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03ANKARA6136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-30 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA6139	TURKEY UNLIKELY TO OFFICIALLY CANCEL CYPRUS [...] (C) We followed up on our earlier demarche about canceling the upcoming exercises on Cyprus (ref A) with MFA Deputy DG for Greece/Cyprus Necip Eguz on Sept 29. PolMilCouns pressed upon Eguz the need for an early official GOT position in order to ensure all sides follow last year's precedent [...]	2003-09-30 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU GR CY
03ANKARA6140	KURDS IN SOUTHEAST FEAR U.S. CRACKDOWN ON PKK [...] (C) Summary: Kurds in southeastern Turkey fear a possible U.S. military action against the PKK/KADEK in northern Iraq, and oppose Turkish participation in the Stabilization Force because they believe Turkish authorities would use their presence in Iraq to crack down on Iraqi Kurds. Most of our [...]	2003-09-30 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER IZ TU
03ANKARA6141	KEY ECONOMIC CONDITIONALITY ISSUES FOR USG LOAN [...] (SBU) Summary: For the decision on GOT compliance with economic conditionality in the U.S.-Turkish Financial Agreement, post recommends Washington focus on the most critical issues in the IMF's Sixth Review: staff reductions at SEE's, the end-August fiscal target, the 2004 budget, the Public [...]	2003-09-30 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6144	REGULATORS COMPLAIN OF STIFF OPPOSITION TO ELECTRICITY REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-01 08:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6145	IRAQ: TURKS SEEK MEETING WITH USG/CPA DELEGATION [...] (C) On October 1, MFA Economics Department Head Akif Ayhan told PolMilOff that Turkish missions in Washington and Baghdad would be demarching State and CPA respectively to request a USG/CPA delegation with reps from Washington and Baghdad come to Ankara in the near future to discuss with the G [...]	2003-10-01 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA6160	TURKEY: THE VIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND, PART TWO [...] (C) Summary: Public support for the AK government is solid in the conservative central Anatolian provinces of Konya and Karaman. If the AK government takes the lead, the local public, although wary, appears willing to go along with sending Turkish troops to Iraq. Government officials and r [...]	2003-10-01 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA6161	INDIAN PRIME MINISTER VAJPAYEE'S SEPTEMBER 16-19 [...] (U) Indian PM Vajpayee visited Turkey September 16-19, the first visit by an Indian PM in 15 years. Vajpayee spent September 17 in Ankara, meeting with GOT officials including PM Erdogan and FM Gul. Vajpayee went to Istanbul on September 18, meeting with business leaders and Turkish Preside [...]	2003-10-01 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IN
03ANKARA6162	IMF MISSION BEGINS TALKS [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep briefed us late October 1 on the mission's first few days of talks in Ankara. Although the talks are going well, he cautioned that there is still much work to do, and it is too early to say whether the mission will be able to wrap things up during this visit, which ends Octo [...]	2003-10-01 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA6163	TURKEY: VIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND III: KURDS IN [...] (C) Summary: Kurds in the southeast insist recent human rights reforms have not been implemented, and that practices such as torture, lack of attorney access for detainees, and restrictions on the use of the Kurdish language continue unabated. Even if the reforms are implemented in the rest of [...]	2003-10-01 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6164	TURKS SAY THEY ARE STILL INTERESTED IN QIZ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-01 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA6165	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. After years of slow motion on privatization, IMF conditions and the AK government,s more business-oriented approach seems to have led to a decisive phase in Turkey,s privatization program. How serious the GOT has become will be known by the end of the year, by when three of t [...]	2003-10-02 04:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6173	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-02 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA618	CONTINUING TURKISH CONCERNS ABOUT ALLEGED USG-PKK [...] (U) Action request--para 5. 2. (U) Jan. 24 MFA DDG for anti-terrorism Asya called us in to discuss Turkish concerns that the USG has links with, and is supporting, PKK/KADEK. 3. (C) Handing over copies of Embassy's and Department spokesman's denials of any USG-PKK link and recalling [...]	2003-01-24 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA619	TURKISH CHOD STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) During a January 20 meeting with visiting CJCS, Turkish General Staff (TGS) CHOD Gen. Ozkok said that TGS would concentrate on the ATAK helicopter and the tank modernization programs after the conclusion of the three "big" visits (i.e. CJCS, 1/23 UK CHOD and 1/24 SACEUR Gen. Jones). Ozkok [...]	2003-01-24 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL TU
03ANKARA6197	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-02 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6198	MFA CAUCASUS OFFICIAL ON ARMENIA, GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary. In a September 23 conversation with poloff, MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali worried about Russian influence in the Caucasus, particularly Georgia, during a period when U.S. attention was turned to Iraq. Adali expressed eagerness for the U.S. and Turkey to work together [...]	2003-10-02 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GG AJ AM RS
03ANKARA6199	MEETING WITH TREASURY U/S CANAKCI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH ECONOFFS, TURKISH TREASURY U/S CANAKCI DESCRIBED THE STILL-EARLY STATE OF PLAY WITH THE IMF SIXTH REVIEW MISSION. CANAKCI CLAIMED THE GOT WAS ON TRACK TO MEET OR GET CLOSE TO END-YEAR INFLATION, GROWTH AND FISCAL TARGETS. HE WAS ALSO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ACHIEVING [...]	2003-10-02 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID EINV PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6208	PRESIDENT SEZER'S SPEECH AT OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] () Summary: In reiterating his opposition to Turkish troops for Iraq and in displaying a partisan preference for left-of-center opposition CHP over the AK government, President Sezer demonstrated again that he is part of the problem, not the solution. End summary. 2. (C) Admonishing Turk [...]	2003-10-02 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA6209	GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE ON LOAN AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Under fire for having agreed to political conditions (i.e., not sending troops unilaterally into northern Iraq) in the financial agreement with the United States, the government is on the defensive. State Minister Babacan told the press last night that the "loan will be used if [...]	2003-10-02 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6214	Turkey's Biotechnology Regime [...] This is in response to reftel request. 2. (SBU) Summary: Although Turkey has drafted regulations pertaining to biotechnology, they have not been implemented. Turkey permits the importation of genetically modified crops although it does not permit use of bio-engineered seeds for plant [...]	2003-10-03 06:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TU
03ANKARA6215	GOT Extends Rice Import Moratorium [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Turkey (GOT) extended its moratorium on rice import licenses for another six months till March 2004. The Turkish Press is suggesting that importers requested the ban in order to force domestic prices higher and earn windfall profits. More likely, with upco [...]	2003-10-03 06:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TU USTR
03ANKARA6217	INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE ON APPOINTMENT OF [...] (S) Deputy pol-mil counselor delivered ref a and b points to MFA NATO Department Head Atila Gunay October 2. Gunay said he was aware of the issue, having received a recent cable from the Turkish mission at NATO. Gunay explained he had held off on receiving deputy pol-mil counselor until now [...]	2003-10-03 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV BU TU
03ANKARA6230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-03 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6231	NORTHERN IRAQ AND PKK/KADEK: S/CT BLACK AND TURKS [...] (S) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Cofer Black and delegation met with an interagency GOT delegation led by MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sensoy October 2 in Ankara. Amb. Black told the Turks the USG would fight the PKK/KADEK, as it did all targets in the Global War on terrorism (GWOT) using all [...]	2003-10-03 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA6232	TGS REQUESTS HLDG PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) During his initial meeting with TGS Deputy Chief General Mehmet Ilker Basbug on October 2 (septel),the Ambassador informed the general that the US response to the Turkish proposed dates of November 17-19 for the next High Level Defense [...]	2003-10-03 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS MASS TU
03ANKARA6233	ISTANBUL POLICE ARREST TRAFFICKERS [...] (U) Hurriyet newspaper reported September 25 that Turkish show business manager Muzaffer Arslan coerced four Ukrainian ballerinas to work in a night club in Istanbul's Atasehir district in mid-June. Arslan took possession of their passports, forced them to perform at the Play Show night club [...]	2003-10-03 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG PREF TU
03ANKARA6238	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL VISIT TO TURKEY [...] Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship and where Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: the presence of PKK/Kadek terrorists in northern Iraq and whether Turkey will contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq [...]	2003-10-03 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6241	OCTOBER 3 UPDATE ON IMF MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep told us late today that progress in reaching agreement on measures for the 6th review had been a bit slower than they had planned, but he remained hopeful the mission could wrap things up by the end of next week. The main issues remain winning GOT political-level s [...]	2003-10-03 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA625	NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR US-TURKEY-KURD [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (S) TGS DCHOD Buyukanit told Ambassador Jan. 24 that the MFA had reported to him that the US in Ref B discussion with MFA U/S Ziyal said it did not want 5-way talks. Ambassador told Buyukanit that was not true, that he had told Ziyal he need [...]	2003-01-24 18:07:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ
03ANKARA626	IRAQ: FOLLOW-UP READOUT ON AK PARTY CHAIRMAN [...] (C) In Jan. 20 follow-up to Jan. 19 Ambassador-AK leader Erdogan meeting, Erdogan foreign policy advisor Bagis told us: --Erdogan understood Ambassador's message that it's up to him (Erdogan) to make the case on Iraq to the Turkish public and parliament. --One factor holding Erdogan ba [...]	2003-01-24 18:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6262	Foreign Trade Officials' Views on Cancun, IPR [...] (SBU) Turkish Foreign Trade officials maintained that agriculture, particularly elimination of export subsidies, was their key concern at the Cancun Ministerial. This issue led the Turks to support the G- 21 at Cancun, though our interlocutors told us that actually joining the group would hav [...]	2003-10-06 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KIPR EFIN TU USTR WTO
03ANKARA6263	BOARD REJECTS CHALLENGE TO NOVEMBER ELECTION [...] (U) As expected (reftels) Turkey's High Election Board (YSK) voted 6-1 October 4 to reject appeals calling for a reallocation of seats in Parliament or an annulment of the November 2002 national election results. Several parties and individuals filed the appeals following a September 29 Supre [...]	2003-10-06 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6266	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-06 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6269	POWERFUL RALLY ON CONFLUENCE OF POSITIVE NEWS [...] (Sbu) Turkish markets rocketed forward on October 6 in reaction to several bits of positive news over the weekend. The High Election Council's decision not to invalidate last year's election, better-than-expected inflation numbers, GOT movement toward a parliamentary resolution on troops for [...]	2003-10-06 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6270	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TGS DEP CHIEF BASBUG FOCUSES ON IRAQ AND CYPRUS [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador's lengthy (1.5 hours) initial call on the TGS DCHOD, General Basbug, focused primarily on Iraq and Cyprus. On Iraq, Basbug asserted that TGS supports a GOT decision to contribute troops to Iraq, preferably before a new UNSCR is passed, although he worried that m [...]	2003-10-06 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR MOPS PTER PINR CY IZ TU
03ANKARA6272	AK GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT PARLIAMENT WILL APPROVE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's cabinet-equivalent Council of Ministers adopted and sent to the Parliament on October 6 a motion for the dispatch of Turkish troops to Iraq. Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party parliamentarians and even one opposition parliamentarian expressed confidence the meas [...]	2003-10-06 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6279	NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH IN TURKEY - [...] (C) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan "Prime Minister" Barham Salih visited Ankara October 6-7 for talks with Turkish officials. He met DCM, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff Oct. 6 and said that while he expected terrorism in Iraq to get worse before it got better, he was optimistic about the future, and [...]	2003-10-07 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
03ANKARA628	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: CONCERN WITH RESOLUTION OF TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: Bankers and financial analysts in Istanbul January 23 pointed to the lack of resolution of two problem banks - Pamukbank and Yapi Kredi Bank, both owned by the Cukurova Group - as the single biggest problem at present for Turkey's reform program. The Cukurova Group refuses to [...]	2003-01-24 19:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6281	IRAQ AND TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT: GOT EXPECTS [...] (S) Ambassador was called October 7 by MFA Undersecretary Ziyal who said the GOT expects Ref A motion granting the GOT authority to deploy Turkish troops to pass this evening (Oct. 7). Ziyal and the Ambassador agreed to meet on Oct. 9 to discuss next steps. Ziyal expressed concern (that he sa [...]	2003-10-07 11:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA629	NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR US-TURKEY-KURD [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See Para 3. 2. (S) During mil-mil discussions Jan. 24 on SOF planning for northern Iraq, the TGS proposed to SOCEUR BG Jones a need for Turkish, US, KDP, PUK and Turkmen military reps together to discuss military coordination in northern Iraq. Turkis [...]	2003-01-25 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA6291	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-07 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6297	Civil Aviation Official Comments on [...] (SBU) Topa Toker, Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA),told us that the Transport and Communications Minister is very interested in achieving high standards for aviation safety and security, and in maintaining a cooperative relationship with USG aviation authorities. He suggested that th [...]	2003-10-07 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP TU
03ANKARA6302	TURKEY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT STALLED OIL EXPORTS [...] (U) Baghdad Minimize considered. 2. (C) Turkish officials are concerned by recent press reports that Iraq has decided to suspend oil exports through Ceyhan, diverting the Kirkuk crude through pipelines to the south. MFA Director General for Energy and Water Hakki Akil told EconCouns th [...]	2003-10-07 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6303	TURKISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Parliament approved sending troops to Iraq on October 7 by a comfortable majority, 358 for, 183 against, 2 abstentions. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) unsuccessfully tried to thwart approval by a last-minute assertion, quickly refuted by Foreign Minister [...]	2003-10-07 16:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6306	Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for [...] This message contains an action request in para 3. 2. Econoff delivered reftel demarche seeking Turkish support for the U.S. candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category "A" to Orkun Ersoy, of MFA's Maritime and Aviation Department, on October 7. Ersoy r [...]	2003-10-08 06:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU
03ANKARA6322	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-08 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6332	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-08 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6334	FOREIGN TRADE U/S ON IRAQ/IRAN [...] (C) Foreign Trade U/S Tuncer Kayalar told us October 6 that, during his recent visit to Teheran, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen had warned Iranian President Khatami not to "play games" on nuclear issues and to avoid supporting terrorists. Khatami responded, per Kayalar, that Iran would meet its [...]	2003-10-08 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL TU IZ IR
03ANKARA6340	NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP'S SAFEEN DIZAYEE - TURKISH [...] (C) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official Safeen Dizayee called on DCM, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff Oct. 7. Dizayee described the situation in Baghdad as improving. He said the KDP did not believe that Turkish troops in Iraq could be neutral, that Turkey would use their presence to try to b [...]	2003-10-08 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
03ANKARA6341	US CONCERNS ABOUT LIBYAN WMD DEVELOPMENT POST UN [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-08 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM MNUC KNNP LY TU
03ANKARA6342	NO AGREEMENT WITH IMF LIKELY UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT [...] (Sbu) Summary: IMF Resident Representative told Econoffs October 8 that the Fund Mission is highly unlikely to wrap up agreement on the Sixth Review until early next week at the earliest. Though the Turkish economic team had a long meeting with the Prime Minister October 7 on the IMF issues, [...]	2003-10-08 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6343	DEMARCHE ON TURKISH HELICOPTERS ON CYPRUS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-08 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS MCAP PREL TU CY
03ANKARA6344	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-09 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6345	TURKEY UNHAPPY WITH DECISION TO REVERSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy DG for Energy and Water Haki Akil told EconCouns that Turkey was opposed to the recently announced agreement to reverse the Odessa-Brody pipeline. Akil said the agreement would mean more oil through the Turkish Straits and undermine U.S.-Turkish goals for the East-Wes [...]	2003-10-09 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL RS TU UK
03ANKARA6364	LOCAL BUSINESSES LESS EUPHORIC THAN FINANCIAL [...] Summary. Recent discussions with business executives in Bursa, Istanbul, Kayseri and Izmir indicate increased optimism about the economic recovery and the AK Government. But business people show none of the euphoria exhibited by the IMF- and politics-focused financial markets. There is wide [...]	2003-10-09 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV TU
03ANKARA6365	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-09 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6375	Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for [...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. MFA followed up our October 7 demarche on elections to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council with a diplomatic note proposing mutual support for Turkish and U.S. candidacies. The text of the October 7 note is reproduce [...]	2003-10-10 08:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU
03ANKARA6377	IMAR BANK UPDATE: IS IT FAIR TO BLAME BRSA? [...] (C) Summary: Post's banking contacts tend to defend BRSA, despite its failure to detect Imar Bank's problems. The bankers believe BRSA either could not have acted earlier due to the Uzans' power or could not detect the fraud becaus of its sophistication. One former bank inspector at the Centr [...]	2003-10-10 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6385	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-10 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6390	INVESTMENT DISPUTES: PROGRESS FOR CARGILL/ADM, [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT announced October 9 that it will will increase the quota for non-sugar sweetener producers to 15 percent of the total sugar quota for the year that began September 1, which means Cargill and ADM can avoid potentially ruinous production cuts. Cargill, however, is still [...]	2003-10-10 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS ETRD PGOV TU
03ANKARA6391	TURKEY AND GREECE AGREE TO CANCEL FALL MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-10 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY GR TU MARR
03ANKARA6393	Ambassador's Introductory Meeting with [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Meeting with Transport Minister Binali Yildirim on October 1, the Ambassador emphasized U.S. interest in maintaining high safety and security standards in civil aviation. (Aldo, this is just a laundry list of what they disc [...]	2003-10-10 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EWWT ELTN ETRD KPRV BEXP TU IZ
03ANKARA6395	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CYPRUS [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-10 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY GR
03ANKARA6398	TURKEY HITCHES ARMENIA POLICY TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: In a October 8 discussion with poloff, MFA Caucasus and Central Asia Director Ertan Tezgor confirmed that the GOT clearly linked opening the Armenian border and resuming diplomatic relations to Armenian concessions on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK). Tezgor brushed off concerns this woul [...]	2003-10-14 07:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AM AJ
03ANKARA6409	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-14 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6411	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-14 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6412	GOT DENIES SUPER COBRA FLEW OVER CYPRUS SEPTEMBER 9 [...] (C) MFA Acting DDG for Greece and Cyprus Levent Bilman told PolMilCouns on October 14 that after our demarche on UNFICYP's sighting of a Turkish AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter on September 9, MFA checked with both the Turkish Embassy in Nicosia and TGS. Both denied such a flight could [...]	2003-10-14 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MCAP MASS TU
03ANKARA6420	MFA RAISES PROBLEM WITH U.S. FINANCIAL AGREEMENT'S [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) At the end of a meeting on other issues (reported septel) with the Ambassador October 14, MFA U/S Ziyal said the GOT has a serious problem with the U.S. Financial Agreement (FA). "We may not be able to finalize it," he said, sp [...]	2003-10-14 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA6422	IMF CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON SIXTH REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk told econoff the IMF mission is close to agreement with the GOT on a Letter of Intent. The budget issues have been worked out and Brekk believes the Prime Minister has accepted a version of the direct tax reform the Fund can live with. [...]	2003-10-14 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
03ANKARA6423	BOT PROBLEMS STILL UNRESOLVED [...] (SBU) According to representatives from Enron and Doga (Edison Mission),the Turkish government is making no serious effort to resolve BOT problems, and the Energy Ministry (MENR) and Energy Market Regulaory Authority (EMRA) remain at odds on how to proceed. Enron's lawyer recently told EconC [...]	2003-10-15 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6424	CODEL MCCONNEL'S OCTOBER 10 MEETINGS WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan told visiting Codel McConell October 10 that elements within Turkey and Iraq were making "ugly" statements about the possible deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq as part of the stabilization force there. Erdogan said he was not familiar with the details of the discuss [...]	2003-10-15 07:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6441	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6442	Ambassador's Introductory Meeting with [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Meeting with Transport Minister Binali Yildirim on October 1, the Ambassador emphasized U.S. interest in maintaining high safety and security standards in civil aviation. Yildirim agreed that aviation safety and security are [...]	2003-10-15 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EWWT ELTN ETRD KPRV BEXP TU IZ
03ANKARA6445	TERRORIST FINANCE: REDESIGNATION OF FTOS [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA6446	DEMARCHE TO GOT ON US CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM TU
03ANKARA6447	TURKEY: AK PARTY CONGRESS REAFFIRMS PM ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan emerged from the ruling AK Party's Oct. 12 well-organized congress more in control of his party. In his acceptance speech, Erdogan focused primarily on AK's commitment to achieving a just, democratic system in Turkey. On Iraq, he reiterated the GOT's commitment to send [...]	2003-10-15 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6448	TURKEY REACHES AGREEMENT WITH IMF STAFF ON SIXTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE IMF STAFF AND THE GOT ANNOUNCED AGREEMENT TODAY ON A LETTER OF INTENT FOR THE SIXTH REVIEW. TO MEET THE FISCAL TARGET, THE GOT OPTED TO RAISE TAXES ON AUTOS AND ALCOHOL. THE CENTRAL BANK CUT ITS OVERNIGHT BORROWING RATE 3 PERCENTAGE POINTS. THE TIMING OF THE RATE CUT ON THE [...]	2003-10-15 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
03ANKARA6449	TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN MADRID DONOR'S CONFERENCE [...] (U) Baghdad Minimize Considered. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Turkey is still developing its delegation and pledge for the Iraq Donor's Conference October 23-24 in Madrid, though FM Gul will not attend. On assistance, MFA officials could only say that Turkey's pledge will be much higher than the U [...]	2003-10-16 04:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ECON IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6450	CODEL SAXTON'S ANKARA STOP FOCUSES ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin told visiting CODEL Saxton (Oct 9-10, 2003) that the Turkish government is determined to expand Turkey's partnership with the US beyond Iraq, regional security, and international terrorism. In the AK Party's estimate, according to Sahin, s [...]	2003-10-16 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP MOPS PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA6451	AMBASSADOR MILLER MEETS WITH TURKISH MFA U/S ZIYAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador to Greece Thomas Miller met with Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal during a one-day trip to Ankara on October 10. Ziyal said his relations with Greek MFA SecGen Skopelitis were good and he predicted Turkish-Greek relations would improve as Turkey's relations with the EU improved. [...]	2003-10-16 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6478	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-16 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6479	TERRORIST FINANCE: AL AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-16 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA6481	TURKEY: MORE FALLOUT FROM AK PARTY CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: As noted reftel, PM Erdogan emerged from the Oct. 12 AK Party convention more firmly in control of the party's administration. In changing almost half of the AK's fifty-member Central Decision-Making and Administrative Board (MKYK),Erdogan has provided some clues as to who in the [...]	2003-10-16 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV TU
03ANKARA6482	IRAQ-TURKEY TRADE: HOW CAN TURKISH MERCHANTS GET [...] (C) CPA regulations prohibiting any cash over USD 10,000 from entering or leaving Iraq, coupled with the absence of a fully functioning banking system is problematic for merchants doing large-scale business in Iraq. The Turkish MFA informed Embassy this week that Turkish merchants are increasi [...]	2003-10-16 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA649	IRAQ: TGS REQUESTS ANSWERS TO PHASE IV QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) provided visiting CENTCOM/EUCOM planners January 23 questions (see para 4) concerning Phase IV operations in Iraq. TGS requested that appropriate USG authorities respond to th [...]	2003-01-27 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6493	NORTHERN IRAQ'S MAKHMOUR CAMP - UNHCR ON NEXT [...] (C) On October 16, PolMilOff met with UNHCR Representative for Turkey Gesche Karrenbrock on Makhmour Camp issues. Karrenbrock hopes to meet with Turkish MFA and MOI officials in the next two weeks to discuss next steps. She said that Turkish press play linking the camp to the PKK was having a [...]	2003-10-17 08:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREF PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA6499	MFA DEPUTY U/S TUYGAN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told Ambassador October 16 that the GOT was grateful for the US assistance before and after the recent bombing in front of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad. Tuygan agreed that it was important for the US and Turkey to manage and "get right" the issue of a possible Turk [...]	2003-10-17 10:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC AF AR
03ANKARA6525	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-17 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6530	MFA on Economic Partnership Commission Agenda, [...] (SBU) At an October 15 meeting with MFA on the upcoming Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) meeting, we suggested that both sides to focus on achieving progress on investment issues. MFA acknowledged that it was making preparations on investment issues, and suggested that the EPC include tw [...]	2003-10-17 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TU
03ANKARA6534	SECURING UNDELIVERED IRAQI MEDIA EQUIPMENT -- PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TURKISH COMPANY [...] Istanbul Pol/Econ chief contacted the Al Huda San company, which ref a identified as the company which prior to the war had contracted to ship USD 17,881,020 worth of media equipment to Iraq. He spoke with one company official, Ahmet Cakir, who had been involved in the early stages of the dea [...]	2003-10-17 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN IZ KPAO TU
03ANKARA6535	TURKEY: GREY WOLVES RE-ELECT PACK LEADER BAHCELI [...] (C) Summary: Ultra-nationalist MHP delegates Oct. 12 re-elected Devlet Bahceli as party Chairman. Our contacts in the party suggest there will not be many changes either to the party administration or the party line -- deep skepticism towards the EU and US and paranoia concerning Kurds in Turk [...]	2003-10-17 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6538	GAS MARKET UPDATE FROM EMRA AND BOTAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey's ambitious program to liberalize and privatize its natural gas market has stalled. The Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) told us that it has completed the necessary secondary regulations for the implementation of the Natural Gas Law and has already issued 32 l [...]	2003-10-17 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6540	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS FACILITATION FOR RED CRESCENT [...] This is an Action Request. 2. Embassy Ankara received a faxed diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA around 7:30 PM Friday requesting urgent Embassy assistance to facilitate the travel of a Turkish Red Crescent Society group to Iraq for humanitarian aid purposes. The group is travelling Oc [...]	2003-10-17 17:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ OTRA PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6554	LATEST NEWS ON 2003 AND 2004 PRIVATIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary. President of the Privatization Authority (PA) and Treasury Undersecretariat Director General for State Economic Enterprises updated Econoffs on the progress of the 2003 privatization and workforce reduction programs and expectations for 2004. The 2003 privatization program app [...]	2003-10-20 10:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU EINV
03ANKARA6560	GOT RESPONSE TO UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-20 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS TU
03ANKARA6563	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-20 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6568	AMBASSADOR AND STATE MINISTER TUZMEN DISCUSS TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: The highlight of the Ambassador's October 14 call on State Minister Kursad Tuzmen was that -- for the first time in living memory -- Tuzmen did not push for U.S. lifting of textile quotas, saying the strong lira meant Turkish exporters could not even fill existing quotas. Tuz [...]	2003-10-21 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EINV TU IZ IR
03ANKARA6570	COURT CONTINUES TO DENY RELEASE OF LEYLA ZANA, [...] (SBU) Summary: An Ankara court continues to refuse to release Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs pending the outcome of their retrial. The defense has sought the release in each of the trial's eight hearings. Defense attorneys and a member of Parliament argued at the last session [...]	2003-10-21 08:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU

03ANKARA6574	MFA PREPARED TO GO SLOW ON TROOPS AND LOAN PACKAGE [...] (S) Following Cyprus Special Coordinator Weston's meeting with MFA Under Secretary Ugur Ziyal on October 20, the Ambassador went one-on-one with Ziyal to discuss both the potential Turkish troop deployment to Iraq and the conditionality in the $8.5 billion financial assistance package. Rega [...]	2003-10-17 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS EFIN MARR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA6577	Update on Copyright Enforcement: Culture [...] (SBU) Copyright industry representatives contend that gaps in Turkish legislation and weak enforcement are responsible for persistently high piracy. The Culture and Tourism Minister promised the industry that the GOT would take several steps to tackle the problem, including a total ban on str [...]	2003-10-22 10:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA6612	GOT DECIDES TO TAKE OVER BOT COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary. The longstanding disputes between Build Operate Transfer (BOT) electricity generation plants and the Turkish government may have reached a new level due to the government's apparent decision to take over these facilities on what appears to be the presumption of corruption. Ac [...]	2003-10-22 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6613	TURKEY: BAYKAL SET TO BE RE-ELECTED OPPOSITION CHP [...] (C) Summary: With party delegates firmly in his grasp, CHP leader Baykal is likely to be re-elected chairman at an Oct. 23-24 general convention. Although our contacts expect a contentious atmosphere, they do not expect major changes to the CHP administration. Former state minister Kemal Derv [...]	2003-10-22 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6614	PROPOSED PRESS GUIDANCE ON TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 12:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU
03ANKARA6618	TERRORIST FINANCE: DAWOOD IBRAHIM (LIST 43) [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA6619	MFA DEPUTY U/S BOZKIR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT TURKEY'S EU [...] (C) Summary: In a Oct. 20 courtesy call, MFA Deputy U/S for EU affairs Bozkir told the Ambassador that he is optimistic about Turkey's EU prospects. The GOT has passed the necessary laws related to the Copenhagen Criteria. Bozkir admitted that Cyprus is a looming problem but added that a posi [...]	2003-10-22 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU
03ANKARA6620	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ROYCE VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq and resolution of the PKK/KADEK question remain the focus of the US-Turkish relationship. Turks are seized with two Iraq-related issues: whether the U.S. will work out with the Interim Governing Council the eventual deployment of [...]	2003-10-22 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6623	MEETINGS WITH GOT AND IMF ON SIXTH REVIEW, BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The GOT needs to take several actions--mostly submission of legislation to parliament--before signature of a Letter of Intent, expected by early next week. Additional actions will be needed before the IMF Board vote, expected mid-November. The GOT is making fiscal adjustments o [...]	2003-10-22 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
03ANKARA6676	DEMARCHE: MESSAGE TO PALESTINIANS [...] (C) We presented reftel demarche October 21 to MFA Middle East and Maghreb Head of Department Kemal Tuzun. After promising to convey the contents of the demarche to MFA's Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East, Tuzun then confirmed by telephone that the MFA would transmit the demarche dire [...]	2003-10-24 05:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PREL IS TU
03ANKARA6677	Ambassador Discusses Iraq Reconstruction, [...] (SBU) In their first meeting, Health Minister Recep Akdag told the Ambassador that Turkey wanted to contribute to Iraq reconstruction by building hospitals in Kirkuk and Baghdad. He identified decreasing infant/childbirth mortality, public education on AIDS/HIV and curbing smoking as public h [...]	2003-10-24 08:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ETRD KIPR SENV TU
03ANKARA6683	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS ISSUES WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an October 20 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, State Minister Mehmet Aydin (in charge of religious affairs) said the ruling AK Party's higher education bill has been distorted by critics who view Islam as a threat to the State. He said the bill would remove disadvanta [...]	2003-10-24 09:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6688	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP, OTHER WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 22 introductory meeting, the Ambassador told State Minister Guldal Aksit (responsible for women's affairs) that Turkey could serve as a model on women's rights for the Middle East. He urged Turkey to implement recent initiatives to combat trafficking in persons (T [...]	2003-10-24 11:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6695	EU REPORT ON TURKEY WILL PRAISE REFORMS, CRITICIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming EU report on Turkey will praise GOT human rights reforms while criticizing the slow pace of implementation. Ankara-based contacts from EU states agree that Turkey's candidacy is progressing, but could be derailed by a failure to reach a Cyprus settlement. End Summ [...]	2003-10-24 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6696	ENERGY MINISTRY DENIES BOT TAKEOVER PLANS [...] (SBU) Energy Minister Guler issued a statement denying the GOT would consider seizing BOTs, but continuing to pressure companies over high electricity prices. Separately, in a meeting with Econoffs, the Energy Ministry Undersecretary took a similar line. The ENRON BOT told Post it has yet t [...]	2003-10-24 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6697	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-24 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6702	TURKEY: BAYKAL MANEUVERS TO EASY VICTORY AT CHP [...] (C) Summary: At a contentious but unenthusiastic convention, CHP leader Baykal won re-election easily after he rammed through by-laws that made challenging him nearly impossible. In his speech opening the convention, Baykal focused on what he termed CHP's historical role in Turkish politics a [...]	2003-10-24 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6724	TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF THE U.S. IN 58TH UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP TU
03ANKARA6728	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA673	IRAQ: TURKS WAITING FOR POLITICAL DIRECTION BEFORE [...] (C) MFA Americas Department Head Cihad Erginay (protect) told Deputy Pol-Mil Counselor January 27 that Turkish authorities were "considering" the MOU that EUCOM presented to the Turkish General Staff (MOU) during the January 13 mil-to-mil talks, but stressed that no further action would be tak [...]	2003-01-27 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA6734	ANKARA WAITING FOR U.S. VIEWS ON ISTANBUL SUMMIT [...] (U) The is an action request; see para 5. Searching for NATO Summit Themes ================================ 2. (C) Pol-Mil Counselor and PolMilOff met with MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Sanivar Kizildeli October 24 and discussed Turkey's vision for the NATO Istanbul Summit. Kizildeli [...]	2003-10-27 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
03ANKARA674	OPPOSITION CHP VIEWS ON IRAQ: DON'T COUNT ON US [...] (C) From Jan. 11 through 27, we canvassed half a dozen senior officials and M.P.s from the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Iraq. As the party of Ataturk and standard bearer of the Establishment, CHP reflects a Kemalist line on domestic and foreign policy matters. CHP views on I [...]	2003-01-27 16:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA6747	DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-28 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CU ETTC PREL TU
03ANKARA6752	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-28 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA676	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: REFORM AND BANKING [...] (C) On January 27, we delivered reftel message to Treasury Undersecretary Oztrak, underlining that Washington believed the GOT was now seriously off-track on its IMF program and that U.S. assistance in the event of an Iraq operation would be impossible without the GOT's first completing the I [...]	2003-01-27 17:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6772	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-30 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6775	TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTRY NOT EAGER TO SUPPORT [...] Regional Environment Officer discussed U.S. position on French-proposed UNEO (reftel) with MFA Environment Office Head Asli Oral. Oral said that the government had been approached by the French Embassy and appreciated hearing the U.S. position. She said the Foreign Ministry was not eager to [...]	2003-10-30 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IO SENV EU TU
03ANKARA6779	SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING: PART OF A PROCESS [...] (C) MFA MidEast DDG Safak Gokturk told polmilcouns October 30 that the meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq's neighbors plus Egypt in Damascus this weekend will be the fourth of its kind since January when the GOT convoked ministers in Istanbul, which they dubbed the "Regional Initiative." [...]	2003-10-30 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03ANKARA678	GOT FOCUSES EFFORTS ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING INITIATIVES [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 6. 2. (U) Jan. 23 MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Topcuoglu called us in to discuss GOT developments in the fight against trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Topcuoglu stressed local, regional, and national efforts to raise awareness of the issue, pr [...]	2003-01-28 08:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
03ANKARA6780	THE LIRA'S OCTOBER DECLINE [...] (Sbu) Summary: After a long rally, Turkish markets have turned down over the past two weeks, although there has been little in the way of high-profile, market-jolting bad news. Instead, the markets, especially the foreign exchange market, have turned around due to a combination of seasonal fac [...]	2003-10-30 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
03ANKARA6844	TURKISH CYPRIOT ELECTION CONCERNS: ROUND FOUR: [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, MFA DirGen for Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs to Ertugrul Apakan asserted that GOT intervention with the Turkish Cypriot "High Election Board" (HEB) would be improper. However, he would convey the demarche to higher levels of the MFA; in his o [...]	2003-11-03 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6846	GOT EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-03 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC MOPS TU AF
03ANKARA6847	Post Comments on Special 301 [...] (U) This cable contains action requests in para 4. 2. (U) Embassy understands that PhRMA requested an Out- of-Cycle (OCR) Special 301 review of Turkey over the GOT's failure to implement data exclusivity, the proposed exclusion of pharmaceuticals from patent protection, and other concerns [...]	2003-11-03 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA6854	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-03 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6857	THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART ONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE MESSAGES ABOUT THE AMCON ADANA REPORTING TEAM VISIT TO SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY FROM SEPTEMBER 14-26. REFTELS REPORT SOME ASPECTS OF THIS TRIP. THE REGION'S KURDISH POPULATION WAS DISTRUSTFUL OF STATE INITIATIVES; SAW THE "RETURN TO HOME" LAW AS INDISTINGU [...]	2003-11-04 07:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU
03ANKARA6858	THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART TWO [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-04 07:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU
03ANKARA6860	TURKEY AND DONOR STRATEGIES FOR AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Turkey's Coordinator for Afghan and Iraq Assistance Ambassador Okcun, Turkey takes very seriously its commitments to Afghan and Iraq Reconstruction. Turkey has already fulfilled its USD 5 million commitment for Afghanistan and is eager to disburse its USD 50 millio [...]	2003-11-04 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN IZ PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA6861	THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART THREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE IS THE THIRD OF THREE MESSAGES ABOUT THE AMCON ADANA REPORTING TEAM VISIT TO SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY FROM SEPTEMBER 14-26. REFTELS REPORT ON OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS TRIP. END SUMMARY. HAKKARI - VIOLENCE IN THE AIR, TRASH IN THE STREETS 2. (C) TRAVELING INTO HAKKARI SAW EV [...]	2003-11-04 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU
03ANKARA6870	SOUTHEASTERN PRESS SUMMARY NOV. 1-3, 2003 [...] THIS CABLE IS FROM CONSULATE ADANA. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------------------- 2. Sabah, Hurriy [...]	2003-11-04 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
03ANKARA6880	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-04 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6886	MEETING WITH TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Econoff conveyed to Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci that the U.S. would not revisit the political conditionality in the FA. Canakci explained that, although the Treasury had originally intended merely to seek approval from the Council of Ministers, the GOT is now debating [...]	2003-11-04 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6891	SOUTHEASTERN PRESS SUMMARY - NOV. 4, 2003 [...] THIS CABLE IS FROM CONSULATE ADANA. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. ---------------------------------- POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2003-11-05 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
03ANKARA6906	MFA Requests More on Iraq Issues at Economic [...] (SBU) MFA's only substantive comment on our draft Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) agenda was that Iraq economic issues merit a separate session on the agenda. The Turkish side does not expect its companies to gain Iraq reconstruction subcontracts at this meeting, but views the opportuni [...]	2003-11-05 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TU
03ANKARA6908	NATO: HLG MEETING -- CHAIRMAN'S LETTER TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MNUC TU
03ANKARA6909	GOT RESPONDS TO CFE HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA6910	TURKEY ACCEDES TO THE OTTAWA CONVENTION ON [...] During a meeting on another topic, MFA Head of Department for Disarmament Affairs confirmed to PolMilOff that Turkey had deposited its instrument of ratification for the Ottawa convention simultaneously with Greece on September 25, 2003. Meric reminded PolMilOff that Turkey was party to every [...]	2003-11-05 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM TU
03ANKARA6919	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6923	IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT OF DAMASCUS MEETING: SAUDIS, [...] (C) POLMILCOUNS called on MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Safak Gokturk Nov. 5 for a readout of the Nov. 1-2 Damascus meeting on Iraq. Gokturk, who had been at the Damascus meeting, said Turkey worked hard to make the original Syrian draft communique moderate and balanced, and found the meeting [...]	2003-11-05 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03ANKARA694	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6945	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6954	GOT MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO SECURE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche regarding the disposition of radioactive sources from Iraq, on October 6 MFA Energy Department First Secretary Basak Tug gave PolMilOff a verbal, unofficial translation of a report of the events of September 28 as provided by the Turkish Atomic Energy Counc [...]	2003-11-06 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM ZP TU
03ANKARA6971	LETTER FOR AMB BREMER FROM TURKISH UNION OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-07 09:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID ETTC PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA699	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6994	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-07 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6995	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 5, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Turkiye / Due to [...]	2003-11-07 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ANKARA6996	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] SUBJECT: This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 6, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriye [...]	2003-11-07 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ANKARA6997	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet, Radikal [...]	2003-11-07 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ANKARA7000	KBR PERSPECTIVE ON HABUR GATE [...] (SBU-BUS SENS) A senior Kellogg, Brown and Root-Turkey (KBR-T) manager met with PO on Oct. 31 to update the state of current challenges to orderly flow in Turkey along the Iraq ground line of communication (GLOC) as well as transit bottlenecks at the Habur Gate. The KBR-T official noted tha [...]	2003-11-07 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA7005	TURKEY: SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN PROSECUTORS WORKING [...] (U) As part of Embassy Ankara's ongoing efforts to focus GOT officials on trafficking in persons (TIP),we discussed the talking points contained in reftels A, B and C, and particularly the agenda described in reftel B, with Head of Illegal Migration Hayati Soysal. A member of the GOT's Natio [...]	2003-11-07 18:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KSEI KWMN PHUM SMIG TU ZL
03ANKARA7006	IRAQ: TURKEY WELL-SITUATED TO SUPPORT COALITION [...] (C) Given Turkey's desire to rehabilitate its relations with us through cooperation in Iraq and the decision not to use Turkish troops as part of the stabilization force, we need to identify areas where Turkey -- and the Turkish military in particular )- can play a constructive and meaningful [...]	2003-11-10 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER
03ANKARA7007	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH EDUCATION MINISTER CELIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador,s October 31 courtesy call on Huseyin Celik, Minister of National Education and a co-founder of the AK (Justice and Development) Party, Celik praised the high level of educational cooperation between the U.S. and Turkey. While characterizing himself as a friend o [...]	2003-11-10 10:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL TU GR
03ANKARA701	TURKEY'S NATIONALIST MHP: GREY WOLF PACK SNAPS AT LONE WOLF LEADER BAHCELI [...] (C) Summary: MHP members at all levels blame party leader Bahceli for the party's poor performance in Nov. 3 elections. Meanwhile, Bahceli is reneging on his promise to step aside and is working to secure his grip on the party, but faces growing pressure from the MHP grassroots and "Grey Wolve [...]	2003-01-28 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
03ANKARA7015	GAZIANTEP BUSINESS COMMUNITY: LET'S GET DOWN TO [...] SUMMARY: DPO and the PD FSN visited Gaziantep October 21-24 to become familiarized with the American Corner operation there and meet with local business people. Gaziantep presents itself as a forward-thinking, business-oriented city which seeks to overcome any obstacles to commerce. There a [...]	2003-11-10 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	BBSR ECON IZ KPAO TU
03ANKARA7016	NOVEMBER 18-19 US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP [...] (C) The November 18-19 meeting of the U.S.-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG) represents an opportunity to achieve a number of important objectives: to solidify dialogue between the US and Turkish militaries; to begin to reshape our security relationship to the 21st century; and, to empha [...]	2003-11-10 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF ASEC
03ANKARA7019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-10 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7020	HABUR GATE/IBRAHIM KAHLIL [...] (C) In reftel CPA reacts to proposals for discussions with Turkey on transit capacity on the Iraqi border. The message rejects the Turkish proposal for a second gate because it is "politically" motivated. As we view the issue, the U.S. has a significant interest in improving the flow of goo [...]	2003-11-07 21:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA7025	PKK/KADEK CHANGES ITS NAME, PLANS TO HOLD PRESS [...] (U) Press reports on November 11 (see Refs) cite a statement distributed by the terrorist organization PKK/KADEK in Baghdad stating that it had dissolved itself and formed a new organization to permit more democratic and broader participation. The new organization is called the Kurdistan Peop [...]	2003-11-11 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA7033	MFA RESPONSE TO USG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON PFC [...] The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note, number 2003/ALGY/442572 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Henry Oran Smith (reftels),the dual (American and Turkish) citizen US Marine who deserted while at Incirlik AB on September 29. As anticipated in ref B, the note denies ou [...]	2003-11-12 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR CASC CPAS TU US
03ANKARA7037	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7038	TERRORIST FINANCE: A STOCKTAKING [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER
03ANKARA7039	TURKEY PREPARING TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KTIA TU
03ANKARA704	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DENYING ALLEGED USG-PKK CONTACTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PTER TU
03ANKARA7040	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER OF USS RAZORBACK: MFA [...] This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. On November 10, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that provides the GOT's rationale for wanting to transfer title of the vessel USS Razorback in Turkey (the dip note was faxed to EUR/SE November 10). [...]	2003-11-12 17:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS TU
03ANKARA7051	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: UPDATE: ONE STEP FORWARD, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish government has canceled the privatization of Tekel,s tobacco operations, because bids submitted were far lower than expected. Though the cancellation is a blow to the privatization program, the government did accept the high bid for the smaller alcohol side of Tekel [...]	2003-11-13 06:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA7057	DECEMBER TURKISH CYPRIOT ELECTION CONCERNS: ROUND [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche November 10 to MFA Director General for Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs Ertugrul Apakan. Apakan said he would pass the information and USG position to the Turkish Embassy in Nicosia. 2. (C) Deputy Polcouns followed up demarche later on November 10 a [...]	2003-11-13 10:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA706	AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PM ON ECONOMIC REFORM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told Deputy Prime Minister Sener January 28 that Turkey was now seriously off-track on its IMF program, that USG assistance was conditioned on both military cooperation and implementation of the reform program, and that it would be impossible for the USG to agree to ass [...]	2003-01-28 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA7070	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-13 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7090	DEMARCHE TO GOT ON UN COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-14 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM TU
03ANKARA7092	NORTHERN IRAQ AND PKK/KADEK: TURKS ALLEGE KDP [...] (S) On November 14, MFA Intelligence and Research Department Head Ahmet Yildiz handed PolMilOff the following non-paper: Begin text: It has been reported that two members of PKK/KADEK terrorist organization, Sefin (born in 1966 in Syria) and Davut Felat (a Turkish national, born 1970 [...]	2003-11-14 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
03ANKARA7093	AK MP TRAVELS TO PAKISTAN TO SOLICT GOP ASSISTANCE [...] (C) AK MP Mahmut Kocak told pol counselor November 12 that he would lead a delegation to Pakistan November 13 to solicit the GOP's assistance in securing the release of Turkish national Hassan Ornal, who is being held hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban. Kocak said the plan is to use the go [...]	2003-11-14 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF PGOV PTER PINS
03ANKARA7096	MFA U/S ZIYAL REQUESTS REVISION OF FINANCIAL [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric Edelman for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) At a November 13 meeting, MFA Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal told the Ambassador that the political conditionality in Article 5(A)(ii) - the Iraq-related conditionality - of the USD 8.5 billion Financial Agreement co [...]	2003-11-14 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA7097	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 46 [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-14 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA7098	CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (C) Summary: The Turks came to the Nov. 7 Caucasus Working Group (CWG) working-level meeting armed with specific proposals for US-Turkish cooperation. The US should reciprocate at the Nov. 17 CWG in Williamsburg. Over the next seven months, the two sides should work towards having several ne [...]	2003-11-14 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA7100	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-14 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7103	ENRON'S RESPONSE TO BOT PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. ENRON's lawyer has forwarded a proposal to AK Party Vice-Chair Reha Denemec in an attempt to reach a compromise with the Ministry of Energy (MENR) over its BOT project. ENRON continues to demand an unconditional license and appears anxious to resolve the dispute over electrici [...]	2003-11-14 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7113	GOT CLAIMS VESSEL TRAFFIC SYSTEM NOT FULLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish Maritime Undersecretariat officials told us that the testing phase of the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) in the Istanbul area would have to be extended beyond the end-October deadline due to technical problems. Turkish Coastal Safety and Ship Rescue Management Director G [...]	2003-11-14 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7114	TGS D/CHOD BASBUG'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON - AN [...] (C) Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Basbug will visit Washington November 16-21 to lead the Turkish delegation to the US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG). He has requested meetings with National Security Advisor Rice, DepSecDef Wolfowitz, CJCS Myers and VCJCS Pace. Basbug may also s [...]	2003-11-14 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF CY ASEC OVIP
03ANKARA7115	AMBASSADOR-ZIYAL MEETING ON IRAQ, REGIONAL ISSUES, [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric Edelman for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). Summary ------- 2. (C) At their November 13 meeting, MFA Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal told the Ambassador that the GOT wanted to engage the USG on regional issues, particularly Iraq. Ziyal maintained that the USG a [...]	2003-11-14 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD IZ KIPR TU EINV
03ANKARA7133	PKK/KADEK/KHK MEETS NOV. 15 IN NORTHERN IRAQ: [...] (U) The Turkish press reported Nov. 16 that the newly-established KHK (the new name adopted by the PKK/KADEK) held a meeting Nov. 15 in the mountains of northern Iraq near Sulaymaniyah along the Iran-Iraq border. The press reports say that the KHK had planned to meet at a Mosul hotel, but was [...]	2003-11-17 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA7134	AMBASSADOR'S NOV. 14 MEETING WITH P.M. ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: USG's tougher language and steps against PKK/KADEK/KHK in Iraq has made strong impression on P.M. Erdogan and he responded positively to Ambassador's statement that Washington has put its unhappiness with Turkey behind us. Erdogan sees back-to-back defense and economic partnershi [...]	2003-11-17 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN TU IZ
03ANKARA7140	MEETINGS WITH TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY AND CENTRAL [...] (Sbu) Treasury U/S Canakci told Econoffs that the IMF Sixth Review is unlikely to come to a Board vote before mid-December, since the Turkish parliament will need some time to pass the required legislation. Canakci also confirmed that the GOT will probably have to get parliamentary approval f [...]	2003-11-17 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7145	ROILED WATERS AT THE BANK REGULATORY BODY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Under pressure over the failure to prevent the Imar Bank fiasco, bank regulatory body chairman Engin Akcakoca resigned November 5. GOT claims not to have exerted pressure are suspect, given earlier GOT actions, raising questions about the Ak Party Government's commitment to an [...]	2003-11-17 17:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON PINR TU
03ANKARA7157	DEFENSE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The annual Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) inspections occurred the week of October 20-24, 2003 in Ankara, Izmir and Incirlik. While talks between the two sides became tense during discussions of a small number of specific issues, the overall mood of the inspec [...]	2003-11-18 07:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR ELAB ECPS ECON TU
03ANKARA7159	Investigation of Alleged Purchase of Cruise [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-18 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ETTC TU
03ANKARA7164	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-18 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7180	DOGA ENERGY'S RESPONSE TO BOT PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. DOGA Energy sent a letter to us explaining how it has responded to speculative reports attributed to GOT sources about alleged corruption in the DOGA Energy BOT Project. DOGA contends that the contracts were vetted and approved by the relevant GOT authorities. The main source [...]	2003-11-18 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7184	DEMARCHE: SUPPORT FOR THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) We delivered ref B demarche and, subsequently, Canadian draft resolution November 18 to Turkish MFA South Asia Department Head Soner. 2. (U) After reviewing the draft and citing "established practice that Turkey does not co-sponsor or vote in favor of resolutions against neighboring [...]	2003-11-19 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR TU
03ANKARA7205	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-19 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7209	UNGA RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKMENISTAN - [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-20 06:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TX TU

03ANKARA7213	IRAQ: A/S DEWEY AGREES NEXT STEPS ON REPATRIATING [...] (SBU) On November 19, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sensoy, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Morjane, CPA rep Bartlett and Khalil Afar from the Iraqi Embassy on next steps for the voluntary repatriation of Turkish refugees in Iraq, including those in the Ma [...]	2003-11-20 06:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA7229	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER CICEK'S [...] (C) Summary: Justice Minister Cicek's visit to Washington allows us to raise high-profile global issues with one of the Turkish cabinet's most influential and outspoken figures. Our priorities for his visit should be: 1) to urge continued GOT progress on EU-related human rights reform, and und [...]	2003-11-20 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EFIN IZ TU
03ANKARA7242	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-20 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA725	TURKS SUPPORTIVE OF RESTRICTIONS ON MANPADS (AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-29 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA7253	IRAQ-TURKEY TRADE: IGC PRESIDENT TALABANI AGREES [...] (SBU) Iraqi Governing Council President Jalal Talabani shared with PolMilOff in Ankara Nov. 20 the text of an agreement (at Para 2) he said he and the IGC/Iraqi Ministers delegation reached Nov. 19 with Turkish Acting Foreign Minister and Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuzman. Tuzman presented [...]	2003-11-20 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL MOPS ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA7271	ENERGY DISCUSSION AT TURKEY-U.S. EPC [...] (C) Action Request: Post urges Washington to reconsider the decision to drop energy as a separate topic on the EPC agenda. This is not just to mollify the Turks; we have real, substantive energy issues to discuss. We consider energy to be a critical building block of our economic and politi [...]	2003-11-20 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA7273	TERROR ATTACK'S IMPACT ON FINANCIAL MARKETS [...] (Sbu) Summary: Though it is still early to judge, Turkish financial markets showed initial resilience in dealing with today's Istanbul terror attacks. The stock market fell sharply before it stopped trading. The foreign exchange, government security and interbank markets continued to function [...]	2003-11-20 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PTER TU
03ANKARA7274	TURKEY AND RUSSIA REACH COMPROMISE ON GAS [...] (U) GOT officials have confirmed that BOTAS has reached a compromise with Gazprom's sales company Gazexport, following 11 months of negotiations, but have not made any official announcements detailing the new price, except to state that it was a competitive price, similar to the one applied [...]	2003-11-20 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7279	TURKEY TO CONSIDER HELO CONTRIBUTION TO ISAF [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche requesting additional helos to meet NATO's SOR for ISAF to MFA South Asia Head of Department Ergin Soner November 18. Soner noted the requirements, agreeing that meeting the SOR in order to go to the next stage of expanding ISAF outside Kabul and suppor [...]	2003-11-21 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF TU
03ANKARA728	DESPITE REFORMS, BUREAUCRATS BLOCK KURDISH COURSES [...] (C) Summary: Despite reform legislation allowing Kurdish language courses, bureaucratic regulations place prohibitive costs by requiring that the courses be established in separate institutions, rather than added to existing schools. The owner of a chain of language schools says there is not [...]	2003-01-29 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7289	IRAQI POLICE TRAINING: TURKS WANT TO PARTICIPATE, [...] Post was contacted 11/21 by Turkish MFA Coordinator for Iraq Assistance Ahmet Okcun regarding reftel demarche. Okcun said he had discussed the issue of police training with MFA U/S Ziyal. Turkey, he said, would like to participate in the training of Iraqi police, but would like to do it at th [...]	2003-11-21 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PREL SNAR MOPS KCRM TU IZ
03ANKARA7297	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-21 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7300	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) President Jalal Talabani and his delegation to Turkey met Ambassador, DCM and A/PolMilCouns Nov. 21, providing a readout of their Nov. 19-20 meetings with Turkish officials and businessmen, including PM Erdogan, Acting FM/Trade Minister Tuzmen, MFA U/S Ziyal, [...]	2003-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7308	BOOSTING TURKISH ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) In response to Secretary Powell's request that Turkey look for ways to assist Iraq's reconstruction, beginning last September, a Turkish company began exporting a small amount (50MW) of electricity to Iraq. The operator, Karadeniz Energy, has rehabilitated existing transmission lines a [...]	2003-11-22 06:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7311	SCENESETTER FOR THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: A successful EPC will help our efforts to strengthen a bilateral relationship that has been through difficult times this year. Two developments -- the still-fragile recovery of the Turkish economy, and the development of economic opportunities in Iraq -- should create opportuni [...]	2003-11-24 08:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN EINV TU
03ANKARA7316	New Turkish Airport Security Measures [...] (U) Turgay Sahan, of the Turkish National Police' Aviation Department, provided the Embassy with a copy of new security procedures introduced at airports as of November 14. An informal translation of the procedures follows below: 2. (SBU) Begin Informal Translation Airport Security Proc [...]	2003-11-25 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
03ANKARA7318	MEETING WITH PRIVATIZATION AUTHORITY OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Privatization Authority (PA) Vice President Ayhan Sarisu told emboffs that the PA intended to retender Tekel,s tobacco operations sometime early next year, and dismissed as baseless a lawsuit brought by a union to block the sale of Tekel,s alcohol operations. End Summary. -- [...]	2003-11-25 09:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EIND ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA7319	ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A "SOFT LANDING": VCJCS GEN [...] (C) You arrive in Turkey at a time when our focus is on increasing Turkish cooperation on Iraq reconstruction and minimizing the fallout from the decision to forego Turkey,s offer to contribute forces to the stabilization efforts in Iraq. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) saw deploying forces t [...]	2003-11-25 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL PTER OVIP PGOV TU
03ANKARA7329	TRADE U/S ON TRADE PROTOCOL WITH IRAQ, DISCUSSIONS WITH TALABANI [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Trade U/S Tuncer Kayalar told us November 20 that the pre-war Turkey-Iraq trade protocol was a swap arrangement, under which Iraq shipped crude oil to Turkey in return for Turkish goods. Kayalar confirmed that Iraqi authorities had transferred oil to Turkey before Op [...]	2003-11-28 09:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ENRG TU IZ
03ANKARA7338	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-28 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7340	IRAQ: TURKISH MFA DG BURCUOGLU ON VISIT OF [...] (C) DCM met MFA Director General for the Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu Nov. 21 to deliver the Secretary's oral message on Iraq (Ref C) and to get a Turkish readout of the Talabani/IGC visit (Ref A). Burcuoglu pointed to the CPA-IGC agreement's reference to a federal structure, suggesting that [...]	2003-11-28 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7354	DAS PASCOE'S NOVEMBER 21 TRIP TO ANKARA [...] (S) Summary: EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe visited Turkey on November 21 for a series of meetings with MFA officials. In all his meetings, Pascoe urged MFA officials to think about the period leading up to the NATO Summit as a critical opportunity to showcase Turkey's achievements before the December [...]	2003-12-01 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	AJ AM GG PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7360	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-01 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7363	PM ERDOGAN STIRS CONTROVERSY BY REJECTING "ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan has ignited controversy by rejecting the phrase "Islamic terrorism" to describe the November 15 and 20 Istanbul bombings. Secular critics of Erdogan and his AK Party government worried that the government was soft on terrorism because of its Islamic roots. There i [...]	2003-12-02 09:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PGOV PTER TU
03ANKARA7377	TERRORIST FINANCE: USG TEAM VISITS TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 17-19, a three-person team from DOS and DOJ met in Ankara with GOT officials to assess the status of Turkey,s efforts to combat terrorist financing, and determine what assistance USG should offer. GOT officials were generally receptive, and the USG team is likely t [...]	2003-12-02 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA7378	TURKEY: 2003 TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2003, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to extend its leadership of the International Security Force (ISAF) into 2003. On October [...]	2003-12-02 11:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7388	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-02 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7389	TURKISH FINANCIAL MARKETS RECOVER IN POST-HOLIDAY [...] (U) Summary: In the first full trading day following the Istanbul bombings and a week of local holidays, Turkish financial markets more than recovered, with stocks rising 9.5 percent December 1, the lira strenthening, and interest rates resuming their downward trend. On December 2, equity mark [...]	2003-12-02 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
03ANKARA7397	Turkish Officials Comment on WTO Agriculture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE THE APPARENT FAILURE TO REACH AGREEMENT IN CANCUN, TURKISH OFFICIALS CONSIDER THE CONTINUATION OF WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY. TURKISH OFFICIALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CANCUN MEETINGS COMMENTED THAT THE UNITED STAT [...]	2003-12-03 07:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
03ANKARA7400	URGENT DEMARCHE: UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) As the Turkish MFA was closed for the prolonged Seker Bayram holiday, we presented reftel B demarche to MFA Middle East Head Kemal Tuzun December 2. We noted that the Palestinians were rethinking their request to have the International Court of Justice adjudicate the legality of the Israe [...]	2003-12-03 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS TU
03ANKARA7411	TURKEY: LEFT-OF-CENTER OPPOSITION CHP SCORNS CALLS [...] (C) Summary: Opposition left-of-center CHP has rejected calls for unity on the political left in the run-up to March 2004 local elections. Optimism in CHP higher ranks is belied by growing frustration among CHP M.P.s with the party's prospects. Rather than focus on the party leadership's sho [...]	2003-12-03 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7412	RUSSIAN TRANSNISTRIA SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL DEMARCHE: [...] (U) Due to Turkey's week-long official holiday, Embassy deputy political counselor delivered ref A demarche to MFA Eastern Europe Department Head Omur Solendil on December 3. 2. (C) Solendil said the GOT had "noted" the Russian Transnistria memorandum was prepared without consultation w [...]	2003-12-03 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MD PBTS PREL TU
03ANKARA7416	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-03 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7417	MEETING WITH WORLD BANK ECONOMIST [...] (C) Summary: Resident World Bank economist James Parks told econoffs that the GOT has yet to meaningfully re-engage with the Bank in several sectors, though in others there is a continuing dialogue. Parks raised the question of how to avoid a sharp fall in the lira, given the likely size of nex [...]	2003-12-03 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAGR ENRG ECPS TU
03ANKARA7419	MFA CAUCASUS OFFICIAL ON THE THREAT OF SECESSION [...] (C) Summary: On December 2, Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali said Turkey would work to prevent Ajarian secession in Georgia. He was more cautious about Turkey's willingness to play an effective role in countering Abkhazian secession. End Summary. Ajaria 2. (C) Em [...]	2003-12-03 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GG
03ANKARA742	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-29 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7442	ENERGY REGULATOR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT REFORM [...] (C) Summary. EconCouns met with Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) President Yusuf Gunay for an update on energy issues, including the pending Petroleum Law, electricity market reform, gas market reform, and Build-Operate-Transfer disputes. Gunay had mixed feelings about the Petrole [...]	2003-12-04 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7443	TURKEY SUPPORTS PSI AND WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] This is an urgent action request. MFA Disarmament Head of Department Bulent Meric told PolMilOff December 4 that after much consideration the GOT had decided to support the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Nevertheless, it still had many questions about what partnership entailed. Mer [...]	2003-12-04 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA7444	IRAQ: TURKS AGREE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AT HABUR [...] (C) Iraqi Minister of Interior Nuri Badran led an interagency Iraqi/CPA delegation to Ankara Nov. 30-Dec. 2 to discuss with Turkish authorities improving the efficiency of operations at the Habur border crossing so that bulk fuels flow smoothly and regularly through the winter months. The age [...]	2003-12-04 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7445	WASSENAAR: TURKEY WILL SUPPORT JOINT STATEMENT ON [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A letter and joint statement to MFA Disarmament Head of Department Bulent Meric along with Italian DCM Gianni Piccato December 4. Meric said the GOT had received the joint statement earlier from its mission in Vienna, had decided to support the statement, and had a [...]	2003-12-04 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL ETTC KSTC PARM TU
03ANKARA7446	UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN'S FORCE POSTURE [...] (S) Welcome back to Turkey. We and the GOT are looking forward to your December 8-9 visit. You will be seeing TGS Deputy Chief Basbug (both TGS Chief Ozkok and DefMin Gonul are traveling),DPM/FM Gul, and MFA U/S Ziyal. You will find the Turks preoccupied with the investigation into the I [...]	2003-12-04 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR TU
03ANKARA7448	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-04 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA745	ANTI-U.S. E-MAIL CAMPAIGN IN WAKE OF MEDIA [...] In the wake of recent anti-American stories in the Turkish press (RefTels),Embassy has received, via the Embassy web-site, a substantial number of e-mails claiming that the Ambassador and other U.S. officials are "no longer welcome" in Turkey. To date, the Embassy has received around 200 ide [...]	2003-01-29 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC ASEC PTER TU
03ANKARA7451	TURKEY MFA CYPRUS DEPARTMENT HEAD ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. MFA Cyprus Department Head Levent Bilman worries that despite its planned initiative for a Cyprus settlement, Turkey will be unfairly blamed for future breakdowns in negotiations. He claims Turkey's initiative will be prepared in line with the SYG's requirements and said, witho [...]	2003-12-04 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7452	TURKISH TRUCKERS' STRIKE OVER; FUEL DELIVERIES TO [...] (SBU) Truckers delivering refined products to northern Iraq under the contract managed by Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) went on strike Monday, bringing badly need fuel deliveries to a halt and raising concerns of imminent fuel shortages. After two days of negotiations, the truckers agreed to [...]	2003-12-04 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ENRG IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7491	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-05 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7492	BLACK SEA STATES TO CREATE NETWORK TO COMBAT AIDS [...] Action Request -- See para 7. 2. Summary: The Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC),in cooperation with UN agencies, wants to establish a regional network to address the growing risk of an AIDS outbreak in the Black Sea region. The concept has been endorsed by BSEC Foreign Ministers; [...]	2003-12-05 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN KHIV SENV SOCI TU
03ANKARA7493	IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT REPS SAY ITF WILL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara and London reps Ahmet Muratli and Asif Sertturkmen called on PolMilOff Dec. 5. They complained that Kurdish parties were flying flags all over Kirkuk, an act they considered provocative. They also complained that Kurds were disproportionately being giv [...]	2003-12-07 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PREF MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA7494	MEETING WITH IMF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE [...] (Sbu) IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk told econoffs it is still possible the IMF Board could meet to approve the Sixth Review this year, but it will require expedited parliamentary action on the required legislation the week of December 8-12. The GOT seems to be making a serious effort to get the b [...]	2003-12-08 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA7506	TURKISH FOOD AID TO GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali told poloff on December 8 that Turkey would provide humanitarian aid to Georgia in the form of food. According to Adali, Georgian Finance Minister Nogaideli had been in contact with the GOT and indicated that Georgia's most urgent need w [...]	2003-12-08 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	GG PREL TU
03ANKARA7509	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-08 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7510	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COX VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when the GOT is seized with the issues of security and counterterrorism. GOT leaders and security forces have reacted responsibly to the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, though some politicians and commentators have tried to score p [...]	2003-12-08 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT AFIN ASEC PTER PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA752	GOVERNMENT RELEASES SOME 2003 BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DEPUTY PM ABDULLATIF SENER ANNOUNCED JANUARY 28 THE MACRO-ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE 2003 BUDGET, AND SOME OF THE BUDGET AGGREGATES, BUT NOT THE FISCAL SAVING MEASURES THAT RESULT IN THE HEADLINE 6.5 PERCENT OF GNP PRIMARY SURPLUS. THOSE MEASURES ARE BEING DEBATED O [...]	2003-01-29 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA7526	NORTHERN IRAQ: TGS SUGGESTS USING PMF AS TRAINING [...] (S) During talks with VCJCS Pace December 3-4, Turkish General Staff Chief Gen. Ozkok and Deputy Gen. Basbug suggested that the "Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) can be used as a training unit or a security force in the new Iraqi National Army." Earlier, a senior Turkish officer voiced a similar [...]	2003-12-09 12:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
03ANKARA753	BTC UPDATE FROM TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: BTC construction in Turkey is on schedule (first pipe is scheduled to arrive at Iskenderun port on February 7) and on budget; however, there is some concern that the change in government has slowed down the decision-making process on operational issues. We believe that occasiona [...]	2003-01-29 17:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA7538	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-09 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7541	MEETING WITH BRSA VICE PRESIDENT [...] (Sbu) Bank Regulatory and Supervisory Agency (BRSA) V.P. Ercan Turkan struck a surprisingly conciliatory note on the Government's idea of separating the BRSA's board from the Deposit Guarantee Fund's. However, he described morale at BRSA as "below zero." Turkan saw GOT commitments to remove [...]	2003-12-09 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA7580	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-10 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7584	TURKEY: IN SEARCH OF A ROLE IN PSI [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A and B information to MFA Disarmament Department Head Bulent Meric. Meric said that the GOT had discussed at length the PSI Principles and supported them unambiguously. In addition, the GOT was committed to making an "effective contribution" to interdiction activ [...]	2003-12-10 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA7588	TURKEY RATIFIES CLIMATE CHANGE FRAMEWORK [...] Turkey's parliament, the Grand National Assembly, ratified the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). Turkey had delayed ratification, because it objected to being included in Annex II of developed countries, which would have obligated Turkey to provide funds for developing count [...]	2003-12-10 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO TU
03ANKARA7597	MORE ON TURKISH AIRPORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In December 3-4 meetings with Turkish officials responsible for aviation security, EconCouns reiterated the USG's strong interest in Turkish airport/aviation security efforts and expressed concern about a loophole in the current system that enables some passengers arriving on [...]	2003-12-10 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
03ANKARA7610	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-11 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7611	DECEMBER 1-2 VISIT TO TURKEY OF UKRAINIAN PM [...] (U) The December 1-2 visit to Turkey of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych focused mainly on bilateral economic relations. In the first-ever visit of the PM of an independent Ukraine to Turkey, the two nations discussed bilateral trade and signed environmental and cultural agreements. At the end of the [...]	2003-12-11 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SENV TU UP
03ANKARA7612	U/S GROSSMAN FORCE POSTURE CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) In meetings with FM Gul, DCHOD GEN Basbug and others from MFA and TGS, U/S Grossman initiated consultations with the Turks on the US global posture review. He emphasized that this effort to move to a post-Cold War posture would be in accordance with our international security commitments a [...]	2003-12-11 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA7626	CHALLENGE TO CREDENTIALS REPORT: TURKEY DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche to MFA Middle East Department Head Kemal Tuzun on December 12, stressing that this credentails challenge threatened to invite further attempts to bring territorial disputes to the credentialing process, turning a routine procedure into political wrangling, and [...]	2003-12-12 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL TU
03ANKARA7627	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW: JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE [...] (U) Classified by Political Military Counselor Timothy Betts. Reasons: 1.5b and d. 2. (U) This is an action requestion. See para 5. 3. (C) Reftel is a request for Embassy human rights vetting/certification for Turkish participation in this JCET, which is scheduled to take place in [...]	2003-12-10 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA763	IRAQ: TURKEY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON [...] (C) On December 12, the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Turkey submitted a note to the Turkish General Staff (TGS) requesting authorization to ship humanitarian daily rations (HDRs) from the US to Turkey. The ODC letter noted that the purpose is to have rations stored in Turkey in the eve [...]	2003-01-30 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA7631	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-12 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7641	TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT MOTHERLAND PARTY STRUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Unable to regain political momentum or solve ANAP's deepening financial difficulties, colorless chairman Ozdemir resigned days before the party's Dec. 13-14 general convention. Former M.P. Nesrin Nas is likely to emerge as the next ANAP leader. However, her ability to boost ANAP' [...]	2003-12-12 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7649	2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION [...] (U) This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2004 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) In aiming to accelerate democratization, pursue its EU candidacy, revive the economy and tackle ch [...]	2003-12-15 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL TU
03ANKARA7685	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Akif Ayhan, MFA Head of Department for Economics, raised the Ministry's concern about security for Turkish truck drivers in Iraq and emphasized that the problem could lead to more truckers quitting or even another truckers' strike. Ayhan said U.S. military security for truck co [...]	2003-12-16 06:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7691	NEW HIGHER EDUCATION PRESIDENT TAKES OVER TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, President Sezer appointed Erdogan Tezic, the rector of Galatasaray University, as head of the Higher Education Council (YOK),replacing Kemal Guruz. Like President Sezer, Erdogan Tezic is a specialist in constitutional law, having served as a law professor in Istan [...]	2003-12-16 10:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OEXC SCUL TU
03ANKARA7699	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-16 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7700	NOVEMBER ATTACKS HAVE NOT STOPPED REFORMS, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Members of Parliament, the bureaucracy and NGO community agree the GOT will continue its EU-related reform process despite the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, but they fear that further attacks could undermine Turkey's EU candidacy. Human rights observers say police and G [...]	2003-12-16 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7724	ACTING VS. PKK/KADEK IN IRAQ BEFORE POTUS-ERDOGAN: [...] (S) In anticipation of the January 28 meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister Erdogan, Post submits a list (see paras 2-5) of possible actions the USG could take against the PKK/KADEK/KHK in northern Iraq that the President could cite as completed deliverables in that meeting. The US [...]	2003-12-17 10:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS ETRD SNAR PINR IZ TU
03ANKARA7727	TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-17 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER TU
03ANKARA7729	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-17 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7738	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador emphasized to Interior Minister Aksu U.S. willingness to offer FBI-sponsored training and to arrange visits to the U.S. terrorism counterintelligence center. Ambassador also raised concerns about Turkish airport security and lack of visa requirement for Iranians. Aks [...]	2003-12-18 09:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PTER TU
03ANKARA7757	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-18 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7761	GOT's Unclear Message on Data Exclusivity [...] (SBU) At the December Economic Partnership Commission meeting, the Turkish Health Ministry and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat took seemingly contradictory positions on data exclusivity protection for pharmaceuticals. A followup meeting with the Health Undersecretary reinforced our impression [...]	2003-12-18 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA7767	TURKEY REACTS TO THE ELECTIONS IN NORTHERN CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Close results in northern Cyprus' December 14 elections have unleashed a wave of speculation about their meaning and possible coalitions on both sides in Turkey's Cyprus debate. However, amid the media hype there is a clear sense that all eyes are now on Ankara. Ankara's EU dip [...]	2003-12-19 08:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7769	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-19 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR TU
03ANKARA7777	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-19 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU
03ANKARA7784	AMBASSADOR AND BABACAN DISCUSS FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (C) At the end of their December 17 discussion on economic and investment issues (septel),Ambassador told State Minister Babacan that, in response to the Prime Minister's request, the U.S. was exploring ways -- within the parameters of ou [...]	2003-12-19 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA7785	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE AND ECONOMY [...] (Sbu) Summary: In December 17 meetings with Economy Minister Babacan and Finance Minister Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the need for continued fiscal discipline, structural reform and resolution of foreign investment disputes. Both Ministers reconfirmed the GOT's commitment to continue ec [...]	2003-12-19 11:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EIND PGOV KIPR TU
03ANKARA7788	NEW TURKISH ACTION REQUEST AGAINST PKK/KADEK/KONGRA GEL IN IRAQ [...] (C) Following our delivery of summary of ref (A) USG demarche to EU capitals on extending terrorist designation of KADEK/KONGRA GEL (septel),MFA DDG for counter-terrorism Asya passed over the a non-paper (para 2) which he said the Turkish General Staff had requested he forward. He asked that the U [...]	2003-12-19 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
03ANKARA7790	Economic Partnership Commission: Comment on [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 13 and 14. Summary/Introduction -------------------- 2. (SBU) Washington's draft EPC action plan can help build a stronger bilateral economic and commercial relationship with Turkey on economic reform, investment, trade, energy and regional iss [...]	2003-12-19 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG BEXP KIPR TU IZ
03ANKARA7791	BRIEFING THE TURKS ON USG FOLLOW-UP WITH EU [...] (C) On receipt of reftel text we briefed MFA DDG for counter-terrorism Asya on new USG follow-up with EU capitals to press for EU designation of PKK morphs KADEK and KONGRA GEL as terrorist organizations. Thanking us for continuing USG efforts with the EU, Asya said designation of KADEK is no [...]	2003-12-19 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
03ANKARA7792	UPDATE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES: [...] (U) THE CULTURE MINISTRY IS CONSIDERING AN ARRAY OF LEGAL AMENDMENTS AND OTHER MEASURES AIMED AT COMBATING COPYRIGHT PIRACY, INCLUDING A BAN ON STREET SALES OF CULTURAL MATERIALS AND EMPOWERING THE POLICE TO ENFORCE COPYRIGHT WITHOUT SPECIFIC PROMPTS FROM RIGHTHOLDERS. THE MINISTRY REITERATED [...]	2003-12-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA7793	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-19 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7800	TURKS OUTLINE RULES AND PRINCIPLES FOR USE OF [...] (C) DG for Bilateral Political Affairs Ahmet Banguoglu summoned DCM to the MFA December 19 to provide the GOT's written authorization for the US to use Incirlik to rotate US personnel in and out of Iraq (reftel). Banguoglu said the MFA and other interested agencies (including TGS and Customs) [...]	2003-12-19 17:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA783	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-30 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7845	HOMELAND SECURITY THREAT LEVEL CHANGE: TURKEY [...] (SBU) A/DCM and poloff delivered the text of the December 21 Homeland Security Department announcement to Americas Department Deputy Director General Suna Ilicak on December 22. Poloff informed Ilicak that the change was in response to intelligence indicating the possibility of an attack in [...]	2003-12-22 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PTER TU
03ANKARA7847	TURKEY TO OPPOSE CHALLENGE TO CREDENTIALS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-22 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL TU
03ANKARA7850	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-22 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7876	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW: COMSOCEUR PROPOSES [...] (U) Classified by Political Military Counselor Timothy Betts. Reasons: 1.5b and d. 2. (C) Ref A notes that COMSEOCEUR has proposed postponing a JCET (Joint Combined Exchange Training) in Turkey (ref b) from February-March 2004 timeframe to June-July 2004 timeframe. 3. (C) ODC Anka [...]	2003-12-12 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MASS MARR TU
03ANKARA7878	AMBASSADOR MANN, TURKISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Steven Mann, State Department Special Representative for Caspian Energy Diplomacy, visited Ankara, December 16-18 to discuss Caspian issues with senior Turkish officials, who confirmed Turkey's commitment to the East-West Energy Corridor and expressed confidence that B [...]	2003-12-23 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7881	COMBATING MISINFORMATION - THE CASE OF "YENI SAFAK" [...] On October 22, "Yeni Safak," an Islamist-oriented Turkish daily close to the AKP Government, ran a story claiming that U.S. forces in Iraq had raped "at least 4,000" Iraqi women since the end of the war. The misinformation was based on a distortion of an article written by Dr. Susan Block, a U [...]	2003-12-23 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER TU
03ANKARA7918	EX-BRSA CHAIR AKCAKOCA COMMENTS ON BANKING SECTOR, INVESTIGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ex-BRSA Chairman Engin Akcakoca complained to us recently that the police raid on his house, which uncovered confidential documents he had kept from BRSA, was a politically-motivated set-up. Numerous current and former officials, he said, had called offering support and confidin [...]	2003-12-24 08:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA7933	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-24 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA7952	IRAQ: TURKISH DELEGATION TO PULSE IRAQIS [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA DDG for Mideast Affairs Safak Gokturk called PolMilCouns 12/24 to inform him that a GOT delegation was planning to travel to Iraq on a fact-finding mission to meet with a broad range of contacts. Planning for the trip was in the initi [...]	2003-12-24 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA7954	TERRORIST FINANCE: DEMARCHE ON AL QAIDA TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
03ANKARA796	PARLIAMENTARIAN REQUESTS INFO ON GUANTANAMO [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Mehmet Elkatmis, chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, handed Poloff January 29 a copy of the letter reported reftel and asked for a response. Embassy requests guidance on how to respond to the inquiry. Embassy would also appreciat [...]	2003-01-31 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7972	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7976	GOT CANCELS PLAN TO EXPROPRIATE BAHA'I PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Local officials in Edirne canceled an order to expropriate a site sacred to followers of the Baha'i faith, apparently ending a 10-year dispute over the property. Baha'i contacts in Ankara and Istanbul said high-level GOT officials asked for the cancellation. End Summary. -- [...]	2003-12-29 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7977	AFGHANISTAN: MFA U/S ZIYAL PROPOSES US-TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Department Head for South Asian Affairs Ergin Soner told us December 27 that U/S Ziyal wished to hold formal bilateral consultations on Afghanistan in Ankara prior to the POTUS-Erdogan meeting at the end of January. Ziyal was pleased [...]	2003-12-29 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA7984	GROWING TURKISH REACTION, PUBLIC CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] Negative reaction by the Turkish Government, opposition politicians, and the press to the reported detention of 11 Turkish Special Forces troops in Northern Iraq continues to grow. Prime Minister Erdogan, describing the incident as "extremely distressing," said that he expects the situation t [...]	2003-12-30 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7992	TURKISH EXPORTS TO IRAQ FLOURISHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions with Turkish business executives and economists support the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat's reports that Turkish exports to Iraq are booming. In fact, some in the private sector argue that actual exports exceed official figures, with one prominent economist specu [...]	2003-12-30 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA800	NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK'S BARHAM SALIH: WORRIES OF [...] (S) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih briefed Operation Northern Watch POLAD in Ankara Jan. 29 and 31 on his recent travel in Europe and his Jan. 30 meetings with Turkish officials. Salih said his talks with Turks were mostly positive, with the exception of the T [...]	2003-01-31 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF PTER
03ANKARA8014	TURKISH MARKETS END YEAR ON BULLISH NOTE [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite news that would normally buffet the market--in both directions--Turkish debt and foreign exchange markets have been notably calm, with a positive trend in recent weeks. In thin trading close to the year-end balance sheet date, interest rates on GOT debt have gradually [...]	2003-12-31 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
03ANKARA8015	INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: PROPOSED RESPONSE TO TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) On December 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided us a diplomatic note approving the use of Incirlik Air Base for the operation to rotate US personnel and their associated equipment in and out of Iraq (reftel),and outlining the ru [...]	2003-12-31 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA8023	Update on Civair Security [...] (SBU) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials told us that they had not yet examined TSA's emergency amendments which could require armed law enforcement officers to be posted on certain flights, and pointed out the risks of posting such officers without adequate training. They [...]	2003-12-31 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
03ANKARA806	HIGH LEVEL GROUP MEETING LETTER [...] (C) On January 30, 2003, Pol-Mil officer delivered reftel letter regarding the February 9-12 NATO High Level Group meeting in Colorado Springs to MFA/NATO Dept Official Rende. Rende promised to deliver the letter that day to Director General For International Security Affairs Morali. Rende [...]	2003-01-31 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC TU NATO NPG
03ANKARA808	TURKEY: ARINC FLEXING PARLIAMENT'S MUSCLES [...] (C) Summary: The growing popular desire in Turkey for comprehensive, systemic change and a more open society gives Parliament, under leadership of AK Party heavyweight Bulent Arinc, room to assert itself and its constitutional prerogatives. In principle the process should be a boon to democra [...]	2003-01-31 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
03ANKARA810	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-31 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA816	TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKEY UPDATE [...] (SBU) On January 30, we met with Turkish MFA coordinator for anti-terrorist financing Hakan Okcal to brief him on the following recent UN and U.S. designations: Stichting Benevolence International Nederland (a.k.a. Benevolence International Nederland); Nabil Abdul Salam Sayadi and Patr [...]	2003-01-31 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN CVIS PTER TU
03ANKARA818	IRAQ: MOU NEGOTIATING TEAM NEEDS TO BE READY START [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. ---------------------- SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST ---------------------- 2. (C) Agreement with Turkey on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on US activities related to a possible Iraq operation may be the long pole in the tent of our struggle [...]	2003-01-31 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ EFIN
03ANKARA819	MINISTER BABACAN TELLS AMBASSADOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of January 30, the Ambassador pressed Minister Babacan hard on economic reform, underlining our conclusion that the government is off track and stressing that strong economic reform policy implementation as well as full military cooperation were conditions for any p [...]	2003-01-31 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA820	NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR MULTI-PARTY [...] (S) DCM raised possible configurations for Feb. 6 multi-party talks (per Ref A) in successive bilats (US-Turkey),trilats (US-Turkey-KDP/PUK) and quads (US-Turkey-KDP/PUK-Turkmen) with MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Safak Gokturk Jan. 31 (DG Burcuoglu was attending a Natio [...]	2003-01-31 16:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ
03ANKARA822	TURKEY'S $3.3 BILLION DEBT SERVICE ON FEB. 5; [...] (U) Turkish Treasury released its February Domestic Debt Service schedule on January 31, showing a monthly total of TL 6.8 quadrillion ($4.1 billion),of which TL 5.6 quadrillion is to be paid on February 5. Given the ten-day holiday in the middle of the month, during which another TL 0.8 quad [...]	2003-01-31 17:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA830	TURKEY: ANTI-AMERICAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND ITS [...] (C) Summary: Amid an edgy public mood over Iraq, a strident anti-American propaganda campaign is underway in Turkey, encouraged by various political and Turkish State actors. According to our contacts, such rhetoric is resonating with the man on the street, who is (1) convinced that an operat [...]	2003-02-03 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA838	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-03 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA854	THIS IS THE WEEK TO PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT TRADE [...] (C) We understand that Washington agencies have been working hard over the past few weeks to develop a trade package that we could offer to Turkey as part of our effort to get the Turks to "yes" on Iraq. From our limited point of view, this is decision week. If we are to influence Turkey's [...]	2003-02-03 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA855	GERMAN DIPLOMATS OPTIMISTIC, BUT STILL CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: PM Gul told German FM Fischer be believes five German foundations facing charges in Turkey will be acquitted. German diplomats agree the judge appears to be preparing to acquit, but consider the indictment a form of harassment and warn a conviction could weaken German support for [...]	2003-02-03 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA859	NORTHERN IRAQ: MULTIPARTY TALKS (V) - TURKS [...] (S) DCM met MFA DG for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu February 3 to discuss the upcoming multi-party talks per Ref A. Burcuoglu said the Turks would set up separate bilats for Amb. Khalilzad and his delegation at MFA and at TGS on February 5. For the multi-party talks on Feb. 6, Burcuoglu sai [...]	2003-02-03 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA861	TURKISH ECONOMY: TREASURY VIEWS OF DOMESTIC DEBT [...] (U) On January 3, Turkish Treasury auctioned a three-month T-bill to strong demand, selling TL 955 trillion (on total bids of TL 1.8 quadrillion) at the annually compounded rate of 47 percent. Note: This was a quarterly "reference rate auction," used to determine the interest rates for quar [...]	2003-02-03 17:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA87	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-03 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA881	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-04 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA885	MFA REACTION TO CONGRESSIONAL DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) MFA Cyprus DG Ertugrul Apakan called us Feb. 4 to pass on GOT views about the draft resolution on Cyprus currently circulating on the Hill. 2. (C) Apakan stated that the GOT disagrees wholly with the substance of the draft resolution. He offered the following comments, which he said [...]	2003-02-04 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU GR
03ANKARA886	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY U/S TAYLOR'S VISIT TO [...] (C) You will arrive one day ahead of the Turkish Parliament's debate over deployment of a number of U.S. troops for site preparation, and less than two weeks before Parliament's expected debate on deployment of U.S. combat troops. Your visit can help us achieve the best possible outcome in P [...]	2003-02-04 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA887	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: IS THE DEAL ON PAMUK AND YAPI [...] (SBU) Summary: As details of the Banking Board's January 31 deal with Cukurova Group emerge, it looks like bail-out of the group. The deal reschedules Cukurova's $5 billion debt to two banks (Pamuk and Yapi Kredi) on favorable terms, without requiring the group to put any cash upfront. Furt [...]	2003-02-04 17:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA898	MFA HINTS TURKEY COULD NOT PURSUE COMPREHENSIVE FTA [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy U/S Alev Kilic told DCM February 4 that, while his comments should not be taken as the "final word" on the FTA issue, a U.S.-Turkey Free Trade Agreement did not appear to be legally possible within the parameters of Turkey's Customs Union agreement with the EU. He suggeste [...]	2003-02-05 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA914	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-05 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-06 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA935	TURKISH PETROLEUM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BUSINESS IN A [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Petroleum Agency (TPAO) is optimistic about business opportunities in a post-sanctions Iraq. TPAO Vice President Bakiler believes TPAO will be well-placed to sign exploration and production agreements that the company has been negotiating for years with Iraq, and to [...]	2003-02-06 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA944	MFA REQUESTS SMALLPOX/ANTHRAX VACCINES [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-06 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED ASEC AMGT MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA945	IRAQ: TURKISH MFA U/S ZIYAL AND AMBASSADOR PEARSON [...] (S) Ambassador met with MFA U/S Ugur Ziyal mid-afternoon February 6 to press on several issues. First, he got from Ziyal a commitment to have the MFA, Treasury and other concerned agencies available during the holiday next week from Wednesday on to close on any outstanding questions. Ziyal sa [...]	2003-02-06 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA946	TURKISH MFA ON ACCESS FOR NGOS PROVIDING [...] (C) Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and Ron Libby, USAID/OFDA, met with Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations, to follow up on assistance and coordination issues discussed during the Humanitarian Planning Team,s meeting with MFA on January 28 (sep [...]	2003-02-06 16:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA947	IRAQ AND TURKEY: "AGREED MINUTE" VS. JOINT [...] (S) While Reftel meeting was taking place, Presidential Special Envoy Khalilzad met with MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan to discuss the MOU/Joint Statement issue further. Tuygan asked the US to reconsider its opposition to an MOU on the political future of Iraq. Khalilzad said that his current instru [...]	2003-02-06 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA964	HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) During its January 27 to 29 visit to Ankara, the U.S. Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) discussed contingency planning for a possible humanitarian crisis arising from the situation in Iraq with the GOT, representatives of the KDP and PUK administrations in northern Iraq, a representative [...]	2003-02-07 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS OTRA PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA971	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-07 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA972	MFA BLAMES WEATHER FOR OCALAN'S ISOLATION, CLAIMS [...] (C) Further to Reftel, Poloff February 7 discussed the lack of attorney/family access to jailed PKK/KADEK leader Abdullah Ocalan with Kaan Esener, head of the MFA's Department of Council of Europe Affairs. Esener claimed that a series of mechanical failures and high seas have grounded the fer [...]	2003-02-07 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA982	NEW CUSTOMS ADVANCED ELECTRONIC CARGO MANIFEST [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-07 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT TU
04ANKARA1005	AFGHANISTAN: MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA and TGS reached an agreement February 18 to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. MFA/TGS want to move quickly: their goal is to stand up a PRT by the time of the NATO Summit. MFA/TGS have asked for Washi [...]	2004-02-20 16:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1007	OUTREACH TO MUSLIM AUDIENCES IN TURKEY [...] While Turkey's 20th century history is completely different from other countries in the Greater Middle East, the issues we are dealing with in this 99 percent Muslim country are at their base only different in degrees. Like the rest of the region, Turkey has been governed by an elite intent [...]	2004-02-21 07:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI KISL TU
04ANKARA1036	GEORGIAN FM JAPARIDZE'S FIRST VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Georgian FM Japaridze reportedly gave Turkish FM Gul a positive readout of President Saakashvili's recent Moscow trip but said Saakashvili had emphasized that Georgia will remain oriented toward the West, will insist on Russian withdrawal from bases in Georgia, and will not agree [...]	2004-02-23 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EPET GG PGOV PREL RS TU
04ANKARA1037	DEMARCHE TO RENEW ISRAEL'S WEOG MEMBERSHIP: TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-24 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IS PREL TU
04ANKARA1041	ISTANBUL SUMMIT: TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF GME BUT [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor and polmiloff met with MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan to sound out MFA's thinking about the Greater Middle East (GME) initiative at the Istanbul Summit after the late January visit to Washington of Ambassadors Sensoy and Morali. Ceylan said that Ambassadors Sensoy [...]	2004-02-24 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA1055	Turkish Foreign Trade Official on Desirability [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) In a February 10 meeting with Econoffs and Econ Specialist on Iraq-Turkey transport and fuel trade issues (septel),Sevket Ilgac, Deputy Director General for Agreements at the Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, also described Turkish thinking [...]	2004-02-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA1058	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-24 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1060	NONPROLIFERATION CONSULTATIONS: TURKEY WILLING, [...] (S) Because the Ambassador's schedule did not allow for a timely delivery of reftel points, DCM delivered them to MFA Director General for International Security Affairs Morali on February 24. DCM emphasized that the disarmament of Libya has created an opportunity to learn more about how the K [...]	2004-02-24 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA1061	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY FLOATS IDEA FOR VOLUNTARY [...] (C) MFA Director General for Energy Haki Akil told us the Foreign Ministry is launching a new initiative to reduce the transport of petroleum and refined products through the Turkish Straits. MFA is testing the interest of oil companies in an agreement on voluntary principles that would comm [...]	2004-02-24 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA1086	TURKISH OFFICIALS COMPLAIN RISING TRUCKING COSTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish officials at the Trade Undersecretariat and Turkish Petroleum International (TPIC) warned that truck transport of fuel to Iraq under the contract with SOMO may be suspended due to higher fees paid to Turkish truckers. TPIC's contract called for fuel deliveries of 90,0 [...]	2004-02-25 08:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD IZ PGOV PREL SY TU
04ANKARA1087	IRAQI ASSETS: RAFIDAIN BANK [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-25 08:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN IZ PREL TU XL
04ANKARA112	IRAQ BORDER: TURKEY SAYS WILL BEGIN HABUR GATE [...] (SBU) The director of Turkey's Customs service, Under Secretary Nevzat Sayglioglu, told Econ Counselor that his SIPDIS agency has taken the necessary steps, including increasing customs personnel and addressing security issues, to improve the processing of traffic between Iraq and Turkey at [...]	2004-01-08 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA1120	TURKEY HOSTS POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS ON [...] MFA hosted political consultations among Black Sea Force (BLACKSEAFOR) participants in Ankara on January 19. The joint press communique (para 2 below) explains that the group decided to focus BLACKSEAFOR activities on fighting terrorism. They also discussed the need to protect the Black Sea [...]	2004-02-26 08:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA1133	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-26 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1135	TURKEY'S ATTENDANCE AT FEB 28-29 ABU DHABI MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-26 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA114	TURKISH EXIMBANK SEEKING GOT APPROVALS FOR TRADE [...] (Sbu) Summary: In a meeting with a U.S. Eximbank official, Turkish Eximbank President Kilicoglu expressed strong determination to establish a credit facility for the Trade Bank of Iraq, but said he first had to obtain approval from a cabinet-level committee, which might take until February. K [...]	2004-01-08 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP ETRD TU IZ
04ANKARA1151	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN [...] (U) Regional Environment Officer briefed Health Ministry officials on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, per instructions reftel. Kamuran Ozden, Head of the Ministry's External Relations Department, was pleased to receive the information, adding that he agreed with the U.S. glob [...]	2004-02-27 07:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV PREL SENV SOCI TU
04ANKARA1155	LEYLA ZANA TRIAL - LIKE DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN [...] (U) An Ankara State Security Court February 20 ruled, for the 11th consecutive time, against a defense request to release Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs for the duration of their retrial. The decision came after lead defense attorney Yusuf Alatas argued, as he has in past heari [...]	2004-02-27 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1157	Pharmaceuticals Update: Multinationals [...] (SBU) U.S. companies have complained that a new GOT pricing caps threaten the commercial viability of many of their product lines, and could lead them to delay or suspend the launch of new pharmaceuticals in Turkey. In a letter to USTR, the Foreign Trade Undersecretary maintains that the GOT [...]	2004-02-27 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA118	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-08 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1208	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-01 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1228	Economic Partnership Commission: Update on [...] (SBU) MFA U/S Ziyal and U/S Larson agreed to discuss implementation of the Economic Partnership Commission Action Plan (ref c) by telephone at 10:30 EST on March 5. Embassy recommends that U/S Larson encourage Turkey to adhere to the economic reform program; press for resolution of U.S. busi [...]	2004-03-02 09:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG BEXP KIPR TU IZ
04ANKARA1230	TGS QUESTIONS ON GME [...] (C) In response to questions from the Turkish General Staff regarding the Greater Middle East Initiative, on February 27 deputy PolMil counselor met with TGS/J5 staff officers and, drawing on reftel, briefed them on the GME concept. They had already seen the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative [...]	2004-03-02 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL TU XF
04ANKARA1232	TERRORIST FINANCE: ANALYSIS OF SITUATION IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. Turkey has been unsuccessful in locating terrorist assets in its financial institutions or on its territory. Post believes that Turkey,s failure is a consequence of inherent limitations in Turkey,s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime. Although Post and other [...]	2004-03-02 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
04ANKARA1233	TURKEY: 2004 ANTI TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Embassy point of contact is David McFarland, who replaces Phil Kaplan following submission of this report. Kaplan (rank: FSO-03) spent approximately 100 hours in prepara [...]	2004-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
04ANKARA1234	Foreign Trade Official on WTO Negotiations, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 27 meeting with Econoff, Foreign Trade Deputy Director General Husnu Dilemre and Department Head Hasan Yalcin expressed support for USTR Zoellick's efforts to establish positive momentum in the WTO negotiations, provided some details on the Turkey - Palestine FTA, [...]	2004-03-02 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA1237	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA125	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF REQUESTS INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) At the end of a meeting to discuss operating procedures related to the use of Incirlik Air Base to rotate US personnel in/out of Iraq (OIF-2),Turkish General Staff (TGS) Deputy J3 for Command and Control Major General Bulent Ozer told OD [...]	2004-01-08 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR MARR MOPS PREL TU
04ANKARA1258	SCENESETTER FOR U/S GROSSMAN'S VISIT TO TURKEY: [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Ankara is a key opportunity to explain the Greater Middle East Initiative (GME) and to listen to Turkey's ideas about GME. Although GME has generated considerable commentary, few here understand its methods or aims. Internally, Turkey's path towards EU accession [...]	2004-03-02 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA126	POLICE REMOVED FROM HUMAN RIGHTS BOARDS UNDER NEW [...] (C) Summary: Under a new GOT regulation, police and Jandarma have been removed from the provincial and subprovincial Human Rights Boards, and the overall proportion of public officials on the boards has been reduced. The regulation also provides more specific guidelines on how the boards are [...]	2004-01-08 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA127	CHARGE DISCUSSES ANTI-TIP EFFORTS WITH MFA [...] (U) Summary: Charge and Poloff met January 6 with MFA Deputy U/S Ertay and MFA Deputy DG Topcuoglu to discuss GOT efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and the upcoming State Department TIP Report. Topcuoglu said neither the GOT nor its NGO partner have been able to secure funding to [...]	2004-01-08 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA1275	CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Schroeder's February 23-24 visit to Turkey, the first by a German Chancellor in 11 years, yielded vigorous-sounding assertions of support for Turkey's EU aspirations. Amid good atmospherics, Schroeder urged the Turks to keep on track on human rights and Cyprus. End [...]	2004-03-03 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL TU
04ANKARA1276	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-03 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1287	MFA VIEWS VISIT OF GERMAN OPPOSITION LEADERS AS [...] (U) Kemalettin Eruygur, chief of the MFA Deputy Directorate General for Western Europe, told us March 1 that he believes the February 15-17 visit to Turkey of German opposition CDU-CSU opposition leaders Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schauble was helpful for both sides, although neither side shif [...]	2004-03-03 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA129	IMF CONCERNS: POPULIST MEASURES CLOUD FISCAL [...] (C) Summary: According to IMF officials and market analysts, GOT decisions to increase both minimum wage and 2004 pension payments well above projected inflation have significantly complicated the outlook for achieving fiscal targets, and possibly inflation targets as well. Fund staff estimat [...]	2004-01-09 05:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1293	IRAQ: TURKEY STRONGLY CONDEMNS MARCH 2 TERRORIST [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-04 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA1294	GOT PARTICIPATION IN ICAO CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-04 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR TU
04ANKARA1303	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-04 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1315	IRAQ: REPORTS OF OSMAN OCALAN SURRENDER HAVE [...] (U) Turkish and Iraqi Kurd press have reported between Feb. 27 and March 4 that PKK/KADEK/KONGRA-GEL leader Osman Ocalan and between 15 and 100 of his followers may have surrendered to US forces or to the KDP, and that Ocalan is negotiating with US reps in Mosul to continue his activities ther [...]	2004-03-04 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA1316	TURKOMAN BOOKS SEIZED AT IRAQ-TURKEY BORDER - KDP [...] (C) On March 2, the Turkish MFA informed Post that a shipment of 8,000 books in Arabic being sent to Turkmen in Kirkuk by the Turkoman Cooperation and Cultural Foundation were seized and the Turkish citizen drivers of the trucks carrying the books detained by KDP officials at the Ibrahim Khali [...]	2004-03-04 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA1317	IRAQ: TGS DEPUTY J-3 REPORTS KONGRA-GEL FRONT [...] (C) In a March 1 meeting between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Deputy J-3, MG Kalyoncu, and Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation Turkey, MG Peterson, MG Kalyoncu made the following points: --The Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party, the political front for the PKK/Kogra-Gel, has opened tw [...]	2004-03-04 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1318	TURKISH PRT PROPOSAL: HMG TELLS TURKS NO [...] (C) MFA DDG for South Asia Aydin Evergin informed PolMilCouns March 4 that the GOT had informed the UK of its intent to establish a PRT in Maimana, Afghanistan (reftels) on March 2. On March 4, HMG responded by informing the Turks that London intended to establish a PRT there and that Norway [...]	2004-03-04 16:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA1319	IMF NEAR AGREEMENT WITH GOT ON SEVENTH REVIEW [...] (Sbu) Summary: According to IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk, the Fund Mission is near agrement with the GOT on a Letter of Intent for the Seventh Review. On the fiscal side, the GOT and Fund have agreed on measures to plug the 7 Quadrillion TL fiscal gap: increasing the cut in discr [...]	2004-03-04 17:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1324	QIZ FOLLOWUP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA AND [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points urging the GOT to provide a unified and official response to our Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) proposal to Mehmet Gucuk, MFA Deputy Director General for Bilateral Economic Affairs, and to Osman Bekaroglu, Deputy Director General for Agreements at the F [...]	2004-03-05 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA1342	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1343	IRAQ: TURKEY TO TRAIN IRAQI DIPLOMATS [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA1345	NATO SYG COMES HAT IN HAND DURING FIRST VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During his February 18 introductory visit to Ankara NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer met with President Sezer, PM Erdogan, FM Gul, and MND Gonul. His agenda included Afghanistan, Iraq, terrorism and the Istanbul Summit. According to MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan, the SYG requested Turkey co [...]	2004-03-05 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS TU
04ANKARA1346	BOTAS SAYS SIX MILLION BARRELS OF IRAQI OIL NOW AT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA1350	TURKISH COMPETITION POLICY - EU ACCESSION REQUIRES [...] (SBU) Summary. According to officials of the Representation of the European Commission to Turkey (EC Representation),over the past six years the Turkish Competition Authority (CA) has made good progress in those few sectors where it has chosen to focus. However, many sectors remain concentr [...]	2004-03-05 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TU ECIN
04ANKARA1359	DEFENSE, PROSECUTION IN TORTURE CASE BLAST U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Both the prosecution and defense in the death-in-detention case of Birtan Altinbas March 5 criticized a letter from the Secretary to FM Gul raising concerns about the trial. The attorneys accused the U.S. of interfering with the independence of the judiciary. The lead prosecuting [...]	2004-03-05 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA136	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: WHY WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE [...] (C) Summary: Government leaders are celebrating a successful economic year, with inflation dropping to 18.4 percent, growth near the 5 percent target, and interest rates on the massive public debt falling dramatically. The sense of crisis has faded. The AK Government deserves some credit f [...]	2004-01-09 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PGOV ETRD TU
04ANKARA1360	IRAQ: TURKEY SLAMS TAL [...] (C) Summary: GOT reacts harshly to the terms of the TAL. It views the process as undemocractic; the result as a pure ethnic federation dividing Iraq; and the treatment of the Turkomen as belittling. The result is inconsistent with the presentation to date by the U.S. including in the recent [...]	2004-03-05 21:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA137	GOT to Announce Data Exclusivity Policy Soon: Need [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 7. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Prompted by the need to respond to the European Commission's decision last month to examine pharmaceuticals trade policies, the GOT is likely to announce its plans to implement data exclusivity protection for p [...]	2004-01-09 08:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA1372	TURKEY WARILY EMBRACING PSI [...] (C) TGS Deputy J-5 MG Arslan told Pol-Mil Counselor February 18 that the GOT intended to act primarily as an observer of PSI in 2004 and planned more active participation in PSI activities in 2005. Earlier Arslan had joked with PolMilOff that Turkey planned to be involved in PSI "as little as [...]	2004-03-08 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL TU
04ANKARA1373	TURKEY WANTS TIGRIS-EUPHRATES BASIN AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials say Turkey wants to begin a dialogue with Syria and Iraq, leading to a comprehensive water sharing/management agreement for the Tigris-Euphrates basin, part of an effort by the Turkish government to contribute to stability in the region. They say that in the comin [...]	2004-03-08 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECIN IZ PREL SENV SY TU
04ANKARA1378	CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP HONES IN ON TU-US [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) hosted a working level meeting of the Caucasus Working Group (CWG) February 16-17 in Ankara. The US side was led by ECJ5-E (RUE) Caucasus AO, LTC Albert Zaccor, who was accompanied by ECJ5-E Turkey AO, Lt Col Rob Hopkins. Representatives of the Embassy's Pol [...]	2004-03-08 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA1379	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-08 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

04ANKARA1383	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: MFA WILLING TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE [...] (C) Drawing upon ref a talking points, Pol-Mil Counselor stressed to MFA NATO and Afghanistan Affairs Department officials the importance of strong allied contributions to NATO's efforts in Afghanistan. He also urged Turkey to be flexible with regard to its proposed PRT as the GOT works with [...]	2004-03-09 05:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU AF
04ANKARA1385	TURKEY: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-09 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SNAR TU
04ANKARA1386	Civair Safety/Security Update [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 10. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) In March 5 discussions on air safety and security issues, GOT officials told us that transport and security officials had not yet taken a policy decision on Department of Homeland Security's (DHS') emergenc [...]	2004-03-09 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
04ANKARA1393	BELBASI INSTALLATION AND THE ACTIVATION OF A NEW [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) advising that Turkey had fulfilled its procedures to ratify the agreement signed on February 8, 2000 between the US and Turkey concerning the closure of th [...]	2004-03-09 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PARM TU
04ANKARA14	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-02 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1418	TURKEY: LEADING KURDS IN ANKARA DIVIDED ON SPLITS [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish DEHAP leaders in Ankara have asserted to us that apparent splits in terrorist Kongra Gel and in the Kurdish DEHAP are ephemeral. While allowing that a "misunderstanding" arose in Kongra Gel, they deny its seriousness and claim the dispute is being exaggerated by local med [...]	2004-03-09 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1420	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1422	Southeast Turkish Sunni religious leader on [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent southeast Turkey Kurdish Sunni religious leader, or sheikh, from the Nakshibendi tarikat made a call on AMCONSUL Adana PO on March 1 and generally reflected a state of malaise in the region. He said that people in the region are wary of AKP and see the party as mo [...]	2004-03-10 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TU
04ANKARA1423	Prime Minister leads AK Party press to win two [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR TU
04ANKARA1436	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 5 meeting, Ambassador solicited main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal's views of March 28 local elections. Throughout the discussion, Baykal attempted to downplay the importance of the elections and seemed resigned to a poor CHP showing. [...]	2004-03-10 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1437	BANK REGULATORS GRAPPLE WITH FAILED BANK OWNERS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The recently-appointed management of the now-separate bank regulatory agencies are struggling to deal with a range of issues relating to the failed banks. Having moved decisively to seize Uzan group companies, the new Deposit Guarantee Fund Chairman told Econcouns he will try to [...]	2004-03-10 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1445	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1446	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 2 meeting, Ambassador solicited opposition Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Nesrin Nas's views on March 28 local elections. Throughout the discussion, Nas showed amazingly little concern for the poor showing she admitted her party would have, and offered no strategy for [...]	2004-03-11 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1448	TURKEY AND THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFERS: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (U) During the February 18 US-Turkey Joint Staff Talks in Ankara, Turkish Air Force officers expressed interest in exploring ways the US and Turkey could expedite the processing of Turkey's requests to provide US-origin equipment and services [...]	2004-03-11 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS TU
04ANKARA1458	AT PM'S URGING, STATE DROPS CASE AGAINST HUMAN [...] (U) Prosecutors failed to attend the March 9 hearing of a case against the leadership of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF),apparently in line with a high-level GOT decision to allow the case to be closed. 2. (U) HRF operates five torture treatment centers in Turkey and serves as a cleari [...]	2004-03-11 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1474	TURKS PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF AFGHAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) MFA officials characterized Afghan Minister of Defense Fahim Khan's March 8-11 visit to Turkey as successful in terms of beginning the process of building lasting relations with a key Afghan figure. Fahim, who was in Ankara at the invitation of the GOT, met separately with TGS CHOD GEN Oz [...]	2004-03-11 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU AF
04ANKARA1481	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 05:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1482	TURKEY TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION AT BERLIN [...] Turkey's Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Ambassador Ahmet Okcun, confirmed that Turkey will attend the Berlin meeting. He said Foreign Minister Gul hopes to lead the Turkish delegation but faces some scheduling conflicts. Okcun was pleased to hear that Secretary Powell would be in [...]	2004-03-12 06:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AF EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA1487	DEMARCHE ON UNCTAD XI TRADE ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TU
04ANKARA149	TURKEY PLEASED WITH ISRAELI CABINET APPROVAL OF [...] (C) Turkey is pleased with the decision (reftel) of the Israeli Cabinet to approve the broad outlines of the sale of fresh water from Turkey to Israel. MFA's Transboundary Waters Chief, Mithat Rende, said that Israeli working level officials had been in Ankara recently to agree on the text of [...]	2004-01-09 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IS PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA1491	TURKS READY TO SEND POLICE TRAINERS TO JORDAN [...] MFA provided to us March 11 a list of 31 police trainers that the GOT is preparing to send to the Iraqi police training facility outside Amman. MFA Deputy Iraq Coordinator Ethem Tokdemir told us that they could be ready to travel as early as March 31. While most are general police trainers, [...]	2004-03-12 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ JO MARR PGOV PREL EAID TU
04ANKARA1500	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1502	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON OECD DECISION-MAKING [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD TU
04ANKARA1507	SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: General Basbug comes to Washington at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been one year since the 1 March vote and 5 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is approached from a multi- [...]	2004-03-12 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA151	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-09 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1510	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER: [...] (Sbu) At a meeting March 9 with Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the importance of strengthening Turkey's regime for combatting the financing of terrorism. In this context, the Ambassador raised the Global Relief Foundation/Marwan Haddad case, about which the Departmen [...]	2004-03-15 08:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PTER TU
04ANKARA1511	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE: [...] (Sbu) Summary: At a lunch meeting at the residence March 9, Finance Minister Unakitan discussed U.S. investment disputes in Turkey, said the Uzans' cell phone company has a potential buyer who is in touch with Motorola, and asserted both GOT ownership of the economic reform program and a GOT d [...]	2004-03-15 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA152	CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOLOCAUST [...] As requested reftel, post contacted Curriculum Board (Board of Education) officials at the GOT Ministry of Education, which determines the national curriculum and sets guidelines for all textbooks used in public and private schools in Turkey. According to our contacts, there are a) no natio [...]	2004-01-09 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TU
04ANKARA1521	GOT PROPOSES LANGUAGE ON FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: MFA U/S Ziyal passed Ambassador Edelman a GOT proposal for revised language on the Financial Agreement Amendment, changing "conditions" to "stipulations" and stating "the determination of which, for the U.S. side is a biding requ [...]	2004-03-15 11:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA1532	TENSIONS REMAIN IN SOUTHEAST, DESPITE REFORMS [...] (C) Summary: Kurds in southeast Turkey want the U.S. to solve the Kurdish problem internationally as part of the Greater Middle East Initiative. They criticize the USG decision to list PKK successor Kongra Gel as a terrorist organization, arguing that the GOT should negotiate with Kongra Gel [...]	2004-03-15 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
04ANKARA1535	NON-PAPERS SUBMITTED TO MFA REGARDING IRAQI TRAVEL [...] On March 4, 2004, Chief of Section met with Haluk Aca, Head of the Visa Department at the MFA to discuss GOT acceptance of Iraqi diplomatic and service (official) passports and the Interim Travel Document for visa issuance. She also provided him a copy of the revised CPA Order [...]	2004-03-15 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT
04ANKARA1539	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-15 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1541	NORTHERN IRAQ: RAISING THE END OF PMF WITH D/CHOD [...] (S/NF) The visit to Washington of Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief General Basbug presents an excellent opportunity to discreetly suggest to the Turks that they unilaterally declare the Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) in northern Iraq a success and close the force down, per recommendations Ref A [...]	2004-03-16 09:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA1542	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO IDEA OF [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: MFA Director General for Energy Hakki Akil asked March 12 for an initial USG reaction to the Ministry's initiative (reftel) to obtain agreement on voluntary principles committing oil companies to reduce the flow of oil throug [...]	2004-03-16 09:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA1559	LEYLA ZANA, CO-DEFENDANTS BOYCOTT TRIAL [...] (U) Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs declined to attend the March 12 hearing of their retrial, a protest against reported comments by Justice Minister Cicek accusing them of "insulting" the court. Lead defense attorney Yusuf Alatas said the defendants will not attend any more hear [...]	2004-03-16 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA1577	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-16 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1578	MIXED SIGNALS--OR WORSE--ON STATE BANK [...] (Sbu) Summary: According to World Bank and IMF officials, GOT officials up through Economy Minister Babacan have agreed on a strategy to privatize the state-owned Banks. The government will withdraw some state bank capital and gradually shrink the deposit base and government securities portfo [...]	2004-03-16 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1579	TERRORIST FINANCING: TURKEY APPRECIATES USG [...] (C) PolMilCouns briefed MFA DDG for Intelligence Kemal Asya March 16 on the latest USG approach to EU members on extending the EU's terrorist financing designation of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to its successors, the Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress (KADEK) and the Kurdistan Pe [...]	2004-03-16 17:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
04ANKARA1583	TURKEY'S CANDIDATE TO THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Summary. The GOT is pressing the candidacy of Dr. Sevil Atasoy to the International Narcotics Control Board. Post requests guidance. End summary. 2. On 12 March, Econoff attended a presentation at the MFA, at which Dr. Sevil Atasoy, Turkey's nominee to the International Narcotics Contro [...]	2004-03-17 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SNAR TU
04ANKARA1585	GEORGIA ASKS TURKEY TO CLOSE BORDER, FREEZE AJARAN [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Embassy says GOG asked Turkey March 15 to close its border crossing with Ajara and freeze Ajaran assets. Turks have temporized and probably will not respond positively. Turkish MFA Caucasus DDG Tezgor claims the GOT (1) supports Georgian territorial integrity and sove [...]	2004-03-17 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA1595	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: PROGRESS IN TURKEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP officer and Emboff met with government and non-government organizations in Ankara and Trabzon February 23-24 to explore Turkey's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). An MFA official anti-TIP noted progress in training programs, provision of humanitarian visa [...]	2004-03-17 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA1598	IPR Training Needs and Best Practices [...] Post's answers to reftel questions are as follows: A.1. Post IP Training: Embassy Ankara has facilitated Turkish participation in several training programs on intellectual property (IP) protection. In August 2003, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs organized a three- week int [...]	2004-03-17 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA1605	Danistay Rules Against Cargill Zoning Amendment [...] (U) Last week, the Turkish Danistay (Council of State) upheld a lower Danistay ruling, which struck down the amendments to the Iznik Lake Environmental Development Plan which enabled Cargill to build its USD 90 million corn syrup plant. The Ministry of Public Works, the Prime Ministry, and Ca [...]	2004-03-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR TU
04ANKARA1607	AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON DRAFT LETTER OF INTENT, [...] (Sbu) Summary: Deputy ResRep confirmed to Econoffs that the IMF and GOT have reached agreement on a draft letter of intent (LOI),with only minor follow-up steps needed for the GOT to sign the actual LOI. Not coincidentally, on March 17 the Central Bank cut overnight interest rates by 2 percen [...]	2004-03-17 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1624	CLASHES IN NORTHERN SYRIA CAUSE CONCERN IN SE [...] (SBU) In response to the March 12 violence in Kamisli, Syria and neighboring area, Turkish officials temporarily closed the nearby Nusaybin border gate to both entry and exit, fearing the violence would spread to the Turkish side. On March 16, consulate personnel spoke with the Nusaybin subg [...]	2004-03-18 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU SY IZ
04ANKARA1630	IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (U) Turkish MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu called DCM March 17 on instruction from FM Gul to pass on the contents of a phone conversation between Gul and Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) leader Faruk Abdulrahman, who called in from Kirkuk. Abdulrahman told Gul that his [...]	2004-03-18 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA1643	DEFENSE IN ALTINBAS CASE PROTESTS U.S. "PRESSURE" [...] (U) Defense attorneys for police officers indicted in the death-in-detention case of Birtan Altinbas continued March 18 to argue that "U.S. pressure" is preventing them from properly defending their clients. As in the previous hearing (reftel A),the attorneys noted that the case was mentioned [...]	2004-03-18 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1644	Adana Governor, Jandarma and Air Force leadership [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the 39th Air Base Wing March 12 change of command, Adana governor Kemal Onal, as well as area Jandarma and Air Force generals, approached PO to urge the U.S. to take near-term action against KHK/Kongra Gel in northern Iraq. Adana Jandarma Major General Abdulk [...]	2004-03-18 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC TU
04ANKARA1649	IRAQI TURKMEN CULTURAL AND SOLIDARITY ASSOC. [...] (SBU) On March 17, two representatives of the Iraqi Turkmen Cultural and Solidarity Association, Abbas Turkmen and Tahsin Saaci, called on PolMilOff to deliver a letter to President Bush (text at para 3) complaining about Iraq's Transitional Administrative Law (TAL),and said their main concer [...]	2004-03-18 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA1652	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GME, CYPRUS WITH TURKEY'S NSC [...] (C) Summary: Turkish NSC SecGen Sariisik welcomed hearing more about the Greater Middle East Initiative when the Ambassador called on him March 17. Sariisik and his deputy, LTG Uzun, had questions about the GME and the role the USG envisages for Turkey. They were careful in underscoring the [...]	2004-03-18 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
04ANKARA1665	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-19 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1674	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-19 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1675	GOT'S COUNTERPROPOSAL ON CFE INSPECTION PROCEDURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (U) On March 18, MFA Head of Department for Disarmament Affairs, Bulent Meric delivered the GOT's counter proposal for the CFE host country agreement proposal that was conveyed to the Turks (ref. A). The body of the letter as follows. 3 [...]	2004-03-19 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA1698	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-22 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA17	INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: NO IMMEDIATE REACTION TO DIP [...] (U) Post delivered the diplomatic note contained in para 5 of ref b (as amended per ref a) to MFA Americas Department First Secretary Meral Barlas January 2 (DDG Ilicak and Department Head Erginay were unavailable). Barlas read the note and said she would forward it to senior MFA officials. S [...]	2004-01-02 16:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1700	Persistence of Aviation-Related Gap in Border [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paras 10 and 11. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) GOT and Turkish Airlines officials told us that, despite a recent decision to institute border and customs controls at the first airport of entry, the current gap in border security may persist int [...]	2004-03-22 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
04ANKARA1709	IRAQI/CPA-TURKEY TRADE TALKS HELD IN ANKARA, MARCH [...] (SBU) Iraqi/CPA-Turkey trade talks in Ankara, March 10-11 laid out positions of both sides on a range of bilateral trade issues, including energy, water, bilateral trade agreements and the possibility of opening a second border gate. While talks on most issues were characterized by active par [...]	2004-03-23 06:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD MOPS MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA1710	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: POLLSTERS SEE HUGE [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of pollsters and political scientists predicted to Ambassador March 18 that the ruling AKP will win between 45-55 percent of the vote in March 28 municipal elections. AKP's success will create high public expectations, which the party may have trouble meeting. Meanwhile [...]	2004-03-23 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1711	AFGHAN COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Coordinator Taylor held wide-ranging and candid consultations with MFA and TGS officials in Ankara on March 12. Turkish officials stressed the theme of "Afghanistan for Afghans" throughout the talks, arguing their commitment to stabilization and reconstruction efforts ther [...]	2004-03-23 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA1717	SOUTHEAST TURKEY SITUATION REPORT: IMPROVING [...] (SBU) From February 22-27, consulate personnel traveled the eastern part of the consular district, including the cities of Diyarbakir, Batman, Mardin, Nusaybin and Sanliurfa. The primary issues that emerged in meetings with academicians, medical and legal professionals, politicians, local ad [...]	2004-03-23 09:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU SY IZ
04ANKARA1752	MINORITIES BOARD REVIEWING APPOINTMENT OF [...] (U) Summary: Caught off-guard by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's appointment of six non-Turkish citizens to his Holy Synod, Turkish officials are not certain how to react, but say GOT is reviewing the move. Part of the difficulty the authorities face is that Bartholomew's move exposes the [...]	2004-03-23 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1766	TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF PRESIDENT'S NON-PRO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY TU
04ANKARA1767	TURKEY HAS HIGH HOPES FOR NPT PREPCOM [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 08:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TU
04ANKARA1770	TURKEY WILL SUPPORT UNEP UNIVERSAL MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 09:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SENV TU
04ANKARA1786	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1804	EARLY SNOW MELT FORCES LARGE WATER RELEASE FROM [...] An early snow-melt in north-eastern Turkey filled Turkey's Euphrates dams, forcing authorities to release a record amount of water downstream to Syria and Iraq. For ten days beginning March 11, and for the first time since building the dams, Turkey opened reservoir spillways to release as mu [...]	2004-03-25 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL SENV SY TU
04ANKARA1806	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 53 [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-25 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
04ANKARA1813	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-26 06:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1833	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE WEST [...] (C) Summary: The ruling AKP's chances of winning municipalities in the Aegean region is hampered by the party's uninspiring candidates. Rather than build support through intense door-to-door campaigning, AKP is relying on the popularity of P.M. Erdogan and the AKP "brand" to attract voters. [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1834	AK PARTY'S WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Candidates running against ruling AK Party (AKP) in the western Black Sea region appear to be holding their own as they approach March 28 local election. At the same time they accuse AKP of using "bribes and blackmail" to influence voters. They assert AKP's national success is du [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1835	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: AKP POISED FOR [...] Summary: Hampered by unorganized, uninspiring candidates, AKP's chances in the Anatolian provinces of Konya, Aksaray, and Sivas are based more on PM Erdogan's national popularity than any local candidate or particular platform. Except in rare races where opposition is organized and effective, [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1838	COURT CONVICTS FOUR TO LIGHT SENTENCES IN ALTINBAS [...] (U) Summary: An Ankara court March 26 convicted four police officers and sentenced them to four years, five months imprisonment each for torturing and killing Hacettepe University student Birtan Altinbas in 1991. The court acquitted four co-defendants and continued proceedings against two oth [...]	2004-03-26 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1840	THE SECOND IRAQ-TURKEY BORDER CROSSING; ANKARA'S [...] (U) Summary: Iraq and Turkey agreed in December 2003 to build a second border crossing; however, they have not been able to reach agreement on the location and associated issues, such as the connecting road in Iraq and financing (ref b). Although the backlog at the border has improved somew [...]	2004-03-27 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA1842	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ...AND THE MAYOR OF [...] (U) Summary: We expect ruling AK Party (AKP) to win big in Turkey's March 28 mayoral and municipal council elections. However, victory will weigh heavily on the course of Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party (AKP) government and on his and his party's ability (1) to manage popular, pent-up expectations, [...]	2004-03-27 09:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1847	RULING AK PARTY'S BIG WIN IN LOCAL ELECTIONS: HOW [...] () Summary: Ruling AK Party's (AKP) strong but not overwhelming win in March 28 elections appears to open the way for PM Erdogan to continue to press ahead with an agenda of change and reform. At the same time, the win leaves core elements of the Turkish State -- already deeply distrustful of [...]	2004-03-29 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1854	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-29 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1861	ANOTHER INVESTMENT PROBLEM: THE CASE OF THE OIL [...] (SBU) Lawyers representing U.S.-based Toreador Resources Corporation called on the Ambassador March 22 to seek the Mission's assistance in resolving a problem that is preventing Toreador from repatriating the proceeds of its $53 million capital investment in Turkey. They explained that the [...]	2004-03-29 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET PREL TU
04ANKARA1877	PRELIMINARY TURKISH REACTION TO AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-30 11:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA1880	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-30 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1881	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: DEMARCHE TO GOT ON ALLIED [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor delivered reftel demarche to MFA DDG for NATO and International Security Affairs Fatih Ceylan March 30. He said the USG strongly supports NATO's expansion of ISAF and SACEUR GEN Jones' statement that Allies must fill the critical shortfalls of the CJSOR before Stage I can [...]	2004-03-30 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU
04ANKARA1917	Background for USTR Zoellick's Meeting with [...] (SBU) Turkish trade officials tell us that, in the April 5 meeting with USTR Robert Zoellick, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen plans to focus on multilateral trade issues. The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat told us it believes that USTR's January 2004 letter to counterparts has revitalized the WT [...]	2004-04-01 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX KIPR TU
04ANKARA1926	STRONGER THAN EXPECTED 2003 GDP GROWTH; MIXED [...] (SBU) Summary: Final numbers released March 31 show Turkey's GNP grew 5.9 percent in 2003, well above the market consensus forecast of 5.2 percent. For 2004, there is a significant divergence of views among Turkish economists -- both inside and outside the GOT -- with some forecasting growth a [...]	2004-04-01 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA1928	SCENESETTER FOR THE APRIL 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been more than a year since the 1 March vote and 6 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is best approached from a [...]	2004-04-02 06:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CY IZ TU
04ANKARA1929	TURK TELEKOM PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a Privatization Authority (PA) official, the PA is trying to apply lessons learned from the aborted privatization of Tekel,s tobacco operations (Ref) to the Turk Telekom (TT) privatization: Managing the expectations of potential investors, public officials and o [...]	2004-04-02 06:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA1936	EXPORT CONTROL COOPERATION WITH TURKEY [...] (S) Pol-Mil counselor delivered ref a demarche to MFA DDG for Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Haluk Ilicak April 2. Noting that Turkey's strategic location makes it a high-risk country for transit and transshipment of WMD-related material, he stressed the importance of the US and Turkey [...]	2004-04-02 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-02 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1984	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-05 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1988	ILSA DEMARCHE TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel points April 5 to MFA Deputy Director General for Energy Hakki Akil, pointing out that development of a pipeline to carry Iranian natural gas to Europe via Turkey would raise serious issues related to both U.S. law (ILSA) and U.S. policy. Per reftel, A/DCM stresse [...]	2004-04-05 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ENRG AU TU IR
04ANKARA1989	Update on Civair Safety Security; Civair [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Acting DCM pressed the Acting Transport Ministry Undersecretary for GOT action on air safety and security deficiencies in an April 1 meeting. The Undersecretary told us that the GOT was working on remedies for these probl [...]	2004-04-06 07:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR BEXP TU
04ANKARA2	BSE Notification to Turkish Government [...] ON DECEMBER 30, AGCOUNSELOR DELIVERED TALKING POINTS FROM REFTEL CONCERNING BSE TO THE TURKISH DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE DIRECTOR OF PROTECTION AND CONTROL, TURKEY'S VETERINARY AND QUARANTINE SERVICE. ON DECEMBER 24TH, THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY ISSUE A REGULATION BANNING I [...]	2004-01-02 07:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA2007	MFA MAKES CASE FOR ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) In separate April 5 discussions with Turkish MP Egemen Bagis and MFA Director General of Consular Affairs Murat Ersavci, the Ambassador raised concerns about the GOT's silence on specific anti-trafficking efforts. The Ambassador engaged Bagis and Ersavci on repeated requests for inform [...]	2004-04-06 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2008	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-07 04:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2010	TURKISH MEDIA: REQUEST TO TAPE A PRIME-TIME [...] Post strongly supports the request of prominent Turkish national security strategist Faruk Demir and centrist daily "Aksam"'s Ankara bureau chief Nuray Basaran to tape an interview with Secretary Powell to feature as the inauguration, or one of the first broadcasts, of their new, prime-time TV [...]	2004-04-07 06:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2013	PDAS RIES DISCUSSIONS WITH TURKEY ON EU ACCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In March 31 Ankara meetings, EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries 1) discussed opportunities for U.S. support of Turkey's EU candidacy and 2) encouraged a renewed GOT emphasis on meeting Copenhagen criteria. Ries noted that high profile solutions including, e.g., reopening Halki Seminary, removi [...]	2004-04-07 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU
04ANKARA2025	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-07 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2026	TURKEY'S CYPRUS ENDGAME [...] (C) Summary: Assuming an April 24 approval by both Turkish and Greek Cypriots, Turkey's AKP government is poised to play out its Cyprus endgame with the military, President Sezer, and the Parliament. In a stormy April 5 meeting of Turkey's National Security Council (NSC),the military and P [...]	2004-04-07 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2031	New Intellectual Property Legislation Enters [...] (U) Legislation enacted in March contains several strong anti-piracy provisions, including a ban on street sales of all copyright products and authorization for law enforcement authorities to take action without a complaint by the rightholder. However, some in the intellectual property indust [...]	2004-04-08 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2054	IRAQ: TURKISH FM SAYS TURKEY WON'T SEND TROOPS, [...] (SBU) We delivered Ref A demarche requesting supportive public statements about coalition action against Jaysh al-Mahdi in Iraq to the Turkish MFA Iraq desk April 5. At time of delivery the Turks made no comment. On April 8, Turkish FM Gul, as reported in Refs A and B, said the future dispat [...]	2004-04-09 11:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA2071	Pharmaceuticals Update: GOT's Unsatisfactory [...] (SBU) The Health Ministry has proposed a data exclusivity strategy predicated on implementation at the end of 2007, and with an effective term of less than three years. The research-based pharmaceutical industry is reacting very negatively, and the Embassy has again weighed in on this issue. [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2074	TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: ASSESSING RULING [...] (C) Summary: With electoral victory in his pocket, PM Erdogan faces the immediate challenge of getting a Cyprus settlement but remains outwardly confident that his strategies of becoming Turkey's "single man" and capturing the center and center-right are working. A preliminary analysis of ele [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU

04ANKARA2075	PRESENTING DEPARTMENT REACTION TO MFA VOLUNTARY [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA2076	Trafficking in Persons: HRDF Reports Recent [...] To establish a network among non-governmental organizations in Turkey and regional countries affected by human trafficking; 2. To provide training for government officers to refresh and consolidate on the recent amendments of Turkish Penal Code an [...]	2004-04-09 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2077	MARKET CORRECTION DESPITE CONTINUED POSITIVE MACRO [...] (Sbu) Summary: On April 8, Turkish financial markets experienced one of the few significant corrections in recent months, with interest rates blipping back up over 22 percent, the lira falling to TL 1.334 million to the dollar and the stock market falling 3.10 percent. A confluence of negative [...]	2004-04-09 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2078	TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: WHAT IS THE [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's reforms in pursuit of Turkey's EU candidacy suggest there is truth in his assertions that he and AKP hew to western concepts of democracy. At the same time, many in AKP and the Turkish "secular" establishment worry that because Erdogan and other AKP founders came out [...]	2004-04-09 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA21	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INDUSTRY MINISTER [...] (Sbu) Summary: Minister of Industry Ali Coskun told Ambassador the GOT would introduce legislation to solve Cargill's zoning problem in January and claimed the GOT was working on the data exclusivity problem. Coskun seemed to take the Ambassador's point on the need to resolve some American co [...]	2004-01-05 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA2107	Iraq: Turkish Foreign Trade's Questions on [...] (U) This cable contains action requests for the Dept/CPA. See para 12. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) Foreign Trade officials formally requested additional information on the implementation of the Iraq reconstruction levy on April 15, and suggested that it be collected at final destina [...]	2004-04-12 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2109	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-12 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA211	USG-SOURCED WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE MIXES [...] (C) Summary: A January 9 article in the Wall Street Journal that quotes U.S. officials and misleadingly links the review of U.S. global defense posture to the commencement of the rotation of U.S. troops to and from Iraq through the Incirlik Air Base was ill-timed and has complicated the Miss [...]	2004-01-13 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KPAO TU IZ
04ANKARA2111	TURKEY EAGER TO OPERATIONALIZE SPACE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff met with Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Col. Yavuz Goker April 7 to discuss the status of US-Turkey space cooperation. Goker said the TUAF had decided what it needed in a space program and was now considering how to get there. He outlined Turkey's goals in the field of space [...]	2004-04-12 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA2119	TURKISH POLITICS: OPPOSITION CHP LEADER BAYKAL [...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP chairman Baykal and his allies in the party continue their campaign of denial in the face of fierce intra-party criticism. Their hold on the party leadership appears solid for now, following a marathon of recent meetings in which CHP members at all levels -- most of [...]	2004-04-13 07:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2137	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2138	Trafficking in Persons: IOM Reports Recent [...] (U) SUMMARY: In April 9 discussions with Emboff, IOM Chief of Mission Regina Boucault cited 1) ongoing anti-TIP training for Turkish law enforcement officials, and 2) implementation of a victim referral agreement between the Ministry of Interior and Turkey's leading TIP NGO as continuing evide [...]	2004-04-13 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA214	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-13 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2143	TURKEY THREATENS RETALIATION IF KDP CONTINUES TO [...] (C) In a meeting on another subject, MFA DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu complained to DCM about indiscriminate KDP detention of Turks/Turkomen in Iraq. Burcuoglu gave the DCM a list of the Turkomen who are, to the best of GOT's knowledge, currently being held in Iraq. One, Mr. Murat Ziya i [...]	2004-04-14 04:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA215	TURKEY CLAIMS SYRIA AND IRAN SHARE CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: Syria and Iran have expressed concerns to Turkey about the Kurds' ambition for maximum autonomy over a greater territory in Iraq, according to MFA U/S Ziyal. Ankara says it is resisting "ganging up" on the Kurds with Damascus and Tehran, and is urging the Kurds to be reasonable. [...]	2004-01-13 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ SY IR CY
04ANKARA2152	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman, visiting USDOJ Civil Rights Division Chief Al Moskowitz discussed USG efforts to combat trafficking in the United States, noting success in USG methods for 1) identifying victims, 2) disti [...]	2004-04-14 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2153	CHP'S KEMAL DERVIS: THIS PLOUGH CAN'T SCOUR [...] (C) Summary: CHP deputy Kemal Dervis April 13 resigned as party Vice Chairman and from his position on CHP's executive board. Our contacts say Dervis will not challenge current CHP chairman Baykal and will instead engage in a "war of ideas" versus the party's statist hardliners. The ability [...]	2004-04-14 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2154	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 04:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2158	GOT RESPONDS POSITIVELY ON QIZ, BUT SEEKS [...] The GOT sent an official, positive response via diplomatic note (see para 2) to ref A points on whether to proceed with consultations with the Congress on Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) legislation. The dipnote requests that the QIZ bill drop the clause allowing the U.S. side to exclude ad [...]	2004-04-15 06:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
04ANKARA217	LIBYA: EXTENSION OF IEEPA SANCTIONS [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points concerning extension of Libya sanctions to Kemal Tuzun, MFA's head of department for the Middle East and North Africa, on January 12. Tuzun stated that the GOT welcomed recent positive steps taken by Libya in a number of areas, especially the commitment to [...]	2004-01-13 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KNNP LY MNUC PARM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA218	UPDATE ON FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) In Ambassador's January 12 conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal, as well as in his recent discussions with the Prime Minister, Finance Minister Unakitan, and State Minister Babacan, the Turks have acknowledged that the complications surrounding the conditionality in the Financial Agreement are [...]	2004-01-13 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2181	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOT CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AL BK BU GR HR KSEI MD MK PREL RO SR TU EUN
04ANKARA2185	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2186	CASE AGAINST ATTACKERS OF CHRISTIAN CONVERT DELAYED [...] (C) Summary: A court in northwestern Turkey postponed for 15 months the trial of three suspects accused of severely beating a Christian convert from Islam for performing missionary work, causing him to suffer a coma. The delay was approved ostensibly in order to evaluate the extent of the vic [...]	2004-04-15 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2189	AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM, TIP, AMCIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with Justice Minister Cicek, the Ambassador praised GOT human rights reforms and encouraged further progress in the run-up to the December EU Summit. He recommended the Embassy and GOT establish a regular exchange of information on trafficking in persons (T [...]	2004-04-15 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EINV KCRM KWMN JO TU
04ANKARA2192	INFORMATION ON BIFA BISCUITS [...] (U) This is a response to Reftel. 2. (SBU) Econ/Ankara made discreet inquiries through relevant Turkish authorities on BIFA Biscuits and obtained the following information. 3. (SBU) BIFA Biscuits is located in Karaman/Konya, but has an exporting office based in Istanbul. Adress in K [...]	2004-04-16 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU
04ANKARA2195	SCENESETTER FOR ECONOMY MINISTER BABACAN'S [...] (Sbu) Summary: Economy Minister Ali Babacan comes to Washington after the IMF's Seventh Review and several months of better-than-expected macroeconomic performance. Senior USG interlocutors could usefully use the meetings to praise GOT accomplishments while warning against complacency, reiter [...]	2004-04-16 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV BEXP PREL TU
04ANKARA2198	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial local FSN tr [...]	2004-04-16 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2200	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-16 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2201	THE SECOND IRAQ-TURKEY BORDER CROSSING: PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Econoff shared U.S. proposal (ref b) for a TDA study of the Iraqi and Turkish proposals for a second border crossing. MFA DDG Sakir Fakili said Turkey had nearly completed its own study, but was open to all suggestions and would respond to the TDA idea after consulting with othe [...]	2004-04-16 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA2204	TURKISH CHOD OZKOK GIVES DELPHIC MESSAGE ON [...] (C) Summary: Most Turkish commentators interpreted CHOD Ozkok's careful April 13 remarks on Cyprus as a signal the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will not oppose Turkish Cypriot or Turkish parliamentary acceptance of the draft Cyprus settlement. A number of observers, however, taking into account [...]	2004-04-16 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
04ANKARA2206	TURKEY AND NORTHERN IRAQ: KONGRA GEL (KGK) MITIGATION STRATEGY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reasons: 1.4 (b),(c) and (d). 2. (S) Summary: We agree with CPA that Turkish troops in northern Iraq could become a problem after the June 30 transfer of sovereignty, but Embassy Ankara does not believe the approach recommended in reftel will work wi [...]	2004-04-17 06:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
04ANKARA2210	TURKEY: NAMES, TITLE, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] (SBU) Below is Mission's response to reftel regarding updated contact information for senior Turkish officials (April 16, 2004). Recep Tayyip Erdogan Prime Minister Comment: Erdogan does not speak English. To reach the P.M., contact one of the officials listed below: (a) Chief Foreign Po [...]	2004-04-19 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2214	TURKISH LAWS REGARDING CARGO HANDLING [...] The Turkish Customs Undersecretariat provided information in response to questions on cargo handling posed in reftel. The following is an informal Embassy translation of Customs' written response. 2. Begin Embassy Translation of Customs U/S Note: Shipping/Cargo Manifests: Carg [...]	2004-04-19 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PARM PREL EWWT KNNP TU
04ANKARA2218	GROWING TURKISH REACTION, PUBLIC CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] Negative reaction by the Turkish Government, opposition politicians, and the press to the reported detention of 11 Turkish Special Forces troops in Northern Iraq continues to grow. Prime Minister Erdogan, describing the incident as "extremely distressing," said that he expects the situation t [...]	2004-04-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2224	TURKISH MFA BRIEFS UNSC AMBASSADORS ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy U/S briefed UNSC member state ambassadors on April 19 about possible UNSC action over the next several days. Ilkin explained that the SYG will issue a report, and the agreement will go to the UNSC to endorse the Foundation Agreement and authorize a UN peacekeeping force [...]	2004-04-20 05:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2226	EXBS: PROGRAM ADVISOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-20 09:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM EAID KSTC TU
04ANKARA2231	TURKISH MFA LAYS OUT SERIOUS BUT FIXABLE PROBLEMS [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador Edelman and UK Ambassador Westmacott Turkish MFA officials laid out objections to the timing and language of the draft UNSCR on Cyprus. The Turks prefer a UNSCR be passed after the [...]	2004-04-20 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA224	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP CAUSING STIR OVER INCIRLIK [...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP is trying to make hay over the public disclosure of the arrangement to allow U.S. troops to rotate out of and to Iraq using Incirlik air base. CHP M.P.s argue that the decision is against the constitution and complain that the AK Party Government still refuses to sh [...]	2004-01-14 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2240	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 06:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA226	PRESIDENT ASSAD'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Assad's January 6-9 visit to Turkey was the first by any Syrian President. Assad met one-on-one with PM Erdogan and President Sezer, and also met FM Gul, TGS Chief Ozkok, Parliament Speaker Arinc, and main opposition CHP leader Baykal. Turkish contacts say GOT raised terrorism, [...]	2004-01-14 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU IS
04ANKARA2268	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2282	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2283	CONTINUING TURKISH CONCERNS WITH DRAFT CYPRUS [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin called Ambassador Edelman on April 21 to express continuing Turkish concerns about the effect of the current draft Cyprus UNSCR. Ilkin expressed three concerns; MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman expressed the same concerns in a separate call to poloff. 2. (C) F [...]	2004-04-21 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2289	DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (C) We delivered Ref A demarche April 21 to MFA Deputy Director General in charge of the OIC/ICFM Mehmet Kemal Bozay. Bozay said he would forward the U.S. points to the Turkish delegation in Malaysia, which is led by State Minister Besir Atalay and includes MFA Deputy Director General for the [...]	2004-04-21 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ XF
04ANKARA2291	TURKEY'S GREYING WOLVES: RIGHTIST-NATIONALIST MHP [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of rightist-nationalist MHP are spinning March 28 municipal election results as a victory. According to at least one MHP official, however, the party had expected a better showing. Although MHP leaders profess a desire to bring the party into the mainstream, party policie [...]	2004-04-21 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2292	UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION ON NON-PROLIFERATION: TURKS [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL
04ANKARA2293	AFGHANISTAN: MFA/TGS TO RECOMMEND TO PM THAT THEY [...] (C) MFA and TGS will recommend to PM Erdogan that Turkey establish a PRT in Takhar province in northeastern Afghanistan. The recommendation will also include a request for funding for the Turkish helicopters for ISAF, and a briefing on the possibility that the HRF in Istanbul may replace the [...]	2004-04-21 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2294	TURKISH STATE SECURITY COURT RE-CONVICTS LEYLA ZANA, CO-DEFENDANTS; VERDICT WILL BE APPEALED [...] (U) Summary: An Ankara State Security Court (SSC) April 21 re-convicted Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs charged with being members of the terrorist PKK, ending a contentious 13-month retrial that has been widely criticized by human rights advocates and EU parliamentarians as unfai [...]	2004-04-22 05:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA23	MFA U/S Ziyal Letter to U/S Larson on EPC [...] MFA transmitted a letter from Undersecretary Ziyal to U/S Larson via diplomatic note on the Economic Partnership Commission. In the letter, Ziyal affirms the importance of the economic reform program, addressing investment issues, moving forward on a Turkey Qualifying Industrial Zone, and co [...]	2004-01-05 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EINV TU
04ANKARA2304	MARITIME SECURITY COLLECTIVE: YES FROM TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAIR ETRD PTER TU
04ANKARA231	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Iraq 2. Cyprus Can't We be More Transparent? Sami Kohen observed in the mass appeal Milliyet (1/14): "There is no meaning and no benefit in equating the use of Incirlik air base for the US troop rotation with the March 1 decree. The TGS and the Government already announced that the Jun [...]	2004-01-14 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2321	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2324	TURKISH MARKET SWINGS OVER CYPRUS REFERENDUM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets were flat today in the final day of trading before Saturday's referendum in Cyprus. The relative calm came after a week in which the IMKB-100 bounced up and down as sentiment shifted on prospects for a favorable outcome to the vote. A strong rally lat [...]	2004-04-22 16:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2327	OPPOSITION CHP: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND [...] (C) Summary: Unable to look at the beam in their own eye to understand their own responsibility for CHP's serious decline, CHP leader Baykal and others in his circle are looking for a mote in the U.S.'s eye as they accuse the USG of actively seeking Baykal's ouster. All the while rebels in CH [...]	2004-04-23 08:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2330	PRESIDENTIAL CABINET CHIEF ATACANLI ON CYPRUS, [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, President Sezer's Cabinet Chief (also Senior Foreign Policy Adviser and Spokesman) Atacanli told Ambassador that Sezer remains concerned with making a Cyprus agreement primary EU law, and with implementation of the agreement's property arrangements. In the event of [...]	2004-04-26 07:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2332	TURKISH MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS IN RUN-UP TO POTUS [...] As we approach the June 26-29 POTUS visit to Turkey for bilateral meetings in Ankara and the NATO Summit in Istanbul, Turkish press interest in the visit is building. The embassy has received numerous requests from Turkish media outlets to interview USG principals in the run-up to the visit, a [...]	2004-04-26 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OVIP TU
04ANKARA2334	INDUSTRY MINISTER PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON CARGILL [...] (SBU) On April 21, the Ambassador met with Industry and Commerce Minister Ali Coskun to press for resolution of U.S. company disputes, particularly Cargill,s zoning issue. Highlighting the importance of foreign direct investment for raising living standards and the opportunities to showcase th [...]	2004-04-26 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV TU
04ANKARA2335	New Intellectual Property Legislation [...] In March, the Turkish Parliament enacted copyright- related legislation which bans street sales of all copyright products, authorizes law enforcement authorities to take action without a complaint by the rightholder, but reduces sanctions for pirates (reftel). The following unofficial trans [...]	2004-04-26 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2336	INFORMATION ON TURKISH FOREIGN FREE TRADE [...] (U) THE TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE UNDERSECRETARIAT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS ON TURKISH FREE ZONES (FZS) RULES AND APPLICATIONS. THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN TRADE'S WRITTEN RESPONSE: 2. (U) BEGIN INFORMAL EMBASSY TRANSLATION: A. WITH TH [...]	2004-04-26 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TU
04ANKARA2341	TURKEY'S WAY FORWARD ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Despite the wake of the GCs' "no," we need to move toward an eventual GC "yes" to the Burgenstock agreement. On the Turkish side, we should help Ankara preserve the its delicate balance for Cyprus settlement; encourage the Erdogan government to continue its "one step ahead" pol [...]	2004-04-26 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2345	EXBS: DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TRAINING AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EXPERTS FROM DOE/NNSA AND DOE LABS HELD NUCLEAR EXPORT-RELATED CONSULTATIONS AND TRAINING IN TURKEY THE WEEK OF MARCH 15, 2004. THE USG TEAM PRESENTED A 2-DAY NUCLEAR-RELATED COMMODITY IDENTIFICATION TRAINING (CIT) SEMINAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 24 REPRESENTATIVES OF TURKISH GOVERN [...]	2004-04-26 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA2346	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HEALTH MINISTER [...] (Sbu) Summary: In a meeting with Minister of Health Recep Akdag, the Ambassador reiterated U.S. pharmaceutical companies' concerns about data exclusivity and the pricing decree under consideration by the GOT. The Minister pushed back, claiming that there were differences of interpretation o [...]	2004-04-26 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON SENV
04ANKARA2359	SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] (Sbu)Last week's Turkish market correction picked up steam this week with a strong sell-off in equity and currency markets and an uptick in Government securities' interest rates. Despite the Central Bank halting its foreign exchange purchase auctions, the TL hit 1.43 million to the USD Tuesday [...]	2004-04-27 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA2360	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS U.S. ACTION AT UN, U.S. HELP [...] (C) Summary: In an April 27 meeting with DCM, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin requested that the U.S. push the UNSC for a Presidential Statement placing blame on the Greek Cypriots for failure to reach a Cyprus settlement. He also asked that the U.S. make concrete gestures toward Turkish Cypri [...]	2004-04-28 05:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2362	TURKISH MFA BRIEFS UNSC REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin urged UNSC country representatives on April 26 to support lifting the embargo on the "TRNC" and other measures to ameliorate the situation of the TCs following the GC "no" on April 24. He said Turkey is not asking for recognition of the "TRNC." Ilki [...]	2004-04-28 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2388	Some Turkish Ports May Miss ISPS Deadline [...] In an April 13 meeting with Econoff, Okay Kilic and Nihat Asan, Department Heads at the Turkish Maritime Undersecretariat, said that Turkish ships should be in compliance with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) by July 1, b [...]	2004-04-28 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD TU
04ANKARA2391	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-28 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2392	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-28 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2403	CYPRUS NEXT STEPS: GOT POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman April 28. He undertook to convey them to all other MFA officials involved on Cyprus before SRSG DeSoto's arrival in Ankara. In addition to meetings with MFA officials, DeSoto will meet with PM Erdogan and FM Gul. [...]	2004-04-29 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY ECON ETRD EU PREL TU
04ANKARA2404	DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON UN PALESTINIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche April 28 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Tuzun. He undertook to send reftel points, which we provided in written form, to the Turkish delegation in New York for their comment. The MFA will decide its position after receiving the delegation's opini [...]	2004-04-29 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PREL TU
04ANKARA2406	TURKEY CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN THE WILTON [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-29 08:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KPAO TU
04ANKARA2407	ESTABLISHING A US MISSION IN BAGHDAD: TURKEY [...] (SBU) On April 26, PolMilOff briefed Turkish MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Erarslan on plans for establishing a US Mission in Baghdad. Erarslan's only comment was to ask whether the US Mission would retain control over elements of Iraqi sovereignty, and referred to recent public statements b [...]	2004-04-29 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT TU IZ
04ANKARA2419	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-29 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2422	TURKEY: MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO GME POINTS, [...] (C) In an April 29 meeting, Emboff delivered reftel talking points and draft papers to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Section Chief Hasan Sekizkok. Emboff 1) reviewed GME points raised by U/S Larson and A/S Burns during their April 13 briefing, 2) solicited tangible GOT input on developin [...]	2004-04-29 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI PREL EAID XF PK TU
04ANKARA2424	TURKISH REACTION TO DRAFT UNSC PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Ambassador Edelman delivered reftel points to Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal on April 29. The Ambassador emphasized that although the draft Statement is not perfect from Turkey's perspective, the Turks should not let that stand in the way of agreeing to a good statement. The Ambassador specifical [...]	2004-04-29 16:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2425	PARLIAMENT TO REVIEW CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: The Turkish Parliament is set to review a 10-article package of constitutional amendments designed to bring Turkey closer to the Copenhagen Criteria for EU membership. The amendments would: abolish the State Security Courts (SSCs); open the military budget to court audit; remove [...]	2004-04-30 05:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2441	STICKER SHOCK: 50 BILLION EURO PRICE TAG TO BRING [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's Representation in Ankara is pressing forward with pre-accession assistance of Euro 250 million in 2004, rising to Euro 1.4 billion in 2011, if accession negotiations are on track. However, in one sector, the environment, the cost to bring Turkey up to E [...]	2004-04-30 10:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN EU SENV TU
04ANKARA2446	SOUTHEAST TURKEY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK PESSIMISTIC, [...] (C) Summary: Reporting officers traveling in southeast Turkey April 19-22 heard negative economic outlooks from a broad array of contacts, as well as reports of some continuing religious freedom restrictions. Contacts said implementation of the recently passed Turkish EU reform packet laws [...]	2004-04-30 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2452	FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A PROPOSED RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OSCI TBIO TU
04ANKARA2453	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2454	MFA'S LATEST PROPOSAL ON WORDING FOR FINANCIAL [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has passed back its latest counterproposal on wording for the proposed amendment to the U.S.-Turkish Financial Agreement (the FA). In the latest version from the MFA, Turkey is only proposing changes to the third paragraph to the latest U.S. draft amendment (version 13a, d [...]	2004-04-30 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA2457	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 30 MEETING WITH FM ABDULLAH GUL [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY. TURKISH FM ABDULLAH GUL HOSTED A LUNCH FOR AMBASSADOR EDELMAN AND UK AMBASSADOR PETER WESTMACOTT TO THANK THEM FOR USG AND HMG EFFORTS TO SECURE A CYPRUS SETTLEMENT BEFORE MAY 1. AMBASSADOR EDELMAN ALSO HAD A SEPARATE 30 MINUTE MEETING TO DISCUSS OTHER ISSUES IN PREPARATI [...]	2004-05-03 09:59:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	AM CY IZ MOPS PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA2465	AFGHANISTAN/TURKISH PRT: MFA/TGS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan informed PolMilCouns April 30 that MFA had just sent up for Foreign Minister Gul's approval the proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar. Ceylan, reiterating what his colleague told us a week earlier (reftel),emphasized that Takhar was the unanimous rec [...]	2004-05-03 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2467	GERMAN POLICE LIAISON'S TAKE ON TERROR FINANCE AND [...] (C) Summary. According to Heinrich Reiser, the German Police Liaison to Turkey, Turkey's Financial Intelligence Unit, MASAK, is not effective. Reiser considers the Turkish National Police (TNP) a much more effective partner in fighting terrorism financing and narcotics. End Summary. 2. [...]	2004-05-03 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PTER SNAR TU
04ANKARA2474	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-03 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2475	TURKISH HELOS TO AFGHANISTAN: DECISION IS WITH [...] (C) MFA NATO Department Head Alper Coksun told deputy pol-mil counselor May 3 that Turkey and Luxembourg had worked out an acceptable arrangement for Luxembourg to finance the deployment of the three Turkish helos to/from Afghanistan in support of ISAF operations. Funding for spare parts and [...]	2004-05-03 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2477	TAXATION OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-03 16:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA2484	TURKISH PARTICIPANTS IN EXBS EXECUTIVE FORUM IN [...] This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. On May 4, Embassy received a diplomatic note advising us of the Turkish participants in the subject forum. They are: Mr. Bulent Meric, Head of Arms Control and Disarmament Department, MFA (Head of Delegation) PPT: TR-Z 01886 [...]	2004-05-04 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP PARM TSPL KSTC PREL TU
04ANKARA2489	TURKS REORGANIZING MILITARY PROCUREMENT WHILE [...] (U) This report contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar told the Ambassador April 30 that, despite his own efforts to limit the impact of EU-mandated reforms on his organization, he was hopeful [...]	2004-05-04 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PINR TU
04ANKARA2490	BANKING REGULATORY UPDATE: COURT RULING [...] (Sbu) Summary: On April 29 the Turkish Court of Accounts reaffirmed its earlier decision overturning the bank regulatory agency's 2001 takeover of Demir Bank and Kent Bank. While the decision provides yet another example of a questionable ruling by a Turkish court and damages the credibility [...]	2004-05-04 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2492	TURKISH PARTICIPANTS IN MAY 11-14 TRANSSHIPMENT [...] On May 4, Embassy received a diplomatic note advising us of the Turkish participants in the subject conference. They are: Yusuf Guney, Head of Department, Undersecretariat for Customs Cagla Tansu, Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mehmet Ridvan Us, Foreign Trade Expert, Undersecr [...]	2004-05-04 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA2505	Interior Ministry U/S on Aviation Security, [...] (SBU) In an April 21 meeting with Interior Ministry Undersecretary Harput, DCM raised the continuing gap in border controls for international passengers transferring to domestic flights, police protection for the U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, and the Bedoian investment case. Mustafa Bal, h [...]	2004-05-04 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR ASEC EINV TU
04ANKARA2506	Special 301 Demarche Delivered; New Legislation [...] (SBU) Embassy informed MFA and Foreign Trade officials of reftel decision to elevate Turkey to the Special 301 Priority Watch List on May 3. DCM made reftel points on the decision in a conversation with MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Kilic, but Kilic had no immediate response [...]	2004-05-04 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2509	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-04 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2522	TURKEY/ARMENIA: STALEMATE STRANGLING GOODWILL [...] (C) Following Ambassador Edelman's April 30 meeting with FM Gul (ref A) we re-raised with Caucasus Department Head Adali Embassy Yerevan's proposal to open the border to participants in the upcoming Kars-Gyumri Symposium (ref B). (Ankara Polcouns raised this on April 22 with Adali's boss, DDG [...]	2004-05-05 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PREL TU
04ANKARA2541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-05 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2542	AFGHANISTAN/TURKISH PRT: FM GUL INFORMS NATO SYG [...] (C) MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan informed PolMilCouns May 5 that NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer called FM Gul yesterday (5/4) about summit preparations. The SYG took advantage of the call to also urge Turkey to work with Italy to establish a PRT in Herat. Ceylan recalled that Turkey had had polmil t [...]	2004-05-05 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2543	TURKISH MFA ON GEORGIA/AJARA [...] (C) On May 4, the GOT issued a public announcement about Georgia saying that Turkey is following with concern developments in Georgia and Ajara; noting that Turkey considers Georgian stability important; calling for the sides to act with moderation; welcoming the Georgian MFA's May 2 announc [...]	2004-05-05 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PREL TU
04ANKARA2544	TURKISH DETAINEES AT GTMO -- MFA REQUESTS [...] (S) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) MFA INR official Emma Beskarbes telephoned Pol-Mil Counselor May 5 to inquire about front-page stories (based on an article that appeared in the Washington Post on May 2) that there are 10 Turkish citizens among the 750 individuals being [...]	2004-05-05 16:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU AF

04ANKARA255	TURKEY AND SOFA ARRANGEMENTS WITH QATAR [...] (C) Deputy PMA Counselor informed MFA Americas Department Head Cihad Erginay on January 9 that the USG had not negotiated any SOFA arrangements with the Government of Qatar (GOQ) on behalf of U.S. allies. He added the USG would not approach the GOQ on Turkey's behalf and advised that the GOT [...]	2004-01-15 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2560	TURKEY SAYS "NO THANKS" TO TDA FEASIBILITY STUDY [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Sakir Fakili told EconCouns May 5 that, while Turkish authorities appreciated the U.S. offer (reftel) for TDA to conduct a feasibility study on a second Turkish-Iraqi border crossing, they felt such assistance was unnecessary given that [...]	2004-05-06 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2562	AMENDED UNGA RESOLUTION ON PALESTINIAN OBSERVER [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Tuzun May 6. Tuzun had already seen the amended version of the draft resolution. He said the decision on this vote will be made at the highest level of the MFA. He undertook to transmit our talking points to FM Gu [...]	2004-05-06 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL
04ANKARA2577	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-06 17:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2589	IRAQ: TGS OPEN TO SUPPORTING OTHER COUNTRIES' [...] (C) Summary: Seoul is exploring the possibility of deploying its troops to Iraq through Turkey. The Turkish military is supportive, but has encouraged the Koreans to seek a political decision from the GOT before planning on transiting Turkey. If the ROK pursues this route, we expect the Tur [...]	2004-05-07 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA259	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR URGES U.S. TO PRESS ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Serdengecti convoked econoffs to raise concerns that Prime Minister Erdogan's Washington visit could reinforce the GOT perception that the U.S. will back Turkey financially regardless of the quality of GOT economic policies. He urged that U.S. leaders include [...]	2004-01-15 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2590	IRAQ: TURKISH PRESS REACTION TO ABU GHRAIB ABUSE [...] (SBU) Abuse of prisoners by US forces at Abu Ghraib has dominated the Turkish press since the photos were published last weekend. Drawing from reports in US publications, all major papers and broadcast news channels have reported on the abuses in detail. They have also reported fairly and ac [...]	2004-05-07 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC KMDR PHUM MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2594	IRAQ: TURKISH OFFICIAL, PARLIAMENTARY AND NGO [...] (SBU) While Turkish officials have not complained to us about the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners, the Turkish press, Parliament and NGO community are vocally expressing their disgust with the news. Several groups have peacefully demonstrated in front of the US and UK Embassies in Ankara. [...]	2004-05-07 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MOPS MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2598	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-07 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2599	CONTINUED SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The sell-off continued in Turkish markets this week, with bursts of nervous selling Thursday and Friday driving the lira to new lows for the year. A bad week for global emerging markets was exacerbated in the Turkish case by increased tension between the Government and the milit [...]	2004-05-07 17:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2600	RULING PARTY, "SECULAR" OPPONENTS CLASH OVER [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party has introduced a bill that would make it easier for graduates of imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools to enroll in university programs other than theology. AK's opponents deride the bill as a threat to the secular State. The opposition Republica [...]	2004-05-08 06:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA261	GOT OVERHAULING CRIMINAL LAW SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: An experts committee is conducting a thorough overhaul of three major Turkish laws that determine what constitutes a crime, how crimes are punished, and how the judiciary functions in criminal matters. The committee will propose a wide range of reforms, including: eliminating rape [...]	2004-01-15 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA262	Police Working on DHS Emergency Aviation [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 8. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) Turkish police officials told us that they are working on a system to ensure that the GOT can deploy an armed law enforcement officer to civilian flights if requested by the U.S. Transportation Security Admi [...]	2004-01-15 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
04ANKARA2623	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-10 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2628	TURKISH GOVERNMENT INTEREST RATES SPIKE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish markets' sell-off accelerated Monday with equities, the lira, and, especially government securities falling sharply. The increase in interest rates on government debt was very large for a single day, with rates over 30 percent for the first time in 2004. In Turkey's cas [...]	2004-05-10 17:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA263	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-15 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2660	TURKS INFORMED OF USG APPROACH TO CYPRUS ON THE PKK [...] (C) On May 11, PolMil Counselor informed Turkish General Staff J-5 Greece/Cyprus Chief Adm. Mucahit Sislioglu about reftel approach to the GOC regarding the PKK; on May 11 Deputy Polcouns informed MFA Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs DDG Necip Eguz. EDELMAN [...]	2004-05-12 07:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
04ANKARA2663	NEW DRAFT LAW REMOVES BARRIER TO UNIVERSITY [...] (C) Summary: AK Party (AKP) government will press ahead with its new draft higher education law despite open opposition from the military and higher education establishment. Under the existing law, higher education has been under the purview of the controversial Higher Education Council (YOK) [...]	2004-05-12 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OEXC SCUL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2664	TURKISH MILITARY WANTED YES/NO CYPRUS OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish General Staff is appreciative of US and UK assistance in forging a balanced although problematic Cyprus plan. TGS wanted the yes/no outcome from the referenda, although it has no clear idea of where to go from here. The Turkish military worries that Cyprus might use [...]	2004-05-12 09:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR CY TU PINR
04ANKARA2667	RULING AK PARTY, OPPOSITION CHP, AND WOMEN'S [...] (U) Summary: MPs from ruling AK Party clashed with the opposition CHP and women's rights advocates in debates over a constitutional amendment on gender equality. Parliament adopted an AKP measure with expanded language on the equal rights of men and women, while rejecting a CHP proposal suppo [...]	2004-05-12 09:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2680	BOEING FEELS PRESSURE IN THE TURKISH MARKET [...] (C) Summary: Boeing representatives continue to be concerned over attempts by a senior official of the AKP cabinet to pressure the company into hiring one of his associates as Boeing's representative in Turkey. Boeing is currently competing with EADS-Airbus for the potential sale of 19 narro [...]	2004-05-12 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	BEXP ECON ETRD TU
04ANKARA2685	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY REQUESTS USG WEBSITE [...] On May 5, Turkish MFA Americas Department Head Ilicak presented us a dipnote noting that the Department of Commerce's website www.aesdirect.gov used "historic, ancient and archaeological" place names for certain Turkish cities as well as their current Turkish ones, e.g., "Constantinople" and [...]	2004-05-12 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU
04ANKARA2686	NEW QUOTA SYSTEM NOT SOLUTION FOR RICE BAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 27, TMO announced the creation of a quota system intended to liquidate their stocks and allow limited rice imports. Rice importers who purchase TMO stocks will be allowed to import an equivalent (paddy equivalent) quantity. Since August of 2003, the Turkish Ministry [...]	2004-05-12 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA2691	ISAF SHORTFALLS: TURKS CONTEND THEY HAVE THE [...] (C) During a recent discussion on Turkish helos for Afghanistan (ref b),NATO Department Head Alper Coskum confirmed what MFA officials had told us in late March (ref c): the Turkish military does not possess Role 2 and Casualty Staging Medical Unit capability. Coskun said the Turkish Genera [...]	2004-05-12 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2694	GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY PROMULGATES POLICY FOR [...] The Government of Turkey (GOT) has recently promulgated clear guidelines for the transiting of deportees through their airports. These procedures are in effect immediately and apply to all countries that move deportees through Turkey (Istanbul's Ataturk Airport in most instances). BICE must [...]	2004-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR
04ANKARA2695	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2697	ADVANCING OUR ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN TURKEY AHEAD [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reason: 1.4(b,d) 2. (C) Summary: We have time to make one more hard push to advance our core economic interests in Turkey ahead of the end-June Presidential visit and NATO Summit. We need to use every opportunity during this period to enc [...]	2004-05-12 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ETRD PTER TU
04ANKARA2698	TURKEY LOOKING TO MINIMIZE AEGEAN TENSIONS FOR [...] (C) PolmilCouns sought an update on the status of Greek-Turkish military relations in the wake of PM Erdogan's visit to Athens (ref B) from TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus Director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu on May 10. The Admiral was hopeful that the PM's visit had laid the groundwork to move forward on be [...]	2004-05-12 17:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
04ANKARA2699	MEETINGS WITH BANK REGULATORY BODY CHAIRMAN,IMF [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank regulatory board Chairman Bilgin and IMF Deputy ResRep Klingen expressed concerns about a recent court ruling over the failure of Demir and Kent Banks, which could open the door to failed banks owners getting new banking licenses. Bilgin and Central Bank Vice-Governor Basc [...]	2004-05-12 17:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA2717	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-13 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2719	TURKEY INCHING TOWARD MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: NP PDAS Susan Burk met with a Turkish interagency group May 12 in Ankara followed by a call on MFA DG for International Security Affairs Turan Morali to push for more active Turkish participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The Turks noted that they were pl [...]	2004-05-14 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA2721	TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish officials say they continue to strongly support the East-West Energy Corridor and are positioning Turkey to become the transit hub for Caspian and Middle East natural gas to Europe. Turkey is pushing two pipeline projects to export gas to Europe and exploring options f [...]	2004-05-14 09:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET ETRD SENV TU
04ANKARA2736	AFGHANISTAN: PM APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR PRT IN [...] (C) PM Erdogan approved the MFA/TGS proposal to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar province and agreed to provide the requisite funding. The MFA will instruct its missions in Kabul, Brussels and Washington to inform the appropriate authorities. Turkey will not consider [...]	2004-05-14 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2737	TERRORIST FINANCE: AQ LINKED BOSNIAN CHARITIES [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-14 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	BK CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA2738	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 54 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-14 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EFIN ETTC GM KSEP KVPR PTER TU
04ANKARA2741	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-14 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2743	SHARING THE GMEI SUPPORT PLAN: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A points and ref B Plan of Support on May 14 to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Akcapar and Middle East Department Section Chief Sekizkok. Per ref A, we modified ref B cover letter to include a paragraph reading "We are conveying this to you at this point to [...]	2004-05-14 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU KMPI
04ANKARA2744	EU ANKARA OFFICE PREPARING KEY REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The EU Commission office in Ankara is preparing the first draft of a report that will guide the Council when it reviews Turkey's candidacy at the December Summit. Contacts say the report -- to be released September 29 -- will significantly influence the Council's decision, though [...]	2004-05-15 05:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA2758	Secretary Mineta's May 23 to 25 Visit to [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes several weeks before the President's June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time of improving political relations and close cooperation on our key international priorities. Your meetings with Transport Minister Yildi [...]	2004-05-17 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER EAIR PREL OVIP TU
04ANKARA2769	LETTER FROM TURKEY MINISTER OF STATE TUZMEN TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-17 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
04ANKARA2770	GOT PREPARING FOR EVENTUAL ICC MEMBERSHIP, [...] (U) Action request -- para 4. 2. (U) Levent Sahinkaya, head of the MFA International Political Organizations Department, told us April 22 that the GOT intends to eventually become a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC). He denied press reports indicating that Turkey will j [...]	2004-05-17 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM TU
04ANKARA2774	UPCOMING UN AND U.S. ACTION ON CYPRUS [...] (C) With the SYG's report on the Cyprus negotiations and the referendum set to come out soon, it is important that we engage in a full-court press for a strong follow-on UNSCR despite the formidable UNSC obstacles and other political hurdles. The SYG's report, and the resulting UNSC debate an [...]	2004-05-17 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2779	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-17 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2791	GOT CANCELS $2B ATAK HELICOPTER, $1B UAV, AND AN [...] (C) The Executive Committee (PM, CHOD and MOD) announced May 14 that it had canceled procurement programs for attack helicopters and UAVs, as well as a moribund program for main battle tanks. The EC publicly explained its decision as an effort to better acquire new models based on domestic pr [...]	2004-05-17 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL TU IS
04ANKARA2798	TURKEY CANNOT RAISE REPRESENTATION AT MAY 27 NSG [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENRG TRGY TU
04ANKARA2799	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: MFA REQUESTS STATUS REPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (U) MFA/Americas official Netka Noyan telephoned deputy pol-mil counselor May 17 to inquire about the status of Turkey's request to provide F-16 pilot training to Singapore (refs C-F). The MFA subsequently sent the Embassy a diplomatic note [...]	2004-05-18 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR SN TU
04ANKARA2812	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2821	REDUCED AEGEAN AIR ACTIVITY: NEED WE JUMP IN? [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
04ANKARA2822	AFGHANISTAN AND PRTS: TURKS SET ON TAKHAR [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting on Cyprus (septel),MFA U/S Ziyal reiterated to Ambassador and UK Ambassador Westmacott that Turkey is committed to establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar and is not considering alternative locations. 2. (C) UK Amb. Westmacott opened [...]	2004-05-18 16:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2823	TURKISH POLITICAL STABILITY: TENSIONS BREAK THE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has entered a period of increased political tension as a result of the education reform controversy. PM Erdogan will remain under constant pressure from within his AK Party and from the Turkish military. Erdogan and AKP are showing strains as even relatively "liberal" memb [...]	2004-05-20 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA2834	INVITATION TO PM ERDOGAN TO G-8 SUMMIT AT SEA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, May 20 Ambassador delivered invitation to Prime Minister Erdogan to attend Sea Island G-8 Summit for GME lunch on June 9. Ambassador stressed our appreciation for the constructive Turkish contribution to work on the Democracy Assistance Group and willingness to be a co-spon [...]	2004-05-20 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL TU
04ANKARA2839	AMBASSADORS EDELMAN AND WESTMACOTT'S MAY 18 [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Ambassador Edelman and UK Ambassador Westmacott, Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal and Deputy U/S Ilkin urged USUN and the UK UN delegation to stay in close touch with the Turkish delegation as the UNSC considered action after the SYG's report. The Turks expect a general [...]	2004-05-20 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2842	Dillingham Pulling Out of Turkey [...] In an April 27 letter to the Ambassador, Dillingham Construction International Inc. (DCII) advised that, due to the judicial system's failure to uphold its rights, it will pull out of Turkey and refrain from bidding on future projects. DCII's experience in Turkish courts creates serious doubt [...]	2004-05-20 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ETRD TU
04ANKARA2857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-20 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2874	FUTURE IMF ROLE IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Post offers its analysis of issues associated with the IMF's future role in Turkey. In our view, the primary goals are to reduce the Fund's exposure and to encourage Turkey to implement sound policies and pursue the reform road to sustainable growth. In theory, [...]	2004-05-21 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA2876	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS PROPOSE ENDING PMF PROVIDED [...] (S/NF) On May 21, Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Safak Gokturk passed PolMilCouns a non-paper (text at para 2) announcing Turkey's decision to end the Turkish-led Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) in northern Iraq, provided arrangements are made for the PMF's Iraqi memb [...]	2004-05-21 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA2878	S/P REISS RAISES GME, IRAQ, IRAN WITH TURKISH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In May 7 meetings in Ankara, S/P Director Mitchell B. Reiss discussed USG policies toward 1) the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq; 2) the Greater Middle East Initiative (GMEI); 3) Iranian nuclear ambitions; and, 4) NATO,s Istanbul Summit. Turkish MFA U/S Ugur Ziyal, Policy Plan [...]	2004-05-21 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU
04ANKARA2879	GOT Turns Down DVC Proposal; Suggests a TIFA [...] On May 20, the Embassy received a response to our diplomatic note proposing a digital video conference (DVC) between U.S. and Turkish experts on intellectual property issues. Following the December 2003 Economic Partnership Commission meeting, the USG and GOT had agreed to expert-level meetin [...]	2004-05-21 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2881	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-21 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2884	Land mine attacks, hostile contact in Southeast [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-24 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PINR ASEC PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA2894	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-24 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2897	SYRIA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT IMPLEMENTATION DEMARCHE: [...] (C) We delivered ref A points, orally supplemented with unclassified points from ref B, on May 24 to Turkish MFA SIPDIS Middle East Department Head Tuzun. Tuzun noted this is a unilateral USG action which does not involve third countries. The GOT believes this is not a constructive way to [...]	2004-05-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL SY TU
04ANKARA2898	TURKS "NOT GETTING ANYWHERE" WITH RUSSIA ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman told us May 24 that the GOT expects no change in Russia's Cyprus policy, despite FM Gul's May 20 visit to Moscow. Gul went to Moscow with an OIC delegation but met one-on-one with FM Lavrov to discuss Cyprus. MFA U/S Ziyal told Ambassador Edelman [...]	2004-05-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2901	TURKEY AND PRTS IN AFGHANISTAN: SETTING THE RECORD [...] (C) The Turkish press is reporting that Washington is debating whether to respond positively to Turkey's proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar province if the Turks refuse to go west or south. We provide a chronology of Turkey's PRT-related consultations and considerations leading up to their [...]	2004-05-24 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2906	BLAIR VISIT TO ANKARA: MARKING A DEEPENING OF [...] (U) Summary: During a brief but concentrated visit to Turkey May 17, UK PM Blair assured PM Erdogan and President Sezer the UK will back Turkey's EU bid and work to end the isolation of Turkish Cypriots. Blair and Erdogan agreed on a UK-initiated "Action Plan" to hold annual PM-level bilateral [...]	2004-05-25 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU
04ANKARA291	IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATION IN WASHINGTON ON TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-16 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2913	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-25 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2914	CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of the IEA's Seminar "Natural Gas in South East Europe," May 5-6, in Istanbul, Ambassador Mann met with Energy U/S Sami Demirbilek and MFA DDG for Energy Hakki Akil to discuss U.S.-Turkish coordination in support of the East-West Energy Corridor. Turkish officia [...]	2004-05-25 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ENRG EPET ETTC IR TU
04ANKARA2915	TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY ON IMF, U.S. MONEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Treasury U/S Canakci told Econoffs May 24 that the GOT would decide soon about both the U.S. Financial Agreement and the future IMF role. Econoffs delivered ref a financial points. Despite the recnt market downturn, Canakci was confident about Treasury's financing position for [...]	2004-05-25 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL TU
04ANKARA2916	IRAQ: TURKEY DESIRES ANTI-TERRORISM PARA IN NEW [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Ali Tuygan told the Ambassador May 25 that the new Iraq Interim Government (IIG) should not include IGC member Mahmoud Othman (whom Turkey suspects of having ties with the PKK/Kongra Gel) but should included significant Turkoman representation. Regarding the draft [...]	2004-05-25 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ TU PTER
04ANKARA2946	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: PRESSING TURKEY FOR A LARGER [...] (C) The Ambassador deployed reftel talking points with MFA Deputy Under Secretary Ali Tuygan on May 25, noting that Turkey was receiving similar messages from SACEUR Gen Jones. He recalled previously discussing Turkey's contribution of a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) with U/S Ziyal (ref [...]	2004-05-27 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF TU
04ANKARA2947	AFGHANISTAN: TURKISH CHOD REITERATES TO GEN KUJAT [...] (C) Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok reiterated to NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee GEN Kujat May 26 that the GOT's position on establishing a PRT in Takhar was firm and that Turkey would not establish a PRT in an alternate location. Ozkok noted a decision to deploy Turkey's HRF in Istanbul to [...]	2004-05-27 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2948	PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S FIRST VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During President Saakashvili's first-ever May 20-22 visit to Turkey, he expressed satisfaction with the GOT's position on Ajara and asked the Turks to help convince Russia to give up its Georgian bases, according to Georgian DCM Tabatadze. His GOT interlocutors expressed support [...]	2004-05-27 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GG PREL TU
04ANKARA2974	IRAQ: TURKISH REACTION TO DRAFT UNSCR TEXT [...] (C) DCM presented Ref B points on introducing the draft Iraq UNSCR to MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu May 26, and discussed the text of the draft. Burcuoglu said it was important to Turkey that the UNSCR offer a high degree of visible sovereignty to the Iraqis and that t [...]	2004-05-27 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2977	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-27 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA300	INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: TURKS REITERATE THAT ROTATION [...] (C) MFA DDG for the Americas Ilicak summoned Pol-Mil Counselor to the MFA January 15 to reiterate the GOT's understanding that the activities related to the rotation will be conducted in accordance with the rules/principles outlined by the Turks. The MFA appears to have done so in response to [...]	2004-01-16 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA3008	PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES [...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]	2004-06-01 11:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3009	TURKISH PROPOSAL FOR EXBS AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-01 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA3033	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-01 18:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3046	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-02 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3048	TIP: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, MAY 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about GOT anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in national and international news media. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish unless otherwise noted) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-06-02 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3050	IRAQ: TURKEY UNHAPPY WITH IIG, SEES REVISED UNSCR [...] (C) DCM spoke with MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu June 2 to convey Ref A and B points on support for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) and the revised draft of the UNSC Resolution on Iraq. On the UNSCR draft, Burcuoglu noted that a number of Turkey's recommendations ( [...]	2004-06-02 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA3059	TURKISH POLITICS: PRESIDENT VETOES BILL ON [...] (U) Summary: As expected, President Sezer May 28 vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for graduates of technical and vocational high schools, including imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools, to enroll in university programs other than their area of high school specialization. PM [...]	2004-06-03 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3060	TURKEY REVIEWING CFE HCA [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-03 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KCFE TU
04ANKARA3061	MEK DETAINEES: TURKEY NONCOMMITTAL, CONSIDERING [...] (C) PolMilOff and ConOff delivered Reftel demarche along with list of names of MEK detainees claiming ties to Turkey to MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Kileli June 1. Kileli said she would circulate the information to the relevant GOT authorities (MFA Terrorism, Refugee and Immigration Departm [...]	2004-06-03 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM IR IZ TU
04ANKARA3077	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-03 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3079	IRAQ ASSISTANCE: TURKEY WAITS FOR BETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Rifat Okcun, the GOT's coordinator for assistance to Iraq and Afghanistan, told Econoff that he was disappointed with the Iraqi Government presentation to the May 25-26 Doha meeting and the apparent lack of donor coordination. He added that Turkey will wait until s [...]	2004-06-03 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA3088	PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES [...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]	2004-06-04 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3100	BLUE LANTERN: INFORMATION FOR CASE NUMBER 05-919744 [...] ON 26 MAY 2004, EMBASSY RECEIVED A TURKISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) DIP NOTE (2004/ALGY/223961),WHICH CONTAINED A RESPONSE TO OUR INQUIRY FOR INFORMATION RELATED TO REF B HELICOPTER PARTS ORDER FOR BLUE LANTERN CASE NUMBER 05-919744. 2. THE MFA CONFIRMED THAT THE TURKISH LAND FO [...]	2004-06-04 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU KOMC GM
04ANKARA3108	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-04 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3117	PSI: TURKEY COMMITTED TO EARNING CORE GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT is committed to earning membership in the PSI and asks what it would take. They also ask how Russia made the cut given Ankara's belief that Moscow has not participated in PSI activities. MFA DG Morali expressed some d [...]	2004-06-07 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA3120	US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP (HLDG): OSD [...] The Turkish General Staff (TGS) and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) have been unable to reach SIPDIS agreement on acceptable dates to convene meetings of the HLDG's Political-Military Working Group (PMWG) and the Security Cooperation Working Group (SCWG). 2. Para 4 below c [...]	2004-06-07 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3121	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MAY RECONSIDER WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) During a June 4 meeting that included UK Ambassador Westmacott to discuss Cyprus (septel),Ambassador again encouraged MFA U/S Ziyal to consider establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the west or the south of Afghanistan. Ziyal was adamant that Turkey would not establish a [...]	2004-06-07 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3123	U.S.-TURKEY FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador reiterated to MFA U/S Ziyal June 4 that the U.S. considered negotiations on changes to the language in the financial agreement to be over. Referring to local press reports from that morning quoting Prime Minister Erdogan as saying that Turkey would not [...]	2004-06-07 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA3130	CYPRUS FOLLOW-ON: U.S. AND UK AMBASSADORS' JUNE 4 [...] (C) Summary: Turks express reservations on two points in UNSYG's Cyprus good offices report but grudgingly agree the report is helpful. Turkey sees the Russians as unhelpful in the UNSC and seeks a UNSC outcome that does the most to end northern Cyprus' isolation -- probably a simple UNSC en [...]	2004-06-07 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
04ANKARA3136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3137	DEFINING A "HIGH TECH" QIZ [...] (SBU) In recent months, the Turks have sent mixed messages on what they would like to see in U.S. legislation on Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ). In an April 13 diplomatic note (ref C),the GOT gave an official and positive response to our proposal to move forward with legislation including [...]	2004-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA3138	IRAQI ASSETS: TURKISH GOVERNMENT CLAIMS NONE EXIST [...] (SBU) On 26 May, DCM met with MFA Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Middle East & Africa) Taksin Burcuoglu to press for a response to Refs B & C. Burcuoglu replied that "until now Turkey has been unable to find" the bank accounts. Burcuoglu further stated that the situation is [...]	2004-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ PREL TU XL
04ANKARA3149	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA315	TURKISH ELECTRICITY TO IRAQ -- ENERGY MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Energy Ministry Under Secretary Sami Demirbilek told us January 16 that Turkey continues to look for ways to help Iraq meet its electricity deficit, but needs more information about the amount and duration of Iraq's electricity shortfall. He said that Turkey will have a surplus of elec [...]	2004-01-16 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ENRG ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU

04ANKARA3156	MOD'S DEFENSE BUDGET STATEMENT MIFFS TGS [...] (C) Summary: MOD Gonul surprised TGS with his statement to the Greek MOD that Turkey would slash its defense spending by $10 billion. TGS believes this was in part an attempt by the government to allocate resources to domestic priorities at the military's expense. End summary. 2. (U) M [...]	2004-06-08 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU GR
04ANKARA3158	TURKISH POLITICS: OPPOSITION WITHIN THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Disgruntled deputies from main parliamentary opposition CHP and other CHP dissidents have are calling for a convention to elect a new leader in place of current CHP boss Deniz Baykal. Procedural hurdles and the absence of a clear alternative to Baykal, however, are hobbling any s [...]	2004-06-08 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA316	JUDGE IN ZANA CASE BARS AUDIENCE MEMBERS FROM NEXT SESSION [...] (U) An angry judge ordered that members of the audience attending the retrial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs January 16 be banned from the next hearing for applauding the defendants. The incident occurred after the Ankara State Security Court (SSC) refused, for the tenth con [...]	2004-01-16 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3162	ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ENEMY [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU
04ANKARA317	BREAKTHROUGHS BETWEEN TURKEY AND ARMENIA APPEAR [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting, Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali reaffirmed that Turkey linked opening the Armenian border and full diplomatic relations to Armenian concessions in Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) (reftel). Although MFA officials will travel to Yerevan in February [...]	2004-01-19 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PREL TU
04ANKARA32	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-05 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3201	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-09 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3203	IMF TEAM LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCING GAP, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting IMF Mission Chief Moghadam told Econcouns that Turkish officials had told him the GOT will not ratify the U.S. FA because President Sezer has said he would veto it. Note: The GOT has not said this to us directly. End Note. With most analysts believing the GOT will have a [...]	2004-06-09 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA3206	COURT RELEASES ZANA, CO-DEFENDANTS; APPEAL [...] (U) Turkey's High Court of Appeals June 9 ordered the release of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs pending the outcome of their appeal. The Court made its decision one day after the defendants' attorney filed a formal release request. The Court is scheduled to take up the appeal [...]	2004-06-09 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3234	AMBASSADOR, FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSS TERROR [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting to discuss USG recommendations aimed at strenghthening Turkey's regime to combat terrorist finance, Finance Minister Unakitan stressed the importance that his government attaches to the issue, but unfortunately turned for discussion of the details to MASAK Pr [...]	2004-06-10 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER EINV ETRD TU
04ANKARA3236	TURKEY BEGINS BROADCASTS IN KURDISH, OTHER [...] (C) Summary: June 7 state-owned TRT broadcasting company began airing news and cultural programs on radio and TV in Kurdish and three other languages traditionally spoken in Anatolia, in a long-delayed GOT effort to comply with EU free speech requirements. Contacts say PM Erdogan and FM Gul o [...]	2004-06-10 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3240	Turkey's New Importers Associations [...] (SBU) Summary: A variety of private businesspersons suggest that the GOT's imminent creation of mandatory associations of Turkish importers could impede trade and might be inconsistent with Turkey's WTO obligations. The Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FT) dismisses these allegations, [...]	2004-06-10 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA3251	Turkey Agr Policy - Two Steps Back [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past two years, Turkey has implemented regulations that have increasingly restricted imports of agricultural products. Turkey's recent imposition of a new quota system for corn is the latest in a series of moves that have restricted trade. Moreover, Turkish officials [...]	2004-06-10 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA3254	NORTHERN IRAQ: KURDS, TURKS AND THE PMF - URGENT [...] This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (S/REL UK) This message seeks to clarify for readers of Ref A the players involved in the Turkish-led, but Iraqi staffed Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) and the state of play with the Turks in ending the PMF's tenure. The PMF, established by the US [...]	2004-06-10 16:18:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS IZ
04ANKARA3257	UPDATE ON THE (STALLED) PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-10 17:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EIND ECON TU
04ANKARA33	TERRORIST FINANCE: LISTS 48 AND 49 (LT AND JEM [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-05 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
04ANKARA3328	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-14 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3336	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN URGES TURKEYS' ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler, Ambassador Edelman welcomed progress on the East-West Energy Corridor, raised concerns about Iranian gas exports to Europe, expressed support for Bosphorus bypass pipelines, and pressed the GOT to accelerate energy sector [...]	2004-06-14 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET SENV TU
04ANKARA3347	TERRORIST FINANCE: HARAMAIN BRANCHES (LIST 56) AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 06:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
04ANKARA3358	U.S. ICAO Council Candidacy Demarche [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR TU
04ANKARA340	INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In Jan. 16 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador highlighted USG interest in strengthening counter terrorism cooperation and intelligence sharing with the GOT. Aksu asserted CT relations with Syria are improving, committed to instituting passenger and baggage checks to [...]	2004-01-20 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU
04ANKARA3405	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3409	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR, IMF RESREP FRET ABOUT GOT [...] (C) Summary: In June 13-14 conversations, Central Bank Governor Serdengecti and IMF ResRep Brekk complained about the GOT's approach toward a possible follow-on Fund program. Brekk said the government was in effect asking the Fund how much it could provide, without making any policy commitmen [...]	2004-06-15 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA3412	POST THOUGHTS ON WORLD BANK LOAN [...] (C) Summary: The first tranche of the PFPSAL3 loan going to the World Bank board June 17 overlaps substantially with the IMF program on fiscal and banking issues and, in several areas, is justified on the basis of the GOT's renewed engagement with the Bank and agreements on actions to be take [...]	2004-06-15 16:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA3419	BOSPHORUS BYPASS PIPELINES -- THE SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Government supports construction of a bypass pipeline to reduce the rising volume of oil tanker traffic through the Turkish Straits. Two consortia are promoting bypass projects in Turkey -- one via Thrace and the other from Samsun to Ceyhan -- and have applied for [...]	2004-06-16 08:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD SENV TU
04ANKARA342	AMBASSODOR AND FINANCE MINISTER ON THE ECONOMY AND [...] (SBU) In a January 16 meeting, Ambassador congratulated Finance Minister Unakitan on Turkey's economic successes in 2003, but warned that the recovery remained fragile and that the GOT needed to implement the reform program fully. He predicted that the Prime Minister would hear similar comment [...]	2004-01-20 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3427	TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TURKISH MFA AVERS DEEP [...] (C) June 14 Polcounselor delivered reftel points, TIP backgrounder and Turkey TIP Narrative to MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman. DDG Otman averred deep disappointment in Turkey's designation. TIP officer reviewed reasons for Turkey's Tier 2 Watch List ranking, noting that much of Tu [...]	2004-06-16 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3429	MEETING WITH BANK REGULATORY BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank Regulatory Board (BRSA) Chairman Tevfik Bilgin told econcouns June 14 that his priority is preparation for the lifting of the blanket guarantee on deposits July 5, specifically monitoring to ensure there is no flight of deposits from private to state-owned banks. Bilgin rev [...]	2004-06-16 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA3435	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3437	GOT SUPPORTS IMO NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PREL TU
04ANKARA3438	TERRORIST FINANCE: BARAKAT (LIST 58) [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
04ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA348	TURKISH P.M. ERDOGAN GOES TO WASHINGTON: HOW STRONG A LEADER IN THE FACE OF STRONG CHALLENGES? [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-20 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3481	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-18 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3482	WEAPONS DEPLOYMENT TRAINING (WTDS) AT KONYA: TGS [...] (S) During discussions with PM A/S Bloomfield's delegation on Global Force Posture review June 17 (septel),Turkish General Staff (TGS) DCHOD GEN Basbug said that TGS was prepared to continue discussions on USAFE's proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Weapons Deployment Training (WTD [...]	2004-06-21 09:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3484	SCENESETTER FOR CODELS FRIST, LUGAR, AND BEREUTER [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) appears unassailable, with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and no viable opposition party. GOT legal reforms have improved the chances for an accession negotiation start date from the EU in December. Yet AKP struggles with corruption, ad h [...]	2004-06-21 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU
04ANKARA3495	REQUEST TO USE INCIRLIK AS CARGO HUB IN SUPPORT OF [...] (S) During discussions with PM A/S Bloomfield's delegation on Global Force Posture review June 17 (septel),Turkish General Staff (TGS) DCHOD GEN Basbug confirmed that he had received a letter from EUCOM's GEN Wald (dated June 16) earlier that day requesting the use of Incirlik Air Base (IAB) [...]	2004-06-21 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3499	GLOBAL FORCE POSTURE REVIEW: STATIONING OF F-16S [...] (S) An inter-agency delegation led by State PM A/S Bloomfield consulted with MFA and TGS officials June 17 on the USG's latest thinking on the Global Defense Posture (GDP) review. A/S Bloomfield said the purpose of the visit was to continue the consultations that began last December, to provi [...]	2004-06-21 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3503	GOT MOVES SLOWLY TO COMPLETE 8TH REVIEW, NOT READY [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep Odd Per Brekk told us June 21 that the IMF mission working on the 8th review expected to leave June 22 (later than expected),but he still was not sure whether they would resolve all issues before their departure. The main outstanding issue concerns the GOT's insistence on c [...]	2004-06-21 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3507	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-21 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3511	TGS CONCERNS ABOUT KIRKUK, PKK AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Ambassador met with DCHOD Ilker Basbug at latter,s request on June 21 for a tour d'horizon of current issues in the lead in to the President's visit to Ankara and the NATO Istanbul Summit. Basbug clearly wanted to make several points related to Iraq and U.S. Turkish relations. KIRKUK [...]	2004-06-22 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR TU IZ AF
04ANKARA3519	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF CWC [...] (U) We delivered Reftel non-paper to MFA Arms Control Department Head Bulent Meric on June 11. On June 22, MFA Arms Control Officer Omur Unsay called PolMilOff with the following reaction: Turkey has completed preparing its draft implementing legislation that will now require parliamentary ap [...]	2004-06-22 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ABUD TU
04ANKARA3545	Turkish Response to ICAO Council Candidacy [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-23 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR TU
04ANKARA355	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-20 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3552	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE (GDP) REVIEW: TURKS NOT [...] (S) MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin told the Ambassador June 23 that the Turks would not have a more informed view of the potential request concerning stationing of F-16s in Turkey before the NATO Summit next week. (Note: MFA U/S Ziyal told visiting State PM A/S Bloomfield at the close of their Jun [...]	2004-06-23 17:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3553	NATO IN IRAQ: PRELIMINARY TURKISH VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Initial Turkish reaction to a NATO role in Iraq is positive, although no decisions on the GOT's position have yet been made. An MFA official told us that he saw merit in the Alliance offering training both inside and outside Iraq. He was sympathetic to French arguments that th [...]	2004-06-24 05:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA3575	TURKEY EXTENDS DECREE ALLOWING USE OF TURKISH [...] (C) On June 23, 2004, Turkey's Council of Ministers (COM) extended for one year the decree allowing the use of Turkish bases and ports for humanitarian and reconstruction operations in Iraq. The President signed the decree later that day. The decree does not require parliamentary approval. [...]	2004-06-24 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA3576	TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (S) On 23 June, Pol Counselor delivered Ref demarche to MFA DDG Safak Gokturk. Gokturk described the inquiry as "serious" and said that he would pursue it. On 24 June, Econoff delivered same demarche to Ahmet Arda, MFA Department Head, Offi [...]	2004-06-24 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER SA TU
04ANKARA3577	GOT CONDEMNATION OF MURDER OF PAUL JOHNSON [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-24 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC CASC SA TU
04ANKARA3578	IRAQ: TURKS CLAIM COALITION USING EX-PKK IN IRAQ [...] (U) Urgent Action Request at Para 2. 2. (S/NF) On June 23 the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Ankara received a letter (text at para 3 below) from Turkish General Staff (TGS) J-3 LTG Yalcin alleging that 30 former PKK operatives now in the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP's) special fo [...]	2004-06-24 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA3581	TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES -- LIST 59 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-24 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EFIN ETTC KSEP KVPR PTER TU
04ANKARA3584	IRAQ: TALABANI MEETS TURKISH FM GUL, PROPOSES [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUU) leader and former Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) member Jalal Talabani met PolMilOff June 22 and briefed on what he called his "excellent, friendly" meeting earlier that day with Turkish Deputy PM/FM Gul. He told Gul that the PUK condemned all violent [...]	2004-06-24 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA3585	UNEVEN GROWTH IN THE REAL ECONOMY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite relatively strong GNP growth, local economists and businesspeople paint a mixed picture for Turkey,s real economy, with surging sales in interest-rate sensitive sectors like autos, white goods, and televisions, but a less rosy picture in labor-intensive sectors like te [...]	2004-06-24 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA3589	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-25 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3594	GOT ABOLISHES STATE SECURITY COURTS [...] (C) Summary: Parliament passed legislation June 17 closing the State Security Courts (SSCs),special courts designed to try "crimes against the State." The courts had been widely criticized, including by the EU, for pro-prosecution bias. A number of human rights attorneys argue that the legis [...]	2004-06-25 08:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3603	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-25 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA361	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 18 CONVERSATION WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN EARLIER SCHEDULED FAMILY BRUNCH ON JANUARY 18, AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED PM ERDOGAN'S UPCOMING VISIT TO WASHINGTON EXTENSIVELY WITH DEPUTY PM AND FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH GUL. FM GUL LISTENED ATTENTIVELY AS AMBASSADOR WALKED THROUGH THE POINTS IN REFS A AND B LINE BY [...]	2004-01-21 04:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY IZ PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3618	AFGHANISTAN: GOT'S DECISION NOT TO ESTABLISH A [...] (C) Deputy pol-mil counselor contacted MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen June 25, following up on the Ambassador's earlier conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal on Turkish thinking on PRTs (ref a). Evirgen said that Turkey had completely abandoned its proposal to establish a PRT in Takh [...]	2004-06-25 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA3619	TURKEY OFFICIALLY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON THE [...] This is an action requested -- see para 2. 2. On June 25, the Embassy received diplomatic note number 2204/KOKD/262781, dated June 23, 2004, requesting information on an alleged incident on June 18 in which a Turkish national was killed by U.S. forces at a check point between Ramadi and Fal [...]	2004-06-26 09:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA362	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH DSHOD BASBUG, JANUARY 19, 2004 [...] (S) AMBASSADOR HOSTED TGS DEPUTY CHIEF GENERAL ILKER BASBUG TO DISCUSS THE PM'S FORTHCOMING VISIT TO THE U.S., NORTHERN IRAQ AND CYPRUS ON JANUARY 19. BASBUG WAS SUFFERING FROM A PROLONGED HEAD COLD AND EXPRESSED RELIEF THAT HIS JANUARY 16 (FIRST OF ITS KIND) OPEN PRESS CONFERENCE WAS BEHIND HIM [...]	2004-01-21 04:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY IZ PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3622	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3624	TURKISH OFFICIALS CRITICIZE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) Summary. Officials at the Turkish National Police (TNP) and Ministry of Justice have pointedly criticized Turkey,s financial intelligence unit as being uncooperative and poorly run. End summary. ---------------- Police Official Derides MASAK ... ---------------- 2. (U) On 18 J [...]	2004-06-28 06:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER TU
04ANKARA3631	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3632	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3633	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3662	IMF, TURKEY EXPECT TO SIGN LOI FOR 8TH REVIEW NEXT [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep told us June 28 that the recently-completed Mission had resolved most outstanding issues, although the work was harder and took longer than expected. He predicted they would sign the Letter of Intent for the 8th Review next week, enabling the IMF Board to complete the review [...]	2004-06-29 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3673	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JUNE 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about Turkey- specific anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press clips. Text of any articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation, unless otherwise noted. 2 [...]	2004-06-29 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3675	TIP IN TURKEY: JOINT OPERATION RESULTS IN ARRESTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish National Police (TNP) officials confirmed press reports (reftel) that a joint anti-TIP Turkish-Romanian Police operation (Mirage 2004) netted an international trafficking ring and freed seven Romanian TIP victims ages 17 to 20. TNP Foreigners, Borders and Asylum Department [...]	2004-06-29 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3676	EXPLOSION ON THY PLANE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary: A bomb detonated on a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 today in Istanbul following its arrival from Izmir as it was being cleaned. There are conflicting reports as to the number of injuries to cleaning crew and the explosive used. End Summary. 2. (SBU) News agencies reported an [...]	2004-06-29 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER TU
04ANKARA3677	"THE LAST COMMUNIST TOWN IN TURKEY" [...] (Sbu) Summary: A trip to two Black Sea towns dominated by steel and coal parastatals, provided a glimpse of two very different state-owned companies. The coal company is a perennial money-loser with backward technology, a politically powerful, highly-paid, unionized labor force, with nary a [...]	2004-06-29 17:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EIND PGOV TU
04ANKARA3724	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 11:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3728	THE TURKISH MILITARY: OZKOK TRIES TO STRIKE [...] (C) Turkish General Staff (TGS) CHOD GEN Ozkok continues to balance the promotion of Turkey's EU membership prospects by reducing the Turkish military's past position at the commanding heights of politics with a desire to ensure that the Turkish military is able to intervene in domestic politi [...]	2004-07-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU PINR
04ANKARA3732	PM ERDOGAN ASKS POTUS TO RELEASE THREE TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) The Turkish press is reporting that PM Erdogan asked President Bush during their June 27 meeting in Ankara to release the three remaining Turkish nationals under detention at GTMO. The President reportedly said he would look into the matte [...]	2004-07-01 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL AF TU
04ANKARA3736	GOT REACTION TO TSA EMERGENCY AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and TSA personnel briefed GOT agencies, airport authorities, carriers and the airport security contractor on the June 29 Emergency Amendment and Security Directive. GOT officials said they would cooperate in implementing the new requirements, but maintained that screen [...]	2004-07-01 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER TU
04ANKARA3738	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3740	PSI AND NPT: TURKS "DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED" AT LACK [...] (C) Action Request at Para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) While delivering Refs A and B, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff were treated to an unexpected and emotional reaction to U/S Bolton's PSI letter from usually stoic MFA Director General for Disarmament and Security Affairs Haluk Ilica [...]	2004-07-01 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL TU IR
04ANKARA3753	LEYLA ZANA HOSTS LUNCH FOR EU, U.S. DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary: Leyla Zana and the three other recently-released DEP deputies hosted a lunch on July 5 for diplomats from the EU and U.S. Although Zana and the other deputies said people in southeastern Turkey do not want violence, some EU diplomats -- and we -- left the lunch frustrated that [...]	2004-07-06 08:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
04ANKARA3756	SUPPLEMENT TO ANKARA 2003 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] With respect to the additional information requested in Ref A, Post advises as follows: 2. All of the 45 vehicles provided to the TMO between 1989-93 remain operational. They are used for poppy planting control throughout Turkey. 3. Regarding the request for information concerning "comm [...]	2004-07-06 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TU
04ANKARA3758	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS ANNOUNCE END OF PMF - TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (S/REL UK) On July 2, the Turkish MFA spokesman announced that "the duty of the Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) is terminated." (Full statement at para 4.) Upon seeing press reports that the Turks with the PMF were returning to Turkey, we contact [...]	2004-07-06 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS IZ
04ANKARA3764	TURKISH MFA CLAIMS ARMENIA WILLING TO DISCUSS NK [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali portrays the June 28 meeting during the Istanbul NATO Summit between Turkish FM Gul and Armenian FM Oskanian, and a follow-on trilateral meeting including Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov, as steps forward in resolving the Nagorno Karab [...]	2004-07-07 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PBTS TU
04ANKARA377	Update on Investment Issues Facing U.S. Companies [...] (SBU) Following up on the Ambassador's recent meetings with economy ministers, the Embassy has pressed GOT authorities hard to resolve the numerous disputes involving U.S. companies. We have stressed that progress in these cases will help make the Prime Minister's visit to Washington a succes [...]	2004-01-21 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR KIPR TU
04ANKARA3779	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3782	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3791	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA380	RFG: TURKEY IMPOUNDS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) This is an urgent action request; see para 2. In response to reftel email indicating the IAEA had received reports from Turkish officials that five trucks containing presumably orphaned radioactive material had been intercepted attempting to cross [...]	2004-01-22 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM TU
04ANKARA3802	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3827	RESTRUCTURING TURKEY'S INDUSTRY--A WORK IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar told participants in a defense technology conference on June 24 that the Turkish defense industry should be restructured. He encouraged Turkish firms to collaborate on both design and production and to develop connectio [...]	2004-07-09 17:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL TU
04ANKARA3828	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3840	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3857	ECOSOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TURKISH MFA NONCOMMITTAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA386	QIZ NONPAPER DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-22 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA3866	ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TURKISH MFA SAYS EU [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-13 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TU
04ANKARA3896	IRAQ: SEEKING RESPONSE TO TURKISH REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action requested -- see para 2. 2. Ref A requested guidance on how to respond to a Turkish diplomatic note dated June 23, 2004, seeking information on an alleged incident on June 18 in which a Turkish national was killed by U.S. forces at a check point between Ramadi and Fallujah [...]	2004-07-14 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA3900	MFA DISPUTES REPORT THAT TURKEY AND IRAN AGREED ON [...] (U) According to a report carried by the Turkish online news service Zaman and several Iranian news outlets, Iran has offered to reduce the price of its natural gas exports to Turkey if Turkey agrees to facilitate the transport of Iranian gas to Europe. The report added that the deal was rea [...]	2004-07-14 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IR TU
04ANKARA3901	IRAQ: TURKS ALLEGE US CONTACTS WITH PKK - REQUEST [...] (U) Urgent Action Request at Para 3. 2. (S/NF) On July 8, Turkish military officials passed Embassy via the Intelligence Fusion Cell a note (text to be provided septel via IIR from DAO Ankara) alleging that US officials held conversations with PKK leaders on June 17, offered to place an are [...]	2004-07-14 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA3908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3921	UNGA INITIATIVES DEMARCHE DELIVERED; TURKISH MFA [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC TU
04ANKARA3922	UNGA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE DEMARCHE FOLLOW-UP; [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP TU
04ANKARA3944	ISRAELI SECURITY BARRIER DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS

04ANKARA3945	IRAQ/KIRKUK:GOT GIVES DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS TO [...] (S) An interagency Turkish fact-finding mission visited Kirkuk July 6-11 (see Ref B) at the invitation of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) leader Jalal Talabani. On July 14, the head of the mission, MFA Deputy Special Representative for Iraq Ethem Tokdemir, gave PolMilCouns the talking point [...]	2004-07-15 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA3948	IRAQ/KIRKUK:MFA STATEMENT ON TURKEY'S FACT-FINDING [...] The MFA Spokesman made the statement in para 2 to the press on July 14, addressing the Turkish fact-finding delegation that visited Kirkuk July 6-11. (Comment: This statement is calmer in tone than the points the GOT passed to us privately, reftel. End Comment.) 2. Begin informal Embass [...]	2004-07-15 21:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA3950	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY STILL CONSIDERING PRT FOR [...] Turkish press reported July 15-16 that Turkey had decided to send a 200-man PRT to Takhar, Afghanistan. We contacted the Turkish MFA July 16 seeking confirmation/clarification. MFA informed us that while no decision has yet been taken, Turkey is indeed reconsidering its formerly withdrawn pro [...]	2004-07-16 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA396	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-22 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA397	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-22 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3976	ARE SE TURKEY PROTESTS AGAINST PKK TERROR [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-16 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM ASEC IZ TU
04ANKARA3979	TURKISH GOVERNMENT DEMARCHE AGAINST NEW [...] (C) Morning July 16 MFA Deputy U/S for Americas Baki Ilkin telephoned Charge to express GOT's urgent concern about new language on the "Armenian Genocide" inserted July 15 to House foreign ops appropriations bill. Reading the text of the "Armenia Genocide" reference, Ilkin noted he was about t [...]	2004-07-16 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
04ANKARA3988	TURCO-ISRAELI RELATIONS REMAIN ACTIVE BUT [...] (C) Summary: July 13-15 visit to Turkey of Israeli Deputy PM Olmert demonstrated that Turco-Israeli relations have broadened beyond the mil-mil/intel ties that have hitherto formed the core of the relationship. In the Israeli view the visit cast in sharp relief the rivalry (which we have prev [...]	2004-07-19 07:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU IS
04ANKARA3989	CHARTING A WAY FORWARD ON US-TU MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: At the July 8 Missile Defense Technical Experts Group meeting in Ankara, the US and Turkey agreed that the completion of the joint architectural study of Turkey called for a new look at bilateral cooperation in the area of missile defense. The two sides agreed to three new studie [...]	2004-07-19 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM TU
04ANKARA3995	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. VISIT, CYPRUS, NATO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Turkish PM Erdogan December 31 in advance of Erdogan's late-January U.S. visit. The Ambassador said White House officials view the visit as an opportunity to enhance U.S.-Turkey relations and set the stage for the June NATO Summit in Istanbul. The USG and G [...]	2004-01-02 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EINV AM CY TU
04ANKARA4009	TURKEY: MFA SEEKS CONSENSUS OF OIL COMPANIES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's MFA continues to oppose issuing licenses now to the companies that have applied for Turkish Straits bypass pipeline routes through Turkey. Instead, the Ministry wants to forge a consensus among the oil companies on "Voluntary Principles" to reduce their traffic in the [...]	2004-07-20 11:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU
04ANKARA402	GOT STICKS TO HARD LINE ON BOT ENERGY PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Energy Minister Guler's recent public comment that he had a "secret plan" to resolve the BOT energy disputes by the end of the month, we see no sign of progress. In fact, the companies and the government are not even seriously discussing possible compromises. Instead, [...]	2004-01-22 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL US
04ANKARA4021	TERRORIST FINANCING:ANKARA:APPROACH TO EU ON [...] (C) On 8 July, Econ Counselor delivered ref demarche to MFA Research and Intelligence DDG Hakan Okcal, who is responsible for both PKK and terrorist financing issues. Okcal described the USG intervention with EU countries as furthering the USG/GOT common strategy, and said that it was "very he [...]	2004-07-20 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
04ANKARA4032	USG POLICY ON CONTACT WITH THE PKK [...] (S) During a July 19 meeting on another subject, MFA DDG for Intelligence and Research Hakan Okcal asked polmilcouns whether he had any news about the PKK. Okcal confirmed that he knew that the Turkish General Staff had relayed some information the previous week (ref b). Drawing on ref a, po [...]	2004-07-21 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA4047	JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO THE 2003 INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-21 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
04ANKARA4061	TURKEY TO SEND EXPERTS TO PSI MEETING IN [...] (U) During a July 19 meeting on a different subject, MFA acting DDG for Disarmament Bulent Meric informed us that the GOT will send a delegation of experts to participate in the PSI Operational Experts Working Group (OEWG) as well as the Denmark Container Workshop in Copenhagen. This delegatio [...]	2004-07-21 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC TU
04ANKARA4072	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-21 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4094	EXBS: U.S. COMMENTS ON NP COOPERATION AND [...] Post delivered the U.S.text of the EXBS agreement and reftel talking points to the MFA on July 20. MFA Acting DDG for Disarmament Bulent Meric agreed to consider the two proposed changes to the last Turkish draft. 2. Meric did not evince significant concern with the change in Article 3, si [...]	2004-07-22 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
04ANKARA4095	TURKEY READY FOR FOR 8TH IMF REVIEW, 2005 STILL UP [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF Executive Board has scheduled its eighth review of Turkey's performance under its stand-by program for July 30. The Board will also discuss an IMF staff "Article IV" report on Turkey's economic developments and policies over the last three years. Turkish officials a [...]	2004-07-22 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA4109	CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY DIPLOMACY AMBASSADOR MANN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Ambassador Steven Mann encouraged Turkish Energy Minister Guler to work together with the United States to promote Caspian natural gas exports through Turkey to Europe, but cautioned about Iranian gas transitting Turkey. Guler noted Turkey's difficult relationship with Iran [...]	2004-07-23 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4110	AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES CASPIAN ENERGY ISSUES AT [...] (U) Summary: Caspian Basin Energy Development Ambassador Steven Mann met with energy officials on the margins of the June 16-17 Tale of Three Seas Energy Conference in Istanbul. (Septel reports on Mann,s meeting with Turkish Energy Minister Guler.) Mann was joined by Turkish MFA Deputy U/S A [...]	2004-07-23 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4112	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 TRIP TO IRAN: U.S. [...] (C) In delivering reftel demarche July 22 to MFA DDG for South Asia Evirgen, polcounselor noted our understanding that Turkey shares U.S. views on the need for sharp improvement in Iranian behavior. The USG has strong interest in seeing PM Erdogan deliver crisp, unambiguous messages to Tehran [...]	2004-07-23 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ENRG TU IR
04ANKARA4116	TURKISH ENERGY MINISTRY VIEWS ON ELECTRICITY TO [...] Summary: According to Energy Deputy U/S Cimen, Turkey remains interested in exporting electricity to Iraq. However, a necessary first step is for private companies to conclude a long-term supply contract with Iraqi officials. Turkey has excess generating capacity for a few more years, but ex [...]	2004-07-23 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA4118	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-23 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4119	GOT REQUESTS EXPEDITED PROCESSING OF US EXPORT [...] This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Disarmament Bulent Meric convoked polmilcouns on July 19 under instructions "originating with military authorities." Meric requested the USG expedite the processing of an export license application by Mil- [...]	2004-07-23 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL TU
04ANKARA4125	TURKEY IN ACCORD WITH USG ON DUAL-HATTING U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the U.S. proposal to "dual-hat" the U.S. MNF-I Commander in Iraq for NATO's training mission for Iraqi security forces. MFA officials (rightly) predicted France would object. Turkey has offered to train Iraqis in Turkey, but may consider sending "two or three" li [...]	2004-07-26 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IZ TU
04ANKARA4126	BACKLOG AT TURKEY-IRAQ BORDER THREATENS U.S. [...] (C) There has been a recent increase in the backlog of trucks seeking to cross the Turkish border from Iraq. The most recent report from the U.S. Army Movement Control Team stationed on the Iraqi side of the border showed that the backlog had reached over 7,000 trucks. This jump represents [...]	2004-07-26 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA4127	DAS KENNEDY HIGHLIGHTS REFORM AT TURKISH TREASURY [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Kennedy highlighted to the Turkish Treasury chief the importance of Turkey keeping its economic recovery on track by continuing and intensifying reforms and attracting long-term investment. Although the GOT has not yet decided on what form its relationship with the IMF [...]	2004-07-26 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA4131	IRAQ, THE TURKS AND US [...] (S) After four years in Ankara as the Iraq watcher/Operation Northern Watch POLAD, and seven TDYs to Iraq before, during and after the war, Embassy PolMilOff offers the following observations about dealing with Turkey on matters relating to Iraq. Working with the Turks on Iraqi issues can be [...]	2004-07-27 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA4132	IRAQ: TURKS TERM JULY 21 CAIRO IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Iraq's neighbors are increasingly willing to engage with a newly sovereign Iraqi government, Turkish officials told us on July 23, though some are still holding back. MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Safak Gokturk said that the tone of the July 21 Cairo meeting of Iraq's neighb [...]	2004-07-27 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS IZ TU EG IS
04ANKARA4133	DAS KENNEDY: DISCUSSIONS ON IRAQ, CYPRUS, AND EU [...] (C) Summary: In July 20/21 Ankara meetings at the Turkish MFA and General Secretariat for EU Affairs, EUR/DAS Laura Kennedy solicited evaluations of 1) Turkey's prospects for a definite date to begin EU accession negotiations; 2) steps forward in the wake of the Greek Cypriot rejection of the [...]	2004-07-27 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA TU CY IZ EU
04ANKARA4134	TURKEY: LABOR FEDERATIONS UNLIKELY TO TAKE ACTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-27 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU TU
04ANKARA4141	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON HUMAN [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following Human Smuggling Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http:/ [...]	2004-07-28 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4147	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http://www.mfa.gov [...]	2004-07-28 09:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4148	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA415	TURKS IN INITIAL STAGES OF PLANNING FOR SUMMIT [...] (S) DCM spoke with MFA's Summit Task Force Head Ambassador Apaydin January 22 and relayed reftel request for a briefing on Summit security, emphasizing that this request was separate from other discussions we had had with the GOT about security for our own delegation. Apaydin said a High Level [...]	2004-01-23 07:08:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ASEC MARR TU
04ANKARA4179	TURKEY: MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH -- PCC REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Ref (B) details the context in which the Mission pursues outreach to Muslim audiences in Turkey. That information is excerpted, with minor updates, in para 2 and 3, while the rest of this message examines audiences and strategies for outreach. 2. (SBU) While Turkey's 20th century [...]	2004-07-28 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM KPAO OEXC OIIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL
04ANKARA4186	MERSIN REFINERY FIRE CONTROLLED [...] (U) A FIERCE FIRE BROKE OUT ON JULY 25 AT ATAS OIL REFINERY IN MERSIN. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, A TANK CONTAINING SOME NINE THOUSAND CUBIC METERS OF CRUDE OIL WAS ABLAZE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS FIREFIGHTERS WORKED TO PREVENT THE FIRE FROM SPREADING TO OTHER AREAS OF THE REFINERY. MERSIN F [...]	2004-07-28 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET TU IZ
04ANKARA4190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4194	SECOND REQUEST: STATUS OF TURKISH NATIONALS AT GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. three. 2. (S) At their June 27 meeting in Ankara, PM Erdogan raised the issue of three Turkish nationals still held at GTMO with President Bush. Ref a requested the Department to provide us with an update on the status of the remaining Turks [...]	2004-07-28 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL AF TU
04ANKARA42	1/6/04 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following are recent developments related to trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey: ----------------- IOM Pilot Program ----------------- 2. (U) The Ankara office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has drafted a proposal for a USD 1.2 million pilot projec [...]	2004-01-06 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF PREL PGOV TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4212	TURKISH MFA CLAIMS PKK SEEKS TO INTIMIDATE TURKISH [...] (S) MFA Director for Counterterrorism Ahmet Yildiz called in PolMilOff July 26 to discuss PKK/Kongra Gel activities in northern Iraq. Specifically, he brought to our attention a report from Turkish intelligence that in early July the PKK sent a group of 25-30 terrorists to Kirkuk to attempt to [...]	2004-07-29 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PINR MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA4215	FAHIM REMOVAL FROM AFGHAN VP TICKET: TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-29 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AF PREL TU
04ANKARA4227	SUDANESE FM ISMAIL VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese FM Mustafa Osman Ismail visited Ankara July 26-27, meeting with Turkish FM Gul and Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Dulger. One MFA official speculates the trip was designed to influence Turkey, the current OIC SYG, but Ismail reportedly did not directly ask [...]	2004-07-29 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SU TU
04ANKARA4233	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-29 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4265	CYPRUS: MILITARY EXERCISES MAY BE AN ISSUE THIS [...] (C) TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu warned polmilcouns July 28 not to assume Turkey would cancel this fall's exercises on Cyprus. "The situation is different this year," he said. Whereas last year Turkey was optimistic about achieving a settlement on the island and wanted [...]	2004-07-30 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL CY TU
04ANKARA4267	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-30 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4269	KFOR: TURKEY NOT LIKELY TO LIFT CURRENT CAVEATS, [...] (C) On July 30, PolMilOff called on Alper Coskun, MFA Director for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs, to deliver ref a demarche. Coskun responded that after the March violence in Kosovo, Turkey revised its caveats for both SFOR and KFOR in an effort to be more effective and [...]	2004-07-30 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL TU YI
04ANKARA4270	TERRORIST FINANCE: CIRA [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-02 06:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EFIN ETTC KSEP KVPR PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4273	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 16-31, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles not published in English is provided through unofficial local FSN translation or otherwise noted sources. 2. (U) Published July 28, 20 [...]	2004-08-02 08:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ANKARA4274	TURKEY LOOKS FOR ECONOMIC SWEETENERS FOR EU [...] (C) Summary. In an apparent effort to secure France's support for Turkey's EU bid, Prime Minister Erdogan offered contracts or potential contracts to French companies during his July trip to Paris. This includes Turkish Airlines' purchase of 36 mid-size Airbus jets, suggestions that Turkey [...]	2004-08-02 08:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP FR TU
04ANKARA4284	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 24-26, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 24-26, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ulkede Ozgur Gundem, [...]	2004-08-02 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4285	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 27, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 27, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Tercuman, Evrensel, Vak [...]	2004-08-02 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4291	TURKS PREPARING NEW ATTACK HELICOPTER TENDER [...] (U) Defense industry and journalist sources expect SSM to issue a new RFP for attack helicopters this week. The previous tender was canceled last May after a seven-year process in which Bell Helicopter's Cobra was selected as the preferred aircraft (reftel). Under the procurement model at th [...]	2004-08-02 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA4303	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 28, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 28, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ulkede Ozgur Gundem, Va [...]	2004-08-03 08:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4317	TIP IN TURKEY: GOT APPROACHES EGYPTIAN EMBASSY FOR [...] (C) In a July 27 meeting with Emboff, Embassy of Egypt Second Secretary Ahmed El Sayed confirmed Turkish anti-TIP officials approached Egyptian Ambassador Ahamad Fathallah to propose a formal law enforcement and intelligence cooperation agreement between security officials from both government [...]	2004-08-03 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4318	LETTER REGARDING 19TH POLITICAL MILITARY WORKING [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA4320	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4321	KFOR UPDATE: TURKS LIFT VIRTUALLY ALL CAVEATS [...] (C) On August 3, Alper Coskun, MFA Director for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs, notified PolMilOff that Turkey has lifted all/all national caveats on its forces operating in both KFOR and SFOR save one: National (i.e., parliamentary) approval would be required to act outsi [...]	2004-08-03 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU YI
04ANKARA433	TUPRAS AND OTHER PRIVATIZATION NEWS [...] (SBU) On 16 January EconCounselor and EconOff met with Privatization Authority (PA) President Meltin Kilci to review recent events in the Tupras sale (Ref A) and discuss upcoming events. Kilci was clearly relieved finally to have an (apparently) successful tender in a major privatization, and [...]	2004-01-23 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL TU
04ANKARA4332	TURKEY INVESTMENT ISSUES: GOOD NEWS FOR CARGILL, [...] (SBU) In recent months, the Turkish Government has taken several steps to resolve outstanding disputes with U.S. companies and to open its economy to foreign investment. The most notable recent step was the passage of industrial zones legislation that Cargill believes will solve the zoning pr [...]	2004-08-03 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EMIN ECPS BEXP TU
04ANKARA4340	TERRORISTS IN IRAQ MURDER TURKISH HOSTAGE; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) Turkish MFA confirmed Aug. 2 the murder of a Turkish citizen who had been held hostage in Iraq. In response to this and other recent murders of Turkish truckers in Iraq, a major association of Turkish trucking companies called for [...]	2004-08-03 17:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM IZ TU
04ANKARA4345	IRAQI PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT TURKEY [...] (SBU) MFA Iraq Desk Officer Ferhat Alkan told PolMilOff Aug. 3 that both Iraq's interim president and prime minister would visit Turkey soon. President al-Yawar will be in Ankara Aug. 16 and 17 and will meet with President Sezer and FonMin Gul. Alkan said that PM Erdogan may be out of the co [...]	2004-08-04 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA4370	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4397	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-05 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4400	CUKAROVA AG RESEARCHERS BRIEF ON SOUTHEASTERN [...] (SBU) On July 26, PO and DPO attended an informal Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) background presentation by several of the former GAP chief agricultural researchers now residing as retired faculty at Cukurova university. The briefing was based on approximately 18 month-old data, but wa [...]	2004-08-06 09:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TU
04ANKARA4416	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM REPORTS ON TIP VICTIM [...] (U) In an August 5 meeting with Emboff, International Organization on Migration (IOM) Interim Country Director Meltem Ersoy asserted that an increase in TIP victim referrals from the GOT to IOM is a direct result of 1) a series of IOM-funded law enforcement training sessions that focus police [...]	2004-08-06 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4419	COMNAVEUR VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (S) Summary: Welcome back to Turkey! Although you are a frequent visitor, this visit is particularly important because you will be wearing your US (vice NATO) hat. As such, yours is the first visit by a US four-star admiral in a national capacity since ADM Natter,s visit as Fleet Forces Com [...]	2004-08-06 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA4421	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 VISIT TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and ruling AKP contacts, PM Erdogan urged the Iranians to cooperate with IAEA on their nuclear program. The visit failed to produce an agreement on an expanded project to transship Iranian natural gas: the Turks sought a price reduction on their 1996 gas deal wi [...]	2004-08-06 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ KNNP PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4426	CEKMECE RESEARCH REACTOR CONVERSION AND FUEL RETURN [...] EXBS Advisor called on the new Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) President, Mr. Okay Cakiroglu, on August 6. Cakiroglu assumed these duties this past July. EXBS Advisor the meeting, we raised the Cekmece Nuclear Plants (reftel),noting that DOE is willing to assist in the physical securit [...]	2004-08-06 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PM TRGY TU
04ANKARA4428	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-06 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4435	TURKISH USG CONTRACTOR WITHDRAWING EMPLOYEES FROM [...] (C) In an Aug. 5 meeting on another topic (septel),MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic handed the Charge a list of 31 Turkish employees of Tepe Construction Company and its subsidiary, Bilintur, who are working under contract at a U.S. Marine base near Fallujah. Kilic s [...]	2004-08-06 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA4440	TUAF QUESTIONNAIRE ON SPACE COOPERATION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 3. (SBU) On July 27, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) conveyed to DAO Ankara a questionnaire from Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Command regarding space cooperatio [...]	2004-08-06 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PINR TSPA FR IS KS TU UK
04ANKARA4443	TURKEY AND IRAN GAS, BOSPORUS BYPASS, AND BTC [...] (C) Summary: In a August 5 meeting with Charge, MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Relations Alev Kilic expressed general support for U.S. goals for regional energy development - with one exception. While Kilic stressed that Turkey,s priority for natural gas was for realizing transit from the Caspi [...]	2004-08-09 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD IR GA UK TU
04ANKARA4448	TIP IN TURKEY: POLICE GUIDEBOOK ON TIP [...] (U) In an August 5 meeting at the Turkish Security Directorate, Foreigners Department Assistant Director Murat Oz provided para 2 text of the Turkish Security Directorate's anti-TIP guidebook. Oz told Emboff that the guidebook was published by the Security Directorate and dis [...]	2004-08-09 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4451	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-09 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4452	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE- [...] Summary: The first full time EXBS advisor, Kevin Lyon, reported to Embassy Ankara on July 9, 2004. He assumed responsibility for all EXBS and nonproliferation issues handled by the Political Military Affairs (PMA) section. During this time period the EXBS Advisor conducted introductory meeti [...]	2004-08-09 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL
04ANKARA4454	CONDEMNING TERRORISM IN IRAQ: FURTHER TURKISH [...] (SBU) PolMilOff followed up on ref a demarche Aug. 6 with MFA Iraq Department Chief Mehmet Kemal Bozay, who called our attention to the OIC Secretary General's Aug. 2 statement condemning the recent church bombings in Iraq (ref c). Bozay had made it clear in our initial discussion on this issu [...]	2004-08-09 16:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4455	GOT PREPARING THREE-YEAR ECONOMIC PROGRAM [...] (Sbu) Summary: Earlier this summer, the Turkish Government began work on a 3-year economic program. An outgrowth of previous and existing policy planning vehicles, the 3-year program is a GOT economic policy program being developed with input from--but independently of --the IMF. According t [...]	2004-08-09 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECIN TU
04ANKARA4485	TURKEY WILL NOT SEND PRT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Following up on mid-July reports that the GOT was reconsidering its decision not to send a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to Afghanistan (reftel),PolMilCouns and PolMilOff consulted both MFA and TGS sources, who denied that Turkey was reconsidering its June decision not to send a PR [...]	2004-08-10 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA4489	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-10 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4490	US TREASURY OFFICIAL'S VISIT: LOCAL ECONOMISTS [...] (Sbu) Summary: In a round of meetings with visiting US Treasury official Marshall Mills at the end of July, GOT economic officials, IFI representatives, and private sector analysts painted a picture of Turkey being at an important juncture in defining its policy direction over the next 1-3 [...]	2004-08-10 17:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA45	MFA's Accepts Almost All of EPC Action Items [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel's updated version of the Economic Partnership Commission's (EPC's) Agreed Action Items with Mehmet Gucuk, MFA's Deputy Director General for Bilateral Economic Affairs, on December 30. Gucuk, who said he was transmitting the Ministry's official views on this after [...]	2004-01-06 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EINV TU
04ANKARA4502	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH-AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In November 2003, an Australian Coast Guard patrol intercepted an Indonesian smuggling vessel carrying 14 Turkish citizens. By July 2004, Australian Federal Police (AFP) agents had traced the human smuggling network organizers to Turkey, where smugglers and witnesses were engage [...]	2004-08-11 08:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4503	TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT I [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Backgrou [...]	2004-08-11 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4504	TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT II [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police (AFP) agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Sc [...]	2004-08-11 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4524	A TURKISH PROPOSAL TO MAKE MECCA AND MEDINA [...] (C) Action request--para 7. 2. (S) Summary: A key Embassy contact on Islam in Turkey is launching an effort within the Muslim world to turn Mecca and Medina into an autonomous zone. He seeks USG financial support to bring his project to fruition. We will inform him that the U.S. cannot su [...]	2004-08-11 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL TU
04ANKARA4526	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-11 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4528	IMF OFFICIAL ON GOT'S DECISION TO SEEK A NEW [...] (C) Summary: Following IMF Mission Chief Moghadam,s surprise visit to Ankara last week, and public statements by PM Erdogan and Economy Minister Babacan that the GOT had decided to seek a follow-on disbursing Standby Arrangement(SBA),Econoffs met with IMF Deputy Resident Representative Chri [...]	2004-08-11 16:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ECIN TU
04ANKARA4529	TURKS SEEK URGENT COOPERATION ON SECURITY MEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. four. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Bilateral Political Affairs Baki Ilkin called in DCM Aug. 11 to discuss the security situation for Turkish truckers in Iraq. The GOT has been dealing with the murder and kidnapping of a number of T [...]	2004-08-11 16:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA453	KOREAN TROOPS TO NORTHERN IRAQ: NEED TO BRIEF PM [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) DCM confirmed January 22 that PM Erdogan will travel to Seoul to meet with Korean officials February 7. 3. (C) PM Erdogan may already know (possibly from information obtained by the Turkish military liaison officers stationed in nort [...]	2004-01-23 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ KS
04ANKARA4541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-12 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4544	TIP IN TURKEY: VISITING ARMENIAN DELEGATION TRIES [...] Summary: Visiting Armenian TIP-NGO Hope and Help and IOM Armenia Program Officer have briefed us on meetings with reps from Turkish NGOs, Armenian religious and media organizations, and Georgia's diplomatic mission in Turkey. Hope and Help rep described her meetings as "the first steps" in est [...]	2004-08-12 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU AM TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4554	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS PLANNING FOR FEBRUARY [...] (C) On Aug. 10, PolMilOff called on Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Branch office, to discuss NATO issues, including Turkey's planning for the Istanbul High Readiness Force (HRF) to assume command of ISAF in February 2005. Yilmaz said that even absent a final NATO decision on the future [...]	2004-08-12 18:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA4563	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4574	GOT Objects to Inclusion in Port Security [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 8. 2. (U) Prior to receiving ref C email putting ref A demarche on hold, Econoff delivered demarche to MFA and the Turkish Maritime Administration advising that countries, including Turkey, which have reported less than full compliance w [...]	2004-08-13 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4580	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 15, 2004 by the Internat [...]	2004-08-16 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4587	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4590	SFOR TRANSITION: TURKS CONCERNED THAT EUROPEAN [...] (C) PolMilOff met Aug. 10 with Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Operations Branch office. Yilmaz reported that Turkey is committed to remain in SFOR at its current (one battalion) level after SFOR becomes an EU operation, and said he believes that the EU wants Turkey to stay. However, h [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU BK

04ANKARA4593	TURKS IN ACCORD WITH U.S. VIEW ON NEW AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM TU
04ANKARA4594	UPDATING ALLIES ON U.S. GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO TU
04ANKARA4600	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA ON TRUCKER [...] (C) Following MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin calling in the DCM (ref a),MFA Deputy Director General Sakir Fakili held a preliminary follow-up meeting with emboffs Aug. 13. Fakili stressed the importance of secure transfer and offload facilities, enhanced convoy security, and insurance assistance. He [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA4601	TURKISH ENERGY OFFICIALS ON LIBERALIZATION, IRAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's BOTAS (Petroleum Pipeline Corporation) Director Mehmet Bilgic expressed confidence in Turkey and BOTAS' growing role as an energy transit country for oil and gas, citing that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyan oil pipeline and Shah Deniz gas pipeline (tendering process) were on sc [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD IR TU
04ANKARA4623	BOSPHORUS BYPASS AND THRACE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Recognizing growing oil tanker congestion in the Bosphorus and associated environmental and safety risks, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has expressed support for construction of a bypass pipeline to avoid the Turkish straits, aiming to transport oil overland from the Black Sea [...]	2004-08-18 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD TU
04ANKARA4628	EMBASSY ASKS TURKS TO WORK THE OIC ON DARFUR [...] (C) Following up on reftel, we approached MFA Africa Department Head Melih Tezel on August 17 and MFA Adviser to the Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Osman Ulukan August 18. We made reftel points, asking the GOT to use its leadership role as OIC Ministerial co-chair and OIC SYG-elect to [...]	2004-08-18 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PREF TU SU
04ANKARA4630	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-18 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA464	IMF RESREP: TURKEY IS OFF TRACK [...] (C) Summary: Despite diplomatic public statements, the first stage of the IMF's Seventh Review Mission found Turkey to be seriously off-track, according to IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk. The backsliding is notable with regard to two "pillars" of the program--fiscal discipline and banking sector re [...]	2004-01-23 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA465	TGS INFORMATION ON TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (S) TGS has informed ODC-Turkey of its understanding that the Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party (PCDK),which they claim is an extension of the PKK/KADEK/KHK, is recruting Arabs around Mosul, training them in terrorist tactics, and conducting surv [...]	2004-01-23 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER MARR PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA4651	TURKISH READOUT ON IIG PRESIDENT AL-YAWAR VISIT: [...] (C) The GOT is pleased with the Aug. 16-17 visit of IIG President al-Yawar and the IIG ministers for foreign affairs, water resources, and trade. Al-Yawar told the Turks that he and the IIG intentionally chose Turkey for his first major trip abroad, and that they saw Turkey as Iraq's most imp [...]	2004-08-18 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG ECON TU IZ
04ANKARA4698	MEDIA CLAIMS OF US SUPPORT FOR PKK COMPLICATE [...] (SBU) The PKK issue, and the perceived lack of action by the United States against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, has become a chronic, negative story in Turkish media reporting on the U.S. and U.S.-Turkish relations. The story contributes to widespread negative perceptions of the United S [...]	2004-08-19 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER TU
04ANKARA4699	TURKS WILL RAISE IRAQ-SYRIA BORDER SECURITY WITH [...] (S) PolMilOff followed up on ref a demarche Aug. 18 with MFA Iraq Chief of Desk Mehmet Kemal Bozay. Bozay reported that the GOT has agreed to raise concerns about Syria's behavior vis-a-vis Iraq with the SARG, but will do so at a senior level and as part of a package of other issues in the bi [...]	2004-08-19 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA4700	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-19 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4713	EMPLOYER OF TURKISH HOSTAGE IN IRAQ SAYS IT WILL [...] (C) Ali Kantur, CEO of Turkey's TEPE group--a significant KBR subcontractor in Iraq--and Deputy General Manager Suleyman Son, met with Ambassador and Emboffs August 19 to discuss TEPE's security problems in Iraq. Kantur and Son passed on that the Turkish TV station NTV reported at noon today [...]	2004-08-19 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA4733	PM ERDOGAN VISITS GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: According to preliminary readout, Erdogan brought Saakashvili and Zhvania a message of "Turkish support for the GOG" in South Ossetia and Abkhazia but urged restraint, dialogue and, in Abkhazia, easing the CIS economic embargo. In response to Erdogan's emphasis on the importance [...]	2004-08-20 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET TU GG RS
04ANKARA4737	CYPRUS: A FRUSTRATED "TRNC PM" TALAT MEETS FONMIN [...] (C) Summary: In four-hour meeting with Turkish FM Gul August 18, "TRNC PM" Talat, accompanied by "FM" Serdar Denktas, expressed great frustration with EU's lack of concrete measures to help the Turkish Cypriots (TCs). Talat appeared convinced that the EU's trade and aid proposals will be bl [...]	2004-08-20 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
04ANKARA4742	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-20 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4764	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-23 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4779	EXBS: UPDATE ON NP COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE [...] This is an action request- see para 4. 2. We discussed the latest U.S. draft EXBS agreement (reftel) with MFA DDG for Disarmament Haluk Ilicak on August 13, 2004. Ilicak stated that the Turkish government could probably accept the proposed U.S. changes in the preamble and articles 3 and [...]	2004-08-24 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
04ANKARA48	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-07 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4807	OUT OF COUNTRY REGISTRATION AND VOTING IN IRAN: [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 08:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF IR TU
04ANKARA4808	TIP IN TURKEY: ANTI-TIP NGO HRDF BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In August meetings with Emboff, Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) Board Chairman Turgut Tokus outlined past and present progress to bring HRDF's TIP victims shelter on-line. He characterized support from the GOT, particularly the MOI and the MFA, as excellent and than [...]	2004-08-25 08:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4811	GOT Confirms Completion of Most ISPS Port [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. (U) Econoff delivered revised demarche (ref A) to the Turkish Maritime Administration advising that countries, including Turkey, which have reported less than full compliance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at [...]	2004-08-25 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4815	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA482	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S TURKEY VISIT CEMENTS TIES, SKIPS KEY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani President Musharraf's January 19-22 visit to Turkey was heavy on ceremony and warm rhetoric, but apparently skipped over key issues of cross-border terrorism and non-proliferation. The visit appeared designed to cement ties, which had become testy in 2002, and to avoid contro [...]	2004-01-26 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IN PARM PK PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4824	ASKING THE TURKS TO PRESS OIC MEMBERS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Following up further on ref A, we approached Acting MFA Middle East Department Head Hasan Sekizkok on August 25, asking that the GOT use its leadership role in the OIC to urge appropriate OIC members to take a more active role in pressing the GOS on the situation in Darfur, particularly on [...]	2004-08-25 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PREF TU SU
04ANKARA4853	MTCR: U.S. PROPOSAL ON BALL BEARINGS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-26 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA TU
04ANKARA4860	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-26 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA487	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-26 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4870	2004 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] (U) In response to reftel A, Embassy Ankara submits this report to update its August 2003 report on child labor in Turkey. 2. (U) In pursuing its EU candidacy Turkey continues to work to eliminate the worst forms of child labor (WFCL). The information in this telegram builds upon material [...]	2004-08-26 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TU
04ANKARA4878	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-27 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4884	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US CANDIDACY TO THE [...] EconOff delivered reftel demarche seeking support for reelection of the U.S. as member and the candidacy of AmCit James Wade as Chairman of the Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) to Umut Topcuoglu and Sinem Mingam of the GOT MFA. They appreciated the informat [...]	2004-08-27 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC
04ANKARA4886	TURKISH MFA CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR DIRECT U.S. - [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 6. 2. (SBU) Emboffs met with MFA Deputy Director General for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Vakur Gokdenizler on August 26 to share current USG thinking on establishing air services between North Cyprus and the United States (ref A). We prov [...]	2004-08-27 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL CY TU
04ANKARA4887	PUTIN VISIT TO TURKEY SEPTEMBER 2-3 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: The highest-level Russian visitor to Turkey since Podgorny in 1972, Putin will arrive amid steadily increasing bilateral economic ties -- particularly in Russian energy sales and interest in energy-sector investments and ar [...]	2004-08-27 16:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ENRG TU RS
04ANKARA4892	BOSPHORUS VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES AND THRACE BYPASS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Econ Counselor delivered ref a and b demarches to GOT MFA Energy Deputy Director Hakki Akil. Akil expressed strong disappointment at USG objections to "Voluntary Principles on straits oil tankers and bypass pipelines." He denied press reports that the GOT was supporting [...]	2004-08-28 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV SENV TU
04ANKARA4893	TURKISH BUSINESSMEN DESCRIBE THREAT TO WORK IN [...] (Sbu) Summary: In recent days the head of the Turkish Chamber of Commerce, as well as executives of two leading Turkish USG contractors in Iraq (Tepe and Yuksel) have all met with the Ambassador to press for US consideration of additional security measures to enhance security for Turkish truc [...]	2004-08-28 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ETRD ECON IZ TU
04ANKARA4926	DEMARCHE ON OSCE CONFERENCE ON RACISM, XENOPHOBIA [...] (U) Embassy Ankara delivered on August 24 reftel's requested demarche on the September 13-14 OSCE Conference on Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination to MFA Human Rights Department Head Ali Savut. 2. (U) Savut responded that while the GOT concurs the topics planned for the OSCE Brussels S [...]	2004-09-01 05:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA4946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-01 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4967	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4987	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN NATO POLICY DIRECTORS AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-03 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC TU
04ANKARA4995	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-03 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5	TURKISH LNO AT CENTCOM: GOT WANTS USG TO NEGOTIATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 4 and 5. 2. (C) On December 24, MFA Deputy DirGen for the Americas Suna Ilicak raised with polmilcouns Turkey's need for a SOFA with Qatar to place a liaison officer (LNO) at the CENTCOM forward headquarters there. (Note: Turkey is withdrawing i [...]	2004-01-02 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA5002	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 26, 2004 by Minsk Belaru [...]	2004-09-03 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5005	TUAF RESPONSE TO USG POINTS ON SATELLITE REMOTE [...] (SBU) On September 1, Deputy PolMilCouns delivered Ref. A talking points to the MFA's Americas Desk and the Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Aerospace Division. The MFA's Americas Desk Deputy Director professed to be unaware of the TUAF questionnaire and accepted the points without comment. While pr [...]	2004-09-07 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PINR TSPA ETTC PARM IS KS FR TU UK
04ANKARA5013	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-07 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5014	IAEA/IRAN - TURKEY TO SPEAK OUT AT UNGA, BUT FEARS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish FM Gul is expected to voice Turkey's concerns about Iran's nuclear program at the UNGA, but MFA worries that referring Iran's case to the Security Council before the outcome there is assured might actually accelerate Iran's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. End summary. [...]	2004-09-07 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR TU
04ANKARA5015	MFA REACTS BADLY TO EXCLUSION FROM PSI CORE GROUP [...] (C) Summary: MFA DDG for Disarmament and Arms Control reacted angrily to ref a points, threatening at one point to do all he could to scale back Turkish participation in PSI. We talked him out of withdrawing Turkey from the Spanish exercise in early 2005 for now, although whether Turkey will [...]	2004-09-07 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA5024	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Summary: August was a productive month despite the high number of Turkish contacts that were still enjoying their traditional summer vacation. The DOE Second Line of Defense visit was able to lay the initial groundwork required to begin the planning process in upgrading the portal monitors [...]	2004-09-08 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL
04ANKARA5029	AMBASSADOR'S SEPT. 1 MEETING WITH FONMIN GUL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador reiterated U.S. support for Turkey's EU candidacy; pressed for Turkish agreement with Greece/Cyprus to forego annual exercises in Aegean and Cyprus; urged Turkey to use its weight in OIC to persuade Sudan to abide by UNSC resolutions on Darfur; asked for a rapid decisio [...]	2004-09-08 06:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR TU
04ANKARA5047	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-08 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5051	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS BOSPHORUS DEMARCHES TO ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered ref a-d demarches on Bosphorus bypass issues on August 31 to Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler. Ambassador stressed that the USG did not support a specific route or project, but called for timely, transparent decisions from the GOT on permits, specifically fo [...]	2004-09-08 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV ENRG SENV TU UK
04ANKARA507	New Import Surveillance Measures [...] (U) On December 31, 2003, the GOT published a series of import surveillance and protection measures in the State Gazette. The measures set import reference prices for consumer goods ranging from kitchenware to toothbrushes (see para 3 for summary). The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat is now [...]	2004-01-27 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA5078	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-09 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5081	BMENAI DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE CO-SPONSORS [...] (SBU) Summary: BMENAI Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) co-sponsor Turkey met separately with representatives from fellow co-sponors Italy and Yemen in Ankara September 7 and 8 and agreed on a broad outline for the DAD's efforts. They envision annual plenary meetings and separate periodic [...]	2004-09-09 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IT PREL TU YM
04ANKARA509	TURKISH REFUGEES IN IRAQ: BROAD CONSENSUS ON [...] (SBU) After three days of intense, hard-fought negotiations in Ankara January 20-22 between Turkish, Iraqi/CPA, US and UNHCR reps on a draft agreement for the repatriation of Turkish refugees from Iraq, the parties reached broad consensus on the content of an agreement. A text reflecting that [...]	2004-01-27 08:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA5100	MFA PROTESTS TURKMEN CASUALTIES IN TAL AFAR [...] (C) Summary: The Director General for Middle East Affairs summoned A/DCM to the MFA the evening of September 9 to express strong concern about Turkmen civilian casualties being incurred during current operations against insurgents in Tal Afar. The protest was motivated by anticipated politic [...]	2004-09-10 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA5110	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-10 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5113	VERHEUGEN OFFERS STRONG SUPPORT DURING TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During an intense September 4-9 visit to Turkey, EU Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen stressed his support for opening accession talks with Turkey in 2005, even stating flatly in one meeting that the EU will set a date for talks at the December Summit. However, Verheugen also war [...]	2004-09-10 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5114	RULING AK PARTY'S HYPOCRITIC OATH: THE ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: An attempt by ruling AK Party (AKP) to re-criminalize adultery and fornication raises serious questions about AKP's commitment to EU values and the party leadership's ability to move away from its Islamist roots. End summary. 2. (U) In the run-up to the EU's October progress re [...]	2004-09-10 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA5115	AMBASSADOR AND DCHOD BASBUG DISCUSS CYPRUS, EU [...] (S) TGS Deputy Chief GEN Basbug told the Ambassador September 8 that developments regarding Cyprus were "worrisome," pointing at the European Court of Human Rights consideration of Loizidou clone cases and the lack of EU action on ending the isolation of northern Cypriots. He hinted that Anka [...]	2004-09-10 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PARM IZ CY IR TU
04ANKARA5117	TAL AFAR BATTLE: GOT VOICES CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with MFA Undersecretary-designate Ali Tuygan afternoon of Sept 10 to provide him with more detail on the situation in Tal Afar based on LNO reporting. Amb. stressed that the Turkish message on the need for discriminate use of force and protection of civilians had register [...]	2004-09-10 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA5118	TURKS TAKE STEPS TO ADDRESS TRUCKER SECURITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to their request for U.S. assistance (ref a),Turkish officials -- recognizing that USG resources for trucker security are limited and that the USG cannot solve the problem -- have been exploring a number of ideas Turkey could implement on its own to improve the se [...]	2004-09-10 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD IZ MOPS PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA512	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-27 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA514	TERRORIST FINANCING: TURKISH MFA ON EU EXTENDING [...] (C) Summary: In two meetings with Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Research and Intelligence Kemal Asya, Econoffs delivered ref B talking points, emphasizing the need for Turkey to work closely with those EU countries that favor designation of Kadek and Kongra Gel, and to provide maximum [...]	2004-01-27 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN TU IZ
04ANKARA5140	TURKS SEEK AVENUE TO GET HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey urgently seeks first-hand access to Talafar to evaluate the situation there to provide humanitarian assistance to this predominantly Turkmen Iraqi city, MFA Undersecretary-designate Tuygan told the Ambassador on Sept. 13. GOT continues to be concerned about getting accurat [...]	2004-09-13 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA5141	GOT'S NON-MUSLIM PROPERTY REFORMS FALL SHORT [...] (C) Summary: EU observers and representatives of Turkey's non-Muslim communities criticize as inadequate GOT reforms designed to allow non-Muslim foundations to acquire property. While the GOT has approved more than 700 applications to acquire legal ownership of properties already under the d [...]	2004-09-13 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5142	IRAQI KURDISH LEADERS CHECK IN WITH TURKS, [...] (C) Summary: PUK leader Jalal Talabani and KDP official Nechirvan Barzani each met separately Sept. 9 with FonMin Abdullah Gul and other MFA officials during brief visits to Ankara. MFA told us that both were pessimistic that national elections can be held in Iraq by next January given the se [...]	2004-09-13 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG TU IZ
04ANKARA5143	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-13 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5144	Update on Turkish Implementation of ISPS Port [...] In a September 8 conversation with Econoff, Okay Kilic, Head of the Maritime Security Department of the Maritime Administration (MA),clarified that Turkey has not/not yet complied with all requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea's (SOLAS) International Ship [...]	2004-09-13 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA5168	TURKEY: AFTER FOURS YEARS, THE STATUS OF THE TOXIC [...] SUMMARY: After nearly four years in which Turkish officials avoided confronting the problem, the Spanish ship MV Ulla, moored in Iskenderun harbor and loaded with 2.2 tons of ash laden with toxic heavy metals, sank just days before it was scheduled to depart for Spain. Environmental NGOs' l [...]	2004-09-14 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO TU
04ANKARA5180	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TURKISH MFA DEPUTY U/S [...] (C) Summary: Taking stock of Cyprus on September 13, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin expressed disappointment at the state of the EU's trade and aid proposals and the lack of a UNSCR endorsing the SYG's report; said UNFICYP's mandate should focus more on facilitating the flow of people and goo [...]	2004-09-14 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA5183	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-14 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5187	CENTRAL BANK RATE CUT REINFORCES MARKET'S [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-14 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON TU
04ANKARA5190	FOREIGN MINISTER WALKS BACK HIS THREAT TO CUT [...] (C) Summary: FonMin Gul told the press Sept. 13 that if civilian casualties continue to mount in the Talafar operation, Turkey would end its cooperation with the U.S. on Iraq. Ambassador spoke with MFA Undersecretary-designate Tuygan and A/DCM with MFA's spokesman Sept. 14 to register our dis [...]	2004-09-14 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA5191	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF J3 CHIEF DELIVERS TOUGH [...] (S/NF) Summary: In his Sept. 8 introductory call by incoming ODC Turkey Chief Maj. Gen. Pete Sutton, TGS J3 LTG Metin Yavuz Yalcin accused the U.S. of meeting with PKK operatives, failing to capture PKK leader Osman Ocalan, and standing by while Kurds sought to alter Kirkuk's population. He ad [...]	2004-09-14 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA5195	GROWING TURKISH GOVERNMENT FRUSTRATION OVER LACK [...] (C) Summary: GOT frustration at the perceived lack of measures to ease Turkish Cypriots' isolation is growing. GOT interlocutors at all levels have expressed this frustration to us in recent meetings; Secretary Powell will hear much the same if he meets with FM Gul at UNGA. For now, the EU i [...]	2004-09-14 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA5196	GOT REQUESTS ADDITIONAL CHANGE TO DRAFT CFE HOST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) On Sept. 13, MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Haluk Ilicak sent PolMilCouns a proposed change to the draft CFE Host Country Agreement text. The GOT seeks to add a new Article V at the end of the agreem [...]	2004-09-14 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KCFE TU
04ANKARA5200	RULING AK PARTY RETREATS FROM GAMBIT TO [...] (U) Facing strong reluctance from various factions within the party and a sharp reaction from EU member states, ruling AK Party (AKP) leadership appears to have abandoned an attempt (ref B) to include re-criminalization of adultery and fornication (zina) as an amendment to the new criminal code [...]	2004-09-14 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA5202	BLUE LANTERN: CHECK ON ELSAN DEFENSE AND [...] ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2004, EMBASSY BLUE LANTERN OFFICER MET WITH THE PRESIDENT AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ELSAN CORPORATION AT ITS OFFICE LOCATED AT THE ADDRESS GIVEN IN REFTEL. DURING THE MEETING PRESIDENT ONUR GOKCE AND VP KEMAL CELIK OUTLINED THE STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF ELS [...]	2004-09-15 08:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC TU
04ANKARA5205	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 10, 2004 by Turkish l [...]	2004-09-15 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5221	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-15 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5229	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-15 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EFIN KSEP KVPR PTER TU KTFN
04ANKARA5232	TERRORIST FINANCE: NEW IRAQ EXECUTIVE ORDER [...] On September 14, 2004, Econoff delivered Reftel demarche to Ahmet Arda (MFA Research and Intelligence Directorate). Arda's office thereafter advised Econoff that it was processing the request in accordance with standard internal GOT procedures. 2. Though GOT has been a cooperative partner i [...]	2004-09-15 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CVIS EFIN KSEP KVPR PTER TU KTFN
04ANKARA5233	TURKISH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE CONVOY FOR TAL AFAR [...] (SBU) Levent Sahinkaya, MFA Head of Department for International Organizations, called in Pol-Mil Counselor on September 15 to request USG cooperation in delivering Turkish humanitarian assistance to Tal Afar on September 17. Econoff, Task Force Olympia LNO and Alp Ay, of the MFA International [...]	2004-09-16 04:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA5234	TURKISH MFA NOT BUDGING ON STROVILIA, ASTROMERITIS [...] (C) Pursuant to refs a and b, we met with Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman September 13 and urged the GOT to resolve outstanding UNFICYP and other UN-related issues prior to finalization of the SYG report on the UNFICYP mandate. In particular, we suggested: lifting restrictions on [...]	2004-09-16 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
04ANKARA5238	BMENAI FORUM FOR THE FUTURE UPDATED PLANS: TURKEY [...] We delivered ref a schedule and participant lists to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Akcapar on September 16. We also informed Akcapar of the number of representatives invited per country to the meetings. 2. Akcapar confirmed that FM Gul will attend the September 24 session. [...]	2004-09-16 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON TU YM IT
04ANKARA5262	NEW TURKISH DEFENSE INDUSTRY POLICY BEGINS TO TAKE [...] (C) Summary: During a Sept 15 tour d'horizon with the Ambassador, Undersecretary for Defense Industry Bayar had a better informed and more balanced view of the state of Turkish defense industry and a clearer vision of where he wants to take it than during their first meeting last May. On procu [...]	2004-09-16 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA5263	USG VIEWS ON ESTABLISHING THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolMil counselor delivered non-paper and talking points in reftel to DDG for Disarmament Haluk Ilicak on August 26. Post was informed on September 16, that GOT, following a detailed review of the recommended protocols by [...]	2004-09-16 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PM TU
04ANKARA5266	SCENESETTER FOR DASD BRZEZINSKI'S SEPTEMBER 21 [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes at a challenging time in our bilateral relations. Our painstaking efforts to rebuild relations over the last year, capped by a successful Istanbul NATO Summit in June, have resulted in the restoration of productive relations at the top military and civilian levels [...]	2004-09-16 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PARM PTER OVIP MOPS MASS CY IR
04ANKARA5267	UPDATE ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE GLOBAL THREAT [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-17 07:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON KNNP MNUC PM PTER TRGY TU
04ANKARA5278	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-17 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5301	CIVAIR OFFICIALS ON SAFETY, SECURITY ISSUES [...] (U) This cable contains action requests in paras 12 and 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkish Civil Aviation officials told us that stringent security measures required by DHS/TSA continue to impose a burden on passengers and security staff. Screening with explosive trace detection (ETD) equipme [...]	2004-09-17 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER TU CY
04ANKARA5306	SECRETARY ABRAHAM'S SEPTEMBER 21 VISIT TO ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes a few months after the President,s June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time when bilateral and political relations are generally on track. Your meeting with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler will provide an excellent op [...]	2004-09-17 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5309	PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF INTENT BETWEEN DOE AND [...] (SBU) Per Reftel request, Post passed proposed Statement Of Intent to the Government of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs by both fax and diplomatic note. Post confirmed that MFA forwarded copies to both the Ministry of Energy and the Turkish Atomic Energy Commission. 2. (SBU) Basak Tug, [...]	2004-09-17 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PTER TRGY ENRG TU
04ANKARA5310	RULING AK PARTY COMPLICATES ITS ITS POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: AK Party (AKP) government's reversal of course by a renewed insistence on criminalizing adultery and subsequent suspension of passage of the new criminal code until after the Oct. 6 release of the EU's progress report on Turkey's candidacy; EU's insistence that Turkey pass its new [...]	2004-09-17 17:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU
04ANKARA5318	TURKISH NOMINEES FOR THE OXFORD TRACKER [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-20 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM TU
04ANKARA532	TURKISH AND IRAQI OFFICIALS ACHIEVE LITTLE AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow-up to agreements reached in Ankara in December 2003 (ref a),Iraqi and Turkish officials met in the Turkish border town of Cizre (January 20-22) to discuss improving border operations. However, the results were disappointing: the Turkish side insisted that it could [...]	2004-01-28 05:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA5350	TURKISH MARKETS FALL SHARPLY ON EU CONCERNS [...] (Sbu) Summary: No sooner had markets shown signs of beginning an autumn rally, than the GOT, ss handling of the adultery issue -- resulting in the postponement of the penal code reform and negative implications for Turkey,s EU accession prospects -- caused markets to fall sharply Friday, Sept [...]	2004-09-20 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
04ANKARA5351	TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ DONORS' MEETING IN [...] (U) Turkey's coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Ambassador Rifat Okcun will lead the Turkish delegation to the Tokyo Donors' meeting, where Turkey will serve on the Donors' committee as a representative of the small donors. 2. (U) Okcun said that Turkey has not made any disbursements fro [...]	2004-09-20 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA5370	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

04ANKARA5373	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

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