KADEK, now KONGRA-GEL) and imprisoned former PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, Istanbul Kurds tells us they have increasingly adopted Iraqi Kurds and their experiment with autonomy as their new ca [...]
2004-03-09 12:55:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU
04ISTANBUL376ISTANBUL KURDS FOCUS ON IRAQI "KURDISTAN"
[...] (C) Summary: Previously polarized and defined by their degree of support and sympathy for the PKK (later KADEK, now KONGRA-GEL) and imprisoned former PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, Istanbul Kurds tells us they have increasingly adopted Iraqi Kurds and their experiment with autonomy as their new ca [...]
2004-03-10 13:13:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU
04ISTANBUL868RELIGIOUS MINORITIES STILL FACE DIFFICULTIES IN
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Ministry human rights Director Vahit Bicak offered an upbeat assessment of Turkey's progress in addressing religious minority foundations' legal issues at a May 15 NGO-organized symposium. Nonetheless, religious minority foundations stressed that they still face serious [...]
2004-06-03 08:59:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU PHUM
04ISTANBUL90LATE OFFER MUDDIES TUPRAS PRIVATIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish analysts are reacting positively today to yesterday's announcement that the highest bid for privatization of two-thirds of the state refinery Tupras came in at 1.3 billion USD. While the press has been critical of the offer, the bid values the overall company at 2 billi [...]
2004-01-14 15:48:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL TU
05ADANA103SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 11, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-12 06:54:00Consulate 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
05ADANA120SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 07, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-10 05:48:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA124SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 10, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-10 12:27:00Consulate 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
05ADANA134SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 11, 2005
[...] ZAMAN: A 60-person group of Syrian businessmen and senior members of Syrian chambers of commerce came to Iskenderun district of Hatay and visited "Istex 2005 Industry and Commerce Fair." The group showed interest in the industrial products section. The group also visited the stand of Alep [...]
2005-07-11 14:23:00Consulate 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
05ADANA18SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 25, 2005
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 25, 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. CUMHURIYET / [...]
2005-01-28 12:39:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA194SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 09:40:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
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
05ADANA26SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2005
[...] MILLIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / EKSPRES: Microsoft Sales Representative Emre Teker visited the Adana Industrialists and Businessmen Association (ADSIAD),and promised to provide technical and educational support for the association's Business Development Center (ISGEM). ISGEM's pr [...]
2005-02-11 07:46:00Consulate 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
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
05ALMATY1130 KAZAKHSTAN'S MEDIA COVERAGE OF KYRGYZSTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From the start of the revolt in southern Kyrgyzstan, international media speculated on how events there might affect their rich neighbor in the north. Many international media relied on the Interfax wire service in their reporting, although Interfax sometimes posted uncorrobor [...]
2005-03-28 04:03:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3374KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP,
[...] (U) This is the first in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. The Gloves Are Off ------------------ 2. (U) "I am determined to run for the presidency," was th [...]
2005-09-19 14:25:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY933AMBASSADOR ORDWAY'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (U) Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Finance Arman Dunayev March 2 in Astana. The Ambassador pressed Dunayev for progress on ratification of the U.S.- Kazakhstan Bilateral Assistance Agreement and for prompt payment of the $10 million award to AIG by an international arbitra [...]
2005-03-11 00:08:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV KZ ECONOMIC
05ANKARA1006COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN RESOLUTION
[...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on February 22 to Turkish MFA International Political Organizations (IPO) Head Murat Ates. 2. (U) Ates's office confirmed on February 24 the Turkish delegation would be headed by Minister of State Guldal Aksit. Ates, with other parliamentarians and profes [...]
2005-02-24 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKWMN EAID TU
05ANKARA1109 UPDATE ON TURKISH LIMITS ON CHINESE TEXTILE
[...] (SBU) Shortly after imposing surveillance and protective measures against 42 categories of Chinese textile and apparel imports in connection with section 242 of the Working Party report, GOT and Chinese officials held consultations in Ankara in late January. Both the Chinese Ambassador to Turk [...]
2005-03-03 10:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTEX TU CH
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
05ANKARA1447ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 07:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA147POST-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSES 73-101830
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-11 07:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TU
05ANKARA1483ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR 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
05ANKARA1726ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-24 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1773ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-28 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1802ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-29 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
05ANKARA2114 TURKEY SETS PRIVATIZATION MODEL FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Aiming to expedite delayed privatization of Turkey's electricity distribution network (in which at least one U.S. company has expressed strong interest),the GOT has decided to move forward based on a "transfer-of-operating-rights" (TOR) sale of shares model, rather than throug [...]
2005-04-13 11:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV BEXP 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
05ANKARA240ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-13 15:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2761ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-13 13:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2784LABOR MINISTRY ON UNEMPLOYMENT IN TURKEY
[...] (U) Summary. The Labor Ministry's ISKUR, the Turkish Employment Organization, an agency charged with developing and enacting employment policies, is trying to match jobs with workers at the micro level to alleviate Turkey's official 11.5 percent unemployment rate, which may understate the se [...]
2005-05-16 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ELAB SOCI TU
05ANKARA2969ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-25 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3014ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-26 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3032GOT INTIMIDATION FORCES CANCELLATION OF
[...] (U) This is a joint Ankara-Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary: Under accusations of treason by GOT and other political leaders, and the threat of prosecution, Bogazici University officials announced May 24 their last-minute decision to cancel a conference at which independent-minded intellectua [...]
2005-05-27 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA3055TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 15-31,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Radikal on Monday, May [...]
2005-06-01 07:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3144IRAQI TURKMEN GROUPS SQUARE OFF IN TURKEY
[...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 15. Summary ------- 2. (C) There are a number of Iraqi Turkmen groups in Ankara. Three that we have met recently appear to be united only in their anger at what they believe is CF support for Kurdish domination of northern Iraq, especially [...]
2005-06-06 10:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON IZ TU
05ANKARA3195SENATOR HAGEL REINFORCES IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his May 30-31 visit to Ankara, Senator Chuck Hagel met with Prime Minister Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler, Agriculture Minister Guclu and MFA Deputy Under Secretary Sensoy and exchanged views on the state of the SIPDIS bilateral relationship, Cyprus, Armenia, the PKK terr [...]
2005-06-08 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV PREL OVIP TU
05ANKARA3199CABINET SHUFFLES AND THE LONG SQUEEZE: PM ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary: Long rumored to be considering a cabinet re-shuffle, PM Erdogan has made his first move suddenly and in limited fashion. However, more ministers in a cabinet which is still dominated by people loyal to Erdogan's chief internal rival FonMin Gul may be in Erdogan's sights as he tries slo [...]
2005-06-08 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU
05ANKARA3223 TURKEY: SLOW PROGRESS ON ELECTRICITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's privatization of its electricity distribution company is proceeding slowly. All parties anticipate some delays, most likely to at least this autumn, primarily due to delays in putting in place important legislation underpinning process and mechanisms, but everybody giv [...]
2005-06-09 05:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BEXP EINV TU
05ANKARA325ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-18 15:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3263TURKEY HOPES FOR INCREASED EXPORT OF ELECTRICITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Working to build on agreements between the Iraqi and Turkish Governments to increase electricity exports from Turkey to Iraq from current 150 MW to as much as 1200 MW (reftels),Turkish Company Kartet/Karadeniz is eager to fulfill this opportunity, but many obstacles remain: Tu [...]
2005-06-09 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ETRD IZ TU
05ANKARA331TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, JAN 1-15,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published January 14 by Iran Mania News (FBI [...]
2005-01-19 08:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3329TURKEY AND IRAQ WILL MEET TO DISCUSS TRUCKER
[...] (U) The press reported June 10 that bilateral working group meetings on transportation security and consular affairs agreed to during the Ankara visit of PM Jafari will be held at a technical level on June 13 (transportation) and June 16 (consular). MFA Chief of Section for Iraq Economic Rel [...]
2005-06-10 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN IZ MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA3380ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-14 12:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA354GOT AND TURKMEN RAISE GRIEVANCES OVER KIRKUK
[...] (C) Summary: Concern about the supplemental registration process now underway in Kirkuk prompted the Iraqi Turkmen Front's Ankara representative to issue a statement threatening that the ITF would "review" its participation in Iraqi elections if it saw evidence of widespread fraud in the proce [...]
2005-01-19 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA361CENTCOM COMMANDER'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY OF THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. GEN Abizaid met with Turkey's DCHOD GEN Ilker Basbug on January 12. Both presented assessments of Iraq, Afghanistan, and U.S.-TU relations. Basbug reiterated the objectives of Turkish policies on Iraq-united, peaceful, democratic, and whole. Both sides agreed the upcoming elect [...]
2005-01-24 10:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP PTER TU
05ANKARA3843APPROACHING TURKEY ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF F-16
[...] (C) Charge raised the issue of Turkey transferring F-16 aircraft to Pakistan (reftel) with Minister of Defense Vecdi Gonul during their initial meeting on June 30. Gonul thought the prospect was a good opportunity, noting the need to be supportive of Pakistan in general. 2. (C) PolMilCouns [...]
2005-07-01 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMASS TU PK
05ANKARA4012TURKISH MFA, TURKMEN FRONT ALLEGE KDP AND BADR
[...] (C) During a long June 30 discussion on the situation in the northwest Ninewah province town of Talafar, Ankara Iraqi Turkmen Front representative Ahmet Muratli alleged to PolMilOff that KDP leader Masoud Barzani was fomenting sectarian violence in the town through payoffs and encouragement to [...]
2005-07-10 11:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU MOPS IZ
05ANKARA4042TURKISH OPPOSITION PARTIES: DEVELOPMENTS ON THE
[...] (C) Summary. Turkey's three main left-of-center parties have been unable to mount a serious challenge to the governing AKP. The left-of-center parties share similar ideologies and compete for the same minor segment of the Turkish electorate but are unable to cooperate and are plagued by poli [...]
2005-07-12 08:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA4127ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4163ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-18 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4252ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-22 15:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4288TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ - REGULATORY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S., Turkish, and Iraqi Governments share the goal of increasing exports from Turkey to Iraq. Turkey's Kartet Company currently exports 200 MW and seeks to increase in two steps: 1) to 350 MW, generally using existing capacity, and 2) to 1200 MW, asserting that it has the s [...]
2005-07-26 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ETRD IZ TU
05ANKARA4290ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-26 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4363ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-27 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4480 TURKEY AMENDMENTS MAY CURB INVESTOR APPETITE FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Long awaited Government of Turkey (GOT) amendments to the Electricity Market Law, aimed to set the guidelines for the upcoming sale of the Turkish electricity distribution network, were delayed to October. The GOT made a last-minute move to pass particular articles of this amen [...]
2005-08-02 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV TU
05ANKARA4490ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-02 15:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4555ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-04 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4607ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4619RESIGNATION OF TURKEY'S SECGEN FOR EU AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary: The resignation of Turkey's Secretary General for EU Affairs, a senior career diplomat highly regarded by his EU interlocutors, reflects a drift in ruling AKP's EU policies. The resignation also foreshadows a fundamental political struggle between the secular State and Islamist-o [...]
2005-08-08 10:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU EUN
05ANKARA4636ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 05:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4733ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 15:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4777TURKEY-EU: FURTHER CONCERNS OF EU DIPLOMATS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 08:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS TU EUN EU
05ANKARA4790ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 15:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4794TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 31-
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Sunday, July 31: [...]
2005-08-16 08:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4842TURKISH PM'S KURDISH INITIATIVE: SEARCHING FOR
[...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan is portraying his public extension of a hand to Turkey's Kurds as the democratic alternative to resolving what he calls "the Kurdish problem". However, the ad hoc, undefined nature of his approach and rhetoric have left him vulnerable to charges that he has no real pl [...]
2005-08-17 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TU
05ANKARA4882ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-19 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4888THE USE AND ABUSE OF TURKISH POLLS
[...] Summary. Turkish polls have had a tendency inaccurately to forecast the outcome of Turkish national elections because the majority of Turkish survey firms do not follow the basic requirements for conducting a scientific poll. Nevertheless, Turkish elites --- including leaders in the governing [...]
2005-08-22 08:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA489ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-28 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4951"ALTERNATIVE" ARMENIAN CONFERENCE RESCHEDULED IN
[...] (U) This is a joint AmCon Istanbul/Embassy Ankara message. 2. (C) Summary: A conference at which independent-minded intellectuals will speak about the massacres of Armenians in 1915, canceled in May after Turkish government pressure (ref A),has been rescheduled for September 23-25 in Ist [...]
2005-08-24 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TU AM
05ANKARA4955ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] Roj TV: Broadcasts in Kurdish, Arabic and Turkish from Brussels and follows the PKK line. It broadcasts for 12 hours starting at 1000 GMT. Roj TV, known as `PKK television,' airs news, political discussions, music, and children's programs. 2. Mesopotamia TV (Me-TV): Close to the PKK ca [...]
2005-08-24 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5035ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-26 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5140TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 16- 31, 2005
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...]
2005-09-02 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5165TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT TALAFAR
[...] (C) The GOT Deputy Special Envoy for Iraq, Ethem Tokdemir, briefed PolMilCouns Sept. 1 on Turkish concerns and actions regarding Talafar. He reported that a delegation of 17 tribal Turkmen leaders from Talafar (nine Shia, six Sunni, two unknown--full list in para. 5) traveled to Ankara and met [...]
2005-09-02 16:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA5244ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA53059/11 EVENTS IN ANKARA, ISTANBUL GENERATE POSITIVE
[...] Commemorations organized by Embassy Ankara and Congen Istanbul to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks generated unusually widespread and positive coverage in the Turkish media today. Embassy Ankara organized a ceremony and wreath-laying at a monument to Turkish martyrs in the nearby muni [...]
2005-09-12 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER TU
05ANKARA5342TURKS PUT ON POOR SHOW AT ISTANBUL TIP CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a prime opportunity to provide valuable input in the August 25-27 TIP conference, the Turkish MFA, academia, and gendarmerie representatives dropped the ball. From not understanding the difference between smuggling and trafficking, to shamelessly touting Turkey's libera [...]
2005-09-14 11:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA5352TURKEY'S REFINERY PRIVATIZATION: ANOTHER CROWN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Privatization Authority seems to have taken another important step forward, with a Koc Holding - Shell consortium committing to pay a higher-than- expected $4.14 billion for a 51 percent stake in TUPRAS, Turkey's state-owned monopoly refiner. Given past court rulings a [...]
2005-09-14 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EINV KTDB TU
05ANKARA5396ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-15 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5421ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-16 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5444ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-20 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5483ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 15:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5504TURKEY FINE WITH F-16 REQUEST WITHDRAWAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-22 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMASS PK TU
05ANKARA5540ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-24 01:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5634TURKISH MEDIA COVERAGE - VISIT OF APNSA HADLEY
[...] Turkish media coverage of APNSA Hadley's September 23-25 visit to Ankara has generally been straightforward, accurate, and positive. Not surprisingly, most papers focused on Hadley's public remarks on the the need for the United States to do more to address Turkey's concerns about PKK terrori [...]
2005-09-27 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA57ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-05 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA590TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PREVENTION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 4 (septel). Prevention ---------- A. (SBU) Turkish MFA Illegal Migration Department Head Iskender Okyay stated that the two hundred sixty-two TIP [...]
2005-02-02 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA591TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...]
2005-02-02 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5949ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5984ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6012ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6101ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6303ANKARA'S NEW TIP SHELTER -- MUNICIPALITY SETS A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Ankara Trafficking in Persons (TIP) shelter, second in Turkey after Istanbul, will start accepting victims of trafficking (VOTs) by the end of October. The Ankara Municipality has delivered a first-rate shelter, totally renovated and furnished, and has offered to pay [...]
2005-10-18 09:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6550 MERMOUD IN ANKARA: INVESTMENT, TELECOM, NUKES
[...] (SBU) Summary. In October 21 Ankara meetings, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud found improvements and opportunities in Turkey's telecom, energy, and other investment sectors. Turkey has made significant progress on improving its investment environmen [...]
2005-11-02 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECPS EINV EFIN ENRG TU
05ANKARA6585ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-08 05:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6586TURKISH OPPOSITION PARTIES: DEVELOPMENTS ON THE
[...] (C) Summary. Turkey's three main left-of-center parties have been unable to mount a serious challenge to the governing AKP. The left-of-center parties share similar ideologies and compete for the same minor segment of the Turkish electorate but are unable to cooperate and are plagued by poli [...]
2005-11-08 07:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
05ANKARA6733 QUID PRO QUO: TURKEY ALSO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR
[...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. GOT MFA contacted us on November 14 to request USG support for their Category C candidate in the upcoming IMO elections. Per ref A, Econoff informed the GOT of the US's Category A candidate and requested GOT support. MFA attache in the [...]
2005-11-15 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT AORC PHSA KTIA IMO TR
05ANKARA6754TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 1-
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Milliyet and also reported by [...]
2005-11-16 11:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6901ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 17:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7138ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-05 16:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7215NO SPLITS IN TURKEY'S GOVERNING AKP PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) Summary: Despite media reports and opposition rumors of splits among PM Erdogan's Justice and Development Party's (AKP) 357 parliamentarians, the group remains intact )- for now. Among AKP MPs, there are distinctive pious, pragmatic and nationalist currents, with crosscutting personal l [...]
2005-12-08 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA7377TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The Turkish Foreign Ministry released a generally positive press statement December 15 on the Iraqi elections (para 7). The statement did note that the GOT is concerned about information it has received on alleged irregularities in northern Iraq. MFA officials told us Turkmen [...]
2005-12-15 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ TU
05ANKARA7398TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN UPDATE: KARZAI TO VISIT, ITALY
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 6. Summary ------- 2. (C) President Karzai will visit Turkey Jan. 5-6. Italy is joining Turkey and France's proposed co-command of ISAF's Capital Region Command; Turkey felt it could not refuse Italy's offer. Turkey may/may be prepared [...]
2005-12-16 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EAID SNAR KPKO TU AF
05ANKARA783ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-10 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA88ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-06 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA903TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 11-15,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 13 by the [...]
2005-02-17 07:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05CHIANGMAI215JAPANESE CONSULATE GENERAL EXPANDING PRESENCE IN NORTHERN THAILAND
[...] Summary. Japanese diplomatic representation in Chiang Mai continues to expand with the addition of a fluent Thai speaker, the first to be stationed in the north in many years. The Consul General has made it clear that Japan is interested in playing a more active role in this region and that he [...]
2005-10-03 09:57:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PREL PHUM TH JA CH
05ISTANBUL1170"WORLD TRIBUNAL" CONFAB CONDEMNS COALITION
[...] (U) Summary: A self-appointed "World Tribunal on Iraq" (WTI) comprising an international group of academic and civil society activists met in Istanbul from June 24-27 to charge the U.S. and U.K. governments with waging an illegal war of aggression in Iraq, recommend coalition forces' immediat [...]
2005-07-07 16:19:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDIZ PREL TU
05ISTANBUL1579INTROSPECTION AND SCUFFLES MARK 50TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to its indifferent approach to earlier anniversaries, Istanbul marked the 50th anniversary of the infamous 1955 riots that sounded the death knell for its once vibrant Greek Orthodox community with exhibits, panels, and a flurry of media attention. Interest focuse [...]
2005-09-15 09:46:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU
05ISTANBUL1680"ALTERNATIVE ARMENIAN CONFERENCE" GOES FORWARD
[...] (U) Summary: The "Alternative Armenian Conference" (on Armenians in the late Ottoman Empire) unfolded without incident on September 24 and 25 at a campus of its third organizer, Bilgi University, less than 48 hours after an Istanbul court had attempted to block it. Foreign Minister Gul, who, [...]
2005-09-27 16:47:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM TU AM
05ISTANBUL2058ARMENIAN CONFERENCE FALLOUT: PROSECUTORS TARGET
[...] (U) Adding to the growing list of publishers and writers being taken to criminal court (ref A),an Istanbul prosecutor filed charges December 2 against five prominent Turkish journalists for their articles criticizing the September 2005 Istanbul court decision that granted an injunction blocki [...]
2005-12-06 15:44:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TU
05VATICAN382UKRAINE: VATICAN OPTIMISTIC, DEFENDS CARDINAL'S
[...] (SBU) Holy See Country Director for Ukraine Monsignor Julio Murat defended Ukrainian (Greek Catholic) Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, insisting that he had "no choice" but to speak out against abuses during his country's recent election controversy. According to Murat, Husar's public statements were [...]
2005-02-04 14:17:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PREL RS SOCI UP VT
05VATICAN400ORTHODOX AND CATHOLICS PURSUE CULTURAL COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Holy See officials have told us recently they are encouraged by "small signs" of progress in Orthodo 2.(SBU) Holy See Country Director for Russia Monsignor Julio Murat told us that he has seen an increasing openness on the part of some Orthodox to the Vatican in recent months on cultura [...]
2005-02-07 08:09:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI VT RU
05YEREVAN2232TRAFFICKING: DOING BETTER ON PROSECUTION AND
[...] (SBU) A strictly pro-governmental newspaper reflected a positive shift in the approach towards the issue of trafficking that has occurred in the Prosecutor's office in recent months. In November the Prosecutor's office registered the first case of domestic trafficking in Armenia. Also in Nov [...]
2005-12-28 12:57:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP
06ADANA118SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 23, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 06:34:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA13SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 24, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 07:07:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA135SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 07, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 10:31:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA149SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 21, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-22 05:06:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA159SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 07, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 09:20:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA165SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 15, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 08:45:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA166SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 16, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 08:48:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA168SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 16, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 12:10:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA170SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 15, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 12:10:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA176SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 03, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 09:38:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA24SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 03, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 12:11:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA248SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 06:48:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA25SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 02, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 12:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA37SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 12:05:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA40TURKEY: PROTESTS MARK ANNIVERSARY OF OCALAN CAPTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As in past years, protest activities marking the anniversary of the February 15, 1999 capture in Kenya of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and his subsequent transport to Turkey by Turkish authorities, occurred throughout southeast Turkey. This year's protests lasted one week, instea [...]
2006-02-22 12:27:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER TU ADANA
06ADANA51SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 20 MARCH, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-21 07:03:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA59SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-28 14:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA65SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 09:28:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA73SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 08:56:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA74SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 08:56:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA75SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-10 09:35:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA98SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 03, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-04 05:55:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ALMATY2034KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO AKTAU
[...] Summary: On May 17-18, the Ambassador traveled to the Caspian coastal city of Aktau to meet with representatives of the regional government, visit two sites receiving U.S. assistance, and partake in an official ceremony marking the transfer of three brand-new, U.S.-made patrol boats to the Bor [...]
2006-06-09 08:26:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PARM PREL KNNP KZ
06ALMATY2187KAZAKHSTAN'S POSITION ON FMCT, U.S.-INDIA CIVIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan will carefully consider the U.S. proposal to conclude a Fissile Materials Cutoff Treaty (FMCT),and would like advance notice in order to be able to speak on the topic the next time it is raised in the Conference on Disarmament (CD). With regard to the U.S.- India ci [...]
2006-06-21 03:45:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG KZ
06ALMATY3026KAZAKHSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM'S MEETINGS IN ALMATY
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 22-24 visit to Almaty, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met with a wide range of civil society, political, and business representatives who painted a vivid picture of the political and economic challenges facing Kazakhstan. His interlocutors expressed concern about res [...]
2006-08-28 02:53:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KZ
06ALMATY694AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, the Ambassador and DCM met with Galymzhan Zhakiyanov, founder of the Democratic Choice for Kazakhstan political opposition movement. Zhakiyanov, who was recently released on parole after serving 3 1/2 years in prison (ref A),had not previously met with the Amb [...]
2006-02-22 07:17:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM KZ
06ANKARA1115TURKISH PM TAKES CRITICS TO COURT
[...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan has opened numerous legal cases against writers, politicians, cartoonists, and others whose criticism he found personally offensive. Contacts say Erdogan's aggressive response to criticism reflects a combative nature honed during his childhood in an impoverished distri [...]
2006-03-06 13:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE PINR TU
06ANKARA1213TURKISH MFA READ-OUT OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric briefed select missions about the March 3 visit of a delegation led by Iranian Parliamentary Foreign Policy, National Security and Defense Affairs Committee Chair Alaadin Boroujerdi to Ankara to disc [...]
2006-03-09 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU FR UK AU GR CH IS
06ANKARA1325TURKISH RESPONSE TO U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINS TU
06ANKARA1426ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1442INDICTMENT OF TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has reviewed the indictment issued against TLFC Commander GEN Buyukanit (ref a) and determined that there is no reason to approve a trial, while the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Justice Minister has launched an investigation into the p [...]
2006-03-20 12:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA1463TURKEY: EVOLVING VIEWS ON IRANIAN NUKES
[...] (SBU) In recent weeks, AKP officials have gradually been ratcheting up public pressure on Iran, simultaneously sending messages to their domestic constituencies that the situation has reached a more serious level. Over the weekend of March 11, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdulla [...]
2006-03-20 16:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA1705TURKEY: BTC OIL ADVANCES - ERZURUM AS ENERGY CROSS-
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With first oil at Pump Station 3, BTC is still on track for first tanker loading at Ceyhan on May 27. The project has achieved good "buy-in" from the local population from jobs and its community programs. Nearby major city Erzurum hopes to benefit more from development as an [...]
2006-03-30 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EINV TU IR
06ANKARA1741PROPOSED ELIMINATION OF THE VOA TURKISH SERVICE
[...] Post continues to hear comments from influential Turks alarmed by the possible elimination of the VOA Turkish Service. VOA serves as a compass for many journalists working in Turkey's free but irresponsible media. Elimination of the VOA Turkish service (while the Kurdish service continues) wo [...]
2006-03-31 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO TU VOA
06ANKARA2043ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 11:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA207ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-19 16:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2176ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 11:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2472ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-04 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2478TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15,
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Monday, April 3: TITLE: Mobile [...]
2006-05-04 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06ANKARA2662ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2746ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 13:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2805TURKEY NOTIFIED OF SECOND ROUND OF GTMO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-17 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GE
06ANKARA3172TURKEY: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON
[...] (SBU) Following the Secretary's May 31 telephone conversation with Turkish FM Gul, we contacted DFM Tuygan, Undersecretary Uzumcu, PM spokesman Akif Beki, MFA spokesman Namik Tan and MFA Americas Deputy Director General Murat Esenli. Their responses were uniformly positive and supportive. Se [...]
2006-06-01 10:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IR TU US
06ANKARA3200ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3227OPPOSITION PARTIES UPDATE: LOTS OF TALK, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the May 17 shooting at the High Administrative Court in Ankara (ref a),there has been increasing talk about forming electoral alliances among smaller opposition parties on the center right and the center left. At this point, it is largely chatter. Forming e [...]
2006-06-02 13:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
06ANKARA3339TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT LESS THAN SATISFYING
[...] (C) Foreign Ministry DDG Murat Burhan and Russian embassy PolCouns Vyacheslav Kunekov provided us read-outs of Foreign Minister Lavrov's May 31-June 1 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. While the Russians and Turks were in general agreement on regional issues, the Turkish side was disappointed with [...]
2006-06-07 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD ENRG KPAL XF IZ IR IS AM
06ANKARA3434GTMO: TURKEY PROVIDES PAPER ON DETAINEE
[...] (C) On June 9, MFA Head of Section for Security Affairs Huseyin Ozdemir passed us the GOT's submission regarding Turkey's lone detainee at GTMO: Murat KARNAZ. Per ref a, Ozdemir requested the document be passed to the Administrative Review Board (ARB) for its consideration of Karnaz's case. [...]
2006-06-09 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GM
06ANKARA3544ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 12:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3644 Treasury U/S Adams Visits Istanbul Amid Market Turbulence
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a day in Istanbul June 13, Treasury Under Secretary Timothy Adams met with the Turkish Treasury Under SIPDIS Secretary, a Central Bank Vice-Governor and private sector analysts SIPDIS and bankers. Despite the sell-off in Turkish markets, neither the officials nor the ba [...]
2006-06-21 05:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
06ANKARA4329TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO NORTHERN CYPRUS:
[...] (C) Turkish PM Erdogan trekked to the "TRNC" July 19 with a heavyweight delegation (six ministers and 20 parliamentarians) for a three-day visit to mark the 32nd anniversary of the Turks' 1974 intervention. This first visit of a Turkish PM to the island in eight years was intended, per Turkis [...]
2006-07-27 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU CY EU
06ANKARA4331TFLE01: TURKISH DEBATE INCREASINGLY CRITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Reactions in Turkey to the conflict in the Middle East continue to focus on humanitarian needs and the requirement for an immediate ceasefire, with commentary, both in the media and from our contacts, increasingly critical of both Israel and the U.S. Many have linked Secretary Ric [...]
2006-07-27 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPROV PREL PTER TU IS LE
06ANKARA4364TURKEY TO CONSIDER PARTICIPATION IN UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Undersecretary Tuygan advised State Counselor Zelikow of Turkey's willingness to consider participation in a peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Lebanon following the negotiation of a ceasefire. Zelikow outlined four different organizational options, including NATO, EU, ad-hoc mu [...]
2006-07-31 10:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR TU
06ANKARA4367ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA444TURKEY OFFERS TO LEAD AFGHANISTAN PRT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) Following up on the Turkish Perm Rep's Feb. 1 announcement to the NAC that Turkey plans to stand up a PRT in Wardak Province in Afghanistan as soon as this summer, we contacted MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku. Ulku [...]
2006-02-03 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL KPKO PARM NATO TU AF
06ANKARA4761TURKEY: AFGHANISTAN PRT TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER; ISAF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8, MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku provided an upbeat account of preparations to establish Turkey's first Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),slated to open by November. Ulku said construction had begun, staffing is underway, and initial [...]
2006-08-16 10:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF AORC EAID MOPS PREL TU XD NATO
06ANKARA5092TURKEY: LIMITED IMPACT OF INTEREST RATE HIKES
[...] (SBU) Summary. In its August 24 meeting, Turkey's interest rate setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep Central Bank interest rates on hold at 17.5%. Since the global emerging market turmoil in May, however, the MPC has increased interest rates by a total of 4.25%, reversing [...]
2006-09-01 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN TU
06ANKARA5175ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5219TURKISH DELEGATION TRAVELING TO HAVANA NAM MEETING
[...] (SBU) We spoke September 8 with Turkish MFA Deputy Director General (DAS equivalent) for the Americas Murat Esenli about the upcoming Havana Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit. Esenli affirmed that the Turks had received an invitation from the Cubans. After consulting with his colleagues in [...]
2006-09-11 12:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER CU TU PHUM
06ANKARA5329ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5388TURKEY: PARTICIPATION AT SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 22
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO TU EU
06ANKARA5582TURKEY PROTESTS USE OF "PETERS MAP" IN NATO
[...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director General for Americas Affairs Murat Esenli called us under instructions on September 21 to complain about the use at the NATO Defense College of a map authored by retired U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters that redraws the boundaries of Turkey and neighboring countrie [...]
2006-09-22 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA5615ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-26 13:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5671ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-28 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5891TURKISH BACKLASH AGAINST FRANCE GAINS MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary: In Turkey, anti-French reaction to the October 12 French Assembly approval of a bill that criminalizes denial of the Armenian "genocide" is running high. The GOT had earlier warned French government officials that passage of the bill would severely harm bilateral relations, part [...]
2006-10-12 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA5898ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6065AMBASSADOR KAUZLARICH ENGAGES WITH TURKS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NIO/Europe, Ambassador Rich Kauzlarich, presented the National Intelligence Council's 2020 report on October 9 at a high-powered conference in Ankara. In separate meetings, he heard from the current Central Bank governor that Turkey's economic fundamentals are strong, and from t [...]
2006-10-20 11:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV TU
06ANKARA6154BSEC MINISTERIAL: VIEW FROM ANKARA
[...] SUMMARY: Turkey's MFA welcomed the U.S. proposal on an environment initiative with BSEC (Ref A) and supported the concept in principle, as part of a positive message on BSEC potential for bringing broader Black Sea countries together to discuss critical issues. MFA's BSEC point person told us [...]
2006-10-30 11:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV KCRM TU RS EU SR
06ANKARA619TURKEY: QUELLING VIOLENT REACTIONS TO OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche to Turkish MFA Americas Deputy Director Murat Esenli February 9. We discussed GoT reactions which have, to date, urged calm and made clear that violence, even if in response to the offensive cartoons, is unacceptable (ref b). Esenli stated that the GoT would [...]
2006-02-10 15:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPAO TU
06ANKARA6213ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA622TURKEY/IRAN -- NOT UPSETTING THE NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) Summary. While the Turkish government publicly declares that a nuclear-armed Iran is not in Turkey,s interest, it will not get out front on the issue for fear of irritating a neighbor with which Turkey has a delicate political and growing economic relationship: -- Turkey does not wish [...]
2006-02-10 16:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA6300PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of unclassified, periodic reports on the PKK issue in Turkey. Our primary sources for casualty statistics are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkis [...]
2006-11-06 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6393IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE: EU REPORT DELAYS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 17:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6488ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 15:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6508PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]
2006-11-27 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6580TACKLING TURKEY'S PROBLEMATIC SQUATTER HOUSING
[...] (U) Summary: For decades squatter settlements have marred Turkey's urban landscapes in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, and Adana. Prior attempts to solve the issue lacked the creativity and political will to stem the tide of illegal constructions. As Turkey looks to integrate further into the global [...]
2006-12-05 13:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU
06ANKARA6599ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-06 14:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6631ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6663 TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey has sought to increase electricity linkages with all its neighbors, including Iraq, but is committed to joining the EU electricity grid (UCTE),so faces technical constraints on connections to non UCTE countries. The recent Turkey-Iraq Joint Economic Commission identifie [...]
2006-12-15 10:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ETRD TU IZ
06ANKARA6700TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...]
2006-12-19 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA6705TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...]
2006-12-20 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA6747ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-26 15:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA686ISAF: TURKEY MOVING AHEAD WITH PRT IN WARDAK
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 12:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR KPKO MOPS TU AF
06ANKARA733ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ASHGABAT1322 NEW GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN REBUKES RUSSIA FOR
[...] (U) Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs on December 28 publicly denounced the Russian media for assertions that the recently announced February 11 election was a farce and that state services have broken down because of a power vacuum following Niyazov's death. Local media continues to [...]
2006-12-29 13:23:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT313DIP CORPS JOINS HANDS, RIDES A LOVE TRAIN TO THE
[...] (C) On March 17, Conoff, along with most of Ashgabat's diplomatic corps, traveled by train to the town of Ichoguz, halfway between Ashgabat and Dashoguz to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the new $2 billion Ashgabat-Garagum-Dashoguz rail line. While the event itself was nothing s [...]
2006-03-23 09:20:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT899 SUBJECT: IT TAKES A TOUGH MAN'S SON TO MAKE A
[...] (C) Turkmenistan continues to get curiouser and curiouser. The embattled but profitable German-Turkmenistan Joint Venture "Shohrat" chicken farm apparently is being slowly but surely expropriated, possibly to end up as a model enterprise for presidential son Murat Niyazov. The Turkmen partn [...]
2006-08-24 03:21:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEAGR EINV KCOR PREL PGOV PHUM TX GM
06ASHGABAT906KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT TURKMENISTAN
[...] (C) Kazakhstani Ambassador to Turkmenistan Murat Atanov told Charge on August 21 that Foreign Minister Tokayev is scheduled to visit Ashgabat August 31. According to Atanov, Tokayev's mission will be to "thaw the ice" of Kazakhstan's relations with Turkmenistan. Atanov subsequently told Char [...]
2006-08-25 12:31:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKZ MNUC PHUM PREL TX ETRA
06ASHGABAT929KAZAKHSTANI FM TOKAYEV IN ASHGABAT: GOOD NEWS FOR
[...] (C) An August 30-31 visit by Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Tokayev to Ashgabat ended with an exchange of instruments on a five year-old agreement on delimitation and demarcation of the 400 KM land border between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. The two also agreed to improve transportation links b [...]
2006-09-01 14:26:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALCH EPET KNNP KZ OSCE PREL TX
06ASHGABAT930KAZAKHSTANIS IN ASHGABAT SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON
[...] (C) Representatives of the Kazakhstani Embassy in Ashgabat gave mixed signals on Turkmenistan's readiness to sign a Central Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (CANWFZ) agreement in Kazakhstan on September 8 (reftels). Kazakhstani DCM Askar Tazhibayev told Charge on August 31 that Foreign Ministe [...]
2006-09-01 14:44:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALMARR KNNP PARM PREL UN KZ TX
06ASTANA283KAZAKHSTAN A WORTHY STRATEGIC PARTNER - MEDIA COVERAGE ON NAZARBAYEV VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-24 08:04:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
06ASTANA503KAZAKHSTAN TO CONSIDER US POSITION ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] (U) Pol Chief and Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Murat Tashibayev, director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Security Issues, on November 7. 2. (SBU) Tashibayev concurred that Kazakhstan and the U.S. would be most likely to find common ground on the resolution [...]
2006-11-08 06:03:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UNGA UN CU KZ
06ASTANA668KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 25 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev in Astana, the Ambassador proposed policy discussions on the permanent disposition of BN-350 spent fuel, expressed disappointment at Kazakhstan's voting record in the Third Committee, and offered expanded trainin [...]
2006-11-27 04:24:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PARM PHUM PREL PTER AF KZ
06ASTANA669KAZAKHSTAN: INITIAL INTEREST IN GPOI
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel points and fact sheet to Murat Tashibayev, director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Security Issues, on November 2. Olzhas Togyzbayev from the Security Affairs office also participated in the meeting. Tashibayev expressed interest [...]
2006-11-27 05:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MARR MASS KZ
06ASTANA88KAZAKHSTAN: INL QUARTERLY REPORT
[...] Summary: INL conducted activities in anti-money laundering, border security, anti-trafficking, crime statistics, and counter-narcotics through the calendar quarter that ended September 30. Also during this period, Ambassador Ordway and MVD Minister Mukhamedzhanov signed the FY2005/2006 ALOA [...]
2006-10-15 14:14:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
06BAKU433EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, IRAN, ISLAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Azerbaijan's civil society leaders, EUR A/S Dan Fried discussed democratization, Iran, and Islamic extremism. Many civil society leaders noted a disengagement from politics by the population after the November elections failed to meet their high expectations. W [...]
2006-03-22 07:23:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR KISL AJ IR
06BERLIN1160SCENESETTER: AG GONZALES MEETING WITH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Schaeuble, a loyal ally in the war on terror, looks forward to discussing ongoing as well as additional cooperation with the U.S. Our work to date, as with his predecessor, in fighting terrorists and international criminal groups, while excellent, is sometimes [...]
2006-04-28 14:56:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN1376GERMANY NOTIFIED: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) EMIN delivered ref demarche and information concerning MURAT KARNAZ (aka KURNAZ) to Lothar Freischlader, Diplomatic Advisor to the Federal Interior Minister, May 19. Freischlader had no immediate reaction, but noted he was familiar with detailed discussions that had taken place in Washingt [...]
2006-05-19 13:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PINR PREL GM IZ
06BERLIN1443TURKISH EMBASSY PRESSES FOR HELP CAPTURING PKK
[...] (S) Turkish Embassy PolCouns Kemal Tuzun requested a meeting May 26 with Acting Global Affairs Counselor to discuss new ideas from Ankara to fight the PKK. During the meeting he provided a non-paper (in English, text contained in para 4 below) about and photos of Canan Kurtyilmaz, a.k.a. Asya [...]
2006-05-26 19:14:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KTFN GM TU
06BERLIN1570SCENESETTER: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Your visit to Germany gives Interior Minister Schaeuble, a loyal ally in the war on terror, his long-awaited chance to discuss with you personally ongoing and additional bilateral cooperation. Your visit also lets you thank former Minister Schily, who enjoys good relations with [...]
2006-06-09 13:23:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER KJUS PREL PGOV KHLS GM
06BERLIN2957SCENESETTER: LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Mission Germany warmly welcomes you and your delegation for talks which will deepen our cooperation with Germany in the Global War on Terror. The German Government is serious about combating terrorism and, especially in the wake of the failed train bombing attampts in July, is [...]
2006-10-10 05:50:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PTER PGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN3141OEF MANDATE RENEWAL BURDENED BY GERMAN TROOPS'
[...] (C) Summary. A series of incidents involving German forces overseas will burden November's debate on renewal of the mandate for German troops in OEF, though at this stage the Chancellery and Foreign Office are confident the mandate will be approved. Most recently, photographs of German soldi [...]
2006-10-27 15:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM GM
06BERLIN3456SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S.-GERMAN WORKING GROUP ON
[...] (C) Summary. The December 12 inaugural meeting of the U.S.-German Working Group to share counterterrorism information is an opportunity to achieve significant progress. German officials have indicated they would be prepared to share their "Gefaerderliste" (list of those who pose a threat) an [...]
2006-12-08 11:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KJUS KHLS GM
06BERLIN3555BUNDESTAG SENDS REQUEST FOR VIDEOS OF QUESTIONING
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) On December 19, Post received the following letter addressed to Ambassador Timken from Siegfried Kauder, Chairman of the Bundestag Investigating Committee looking into allegations of renditions and the activities of the [...]
2006-12-20 17:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PTER KLIG PGOV GM
06BISHKEK1195A/S BOUCHER'S MEETINGS IN BISHKEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with a range of Kyrgyz Government officials, parliamentary deputies, business and civil society leaders, and American implementing partners during his August 10-11 visit to Bishkek. A/S Boucher used the [...]
2006-08-16 06:05:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
06BISHKEK1296DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CENTAL ASIA NUCLEAR WEAPON
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 1 to Muratbek Baikhodjoyev, Head of the MFA's Department for International Organizations and Security. Baikhodjoyev said he would pass the points to the Foreign Minister, but pointed out that the CANWFZ signing was set for September 8. While t [...]
2006-09-07 09:25:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR KNNP PARM PREL KG UN
06BISHKEK1303KYRGYZ PRESIDENT ATTENDS SEPTEMBER 11 CEREMOPNY AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bakiyev led the Kyrgyz Government delegation to the September 11 ceremony at the Manas Air Base. Bakiyev said that it was symbolic that his first visit to the Base should come on such a momentous day, and he re-affirmed Kyrgyzstan's commitment to the war on terrorism [...]
2006-09-11 11:43:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO KG
06BISHKEK1428KYRGYZ INTERIOR MINISTER APPOINTED SNB CHAIRMAN,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 6, Kyrgyzstan's Interior Minister, Major-General Murat Sutalinov, was named to be the new Chairman of the National Security Service (SNB). Osmonaly Gurunov, Head of MVD's Department for Combating Extremism and Illegal Migration, was named to be the new Interior Minis [...]
2006-10-11 03:04:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KCRM KG
06BISHKEK1506KYRGYZ OPPOSITION MOVING AHEAD WITH NOVEMBER 2
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kyrgyz opposition, led by the "For Reforms" movement, is moving ahead with plans for a mass rally against the government in Bishkek on November 2. Opposition leaders say that they will protest in front of the Kyrgyz White House for an "indefinite" period, until President Baki [...]
2006-10-26 13:49:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
06BISHKEK1521DAS FEIGENBAUM'S ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS WITH CIVIL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 17 and 18, DAS Evan Feigenbaum held separate roundtable discussions with political analysts, democracy NGO leaders, economic development NGO leaders. Participants offered a range of views about what would happen as a result of planned opposition protests on November 2 [...]
2006-10-30 09:49:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KCRM KG
06BISHKEK1554KYRGYZSTAN PROTEST UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Parliament on November 3, Prime Minister Kulov said that the government had received a taped conversation of opposition leaders planning to seize government buildings and regional administrations. State Secretary Madumarov claimed the tape "made obvious" that SIPDIS there [...]
2006-11-03 11:50:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
06BISHKEK1705POLITICS REMAIN CONTENTIOUS IN KYRGYZSTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three weeks have passed since President Bakiyev and the opposition reached a compromise on a new constitution. The presidential administration continues to translate the document from Russian to Kyrgyz, and we expect that a final version will be published in early December. In [...]
2006-12-01 12:26:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KG
06BISHKEK1826KYRGYZ MANEUVERING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
[...] (SBU) The political maneuvering continues in Bishkek following the parliament's narrow failure to adopt a new constitution December 25 (reftel). While pro-presidential MPs vowed to put forward new amendments to the constitution, some members of the opposition For Reforms movement threatened r [...]
2006-12-28 13:43:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
06BISHKEK419KYRGYZ MOB FIGURE MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 21, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced that it had approved the candidate registration of notorious mob figure Ryspek Akmatbayev, who is seeking to run for parliament. The CEC decision clears the way for Akmatbayev to run for the seat left vacant when hi [...]
2006-03-27 10:38:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KCOR PREL KDEM KG
06BISHKEK625TOUGH TALK AMID HOPES FOR LAST MINUTE COMPROMISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions seemed to ease somewhat one day before the large opposition demonstration planned for April 29 in Central Bishkek. Chief organizer Almaz Atambayev told PolOff on April 28 that he hoped for 20,000 people at the demonstration, but most Embassy contacts believe 4000-6000 a [...]
2006-04-28 12:22:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KG
06ISTANBUL1575FORMULA ONE: CYPRUS INGREDIENT INVITES CONTROVERSY
[...] (U) Summary: For the second year in a row, Istanbul played host to Formula One Grand Prix, the world's biggest motorsports organization with a reported fan base of approximately two billion people. Brazil's Felipe Massa edged out Spain's Fernando Alonso and race favorite Michael Schumacher t [...]
2006-08-31 14:54:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TU
06ISTANBUL1910BSEC MINISTERIAL: VIEW FROM ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: BSEC Secretariat officials and members of key delegations recommend that the USG discuss reftel project on environmental enforcement for economic development in general terms at the November 1 Council of Ministers meeting. Seeking to place discussion of reftel project on the ag [...]
2006-10-18 06:08:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV KCRM TU RS SR
06ISTANBUL2104FOUNDATIONS, TRANSFORMATIONS AND EU ACCESSION:
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) completed its nine-day fact finding mission in Turkey with a generally positive view of religious freedom here. Delegation members clearly recognized the significant challenges facing religious minority co [...]
2006-11-24 12:10:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL372ISTANBUL CONFERENCE TACKLES TURKEY'S "KURDISH
[...] (C) Summary. A March 11-12 Istanbul conference on "Turkey's Kurdish Problem" brought together a range of leading figures from Turkey's Kurdish community with the ambitious goal of hammering out an alternative to the leadership of imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. Organizers argued that [...]
2006-03-15 05:40:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL444BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization's meeting of Senior Officials at the end of February highlighted both the organization's strengths and weaknesses. The organization is a rare forum grouping not just all the sea's littoral states, but also other countries such as [...]
2006-03-27 09:20:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETTC KFPC KTIA TU XG
06ISTANBUL9ISTANBUL'S AK PARTY CHAIRMAN GETS PERSONAL AT
[...] (U) Summary: A December International Migration Symposium in Istanbul provided useful insight into Turkish perspectives on the social justice and security implications of migration, with many Turkish concerns mirroring those in the U.S. An unexpected note was Istanbul AK Party Chairman Mehm [...]
2006-01-04 13:09:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU
06MEXICO4619ASSESSING OAXACA,S POLITICAL CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the past week, the complex political crisis in Oaxaca has worsened, with four people killed in two separate incidents and protestors pledging to intensify their civil disobedience campaign demanding that PRI Governor Ulises Ruiz resign or be removed from office. Tension is m [...]
2006-08-17 23:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MOSCOW105WIDENING PROBLEMS FOR RUSSIAN POLICY IN THE NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The North Caucasus is a crucible in which the weakness of the Russian state and its ambivalence about how to overcome that weakness are compounded. In part thanks to its failed policy there, the challenge for Russia in the North Caucasus has changed over the last ten years. Jus [...]
2006-01-11 15:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM EAID PREL RS
06MOSCOW11313RUSSIA: DEMARCHE ON MURDER OF POLITKOVSKAYA
[...] (C) In an October 9 conversation with First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche, underscoring deep U.S. concern over the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, referring also to Department and White House public statements, and stressing the need for a [...]
2006-10-09 10:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11490PUTIN REACTS TO POLITKOVSKAYA ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) President Putin, three days after the murder of outspoken investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, issued his definitive public statement that everything would be done to find the killers and bring them to trial. Russia's Prosecutor General, in fact, has already assumed charge of the [...]
2006-10-12 16:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW2327NORTH CAUCASUS MUSLIMS: INDEPENDENT VOICE?
[...] (C) Summary: The election of Magomed-Khadzhi Albogachiyev as leader of the Coordinating Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus marks a clear step to distance the Moscow-based Center -- and by extension the Muslim clerics in the region, whom it purports to represent -- from the clan-based lead [...]
2006-03-10 11:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW4316THE CENTRALIZING RUSSIAN STATE MEETS THE NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: The lesson of 500 years of Russian statecraft is clear: when the Center is strong, it centralizes, eliminating alternative power structures. Putin, seeking to show that he -- and Russia under his leadership -- are strong, is seeking to centralize. He is doing so by eliminating [...]
2006-04-21 14:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS RS
06MOSCOW6229GORBACHEV AND A POLITICAL ALLY BUY INTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev announced at a June 7 meeting with foreign journalists that he and a political ally, Duma Deputy Aleksandr Lebedev, had purchased a 49 percent stake in the fiercely independent newspaper "Novaya Gazeta." They made the purchase from the [...]
2006-06-08 13:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW9533A CAUCASUS WEDDING
[...] (C) Weddings are elaborate in Dagestan, the largest autonomy in the North Caucasus. On August 22 we attended a wedding in Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital: Duma member and Dagestan Oil Company chief Gadzhi Makhachev's son married a classmate. The lavish display and heavy drinking concealed the deadl [...]
2006-08-31 06:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR RS
06NICOSIA1691TURKISH CYPRIOT CABINET UNVEILED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Cypriot "PM" Soyer has unveiled his new cabinet, a coalition with the newly-formed Freedom and Reform Party (OP),which has replaced the DP of former "FM" Serdar Denktash as the center-left CTP's junior governing partner. The new cabinet contains some new faces -- most n [...]
2006-09-29 13:10:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID PINR TU CY
06PHNOMPENH2228CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT AND JAPANESE CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Meetings with the RGC Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF),the Japanese Embassy, and the IMF suggest that questions surrounding the relevant cut-off date for Cambodia's bilateral debt is creating misunderstandings and possibly preventing the Cambodian government from fina [...]
2006-12-27 09:18:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL ECON CB
06PRISTINA240KOSOVO'S NON-SERB MINORITIES LOOKING FOR MORE CLOUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kosovo's non-Serb minorities are trying to increase their role in the new Kosovo government and solidify their participation on Kosovo's delegation to status negotiations. Non-Serb minorities currently control the health ministry, fill a rotating seat in the Assembly Presidenc [...]
2006-03-16 16:10:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA335KOSOVO: A UNIFIED CONTACT GROUP PRESSES STANDARDS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives of the Contact Group (CG) visited Kosovo April 6-7 to highlight CG unity and deliver a focused message about the importance of the standards and elements of an eventual future status settlement; by prior agreement, the CG did not address the status outcome itself. [...]
2006-04-20 14:13:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA457AMBASSADOR WISNER TELLS KOSOVO ALBANIANS THEIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 21-23 visit to Kosovo, Special Representative Frank Wisner starkly disabused Kosovo Albanian leaders of any notion that Kosovo independence can be considered a foregone conclusion. In plain-speaking meetings, Ambassador Wisner told the president, prime minister, and [...]
2006-05-26 15:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06SARAJEVO1664BOSNIA: ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten years after the war, Bosnia remains in many ways a traumatized, post-Communist, post-war society. Crime and corruption are serious problems and touch nearly every aspect of life. Criminal clans aligned with politicians and political parties are still prospering and are desc [...]
2006-07-25 10:47:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPINR KJUS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER KCRM BK
06TBILISI2708SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF SOUTH OSSETIA ECONOMIC
[...] (C) International donors, OSCE, Georgia, and South Ossetia kicked off the new economic rehabilitation initiative for South Ossetia with the first steering committee meeting in Tskhinvali October 6, much of which was open to Georgian and SIPDIS South Ossetian media. DCM signed a memorandum w [...]
2006-10-11 13:25:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID GG
06THEHAGUE2415SIX SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR JIHAD RECRUITM...
[...] The National Crime Squad (NR) arrested five men and one woman in Amsterdam and The Hague on November 6 and 7 for suspicion of recruitment for Jihad, participating in a terrorist organization, and obtaining false travel documents. According to the National Prosecutor's Office, the arrests are [...]
2006-11-08 16:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS KPRP PGOV NL
06TOKYO1004 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1096JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2196 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-22 02:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2433 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-02 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO510JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6488The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Civair Talks: Beginnings of a Deal? 4. Canada-Japan FTA Off the Rails 5. MAFF Acknowledges Rough Going On Japan-Australia FTA 6. Treasury DepSec Talks Iraq Compact 7. Allgeier Pushes for Doha Round During DVC with Tokyo 8. MOFA Pushes Ahead With Asia Regio [...]
2006-11-13 05:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07ADANA100SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 28-31, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 28-31, 2007. 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: 2. HURRIYET/SABAH/CUMHURIYET/YENI SAFAK [...]
2007-08-01 14:44:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA103SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 04-08
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 04-08, 2007. 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: 2. HURRIYET: A remote-controlled PKK [...]
2007-08-09 10:51:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA107SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 28, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 28, 2007. 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: 2. HURRIYET: Turkish General Staff [...]
2007-08-29 11:02:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA23SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19, 2006
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 19, 2007. 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 2. BOLGE / SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / HU [...]
2007-02-21 10:10:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA27SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 09:16:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA66SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 02, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 02, 2007. 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: 2. EKSPRES / SABAH (GUNEY) / BOLGE: [...]
2007-05-03 05:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA69SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 09, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 09, 2007. 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: 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES / SABAH (GUNEY): [...]
2007-05-10 05:14:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA79SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 11, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 11, 2007. 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: 2. HURRIYET: A large anti-PKK publi [...]
2007-06-11 11:36:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA80SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 12, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 12, 2007. 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: 2. SABAH (GUNEY): The local daily report [...]
2007-06-13 10:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA86SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 22, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 22, 2007. 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: 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES: CHP National L [...]
2007-06-22 11:45:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ANKARA1096TURKISH REACTIONS TO POLITICAL CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary. Conversations with two advisors to PM Erdogan, two former leaders on the left, an influential Ankara business figure, and three key journalists portray a range of views regarding Turkey's ongoing political turmoil and where it may lead. -- The ruling Justice and Development Par [...]
2007-05-10 05:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU US
07ANKARA1135UPDATE ON TURKEY'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCRS 1737
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ahmet Yoruk told us May 11 that the implementing language for UNSCR 1737 is still awaiting the approval of the Council of Ministers and that the UNSCR 1747 implementation package has not yet been forwarded to the Prime Ministry. The GOT [...]
2007-05-11 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP PARM EAIR IR TU
07ANKARA1147TURKEY: IZMIR "REPUBLIC RALLY" ECLIPSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sunday's enormous demonstration in Izmir caps a series of "Republic Rallies," in which pro-secular Turks turned out to demonstrate against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The massive crowds and stunning visuals of red Turkish flags against the blue Aegean Sea ec [...]
2007-05-14 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ANKARA1149TURKEY: INTELLECTUALS OPPOSE MILITARY'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. A group of 500 intellectuals issued a declaration May 13 against the Turkish military's April 27 e-memorandum. Echoing the message of a May 7 statement by 205 intellectuals (reftel),the signatories rejected the e-memorandum: "We openly declare that we have the right [...]
2007-05-14 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1179IS THE PKK CEASEFIRE ABOUT TO END?
[...] (S/NF) Summary: There is increasing speculation that the PKK's unilateral ceasefire, which it declared in October 2006 and has somewhat observed, may end as soon as May 18. Even after declaring the ceasefire -- on jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's instructions -- the PKK publicly warned that it [...]
2007-05-16 15:39:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1180TURKEY: AKP CONTINUES TO PUSH DIRECT PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Unable to elect FM Abdullah Gul president through the existing parliamentary election process because of the newly enunciated quorum requirement, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has pushed through parliament a package of controversial constitutional ame [...]
2007-05-16 16:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ANKARA132U/S BURNS MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA U/S APAKAN --
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting in Ankara, Turkish U/S Ertugrul Apakan told U/S Burns that Turkey supports the U.S. strategy of reinforcing Iraq with additional troops. He appealed for U.S. help on the PKK and for a delay in Kirkuk referendum. Apakan expressed concern about Iranian infl [...]
2007-01-24 08:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ IR
07ANKARA136U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH FM GUL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: FM Gul expressed shock during a meeting January 19 with U/S Nicholas Burns at the murder several hours earlier of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, which he feared might weaken prospects for fending off a possible Armenian "genocide" resolution in the U.S. Congress. He expr [...]
2007-01-24 12:07:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA1415TURKEY TO CONSIDER SCREENING SELECT IRANIAN AND
[...] (S) Per ref a request, we approached the MFA South Asia Affairs and Aviation Affairs Departments to ask Turkey to deny overflight clearance to, or request inspection of, all Iranian and Syrian State aircraft that request overflight approval. South Asia Head of Department Murat Ahmet Yoruk qu [...]
2007-06-06 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PTER TU IR SY LE
07ANKARA1417TURKISH MFA DETAILS IRANIAN ARMS FOUND ON TRAIN;
[...] (C) Summary: MFA South Asia Department Director Ahmet Murat Yoruk listed for us on June 6 the arms recovered from a Turkish freight train derailed in a PKK terrorist attack in eastern Turkey May 25, including mortar shells, RPG barrels, rifle rounds, and smoke bombs. Yoruk said the MFA has de [...]
2007-06-07 06:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PARM IZ SY TU
07ANKARA147ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA153IS TURKEY CONSIDERING A NEW PATH ON IRAQ POLICY?
[...] (C) We met Jan. 23 with the new GOT Deputy Special Envoy for Iraq, Murat Ozcelik. Ozcelik (please protect),who had been slated to become the MFA's spokesman but at the last minute moved into this position, told us that FonMin Gul had asked him to pursue some new policy directions on Iraq with [...]
2007-01-25 16:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD ECON ENRG TU IZ
07ANKARA1545TURKEY REVIEWING REQUEST TO DENY OVERFLIGHT
[...] (S) Per reftel request, we met with MFA Aviation Department Head Hamit Olcay and South Asia Department Head Murat Yoruk on June 18 to request that Turkey deny overflight clearance to reftel Syrian Arab Airlines aircraft, in accordance with UNSCR 1718. Olcay checked with the MFA flight clearan [...]
2007-06-18 10:20:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETEAIR PARM PREL MNUC TU KN SY AM KZ TI TX UZ
07ANKARA1567GUIDE TO TURKISH BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Turkey's cornucopia of business organizations is often impenetrable and confusing to outsiders. Following is a brief introduction to the major players. More on each is available on Intellipedia (classified) under the title "Turkish Business Associations." End Summary. ---- [...]
2007-06-19 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BBSR ECON TU
07ANKARA1605TURKEY CONFIRMS INTENT TO NOTIFY UNSC ABOUT
[...] (C) MFA South Asia Head of Department Murat Yoruk confirmed on June 22 that Turkey fully intends to fulfill its obligations under UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 and notify the Security Council about the discovery of an Iranian weapons cache on board the train that derailed on May 25 in the Genc district [...]
2007-06-22 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PARM IZ SY TU
07ANKARA1748PKK DEFECTORS CLAIM US SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATION
[...] (s) Turkish MFA U/S Apakan convoked Ambassador July 7 to convey information on allegations of US support for the PKK made by PKK figures who surrendered to Turkish authorities June 29 in Sirnak (near the border with northern Iraq). Apakan noted the press reporting on the surrender and on the a [...]
2007-07-09 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA1781TURKEY: KURDS ARE NOT A MONOLITH
[...] (U) This is a message from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: In the Western media, Turkey's Kurds -- about 15 percent of the total population -- are frequently described as "restive," implying that members of this minority are all disaffected and favor separating from Turkey. This misperc [...]
2007-07-12 08:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PTER TU
07ANKARA1833TURKEY: ESKISEHIR AMBIVALENT TOWARD AKP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Two and a half hours west of Ankara, the prosperous industrial city of Eskisehir, population 750,000, is preparing for elections with mixed feelings for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The home of dwindling reserves of soft Meerschaum mineral used for carving pipes [...]
2007-07-18 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1888ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-24 13:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1959TURKEY-IRAQ-PKK: POST-ELECTION POSSIBILITIES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The danger of a Turkish cross-border operation against the PKK in northern Iraq has receded slightly following the parliamentary election. Several factors will argue for Turkish caution, and key upcoming events give us opportunities to reinforce this. The danger remains of a la [...]
2007-07-31 12:03:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1996THE WIDENING EFFECTS OF TURKEY'S DROUGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey is experiencing its hottest and driest summer in 78 years, and the drought is having a widening impact across the country. Coming after a dry winter that failed to fill water reservoirs, the drought has caused severe water shortages, particularly in Ankara province, which [...]
2007-08-03 09:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAGR ENRG ECON TU
07ANKARA20ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2004TURKEY'S NEW PARLIAMENT CONVENES TO ELECT SPEAKER
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Turkey's newly elected MPs took their oaths without incident on August 4 and will convene again on August 9 to begin electing a Speaker and forming a government. PM Erdogan is expected to announce h [...]
2007-08-06 10:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU
07ANKARA2018ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2067ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2080ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-14 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2092TURKEY WARY BUT CALM ON TERRORIST PKK ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: August 15 marks the 23rd anniversary of the PKK's first attacks against the Turkish state in 1984. While GOT security forces are on alert today, violence remains at a lower level than last year and domestic pressure to conduct a cross border operation into northern Iraq has droppe [...]
2007-08-15 10:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA2133TURKEY'S PRESIDENT LEAVES NEW CABINET'S APPROVAL
[...] (C) Summary and comment. In what many saw as a final insult and others called a gracious gesture, President Sezer told PM Erdogan to present his new cabinet to the next president for approval. Erdogan, who admitted being surprised by the move, played it as an outgoing president deferring to h [...]
2007-08-17 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ANKARA2139TURKISH BUSINESS COMMUNITY LOOKING BEYOND GUL PRESIDENCY TO
[...] Both Embassy Ankara and ConGen Istanbul contributed to this report. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Turkish business community's reaction to FonMin Abdullah Gul's presidential candidacy has been positive but muted. In public statements, most business groups expressed support for Gul's presidency wh [...]
2007-08-20 04:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN TU
07ANKARA217TURKEY/IRAQ: SPECIFIC ISSUES RAISED DURING
[...] (U) Action Request at para. 4. 2. (S/NF) In the context of January 30-31 talks in Ankara on countering PKK terrorism from northern Iraq, Turkish anti-PKK envoy Edip Baser raised several specific allegations concerning U.S. activities in Iraq in a private meeting with U.S. Special Envoy Rals [...]
2007-02-01 16:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA219GOT REITERATES TO SPECIAL ENVOY RALSTON THE NEED FOR CONCRETE ACTION AGAINST PKK
[...] (S) Summary: Turkey is still waiting for concrete action against the PKK, GOT leaders and officials told visiting Special Envoy Ralston Jan. 30-31. Ralston's interlocutors acknowledged progress on the Makhmour refugee camp, but emphasized that they have higher priorities. The GOT agreed to work w [...]
2007-02-01 16:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PREF MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2222ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2227BLUE LANTERN END USE CHECK ON LICENSE 05-050022026
[...] (SBU) We met with Tubitak Uzay Director Ugur Murat Leloglu on August 28 to discuss reftel Blue Lantern cases associated with Tubitak Uzay's RASAT Remote Sensing Satellite Project. Leloglu was forthcoming and eager to cooperate with our inquiry. We confirmed that Tubitak Uzay has received the [...]
2007-08-29 12:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC KS TU
07ANKARA2235PRESIDENT GUL APPROVES PM ERDOGAN'S GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Less than 24 hours after Abdullah Gul assumed the office of President, PM Erdogan submitted to Gul his proposed list for Turkey's 60th government. Gul approved the list, which contains 25 names, up from 23 in the previous government. It includes three Deputy Premiers/State Ministers who [...]
2007-08-29 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV TU
07ANKARA2240TURKEY: POST-ELECTION ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQI KURDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With the accession to the Presidency of former FM Abdullah Gul, the GOT will be looking to change the dynamic of its relationship with Iraqi Kurds and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). While the exact timing is not yet clear, GOT officials indicate Gul will first reach out [...]
2007-08-31 11:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IZ TU
07ANKARA2246TURKEY: THUMBNAIL BIOS OF 60TH GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Thumbnail biographical sketches of the 25 ministers who comprise Turkey's 60th Government, as presented August 29, 2007 President Gul are below in para 2. Ministers are already in place and functioning; the government will seek a parliamentary vote of confidence on September 5. 2. (SBU [...]
2007-08-31 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA2292ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-07 12:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2308ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-11 07:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2315ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-11 13:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2355ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-17 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA237PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]
2007-02-05 10:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA2388ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 11:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2400TURKEY CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-24 12:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALUNSC PTER LE TU
07ANKARA2408ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-26 04:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2437TURKEY AND IRAQ SIGN COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey and Iraq signed on September 28 a bilateral accord that provides for cooperation in countering terrorist groups and acts of terrorism in both countries. The two sides were unable to come to agreement on specific language concerning hot pursuit of terrorists across the Turki [...]
2007-09-28 16:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2440TURKEY AND IRAQ SIGN COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey and Iraq signed on September 28 a bilateral accord that provides for cooperation in countering terrorist groups and acts of terrorism in both countries. The two sides were unable to come to agreement on specific language concerning hot pursuit of terrorists across the Turki [...]
2007-10-01 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2468TURKEY: POLITICAL REFORMS STALLED AS GOT FOCUSES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA249TURKEY AND THE IRAQI KURDS: STUMBLING TOWARD
[...] (C) Summary: Both Turkish officials and the PUK representative in Ankara acknowledge the need for greater dialogue between the GOT and KRG leadership on the vexing issues of the PKK and Kirkuk. Turkish MFA asked that the USG weigh in with KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani to bring a positive message t [...]
2007-02-06 12:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA25ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-08 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2532TURKEY: USD(P) EDELMAN AND A/S FRIED DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USD(P) Edelman and EUR A/S Fried told MFA U/S Apakan and senior MFA officials October 13 that the Administration regrets House Foreign Affairs Committee passage of HR 106 and will continue to strongly oppose its passage by the House. They urged Turkish officials to avoid reactions [...]
2007-10-15 12:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TU AR AF IZ
07ANKARA2538FALL-OUT FROM HFAC PASSAGE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish government and public reaction to the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) October 10 approval of the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) was fueled by harsh statements from opposition political party leaders and some media commentators, as well as strong remarks by the Pr [...]
2007-10-15 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU US AM IZ
07ANKARA2636ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2645ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 13:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2660TURKEY: LONG-TIME ADVOCATES CITE BETRAYAL AND
[...] (C) Summary: Anger on the streets pales in comparison with the deep sense of betrayal long-time friends of America are expressing to us. They assert we are on the brink of a full blown rupture in relations. End summary. 2. (C) Suat Kiniklioglu is the former head of the German Marshall Fu [...]
2007-10-26 12:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV TU US
07ANKARA2676ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2684ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 12:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2718ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2719ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2724ERDAL INONU: A TURKISH PATRIOT IS LAID TO REST,
[...] (SBU) Erdal Inonu -- professor and physicist, reluctant politician, social democrat, former Deputy PM and FM, and son of Turkey's second President, General Ismet Inonu -- was laid to rest November 4 in Istanbul. Inonu's epitaph could well read: here lies an honest, decent human being who wante [...]
2007-11-06 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA2744TURKEY REACTS POSITIVELY TO ERDOGAN-POTUS MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Reactions in Turkey to PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush span the spectrum depending on the political and ideological views of the individual or media outlet offering comment. In public comments subsequent to his meeting with POTUS, Erdogan has made clear his ap [...]
2007-11-09 06:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER TU US IZ
07ANKARA2774TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP PARTY ELECTS HARDLINER AS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) members elected Nurettin Demirtas, 34, as party chairman and adopted the concept of "democratic autonomy" during a November 8 extraordinary convention in Ankara. Several Kurdish contacts believe the elevation of Demirtas, a h [...]
2007-11-15 12:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2781GOT LAYS ANNAPOLIS MARKER WITH PERES, ABBAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the first Israeli leader ever to speak before a predominantly Muslim parliament, President Shimon Peres joined Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in addressing the Turkish Grand National Assembly on November 13. In consecutive speeches, the two leaders expressed [...]
2007-11-15 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KMDR TU IS
07ANKARA2790TURKEY: UNAMI OFFICIAL SEES GREATER GOT INTEREST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Charge Michael Schulenburg sees increased GOT interest in a UN role in defusing tensions over the future status of Kirkuk. He sensed a new GOT willingness and approach. Schulenburg indicated that Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Pres [...]
2007-11-19 09:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UN IZ TU
07ANKARA2805ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-20 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2807TURKEY: PROSECUTOR OPENS CLOSURE CASE AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey's top prosecutor filed an indictment with the Constitutional Court on November 16 to close down the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) for alleged ties to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The indictment calls for a ban against DTP participat [...]
2007-11-20 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2818ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-23 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2826ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2862ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 15:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2915ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2960TURKEY/IRAQ: TAKING THE PULSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador urged GOT Iraq Coordinator Celikkol to move forward with a GOT invitation to President Talabani to visit Ankara, noting such a step could help break the ice between the Turks and Iraqi Kurds and lead to eventual dialogue with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials. [...]
2007-12-14 11:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
07ANKARA2983TURKEY: REACTION TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST PKK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reaction to Turkish military air and artillery strikes (ref A) against PKK targets in northern Iraq early December 16 dominated Turkish media on December 17. President Gul, PM Erdogan, and other government officials praised the Turkish military's ability to carry out night-tim [...]
2007-12-17 12:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA2985ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA3006TURKEY: REACTION TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior GOT and military officials continue to praise the strikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq and deny that civilian targets there were hit. However, inadequacies in interagency coordination and the sidelining of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plague GOT efforts to addre [...]
2007-12-18 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MOPS PGOV PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA3052MGPKO2: TURKEY CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION,
[...] (U) Turkey has strongly condemned the assassination of former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto and called for unity in the face of terrorism and extremism. In its December 27 statement, the MFA greeted the news of Bhutto's death with great sorrow and went on to state, "There is no doubt that thes [...]
2007-12-28 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PK TU
07ANKARA313TURKEY: IMPACT OF THE ARMENIA BILL ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French interests in Turkey have suffered as a result of votes taken by the French National Assembly to recognize (in 2001) the events of 1915 as a "genocide," and then in October 2006 to criminalize the denial of those events. In the case of the former, French embassy officials [...]
2007-02-14 11:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR ETRD FR AM TU
07ANKARA339PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News`ency, and international wilties and are often otherwise unreliable. 2. (U) During the January 16-31, 2007 [...]
2007-02-06 08:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA367TURKEY SEEK TO REVITALIZE BSEC AS IT FETES 15 YEARS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey aims to use its BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary at its Istanbul Summit on June 25. BSEC and Turkey urge high level participation at this event. BSEC hopes to highlight BSEC institutional refo [...]
2007-02-20 15:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV KCRM TU
07ANKARA386IRAQI VP ABDEL MAHDI ASKS FOR TURKEY'S SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 15:49:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA47ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-10 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA486PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]
2007-03-05 07:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA548SPECIAL ENVOY FOR COUNTERING THE PKK RALSTON
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkey will review U.S. suggestions for deliverables on the PKK, GOT Special Envoy Baser told U.S. Special Envoy Ralston March 8. Turkey remains concerned that the PKK maintains a potentially intimidating presence in the Makhmour refugee camp, but will proceed with negotiations [...]
2007-03-12 09:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PREF PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA558ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA614TRILATERAL IRAQ GAS GROUP MEETS FOR FIRST TIME IN ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S., Turkish, and Iraqi officials met March 9 in Istanbul to discuss potential development of Iraq natural gas production for domestic use and export via the "Southern Corridor" network of gas pipelines to Europe. The group agreed to cooperate on attracting gas sector investme [...]
2007-03-19 07:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA639TURKEY'S WATER WORRIES - WAITING FOR APRIL SHOWERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With only 1642 cubic meters/year per capita usable water, Turkey is far from a water-rich country and acutely subject to increased dryness due to global warming. Now a particularly dry winter has left many of Turkey's reservoirs at low levels. Although Ankara authorities have [...]
2007-03-21 08:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDENGR SENV EAGR TU
07ANKARA712TURKEY: FIRST REACTIONS TO UNSCR 1747 SANCTIONS
[...] (C) We delivered ref a points on UNSCR 1747 to MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ahmed Yoruk on March 26. Yoruk said the MFA is studying the text of the resolution and commented that its provisions appear to be similarly targeted as those in UNSCR 1737. He advised that the text of la [...]
2007-03-28 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR TU
07ANKARA750PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments
[...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]
2007-04-02 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA777BANK SEPAH AND DEFENSE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION
[...] (S) Summary: The head of the Foreign Ministry's Iran Department (which has the MFA lead on Iran sanctions) told us that measures are underway within the bureaucracy to implement UNSCRs 1737 and 1747, but that action against Sepah accounts at banks in Turkey had not yet been taken. He said that [...]
2007-04-04 16:37:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP EFIN TU IR
07ANKARA804TURKEY PLANS ITS BSEC SUMMIT BIRTHDAY PARTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA held a meeting with Embassies April 4 to describe its planning for the June 25 BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) Summit meeting of heads of state and government. Turkey aims to use its chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary a [...]
2007-04-09 05:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV KCRM TU
07ANKARA811TURKISH AMBASSADOR DOES NOT ATTEND NATANZ CEREMONY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-09 10:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR TU
07ANKARA894KAZAKHSTAN FM VISIT TO TURKEY -- BOSPORUS BYPASS
[...] (c) During a recent meeting on various subjects, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for Eurasia Unal Cevikoz described the results of Kazakh FM Murat Tazhin's visit to Turkey on April 5. Cevikoz attached significance to the fact that this visit was the first by a Kazakh foreign minister to Turkey since 199 [...]
2007-04-16 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET KZ TU
07ANKARA917ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA933AFTERMATH: TRIPLE-MURDER OF CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-19 14:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA953ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-24 13:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA974 Turkey: FY 2008 IVLP Nomination Slate
[...] M. Gunden Cinar, Turk Telecom Privatization Coordinator, Privatization Administration European Regional Project, NEW Election Year Politics for Journalists (2 weeks) (March 3 - March 14, 2008) 2. Nagehan Alci, Reporter and Columnist, Aksam daily European Regional Project, Trade and Ec [...]
2007-04-26 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL TU
07ASHGABAT1299TURKMENISTAN: NIGHTLIFE OF THE RICH AND POWERFUL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboffs recently got a glimpse into the nocturnal habits of Turkmenistan's rich and powerful. A male relative of President Berdimuhamedov was involved in a bar fight with a foreigner, but the police were never called. Two high-ranking Ministry of National Security officials (sec [...]
2007-11-29 03:16:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TX
07ASHGABAT1336TURKMENISTAN'S PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COUNCIL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid very light turnout, Turkmenistan's citizens voted for members of their provincial people's councils December 9. The Central Election Commission provided its typical overexaggerated estimates, claiming by th [...]
2007-12-10 13:38:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM TX
07ASTANA157KAZAKHSTAN READY TO COOPERATE ON INSPECTION OF
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche and non-paper on January 19 to Murat Tashibayev, Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Multilateral Cooperation, emphasizing that the demarche was a continuation of previous discussions with the GOK regarding the Proli [...]
2007-01-19 07:42:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KNNP KZ
07ASTANA2327KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN CHOOSES NEW MAZHILIS MEMBERS
[...] Summary: On August 24, Nur Otan selected 98 candidates from its party list to fill the Mazhilis seats it won in the August 18 elections. Deputy Prime Minister Aslan Musin and Minister of Labor and Social Protection Gulzhana Karagusova will vacate their posts to become deputies. On August 27, t [...]
2007-08-27 10:01:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA2581 Kazakhstan Moves Cautiously Toward KAZBRIG Deployment;
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has indicated that it is ready to commit units from its light infantry brigade, "KAZBRIG" to an overseas Peace Support Operation (PSO). An official announcement is expected after the details of the deployment (location, command and control ((C [...]
2007-09-18 23:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC MASS KZ
07ASTANA2993(C) DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KAZAKHSTAN ON INTERPOL
[...] (C) Poloff delivered to Murat Tashibayev, Director of the International Organizations and Multilateral Cooperation Department of the Kazakhstan MFA, reftel demarche on supporting Argentina,s request for INTERPOL approval of red notices against Iranian officials charged in the AMIA bombing. [...]
2007-11-02 09:05:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPTER AR IR KJUS PREL
07ASTANA3351EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (NOVEMBER
[...] A site assessment of the Kurmangazy vehicle and pedestrian border crossing with Russia was conducted on November 1, 2007. This border site, which is located on the right bank of the Kigash River in the Kurmangazinsk District of Atyrau Providence, consists of a newly constructed vehicle and ped [...]
2007-12-21 02:25:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA48KAZAKHSTAN CONTEMPLATES DEMOCRATIC REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: There is widespread expectation in Kazakhstan that President Nazarbayev will announce a package of democratic reform proposals early in the new year. The timing and content of the initiative is not yet known, and some are skeptical that the proposals will represent fundamental c [...]
2007-01-08 12:31:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KZ
07BAGHDAD1793AMBASSADOR'S MAY 27 MEETING WITH TURKISH IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Turkish MFA Iraq Envoy Oguz Celikkol said Turkey will propose that the Neighbors Conference energy working group meet June 14-15 in Istanbul. Celikkol and the Ambassador discussed ways to keep participation in the working group from becomin [...]
2007-05-29 15:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV ENRG TU SY IZ
07BAGHDAD2683AUGUST 8-9 BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP MEETING:
[...] (S) SUMMARY: GOI and neighboring country delegations plus P5, UN, EU, and Arab League observers met in Damascus August 8-9 to develop steps to be taken by participants to stem the flow of foreign terrorists and arms fueling the violence in Iraq. While all neighboring countries were unanimous [...]
2007-08-13 03:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER IZ SY
07BAGHDAD2980PRT KIRKUK: ITF MONOPOLIZES TURKMAN VOICES, BLOCKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Though claiming to speak for all of Kirkuk's Turkman community, the Iraqi Turkman Front (ITF) represents only a hardline minority and itself suffers internally due to the ideological inflexibility of its leadership. Despite this, the ITF enforces among the members of the Kirkuk [...]
2007-09-05 14:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD3064EXPANDED NEIGHBORS PREPCON
[...] C) SUMMARY. At the September 9 Expanded Neighbors preparatory conference in Baghdad, participants agreed to hold the next Neighbors Ministerial October 31-November 1 in Istanbul. Arab neighbors greeted the GOI proposal to establish a standing secretariat with skepticism, but with supportiv [...]
2007-09-12 02:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
07BAKU1224AZERBAIJAN-BP NEGOTIATIONS: LET THE HARDBALL BEGIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Negotiations between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and BP concerning the second stage of Azerbaijan energy sector development have broken down due to SOCAR's insistence on first resolving shorter-term issues involving potentially billions of dollars. Although SOCAR [...]
2007-10-05 13:45:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG AJ
07BAKU1396AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR DOES "RECON MISSION" TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Vice President Elshad Nasirov traveled to Ashgabat for the November 14-15 Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference, meeting with his GOTX counterparts on possible new energy cooperation. Having consulted with President Aliye [...]
2007-11-21 09:39:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ENRG TX AJ
07BAKU1399AZERBAIJAN AND BP-LED CONSORTIUM MOVE CLOSER TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 meeting with DAS Bryza, BP Azerbaijan head Bill Schrader said that BP planned to propose to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) that a working group be formed to help clarify each side's understanding of the other side's position concerning the dispute ove [...]
2007-11-23 10:06:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AJ ENRG
07BAKU245AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR VP SAYS HE IS NOT NECESSARILY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to SOCAR VP Elshad Nassirov, his presentation at the February 13-14 IEA Caspian Energy Conference in Paris was designed not to reassure potential European gas customers but rather to disabuse them of the notion that Azerbaijani gas alone could fill their pipelines. Hi [...]
2007-02-26 14:47:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV AJ
07BAKU917AZERBAIJAN GAS INITIATIVES WAITING ON TURKISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a July 17 conversation primarily focused on Iran (septel),SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullyav speculated that the recently announced Turkey-Iran Energy MOU, if actualized, would throw into doubt both GOAJ participation in Nabucco and also the viability of a Turkmen-Azerbaijan tr [...]
2007-07-20 13:23:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU AJ ENRG
07BERLIN114SCENESETTER: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, your visit to Berlin will enable you to seek solutions to our bilateral and U.S.-EU challenges with a government and with a Minister who see things a lot like we do and who have the will and the authority to improve the status quo. Our key suggestions for your January 26 d [...]
2007-01-19 17:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKHLS KJUS PTER PGOV PREL GM EU
07BERLIN1740BUNDESTAG INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE
[...] (C) On September 13 the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry will meet again following the summer recess and continue the process of questioning individuals concerning the activities of German intelligence and security agencies relating to the Iraq war, the alleged abduction and transport of terror [...]
2007-09-14 11:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV GM
07BERLIN230AL-MASRI UPDATE -- NEXT STEPS ON ARREST WARRANTS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The MFA's Acting Legal Adviser told emboffs Feb. 5 the German Government fully understands the USG's strong desire that international arrest warrants not be issued in the al-Masri case. She noted, however, that such warrants are routinely issued ("99.99 percent of the time") [...]
2007-02-05 18:48:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNKJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN317BUNDESTAG INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE SEEKS USG
[...] (U) On February 9, 2007 Ambassador Timken received a letter from the chairman of the Bundestag committee investigating the detention in Guantanamo of the German-born Turkish national Murat Kurnaz. In the letter, Chairman Siegfried Kauder asks whether the USG would be willing to allow an Amer [...]
2007-02-15 15:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGM KJUS KLIG PGOV PINS PREL
07BERLIN524MURAT KURNAZ: ANOTHER BUNDESTAG REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) On March 2, 2007 Ambassador Timken received another letter from the chairman of the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry looking into allegations of renditions, the activities of the German intelligence services related to the war in Iraq, and the detention in Guantanamo of the German-born T [...]
2007-03-15 11:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KLIG PREL GM
07BERLIN61GERMAN PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN KURNAZ
[...] (U) This Cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) The State Prosecutor's Office in Tuebingen has contacted the Staff Judge Advocate, Stuttgart Law Center, asking for further information in connection with events Murat Kurnaz -- a Turkish citizen resident in Germany -- [...]
2007-01-11 07:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM
07BERLIN92GERMAN PROSECUTOR FOLLOWS UP: KURNAZ CASE
[...] (U) This Cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Further to reftel, the State Prosecutor's Office in Tuebingen has written the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Stuttgart Law Center, asking for further information in connection with events Murat Kurnaz -- a Turkish [...]
2007-01-17 07:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM
07BISHKEK124KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARIANS WARN OF NEGATIVE AIR BASE
[...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz parliamentarians have told us that the December 6 base shooting and other recent incidents have led to a decline in parliament's perceptions of the U.S. Manas air base, and continued negative public reaction to the shooting could have an impact on U.S.-Kyrgyz relations. T [...]
2007-02-06 11:53:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK1280Embassy Events Marking Ramadan and Orozo Ait
[...] (SBU) On September 25, the Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner for local religious leaders and members of the diplomatic corps and interfaith community. Over forty guests joined Embassy staff for this event. In her remarks, the Ambassador emphasized the positive spirit of cooperation between th [...]
2007-10-15 10:14:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO SCUL KG
07BISHKEK1296KYRGYZSTAN REFERENDUM IS "JUST POLITICS"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan will hold a nationwide referendum on a new constitution and new electoral code on October 21, despite a recommendation from the parliament that the vote be postponed. The proposed constitution closely resembles the recently annulled December 2006 constitution, but i [...]
2007-10-18 11:58:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1337KYRGYZ INVESTIGATION INTO SAIPOV KILLING CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kyrgyz law enforcement investigation continues into the October 24 killing of journalist Alisher Saipov. The two most popular theories place blame either on the Uzbek security services or on Islamic extremist organizations Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) or the Islamic Movement of Uzbek [...]
2007-11-01 11:32:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KG
07BISHKEK140SOME KYRGYZ CABINET APPOINTMENTS MADE
[...] (SBU) On February 7 President Bakiyev appointed several cabinet ministers, including the First Vice Prime Minister and Vice Prime Minster. When all appointments have been made, the Prime Minister will then have the option to enact parliament's recommendation to put each of the ministries, com [...]
2007-02-07 11:30:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK1543NEW KYRGYZ CABINET SIGNALS LITTLE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bakiyev signed a decree installing the new Cabinet under Prime Minister Chudinov December 27. The new Cabinet's structure and composition are consistent with previous PM Atambayev's Cabinet, with many holdovers and only a few new names. The positioning of experience [...]
2007-12-28 07:49:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK268DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 12:06:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA KG
07BISHKEK284KYRGYZ ANALYSTS PREDICT POLITICAL STANDOFF TO BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, two leading Kyrgyz political analysts predicted that the current standoff between the government and Felix Kulov's United Front would be resolved ahead of street protests planned for April 11. Former Foreign Minister Murat Imanaliye [...]
2007-03-19 13:45:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK30EMPOWERED KYRGYZ PRESIDENT NOMINATES KULOV AS PM;
[...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz President Bakiyev signed into law constitutional changes January 15 which restore many powers stripped from him in the November 9 Constitution. Specifically, the revised constitution restores presidential authority over judges and provincial governors. Opposition to the c [...]
2007-01-18 13:45:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK332GKNB CHAIRMAN SUTALINOV CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE
[...] (C) At the March 21 Novrooz celebration, GKNB Chairman Sutalinov approached Ambassador to register his concerns that the April demonstrations could turn violent and to enlist Ambassador's support to moderate the actions of the opposition. He also expressed hope that the U.S.-Kyrgyz bilatera [...]
2007-03-26 09:45:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MARR KG
07BISHKEK350PROFILE OF NEW KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER ALMAZ
[...] (SBU) Summary: A northern native with a background in business, new Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev is a former parliamentarian who has previously harbored presidential ambitions. His People's Congress of Kyrgyzstan was an active player in the March 2005 revolution. Atambayev worked a [...]
2007-03-30 13:26:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KG
07BISHKEK354NOTICE OF IRAN'S DIO DESIGNATION UNDER E.O. 13382
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 03:07:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN IR KG
07BISHKEK362MOST KYRGYZ CABINET APPOINTMENTS MADE; OPPOSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his March 30 confirmation, Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev announced that he would consult with all political forces -- including the opposition -- to select a new "coalition" cabinet. He then quickly reappointed the foreign minister and the power ministers. He also ann [...]
2007-04-03 12:31:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK364INFORMATION REGARDING ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 13:13:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC KG
07BISHKEK385GKNB REPORTS CONCERNS ON RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR KULOV
[...] (C) On April 6, Ambassador met with GKNB Chairman Murat Sutalinov, who said that the Russians are supporting Kulov in exchange for Kulov selling out Manas Air Force Base when he comes to power. He also provided detail on Kulov's alleged ties to organized crime. The Kyrgyz are clearly worri [...]
2007-04-09 12:22:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KG
07BISHKEK386KYRGYZ OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATIONS BEGIN; POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Felix Kulov's United Front continues to move forward with plans for an open-ended anti-government demonstration in Bishkek starting on April 11. In several northern regions of the country, smaller demonstrations were staged on April 9, and in Bishkek, over 100 United Front suppo [...]
2007-04-09 13:58:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK427DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum arrived April 15 to an unsettled political situation in Kyrgyzstan. United Front leader Felix Kulov has vowed publicly to press on with street demonstrations until President Bakiyev resigns, even though the demonstrations have failed to gain momentum. In [...]
2007-04-18 03:40:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK450DINNER WITH COMMENTATORS, ACTIVISTS MIRRORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a raucous dinner meeting April 18 with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum, emotions were high as local commentators and activists expressed varying viewpoints on the current political situation in Kyrgyzstan. While some advocated immediate regime change, others strongly believed ref [...]
2007-04-20 06:25:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK486KYRGYZ OPPOSITION RUNNING SCARED AND CHANGING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While Bishkek seems calm since the anti-government demonstration ended last week, the underlying problems between the government and opposition have not been resolved, but just postponed for another day. Opposition leaders fear that President Bakiyev and his closest advisors bel [...]
2007-04-25 12:48:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK488MEDIA REACTION: DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY EVAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local media reaction to DAS Evan Feigenbaum,s visit of April 15-20 was primarily neutral, matter of fact reporting with some elements of general suspicion and conspiracy theory thrown in, as is generally the case in local media. Both print and electronic media covered his visit [...]
2007-04-26 04:52:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO KG
07BISHKEK492KYRGYZ OPPOSITION CLAIMS HARASSMENT FOLLOWING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 26, the Kyrgyz Prosecutor General brought criminal charges against United Front leaders Omurbek Suvanaliyev and Omurbek Abdrakhmanov for "mass disorder" associated with the opposition's April 11-19 demonstration. Suvanaliyev and Abdrakhmanov, along with United Front you [...]
2007-04-27 12:06:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK518OPPOSITION LEADERS RELEASED; BY-ELECTION RESULTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on April 27, United Front leaders Omurbek Abdrahmanov, Omurbek Suvanaliyev, and United Front youth leader Adilet Aitikeev were released from custody. The three had been held by the state security service (GKNB) since April 23 in connection with the opposition's April 11-19 [...]
2007-05-03 13:22:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK545KYRGYZ RECEIVE DEMARCHE ON WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 11:48:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO KG
07BISHKEK597KYRGYZ POLICYMAKERS FOCUS ON MANAS AIRBASE
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 21 meeting, the Manas Airbase commander handed Alexander Ivanov's widow a goodwill check to compensate her for her loss. Mrs. Ivanova and her lawyer queried about "moral damages" and complained about the amount and intent of the payment. Ivanova later spoke at a press [...]
2007-05-21 12:00:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KDEM KG
07BISHKEK63ANALYSTS OFFER GRIM VIEW OF KYRGYZ POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and visiting Central Asia Office Director Spratlen met January 23 with four leading Bishkek think tank directors and political analysts to discuss the current political turmoil in Kyrgyzstan, as well as the state of U.S.-Kyrgyz relations. The analysts described a Kyrgy [...]
2007-01-25 12:46:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK633KYRGYZ CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REVIEWING ATAMBAYEV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite parliamentary criticism that the Constitutional Court is purposefully slowing the review of PM Atambayev's draft constitution, Constitutional Chairperson Cholpon Bayekova has assured us that the review process is underway, and could be finalized well before the fall. She [...]
2007-05-30 06:07:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK737KYRGYZ PUSH FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE FINANCING,
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 7-11 visit to Bishkek, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher met with senior Kyrgyz government officials, parliamentary deputies, civil society representatives, and business leaders. Prime Minister Atambayev was upbeat about the bilateral r [...]
2007-06-18 10:37:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EINV MARR KG
07DUSHANBE43TAJIK BANKING DINNER TURNS INTO SERIOUS TALK TO RESOLVE
[...] (C) Summary: In Tajikistan, singing and dancing alongside the President's brother-in-law while discussing business earns the United States diplomatic goodwill. At a private dinner January 8 to talk about banking supervision and economic reform, President Rahmonov's brother-in-law Hasan Sadu [...]
2007-01-09 12:23:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD TI
07ISTANBUL554YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY'S "DON'T IGNORE, VOTE!"
[...] (SBU) Summary. Playing off an American rap star's "Vote or Die" campaign, a group of Turkish students and their professor at Istanbul's Yeditepe University have launched a popular get-out-the-vote initiative called &Koyverme, oy ver!8 (&Don,t ignore, vote!8) to promote voter turnout in the Ju [...]
2007-06-28 06:16:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL63U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH TURKISH BANKS
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings on December 4 and 5, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey briefed leading Turkish bankers on the risks posed by deceptive Iranian banking practices. U/S Levey noted that Iranian interest in Turkey would likely increase as European banks pull back from their Iran business and ur [...]
2007-01-29 06:59:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER EINV TU IR
07ISTANBUL872ISTANBUL BUSINESS TO U/S BURNS: NOW IS THE TIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a broad-ranging dinner conversation with two recently-elected AKP members of parliament and four senior business leaders Undersecretary Burns discussed constitutional reform, prospects for resolving conflict with Armenia, the treatment of minorities in Turkey, Turkish press [...]
2007-09-26 12:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL914NBA AND STARKEY FOUNDATION'S SLAM DUNK IN ISTANBUL
[...] Summary: In the midst of a tense period in U.S.-Turkish relations, there is good news on the sports front, as the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves spent the first week of October in Istanbul practicing people-to-people diplomacy at its best. While the headline event was an exhibition game with Tur [...]
2007-10-11 10:30:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAO SCUL TU
07JAKARTA390USITC ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON POLYESTER STAPLE FIBER
[...] Summary: This cable responds to reftel request for Indonesia industry-wide information related to certain polyester staple fiber. End Summary. 2. Post obtained information and data contained in para 4 through the Indonesian Synthetic Fiber Production Association (ISFPA) and through pub [...]
2007-02-14 01:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON ID
07MADRID2182OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 29 bi-lateral meeting, U/S Burns and DAS Bryza met with FM Ali Babacan and the Turkish delegation at the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid in a productive exchange on critical issues: Annapolis Summit, Kosovo final status, and Turkey's relations with Cyprus. On Annapolis Su [...]
2007-11-30 18:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE TU
07MEXICO5846FOREIGN SECRETARY ESPINOSA COURTS CONGRESSIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: Responding to Congressional calls for the Executive to clarify the Merida Initiative, Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa testified before the Senate on October 22 and before the Chamber of Deputies on October 31. She was clear the Merida Initiative is not a formal accord requirin [...]
2007-11-14 22:09:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PTER SMIL MX
07MOSCOW3530RUSSIA: KAZAN FAIR VENTURES INTO INVESTMENT ARENA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tatarstan recently hosted a Regional Venture Fair in the historic city of Kazan to showcase the development of local innovative enterprises. The impressive array of high technology companies at the fair and at the regional technopark contrasted with the decaying condition of th [...]
2007-07-19 08:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EINT RS TNGD
07MOSCOW4952RUSSIA'S DISCRIMINATING APPROACH TO PUBLIC RALLIES
[...] (SBU) Separate events over the weekend of October 7 reveal the limits to public expression and assembly in Russia. While a 10,000-person celebratory rally in commemoration of Putin's birthday was facilitated, and a 500 gathering marking the one-year anniversary of Politkovskaya's murder was ca [...]
2007-10-11 08:12:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5502SUBJECT: KRASNOYARSK ELECTION - QUIET ON THE
[...] (SBU) A joke is circulating in Krasnoyarsk that the regional electoral commission is taking care to make sure the population doesn't falsify the elections. With less than two weeks before polling day, virtually everyone "knows" the election outcome -- a solid majority for United Russia; enoug [...]
2007-11-23 12:59:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW5563UKRAINE GAS PRICE AGREEMENT DELAYED BY LATEST
[...] (C) A November 27th agreement between Gazprom and Turkmenistan on a price increase for Turkmen gas has delayed and complicated a deal on 2008 gas prices to Ukraine. Gazprom, which serves as an intermediary for Turkmen gas to Ukraine, will pay Turkmenistan $130 per thousand cubic meters (mcm) o [...]
2007-11-29 07:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PREL RS
07MOSCOW5584HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND THREE JOURNALISTS BEATEN
[...] (C) Summary: In the Ingushetia capital of Nazran on November 24, masked gunmen abducted a human rights worker and three Moscow television journalists from their hotel rooms, robbed them of their equipment and notebooks, and threatened them with execution. The gunmen then took the four victims [...]
2007-11-29 15:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO RS
07MOSCOW5701EMBASSY OF TURKMENISTAN REITERATES: "WE ONLY SELL
[...] (SBU) Embassy of Turkmenistan Econ Counselor Murat Yazberdiyev reiterated to us November 30th that Turkmenistan is only interested in selling gas "at the border." That said, Turkmenistan had no objections to others either improving existing pipelines or building new ones through which to expo [...]
2007-12-04 15:14:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS TX
07NICOSIA994TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTIES HEAD FOR DECEMBER SHOWDOWN
[...] (C) Summary: An October agreement between the "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) and the opposition to amend the "TRNC constitution" and consider early elections may derail before January 1 given the wildly differing goals of the participants. CTP considers the ad hoc committee agree [...]
2007-12-17 14:31:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
07PHNOMPENH62FINANCE MINISTRY ON CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT
[...] (SBU) On January 10, Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Secretary General Vongsey Vissoth at the Ministry of SIPDIS Economics and Finance (MEF) to relay points outlined in reftel A. Vissoth thanked the Embassy for the assurances regarding the USG position vis-a-vis the cut-off date, and ment [...]
2007-01-16 12:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON KTIA CB
07PORTAUPRINCE883LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: SEVEN (7TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]
2007-05-14 18:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07TBILISI1139SOUTH OSSETIA CONTINUES BLOCKADE OF TRANSCAUCASIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 15, OSCE Ambassador Roy Reeve told Ambassador that the South Ossetians continue to block the Transcaucasian Highway north of Tskhinvali, but all of the other side roads have been re-opened. Reeve said that de-facto president Kokoity has returned to Tskhinvali and the [...]
2007-05-15 13:48:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2012GEORGIA MISSILE ATTACK UPDATE -- AUGUST 10
[...] (C) U.S. military experts arrived August 10 to review the evidence related to the August 6 missile impact in Georgia. Other international experts are expected to arrive in coming days, as the Georgian government begins to put together an international team to provide transparency to the invest [...]
2007-08-10 11:29:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG
07TOKYO1856RESPONSE TO SHOKO ASAHARA,S PENDING EXECUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Aum Shinrikyo head Chizuo Matsumoto (AKA Shoko Asahara) and his followers involved in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system are unlikely to be executed within the next five years, according to multiple Japanese government officials. As of late April 2007, the Pub [...]
2007-04-25 10:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR
07TOKYO2177The Japan Economic Scope - May 11, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 11, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren DG on Mideast Trip, FTAs and Upper House Elections 4. Advisory Committee's Recommends Joint Studies for a U.S. -- Japan FTA 5. Tokyo Uneasy on New WTO Paper on Agriculture 6. [...]
2007-05-15 04:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3768 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3769 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4328 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 22:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5388JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO540 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-06 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07VATICAN51VATICAN: PUTIN'S VISIT MAINLY CEREMONIAL
[...] (C) Vatican officials told us March 1 that President Putin's March 13 visit to Pope Benedict XVI (ref a) would be a short "get-acquainted" session, as it would be the first meeting between the two men. No meeting had yet been scheduled for Putin with Cardinal Secretary of State Bertone. Off [...]
2007-03-05 16:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SOCI RS VT
07VATICAN65HOLY SEE: PUTIN'S MEETINGS AT THE VATICAN
[...] (C) Summary. President Putin's visit to the Holy See and his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI evoked positive statements from both sides and contributed to warming relations between the Holy See and the Russian Orthodox Church. Little information has emerged about Putin's one-on-one with [...]
2007-03-23 17:36:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
07VIENNA411AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 15, 2007
[...] Former Bawag boss Helmut Elsner is back in Vienna and in detention while awaiting trial. For the time being, however, Elsner is in the Wilhelminenspital where his medical condition is being monitored. For months, the former head of Bawag had escaped extradition claiming a heart condition. Accor [...]
2007-02-15 14:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
08ADANA21GOT URGES GREATER U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN NEXT YEAR'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 3rd Iraqi International Trade Fair kicked off in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep on May 22. According to organizers, over 400 local and foreign exhibitors from 32 countries were present at the four-day event. High-ranking Turkish and Iraqi officials in attenda [...]
2008-06-10 11:36:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL TU IZ
08ADANA46TURKEY: PKK CLAIMS ATTACK ON KIRKUK-CEYHAN PIPELINE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A BOTAS official and local security contacts confirm press reports of a November 21 PKK-perpetrated terrorist attack on the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline approximately 50 miles from the Iraqi border. The alleged bomb explosion wrought a three-day inferno that was recently brought [...]
2008-11-25 06:16:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON PTER PINS TU IZ
08ANKARA1006ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 12:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1022SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER BABACAN'S
[...] (C) Summary. FM Ali Babacan is projecting a business-as-usual image as Turkey's domestic political situation continues to roil over the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). With the Prime Ministry focused on Iraq issues and the Presidency tracking Turkey's relations with A [...]
2008-06-02 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EFIN EAID TU
08ANKARA1026TURKEY: WHY INVESTORS ARE NERVOUS
[...] Summary: Both economic and financial indicators show the honeymoon is over for the Turkish economy. Expectations are negative and Turkish assets are losing value. Our investment banking contacts see more nervousness from investors, occasionally setting Turkey apart from other emerging mark [...]
2008-06-03 09:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1045 INFLATION TROUBLE IN TURKEY
[...] Summary: Following May CPI inflation data that signaled the return of double-digit inflation for the first time since 2004, the Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) significantly revised upward its official inflation target for 2009, 2010, and 2011 to 7.5%, 6.5%, and 5.5%, respectively. Inflation [...]
2008-06-05 11:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1054ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 12:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1055CODELS TANNER AND LEAHY MEET WITH PM ERDOGAN,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In May 29 meetings with Codels Tanner and Leahy, President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan lauded improved U.S.-Turkey relations and expressed gratitude for U.S. support against PKK terrorism. Erdogan complained of Congressional resolutions introduced on Cyprus and the Aegean t [...]
2008-06-06 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR PTER ENRG ETTC IR IS TU
08ANKARA1081ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 13:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1100TURKEY: SPECIAL REP. OZCELIK ON TURKEY-IRAQ NEXT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkey-Iraq bilateral relations are set to gain another boost with PM Erdogan's visit to Baghdad to establish a TU-IZ senior level bilateral strategic commission o/a July 4 (please protect). GOT Special Representative for Iraq Murat Ozcelik hopes to gain Turkish National Security [...]
2008-06-13 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ENRG TU IZ
08ANKARA1179ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1217TURKEY: COUP THWARTED OR REVENGE TAKEN?
[...] (C) Summary. As the shock wanes over the July 1 detention of over 20 people, including two senior retired military officers, in connection with the year-old Ergenekon investigation (reftel),most Turks view the developments as a worrisome escalation of the struggle between Kemalist ultranatio [...]
2008-07-07 11:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1247IF TURKEY'S RULING PARTY IS CLOSED, WHAT THEN?
[...] (SBU) Summary. The chance Turkey's Constitutional Court will close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has Turks checking their constitutions to plan their post-closure moves. Even those betting the Court will penalize the party with something short of closure are preparing for the [...]
2008-07-10 13:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
08ANKARA1265SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary. US-Turkish relations have been transformed in the nearly three years since your last visit in 2005. You come right after Erdogan's visit to Baghdad (July 10),Boyden Gray's visit here (July 11) and President Bush's July 11 condolence call to President Gul over the Istanbul consul [...]
2008-07-14 16:55:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV ENRG ECON IZ SY IS IR AF PK CY TU
08ANKARA1283ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 13:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA129TURKEY: GUL FOCUSES ON BUSINESS, ARAB LEAGUE IN
[...] (C) President Abdullah Gul's January 14-16 visit to Egypt was successful and primarily focused on enhancing the bilateral economic relationship, according to MFA Levant Desk Officer Murat Omeroglu. In addition to his meetings with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, PM Ahmed Nazif, FM Ahmed Abou [...]
2008-01-23 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EINV ETRD TU EG
08ANKARA1301ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-21 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1303TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY SO FAR UNHINDERED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Domestic political uncertainty arising from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) closure case and Ergenekon prosecution (reftel) has not constrained PM Erdogan from painting himself the statesman through bold foreign policy activism. Turkey's foreign and security appa [...]
2008-07-21 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1314ECONOMIC IMPACT IF COURT CLOSES AKP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Investors agree that AKP,s closure is the most likely outcome of the court,s deliberations and therefore, the effect of the closure has already been largely factored into market behavior. However, two key unknowns, the fate of PM Erdogan and AKP,s current economic policies, wi [...]
2008-07-23 19:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1355TURKEY: IRAQ ARREARS CAUSE DESPERATE ACTION BY
[...] (C) Summary. Ignoring pleas from high-level GOT officials, BOTAS (state-owned oil and gas pipeline company) temporarily suspended, then resumed, operation of the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline, a major export route for Iraqi oil on July 22. BOTAS claims the inability to collect on large Iraqi d [...]
2008-07-29 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1359ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-29 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1371LOVE FOR SALE - THE TAUDRY TALE OF TURKISH MEDIA OWNERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM TU
08ANKARA1392TURKEY'S NEW CHOD: GENERAL ILKER BASBUG
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Land Forces Commander General Ilker Basbug (pronounced BAHSH-boo) was named as Turkey's next CHOD at the Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) that concluded on August 4 (full YAS results reported septel). Despite some shifts in civil-military relations, the [...]
2008-08-04 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
08ANKARA1395PARLIAMENT AGAIN APPROVES FOREIGN LAND PURCHASES IN TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary. In separate decisions in January and April 2008, the Constitutional Court struck down portions of both the Title Deed Law and the Foreign Direct Investment Law, effectively barring real estate purchases by foreign real persons or corporations (reftels). In an amendment to the Tit [...]
2008-08-05 07:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON BEXP TU
08ANKARA1402ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-05 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1424ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1448ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 14:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1450NO TURKISH DECISION ON BIT RENEGOTIATION THIS YEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey continues to tie prospects for renegotiation of its Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to its EU accession process and views a wholesale renegotiation as unlikely. Turkish Treasury DDG for Foreign Investment Murat Alici described the 2004 Model BIT as an overly long, overly [...]
2008-08-13 06:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EINV TU
08ANKARA1465TURKEY: AHMADINEJAD VISIT SCHEDULE STILL FLUID
[...] (C) President Gul's Foreign Policy Advisor Amb. Gurcan Turkoglu characterized Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul trip to CDA as a "political necessity" to maintain good bilateral relations. It is impossible for Turkey to ignore Iran, he said. Given the nuclear issue's grow [...]
2008-08-13 15:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR TU
08ANKARA1541ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1586ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-03 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1600ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 11:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1602BABACAN/LAVROV IN ISTANBUL: "FRIENDS CAN DISAGREE"
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey underscored its support for Georgia's territorial integrity during FM Babacan's September 2 meeting with Russian FM Lavrov in Istanbul, MFA DDG for Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Murat Burhan told us September 4. However, Lavrov called the decision to recognize Abkh [...]
2008-09-05 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL RU TU
08ANKARA1604TURKEY: STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY IN ANKARA, SEPT. 1-2
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 1-2 September a House Foreign Relations Committee Staff delegation led by Alan Makovsky discussed the situation in Georgia, energy issues, and the ongoing Israel-Syria talks with senior Turkish government officials at the Presidency, Prime Ministry, and Ministry of Foreign Af [...]
2008-09-05 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1634ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 14:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1657ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1664ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-18 10:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1667TURKEY: OPPONENTS SEE CHINKS IN AKP'S ARMOR AMID
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Critics of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) point to a recent SONAR company poll showing a decline in AKP's popularity to 32 percent as a sign voters are souring on the party. Opposition politicians, journalists, and analysts believe a struggling econom [...]
2008-09-18 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1675ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-19 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1679U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS
[...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]
2008-09-22 08:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA169ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-29 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1694TURKEY FLOATS MIDDLE EAST SECURITY AND COOPERATION
[...] (C) President Abdullah Gul will unveil Turkey's security and cooperation in the Middle East initiative (reftel) during his September 23 UNGA speech, according to MFA Middle East desk officer Murat Omeroglu. In very general terms, Gul will advocate for increased regional dialogue and propose th [...]
2008-09-23 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1699U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS
[...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]
2008-09-24 08:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA172TURKISH ELECTRICITY TO NORTHERN IRAQ: CONTRACT
[...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Murat Ozcelik presented us with a two paragraph contract amendment on January 29 that he said was a "simple solution" to getting Turkish electricity supplies flowing again into Northern Iraq. The amendment needs to be signed by Kartet, the private T [...]
2008-01-30 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EINV EPET IZ TU
08ANKARA1721TURKS INTERESTED BUT CAUTIOUS IN FURTHERING EXPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A 17-18 September 2008 Seminar co-sponsored by the EXBS program (State ISN/ECC) and the Turkish MFA highlighted opportunities for bilateral cooperation to strengthen Turkey's nonproliferation regime and engage with Turkey in outreach to promote stronger nonproliferation efforts [...]
2008-09-26 13:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU EXBS
08ANKARA1722TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ON KHANAQIN STABILITY;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey is as concerned as the United States about stability in Iraq in light of events in recent weeks in the Khanaqin area of Diyala Province and the stand-off between Peshmerga and the IAF, according to MFA Iraq Desk Officer Can Oguz. The GOT has no intention of taking actions [...]
2008-09-26 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1723TURKEY: CORRUPTION DEBATE FORESHADOWS A TENSE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Following a week of fast-flying accusations during which opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) whip Kemal Kilicdaroglu accused ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman Dengir Mir Firat of being a "drug baron" and Firat called Kilicdaroglu a "sland [...]
2008-09-26 15:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1754TURKISH PETROLEUM CONFERENCE TARGETS UPSTREAM INVESTMENT IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The purpose of Turkish Petroleum's "Northern Arabian Plate Oil and Gas Summit" (NAPOGS 2008) October 8-10 was to share information about ongoing or planned upstream development in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The conference targeted participation of energy ministers and nati [...]
2008-10-09 09:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY
08ANKARA1779TURKEY: GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP'S
[...] (C) Summary: A consensus appears to be emerging on the elements needed to defeat the PKK and the GOT and Turkish military are collaborating closely, according to several well-placed sources. These elements include: denying PKK safe havens in northern Iraq; granting security forces additional [...]
2008-10-14 13:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
08ANKARA1781ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1786ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-15 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA180TURKEY: ERDOGAN'S CRITICISM OF ISRAEL SPARKS
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish/Israeli relations became tenser following Prime Minister Erdogan's January 23 comments criticizing the GOI for its siege of Gaza. In remarks to his party's parliamentary caucus, Erdogan called the Gaza Strip an "open air prison" and blamed Israel for this "humanitarian tr [...]
2008-01-31 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IS
08ANKARA1805TURKEY WOOS ARAB LEAGUE FOR SUPPORT ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT continues to move forward with its Middle East outreach proposals -- the Turkey-Arab League Forum and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Middle East (CSCME) -- with only minimal results. Contrary to expectations, President Gul did not outline Turkey's CSCME [...]
2008-10-17 04:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AL TU
08ANKARA1806TURKEY: PKK ATTACK PUTS MILITARY UNDER A MICROSCOPE
[...] (C) Since the October 3-4 PKK attack on the Aktutun military outpost, Turkey's military has come under unprecedented press criticism. This included calls for the resignation of the Deputy Chief of Staff (for failing to prevent the attack) and of the Chief of Turkey's Air Force (for being caug [...]
2008-10-17 04:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1824ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1839ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA184ANKARA'S WATER SUPPLY: SUPPLY UP QUALITY DOWN FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Water levels in Ankara,s reservoirs have risen from an approximate 15 day supply in December 2007 to an approximate 100 day supply in late January 2008. The usable water supply is still only 60% of the January 2007 level. To avoid another water shortage in summer 2008, the c [...]
2008-02-01 06:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALABLD SENV TU
08ANKARA1840ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-22 12:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1882PERSONNEL SHUFFLES ROCK STATE MEDIA GIANT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 05:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKPAO PHUM PGOV OSCE EU OIIP TU
08ANKARA1897ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1904ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-03 15:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1911ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1932ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 13:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1943TURKEY: RESIGNATION OF POLITICAL HEAVYWEIGHT
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The November 7 resignation of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman and party co-founder Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat surprised Ankara's political establishment and engendered immediate waves of speculation. Political circles dismissed Firat's stated re [...]
2008-11-10 12:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1957ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 15:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1964TURKEY/IRAQ: GOT ACCEPTS POSTPONEMENT OF TRILAT
[...] (S) The GOT has accepted Iraq's request that the IZ-TU-US Trilateral meeting on security issues scheduled to take place November 14 be postponed. The delegation is now planning to travel to Baghdad November 19 and, according to GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Murat Ozcelik, will be led by Interior [...]
2008-11-13 11:28:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR IZ TU
08ANKARA2004ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2024PM MALIKI SENDS ENVOY TO REASSURE NEIGHBORS ON SOFA
[...] (C) PM Maliki sent an envoy, State Minister for National Dialogue Akram al-Hakim, to deliver a personal message to PM Erdogan, and other regional leaders, regarding the Iraq-U.S. SOFA, according to MFA Department Head for Iraq Aydin Acikel. Al-Hakim, who arrived in Ankara early November 20 fro [...]
2008-11-21 16:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IZ TU
08ANKARA2052TURKEY'S RULING AKP: LET THE ELECTION GAMES BEGIN
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Facing its first nationwide electoral test since its landslide victory in the July 2007 parliamentary elections, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is sparing no expense in taking organizational steps to help secure victory. AKP Deputy Chairman for Electo [...]
2008-11-25 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU
08ANKARA2070TURKEY: PREMIER THINK TANK ASAM CLOSES ITS DOORS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: One of Turkey's premier think tanks the Eurasian Strategic Research Center (ASAM) unexpectedly closed in November after losing its main corporate sponsor. The Ulker Group pulled its funding on short notice. While neither ASAM nor Ulker have publicly addressed the re [...]
2008-12-01 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU
08ANKARA2077ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-03 13:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2148ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 11:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2172ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2190TURKEY CONDEMNS GAZA ATTACKS
[...] (U) Turkey has reacted strongly to Israeli attacks in Gaza. PM Erdogan has called the attacks a "crime against humanity," a "blow to world peace," and complained they showed a "lack of respect" for Turkey, which has been exerting great efforts to restore peace in the region. President Gul wa [...]
2008-12-30 17:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS PGOV PTER IS TU
08ANKARA2192ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 06:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2195ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA315TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR EXPANDED
[...] (C) Summary and comment. PM Erdogan and officials from the state-controlled "TRT" broadcasting network announced plans February 17 for TRT to dedicate a channel to broadcast an array of Kurdish language programs. The PM set no rollout date, but his statement provides the most specifics to dat [...]
2008-02-19 16:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA337AS TROOPS GO AFTER PKK, TURKEY LOOKS TO INCREASE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: GOT officials are considering ways to increase engagement and cooperation with Iraqi counterparts, even as Turkish troops move across the Iraqi border to root out the PKK presence from areas through which they routinely access Turkish territory. Murat Ozcelik, the GOT's new Actin [...]
2008-02-22 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA354TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 4: GROUND OPERATIONS, MILITARY
[...] (SBU) Turkish ground operations in the Zap-Metina area of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. Weather in the objective area is expected to deteriorate significantly over the next 24-48 hours, limiting air operations [...]
2008-02-25 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA366TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 5: GROUND OPERATIONS CONTINUE,
[...] (C) Turkish ground forces continue to engage PKK terrorists in the Zap Metina region of northern Iraq, supported by air and artillery strikes. Deteriorating weather conditions in the objective area will likely hamper operations over the next 24 hours. Normal logistics and customs operations [...]
2008-02-26 12:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA369ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-26 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA378ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA392ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA444ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA452ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA461TALABANI GOES TO ANKARA: A BREAKTHROUGH VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's March 7-8 visit to Ankara, hailed by President Gul as the first ever by a democratically-elected Iraqi head of state to Turkey, should help to repair bilateral relations. It is remarkable for having occurred only one week after the return of Turkis [...]
2008-03-10 09:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA464ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA465TURKEY ADVOCATES DIALOGUE, UNDERSTANDING IN MIDST
[...] (C) Summary: In the months following Annapolis, Turkey has adopted an increasingly responsible and constructive tone in its engagement with Israel and Palestine. The Justice and Development Party (AKP)-led government has reduced its casual use of anti-Israel rhetoric and added a more conciliat [...]
2008-03-10 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IS
08ANKARA483TURKEY/IRAQ: DIPLOMACY MUST COME FIRST
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior GOT officials are committed to following through with efforts to transform Turkey's relationship with Iraq and set a new course focused principally on diplomacy. Jalal Talabani's successful March 7-8 visit to Ankara, the first by a democratically elected Iraqi head of stat [...]
2008-03-12 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA526TURKEY: AKP CLOSURE CASE UPDATE (3/19)
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: As everyone awaits the Constitutional Court rapporteur's opinion on whether the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is technically complete, some are urging AKP to press forward with reforms of the judiciary, the political parties law, [...]
2008-03-19 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON TU
08ANKARA552ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 14:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA598ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA608PROSECUTOR FILES CLOSURE CASE AGAINST DEEP STATE
[...] (C) In a surprise move, Chief Prosecutor of the Court of Appeals Abudrrahman Yalcinkaya filed a party closure case March 31 against the "Deep State" (the shadowy organization long believed to operate in secret to uphold the Kemalist state, though no one knows if they have actually met them). [...]
2008-04-01 12:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
08ANKARA620ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA627TURKEY/IRAQ: S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTS GOT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, GOT Iraq Coordinator Ozcelik, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun March 31, S/I Satterfield warned of the political situation in which Iraq PM Maliki finds himself as a result of the se [...]
2008-04-03 12:20:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR
08ANKARA644TURKEY: A LOST CHANCE
[...] (C) Summary. Murat Mercan, the chair of parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and a long-time contact, is pessimistic about Turkey's future in light of the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). He echoed AKP Vice Chair Saban Disli's description (reftel) of AKP' [...]
2008-04-04 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA670ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA673ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA684ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA727ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-18 12:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA73TURKEY: MAIN ALEVI ORGANIZATIONS BOYCOTT PM
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's main Alevi organizations boycotted a January 11 Muharram iftar organized by Justice and Development Party (AKP) MPs as outreach to Alevi communities. They saw the event as "Sunni-centric", aimed at assimilating Alevis into mainstream Sunni society, and demonstrated their [...]
2008-01-14 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA817ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-29 13:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA843ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA853ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 14:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA860ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA87TURKEY: OPPOSITION TO DIALOGUE WITH KRG SLOWLY
[...] (S) Repeated and ongoing efforts to convince the GOT to engage directly with Iraqi Kurds, beginning with President Talabani and eventually include Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials, appear gradually to be gaining traction. GOT Deputy Iraq Coordinator Murat Ozcelik (please protect) is [...]
2008-01-16 09:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA873ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 13:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA891ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 12:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA894TURKEY MUST CONSULT WITH EU BEFORE RENEGOTIATING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish Treasury DDG for Foreign Investment, Murat Alici, who told us that, because Turkey is involved in the EU accession process, the GOT will have to consult with the European Commission (EC) [...]
2008-05-09 06:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON TU
08ANKARA899ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA90ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA901TURKEY: IRAQ SPECIAL REP. OZCELIK LOOKS AT NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA Special Representative for Iraq Murat Ozcelik plans to return to Baghdad May 13 to resume consultations with the GOI and has the green light from President Gul and the Turkish military to meet with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) president Massoud Barzani in Baghdad. [...]
2008-05-09 16:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON ENRG TU IZ
08ANKARA910ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA922 Turkey: FY 2009 IVLP Nomination Slate
[...] Ahmed Arpat, News Reporter/Editor, Kanal D television European Regional Project, Current Social, Political, and Economic Issues for Young European Leaders I (October 20 - November 7, 2008) (Alternate: Ozan Acar, Research Associate at the Turkish Economic Policy Foundation) 2. Orhan Kema [...]
2008-05-13 10:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL TU
08ANKARA925ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA940ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 13:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA958ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA970TURKS SEEK ELECTORAL EQUALITY IN KIRKUK
[...] (S) SUMMARY: GOT officials are seeking to gain traction on a proposal to amend Iraq's draft provincial elections law to incorporate a guaranteed power-sharing arrangement for Kirkuk that would help protect Turkmen equities. Acknowledging they are late, since the draft law is already far along, [...]
2008-05-21 18:24:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA971TURKS SEEK ELECTORAL EQUALITY IN KIRKUK
[...] (S) SUMMARY: GOT officials are seeking to gain traction on a proposal to amend Iraq's draft provincial elections law to incorporate a guaranteed power-sharing arrangement for Kirkuk that would help protect Turkmen equities. Acknowledging they are late, since the draft law is already far along, [...]
2008-05-22 04:20:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU IZ
08ASHGABAT1007TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CSTC-A
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...]
2008-08-04 10:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM
08ASHGABAT1008TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...]
2008-08-04 10:19:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM
08ASHGABAT122TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT CREATES NEW
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) During a January 18 meeting of Turkmenistan's National Security Council, President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree establishing a new State Agency for Combating Narcotics. The president said that he had made this decision "t [...]
2008-01-24 09:11:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT1256TURKMENISTAN: STATE COUNTER NARCOTICS HEAD SAYS
[...] (C) State Counter-narcotics Service Chairman Murat Islamov asked DATT and Office of Military Cooperation Chief for U.S. assistance in helping his Service to develop a special forces capability to counter armed drug traffickers. He asked specifically for special forces or counter-terrorism trai [...]
2008-09-23 11:50:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SOCI SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT1286TURKMENISTAN: SOURCE SAYS FIRING OF CUSTOMS CHIEF
[...] (C) According to UN Office on Drugs and Crime Turkmenistan Office Project Coordinator Ercan Saka (please protect),President Berdimuhamedov fired State Customs Service Chairman Muratberdi Annaliyev in June because the president wanted Yaylym Berdiyev, at that time chairman of the State Migrat [...]
2008-09-26 13:45:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT1471TURKMENISTAN: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TALKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met with Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Murat Garriyev to discuss the commission's current activities in advance of the December 14 Mejlis (parliamentary) elections. He described some of the changes that occurred as a result of the revised Mejlis (parliame [...]
2008-11-07 05:38:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1480TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your visit to Turkmenistan follows Department of Comme [...]
2008-11-10 11:26:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
08ASHGABAT1484TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan during the 13th Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Conference as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue concerning the further d [...]
2008-11-12 06:47:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EPET PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT1602TURKMEN ELECTION OFFICIALS AND NGO REPS EXCHANGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 2-4 working visit to Ashgabat, representatives from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems ("IFES") met with officials of the Central Election Commission ("CEC"),as well as other international organizations and local contacts, to discuss internatio [...]
2008-12-15 08:37:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT389 TURKMENISTAN: CARICC OFFICIALS URGE DEA PRESENCE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: March 26 meetings with Turkmenistani counter-narcotics officials went very well, the Acting Director of the newly established (counter-narcotics) Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) [...]
2008-03-28 11:25:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR UNAUS RS KZ TX
08ASHGABAT653TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the areas of education and the human dimension. President Bush met briefly with Preside [...]
2008-05-21 09:46:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT673 TURKMENISTAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION UNVEILS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, President Berdimuhamedov delivered a speech, then sat in on a televised constitutional commission meeting where some 10-12 proposals for revision were publicly unveiled for the first time since the pr [...]
2008-05-27 13:08:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT712TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NAVCENT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows Assist [...]
2008-06-04 04:08:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SCUL SNAR SOCI KDEM
08ASHGABAT726 TURKMENISTAN: RADIO LIBERTY REPORTERS FACING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Four RFE/RL reporters are attempting to travel out of Turkmenistan for training and meetings. One of the reporters was already prevented from leaving for training on April 24, but all believe they might be barred from traveling between now and June 15. Post delivered points to [...]
2008-06-06 12:41:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT783TURKMENISTAN: CUSTOMS CHIEF FIRED AMID REPORTS OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following briefings from senior officials of military and law enforcement agencies, President Berdimuhamedov fired Turkmenistan's Chief of the State Customs Service and reshuffled State Customs Service and State Immigration Service personnel during a June 19, 2008, meeting of [...]
2008-06-20 10:39:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD KCRM TX
08ASHGABAT923TURKMENISTAN: POST RESPONSE TO CUSTOMS CHAIRMAN
[...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting on May 12 at the Department of State (Ref. A),the former Chairman of Turkmenistan's State Customs Service raised some concerns regarding discrepancies in Department of Defense Counternarcotics support at [...]
2008-07-21 07:51:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MASS TX
08ASTANA1380KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JULY 21 - AUGUST 1, 2008
[...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Oppositionists Join With Nur Otan in Public Council --------------------- ------------------ [...]
2008-08-01 14:22:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KZ
08ASTANA2346 KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD MUSIN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 24, the Ambassador met Aslan Musin, Head of the Presidential Administration, to discuss Kazakhstan's broad goals as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE and the package of legislative amendments currently be [...]
2008-11-25 10:58:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PARM ECON EFIN EINV SOCI KNNP KDEM KPAO
08ASTANA2352KAZAKHSTAN: BORDER SECURITY ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The fundamental strategic aim of the U.S. Mission is a stable, secure, democratic and prosperous Kazakhstan. The strategic partnership between the United States and Kazakhstan for border security is based on our common security interests including bolstering Central Asian sovere [...]
2008-11-26 02:13:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC MNUC SNAR KSTC KNNP KZ
08ASTANA2452 KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, NOVEMBER 24-DECEMBER 5
[...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION LEADERS CHARGED WITH CRIME 2. On December 1, the Interior Ministry charged Azat party leader Bulat Abilov with "concea [...]
2008-12-12 05:47:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KIRF KZ
08ASTANA362KAZAKHSTAN: 2007 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] In 2007, Post provided equipment to GOK institutions throughout Kazakhstan. These include the Statistics Committee of the Procurator General's Office, the Ministry of the Interior's Committee on Combating Narcotics, the Legal Institute of the Ministry of the Interior, Border Guard Service of [...]
2008-02-22 09:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
08ASTANA617 KAZAKHSTAN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - ADDITIONAL AREAS FOR
[...] EST officer's January 20 - February 19 TDY visit to Kazakhstan provided a timely opportunity to discuss the Kazakhstani government's Science and Technology (S&T) infrastructure, particularly in light of continued negotiations on a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. This is one of a s [...]
2008-03-21 12:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL KSCA PREL PGOV KZ
08ASTANA685KAZAKHSTAN - ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 24 - APRIL 7, 2008
[...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. - Azat Statement Prompted by Aliyev's Conviction - OSDP Says Government-Opposition Dialogue [...]
2008-04-08 09:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI KZ
08ASTANA870 KAZAKHSTAN - ALL IS CALM IN ALMATY OBLAST, AND THAT'S HOW
[...] (SBU) All is calm in Almaty Oblast and its capital, Taldykorgan, and residents are enjoying a steadily improving quality of life, at least according to oblast officials. The urban population is growing, though the oblast remains largely rural and agricultural. Taldykorgan itself has experience [...]
2008-05-06 07:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ
08BAGHDAD1100DFM ABBAWI ON BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND REQUEST: In an April 7 call on Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi, Pol-Mil M/C discussed the upcoming Border Security Working Group, Iraq's preparations for the event, and what it could accomplish. Both agreed that a commitment to stopping the flow of weapons to criminal m [...]
2008-04-09 07:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPBTS PREL PTER IR IZ KU SY TU
08BAGHDAD1168NECHIRVAN BARZANI HAILS NEW AMITY WITH BAGHDAD
[...] (C) Econ Minister-Counselor Charlie Ries, Pol/Mil Minister-Counselor Marcie Ries, and Special Assistant to the President for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk met on April 12 with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani. Barzani proclaimed a dramatic upswing in G [...]
2008-04-14 10:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1240BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP IN DAMASCUS: DEFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG MFA allowed the Iraqi delegation considerable latitude to pursue its agenda at Syria's second hosting of the Iraq Neighbors' Border Security Working Group (BSWG) April 13-14 (the first Damascus meeting was in August 2007). Surprisingly, given the state of Syrian Saudi relati [...]
2008-04-22 02:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPBTS PTER IZ KU
08BAGHDAD1274SRSG DISCUSSES TURKEY, ELECTIONS AND NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 18, the Ambassador met with UNAMI SRSG Staffan de Mistura to discuss a wide range of issues. The SRSG briefed on his fact-finding mission to Erbil and Ninewa provinces, and his surprise that out of the four districts UNAMI is working on for early recommendations, the two [...]
2008-04-24 11:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1277NECHIRVAN BARZANI: NASCENT PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani met on April 17 with the Ambassador and April 19 with S/I Satterfield and Economic Minister-Counselor Ries. Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk attended both meetings. Barzani reiterated that KRG-G [...]
2008-04-24 15:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1425ZEBARI ON UNAMI COMPOUND; AMBASSADORIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 6 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told Acting Political Counselor that the GOI would only make a symbolic contribution toward the construction of a new UNAMI compound. Zebari appeared determined to tamp down expectations that UNAMI would get the Al Sijud Pala [...]
2008-05-07 15:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1451KRG UPBEAT ON TALKS WITH TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: On May 5, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) provided the RRT an upbeat assessment of Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani,s May 1 meeting with the Turkish delegation in Baghdad. Both the KRG and GOT principals recalled positive periods in their relationship, criticized the me [...]
2008-05-10 10:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IZ TU
08BAGHDAD1526SCENESETTER FOR NECHIRVAN BARZANI'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani is visiting Washington on May 17-21 after receiving an honorary degree from Washington and Jefferson University. His meetings will include the Vice President, the Secretary, and the Deputy Secretary. Nechirvan [...]
2008-05-18 07:28:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1557TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON DISPUTED TERRITORIES/KIRKUK,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Turkish Ambassador Derya Kanbay told Senior Advisor May 18 that Turkey would reject any Kurdish "annexation" of Kirkuk because of concerns about Iraqi territorial integrity but also emphasized the GOT found UNAMI's efforts on disputed territories and the status of Kirkuk to be [...]
2008-05-20 07:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1577FM ZEBARI ON REGIONAL ISSUES; AMBASSADORIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 21 meeting with PolCouns and Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari was skeptical about the prospects for a June Arab League ministerial in Baghdad, but more upbeat about an Expanded Neighbors FM-level meeting here. Zebari described bilatera [...]
2008-05-22 11:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1603GOI KURDS ON SFA/SOFA, TIES WITH THE NEIGHBORS,
[...] (C) The Ambassador and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk met on May 20 with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih, May 21 with Salih and President Talabani, and May 22 with Salih and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. On the Strategic Framework and Status of Forces Agreements ( [...]
2008-05-26 05:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1720PRESIDENT TALABANI DISCUSSES KIRKUK AND ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) President Talabani told S/I Satterfield in a June 4 meeting that Iraq is ready to conclude arrangements fo its proposed bilateral commissions with Egypt and Turkey, and said that early July would be a good time for Turkish PM Erdogan to visit Iraq. Talabani argued for staggered elections [...]
2008-06-05 17:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ TU EG
08BAGHDAD1726TURKISH ENVOY ON GOT-KRG COOPERATION, KIRKUK
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Special Envoy Murat Ozcelik told S/I Satterfield on June 4 that he is pleased with ongoing GOT-KRG talks and is currently in Baghdad finalizing arrangements for a possible July 3 visit to Baghdad by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan. He also hoped to meet with Kurdistan R [...]
2008-06-06 16:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1772TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY UPDATES S/I SATTERFIELD ON
[...] (S) Summary: During a June 9 meeting, Turkish Special Envoy Murat Ozcelik provided S/I Satterfield with an update on the state of play of issues discussed ref A, following Ozcelik's meetings in Baghdad over the past several days. Overall, Ozcelik said he came away impressed with the level of c [...]
2008-06-11 14:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1782SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (S) Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari arrives in Washington at a critical juncture. SOFA negotiations have become a domestic political flashpoint and the fodder for political agendas, a vehicle for Iranian machinations, and the crux of a false choice between sovereignty and security. Zeba [...]
2008-06-13 14:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1989NECHIRVAN BARZANI ON SOFA, OIL LAW, ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, accompanied by Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official Rowsch Shaways and KRG Oil Minister Ashti Hawrami, on June 26 met with the Ambassador, Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk, Econ Minister-Cou [...]
2008-06-29 08:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2147TURKISH ENVOY OZCELIK PREVIEWS ERDOGAN VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik, on the evening of July 8, met with the Ambassador to preview Prime Minister Erdogan's visit to Baghdad, scheduled for July 10. Ozcelik gave an overview of the bilateral committee of ministers that Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki will a [...]
2008-07-10 08:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR ECON TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2380KKRG SECURITY CHIEF ON JULY 28 SUICIDE BOMBING AT
[...] (C) Summary: The KRG's security chief Masrour Barzani told Senior Advisor Krajeski July 29 that the investigation into the July 28 bombing in Kirkuk has uncovered evidence of Turkomen complicity. S/A Krajeski cautioned against provocative public statements until we know definitively what hap [...]
2008-07-29 14:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PTER TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2988MASHADANI: JULY 22 BLOC AND KIRKUK ARE CRITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani told the Ambassador September 10 that he had formed a special committee to resolve the provincial elections law standoff. He claimed that the primary concerns of the July 22 bloc involve the status of Kirkuk, the need for special elections for t [...]
2008-09-16 12:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ KU
08BAGHDAD3062PRESIDENT BARZANI - NOTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 16, an agitated Kurdistan President Barzani told the Ambassador that he had lost trust in Prime Minister Maliki and if the Prime Minister pushed too far with Iraqi army units there would be armed conflict. Barzani inferred that Maliki has betrayed their friendship [...]
2008-09-23 15:48:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV IZ IR TU
08BAGHDAD3066SRSG DEMISTURA ON PROSPECTS FOR PROVINCIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG DeMistura told the Ambassador that revalidating the 2005 election law could work as a Plan B if the CoR does not pass a new election law, but that IHEC would still need 135 days to prepare for an election. He said that IHEC could promulgate regulations under the 2005 law t [...]
2008-09-24 06:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TU
08BAGHDAD3240IRAQIS CONDEMN PKK ATTACK ON TURKISH ARMY OUTPOST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Both GOI and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) leaders were quick to publicly condemn the October 3 evening terrorist attack by Kongra-Gel (PKK) rebels on a Turkish military outpost situated on the Iraq-Turkey border. KRG leaders firmly denied a subsequent Turkish accusation that [...]
2008-10-07 08:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER IZ TU
08BAGHDAD3598GOI AGREES UPON MODALITIES FOR IRAQ-TURKEY-USA
[...] (S) Summary: GOI spokesman told Ambassador and MNF-I CG November 11 that GOI needs more time to make arrangements for the security trilateral with Turkey and the U.S. He explained the idea is the GOI's and that the goals are to both achieve tangible results (absent from Turkish visits to B [...]
2008-11-13 13:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ TU PREL PTER KSEC MARR MOPS
08BAGHDAD3710IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. DECIDE TO ESTABLISH COORDINATING
[...] (C) The November 19, Baghdad, Turkey/Iraq/U.S. security trilateral on combating the PKK resulted in an agreement to form a trilateral committee to be based in Baghdad within ten days to share intelligence and discuss operational coordination and also saw successful participation by KRG repres [...]
2008-11-25 05:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ TU PREL MARR GR
08BAGHDAD3747IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES TRILATERAL MEETING WITH U.S.
[...] (S) Summary. At the November 23 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC),with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rafi Essawi sitting in as chair for the Prime Minister, the Council received a report from Minister of State for National Security Affairs Shirwan Waeili on the recent U.S.- [...]
2008-11-28 16:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD3793TURKISH-IRAQ-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY TALKS: FIRST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi, Turkish and U.S. officials met November 29 in Baghdad to discuss modalities of the trilateral Turkey-Iraq-U.S. security committee/working group established at the November 19 ministerial security trilat (reftel). The failure of Kurdish Regional Government and Iraqi Border [...]
2008-12-03 13:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ TU PREL MARR
08BAGHDAD3819TURKISH ENVOY DISCUSSES VISIT OF PRESIDENT GUL TO
[...] (C) During a two-week stint in Iraq in which he focused mainly on supporting efforts to gain a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, Turkish Special Envoy for Iraq Murat Ozcelik told the Ambassador that leading Shi'a cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani agreed to a visit by Turkish President Gul to [...]
2008-12-05 14:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ TU PREL
08BAGHDAD587ZEBARI THINKS TURKS WANT BUFFER ZONE IN NORTHERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 28 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told PolCounselor Matthew Tueller and NSC Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk that he held "direct, candid and open" discussions with Turkish PM Advisor Ahmet Davutolgu's during Davutoglu's February 27 [...]
2008-02-29 07:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD594TURKISH ENVOYS AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS GOI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish PM Advisor Ahmet Davutoglu asserted to Ambassador that Turkish ground operations were inevitable after the October kidnapping of Turkish soldiers and refused to predict when the operation would end. Ambassador pressed for operations to end before they upset the fragile [...]
2008-02-29 18:21:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD744TALABANI'S ANKARA VISIT STRESSES PKK, GOI-GOT
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani met on March 10 with Ambassador Crocker, S/I Satterfield, Pol-Mil Minister-Counselor Ries, and NSC Senior Director McGurk. Talabani told the Ambassador he was quite satisfied with his visit to Turkey and especially with progress on Northern Iraq. In fran [...]
2008-03-13 12:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD780TALABANI VISIT TO TURKEY: PURSUING THE POLITICAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The successful March 7/8 visit of President Talabani to Turkey has changed dramatically the political atmosphere between the two countries, and created the space for setting in motion diplomatic steps that can lead to concrete cooperation on the PKK problem. To be successful, th [...]
2008-03-15 13:48:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PREL PTER IZ TU
08BAGHDAD866TURKISH ENVOY VISITING IRAQ TO IMPROVE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik told Ambassador March 20 that he will stay flexible with how long he remains in Iraq during this visit in the hopes of holding a meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani next week, which the GO [...]
2008-03-21 14:53:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD905TURKISH ENVOY VISITING IRAQ TO IMPROVE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik told Ambassador March 20 that he will stay flexible with how long he remains in Iraq during this visit in the hopes of holding a meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani next week, which the GO [...]
2008-03-25 16:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD927GOT SPECIAL ENVOY AND S/I DISCUSS TURKEY-IRAQ
[...] (S/NF) GOT Special Envoy Murat Ozcelik told S/I Satterfield that he has met a wide-range of contacts during this visit, including Foreign Minister Zebari, ISCI CoR leader Hummam Hammoudi, Vice Presidents Abdel Mehdi and Hashimi, Speaker Mashadani and Prime Minister's advisor Sadiq Rikabi. He [...]
2008-03-26 11:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
08BAGHDAD944DPM SALIH ON VIOLENCE IN SHIA AREAS, ECONOMIC
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told Ambassador March 25 that he believes Moqtada al-Sadr has decided to try to bring down the government. They discussed developments around the south and in Baghdad regarding the increased violence since March 23. Ambassador asked Salih to [...]
2008-03-27 13:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON TU KU IZ
08BAGHDAD983NINEWA: TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY ELABORATES ON GOT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Turkish Special Envoy Murat Ozcelik told PRT officers, Multi-National Division-North Deputy Commanding General BG Thomas and 3 Armored Cavalry Regiment Commander COL Bills at a March 26 meeting at the Turkish Consulate General in Mosul that ongoing Turkish military opposition wa [...]
2008-03-31 14:15:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON ENRG TU IZ
08BAKU1012SOCAR WILLING TO PROVIDE GAS TO GEORGIA BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Azerbaijan's State Oil Company, Azerbaijan is prepared to provide necessary volumes of gas to Georgia during the winter months, but prefers to do so on more commercial vice concessionary terms. According to SOCAR and BP Azerbaijan sources, Georgian winter gas needs a [...]
2008-10-22 12:10:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AZ ENRG GA
08BAKU1186AZERBAIJAN: WHERE WE ARE WITH SHAH DENIZ PHASES
[...] (C) SUMMARY (CONT): As 2008 ends, the 16-month long stasis surrounding the marketing of Shah Deniz Phase Two (SD2) gas continues, as Turkey and Azerbaijan remain unable to agree on a gas marketing mechanism which would allow them to agree on volumes, prices, and transit. Price negotiations f [...]
2008-12-19 13:33:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU
08BAKU728SOCAR VP, SE GRAY DISCUSS NEXT STEPS RE TURKEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SOCAR Marketing Vice-President Elshad Nassirov, one of President Aliyev's key energy advisors, told SE Gray that selling any more than four billion cubic meters (bcm) of Shah Deniz Phase Two gas (SD2) to Turkey would "kill the Southern Corridor project." He said Turkey sought ei [...]
2008-08-05 04:42:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL AZ TU
08BAKU740PROBLEM WITH BTC PIPELINE IN TURKEY UNLIKELY TO
[...] (SBU) According to press reports, an explosion took place on August 6 at 0200 on a section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline located in a remote, mountainous area in eastern Turkey. Murat Heydarov, who is the Advisor to the President for the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR),to [...]
2008-08-06 13:16:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDENRG AJ GG TU
08BAKU761AZERBAIJAN SCALES BACK PRODUCTION, LOOKS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 04:43:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG AJ GG TU
08BAKU968AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 ELECTION: LIMITED JUDICIARY
[...] (C) Summary: Local legal experts state the Azerbaijani judiciary has little independence in cases touching on the GOAJ or Azerbaijani elites' financial and political interests. In a political culture that favors personal relations and closed-door meetings over transparent processes and unif [...]
2008-10-10 13:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG KIRF AJ
08BERLIN531GERMAN GRAND COALITION FACES STRAIN OF UPCOMING
[...] (C) The German Grand Coalition will increasingly face tensions created by the need for the lead candidates to position themselves for the 2009 national electoral campaign. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier both remain highly popular. Merkel, however, face [...]
2008-04-25 09:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN656HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GERMAN MILITARY UNITS
[...] (U) THIS CABLE RESPONDS TO REF E-MAIL REQUEST TO CONDUCT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING, AS REQUIRED BY THE LEAHY AMENDMENT, OF TWO GERMAN MILITARY UNITS THAT PLAN TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES (ISOF) WEEK TRAINING IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, 19-23 MAY 2008. 2. (U) AMEMBASSY BERLIN POSSE [...]
2008-05-19 15:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL NATO GM
08BISHKEK280A/DAS SPRATLEN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH KYRGYZ FM
[...] (C) Summary: On March 18, A/DAS Pamela Spratlen met with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev for the second U.S.-Kyrgyz Comprehensive Policy Dialogue. The three-hour meeting included a serious exchange on democracy and election issues, as well as discussion of other political issues, sec [...]
2008-03-25 08:30:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MARR KG
08BISHKEK359 CONFLICT OVER WATER HIGHLIGHTS KYRGYZ-TAJIK BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: On March 27, approximately 150 Tajiks reportedly crossed the border into Batken oblast to try to open a dam and restore the flow of water to their fields. While local officials resolved the immediate dispute, the incident highlights continuing tensions over access to water and bor [...]
2008-04-11 09:31:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK444ENCROACHING TAJIKS, HIDDEN KYRGYZ ON THE BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: During a three-day Embassy visit to Kyrgyzstan's southwestern Batken Oblast, Embassy interlocutors envisioned continued border conflicts with their Tajik neighbors. Kyrgyz officials and observers cited demarcation delays, Tajik encroachment onto Kyrgyz land or into disputed terr [...]
2008-05-08 12:40:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK680KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT TURNS TO "EXPERTS" FOR ACTION ON
[...] (C) Summary: Faced with rising inflation, a growing budget shortfall, and possible energy shortages, the Kyrgyz government has formed three "experts" groups to develop plans for preventing an economic crisis in the country. According to an administration advisor, government ministries are not [...]
2008-07-01 12:28:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KG
08BISHKEK820TFGG01: Reactions in Kyrgyz Media to the Crisis in Georgia
[...] (SBU) Summary: Most Kyrgyz newspapers continue in a sporadic summer publishing schedule, and only a few analysts have spoken out on the events in Georgia. Television media is overwhelmingly dominated by reports based on information from Russian sources. Internet forums are overflowing with mi [...]
2008-08-12 10:51:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO KG
08BISHKEK86KYRGYZ BANK STRUCK BY GOVERNMENT CASH CALL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In late December, the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (NBKR) took operational control of Kyrgyzpromstroybank (KPSB) after KPSB reportedly failed to meet a demand by the Kyrgyz Social Fund to withdraw its funds. The Social Fund had approximately $56 million in deposits at [...]
2008-01-25 13:46:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON KG
08BISHKEK938AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER FM IMANALIYEV
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 11 with former Foreign Minister Muratbek Imanaliyev to discuss Kyrgyzstan's foreign policy. Imanaliyev claimed to be confident that Kyrgyzstan would continue its multi-vectoral foreign policy, but acknowledged that everything would have to be re-calcul [...]
2008-09-16 06:20:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK943AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GKNB CHAIRMAN SUTALINOV
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador held an introductory meeting September 15 with GKNB Chairman Sutalinov. Sutalinov said he welcomed continued cooperation with the United States in the fight against terrorism, and he expressed appreciation for recent training provided by a U.S. military team. Sutalino [...]
2008-09-18 06:34:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS KG
08CHIANGMAI160HIGH-TECH LAMPHUN SHOWS COMPETITIVE POTENTIAL AND INVESTMENT
[...] As host to many foreign high-tech manufacturing firms, the Northern Regional Industrial Estate (NRIE) of Lamphun province is both a model for the potential of northern Thailand as a producer of sophisticated electronics products as well as a reality check of the challenges foreign investors fac [...]
2008-10-17 06:53:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD ELAB EIND CH TH
08DUSHANBE198MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS APPEALS FOR AES TO
[...] (C) Summary: At a January 30 meeting with several diplomatic missions and the regional AES representative, Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi called on AES to stay in Tajikistan. AES did not change its decision to withdraw, but characterized its move as a suspension rather than closure. Tajiki [...]
2008-02-06 13:55:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV ECON PREL TI
08GENEVA1128DECEMBER 17-18 GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA: SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 17-18 Geneva Talks on Georgia, the parties in the Security Working Group failed to reach agreement on a draft paper that would have established an "Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism." The Mechanism would have consisted of weekly consultative meetings [...]
2008-12-29 15:46:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG
08ISTANBUL129IRAQ DISCLOSES PLAN TO EXPORT GAS TO SYRIA IN
[...] (SBU) Iraqi Energy officials stated at a meeting with Turkish and U.S. officials in Istanbul that Iraq will export natural gas to Syria within two years. Subsequent expansion of this gas field in western Iraq would aim at exports to Europe via Turkey and the Nabucco pipeline, though realizing [...]
2008-03-13 12:25:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDENRG IZ TU EG
08ISTANBUL146THE ECO BANK AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) bank officials told us March 20 that the ECO bank, established by Iran, Turkey, and Pakistan under ECO auspices, has 480 million dollars (300 million SDR) in funds, seeks to fund projects in ECO countries that promote intra-ECO trade and dev [...]
2008-03-24 12:25:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ETRD OIC TU IR
08ISTANBUL148COVERED REBELLION: HEADSCARVED URBANITES BREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following re-publication of selective portions of controversial survey data collected by the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) in a daily newspaper, we met with TESEV to discuss the contentious headscarf ban in universities. Continued conversation with TE [...]
2008-03-25 05:30:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TU
08ISTANBUL156SATTERFIELD AND DAVUTOGLU ON BASRAH, NORTHERN
[...] (S) Summary: In an April 1 meeting with Turkish Prime Ministerial advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, S/I David Satterfield reviewed the state of play in Basrah and urged Turkey to give full support to Maliki and the GOI. Davutoglu said GOI stability was in Turkey's strong interest, and also agreed to [...]
2008-04-02 13:09:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV PINS PREL MOPS TU IZ IR
08ISTANBUL180CONTINUING INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AT ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A series of deaths over the last few months at the Tuzla shipyards has raised questions regarding occupational safety in Turkey's rapidly growing shipbuilding industry. According to a Consulate contact, media coverage of these deaths prodded the government to take action, yet [...]
2008-04-10 16:04:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EWWT PGOV TU
08ISTANBUL187ISTANBUL BANKERS PAINT PESSIMISTIC PICTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Istanbul-based investment analysts describe a much more fragile picture than six months ago -- including stubborn inflation, a weakening lira, slowing growth and the possibility of an interest rate hike that would further hammer the real economy. External factors, in particul [...]
2008-04-17 07:17:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
08ISTANBUL499PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS URGE VIGOROUS ERGENEKON
[...] (C) Summary. Conversations with professors at various Istanbul universities reveal a fear among the left-wing intelligensia that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Turkey's military establishment have arrived at a modus vivendi that, in order to protect the interests of both, w [...]
2008-09-17 08:24:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL TU
08ISTANBUL53CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON ECONOMIC REFORM
[...] Summary. Consul General met leaders of three key Istanbul-based business groups to discuss the prospects for renewed economic reform in 2008. MUSIAD Secretary General Omer Bolat describes his organization's membership as medium/large-sized, religiously conservative family-owned firms. Ista [...]
2008-01-31 05:32:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN TU
08ISTANBUL539EXPANDED IRAQI ENERGY WORKING GROUP CALLS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Expanded Energy Working Group (WG) meeting on October 11 to assist with Iraq's reconstruction brought pledges and suggestions on how to best help the country become energy self-sufficient along with developing its energy export sector. The first half of the meeting followed [...]
2008-10-22 12:05:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IR IZ JO PGOV PREL RS SY TU
08ISTANBUL59FACTORY EXPLOSION UNDERSCORES DANGER OF UNREGISTERED
[...] (U) All newspapers gave front-page billing to a January 31 explosion at an unlicensed factory in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district that killed 23 people and injured more than 100. Around half of those killed were onlookers or passersby. According to Zeytinburnu Mayor Murat Aydin, a fire in an [...]
2008-02-01 13:10:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ASEC TU
08MOSCOW1043ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICIAL GUNNED DOWN IN INGUSHETIYA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 13, Ingushetiya's deputy head of the Supreme Court Khasan Yandiyev was killed. While Ingushetiya government officials were quick to tie the shooting to Yandiyev's 2004 prosecution of Islamic terrorists, opponents attributed the murder to the local government's repres [...]
2008-04-16 07:21:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS ASEC RS
08MOSCOW1243COE HUMAN RIGHTS HEAD SEES GROWING DICHOTOMY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: COE Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg noted during his April 18-26 visit to Russia that while Chechnya is making progress on the protection of human rights, the situation in neighboring Dagestan and Ingushetiya is becoming more violent. In his meeting with Putin, Ha [...]
2008-05-02 15:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM RS
08MOSCOW1836SIBERIA SHOWS SUCESS, FAILURE OF APPOINTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fate of two regions, Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Kray, encapsulates the success and failure of Putin's system of appointing governors. In Irkutsk, Putin appointee Aleksandr Tishanin failed to consolidate the regional elite and resigned in disgrace for "personal reasons" [...]
2008-06-27 14:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW207NORTHERN CAUCASUS: INGUSHETIYA BOILS OVER, AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Violence in Ingushetiya is growing, which threatens to have impact neighboring North Ossetiya and Kabardino-Balkariya. Following a week of violence, police on January 26 dispersed an unsanctioned opposition meeting, but not before demonstrators set fire to nearby buildings housin [...]
2008-01-28 15:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW2628MURDER OF INGUSHETIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE YEVLOYEV
[...] (C) Summary. The August 31 murder of www.ingusetia.ru website owner Magomed Yevloyev, while in the custody of Ingushetian officials, sparked wide criticism within Russia and beyond its borders. While Ingushetian authorities remained relatively tacit, Kremlin leaders, opposition parties, huma [...]
2008-09-03 06:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RS
08MOSCOW2731INGUSH OPPOSITION STILL HOPES ZYAZIKOV'S DAYS ARE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Colleagues of slain Ingush opposition leader Magomed Yevloyev, in Moscow to tell their version of Yevloyev's August 31 death (reftel),told us September 10 that Ingushetiya president Murat Zyazikov has lost all local support and the opposition movement will continue its efforts [...]
2008-09-11 12:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2938ALEKSEYEVA DECRIES EVENTS IN INGUSHETIYA, SLAMS
[...] (C) Summary: Moscow Helsinki Group Chairperson Lyudmila Alekseyeva described to Ambassador on September 30 her conclusions from a recent fact-finding trip to Ingushetiya. She said that special forces there -- possibly on orders from Moscow -- routinely take people from the street and torture d [...]
2008-10-03 06:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2989VIOLENCE IN INGUSHETIYA ESCALATES
[...] (C) Summary: Ingushetiya continues to be the most dangerous place in the North Caucasus, especially for government officials, their families and representatives of law enforcement bodies. The possibility of a full-fledged blood feud is strong, especially after a local court ruled October 6 [...]
2008-10-08 14:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR EAID PREF RS
08MOSCOW3209INGUSHETIYA: WIDESPREAD APPROVAL OF ZYAZIKOV'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: There has been widespread approval of the October 30 resignation of Murat Zyazikov as president of the northern Caucasus Republic of Ingushetiya. Representatives of one of the major opposition groups there said that they would work with the new president, former paratrooper an [...]
2008-10-31 13:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW3213WORLD VISION INCREASING ITS INGUSHETIYA SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of a series of incidents (reftels) indicative of a worsening safety picture in Ingushetiya, World Vision Russian Federation is working to improve its staff's security. Unlike some other PRM implementing partners, the agency does not intend to move its North Caucasus [...]
2008-10-31 13:43:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PTER EAID RS
08MOSCOW3426DAGESTAN: ATTENTION FOCUSED ON CONTINUED VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Moscow-based human rights organization Memorial has begun to focus more attention on the simmering violence that permeates Dagestan, one of Russia's most unstable regions. At a November 24 press conference, Memorial head Oleg Orlov said the situation in Dagestan is as bad a [...]
2008-11-26 12:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW374SOCHI REGION FACES OLYMPIC-SIZED CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) A meeting of Putin and his team on February 5 underscored the Kremlin's recognition that the "eyes of the world" are on Sochi, not only for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games themselves, but also in the way in which Russia manages the preparations. In addition to overcoming significant engin [...]
2008-02-12 14:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI RS
08MOSCOW530NORTH CAUCASUS SECURITY: CHECHNYA BETTER, OTHERS
[...] (C) Summary: While the security environment in Chechnya has stabilized sufficiently to allow the Danish Refugee Council to base its operations in Grozny, Ingushetiya and Dagestan are experiencing increased violence due to separatist and extremist activities, high unemployment rates, easy avai [...]
2008-02-27 12:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PGOV ASEC RS
08MOSCOW614INGUSHETIYA'S OPPOSITION: YEVLOYEV REMAINS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition to Ingushetiya President Murat Zyazikov is becoming bolder. Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the banned opposition "Ingushetiya.ru" internet site and the force behind the "I Did Not Vote" campaign after the December 2007 Duma elections, came out of hiding long enough to cha [...]
2008-03-04 16:09:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM RS
08PRISTINA167CODEL PRICE CONGRATULATES KOSOVO ON ITS
[...] (U) Summary: On March 15 Representative David Price (D-NC) led seven members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) on a one-day visit to Pristina, the first congressional delegation to visit Kosovo since its February 17 declaration of independence. the visit reinforced with the [...]
2008-03-26 13:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP KV
08PRISTINA187KOSOVO ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW CONSTITUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly passed its new, fully Ahtisaari-compliant Constitution with 97 votes in favor during an April 9 extraordinary session. Prime Minister Thaci, President Sejdiu, and Constitutional Commission president Hajredin Kuci spoke during the brief session, while Assembly [...]
2008-04-11 13:00:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM EAID KV UNMIK YI
08PRISTINA592KOSOVO: MINISTRY AGREES TO CONTINUED USE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 16:41:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08SARAJEVO1861BOSNIA - CROAT COUNCIL PROPOSAL STRIKES A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Prime Ministers of the three Croat-majority cantons declared on December 9 that they intend to form an Inter-Cantonal Council by the end of December. The chairmen of the two parties that lead these cantons -- the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)-1990 and the Croatian Party of [...]
2008-12-13 15:54:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08STATE131277ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S DECEMBER 8 MEETING
[...] (S) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried met December 8, 2008 with Turkish Undersecretary Apakan and a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a two-hour discussion on European issues as part of the Shared Vision strategic dialogue. They covered U.S.-Turkish cooperation and share [...]
2008-12-15 17:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV TU
08STATE34305SATTERFIELD AND DAVUTOGLU ON BASRAH, NORTHERN
[...] (S) Summary: In an April 1 meeting with Turkish Prime Ministerial advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, S/I David Satterfield reviewed the state of play in Basrah and urged Turkey to give full support to Maliki and the GOI. Davutoglu said GOI stability was in Turkey's strong interest, and also agreed to [...]
2008-04-03 01:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PINS PREL MOPS TU IZ IR
08STATE58720BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050071677 for the export of F-100 engine aircraft parts to Japan. Embassy is requested to c [...]
2008-06-02 13:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JA
08STATE58721BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050071677 for the export of F-100 engine aircraft parts to Japan. Embassy is requested to c [...]
2008-06-02 13:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JA
08STATE58723BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050071677 for the export of F-100 engine aircraft parts to Japan. Embassy is requested to c [...]
2008-06-02 13:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JA
08STATE65812Secretary Rice's Meeting with Turkish FM
[...] (U) Classified by Kurt Volker, EUR/FO. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) Participants: United States Secretary Rice S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dailey NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch PA Sean McCormack EUR Acting Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Pa [...]
2008-06-18 21:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PTER PGOV
08TASHKENT270UZBEKISTAN: SUBMISSION FOR EIGHTH ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) Post,s submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report begins in paragraph 4. Per reftel, this information covers the period from April 2007 to March 2008. The information provided in the report has been gathered from numerous sources, including the Government of U [...]
2008-02-29 13:05:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UZ
08TASHKENT348(S/NF) COMPOSITION OF UZBEKISTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (S/NF) Post has acquired an Uzbek-language internal Government of Uzbekistan document that outlines the structure of the Presidential Apparat and identifies its staff members. The Office of the State Adviser, the Service of the National Security Council, and the Office of the State Adviser for [...]
2008-03-20 06:49:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT446UZBEKISTAN: NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/DAS, Ambassador, and DCM met with Secretary of the National Security Council (NSC) Murat Ataev. Like FM Norov (septel) and Parliamentarian Tashmukhamedova (septel),Ataev greeted the U.S. side warmly and announced that the GOU's Ministries and the NSC are ready fo [...]
2008-04-16 07:57:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC ELTN KISL PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS
08TASHKENT49THIRD STRIKE FOR FORMER DEFENSE OFFICIAL ERKIN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 14, the independent Ferghana.ru website posted an open letter from the wife of Erkin Musaev, a former Uzbek Ministry of Defense and UNDP official who was sentenced to a total of 20 years' imprisonment in 2006 and 2007 for espionage and corruption in three separate trials [...]
2008-01-15 11:58:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM MASS PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT566UZBEKISTAN: SHEDDING MORE LIGHT ON THE SHADOWY
[...] (S/NF) A source inside the Government of Uzbekistan recently provided us with information on developments inside Uzbekistan's Presidential Apparat. Within the National Security Council (NSC),NSC Secretary Murat Ataev apparently has strengthened his influence considerably since last summer re [...]
2008-05-20 07:54:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT602UZBEKISTAN: NAMES, TITLES, CONTACT NUMBERS FOR
[...] (SBU) Country: Uzbekistan Date: 05/30/2007 Head of State Last/Family Name: Karimov First/Middle Names: Islam Abduganievich Conventional Usage: Islam Karimov Formal Title: President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Office Telephone Numbers: ( 998-71) 239-6996, ( 9 [...]
2008-05-29 12:46:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL UZ
08TASHKENT819UZBEKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST CHARGED IN
[...] (C) Summary: On July 13, the Voice of Freedom website reported that human rights activist and opposition party member Azam Turgunov was detained by police in the town of Mangit in the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic on July 11. According to Human Rights Watch director Igor Vorontsov, Turgu [...]
2008-07-14 13:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO PGOV PREL UZ
08TBILISI1170FOUR KILLED IN ABKHAZIA BLAST
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On the evening of July 6, a powerful explosion ripped through a cafe in the city of Gali, killing four, including the de-facto chief of state security for Gali, Major Muratia, and an off-duty UN interpreter. Ten others, including another UN interpreter, were wounded. [...]
2008-07-07 14:01:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TOKYO103 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/11/08
[...] A bill becomes a law on passage by both Houses, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution. 2. A bill which is passed by the House of Representatives, and upon which the House of Councillors makes a decision different from that of the House of Representatives, becomes a law when passed a [...]
2008-01-11 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1620 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2012JAPAN RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3:
[...] (SBU) Per request contained in ref, post contacted Mitsubishi Cable Industries Sales Manager Yataka Suganuma on June 17. Suganuma told econoff Osaum Murata, the POC listed in ref, had been transferred as of April 1 and no longer handles this case. Suganuma explained Mitsubishi's role in the [...]
2008-07-22 05:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC JA
08TOKYO2120 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2785JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2969JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 04:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3138 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 23:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3146JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3218 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO39JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-08 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08USNATO405VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF NATO-RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants for the NATO-Russia General Training Course to be held at the Domodedovo Centre of the Russian Federation in Russia from November 11-26, 2008. Afghanistan [...]
2008-10-31 12:32:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
08VATICAN52HOLY SEE VIEWS ON BELARUS
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See is cautiously optimistic about the possibilities for opening new spaces for the Catholic Church in Belarus, following the June 18 to 22 visit to the country by Cardinal Bertone, the Holy See's Secretary of State. The Holy See values the recognition of Catholicism in [...]
2008-07-18 13:34:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF BO VT
08VATICAN63RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: HOLY SEE FOCUSED ON CIVILIANS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Holy See is very concerned about the conflict in Georgia, and in particular about the needs of civilians affected by the fighting. The Pope has publicly addressed these concerns in recent statements. The Holy See has not been asked to mediate in the conflict. End summary [...]
2008-08-22 16:24:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF RU GG VT
08VATICAN64(SBU) HOLY SEE NOT CONSIDERING RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered reftel A demarche to Monsignor Julio Murat, Director for the Caucasus at the Holy See Secretariat of State Second Section (MFA equivalent),on August 29. Murat stated that the Holy See is not considering recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. 2. (SBU) Comme [...]
2008-08-29 15:44:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF RU GG VT
09ADANA63SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: OCTOBER 12 -18, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of October 12-18, 2009 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. Similar reports have been previously shared informally by e-mail. Post is n [...]
2009-10-21 11:23:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ADANA74SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: NOVEMBER 16-22, 2009
[...] The following security incidents for the period of November 16-22 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends of vio [...]
2009-11-24 11:33:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
09ANKARA100TURKEY LOOKS TO BROADEN/DEEPEN TIES WITH IRAQ AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkey continues its outreach to Baghdad and to Erbil in an effort to broaden and deepen its ties to Iraq and the KRG. GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Ozcelik recognizes the pace of progress remains slow but is encouraged that progress continues and that the tenor of discussions betwee [...]
2009-01-22 07:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV ENRG TU IZ
09ANKARA1013TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1028TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 11:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1039TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1054TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1087TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 11:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1096TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1104TURKEY: YOK LIFTS YOKE ON RELIGIOUS SCHOOL GRADS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent decision by Turkey's Higher Education Council (YOK) has ended a decade-old official policy that made it much harder for religious school graduates to compete for regular University admissions. The decision has accentuated the current schism in Turkish society between [...]
2009-07-31 09:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1105TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 11:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1119TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1126TURKEY: CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIAN PM'S VISIT
[...] (C) The Ambassador met August 3 with MFA Under Secretary Apakan to discuss the upcoming visit of Russian Prime Minister Putin. In attendance were Deputy Director General for Eastern Europe, Levent Murat Burhan, and Deputy Director General for Disarmament, Ahmet Muhtar Gun. The Ambassador not [...]
2009-08-04 07:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL PINR TU
09ANKARA1156TURKEY: MFA BRIEFS CODEL MURPHY-MCKEON ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Murphy-McKeon attended a lunch on August 4 hosted by MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan during their visit to Ankara. The delegation discussed the importance of the U.S.-Turkish relationship and current issues in Afghanistan and Iraq. Apakan highlighted the need to build a national, [...]
2009-08-10 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV AF TU IZ KDEM
09ANKARA1179LEAHY VETTING: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF
[...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post has reviewed the following Turkish candidates for an International Military Education and Training (IMET) sponsored program. Action Request: Post requests that Department conduct a name check on these candidates in appropriate databases (DR [...]
2009-08-13 13:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA1187LEAHY VETTING: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF
[...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post has reviewed the following Turkish candidates for an International Military Education and Training (IMET) sponsored program. Action Request: Post requests that Department conduct a name check on these candidates in appropriate databases (DR [...]
2009-08-13 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA1207TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 04:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA125TURKEY: MARCH LOCAL ELECTIONS - A PRIMER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on March 29 will face its first nationwide electoral test since its landslide victory in the July 2007 parliamentary elections. Some 48 million voters will go to the polls to elect approximately 2,300 mayors and almost 100,00 [...]
2009-01-26 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA1262TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 10:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1274TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 11:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1294TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 12:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA13ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA1326DAS KAIDANOW'S INITIAL CONSULTATIONS IN TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: GoT officials told EUR DAS Kaidanow during her initial visit to Ankara that: -- Turkey is committed to the reconciliation process with Armenia, but Ankara also needs to see progress on Nagorno-Karabakh; -- Ankara fully supports Talat and is giving him maximum flexibility, but [...]
2009-09-09 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS AR GR TU
09ANKARA1336TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1341TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 10:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1357TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 12:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA136ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA1367TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA138US-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP REAFFIRMS ENERGY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 09:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IZ TU
09ANKARA141ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1418TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 13:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1430TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1445TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 10:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1453TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1475TURKEY'S DEMOCRATIC INITIATIVE: MORE THAN WORDS?
[...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Besir Atalay has announced that the as-yet unrevealed Democratic Initiative will exit its first "debate" phase and progress to the second "concrete step" phase after the Prime Minister returns from a visit to Iraq on October 15. Details of the project remain e [...]
2009-10-13 15:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PTER TU
09ANKARA1487ARMENIA PROTOCOL MAY FACE PARLIAMENT GRIDLOCK
[...] (C) Summary: Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Murat Mercan, told us October 15 that the government will submit the Armenia protocols to him next week for discussion by the Foreign Affairs Committee. He said an agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh is a p [...]
2009-10-16 09:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAJ AM PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1500TURKS ACCENT THE POSITIVE IN EU PROGRESS REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis and the MFA offered a broadly positive official reaction to the European Commission's 12th annual progress report, released October 14. Both Bagis and the MFA portrayed the report in their public statements as endorsing the government's [...]
2009-10-16 16:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY EU PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA151ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1511TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1519TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 11:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1522TURKEY TO PRESS FOR IRAQI SUPPORT OF KURDISH
[...] (C) Turkey's Ambassador to Iraq, Murat Ozcelik, told us October 21 that upon his return to Baghdad later in the week he would attempt to engage the Iraqi government and KRG in the nascent Kurdish-Turk returnee process (REFTELS). Ozcelik said the early focus of his engagement effort would be fu [...]
2009-10-21 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY
09ANKARA1526LEAHY VETTING: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF
[...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post has reviewed the following Turkish candidates for Department of Homeland Security and Department of Energy sponsored programs. Post's EXBS Advisor will escort the participants to the programs. Action Request: Post requests that Department [...]
2009-10-22 11:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA1527TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 12:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1533PM'S OCTOBER 15 BAGHDAD VISIT: LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT is pleased with the 48 MOUs, protocols and agreements PM Erdogan and his nine ministers signed with their Iraqi counterparts during Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad. The MFA realizes that implementing the accords will be difficult. The MOU on natural gas exports es [...]
2009-10-23 08:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY
09ANKARA1534PM'S OCTOBER 15 BAGHDAD VISIT: LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT is pleased with the 48 MOUs, protocols and agreements PM Erdogan and his nine ministers signed with their Iraqi counterparts during Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad. The MFA realizes that implementing the accords will be difficult. The MOU on natural gas exports es [...]
2009-10-23 08:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY
09ANKARA1538GOT REELING FROM RECEPTION GIVEN PKK RETURNEES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reactions to the return of 34 PKK sympathizers/members from northern Iraq to Turkey have been mixed with negative perceptions rapidly dominating the initial hopes of reconciliation. The exuberant reception by the crowds greeting the returnees had drawn sharp criticism from media [...]
2009-10-23 17:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREF PHUM IZ TU
09ANKARA1566TURKEY'S SEARCH FOR A PLAN B ON NATURAL GAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As negotiations with Azerbaijan have stalled -- in Turkey's view, because of Azeri pique over its rapprochement with Armenia -- the GoT has been actively developing its options for a short to medium term natural gas picture without a deal with Azerbaijan. It believes that having a [...]
2009-10-28 12:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL TU
09ANKARA1569PROTOCOLS IN PARLIAMENT-WHAT NEXT?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Now that the Turkey-Armenia protocols are in parliament, "the hard part begins." The GOT faces an uphill battle in pushing for ratification, as the opposition continues its criticism and public opinion demands progress on Nagorno-Karabakh. What constitutes the minimum political [...]
2009-10-29 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ AR TU
09ANKARA1666TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 11:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1687BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] (SBU) We visited the office of Elsan Defense and Communications (reftel) and met with Murat Unluturk (vice president for contracts) and Ambassador (retired) A. Hikmet Alp (senior advisor) on November 23. Unluturk told us that the company does not engage in manufacturing or storage of US Munit [...]
2009-11-24 10:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC TU
09ANKARA1688TURKEY: BALKANS AS NEW FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey is looking to re-engage in the Balkans to regain its historical influence in the region, with a particular focus on Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH),according to the MFA. On November 19 MFA Deputy Director General for Central and Southeastern Europe, Murat Karagoz, provided us an [...]
2009-11-24 10:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU BK GR
09ANKARA1705TURKEY: INFLUENTIAL JOURNALIST'S SOBER VIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 18 Radikal columnist Murat Yetkin, one of the most influential journalists in Turkey, provided us with a broad sweep of insights into current affairs. These included his "fatalistic" mood on the Dogan Media fine, his lament that the USG has not taken a more prominen [...]
2009-11-25 16:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU
09ANKARA1716TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 11:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1726TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 12:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1740TURKEY: COMPROMISE DEAL REACHED ON PHARMA, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The long negotiations between the GOT and the pharmaceutical industry on how to close the health care budget gap ended in a "compromise" deal on December 2. Under the terms of the deal, the GOT moved only marginally from its initial negotiating stance, and reserved the right to [...]
2009-12-07 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD EFIN TU
09ANKARA1755SECURITY AGENCIES: BARZANI KEY TO DEFEATING THE PKK
[...] (C) During a recent discussion of his ministry's goals for the December 20-22 Trilateral Mechanism Ministerial in Baghdad and Erbil, Ministry of Interior (MoI) Secretary General Eyup Tepe said the Turkish General Staff, Turkish National Intelligence Organization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs an [...]
2009-12-09 17:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR TU IZ
09ANKARA17664TH U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: At the fourth session of the U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group on December 3, the Turkish delegation proposed increased cooperation between the U.S. and Turkey to support development of Iraq's energy sector, specifically through a joint project to relaunch the Iraq Stra [...]
2009-12-11 19:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL TU
09ANKARA1778TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1782TURKEY: DTP RESIGNS EN MASSE; CONTINUED VIOLENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Democratic Society Party (DTP) parliamentarians decided to submit their resignations en masse to the Turkish Grand National Assembly on December 15 following the Constitutional Court decision closing the party for ties to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Forme [...]
2009-12-15 16:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM TU
09ANKARA1795TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 11:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1798SHIELD S19-09: IRAN SEEKS CHEMICAL WEAPONS
[...] (S) We delivered reftel information to MFA Acting Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Murat Sogangoz on December 2. We highlighted discussions about Raja Shimi's role in Iran's chemical weapons program in the Australia Group (AG),noted our reporting requirements under the Ir [...]
2009-12-17 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR TU
09ANKARA1835WHY THE AKP'S UNITY MESSAGE MISSES THE MARK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has embarked on a project to seek a better social, economic and cultural environment for Kurds and other minorities, the initiative is being driven by the highest levels of the Party, who seem disinterested in feedback from the [...]
2009-12-27 19:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
09ANKARA1839TENSIONS SPIKE AMIDST DEPUTY PM ASSASSINATION PLOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors and police conducted extensive, unprecedented searches in the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Special Forces Mobility Command on December 25 following the arrest of two special forces officers for allegedly targeting Deputy PM Bulent Arinc for assassination. TGS Chief GEN [...]
2009-12-28 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA1846(C) TURKISH GOALS FOR A JANUARY MNFI INTEL TEAM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkish ambassador to Iraq Murat Ozcelik contends MNF-I intelligence support is key to a new cooperative GoT-KRG effort to reduce and ultimately dispose of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. Turkish Minister of Interior Besir Atalay reportedly secured [...]
2009-12-29 17:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PINR MARR TU IZ
09ANKARA195ESKISEHIR: AKP HOPES TO UNSEAT POPULAR DSP MAYOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a modern industrial center in west central Anatolia, Eskisehir (literally "old city" in Turkish) belies its name. A city that many believed to be sinking into irrelevance and obscurity in the early 1990s, Eskisehir has been revived and transformed over the past decade, large [...]
2009-02-06 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON TU
09ANKARA203TURKEY: REPLACE MILITARY ENGAGEMENT WITH ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's Special Envoy for Iraq, Murat Ozcelik, argued to DCM February 5 that the US and Turkey must convince the GOI to make the strategic economic decision to send hydrocarbons north through Turkey to Europe. This is necessary to support US, Turkish, and European strategic ob [...]
2009-02-09 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG IZ PREL TU
09ANKARA204ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA205ANKARA MAYOR'S RACE A KEY BATTLEGROUND FOR AKP
[...] (C) Summary: The Ankara mayoral race is a key test for the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) quest to show it remains the preeminent political force in Turkey. AKP's incumbent mayor Melih Gokcek will face Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Murat Karayalcin, a former Social [...]
2009-02-09 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA23ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA234ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 05:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA241ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 05:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA242TURKEY'S ELECTION BOARD: NO MORE HANDOUTS TO VOTERS
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara and Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of allegations that the governor of Tunceli was misusing state funds to sway the poor to vote for the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP),Turkey's High Election Board (YSK) issued a statem [...]
2009-02-13 05:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
09ANKARA247TURKEY: PARTIES HUNT FOR VOTES FAR AFIELD
[...] (C) Summary: With just six weeks to go, Turkish political parties are ramping up their campaigns for March 29 local elections -- the first nationwide electoral test for AKP since its landslide victory in the July 2007 parliamentary elections. Both the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK [...]
2009-02-13 12:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA256ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 12:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA266ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA28ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA285TURKEY: ERDOGAN STEPS UP CAMPAIGN IN KURDISH
[...] (U) This is an AmCon Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan underscored AKP's goal of defeating the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in southeastern Turkey by visiting Diyarbakir, the cultural and commercial center of Turkey's Kurdish region, on February 21. Thoug [...]
2009-02-23 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA296ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA300TURKEY: DTP PLAYS A KURDISH LANGUAGE ELECTORAL
[...] (C) Summary: Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) Chairman Ahmet Turk delivered a February 24 speech in parliament in his native tongue of Kurdish, leading state-run television to immediately cut its live broadcast of the speech. Turk said that his speech was in honor of UNESCO Mother [...]
2009-02-25 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA308ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA31TURKEY: 10TH ROUND OF ERGENEKON ARRESTS ROCK
[...] (C) Summary and comment: A new wave of arrests on January 7 related to the Ergenekon investigation (ref a) included two retired four star generals and the former chair of the Higher Education Council (YOK). A former mayor of Istanbul, Bedrettin Dalan, who is in the U.S. currently, is also bein [...]
2009-01-08 15:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA313TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PASSES CRISIS RESPONSE PACKAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament approved a 111-page crisis response package on February 18 that amends existing tax, social security and incentive laws. The focus of the package is on preventing further increases in unemployment and extending existing tax incentives. Among its features, the law in [...]
2009-02-27 05:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN TU
09ANKARA323TURKEY: CHP ENTERING ELECTION CAMPAIGN RUDDERLESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As Turkey's local election campaign begins in earnest, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is listless and unimaginative. Unwilling to adapt to a society less accepting of dogmatic, paternalist ideology, CHP is going to rely on tactical skirmishes to challenge th [...]
2009-02-27 18:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV TU
09ANKARA331ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA351ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA362ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA363ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-10 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA365"BLONDE BRIDE" DOCUMENTARY STIRS PUBLIC OUTCRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish-Armenian community, Turkish Historical Foundation, the national teachers' union, human rights activists, and liberal journalists have condemned the distribution of a documentary film on the events of 1915 to Turkish primary schools; the father of one student is suing [...]
2009-03-11 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SCUL SOCI AM TU
09ANKARA372ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 13:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA375ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA389TURKEY: AS ELECTIONS LOOM, AKP STILL WAY AHEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two weeks prior to March 29 local elections, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is maintaining a significant lead in the polls, despite a severely ailing economy. Most polling companies are predicting that AKP will win a minimum of 40 percent of the nationwide v [...]
2009-03-16 17:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA423ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA426TURKEY: MHP -- EVERYONE'S SECOND CHOICE
[...] (C) Summary: The Nationalist Action Party (MHP) is going into Turkey's March 29 nationwide local elections in third place, according to public opinion polls. MHP Chairman Devlet Bahceli has undertaken a policy of brand renewal for the party, distancing itself from its thuggish past and sculp [...]
2009-03-23 05:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV TU
09ANKARA435ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 13:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA444ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA446TURKEY: BALLOT BOX "VICTORY" DEPENDS ON THE VIEW
[...] (C) Summary: As the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) inches closer to winning more than 40 percent of the national vote in March 29 local elections, all parties are positioning themselves to claim "victory." Prime Minister Erdogan, sensing the detrimental electoral effects of an ai [...]
2009-03-24 17:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA46EU'S CT COORDINATOR GETS AN EARFUL IN ANKARA
[...] (C) Summary. The December 22-23 Ankara visit of EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove allowed the Turks to detail their frustrations regarding the EU's handling of terrorist organizations targeting Turkey and laid the foundation for closer Turkey-EU cooperation, according to MFA [...]
2009-01-12 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EU TU
09ANKARA464ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 12:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA47ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA480TURKEY/IRAQ: POST-GUL VISIT STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials were pleased with President Gul's March 23-24 visit to Baghdad, but KRG President Massoud Barzani's decision to stay away from Baghdad and pass on the opportunity to meet with Gul there tempered Turks' enthusiasm somewhat, according to Special Envoy for Iraq Murat Oz [...]
2009-03-27 16:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG IZ TU
09ANKARA492ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA498ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 12:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA515OBAMA WINS THE HEARTS OF TURKISH MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 08:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA519OBAMA'S POSITIVE MESSAGES RESONATE WITH TURKISH MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 10:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA54ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA564ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA583Media Summary
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 11:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA624TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 09:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA627 Turkey: FY 2010 IVLP Nomination Slate
[...] Murat Aslan, News Reporter, Konya AA 2. Faruk Balikci, President of the Southeastern Journalists Association 3. Acar Arap Filiz, Broadcasting Director, Kanal A 4. Sevcan Kalipcinden, Reporter and Editor, Hudut Gazetesi 5. Selahattin Sekin, Broadcasting Director, Akdeniz TV 6. M [...]
2009-04-30 10:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL TU
09ANKARA641TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 11:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA643TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN SHAKES UP HIS CABINET, TILTING
[...] (C) Summary: To shore up support for his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) following its disappointing performance in March 29 local elections, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced May 1 an extensive overhaul of his cabinet, appointing nine new ministers, dismissing eight, an [...]
2009-05-04 11:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA645TURKEY: SADRIST MOVEMENT MEETS IN TURKEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Moqtada al-Sadr gathered together approximately 80 Shiite politicians and other members of the Sadrist movement May 2-3 in Istanbul to discuss their political future and need to focus on improving their performance in the next national election in Iraq. Sadr met with President Gu [...]
2009-05-05 03:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IZ TU
09ANKARA650TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 10:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA656TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 09:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA659TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA667TURKISH GENERAL STAFF INTEREST IN REACHING OUT TO
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging May 5 discussion with Ambassador and ODC Chief, General Hasan Igsiz, Deputy Chief of Turkey's General Staff said that Turkey's military was ready to explore new levels of engagement with the "local authorities of northern Iraq." (Note: while Igsiz would never utter the [...]
2009-05-07 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER TU
09ANKARA672TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 10:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA686TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 10:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA696TURKEY: SUN RISING ON KURDISH ISSUE?
[...] (C) Summary: A series of events in recent weeks signal possible progress on Turkey's long-standing Kurdish issue. President Abdullah Gul, following a May 7 meeting with pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) leader Ahmet Turk, called the Kurdish issue Turkey's "most important problem" and [...]
2009-05-13 16:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA731TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 10:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA747TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA751TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA757TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 11:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA764TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 10:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA767TURKEY: TALK OF PROGRESS MET WITH SKEPTICISM IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite fevered media speculation in recent weeks about "solving" the Kurdish issue, contacts in Turkey's southeast remain skeptical that the Justice and Development Party (AKP)-led government has the will to make bold reforms in the short term. The progressive rhetoric is met wi [...]
2009-06-01 08:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA781TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN WARNS CODEL CASEY ON AGR
[...] (C) Senators Robert Casey (D-PA),Ted Kaufman (D-DE),and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ),and Representative Timothy Walz (D-MN) and Charge met May 29 with PM Erdogan, TGS D/CHOD General Igsiz, and a senior MFA delegation led by U/S Apakan. On Armenia, PM Erdogan urged Congress to leave the events of [...]
2009-06-03 09:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IS SY TU AM AZ
09ANKARA782TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 10:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA790TURKEY: AKP DRAGS ITS FEET ON CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is postponing plans to introduce a series of constitutional amendments in Parliament until after the July 1 summer recess, according to AKP whip Bekir Bozdag. He told us that AKP desires to enact the reforms without having to go [...]
2009-06-04 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA797ISTANBUL ANALYSTS CONCERNED BY LACK OF IMF DEAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: We participated in two May 2009 conferences in Istanbul: "Forum Istanbul" (the "Turkish Davos"),and the KPMG's "Financial Risk Management". High-level speakers included Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz; Former Central Banker, now UNDP President, Kemal Dervis; Former IMF Vic [...]
2009-06-05 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN TU
09ANKARA803TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 10:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA816TURKEY: DAVUTOGLU STEPS FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Ahmet Davutoglu's May 1 appointment as Foreign Minister has raised many questions about the future of Turkish foreign policy. As Senior Prime Ministry Foreign Policy Advisor, Davutoglu created a new paradigm that broadened Turkey's traditional Western orientation to include a dee [...]
2009-06-10 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL TU
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