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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 -- [...] 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 [...] (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 [...&r | ||||