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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 00ANKARA8112 |
TURKEY: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) COMBATTING TERRORISM IS A MAJOR PRIORITY IN TURKEY'S FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICY. THE GOT APPROACHES THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS WITH AN OUTLOOK SIMILAR TO THE USG'S INTERNATIONAL, COORDINATED APPROACH. THE DANGER POSED TO TURKEY BY TERRORISM IS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT THE THREE POSTS OF TH [...] |
2000-12-11 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU |
| 01ANKARA3476 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY FORMED AFTER [...] (C) ACCORDING TO PATRIOTIC UNION XXXXXXXXXXXXI, ON MAY 30 A SPLIT IN THE ISLAMIC UNION MOVEMENT OF KURDISTAN (IUMK) RESULTED IN MULLAH ALI BAPIR FOUNDING HIS OWN GROUP WHICH HE HAS NAMED THE ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY. BAPIR IS A RIVAL OF IUKM LEADER MULLAH ALI ABDULAZIZ. BOTH LEADERS ARE BASED IN T [...] |
2001-05-31 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER MARR ETTC UNSC IZ TU |
| 01ANKARA6815 |
IRANIAN VIEWS ON U.S. AND LIFE IN TEHRAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCONS STUART JONES FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. AN IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT CLAIMED THAT RELIGIOUS VIGILANTES KIDNAPPED HIM AND BEAT HIM FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THEY CAUGHT HIM AT ONE OF TEHRAN'S CANDLELIGHT VIGILS FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. ANO [...] |
2001-10-26 10:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TU IR |
| 01ANKARA7811 |
TURKEY: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT MARCIEL FOR REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) FIGHTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS LONG BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY (GOT). SINCE THE MID-1960S, TURKEY HAS FACED ALMOST A CONSTANT THREAT FROM DOMESTIC AND TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM TAR [...] |
2001-12-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER |
| 02ANKARA7726 |
TURKEY'S ELECTIONS: OUR ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Islam-influenced AK (Justice and Development) of R. Tayyip Erdogan will be the clear winner in the Turkish national elections on Nov. 3, and has a strong shot at a Parliamentary majority. Deniz Baykal's Establishmentarian, left-of-center Republican Peoples' Party (CHP) will [...] |
2002-11-01 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA7739 |
ELECTION INTERFERENCE FEARS IN COUNTRYSIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While political leaders acknowledge that the restrictions in expression in Turkey's Southeast have generally loosened, villagers remain concerned that their voices will not be heard in Ankara. Based on conversations with politicians, business leaders, and NGO representatives, [...] |
2002-11-01 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA7743 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA7757 |
DEMARCHE ON TIED AID BANS: INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On November 1, we shared the U.S. proposal to consolidate and update existing bans on tied aid to CEE and FSU countries with Turkish Treasury Director General for Foreign External Relations Ersen Ekren. Ekren's office generally provides instructions to Turkey's OECD Mission. 2. ( [...] |
2002-11-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD EAID TU OECD EXIM |
| 02ANKARA7763 |
CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON POST-ELECTION TASKS, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a October 30 meeting, Central Bank Governor Serdengecti told us he and Treasury U/S Oztrak have prepared a document to give to the election winners which explains in non-technical terms the GOT's commitments to the IMF and why they should be honored. The length of the educa [...] |
2002-11-01 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7766 |
AK PARTY IN A PARLIAMENTARY LANDSLIDE: CLOSE TO A [...] Summary: Justice and Development (AK) Party's landslide victory and Establishment standard-bearer Republican People's Party's (CHP) distant second-place finish in Turkey's Nov. 3 general elections cuts the number of parties in parliament back to only two for the first time in decades. While P. [...] |
2002-11-03 23:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA7775 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT UNHAPPY WITH [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr. Mustafa Ziya November 1. Ziya complained the ITF wanted to be in the opposition conference steering committee and have ten percent of the seats at the conference, but a Kurdistan [...] |
2002-11-04 11:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA7847 |
TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) On November 4, Turkish markets reacted positively to the AK Party's landslide victory in parliamentary elections. The lira strengthened very slightly, closing at TL 1,678,000 to the dollar; the Istanbul Stock Exchange 100 index closed up 6.1 percent; the benchmark lira T-bills closed uncha [...] |
2002-11-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7848 |
GOT REITERATES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE PAROLE OF [...] (C) Ahmet Banguoglu, MFA Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Americas), told DCM November 4 the GOT remains highly concerned about the possible parole of Harry Sassounian, convicted in 1984 of the 1982 assassination of Turkish CG Kemal Arikan in Westwood (L.A.). Banguoglu said h [...] |
2002-11-04 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU |
| 02ANKARA7919 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA7921 |
TURKEY: AK PARTY'S LANDSLIDE VICTORY SWEEPS ASIDE [...] (C) Summary: After crushing defeat by AK in Nov. 3 elections, leaders of MHP, ANAP, and DYP, all of which failed to reenter Parliament, separately declared their intent to vacate their party chairmanships. With P.M. Ecevit's pre-election announcement that he will leave DSP leadership in April [...] |
2002-11-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA7924 |
TURKEY: TIMELINE TO ESTABLISH NEXT GOVERNMENT [...] Timeline in para 2 lists the sequence of steps to be followed as the Justice and Development (AK) Party prepares to establish a government in the wake of its Nov. 3 landslide election victory. According to AK officials, assuming that President Sezer observes Turkish law and tradition (i.e., g [...] |
2002-11-05 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA7925 |
TURKISH MARKETS RALLY; TREASURY COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The post-election rally in Turkish markets continued on November 5, with trading volumes in both stock and T-bill markets setting records for 2002. T-bill rates dropped about seven percentage points to close at 57.5 percent in annual compounded terms; the stock market is up 17 [...] |
2002-11-05 16:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7942 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-06 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA7972 |
TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CITES DEMARCHE ON [...] Post provided materials in Ref A to MFA Head of Environment Department Asli Oral. On Nov 5, MFA advised that an interagency committee met in Turkey prior to COP 12 and agreed to respond negatively to the Japanese proposal on Northern Hemisphere minke whales and the western North Pacific stock [...] |
2002-11-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV XX TU |
| 02ANKARA7973 |
FINALIZING THE $200 MILLION GRANT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Embassy is concerned with the delays in implementing the Grant Agreement between Turkey and the United States, signed on September 13, involving nearly $200 million in grant assistance to Turkey. We understand there are technical legal problems between the Federal Reserve Bank of New Y [...] |
2002-11-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7974 |
EURODIPLOMATS IN ANKARA SAY TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY [...] (C) Summary: EU-member-state diplomats in Ankara say the EU is headed toward offering Turkey a conditional date for accession talks, possibly in January 2004. Our contacts say Germany holds the key; local German diplomats agree Berlin feels under pressure not to block Turkey's candidacy. UK a [...] |
2002-11-06 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU TU |
| 02ANKARA7980 |
IRAQI OPPOSITION: ENSURING TURKMEN FRONT INCLUSION [...] (U) The November 6 Washington File reported the Department spokesman referring to the planned November 22 Iraqi opposition conference, listing only the six organizations on the conference steering committee as those the USG had been working with on the future of Iraq. He said, "We've been wor [...] |
2002-11-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ UNSC |
| 02ANKARA7981 |
Demarche on Customs Classifications [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8007 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8018 |
TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT ADVANCES, BUT KEY [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey and Greece have reached agreement on the text of an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Turkey-Greece gas interconnect, which they hope to sign by the end of November. BOTAS and DEPA have not, however, been able to agree on the price at which DEPA would purchas [...] |
2002-11-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA8064 |
THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, AND SOME [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Turkish Government's most pressing economic challenge is to bolster market confidence sufficiently to avoid another financial crisis and begin to step away from the financial precipice on which Turkey has been perched for the past two years. Other challenges include: [...] |
2002-11-08 09:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8079 |
TURKEY: CHP ELECTION POSTMORTEM [...] (C) Summary: The Nov. 3 Parliamentary elections were a major defeat for CHP at the hands of AK. Although CHP joins AK as one of only two parties in Parliament, CHP officials and activists are deeply disappointed by their distant second-place finish. Much of the blame has been placed on CHP [...] |
2002-11-08 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8087 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-08 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8089 |
TURKS LUKEWARM ABOUT LUKASHENKO'S ATTENDANCE AT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-08 13:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO TU NATO |
| 02ANKARA8108 |
AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH AK PARTY CHAIRMAN ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with victorious AK Party leader Erdogan for first post-election visit. He complimented AK on its constructive electoral campaign and victory and noted U.S. readiness to work with the new AK government. U.S. seeks stronger bilateral economic ties and urges AK to fo [...] |
2002-11-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON AA POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8110 |
TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODELS BEREUTER, HASTERT, [...] Summary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which thus far has chosen to follow a reasonable path with emphasis on EU membership. The economy is on eggshells, and the new government will need to stick to the IMF-backed reform pr [...] |
2002-11-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU |
| 02ANKARA8111 |
PROBLEMS MEETING THE 2002 PRIMARY SURPLUS TARGET [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF and Central Bank are worried about the caretaker government's failure to fully implement fiscal measures needed to meet this year's primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GNP. We have expressed our concern about this to senior economic bureaucrats this week -- who s [...] |
2002-11-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8112 |
IMF AND TURKISH CENTRAL BANK ON NEXT STEPS FOR THE [...] Summary: While the post-election market rally largely continued on November 8, with T-bill rates dropping a further 2.5 percent, there was by the week's end greater press and market attention to the likely policies of the new GOT. IMF resrep reviewed with us the outstanding structural and fi [...] |
2002-11-08 16:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8126 |
TURKISH MFA STICKING TO ITS GUNS ON ARMENIA [...] (C) In separate meetings last week with EUR/SE Director Hengel, MFA officials reiterated standard Turkish concerns in relations with Armenia. 2. (C) Deputy Director General for the Caucasus and Central Asia Ertan Tezgor told us Turkey will not move to normalize relations with Armenia unt [...] |
2002-11-12 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM AJ |
| 02ANKARA8132 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8139 |
AK PARTY DYNAMICS AND U.S. INTERESTS [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARTIES PGOV PINS POLITICAL PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8141 |
MFA ON TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy DG for Energy Hakki Akil reiterated to Econ Couns BOTAS's request for USG assistance in encouraging the Greeks to accept paying a higher price for natural gas from Turkey in the short-term for the long-term benefits the Turkey-Greece interconnect would provide. Akil a [...] |
2002-11-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA8142 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT TO BOYCOTT OPPOSITION [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr. Mustafa Ziya November 12. Ziya said that although the opposition conference steering committee had increased the number of Turkmen seats, the total number of seats had also been [...] |
2002-11-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8149 |
SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, October 25, 2002 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 25, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...] |
2002-11-13 11:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8150 |
UPDATE ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHANISTAN [...] EmbOffs met with MFA's Afghan Reconstruction Coordinator Ambassador Refat Okcun 11/12 for an update on Turkey's reconstruction efforts. 2. Okcun confirmed that Turkey's completed reconstruction efforts now total $1.8 million, up from $1.6 reported Ref A. By year's end, that figure shoul [...] |
2002-11-13 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PREL AF TU |
| 02ANKARA8156 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-13 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8165 |
CAN AK PARTY REMOVE OBSTACLES TO PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: On the surface of it, and given AK Party's strong parliamentary majority, there should be a straightforward, if sequential, legal way ahead for disenfranchised AK Party chairman Erdogan to reclaim his political rights, gain election to Parliament, and be appointed Prime Minister. [...] |
2002-11-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8230 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8231 |
TURKS RECEIVE WSSD FOLLOW-UP MATERIALS [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR TU |
| 02ANKARA8250 |
TURKEY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EU AND CYPRUS WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met Nov. 14 with EU Hirep Javier Solana to discuss the EU perspective on UNSYG Annan's plan for a settlement on Cyprus, and the prospects for progress on Turkey's EU bid at Copenhagen in December. Solana noted that he had had separate meetings with MFA U/S Ziyal and AK (Justice [...] |
2002-11-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8252 |
TURKEY'S DEEP STATE [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Deep State, the behind-the-scenes machinery and power relationships among selected members of the military, judicial, and bureaucratic elite, has endured as an essential factor in political life and in citizens' wary calculations of their relation to the State. Now, however [...] |
2002-11-15 11:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU |
| 02ANKARA8253 |
TURKISH PARTICIPANTS IN THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING IN [...] In response to reftel, following are the Turkish Participants in the President's November 20 Meeting in Prague with Turkish President Sezer: President Ahmet Necdet Sezer Minister of Foreign Affairs Sukru Sina Gurel (if participates) Ambassador Ugur Ziyal, MFA Under Secretary Ambassador [...] |
2002-11-13 23:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8255 |
CITIBANK CLIENTS GET SLAPPED WITH $1.5 BILLION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citibank's foreign investor clients in Turkey were recently disallowed long-standing preferential tax treatment on T-bill income. These investors' T-bill income from 1997 to present was reassessed at a 44 percent tax rate, rather than the preferential 11 percent tax rate, resul [...] |
2002-11-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EINV EFIN TU |
| 02ANKARA8304 |
Turkish Officials Comment on WTO Agriculture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. TURKISH OFFICIALS REITERATED THEIR SUPPORT FOR LIBERALIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE BUT ARGUED THAT HIGH TARIFFS AND SOME DOMESTIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS MUST BE MAINTAINED IN ORDER TO PROTECT TURKISH PRODUCERS AGAINST IMPORTS. THESE SAME OFFICIALS STATED THAT SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN A [...] |
2002-11-15 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
| 02ANKARA8305 |
TURKEY: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU |
| 02ANKARA8310 |
AK PARTY MOVES STEP BY STEP TOWARD FORMING [...] (C) We understand from top AK Party official Bulent Arinc that in his Nov. 15 call on President Sezer, AK Party chairman Erdogan submitted AK number two Abdullah Gul's name as AK's first choice for Prime Minister. Arinc intimated that Gul is AK's preferred candidate not only owing to his popu [...] |
2002-11-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8343 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-15 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8356 |
AK PARTY BEGINS TO ENGAGE ON THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the past week, AK Party moved to inject discipline into its public statements on the economy, initiated contacts with the economic bureaucracy, and reiterated its intention to work with the IMF. AK Economic Coordinator Ali Babacan sought to reassure us that, despite some u [...] |
2002-11-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8358 |
AK PARTY TO FORM NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT WITH ABDULLAH GUL AS PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Nov. 16 President Sezer gave the mandate to form the new Turkish government to AK Party number two Abdullah Gul (ref A), who announced he will submit his proposed cabinet list to Sezer Nov. 18. We expect the government to be in office a week to ten days thereafter. Gul bio in para 5. [...] |
2002-11-16 11:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU |
| 02ANKARA8369 |
TURKISH 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 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8373 |
ISAF COMMANDER MG ZORLU'S VISIT TO THE US - [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen recently informed Deputy Pol-Mil Counselor that ISAF Commander MG Zorlu would be traveling to the US November 20-26 to meet with USG and UN officials and private organizations to discuss Turke [...] |
2002-11-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL TU UK AF |
| 02ANKARA8377 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8379 |
INCOMING GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic elements of the incoming government's action plan, announced by Party leader Tayyip Erdogan on November 16, reflect AK's efforts to balance its desire to boost the "real economy" and help the poor with its need to reassure markets and maintain fiscal discipline. [...] |
2002-11-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV TU |
| 02ANKARA8380 |
TURKEY'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: YASAR YAKIS [...] (U) Turkey's 58th government, announced Nov. 18, includes former career diplomat and three-time ambassador Yasar (Yashar) Yakis (Yah-kish) as Foreign Minister. Bio below. 2. (C) A mostly conventionally-minded, retired 39-year veteran of the MFA, Yakis is now AK Vice Chairman for foreign [...] |
2002-11-18 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8381 |
THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S CORE ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (C) The new Government Cabinet was announced by Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, following his meeting with President Sezer November 18. Following are post's informal biographical notes on several of the likely key economic players. When asked at the press conference "who will be the economy m [...] |
2002-11-18 16:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8382 |
TURKEY'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 05:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8440 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8447 |
TURKEY'S EMERGENCY RULE REGION (OHAL): A LEOPARD [...] This cable was drafted by Consulate Adana. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Both government officials and NGO leaders agree that, throughout the Southeast, the de jure shrinking of the area under emergency rule (OHAL) has not measurably changed security conditions or quality of life. GOT and NGO represen [...] |
2002-11-19 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8448 |
TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT: MORE INSIGHTS INTO [...] (U) Summary: President Sezer drew a line by rejecting one proposed cabinet assignment in the AK government, but allowed AK to keep the candidate as a State Minister. Fiery orator Bulent Arinc, who has his own strong following among AK voters and whom we expect to underscore the prerogatives of [...] |
2002-11-19 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8453 |
WTO ACCESSION FOR ARMENIA: DEMARCHE TO TURKEY [...] (C) EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Department Head Oya Karakas Novmeber 20. Karakas said the MFA was awaiting word from Azerbaijan on the results of ongoing Azeri efforts to persuade the WTO Secretariat to accept "minor" changes to the Armenian letter. Karakas said she expected [...] |
2002-11-20 09:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD AJ TK AM |
| 02ANKARA8454 |
TURKISH MARKET RALLIES HALT, AWAIT GOT ACTION; NEW [...] (U) In morning trading November 20, yields on the benchmark lira Treasury bill rose to the 52 percent compounded level, having dropped earlier in the week of 49 percent. The lira depreciated slightly to TL 1,590,000 from yesterday's low of TL 1,580,000. Two days of profit taking in the Ist [...] |
2002-11-20 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8470 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-20 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8474 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8484 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKEY UPDATE [...] (C) On November 8, we met with Turkish MFA coordinator for anti-terrorist financing efforts Hakan Okcal to brief him on the pre-notification of BIF (ref b). Also on November 8, we separately met with Finance Ministry Inspectorate official Hamza Kocer on BIF's bank accounts in Turkey. Kocer w [...] |
2002-11-20 16:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS TU EUN |
| 02ANKARA8505 |
TURKEY'S NEW DEFENSE MINISTER: VECDI GONUL [...] (C) Summary: GOT DefMin Gonul's principal political task is to ensure smooth relations between his Islam-influenced AK Party and a Turkish military which as adopted a wait-and-see attitude while remaining on the lookout for any sign AK might try to alter the current status of civilian-military [...] |
2002-11-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8523 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-21 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8524 |
TERRORIST THREAT ASSESSMENTS- USAMA BIN LADIN [...] (S) November 21. DCM passed reftel points to Mr. Berki Dibek, MFA Special Advisor to Undersecretary Ziyal. RSO coordinated with American diplomatic missions within Turkey (Adana, Istanbul, and Izmir) to ensure all posts remained vigilant at a high state of readiness. RSO requested addition [...] |
2002-11-21 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ASEC PTER CASC TU |
| 02ANKARA8526 |
GOT CONSIDERING POSITION ON EARLY UNFICYP REVIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-21 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO CY TU |
| 02ANKARA8527 |
THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC TEAM STARTS WORK, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gul announced the portfolios of the state ministers, dividing supervision of the economic agencies between Deputy PM Abdullatif Sener (privatization, banking and capital markets boards), State Minister Ali Babacan (Treasury, Central Bank and main state banks), and [...] |
2002-11-21 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8532 |
BEHIND THE MAN: THE FAMILY OF NEW TURKISH PM [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul (reftel), Number Two man in the Islam-influenced AK (Justice and Development) Party of R. Tayyip Erdogan, is a democrat and political reformist who nonetheless heads a family that takes Islam seriously and reflects his own moral proc [...] |
2002-11-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU |
| 02ANKARA8534 |
ARTICLE 98: GOT SAYS NEGOTIATIONS LIKELY EARLY IN [...] (C) Feza Ozturk, head of the MFA International Political Organizations Department, told Poloff November 21 that the GOT would likely be prepared to negotiate an Article 98 agreement with the USG following the December 12-13 EU Summit in Copenhagen. Ozturk said the GOT is wary of raising the p [...] |
2002-11-22 10:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8535 |
TURKEY: POSSIBLE VISIT BY SWEDISH FM COULD BOOST [...] (C) Anne Dismoor, Swedish Ambassador to Turkey, told poloff at a November 20 reception that she was hopeful Swedish FM Lindh would visit Turkey soon. According to Dismoor, Lindh canceled her trip last year after GOT officials stated she would have to cancel a planned visit to Diyarbakir, a so [...] |
2002-11-22 11:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SW TU |
| 02ANKARA8545 |
TURKISH MARKETS REACT TO COURT'S SUSPENSION OF KEY [...] (U) On November 22, Turkish press reported that Turkey's supreme administrative court ("Danistay") issued a decision to suspend the Bank Regulation and Supervision Agency's (BRSA) intervention of the insolvent Pamukbank. Under Turkish law, the bank will now be handed back to its former owner [...] |
2002-11-22 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8546 |
EMBASSY EFFORTS TO STOP TURKISH ATROPINE EXPORTS [...] (S) Post has expended substantial and sustained efforts to encourage the GOT to shut off potential for Iraqi acquisition of atropine from Turkey. We offer the following chronology of our efforts: (S) May 2002 - Regional Affaires (RA) Office begins work on issue with GOT interlocutors. In [...] |
2002-11-22 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8561 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8564 |
TURKISH BROADCASTING BOARD LIFTS SOME RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's High Radio and Television Board (RTUK) enacts a regulation lifting some restrictions on TV and radio broadcasts in Kurdish -- but only on state-owned stations and under strict time limits. EU representatives in Ankara said the limited regulation will not bolster Turkey's [...] |
2002-11-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8568 |
SECRETARY'S LETTER TO IAEA BOARD MEMBERS ON DPRK [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-22 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KN MNUC PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8569 |
TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: BETTER, BUT STILL BACKWARD AS [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is expected to complete the phased lifting of the state of emergency November 30 by allowing the regime to expire in the last two southeastern provinces where it continues -- Diyarbakir and Sirnak. While the regime's demise is welcome, five longstanding problems will cont [...] |
2002-11-22 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8581 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-25 12:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8586 |
AK PARTY ANNOUNCES SWEEPING HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM [...] (C) Summary: PM Gul announced Nov. 23 a broad plan including sweeping legal changes designed to bring Turkey into full compliance with EU human rights standards. The GOT is also preparing to introduce a 36-article legislative reform package in support of the plan. The administration intends [...] |
2002-11-25 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8594 |
UNCERTAINTY FOR PENDING AND EXISTING BOT/TOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: Embassy has long emphasized to the GOT the importance of a rapid and fair settlement to the pending BOT/TOR projects, which still have not been resolved (reftels). It now appears the GOT is considering re-negotiation of the contracts for the BOT projects that are alr [...] |
2002-11-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8596 |
TURKISH MARKETS AWAIT IMF REACTION TO COURT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish markets are awaiting IMF and GOT reaction to the administrative court decision of November 22, which suspended the take-over of Pamukbank by the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA). At the heart of this legal battle lie about $5 billion in loans made by Pamuk [...] |
2002-11-25 15:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8599 |
PD PROGRAM ALUMNI IN NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT [...] Turkey's November 3, 2002 election swept the new AK Party into power and also swept away many familiar faces. We have periodically reported on the number of PD program alumni who had risen in the ranks of the government and been elected to the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Many program alumn [...] |
2002-11-26 07:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO TU |
| 02ANKARA8620 |
DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON FOOD CRISIS IN HORN OF AFRICA [...] EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for International Relations Osman Paksut on November 26. Paksut said Turkey's Embassy in Addis Ababa had kept the Ministry informed of the developing food crisis, but the MFA had not yet made any decisions about whether it cou [...] |
2002-11-26 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL ER ET TU |
| 02ANKARA8622 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8633 |
CODEL HASTERT'S MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: A codel led by Speaker Hastert met Nov. 21 with P.M. Gul and Parliament President ("Speaker") Arinc. Speaker Hastert congratulated Gul on AK's landslide election victory and Turkey's recent progress on political and economic reform. Gul echoed AK leader Erdogan's commitment to EU [...] |
2002-11-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8635 |
Update on Intellectual Property Protection [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed intellectual property and market access priorities with American pharmaceuticals companies and with the copyright-based industry associations in Istanbul. The drug companies agreed that they need to make the case with the new Turkish Government on data exclusivity. Wi [...] |
2002-11-26 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
| 02ANKARA8638 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT TO GRANT [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/NGA, NEA/EX and EUR/SE. See paras 3-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NOFORN) Embassy understands that Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Senator Biden (D-DE), Senator Hagel (R-NE), three SFRC professional staff members a [...] |
2002-11-26 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PINR OTRA ASEC AFIN CPAS AMGT TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8639 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS GIVE CONDITIONAL "GREEN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) MFA DG for Middle Eastern Affairs Burcuoglu notified DCM November 26 that the GOT had approved Codel Biden's request to travel to northern Iraq via Turkey December 4-5 (refs a-b). However, given the Ramadan holiday (December 4 at 1300 th [...] |
2002-11-26 17:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | OREP ASEC AFIN TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8676 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-27 14:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8695 |
TURKS WILL ATTEND BONN AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) Turkey will be represented at the Bonn-Petersberg conference on Afghanistan Reconstruction by Ambassador Aydemir Erman, the MFA Deputy U/S and Coordinator for Afghanistan, and Ambassador Okcun, the MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Embassy provided Ref A talking points on 1 [...] |
2002-11-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL AF TU |
| 02ANKARA8696 |
GOT MOVES ON TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS INITIATIVES [...] (C) Summary. MFA Deputy DirGen for Consular Affairs Topcuoglu told us 11/26 the GOT has established an inter-agency task force to address trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in Turkey. The group's first priority is to establish and adopt the GOT's National Action Plan on TIP. The plan, currently i [...] |
2002-11-27 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KWMN KCRM PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 02ANKARA8708 |
GOT Non-Committal on U.S. Non-Agricultural [...] Econoff met with Tevfik Mengu, Acting Director General for Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, on November 29 to deliver reftel demarche on our proposal for negotiating elimination of all non-agricultural tariffs by all WTO members by 2015. Econoff emphasized that, under the prop [...] |
2002-11-29 09:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TU |
| 02ANKARA8717 |
US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING FOLLOW [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. ----------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) On April 16-17, the USG and GOT convened the 17th annual US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting in Istanbul. The HLDG's two working groups--the Political-Military Working Group (PMWG) an [...] |
2002-11-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8728 |
EMBASSY 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 12:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8730 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT AGREES TO ATTEND [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr. Mustafa Ziya November 29. Ziya shared the text (see para 3) of the opposition conference steering committee's response to the ITF's complaint letter of November 5 (ref B). ziya [...] |
2002-11-29 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8738 |
EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS GIVE HIGH MARKS TO NEW GOT'S [...] (C) Summary: Ankara-based Eurodiplomats say ruling AK Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other members of the new GOT have impressed EU leaders with their approach to human rights reform and commitment to EU membership. So far, they say, Erdogan appears willing to break with GOT tradition [...] |
2002-11-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8740 |
DESPITE REFORM EFFORTS, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's three leading human rights organizations are wary of the new GOT, despite its nascent reform efforts (reftel). One of the groups, which is Islam-oriented, suspects the ruling AK Party will avoid promoting Islamic rights; the others, leftist and Kurdish oriented, fear AK [...] |
2002-11-29 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8753 |
TURKEY: BACKGROUND ON CHP CHAIRMAN DENIZ BAYKAL [...] (C) Summary: Combining a sharp intellect with a divisive manner, Deniz Baykal is back in Parliament as opposition leader of a CHP reeling from the thrashing it received at the hands of Islam-influenced AK Party in Nov. 3 national elections. Aware of widespread public perceptions that he is a [...] |
2002-12-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8777 |
TURKEY'S DISAFFECTED YOUTH VOTE: CAN IT BE COOPTED? [...] (C) Summary: Protest voting is an old tradition in Turkey but showed a new twist in Nov. 3 national elections. Motorola deadbeat and Berlusconi wannabe Cem Uzan -- emphasizing a xenophobic, nihilistic message and playing on resentment of America -- parlayed the anger of disaffected urban yout [...] |
2002-12-02 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8778 |
EU AMBIVALENCE, CYPRUS SEEN AS OBSTACLES TO [...] (C) Poloff discussed the state of Turkey's EU candidacy with several Ankara-based European diplomats following a November 26 meeting with Ambassador in which an unusually downbeat PM Gul appeared to believe Turkey had recently lost ground in its EU membership bid. -------------- EU Ambiva [...] |
2002-12-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8779 |
TURKEY: NULLIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS IN SIIRT [...] (U) Summary: Anatolia News Agency reports Dec. 2 that the Supreme Election Board (YSK), acting pursuant to a petition filed by the Justice and Development (AK) Party last month, has nullified the results of the Nov. 3 elections in southeastern Siirt province. Provided AK can push through the n [...] |
2002-12-02 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8780 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMICS WITH DEPUTY PM SENER [...] (C) Summary: In his initial call on Deputy PM Sener December 2, Ambassador stressed that the USG wanted the government's economic program to succeed, highlighted the important role financial markets would play in the coming months, and suggested those markets would be looking for a strong p [...] |
2002-12-03 06:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8783 |
TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP SEES AN AK PARTY DIVIDED [...] (C) Summary: Trounced at the polls on Nov. 3, Deniz Baykal's CHP is already trying to turn the tables on the Islam-influenced AK Party government. CHP is now focusing on the headscarf controversy that flared up again when AK's Speaker of Parliament Arinc and his headscarf-clad wife were on ha [...] |
2002-12-03 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8787 |
LETTER FROM TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER YAKIS TO [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-03 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ODIP TU |
| 02ANKARA8790 |
Turkish Agriculture, Trade and EU Membership [...] (SBU) Summary. AgCounselor recently met with representatives from International Organizations including the World Bank and FAO as well as with local EU officials to discuss the current state of Turkish agriculture and agricultural trade. These representatives expressed frustration with Tur [...] |
2002-12-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 02ANKARA8794 |
Demarche on Doha Declaration on TRIPS and [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TU USTR WTO |
| 02ANKARA8797 |
TURKEY'S INFLATION/GROWTH OVERPERFORMING; BUT [...] (U) November inflation data, released December 3, were slightly better than market expectations: Wholesale price increase was 1.6 percent (versus market expectations of 1.9 percent); Consumer price increase was 2.9 percent (market average expectation was 3.0 percent). 2. (U) Novembe [...] |
2002-12-03 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8798 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-03 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8845 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-04 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8846 |
READ-OUT OF IMF VISIT TO TURKEY: FOCUS ON BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: On December 4, IMF resident representative briefed EU member countries and us on the December 2-4 visit of IMF Europe Director Deppler. It provided a first impression of the new economic ministers: well-intentioned, and committed to continuing the existing program, but not uni [...] |
2002-12-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8851 |
TERRORIST FINANCING: LEGAL BACKGROUND FOR USG [...] (C) Summary: With a new, single party Turkish government at the beginning of its tenure, the timing for the December 16-19 interagency anti-terrorist finance visit is good. Senior civil servants in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice support a new law to expedite the GOT's ability [...] |
2002-12-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS TU |
| 02ANKARA8852 |
SCENESETTER FOR DEC. 9-10 WASHINGTON VISIT OF AK PARTY CHAIRMAN R. TAYYIP ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: As Turkey's strongest politician Tayyip Erdogan is key to our ability to influence the AK Party government and public opinion on Iraq and other strategic U.S. interests. His heightened sense of pride is undiminished, indeed boosted, by the Kemalist State's continuing attempts to [...] |
2002-12-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8859 |
TURKISH HEAD SCARF DEBATE: "THE TURBAN IS A MORAL [...] (C) Summary: As Turkey watchers speculate about newly-elected Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan's political priorities, university professor Huseyn Bagci, an academic advisor to Erdogan, shared his views on a variety of issues. Bagci affirmed "The turban (head sc [...] |
2002-12-09 08:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8863 |
IRAQ AND THE TURKISH GAS MARKET [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GOT denies recent press reports that suggest new developments on the Turkey-Iraq gas project. Although the MFA previously told us a 1997 Turkey-Iraq protocol on natural gas was null and void, BOTAS claims the protocol still exists, and was discussed as recently a [...] |
2002-12-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC AJ GG KZ TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8867 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Erdogan to US 2. Turkey-EU "Ozal treatment for Erdogan" Washington reporter of mass appeal "Milliyet" Yasemin Congar wrote (12/9): "The US President is going to host Tayyip Erdogan as a prime minister. Erdogan's treatment as Turkey's new leader coincides with the upcoming EU summit, [...] |
2002-12-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8870 |
TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER [...] Legal issues are the most reported in Turkey's media. 2. More WSSD Follow-up. 3. Turkey's researchers compete for EU funding. 4. Ankara measures spike in air pollution. 5. Cooperation increases among Black Sea oceanographers. 6. Update on NATO Science projects --------------------------- [...] |
2002-12-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KPAO TU |
| 02ANKARA8873 |
DECISION-MAKING IN TURKEY: AK'S INTRODUCTION TO [...] (C) Summary: As disparate and well-placed sources had predicted, Islam-influenced AK Party government received a lecture on the dangers posed by "reactionary" Islam at the Nov. 29 meeting of the National Security Council (NSC), the first since AK assumed power. (On Dec. 9, AK P.M. Gul was trea [...] |
2002-12-10 10:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8879 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-10 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8881 |
GOT'S LATEST REFORM PACKAGE - SCORECARD AND [...] (U) Summary: The GOT has prepared extensive legislative reforms designed to crack down on torture and remove barriers to free expression, association, and fair trial. Parliament will likely pass the reforms quickly, possibly before or during the December 12-13 EU Summit in Copenhagen. The re [...] |
2002-12-10 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8900 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8902 |
COOPERATIVE AIRSPACE INITIATIVE AND BALKANS [...] (C) On December 11, Pol-MilOff delivered reftel A demarche on the Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI) to MFA/NATO officer Oya Ergin emphasizing the importance to the NRC of succeeding in this effort collectively. Ergin noted the MFA had been discussing this issue with the Turkish General Sta [...] |
2002-12-11 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TU NATO |
| 02ANKARA8932 |
TURKS RAISE ISSUE OF FUTURE TRADE WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Foreign Trade Under Secretary Tuncer Kayalar told us December 11 that, in the event of a military operation in Iraq, Turkey would seek USG and United Nations support for some kind of preferred trade status to enable it to re-start exports to Iraq quickly and on a large scale. He argued th [...] |
2002-12-12 07:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8935 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8956 |
TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP CAUTIOUSLY HARDLINE ON [...] (C) Establishment standard-bearer Republican People's Party (CHP) has hardened its Cyprus rhetoric during the EU summit in Copenhagen. CHP leader Baykal Dec. 11 publicly endorsed President Sezer's "protest" decision not to go to Copenhagen, claiming the EU wanted to extract concessions from T [...] |
2002-12-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU CY |
| 02ANKARA8957 |
Demarche on High-Level Steel Meeting [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-12 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ETRD TU |
| 02ANKARA8959 |
TERRORIST FINANCE- TURKEY: MFA WELCOMES KADEK'S [...] (C) On December 11, A/POL and poloff delivered reftel talking points to Kemal Asya, MFA Deputy Director General for Intelligence and Research. Asya thanked USG for including KADEK as an alias to PKK and for asking the EU to do the same. He cautioned however, that he was not optimistic about [...] |
2002-12-13 07:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR TU EUN |
| 02ANKARA8961 |
(NIAG 1094) TURKISH COOPERATION WITH IRAQ (S) [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-13 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ MNUC UNSC |
| 02ANKARA8972 |
NO PROGRESS ON RESOLVING PAMUKBANK ISSUE; IMF TAKES FIRM LINE [...] (C) Summary: Three weeks after the state administrative court (Danistay) suspended BRSA's takeover of Pamukbank, there has been no progress toward a permanent resolution. Cukurova Holding, which owns both Pamukbank and Yapi Kredi Bank, is taking a hard line in talks with the BRSA. The gover [...] |
2002-12-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8975 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS TELL PUK ASSISTANCE AGAINST [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Ankara rep Bahros Galali December 13. Galali said he had met earlier in the week with Turkish military officials (NFI) who told him that if, in Turkey's view, the London opposition conference had a positive result, Turkey [...] |
2002-12-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8976 |
TURKEY POST-COPENHAGEN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is reacting with disappointment and resignation to the EU's decision at the Dec. 12-13 Copenhagen summit: 1) to review Turkey's EU accession bid in December 2004, withholding a definite date to start formal accession talks; and 2) to admit Cyprus as a member before a settle [...] |
2002-12-13 17:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8986 |
BP STILL ANALYZING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF SHAH [...] (C) Summary and comment: BP's gas analyst is struggling to make the commercial case for Shah Deniz -- although he claims top management is committed to the project, he believes the Turkish gas market is still oversupplied and the project is too expensive. He also maintains that transporting [...] |
2002-12-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA8991 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-16 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8993 |
TELLING THE STORY OF AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION IN [...] Post appreciates message of sustained interest in telling the story of US efforts in Afghan reconstruction. Turkey has a long historical tie to Afghanistan and is proud of its current status as a leader in Afghan reconstruction. Our responsibility is to demonstrate to the Turkish populace that [...] |
2002-12-16 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AF PREL SOCI TU |
| 02ANKARA8994 |
TURKEY: CONTROVERSIAL MEHMET AGAR REPLACES TANSU [...] (C) Summary: Mehmet Agar, elected in November as in independent M.P. and a notorious figure in the Susurluk "State-Mafia" scandal of the mid-1990s, is the new leader of center-right DYP, elected to replace former P.M. Tansu Ciller at Dec. 14 DYP Convention in Ankara. Agar will likely steer DY [...] |
2002-12-16 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8996 |
DEFMIN HOPES FOR DECISION ON IRAQ WITHIN DAYS [...] (S) Summary: In an introductory call on the new Minister of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gonul December 16, Ambassador emphasized the positive outcome of AK Party Leader Erdogan's visit to Washington, the resolution of Turkey's participation agreement with the EU on ESDP, progress on Turkey's [...] |
2002-12-17 05:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA9015 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9037 |
Winning the Battle but Losing the War - Bananas [...] (SBU) Summary. In November 2002, the Government of Turkey agreed to remove a number of non-tariff barriers on banana imports in response to a WTO case initiated by the Government of Ecuador. Although the barriers were eliminated, the GOT raised import tariffs by 29% from an already high 120 [...] |
2002-12-18 12:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 02ANKARA9040 |
AMERICAN 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 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA9041 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9045 |
GOT Response on Doha Declaration on TRIPS and [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-18 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TU |
| 02ANKARA9051 |
TURKEY: 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 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA9052 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-19 12:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9054 |
DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU |
| 02ANKARA9055 |
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) Action recommendation - para 5. 2. (U) Per ref B, GOT MFA has provided Embassy with court documents involving two cases purportedly establishing and illustrating Iranian support for terrorism in Turkey. These cases are in the public domain; the documents, in the original Turkish, wil [...] |
2002-12-20 07:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KICT PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA9058 |
WOLFOWITZ AND GROSSMAN PRESS TURKS FOR SUPPORT ON [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-20 08:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU |
| 02ANKARA9068 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-20 13:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9071 |
SEZER VETO CALLS SIIRT ELECTIONS INTO QUESTION [...] (C) President Sezer's Dec. 19 veto of a constitutional amendment package, which is designed to reinstate AK Leader Erdogan's political rights and clear the way for his entry into government (septel), calls into question the date for the "new" elections in Siirt Province and Erdogan's immediate [...] |
2002-12-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA9073 |
TURKEY: PRESIDENT'S VETO CLOUDS ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: President Sezer Dec. 19 vetoed a constitutional amendment package (including changes to Articles 67, 76, and 78 -- ref A) designed to reinstate AK Leader Erdogan's political rights and clear the way for his entry into Parliament and the Government. Contacts across the spectrum say [...] |
2002-12-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA9074 |
AMBASSADOR'S DEC. 17 MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (U) Summary: In a December 17 meeting with new GOT Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador discussed anti-torture efforts; police exchange programs; child abduction cases; trafficking in persons; and the problems faced by Amcits Victor and Kristy Bedoian in their efforts to operate a hotel in Van P [...] |
2002-12-20 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CASC PHUM SNAR EINV TU |
| 02ANKARA9075 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: CONCERN WITH GOT INDECISIVENESS [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF resident rep briefed us on the results of the ten-day IMF mission which finished December 20. The IMF is concerned with the new GOT's slowness in taking decisions - it has not yet committed to the 6.5 percent of GNP primary budget surplus for 2003 (and the first quarter 20 [...] |
2002-12-20 16:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA9080 |
2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKISH CONTRIBUTIONS [...] This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2002 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) Turkey experienced a major political change in 2002 when the governing coalition of Prime Minister Ece [...] |
2002-12-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL TU NATO |
| 02ANKARA9084 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-23 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9109 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-24 09:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9122 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9129 |
IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT RENEWS OPERATION NORTHERN [...] (U) On December 25, the Turkish Parliament approved by a show of hands the Prime Ministry's request to extend the mandate of Operation Northern Watch for six more months as of December 31, 2002. 2. (U) FM Yakis spoke on behalf of the GOT, explaining that the flights conducted by ONW were [...] |
2002-12-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA9132 |
OYMEN DENIES THAT CHP IS DISCOURAGING COOPERATION [...] (C) Former Turkish NATO Permrep and current MP from the opposition CHP Onur Oymen told Ambassador 12/26 that reports of CHP leader Deniz Baykal having proposed to PM Gul that one option for Turkey was to "do nothing" with US on Iraq were untrue. Oymen said that the CHP is the opposition par [...] |
2002-12-27 06:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA9135 |
IRAQ: OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH AND CIVILIAN [...] (C) MFA DG/Americas Banguoglu called in the DCM (accompanied by the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief and Pol-Mil Counselor) 12/24 to respond to our 11/29 dipnote urging the MFA to end the practice of routing civilian passenger flights over the ONW Resticted Operating Zone (ROZ) in sou [...] |
2002-12-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ TU |
| 02ANKARA9161 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-27 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9166 |
AMB. MANN'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: AK party officials, including Energy Minister Guler and three newly-elected parliamentarians, confirmed their support for the BTC and Shah Deniz projects to EB/CBED Ambassador Mann in his December 18-20 visit to Ankara. Mann reviewed U.S. energy policy in the Caspian, noting tha [...] |
2002-12-30 05:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA9181 |
TURKISH GOVERNMENT FULLY RESOLVES CITIBANK TAX [...] (SBU) Citibank General Manager for Turkey Mark Robinson informed us December 23 that Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan reversed a Finance Ministry tax assessment of Citibank and its foreign clients who invest in Turkish T-bills through Citibank. As described reftel, a Finance Ministry [...] |
2002-12-30 10:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA9183 |
TURKISH PARLIAMENT RE-ENACTS VETOED CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) Turkish Parliament Dec. 27 re-enacted without changes a package of constitutional amendments designed to pave the way for Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Erdogan to regain his political rights, run for parliament, and thus become Prime Minister (reftel). The package -- approved b [...] |
2002-12-30 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA9192 |
New Turkish Quarantine Regulations [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey has issued new quarantine regulations governing imports of all plants and plant products that is scheduled to go into effect on January 3, 2003. Turkey did not notify the WTO of the new regulations nor did Turkish officials notify Embassies of these changes. Despite req [...] |
2002-12-31 05:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 02ANKARA9193 |
Turkish Foreign Trade Officials Seeking Broader [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings, Foreign Trade officials reiterated their desire for a QIZ with fewer sectoral restrictions, contending that, in its current form, the QIZ would have a very limited impact on Turkish exports. They also made contradictory statements on the EU Customs Union an [...] |
2002-12-31 06:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL TU IS USTR |
| 03ANKARA1002 |
NATO/IRAQ: GOT ACTION ON ARTICLE IV IS AT NATO [...] (S) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA Nato Department Fatih Celan February 8 regarding reftel request instructing Embassy and USNATO to coordinate with the GOT a formal Turkish request for Article IV consultations on February 10. Celan said he did not know whether the GOT intended to submit a [...] |
2003-02-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU NATO |
| 03ANKARA1003 |
DRAFT TERM SHEET FOR TURKEY GRANT/LOAN FACILITY [...] (SBU) A USG DELEGATION, LED BY TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY TAYLOR, AND A GOT DELEGATION, LED BY STATE MINISTER BABACAN, REACHED INFORMAL AGREEMENT ON NEARLY ALL ARTICLES IN OUR DRAFT TERM SHEET, AFTER INTENSE TALKS FEBRUARY 6 AND 7. (SEPTEL WILL SUMMARIZE CONCERNS RAISED IN THOSE TALKS.) 2 [...] |
2003-02-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAID TU |
| 03ANKARA1005 |
IRAQ: USG-GOT SIGN MOU ON SITE PREPARATIONS [...] (S) The USG and GOT negotiating teams signed a Memorandum of Understanding late February 8 after the GOT accepted the USG position on the last remaining issue -- taxation. The GOT negotiator expressed surprise and noticeable frustration that the USG requested tax exception for a possible opera [...] |
2003-02-08 23:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU |
| 03ANKARA1007 |
U/S TAYLOR'S TALKS ON THE GRANT/LOAN FACILITY, [...] (C) On February 6-7, Treasury U/S Taylor and his delegation met with a GOT delegation, led by Minister of State in charge of Treasury Ali Babacan, which included Treasury, Central Bank, and State Planning officials, and Babacan's academic economist advisor. Minister of Finance Kemal Unakitan [...] |
2003-02-09 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EAID ETRD TU |
| 03ANKARA1010 |
TURKISH P.M. GUL TO SEND PRESIDENT BUSH MESSAGE [...] (C) In a Feb. 10 meeting with Ambassador, Turkish Daily News editor Ilnur Cevik said that P.M. Gul plans to send a letter to President Bush today. According to Cevik, Gul is deeply concerned that the USG does not understand that the economic aid package must be completed in its entirety before [...] |
2003-02-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1015 |
TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON SWITZERLAND'S PROPOSED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-11 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1024 |
IRAQ: GOT PROVIDES DIP NOTE PUTTING SITE PREP MOU [...] (C) Late afternoon February 10, the MFA informed the Embassy via diplomatic note that the GOT had fulfilled all of the internal procedures necessary for the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Site Preparations that was signed late February 8 (ref a) to enter into force. Paragraph 2 contain [...] |
2003-02-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU |
| 03ANKARA1033 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: IMF STAFF SEE LITTLE TO NO [...] (SBU) On February 12, IMF resrep told us the IMF Mission currently in Ankara has achieved little to no progress on the Fourth Review. On the budget side, there was agreement on technical adjustments to the draft baseline that decreased the primary surplus shortfall to about 2.25 percent of GN [...] |
2003-02-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1034 |
IRAQ AND HUMAN SHIELDS: TURKS NOT PERMITTING [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR MOPS TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1035 |
Turkish Officials to Suspend New Quarantine Regs [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish officials announced that the temporary suspension of new phytosanitary regulations implemented on January 3, 2003 that have impacted agricultural trade with Turkey. Post expects official announcement shortly. Pressure from Turkish poultry and feed representatives, tr [...] |
2003-02-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1036 |
IRAQ/DEMARCHE ON FRENCH PROPOSALS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-13 08:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM FR TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1040 |
TURKISH RESPONSE ON TRIPS MORATORIUM [...] Econoff delivered ref B demarche to MFA and the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat. Oya Karakas, MFA Head of Department for Multilateral Economic Affairs, provided us with the following response to Ambassador Zoellick's December letter urging other countries to join the TRIPS Moratorium on Febru [...] |
2003-02-13 10:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1041 |
GOT PLANS TO SEND ONLY GENEVA-BASED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-13 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PHUM PREL PGOV SZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1044 |
POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY FLIGHT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-14 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY IR TU |
| 03ANKARA1069 |
Turkey Officially Suspends New Quarantine Regs [...] Turkey officially announced the temporary suspension until July 7, 2003 of new phytosanitary regulations that had been implemented on January 3, 2003.(Refs A&B) The announcement was published in the "Official Gazette" on Tuesday, February 18. The suspension will be retroactive to January 3, [...] |
2003-02-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1072 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS, KDP, PUK AND ITF HOLD [...] (S/NF) TGS and Turkish MFA reps discussed in general terms with KDP, PUK and ITF reps Turkish plans and intentions to coordinate deployment in northern Iraq with the Iraqi Kurdish and Turcoman parties at a meeting in Silopi, on the Turkish-Iraqi border Feb. 17. The Iraqi Kurds told the Turks [...] |
2003-02-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1074 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-18 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1077 |
TURKISH RESPONSE ON WTO NON-MARKET ACCESS PROCESS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-18 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TU WTO |
| 03ANKARA1078 |
TURKEY'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 16:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1079 |
TURKISH REQUEST FOR SMALLPOX/ANTHRAX VACCINES [...] (C) MFA's International Political Organizations Department Head Feza Ozturk reiterated GOT's acceptance of our offer to provide access to smallpox and anthrax vaccines at meetings on 2/17 with EconCouns and 2/18 with EconOff, Post Medical Officer and the Team Leader of the Department's Smallpox [...] |
2003-02-18 17:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED ASEC AMGT MARR PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1091 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...] |
2003-02-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP TU |
| 03ANKARA1092 |
TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HEFLEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...] |
2003-02-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1094 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1097 |
TURKEY: 2002 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Turkey is a major transit route for Southwest Asian heroin moving to European markets. Turkish law enforcement agencies attach a high priority to interdiction, although they face serious resource constraints in keeping up with the technology traffickers use in their operations and communicati [...] |
2003-02-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL SNAR TU |
| 03ANKARA1099 |
MFA ON IRAQ REFUGEE/IDP ISSUE: ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: MFA Depuuty Director General for International Political Organizations Tunc Ugdul called EconCouns in February 17 to discuss USG and GOT approaches to refugee/IDP issues related to a potential Iraq operation. Ugdul reiterated [...] |
2003-02-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID IZ MOPS TU |
| 03ANKARA1100 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: MARKET AND IMF UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets remain hopeful that the GOT will respond positively to the USG by the weekend, though Deputy PM Sener's late afternoon press statement of "no agreement yet" sparked some selling. IMF mission staff in Ankara are less hopeful of reaching agreement on the 2003 bud [...] |
2003-02-19 17:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1119 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: ITF COMPLAINS NOT BEING INFORMED [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD received the following note for Amb. Khalilzad from the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) on Feb. 19. It reflects information conveyed to ONW POLAD by Turkish MFA officers reftel and points to the KDP as the cause of the problem. 2. (C) Begin text: Mr. Zal [...] |
2003-02-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1126 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-20 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1131 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: BUDGET IMPASSE WITH IMF [...] (C) Summary: Market analysts predict the market's current positive sentiment will reverse quickly by Monday, in the absence of news of a deal on U.S. troop deployments. Meanwhile, the GOT has reached an impasse with the IMF staff over the 2003 primary budget surplus - the IMF staff see a $3.4 [...] |
2003-02-20 17:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1132 |
TURKEY ON IRAQ: STUMBLING UNWILLINGLY TOWARD THE [...] (C) Summary: Virtually all interlocutors from across the spectrum assume eventual GOT agreement to deployment of U.S. forces through Turkey. However, there is no clear GOT decision on the horizon; for their part, key elements of the Kemalist State are compounding the delay by using the Iraq q [...] |
2003-02-20 20:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU |
| 03ANKARA1153 |
A VERY WORRIED CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti told us February 21 that, in his view, the government does not understand the economic consequences of failing to come to agreement on the U.S. assistance package or the IMF program. He is deeply worried that, based on their lack of eco [...] |
2003-02-21 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EAID TU |
| 03ANKARA1158 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE ON [...] (S) On February 18 and 21, MFA Department Head for Intelligence and Research Nihat Ersen and MFA counter-terrorism officer Firat Sunel responded to our demarches on four terrorist asset freeze requests (reftels). Two of the four involved pre-notifications of upcoming UN designations (Chechen [...] |
2003-02-21 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS TU |
| 03ANKARA1161 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1200 |
AVIATION SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) This cable contains an action request. See para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: FAA-funded experts provided guidance on international aviation safety and security systems to approximately 70 Turkish government officials at a regional meeting February 19-21. FAA and Turkish civil aviation of [...] |
2003-02-24 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC ATRN TU |
| 03ANKARA1201 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Karpaz will remain part of Turkish Cypriot territory and the Greek Cypriots in the region will be allowed to set up their autonomous administration. In exchange for Karpaz, Turkish side will give territory from the Guzelyurt region, to Greek side 2. Greek Cypriots who migrate from south to n [...] |
2003-02-24 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1203 |
AIRLINES EXPECT DROP IN BOOKINGS/PROFITS WITH IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish Airlines (THY) and Delta Airlines Istanbul Office are concerned about the impact of a potential Iraq war on their operations. THY expects that bookings on flights to the U.S., Europe, and the Far East, as well as domestic flights, will drop considerably. Delta is prepa [...] |
2003-02-24 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1207 |
ON THE EVE OF THE IRAQ VOTE: WHICH WAY WILL TURKEY [...] (C) P.M. Gul's cabinet formally submitted a combined draft resolution -- covering deployment of U.S. troops through Turkey and deployment of Turkish forces abroad -- to Parliament Feb. 24. Given procedural requirements, the earliest Parliament can begin debate will be 1500 local (0800 Washingt [...] |
2003-02-24 17:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1214 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT's ambitious $4 billion privatization plan for 2003 is moving forward, with some positive and negative developments. On the positive side, three large state companies (TEKEL, PETKIM, TUPRAS) are slated for sale in the first half of 2003: PETKIM's tender is already out [...] |
2003-02-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA122 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1232 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1255 |
TURKEY FORBIDS ENTRY OF GREEK CYPRIOT SHIPS INTO [...] (C) MFA Director for Bilateral Political Affairs Ahmet Banguoglu called DCM February 25 regarding Greek Cypriot-flagged ships delivering U.S. military equipment and/or supplies to a Turkish port. Banguoglu said he had been instructed to inform the embassy that, without exception, Greek Cyprio [...] |
2003-02-26 09:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT TU |
| 03ANKARA126 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO ANKARA BY [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 16-18 visit of the Treasury and Justice anti-terrorist finance team attracted intense GOT interest. The visit resulted in an interagency GOT decision, at the senior working level, to recommend to policy-makers amending their laws to adopt an OFAC-like authority. E [...] |
2003-01-06 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1267 |
IRAQ: CODEL HEFLEY PRESSES FOR TURKISH SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 20-21 meetings, Codel Hefley politely but aggressively pressed Turkey's leadership to permit U.S. forces to use Turkey as a potential base for operations. While recognizing the political difficulties Turkey's elected politicians face, the Codel called upon them to he [...] |
2003-02-26 12:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD TU IQ |
| 03ANKARA1273 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-26 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1275 |
2003 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: RECOMMENDATION TO [...] (SBU) Turkey took some limited steps to improve intellectual property protection in 2002, notably by suspending a problematic broadcast regulation and by forming provincial committees to improve enforcement. However, piracy of optical media, books and other products remains widespread and the [...] |
2003-02-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1276 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: DISCUSSIONS OF CHECHEN AND [...] (S) Summary: On February 25, we met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director General for Research and Intelligence Hakan Okcal and his associate Firat Sunel to discuss past, recent and upcoming US/UN designations of terrorist financiers. We noted that the US designation of thre [...] |
2003-02-26 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | CVIS EFIN ETTC PTER TU |
| 03ANKARA1281 |
New Approach at Ministry of Agriculture? [...] (SBU) Summary. Since his appointment as the new Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in November, Sami Goclu appears more willing than his predecessors to engage agriculture businesses and seek their input on important issues. Moreover, many officials believe Goclu will delegate greate [...] |
2003-02-27 06:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1303 |
OCALAN'S CONTINUED ISOLATION, POSSIBLE RETURN OF [...] (C) Summary: Relatives and attorneys remain unable to visit jailed PKK leader Ocalan; the last visit took place November 27. The official GOT line is that stormy weather has grounded the boat that takes visitors to Ocalan's island prison, but some GOT officials privately acknowledge there mus [...] |
2003-02-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU PKK |
| 03ANKARA1304 |
TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, JAN. - FEB. [...] Proposed environmental law withdrawn 2. WSSD Follow-up 3. Euros 126 million for accession preparation 4. Law on membership goes into effect 5. REC plans for Turkey move forward 6. Municipal recycling postponed 7. Possible source of Hepatitis B and C in Ankara -------------------------- [...] |
2003-02-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA1305 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: BUDGET COULD BE PASSED "IN TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Ministry of Finance's top budget expert told us the process of enacting the 2003 budget could take as little as two weeks. But the Government is delaying submission of the budget to parliament, per this expert, because it has not agreed with the IMF over measures [...] |
2003-02-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1311 |
TURKISH MFA REQUESTS HIGH-LEVEL TALKS AND POSSIBLE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 12 for action request. Summary: -------- 2. (S) MFA advised DCM that the GOT would like to hold further talks on humanitarian assistance at a senior level, and that a Memorandum of Understanding on this issue might be necessary. MFA wants to h [...] |
2003-02-27 16:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1313 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-28 07:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1325 |
IRAQ: 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 11:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1332 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-28 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1345 |
IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT REJECTS U.S. TROOP [...] (U) On March 1, in closed session, the Turkish Parliament rejected a motion that would have allowed the U.S. to deploy troops for operations against Iraq. Of the 533 members present, 264 voted in favor and 250 against. 19 MPs abstained. Article 96 of the Constitution requires that an absol [...] |
2003-03-01 20:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1346 |
TURKEY: PARLIAMENTARY VOTE POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S told the Ambassador March 1 the Turkish system was in shock following defeat of the Parliamentary resolution for U.S. and Turkish Troop Deployments. The PM and Government worked hard to convince parliamentarians, but felt their efforts were not fully understood. Turkey [...] |
2003-03-01 21:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1350 |
TURKEY: WHY THE VOTE WENT SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Ref A reported the March 1 defeat in Parliament of the AK Government's petition to permit deployment of U.S. troops to Turkey. A number of factors contributed to the outcome, primarily: 1) the secular Turkish State's fears about USG intention in Iraq; 2) a strong desire to bring [...] |
2003-03-03 11:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1351 |
TURKEY'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 11:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1357 |
FEB 26 SESSION: US/TU TEAMS AGREE ON TEXT FOR OPS [...] (S) The US and TU negotiating teams reached agreement on all of the remaining outstanding issues in the operations Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Feb 26. After seven hours of talks during the morning 2/26, the two sides agreed to language on all issues but one: fuel services-related costs. [...] |
2003-03-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1359 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1360 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" DEMONSTRATE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1364 |
TURKEY: NOTIONAL CALENDAR FOR ERDOGAN'S ASSUMPTION [...] (U) AK leader Erdogan is a candidate for Parliament in the special March 9 election in Siirt province. Assuming he wins a seat in the legislature, the election will serve as a prelude to his eventually assuming the role of prime minister. 2. (U) The following notional calendar represents [...] |
2003-03-03 17:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1365 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 3/3 COB: MARKETS STABILIZE, [...] (SBU) Turkish financial markets at COB March 3 stabilized after a rough morning which saw relatively heavy capital outflows: -- The lira depreciated about 3 percent, closing at TL 1,651,000 to the dollar. The Central Bank markets department reported a net capital outflow today of $120 m [...] |
2003-03-03 17:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1368 |
GOT's Preliminary Views for the Special 301 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-04 06:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU USTR WTO |
| 03ANKARA1374 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKEY SEEKS KDP ASSURANCES OF NO [...] (C) This is an action request, para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ali Tuygan called Ambassador the night of March 3 to express concern about reftel demonstration. Tuygan asked if the US had made representation about the demonstration to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). He sai [...] |
2003-03-04 08:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1378 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 4 AM: HIGH YIELDS IN T-BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT raised TL 2 quadrillion in two Treasury debt auctions on March 4, but yields were high - 62.5 percent on the one-year bond. This result, together with the Treasury's TL 4.2 quadrillion cash reserve, is sufficient to meet the March 5 debt redemption of TL 3.9 quadrill [...] |
2003-03-04 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1380 |
USAID/DART: NGO REGISTRATION PROCESS IN TURKEY: THE [...] HUMANITARIAN NGOS SEEKING FORMAL REGISTRATION IN TURKEY CONTINUE TO FACE A CUMBERSOME PROCESS, BUT THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS SAID IT WILL CONSIDER EXPEDITED ARRANGEMENTS TO ALLOW DELIVERY OF RELIEF TO IRAQ THROUGH TURKEY. MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT'S DI [...] |
2003-03-04 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF EFIN PHUM AORC MOPS PREL IZ TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1386 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-04 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1390 |
GOT PRESSES BOT COMPANIES TO CUT PRICES [...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler has asked the BOT projects to cut their electricity tariffs, which are set in the companies, contracts with the Ministry of Energy (MENR). The BOTs, which include U.S.-owned companies Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga Enerji (Edison Mission), have informed th [...] |
2003-03-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1391 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP AND PUK TO UNIFY [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Ankara rep Bahros Galali called on Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 3 to inform that after the Iraqi opposition conference in Salahadeen, PUK leader Jalal Talabani and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani met and agreed to unify t [...] |
2003-03-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1392 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 4 COB [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets were relieved this afternoon that today's Treasury auctions had gone relatively well, with the lira and equities gaining for the day (though t-bill yields closed up 2.5 percentage points). Treasury raised a total of TL 2.3 quadrillion that, together with some of Tresaur [...] |
2003-03-04 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1393 |
THE GLOBE PROGRAM: TURKEY'S VIEWS [...] Embassy met with GLOBE national coordinator Fatma Baykal 2/7 to explore ways to energize program activities. Baykal advised that despite great interest in the program, the Ministry of National Education (MONE) is no longer able to implement the program as fully as it would like. Baykal advis [...] |
2003-03-04 16:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO TSPL TPHY KGLB KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA1395 |
DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Serra Erarslan, Turkish MFA Department Head for Iraq, Gulf Countries and OIC. 2. (C) Erarslan noted that Prime Minister Gul, MFA Under Secretary Ambassador Ziyal, and Middle East Director SIPDIS Ambassador Borcuoglu are leaving this afternoon [...] |
2003-03-04 16:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ XF TU |
| 03ANKARA1396 |
TURKEY: ANTI TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) As requested, Post's responses are keyed to questions in ref (A). Embassy point of contact is Christina Boiler, Political section (telephone: 90-312-455-5555; fax: 90-312-468-4775). Boiler (rank: junior officer) spent [...] |
2003-03-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA140 |
GOT PROTESTS PORT VISIT BY US NAVY TO RHODES [...] (U) The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding visits by US Naval vessels to the island of Rhodes. 2. (U) Begin text of MFA note No. 2002DHGY/485435: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey presents its compliments [...] |
2003-01-07 09:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GR TU |
| 03ANKARA1401 |
KDP ANKARA OFFICE ATTACKED, NO INJURIES, MINOR [...] Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Ankara staff member Omar Merani called Operation Northern Watch POLAD early March 5 to report that the night of March 4, the building housing the KDP's Ankara office was attacked with two molotov cocktails. Merani said one of the bottles exploded against the ext [...] |
2003-03-05 10:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CASC ASEC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1406 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 5 AM: MARKETS BEGIN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets improved throughout the morning of March 5, and at mid-day appeared poised to continue a rally. Yields on T-bills strengthened five percentage points in morning trading. This positive market sentiment is based on two statements indicating that the [...] |
2003-03-05 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1410 |
TURKEY: ERDOGAN AND AK LOOKING GOOD IN SIIRT [...] (C) Contacts across the political spectrum indicate AK and its party leader Erdogan are poised to win the March 9 special election in Siirt province, paving the way Erdogan's entry into Parliament and eventual move to the Prime Ministry. -- AK M. P. Egemen Bagis told us March 4 that 16 AK [...] |
2003-03-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1411 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1419 |
TURKEY: PARLIAMENT FEELING ITS OATS [...] (C) Building on the March 1 defeat of the government proposal regarding U.S. and Turkish troop deployments to Iraq (reftel), Parliamentary leaders and other influential M.P.s are sketching out an ambitious agenda that will, if carried out, aggrandize the institution and make it a more permanent [...] |
2003-03-05 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1420 |
GOT SYMPOSIUM: "RESTRUCTURING THE CIVIL SERVICE" [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Gul opened a two-day symposium Feb. 22-23 to support civil service reform. Turkish academics and union leaders participated on panels reviewing the cultural, economic and legal barriers to revising the Turkish civil service and suggested possible changes, b [...] |
2003-03-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB TU |
| 03ANKARA1421 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 5 COB [...] (U) All Turkish markets continued to strengthen in afternoon trading on March 5, with expectations of the rallies continuing into March 6. -- The lira appreciated over 2 percent, to close at TL 1,609,000. According to several market participants (Yapi Kredi Treasurer Imece, JP Morgan/Ch [...] |
2003-03-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1422 |
CASE AGAINST GERMAN FOUNDATIONS DISMISSED [...] (C) Summary: An Ankara court unanimously dismissed separatism and espionage charges against representatives of five German pro-democracy foundations. German diplomats welcomed the decision, but are concerned that the foundations might still face restrictions and harassment. This case, based [...] |
2003-03-06 04:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA1442 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 6 AM: MARKETS STABLE, [...] Summary: Turkish financial markets were flat during the morning of March 6, awaiting confirmation of their expectation that a new GOT, led by AK Chairman Erdogan, would deliver a U.S. financial package. Erdogan and State Minister Babacan, facing public complaints about the new taxes in the [...] |
2003-03-06 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1446 |
TURKISH LABOR: MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO [...] (C) Summary: Turkish labor-related organizations are focusing on IPEC and employment termination programs. In a climate where the GOT is seen at the very least as not encouraging labor union activity, these organizations are working to preserve benefits already available rather than initiati [...] |
2003-03-06 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB TU |
| 03ANKARA1447 |
TEKEL PRIVATIZATION: DOWNSIZING A MONSTER OR JUST [...] (SBU) Summary: The AK government has highlighted its commitment to accelerate privatization, and to realize $4 billion in privatization revenue in 2003. The feature privatization in the first half of 2003 is TEKEL. This cable describes Turkey's 70-year old tobacco and spirits giant TEKEL, [...] |
2003-03-06 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1448 |
BTC, SHAH DENIZ, TURKEY-GREECE INTERCONNECT: ON [...] (C) Summary: BP and BOTAS General Manager Bildaci are still concerned that BOTAS does not have sufficient authority to meet its obligations under the BTC turnkey contract. BP has sent a letter to Energy Minister Guler requesting his personal intervention on this issue; Bildaci is raising it [...] |
2003-03-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1454 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Aksu told Ambassador that Americans in Turkey do not face a greater threat following Parliament's failure to approve the stationing of U.S. troops. Aksu said the GOT will continue to provide 24-hour security to the U.S. diplomatic community, and will maintain or [...] |
2003-03-06 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1459 |
TURKEY'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 17:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1460 |
TURKS REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON VACCINES [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. 2. (S) Econ officer delivered talking points and information on vaccine from Ref A on 3/6 to MFA Feza Ozturk, head of MFA's Department of International Political Organizations. MFA is withholding response pending receipt of additional information. 3. [...] |
2003-03-06 17:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | TBIO MARR MASS TU |
| 03ANKARA1461 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-07 06:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1470 |
HADEP: KURDS FEAR IRAQ WAR WILL LEAD TO CRACKDOWN [...] (C) Ahmet Turan Demir, chairman of the pro-Kurdish HADEP Party, and Nazmi Gur, HADEP international relations advisor, told us March 4 anti-war sentiment in the southeast is fueled primarily by Kurdish fear of the Turkish military. Many Turks might oppose a war on principle, or out of concern t [...] |
2003-03-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA1472 |
IMF AND MARKET UPDATE, MARCH 7 AM [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Mission Chief told us morning of March 7 that his team and the GOT could in theory close on the LOI in a couple of days, but actual closure depends on GOT political will. Outstanding issues remain World Bank objections to GOT-proposed spending cuts in agriculture and soci [...] |
2003-03-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1473 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES FOREIGN INVESTMENT ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) AMB paid an office call on Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan March 7 largely to discuss the status of the 2003 budget (septel). AMB also raised the need to improve the foreign investment climate in Turkey, and wanted to cite several examples. 2. (SBU) AMB said the Citibank General [...] |
2003-03-07 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1477 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-07 13:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1483 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH ON TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih met with Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 7 in Ankara. Salih planned to raise with Turkish MFA and military officials later in the day what he characterized as the strong, grass-roots objections of the vast majority of [...] |
2003-03-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1485 |
IRAQ: CODEL WEXLER PRESSES RULING AK PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: AK Party leader Erdogan initially told Codel Wexler March 8 he may need several weeks (until end March) to create the right conditions for parliamentary passage of a resolution permitting deployment of U.S. troops through Turkey. When Codel and Ambassador pushed back that Turkey [...] |
2003-03-08 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1487 |
IRAQ: URGENT TURKEY-US-IRAQI OPPOSITION MEETING [...] (C) DCM conveyed to MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu on March 8 reftel urgent request for Turkey to consider a meeting in the very near future of the US, Turkey and the Iraqi opposition, including the Iraqi Turkmen Front. Burcuolgu said he had been expecting us [...] |
2003-03-08 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1488 |
TURKEY: ERDOGAN AND AK REPORTEDLY SWEEP SIIRT [...] According to unofficial election results as released by Siirt governor's office, R. Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party swept all three seats in March 9 repeat of parliamentary election in Siirt province. The elections were re-run owing to electoral irregularities in Siirt during the Nov. 3 natio [...] |
2003-03-09 16:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1496 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S DEWEY AND [...] (C) The Turkish Parliament,s March 1 vote rejecting deployment of U.S. troops, along with a worsening in Turkish-Kurdish tensions, has shaken the GOT and has increased the uncertainty surrounding Turkey,s ultimate choices on Iraq. Whether or not there will be a Northern Option, your visit on [...] |
2003-03-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ PREF PREL MOPS TU |
| 03ANKARA1499 |
TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 10: AD REF AGREEMENT ON [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep advised this morning that Fund staff and GOT officials had reached ad ref agreement on a Letter of Intent, and that IMF Mission Chief had returned to Washington with the draft. We do not have details yet, but understand from ResRep that the two sides reached a compromise agre [...] |
2003-03-10 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1503 |
LAWYERS GROUPS OPPOSE NEW PRISON-RELATED [...] (C) Summary: Attorneys from the Ankara Bar Association (ABA) and Contemporary Lawyers Association (CLA) argue that a newly adopted package of prison-related laws holds attorneys responsible for hunger strikes, places hunger striking prisoners at risk, undermines the right of attorneys to consu [...] |
2003-03-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA1508 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1511 |
TURKS MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CBW PROTECTIVE GEAR [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL SOCI MCAP TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1512 |
IRAQ: TURKEY AGREES TO US-TURKEY-KDP/PUK-ITF TALKS [...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu called in DCM March 10 with response to US Ref A demarche suggesting a US-Turkey-Iraqi opposition meeting. Burcuoglu said Turkey was agreeable to holding a round of US-Turkey-KDP/PUK-ITF talks toward the end of this week (when [...] |
2003-03-10 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1513 |
TURKISH THINK TANK ALLEGES US PLANS TO REDEFINE [...] ((C) SUMMARY: ASAM, A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION PROVIDING ADVICE AND RESEARCH TO THE TGS AND THE GOT, ASSERTS THE USG'S POST-IRAQ GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGY INVOLVES REDEFINING THE MIDDLE EAST REGION TO INCLUDE AFGHANISTAN. ASAM SUPPORTS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTONOMOUS REGIONS FOR KURDS AND TURKMEN I [...] |
2003-03-11 05:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ AF |
| 03ANKARA1514 |
"NEIGHBORS" DISAPPROVE OF TURKISH CONDUCT IN [...] (C) Summary: Comments elicited during conversations with mission representatives of neighboring countries regarding Turkey's conduct of foreign affairs suggest little approval or admiration exists for Turkish diplomatic maneuvers. End summary. 2. (C) Political officer (PO), who has t [...] |
2003-03-11 05:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL PTER TU |
| 03ANKARA1516 |
TURKISH CIVIC SOCIETY: VERDICT SUSPENDED IN CASE [...] (U) An Ankara State Security Court (SSC) March 10 ruled unanimously to postpone a verdict in the trial in absentia of controversial Islamic philosopher Fetullah Gulen. Gulen, indicted in 2000, faced five to 10 years imprisonment under the Anti-Terror Law on charges of establishing an illegal [...] |
2003-03-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA152 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-07 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1528 |
AIR POLLUTION IN TURKEY: YOU CAN'T MANAGE WHAT YOU [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey's air pollution monitoring infrastructure is inconsistent and largely unreliable, making it nearly impossible to assess the level of Turkey's air quality and its effects on health. Reliance on fossil fuels for industrial activity, domestic heating, and vehicle travel ar [...] |
2003-03-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO TU |
| 03ANKARA1529 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 11: MARKETS QUIET, WEAK [...] (U) On March 11, Turkish Treasury auctioned a 546-day dollar-denominated bond in the local debt market to weak demand. The annual yield - 6.88 percent - was below market expectations, but the Treasury only succeeded in selling $180.5 million. 2. (SBU) Comment: The debt redemption on M [...] |
2003-03-11 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1533 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1546 |
NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT: WHAT WILL ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: AK Party chairman Erdogan has the mandate to form a new Turkish government. We expect him to shuffle the outgoing cabinet, although timing of the shuffle is not yet certain. While the Erdogan government might assume office quickly, contacts across the spectrum advise us Erdogan i [...] |
2003-03-12 03:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU |
| 03ANKARA1565 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 12: MARKETS IGNORE MOODY'S [...] (U) In the morning of March 12, yields on lira T-bills inched upwards to close at 57.5 percent (yesterday's close was 56.8 percent). The lira remained unchanged at about TL 1,620,000 to the dollar. The Istanbul Stock Exchange was down 1 percent in morning trading, after dropping about 1 per [...] |
2003-03-12 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1567 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-12 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1578 |
ECHR RULING: OCALAN TRIAL UNFAIR, PRISON [...] (C) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights ruled that jailed PKK leader Ocalan did not receive a fair trial, while also determining that his prison conditions are acceptable. Both the GOT and Ocalan's attorneys plan to appeal the ruling. Regardless of the outcome of the appeal, Ocalan wil [...] |
2003-03-12 17:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK |
| 03ANKARA1579 |
TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT: MORE ON ERDOGAN'S TIMING [...] (C) Summary: AK leader Erdogan likely to submit his candidate cabinet list March 13. Possible he will emerge as Prime Minister in office as of that date. Still no convincing sign, however, that he intends to pass a parliamentary resolution approving U.S. troop deployment in the next five-six [...] |
2003-03-12 21:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU |
| 03ANKARA1587 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 13: TREASURY U/S OZTRAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Faik Oztrak told us March 13 that the key to debt sustainability this year is economic reform program implementation, not the U.S. package. Oztrak is concerned that the new Erdogan government will view the U.S. package as "an excuse not to implement the [...] |
2003-03-13 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1593 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1595 |
IRAQI OPPOSITION TALKS IN ANAKARA: TURKS ON BOARD [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On March 13, DCM met MFA Director General for the Middle East Burcuoglu and delivered Ref A points. Burcuoglu agreed to the following schedule: -- US-TU bilaterals, with Turkey represented by Deputy U/S Tuygan, at 17:00 on [...] |
2003-03-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA160 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: GROWING CONCERNS OVER AK [...] (SBU) Summary: The AK Government's indecisiveness on economic reforms is continuing to damage market confidence. The latest evidence was weak demand in T-bill auctions January 7. The key issue for restoring market confidence lies in fiscal policy, where the GOT needs to announce and impleme [...] |
2003-01-07 17:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1623 |
TURKEY STILL STRUGGLING TO IMPROVE INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Director General for Foreign Investments Melek Us told us March 13 that the lack of high-level direction over the past several months has stymied the bureaucracy's ability to take decisions needed to improve the foreign investment environment. The government has subm [...] |
2003-03-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1624 |
GOT CLOSES PRO-KURDISH HADEP PARTY, OPENS CASE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's highest court announced the closure of the pro-Kurdish HADEP party the same day a chief prosecutor opened a case to close the closely linked DEHAP party. HADEP is accused of aiding the PKK and other offenses; DEHAP is charged with actions against the democratic state and [...] |
2003-03-13 16:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA1625 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO: ANNOUNCEMENT OF U.S. [...] Poloffs delivered ref (A) demarche March 13 to MFA Head of Department for Multilateral Cultural Affairs, Gulseren Celik. Celik expressed appreciation for USG's impending re-entry to UNESCO. She stated GOT will give due consideration to Turkish support of USG candidacy to UNESCO Executive Bo [...] |
2003-03-14 06:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC FR TU |
| 03ANKARA1630 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 14: MARKET WORRIES MOUNT IN [...] (U) Turkish financial markets in morning trading March 14 are beginning to reflect the concern that the U.S. financial package is off the table. The benchmark lira T-bill rose two percentage points to close at 60 percent compounded. The lira depreciated one percent, now trading at TL 1,650,0 [...] |
2003-03-14 10:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1631 |
TURKISH KURDS: "WHY DO YOU NEED TURKEY?" [...] (C) In March 13 conversation with poloffs, a close Embassy contact and opposition CHP M.P. discussed Kurdish perspectives of a possible operation in Iraq. The M.P., a leader of the Kurdish Dostki tribe with extensive political ties in Turkey's southeast, tribal ties in Iraq, and previous serv [...] |
2003-03-14 11:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1632 |
TURKEY: 59TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff March 13 discussed reftel talking points with Kaan Esener, head of the MFA Council of Europe Department, and his deputy, Serhat Aksen. Esener and Aksen noted that Turkey will participate as an EU candidate country in certain EU coordination meetings at the Commission. They said the [...] |
2003-03-14 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU UNHRC |
| 03ANKARA1634 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: OPPOSITION CHP'S GRATUITOUS [...] (C) Summary: Contacts from main opposition CHP say that although another UN resolution could influence some backbenchers, CHP is likely to continue to vote en bloc against U.S. troop deployment. Taking their cue from President Sezer, CHPers at all levels assert that any UNSC resolutionless op [...] |
2003-03-14 12:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1635 |
ANKARA 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 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1636 |
OCALAN'S LAWYERS, BROTHER VISIT FOR FIRST TIME IN [...] (U) Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan was visited March 12 for the first time since November 27 by his brother Mehmet and three attorneys. Jandarma officials had previously blocked visits to Ocalan's Imrali Island prison, supposedly due to stormy weather (Reftels B-D). 2. (C) Comment: Th [...] |
2003-03-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK |
| 03ANKARA1637 |
TURKEY WILL NOT JOIN INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-14 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV TU IWC |
| 03ANKARA1638 |
IRAQ: CENTCOM PROPOSAL FOR US-TURKEY-IRAQI KURD [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) DCM was contacted March 14 by CENTCOM POLAD, who said that CDR CENTCOM wanted, as the minimum acceptable deliverable for upcoming talks with Turks and Iraqi Kurds, the establishment of a 24-hour/day policy-level cell staffed by US, Turkis [...] |
2003-03-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1660 |
TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Late afternoon March 14 President Sezer approved AK leader Erdogan's cabinet list and sent it to the Turkish Parliament for consideration and eventual vote of confidence. Erdogan is now officially Prime Minister. 2. (C) Erdogan's new cabinet is largely the same as that of his predece [...] |
2003-03-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1666 |
S13-03: TURKS WILL BLOCK HEAT EXCHANGER EXPORTS [...] (S) On March 13, polmiloff met with Ferhat Alkan of the MFA's Iraq Desk and delivered Ref A points. Alkan remarked that the information was "news" to the MFA. He promised to pass the information immediately to the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (TNIO), the Turkish General Staff, and v [...] |
2003-03-17 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ SY JO UNSC CBW |
| 03ANKARA1667 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 17: SELL-OFF IN LOCAL [...] (U) News that the U.S. financial package was off the table led to sell-offs in all Turkish financial markets in the morning March 17 trading session: -- The lira depreciated 2 percent to close at TL 1,680,000 to the dollar (Friday's close was TL 1,647,000). -- T-bill rates rose sharp [...] |
2003-03-17 20:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1671 |
"ISLAMIC" UNION HAK-IS ON IRAQ, LABOR ISSUES IN [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Islamic-oriented union Hak-Is president Salim Uslu expressed: 1) resignation to Turkey's eventually joining the coalition against Saddam; and 2) hope that Tayyip Erdogan's new government will not make major changes to the AK Government's "urgent action plan" emphasizing [...] |
2003-03-17 20:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU ILAB |
| 03ANKARA1679 |
ATLANTIC SUMMIT: HOST GOVERNMENT SUPPORT ON A [...] (C) Ambassador delivered a copy of the joint statement issued at the "Atlantic Summit" to MFA U/S Ziyal (reftel) and asked the GOT to issue positive public comments. After briefly glancing at the statement, Ziyal said he would review the statement more closely and consider our request. PEARSO [...] |
2003-03-18 06:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1692 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 18: MARKETS TURN AROUND ON [...] (U) The Turkish Treasury raised TL 3.4 quadrillion (about $ 2 billion) in two lira-denominated debt instrument auctions on March 18, as Turkish markets rebounded on overnight "good news" regarding the U.S. financial package (see para 3 below). The auction results announced 1:30 pm local time [...] |
2003-03-18 11:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1701 |
IRAQ: TURKEY WILL CONSIDER OPPOSING UNGA SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-18 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PARM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1702 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-18 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1704 |
DART: CURRENT PICTURE IN TURKEY FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS TRANSITING SUPPLIES TO NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) The current picture in Turkey for International Organizations, the United Nations, and international NGOs for cross-border humanitarian operations is still unclear. To date, no international organization has received an official permit to transit humanitarian supplies through Turkey to no [...] |
2003-03-18 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1705 |
GOT Response on WTO Services Negotiations [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-18 15:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TU USTR WTO |
| 03ANKARA1706 |
PRM A/S DEWEY'S MEETINGS WITH GOT AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by PRM Assistant Secretary Arthur Dewey discussed a range of Iraq-related SIPDIS humanitarian planning issues with the GOT, humanitarian organizations and representatives of the two Kurdish-administered areas of northern Iraq. Dewey emphasized the U.S. int [...] |
2003-03-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1709 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: MOVING TOWARD APPROVAL OF U.S. [...] (C) In separate meetings March 17-18, ruling AK party parliamentary group deputy chairman Salih Kapusuz; former President Demirel's right-hand-man Muharrem Ozguven; Director General of Turkish Customs (and AK party member) Nevzat Saygilioglu; and Faruk Demir, executive director of a think-tank [...] |
2003-03-18 17:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1713 |
TURKISH ECONOMY COB 3/18: RETURN TO NEVER NEVER [...] (C) Summary: Reports that the U.S. financial package was back "on the table" sustained the market's rally this afternoon, with the lira closing at TL 1,648,000 and t-bill yields ending at slightly under 60 percent. CB Governor Serdengecti warned us that, should Parliament pass a second reso [...] |
2003-03-18 17:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA172 |
UPDATE ON TURKISH REFUGEE/IDP CONTINGENCY [...] (S) Summary: During the January 3 military-military talks, the Turkish General Staff provided a map identifying planned locations for Turkish-run IDP camps to EUCOM and CENTCOM representatives. MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations Feza Ozturk largely confirmed pre [...] |
2003-01-08 11:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREF AORC IZ MOPS PHUM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1720 |
AK 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 08:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1724 |
CBED AMBASSADOR MANN'S MARCH 12 VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: During CBED Ambassador Mann,s March 12 visit to Ankara, MFA and Ministry of Energy officials requested his intervention with the World Bank on the negative pledge clause issue (reftel) and with Greece on the Interconnector Turkey-Greece (ITG). MFA Deputy U/S Kilic also pressed f [...] |
2003-03-19 10:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ |