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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, INCLUDING KEEPING THE CARETAKER GOT HONEST [...] (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 BENCHMARKS [...] (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, ISSA, SMITH [...] Summary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which thus far has chosen to follow a reasonable path with emphasis on EU membership. The economy is on eggshells, and the new government will need to stick to the IMF-backed reform pr [...]	2002-11-08 15:18:00	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 TURKEY [...] 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 IRAQ [...] 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 USG TEAM; NEED FOR FOLLOW-UP [...] (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 GG KZ TU
03ANKARA1732	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 19: ORIGINAL U.S. PACKAGE [...] (U) Turkish financial markets were in a foul mood at OOB March 19, on news reports (see below) that the original U.S. financial package had in fact expired, despite GOT public statements to the contrary on March 18 during critical T-bill auctions. At market opening, the lira traded at TL 1,74 [...]	2003-03-19 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1737	S12-03: TURKS REQUEST FURTHER DETAILS & UPDATE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Polmiloff met Ferhat Alkan, of the MFA Iraq Desk, and delivered Ref A points on March 18. As has been the case with similar demarches, MFA showed appreciation for the information and a ready willingness to forward our points [...]	2003-03-19 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IZ TU UNSC CBW
03ANKARA1739	DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...]	2003-03-19 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1742	TURKEY: POLITICAL RETURN OF ISLAMIST LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Returning from the political wilderness, Islamist former Prime Minister Erbakan is bent on using Saadet Party and the Iraq issue to hammer the ruling AK Party and P.M. Erdogan, a former Erbakan protege. It is unlikely the septuagenarian Erbakan can reclaim his once dominant place [...]	2003-03-19 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1743	APPROACHING THE GOT ON THE EXPULSION OF IRAQI [...] (S//NF) Following up on his March 17 request (ref b),Ambassador pressed MFA U/S Ziyal March 18 to take action in response to USG concerns over the threat posed by intelligence officers of the Iraqi government operating under official cover in Turkey. Ambassador asked Ziyal if he had spoken w [...]	2003-03-19 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER ASEC TU
03ANKARA1744	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS OEF [...] (S) The Embassy learned late March 18 from AMCC Incirlik that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) has temporarily suspended the blanket clearance that the GOT had provided the US for aircraft in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). TGS Deputy J3 for Command and Control Maj. Gen. Ozer repo [...]	2003-03-19 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1745	DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...]	2003-03-19 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1780	TURKISH MARKETS COB MARCH 19: LIMITED FURTHER [...] (U) After falling significantly in the morning, Turkish markets declined only slightly in the afternoon session, as investors struggled to figure out whether some kind of U.S. assistance package might still be possible. At market closing, the lira had weakened to TL 1,695,776/dollar, while [...]	2003-03-19 17:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1782	TURKS REPLY ON SEEBRIG ASSURANCES [...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On March 17 polmiloff received a call from Oya Ergin of the MFA NATO Department. She informed that the GOT had almost completed its review of the Reftel text we had provided on October 16, 2002. When the review is complete, Post e [...]	2003-03-20 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA1787	RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN TURKEY'S ECONOMY - BACK TO [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) The Turkish Government has put itself in a precarious financial situation on the eve of war with Iraq. To get the economy on even fragile ground, it needs to implement strong reforms. Unfortunately, it has shown no inclination to [...]	2003-03-20 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1790	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON ICAO MARKET LIBERALIZATION [...] Economic officer delivered reftel demarche to MFA Head of Aviation Department Bekir Uysal on March 18. Bekir noted that the GOT would not be sending a delegation to the March 24-29 ICAO Conference. PEARSON [...]	2003-03-20 11:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD
03ANKARA1791	TURKISH AIRLINES SUSPENDS FLIGHTS TO KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-20 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC ATRN TU
03ANKARA1792	NOTMAR AND NOTAM DELIVERED TO GOT [...] Economic Officer delivered Reftel NOTMAR to MFA Chief of Maritime Affairs Cagatay Erciyes, and reftel NOTAM to MFA Chief of Aviation Affairs Bekir Uysal on March 20. Uysal asked if the U.S. could provide coordinates to more specifically define "Eastern Mediterranean Sea." Both Uysal and Erci [...]	2003-03-20 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS MARR XF EWWT PHSA EAIR
03ANKARA1793	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 20: CONTAINED REACTION FOR [...] (U) At OOB March 20, Turkish markets opened sharply down, but recovered somewhat as the morning went on. JP MOrgan/Chase bond trader Gumisdis, Yapi Kredi Bank Treasurer Imece and other market players here all pointed to the Ari Fleischer statement that "the White House has not ruled out assi [...]	2003-03-20 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1799	DART: MARCH 18 NGO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) On March 18, DART Field Office/North facilitated the first coordination meeting among Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs),the United Nations (U.N.),and USG humanitarian personnel in Ankara, Turkey. Representatives from ten NGOs were in attendance, namely: Mercy Corps International (MC [...]	2003-03-20 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1801	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PASSES RESOLUTION PERMITTING [...] (U) Anadolu Ajansi reports that Parliament on March 20 passed the AK government's resolution authorizing: (1) U.S. aircraft to overfly Turkish airspace for a period of six months "in line with principles and rules to be determined by Turkish authorities;" and (2) deployment of Turkish troops to [...]	2003-03-20 16:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1802	INITIAL GOT RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CLOSURE OF [...] (S/NF) During his March 20 meeting with MFA U/S Ziyal (ref c),Ambassador followed up his recent requests for the GOT to expel Iraqi intelligence officers (ref b) by urging the GOT to suspend Iraq's diplomatic presence in Turkey on a temporary basis and take steps to assure the prompt departure [...]	2003-03-20 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1805	DART: DISCUSSIONS WITH NATO/EADRCC ON HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) On March 13, Dart Field Office/North and Embassy PMA Scott Oudkirk met with Col. Bernie Hunstad and Tom Nett from NATO,s Euro-Atlantic Response Coordination Center (EADRCC). The one-hour meeting covered an overview of NATO,s role in providing humanitarian supplies to the Government of Tur [...]	2003-03-21 07:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1809	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1810	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 21: STEADY DETERIORATION [...] (SBU) On the morning of March 21, foreign investors were selling both Turkish stocks and Turkish Eurobonds. Lehman Bros Turkey analyst told us rumors of a Moody's downgrade of the Turkish sovereign debt is motivating some Eurobond selling. -- The lira depreciated one percent in the morn [...]	2003-03-21 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1811	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1818	KEEPING THE IRAQ ISSUE IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IZ TU UNSC
03ANKARA1832	GOT TERMINATES OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-22 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MOPS PARM TU
03ANKARA1835	UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: MFA, UN AND [...] (C) Emboffs met with MFA, Turkish Red Crescent and UN officials just before and after the start of military operations in Iraq to gauge preparedness and review humanitarian assistance issues. MFA told us it is willing to host a coordination mechanism involving the USG and UN agencies, pending [...]	2003-03-22 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1905	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 24: ERDOGAN SPEECH DOESN'T [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday evening March 23, PM Erdogan addressed the nation committing the new GOT to continue the economic reform program and to take additional reform measures if needed. But markets weren't buying, and yields on T-bills rose 5.5 percentage points in morning trading March 24 [...]	2003-03-24 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1907	TFIZ01: UN AND ICRC ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION [...] (U) Over the weekend, Reuters, citing UN and ICRC sources, reported that up to 500,000 persons have been displaced in northern Iraq. UN representatives in Ankara provided lower estimates of displacement. Thus far, there has been no significant movement of DPs to the Turkish border. 2. [...]	2003-03-24 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MOPS PREF IZ TU
03ANKARA1908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-24 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1913	THY PRIVATIZATION: ON TRACK...FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Airlines (THY - Turk Hava Yollari) is scheduled for tender in the third quarter 2003, and the GOT official heading THY privatization said that plans are on schedule. THY has managed, largely through timely sales of old planes, to remain profitable in bad times general [...]	2003-03-24 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1922	S63-02 IRANIAN ENTITIES SEEKING TO PROCURE CBW [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 06:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR TU
03ANKARA193	TURKISH ECONOMY: PM GUL ANNOUNCES SOME FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT reacted to the market concerns over the 2003 budget by agreeing on a list of fiscal saving measures, which PM Gul announced late afternoon January 8. Following the announcement, T-bill rates dropped half a percentage point. The "saving measures" are a mix of expenditure [...]	2003-01-08 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1931	TURKEY'S RULING AK PARTY: DISCONTENT ON HIGH AND [...] (C) Summary: Senior AK party reps express concern to us at AK's mishandling of the Iraq question and relations with the U.S. Local AK party bosses in Ankara districts complain bitterly to us about AK's failure to pass the U.S. deployment resolution (ref A) and what they see as AK's subsequent [...]	2003-03-25 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1936	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 25: TEMPORARY RESPITE ON [...] (U) Turkish markets at OOB March 25 were positively affected by press reports that the US Administration was seeking Congressional approval of $1 billion in aid as part of the war supplemental. As a result, the steady deterioration in Turkish markets of the last four days appears to have stab [...]	2003-03-25 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1948	TURKISH AIRLINES SUSPENDS MORE FLIGHTS DUE TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ATRN TU
03ANKARA1949	BLOCKING ARAB EFFORTS AT UN ON IRAQ: GOT RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA1952	IMPACT OF IRAQ OPERATION ON KIRKUK-YUMURTALIK [...] (C) Summary: BOTAS General Manager Bildaci told us the oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) Pipeline had decreased by half and likely would stop completely by March 26. Bildaci attributed the slow-down to the lack of oil tankers transporting crude from the port at Ceyhan since the sta [...]	2003-03-25 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA1954	ENERGY AND THE IMF: AN INSIGHT INTO AK ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Recent debates within the government over energy prices and treatment of energy arrears provide insights into AK's economic decision-making process. According to a senior energy official, Finance Minister Unakitan and State Minister Babacan fought vigorously over the weekend to [...]	2003-03-25 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA1955	TURKS SEEKING NO-COST VACCINES, DELAY DECISION ON [...] (C) MFA advised Economic Officer 3/25 that the GOT is waiting for no-cost vaccine offers through the NATO Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center (EADRCC) before accepting or declining our offer to sell through FMS pre-event smallpox and anthrax vaccines. Through NATO EADRCC, Denm [...]	2003-03-25 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU
03ANKARA1964	GOT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR 2003 TIP [...] Action request--para 5. 2. March 24 MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Firat Topcuoglu provided us additional information for 2003 TIP report: (1) GOT TIP National Action Plan (NAP) and (2) GOT responses to TIP-related questions from post (ref B). Both have been sent ref (B). 3. Under th [...]	2003-03-26 10:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA1965	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 26: U.S. AID PROPOSAL SPARKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets rallied March 26 am with T-bill yields dropping six percentage points, on news of the U.S. war supplemental for Turkey. But market sentiment remains pessimistic about upcoming debt roll-overs, and the GOT's credibility with the markets remains rock bottom. IMF resrep [...]	2003-03-26 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1966	TFIZ01: TGS CHIEF OF STAFF ISSUES STATEMENT ON TU [...] (C) On March 26, Turkish General Staff CHOD General Hilmi Ozkok issued a public statement on the current presence of TU forces in northern Iraq and future Turkish intentions in the region. 2. (U) Following are excerpts of the statement (a complete English-language text will follow septel) [...]	2003-03-26 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1967	IMPACT OF IRAQ OPERATION ON BTC PIPELINE, TPAO [...] (C) BOTAS General Manager Gokhan Bildaci and BP's local BTC Co. President Yasar Latifov told us March 25-26 the Iraq Operation thus far had not had a serious impact on BTC; however, both said they were very concerned that the extra burden the war had placed on Turkey's infrastructure and const [...]	2003-03-26 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA1970	GOT RESPONSE ON ENCOURAGING POSITIVE STATEMENTS AT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-26 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA1971	TFIZ01: MFA ON SOURCING AND TRANSIT OF FOOD FOR [...] (C) Emboffs and Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Leader discussed humanitarian planning issues on March 26 with Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations. In response to a looming shortage of wheat flour in northern Iraq, the World Food Program has [...]	2003-03-26 17:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA1974	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 06:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1990	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1994	S13-03: TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE OFFICIAL PROVIDES [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 07:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC IZ PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA2010	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 27: MARKETS QUIET; [...] (SBU) Summary: While Turkish markets were relatively quiet on March 27 am, a wide range of market and GOT contacts tell us confidence in the government remains rock bottom. This translates into ongoing serious concerns about the GOT's ability to roll-over about $3 billion of debt in its local [...]	2003-03-27 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2015	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2018	REPORT OF GROWING WAR ANXIETY IN TURKEY'S KURDISH [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish M.P. from Diyarbakir who is also a member of opposition CHP's Central Administrative Board has elaborated on concerns expressed to us recently by other Kurdish politicians (ref A) regarding fallout in southeastern Turkey from the war in Iraq. Moreover, he asserted that (1) [...]	2003-03-27 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA2021	ADDENDUM TO 2002 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) There has been no change in the status of INL-funded vehicles provided to the Turkish Grain Board (TMO),dogs provided for Turkish Customs, computers for Turkish Customs and TMO, and intercept equipment for the Turkish National Police (TNP) since report made in reftel B. Regarding the st [...]	2003-03-27 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SNAR TU
03ANKARA2022	OESI PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: BLACK SEA LONG-TERM [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS
03ANKARA2025	TFIZ01: TURKEY REOPENS FLIGHT CORRIDOR FOR CRUISE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-28 07:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA2039	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 28: CONTINUING PROBLEMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets remained quiet on March 28 am, with T-bill yields weakening slightly to 65.7 percent. Two economic policy developments in the past day, however, indicate that AK continues to take actions that won't improve its credibility gap with the markets. First, according to pre [...]	2003-03-28 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2042	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PIC STEERING BOARD MEETING [...] (C) WE DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MFA BALKANS OFFICER AHMET ERGIN. ERGIN CONFIRMED THAT HE WOULD INFORM TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO SARAJEVAO WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE MEETING. ERGIN NOTED THE PIC BOARD WAS INCLINED TO BE CAUTIOUS REGARDING REMOVAL OF PRESIDENT SAROVIC AND ASKED IF THE USG HAD CON [...]	2003-03-28 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK
03ANKARA2044	TURKEY APPROVES RESEARCH VESSEL "KNORR" REQUEST TO [...] This cable is in reference to State file 200Z-097, R/V Knorr, April 15 - May 16, 2003. 2. The Foreign Ministry has granted permission for the research vessel 'Knorr' to conduct scientific research in the Western Black Sea from April 15 - May 15. The approval came in the form of the foll [...]	2003-03-28 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT SENV TU
03ANKARA2048	TURKEY'S "WHERE ARE THEY NOW" FILE: CHP'S KEMAL [...] (C) In a March 28 meeting with poloff, opposition CHP deputy and former State Minster Kemal Dervis offered his views of USG-GOT relations, Iraq, Cyprus, and his own political ambitions. Dervis made the following points: -- He sees himself as leading an effort to modernize CHP, in part by [...]	2003-03-28 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ CY TU
03ANKARA2049	TFIZ01: MFA PREPARED TO MEET TRILATERALLY WITH USG [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 10. Summary ------- 2. (C) Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations called a meeting on March 27 with Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and UNHCR Deputy Representative for Turkey to prov [...]	2003-03-28 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2051	SENIOR BANKING OFFICIALS CONCERNED OVER GOT ECON [...] (C) Summary: In frank discussions March 26 and 27, BRSA Chairman Engin Akcakoca and the outgoing Chairman of the State Bank Board Safa Ocak told us of concerns with the lack of market confidence in the government. They described a situation of policy drift on the economy, with Deputy PM Sen [...]	2003-03-28 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2052	DEMARCHES ON WAR SUPPLEMENTAL AND BOLSTERING [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: DCM delivered ref A and B points to Treasury U/S Oztrak and MFA Deputy U/S Kilic March 26-27, and EconCouns separately presented them to State Planning U/S Tiktik and AK Deputy Reha Denemec. DCM stressed that USG was very co [...]	2003-03-28 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2056	LEYLA ZANA RETRIAL OPENS; COURT DENIES RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: The historic retrial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former M.P.s began March 28 under tight security. The court ruled against releasing the defendants pending the outcome of the trial and rejected a defense petition seeking a new chief judge. Turkish and international hum [...]	2003-03-28 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA2059	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-28 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2062	TF01IZ: TURKS "SERIOUSLY WORKING" ON CLOSURE OF [...] (S/NF) On March 28, the DCM met with Deputy DG for Middle Eastern Affairs Safak Gokturk to reiterate our requests concerning Iraqi intelligence agents/diplomats. Reiterating information that Post recently had passed to the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (TNIO),the DCM again aske [...]	2003-03-28 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA2094	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 31: PROGRESS ON IMF FOURTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The parliament passed the 2003 budget, and AK dropped a controversial amendment to the Public Procurement Law after the IMF complained, according to Turkish press. Ahead of the April 8 debt auction and April 9 $3 billion debt payment, markets expect an LOI signing and IMF Fou [...]	2003-03-31 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2099	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-31 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA210	DELIVERY OF WTO FINANCIAL SERVICES REQUESTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-09 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TU WTO
03ANKARA2101	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) DART Field Office/North hosted a 22 March NGO/IO coordination meeting in Ankara to discuss the NGO registration process with the Turkish government, memorandums of understanding for working in or transiting Turkey, and options for entering northern Iraq through other countries. Sixteen i [...]	2003-03-31 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2108	DELTA SUSPENDS ISTANBUL-NEW YORK FLIGHTS, OTHER [...] (SBU) Delta Airlines, which prior to the start of the Iraq operation ran four flights per week from Istanbul to New York, will suspended its Istanbul-New York flights for one month, from April 6 to May 2. Delta's Istanbul Station Manager, Giray Salgirtay, told econoff the suspension was an ec [...]	2003-03-31 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC ATRN TU
03ANKARA2119	WFP AND UNICEF SHIPMENTS TO NORTHERN IRAQ, UN [...] (SBU) Summary: Three WFP successfully crossed the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and continued on to a UN warehouse in northern Iraq. Two UNICEF trucks carrying non-food items are currently on the border awaiting clearance to cross. In another development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( [...]	2003-03-31 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2121	RESUPPLY OF TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. --------------------- RESUPPLY OF US FORCES --------------------- 2. (C) A/DCM, ECON counselor and TF-N/J4 representative met with MFA DDG for the Americas Suna Ilicak and DDG for Bilateral Economic Affairs Mehmet Gucuk March 31 to discuss [...]	2003-03-31 17:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA2125	TFIZ01: KHALILZAD DISCUSSIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (S/NF) Summary: SPE Zalmay Khalilzad met with a range of Iraqi opposition leaders in northern Iraq on March 27-28. Discussions with PUK and KDP leadership centered on responding to Turkish concerns about northern Iraq, resolving the property claims of IDP's, and the formation of the Iraqi Inte [...]	2003-03-31 18:35:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA2126	IAEA & IRAN: TURKS TO PASS USG POINTS TO THEIR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Polmiloff met MFA Disarmament Department Head Ibrahim Yagli on March 31 and delivered reftel points. Regarding the information outlined in reftel para 2, tick 2, Yagli asked whether the USG thought Iran had conducted experiments [...]	2003-04-01 07:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP ENRG TU IAEA
03ANKARA2130	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: THE FIRST MAJOR SALE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A top GOT Privatization Administration (PA) official told us March 28 the GOT is on track to meet its $4 billion sales target for 2003, which will result in $2.6 billion in PA revenue this year and the rest to be paid by installment. The official defended the GOT's proposed law [...]	2003-04-01 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2133	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 1: MARKETS AWAIT IMF GOOD [...] (U) Transactions volumes in Turkish financial markets were very low on April 1 am. T-bill yields were unchanged at 65 percent compounded, the lira appreciated slightly to TL 1,702,000, and the Istanbul Stock Exchange 100 index was up 1 percent. Stock market transaction volume has averaged [...]	2003-04-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2135	IRAQI WAR CRIMES: DEMARCHE TO GOT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-01 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC IZ TU
03ANKARA2139	ANNUAL ARMENIA PROCLAMATION: GOT SENSITIVITIES [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG Tezcan expressed the GOT's opposition to use of the term "genocide" in referring to the events of 1915 and asked the U.S. to refrain from using that term in connection with the April commemoration events. DCM encouraged the GOT to renew efforts to reconcile views of histo [...]	2003-04-01 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM TU
03ANKARA2145	CYPRUS MIL EXERCISES: TURKS NON-COMMITTAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA is not yet ready to confirm Embassy Nicosia's reporting that Turkey will not formally conduct May's Toros I military exercise. Instead, we heard Turkey's traditional policy that it will mirror whatever the Greek Cypriots choose to do. Post will follow up to see if we can se [...]	2003-04-02 07:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL CY GR TU
03ANKARA215	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-09 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2151	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 2: MARKETS QUIET, GUARDED [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets improved slightly in morning trading April 2. Local analysts see a positive scenario for the April 8 debt auctions, based on the GOT signing the IMF letter of intent, and Congress passing the aid for Turkey. The 30-week tourist season opens this wee [...]	2003-04-02 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2155	TURKEY: GOT CONCERN ABOUT CYPRUS EU ACCESSION [...] (C) In a March 28 meeting with DCM, MFA Cyprus DG Apakan raised GOT concerns about the draft EU protocol on Cyprus that will be attached to the accession partnership documents new members will sign on April 16. 2. (C) According to Apakan, the draft copy of the protocol obtained by the GOT [...]	2003-04-02 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2165	BOTAS GENERAL MANAGER BILDACI DISCHARGED [...] (U) The Ministry of Energy has officially dismissed Gokhan Bildaci from his position as Chairman and General Manager of BOTAS, the state pipeline company. This move has been expected since the AK government took over in November 2002. Bildaci told econoff he learned about his dismissal when he [...]	2003-04-03 08:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG TU
03ANKARA2170	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 3: MARKETS LIKE SECRETARY'S [...] (U) Positive local press coverage of the Secretary's April 3 visit translated into a modest bounce in local financial markets, well timed in advance of key large April 8 debt auctions. Market analysts told us the Secretary's affirmation of the bilateral relationship was helpful to general se [...]	2003-04-03 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU

03ANKARA2173	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-03 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2183	DEMARCHE TO GOT ON UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-03 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC TU UNESCO
03ANKARA2186	DRAFT EU PARLIAMENT REPORT CALLS FOR RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: A clear-sighted but controversial European Parliament draft report calls on the GOT to make fundamental changes to the Kemalist State in order to meet EU membership criteria. MFA and reportedly a few members of the European parliament reject the report as biased; several European [...]	2003-04-03 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU OSCE
03ANKARA2195	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 2 APRIL [...] (U) UN OCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 2 April at UN House in Ankara. UN OCHA, UNHCR, UNDP, UNJLC, IFRC, the American Red Cross, nine NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. The UN reported that food and non-food items transited the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and 1 Ap [...]	2003-04-04 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2197	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 4: GOOD NEWS ON U.S. [...] (U) News that both houses of Congress passed the supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for Turkey buoyed the money markets in morning trading April 4. The lira appreciated about one percent to TL 1,655,000. The Istanbul Stock Exchange was up 2.3 percent in morning trading. The benchmar [...]	2003-04-04 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2198	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-04 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2203	INITIATION OF COMMERCIAL SUPPLY LOC [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-04 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR ETRD IZ TU
03ANKARA221	TGS: NO TURKISH TROOP BUILDUP IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On January 6, Pol-Mil Counselor took a copy of that day's mass daily newspaper "Milliyet" to Turkish General Staff Deputy J3 MG Bekir Kalyoncu. Splashed across the front page was a picture of 30 Turkish tanks at a base at Bamerni in northern Iraq with a headline implying the Turkish Army [...]	2003-01-09 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA2232	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: LEADING MARDIN M.P.S SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Kurdish M.P.s representing the border province of Mardin for both ruling AK and opposition CHP support the U.S.-led war against Saddam. Despite (1) pressure from elements within AK, (2) outright hostility from the CHP and the Turkish State, and (3) the ethnically Turkish [...]	2003-04-07 10:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2233	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 7: FIRST T-BILL AUCTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Treasury raised $844 million in the first of three T-bill auctions scheduled for April 7-8. Treasury's target is to raise a total of $3 billion ahead of $3.2 billion in debt service payments on April 9. Today's auction results came in at market expectations; the m [...]	2003-04-07 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2234	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-07 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2239	TURKISH CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR CEBECI REPLACED [...] (SBU) Topa Bilgetin Toker was reinstated on April 1 as Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA),replacing Serdar Cebeci. Toker, who was discharged for unspecified reasons in August 2002, had filed a lawsuit against the state. The court recently determined that Tok [...]	2003-04-07 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC ATRN TU
03ANKARA2241	TURKEY MOVES CLOSER TO ACCEPTING OFFER TO ACQUIRE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-07 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU
03ANKARA2243	TRANCHING AND CONDITIONING OF U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Assuming Congress approves $1 billion in ESF assistance for Turkey, we expect the Turkish Government to leverage that money into the largest possible package -- $8.5 billion in long-term loans. Prime Minister Erdogan has stated this intention publicly, and numerous lower level officials [...]	2003-04-07 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA2245	CYPRUS MIL EXERCISES: TURKS HAVE NO EXERCISE PLANS [...] (C) On April 7, in response to Post's follow up on Ref A, acting MFA Cyprus Department Head Barkan Oz contacted polmiloff with an update on Turkey's intentions regarding the spring Toros I exercise in Cyprus. Oz said that he had confirmed with the Turkish General Staff that Turkey has "no pl [...]	2003-04-07 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL CY GR TU
03ANKARA2246	APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS CONVICTION IN LONG-STANDING [...] (C) Summary: An appeals court upheld the torture convictions of 10 police officers in the high-profile 1996 Manisa case; the ruling is final. The officers are expected to serve jail terms ranging from two years to more than four years. Human rights observers and European diplomats welcomed t [...]	2003-04-07 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2247	UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD: GOT RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-07 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC TU UNESCO
03ANKARA2254	TURKS: RESOLUTION ON AEGEAN CLAIMS "NOT PRODUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary. MFA's DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs, Vakur Gokdenizler, convoked pol-mil counselor to tell us that Congress' adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 87 on Aegean claims would be a "symbol of deteriorating U.S.-Turkish relations." He asked that the USG do what it could t [...]	2003-04-08 07:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA GR TU
03ANKARA2258	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 8: SUCCESSFUL T-BILL [...] (U) Treasury raised a total of TL 3.26 quadrillion ($1.97 billion) in two debt auctions on the morning of April 8. Results were: Maturity Net Amt Compounded of Paper Sold (quad) Interest Rate --------- ----------- ------------- Oct. 8 Bill TL 0.801 57 pct Apr [...]	2003-04-08 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2259	IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO ANKARA: GOT/GOI [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told the Ambassador late April 7 Iranian FM Kharrazi,s April 6 visit to Ankara revealed a congruence of views between the GOT and GOI on Iraq. Kharrazi reportedly requested Gul,s support for re-establishing Turkish-Iranian-Syrian trilateral consultations with Syria, b [...]	2003-04-08 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ SY
03ANKARA2269	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-08 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2272	TURKS AGREE TO ACQUIRE ANTHRAX VACCINE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-08 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU
03ANKARA2287	TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, MARCH 2003 [...] Toxic Waste Update 2. Parliament Rings up "NO SALE" of Forests 3. First EIA Guidelines for Provinces 4. REC Update 5. Big Izmir Channel Project Gets Bigger --------------------------------------------- -- Â [...]	2003-04-09 08:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO TU
03ANKARA2292	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 9: NEWS OF U.S. AID [...] (U) On April 9 am, in the first trading session for the new T-bill issued yesterday, volume was quite high - TL 1.1 quadrillion ($670 million). Rates, however, did not decline as expected. Traders cited the local press reports that the Senate version of the U.S. aid for Turkey contains a co [...]	2003-04-09 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2298	TFIZ01: GOT AND TURKISH RED CRESCENT ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) Summary: MFA organized a meeting of Turkish Red Crescent (TRC),International Committee of the Red Cross and U.S. Embassy representatives to present and discuss a TRC proposal to send humanitarian supplies to Iraq and provide medical treatment in Turkey for injured Iraqis. The proposal c [...]	2003-04-09 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA23	APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS APPEARS TO [...] (U) President Sezer's Dec. 31 approval of a package of constitutional reforms appears to open the door for Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Erdogan to regain his political rights, run for Parliament, and become Prime Minister. A political reform package of legal amendments (the secon [...]	2003-01-02 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
03ANKARA2303	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-09 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2315	ECONOMIC MINISTERS BATTLE FOR INFLUENCE AS ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Infighting among economic ministers is hindering the Government's efforts to coordinate policy around an economic "super-minister." Deputy PM Sener, who was supposed to lead the economic team, appears to be losing influence to Finance Minister Unakitan, while State Minister Bab [...]	2003-04-09 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA2317	GOT CONTINUES TO DELAY ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (U) Action request--para 3. 2. (C) Feza Ozturk, head of the MFA International Political Organizations Department, told us April 7 the MFA has put its consideration of a draft bilateral Article 98 agreement on hold. Ozturk attributed the hold to "the situation in Iraq." He averred that t [...]	2003-04-10 06:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM TU
03ANKARA2319	MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR ON FUNDING FOR U.S.-TURKISH JUDICIAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS [...] Two years of patience, persistence and cooperation among Turkish and American agencies have yielded a successful conclusion to a remarkable series of legal exchanges. By the end of 2002, nearly 600 Turkish jurists had participated in discussions and workshops, debating solutions to problems w [...]	2003-04-10 07:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM KDEM OIIP OTRA TU
03ANKARA2320	GOT REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR TURKISH [...] Embassy has just received MFA diplomatic note no. 2003/CKGY/110744 dated March 25, 2003 requesting USG support for its candidacies in the UNESCO elections at the 32nd session of the General Conference in October 2003. Text in para 2. 2. Text of GOT diplomatic note: (Complimen [...]	2003-04-10 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IO PREL TU UNESCO
03ANKARA2323	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 10: MARKETS DROP ON NO. [...] (U) As of 2:00 pm local time April 10, local news reports that Iraqi Kurds have taken Kirkuk are raising market concerns of a Turkish reaction that could jeopardize the U.S. aid package. T-bill yields rose nearly three percentage points to 66 percent; the lira depreciated almost two percent [...]	2003-04-10 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2332	TERRORIST FINANCE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON FROZEN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkish officials could not provide exact dollar amounts regarding the seized assets of NASCO Nasreddin Holding A.S. or Wa'el Julaidan's import-export firm Meram Seyahat. However, they did inform us that the GOT has frozen the assets of the Nasreddin family and that, following t [...]	2003-04-10 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS TU
03ANKARA2333	TURKEY: MEASURES TO PROTECT INTERNATIONAL CIVIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR MOPS
03ANKARA2335	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2336	TURKISH AID FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PHUM IZ TU
03ANKARA2340	EU SUMMIT DOCUMENTARY ANGERS TURKS AND GERMANS, [...] (C) Summary: A Danish documentary on the December 2002 EU Summit has angered Turks and Germans and embarrassed Denmark. The documentary, covered in the Turkish press, features candid comments by Danish and German ministers critical of Turkey's EU bid. The German Embassy has criticized the do [...]	2003-04-10 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU
03ANKARA2342	UN/CYPRUS: DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON US-UK DRAFT [...] (C) D/Polcouns delivered ref A talking points April 10 to Necip Eguz, MFA DDG for Cyprus-Greece-Aegean affairs. Eguz noted that, as far as he knew (at 1700 local time) the UN was still negotiating the text and that no consensus had been reached. Moreover, he took issue with what he saw as the [...]	2003-04-11 04:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2344	TURKEY MAKES GOOD PROGRESS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES [...] Summary. With 71 wetlands of "international importance," 175 lowland wetlands and 1,000 alpine wetlands, Turkey hosts one of the most significant collections of wetlands in Europe and the Middle East. The development of its first five-year national plan and the implementation of its first we [...]	2003-04-11 06:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV GG TU
03ANKARA2347	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 9 APRIL [...] (U) Summary: UNOCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 9 April in Ankara. UNOCHA, UNHCR, IFRC, the American Red Cross, ten NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. UNHCR reported no refugee movements in the region. As a result, the GOT Crisis Center and the Turkish Red Crescent Socie [...]	2003-04-11 07:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2351	OSCE MEETING ON ANTI-SEMITISM: TURKISH MFA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-11 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA2353	TURKEY: DIFFICULTIES FROM PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Trouble continues with ruling AK party parliamentary Human Rights Committee Chairman Elkatmis regarding Iraq-related anti-American statements he persists in making to the press, statements which (1) are at odds with the AK government line; (2) reflect the committee's refusal to ta [...]	2003-04-11 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2363	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 11: INTEREST RATES REMAIN [...] (U) At mid-day April 11, Turkish markets were quiet. FM Gul's April 10 statements that U.S. forces would prevent a (Kurdish) fait d'accompli calmed market fears of a Turkish military intervention. However, T-bill yields at week's end remain above the April 8 auction levels, meaning the Turki [...]	2003-04-11 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2366	DEMARCHE FOR APRIL 14 EU FMS MEETING: TURKISH MFA [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-11 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU EUN
03ANKARA2367	GOT's Views on Special 301 Review of [...] (SBU) On April 10, Oya Karakas, Head of Department in the MFA General Directorate of Multilateral Economic Affairs, sent Embassy the following note on intellectual property protection in Turkey. The note contends that data exclusivity protection for pharmaceuticals is not required by the TRIP [...]	2003-04-11 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA2368	TURKISH PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE: ILL [...] (C) Summary: The parliamentary Human Rights Committee does not play a significant role in the development of reform legislation, and the public comments of its Chairman to date have focused on supposed human rights violations outside Turkey. Committee members are generally not well informed on [...]	2003-04-11 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2371	TURKEY/CYPRUS: TURK WAXES INDIGNANT AT GREEK [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Bilateral Political Affairs Baki Ilkin summoned reps from UNSC member countries April 11 to convey in a meandering fashion Ankara's concern with the "funny game" being played by Greek Cypriots in the UN. -------------- It's Not Fair! -------------- 2. (C) Whil [...]	2003-04-11 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU CY
03ANKARA2372	APRIL 11 TURKISH GOVT STATEMENTS ON IRAQ [...] Anatolia News Agency reported that a written press announcement issued by the Prime Ministry April 11 stated that GOT military and civilian leaders discussed developments in Iraq at the meeting held at the Prime Ministry this morning. The situation in Kirkuk and Mosul was high on the agenda. [...]	2003-04-11 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2374	EXBS: TURKS REJECT AGREEMENT ARTICLES; PROPOSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary. On March 31, the Turks objected to three articles of our proposed Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (EXBS) Program agreement. The articles govern the status of personnel, claims, and inspections and [...]	2003-04-11 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC PREL KSTC TU
03ANKARA2376	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-11 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2384	REFUTING THE TURKISH ALLEGATION OF SPE KHALILZAD [...] (S) DCM called on MFA Director General for Bilateral Affairs Burcuoglu to refute strongly the Turkish allegations of a March 29 meeting between SPE Khalilzad and PKK/Kadek (ref a). DCM also presented Burcuoglu with a diplomatic note containing language drawn from ref a. DCM stressed that the [...]	2003-04-11 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PKK
03ANKARA2386	DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON STATE OF US-SYRIA BILATERAL [...] (S) During a late afternoon April 11 meeting with MFA Director General for Bilateral Relations Burcuoglu (after FM Gul had announced he had canceled his trip to Damascus -- ref b),DCM conveyed USG views on the current state of US-Syrian relations (ref a). DCM said he had intended to deliver t [...]	2003-04-11 16:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU SY IZ ETTC
03ANKARA2390	TURKISH MFA SAYS EU NOT LOBBYING AGAINST ARTICLE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-13 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA2419	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 14: POSITIVE PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Positive statements by IMF and GOT officials over the weekend, combined with a lessening of anxiety over Iraq, gave Turkish markets a modest lift this morning. The lira strengthened to TL 1,633,000/dollar, yields on the benchmark 4/28/04 t-bill fell to 62.31 percent, and the stock marke [...]	2003-04-14 11:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA2420	TURKEY-ARMENIA: EMBASSY RECOMMENDS NO USG [...] (U) Action recommendation--paras 5-6. 2. (C) Embassy Ankara understands that the Department may be considering issuing a statement noting the conclusions reached by an ICTJ panel, meeting under Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Committee (TARC) auspices March 10, regarding the legal applica [...]	2003-04-14 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2432	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-14 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2445	KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: TANKS FULL, NO NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) BOTAS Deputy General Manager Fuat Celepci told econoff April 15 that the oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) pipeline had stopped completely on April 9, and that no tankers had transported crude from Ceyhan since March 20. Celepc [...]	2003-04-15 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA2457	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-15 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2459	BTC OPERATIONAL ISSUES: PROGRESS, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has made progress on outstanding BTC operational issues since BTC Co sent a "material breach" letter to Energy Minister Guler on April 7. Guler has named a new manager for the BTC Directorate, and has committed to increasing the project manager's authority. These develo [...]	2003-04-15 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA2467	TURKISH KURDS: OVERJOYED BY END OF SADDAM [...] (C) In April 15 discussions about the situation in Iraq, a leading Kurdish political activist from Turkey's Southeast and two business associates offered enthusiastic congratulations to the USG for the Coalition's success against the Saddam regime. According to these Kurds: -- Turkey did [...]	2003-04-15 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2472	OUTGOING TREASURY U/S SAYS IT'S ALL ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Outgoing Treasury U/S Faik Oztrak believes Turkey has an opportunity to reduce its debt/GNP ratio and reach its five percent growth target this year if the government can restore market confidence, but he is not sure the government can and will stop giving the mixed signals that [...]	2003-04-15 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA2491	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2495	TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKEY DESIGNATES CHECHEN/OTHER [...] (SBU) On April 12, the GOT published a Council of Ministers decree that formally designates 20 groups/individuals as terrorist financiers. The decision foresees freezing bank and non-bank assets, and gives the Ministry of Finance jurisdiction over the enforcement and investigation of this ma [...]	2003-04-16 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS TU
03ANKARA2497	MTAG 05-96: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MISSILE RELATED [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TU MTCRE
03ANKARA2498	NO ENDORSEMENT OF OPIC FINANCE APPLICATION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL TU EINV IZ
03ANKARA2503	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2504	TURKS AND ISRAELIS SAY THEY ARE PLEASED WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Embassy used terms like "positive, excellent," and Turkish MFA "successful" to describe Israeli Foreign Minister Shalom's first official visit to Turkey April 13-14. End summary. 2. (C) Israeli DCM Nahshon told us April 15 plans for FonMin Shalom's April 13-14 [...]	2003-04-17 10:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS
03ANKARA2507	TURKEY: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY REGARDING [...] (C) Ambassador called on MFA Undersecretaries Baki Ilkin and Ali Tuygan April 17 to deliver reftel message to the GOT regarding the April 18 meeting on Iraq in Riyadh, noting our concern that Syria may try to hijack the proceedings. Tuygan said Turkey would work for moderation. They also disc [...]	2003-04-17 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2511	IAEA AND IRAN: TURKS WELCOME CLARIFICATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL TU IR IAEA
03ANKARA2516	TURKEY: GENC PARTY DREAMS BIG [...] (C) Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan's Genc (Young) Party Ankara provincial chairman Sule Nazlioglu expounded in a forceful manner on her party's political goals in an April 16 meeting with poloffs in Kizilcahamam sub-province. Surrounded by a coterie of dapper young men who seemed out of place in a [...]	2003-04-17 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2521	THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF: A FRACTIOUS AND SULLEN POLITICAL COALITION [...] (C) Summary: As refs (A-E) note, Turkish General Staff (TGS) remains deeply involved in day-to-day political life and policymaking, with attendant strains and divisions among senior military leaders over domestic and foreign policy issues. These divisions are more visible today than at any ti [...]	2003-04-18 08:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
03ANKARA2524	TURKEY MARKETS ENJOY A QUIET BUT POSITIVE WEEK [...] (U) Turkish markets rose steadily, if not spectacularly, this week. The lira strengthened from TL 1.65 million/dollar at the end of last week to TL 1.60 at the close of this morning's trading session. Meanwhile, yields on the benchmark 4/28/04 t-bill fell from 64.39 to 57.72 percent, and t [...]	2003-04-18 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2542	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-18 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2552	KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: CLARIFICATION ON [...] (C) Reftel reported that BOTAS executives had informed Embassy that the storage tanks at Ceyhan were full with about 6.5 million barrels of oil from the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) pipeline. Based on questions from Washington, Embassy double-checked the figures today. BOTAS Deputy General Ma [...]	2003-04-18 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA2568	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-21 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2572	UPDATE ON TURKEY'S COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Summary. Amb. Ahmet Okcun, MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction, told us that per Afghan Minister of Trade, Turkey is Afghanistan's largest source of foreign investment with 30 companies and over $200 million invested. GOT's commitment remains modest at $3 million. End Summary. [...]	2003-04-21 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EFIN AF TU
03ANKARA2574	TURKEY: REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIP INFORMATION [...] (C) Per reftels, additional trafficking-in-persons (TIP) information for Turkey is provided below. 2. (C) Below are the answers to ref (A),follow up questions from GOT report: -- Para 4. According to MFA Second Secretary Belgin Ergunes, the programs and activities referred to in thi [...]	2003-04-21 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA2596	TURKEY: FORMER PRESIDENT DEMIREL TELLS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In an April 21 meeting with Ambassador, former President Suleyman Demirel offered his thinking on the way ahead in U.S.-Turkey relations. Demirel volunteered that there is a debate in Ankara power centers about Turkey's strategic orientation; but that in his view, "the Turkish Ar [...]	2003-04-22 08:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA262	TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE UNDERSECRETARIAT ON [...] (C) In a January 9 meeting on sensitive Turkish exports to Iraq (septel),Econoff raised State Minister Kursad Tuzmen's upcoming visit to Iraq (January 10 to 12) with Tevfik Mengu, Director General for Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat. Mengu, who will travel with the delegatio [...]	2003-01-10 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU UNSC
03ANKARA263	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-10 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2646	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-24 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2660	TFIZ01: MFA DELAYS TURKISH RED CRESCENT AID [...] (U) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Francis Ward for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains action requests for the Department/CENTCOM. See paras 9 and 10. 3. (C) Summary: MFA has delayed the Turkish Red Crescent's planned delivery of aid to Iraq to Apri [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREL TU
03ANKARA2661	FREEZING IRAQI ASSETS: INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE [...] SUMMARY: (C) On April 24, we delivered reftel demarche to Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti and Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Canakci. Both officials said they would make this a top priority and welcomed any information or assistance. Serdeng [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETTC EFIN TU IZ
03ANKARA2663	TFIZ01: MFA DELAYS TURKISH RED CRESCENT AID [...] (U) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Francis Ward for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains action requests for the Department/CENTCOM. See paras 9 and 10. 3. (C) Summary: MFA has delayed the Turkish Red Crescent's planned delivery of aid to Iraq to April [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREL TU
03ANKARA2664	TURKISH IMPLEMENTATION OF OECD BRIBERY CONVENTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOT Parliament ratified the OECD Bribery Convention in 2000, but did not ratify the implementing legislation until January 2, 2003. This makes Turkey the last of the 35 signatories to the Convention to ratify laws that make it a crime to bribe foreign officials in internatio [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV BR AR SI CI BU
03ANKARA2666	TURKEY'S HEADSCARF ISSUE OPENS ANOTHER POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Islamist headscarf remains a threatening symbol for the Kemalist state. In inviting headscarved women to a reception in honor of the children's holiday, AK Party Speaker of Parliament Arinc has widened a rift between the GOT and the Turkish Establishment. End summary. 2. [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2667	TURKISH MFA PLEASED WITH FREE MOVEMENT OF GREEK [...] (SBU) MFA Cyprus DG Ertugrul Apakan summoned EU and US reps to discuss the free movement of Greek and Turkish Cypriots that began on the island April 23. Apakan claimed that "TRNC President" Denktas has suggested the policy and that the GOT had supported it from the beginning. According to A [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU CY
03ANKARA2695	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 25: POSITIVE NEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Some positive news came at the end of a relatively quiet week in Turkish markets: the GOT announced a well-regarded macro-economist bureaucrat, Ibrahim Canakci, to replace Faik Oztrak at Treasury. The Central Bank announced a 3 percentage point cut in its short-term borrowin [...]	2003-04-25 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2700	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-25 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2709	EXBS: TURKS REJECT AGREEMENT ARTICLES: NEXT STEPS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Polmiloff on April 25 spoke with MFA/Disarmament Second Secretary Aykut Kumbaroglu to inquire if there had been any further movement on Turkey's objection to three articles of our proposed Export Control and Related Border Secu [...]	2003-04-25 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA2710	FLEEING IRAQI OFFICIALS LIST: TURKS SAY NO [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) On April 24, Polmiloff delivered ref demarche to MFA/Middle East Department Ferhat Alkan. Alkan promised to deliver it at once to MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu, who had bee [...]	2003-04-25 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PARM PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA2711	APRIL 29 MINI-SUMMIT ON ESDP: TURKS SHARE OUR [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On April 23, Polmiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA/Disarmament Second Secretary Esra Dogan. Dogan thanked us for sharing the USG approach with regard to the April 29 "European Defense Su [...]	2003-04-25 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU BE FR TU
03ANKARA2712	TURKISH ENVIRONMENT NGOS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT [...] Summary. Many of the 30 Turkish NGOs and other organizations participating in a recent UNDP meeting in Ankara expressed concern over the Black Sea coastal environment, their limited participation in environmental management, and several proposed environmental laws and regulations. They expr [...]	2003-04-25 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TBIO TU
03ANKARA2741	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-28 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2758	IRAQ/STABILIZATION: TURKS PRESS FOR GOT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Robert Pearson. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) During an informal breakfast meeting on April 27 with visiting Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL),MFA D/US Ilkin raised the GOT's wish to play a role in any stabilization force in Iraq. Ilkin told the Congre [...]	2003-04-29 11:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA2776	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-29 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA278	NORTHERN IRAQ: MASOUD BARZANI IN ANKARA: DESPITE IMPROVEMENT IN "TONE" OF RELATIONS W/GOT, TURKISH MILITARY PRESENCE IN NIRAQ UNACCEPTABLE [...] (S/REL UK) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani briefed DCM, PolMilCouns, Operation Northern Watch POLAD and UK Charge in Ankara Jan. 9 on his Jan. 7-9 meetings with Turkish officials. Barzani said the tone of Turkish official interaction had improved significantly this visi [...]	2003-01-10 16:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF
03ANKARA2781	TFIZ01: Turkish Red Crescent Aid Shipment En [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-29 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA2800	TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP CONTINUES TO TRY TO HAVE [...] (C) Summary: In private conversations with us, opposition CHP M.P.s assert they value U.S.-Turkey relations and claim the party is the United States' "best friend." Publicly, experienced CHP deputies continue to pursue an anti-American line that belies their private assurances. End Summary. [...]	2003-04-30 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2809	TURKISH MFA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ARAFAT CONTACTS [...] (C) In absence of higher-ranking MFA officials, we delivered reftel demarche to Acting Head of Department for Middle East and Maghreb Tuzun. In response Tuzun said he is not aware of any current GOT plans to visit Arafat. 2. (C) Noting Turkey's strong support for President Bush,s initiat [...]	2003-04-30 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS TU

03ANKARA2811	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-30 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2812	TURKEY/CYPRUS: TURKS ENCOURAGED BY FREE FLOW OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA is encouraged by the flow of people between the two sides on Cyprus and plans to open additional gates. Nevertheless, MFA is concerned that the Greek Cypriots are attempting to restrict UNFICYP's important role in the buffer zone, which would undermine the current pos [...]	2003-04-30 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
03ANKARA2813	Turkish Trade with Iraq [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkish foreign trade officials emphasized Turkey's desire to gain a share of the commercial opportunities arising from Iraq reconstruction, and implied that special consideration should be given to Turkish comp [...]	2003-04-30 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC IZ TU
03ANKARA2817	IRAQ AND TURKEY: GOT SAYS SHIFTING FOCUS FROM [...] (S) According to MFA Iraq Department Head Kerim Uras (strictly protect),the GOT held a coordination meeting on Iraq policy April 26 at which MFA, TNIO and TGS reps agreed that Turkey should concentrate more on trade with and aid to Iraq, and less on the military issues surrounding the Iraqi b [...]	2003-04-30 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA2819	TURKEY SEEKS SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-30 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IO SENV TU
03ANKARA284	TURKEY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL BORDER CONTROL [...] Embassy Ankara received correspondence dated December 4 from the Turkish Under Secretary for Customs requesting additional radiation detection equipment be provided for Turkish borders. Embassy notes that the current NP/NDF program completed its last installations in December 2002. The Turks [...]	2003-01-13 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC ASEC TU
03ANKARA2847	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-01 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2853	TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, APRIL 2003 [...] Update on merger of Environment and Forest ministries 2. Turkish scientists receive satellite data 3. Broad-based committee sets S&T priorities 4. Water basin management in Turkey 5. Lessons learned from water user associations 6. The chatter on WWF-Turkey 7. Ankara lawyers mark [...]	2003-05-01 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO TU
03ANKARA286	TURKEY: 2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-13 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SNAR TU
03ANKARA2862	TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Iraq Reconstruction Okcun told EconCouns April 29 that Turkey would pursue an aggressive private/public sector approach to winning reconstruction contracts in Iraq. He asked if the U.S. could help by dispelling the notion that Turkish firms were at a disadvantag [...]	2003-05-02 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA2865	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-02 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2870	ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE IN KOREA: TURKEY [...] (U) Sun Kim, Second Secretary at the Korean Embassy in Ankara, said his Embassy recently sent its formal invitation to the GOT for the 3rd Global Forum on Fighting Corruption, to be held in Seoul May 29-31. He said the Korean Embassy did not receive instructions from Seoul to jointly approach [...]	2003-05-02 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV BR AR SI CI BU OECD
03ANKARA2872	APRIL 29 BELGIAN MINI-SUMMIT: TURKS SHARE OUR [...] (C) On May 1, Polmiloff, drawing on reftel talking points, briefed MFA/NATO Department Second Secretary Esra Dogan on USG concern over the April 29 Belgian mini-summit Joint Statement. Dogan, who had also been briefed earlier that day by the UK Embassy, said she was not surprised by the min [...]	2003-05-02 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA2898	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-05 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2902	SUGAR LAW LEAVES BITTER TASTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new sugar law implemented in September 2002 was supposed to eliminate the sugar industry's rampant overproduction, as well as GOT subsidies for its export, and eventually move the industry toward the free market. However, even as state-owned sugar company SEKER (its privati [...]	2003-05-05 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2903	TURKEY: FRIENDSHIP AND FEAR IN RURAL ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: In conversations at all levels during April visits to Ankara sub-provinces, poloffs encountered Turks eager to get U.S.-Turkish relations back on track. Nevertheless, we also noted the kind of suspicion and doubt from State authorities about the purpose of our trips that we normal [...]	2003-05-05 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2907	FOREIGN EMBASSIES IN BAGHDAD: TURKS PLAN TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) On May 3, DCM delivered ref A talking points to MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu on the CENTCOM agreement to allow countries to send small security teams to guard diplomatic properties in Iraq. DCM conveyed the p [...]	2003-05-05 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IQ
03ANKARA2909	EU-RELATED DRAFT REFORM BILL REFLECTS GOT STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has prepared a new package of EU-related legislative reforms, which it expects to introduce in Parliament by late May. Proposed measures relating to Kurdish broadcasting and non-Muslim foundations are designed to loosen restrictive regulations adopted pursuant to previous [...]	2003-05-05 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA2912	IRAQ: LETTERS FROM TGS CHOD OZKOK TO CJCS MYERS, [...] (C) On May 5, 2003, the Embassy received copies of three letters from TGS CHOD Gen. Ozkok: (1) an April 30 letter to CJCS Gen. Myers (see para two for text),(2) a May 1 letter to CJCS Myers (see para three for text) and (3) a May 1 letter to SACEUR Gen Jones (see para four for text). The fi [...]	2003-05-05 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA2914	AK REVIVES PLANS TO SELL STATE LANDS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM ERDOGAN ANNOUNCED RECENTLY THAT THE GOT IS PLANNING TO REALIZE BETWEEN $25-30 BILLION IN NEW REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF STATE-OWNED "FOREST LAND," MUCH OF IT TREELESS SUBURBAN SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS. THE OPPOSITION CHP AND SEVERAL NGOS CRITICIZED THE PROPOSAL, AND PRESIDENT SEZ [...]	2003-05-06 04:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA2940	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-06 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2950	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MAY 6: GOOD NEWS ON INFLATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6, Turkish markets continued the recent positive trend. Treasury raised TL 4.9 quadrillion (nearly $3 billion) in three T-bill auctions, achieving a debt roll-over rate this week of over 100 percent. April inflation data was under market expectations, with CPI at 2.1 p [...]	2003-05-06 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2953	UPDATE ON BOT COMPANIES IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler is continuing to pressure the BOT projects to cut their electricity tariffs, threatening parliamentary investigations or legal troubles if they do not. The BOTs, which include U.S.-owned companies Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga Enerji (Edison Mission),ha [...]	2003-05-07 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2957	Special 301 Demarche Delivered; GOT Plans to [...] (SBU) Summary: Noting outstanding issues in pharmaceuticals, copyright and trademark protection, Emboffs informed GOT interlocutors that Turkey will remain on the Special 301 Watch List this year. In a change from its earlier position that data exclusivity is not required by the TRIPS Agreem [...]	2003-05-07 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU USTR WTO
03ANKARA2975	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-07 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA298	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-13 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2984	TURKEY AND IDEF: SUPPORT FOR STRONG DOD ATTENDANCE [...] The Embassy supports and encourages direct senior-level Department of Defense participation in the sixth International Defense Industry, Aerospace and Maritime Fair (IDEF) that will be held in Ankara, Turkey, September 30-October 3, 2003. 2. Given the current economic situation in Turkey [...]	2003-05-07 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA2997	BTC CO LIFTS MATERIAL BREACH CLAIM [...] (C) Summary: BTC Co has formally informed the GOT that the government is no longer in material breach of its obligations under the BTC agreements (reftel). BTC Co CEO Michael Townshend told us he is satisfied that the GOT has resolved all outstanding operational issues, a point he reiterated [...]	2003-05-08 04:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA2998	HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION: "POLICE RAID A WARNING [...] (C) Summary: Police May 6 raided the Ankara offices of the Human Rights Association (HRA),seizing records and computers as part of an investigation of alleged support for terrorism. The HRA President believes the action is an attempt to warn NGOs and the GOT against supporting a planned confe [...]	2003-05-08 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA301	EMBASSY PRESSES AK ON ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Gul January 9, emphasizing that any possible U.S. financial assistance was conditional on continued implementation of the economic reform program. Embassy delivered the same message January 9 and 13 to Treasury U/S Oztrak and [...]	2003-01-13 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3011	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-08 11:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3014	TOBACCO CONTROL DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TURKEY STILL [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-08 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL TU
03ANKARA3016	ERDOGAN ADVISOR BENEFITS FROM GOT GENEROSITY TO [...] (C) Summary: Unable to fulfill his campaign pledge to raise support prices for Turkey's hazelnut farmers, Prime Minister Erdogan instead announced in February that the government would provide additional direct income support to this politically-powerful group. One of the beneficiaries of t [...]	2003-05-08 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAGR TU
03ANKARA3017	MILITARY PENSION FUND THRIVING IN TROUBLED ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Since Turkey's financial crisis in early 2001, OYAK, the Turkish military pension fund, has been one of the country's most profitable companies (it was the most profitable in 2001.) Its critics accuse OYAK of having unfair tax advantages, and see OYAK's prominence as the militar [...]	2003-05-08 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN MARR TU
03ANKARA3018	TURKISH TREASURY RAISES NEXT STEPS ON $1 BILLION [...] (SBU) On May 8, Treasury Deputy Undersecretary Aydin Karaoz raised with Acting DCM the next steps on effecting the $1 billion in U.S. assistance for Turkey. Karaoz said he had just returned from the annual EBRD meeting in Tashkent, where he had briefly discussed the issue with Treasury U/S Ta [...]	2003-05-08 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA3022	TURKISH REQUEST FOR SECURE PASSAGE TO BAGHDAD - [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Safak Gokturk and Iraq Deskoff Farhat Alkan May 8. Gokturk responded by saying that the first Turkish convoy (carrying Turkey's Ambassador to Iraq) had already left Ankara and would cross the Iraq [...]	2003-05-09 08:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA3023	AUSTRALIA GROUP SPRAYER NON-PAPER SHARED WITH GOT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-09 08:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA3036	MFA INQUIRY ON KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director General For Energy Hakki Akil called in Acting DCM May 8 to raise two issues of GOT concern related to the stoppage of oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline. First, Akil said, Turkey's Kirikkale Refine [...]	2003-05-09 10:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3052	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-09 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3055	MFA DEMARCHE ON OFF CONTRACTS [...] (C) Head of Department for Middle East Bilateral Economic Affairs Akif Ayhan called in econoff together with the British DCM May 8 to deliver the following demarche regarding Turkey's pending Oil for Food (OFF) contracts. Ayhan said he had delivered the same demarche earlier to the Russian, C [...]	2003-05-09 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3057	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) MFA Coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Ambassador Ahmet Okcun and DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen told us May 9 the MFA was interested in continuing Turkey's high-level participation in international security an [...]	2003-05-09 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER PGOV MARR MASS MOPS AF TU
03ANKARA3058	LIFTING IRAQ SANCTIONS: TURKISH MFA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-09 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA3059	TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKISH REACTION TO BATASUNA [...] (SBU) On May 9, MFA Deputy DG for intelligence and research Hakan Okcal told us the MFA had circulated interagency reftel information about additional names affiliated with ETA (Batasuna, Euskal Herritarrock and Herri Batasuna). If GOT agencies found assets owned or controlled by these addit [...]	2003-05-09 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS TU
03ANKARA3061	Sauces/Fanta Beverage Base Classification; [...] (U) Econoff presented U.S. positions on classification of sauces and of Fanta beverage base (reftels) to Ercan Saka, General Director, EU and Foreign Relations Department, Turkish Customs Undersecretariat, on May 6. Saka responded that Turkish Customs would take these demarches into account i [...]	2003-05-12 06:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TU
03ANKARA3062	U.S. Sumbissions on Antidumping, Subsidies and [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 06:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
03ANKARA3072	Special 301 Demarche: Culture Ministry's Plans [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (U) Summary: At a meeting to discuss the decision to keep Turkey on the Special 301 Watch List, a Turkish copyright official acknowledged increased copyright piracy and outlined a series of steps to improve both the lega [...]	2003-05-12 10:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA3078	IRAQ: TURKISH DELEGATION TO TRAVEL TO IRAQ TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Safak Gokturk informed us May 12 that Turkey intends to send a three-person "specialized" team to northern Iraq (Mosul, Irbil and Kirkuk) to meet with KDP, PUK and Turkmen leadership. The team is planning to fly from Ankara (via Turkish [...]	2003-05-12 11:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA3082	NEXT STEPS ON FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
03ANKARA3085	GOT REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY IN [...] ACTION REQUEST - PARA 4. 2. Embassy received MFA diplomatic note no. 2003/UKGY/178657 dated May 5 requesting USG support for its candidate to the International Tribunal for Rwanda at the United Nations General Assembly in June 2003 in New York. The body of the diplomatic note is as fol [...]	2003-05-12 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IO TU UN
03ANKARA3093	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3097	LETTER FROM FM GUL TO AMB PEARSON THANKING USG FOR [...] Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul sends a letter to Ambassador Pearson dated May 8, 2003. Following is the text of the letter received by the Embassy on May 12, 2003. Begin Text: 2. Dear Mr. Ambassador, I would like to express my appreciation to you personally and to the Governm [...]	2003-05-12 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID TU
03ANKARA31	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-02 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA310	TURKISH RESPONSE TO A/S WAYNE LETTER ON OECD; [...] (U) Embassy received an electronic copy of the Turkish response to A/S Anthony Wayne's letter on OECD reform and the Anti-Bribery Convention (reftel). The letter dated January 13 is to be sent by Ambassador Alev Kilic, Deputy Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs. In addition to presenting Turk [...]	2003-01-14 05:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KCRM TU OECD
03ANKARA3151	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-13 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3153	TURKISH MFA DELEGATION VISIT TO IRAQ: ITS IN OUR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Reftel reported the MFA's intention to send a three-person delegation to Iraq beginning May 15. The visit is in large part in response to past invitations from the KDP and PUK for a senior GOT delegation to visit northern Iraq. The Turks [...]	2003-05-13 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA3154	FORMER MP DISCUSSES ROLE IN MANISA TORTURE [...] (C) Summary: Sabri Ergul, one of the prosecuting attorneys in the high-profile Manisa police torture case, used his status as a parliamentarian to maintain pressure on the GOT and ensure the 10 defendants were convicted and sentenced. Ergul served as a witness in the case, having seen some of [...]	2003-05-13 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3155	TURKEY: RETURN OF THE HOCA [...] (C) Summary: At Saadet Party's May 11 national convention, long-time leader of Turkey's Islamist movement Necmettin Erbakan returned to active politics as party chairman. Unlike recent conventions of right-of-center DYP and ANAP, Saadet's congress was far more lively and colorful. The mood of [...]	2003-05-13 17:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3157	USG CONTRACTOR BEGINS TO EXPORT TURKISH LPG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. military contractor Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) has successfully delivered its first shipment of Turkish Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and gasoline from Turkey to Iraq, which will be donated as humanitarian assistance to Iraqi civilians. The U.S. military has contracted K [...]	2003-05-14 04:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3172	GOT OFFICIALS ON IRAQ SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Emboffs met with MFA and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat officials to obtain information on Turkish implementation of Iraq sanctions as requested reftel. Although our interlocutors cautioned that they could not provide definitive answers on how quickly Turkish sanctions against Iraq would b [...]	2003-05-14 11:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA3173	REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA: GOT WILL DO BEST [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-14 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3181	SEEBRIG ASSURANCES: GOT STRESSES ITS SIGNATURE TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-14 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA3186	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-14 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3187	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHIEF JUSTICE DISCUSSES ROLE [...] Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mustafa Bumin discussed his views on: the ruling AK Party; the threat of Islamic fundamentalism in Turkey; the role of the Constitution in a State of law; and the recent law lowering the retirement age for civil se [...]	2003-05-14 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA3190	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PIPELINES, BOT PROJECTS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Energy Minister Guler reiterated to Ambassador May 13 his personal commitment to completing BTC construction on time in Turkey, and thanked Ambassador for his reassurance that U.S. support for BTC had not decreased with the change in Iraq. Ambassador requested GOT support for th [...]	2003-05-15 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC GG TU IZ
03ANKARA3195	DEMARCHE FOR MAY 19 EU FMS MEETING DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-15 10:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
03ANKARA3197	HIGHLIGHTS OF APRIL 27-29 CODEL WEXLER [...] (C) Summary: During an April 27-29 visit to Ankara, Representative Robert Wexler visited with senior GOT leadership to assure continued support for the U.S.-Turkish relationship while simultaneously acknowledging there had been recent differences between the two countries. To mitigate any p [...]	2003-05-15 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON OREP PGOV PREL TU US
03ANKARA3202	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THREE INSTRUMENTS RELATED TO [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche May 15 to Gokcen Kaya, MFA Department Head for the United Nations. Kaya noted the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict is on the Turkish Parliament's agenda for ratification during this [...]	2003-05-15 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TU
03ANKARA3205	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-15 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3206	IMF READOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF resident rep in Ankara briefed us May 13 on the status of the Fifth Review. Given the number of unmet conditions at this point, the earliest date for the Fifth Review Board meeting is likely to be early July. While the GOT may meet its primary surplus criterion, there are [...]	2003-05-15 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3225	GOT OFFICIALS ON IRAQ SANCTIONS LIFT RESOLUTION, [...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA officials and the Energy Minister reacted positively to demarches by the Ambassador and others on the UN Security Council draft Iraq sanctions lift resolution. However, other MFA and Foreign Trade officials stressed the GOT's strong view that all pending, signed co [...]	2003-05-16 06:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA324	TURKEY AGREES ON U.S. APPROACH TO EU BALKAN OPS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-14 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA3257	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-16 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA326	PRESSING TURKEY ON ECONOMIC REFORM: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Embassy will continue to deliver the economic reform message (reftel) in meetings with senior government officials, AK Party leaders, and key parliamentarians. In these meetings, we will remind the government that its own bureaucrats (specifically at Treasury) say they need the $1.7 bill [...]	2003-01-14 11:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA3265	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: SOME POSITIVE SIGNS, BUT LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The rapid end of the Iraq war, prospect of U.S. and IMF money, and a global emerging market rally have combined to boost the Turkish currency and reduce interest rates substantially in recent weeks. Meanwhile, exports and industrial production continue to rise, while inflatio [...]	2003-05-16 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3266	GOT RESPONSE TO POLICE RAID OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: FM Gul and EU leaders have publicly criticized the May 6 police raid of the Human Rights Association's (HRA) Ankara offices. MFA and Justice Ministry contacts told us they regretted the raid, but said prosecutors acted within the law. However, one senior Interior Ministry contac [...]	2003-05-16 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3268	MFA RAISES KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE AGAIN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic and Director General For Energy Hakki Akil told Econ Couns May 15 that, as the MFA had told us previously (reftel),the lack of oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipel [...]	2003-05-17 05:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3287	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-20 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3288	Readout on FM Gul's Visit to Bulgaria: Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA characterized FM Gul's recent visit to Bulgaria as a success. Turkish investment in Bulgaria and trade in energy were key subjects of discussion during the Gul visit. MFA told us that the agreement to buy electricity from Bulgaria may not be commercially sensible for Turk [...]	2003-05-20 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EINV BG TU
03ANKARA329	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-14 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA33	U/S TAYLOR'S DISCUSSIONS WITH GOT ON ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In his talks in Ankara December 28 and 29, Treasury Under Secretary Taylor several times stressed the need for the GOT to implement economic reform, specifying the 2003 primary budget surplus, resolution of two large banks, and implementation of the Public Procurement Law as thr [...]	2003-01-02 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3305	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-21 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3306	Turkish Red Crescent Travel to Iraq to Explore [...] (U) MFA Ambassador for Iraq Reconstruction Issues Ahmed Rifat Okcun called in Econ Counselor April 21 on Turkish Red Crescent (TRC) plans to visit Iraq to discuss assistance for hospitals with the Iraqi Red Crescent. MFA Head of Department for Multilateral Political Organizations Feza Ozturk [...]	2003-05-21 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID IZ TU
03ANKARA331	NATO/IRAQ: TURKEY PATIENT FOR NOW BUT LOOKING FOR [...] (S) Summary: MFA DG for International Security Affairs Morali told DCM January 13 that NATO should move forward prudently on Articles IV and V with respect to Iraq. Nevertheless, the GOT hopes the package outlined in reftel with evolve as necessary and discussion of Article IV will not be defe [...]	2003-01-14 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ NATO
03ANKARA3393	EXPORT OF TURKISH LPG AND GASOLINE TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3397	UNION OF CHAMBERS PRESIDENT BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (SBU) Influential Union of Chambers of Commerce (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarciklioglu told the Ambassador May 22 that he had returned from a three-day visit to Washington with agreement on several specific initiatives to bolster the bilateral relationship. They include: - establishing a [...]	2003-05-23 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA3399	TURKEY RESPONDES TO RUSSIAN IMO PAPER ON TURKISH [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Chief of Maritime Affairs Erciyes told econoff May 22 that the paper Russia had submitted to the IMO, which claims that Turkey has implemented new, costly restrictions on passage through the Turkish Straits, was factually incorrect. Erciyes maintained that the guidelines i [...]	2003-05-23 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EWWT TU
03ANKARA3401	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3408	GOT REQUESTS INFORMATION ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) In a March 22 meeting with Ambassador, Interior Minister Aksu requested information on six Turkish citizens he said are being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Aksu provided names, DOBs and POBs for the detainees, as follows: -- Murat Kurnaz; 3/ [...]	2003-05-23 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3409	AMBASSADOR RAISES SECURITY, TIP, CHILD ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador discussed possible terrorist threats against the American community and the GOT's efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Ambassador also sought the Minister's assistance in a U.S. child abduction case. Aksu pro [...]	2003-05-23 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC PHUM TU
03ANKARA3410	OPPOSITION FROM TURKEY'S NSC SHARPENS CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: GOT leaders continue to support passage of a series of reform packages to harmonize Turkey's practices with EU membership criteria. TGS chief Ozkok and his deputy Buyukanit also formally support Turkey's EU candidacy. At the same time the military-dominated National Security Cou [...]	2003-05-23 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3412	TURKEY'S CYPRUS POLICY: WHAT NOW? [...] (C) Summary: Assessments of how Turkey should move on Cyprus vary in both the GOT and Turkish State. Some (e.g., FonMin Gul) are working to overcome what they recognize as pressure on Turkey's interests following the failure of the UN-sponsored Cyprus talks and the EU's decision to accept a d [...]	2003-05-23 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY TU
03ANKARA3416	THE TURKS AND THE STABILIZATION FORCE IN IRAQ [...] (C) The GOT continues to express an interest in participating in the stabilization force in Iraq. The Turks understand the political sensitivity of a neighboring state putting troops in Iraq. According to MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Sanivar Kizildeli, Turkey is not looking to use NATO as a "bac [...]	2003-05-27 06:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA343	GOT ANNOUNCES 2003 PRIVATIZATION [...] SUMMARY: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SENER ANNOUNCED JANUARY 13 THE 2003 PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM, ADOPTED EARLIER BY THE HIGHER PRIVATIZATION COUNCIL. IT SETS AN AMBITIOUS TARGET OF $4 BILLION IN PRIVATIZATION REVENUE. IT INCLUDES FOUR MAJOR STATE ENTERPRISES - PETKIM (PETROCHEMICALS),TEKEL (TOBAC [...]	2003-01-15 04:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG TU
03ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3462	OIC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) May 27 we delivered reftel demarche to Serra Erarslan, Turkish MFA OIC department head. Erarslan undertook to transmit a copy of the text to the Turkish delegation, which is already in Tehran for the May 28-31 foreign ministers meeting. PEARSON [...]	2003-05-27 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ XF TU
03ANKARA3463	TURKS FIRM IN THEIR SUPPORT FOR "OPTION TWO" FOR [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Polmiloff met with Fatih Ceylan, Head of the MFA NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs Department, on May 22 on the subject of NATO command restructuring. Ceylan said that Turkey wo [...]	2003-05-27 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU
03ANKARA3475	COMMUNICATING WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Reftels instructed embassies to identify a high-level point of contact in host governments for a virtual e-mail contact group on Iraq reconstruction, and to ask host governments to send resumes to State and ORHA of experts who might be able to support Iraqi ministries. Embassy strongly s [...]	2003-05-28 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA3480	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-28 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3481	ANKARA OSAC DISCUSSES SOFT TARGET VULNERABILITY [...] RSO, CONS and FCS hosted a reconstituted OSAC Country Council on 5/27/03 to discuss the critical nature of the global terrorist threat and the focus on "soft" targets. RSO provided an overview of the historical terrorist threat in Turkey, the worldwide threat from Al-Qa'ida and its network o [...]	2003-05-28 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KSAC PTER
03ANKARA3487	TURKEY: MFA D/U/S ILKIN'S MAY 27 CYPRUS BRIEFING [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin briefed representatives of EU and Permfive countries May 27 regarding GOT and "TRNC" efforts to reinvigorate the Cyprus process. Ilkin asserted that decisions by "TRNC" leader Denktas and the GOT allowing Greek Cypriots to visit the north and the Turkish [...]	2003-05-28 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU

03ANKARA3488	POLITICIANS PRESS CENTRAL BANK TO CUT INTEREST [...] (SBU) Government ministers continue to ratchet up the pressure on the Central Bank to cut overnight interest rates, arguing that such a move is needed to weaken the recently-robust lira and prevent Turkey's growing current account deficit from deteriorating further. 2. (SBU) The pressur [...]	2003-05-28 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3503	TURKEY WORKING ON CATCH-ALL CONTROLS [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-29 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC TU
03ANKARA3504	TURKS DECLINE OFFER FOR SECOND TRANCHE OF ANTHRAX [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-29 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU
03ANKARA3506	DAS PASCOE'S MAY 21-22 POST-WAR TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) State Department DAS for European Affairs Lynn Pascoe told GOT officials May 21-22 the USG was disappointed with Turkey over its handling of issues of major importance to the US, including Iraq and Cyprus. DAS Pascoe said the door to rebuilding relations was open, but it was up to Turkey t [...]	2003-05-29 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR AR TU IZ IS
03ANKARA3507	TURKISH FONMIN GUL TO OIC: "WE SHOULD FIRST PUT [...] (U) Much of May 29 Turkish press highlights what it reports as Deputy P.M./FonMin Gul's strong pro-democracy statement at May 28 OIC meeting in Tehran. Promoting what some press characterized as a "visionary" message (one supporting some USG points in reftel demarche),Gul urged the transform [...]	2003-05-29 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV SCUL TU
03ANKARA3509	TURKEY: CHP TAKES A TACTICAL VIEW OF REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP has publicly, and privately in meetings with us, endorsed the AK government's EU reform package but has rejected AK proposals to sell state-owned forestry lands and to allow local administrations more control over health and education services. The CHP stance refle [...]	2003-05-30 07:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA352	FOREIGN TRADE CLAIMS TUZMEN'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Econoff met with Tevfik Mengu, Director General for Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, on January 14 for a readout on State Minister Kursad Tuzmen's January 10 to 12 visit to Baghdad. Mengu characterized the visit as very successful, noting that, in addition to Tuzmen's one [...]	2003-01-15 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU UNSC
03ANKARA3524	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-30 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3528	MFA U/S ZIYAL STRESSES IRAQ IN 5/22 MEETING WITH [...] (C) MFA U/S Ziyal told visiting EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe May 22 his main objective was to get the US-Turkey bilateral relationship back on track. Ziyal said he was looking forward to meeting with USG officials in Washington and suggested the second week of June. On Iraq, Ziyal said it was importa [...]	2003-05-30 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA3536	IMF CONCLUDES STAFF MISSION: STILL MUCH WORK TO DO [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Mission Director told us May 30 that, while the staff mission had gone somewhat better than he expected, Turkish authorities still had much work to do in the next 10-14 days if they hoped to see a Fund board review by end-June. The government needs to adopt new fiscal mea [...]	2003-05-30 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3537	DISCUSSION WITH MFA ON TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: DCM met with MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic May 29 to discuss ways in which Turkey could begin establishing a normal trading relationship with Iraq. Kilic said the MFA was ready to move forward [...]	2003-05-30 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EPET IZ TU
03ANKARA356	INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT ON [...] Post provided Ref A materials on 12/26/02 to MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction Ambassador Ahmet Okcun whose office responded with information for reports required by U.S. Congress. 2. The information below responds to the matrix compartments: -- Tokyo Pledge in USD millio [...]	2003-01-15 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EFIN AF TU
03ANKARA358	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-15 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3675	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-06 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3677	MANPADS AIRPORT ASSESSMENT IN TURKEY [...] PER REFTEL, TURKISH CIVIL AVIATION DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SECURITY ERDAL UGUR TOLD ECONOFF THAT THE TURKISH DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION (DGCA) WOULD BE PLEASED TO CONDUCT A JOINT MANPADS ASSESSMENT WITH THE TRANSPORT SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA) AT ISTANBUL ATATURK AIRPORT. UGUR SAID [...]	2003-06-06 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER ASEC ECON TU
03ANKARA3691	DEMARCHE ON STROVILIA DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche to Ethem Barkan Oz, first secretary in Cyprus Directorate General, who undertook to convey USG concerns to Cyprus DG Ertugrul Apakan. 2. (C) Implying that he did not understand why the USG was making the demarche, Oz denied vehemently that Turkish Cyprio [...]	2003-06-06 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY GR
03ANKARA3693	UPDATE ON PROGRESS ON IMF REVIEW [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep (strictly protect) told us late today that he was not thrilled with the GOT's rate of progress toward meeting the conditions for the upcoming Fifth Review of the program. He expressed doubt that the government would be able to complete all of the outstanding work in time for [...]	2003-06-06 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA3694	DEFINING THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY: GENERAL STAFF AND GOVERNMENT STRUGGLE WITH THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Chief of the General Staff (TGS) Ozkok's attempt to smother disgruntlement in senior ranks and at the same time to warn ruling AK party against perceived anti-secular trends has achieved neither goal. While tensions between the military and AK, and within each, will continue, we [...]	2003-06-06 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA3706	NEGOTIATING THE EXBS MOU: MFA SUGGESTS WASHINGTON [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-09 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA3707	EMBASSY DELIVERS DRAFT FINANCIAL AGREEMENT TO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) EconCouns delivered the draft financial agreement and disbursement request document to Treasury Deputy U/S Aydin Karaoz June 9, highlighting the agreement's economic and political conditions. Karaoz said he or Deputy Director Genera [...]	2003-06-09 10:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
03ANKARA3729	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-09 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA373	USG SUPPORTS MANDIL FOR IEA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-15 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET AORC TU IEA OECD
03ANKARA3731	FACILITATING TURKEY-IRAQ FUEL OIL FOR GASOLINE/LPG [...] (C) In separate June 9 meetings, Ambassador and EconCouns urged MFA U/S Ziyal and Foreign Trade U/S Kayalar, respectively, to facilitate GOT approval of the pending SOMO-Delta Petroleum barter deal (reftel),under which SOMO would export fuel oil to Turkey in return for benzine (gasoline) and [...]	2003-06-09 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ETRD IZ TU
03ANKARA3732	TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP DEVELOPS "NUANCES" ON EU [...] (C) Ref A noted main opposition CHP's general support for the AK government's sixth EU reform package, which could be brought to Parliament perhaps as early as this week. However, in light of the May 28 NSC meeting and the well-publicized opposition to the reform process among hardliners in th [...]	2003-06-09 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3738	PROSECUTOR OPENS TWO CASES AGAINST WRITER FOR [...] (C) Summary: An Ankara prosecutor has opened two cases against writer and scholar Fikret Baskaya for works originally published 10 years ago. One of the cases involves a book for which Baskaya was convicted and imprisoned in 1994; the European Court of Human Rights later ruled in Baskaya's f [...]	2003-06-10 11:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3748	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-10 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3751	GOT FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF USG APPROACH FOR JUNE 16 [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Action Request at paragraph 8. 3. (C) SUMMARY. We delivered reftel demarche on June 9 to representatives of the Turkish MFA, who promised full support for the USG approach at the June 16 IAEA Bo [...]	2003-06-10 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA
03ANKARA3753	TURKS ASSERT WILLINGNESS TO MOVE FORWARD DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 1-4 visit to Ankara, President of the Project on Transitional Democracies Bruce Jackson urged Turkish officials to consider a wider, European context as it pursues foreign policy over the next 18 months. GOT interlocutors embraced Jackson's message and seemed will [...]	2003-06-10 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA376	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: UPDATE ON REFORM MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: A GOT team of experts is drafting a letter of intent for the 2003 IMF program. IMF resrep hopes to receive the draft by this weekend, paving the way for an IMF mission as early as next week. The IMF focus remains the 2003 budget. While the GOT has formally committed to a 6.5 p [...]	2003-01-15 16:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3777	Request for Guidance on Iraq-Turkey Civair [...] Baghdad minimize considered. 2. This cable contains an action request for the Department in para 4. 3. CENTAF contacted Embassy's Assistant Air Attache in connection with the objective of establishing agreements allowing civilian air traffic control between Turkey and Iraq. Wi [...]	2003-06-11 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3784	TURKEY'S GENC PARTY: THE KEMALIST STATE'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: As reported in reftels, Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan is trying to moderate Genc Party's nationalist-corporatist image by toning down his angry anti-U.S., anti-West rhetoric and by recruiting well-known politicians from the center-right. As part of this strategy, Uzan has been grant [...]	2003-06-11 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3787	TURKEY TRYING TO SUPPORT THE MIDDLE EAST ROADMAP [...] (C) Since late May, numerous meetings with GOT officials and press reports suggest Turkey is seeking to develop a constructive approach on Middle East issues, offering to host an MEPP (and a separate OIC) conference in Turkey and sending appropriate, reform-minded messages to Iran and Syria (r [...]	2003-06-11 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS TU
03ANKARA3794	KDP'S CONTINUED PRACTICE OF CHARGING FEES AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Recent reports that the KDP intends to continue charging taxes/fees for goods crossing the Turkish-Iraqi border threatens to stall our ability to facilitate the flow of goods to Iraq and could hamper our overall reconstruction efforts. [...]	2003-06-11 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA3795	TURKS EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA3797	Demarche on WTO Trade Facilitation [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU USTR WTO
03ANKARA3798	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3814	GOT FULLY CONCURS WITH USG ASSESSMENT OF DG [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On June 12, we delivered ref A demarche, following up on ref B demarche (reported in ref C). The GOT has gone over ElBaradei's report with great care and fully concurred with USG concerns over Iran's [...]	2003-06-12 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA
03ANKARA3815	TURKEY ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The increasing likelihood of a delay beyond end-June in the Fifth Review under Turkey's IMF program so far has not dampened the relatively buoyant mood in the markets, as the lira continues to trade strongly against the dollar. The Central Bank intervened again this week, to [...]	2003-06-12 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA3826	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-12 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3827	Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told us that two-way crossings at Habur total about 1,500 vehicles daily, and that he expects this traffic to more than double in the near future. Following a stoppage at the border prompted by a Kurdis [...]	2003-06-12 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3830	Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told us that two-way crossings at Habur total about 1,500 vehicles daily, and that he expects this traffic to more than double in the near future. Following a stoppage at the border prompted by a Kurdis [...]	2003-06-13 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3832	GOT Offer of Assistance on Iraqi Hotels [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) This cable contains an action request in para 5. 3. (SBU) In a June 11 meeting with Econ Counselor, Ambassador Ahmet Okcun, MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan and Iraq, conveyed a GOT plan to fund construction of and equipment for 2 hosp [...]	2003-06-13 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3842	ARTICLE 98: GOT SAYS IT SUPPORTS AGREEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: GOT officials told a visiting State and Defense Article 98 delegation June 10 that the GOT in principle favors reaching an Article 98 agreement with the US, but cannot do so at this time because of intense EU pressure. The officials noted that Turkey is not a signatory to the Int [...]	2003-06-13 10:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA3843	TURKS VIEW TIER III TIP RATING AS UNFAIR, [...] Summary: GOT officials said they are "disappointed" by Turkey's Tier III ranking in the 2003 TIP Report. They claimed the report ignores TIP-related reforms adopted by the GOT over the past year, and argued that the ranking was not based on fair, objective analysis. The press focused on the [...]	2003-06-13 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
03ANKARA3848	TURKEY-IRAQ ECONOMIC RELATIONS; UPDATE ON BARTER [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Unakitan told the Ambassador that the Prime Minister had instructed an interagency group to resolve the problems holding up trade at the Habur Gate, including those involved in the Delta Petroleum products ba [...]	2003-06-13 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3858	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-15 04:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3875	MFA REQUESTS BILAT BETWEEN SECRETARY POWELL AND FM [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Embassy Ankara understands that Secretary Powell will attend the June 21-23 World Economic Forum meeting in Jordan. We received a call on June 16 from the acting DDG for the Americas at the MFA, who [...]	2003-06-16 10:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	JO OVIP PREL TU
03ANKARA3892	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3895	(S) TERRORIST FINANCE: ANKARA: HAMAS NAMES [...] (SBU) Classified by Econ Counselor Scot Marciel. Reasons 1.5 (b) (d). 2. (C) Econoff conveyed names and background paper in reftel to Hakan Okcal, Director General for Research and Intelligence at the Foreign Ministry in a June 16 meeting. Noting the need to keep the information close h [...]	2003-06-16 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KPAL TU
03ANKARA3896	BALKANS WITNESS SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV ZL TU
03ANKARA3911	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-17 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3913	IRAQ: GOT DESIRES TO SHIP OFFICE FURNITURE TO [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has responded positively to requests from the Iraqi MFA and the Iraqi Tribal Coalition to provide these organizations office supplies. The MFA is prepared to send these goods (via the Habur Gate) as soon as authorization from OCPA is received. The MFA requests that US aut [...]	2003-06-17 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA3914	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN UN HOSTED TECHNICAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-17 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3915	PENAL CODE AMENDMENTS INCLUDE HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: A revised version of the Turkish Penal Code (TPC),currently under parliamentary review, includes measures that would: expand the definition of torture and increase prison sentences for those who commit torture; strengthen privacy rights; introduce home detention for minor crimes; [...]	2003-06-17 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA3916	FIFTH REVIEW DELAY RAISES NEW CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk indicated to us today that, even with speedy conclusion of the GOT's letter of intent, the IMF's fifth review "cannot" be completed by the end of June, bringing into full play tough end-of-June performance targets. Benign markets stem [...]	2003-06-18 04:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA3918	AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE VISIT TO ANKARA, JUNE 6, [...] (C) Five members of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) including Harold Tanner, president, Shula Bahat, chief operating officer, Stanley Bergman, board member, Marian Bergman, board member and Barry Jacobs, director of strategic studies visited Ankara on Friday, June 6 to meet with senior G [...]	2003-06-18 07:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IS TU
03ANKARA392	TURKISH BUSINESS LEADER CRITICIZES AKP; SEEKS U.S. [...] (U) In a January 13 news conference in Istanbul, Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TUSIAD) Chairman Tuncay Ozilhan criticized the new AKP government for its loosening of fiscal discipline and its failure to take a stand on the Iraq issue. "We don't need any of this in such [...]	2003-01-16 06:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3921	TURKEY: BALKANS WITNESS SECURITY [...] (U) Responding to ref A questions, Atalay Ozdemiroglu, Assistant Chief of the GOT Ministry of Interior's Department of Organized Crime and Smuggling (Research Division),informed us June 17 that Turkey: -- has no legal regional witness security programs; -- makes witness protection dec [...]	2003-06-18 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV ZL TU
03ANKARA3922	UNILATERAL ACTIONS BY KURDISH GROUPS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The KDP's June 17 refusal to allow a 40-person delegation of Iraqi businessmen to cross into Turkey to meet with Turkish businessmen, together with the KDP's continued practice of charging taxes/fees for good [...]	2003-06-18 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA3934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-18 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3937	TURKEY'S ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS NEEDS TO BE [...] Summary. Even though Turkey's environmental laws are written to produce environmentally sound economic development, regulations fall short of providing the uniform standards and technical criteria for preparing environmental impact assessments (EIAs). The government's technical staff is insuf [...]	2003-06-19 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TU
03ANKARA3958	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-19 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3974	SIXTH EU-RELATED REFORM PACKAGE IN PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) Summary: With the Turkish Parliament beginning its consideration of the GOT's sixth EU-related reform package in the past two years, the ruling AK Party has moved forward despite an attempt by the military-dominated National Security Council (NSC) to delay the legislation and the outspoken [...]	2003-06-19 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3975	TURKEY WAITING FOR RESPONSE TO IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] This cable contains an action request. See paras 2 and 4. 2. Summary and action request: The GOT has proposed various types of Iraq Reconstruction assistance, including: the donation of office supplies, vegetable seeds, and two hospitals; the provision of electricity and mobile phone l [...]	2003-06-19 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3976	UPDATE ON BOT COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary: President of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) Yusuf Gunay told EconCouns June 17 that EMRA was working on a response to the recent letter from the export credit agencies regarding the BOT contracts (reftel). The U.S. BOT companies, Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga [...]	2003-06-20 05:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA3992	TURKEY'S LOCAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ANKARA: LET [...] (C) Summary: In the metropolitan municipality of Ankara, the campaign season has begun anew. Local elections must be held here by April 2004, although some of our contacts continue to speculate that the ruling AK Party could change the constitution to hold local polls sometime this fall. Cand [...]	2003-06-20 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3997	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-20 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA400	TURKISH OFFICIALS QUESTION IRAQ IMPACT ON ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials have begun to ask about the potential impact of an Iraq operation on Turkish energy interests, raising with us the possible effect on BTC, Shah Deniz, the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, and Turkey's oil supply. BOTAS is worried about the potential impact on Iskenderun [...]	2003-01-16 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IZ AJ GG KZ TU UNSC
03ANKARA4003	TURKEY: KURDISH YEZIDIS SPEAK UP [...] (U) Among Turkey's estimated 12-15 million Kurds exists a minority within a minority -- the Yezidis. According to Veysi Bulut, a leader of the Yezidi community in Turkey: -- Yezidism (note: a non-Islamic religion derived from Zoroastrianism. End note) was once the dominant form of worshi [...]	2003-06-20 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4004	TURKS AGREE TO FACILITATE TRAVEL OF IRANIAN RFE/RL [...] (C) We have conveyed requests as outlined in reftel to Turkish MFA. Engin Yurur, head of Iran desk, was aware of the issue and had already conveyed our concerns to the relevant Turkish authorities and was coordinating with the Interior Ministry. MFA will confirm final details of how they wil [...]	2003-06-21 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU IR AJ EZ
03ANKARA4013	ASSESSMENT OF TURKISH OSCE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE [...] (U) Bio: Ahmet Tan, currently the head of the Turkish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, is a journalist, former member of Parliament for Bulent Ecevit's left-of-center DSP, and former Minister of Tourism. He graduated from Ankara University's Faculty of Political Science, and rec [...]	2003-06-23 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA4016	TURKEY, BAE SYSTEMS AND SPEWS II: FURTHER DELAY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) BAE Systems and the Turkish government have been trying to secure an amendment to an existing Manufacturing License Agreement (MLA) that re-hosts Turkish software and jamming routines on the new SPEWS II hardware since early 2003. Turke [...]	2003-06-23 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS TU PREL
03ANKARA4019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-23 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4024	GOT PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT CATCH-ALL CONTROLS IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-24 06:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA4025	GUIDANCE ON IRAQ-TURKEY CIVAIR AGREEMENT [...] Baghdad minimize considered. 2. This cable contains an action request in para 4. 3. As reported ref B, CENTAF has proposed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) to govern air traffic control between Turkey and Iraq. Embassy requested in reftels that the Department provide instructions for tra [...]	2003-06-24 06:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4026	TURKEY: AK GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS THE SCREWS ON [...] (C) Summary: AK Party is engaging in a broad and popular anti-corruption campaign for both normative policy and narrower, hardball political reasons. By doing so, P.M. Erdogan and AK are: 1) implicating both their political and bureaucratic rivals; thereby 2) putting them on the defensive and [...]	2003-06-24 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4031	GOT APPROVES REVISED SEEBRIG ASSURANCES [...] Embassy Ankara received a diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA on June 24, confirming that the SEEBRIG assurances requested of the GOT (reftel) are acceptable to the GOT and that its note constitutes an agreement between the USG and the GOT. Embassy Ankara has reviewed the diplomatic note and [...]	2003-06-24 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR TU MASS
03ANKARA4032	TURKS AGREE TO FACILITATE TRAVEL WHEN POSSIBLE [...] (S) Embassy confirmed with Turkish officials that they remain willing to ensure the two journalists will be able to transit Turkey as they travel to Prague when a new itinerary is developed. GOT officials asked that their participation be kept confidential. During preparations for transit on [...]	2003-06-24 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL TU IR AJ EZ
03ANKARA4033	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-24 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA404	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN, [...] (S/NF) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, a small CENTCOM/EUCOM planning team will soon [...]	2003-01-16 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA4061	CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AROUND PETKIM PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The first major sale in Turkey's ambitious 2003 privatization program is nearing the finish line, with the imminent submission of the winning bid for the state petrochemical company Petkim to Turkey's High Privatization Council for approval. The tender is engulfed in controve [...]	2003-06-25 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG TU
03ANKARA4066	GOT EXPRESSES DETERMINATION ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (C) June 23 DCM delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Umur Apaydin, MFA Director General for Consular Affairs. Apaydin stated GOT would review USG trafficking-in-persons (TIP) recommendations and guide its work as appropriate. Noting strong bilateral cooperation and thorough police i [...]	2003-06-25 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA4068	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-25 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4070	IRAQI SOMO-DELTA PETROLEUM BARTER DEAL UNDERWAY [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Delta Petroleum and the MFA confirmed to us that the GOT had given final approval for the pending SOMO-Delta barter deal (reftels),under which SOMO will export fuel oil to Turkey in return for Turkish benzine (gasoline) and LPG. Delta Petroleum o [...]	2003-06-25 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4072	KURDISH GROUPS' UNILATERAL ACTIONS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary and action request: Reftels report the KDP's practice of charging taxes/fees for goods crossing the Turkish-Iraqi border. Reports from GOT officials, local businessmen, and UN officials indicate that the KDP continues to charge fees for ce [...]	2003-06-25 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC TU IZ
03ANKARA4073	TURKISH CABINENT APPROVES USE OF BASES AND PORTS [...] (C) MFA DDG for the Americas Suna Ilicak told the DCM June 25 that the Turkish cabinet earlier this week had approved the use of Turkish bases and ports for humanitarian and reconstruction operations covered under UNSCR 1483. Ilicak said the Cabinet's decision came in the form of a decree, is [...]	2003-06-25 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA4074	TURKISH MARKETS SOFTEN AS IMF CONCERNS RE-EMERGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets have softened in recent days on worries about delays in completion of the IMF program's fifth review. Two leading brokerages (JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch) reduced their exposure to Turkish assets in their models, citing IMF worries. Some progress has been regis [...]	2003-06-26 03:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV TU
03ANKARA4098	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: GOT REQUEST TO SELL 23 [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG approval to sell US-origin H-300 helicopters to "Air Consult" located in Kurttepe, Adana. This the second diplomatic note we have received from t [...]	2003-06-26 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA4105	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-26 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4110	TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP STILL WALKING TIGHTROPE ON [...] (C) Summary: AK government says it will pursue as one or two additional EU reform packages (the seventh and eighth) before Parliament goes on delayed recess this summer. Opposition CHP supported the sixth package in June 20 vote, but is now attempting to put the breaks on the government's refo [...]	2003-06-26 20:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4121	WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE: RECENT IMPROVEMENTS [...] Summary. Turkey's wastewater resources infrastructure serves its metropolitan populations sufficiently but is unable to provide adequate sanitation services in rural areas. Most wastewater is disposed of untreated in bodies of water. Although the number of wastewater treatment facilities i [...]	2003-06-27 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA4130	THREE AMERICAN CORNERS OPEN IN TURKEY [...] SUMMARY: In the past week, the U.S. Mission in Turkey has opened three uniquely Turkey-specific American corners in three of the most dynamic business cities of the country. The venues are the headquarters of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in those cities. We believe that the venues are on [...]	2003-06-27 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KIRC
03ANKARA4131	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-27 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4155	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-30 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA416	THE AK GOVERNMENT'S DOMESTIC ENERGY STRATEGY: [...] (C) Summary and comment: Two months into its administration, the AK Government has not yet clearly defined its domestic energy strategy, except to announce general support for liberalization and its desire to decrease electricity prices. Although the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) [...]	2003-01-16 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA4160	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: GOT REQUEST TO SELL MURAT [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting information on this submarine re-transfer request. This is the third diplomatic note we have received from the MFA regarding this case. The first two [...]	2003-07-01 08:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA4161	TURKEY: CORRUPTION CHARGES DIMMING GENC PARTY'S [...] (C) Summary: New corruption charges against Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan, stemming from his abuse of Uzan-linked companies against Turkish citizens in Turkey, are having a negative impact on his populist, xenophobic Genc Party's standing in the public eye. The controversy surrounding the notori [...]	2003-07-01 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA417	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-16 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4170	TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, MAY-JUNE 2003 [...] Illegal fishing plagues Black and Azov seas 2. International team of scientists explore the Black Sea aboard the Research Vessel Knorr 3. "Blue Flags" for Turkey's safe and clean beaches 4. No change in winter air quality for big cities 5. Ambassador salutes environmental education [...]	2003-07-01 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KPAO TU
03ANKARA4171	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA4177	STATUS OF HIV/AIDS: LOW PREVALENCE, LOW PRIOIRTY [...] Post used the delivery of Ref A materials on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to obtain updated information on HIV/AIDS in Turkey from the Ministry of Health (MOH),Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UN Population Fund. The institutions appreciated receiving the materials, acknowl [...]	2003-07-01 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA4178	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA418	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF WARNS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: TGS Chief Ozkok's Jan. 8 prepared statement to assembled media reps: 1) reprimanded AK government's alleged support for Islamic "reactionaries" and AK's softer line on Cyprus; 2) denied that the military opposes AK's pursuit of EU membership; and 3) noted that while the military w [...]	2003-01-16 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA4180	MARKET FIRMS ON Q1 GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets rebounded on July 1, helped by strong growth figures for the first quarter and a perception that relations with both the U.S. and IMF are on a positive track, following announcements of both a July 9 IMF mission and FM Gul's impending visit to Washington. The T [...]	2003-07-02 04:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV TU
03ANKARA419	EMBASSY REQUESTS MEETING FOR GOT CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. (C) Action Request. That G/TIP director John Miller meet GOT trafficking-in-persons (TIP) inter-agency task force leader Fatma Firat Topcuoglu, MFA DDG for Consular Affairs, on the margins of Feb 2003 G/TIP-sponsored conference "Pathb [...]	2003-01-16 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA4190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-02 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4193	TURKEY: SEZER UNDER FIRE FOR ANTI-REFORM STANCE [...] (C) As reported reftel, President Sezer vetoed an article in the AK Government's sixth EU Copenhagen Criteria harmonization package, which Parliament had passed with a unanimous vote -- a rare occurrence in Turkey. The veto overruled a provision abolishing Turkey's controversial Article 8 of [...]	2003-07-02 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4196	GOT CIRCULAR ON ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" SEEN AS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Education Ministry has urged all fifth- and seventh-graders to write an essay arguing that allegations that the Ottomans committed genocide against Armenians are "baseless." The Ministry also asked schools to organize conferences on the issue, and seven teachers have been [...]	2003-07-02 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4217	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-03 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4222	IRAQ: TURKS REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT KURDISH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (U) Classified by DCM Robert Deutsch. Reasons: 1.5 (B and D). 3. (C) Action Request: Refs A and B list GOT offers of assistance related to the reconstruction and stability of Iraq, for which Post has requested guidance from the Department or OCP [...]	2003-07-03 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA4224	BOTAS READY TO RESUME PIPELINE OPERATIONS; WAITING [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) BOTAS General Manager Mehmet Bilgic told econoff July 3 that the storage tanks at Ceyhan, which store Iraqi crude from the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik line, were nearly empty. The only remaining oil in the storage tanks was bound for Turkey's Kirakkale refi [...]	2003-07-03 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4230	TURKEY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ITS SPECIAL [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Acting Undersecretary of MFA Baki Ilkin convoked DCM the evening of July 4th to formally protest the reported arrest by US forces of Turkish Special Forces (SF) in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. According to Ilkin, at approximately 14:30 July 4, Turkish SF re [...]	2003-07-04 20:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4231	ARREST OF TURKISH SF CLOSES BORDER [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) Ambassador spoke with MFA Acting U/S Baki Ilkin the morning of July 5 concerning the arrest of Turkish Special Forces in Iraq (reftel). Ilkin said that US military authorities in northern Iraq told the Turkish Liaison team with the 173rd in Iraq th [...]	2003-07-05 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4237	TURKISH PRESS SLAMS US DETENTION OF TURKISH [...] Public reaction and rhetoric about the Turkish SF detained in Iraq continues to mount in Turkey as evidenced by increasingly large demonstrations at our missions and more vociferous statements to the press by government officials. Headlines in July 6 major Turkish newspapers -- "The Ugly [...]	2003-07-07 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4239	GOT CONCURS WITH USG WAY AHEAD ON IAEA/IRAN, [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Per ref A, we delivered ref B demarche on July 2 to Ibrahim Yagli, Head of the Disarmament Department at the MFA. Yagli concurred with the way ahead outlined in our demarche, and stressed that the GO [...]	2003-07-07 09:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
03ANKARA4240	TURKEY: GROWING HOSTILITY TOWARD USG IN WAKE OF N. [...] (C) Summary: Despite the release of the Turks detained by U.S. forces in Suleimaniye, negative press and public reaction to the U.S. operation reached new heights in the July 7 morning papers. The hostile press reaction will continue to grow absent a clear and forceful public justification fo [...]	2003-07-07 10:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4243	HABUR BORDER CROSSING CLOSED TO OCPA CONTRACTORS; [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Following the U.S. detention of Turkish special forces in northern Iraq, the GOT closed the lone Turkey - Iraq border crossing at Habur to U.S. contractors. UN traffic has also been impacted. Kellogg, Brown and Root's (KBR's) representative i [...]	2003-07-07 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA4246	EDUCATION MINISTER BLAMES NSC FOR CIRCULAR ON [...] (C) Education Minister Celik asserted to us July 3 that the National Security Council (NSC) is responsible for a circular urging all fifth- and seventh-graders to write an essay arguing that allegations that the Ottomans committed genocide against Armenians are "baseless." The circular was i [...]	2003-07-07 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4251	GOT REOPENS HABUR BORDER CROSSING TO OCPA [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Following the reported release of detained Turkish special forces in northern Iraq, both Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) and the World Food Program told us that the Habur border crossing with Iraq returned to normal operation at approximately midday [...]	2003-07-07 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA4256	MOJ OFFICIAL BLAMES "NARROW MINDED" JUDGES FOR [...] (C) Summary: In pursuing why the Turkish Appeals Court has ruled to suspend the sentences of two police convicted of torturing a detainee in 1997, we have learned that a recent amendment to the criminal code outlawing the suspension of torture convictions does not apply to pre-existing cases. [...]	2003-07-08 08:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4268	Turkish Airlines Applies for Service to [...] Baghdad minimize considered. 2. MFA notified the Embassy on July 8 that Turkish Airlines (THY) had applied to the Coalition Provisional Authority to resume flights to Baghdad effective September 1, 2003. If approved, THY would operate flights four times per week from Istanbul (detail [...]	2003-07-08 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4278	TURKEY: ESTABLISHMENT SEETHES WHILE AK GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS MEASURED STANCE ON IRAQ INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish press July 8 highlights the divide between the AK Government and military/Establishment over the recent arrest and release of Turkish troops by U.S. forces in Iraq. While AK insists on a measured response, the military's political/press allies continue a confrontational p [...]	2003-07-08 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4299	TURKEY: PRESS BEGINS TO QUESTION TURKISH MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish press' sensationalist reaction to July 4 U.S. arrest (and subsequent release) of Turkish special forces soldiers in Iraq shifted somewhat July 9. Even mainstream secularist journalists have begun to question what the Turkish military is or may have been doing in Iraq. Re [...]	2003-07-09 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4313	JUDGE BUMIN'S MAY VISIT TO US DEEMED A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Constitutional Court Chairman Mustafa Bumin called his May visit to the US "intensive and valuable" and said he was exposed to US trial alternatives and police practices that could be beneficial for Turkey. Bumin also said he plans to follow through on a recommendation to [...]	2003-07-09 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TU
03ANKARA4315	KURDS ACKNOWLEDGE CONFLICT BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (C) Summary: Leftist Kurdish human rights activists see some aspects of traditional Kurdish culture as major impediments to growth of individual liberty, human rights, and modernization. They note that the majority of Turkey's rural Kurds in the southeast continue to follow traditional practi [...]	2003-07-09 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4316	IMF MISSION BEGINS TALKS AMID GROWING MARKET ANGST [...] (SBU) Summary: An IMF team began talks in Ankara this afternoon amid growing market nervousness over U.S.-Turkish relations and continued delays in meeting the conditions for the Fifth Review under the IMF-backed program. Treasury U/S Canakci told us the government still is shooting for an IM [...]	2003-07-09 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA4318	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 04:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4319	TURKISH REACTIONS TO IRAQ INCIDENT: AK GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Speaking to reporters July 9, F.M. Gul expanded on the AK Government's measured stance on the July 4 incident involving U.S. and Turkish troops in Iraq. Gul observed that the visit of General Jones shows the importance the U.S. attaches to friendship with Turkey. Asked whether he thought [...]	2003-07-10 04:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4332	58TH UNGA: TURKISH HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP TU
03ANKARA4337	Turkish Quarantine Regs-Oops They've Done it Again [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent assurances from the Ministry of Agriculture officials that new quarantine regulations would not go into affect until July 2004, Turkey announced and implemented new phytosanitary regulations on July 6, 2003. Most foreign embassies, trade associations and tradin [...]	2003-07-10 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
03ANKARA4349	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4355	TURKISH MILITARY AND OPPOSITION CHP CONTINUE [...] (U) Action request -- para 10. 2. (C) Summary: While some of the Turkish press continues to fan anti-U.S. and anti-ruling AK party sentiment, other papers are featuring sources which point to charges that Turkish Special Forces were engaged in activities in Iraq inimical to cooperation wi [...]	2003-07-10 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA4357	U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 58TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-11 06:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4358	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER GULER [...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 9 farewell call on Energy Minister Guler, Ambassador highlighted the importance of continued cooperation in developing the East-West Energy Corridor and stressed that Turkey's ability to attract foreign investment into its domestic energy market will depend heavil [...]	2003-07-11 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4376	(C) DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL SUSPICIOUS OF MILITARY [...] (C) Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has consistently been one of the most responsible members of the ruling AK government. In the run-up to the failed March 1 vote, he argued within AK governing circles for cooperation with the US. Throughout the tense period that followed, he has always placed t [...]	2003-07-11 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4382	TURKEY: JULY 11 REACTIONS TO IRAQ INCIDENT [...] (U) Summary: sensationalist reporting on the July 4 detentions of Turkish Special Forces (TSF) by U.S. troops continued to fade in the July 11 Turkish press, with the incident pushed off the front pages in several major dailies. Ultra-nationalists, advocating a "reevaluation" of the bilateral [...]	2003-07-11 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4384	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-11 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4385	PRIME MINISTER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO SYRIAN [...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu briefed DCM July 11 on the July 10 telephone call between PM Erdogan and Syrian President Assad. Burcuoglu said that during the June visit of U/S Ziyal to Washington, Turkey had been asked by the U.S to pass a strong message to the Sy [...]	2003-07-11 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU SY IS KWBG
03ANKARA4386	TURKISH REGULATORS ON TAKEOVER OF UZAN'S BANK AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish banking regulatory authorities say their July 3-4 decision to take over management (and revoke the license) of Uzan family-owned Imar Bank was the result of a severe bank liquidity squeeze, which was prompted by the government's earlier revocation of the family's energy [...]	2003-07-11 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG PGOV TU
03ANKARA4387	20032 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkey has been pursuing liberal and outward-oriented economic policies since the mid-1980s. The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, on paper Turkey has one o [...]	2003-07-12 04:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4392	TURKEY AND THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] Customs Rome informed the Embassy (ref emails and telcons) that the port of Izmir has been selected for inclusion in the second phase of the Container Security Initiative. We further understand that Customs Assistant Commissioner Shruhan and Customs Attache Stiriti met with GOT counterparts a [...]	2003-07-14 07:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD AMGT TU
03ANKARA4406	MTAG 05-96/NO EXPORT ACTIVITY FROM TURKEY TO [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) Ibrahim Yagli, Head of the Disarmament Department at the MFA, reported to Polmiloff on July 9 that there has been no export activity from Turkey to the Iranian entities outlined in ref A. Yagli e [...]	2003-07-14 10:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL
03ANKARA441	Turkish Officials Responding to Quarantine Concerns [...] (SBU) Summary. In the weeks following the implementation of Turkey's new phytosanitary regulations, Turkish agriculture and quarantine officials have been socked with objections and concerns expressed by Turkish industry, importers and embassies. Although Turkish quarantine officials have t [...]	2003-01-17 10:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA4411	NIGHT VISION DEVICE CONTROLS IN WASSENAAR [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-14 10:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSTC PARM
03ANKARA4414	TURKEY AND THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] Customs Rome informed the Embassy (ref emails and telcons) that the port of Izmir has been selected for inclusion in the second phase of the Container Security Initiative. We further understand that Customs Assistant Commissioner Shruhan and Customs Attache Stiriti met with GOT counterparts a [...]	2003-07-14 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD AMGT TU
03ANKARA4422	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (C) During a July 14 farewell call, Ambassador praised Central Bank Governor Serdengecti for his economic policy work and his cooperation with the U.S., and solicited Serdengecti's views on the issues on which the new Ambassador might want to focus. Serdengecti responded that the most impor [...]	2003-07-14 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA4423	TURKEY: UNCONTRITE SEZER TELLS AMBASSADOR IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador paid a farewell visit July 14 on President Sezer, who while maintaining his usually low-key and disinterested demeanor reiterated several times his public charge that the July 4 arrest (and subsequent release) of Turkish Special Forces (TSF) troops in Iraq was "unacceptable" und [...]	2003-07-14 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4424	Ambassador's Meeting with DPM Sener on Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: In his farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister Sener on July 10, the Ambassador encouraged the GOT to stick with the economic reform program, emphasizing anti- corruption and other measures which would help boost foreign direct investment. The Ambassador also highlighted the ne [...]	2003-07-14 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4426	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-14 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4451	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-15 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4464	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL: TURKS UNHAPPY WITH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) After several unsuccessful attempts to schedule a joint US/UK meeting to deliver reftel points to MFA's Iraq department at the working level, UK Ambassador Westmacott reportedly raised the points with MFA U/S Ziyal and DG Burcuoglu July 15 during a [...]	2003-07-16 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO IZ TU
03ANKARA4467	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4468	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL: TURKS UNHAPPY WITH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) After several unsuccessful attempts to schedule a joint US/UK meeting to deliver reftel points to MFA's Iraq department at the working level, UK Ambassador Westmacott reportedly raised the points with MFA U/S Ziyal and DG Burcuoglu July 15 during a [...]	2003-07-17 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPAO IZ TU
03ANKARA4475	What Drives Investment in Turkey's Ag Sector? [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a low level of direct foreign investment and foreign companies who are discouraged by the investment climate, local Turkish business are continuously seeking the next investment opportunity - even in Turkey's agriculture sector. The cattle sector is a prime example. [...]	2003-07-17 07:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
03ANKARA4477	SCENESETTER FOR GENS. ABIZAID AND JONES' JULY [...] (S) Summary: Your visits come as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our [...]	2003-07-17 08:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4480	IMF AND GOT CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON FIFTH REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF and Turkish officials are close to an agreement that would pave the way for the Fifth Review to proceed, and hope to announce agreement by Friday, July 18. Discussions this week have focused on closing the estimated $1.8 billion fiscal gap. Although there has been some tal [...]	2003-07-17 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4481	Humanitarian Assistance Update: UN and Energy [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary: -------- 2. The World Food Program, Kellogg, Brown and Root, and Delta Petroleum advise that food and fuel supplies continue to flow across the Habur border crossing into Iraq. Noting good cooperation with the GOT, WFP reports that Turkey [...]	2003-07-17 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4486	GOT AGREES TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 3. (SBU) At a July 14 meeting with Assistant Air Attache and Econoff, MFA and Civil Aviation Authority (Turkish acronym DHMI) representatives agreed to receive a [...]	2003-07-17 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA4487	ISRAELI PRESIDENT KATZAV'S VISIT TO TURKEY "A [...] (C) Ankara Israeli Embassy contacts are pleased with President Katzav's July 8-9 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nahshon said "The visit was a great success," and further commented, "The mere fact the visit occurred was a success in itself. The Turks did everything they co [...]	2003-07-17 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL JO IS TU
03ANKARA4488	FOLLOW-UP ON FAA RECOMMENDATIONS ON AVIATION [...] (SBU) EconCouns met with Transportation Deputy U/S Kemal Albayrak July 16 to reiterate FAA concerns resulting from its May 21 consultations in Ankara, and to urge the GOT to revise its legislation to give the Directorate General for Civil Aviation the authority needed to operate in compliance [...]	2003-07-17 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV TU
03ANKARA4489	Delivery of Treasury Letter on Iraqi Assets and [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4490	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4498	TURKISH ARMED FORCES AGREE TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION ROBERT DEUTSCH. REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TURKISH ARMED FORCES HAVE ELECTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCUREMENT OF THE SELF PROTECTION ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM (SPEWS) II FROM BAE SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA (BAE),SUBJECT TO CERTAI [...]	2003-07-17 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU MASS
03ANKARA4499	TURKEY: KURDS SLAM PKK "REINTEGRATION" BILL AS [...] (C) Summary: Parliament is reviewing a "reintegration" law that would offer reduced prison sentences to combatants belonging to the PKK/KADEK and other terrorist organizations who agree to lay down their weapons and provide information to authorities. The Chairman of DEHAP (Sinn Fein to the P [...]	2003-07-17 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4500	SCENESETTER FOR ADM NATTER JULY 20-22 VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our c [...]	2003-07-18 05:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4525	TURKEY: DRAFT 2003 IRF [...] The following text is the draft 2003 report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) for Turkey: 2. The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice; however, the Government imposes some restrictions on religious groups and on [...]	2003-07-18 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF TU
03ANKARA4528	PRIVATIZATION CHIEF SAYS SALES ARE MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: New Privatization Administration (PA) President Metin Kilci says strong political support is enabling him to proceed with long-delayed privatizations. The Higher Privatization Council's approval of the controversial sale of Petkim to the Uzan family was an important step forward [...]	2003-07-18 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA4539	MFA MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR-GENERAL: THERE IS A [...] (U) Action request at para 7. Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) SUMMARY. DCM met with Tahsin Burcuoglu (Director-General for Middle East, OIC, and North Africa Affairs at the MFA) on July 18 at the latter's request. Burcuoglu passed the DCM a paper outlining the reasons why the GOT beli [...]	2003-07-18 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	IZ KPAO PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4540	MFA DENIES VISA TO THE IRAQI AMBASSADOR IN THE PRC [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (C) In a meeting between the DCM and Tahsin Burcuoglu (Director-General for Middle East, OIC, and North Africa Affairs at the MFA) on July 18, Burcuoglu noted that the MFA had recently instructed the Turkish embassy in Beijing to deny a visa to the Iraqi A [...]	2003-07-18 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA4544	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF OBJECTS TO EU REFORM PACKAGE [...] (U) CNN Turk and NTV news channels report July 18 that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) leadership has voiced objections to the AK Government about its latest EU-related reform package. According to the reports, TGS opposes the reforms because: 1) they "restrict the jurisdiction of the National [...]	2003-07-21 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4545	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4546	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4547	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),[...]	2003-07-21 08:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4548	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4550	TURKEY: MFA DISCUSSES ARMENIA, CAUCASUS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials have provided us with the latest GOT thinking on developments regarding Armenia and the Caucasus, including efforts to reach out to the Armenian Diaspora in the U.S. and elsewhere, and heightened attention to the strategic situation in the Caucasus region in the wake [...]	2003-07-21 10:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4551	FUND MISSION AND GOT REACH AGREEMENT ON LOI, SHOOT [...] (SBU) IMF Mission Director Reza Mogdaham and State Minister Ali Babacan announced July 20 that they had reached initial agreement on a Letter of Intent. In a brief telephone call, IMF ResRep (protect) advised July 21 that, assuming IMF management approval of the agreed-upon text, they hope t [...]	2003-07-21 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA4552	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]	2003-07-21 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4553	Turkey Plans to Accede to WIPO Internet [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche urging accession to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty (WCT) and Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) to Oya Karakas, MFA Head of Department for Multilateral Economic Affairs, on July 18. Karakas responded that Turkey i [...]	2003-07-21 11:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA4554	GOT Leaning Toward Support for U.S. Position [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 11:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA4559	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA458	IMF KRUEGER AND WORLD BANK LINN DELIVER TOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Deputy Managing Director Krueger delivered a tough message to Prime Minister Gul and the rest of the GOT January 16, stressing that the government needed to implement the economic reform program in light of its "dangerous" financial situation. She and World Bank VP Linn, w [...]	2003-01-17 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4583	TURKISH NGO ASAM ARGUES FOR GREATER ROLE FOR [...] (C) In a July 16 meeting, Umit Ozdag, Director of the Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM -- a leading Establishment think-tank),offered poloff his take on the July 4 incident in Iraq and the way forward in U.S.-Turkey relations. 2. (C) Ozdag called the July 4 incident, in which [...]	2003-07-22 10:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4591	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 21 FAREWELL CALL ON [...] (C) Ambassador paid a farewell call July 21 on I. Melih Gokcek, long-time and currently independent Mayor of Ankara. Gokcek provided his view on recent U.S.-Turkey tensions and how to repair them. Gokcek observed that anti-Americanism is on the rise and risks becoming a permanent, and decisive [...]	2003-07-22 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4593	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA461	IRAQ: TURKEY TO HOST IRAQ SUMMIT FOR SIX [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA DDG/Mideast Safak Gokturk 1/17 about Turkey's plans for a "peace" summit of heads of state or government of Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Gokturk confirmed that FM Yakis had called in ambassadors/charges from the five other countries [...]	2003-01-17 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF UNSC
03ANKARA4613	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON STATE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 farewell call on State Minister Ali Babacan, Ambassador noted market concerns about delays in the IMF program and possible 2004 financing difficulties, and stressed the need for the GOT to move vigorously to complete the economic reform program. He also urged the [...]	2003-07-22 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA462	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-17 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4621	TURKISH GOVERNMENT RELEASES ANTI-TIP CIRCULAR [...] In a significant step to further implementation of Turkish laws and policy combating trafficking in persons, the Interior Ministry (MOI) recently issued a circular to all governors and senior security officials -- including the Jandarma -- calling for tougher implementation of existing regulat [...]	2003-07-23 08:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA4654	GOT Intends to Participate in Kimberley [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ETRD TU
03ANKARA4655	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4656	Turkey Not Yet a Party to the ICCAT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS AORC PHSA SENV
03ANKARA466	Turkey Now on Both Sides of GSM Issue [...] (SBU) Summary: After hearing about the benefits of USDA credit guarantee program from the Turkish private sector, the Undersecretariate for Foreign Trade seems to have softened their opposition to the U.S. proposal on export credits. However they remain concerned that the program' [...]	2003-01-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA4666	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING THROWS MONKEY WRENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Constitutional Court this afternoon annulled an additional tax on motor vehicles, potentially creating a $780 million budget hole just as the government was moving to fill a $1.65 billion fiscal gap as part of an agreement with the IMF. It is not clear yet [...]	2003-07-23 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4669	TURKISH INFORMATION ON IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) On July 23 the Government of Turkey passed to the Embassy the information below to support its claims that Iraqi Governing Council member Mahmoud Othman is closely affiliated with the PKK/KADEK. (Note: KYB is the Turkish abbreviation for Talabani's [...]	2003-07-24 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA467	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a critical time in US-Turkey relations. Over the last two years the US has supported IMF packages of unprecedented proportions to assist Turkey in recovering from its worst economic crisis in decades. The strategic partnership has grown as a result of Turkey's signi [...]	2003-01-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA4682	TURKEY: RE-INTEGRATION LAW FOR PKK/KADEK ON HOLD [...] (U) Ruling AK Party July 23 withdrew from the floor of Parliament a "reintegration" law that would have reduced sentences for PKK/KADEK combatants and members of other terrorist organizations who agree to lay down their arms and provide information to authorities. 2. (U) During Parliament [...]	2003-07-24 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4692	LITTLE PROGRESS ON RESOLVING BOT AND CARGILL/ADM [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish authorities are making little if any progress toward resolving the investment disputes involving U.S. power generation and starch-based sweetener companies. The BOT issue is being held up in part due to disagreements between the Energy Ministry and the Energy Market R [...]	2003-07-24 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA470	LATEST EMBASSY MEETINGS ON ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Embassy pressed the economic reform message January 16-17 in meetings with State Planning Under Secretary Ahmet Tiktik, Parliamentary Budget Committee Chairman Sait Acba, and AK Parliamentarian (and former Finance Minister official) Bulent Gidikli. In each of the meetings, we noted that [...]	2003-01-17 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA4700	Turkey Restrict Street Vendors to Combat [...] Meeting with Econoff and Econ Specialist July 23, Gunay Gormez, Deputy Director General for Copyright Issues at the Turkish Ministry of Culture, informed us that the GOT had stepped up intellectual property rights enforcement in recent weeks. Provincial auditing commissions had received addit [...]	2003-07-24 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA4701	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-24 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA4716	Iraq-Turkey Civilian Aviation Agreement Signed [...] Baghdad minimize considered. 2. On July 24, Danielle L. Barnes, representing the Baghdad Area Control Center (ACC),and Celalettin Bozkurt, Chief of the Ankara ACC, signed a letter of agreement (LOA) on operational procedures for coordinating and routing air traffic. Joseph T. Fetsch, [...]	2003-07-25 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4732	TURKEY PROMISES FULL SUPPORT FOR THE USG'S [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires ad interim Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY. NP A/DAS Mark Fitzpatrick and T Senior Advisor David Wurmser were in Ankara on July 24 to consult with a team of Turkish MFA officials, led by Ambassador Turan Morali (Director-General [...]	2003-07-25 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	DA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
03ANKARA4737	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-25 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4755	TURKISH ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (U) Foreign Ministry officials have advised that the GOT would pledge $5 million in assistance to Iraq this year. That pledge includes $1 million to the UN under the Flash Appeal, with the remainder to fund bilateral assistance, including through the Tu [...]	2003-07-28 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID IZ TU
03ANKARA476	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN: [...] (C) Summary: Noting loss of market confidence, Ambassador pressed AK party chairman Erdogan to use his influence clearly to affirm that the GOT will hew to its IMF-supported economic program. Erdogan professed that there are no differences between the GOT and IMF on goals; he averred that the [...]	2003-01-21 05:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN TU
03ANKARA4761	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-28 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4765	HLG CHAIRMAN'S LETTER PASSED TO THE GOT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-28 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC
03ANKARA4767	TURKEY: THE BATTLE OVER CONTROL OF GOT RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: Recent controversy over AK Parliament and Government proposals to employ an additional 15 thousand imams at Turkish mosques is reawakening an age-old controversy over the role of religion in Turkish public life. It also reveals that: 1) both strict secularists and religious conser [...]	2003-07-28 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4770	TURKS SIGN LOI; PROBLEMS WITH TAKEOVER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish authorities signed the Letter of Intent (LOI) late July 25, paving the way for the IMF Board to complete the 5th Review as early as August 1. Agreement on the LOI came after GOT officials agreed to seek Parliamentary approval of revised motor vehicle tax legislation th [...]	2003-07-28 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA4777	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-29 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4787	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES "RE-INTEGRATION" LAW FOR [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paras 9 and 10. 3. (U) Parliament by a vote of 356 to 71 (there were 123 no-shows) passed the GOT's "re-integration" law for PKK/KADEK militants. During the debate, AK M.P. Ahmet Isik stated that the law comes i [...]	2003-07-29 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4804	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT TAKES UP CONTROVERSIAL NSC [...] (C) Summary: Parliament July 30 -- two days before the legislative recess -- began debating the AK Government's 7th EU reform-related package, which deals with in part controversial changes to the powerful National Security Council and the NSC Secretariat. The package may be voted late July 3 [...]	2003-07-30 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4805	Turkey and Biotechnology [...] (SBU) Summary: The development of biotechnology legislation has been identified as a priority by the new Turkish government. Regulations that parallel EU directives have been drafted, however no action has been taken to put them into place. With the possible exception of the Cartagena Bios [...]	2003-07-30 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TU
03ANKARA4817	PAPER ON THE USG APPROACH IN THE FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Polmiloff passed reftel non-paper and points to Omur Yurdakul (1st Secretary in the MFA's Disarmament department) on July 30. Yurdakul had no immediate comment regarding the paper or points, noting that t [...]	2003-07-30 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP
03ANKARA4818	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-30 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4832	BRSA PRESIDENT ON IMAR BANK PROBLEMS (ACTION [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) President Engin Akcakoca confirmed to us July 30 that the agency is facing serious difficulties trying to address the problems resulting from the discovery of massive fraud in t [...]	2003-07-31 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA4834	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES NSC REFORM PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: Parliament late July 30 unanimously approved the AK Government's seventh EU-related reform package. As noted in reftels, the most important -- and controversial -- aspects of the package concerned changes to the National Security Council (NSC). Though limited in scope, the NSC r [...]	2003-07-31 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA484	IRAQ: TURKEY'S "PEACE INITIATIVE" - SCHEDULING [...] (C) DCM delivered Ref A points concerning the Turkish peace initiative to the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Turkoglu and to MFA Director General for the Middle East Burcuoglu on 1/20. They each welcomed our views and reiterated that it is the GOT's intent to send a strong message to Ir [...]	2003-01-21 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF UNSC
03ANKARA4848	AVOIDING DEHAP CONTACTS WITH PKK/KADEK, KDP, PUK, [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) Action Request: MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu called July 31 to inform Charge that members of DEHAP (the political front of the PKK/KADEK) had entered Iraq via Jordan and had already met with refugees at UNHCR's Mahmour Refugee Camp. Ac [...]	2003-07-31 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA4849	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-31 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4851	TURKISH TROOPS FOR IRAQ: GOT NEEDS TO SHOW [...] (S) In separate meetings July 30 with MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin and PM Advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, Charge was told that the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister want a Turkish troop deployment to Iraq, but must take to Parliament any decision to deploy troops to Iraq. In an effort to get to yes wh [...]	2003-07-31 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA4856	TURKEY: MORE ON DEHAP PLAN TO VISIT PKK/KADEK IN [...] (C) July 31, following delivery of reftel points to DEHAP regarding the party's planned Aug. 4 delegation to PKK/KADEK members in northern Iraq, Diyarbakir Mayor Feridun Celik, a delegation leader, called in Ankara requesting a meeting. (Note: as reported reftel, GOT officials had told us the [...]	2003-08-01 07:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA486	CSCE STAFFERS PRESS GOT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, FREE [...] (U) Summary: In discussions on religious freedom, free speech, and other human rights issues with GOT officials, human rights activists, and religious groups in Ankara, two Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) staffers praised recent GOT reforms and urged continued progress. [...]	2003-01-21 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4862	TURKEY: RESIGNATIONS THROW OPPOSITION CHP FOR A [...] (C) Two M.P.s from the main opposition, Establishment standard-bearer CHP resigned over the party's negative stance on the "re-integration" law -- designed to coax PKK/KADEK militants down from the mountains of n. Iraq -- which Parliament passed July 29 (reftel). Cemal Kaya and Nezir Nasirogl [...]	2003-08-01 11:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4864	TURKISH MFA READY TO START TALKS ON PKK/KADEK [...] (S) In a Aug. 1 meeting, MFA Deputy Undersecretaries Baki Ilkin and Nabi Sensoy told Charge that the Turkish side will be ready to begin discussing cooperation on the presence of PKK/KADEK in Northern Iraq after the "re-integration" law (reftel) is signed by President Sezer and published in the [...]	2003-08-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA4867	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-01 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4871	TURKEY: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE COMMENTS ON REFORM [...] (C) Hasim Kilic, a senior Justice of the Turkish Constitutional Court and a leading proponent of comprehensive reform in Turkey, offered to A/Polcouns on Aug. 1 his views on the AK Government legislative program and the prospects for further democratization. According to Kilic, AK's legislati [...]	2003-08-01 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA489	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-21 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4895	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-04 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4899	MTCR NON-PAPER PASSED TO THE GOT [...] (U) Classified by Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Harry Kamian. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 4, polmiloff passed reftel non-paper regarding MTCR-related contacts between the USG and non-MTCR countries since the September 2002 Warsaw MTCR plenary to Omur Yurdakul, 1st Secretary in th [...]	2003-08-05 07:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC MASS
03ANKARA4908	AUSTRALIA GROUP: NO INDICATION THAT THE GOT WILL [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires ad interim Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 4, polmiloff delivered reftel points to Omur Yurdakul, First Secretary in the MFA's Disarmament Department. Yurdakul said that she was not aware of any intention within the GOT to brea [...]	2003-08-05 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL
03ANKARA4911	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-05 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4912	BOTAS ON IRAQI OIL AND GAZPROM [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary. BOTAS General Manager Mehmet Bilgic told us August 1 that a 10-person BOTAS technical team was in Iraq with Iraqi officials to inspect the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline and help get the oil flowing again as soon as possible. Bilgic asked abo [...]	2003-08-05 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4914	MARKETS RALLY ON IMF/INFLATION NEWS [...] (SBU) Turkish markets rallied Monday and Tuesday on the back of good inflation news and the IMF Board's August 1 decisions to approve the 5th Review and extend 2004-2005 Turkish repurchases. The lira strengthened to 1.406 million/dollar, yields on the benchmark August 8, 2004 t-bill dropped [...]	2003-08-05 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA494	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: GOOD TREASURY BOND AUCTIONS [...] (U) On January 21, Turkish Treasury auctioned a one-year fixed rate bond and a two-year floating rate bond today to strong demand, in advance of a January 22 debt redemption to the market of TL 5.4 quadrillion (about $3.5 billion). Treasury sold: -- a total of TL 3.2 quadrillion of the on [...]	2003-01-21 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4948	MEETING WITH MFA ON BASAYEV PRENOTIFICATION AND [...] (U) CLASSSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR SCOT MARCIEL FOR REASONS 1.5 (B),(D). 2. (SBU) ON AUGUST 5, EMBOFFS MET WITH MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR RESEARCH AND INTELLIGENCE HAKAN OKCAL TO EXECUTE REFTEL INSTRUCTIONS. 3. (S) EMBOFFS DELIVERED REF A TALKING POINTS EMPHASIZING THE CLO [...]	2003-08-06 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC KCRM PTER SNAR TU
03ANKARA4949	SAWYERS AND DE MELLO VISIT ANKARA TO CONSULT ON [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary: Outgoing British Iraq Special Envoy Sawyers and UN Iraq envoy de Mello visited Ankara July 30-31 and August 4 respectively. Both visitors exchanged assessments of Iraq with the GOT and noted the usefulness of a Turkish contribution to the [...]	2003-08-06 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS MARR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA495	IRAQ: TURKEY'S "PEACE INITIATIVE" - NOT PREP MTG, [...] (C) DDG/Mideast Safak Gokturk told Pol-MilCouns 1/21 that Turkey's "Peace Initiative" meeting would go ahead as planned on 1/23 in Istanbul. However, it will be at ministerial rather than summit level. All Foreign Ministers have agreed to attend. 2. (C) Gokturk was reluctant to charact [...]	2003-01-21 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF
03ANKARA4950	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-06 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4956	MEETINGS WITH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AND TREASURY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR SCOT MARCIEL FOR REASONS 1.5 (B),(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SERDENGECTI AND TREASURY U/S CANAKCI EXPRESSED CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ABOUT THE NEAR-TERM MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK IN MEETINGS WITH EMBOFFS THAT COINCIDED WITH A CENTRAL BANK INTEREST [...]	2003-08-06 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA4984	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-07 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5000	TURKEY IMPLEMENTS PKK/KADEK REINTEGRATION LAW, [...] (S) Summary: Implementing its newly-ratified Reintegration Law to attract PKK/KADEK members back from Iraq and Western Europe, the GOT is pushing strongly for U.S.-Turkish talks on PKK/KADEK to begin soonest. End summary. 2. (C) Aug. 7 we pressed MFA DDG for Intelligence Kemal Asya for d [...]	2003-08-08 08:07:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA5001	TURKEY: DERVIS HINTS AT CHALLENGING INEFFECTUAL [...] (C) Summary: As opposition CHP struggles in public opinion polls, former State Minister/current CHP M.P. Kemal Dervis is beginning to push for a more visible role in the party, and to hint that he may eventually challenge Deniz Baykal for the party chairmanship. Surrounding himself largely wit [...]	2003-08-08 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5002	TURKISH MFA READOUT OF SYRIAN P.M. MIRO'S VISIT TO [...] (C) In a readout of Syrian P.M. Miro's July 29-30 visit to Ankara, MFA Acting Head of Department for the Middle East Kemal Tuzun told us Miro's visit was significant as the first visit of a Syrian P.M. in 17 years. As a result of the visit, Tuzun said, Turkey has invited Syrian President Assad [...]	2003-08-08 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD TU SY
03ANKARA5015	Turkey Suspends Import Licenses, Raises Corn Duty [...] (SBU) Summary. At the end of July, the government of Turkey (GOT) stopped issuing licenses for corn imports without any prior notification. Turkish officials claim that the action was taken in order to assess the number of licenses issued rather than to inhibit trade. After the corn duty was [...]	2003-08-08 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
03ANKARA5039	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-08 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5058	CAPSTONE DELEGATION DISCUSSES US-TURKEY RELATIONS, [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires a.i. Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) The participants in the National Defense University CAPSTONE European Field Studies Program, accompanied by representatives from ODC, DAO, and the pol-mil affairs section of the Embassy, met with MFA [...]	2003-08-11 10:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA5072	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5073	GOT WILL LIKELY SUPPORT USG PROPOSALS AT MTCR [...] (U) Classified by Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Harry Kamian. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 8, polmiloff passed reftel paper to Omur Yurdakul, First Secretary in the MFA's Disarmament Department. Yurdakul indicated that the GOT would likely support all three reftel proposals at the [...]	2003-08-11 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR BA TU
03ANKARA5075	MORE ON PRIVATIZATION,UZANS, AND BRSA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: RECENT MEETINGS WITH BANKING REGULATORS AND THE PRIVATIZATION AUTHORITY HAVE REINFORCED THE MESSAGE THAT: A) GOT OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE UZANS' FAILED PURCHASE OF PETKIM WILL NOT HVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON TURKEY'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM, BUT B) THE IMAR BANK CASE IS RATCHETING U [...]	2003-08-11 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
03ANKARA5105	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]	2003-08-12 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5107	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]	2003-08-12 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5116	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-12 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5144	SPACE COOPERATION: GOT IS ANXIOUS TO CONCLUDE A [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires a.i. Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Action request at paragraph 7. 3. (C) Following the conclusion of the "Statement of Intent between the United States Department of Defense and the Turkish General Staff for Defense Space Cooperat [...]	2003-08-13 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSCA KSTC PARM TU
03ANKARA5154	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-13 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5159	GOT ACTIONS SINCE MARCH TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary: Emboffs met August 12-13 with MFA officials and contacted the director of the Ankara office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to discuss actions taken by the GOT to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) subsequent to March 30, the end of the period covered in the 200 [...]	2003-08-13 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA5186	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-14 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5187	STATUS OF IRAQI ASSET ISSUE IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) DEPUTY ECONCOUNS SPOKE AUGUST 14 WITH UZGUR ULUDUZ, WHO HAS TAKEN OVER THE IRAQI ASSETS ISSUE IN THE MFA'S BILATERAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, TO FOLLOW UP ON THE ACTION REQUEST IN REF A. ULUDUZ EXPLAINED THAT FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF THE EMBASSY'S DIPLOMATIC NOTE (REF B) MFA HAD DISTRI [...]	2003-08-14 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA5191	TURKS IN GEAR TO DECIDE ON STABILIZATION FORCE [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu met with Charge d'Affaires August 14 to lay out additional steps the GOT envisions towards obtaining parliamentary approval for a Turkish contribution to the Iraq stabilization force by September 15. He noted that t [...]	2003-08-14 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5198	TRADE OFFICIAL ON CUSTOMS UNION WITH NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy's August 13 discussion with a senior foreign trade official raised questions about how much substance there is to the customs union framework agreement Turkey signed with the "TRNC" authorities August 8. Foreign Trade Director General for Agreements Tevfik Mengu argued [...]	2003-08-15 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECIN TU CY
03ANKARA5205	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-15 11:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5208	TURKEY PLANS TO AUGMENT AFGHAN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) Kabul minimize considered. 2. (C) Turkish MFA DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu told Charge August 14 that Turkey had decided to augment either the UK Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Mazar-e-Sharif or the German one in Konduz. He said his office would be contacting TGS as well [...]	2003-08-15 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS PTER TU AF
03ANKARA5209	TURKEY PLANS TO DEPOSIT NATO INSTRUMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-15 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KTIA
03ANKARA5217	ATTORNEY FOR LEYLA ZANA ACCUSES COURT OF BIAS [...] (C) Summary: Lead defense attorney in the new trial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs accused the court of bias for refusing to release the defendants from prison during trial and consistently rejecting defense requests regarding witness testimony. Our European contacts share t [...]	2003-08-15 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5223	TURKEY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE FALL-OUT [...] (C) MFA Middle East DG Burcuoglu advised DCM August 14 that the July 22 Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif incident involving non-Muslim groups praying in the al-Aqsa mosque could adversely impact potential Turkish participation in Iraq and the Roadmap. Burcuoglu believed that permitting non-Muslim [...]	2003-08-18 05:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KPAL KWBG KIRF IS TU
03ANKARA5227	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-18 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5233	TURKEY ENCOURAGES PAKISTAN TO CONTRIBUTE TO IRAQ [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref B info to MFA Iraq deskoff Haldun Tekneci August 15. Tekneci thanked PolMilOff but made no comment on the information. 2. (C) During an introductory call August 18, MFA U/S Ziyal gave the Ambassador a brief readout of Pakistani FonSec Khokhar's meetings in A [...]	2003-08-18 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PA
03ANKARA524	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-22 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5269	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-19 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5271	TURKISH AID DELEGATION PLANS TO TRAVEL TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) The Foreign Ministry advised us late August 19 that a delegation including Turkish parliamentarians, Ministry of Public Works officials, the Turkish Red Crescent, and private sector representatives plans to travel by vehicle to Iraq [...]	2003-08-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA528	ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON RUSSIAN GAS, BTC [...] (C) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told Ambassador January 15 that one of his top priorities was to renegotiate Turkey's expensive natural gas contracts with Russia. He asked if the U.S. would help him strengthen his negotiating hand vis-a-vis the Russians by tolerating -- or pretending to t [...]	2003-01-22 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET GG TU KZ ETTC
03ANKARA5312	TURKS SHARE CONCERNS ON ESDP AND "BERLIN PLUS" [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-20 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EU TU
03ANKARA5313	CODEL MURTHA STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF US-TURKISH [...] (C) Visiting Congressmen Murtha and Larson assured Minister of Defense Gonul and TGS CHOD Gen Ozkok August 19 that Turkey was one of the USG's best allies and that we were looking to Turkey to contribute to reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. Gonul and Ozkok said Turkey shared o [...]	2003-08-20 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5314	GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy recommends an ambitious agenda for the next Economic Partnership Commission meeting, tentatively slated for October, as a way to advance our economic agenda with Turkey and bolster the broader bilateral relationship. We suggest sessions on economic reform, foreign dir [...]	2003-08-20 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL ENRG TU
03ANKARA5315	REPORTS OF IRANIANS OPENING CONSULATES IN NORTHERN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Erslan telephoned us August 20 to report that the MFA had received reports that the Iranians recently had opened consulates in two cities in northern Iraq -- Irbil and Suleymaniye. Erslan said that up until [...]	2003-08-20 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA5325	FOLLOW ON TO TURKISH AID DELEGATION PLANS FOR [...] (SBU) In two August 20 diplomatic notes, the MFA advised that the aid delegation discussed in reftel will delay its travel to Iraq by one day, until August 22. The notes also provided updated information re delegation members. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy appreciates Department and [...]	2003-08-20 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5326	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's new labor law, drafted to conform with European Union law, became effective June 10, 2003. It prohibits all employment of children under the age of fifteen; fifteen-year olds who have completed their primary education may be employed in "light positions." Fifteen-year [...]	2003-08-20 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID TU
03ANKARA5334	58TH UNGA ATTENDANCE: INITIAL HIGH-LEVEL TURKISH [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-21 07:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA KSEP TU
03ANKARA535	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULES ERDOGAN NO LONGER AK [...] (U) Turkish Constitutional Court's 6-5 retroactive ruling that AK Party (AKP) chairman Erdogan lost his chairmanship when he was forced to resign as a founding member in October throws another temporary barrier in Erdogan's path to the Prime Ministership. At the same time we understand from th [...]	2003-01-22 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA5356	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-21 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5365	TERRORIST FINANCING: ANKARA: MEETING WITH MFA RE [...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Scot Marciel for Reasons 1.5 (b),(d). 2. (C) Summary: Econoffs met with MFA Deputy Director General for Research and Intelligence Hakan Okcal on August 20 to deliver Ref A and B demarches, and obtain an update on status of previous designations. Okc [...]	2003-08-21 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA539	NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR US-TURKEY-KURD [...] (S) Ambassador conveyed Ref A points to MFA Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal Jan. 22. Ziyal said he had no problems with the ideas therein (with the exception of the military forces point which needs to be addressed in mil-mil channels) and added that the GOT would like to start talking with the US [...]	2003-01-22 18:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ
03ANKARA5409	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS' VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]	2003-08-25 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA541	TURKS IN NO HURRY TO PUSH FOR MESKHETIAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA officials consider resettlement to Georgia the best long-term solution to the Meskhetian issue. Aware of Georgia's delicate domestic political situation, however, they are reluctant to pressure Tblisi and prefer to work through the Council of Europe. Meanwhile, in t [...]	2003-01-23 06:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU GG RS
03ANKARA5415	MTCR PROPOSALS DELIVERED TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-25 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA TU
03ANKARA5416	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-25 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5418	IRAQ: DELIVERY OF LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY TO FM [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-25 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5419	IRAQ: KIRKUK VIOLENCE HAVING IMPACT ON TURKISH [...] (C) The August 23-24 violence in Kirkuk that left several Turkmen and Kurds dead/injured was front page news in Turkey over the weekend, and generated demonstrations in front of the Ankara PUK offices that reportedly left 23 police and 5 demonstrators injured. While the story has subsided here [...]	2003-08-25 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5436	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary: Senator Lugar reaffirmed to the GOT on August 20 the importance of the longstanding U.S.-Turkish relationship. In meetings with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Defense, as well as the Chief of TGS, Lugar emphasized that the [...]	2003-08-26 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER IS TU IZ
03ANKARA5438	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-26 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5442	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S INITIAL CALL ON TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Edelman's initial call on Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer August 25, Sezer asserted the importance of the U.S.-Turkey relationship, raised Iraq, and commented on Cyprus' EU accession and Armenian genocide claims. The Ambassador stressed the importance of [...]	2003-08-26 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AM CY ECON PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA5443	MARKETS BUOYANT DESPITE WEAK BUDGET NUMBERS [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) Summary: January-July budget data, combined with a frankly skeptical assessment by a key budget official, suggest that the GOT will have difficulty meeting the IMF,s Sixth Review and end-year f [...]	2003-08-26 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
03ANKARA5449	IRAN SOLICITING TURKEY'S SUPPORT FOR THE IAEA BOG [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for International Security Affairs Morali gave DCM August 26 a detailed readout of the visit of Iranian National Security Council Deputy SYG Hussein Mousavin (spelled Museviyan in the Turkish press) August 25. According to Morali, Mousavin told his Turkish interlocutors tha [...]	2003-08-27 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IAEA
03ANKARA5456	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-28 04:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5464	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON FONMIN GUL: FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: FonMin Gul said Aug. 27 the GOT wants a democratic, stable Iraq able to govern itself; GOT will move cautiously toward a decision on possible troop contribution to stabilization force; U.S. response to Turkey's concerns on PKK/Kadek remains a key point for Ankara. Reaffirming U.S. [...]	2003-08-28 10:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA548	SCENESETTER FOR SACEUR GENERAL JONES'S JANUARY 24 [...] (S) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively and should be completed 23 January 03. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, two small C [...]	2003-01-23 11:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA5480	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-29 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA549	TURKEY: PRESS ALLEGATIONS OF USG SUPPORT FOR PKK: [...] (C) Summary: Amid strong anxiety in Turkey about a possible war with Iraq, recent reports in the Turkish media alleging that the USG and specific members of the Mission staff are in contact with and supporting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK, aka KADEK) have been brought to our attention at [...]	2003-01-23 11:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA5491	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-29 10:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5515	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFENSE [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul September 1, Gonul affirmed his desire to foster closer cooperation with the US and to support the US in any way Turkey could. On Iraq, Gonul said he hoped the GOT would persuade the Turkish public and P [...]	2003-09-02 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ

03ANKARA5516	IRAQI MINISTERS: TURKISH OFFICIALS COMPLAIN THERE [...] (C) In seperate conversations with the Ambassador and DCM Sept. 1 and August 30 respectively, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ali Tuygan and MFA Acting Director General Safak Gokturk said Turkey was disappointed that the Iraqi Governing Council had appointed only one Turkmen minister. Turkish Ambass [...]	2003-09-02 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA553	TURKISH RESPONSE TO FAA REQUEST FOR CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paras 2 and 8. 2. (SBU) Summary and action request. EconCouns delivered reftel points to senior GOT officials January 21-22. The Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority (DGCA) acknowledged that the DGCA had not yet implemented all [...]	2003-01-23 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC ATRN TU
03ANKARA5530	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-03 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5546	TURKISH DELEGATION FROM IRAQ 9/04: ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) This is an action request. See para 4. 3. (C) Embassy received the following dip note regarding the GOT delegation planning to return from Iraq September 4. Begin Text: OAGY-II/273 dated September 2, 2003. The Ministry of Foreign Affa [...]	2003-09-03 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA5547	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH INVITES PRESIDENT BUSH TO [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who will travel to New York in March 2004, hopes he could also see President Bush in Washington then. He wants to invite the President to visit the Patriarchate when he is in Istanbul at the May 2004 NATO Summit. The Patriarch characterized his [...]	2003-09-03 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA5548	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-03 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5551	IMF RESREP PREPARES FOR BUSY SEASON; [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk told us the Fund is gearing up for an intense period of work towards the Sixth Review. The jury is still out on a series of structural reforms, especially direct tax reform, and big questions remain on the budget, though a Treasury ann [...]	2003-09-03 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA5553	TURKEY'S U/S ZIYAL: QUALMS ABOUT IRAQ, URGENCY ON [...] (C) Turkish MFA Undersecretary Ziyal invited Ambassador for a meeting Sept. 3 to discuss Iraq, the PKK, the NATO Summit dates and Cyprus. Ziyal worried that the situation in Iraq was not improving and that Lebanonization remained a possibility. He raised Turkey's unhappiness with the Iraqi m [...]	2003-09-03 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS CY TU IZ NATO
03ANKARA5566	TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY: FOCUS NOW ON IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: European diplomats in Ankara say the GOT's extensive human rights reforms have brought Turkey close to meeting EU accession criteria; the EU will now focus on how well the reforms are implemented. However, Turkey still falls short of the criteria in some areas, and pro-EU advocat [...]	2003-09-04 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5576	IAEA/IRAN: TURKEY RIDING THE COATTAILS OF THE E.U. [...] (C) Because higher level GOT disarmament officials were in Vienna for the CTBT discussions, PolMilOff delivered reftel talking points to the new MFA Head of the Disarmament Department Bulent Meric September 4. Meric said his department was still examining the IAEA August 26 report in detail, [...]	2003-09-05 06:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IAEA
03ANKARA5579	TERRORIST FINANCE: ANKARA: JI TEN/LIST 40 [...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Scot Marciel for Reasons 1.5 (b),(d). 2. (C) Summary: Econoffs met with MFA official Ahmet Arda to deliver Ref A and C demarches, and discuss possible additional legal bases for seizing terrorist assets. End Summary. 3. (C) Effective [...]	2003-09-05 10:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER
03ANKARA5584	AMBASSADOR, INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS PKK, IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aksu called on the U.S. to take action against the PKK/KADEK in northern Iraq and offered training for Iraqi police. The Ambassador said the USG and GOT will soon discuss an approach to the PKK/KADEK pro [...]	2003-09-05 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC PHUM IZ TU
03ANKARA5587	GOT Views on the WTO Ministerial in Cancun [...] (SBU) Meeting with Econoff and Econ Specialist on September 3, Husnu Dilemre, Deputy Director General for Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, provided an overview of Turkish views and objectives for the upcoming Cancun WTO Ministerial. In particular, he highlighted Turkey's desi [...]	2003-09-05 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AORC TU
03ANKARA5628	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5637	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5641	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER BABACAN [...] (C) Summary: In a September 3 courtesy call, Ambassador urged State Minister Babacan to wrap up talks on the U.S. financial package quickly, stick to the economic reform program, and take concrete steps to resolve problems facing U.S. investors. Babacan said he had instructed his staff to c [...]	2003-09-05 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA5643	Demarche on ICAO Air Navigation Conference [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR TU
03ANKARA5644	BANK REGULATOR'S HEADACHES [...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Scot Marciel for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: In a meeting with econoffs September 4, embattled BRSA Chairman Engin Akcakoca described GOT consideration of legislation that, if enacted in its current form, would greatly reduce the indepe [...]	2003-09-05 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA5645	CHOD OZKOK EMPHASIZES KURDISH ISSUES AS KEY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the AMB's 9/5 introductory call on GEN Ozkok, the CHOD focused on ethnic tension in nIZ and its effect on Turkish public opinion, and thus on Turkey's ability to contribute troops to the stabilization force. US action on PKK/KADEK is also a key factor in Turkey's decision [...]	2003-09-05 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5646	A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE BOT ISSUE? [...] (SBU) Summary: An Enron executive says a "trial balloon" floated by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) has the potential to lead to a solution to the dispute between the GOT and BOT power generating companies over pricing and other contractual issues. The idea would be for EMRA to [...]	2003-09-05 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG EFIN TU
03ANKARA5647	FIRST TURKISH POWER TO IRAQ ON SCHEDULE FOR [...] With the strong support of the GOT, Turkish power company Karadeniz Energy is preparing to export 50 megawatts of power from Turkey into the Iraqi power grid. The 2-year deal was signed with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad on August 26, with power scheduled to begin flowing Sep [...]	2003-09-05 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5652	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR, DEPUTY P.M. SAHIN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In his introductory call on Deputy P.M. Mehmet Ali Sahin, the Ambassador underscored the importance of U.S.-Turkey relations; said that Turkey could play an important positive role in Iraq; and raised concerns about minority foundations. Sahin said the GOT believes it can contrib [...]	2003-09-08 09:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU PHUM
03ANKARA5658	Foreign Trade Undersecretary on Booming Trade [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) In a September 5 meeting with Econ Counselor and Econoff, Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuncer Kayalar predicted that Turkish exports to Iraq would continue to grow quickly, and said that an intense inspection regime aimed a [...]	2003-09-08 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN ENRG PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5668	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-08 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5671	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP IN DENIAL OVER FLAGGING [...] (C) Summary: Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) continues to argue against sending Turkish troops to Iraq as part of a stabilization force -- so far to no noticeable effect with the voters. Although hurting at the polls, senior members of the party seem unconcerned with the direc [...]	2003-09-08 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5680	IRAQ: CONGESTION AT HABUR BORDER CROSSING REQUIRES [...] (C) Over the past week, Post has fielded multiple reports from a variety of sources, including the CPA and the Turkish MFA, about delays, extremely long lines, extensive searches and unhappy truckers on both sides of the Habur Bridge/Ibrahim Khalil border crossing between Iraq and Turkey. Bec [...]	2003-09-08 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA5681	TURKEY CONSIDERING PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-08 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA5683	Demarche on Geographical Indications and the [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-09 06:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA5693	IAEA/IRAN: EXPECT MORE COOPERATION FROM TURKEY [...] (C) Subsequent to receiving clarification from the Department that resolutions described in Refs D and E were in fact the same resolution, MFA Disarmament Head of Department Bulent Meric reiterated to PolMilOff Sept. 8 that Turkey's position on the Iran resolution was the same as the EU's. Pol [...]	2003-09-09 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IAEA
03ANKARA5694	IRAQ, TURKEY AND A NEW UNSC RESOLUTION: PASSAGE [...] (C) The passage of a new UNSC resolution on Iraq authorizing a UN-mandated MNF would provide useful cover for GOT officials with the Turkish Parliament if/when the GOT seeks Parliament's approval for a Turkish troop contribution. Significantly, President Sezer, the loudest voice insisting on [...]	2003-09-09 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5701	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-09 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5728	NEW AIR FORCE CHIEF TAKES TOUGH TACK ON INCIRLIK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Air Chief Gen Ibrahim Firtina took a surprisingly aggressive approach on a range of issues at the AMB's introductory call 9/8. First, he surprised us by re-opening the F16 EW suite issue which his predecessor had agreed to (reftel). Then he implied that the US was lucky Turk [...]	2003-09-10 07:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5736	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TO AMBASSADOR: WE'VE MADE [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Serdengecti told Ambassador September 9 that Turkey had made progress on a number of economic issues, but he remains cautious because "anything can happen." On the positive side, the economy is enjoying both growth and disinflation, the government has incr [...]	2003-09-10 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA5745	SCENESETTER FOR INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION TEAM FOR [...] (C) Summary: Four and a half years after the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, the GOT remains divided over how to deal with the remnants of the terrorist organization, how to handle Kurdish nationalism, and whether to loosen restrictions on Kurdish political and cultural expression. The [...]	2003-09-10 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5750	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-10 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5753	58TH UNGA ATTENDANCE: FINAL ADDITIONS TO [...] (U) Turkish MFA UN Head Kaya submitted final high-level attendance list for the Turkish delegation to the 58th UNGA. Per ref (A) format: C. (Updated information) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul will depart Istanbul on TK 0001 at 11:35 and arrive New Yor [...]	2003-09-10 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP TU
03ANKARA5757	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN HIS FIRST MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER UNAKITAN, THE AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED HIS VIEW THAT TURKEY HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON RECENT GOOD NEWS BY ACCELERATING REFORMS AND RESOLVING INVESTMENT DISPUTES. THE FINANCE MINISTER CLAIMED THE GOT WAS STRONGLY COMMITTED TO REFO [...]	2003-09-11 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA576	TGS PUSHES AGAIN TO KEEP NATO COMMANDS IN TURKEY [...] (C) In a Jan. 20 meeting with CJCS GEN Myers, Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok noted that NATO should maintain its Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Eskisehir and its Joint Sub-Regional Command (JSRC) in Izmir and pressed for US support. TGS J-3 LTG Karabay reiterated Ref A request for bilateral [...]	2003-01-24 09:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA5769	DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE AL-QAIDA AVIATION THREAT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 11:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ASEC EAIR PTER TU
03ANKARA5774	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	NOTAG TU
03ANKARA5780	TRAVEL OF TURKS TO KIRKUK SEPT 11 BY BUS THROUGH [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA5787	EXBS: SEPTEMBER 11 MEETING WITH TURKEY ON EXBS [...] (SBU) Summary: An interagency team led by NP/ECC Director van Son met with Turkish MFA and the Turkish interagency on September 11 to negotiate the proposed EXBS legal agreement so that planned EXBS assistance programs can commence. The Turkish and U.S. teams concentrated their discussions [...]	2003-09-12 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC PREL KSTC TU
03ANKARA5791	TURKEY: LOCAL AK PARETY BOSSES CONFIDENT IN [...] (C) Summary: In separate early September meetings, ruling AK Party bosses in Ankara discussed signs of improving economic conditions, local elections, and intra-party politics. Poloff met with Hamdi Balaban of Ankara's left-leaning Yenimahalle district and Orhan Kaya of Altindag, one of Ankar [...]	2003-09-12 08:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5801	MARKETS STRONG DESPITE DISAPPOINTING SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets continued their summer rally this week, buoyed by the news of the likely signature of the U.S. financial assistance agreement. On Wednesday, the rally was strong enough to propel the benchmark t-bill rate to its lowest level of the year, the stock market to its highe [...]	2003-09-12 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA5805	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-12 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5807	GUL-SHALOM OCTOBER 5 LETTER [...] (U) The Israeli Embassy in Ankara shared with us an unclassified facsimile copy of a letter sent September 5 from SIPDIS Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom. In the letter, Gul expresses concern over: -- the "formidable task" facing the Coali [...]	2003-09-12 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS KPAL IS TU
03ANKARA5808	Pharmaceuticals IPR Update [...] (SBU) Summary: Following heavy lobbying by the local generics industry, the GOT is contemplating introduction of data exclusivity protection for pharmaceutical test data only in 2007 and even watering down patent protection, but, to our knowledge, no final decisions have been taken on these m [...]	2003-09-12 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA581	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5811	MORE ON ENRON BOT "TRIAL BALLOON" [...] Summary: ENRON's report of a GOT trial balloon to resolve the dispute between BOT operator Trakya (Enron) and the GOT (reftel) appears to have been overly optimistic. Yusuf Gunay, President of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA),told us he had not heard of the proposal, while Ener [...]	2003-09-13 06:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG TU
03ANKARA5828	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [...] (U) Summary: In a September 8 introductory meeting, Constitutional Court President Bumin told the Ambassador he plans to establish a Free Speech Committee of Turkish jurists. He said the GOT should advance human rights reform and EU membership by focusing on implementing recent legal amendmen [...]	2003-09-15 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5836	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-15 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5839	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory call by the Ambassador, former president Demirel urged a repair to the relationship between the Pentagon and TGS; underscored the importance of higher-impact U.S. public diplomacy; called for the U.S. to project its power by finishing the job in Iraq without majo [...]	2003-09-15 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA5848	COULD AN ELECTION-RELATED COURT CASE CUT AK [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Appeals Court's likely confirmation of the sentence in an election fraud case against pro-Kurdish DEHAP raises the question whether High Election Board (YSK) will subsequently reallocate seats in Parliament, reducing AK's political dominance and enabling right-of-center DYP [...]	2003-09-16 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU
03ANKARA5850	Ambassador's Meeting with TOBB President Rifat [...] (SBU) In the Ambassador's first call on Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (Turkish acronym TOBB) President Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the two sides discussed Iraq reconstruction, economic reform, the upcoming Economic Partnership Commission meeting, and investment climate issues. H [...]	2003-09-16 07:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5856	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-16 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA586	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5866	LETTER TO HHS SECRETARY THOMPSON FROM TURKISH [...] Post received Turkish MFA dip note no. 2003/CKGY/360370 requesting embassy to forward a letter to HHS Secretary Thompson from Minister of National Education Huseyin Celik announcing GOT support to the U.S. candidacy to the Executive Board. BEGIN TEXT Tommy G. THOMPSON Secretary of H [...]	2003-09-17 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TU
03ANKARA5879	Cargill and ADM Move a Step Closer to Higher Sugar [...] (SBU) Summary: A key GOT board has recommended increasing the quota for corn syrup producers to 15 percent of the total sugar quota, which, if implemented, will help Cargill and ADM/TateLyle avoid production losses on their massive investments in Turkey. Although the sugar beet industry is p [...]	2003-09-17 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR TU
03ANKARA5892	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-17 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5897	TURKEY OPEN TO CANCELING FALL MILITARY EXERCISES [...] (C) Summary: In receiving Ref A demarche, GOT interlocutors from MFA and TGS did not push back on canceling this year's Toros/Barbaros exercise and expressed openness to following past practice of mirroring the Greek activities. However, they were characteristically unwilling to commit to doin [...]	2003-09-18 06:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU GR CY
03ANKARA5900	AMBASSADOR, ANKARA MAYOR DISCUSS LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a Sept. 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Ankara mayor Melih Gokcek expressed hope that the AK Government will pass local administrative reform. He expects that the more controversial aspects of the reform will be taken up after local elections, which are scheduled for next Apri [...]	2003-09-18 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5920	TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORT TO ACCELERATE [...] (SBU) Turkey shares the U.S.goal to accelerate assitance to Afghanistan. Turkey has already exceeded its original 5-year pledge of $5 million and hopes to commit another USD 3 million in 2004. Ambassador Okcun, Turkey's Afghan Reconstruction Coordinator, will attend the September 21 meeting [...]	2003-09-18 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA5927	GOT ENGAGED IN INTERNAL DEBATE OVER IDP CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Some MFA officials support a UN recommendation to hold an international conference on return programs for those displaced from the southeast during the PKK conflict; however, the Interior Ministry opposes. UNHCR believes the conference should also include the return of refugees f [...]	2003-09-19 06:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA5930	IRAQ: TURKISH ENVOY KARAOSMANOGLU SHARES [...] (S) DCM met Sept. 17 with Turkish MFA Envoy Karaosmanoglu, who spent three weeks in Iraqi in August/Sept. on a fact finding mission to help the GOT determine whether to support a Turkish troop contribution to a stabilization force in Iraq. Karaosmanoglu said most Iraqis he met were opposed to [...]	2003-09-19 07:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA5938	URGENT DEMARCHE: UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST: [...] (C) DCM presented reftel demarche September 18 to MFA Middle East AND Africa General Director Tahsin Burcuoglu. 2. (C) Burcuoglu accepted the U.S. views and reiterated Turkey's support for the Road Map and its continuing good relationship with both Israelis and Palestinians. He indicated [...]	2003-09-19 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS TU
03ANKARA5945	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-19 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5951	POST THOUGHTS ON DISBURSEMENT TIMING, MESSAGE TO [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: Ankara-based IFI officials have expressed concern that the timing of the U.S. disbursement of its financial assistance could create moral hazard by removing market pressure for implement [...]	2003-09-19 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA5953	58TH UNGA ATTENDANCE: ADDITIONAL NAME AND [...] (U). Please correct Ambassador Volkan Bozkir's position to read "Deputy Undersecretary." 2. (U) There will be five security officers accompanying the Turkish delegation. Please add the name of one additional security officer. D. Security Officer: -- Sirin Kose. EDELMAN [...]	2003-09-19 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP TU UNGA UN
03ANKARA5954	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-19 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5961	TURKEY: MFA DIPNOTE ON SEEBRIG [...] On September 18, 2003, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see para 2 for complete text) on the South Eastern European Brigade (SEEBRIG). Embassy faxed copy of the diplomatic note to OSD's Maria Copson-Niecko in Istanbul. 2. Begin text of MFA no [...]	2003-09-22 10:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA5962	NORTHERN IRAQ: NEXT STEPS WITH TURKEY ON PKK/KADEK [...] (S) As we prepare for S/CT Black's visit and the next round of talks with Turkey on the PKK/KADEK presence in Iraq, Post believes we need to take into account a number of the Turkish positions expressed to DAS Pascoe on Sept. 12 (Ref B). RECOMMENDATION: To demonstrate the seriousness of the US [...]	2003-09-22 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA5963	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION CHP [...] (C) Summary: In a Sept. 17 meeting with the Ambassador, opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Deniz Baykal said it will be difficult to support USG policy in Iraq given the current ambiguous attitude of some Iraqis toward Turkey. He also asserted that any new UNSC resolution wil [...]	2003-09-22 12:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5964	TURKEY'S NSC SECGEN TAKES CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary: During their initial meeting on the eve of the September 19 NSC meeting that would consider a troop contribution to the stabilization force in Iraq, new NSC Secretary General General Sukru Sariisik revealed little to SIPDIS the Ambassador of what would occur at the meeting. [...]	2003-09-22 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY IZ MARR PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA5966	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-22 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5967	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY PM SENER [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric Edelman reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: In a first meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy PM Sener seemed open to helping the U.S. with companies' problems in Turkey. In reply to the Ambassador's caution against complacency on the reform program, [...]	2003-09-22 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL PTER EFIN TU IZ
03ANKARA5982	Demarche on Montreal Convention Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-23 09:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON TU
03ANKARA5993	PRO-KURDISH PARTY CHAIRMAN AND OTHERS DETAINED IN [...] (C) Summary: Turkish police detained pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) Chairman Tuncer Bakirhan and several others September 22 in connnection with their attendance at a concert in Germany on September 13 where PKK flags and posters of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan were alle [...]	2003-09-23 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6001	U.S. CREDIT SIGNING CAPS STRONG MARKET RALLY [...] (SBU) Yesterday's signing of the U.S. Financial Agreement in Dubai capped a strong market rally over the previous two weeks, which saw the Turkish equity, foreign exchange and debt markets reach their high point of the year. Though the U.S. FA signing was important, forward-leaning comments f [...]	2003-09-23 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
03ANKARA6002	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-23 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6005	Turkish Delegation to Oxford Tracker Workshop [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 06:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM TU
03ANKARA6019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6020	TURKEY'S EAST AND SOUTHEAST KURDS WARN RECENT [...] (C) Following is a field report from Consulate Adana Principal Officer. 2. (C) Summary: In a political environment which has once again become tense, Kurdish political and community leaders in Turkey's east and southeast assert vigorously that the GOT's recent reintegration law is inadequ [...]	2003-09-24 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINS PHUM TU
03ANKARA6028	IRAQ: TURKEY'S U/S ZIYAL ON GC/TRIBES VISITS, [...] (C) On Sept. 23, Turkish MFA Undersecretary Ziyal and Ambassador discussed a range of Iraq issues. Ziyal said Iraqi tribes and the visiting Governing Council delegation told the Turks they did not want more foreign troops in Iraq. However, if Turkey sent troops, the Turks should be distinct [...]	2003-09-24 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA6048	Turkish Official on Rail Link with Iraq, Syria [...] (SBU) Summary: A Turkish railway official told us that rail has moved relatively little cargo, including humanitarian aid, to Iraq in recent months, but that there are plans to begin moving some fuel by rail. Our interlocutor contended that steep Syrian transit fees were a serious obstacle t [...]	2003-09-25 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD TU IZ
03ANKARA605	UPDATE ON TURKEY'S IMF PROGRAM [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep (protect) advised that Turkish authorities delivered late January 22 a draft Letter of Intent, along with a package of fiscal measures designed to enable the government to reach its primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GNP. ResRep said his initial impression was that the [...]	2003-01-24 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA6053	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-25 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6058	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Edelman,s first meeting with Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler focused on Turkey,s efforts to reduce the high prices it pays for natural gas imports, principally from Russia, and Guler,s desire to help U.S. efforts in Iraq. Guler said his Ministry wa [...]	2003-09-25 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6060	TURKEY: THE VIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND, PART ONE [...] (C) Summary: During poloff's Sept. 10-13 trip to the western Black Sea provinces of Kastamonu and Sinop, contacts across the spectrum averred the importance of strong U.S.-Turkey relations but also took the opportunity to express their very palpable anxiety with USG Iraq policy, in particular [...]	2003-09-26 07:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6068	Proposal for a Joint Demarche with EU on [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. (SBU) In recent years, the USG has pressed Turkey to improve protection of intellectual property rights, particularly for pharmaceuticals manufacturers, but with limited results thus far. Copyright and trademark holders continue to [...]	2003-09-26 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA6070	EU to Inspect Turkish Poultry Plants for Export [...] (SBU) Summary. Five Turkish poultry facilities are being inspected by the EU veterinarians for approval to export poultry meat to the European Union. Turkish officials estimate that, during the first year, exports for the five plants could total up to 10,000 tons. An additional 4 plants wil [...]	2003-09-26 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA6071	THE 6TH REVIEW AND OUR DISBURSEMENT [...] (C) IMF Deputy ResRep (protect) told us last night that, given Turkey's strong macroeconomic performance and positive public statements by Fund management, the GOT would have to stumble badly on one or more key issues to prevent the 6th review from moving ahead in a more or less timely fashion [...]	2003-09-26 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA6072	NORTHERN IRAQ: TALABANI TRIES TO MEND FENCES WITH [...] (C) Iraqi Governing Council member and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Jalal Talabani, sent letters Sept. 23 to Turkish PM Erdogan and MFA Undersecretary Ziyal seeking improved relations between the PUK and Turkey. He also sent a verbal message noting that Turkey and the Iraqi Kur [...]	2003-09-26 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA6086	TERRORIST FINANCE: ZARQAWI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-26 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA6090	SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL COUNTER-TERRORISM SUBJECTS [...] (C) Although PKK/KADEK will be the primary focus of the upcoming delegation led by Cofer Black to continue counter-terrorism consultations with the GOT, post recommends discussion of the following terrorist groups and subjects: -- Al-Qaeda and the GWOT: Thank GOT for good bilateral coopera [...]	2003-09-26 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA611	QUENCHING THE THIRST: WATER FOR TURKEY'S [...] Summary. Turkey has invested $30 billion over the past five decades in a massive water management system that challenges the limitations of its semi-arid climate. As a result, Turkey provides household water supply systems to 70 percent of its population, including 62 percent in rural areas [...]	2003-01-24 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA6111	EXBS: REVISED TEXT OF LEGAL AGREEMENT PASSED TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-29 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC PREL KSTC TU
03ANKARA6112	TURKEY AND PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-29 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA6113	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-29 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA612	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM AKP CHAIRMAN ERDOGAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA6122	APPEALS COURT RULING COULD LEAD TO REDISTRIBUTION [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Turkey's Supreme Appeals Court upheld a lower court ruling convicting leaders of the pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) of election fraud. The High Election Board (YSK) will determine how to respond to the ruling. Most of our contacts predict the YSK will [...]	2003-09-30 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU

03ANKARA613	LETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY FROM AKP CHAIRMAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC TU

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