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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05ANKARA489 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-28 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4905 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4906 |
TURKISH MFA ON PKK TRILATERAL FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns on Aug. 19 presented to MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Security Affairs Bicakli the Framework for Action resulting from the recent PKK Trilateral Talks. Bicakli conf [...] |
2005-08-22 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ PKK |
| 05ANKARA4911 |
A SNAPSHOT OF TURKEY,S SAADET PARTY: LEFT-WING [...] (C) Summary. Saadet Party is the latest incarnation of Islamist parties formed by political Islam leader Necmettin Erbakan. The party,s members are hardcore Islamists (while not averse to material wealth), but their rhetoric often combines elements of Islamism with a leftwing inspired critic [...] |
2005-08-23 06:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 05ANKARA4914 |
THE REAL STRENGTH OF THE AK PARTY: ITS WOMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: AK Party's women provide the energy that fuels AKP's mighty grassroots machine. The women feel valued by the Party's leaders and they are particularly enamored with PM Erdogan. That they are being used by the men in the party is almost irrelevant--the woman derive substantial [...] |
2005-08-23 06:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 05ANKARA492 |
TURKEY: AES INTERESTED IN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Arlington, Virginia - based power company AES is seriously interested in investing in Turkey's electricity distribution sector. The GOT has still not clearly established the privatization methodology. This is the second major expression of strong interest by a U.S. company in [...] |
2005-01-28 13:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
| 05ANKARA4939 |
THREATENING LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY OFFICER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON 22 August 2005 Acting DCM Timothy Betts received a letter, written in Arabic, claiming that Mujahideen here in Turkey will strike down our personnel and families. The letter was discussed at Country Team today, 23 August. Turkish National Police are investigating. End sum [...] |
2005-08-23 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA4944 |
THIRD PARTY TRANSFER REQUEST: TRANSFER OF [...] (C) This is an action request. Post received on Aug. 18 a diplomatic note requesting initiation of USG procedures to consider approval of the transfer of 500 US-origin sonobuoys (250 AN-SSQ-41B type, 150 AN/SSQ-62B type, and 100 AN-SSQ-77A type) from the Turkish Navy to the Pakistani Naval Com [...] |
2005-08-24 10:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL TU PK |
| 05ANKARA4946 |
TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] Post received a diplomatic note in reply to the invitation by the Nonproliferation Bureau to attend the Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference. This note states that the GOT will send two representatives to participate in the Conference in Stockholm, Sweden from September 20-2 [...] |
2005-08-24 10:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA4947 |
TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN SEDM WMD EXECUTIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-15 21:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM TU |
| 05ANKARA4951 |
"ALTERNATIVE" ARMENIAN CONFERENCE RESCHEDULED IN [...] (U) This is a joint AmCon Istanbul/Embassy Ankara message. 2. (C) Summary: A conference at which independent-minded intellectuals will speak about the massacres of Armenians in 1915, canceled in May after Turkish government pressure (ref A), has been rescheduled for September 23-25 in Ist [...] |
2005-08-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM |
| 05ANKARA4955 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Roj TV: Broadcasts in Kurdish, Arabic and Turkish from Brussels and follows the PKK line. It broadcasts for 12 hours starting at 1000 GMT. Roj TV, known as `PKK television,' airs news, political discussions, music, and children's programs. 2. Mesopotamia TV (Me-TV): Close to the PKK ca [...] |
2005-08-24 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA496 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-28 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4965 |
ACTION REQUEST: TURKEY CONCERNED THAT NEW [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 7. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey believes the language on Kirkuk in the Iraqi draft constitution will remove safeguards currently in place in the TAL and give the Iraqi Kurds a "green light" to press forward with making the province part of the KRA. [...] |
2005-08-24 16:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA497 |
U.S. VISITS HELPS TURKISH FEMA REFORM TURKEY'S [...] Summary: Turkey's Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) received the political endorsement of Deputy Prime Minister Sahin and key ministers to broaden its authority to coordinate Turkey's emergency management system. TEMA Director General Hassan Ipek said his December visit to the U.S. with Sa [...] |
2005-01-28 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL SENV TU |
| 05ANKARA498 |
Turkish Central Bank Intervenes: Motives [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Central Bank made a rare direct intervention in foreign exchange markets on January 27, buying about $1.5 billion to control excess foreign exchange (FX) market volatility and excess FX liquidity. This is the first direct intervention since February 2004 when the [...] |
2005-01-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
| 05ANKARA499 |
TURKS SEEK PROCEDURE FOR EMERGENCY HELO FLIGHTS [...] (S) Summary: TGS has requested permission to fly Turkish military helicopters into northern Iraq in case of an emergency and also for rotating personnel in and out of the area. We understand such permission would require the overall permission of the IIG, though MNF-I would implement the nece [...] |
2005-01-28 16:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA500 |
CHARGE URGES TURKS TO PRODUCE POSITIVE STATEMENT [...] (C) MFA Director General for the Middle East Oguz Celikkol called in Charge Jan. 28 to discuss the upcoming elections in Iraq. Celikkol provided us with MFA's Jan. 28 statement on the elections (see para. 3). Celikkol covered familiar Turkish ground: the election process in Kirkuk as well as [...] |
2005-01-28 16:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA5003 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-25 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA501 |
MAIN OPPOSITION CHP LEADERSHIP STRUGGLE -- BAYKAL [...] (C) Summary. Struggle between Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Baykal and Istanbul-Sisli Mayor Sarigul for control of left-of-center CHP will come to a head at the Jan. 29-30 party convention. Most observers think Baykal will win the contest, but the outcome is not a shoe-in. The U.S. h [...] |
2005-01-28 17:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 05ANKARA503 |
Turkish Central Bank Intervenes: Motives [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Central Bank made a rare direct intervention in foreign exchange markets on January 27, buying about $1.5 billion to control excess foreign exchange (FX) market volatility and excess FX liquidity. This is the first direct intervention since February 2004 when the [...] |
2005-01-29 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
| 05ANKARA5035 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-26 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5037 |
TURKEY FOLLOW UP ON TERROR FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Taking up Treasury U/S Levey's offer to help in Turkey's preparation for its upcoming FATF review, Turkey's financial intelligence unit, MASAK, is organizing an interagency GOT group to meet with Embassy on September 15. The goal of the meeting is to identify areas for focused [...] |
2005-08-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA504 |
TURKEY PLANS TO PROVIDE STAFF AND MATERIALS FOR [...] (C) TGS/J3 LTG Yalcin told DCM and PolMilCouns on Jan. 26 that Turkey was planning to offer significant training and support for the Afghan War College. PolMilOff followed up Jan. 27 with Aydin Evirgen, MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia. Evirgen said that the plan--which still requir [...] |
2005-01-29 17:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EAID TU AF |
| 05ANKARA5061 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5064 |
SECOND THREAT LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY OFFICER [...] (SBU) On August 29, 2005 Embassy Deputy Political Officer Charles Blaha received a threatening letter, written in Arabic, similar to the letter received by post's Political Military Counselor (then Acting DCM) (reftel) on August 22, 2005. The letter was received by Blaha through the embassy [...] |
2005-08-29 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA5065 |
FUEL FLOWING AGAIN TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Fuel shipments through Turkey to U.S. military and SOMO depots appear to have resumed following the partial clearing of SOMO payment arrears owed to Turkish suppliers and the establishment of a new Turkish system for monitoring deliveries in order to reduce smuggling. At the s [...] |
2005-08-29 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECIN PREL IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA5080 |
DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH TURKEY ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. DAS Bryza and Turkey's senior energy bureaucrat agreed that the imminent completion of the BTC pipeline set the stage for new areas of bilateral energy cooperation, including on Turkish Straits "bypass" pipelines, supplying gas to southern and southeastern Europe, and U.S. inv [...] |
2005-08-31 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV TU GG IZ AZ BTC |
| 05ANKARA5107 |
TURKEY: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Turkey has made a commitment to eliminate child labor as it pursues its EU membership bid. The GOT's short-term goal is to limit and improve the conditions under which children work. The GOT's long-term goal is to increase access to basic and vocational education as a means of improving the [...] |
2005-09-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
| 05ANKARA5109 |
GOT WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY FOLLOWING THROUGH ON [...] (C) Summary: Political observers widely credit PM Erdogan with breaking new rhetorical ground on the Kurdish issue in the context of his recent visit to Diyarbakir. But contacts say they doubt the GOT is prepared to follow through on the initiative. Members of the (PKK-related) Democratic Peo [...] |
2005-09-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 05ANKARA5113 |
FOOD AID AND THE WTO MESSAGE DELIVERED TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-01 13:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TU WTO AID |
| 05ANKARA5114 |
STATE OF PLAY ON TURKEY-PKK [...] (S/NF) Summary: The PKK issue remains at the top of the political agenda in Turkey. Ethnic tensions--along with the death toll--are on the rise, while crowds at funerals of soldiers killed in PKK attacks have added "Damn the USA" to their traditional chant, "Damn the PKK." The Turks apprecia [...] |
2005-09-01 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS TU IZ PKK |
| 05ANKARA5115 |
PKK FUNERAL CLASH INDICATES RISING TENSION IN [...] (C) Summary: One demonstrator was found dead following an August 28 clash in Batman between police and a group of PKK sympathizers trying to claim the bodies of six PKK fighters killed by Turkish military forces. Relatives of the victim say he was shot to death by police; the Batman police chi [...] |
2005-09-01 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK |
| 05ANKARA5116 |
ANKARA EAC MEETING 09/01/2005 [...] (SBU) Charge chaired the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 9/01/05 to discuss implications of a second threat letter received by an Embassy Officer (reftel). In attendance were representatives from each of the following sections/agencies: RSO, MGT, CON, DAO, POL, PAS, MSG, ECON, INC, ESO, [...] |
2005-09-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA5119 |
ADDRESSING THE AI THREAT IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary. Post delivered referenced talking points to officials at the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA). MARA officials are very concerned that Avian Influenza could spread to Turkey primarily by wild bird populations migrating from Russia. Officials welcomed a [...] |
2005-09-01 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO KSTH |
| 05ANKARA5122 |
TRADE MINISTER TUZMEN WASHINGTON MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. Turkish State Minister Tuzmen does not appear to have a specific agenda for his September 8-9 meetings at USTR, Commerce and DHS. In addition to our agriculture and IPR issues, it would be helpful to remind the tin-eared Minister of the importance of communication and dialogue [...] |
2005-09-02 08:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EINV BEXP TU |
| 05ANKARA5133 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-02 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5139 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: YASIN AL-QADI - STATUS OF ASSET [...] (SBU) Accoring to Turkish Foreign Ministry officials, a freeze on $3 million in al-Qadi assets found in Turkish bank accounts remains in place, although al-Qadi continues his legal challenge in Turkish courts of the Council of Ministers' freeze order (see ref b). The Turkish Court that revi [...] |
2005-09-02 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER PGOV PREL TU EUN |
| 05ANKARA5140 |
TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, August 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...] |
2005-09-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA5157 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5163 |
GOT HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL RESIGNS, OFFICE MAY BE [...] (C) Summary: Vahit Bicak, head of the GOT's Human Rights Presidency, told us he will resign this month, out of frustration over the lack of support for the office from PM Erdogan and other GOT leaders. He said Erdogan informed him that he will not back a plan to create a new, independent huma [...] |
2005-09-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 05ANKARA5164 |
TURKEY PROVIDES THE STAGE FOR HISTORIC [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul was the scene of historic August 31 - September 1 meetings between Israel FM Shalom and Pakistani FM Kasuri. The Pakistanis contacted Turkish PM Erdogan for help in setting up the meeting; the Turks had no role in its political substance. The GOI appreciates Turkey's [...] |
2005-09-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IS PK |
| 05ANKARA5165 |
TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT TALAFAR [...] (C) The GOT Deputy Special Envoy for Iraq, Ethem Tokdemir, briefed PolMilCouns Sept. 1 on Turkish concerns and actions regarding Talafar. He reported that a delegation of 17 tribal Turkmen leaders from Talafar (nine Shia, six Sunni, two unknown--full list in para. 5) traveled to Ankara and met [...] |
2005-09-02 16:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA5166 |
ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UN: TURKEY HAS INVITATION [...] (C) A/DCM and PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Middle East Director General Oguz Celikkol on September 2. Celikkol, who was already aware of the points based on USUN's demarche to the Turkish Mission to the UN, acknowledged that PM Erdogan had, indeed, received an invitation [...] |
2005-09-03 03:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY TU UNGA SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA5168 |
TURKEY AND POTENTIAL GAS TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-06 06:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD TU GG AZ |
| 05ANKARA5172 |
TURKEY VIEW ON BTC SECURITY AND CEYHAN INAUGURATION [...] (SBU) BTC Inauguration at Ceyhan: MFA DDG Energy Mithat Rende told Econ Counselor on September 2 that the GOT expected the BTC first oil tanker loading at Ceyhan to be scheduled for either mid December or March. He said that BP's current forecast for BTC completion estimated end of December [...] |
2005-09-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PREL TU GG AZ BTC |
| 05ANKARA5182 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5183 |
THE POST-GYMNICH VIEW FROM ANKARA: TURKS MAY [...] (C) Summary: GOT officials express differing degrees of displeasure with the draft text of an EU counter-declaration to the July 29 Turkish declaration of non-recognition of the Republic of Cyprus (ROC). In the end, the Turks will probably accept it if the text does not vary from the current [...] |
2005-09-06 16:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY EU |
| 05ANKARA5190 |
RULING AKP'S GRASSROOTS DIFFICULTIES IN ANKARA'S [...] (C) Summary. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) faces challenges in trying to maintain momentum in meeting its extremely ambitious goals for grassroots party building. AKP is running into difficulty filling party slots with clean, competent people; corrupt politicians, businessme [...] |
2005-09-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 05ANKARA5191 |
GOT SENDING MONTREAL CONVENTION TO PARLIAMENT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-07 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON TU |
| 05ANKARA5193 |
TURKISH BUSINESSMAN OFFERS 1.2 MILLION BOTTLES [...] This is an action cable. Please see para 6. 2. Summary: Turkish businessman Hasan Akincioglu has offered 1.2 million bottles of US Army VETCOM approved water to the relief efforts. Akincioglu has worked for 35 years with the US military stationed at Incirlik Air Force Base in Adana. He r [...] |
2005-09-07 11:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA5195 |
REQUEST FOR DOD PARTICIPATION IN IDEF 2005 [...] (U) This report contains sensitive Business Information; please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post understands that Turkey's Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul has invited Secretary Rumsfeld and two US officials of his choice to participate in IDEF 2005, the 7th International Defense In [...] |
2005-09-07 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS TU |
| 05ANKARA5196 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5208 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5209 |
TURKS AND TALAFAR: CONTINUING CONCERN, MOUNTING [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 4. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT continues to express deep concern about the situation in Talafar, a predominantly Turkmen city in northwest Ninewah province. MFA officials have peppered us with questions about the latest situation there and have [...] |
2005-09-07 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA5210 |
TFUS01: TURKS RESPOND WITH COMPASSION AND [...] Summary: The GOT and Turkish citizens responded generously and compassionately in the aftermath of Katrina, both by publicly expressing condolences and by offering assistance to the affected region. Prime Minister Tayip Erdogan rebutted some of the commentary in the Islamist-oriented press by [...] |
2005-09-07 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA5220 |
TURKEY NUCLEAR QUEST AND U.S. TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Turkish officials prefer U.S. technology to implement its decision to develop a civilian nuclear power capability, Westinghouse and GE reps, both with previous bad experiences in Turkey, are skeptical about Turkey's will, capacity, and commitment to a transparent, non-pol [...] |
2005-09-08 08:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
| 05ANKARA5221 |
TALAFAR SITUATION: TURKS ALLEGE IRANIAN (AND [...] (C) Summary: A senior Turkish MFA official speculated that Iran and/or the Iraqi Kurds may be "playing a game" in Talafar in order to eventually control the city, using CF ops to their own ends. We continue to try to feed as much factual information on Talafar as possible to the Turks in orde [...] |
2005-09-08 08:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA5222 |
NEW DCHOD WANTS US TO TAKE ONE STEP TO DEMONSTRATE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish General Staff (TGS) Deputy Chief GEN Isik Kosaner told the Charge on Sept. 7 that he wanted to further improve US-Turkey mil-mil relations during his tenure. He pointed to the expected Sept. 8-9 visit of EUCOM CDR and CENTCOM D/CDR as a positive contribution to a relatio [...] |
2005-09-08 09:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PINR TU IZ PKK |
| 05ANKARA5223 |
DAS BRYZA'S AUGUST 25-26 VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: DAS Bryza attended a series of positive meetings with Turkish officials to promote a renewed strategic partnership between the US and Turkey. While noting that the U.S.-Turkish relationship is broad and multidimensional, Turkish interlocutors repeatedly stressed the importance of [...] |
2005-09-08 10:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TU PGOV PINS PREL |
| 05ANKARA5233 |
ORHAN PAMUK CASE - CHARGE' TELEGRAPHS USG CONCERNS [...] (C) During a September 7 meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ali Tuygan, CDA McEldowney raised the freedom of speech court case that has been brought against world-renowned author Orhan Pamuk. Pamuk has been charged with "insulting Turks" for written remarks in which he made reference to the Armeni [...] |
2005-09-08 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
| 05ANKARA5236 |
TURKS PREPARED TO ACCEPT EXISTING FRAMEWORK [...] (C) Summary: In separate September 7 meetings with MFA Deputy U/S Bozkir and U/S Tuygan, Charge learned that the Turks are prepared to stomach some fairly tough language in the Negotiating Framework, especially if they can get slightly modified language in the Counter-Declaration, linking Cy [...] |
2005-09-08 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV EU TU |
| 05ANKARA5244 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-08 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5247 |
TALAFAR SITUATION: TURKS WANT TO SEND HA SEPT. 10 [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (C) Recalling his discussion with us the previous day (reftel), MFA MidEast DG Oguz Celikkol contacted polmilcouns Sept. 8 to relay that the Turkish Red Crescent was preparing to send "on Saturday or Sunday" (Sept. 10 or 11) from Ankara three [...] |
2005-09-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA5248 |
NEW TGS J-5 STRATEGY DIVISION CHIEF READY TO ENGAGE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a Sept. 8 introductory call by PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns, new TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MG Savas confirmed TGS interest in holding Caucasus Working Group and HLDG meetings this fall. Savas listed his [...] |
2005-09-08 16:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PARM PINR TU |
| 05ANKARA5270 |
KING ABDULLAH VISITS TURKEY, SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdullah visited Ankara September 5 at his initiative and met briefly with Turkish President Sezer, PM Erdogan and FonMin Gul. Focusing on Iraq, Abdullah reportedly expressed two major concerns: first, that Iraq's Sunnis are becoming alienated from the constitutional proce [...] |
2005-09-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS IR IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA5275 |
TURKEY INTERIM RESPONSE ON AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP [...] Turkey was not able to deliver a definite response to our request for commitment to join an international partnership on avian and pandemic influenza (REF A). Officials at MFA and the Ministries of Health and Agriculture said the proposal looked positive, but were unable to give an official r [...] |
2005-09-09 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO TU |
| 05ANKARA5277 |
EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (AUGUST 2005) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to monitor the NP projects that are underway in Turkey, including Internal Control Program (ICP), Commodity Identification Training (CIT), Product Identification Tool (PIT) and Second Line of Defense (SLD). Work continued to progress despite being in the m [...] |
2005-09-09 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC IZ KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU |
| 05ANKARA5281 |
PM, MINISTER CRITICIZE STATE OF ISLAMIC WORLD [...] (U) Summary: PM Erdogan and State Minister Aydin recently made public statements criticizing the state of the Islamic world and calling on Muslims to uphold the values of their faith. Using strikingly similar language, the GOT leaders said the Islamic world lags behind the West in terms of so [...] |
2005-09-09 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 05ANKARA5282 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5295 |
DEMONSTRATION AT AMEMBASSY ANKARA - 09/10/2005 [...] (U) On 10 September 2005 at 1300 hours (Local) approximately 200 members of the Iraqi Turks Association, the Government Workers Union, the Labor Party, and Turkish Metal Workers Union, assembled on Kennedy Caddesi across from Embassy Ankara. This planned demonstration was in support of Iraqi [...] |
2005-09-12 10:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER |
| 05ANKARA5298 |
TURKISH STRAITS BYPASS - SLOW BUT SURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Turkish government officials continue to assert that Samsun-Ceyhan is the best route for a "Bosphorus bypass" pipeline, regional energy company reps say a commercial consensus is forming around Burgos-Alexandropolos, with Samsun-Ceyhan a possible second bypass, particular [...] |
2005-09-12 11:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV TU |
| 05ANKARA5299 |
TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO ENERGY SUPPLY DISRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey confirmed its participation in the IEA coordinated emergency response stock release related to the Katrina energy supply disruption. Turkey released refined products from state refiner TUPRAS. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In a September 2 meeting with Econ Counselor, GOT [...] |
2005-09-12 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON TU |
| 05ANKARA5305 |
9/11 EVENTS IN ANKARA, ISTANBUL GENERATE POSITIVE [...] Commemorations organized by Embassy Ankara and Congen Istanbul to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks generated unusually widespread and positive coverage in the Turkish media today. Embassy Ankara organized a ceremony and wreath-laying at a monument to Turkish martyrs in the nearby muni [...] |
2005-09-12 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA5306 |
TURKS ALLEGE COALITION F-16S VIOLATED TURKISH [...] (C) Turkish General Staff informed ODC Turkey Sept. 9 that it had data indicating that on the same day two F-16 aircraft "assumed having taken off from Iraq" violated Turkish airspace 20 km southeast of Sirnak. TGS's note claimed that the aircraft entered Turkish airspace at 1155 local time at [...] |
2005-09-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA5308 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5310 |
TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ - GOOD NEWS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's Kartet Company gained GOT regulatory approval for increasing its exports to Iraq to 300 MW from current 200 MW, but for a limited and indefinite period, in favor of aiming for a competitive tender for allocation of transmission capacity for the longer term or for a lar [...] |
2005-09-13 08:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD TU IZ OPIC |
| 05ANKARA5317 |
SECRETARY'S INVITATION DELIVERED TO TURKISH FM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-13 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EU OPDC TU NATO |
| 05ANKARA5319 |
TURKS WILL NOT ACCEPT UIGHURS FROM GITMO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TU CH |
| 05ANKARA5333 |
TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR [...] Summary. Faced with massive financial and implementation challenges in meeting EU environmental standards, Turkey is interested in working with the U.S. Government and private sector in key environmental areas such as medical waste, municipal solid waste, air quality monitoring, wastewater t [...] |
2005-09-14 06:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO BEXP TU EU |
| 05ANKARA5342 |
TURKS PUT ON POOR SHOW AT ISTANBUL TIP CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a prime opportunity to provide valuable input in the August 25-27 TIP conference, the Turkish MFA, academia, and gendarmerie representatives dropped the ball. From not understanding the difference between smuggling and trafficking, to shamelessly touting Turkey's libera [...] |
2005-09-14 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
| 05ANKARA5346 |
EUCOM/CENTCOM OFFER TURKS HELP WITH PKK; ASK FOR [...] (S/rel UK and AUS) Summary: At talks with EUCOM Commander Gen James Jones and CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lt.Gen. Lance Smith on Sept. 8-9, TGS Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok indicated that Turkish cross border operations targeting the PKK in northern Iraq were not imminent, but that Turkish patience was [...] |
2005-09-14 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER MARR PREL TU IZ PKK |
| 05ANKARA5350 |
TURKEY'S NSC SECGEN LOOKING FOR WASHINGTON [...] (U) During an August 26 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, Turkish National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan raised the possibility of a visit to Washington this fall to meet his NSC counterparts. Alpogan first mentioned his interest in such a visit during the Charge's initial [...] |
2005-09-14 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 05ANKARA5351 |
GOT DENIES IT PLANS TO CLOSE HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE [...] (U) The Prime Ministry issued a written statement September 8 denying press reports indicating that the GOT had decided against the creation of an independent human rights institution and was considering closing the existing Human Rights Presidency (reftel). According to the statement, the GO [...] |
2005-09-14 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 05ANKARA5352 |
TURKEY'S REFINERY PRIVATIZATION: ANOTHER CROWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Privatization Authority seems to have taken another important step forward, with a Koc Holding - Shell consortium committing to pay a higher-than- expected $4.14 billion for a 51 percent stake in TUPRAS, Turkey's state-owned monopoly refiner. Given past court rulings a [...] |
2005-09-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV KTDB TU |
| 05ANKARA5353 |
TURKEY OFFERS REVISIONS TO PKK "FRAMEWORK FOR [...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs Amb. Hayati Guven called in PolMilCouns Sept. 9 to hand over Turkey's proposed revisions to the PKK "Framework for Action" document (reftel) as part of the trilateral U.S.-Turkey-Iraq process on the PKK. Guven noted that MFA Deputy Under Secretary [...] |
2005-09-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ PKK |
| 05ANKARA5354 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5355 |
TFUS01: TURKS REMEMBER GENEROUS EARTHQUAKE [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 6. 2. Summary: The GOT has formally offered an assistance package totaling USD 2.5 million for Hurricane Katrina, including a USD 1.5 million cash donation to the American Red Cross (already sent), and USD 1 million of in-kind assistance. GOT Emergen [...] |
2005-09-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL KPAO TU |
| 05ANKARA5357 |
TURKEY GENERALLY UNHAPPY WITH DRAFT IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is generally unhappy with the draft Iraqi constitution; chief concerns are Sunni Arab participation, Kirkuk, and official recognition of the Kurdistan region. The Turks see all of these issues as tending to pull the country apart, which would be seen as an existential thr [...] |
2005-09-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA5393 |
CONTACTS FORESEE CONTINUED CONFLICT IN SOUTHEAST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU |
| 05ANKARA5394 |
TFUS01: TURKS IN KIND OFFER DETAILS [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. The Turkish Government has formally offered an assistance package totaling $2.5 million for Hurricane Katrina, including $1.5 million cash donation sent to the American Red Cross, and USD 1 million of in-kind assistance to be determined (Ref A). [...] |
2005-09-15 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL KPAO TU |
| 05ANKARA5395 |
PKK TRILATERAL TALKS: IRAQIS SEEKING JANUARY DATE [...] (C) On Sept. 14, Iraqi DCM Abdulwahab al-Jawary informed PolMilOff that, on instructions from the Iraqi MFA Department Head for Neighboring Countries, Amb. Taha Sukur Mahmoud al-Abbasi, the ITG wished to inform us that Iraq does not want to hold the next round of PKK trilateral (U.S.-Turkey-Ir [...] |
2005-09-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ PKK |
| 05ANKARA5396 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5416 |
EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-16 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA5420 |
TURKEY APPARENTLY NOT YET DECIDED ON CANCELING [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA and TGS will discuss the cancellation of military exercises on Sept. 19. MFA is inclined to cancel (if Greece does); the TGS J5 Greece/Cyprus Branch Chief told us he will recommend the decision be linked to whether EU accession negotiations commence Oct. 3. We be [...] |
2005-09-16 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL CY GR TU |
| 05ANKARA5421 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5425 |
Biotech Speaker in Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary. Most Turks, including government officials, journalists and academics, continue to express concern with transgenic crops and food. Despite the available scientific evidence, most people continue to believe that food products made from transgenic crops are unsafe and should wi [...] |
2005-09-19 11:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KSTH |
| 05ANKARA5444 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5448 |
US OFFICIALS COOPERATION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: In an important gesture of our preparedness to work together with Turkey to shut down the PKK's European support network, Washington analysts presented a list of PKK financiers to an interagency group of Turkish officials. In subsequent meetings, the Charge urged Finance Minister [...] |
2005-09-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PREL TU PKK |
| 05ANKARA5451 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5452 |
TURKISH RED CRESCENT DELIVERS HUMANITARIAN AID TO [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 8. 2. (C) Summary: Press coverage of the Turkish Red Crescent's delivery of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons' camps near Talafar has included accusations by Red Crescent that U.S. forces intimidated Turkish aid workers and attempte [...] |
2005-09-20 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA5483 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-21 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5496 |
TALKING TO TURKS: WORDS AND PHRASES TO AVOID [...] (C) Summary: Some words and phrases Westerners commonly use to describe Turkish society and Turkish politics cause unintended controversy here. Turks are still debating fundamental aspects their politics, history, society, and religion, and by using certain words or phases Western commentator [...] |
2005-09-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PA PGOV PINS PREL TU KISL |
| 05ANKARA5499 |
NSA HADLEY VISIT TO TURKEY: ANCHORING THE [...] (C) Your arrival in Ankara comes at an extraordinarily difficult moment between Turkey and the EU. Your presence and the message of solidarity that you convey will provide much-needed solace to the Turkish government and to the broader population -- both of whom are feeling abused and humilia [...] |
2005-09-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC TU US IZ SY IR EU |
| 05ANKARA5501 |
VISIT TO TURKEY OF UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR [...] SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkey comes at a time when bilateral relations are gradually but perceptibly improving. While the Turks highly value U.S. support for Turkey,s EU membership and our active work on behalf of a Cyprus settlement, the perceptions that we have done nothing to counter the [...] |
2005-09-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PGOV PREL KPAO TU |
| 05ANKARA5502 |
BABACAN SCENESETTER: TURKISH ECONOMY AT A WATERSHED [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister Babacan comes to Washington at what may be a watershed moment for the Turkish economy. If Turkey officially becomes an EU accession country October 3, and recent privatization and FDI deals are consummated, Turkey will have taken another important step away from its bo [...] |
2005-09-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV BEXP TU |
| 05ANKARA5504 |
TURKEY FINE WITH F-16 REQUEST WITHDRAWAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-22 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PK TU |
| 05ANKARA5506 |
US MISSION TURKEY: RESPONSIBILITY AND [...] THE U.S. MISSION IN TURKEY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN EUROPE. WITH OVER 1200 EMPLOYEES LOCATED IN FOUR SEPARATE CITIES (ANKARA, ISTANBUL, ADANA, AND IZMIR), THE MISSION IS COMPRISED OF OVER 20 AGENCIES ENGAGED ACROSS THE FULL RANGE OF USG POLICY PRIORITIES. TURKEY IS A COUNTRY OF GREAT STRATEG [...] |
2005-09-22 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT |
| 05ANKARA5507 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-23 04:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5531 |
UNESCO CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TURKEY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-23 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SCUL TU UNESCO |
| 05ANKARA5533 |
TURKEY AND BTC: WAITING FOR OIL AT THE GEORGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and Georgia are competing to see which will be the limiting bottleneck for first oil in the BTC pipeline, each side pointing vigorously at the other. As the contest will have contractual ramifications for settling construction delays and cost overruns, it has led to som [...] |
2005-09-23 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PHUM EINV TU BTC |
| 05ANKARA5536 |
TURKEY AND TURK TELEKOM: EMBASSY ASSISTS AT&T [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy helped AT&T obtain GOT regulatory approval for its merger with SBC and with researching timely resolution of problems with downed leased lines in Turkey. The Turk Telekom privatization has been delayed due to some legal attacks launched by labor unions, but all parties ar [...] |
2005-09-23 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV BEXP TU |
| 05ANKARA5539 |
G-8 BMENA: TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN OCTOBER 1-3 [...] MFA Policy Planning Directorate Department Head Levent Gumrukcu told Poloff September 21 that MFA Director General for Policy Planning Ambassador Mehmet Akat would lead the Turkish delegation to Rabat. MFA Coordinator for BMENA Omur Orhun has a meeting in Cairo at that time and will not be a [...] |
2005-09-23 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL KMPI TU BMENA |
| 05ANKARA5540 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-24 01:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA561 |
SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: You arrive in Turkey as we begin to recalibrate bilateral relations emphasizing renewed dialogue on areas of mutual concern to maximize achievable cooperation. We are working with a different democratizing Turkey as elites rotate and under the impact of widespread, and disaffect [...] |
2005-02-01 11:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA5621 |
TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, August 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Thursday, September [...] |
2005-09-27 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
| 05ANKARA5627 |
TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, August 2005 [...] (SBU) Discussion of a new National Security Policy document (outlining the government's priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external security), which was postponed to August from the June NSC meeting, was not discussed in the NSC bi-monthly meeting of August 23. No offic [...] |
2005-09-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA5632 |
CDA DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH MINISTER AYDIN [...] (U) Summary: CDA emphasized to State Minister Aydin during a September 21 meeting the importance the USG places on religious freedom, and asked if he would join her in efforts to promote religious tolerance in Turkey. Aydin averred that he supports such efforts in principle, but they are poli [...] |
2005-09-27 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 05ANKARA5634 |
TURKISH MEDIA COVERAGE - VISIT OF APNSA HADLEY [...] Turkish media coverage of APNSA Hadley's September 23-25 visit to Ankara has generally been straightforward, accurate, and positive. Not surprisingly, most papers focused on Hadley's public remarks on the the need for the United States to do more to address Turkey's concerns about PKK terrori [...] |
2005-09-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5635 |
TURKEY: INTERAGENCY TERRORISM FINANCE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In follow-up to Treasury U/S Levey's June visit and the subsequent exchange of letters regarding Turkey's counter-terror finance (CTF) regime, Embassy met with an interagency GOT group on September 15. The focus was on pending legislative changes that GOT officials assert wi [...] |
2005-09-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA5636 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-27 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA566 |
TURKEY ENERGY: BTC, GAS, AND LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the Energy UnderSecretary, Turkey continues to make progress on liberalizing its electricity and gas sectors, but there are still details to be filled in on the underlying legislation and action plan for privatization. He said Russia is welcome to compete for priv [...] |
2005-02-01 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET TU |
| 05ANKARA5677 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-28 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5695 |
TURKS TO U/S HUGHES: DEEPER DIALOGUE WELCOME [...] (C) U/S Hughes met September 28 with Turkish FonMin Gul and MFA U/S Tuygan. Gul stressed Turkey's desire for stability on its borders, its concerns over developments in Iraq, and the need to maintain dialogue with Syria and Iran in order to change their behavior. On the PKK and terrorism, Gu [...] |
2005-09-29 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KWMN SCUL TU |
| 05ANKARA57 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5721 |
BOTH GOT AND MARKET PLAYERS SAY THEY'RE READY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-29 15:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA5727 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-29 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA577 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA581 |
MAIN OPPOSITION CHP LEADERSHIP STUGGLE -- BAYKAL'S [...] (C) Summary. Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Baykal was re-elected chairman of CHP at the party's convention on 28-29 January. Baykal's re-election marks a significant victory over his key political rivals within the party, but the negative publicity surrounding their leadership strug [...] |
2005-02-01 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 05ANKARA5825 |
APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH PM ERDOGAN: [...] (C) Summary: In a 90-minute meeting with APNSA Hadley on September 23, Turkish PM Erdogan spoke of the challenges in the Middle East and the need for concrete steps to promote democracy. In that context, he stressed his theme of building personal relations with leaders of Turkey's neighbors, [...] |
2005-09-30 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS KPAL CY |
| 05ANKARA5841 |
APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH NSC SECRETARY GENERAL [...] SUMMARY: In a one-hour meeting with APSNA Hadley on September 23, National Security Council Secretary General Yigit Alpogan spoke of the importance of opening new channels of dialogue to enhance the U.S.-Turkish relationship. The GOT appreciates U.S. support with the accession process, but w [...] |
2005-09-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS PA |
| 05ANKARA5843 |
APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN [...] (C) Summary. U/S Tuygan and APNSA Hadley both stressed the importance of U.S.-Turkish strategic partnership and agreed on the need for a bilateral strategic dialogue concerning the full range of cooperation on regional issues. Tuygan, however, also implied that Turkey feels overburdened by EU [...] |
2005-09-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS PA |
| 05ANKARA5845 |
APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH CHOD OZKOK [...] (C) Summary: Despite our occasional differences over Iraq, Turkey remains America's strategic partner, asserted Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok to APNSA Hadley. Ozkok reviewed Turkish views of the Black Sea, Caucasus, and Central Asia. He outlined the "nuclear chain" stretching from North Korea, Indi [...] |
2005-09-30 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER KPKO TU IZ AF RS NATO |
| 05ANKARA589 |
TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 4 of 4 (septel). Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ A. (U) The GOT issued 26 humanitarian visas to allow victims [...] |
2005-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA590 |
TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PREVENTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 4 (septel). Prevention ---------- A. (SBU) Turkish MFA Illegal Migration Department Head Iskender Okyay stated that the two hundred sixty-two TIP [...] |
2005-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA591 |
TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...] |
2005-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA592 |
TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 4 (septel). Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish [...] |
2005-02-02 11:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA5932 |
TURKS BITTER, RESIGNED AS EU DELIBERATES - "IT'S [...] (U) Summary: Turkish leaders across the political spectrum displayed wounded pride and bitter resignation on the eve of the planned October 3 start of EU accession talks. Turkey has done its part, PM Erdogan and FM Gul stressed; the decision now rests with the EU. The public mood has turned [...] |
2005-10-03 09:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU |
| 05ANKARA5943 |
TURKEY - INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-03 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI TU WHO |
| 05ANKARA5947 |
SUBJECT: TURKISH MEDIA COVERAGE - VISIT OF UNDER [...] Turkish media coverage of Under Secretary Hughes' September 27-29 visit to Ankara and Istanbul was generally fair and factual. Coming on the eve of Turkey's historic start of EU accession talks, scheduled for October 3, coverage was less comprehensive than it might otherwise have been. The v [...] |
2005-10-03 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5948 |
TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, September [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Bu Gun on Saturday, September [...] |
2005-10-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
| 05ANKARA5949 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5951 |
HOW TO TALK TO TURKS: THREE PROTOTYPICAL [...] (C) Summary: Our Turkish interlocutors can roughly be divided into three groups: elites; players; and "real Turks". USG officials generally find themselves speaking with elites (western-oriented decision makers or aspiring decision makers), who appear to share their views in order to be polit [...] |
2005-10-04 06:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PA PGOV PINS PREL TU KISL |
| 05ANKARA5953 |
WHAT IS BEHIND TURKEY'S BLACK SEA POLICY? [...] (C) Summary: Turkey makes a strong distinction between Black Sea maritime security and broader security challenges in the larger region (such as frozen conflicts). We see Turkish pride of place as a main driver of their approach to the former, though a genuine desire to draw Russia into cooperation [...] |
2005-10-04 09:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS TU RO BU GG UP RS |
| 05ANKARA5978 |
TURKEY, THE MORNING AFTER [...] (C) Summary: The morning after Turkish FM Gul made his late-evening, oft-postponed flight to Luxembourg to officially open Turkey's EU accession negotiations, Turkish officials and media alike are hailing the step as an historic accomplishment. Last minute changes to the negotiating framewo [...] |
2005-10-04 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU TU |
| 05ANKARA5984 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-04 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5985 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5986 |
TURKISH BUSINESS RELIEVED OVER START OF EU [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, the business community breathed a collective sigh of relief over the start of EU accession talks, though many claimed they had always been confident of the outcome. The business community has been among a key constituency in support of EU accession, however, their [...] |
2005-10-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECIN TU EU |
| 05ANKARA6004 |
TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA6012 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6033 |
TURKEY TO CONSIDER DRAFT AGREEMENT ON REMOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-06 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC MARR PARM PINR PREL MASS TU |
| 05ANKARA6036 |
THE ANNAN PLAN AND UNTYING THE CYPRUS KNOT: [...] (C) In the aftermath of October 3, there may be an opportunity for us to make a renewed push toward a Cyprus settlement. Though we hesitate to express even guarded optimism, we do believe that the time has come for us to take a hard look at alternative ways forward. We applaud Embassy Nicos [...] |
2005-10-06 12:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY TU |
| 05ANKARA606 |
TURKEY IMF AGREEMENT IN TROUBLE OVER INVESTMENT LAW [...] (C) Summary. According to the local IMF representative, a Turkish government decision to move ahead with a regional investment incentives law is imperiling the Fund's December agreement on the terms of a new three-year stand-by program. Minister Babacan was apparently powerless to prevent Co [...] |
2005-02-02 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
| 05ANKARA6060 |
GOT: NEW LAW ON THE MENTALLY DISABLED WILL ADDRESS [...] (U) Summary: An international NGO issued a report September 28 asserting that Turkey's treatment of the mentally disabled is "tantamount to torture." The report alleges that Turkish psychiatric institutions employ practices such as shock therapy and physical restraint in ways that violate int [...] |
2005-10-06 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE |
| 05ANKARA6062 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6065 |
MILITARY PENSION FUND WINS STEEL PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, the Turkish Privatization Authority held a tender auction for another "Crown Jewel," the state-owned steel company, Erdemir (Eregli Iron and Steel Industries of Turkey). The OYAK group, the military pension fund with diversified industrial holdings, won the auction [...] |
2005-10-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPRV EFIN ECON BEXP EIND EINV TU |
| 05ANKARA6066 |
BSEC SECGEN PUSHES FOR ACTIVE U.S. ROLE [...] (SBU) In a September 27 meeting with Charge, Ambassador Tedo Japaridze was delighted that Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) "senior officials" had agreed to U.S. observer status in the organization. This would make his job of making BSEC a more effective organization. He said the decis [...] |
2005-10-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA607 |
USDP FEITH'S DISCUSSION WITH DCHOD BASBUG [...] (C) On January 31 in Ankara, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith met with Turkish Deputy Chief of Defense General Ilker Basbug. 2. (C) The Bilateral Relationship - Basbug described TU-US relations as "long-lasting" and "comprehensive" and added "It's not wise to tie our rela [...] |
2005-02-02 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR IZ AF TU |
| 05ANKARA6073 |
BOSNIA: TURKEY ON PRE-DAYTON ANNIVERSARY AGENDA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-07 07:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BK TU |
| 05ANKARA6074 |
ICJ ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-07 07:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | TU UNSC UNGA |
| 05ANKARA6077 |
TURKEY'S DISASTER MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE: HAS IT [...] (SBU) Summary: After the devastating 1999 Marmara earthquake that occurred in Turkey, the World Bank required the 2000 establishment of a Turkish Emergency Management Agency to coordinate all disaster relief efforts. In addition, the GOT investigated charges of fraud and abuse of office in th [...] |
2005-10-07 09:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID TU |
| 05ANKARA608 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6083 |
EXBS: POSTPONEMENT OF DHS/CBP BORDER ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Post does not now provide country clearance for three officials from DHS/CBP to come to Turkey Oct 13-21 to conduct a country assessment in preparation for future engagement between CBP and the Turkish Customs authority. At present, the proposed visit would not achieve its desired goals du [...] |
2005-10-07 11:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA6095 |
SOMO ARREARS TO TURKEY REACH $668 MILLION [...] (C) MFA Coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Amb. Koray Targay called in A/DCM Oct. 6 to report that arrears owed to Turkish companies by the Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) for humanitarian fuel for the Iraqi people had reached U.S.$ 688 million. In total, SOMO o [...] |
2005-10-07 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA6096 |
IRAQ/KURDS: VISIT OF IRAQI PLANNING MINISTER [...] (C/Rel MCF-I) During a late September visit to Turkey, Iraqi Planning Minister Barham Salih proposed opening a second Turkey-Iraq border crossing about five kilometers west of the Habur Gate. According to the MFA, he noted with concern increasing Iranian influence in Iraq and was critical of [...] |
2005-10-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA6099 |
(S) IRAQ: TURKEY ENCOURAGES SUNNI PARTICIPATION, [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) MFA Director General for the Middle East and South Asia Oguz Celikkol briefed us October 7 on recent GOT contacts with Iraqi Sunni representatives as well as two envoys from Muqtada al-Sadr. Celikkol said the GOT u [...] |
2005-10-07 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA6100 |
IRAQ: TURKEY WANTS TO SEND HUMANITARIAN AID TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. Humanitarian Aid for Talafar and Kirkuk --------------------------------------- 2. (C) MFA Coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Amb. Koray Targay called in A/DCM Oct. 6 to inform us that Turkey wishes to provide humanitari [...] |
2005-10-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL MOPS TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA6101 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-07 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6105 |
Turkey's AI Outbreak - More Questions [...] Summary. Turkey is waiting for the results of tests, which were sent to England to determine the type of Avian Influenza (AI) that was detected in a turkey flock near Baliksehir last week. There is still some uncertainty among officials whether the virus is the H5N1 strain. The outbreak o [...] |
2005-10-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO |
| 05ANKARA6106 |
COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary. Turkey has a reputation for being a moderate, secular, and democratic country with a Muslim population. The reality of Islam in Turkey, however, is more complicated. The State actively represses unofficial expressions of Islam. Violent Turkish Islamic extremism does exist. Mi [...] |
2005-10-11 06:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA611 |
USDP FEITH'S FEB. 1 MEETING WITH TURKISH NSC [...] (U) During their Feb. 1 meeting in Ankara, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith and Turkish National Security Council Secretary-General Amb. Yigit Alpogan discussed the following issues: 2. (C) Iraq: Alpogan analyzed the elections: --"More or less successful." --60% turnou [...] |
2005-02-02 17:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PTER TU IZ AF |
| 05ANKARA6138 |
Turkey's AI Outbreak - More Details [...] Summary. More details are emerging about the recent AI outbreak in Turkey. On Thursday, officials expect to receive test results for specimens sent to England to determine the subtype Avian Influenza (AI) that was detected in a turkey flock last week. The government has been taking extraor [...] |
2005-10-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO |
| 05ANKARA6181 |
LAUNCHING A STRUCTURED STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) With the October 3 EU decision on Turkey's accession negotiations behind us, it is time to turn toward consolidation of recent gains made in our bilateral relationship and to expand regional cooperation with Ankara. One way to do this is to establish a more structured policy dialogue that [...] |
2005-10-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU US |
| 05ANKARA6182 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-12 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6183 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-13 04:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6185 |
ANKARA EAC MEETING 10/11/2005 [...] (U) Charge chaired the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 10/11/05 to address the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) in a town in northwestern Turkey (refs B and C). In attendance were representatives from each of the following sections/agencies: RSO, MGT, RMO, IMO, CON, DAO, POL, PAS, [...] |
2005-10-13 04:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT AMED CASC PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA6190 |
GOT SEES TIFA AS OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE IMPROVED [...] (U) During an October 11 meeting with visiting State EUR/SE Director Doug Silliman, Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) Director General of Agreements Tevfik Mengu said that the upcoming November 30 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting provides an opportunity for Tu [...] |
2005-10-13 06:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV TU |
| 05ANKARA6191 |
EXBS: PROBLEMS WITH BORDER SECURITY IN TURKEY [...] (U) Summary: Turkish MFA has requested a hold on travel to border areas under the EXBS program until the Turkish Parliament ratifies the recently signed Nonproliferation Cooperation Agreement. Following ratification, expected by the end of October, full implementation of the EXBS program, in [...] |
2005-10-13 07:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC LG PARM PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA6229 |
REHN OFFERS TURKEY FRESH START, URGES CONTINUED [...] (U) Summary: During his October 5-8 visit to Turkey, EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn offered a fresh start in Turkey's EU bid and called on the GOT to continue the reform process that enabled Turkey to open accession negotiations. Rehn pressed PM Erdogan, FM Gul and other GOT leaders to make [...] |
2005-10-13 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE EU |
| 05ANKARA6230 |
UKRAINE MUNITIONS: TURKEY WILL URGE UKRAINE TO [...] (SBU) On Oct. 3, PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Department for NATO Political Affairs Atilla Gunay to deliver ref a demarche. Gunay responded that Turkey will indeed urge the Ukrainian government to finalize the NATO-PfP Trust Fund implementing agreement with the NATO Maintenance and Supply [...] |
2005-10-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MASS UP TU NATO |
| 05ANKARA6231 |
SOMO ARREARS TO TURKEY AND FUEL SHORTFALL TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) MFA informed EconOff on October 13 that SOMO arrears (45 days past product delivery) to Turkish fuel suppliers had grown to $750 million and urged the USG to make demarches in Iraq to alleviate this growing problem (Ref A). According to the MFA, SOMO recently annulled 22 of 36 contracts [...] |
2005-10-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EPET PREL TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA6232 |
H5N1 Avian Influenza Confirmed in Turkey [...] Summary. The Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced that tests from the recent outbreak confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of Avian Influenza in Turkey. Samples had been sent to England earlier this week for testing. The Minister of Health made a similar announc [...] |
2005-10-13 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU |
| 05ANKARA6233 |
TURKISH MFA ON COOPERATION AGAINST PKK [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with visiting EUR/SE Director Doug Silliman, Turkish MFA Director General for Security Affairs Hayati Guven provided a list of seven PKK names that the GOT recommends we jointly target in Western Europe, all of which are the subject of Interpol red notices. Three of [...] |
2005-10-13 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN PREL PREF IZ PKK |
| 05ANKARA6236 |
Turkish Agriculture on the Eve of EU Negotiations [...] Summary. Turkey is expected to open the chapter on agriculture by January 2006. While agriculture will be one of the more difficult negotiations, given the significant and wrenching changes needed in rural areas, Turkey may benefit from the process itself. The Turkish government is being c [...] |
2005-10-14 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO |
| 05ANKARA6245 |
SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY ACTIVIST ON PKK AND GOT'S [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Diyarbakir Human Rights Association President Selahattin Demirtas reflects the views of many Consulate regional contacts regarding recent increased PKK activities in the Southeast. He believes that both the PKK and the military a [...] |
2005-10-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV TU PHUM |
| 05ANKARA6246 |
OCTOBER 7 LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM TURKISH [...] Embassy Ankara received a diplomatic note dated October 7 from the MFA requesting that we forward to the Secretary the text of a letter from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Abdullah Gul. According to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Turkish Embassy in Wa [...] |
2005-10-14 11:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA6248 |
U/S JOSEPH DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION IN TURKEY, [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary Joseph urged Turkey to take a resolute stand on Iran's nuclear weapons program during his September 29-30 visit to Ankara. Finance Minister Unakitan pledged to work with the United States to address proliferation financing and requested additional information on c [...] |
2005-10-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA6251 |
ANKARA AGREEMENT EXTENSION PROTOCOL FACES FIGHT IN [...] (C) Summary: Although EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn recently urged Turkey to ratify the Ankara Agreement extension protcol as soon as possible (ref A), the GOT still has made no decision on when to send the protocol to the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA). The GOT, initially intent [...] |
2005-10-14 12:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
| 05ANKARA6255 |
TURKEY AND TALAFAR: A GOOD NEWS STORY, MOSTLY [...] (C/REL GBR, AUS) Thanks to the efforts of our colleagues in Iraq, Embassy Ankara was able to work effectively to blunt negative public and policymaker opinion regarding the operations in Talafar last month. Turks are particularly sensitive about Talafar, a predominantly Turkmen city in northw [...] |
2005-10-14 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA6258 |
REPLY TO PROPOSAL TO ANALYZE LEU SEIZED IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Turkey is willing to support a visit of U.S. experts to review previous tests conducted by the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority and other evidence seized in a police sting operation in Istanbul. Turkey is also conceptually willing to participate in the joint foren [...] |
2005-10-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | AU KNNP PARM RS TU |
| 05ANKARA6259 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-14 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6262 |
EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (SEPTEMBER [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor served as control officer for the visit of State Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph. Also, in September EXBS Advisor coordinated a Commodity Identification Training (CIT) refresher course and related meetings for Turkish Custo [...] |
2005-10-14 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU |
| 05ANKARA6291 |
Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey [...] Summary. Although there have been several suspicious cases of bird deaths in the Western and Eastern regions of the country, there have been no new outbreaks of Avian Influenza in Turkey. The Government plans to lift the quarantine restrictions in the AI affected zone by the end of the mont [...] |
2005-10-17 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU |
| 05ANKARA6292 |
IS TURKEY'S FISCAL POLICY TOO TIGHT? [...] (SBU) Summary: The very large size of Turkey's primary fiscal surplus target -- 6.5 % of GDP for the last four years -- has emerged as a key issue in discussions between the IMF and Turkey. While the IMF seems to have prevailed in its insistence on additional fiscal tightening in 2006, the [...] |
2005-10-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN TU |
| 05ANKARA6293 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6294 |
TURKEY AND BTC: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN THE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary. As oil creeps through BTC toward the Turkish border, Turkish officials privately expect that a "first oil" ceremony will not be held in Ceyhan until March 2006. Meanwhile, a UK official looking at allegations of human rights abuses by BTC in Turkish villages, was generally [...] |
2005-10-17 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PHUM EINV TU GG BTC |
| 05ANKARA63 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JAN. 3 MEETING WITH SPEAKER OF [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary emphasized the importance of strong U.S.-Turkish consultations on a wide range of issues. In response to Speaker Arinc's emotional criticism of "100,000 deaths" in Iraq and the Fallujah operation, the Deputy Secretary pointed to the misuse of mosques by insur [...] |
2005-01-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 05ANKARA6300 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT DISCUSSES JUDICIAL [...] (U) Summary: Tulay Tugcu, newly elected president of Turkey's Constitutional Court, told Charge during an October 7 meeting that she is proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow individual citizens to apply directly to the Court. Tugcu defended the headscarf ban in universities as [...] |
2005-10-18 07:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE |
| 05ANKARA6302 |
AFYON: PROSPERITY AND INEQUALITY IN AN ANATOLIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afyon, a clean and prosperous town located three hours southwest of Ankara, is better off than many Turkish cities, yet visiting PolOffs heard complaints about the economy. We met with a variety of citizens in Afyon, including businessmen, farmers, academics and government off [...] |
2005-10-18 08:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 05ANKARA6303 |
ANKARA'S NEW TIP SHELTER -- MUNICIPALITY SETS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Ankara Trafficking in Persons (TIP) shelter, second in Turkey after Istanbul, will start accepting victims of trafficking (VOTs) by the end of October. The Ankara Municipality has delivered a first-rate shelter, totally renovated and furnished, and has offered to pay [...] |
2005-10-18 09:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA6308 |
TURKS PRESENT CSI DRAFT AGREEMENT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On October 12, GOT MFA Maritime Director Basat Ozturk presented emboffs with a GOT draft of an agreement that would implement the Container Security Initiative (CSI). Ozturk focused on the import [...] |
2005-10-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU |
| 05ANKARA6310 |
TURKEY-ISRAEL: NORTH-SOUTH ENERGY AND WATER LINKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and Israel announced ambitious plans for energy and water links, building on earlier announcements from both countries with Russia. This North- South energy corridor is intended to complement, not compete with, the East-West Energy Corridor. For Turkey, it is important [...] |
2005-10-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV TU IS RU |
| 05ANKARA6311 |
URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-18 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL SCUL TU BHUM ETRC UNESCO |
| 05ANKARA6312 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-18 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6313 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6315 |
TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] The 7th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the bi-annual Turkish defense fair) was held on September 27-30 in Ankara. Four hundred thirty-one companies from 52 countries participated in the fair. Twenty-one American companies had stands in IDEF: Boeing, Bren-Tronics, CPS, EOTECH, Ha [...] |
2005-10-19 07:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA6316 |
TURKEY: EDUCATION COUNCIL PRESIDENT SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Erdogan Tezic, president of Turkey's Higher Education Council (YOK), told Charge during an October 17 meeting that he supports the reopening of the Halki seminary, and believes a solution can be found if Greece and Turkey discuss their respective religious minorities. He said Halk [...] |
2005-10-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 05ANKARA6318 |
TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Guardian Unlimited on Saturday [...] |
2005-10-19 11:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA6323 |
ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE AGREE TO SHARED COMMAND OF [...] On Oct. 18, PolMilOff discussed with COL Yakub Battal of the TGS J3 the state of play of negotiations between France and Turkey on their proposal to jointly command ISAF's Kabul Multinational Brigade beginning in mid-2006. Battal reported that France and Turkey have reached agreement, and woul [...] |
2005-10-19 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS KPKO PREL TU FR AF NATO |
| 05ANKARA6324 |
TURKEY'S VIEW ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE [...] PolCouns delivered ref E demarche on UNESCO Cultural Diversity Vote to Ambassador Sule Soysal, Director General for Overseas Promotion and Cultural Affairs on October 19. PolCouns explained U.S. concerns regarding the restriction of trade and the free flow of ideas that may occur. 2. Soys [...] |
2005-10-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL SCUL TU BHUM ETRC UNESCO |
| 05ANKARA6325 |
TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQI [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA6326 |
AFYON: PROSPERITY AND INEQUALITY IN AN ANATOLIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afyon, a prosperous town located three hours southwest of Ankara, is better off than many Turkish cities, yet visiting PolOffs heard complaints about the economy. We met with a variety of citizens in Afyon, including businessmen, farmers, academics and government officials. A [...] |
2005-10-20 06:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS ECON EFIN EAGR TU |
| 05ANKARA6337 |
CENTER-RIGHT ANAP: A TURKISH BEE RISES FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, more than 20 Turkish MPs have defected to the ostensibly center-right, liberal, and democratic Motherland Party (ANAP), giving ANAP the right to form its own group in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA). As an official parliamentary group, ANA [...] |
2005-10-20 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 05ANKARA6339 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TURKEY REQUESTS [...] Acting PolMilCouns delivered to Turkish MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Osman Yavuzalp on Oct. 20 reftel talking points and request for a meeting with Turkish experts on the margins of the CWC 10th Conference of the States Parties to discuss the draft agreement on challenge i [...] |
2005-10-20 13:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR KTIA TU GR CWC |
| 05ANKARA6348 |
ISRAEL AT UNGA I AND II -- TURKEY UNDECIDED [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref demarches on the Holocaust Remembrance Resolution as well opposing anti-Israel bias to Turkish MFA Middle East department officer Cagri Sakar on October 20. Holocaust Resolution -- Israel Gives Turkey an "Out" --------------------------------------------- ------- [...] |
2005-10-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS TU UNGA |
| 05ANKARA6349 |
TURKISH MND REQUESTS BILAT WITH SECDEF AT SEDM [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. On October 17, 2005, Embassy received a diplomatic note confirming that Turkish Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul has accepted the U.S. invitation to the December 6-8 SEDM. Gonul requests a bilateral meeting with SecDef on the margins of th [...] |
2005-10-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA6351 |
SUSTAINING INTERCHANGE WITH TURKISH CYPRIOTS [...] (C) Summary: In line with Embassies Nicosia and Athens ideas for a post-October 3 way forward on Cyprus, Embassy Ankara offers two suggestions: initiating a sustained interchange with Turkish Cypriot authorities in areas of unassailable U.S. interest; and offering financing assistance for c [...] |
2005-10-20 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY GR EU |
| 05ANKARA6352 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6353 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-20 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6370 |
TURKEY SUPPORTS UNIIIC MISSION, VIEWS IMPACT ON [...] (C) Turkey supports the UNIIIC investigation into the Hariri assassination and is anxiously awaiting publication of the Mehlis report. The GOT will examine the report carefully before commenting but expects it to detail direct links to high Syrian officials. Turkey is apprehensive about the [...] |
2005-10-21 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA6386 |
ENERGY MINISTER GULER WANTS TO WORK WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary. With BTC nearly complete, Turkish Energy Minister Guler is looking for new ways to work with the United States on strategic oil and gas transmission projects in the region, as well as for more U.S. investment in Turkey's growing domestic energy sector. He particularly wants U. [...] |
2005-10-24 10:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL |
| 05ANKARA6399 |
IMF PROGRAM: GOT ACCEPTS FISCAL AUSTERITY,NEEDS [...] (C) Summary: Though the GOT has accepted the IMF's fiscally austere 2006 primary surplus target, the GOT has again run into fierce delaying tactics by the political opposition party on the social security reform legislation. Fund staff (strictly protect) is awaiting a decision from IMF Managem [...] |
2005-10-24 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ECIN IMF |
| 05ANKARA64 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES IRAQ AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Summary: At their Jan. 3 meeting, Deputy Secretary Armitage told Turkish General Staff Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok that his most recent visit to Iraq made him more optimistic about the January 30 elections there. He outlined steps that were being taken to reach out to Sunni Arabs, to improve s [...] |
2005-01-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ SY JO IR |
| 05ANKARA6400 |
TURKS REQUEST U.S. TAKE TOUGH LINE WITH BARZANI ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA requests that U.S. principals take a tough line with KRG President Masoud Barzani on the PKK and Kurdish expansionism, especially in Kirkuk but also in Ninewah. Additionally, the Turks hope we will publicize that this occurred. End summary. 2. (C/NF) MFA Director Gener [...] |
2005-10-24 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAO TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA6401 |
TURKEY'S SUPPORT TO FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed Turkey's support for the Foundation for the Future October 21 with MFA Policy Planning officer Levent Gumrukcu. Asked about Turkey's likely contribution to the Foundation, Gumrukcu said his office had proposed USD 500,000 and was awaiting Foreign Minister Gul's approv [...] |
2005-10-24 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM EU TU |
| 05ANKARA6424 |
TRACKER 24124 - REPORT ON U.S. SPEAKER SALLY [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: U.S. Speaker Sally Gardner Reed, President of Friends of the Library USA, spent a week in Turkey interacting with library professionals in Istanbul and Ankara September 18-24, 2005. In Istanbul, Ms. Reed delivered the keynote address at a conference that took pla [...] |
2005-10-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP SCUL |
| 05ANKARA6426 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 05ANKARA6428 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-26 04:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 05ANKARA644 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-03 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6440 |
TURKS REACH OUT TO IRAQIS ON HUMANITARIAN AID FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA has revised its humanitarian aid (HA) offer for Talafar in order to generate a positive Iraqi response and to mend fences with the Iraqi Red Crescent. Senior MFA officials raised the HA issue Oct. 26 with both Charge and ECONCouns. We responded that Turkey must a [...] |
2005-10-26 12:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL MOPS IZ |
| 05ANKARA6445 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: ALLAWI IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary. Former Iraqi PM Allawi visited Ankara the week of October 17 and met with FM Gul in the latter's capacity as acting PM. Allawi told the Turks he sought to build a broad, moderate coalition across sectarian lines with an Iraqi nationalist agenda. While impressed with Allawi, th [...] |
2005-10-26 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA6446 |
TURKISH MFA ON AZERBAIJAN ELECTIONS: QUIET [...] (C) Turkey's MFA says it has approached the GOAJ at all levels to express its desire for a free, fair, and transparent elections on November 6, but prefers not to do so publicly. The GOT expects Aliyev to win comfortably even without cheating. Turkey is sending a sizable contingent of offi [...] |
2005-10-26 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU AZ |
| 05ANKARA6447 |
TURKEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) The ongoing suffering in Pakistan struck a deep chord in Turkey, leading to a broad outpouring of public interest and support for contributing to the earthquake relief effort, epitomized by Prime Minister Erdogan's October 20 visit to the affected area, during which he pledged $150 mill [...] |
2005-10-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL PK |
| 05ANKARA6448 |
USG SUPPORT TO TURKEY"S FIGHT AGAINST THE PKK [...] (S) Summary: Charge delivered the points in reftel to MFA Deputy U/S Sensoy, going over the broad range of U.S. actions on PKK, and pressing him hard regarding public statements by senior GOT officials. On law enforcement cooperation in Europe, the Charge asked for more information on the tar [...] |
2005-10-26 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN PTER EFIN PGOV PKK |
| 05ANKARA6449 |
TURKEY CONSIDERING SUPPORTING PAK MI-17 HELICOPTER [...] (C/rel NATO) PolMilCouns raised Pakistan's urgent need for MI-17 parts with MFA NATO Affairs Deputy Director General Fatih Ceylan on Oct. 26. Noting that Turkey was doing its utmost to assist Pakistan in this time of need, Ceylan promised a prompt response. Turkey would do what it could, he [...] |
2005-10-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS PK TU NATO |
| 05ANKARA6463 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: SECOND TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] The Turkish Foreign Ministry published the following press statement on October 27 with reference to the Iraqi constitutional referendum. A previous statement was published October 17 (reftel). This statement emphasizes the importance of free and fair elections in December and the internati [...] |
2005-10-27 10:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA6468 |
TURKEY: SOMO ARREARS APPROACH BREAKING POINT [...] (SBU) Angry Suppliers: MFA informed EconOff on October 26 that SOMO arrears (45 days past product delivery) to Turkish fuel suppliers had grown to almost $900 million (out of accounts receivable of about $1 billion). Both the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK - representing Turkish supp [...] |
2005-10-27 11:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EPET PREL IZ |
| 05ANKARA6478 |
TURKISH RESPONSE TO US OFFER AGAINST PKK [...] (S) On October 27, ODC-Turkey received the letter in para 2 from the Turkish General Staff. The letter provides the Turkish position on various proposals regarding actions against the PKK made during the September 9 visit to Turkey of EUCOM CDR GEN Jones and CENTCOM DCDR LT GEN Smith, as well [...] |
2005-10-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PKK |
| 05ANKARA6479 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 05ANKARA648 |
THE TURKEY-IRAQ BORDERS CROSSING WORKS DESPITE [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: At the Turkey-Iraq border crossing, officials and facilities are strained but still functioning. The lines on the Turkish side waiting to enter Iraq are relatively short and orderly, in contrast to the apparent chaos across the Iraqi border where hundreds of t [...] |
2005-02-03 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ MARR PREL PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA6480 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-27 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 05ANKARA6481 |
TURKEY: AVIAN INFLUENZA AND PREPAREDNESS RAPID [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey experienced one confirmed outbreak of the H5N1 strain of Avian Influenza in Balikesir in northwestern Turkey in early October without reports of human illness or deaths. The Ministry of Health has taken a leadership role in contingency planning for a potential pandemic [...] |
2005-10-27 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED |
| 05ANKARA649 |
Turkey FDI: Rising Investor Interest, But [...] (SBU) Senior GOT officials are predicting a turnaround in FDI inflows to Turkey on the strength of the continuing recovery of the economy and the EU's decision to open accession talks late last year. There does seem to be increasing interest in Turkey on the part of foreign investors, in part [...] |
2005-02-04 08:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON TU |
| 05ANKARA6496 |
GOT ON US AG PROPOSAL: AMBITIOUS BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey expressed its concerns about the USG Doha agriculture proposal and remained noncommittal on our request for assistance in urging the EU to table a meaningful proposal. The GOT opposes reducing tariffs before developed countries reduce their domestic support and hopes to [...] |
2005-10-28 10:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR WTRO |
| 05ANKARA6498 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-28 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 05ANKARA6507 |
TURKEY CONVINCED THAT PRELIMINARY USG LICENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U/S for Defense Industries Bayar advised PM DAS Suchan that an Advisory Opinion issued by the USG to a US firm on a license request related to a Turkish defense tender meets the requirement for "preliminary government approval" contained in two recent Requests for Proposal (RFP) [...] |
2005-10-31 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV |
| 05ANKARA6508 |
ICJ ELECTIONS: TURKEY STILL UNDECIDED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-31 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC UNGA ICJ |
| 05ANKARA6514 |
Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey [...] Summary. The Government of Turkey (GOT) plans to lift the quarantine restrictions in the AI affected zone if new lab results determine that there is no sign of AI in the 7 kilometer radius outside the quarantine zone near Balikesir. The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed reports in the press [...] |
2005-10-31 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU |
| 05ANKARA6518 |
TURKISH MFA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN [...] (SBU) On 31 October 2005, POLCOUNS and POLOFF delivered to Turkish MFA Acting Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Ambassador Aydin Evirgen reftel demarches. Evirgen responded by saying, "we share the same views on Ahmadi-Nejad's statement" and that it was "completely unacceptable." H [...] |
2005-10-31 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM IR TU |
| 05ANKARA6531 |
TURKEY/SYRIA -- TURKISH MFA STATEMENT ON UNSC [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-01 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA6535 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-01 16:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6536 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-01 16:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6540 |
CONSULATE ADANA TRAVELS TO TUNCELI AND ELAZIG [...] Classified by AmCon Adana Principal Officer Walter S. Reid, E.O. 12958, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 3. (C) Summary: Officers from Consulate Adana traveled to Tunceli and Elazig provinces October 25 and 26 to discuss PKK movements and human right [...] |
2005-11-02 09:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA6543 |
AT THREE, TURKEY'S AKP GOVERNMENT SHOWING ITS AGE [...] (C) After three years in power, Turkish PM Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) government remain atop Turkey's political heap in popularity, and in control of the Turkish parliament and Turkey's municipalities. Yet the AKP government is beginning to show its age: it has reced [...] |
2005-11-02 09:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EU TU CY |
| 05ANKARA6546 |
TURKEY: FM GUL DODGES ISSUE OF IRANIAN EXTREMISM [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches to the MFA on October 31, emphasizing the need for the GOT to make clear its rejection of Ahmadi-Nejad's violent and irresponsible rhetoric. Acting Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Ambassador Aydin Evirgen promised us that Gul would deliver a stro [...] |
2005-11-02 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
| 05ANKARA6547 |
TURKEY AND ITS NEIGHBORS: NOVEMBER 1 FM GUL PRESS [...] Summary. In a wide-ranging November 1 press conference, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul acknowledged a "new phase" in U.S. - Turkish cooperation against (PKK) terrorism and addressed developments with a number of Turkey's problematic neighbors. His remarks on Iran in the wake of Irani [...] |
2005-11-02 10:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TU |
| 05ANKARA6550 |
MERMOUD IN ANKARA: INVESTMENT, TELECOM, NUKES [...] (SBU) Summary. In October 21 Ankara meetings, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud found improvements and opportunities in Turkey's telecom, energy, and other investment sectors. Turkey has made significant progress on improving its investment environmen [...] |
2005-11-02 10:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECPS EINV EFIN ENRG TU |
| 05ANKARA6554 |
TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...] |
2005-11-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA6557 |
TURKEY COMMITTED TO ASSISTING PAKISTAN BUT [...] (SBU) On November 2, MFA officer Sebnem Incesu reiterated Turkey's commitment to assisting Pakistan. As noted in ref B, Turkey's initial pledge of USD 150 million led the list of international donors in terms of dollar amount. Incesu stated that a final decision regarding what additional ass [...] |
2005-11-02 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM TU PK |
| 05ANKARA6558 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkey marks the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting to be held in two years. In the absence of this high level bilateral dialogue, our political military communication with Turkey since 2003 has been dominated by the war in Iraq and its impact on the PKK, [...] |
2005-11-02 12:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS MARR PARM TU IZ AF |
| 05ANKARA6561 |
TURKEY'S PLANS FOR MOVING FORWARD ON EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Bozkir, one of the leads in Turkey's EU accession negotiations, told us that the GoT's inter-ministerial negotiating structure is up and running, and they are proceeding with the screening of initial chapters. His immediate concerns are the Progress Report and Acc [...] |
2005-11-07 06:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PROV TU EU |
| 05ANKARA6583 |
SO FAR, SO GOOD ON US-FUNDED SOCIAL PROJECT [...] (U) Summary: A status check on the U.S.-funded Social Risk Mitigation Project (SRMP) found that the World Bank-led project is exceeding its goals of boosting school enrollment and vaccination rates. Reaching nearly two million people, the program is an example of the Bank's success in helping [...] |
2005-11-07 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI TU |
| 05ANKARA6585 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-08 05:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6586 |
TURKISH OPPOSITION PARTIES: DEVELOPMENTS ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's three main left-of-center parties have been unable to mount a serious challenge to the governing AKP. The left-of-center parties share similar ideologies and compete for the same minor segment of the Turkish electorate but are unable to cooperate and are plagued by poli [...] |
2005-11-08 07:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 05ANKARA6593 |
Turkey's Policies Moderate Impact of High Oil [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-08 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON TU |
| 05ANKARA6594 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY ANKARA RESPONSE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the emergence of Avian Influenza (AI) in Turkey in October 2005, Mission Ankara has taken steps to assess and deal with the possible risk to Mission Employees and American citizens living in Turkey. As a contingency planning exercise, we have also developed tripwires as [...] |
2005-11-08 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT ASEC CASC CMGT |
| 05ANKARA6605 |
Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey [...] Summary. The Government of Turkey (GOT) is still cautious about lifting the quarantine restrictions in the AI affected zone until more testing is done. The dead poultry in Inegol tested negative for AI. Although there continues to be no new confirmed outbreaks of AI in Turkey, there are repo [...] |
2005-11-08 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC |
| 05ANKARA6606 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-08 17:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6607 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-09 07:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA662 |
DOD PARTICIPATION IN IDEF TURKEY 2005 [...] Mission strongly supports and encourages direct Department of Defense participation in the 7th International Defense Industry, Aerospace and Maritime Fair (IDEF) 2005, which will be held in Ankara, Turkey from September 27-30, 2005. IDEF is held on a bi-annual basis and attracts the attenti [...] |
2005-02-04 12:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR TU |
| 05ANKARA6625 |
TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Political Counselor Charles O. Blaha, E.O. 12958, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche and talking points to MFA Head of Human Rights Division Darama on November 9. Darama indicated that she would immediately forward our talking points to [...] |
2005-11-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA6634 |
PUSHING FOR PROGRESS AGAINST PKK NETWORKS IN [...] (C) Summary: Now that the Turks have given us their initial response to our list of PKK support groups in Europe, we should move quickly to the next phase of our strategy. We recommend that Washington send an interagency team to Ankara as soon as possible so that we can begin the process of c [...] |
2005-11-09 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER EFIN PGOV TU PKK |
| 05ANKARA6636 |
CORRECTED COPY -- WORLD BANK HELPS ADDRESS DEEP [...] (SBU) Summary: Within its total $6 billion portfolio, the World Bank is currently allocating $1.7 billion to social sector projects that assist workers laid off by privatization, strengthen health care delivery through transitioning to universal health insurance, and improve school curricula [...] |
2005-11-09 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ELAB SOCI TU |
| 05ANKARA6637 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6641 |
TURKEY TIFA: PROPOSED DATE, AGENDA [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 & 3. 2. Turkey has proposed January 23 through 24, 2006, for the next Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) Council meeting with the US. Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) U/S Tuncer Kayalar will lead the Turkish delegation. Embassy w [...] |
2005-11-10 11:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TU USTR |
| 05ANKARA6642 |
TURKISH MFA CLARIFIES POSITION ON AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Following a weak initial MFA statement and amid press reports that Turkish observers found no irregularities during the November 6 Azerbaijan elections, MFA Director General Halil Akinci clarified the Turkish position during a November 9 meeting with visiting Senior Advisor for Eurasia Stev [...] |
2005-11-10 11:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU OSCE AZ |
| 05ANKARA6669 |
TURKEY UNABLE TO PROVIDE PARTS FOR PAKISTANI MI-17 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-10 16:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS TU PK NATO |
| 05ANKARA6670 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-11 06:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6671 |
EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (OCTOBER [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to monitor NP projects that are underway in Turkey, including Internal Control Program (ICP), Commodity Identification Training (CIT), Product Identification Tool (PIT). EXBS Advisor also coordinated Turkish participation in CIT Instructor Training, a Bl [...] |
2005-11-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC IZ KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU |
| 05ANKARA6695 |
CHARGE'S RAMADAN OUTREACH TOUCHES ANKARA'S POOREST [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Charg carried out an active program to connect with the poorer segments of Ankara's population. In each of her events, which included a visit to Ankara's largest mosque, an iftar dinner, and calls on charitable organizations, the C [...] |
2005-11-14 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO SOCI EAID PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA6701 |
THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE - TURK TELEKOM [...] (U) Summary: In a major step forward for economic reform in Turkey, the $6.55 billion sale of a 55% share of Telekom (TT) deal was finalized on November 14. In a ceremony attended by the Ministers of Transport and Finance, the Saudi-owned Oger Group and TT signed the final concession contract [...] |
2005-11-14 16:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN EINV BEXP TU |
| 05ANKARA6702 |
MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL - TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Onal November 14, emphasizing the strong U.S. interest in adoption of the Third Protocol, and our hope that Turkey would use its OIC leadership role to visibly support it. Onal said the Turkish position would be "pos [...] |
2005-11-15 07:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PREL IS TU |
| 05ANKARA6706 |
FM GUL PLANS TO VISIT SYRIA TO URGE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. MFA Middle East DG Oguz Celikkol called in CDA November 14 to inform her that FM Gul plans to travel to Damascus on Wednesday, November 16, for a focused, three-hour visit with the purpose of encouraging Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to cooperate with the UN [...] |
2005-11-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA6710 |
TURKEY LIKELY TO GO AHEAD WITH CYPRUS EXERCISES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish forces are planning to participate in "Toros" exercises on Cyprus in response to Greek Cypriot "Nikiforos" exercises in October. Although some in the Turkish MFA and TGS are counseling restraint, Cyprus hardliners are depicting failure to participate in "Toros" as anoth [...] |
2005-11-15 10:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU CY |
| 05ANKARA6733 |
QUID PRO QUO: TURKEY ALSO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR [...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. GOT MFA contacted us on November 14 to request USG support for their Category C candidate in the upcoming IMO elections. Per ref A, Econoff informed the GOT of the US's Category A candidate and requested GOT support. MFA attache in the [...] |
2005-11-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT AORC PHSA KTIA IMO TR |
| 05ANKARA6743 |
IRAN RELATED BRIEFING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-15 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC TU |
| 05ANKARA6744 |
NEW DIRECTIONS FOR US-TURKEY ECONOMIC RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the last meeting in December 2003, it is Turkey's turn to host the Under Secretary-level U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) in Ankara. Turkey's strong economic recovery since the 2001 financial crisis, notwithstanding large risks of backsliding, create [...] |
2005-11-15 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TU |
| 05ANKARA6749 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-15 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6750 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-15 16:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6751 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Senior Advisor and Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch and NEA Iraq Desk Officer Michele Siders to travel to Turkey from December 1-2, 2005 for consultations on Iraq. The point of contact for the visit is Political Offi [...] |
2005-11-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV PREL IZ AU PL RO RS IT FR BE NATO EUN |
| 05ANKARA6754 |
TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Milliyet and also reported by [...] |
2005-11-16 11:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA6763 |
GOT "SATISFIED" WITH EU REPORTS, DESPITE CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts say the November 9 EU reports on Turkey are acceptable to the GOT, although they have some objections to language relating to Greek Cypriot access to Turkish ports, minority language rights, and religious freedom. GOT leaders have been more supportive of the reports [...] |
2005-11-16 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU |
| 05ANKARA6768 |
ENGAGING TURKEY ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Senior Advisor for Eurasia Steven Mann discussed the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia during November 8-9 meetings at the Turkish Foreign Ministry. He encouraged Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to declare Turkey's support for Georgia's diplomatic initiative for South Ossetia. In a [...] |
2005-11-17 07:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG ZJ RS TU |
| 05ANKARA6769 |
TURKEY'S SAMSUN-CEYHAN OIL PIPELINE - BIG STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's long-standing preference for Samsun-Ceyhan as a Bosphorus bypass oil pipeline has moved a big step closer to fruition with the announcement that Italian oil firm ENI will collaborate with Turkish firm Calik Enerji to develop the project. While still far from a done d [...] |
2005-11-17 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV TU RU BTC |
| 05ANKARA6770 |
TURKEY COMMITTED TO SE EUROPE ENERGY PROCESS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey insists that it will continue to participate in the SE Europe energy integration process, but will not sign the Brussels treaty (recent ceremony in Brussels), because they will not foreclose on the option to negotiate longer transition time-frames to achieve energy and e [...] |
2005-11-17 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV TU |
| 05ANKARA6771 |
READ-OUT OF FM GUL'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 4. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (C) MFA Middle East DG Oguz Celikkol provided CDA a readout of FM Gul's brief November 16 visit to Damascus (reftel). Celikkol reported Gul made most of the points in t [...] |
2005-11-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA6772 |
JANDARMA INVOLVEMENT IN BOMBING ROCKS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has been rocked by alleged jandarma involvement in a November 9 bombing in the town of Semdinli, in the ethnically-Kurdish southeastern province of Hakkari. After the blast, bystanders caught and severely beat three suspects. Police released two of the three, including a [...] |
2005-11-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 05ANKARA6774 |
THE ANNAN PLAN AND UNTYING THE CYPRUS KNOT: [...] (C) In the aftermath of October 3, there may be an opportunity for us to make a renewed push toward a Cyprus settlement. Though we hesitate to express even guarded optimism, we do believe that the time has come for us to take a hard look at alternative ways forward. We applaud Embassy Nicos [...] |
2005-11-17 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY |
| 05ANKARA6775 |
Meeting at Turkish Foreign Trade Regarding WTO Rice [...] (SBU) Summary. The Turkish Under Secretariat for Foreign Trade has requested the U.S. response for dates in Geneva for consultations in connection with the U.S. WTO case concerning Turkey's import rice regime as well as data regarding the case. Turkish officials expressed the desire to res [...] |
2005-11-18 05:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU |
| 05ANKARA68 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ AND MEPP [...] (S) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary Bill Burns reconfirmed for senior Turkish MFA Middle East officials US commitment to the fulfillment of Iraq-wide elections on January 30, the establishment of an equitable government thereafter and the creation of an Iraqi security force able to take the l [...] |
2005-01-05 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL OVIP TU |
| 05ANKARA680 |
TURKEY 2004 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Since 1986, the International Narcotics Crime and Control (INCC) program has provided approximately 5,500 units of equipment and training, valued at over USD 5.7 million, to five Turkish agencies with responsibility for Turkey,s anti-narcotics programs: The Turkish Grain Board (TMO), Turkish [...] |
2005-02-04 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN SNAR TU |
| 05ANKARA6805 |
ASD FLORY AND MOD GONUL DISCUSS US-TU DEENSE [...] (C) Summary: Visiting ASD Flory thanked Defense Minister Gonul for his record of public support for the US-Turkey relationship when they met on November 10. In response to Gonul's complaint about US inaction against the PKK in northern Iraq, the ASD pointed out concrete steps the USG is taki [...] |
2005-11-18 12:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA6818 |
TURKEY - FOLLOW-UP APPEAL FOR SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) With respect to other countries cited for generous thanks in ref A, Post notes that Turkey remains first in the line of donors with a plege of $150 million. 2. (SBU) On November 17, MFA Officer Sebnem Incesu reiterated Turkey's commitment to assisting Pakistan for both humanitarian [...] |
2005-11-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV TU PAK |
| 05ANKARA6824 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6826 |
PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, TURKS SAY CYPRUS EXERCISES [...] (C) Following up on our efforts to turn off Turkish exercises -- named "Toros" -- in northern Cyprus, Charge reinforced ref b points to MFA Undersecretary Ali Tuygan on Nov. 16, urging he raise the matter with TGS. Tuygan acknowledged our points and agreed to raise the issue with the military [...] |
2005-11-18 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU CY |
| 05ANKARA6827 |
CHARGE TELLS TURKS NO MORE TALK ON SYRIA [...] (C) Charge re-engaged with Turkish MFA Middle East Director General Oguz Celikkol on November 18 and told him the USG is definitely not/not interested in a trilateral dialogue with Turkey and Syria, as the Turks had conveyed upon FM Gul's return from Damascus (refs b and c). The time for tal [...] |
2005-11-18 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA683 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-04 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6838 |
Visit to Turkey by USAID Avian Influenza Official [...] Summary. In the month since the outbreak of Avian Influenza in Turkey, international and bilateral partners have been examining Turkey's response as a possible model for other countries and exploring possible deficient areas in which to collaborate with Turkey in case of any future outbreak [...] |
2005-11-21 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC |
| 05ANKARA6846 |
NOV. 8 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) During Nov. 8 Caucasus Working Group discussions, the U.S. and Turkey shared assessments of the strategic situation in the Caucasus and Central Asia. The U.S. side briefed on the Caspian Guard program, and urged the Turks to participate in the upgrade of Nasosnaya Airbase in Azerbaijan, t [...] |
2005-11-21 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFI | |