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06ANKARA4085	IRAQ/TURKEY: ZEBARI VISIT SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Summary: GOT sources and the Iraqi Embassy here characterized Iraqi FonMin Zebari's July 3-5 visit as very positive. The Turkish MFA told us Zebari said Iraq will get tough on the PKK, and that Turkey and Iraq had agreed in principle on a deal to open two additional border gates. While so [...]	2006-07-12 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ

06ANKARA409	GOT HANDLING OF SEMDINLI CASE DEEPENS CYNICISM IN [...] (C) Summary: A Hakkari court released the jandarma sergeant accused of killing a person when he fired on a demonstrating crowd following the Semdinli bombing, and decided to separate his case from the cases of the two jandarma sergeants and one informant accused of the bombing that triggered t [...]	2006-02-02 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
06ANKARA4102	TURKEY: GOVERNING AKP BACKSLIDING ON INTRAPARTY [...] (C) Summary. PM Erdogan's governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) claims to support democratic pluralism and is generally considered to be more internally democratic than other Turkish political parties. AKP,s senior leadership, though, routinely interferes in provincial conventions an [...]	2006-07-13 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
06ANKARA4103	TOURISM MINISTER AND PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Atilla Koc led a Turkish delegation to Iran in late June to promote tourism. At the same time, MP Ahmet Inal led a separate parliamentary delegation to Iran. The Koc delegation signed a cultural exchange agreement with Iran, but was unable to [...]	2006-07-13 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA4105	TURKEY: REPORT ON PKK VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...]	2006-07-13 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA4120	HAYMANA SUB-PROVINCE: RURAL UNDERDEVELOPMENT NEAR [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, we visited Haymana, an agricultural sub-province located 70km from Ankara. Despite its proximity to the capital, Haymana suffers from rural underdevelopment. Outward migration to cities and abroad has been a fact of life for over three decades. Education is not alw [...]	2006-07-14 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TU
06ANKARA4129	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on June 22. National and international security issues and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Palestinian governance, the Israeli general election, the EU accession process and the Single European S [...]	2006-07-14 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL TU AS PK AL CG AJ KZ IT
06ANKARA413	TURKEY: EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent energy issues involving Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia have focused attention on regional transit projects via Turkey for Caspian and Middle East gas going to Southeast and Central European markets. Turkish Energy Minister Guler,s upcoming visit (REF C) to Washington offers [...]	2006-02-02 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IZ RU IR
06ANKARA4132	TURKISH APPEAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) MFA U/S Tuygen used a meeting with Ambassador and visiting EB A/S Sullivan to urge that Turkey's exclusion from the upcoming Iraq compact preparatory meeting be reconsidered. He said it is clear that the compact will deal with issues beyond economic reform, stabilization and pledges/dono [...]	2006-07-14 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN TU IZ
06ANKARA4133	ERDOGAN IN CYPRUS: DO NO HARM [...] (C) Ambassador raised the issue of Turkish PM Erdogan's visit to Turkish Cyprus July 20 in separate conversations July 14 with PM Foreign Affairs Advisor Davutoglu, MFA U/S Tuygen, Deputy U/S and lead Cyprus negotiator Apakan, and FM Gul. Ambassador said that we regard Gambari's progress ear [...]	2006-07-14 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
06ANKARA414	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4145	POSITIVE TURKISH RESPONSE TO US-RUSSIAN GLOBAL [...] The Turkish Foreign Ministry made the following public announcement on July 17 in reaction to the joint U.S. - Russia Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism announced on July 15 (reftels). The MFA provided this to us in the form of a diplomatic note as well. Informal Embassy translati [...]	2006-07-17 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP IAEA RU TU
06ANKARA4154	TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION - TURKEY READY TO ASSIST [...] (C) Summary. The GOT has offered Turkey as an alternate debarkation point for Lebanon evacuees. Mission believes the port of Mersin and Incirlik AB offer the best facilities. The southeastern Turkish ports of Mersin and Iskenderun can accommodate ferries and medium-sized cruise ships; both ar [...]	2006-07-18 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR CASC EWWT MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS TU
06ANKARA4162	TFLE01: TURKISH REACTION TO MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: [...] (C) Summary: In an overcharged environment where PKK killings of 16 security forces in the last few days has dovetailed with popular outcry over Israel's actions against Hizballah, Turkish press and public reaction to Middle East developments has been overwhelmingly negative. Media commentar [...]	2006-07-18 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE TU
06ANKARA4197	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4199	TURKISH ISLAMIC ORDERS, THOUGH BANNED, MAINTAIN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Turkey is home to many brands of Islam. In addition to the official Sunni overlay and the many Alevis (heterodox Muslims),many Turks, including social and political leaders, continue to associate with Islamic orders known as "tarikats" and "cemaats." These have been officiall [...]	2006-07-19 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KIRF TU
06ANKARA4200	TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF [...] (U) In response to Task Force information (ref A) that AmCits may be arriving in the Turkish port city of Mersin on 7/19, Mission made contingency preparations to accommodate and process. 2. (U) Initial information that 100 ) 200 AmCits would arrive late July 19 in Mersin on a Canadian-char [...]	2006-07-19 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC EWWT PREL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4234	TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: PREPARING ALTERNATE [...] (U) In response to Task Force direction, Mission Turkey has prepared to use the port of Mersin as an overflow evacuation point for AmCits departing Lebanon. We intend to bus evacuees to Incirlik Air Base and conduct processing on the base. Mission has directed all available existing resourc [...]	2006-07-20 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC EWWT REL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4235	PUK REPRESENTATIVE GALALI DISCUSSES PKK AND KIRKUK [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Turkey representative Bahros Galali told us he will immediately urge President Talabani and KRG President Barzani to take public steps against the PKK as a way to prevent a Turkish cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq and to also send an [...]	2006-07-20 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER ENRG ETRD TU IZ
06ANKARA4236	TFLE01: TURKEY: ISRAELI ACTIONS TRANSLATE INTO [...] (C) Summary. The combination of Israel,s actions in Lebanon, USG support for Israeli,s right to self defense, increased PKK-related violence in Turkey, and USG opposition to a Turkish cross-border action (CBO) against the PKK in northern Iraq has created a public opinion pressure cooker in Tur [...]	2006-07-20 16:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IS IZ PGOV PREL PTER TU
06ANKARA4237	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 04:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4241	TURKEY: ENERGY MINISTER ON CASPIAN GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) Summary. Meeting on the margins of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline inauguration ceremonies in Istanbul on July 12, Deputy Secretary of Energy Clay Sell and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler reviewed Turkish-U.S. cooperation in helping Europe diversify its natural gas supplies as well [...]	2006-07-21 07:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL TU AZ GG RU
06ANKARA4249	BREATHING LIFE INTO THE U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Secretary Rice and Turkish FM Gul have put their imprimatur on the Structured Strategic Dialogue. We must now implement it. Over the next six months, we should focus on some of the most pressing bilateral and regional issues through continued high-level dialogue, consultations and ste [...]	2006-07-21 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL US TU
06ANKARA4251	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4252	TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: MERSIN/ADANA/INCIRLIK [...] (U) By evening 7/21 local time, Mission Turkey will have staffed up in Mersin and Incirlik Air Base to accommodate AmCits evacuating Lebanon. As of 7/22 we will be capable of processing the 1400 pax expected on the Rahmah. We understand TDY consular and management assistance is en route; we [...]	2006-07-21 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC EWWT PREL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4258	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKS CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR PROGRESS [...] (C) We discussed the PKK issue July 21 with GOT Deputy Iraq Coordinator Fazli Corman. We emphasized the importance of continuing to work together to combat the PKK and underscored that the USG is engaged on the issue. We asked Corman about Turkey's recent contacts with the GOI on combatting [...]	2006-07-24 02:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
06ANKARA4259	(S/NF) TURKEY/PKK: PRT KIRKUK MEETING WITH PKK [...] (S/NF) Contacts in the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (TNIO) informed us July 20 that they understood American diplomats in northern Iraq had recently met with representatives of the Kurdistan Democratic Solutions Party (KDSP). The Kurdish press also carried this allegation. Cont [...]	2006-07-24 02:02:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA4266	COUNCIL OF STATE CANCELS FREEZING OF AL KADI ASSETS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 09:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PREL TU
06ANKARA4279	TURKEY INSPECTS SUSPECT FLIGHT FROM IRAN TO SYRIA [...] (S/NF) State Ops alerted us July 23 that the Syrians may once again be attempting to fly an IL-76 with suspect cargo from Iran to Syria. We contacted MFA Head of Department for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay, who informed us that the flight approaching Turkey was actually an Iranian civilian car [...]	2006-07-24 11:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM ETTC PREL IR SY IS TU LE
06ANKARA4281	TURKEY: ATTENDANCE OF HIGH-LEVEL TURKISH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche July 18 to MFA First Secretary Meltem Guney of the Deputy Directorate General for SIPDIS International Political Organizations. Guney explained that there were tentative plans for Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to attend the 61st UN General Assembly (UNGA) [...]	2006-07-24 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA TU
06ANKARA4290	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES IRAQ AND PKK WITH TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior MFA officials emphasized to visiting EUR DAS Bryza that Turkey was pleased with US-Turkey cooperation in Iraq and noted Turkey's interest in cooperating with Iraq to develop Iraq's energy resources. However, they also stressed that it was time for the Iraqi Government to ta [...]	2006-07-25 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG ETRD TU IZ
06ANKARA4301	A/S SULLIVAN MEETING WITH TURKISH FONMIN GUL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan on July 14, Deputy Prime Minister and FonMin Abdullah Gul discussed the Middle East situation (reported septel) and a range of economic issues. On the southern corridor for gas, Gul said U.S. support was necessary but that Tur [...]	2006-07-25 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EFIN EINV TU
06ANKARA4304	A/S SULLIVAN MEETINGS WITH TURKISH ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Economy Minister Ali Babacan and Central Bank Governor July 14, Assistant Secretary Sullivan explored recent financial market volatility, Turkey,s macroeconomic progress and Iraq,s bilateral debt. Babacan and the Central Bank Governor both admitted there were Turk [...]	2006-07-25 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV TU IZ
06ANKARA4310	TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP ON CFE EQUIPMENT FLANK [...] (C) We approached MFA Head of Department for Disarmament and Arms Control Osman Yavuzalp July 25 an update on Turkey's position on flank entitlements (ref a). According to Yavuzalp, Turkey, Greece and Norway had discussed the issue on the margins of the March 14 HLTF and agreed on Turkey's pr [...]	2006-07-26 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM
06ANKARA4314	TURKEY FAMILIAR WITH P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR [...] (C) We passed to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Osman Yavuzalp on July 25 reftel points on the P5 1 incentive package for Iran. Yavuzalp confirmed his government's familiarity with the specifics. He said Iranian officials told Turkey's embassy in Tehran that the package was [...]	2006-07-26 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC
06ANKARA4316	TURKEY RECEIVES THREE SYRIAN AND IRANIAN IL-76 [...] (S/NF) We delivered ref a points to MFA Aviation Department Head Hamit Olcay on July 25. According to Olcay, Turkey does not have any pending cargo overflight requests. However, the GOT did receive three separate IL-76 overflight requests from Syria and Iran following our initial July 19 appr [...]	2006-07-26 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR ETTC TU IR SY SA JO IS LE
06ANKARA4326	TFLE01: AIRCRAFT NEEDED NOW TO EVACUATE AMCITS TO [...] (U) This is an urgent action request -- please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) Over 700 of the approximately 1700 American citizens and their dependents evacuated from Turkey to Lebanon on July 23 remain at Incirlik Air Base. Schedules for commercial charter flights from Incirlik to CONUS have come a [...]	2006-07-27 10:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC MOPS ASEC TU LE CY
06ANKARA4329	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO NORTHERN CYPRUS: [...] (C) Turkish PM Erdogan trekked to the "TRNC" July 19 with a heavyweight delegation (six ministers and 20 parliamentarians) for a three-day visit to mark the 32nd anniversary of the Turks' 1974 intervention. This first visit of a Turkish PM to the island in eight years was intended, per Turkis [...]	2006-07-27 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EU
06ANKARA4331	TFLE01: TURKISH DEBATE INCREASINGLY CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Reactions in Turkey to the conflict in the Middle East continue to focus on humanitarian needs and the requirement for an immediate ceasefire, with commentary, both in the media and from our contacts, increasingly critical of both Israel and the U.S. Many have linked Secretary Ric [...]	2006-07-27 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL PTER TU IS LE
06ANKARA4354	TFLE01: UPDATE ON EVACUEE PROCESSING IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of the 1,700 evacuees received in Turkey, approximately 700 remain on the Incirlik Air Base as of July 28, awaiting chartered aircraft. All three of the flights scheduled to depart July 28 were canceled. These repeated cancellations and delays are seriously undermining morale o [...]	2006-07-28 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC TU LE CY
06ANKARA4355	SCENESETTER FOR PKK TRILATERAL MEETINGS: THE [...] (S/NF) Recent pledges by Presidents Bush and Talabani have assured the Turks that we and Iraq take the PKK seriously, and may have averted -- temporarily -- a Turkish cross-border operation. Should the Iraqis follow through on their commitments, this will begin to satisfy long-standing Turkish [...]	2006-07-28 16:18:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ IR
06ANKARA4356	TURKEY: REPORT ON PKK VIOLENCE, FOURTEEN PKK [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...]	2006-07-28 16:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA4357	TURKISH ATTENDANCE AT NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION [...] (C) Upon receipt of reftel, Charge contacted Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Tuygan to urge Turkish participation in the Force Generation meetings on July 31 in New York. He welcomed the advance notice of the UN meetings and noted that Turkey had not yet received an invitation from the United Na [...]	2006-07-29 09:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO TU
06ANKARA4364	TURKEY TO CONSIDER PARTICIPATION IN UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Undersecretary Tuygan advised State Counselor Zelikow of Turkey's willingness to consider participation in a peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Lebanon following the negotiation of a ceasefire. Zelikow outlined four different organizational options, including NATO, EU, ad-hoc mu [...]	2006-07-31 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR TU
06ANKARA4365	Turkish Markets Unfazed by Middle East Crisis, but Tourism [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU LE IZ IR IS
06ANKARA4367	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4373	TFLE01: TURKISH PRESS AND PUBLIC CONDEMN QANA [...] (C) Summary: Continued large-scale attacks causing civilian deaths such as the Qana bombing in Lebanon are fueling increased anti-Israel and anti-American sentiment among the public and the press. Protests in Istanbul and Ankara against the U.S. and Israel occurred on July 28 and 29, and may [...]	2006-07-31 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU IS LE
06ANKARA4374	IRAQ/TURKEY: GOT REQUESTS CONVOY SECURITY FOR [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 4. 2. (C/REL USA, GBR, CAN, AUS) On July 24, we received an MFA request for US military security and escort support for Avni Botsali, the Turkish Consul General-designate to Mosul, and his delegation, which will be traveling by land from Habu [...]	2006-07-31 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MOPS PREL TU
06ANKARA4375	TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER BUYUKANIT APPOINTED [...] (C) The Turkish Council of Ministers, in a surprise move, on July 31 appointed Land Forces Commander General Yasar Buyukanit as the next Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) beginning on August 30 when the current CHOD, GEN Hilmi Ozkok, retires. President Sezer approved the appointment the same [...]	2006-08-01 05:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA4378	TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER BUYUKANIT APPOINTED [...] (C) The Turkish Council of Ministers, in a surprise move, on July 31 appointed Land Forces Commander General Yasar Buyukanit as the next Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) beginning on August 30 when the current CHOD, GEN Hilmi Ozkok, retires. President Sezer approved the appointment the same [...]	2006-08-01 06:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA4379	TURKEY'S LOOMING ELECTRICITY DEFICIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With growing fears of an electricity supply deficit in Turkey before the end of the decade (Ref B),the Turkish government has announced plans to move forward more quickly on privatization and establishment of an electricity market for pricing and settlement. Meanwhile, long fi [...]	2006-08-01 07:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET BEXP EXIM OPIC TU
06ANKARA4381	TURKEY/IRAQ: DEMANDS FOR ACTION ON PKK ACCELERATE [...] (C) The public mood throughout Turkey is increasingly agitated as PKK terrorism continues to claim lives and Israeli operations in Lebanon spark public claims of double standards and hypocrisy. In a July 31 address to the nation, Prime Minister Erdogan said Turkey's patience on the PKK issue [...]	2006-08-01 10:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS IZ TU
06ANKARA4405	TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...]	2006-08-01 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU
06ANKARA4406	TURKEY AND IRAQ'S ILLICIT AND LICIT FUEL TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Illegal fuel product trade in Turkey is significant and an issue of great concern to the Turkish Government, but we are not aware of any evidence that fuel smuggling in Turkey has any link with the insurgency in Iraq. Despite the challenges of the single bottleneck Habur Gate an [...]	2006-08-01 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET KCOR TU IZ
06ANKARA4407	TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...]	2006-08-01 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU
06ANKARA4408	TURKEY: REPORT ON PKK VIOLENCE, 130 ARRESTED AT [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftel b). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Tur [...]	2006-08-01 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA443	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS TO IRAN; [...] (s) Ambassador was convoked February 3 by FM U/S Tuygan to be briefed on a call FM Gul made to Iranian FM Mottaki the day before to urge Iran to turn away from confrontation with the IAEA. Reading from the foreign ministry,s memcon, Tuygan said that Gul: -- Referred to earlier conversations [...]	2006-02-03 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MNUC KPAL IR IS TU
06ANKARA444	TURKEY OFFERS TO LEAD AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) Following up on the Turkish Perm Rep's Feb. 1 announcement to the NAC that Turkey plans to stand up a PRT in Wardak Province in Afghanistan as soon as this summer, we contacted MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku. Ulku [...]	2006-02-03 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL KPKO PARM NATO TU AF
06ANKARA4448	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA445	COUNTRY LEARANCE GRANTED FOR ROBERT STIRITI, TODD [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Robert Stiriti, Todd Horton and Lisa Wainwright for February 5-7, 2006. The purpose of the visit will be to meet with Turkish officials regarding the planning of a CSI assessment of the Port of Izmir, Turkey. 2. Point of contact for the visit at [...]	2006-02-03 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD OTRA TU
06ANKARA4450	PKK IN EUROPE: SUSTAINING MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: Pushing for concrete law enforcement action aginst PKK criminal activity in Europe is a key next step, according to both European and Turkish reps during recent discussions in Ankara. To help achieve this goal, they identified three near-term action items: -- raise the priority [...]	2006-08-02 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER KTFN TU GM FR UK
06ANKARA4451	TURKEY PROVIDES PKK WISH LIST; CONFIRMS READY FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tuygan presented to Charge on Aug. 2 the GOT list of requested actions to be taken against the PKK before and after a trilateral meeting with the US and Iraq. Tuygan expressed Turkey's readiness to meet bilaterally in a neutral location the week of Aug. 7 t [...]	2006-08-02 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA4455	TIP in Turkey: Media Attention from June 1 to 30, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
06ANKARA4456	ROGUE LAWYER STRIKES AGAIN; PARLIAMENT MAY TAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Novelist Elif Safak has been charged with "insulting Turkish identity" under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code. Safak was charged as a result of a criminal complaint filed by ultranationalist lawyer Kemal Kerincsiz. Kerincsiz has exploited Article 301, which targets those wh [...]	2006-08-03 10:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
06ANKARA4462	TURKEY DETERMINED TO BUILD CONTROVERSIAL ILISU DAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ilisu dam project on the Tigris River has been one of the most widely criticized hydropower dam projects of the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP). Despite the continued controversy, Turkey remains doggedly committed to building the dam. The Turkish press announced recently t [...]	2006-08-03 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ SY
06ANKARA4469	TIP in Turkey: Media Attention from July 1 to 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
06ANKARA4473	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4474	TFLE01: TURKEY: ANGRY CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: The mood in Turkey regarding events in Lebanon - particularly the failure to achieve an early, UN-brokered ceasefire - has turned angry. Growing protests on the streets have been matched by official statements in Kuala Lumpur (PM Erdogan at the OIC ministerial) and Washington (F [...]	2006-08-03 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER TU IS LE
06ANKARA4481	KILLING DETERS CHEVRON IN SE TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Having long struggled to gain security permission for access to do a seismic survey on its petroleum exploration permit near Silopi on the Iraqi border, Chevron has overcome one obstacle after another, but the recent death from an improvised explosive device (IED) of one of its [...]	2006-08-03 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ASEC EINV SENV EWWT TU IZ
06ANKARA4488	PRIVATIZATION AND PRICES REVIVE TURKEY'S COAL AND STEEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-04 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV TU
06ANKARA4489	TURKEY TO PUT SYRIA AND IRAN ON NOTICE ABOUT ABUSE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-05 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC MARR PARM PREL TU IR
06ANKARA4493	TURKISH TOURISM DOWN ONLY SLIGHTLY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 05:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
06ANKARA4495	CENTER-RIGHT OPPOSITION DYP: POISED, BUT NOT YET [...] (C) Summary. The governing, pro-Islam Justice and Development Party (AKP) remains the juggernaut of Turkish electoral politics, but the center-right True Path Party (DYP) is trying to attract nationalist and secular center-right voters from small towns and rural areas. DYP Chairman Mehmet Ag [...]	2006-08-07 06:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
06ANKARA451	TURKEY'S IRAQ REVENGE MOVIE OPENS TO POPULAR [...] (SBU) Summary: A much-hyped film, "Valley of the Wolves ) Iraq," which depicts Americans in Iraq as heartless killers, opened in cinemas across Turkey this week. In scenes reminiscent of "Rambo," the main character takes revenge for the Suleymaniye incident, in which US forces hooded Turkis [...]	2006-02-03 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
06ANKARA452	LEVERAGING TURKISH EFFORTS AGAINST AFGHAN- [...] (SBU) Summary: Most of the world's supply of opiates originates in Afghanistan and passes through Turkey on its way to Western consumers. Despite Turkey's relatively low consumption problem, it has worked hard to stop the flow of these narcotics and is willing to take on a larger regional rol [...]	2006-02-03 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL TU
06ANKARA4522	TURKEY SUPPORTS GLOBAL INITIATIVE BUT UNABLE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is a strong supporter of the US/Russia Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The GOT issued a public statement endorsing the initiative and subsequently indicated to us their interest in playing an active role. In a preliminary response to reftel request to hos [...]	2006-08-07 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP TU
06ANKARA4525	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4526	US-TURKEY SECURITY RELATIONS: INCREASINGLY [...] (S/NF) After the March 1, 2003 parliamentary vote vetoing a northern front for the Iraq War and the July 4, 2003 arrest (including hooding) of Turkish special forces personnel in Suleymania (an event widely seen in Turkey as a national insult),our security relations were at their lowest point [...]	2006-08-07 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL MOPS PGOV TU
06ANKARA4527	TURKEY: LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UN IS TU
06ANKARA4528	TURKEY'S NEW CHOD -- DIFFERENT STYLE, SAME STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 31 announcement of Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander General Buyukanit's appointment as the next Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) five days earlier than expected (ref a) caused few ripples in the press. Buyukanit's appointment was preordained by military tradition and [...]	2006-08-08 05:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA453	TURKEY: POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM BIRD FLU LIKELY [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Turkish Government has handled its Avian Influenza (AI) outbreaks well, blunting criticism from the opposition. The GOT has also taken some political risks. Possible long-term effects of AI could be both positive and negative, depending on how successful the gov [...]	2006-02-03 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TU TBIO
06ANKARA454	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA455	Turkish Council of State Rules Against Tupras [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 2, the Council of State (Danistay) Administrative Court suspended the $4.1 billion sale of a 51% share of state-owned oil refiner Tupras to a Koc Holding-Shell consortium, dealing a potential blow to Turkey's privatization program. Because the formal transfer of owne [...]	2006-02-03 16:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV KTDB TU
06ANKARA4563	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JULY 2006) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to monitor the progress of the NP Cooperation Agreement, along with other NP projects and activities with the Government of Turkey. Also, followed-up on recent Turkish successes in stopping possible improper transiting of controlled items through Turkey. [...]	2006-08-09 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA4587	TURKEY: POSSIBLE ESCALATION OF PKK VIOLENCE IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) On August 15, 1984, PKK militants killed two police officers in Eruh and Semdinli, launching the armed phase of the PKK's campaign for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey. The anniversary of the PKK's first attack against Turkish governme [...]	2006-08-09 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA4608	TURKS CLAIM PKK FRONT OFFICES REMAIN OPEN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador reviewed for MFA Deputy U/S Akgunay on August 9 the US-proposed way forward on the PKK trilateral process and our understanding of the actions taken by the GOI/KRG -- including the closure of some PKK front [...]	2006-08-10 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA4622	CSI: TURKEY RESPONDS TO ASSESSMENT WITH NEW PROPOSED [...] On July 31, Embassy received via diplomatic note Turkey's response to the draft Container Security Initiative (CSI) Declaration of Principles (DOP) and Basic Impelementation Procedures (BIP) that were provided to the GOT earlier this year. 2. The revised Declaration of Principles (DOP) and B [...]	2006-08-10 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER KTIA TU
06ANKARA4623	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4626	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA464	ENGAGING TURKEY ON FINANCIAL CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. is engaging the Government of Turkey on multiple fronts to continue strengthening its regime against terrorism finance and money laundering. Through diplomatic advocacy and a series of visits and workshops, the U.S. has highlighted Turkey's need for a domestic designat [...]	2006-02-06 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER TU
06ANKARA4647	THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF TURKISH-IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Turkey's relationship with Iran is long, complex, and multifaceted. The two are historical and regional rivals; mutual trust is a rare commodity. Nonetheless, Turkey and Iran have enjoyed improved political relations since the late 1990s --- when Iran stopped su [...]	2006-08-11 11:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PTER PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA468	PROPHET MOHAMMED CARTOONS PROMPT CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish public reaction to European publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed has so far consisted of generally peaceful protests and media condemnation, mostly in the pro-Islamist media. Government reaction has been moderate and constructive, with officials condemning the [...]	2006-02-06 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KISL TU
06ANKARA4686	TURKISH RESPONSE TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TU
06ANKARA4687	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4688	TURKEY'S FOREIGN POLICY SPLIT - THE PM'S CIRCLE TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL TU
06ANKARA4701	REPORTS OF MILITARY ACTIVITY ON TURKEY-IRAQ BORDER [...] (SBU) Recent Turkish press reports have suggested an escalation of Turkish military activity near the border with Iraq. An August 9 press report quoted Kurdish media sources claiming Turkish forces engaged in sustained artillery fire across the border on August 7-8. Masud Barzani was quoted o [...]	2006-08-11 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA4703	TURKEY NOT LIKELY AFFECTED BY LEBANON OIL SPILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Contrary to alarmist press reporting in Turkey, a variety of assessments assign a low probability to the Lebanon oil spill reaching Turkey. Still, the possibility cannot be excluded, in which instance Turkey might need assistance for cleanup. Turkey has improved its legislat [...]	2006-08-11 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV MARR TU LE SY
06ANKARA4704	TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...]	2006-08-11 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4706	TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...]	2006-08-11 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU SY LE

06ANKARA4707	TURKEY VIEWS ON HABUR GATE, FUEL TRADE TO SOMO, [...] (C) Summary. Although the smuggling investigation that had impeded Turkish fuel shipments to Iraq is over and construction of the new customs facility at Habur is nearly complete, Turkish trade officials observe that Iraqi demand for fuel from Iraq appears to be declining. At the same time [...]	2006-08-11 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EPET ETRD PREL IZ TU
06ANKARA4710	TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...]	2006-08-12 08:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4711	URGENT DEMARCHE ON US SECURITY COUNCIL'S [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador spoke August 12 with Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan to convey reftel demarche regarding UNSCR 1701. In addition to the points provided, Ambassador urged Turkey to express strong support for the resolution. He expected that work will [...]	2006-08-12 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TU
06ANKARA4726	TURKISH MFA STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC KPAO LE TU
06ANKARA4728	TURKEY AND MAKING PROGRESS ON THE SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In August 8 meetings in Ankara with State Department (S/P) energy advisor Steve Hellman on southern energy corridor issues, Turkish officials made clear that they were not insisting on a role for Turkey as market &consolidator8 that would buy natural gas produced in Azerbaijan fo [...]	2006-08-14 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AZ GR RU
06ANKARA4729	TURKISH MFA DAS SEES CYPRUS TECHNICAL TALKS GOING [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
06ANKARA4744	TRILATERAL TALKS ON THE PKK -- WHAT DOES TURKEY [...] (S/NF) The GOT's comprehensive "Measures to be Adopted to Terminate PKK/KONGRA-GEL Activities in Northern Iraq" (ref a) lists Turkey's desired outcomes prior to and following US-Turkey-Iraq trilateral talks on the PKK. The list includes political and public affairs, security, legal, and other [...]	2006-08-15 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MOPS IZ TU
06ANKARA4748	TURKISH PRIME MINISTRY STATEMENT WELCOMING [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC KPAO LE TU
06ANKARA4753	TURKEY CONSIDERING HUMANITARIAN AID BATTALION AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 14 for a read-out of PM Erdogan's earlier meeting with senior military and MFA officials on Lebanon. Uzumcu reported that the PM's meeting discussed offering the Mersin Port and Adana airport as a military and humanitarian a [...]	2006-08-15 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4754	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4761	TURKEY: AFGHANISTAN PRT TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER; ISAF [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8, MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku provided an upbeat account of preparations to establish Turkey's first Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),slated to open by November. Ulku said construction had begun, staffing is underway, and initial [...]	2006-08-16 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF AORC EAID MOPS PREL TU XD NATO
06ANKARA4768	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4778	TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, EXPLOSION IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...]	2006-08-16 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA4779	TURKEY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...]	2006-08-16 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU LE
06ANKARA478	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-06 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4780	TUREY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...]	2006-08-17 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU LE
06ANKARA4781	TURKEY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...]	2006-08-17 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU LE
06ANKARA4785	TURKS CONCERNED BUT STILL MAINTAIN NO KNOWLEDGE OF [...] (C) In separate meetings, MFA and Maritime Affairs Undersecretariat officials said they shared U.S. concern about the use of DPRK flags ships but said an internal investigation did not uncover any Turkish-owned vessels using North Korean flags. They explained that Turkish law does not require [...]	2006-08-17 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT PHSA TU
06ANKARA479	FOURTH TIFA RENEWS DIALOGUE FOR EXPANDING TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: The fourth meeting of the U.S.-Turkey Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council held January 24 in Ankara was an opportunity for the U.S. and Turkey to discuss ways to revive our bilateral trade relationship in an open and positive dialogue. Along with the specifi [...]	2006-02-06 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KIPR TU
06ANKARA4796	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2006 [...] Over 10,000 individuals from Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Moldova, Germany, Canada, USA, Australia, Lebanon, France and other countries were evacuated from Lebanon via Turkey. Close to 1,700 US Citizens were flown to the US on contract aircraft out of Incirlik Air Base. The evacuation o [...]	2006-08-17 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL TU PK AU IS SU GR
06ANKARA4802	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4803	TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GAINING SUPPORT [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Africa Department Head Raif Karaca on August 17. We emphasized PM Erdogan's March trip to Darfur and Turkey's humanitarian assistance and asked that they exert whatever influence they can on President Bashir. 2. (C) Karaca said that when Sudanese gover [...]	2006-08-17 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN SU TU
06ANKARA4804	TURKEY TO DECIDE ON UNIFIL PARTICIPATION AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will move toward a government decision to approve a Lebanon deployment during the week of August 21, following FM Gul's consultations in Israel on Sunday, according to MFA DG for the Middle East Bozkurt Aran. However, Aran told Ambassador on August 17 that this decision [...]	2006-08-17 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS TU LE
06ANKARA4822	TURKEY'S IRAQ COORDINATOR ON IRAQ FUEL AND IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol updated Ambassador on recent Iraq-related developments, including visits to Istanbul by Iraqi VP Hashimi and seven Iraqi Turkmen parliamentarians, the latter of which was designed to promote unity and common purpose among Turkmen across [...]	2006-08-18 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET ENRG ETRD XF TU IZ
06ANKARA4833	SAUDI KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO TURKEY INCREASES [...] (C) Summary: Saudi King Abdullah visited Ankara and Istanbul from August 8-11 in the first visit of a Saudi King since 1966. Turkish MFA Middle East desk officer Barbaros Dicle characterized the visit August 18 as a "turning point" in bilateral relations. The two countries signed six agreeme [...]	2006-08-18 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SA TU
06ANKARA4834	CFE: TURKEY SUPPORTS FLANK ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER [...] (C) We approached MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Bulent Meric August 18 for an update on Turkey's position on the U.S. CFE flank entitlement transfer request (see reftels). Meric reported that Turkey is willing to transfer -- on a non-permanent basis -- an entitl [...]	2006-08-18 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM TU
06ANKARA4835	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4836	MTCR: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ON U.S. PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCR PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TU
06ANKARA4837	PSI: SUMMARY OF JULY 2006 PSI OEG MEETING PROVIDED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
06ANKARA4853	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4860	TURKEY TO PRESS SYRIA TO RESPECT UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) We met with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal on August 21 to encourage Turkey to emphasize the unambiguous requirement to abide by the arms embargo against Hizballah and UNSCR 1701 and the importance of playing a constructive role in Lebanon's future (reftel) in upcoming meetings [...]	2006-08-22 08:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IR LE TU
06ANKARA4873	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4875	TURKEY CONTINUES DELIBERATIONS OVER A UNIFIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel request, Ambassador met with MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 22 to urge Turkey to make a substantial contribution to a robust UNIFIL. Uzumcu said Turkey is taking steps to formalize its offer of ports and is willing to contribute to DPKO staff for Lebanon planning. The [...]	2006-08-22 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU LE
06ANKARA4878	TURKISH FM GUL'S VISIT TO ISRAEL - ISRAELI [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IS LE TU
06ANKARA4885	TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, PKK BLOWS UP SECTION [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...]	2006-08-23 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA4887	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 12:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4890	TURKISH RESPONSE TO ILC CANDIDATE MATHESON DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered reftel dipnote and CV to MFA International Organizations Department desk officer Peyami Ciklakalyoncu on August 23. He said that Turkey prefers to make reciprocal agreements of support for candidates when possible. He stated that he understood that the USG does not make such [...]	2006-08-23 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
06ANKARA4893	TURKISH FM GUL VISITS DAMASCUS, PRESSES ASAD TO [...] (C) Summary: In Turkish FM Gul's one-day visit to Damascus August 22, Gul urged President Asad to shock the world by articulating a positive message on Middle East peace and fully supporting UNIFIL, according to MFA Director General for Middle East Bozkurt Aran. Asad welcomed the idea of Tur [...]	2006-08-23 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY TU
06ANKARA4894	TURKEY'S SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL PUTS A STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The early announcement of Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) GEN Buyukanit's appointment as the next Chief of the Turkish General Staff (ref a) was not the only surprise to come out of the annual Supreme Military Council (YAS) meeting. After just one year as Deputy Chief of the [...]	2006-08-23 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA4902	DIYARBAKIR MAYOR OSMAN BAYDEMIR: AIMING TO BE A [...] (U) This is an AmCon Adana message. 2.(C) Summary: Osman Baydemir, the 35-year old mayor of Diyarbakir, aspires to a national leadership role among the Kurds in Turkey. Baydemir,s moderate approach * he renounces violence and calls for immediate dialogue between the Turkish government and K [...]	2006-08-24 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA4905	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-24 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4912	TURKEY SEARCHES IRANIAN TRUCKS FOR HEZBOLLAH ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has intensified its inspections of Iranian trucks in recent weeks following the initiation of aircraft inspections (ref b). Customs officials report that a lack of necessary technology at border crossings limits the number and scope of inspections but claim they have not e [...]	2006-08-24 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR MOPS PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA4933	REGIONAL DYNAMISM SPURRING HOPE IN TURKEY'S KURDS [...] (U) This is an AmCon Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's Kurdish political and business leaders believe that progress in Northern Iraq could produce positive ripple effects in Turkey's troubled southeast: economic benefits have already affected local businesses and they hope the shared [...]	2006-08-25 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM TU
06ANKARA4935	TURKEY AND SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR - NUDGING JELLO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Energy Minister Hilmi Guler told Ambassador August 23 that he would welcome U.S. help in facilitating meetings aimed at gaining a common, clear, commercially viable way forward on the southern gas corridor to Europe. He obsessed about the undesirability of a simple, ope [...]	2006-08-25 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR RU
06ANKARA4936	TURKEY: FOREIGN MINISTER GUL TO ATTEND UNGA, [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNGA TU
06ANKARA4937	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4953	TURKEY: SIX BOMBINGS IN FOUR DAYS INJURE 37 [...] (SBU) Six bombs have detonated in civilian areas across Turkey within the last four days, injuring 37 civilians, according to Turkish security officials. The evening of August 25, two bombs -- one outside of a bank and one at an office block near the city center -- exploded within five minute [...]	2006-08-28 11:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL PTER TU
06ANKARA4962	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4964	TURKEY: DONORS' ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the August 31 donors meeting in Stockholm, Turkey will pledge assistance in the form of reconstruction projects, likely focused initially on the power sector. The GOT is looking for projects that contribute to long-term growth, understanding that it is also important to d [...]	2006-08-28 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL TU LE SW
06ANKARA4978	TURKISH COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers announced its support of Turkish participation in UNIFIL on August 28; it plans to seek parliamentary approval within the next week or two. A united front by PM Erdogan, FM Gul and Speaker Arinc, along with the ruling Justice and Development Party' [...]	2006-08-29 11:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USUN LE TU
06ANKARA4986	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CG MCKAY +3 [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Coast Guard Officials Raymond McKay, Irvin Jones, Noel Bolleurs and Daniel Vazquez who will travel to Izmir to conduct an EXBS-sponsored Port Security/Port Vulnerability workshop from September 17 to 23, 2006. 2. Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who [...]	2006-08-29 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM PARM SNAR TU
06ANKARA4992	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4994	TURKEY ON NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCES; [...] (U) An action request is contained in para 6. 2. (C) EXBS advisor discussed ref a points on nuclear fuel supply assurances with President Okay Cakiroglu of the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) on August 25. Cakiroglu accepted the paper and points, assuring us that his agency would [...]	2006-08-29 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ENRG KNNP PARM TRGY TU
06ANKARA4998	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting, Koray Targay, MFA's Ambassador-level coordinator of Turkish assistance to Iraq, expressed deep concern that Turkey had not yet been invited to join the core preparatory group drafting the "Iraq Compact." He said that this was a priority of the Ministry and senio [...]	2006-08-29 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN TU IZ
06ANKARA4999	TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT -- FOUR DEAD AND [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...]	2006-08-29 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA500	ATTACK BY ANTI-CHRISTIAN ASSAILANTS [...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: AMCON ADANA PO on February 2 discussed a January 8 attack by anti-Christian assailants against Turkish Protestant pastor Kamil Kiroglu. Kiroglu confirmed the accounts of his attack first reported on the COMPASS news website (co [...]	2006-02-07 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC TU
06ANKARA5000	TURKEY: DUELING REFINERIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At least three separate refinery projects in Turkey have recently been announced, emblematic of Turkey's energy hub vision and growing regional importance, as well as the progress if has made in its investment environment and economic growth. It is not clear if GOT will use st [...]	2006-08-29 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET BEXP TU RU
06ANKARA5001	TERRORISM FINANCE: TURKISH MFA DOWNPLAYS IMPACT OF [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli told us August 29 that the Foreign Ministry and the Finance Ministry would appeal the Danistay (Council of State) July 20 ruling (ref a) that vacated the Council of Ministers decree freezing al-Qadi's assets in Turkey [...]	2006-08-29 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER TU
06ANKARA5016	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5018	SUPER MASONIC PUPPIES AND OTHER INSULTS: ANKARA'S [...] Summary: During the course of the July-August conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, there was a noticeable change in the nature of comments and questions coming into Embassy Ankara's "Ask the Ambassador" website feature. Before the conflict, most of the approximately 30 messages received pe [...]	2006-08-31 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL KPAO TU IS LE
06ANKARA5019	TURKEY DOES NOT REQUIRE FOLLOW-UP CONSULTATIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE MARR PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA502	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK OF [...] Begin Summary: We met twice in January 2006 with officials from Turkey's Mechanical and Chemical Industries Corporation (MKEK) to discuss order/contract number 03361, per reftel, and confirmed that MKEK's intended purchase of approximately 200 handguns from Smith and Wesson appears to be a stan [...]	2006-02-07 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC MASS TU
06ANKARA5020	SEPTEMBER 5 PARLIAMENTARY VOTE ON TURKISH UNIFIL [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish government will ask the speaker of parliament to convene a special session on September 5 to vote on deploying troops to Lebanon. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentary group will meet late September 4 with PM Erdogan to persuade waverers and pr [...]	2006-08-31 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GPGOV USUN LE TU
06ANKARA5032	TURKEY RESPONSE ON DEMARCHE FOR USG CANDIDATE LETT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS
06ANKARA5064	TURKEY CONTINUES TO ENGAGE IRAN ON NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Turkish officials tell us they are continuing to send a strong and consistent message to Tehran regarding Iran's nuclear development program. During Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Safari's August 25 visit to Ankara, FM Gul reportedly urged Iran to regain the trust of [...]	2006-09-01 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENER KNNP PARM TU IR
06ANKARA5090	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5092	TURKEY: LIMITED IMPACT OF INTEREST RATE HIKES [...] (SBU) Summary. In its August 24 meeting, Turkey's interest rate setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep Central Bank interest rates on hold at 17.5%. Since the global emerging market turmoil in May, however, the MPC has increased interest rates by a total of 4.25%, reversing [...]	2006-09-01 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
06ANKARA5093	TURKEY (NOT SURPRISINGLY) HOPES TO SAVE GSP [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish officials lost no time responding to news that the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program was up for review (ref a). State Minister for Foreign Trade Kursad Tuzmen's letters to USTR Schwab and Secretary Gutierrez were highly publicized in local media. MFA offi [...]	2006-09-01 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
06ANKARA5098	TURKEY'S GOVERNMENT PREPARED FOR PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary. After a lengthy meeting of party MPs on September 4, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has its ducks in a row for today's parliamentary vote to approve deploying Turkish troops to Lebanon. PM Erdogan was not able to eliminate all dissent, but Embassy contacts report [...]	2006-09-05 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USUN LE TU
06ANKARA5099	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY PREPARED FOR PKK BILATERALS [...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay told Ambassador September 5 that the GOT will be prepared to host bilateral talks in Ankara during the September 13-14 time period with U.S. Special Envoy for Countering the PKK General (ret) Joseph Ralston and delegation. Akgunay said the MFA will [...]	2006-09-05 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA5109	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5121	TIP: TURKISH MFA EXPRESSES DISMAY AT REPORTED USG USE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA DDG for Expatriate Turks, Migration, Asylum and Property issues Akif Ayhan called us in on September 4 to express GOT dismay at the U.S. Representative to UNVIE's announced plans to show the documentary "Sex Slaves" at the UNDC in Vienna towards the end of September. While [...]	2006-09-05 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF OIIP TU
06ANKARA5124	PKK IN EUROPE: TURKISH MFA LINKS RECENT ARRESTS TO [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli commented favorably on recent arrests of PKK activists in Europe on criminal charges. Praising the recent arrests of PKK members Muzaffer Ayata and Riza Erdogan in Germany (ref C) and of Nedim Seven [...]	2006-09-05 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA5125	TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, NINE TURKISH FORCES [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (ref a). Our primary sources for tese reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and nternational wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turkish press [...]	2006-09-05 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA5139	TERRORISM FINANCE: TURKISH GOVERNMENT APPEALS [...] (C) Further to ref, MFA DDG Huseyin Bicakli confirmed that on September 5, the MFA and Prime Ministry filed an appeal of the July Danistay (Council of State) ruling that invalidated the 2001 Council of Ministers order that freezed Yassin al-Qadi's assets in Turkey pursuant to UNSCR 1267. Bica [...]	2006-09-06 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KTFN PTER TU
06ANKARA5149	TURKISH PARLIAMENT VOTES TO DEPLOY TROOPS TO [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish parliament approved the government's motion to contribute troops to UNIFIL in a September 5 extraordinary assembly session. PM Erdogan exerted control over his Justice and Development Party (AKP) with a well-orchestrated outreach campaign that dissolved or muted mos [...]	2006-09-06 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USUN LE TU
06ANKARA5175	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5200	TURKEY/LEBANON: TURKEY'S LEBANON PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary. Following a contentious parliamentary vote and the September 6 visit of UNSYG Annan to Ankara, Turkey has promised naval assets as well as the use of seaports and airports for Lebanon peacekeeping operations. In addition, the GOT is planning a ground contingent to engage in huma [...]	2006-09-08 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UN LE TU
06ANKARA5202	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5203	TURKEY AND UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Security Affairs Deputy Director General Avni Bicakli on September 7 and Disarmament Office DDG Bulent Meric on September 8. Meric said Turkish financial authorities have ascertained that Turkish companies are not directly or indirectly involved with s [...]	2006-09-08 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT PTER KN TU
06ANKARA5212	COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE IN IRAN: A MISNOMER? [...] (S) Summary: Over a period of two months conoffs surveyed male Iranian visa applicants about the military service requirement in Iran. While all Iranian men upon reaching eighteen years of age are ostensibly required to fulfill a national military service requirement, many means exist for th [...]	2006-09-11 10:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU IR
06ANKARA5219	TURKISH DELEGATION TRAVELING TO HAVANA NAM MEETING [...] (SBU) We spoke September 8 with Turkish MFA Deputy Director General (DAS equivalent) for the Americas Murat Esenli about the upcoming Havana Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit. Esenli affirmed that the Turks had received an invitation from the Cubans. After consulting with his colleagues in [...]	2006-09-11 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER CU TU PHUM
06ANKARA522	TURKISH YOUTH ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF CATHOLIC [...] (U) Summary: Turkish police have arrested a 16-year-old suspected in the murder of a Catholic priest in Trabzon. Politicians and pundits have speculated about the motive behind the killing, but as yet there are no hard facts. Some Christians in Turkey believe the killing is related to worldwi [...]	2006-02-07 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA5223	UPDATED VERSION: U.S. MISSION TO TURKEY [...] Summary: The U.S. Mission to Turkey commemorated the 5th anniversary with events in Ankara, Istanbul, and Adana. The post activities connected the 9/11 terrorist attacks to terrorist attacks on Turkey and other nations, in order to reinforce a theme of common determination to confront and de [...]	2006-09-11 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP PTER TU
06ANKARA5228	TOURISTS CANCEL IN WAKE OF PKK BOMBINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Government and private sector tourism contacts confirm substantial tourist cancellations, particularly in Mediterranean and Aegean resort hotels, following the recent wave of PKK bombings, but are not alarmist about final tourism numbers for 2006, which they expect to be down [...]	2006-09-12 04:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TU
06ANKARA5247	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5248	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5249	GENERAL (RET) BASER SELECTED AS TURKEY'S PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: General (ret) Edip Baser was appointed on September 8 as Turkey's Coordinator for Countering the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) terrorist organization. A respected, retired military officer who has good relations with both the government and the military and has fought the PKK in [...]	2006-09-12 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA5251	TURKEY - ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE [...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This cable details Embassy Ankara's assessment of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Turkey as requested in ref a. Embassy Ankara and our Turkish Government contacts have little information about support for the Iraqi insurgency coming from Turkey. [...]	2006-09-12 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA5259	OPPOSITION DEPUTIES SLAM U.S., ISRAEL DURING [...] (C) Opposition deputies launched virulent attacks against the US and Israel during the September 5 Turkish parliamentary debate on Turkey's troop deployment to Lebanon. The motion passed (reftel A) and the GOT is readying Turkish troops to join the UNIFIL mission, but the force and tenor of s [...]	2006-09-13 12:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE TU
06ANKARA526	TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOC PETROV [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce Export Control Specialist Rossitza Petrov to travel to Turkey from February 12 through February 15, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312) [...]	2006-02-07 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC OTRA PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA5261	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (AUGUST 2006) [...] Summary: August was a busy month for EXBS activities. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) conducted an assessment on the Port of Mersin followed by Targeting and Risk Management Workshop for 29 Turkish Customs officials; preparations were finalized for a Coast Guard Port Security/P [...]	2006-09-13 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA5264	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5268	PARLIAMENT TO TAKE UP EU LEGISLATION AT SEPTEMBER [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Parliament will meet in a special session on September 19 at the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) request to consider legislation related to Turkey's European Union accession process. The government will attempt to pass the so-called Ninth Reform package [...]	2006-09-13 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU
06ANKARA5269	PKK MAIN OFFICIAL SUSPECT BEHIND SEPTEMBER 12 [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (U) At 9:15 p.m. on September 12, a bomb exploded in Diyarbakir,s Kosuyolu Park, killing 11 and wounding at least 15. Those dead include seven children, and many of those injured have reportedly lost limbs. The person carrying the bomb is also rep [...]	2006-09-13 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA527	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-07 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA528	TURKISH MFA OFFICIAL ON PKK DEMARCHE TO FRANCE, [...] (C) Summary: We consulted with MFA Director General for Security Hayati Guven January 30 on the USG-proposed demarche to France regarding PKK. Guven promised a response in 10 to 14 days. Guven believes US diplomatic pressure on western European governments is having an impact, citing Belgium. [...]	2006-02-07 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN PREL TU FR
06ANKARA5294	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY CALLS FOR UNILATERAL PKK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) issued an unprecedented call for a unilateral PKK ceasefire during a September 11 press conference. Appearing before the press in Ankara, DTP chairman Ahmet Turk portrayed the move as a response to the party's grassroots' desires. [...]	2006-09-14 10:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU
06ANKARA5324	CRIMEAN-CONGO FEVER IN TURKEY [...] Summary: Cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Turkey have increased over prior years to 279, which resulted in 20 deaths over the past summer, causing public concern. Because transmission to humans is mainly via ticks from domesticated animals, the Ministry of Health is coordinating cl [...]	2006-09-14 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA5329	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

06ANKARA5331	TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NAM SUMMIT/DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU TU
06ANKARA5332	TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER PROMISES ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 meeting, DAS Matt Bryza and Energy Minister Hilmi Guler agreed to the following action steps to advance the southern gas corridor across Turkey to Europe: - Guler committed to quickly seek a bilateral meeting with Azeri Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to di [...]	2006-09-14 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR RU
06ANKARA5333	AVOIDING A TURKEY-EU TRAIN WRECK: CONSULTING IN [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Ankara, Athens and Nicosia. 2. (C) Summary: We are seeing increasing signs that Turkey may indeed be headed for a train wreck in its relations with the EU late this fall. Derailment would endanger Turkey's EU accession bid, which the US has suppo [...]	2006-09-14 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EU CY US
06ANKARA5334	TURKEY AND SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR - TAKING THE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 7 meeting, Energy Under Secretary Sami Demirbilek told us he understood the urgency SIPDIS of moving forward on a series of meetings between partners on the southern gas corridor. However, Turkey has not arranged a bilateral meeting with Azerbaijan to determine [...]	2006-09-14 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR
06ANKARA5335	TURKEY: PHRMA INDUSTRY DATA EXCLUSIVITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to PhRMA company representatives in Turkey, an August 3 Turkish MOH letter to the EU has specifically acknowledged data protection for 22 of the 67 molecules for which data exclusivity (DE) had been ambiguous under Turkey's new DE regulations (ref A). The remaining 45 [...]	2006-09-15 04:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR USTR EUN TU
06ANKARA5369	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5388	TURKEY: PARTICIPATION AT SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 22 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO TU EU
06ANKARA5392	TURKISH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PREL PTER IAEA UNSC
06ANKARA5395	COUNTRY CLEARANCE ANGELA M. THERIAULT - ANKARA AND [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Angela M. Theriault to travel to Turkey September 17 - 21, 2006. Embassy telephone is (90)(312) 455-5555, 24 hours a day. 2. (U) Hotel reservations for Istanbul have been confirmed at the Ritz Carlton Istanbul, Suzer Plaza, Elmad [...]	2006-09-15 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OREP AMGT AFIN PGOV TU
06ANKARA5396	Turkey: Meetings with Turkish Delegation in Singapore [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
06ANKARA5398	TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, 11 CIVILIANS KILLED [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (ref a). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turkish pre [...]	2006-09-15 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA5399	PKK IN EUROPE: LEGATT DISCUSSIONS WITH EUROPEAN [...] (S) Summary: Following up on the DCM's recent meeting with French, German and UK counterparts (ref A),LEGATT discussed PKK issues with law enforcement counterparts at these Embassies to increase collaboration on PKK issues. Separately, the Turkish National Police (TNP) called two meetings of [...]	2006-09-18 05:03:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA5401	REMOVING TURKEY'S GSP BENEFITS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE [...] (SBU) Progress has been made and is still being made in opening Turkish markets to U.S. exports and resolving long standing problems like inadequate intellectual property protection. Reducing Turkey's access to GSP benefits would deprive us of one of the few instruments we have to work with [...]	2006-09-18 07:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TU
06ANKARA5436	TURKEY-CYPRUS-EU - EUR DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a 75-minute meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza September 11, Turkish MFA D/US (U/S equivalent) and GOT Cyprus pointman Ertugrul Apakan animatedly described the latest state of play from Ankara's point of view. Apakan stressed Turkey's preference for a comprehensive, UN-based sett [...]	2006-09-18 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY UN EU
06ANKARA5437	EMBASSY ANKARA'S DELIVERY OF 2006 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On Saturday, September 16, Embassy Ankara's Human Rights Officer gave an oral summary of the 2006 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Report to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Human Rights Department Head Hasan Ulusoy. We delivered a hard copy to Ulusoy on Monday, September 18. Ulusoy expr [...]	2006-09-18 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL OPRC TU
06ANKARA5438	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA TU
06ANKARA544	TURKEY SAYS IT PLANS TO CUT STRAITS OIL TRAFFIC IN [...] (sbu) SUMMARY: With oil transit traffic in the congested Turkish Straits continuing to grow, the Straits are regarded by some as nearing their capacity for maximum safe throughput. Yet, despite the commercial arguments, regional governments and oil companies have not been able to come to a [...]	2006-02-08 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU RU
06ANKARA5440	PRIME MINISTER OVERRULES BUREAUCRACY IN SUPPORT OF [...] (C) A distraught MFA Director General for Security Affairs Hayati Guven (please protect) told us he understood that Turkish press reports were true that the Prime Ministry had applied -- on PM Erdogan's personal instructions -- to withdraw its earlier appeal of the July 20 Danistay (Council [...]	2006-09-18 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU
06ANKARA5442	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 05:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5455	TURKEY ENERGY SECTOR - MAKE NO SMALL PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: On the heels of completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler announced ambitious plans for $130 billion in new energy projects in Turkey, calling on the private sector to take up these new opportunities. Turkey is committed to developin [...]	2006-09-19 10:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG BEXP EINV EXIM OPIC TU
06ANKARA5463	EU-TURKEY DISCONNECT LENDS CREDENCE TO POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Fears of some form of "train wreck" in Turkey's EU accession process appear well-founded, given the apparent disconnect between cautiously optimistic Turkish officials and less sanguine EU contacts. In recent conversations, GOT officials have predicted that the EU may suspend ne [...]	2006-09-19 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA547	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5471	TURKEY/ARMENIA UPDATE: TURKS RESPOND ON JOINT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Central Asia and the Caucasus Huseyin Avni Karslioglu told us September 14 that Turkey recently sent a counter-proposal to Armenia's April 19 non-paper on joint commissions (ref B). According to Karslioglu, the Turkish response attempts to lay out in [...]	2006-09-19 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM
06ANKARA5475	TURKEY/KOSOVO: LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT KOSOVO FINAL [...] (C) Summary. We detect little real concern in Turkey over Kosovo final status, with Turkish officials prepared for an independence outcome. MFA Eastern European Department Head Hasan Asan concurred with USG views regarding Kosovo final status negotiations, sharing the concerns expressed by a [...]	2006-09-19 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU YS
06ANKARA5488	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5490	TURKEY WANTS TO STEP UP PKK IN EUROPE WORK [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish MFA is interested in continued cooperation against PKK logistical and support networks, and suggests that the issue could be raised with the Europeans by the new U.S. and Turkish Special Envoys for Countering the PKK. Another round of U.S.-Turkey interagency meeting [...]	2006-09-20 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KTFN TU
06ANKARA55	TURKEY: AVIAN INFLUENZA CAUSES TWO HUMAN DEATHS [...] Summary. Turkey's Ministry of Health has confirmed two human deaths from H5 Avian Influenza. N Sub-type has not been determined, but H5N1 is suspected. It appears that the victims caught AI from handling sick birds. There is no indication of human to human transmission. The GOT continues [...]	2006-01-05 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA550	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, January 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 Embassy translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Tuesday, January 17: [...]	2006-02-08 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06ANKARA551	MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE WITH TGS AND [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: US Marine Corps Commandant General Michael Hagee outlined for Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) General Isik Kosaner and Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) General Yasar Buyukanit in separate meetings on Feb. 2 the Iraqi Coalition's progress to stand up Iraqi [...]	2006-02-08 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ SY
06ANKARA5511	LETTER FROM FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER TUZMEN TO USTR SCHWAB [...] On September 19, we received the following letter from State Minister for Foreign Trade, Kursad Tuzmen, to USTR Schwab regarding Turkey's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits. The letter provides a number of arguments for Turkey's retention of GSP. As stated in refs A and B, this [...]	2006-09-20 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TU
06ANKARA5512	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-20 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5515	TURKEY/ARMENIA: ARMENIA LOSING OUT ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA DDG for Caucasus and Central Asia Huseyin Avni Karslioglu told us September 14 that given Turkey's concrete efforts to improve economic and trade ties with the Caucasus and Central Asia via pipeline, road and railroad links, Armenia is starting to lose out economically [...]	2006-09-21 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA552	TURKISH MILITARY COURT CONVICTS RETIRED FOUR-STAR [...] (U) On February 6 a military court found former Turkish Navy Commander ADM (ret.) Ilhami Erdil guilty of corruption in the award of contracts to a company where his daughter was employed. His wife was acquitted of any wrongdoing, but his daughter was sentenced to six months in jail. The court [...]	2006-02-08 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA5521	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, August 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on August 21. National security issue and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Recent developments in the Middle East, humanitarian assistance to Lebanon and Palestine, Turkey's policy on Black Sea s [...]	2006-09-21 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL TU AF BK
06ANKARA5522	CAUCASUS CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. Representatives from Turkey and several neighboring countries met from September 15 to 17 in eastern Turkey to discuss opportunities for regional cross-border cooperation. The conference, which was co-sponsored by the Kars Municipality and the International Urban Development As [...]	2006-09-21 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA5525	TURKISH NGO LEADER RETURNS EMBASSY 9/11 [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 11, 2006 Embassy Ankara presented a grant to a Turkish NGO as part of post's 9/11 anniversary commemoration. The event received positive coverage in the mainstream broadcast and print media, but two extremist newspapers characterized the donation as "blood money" [...]	2006-09-21 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO OEXC TU
06ANKARA5533	TURKEY: IRANIANS PROTEST DENIAL OF OVERFLIGHT [...] (U) The Iranian press published several articles on September 20 lambasting the GOT for refusing to allow an Iranian military plane carrying a delegation of senior GOI officials and parliamentarians to overfly Turkish airspace on its way to Tehran that same day, and for requiring a "forced lan [...]	2006-09-21 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IR
06ANKARA5537	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-21 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5562	TURKEY/ARMENIA: JOINT COMMISSIONS NON-PAPER [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Caucasus and Central Asia Huseyin Avni Karslioglu called us in September 21 to give us, in confidence, a copy of Turkey's response to Yerevan's April 19 non-paper on joint commissions (reftels). The Turkish non-paper proposes an "ad-hoc" committee con [...]	2006-09-22 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM
06ANKARA5568	TURKEY RECEIVES GLOBAL INITIATIVE KEY DOCUMENTS [...] (U) Accompanied by a Russian emboff, PolMilCouns provided reftel key documents to Foreign Ministry International Security Affairs Director General Ambassador Tomur Bayer on September 22. Bayer promised to examine the documents, circulate them among relevant offices, and provide initial commen [...]	2006-09-22 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU
06ANKARA5569	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-22 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5581	POLICY PLANNING TALKS WITH TURKEY ON FOR OCTOBER 19 [...] (SBU) We met with Turkish Deputy Director General (DAS equivalent) for policy planning Atilla Gunay, who reconfirmed that the Turks are looking forward to the October 19 visit of S/P director Stephen Krasner and EUR DAS Matt Bryza for the inaugural set of U.S.-Turkey policy planning talks. [...]	2006-09-22 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TU US
06ANKARA5582	TURKEY PROTESTS USE OF "PETERS MAP" IN NATO [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director General for Americas Affairs Murat Esenli called us under instructions on September 21 to complain about the use at the NATO Defense College of a map authored by retired U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters that redraws the boundaries of Turkey and neighboring countrie [...]	2006-09-22 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA5584	A WOMAN DIYANET INSIDER'S VIEWS ON ISLAM, [...] (C) Summary: Ayse Sucu, President of the Women's Auxiliary Board of the Turkish government's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) Foundation, told us that the government was using the Diyanet to secure Turkey's image as a secular country. Sucu claimed the Diyanet was a male-operated ins [...]	2006-09-25 07:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KWMN TU
06ANKARA56	VISAS VIPER: TURKEY JANUARY 2006 MONTHLY ACTIVITY [...] (U) This cable constitutes the monthly Visas Viper report for Embassy Ankara and Consulates Istanbul and Adana. Consulates submit Visas Viper reports to Ankara for inclusion in the Embassy's Visa Viper working group report. 2. (U) Visas Viper meetings were held by Embassy Ankara on 03 Janua [...]	2006-01-05 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS CMGT PTER PINR ASEC TU
06ANKARA5604	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-25 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5605	DIYANET PURSUING AGENDA OF REFORM, EDUCATION, AND [...] (C) Summary. The reform agenda of Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) Foundation complements GOT efforts to modernize Turkish society, Mehmet Gormez, Diyanet's Vice Chair for Foreign Relations and Publications, told us during a September 13 meeting. The Diyanet, according to [...]	2006-09-25 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA5606	HONOR KILLINGS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: Since the July release of a government circular aimed at preventing honor killings and domestic violence, public awareness and media coverage of violence against women has significantly increased in Turkey, according to our contacts. Experts note that the incidence of domestic vi [...]	2006-09-26 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU
06ANKARA5608	TURKEY: SOUTHEASTERN KURDS SEE LITTLE PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. During a week-long trip to Turkey's Southeast, government officials and local Kurds expressed diametrically opposed views to us regarding the progress of human rights in the region. Centrally appointed government officials praised the GOT's progress on improving rule of law, fre [...]	2006-09-26 10:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM OSCE EU TU
06ANKARA5610	TURKEY'S LAND FORCES COMMANDER REASSERTS RIGHT OF [...] (C) In a September 25, 2006 speech to incoming Land Forces cadets, Commander of the Turkish Land Forces Command General Ilker Basbug warned of a growing Islamist threat to Turkey and defended the right of the military to speak out on issues that threaten the unitary and secular nature of the n [...]	2006-09-26 11:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA5611	TURKEY: PUSHING EU ON SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: An Embassy-organized luncheon on September 22 brought together local EU diplomats and Turkish Foreign Ministry officials to highlight Turkey's key role in European and global energy security. MFA Energy DDG Mithat Rende called for greater engagement and visible support from t [...]	2006-09-26 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV TU RU IR
06ANKARA5612	TURKEY: NO PROGRESS ON TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: More than a year after Treasury Under Secretary Levey's June 2005 visit, Turkey has made negligible SIPDIS progress strengthening its regime against terrorism finance and in some respects is backsliding. Although terrorism finance is now criminalized, the definition of terror [...]	2006-09-26 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU
06ANKARA5615	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-26 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA562	FRENCH FM DOUSTE-BLAZY IN ANKARA: PLAYING TO TWO [...] (C) Summary: During a February 1-2 trip to Ankara, French FM Douste-Blazy reminded GOT leaders that France had supported the opening of EU accession talks with Turkey, despite opposition from the French public. The French FM recommended that the French and Turkish governments work together to [...]	2006-02-09 11:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON FR TU EU
06ANKARA5624	TURKEY: SHELL JOINS SAMSUN-CEYHAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a potentially significant development for Turkey's quest to build the Samsun-Ceyhan project as the first real "Bosphorus bypass" oil pipeline, Royal Dutch Shell announced September 26 that it signed a contract with Calik Energy and Italian ENI for participation in the develop [...]	2006-09-26 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV TU
06ANKARA5625	CARGILL'S SWEETENER PLANT CONTINUES TO SOUR IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Cargill representatives will meet with Turkish PM Erdogan on September 30 in New York to once again ask for his intervention in continuing legal troubles regarding Cargill's sweetener plant near the city of Bursa in northwestern Turkey. In addition to the meeting with Erdogan, we underst [...]	2006-09-26 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV BEXP TU
06ANKARA5634	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5640	TURKEY: FRAGILE CALM REMAINS IN SE AFTER [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary. A fragile calm pervades in the wake of the September 12 bomb explosion in Diyarbakir (ref A); the people are waiting for the government to bring the real perpetrators to justice quickly and fairly. If that fails to happen, the calm coul [...]	2006-09-28 06:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA5641	TURKEY: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] The following describes how Post is organized to monitor compliance with trade agreements and our efforts to monitor and respond to trade barrier complaints. Answers are keyed to correspond to reftel questions. 2. (A) Our Economic Section cooperates closely with Foreign Agricultural Servic [...]	2006-09-28 06:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR TU
06ANKARA5642	MAKHMOUR: TURKEY IMPATIENTLY AWAITS IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA is pleased with UNHCR's revised operations plan for Makhmour, but frustrated that the Iraqi Government has yet to agree to provide security at the camp and that President Talabani has yet to respond to UNHCR on the issue. The GOT will propose changes to the tripart [...]	2006-09-28 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA5650	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Representative Scott Hulse who will travel to Adana in support of Department of Defense customer training from October 1 to 6, 2006. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG 295-2525 or Commercial (90)(312 [...]	2006-09-28 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY TU
06ANKARA5669	Turkish Culture Wars Heat Up [...] (SBU) Summary: Starting with a front page article in the liberal newspaper "Radikal", secular media outlets in Turkey raised alarms over a set of translated children's classics that allegedly feature "Islamist influence". The works were approved by the Ministry of Education, which prompted e [...]	2006-09-28 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KISL SCUL TU
06ANKARA567	TURKEY/IRAQ: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MFA IRAQ [...] (C) Turkish Foreign Ministry Special Representative for Iraq Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador February 7 that maintaining Iraq's unity is essential not only for Turkey but for the balance of power in the entire Middle East. Turkey is concerned an independent Sunni statelet would be a magnet fo [...]	2006-02-09 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR TU
06ANKARA5671	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-28 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5673	BIG PAY-OFF FROM SMALL BUSINESS PROJECT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-29 04:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KPAO CVIS BEXP TU
06ANKARA5674	IRAQ: MFA REPORTS ON NEIGHBORS INTERIOR MINISTERS [...] (C/REL USA, CAN, AUS, GBR) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven told us Sept. 22 that Turkey was disappointed with the final protocol on security cooperation the interior ministers of Iraq's neighbors adopted at their Sept. 18 meeting in Jeddah. Turkey had h [...]	2006-09-29 05:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KCRM KNNP TU IZ IR EG SA KU JO
06ANKARA5676	TURKS ANGRY AT TALABANI'S ACCUSATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-29 08:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MARR TU IZ
06ANKARA568	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5698	56 KURDISH MAYORS ON TRIAL FOR SUPPORTING ROJTV [...] (C) Summary: The trial of 56 popularly-elected Kurdish mayors in Diyarbakir began contentiously on September 26 but has been recessed until November 21. The mayors face up to 15 years of imprisonment each for allegedly supporting terrorism by signing a letter to Danish Prime Minister Rasmuss [...]	2006-09-29 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA5699	TURKS NEED MORE CONVINCING ON SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (C) Summary. As we work to convince Turkish officials to connect with Azerbaijani counterparts to develop a framework for the transit agreement needed to create a natural gas "southern corridor," to Europe, Post continues to hear skepticism and reservations about some of the fundamental pre [...]	2006-09-29 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PINR AJ TU
06ANKARA5710	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 05:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5711	TURKISH GOVERNMENT FACING MOUNTING PRESSURE TO [...] (C) Summary. Pressure from the US, the EU, the Turkish press and several recent high profile cases is forcing the GOT to consider reform of controversial Penal Code Article 301, which restricts free expression. The ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) had hoped to avoid addressing the [...]	2006-10-02 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA5723	PRESIDENT SEZER TO PARLIAMENT: SECULARISM IS BASIS [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's President stressed secularism and democracy as antidotes to increasing fundamentalism in his October 1 speech at parliament's official opening. Coming as it did on the day before PM Erdogan's meeting with President Bush in Washington and a much anticipated address on Oct [...]	2006-10-02 11:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU
06ANKARA5733	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5734	TURKEY'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY SMARTING FROM INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: While overall Turkish exports of textiles and apparel continue to increase slightly (3 percent to date in 2006 and 7.25 percent in 2005),government and industry officials present a bleak picture of the sectors' future. Most notably, Turkish exports to the U.S. fell by 23 perce [...]	2006-10-02 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND KTEX ECON TU
06ANKARA5735	TURKISH MILITARY LAYS DOWN A MARKER AGAINST [...] (C) Senior Turkish military eaders have made clear, in a recent series of public speeches, that the military is concerned about the twin threats of Islamic fundamentalism and separatism which threaten the secular and unitary nature of the Turkish republic founded by Ataturk. In an October 2 a [...]	2006-10-02 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU
06ANKARA5738	PKK DECLARES CEASEFIRE: NOW WHAT? [...] (C) The PKK leadership in Iraq declared a ceasefire as of Oct. 1, following Ocalan's Sept. 27 call from his Turkish jail cell. PM Erdogan took a measured stand, repeating the GOT position (and ours, as outlined by Gen. Ralston in his Sept. 27 press conference) that as a terrorist organization [...]	2006-10-02 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA5743	TIP: TURKEY STILL CONCERNED WITH "SEX SLAVES" [...] (SBU) Summary: To follow-up on the GOT's September 4 demarche (ref b) expressing dismay at USG-sponsored events showing the PBS Frontline film "Sex Slaves," we met with MFA DDG for Expatriate Turks, Migration, Asylum and Property Issues Akif Ayhan and Department Head Melih Ulueren on October 3 [...]	2006-10-03 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF OIIP TU
06ANKARA5745	TURKEY'S BOTAS WORRIED ABOUT SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 2 meeting, BOTAS officials expressed strong support for the southern gas corridor, but voiced concerns about developable reserves in Azerbaijan, pressure from Russia on Azerbaijan and Georgia, and how Iran's significant reserves fit into pipeline possibilities. BO [...]	2006-10-03 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PREL TU GG AZ RU
06ANKARA5746	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5774	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5777	TURKEY TO RESUME FUEL SHIPMENTS TO IRAQI SOMO [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish and Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) officials agreed on a new payment plan for approximately $950 million in arrears owed by SOMO to Turkish fuel product suppliers. This agreement should allow fuel shipments from Turkey, including for building kerosene s [...]	2006-10-04 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON IZ TU
06ANKARA5786	TURKEY'S BOTAS BULLISH ON IRAQ GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 2 meeting, BOTAS officials expressed support for Turkey's role as a transit country for bringing new sources of natural gas to European markets (Ref A). Echoing comments we have heard from the Ministry of Energy and the Turkish Oil Company (TPAO),BOTAS officials c [...]	2006-10-04 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA5790	TURKEY ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP TU
06ANKARA5793	183 NON-MUSLIM LEADERS ISSUE STATEMENT PROTESTING [...] (C) Summary: On September 25, 183 non-Muslim minority Turkish citizens, including many intellectuals and writers, issued a first-ever joint statement protesting the government's treatment of minorities. The statement came in the wake of contentious parliamentary committee debate over EU harmo [...]	2006-10-05 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA5796	HIJACKING OF THY FLIGHT 1476 ON OCTOBER 3, 2006 [...] (U) Turkish Deputy Director General for Civil Aviation, Haydar Yalcin, described for us the October 3 hijacking of Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 flight 1476. Yalcin said Turkish national Hakan Ekinci seized control of the flight soon after its departure from Tirana in route to Istanbul's Ataturk [...]	2006-10-05 09:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR ASEC TU
06ANKARA5802	SE TURKEY LEADERS WANT POSITIVE RESPONSE TO PKK [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana Cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Kurdish and regional GOT leaders in SE Turkey are hopeful the PKK cease-fire will de-escalate the violence, but worried that Ankara will not capitalize on the opportunity, which they believe offers an opening for serious, long [...]	2006-10-05 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA5803	TIP IN TURKEY: PERSPECTIVES FROM A MAJOR HUB, [...] (C) Summary: Trabzon's location as a transportation hub on the Black Sea and proximity to countries such as Georgia and Russia make it a major hub for the trafficking of sex workers. Trabzon's leaders are making efforts to reduce the level of prostitution. The Chief Prosecutor is actively p [...]	2006-10-05 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA581	UNHCR TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR [...] (S) UNHCR's Turkey office is ready to get to work on voluntary repatriation or local integration for residents of the Makhmour Camp in northern Iraq. However, the UNHCR-Turkey Representative pointed out obstacles to be overcome, such as accessing villages in southeast Turkey to which Makhmour [...]	2006-02-09 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREF EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU UNHCR
06ANKARA5817	TURKEY AND GMF - SEEKING WIDER BLACK SEA WESTERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10-11 in Ankara, The German Marshall Fund (GMF) organized a workshop on "Developing a Western Strategy towards the Wider Black Sea Region", attended by EUR DAS Matt Bryza. Participants sought to strike common ground and called for greater cooperation on security, [...]	2006-10-05 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EPET MARR PREL NATO TU RS XH ZJ
06ANKARA5830	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5838	TURKEY/LEBANON: MORE DETAILS ON TURKEY'S UNIFIL [...] (C) Turkish media is reporting that the frigate "Gaziantep" will depart for UNIFIL duty on October 10 and the Turkish land component will arrive in Lebanon October 20. Turkish General Staff (TGS) J-3 Operations Chief MG Serdar Kocak confirmed to us October 4 that Turkish naval and ground units [...]	2006-10-06 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UN LE TU
06ANKARA5839	TURKISH CONTRIBUTION TO LEBANON RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Turkish MFA Lebanon Assistance Coordinator Koray Targay explained October 5 that Turkey planned to provide its $10 million Stockholm pledge in the form of 50 pre-fabricated schools that would be set-up in southern Lebanon. He coordinated this with Council for Development and Reconstru [...]	2006-10-06 09:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID LE TU
06ANKARA5843	TURKISH REACTION TO FRENCH PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S [...] (C) Summary: Turkish reaction to French President Chirac's comments that Turkey needs to recognize the Armenian "genocide" has been strong. Both this and potential passage by the French Assembly of a bill making denial of the Armenian "genocide" a crime remain neuralgic issues here, with poss [...]	2006-10-06 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA5844	TURKEY-IRAQ ECONOMIC MEETING IN NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The next meeting of the Turkish-Iraqi JEC will take place November 8-9 in Ankara. An issue-packed agenda (emailed to Baghdad/ECON) will focus on all aspects of the bilateral economic relationship, including a potential "preferential agreement" for bilateral trade and investment [...]	2006-10-06 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON IZ TU
06ANKARA5846	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-06 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5847	TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR CIVIL SOCIETY REACTS [...] (SBU) On September 12, a bomb exploded in a poor section of Diyarbakir, the heart of Turkey's heavily Kurdish southeast, killing 10 and injuring 17. Initial speculation focused on two scenarios: that it was either a Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bomb that had gone off prematurely during trans [...]	2006-10-06 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
06ANKARA5849	TURKISH PRESIDENT'S STATISM SHOWS [...] (C) Summary: In addition to venting inflammatory rhetoric on social and political issues (refs),Turkish President Sezer used his October 1 opening speech to Parliament to reiterate the statist economic philosophy he shares with Turkey's opposition parties and other elements of the "deep sta [...]	2006-10-06 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PINR TU
06ANKARA5850	POST WRAP-UP REPORT ON NTV'S TV CO-OP [...] Summary: A TV co-op program with Turkish all-news TV station NTV resulted in five original documentary programs covering US-Turkey trade relations, US-Turkey defense relations, Cyprus policy, the fourth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, and western US history and culture. In addition, t [...]	2006-10-06 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO TU
06ANKARA5851	RAMADAN IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The holy month of Ramadan, or Ramazan as it is known in Turkey, is welcomed in Ankara with a wide variety of degrees of observance of prayer and fasting. Acts of compassion and donations to the poor increase, while family bonds are affirmed over the break-fast table. Compared [...]	2006-10-10 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM TU

06ANKARA5854	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (SBU) MFA Iraq Assistance Coordinator Koray Targay took note of the points in reftel, but said that Turkey had not been asked to participate in the Preparatory Group or in Iraq Compact drafting. He said Turkey was supportive of the Compact, but that he understood from other contacts that the [...]	2006-10-10 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PREL IZ TU
06ANKARA586	TURKEY REQUEST DELAY OF IRAN NUCLEAR BRIEFING [...] (C) As reported in ref (b),the Government of Turkey welcomes the opportunity to be briefed by the United States interagency team concerning the Iran nuclear program. We were informed the afternoon of Feb. 7 that due to the Feb. 15 visits by the Sheik of Bahrain, as well as the foreign mini [...]	2006-02-09 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA5862	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-10 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5865	RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (U) We delivered reftel points and Presidential statement on October 10 to Evren Akyol, who has principal responsibility for North Korean issues in the MFA's East Asia Bureau, and to Serhan Yigit in the MFA's Department of Arms Control and Disarmament. 2. (C) Akyol said that Turkey fully ag [...]	2006-10-10 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KNNP PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA5866	GOT FIRMLY PLACES BLAME ON GREECE FOR MIGRANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA officials continue to place the blame for the deaths of at least six illegal migrants thrown into Turkish territorial waters on September 26 off the coast of Karaburun, Turkey on Greek coast guard officials. The GOT pointed to Greece's lack of cooperation with Turkey [...]	2006-10-10 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV TU GR
06ANKARA5867	TURKEY: CMEA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS [...] Summary: This cable details Embassy Ankara's assessment of Turkey's imports of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine as requested in reftel. Embassy Ankara and our Turkish government contacts have no information which indicates Turkey's imports of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are used for anything [...]	2006-10-11 05:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL TU
06ANKARA5868	TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE ON THE UN DELCLARTION ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 05:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA5871	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA5883	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5884	EUROPEAN LEADERS PRESS TURKEY TO IMPLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA5891	TURKISH BACKLASH AGAINST FRANCE GAINS MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: In Turkey, anti-French reaction to the October 12 French Assembly approval of a bill that criminalizes denial of the Armenian "genocide" is running high. The GOT had earlier warned French government officials that passage of the bill would severely harm bilateral relations, part [...]	2006-10-12 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA5896	TURKEY, IRAQ, AND PUSHING SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In an October 10 meeting with Ambassador and visiting NIO Europe Richard Kauzlarich, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler prioritized gas development in Iraq and expressed delight for our intention to pursue a U.S.-Turkey-Iraq workin [...]	2006-10-12 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ
06ANKARA5898	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5899	Agricultural Counselor Meeting with Mehdi Eker, Minister of [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 10 meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA),AgCouns and Minister Mehdi Eker discussed key topics regarding agricultural cooperation. Minister Eker thanked USDA for hosting him last month in Washington, and said he looked forward to Secretar [...]	2006-10-12 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TU
06ANKARA5900	U.S. - TURKEY PEACEFUL NUCLEAR COOPERATION - SISTER LABS [...] (SBU) We presented reftel points to MFA Energy Officer Gulsun Erkul on October 6. During the discussion, we encouraged the Government of Turkey to participate in the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) "Sister Laboratory" program for bilateral technical cooperation in peaceful [...]	2006-10-12 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA TU
06ANKARA5902	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (SEP 2006) [...] Summary: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) conducted a Port Security/Port Vulnerability Training for 19 Turkish Port Authority, Customs, Coast Guard and Maritime Ministry officials at the Port of Izmir; initial coordination was started for an upcoming orientation visit to the United States for re [...]	2006-10-12 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA592	SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM DELAYS IMF REVIEW AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: For the third time in the past year, parliamentary passage of critical Social Security reforms are holding up an IMF review and this time, the IMF says it will not consider a waiver. GOT officials insist they support the reform, but seem to prefer wearing down the parliamentary [...]	2006-02-09 16:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
06ANKARA5922	TALK TOUGH FROM TURKEY'S GENERALS: READING BETWEEN [...] (C) In a carefully crafted series of public messages, Turkey's senior military and President Sezer have warned of imminent danger to the nation's secular order, clearly pointing at the pro-Islam government of PM Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP). The generals' strident warnin [...]	2006-10-13 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU
06ANKARA5927	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5940	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-16 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5944	TERRORISM FINANCE: TURKEY FINALLY PASSES LAW ON [...] (SBU) On October 11, the Turkish Parliament finally passed the "MASAK Law," long-awaited legislation which the Government views as the centerpiece of its efforts to strengthen Turkey's regime against money-laundering and terrorism finance. The law was intended to improve Turkey's compliance w [...]	2006-10-16 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU
06ANKARA5952	TERRORISM FINANCE: COURT REJECTS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) On October 12, the Administrative Chamber of the Danistay (Council of State) rejected the Government's application to withdraw its appeal of the al-Qadi case. As explained reftel, the Government (Prime Ministry and MFA) had filed appeals of the Danistay's July 20 ruling that invalidated [...]	2006-10-16 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU
06ANKARA5955	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PMA OFFICER SARA L. HORNER [...] Post grants country clearance for Sara L. Horner to visit Turkey for the purpose of accompanying Embassy officers on familiarization travel to southeastern Turkey and the Turkey-Iraq border area during the period October 16-19. POCs for the visit are PMA Counselor Carl Siebentritt and Assistan [...]	2006-10-16 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA APER IZ TU
06ANKARA5972	ENCOURAGING TURKEY ON DARFUR [...] (C) Ambassador followed up the President's lengthy exchange on Darfur with Turkish President Erdogan earlier this month in meetings October 13 and 16 with MFA U/S Tuygan and PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, respectively. Ambassador reviewed the state of play with respect to rehatting t [...]	2006-10-17 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU TU US
06ANKARA5976	TURKS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET TO "YES" ON FINNS' [...] (C) Summary. The GOT understands that it must put its best foot forward with respect to the Finnish package proposal on Cyprus, MFA D/US Apakan told Ambassador and EUR/SE director Silliman October 12. The Turks are asking for more precision on questions such as what constitutes direct trade [...]	2006-10-17 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EU
06ANKARA5990	PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT [...] (S/NF) Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns about Syrian plans to undermine the Siniora government with Turkish PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu on October 17. He reminded Davutoglu of the exchange about Syria and Lebanon during PM Erdogan's meeting with the President on October 2. The tw [...]	2006-10-17 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS TU LE SY
06ANKARA5992	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-17 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5993	WILL TURKEY REALLY BOYCOTT FRENCH COMPANIES IN THE WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The lower house of the French parliament's October 12 decision to make denial of the Armenian "genocide" illegal elicited strong reactions from Turkey's business leaders and politicians (ref A). Although most politicians, including PM Erdogan, urged public caution until the Fre [...]	2006-10-17 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
06ANKARA6014	TURKISH POLITICIANS USE PKK AMNESTY REMARKS TO [...] (C) Summary. Turkish political leaders are using True Path Party (DYP) leader Mehmet Agar's recent calls for PKK militants to abandon violence and engage in politics to curry favor with undecided voters who will play a crucial role in Turkey's 2007 presidential and parliamentary elections. A [...]	2006-10-18 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU
06ANKARA6016	KURDISH LANGUAGE BROADCAST IN TURKEY STILL FACE [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana Cable. Summary ----------- 2. (C) Despite liberalization moves earlier this year, the GOT's regulatory policy towards Kurdish language broadcasting seems aimed at stymieing efforts with red tape, perhaps in hopes that media companies will give up due to the [...]	2006-10-18 09:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA6017	TURKEY REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] Post received October 10 diplomatic note from Turkish MFA requesting an affirmative reply on U.S. support for the candidacy of Professor Rauf Versan for the International Law Commission in exchange for Turkish support for Professor Michael Matheson. Post requests instructions in responding. [...]	2006-10-18 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA TU
06ANKARA6018	TURKEY'S ELECTION LAW CHANGES OPEN POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-18 09:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA6019	TURKISH MFA DISPLEASED WITH KRG DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials have told us that the draft KRG constitution crosses several Turkish redlines, and asked us to intervene with the Iraqi Kurds. From a Turkish perspective, the draft seems almost designed to poke this country in the eye and will further complicate the GOT's [...]	2006-10-18 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA6020	TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL AND ELECTION LAW CHANGES [...] (SBU) Turkey's president approved a constitutional amendment on October 17 lowering the age for parliamentary candidates from 30 to 25. The move opens the door for thousands of potential new political contenders in the general elections scheduled for November 4, 2007. Parliament also revise [...]	2006-10-18 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA6036	TURKS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has enthusiastically endorsed plans for the first meeting of partners of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) and will send a high-level delegation to Rabat on October 29-31. The MFA is coordinating an interagency review of the of Statement of Principles, [...]	2006-10-18 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU
06ANKARA6037	ON A KNIFE'S EDGE: TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The next two months are critical for Turkey's EU accession. The obstacles remain formidable. Should the EU and Turkey fail to arrive at a modus vivendi over Cypru, the result could well be a de facto suspension of negotiations. With the Turks in a nationalist, "it's us against [...]	2006-10-19 05:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU EU CY
06ANKARA6043	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 09:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6052	IMF MISSION RUNS INTO ELECTION-YEAR RESISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The IMF mission currently in Turkey has run into a difficult negotiating stance on the part of a Turkish Government focused on the coming election year. With the IMF now expecting an 8% current account deficit in 2006 and slower growth and market volatility in the coming year, the [...]	2006-10-19 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
06ANKARA6053	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6055	TURKEY TELECOM LIBERALIZATION IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's telecom sector has achieved a number of important milestones: including creation of a semi-independent regulatory authority and privatization of Turk Telekom (and earlier termination of its monopoly in fixed line infrastructure and voice services). However, liberaliza [...]	2006-10-20 05:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINT EINV TU
06ANKARA6056	TURKEY'S NUCLEAR POWER QUEST AS BEAUTY CONTEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy Ministry U/S Sami Demirbilek explained that due to legal and financial limitations, Turkey will rely on the private sector to realize its decision to add nuclear power to its energy mix. He told us that the government's role is limited to providing an electricity purchas [...]	2006-10-20 05:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
06ANKARA6064	Mission Turkey's 2006 Ramadan Programming: Bridging the [...] The US mission to Turkey carried out a slate of activities during the month of Ramazan (as it is known in Turkey),to demonstrate our respect for religious faith and social traditions while enhancing and increasing our contacts with religious leaders, key figures in various segments of Turkish [...]	2006-10-20 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KISL KPAO TU
06ANKARA6065	AMBASSADOR KAUZLARICH ENGAGES WITH TURKS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: NIO/Europe, Ambassador Rich Kauzlarich, presented the National Intelligence Council's 2020 report on October 9 at a high-powered conference in Ankara. In separate meetings, he heard from the current Central Bank governor that Turkey's economic fundamentals are strong, and from t [...]	2006-10-20 11:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV TU
06ANKARA6067	TALKING TO THE TURKS ABOUT IRAN [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Summary: We need to act now to solidify Turkish support for our policy toward Iran's nuclear program and to ensure that Turkey remains squarely with us - despite some misgivings - as we proceed toward a Security Council resolution. A near [...]	2006-10-20 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ETTC PARM TU IR
06ANKARA6068	TURKEY'S SIDE OF THE STORY: TURKEY-GEORGIA FTA [...] (C) Summary: According to Turkish trade officials, a Turkey-Georgia preferential trade agreement (ref A) is still being negotiated and includes a very limited list of agricultural and industrial goods. While in theory Turkey's participation in a customs union agreement with the EU could comp [...]	2006-10-20 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD TU GG
06ANKARA6072	ENCOURAGING TURKISH ATTENDANCE AT THE NOVEMBER 7-8 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-20 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL ASEC PGOV JN TU
06ANKARA6073	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-20 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6075	TURKS OFFER MORE COMMENTS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey provided additional comments on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) Statement of Principles and other documents on October 19. The Turkish delegation will fully participate in the Rabat conference, but does not plan to present an expert-level briefing o [...]	2006-10-20 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU
06ANKARA6076	TURKEY: FY07 SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL TO REFURBISH [...] (SBU) Turkey's two-plus decade long battle against the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) terrorist organization intensified significantly in 2006 following a steady increase in attacks since the PKK ended a five-year cease-fire in 2004. Over 600 Turkish civilians and soldiers and foreigners lost t [...]	2006-10-20 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MAS PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6078	Mission Turkey Public Diplomacy Strategy for FY-07 ZFR ZFR ZFR [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-21 11:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP OEXC SCUL TU
06ANKARA6079	TURKEY VIEWS ON GAS POTENTIAL FROM CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: Using the opportunity of Senior Energy Analyst Bud Coote's briefing to Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on Caspian oil and gas potential, Ambassador and S/P Energy Advisor Steve Hellman advanced southern gas corridor diplomacy. The Minister thanked Coote for clarifying what quantiti [...]	2006-10-23 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ
06ANKARA6080	TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL'S OCT. 30 VISIT AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leadership changes at the Turkish General Staff (TGS),increased PKK terrorism, and growing dissatisfaction with the EU accession process have raised the military's proile in all security areas, including procurement. The US defense industry may reap benefits, with Sikorksy, Lock [...]	2006-10-23 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA6082	TURKEY REQUESTS CONVOY SUPPORT FOR MOSUL CONSULATE [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) On Oct. 19, Turkish Consul General for Mosul-designate H. Avni Botsali contacted us to request CF assistance for a convoy of up to ten Turkish trucks carrying construction materials for the consulate there. Specifically, Botsali requested that the tru [...]	2006-10-26 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA611	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JANUARY [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to promote action on the several projects (Internal Control Project (ICP),Product Identification Tool (PIT) and Commodity Identification Training (CIT)) that have begun in Turkey without a ratified NP Cooperation Agreement. Proposed schedules of activit [...]	2006-02-10 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
06ANKARA6118	Mission Turkey Public Diplomacy Strategy for FY-07 [...] (U) Summary: Public Diplomacy is a critically important component of our diplomatic efforts in Turkey. In this cable, I describe our current public diplomacy environment, offer our strategy for FY-2007, and provide a list of top program priorities under this strategy for enhanced support and [...]	2006-10-26 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP OEXC SCUL TU
06ANKARA6119	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to USDOL official Mr. Mihail Seroka. Control Officer is POLOFF Chris Krafft who can be reached 24 hours at 90-312-455-5555, ext 0 or via cell 0533-523-3592. 2. (U) Hotel and other logistical information will be communicated in separa [...]	2006-10-26 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA AFIN AMGT PGOV TU
06ANKARA612	TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR IRAN BRIEFING TEAM [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to USG interagency team led by Ambassador Schulte to travel to Turkey from February 15 through February 18, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312)455-5555, ext. 0. [...]	2006-02-10 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6121	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6122	TURKISH REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IDEAS [...] (SBU) Guven Sak, the multitasking guru behind the Turkish-Israeli-Palestinian effort to develop the Erez Industrial Zone in northern Gaza, is widening his sights to new areas for economic and business cooperation between Turkey and its less developed neighbors. Backed by TOBB, the powerful n [...]	2006-10-26 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BEXP PREL TU
06ANKARA6140	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2006-10-27 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6141	TURKISH DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] (SBU) The Turks share our concerns regarding the lack of balance in the NAM-sponsored UNGA resolutions related to the situation of children and human rights in Lebanon. We delivered reftel points October 26 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Officer Cem Ulusoy, following a three-day end of [...]	2006-10-27 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PHUM PREL PTER LE IS TU
06ANKARA6143	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-27 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6150	TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER ON AL-QADI, TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Ambassador, Minister of Finance Unakitan vowed rapid implementation of the law reforming Turkey's Financial Intelligence Unit, with an eye to better compliance with FATF recommendations. Unakitan was open to a USG workshop on listing and de-listing, and in general to [...]	2006-10-30 06:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN TU IZ
06ANKARA6154	BSEC MINISTERIAL: VIEW FROM ANKARA [...] SUMMARY: Turkey's MFA welcomed the U.S. proposal on an environment initiative with BSEC (Ref A) and supported the concept in principle, as part of a positive message on BSEC potential for bringing broader Black Sea countries together to discuss critical issues. MFA's BSEC point person told us [...]	2006-10-30 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV KCRM TU RS EU SR
06ANKARA6155	TURKEY SUBMITS DRAFT MOU FOR CFE TREATY TANK [...] During an October 20 meeting on other subjects, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Ahmet Muhtar Gun passed to us a draft bilateral MOU for the transfer of 63 CFE Treaty tank entitlements which Turkey has offered in response to our flank entitlement request (refs b-d). Per ref a, [...]	2006-10-30 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE MARR PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6156	TURKEY NOT SATISFIED WITH REVISED GLOBAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Per reftel request, we presented the revised Statement of Principles, Terms of Reference and and Explanatory Notes for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Section Head Serhan Yigit on October [...]	2006-10-30 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KGIC KNNP PTER PREL TU
06ANKARA6159	TURKEY: WORKSHARE AND TECH TRANSFER REMAIN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Gonul will raise two issues during his October 30 Pentagon meetings and also in Texas with Lockheed Martin on October 31: maximizing workshare and technology transfer on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program; and, negotiating workshare or offset work as part of [...]	2006-10-30 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA6160	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-30 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6163	SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 7-8 VISIT OF EUCOM DCDR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey continues to demonstrate its commitment to GWOT in Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Balkans, but is feeling the pinch of resources stretched both internationally and in the southeast, where it is battling a significant up-tick in PKK terrorist activity. The appointment of Ge [...]	2006-10-30 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA6164	S/CT URBANCIC TRIP TO EUROPE AND TURKEY [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: We are delighted that Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Urbancic will lead an interagency team to key western European capitals and Ankara. As an important part of the larger effort against PKK terrorism, this trip holds the potential to move trilateral (Europe [...]	2006-10-31 06:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA6165	S/CT URBANCIC TRIP TO EUROPE AND TURKEY [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: We are delighted that Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Urbancic will lead an interagency team to key western European capitals and Ankara. As an important part of the larger effort against PKK terrorism, this trip holds the potential to move trilateral (Euro [...]	2006-10-31 06:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA617	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA618	TURKEY/PALESTINE -- MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS TU
06ANKARA619	TURKEY: QUELLING VIOLENT REACTIONS TO OFFENSIVE [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche to Turkish MFA Americas Deputy Director Murat Esenli February 9. We discussed GoT reactions which have, to date, urged calm and made clear that violence, even if in response to the offensive cartoons, is unacceptable (ref b). Esenli stated that the GoT would [...]	2006-02-10 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO TU
06ANKARA6191	SHIELD S22-06: TURKISH PROCUREMENT OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL CBW ETTC TU IR
06ANKARA6212	EXBS: UPDATE ON NP COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Post has been actively following the progress of the Turkish Parliament's review of the Bi-lateral Agreement with Turkey Regarding Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Preventing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The Agreement has been reviewed and e [...]	2006-10-31 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6213	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6219	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-01 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA622	TURKEY/IRAN -- NOT UPSETTING THE NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary. While the Turkish government publicly declares that a nuclear-armed Iran is not in Turkey,s interest, it will not get out front on the issue for fear of irritating a neighbor with which Turkey has a delicate political and growing economic relationship: -- Turkey does not wish [...]	2006-02-10 16:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA6227	Turkish Central Bank Governor Steps Out [...] (SBU) In an hour-plus press conference aired live on Turkey's cable news channels, Turkish viewers were treated to the sight of a firm, self-confident, independent new Central Bank governor. Durmus Yilmaz, who took office in May, had initially been criticized by local and international inves [...]	2006-11-01 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
06ANKARA623	DEFENSE PROCUREMENT ISSUES DOMINATE AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Air Forces (TUAF) Commander Comert, launched his initial meeting Feb. 1 with the Ambassador by laying out a series of defense equipment issues currently frustrating TUAF training and programs. Ambassador countered with USG and US industry concerns that strict Terms and C [...]	2006-02-13 06:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MASS PREL PGOV TU RU IR
06ANKARA6230	TURKISH MILITARY STRESSES IRAQ AND PKK TO VISITING [...] (S) Summary: Iraq and the PKK dominated US Army Chief of Staff Schoomaker,s meetings in Ankara October 27 with his host Turkish Land Forces Commander Gen. Basbug and with TGS CHOD Gen. Buyukanit. The Turks expressed anxiety about developments in Iraq and possible trends in US policy; complai [...]	2006-11-01 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MPOS PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA6239	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6248	Authorization to use post held fiscal data for [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID TU AF
06ANKARA6250	MAKHMOUR: TURKEY PREPARED TO DISCUSS TRIPARTITE [...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven told the DCM Nov. 1 that Turkey has reversed its position and is prepared to discuss its recommended changes with UNHCR on the draft Tripartite Agreement on the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq. Guven has reques [...]	2006-11-02 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL UNHCR PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6252	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per ref a request, we met with Mechanical and Chemical Industries Corporation (MKEK) Director of Marketing and Export Akif Akgul on September 29, 2006 to discuss license number 05-01007495 per reftel A and confirmed the order and the end users. Akgul was forthcoming about the contract and c [...]	2006-11-03 10:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TU
06ANKARA6253	COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS "EFFECTIVE REPENTANCE" [...] (U) A panel of judges from the Turkish Court of Appeals ruled November 1 that PKK members who had otherwise committed no crime shall benefit from Article 221 of the Turkish penal code, which allows for "effective repentance." Under this article, persons who are members of a criminal gang may l [...]	2006-11-03 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM TU IZ
06ANKARA6274	TURKEY AND RECC ON AFGHANISTAN IN NEW DELHI [...] In response to reftel demarche pressing for high level participation at the November 18-19 Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC) on Afghanistan in New Delhi, MFA Economic Department Head Kemal Kaygisiz emphasized that Turkey assigned great importance to Afghan reconstruction and was [...]	2006-11-03 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KPWR EAID PGOV TU
06ANKARA6275	INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION [...] (SBU) As instructed reftels, we have sought Turkish support for the U.S. candidate with both the MFA Director General for Legal Affairs and with officials in the International Organizations Directorate responsible for the issue. Both responded by seeking U.S. support for the Turkish candidate [...]	2006-11-03 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ODIP ILC UNGA TU
06ANKARA6276	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA628	TURKEY: COUNTER-TRAFFICKING UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Counter-trafficking efforts remain strong in Turkey with the kick-off of the USG-funded, International Office for Migration (IOM)-implemented and GoT-coordinated public awareness campaign, as well as the start of the EU-funded Twinning Project to strengthen institutions in the fight [...]	2006-02-13 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
06ANKARA6294	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-06 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA63	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (DECEMBER [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor coordinated meetings to continue the development of the Commodity Identification Training (CIT) project and End Use/End User training for Turkish export license reviewer. EXBS Advisor continued to work with the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) concerning deve [...]	2006-01-05 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
06ANKARA630	AVIAN INFLUENZA: USG SUPPORT FOR WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The World Bank is moving ahead with a flagship Avian Influenza (AI) package for Turkey that should be ready for Executive Board approval by the end of March. A U.S. contribution as part of this package could help fill local gaps in a country that remains highly vulnerable to [...]	2006-02-13 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA6300	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of unclassified, periodic reports on the PKK issue in Turkey. Our primary sources for casualty statistics are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkis [...]	2006-11-06 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6302	SUGGESTED TEXT FOR HIGH-LEVEL CONDOLENCE LETTER ON [...] (U) This is an ACTION request. Post recommends a high-level (preferably presidential) condolence letter be delivered to Mrs. Rahsan Ecevit on the November 5 death of her husband, former Turkish PM Bulent Ecevit. Ecevit served as Turkey's prime minister four times between 1972 and 2002, and [...]	2006-11-06 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU
06ANKARA6343	FIERY RHETORIC OVERSHADOWS LOW TURNOUT AT HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6352	TURKEY-SYRIA FTA TO ENTER INTO FORCE [...] (C) Turkish Foreign Ministry and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat officials confirmed a November 6 Anatolian News Agency report that the Turkey-Syria "free trade" agreement signed in December 2004 will come into force January 1, 2007. The agreement was also published in the Official Gazette, [...]	2006-11-07 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL TU SY
06ANKARA6354	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (OCT 2006) [...] Summary: Coordination of upcoming orientation visit by senior Turkish Customs officials to U.S. Customs locations continued. Progress was made to complete first phase of Internal Control Porgram (ICP),and other projects. Final coordination for visit by Second Line of Defense (SLD) per [...]	2006-11-07 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6364	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

06ANKARA6366	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ -- DEBT RELIEF [...] (C) Despite our repeatedly making the case -- at all levels -- that it is in Turkey's interest to join the international community in providing debt relief to Iraq, Turkish officials have made it clear that they are not receptive to debt forgiveness, though they may be willing to consider resc [...]	2006-11-07 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU IZ
06ANKARA6370	FORMER TURKISH PM ECEVIT'S FUNERAL: BURYING THE [...] (C) Summary: Former Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, who died Sunday at the age of 81, was a man of symbols, personal and public. Much of what he symbolized dies with him. His state funeral this Saturday will be a set-piece on Turkey's ongoing transformation: the so-called secularist [...]	2006-11-08 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
06ANKARA6372	IRAQ: GOT SEEKS TO POSTPONE CONTROVERSIAL SUNNI [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA has learned that a Nov. 14-16 NGO conference in Istanbul of apparent Iraqi Sunni Arab rejectionists may complicate the visit of Iraqi PM Maliki, scheduled for the same dates. The GOT has had no hand in organizing the conference and has been able to learn few specifics [...]	2006-11-08 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ TC QA
06ANKARA6373	TURKEY: INSCR 2006-2007 DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable details Embassy Ankara's assessment of drugs and chemical controls in Turkey for inclusion in the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR). End Summary. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Turkey is a major transit route for Southwest Asi [...]	2006-11-08 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL TU
06ANKARA6374	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6376	TURKEY WILL CLOSELY STUDY AUSTRALIAN AMENDMENT TO [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref a points to Turkish MFA Deputy Under Secretary Ertugrul Apakan November 8. Ambassador stressed the importance the USG gives to ensuring the Cuba resolution reflects the abuses suffered by the Cuban people as a result of their own government's actions and policies [...]	2006-11-08 16:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UNAUS CU TU
06ANKARA6377	TURKEY STUDYING COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AND ATTEMPTS [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel points Nov. 8 with MFA D/US Apakan. He stressed the importance the USG attaches to these country resolutions and expressed the hope that Turkey could support us. Separately, we also discussed the issue of UNGA Third Committee country resolutions, no-action motions [...]	2006-11-08 16:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC TU
06ANKARA6380	Turkey's Energy Bill Adds to Current Account Deficit [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey imports well over 90% of the crude oil and natural gas it consumes, and imported natural gas -- from Russia and Iran -- accounts for 45% of electricity production. In addition to the concern this raises about supply security, high energy prices are a main factor adding [...]	2006-11-09 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG EPET TU
06ANKARA6385	PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU
06ANKARA6387	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6388	TURKEY/GREECE: SOLDIERS TAKE THE LEAD IN [...] (C) Summary: The November 1-4 visit to Athens by Turkey's Chief of General Staff (CHOD) Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, the first such visit in at least 32 years, is the most high-profile of recent firsts in Turkish-Greek military cooperation. Buyukanit reportedly discussed extending Aegean confidence [...]	2006-11-09 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU GR
06ANKARA6391	TURKEY ON EU/CYPRUS: SEEKING A NARROWER, [...] (C) Summary. Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Apakan told Ambassador that while Turkey will continue to work with the Finns to find an acceptable Cyprus package that allows Turkey to meet its legal obligations to the EU, including Varosha will be next to impossible. The Turks would be more comfortable [...]	2006-11-09 16:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU EU CY
06ANKARA6392	PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT: [...] (S) Ambassador raised ref a points with MFA Deputy U/S Apakan November 8, stressing USG concern that the SARG was using Lebanese political figures to try to bring down the government of PM Siniora. Large-scale demonstrations may be orchestrated during which violence would be encouraged in ord [...]	2006-11-09 16:59:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PROV PTER KDEM MOPS TU
06ANKARA6393	IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE: EU REPORT DELAYS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 17:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6394	SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 11-19 VISIT TO TURKEY OF [...] (U) This is a joint ConGen Istanbul-Embassy Ankara message. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Mission Turkey welcomes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to Turkey. We have arranged meetings for the delegation in both Ankara and Istanbul with Government officials, religious [...]	2006-11-09 17:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TU
06ANKARA6396	TURKEY READY FOR 3-WAY MEETING ON AZERI GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Energy Minister Guler agreed with Ambassador that Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia should meet as soon as possible to begin working out short term solutions to ensure natural gas supplies for this winter in the face of strong Russian pressure on all of them. Guler stressed [...]	2006-11-13 09:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ
06ANKARA6403	TURKEY ELECTION YEAR ENERGY PRICE CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The prices Turkish consumers pay for electricity and natural gas has become a hot political issue in the run-up to 2007 presidential and parliamentary elections. With state-owned oil and gas pipeline company BOTAS reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy and cold weather approac [...]	2006-11-13 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV EFIN TU
06ANKARA6409	IRAQIS BRIEF ON NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE IN MOSUL, [...] (C) Summary: A Sunni Arab politician and an independent Kurdish tribal leader from Mosul briefed us Nov. 7 on their new provincial political alliance and their effort to block what they view as Kurdish expansionism south of the green line. The political bloc will seek to knit together moderate [...]	2006-11-14 09:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS IZ TU
06ANKARA6410	IN A POLITICAL YEAR, TURKEY STICKS WITH IMF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Turkish Government has re-committed to the IMF program despite having to swallow a fifth straight dose of fiscal austerity in advance of next year's elections. Before recommending that its Executive Board approve a new $928 million disbursement -- hopefully before the cru [...]	2006-11-14 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6415	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6417	USAID Grant Signing Ceremony and Summary of Avian Influenza [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, the Ambassador participated in a signing ceremony for the $1 million U.S.AID grant to Turkey (through the World Bank) to support Turkey's efforts against Avian Influenza (AI). Remarks by the Ambassador, the Minister of Agriculture Eker, and the Country Director of [...]	2006-11-14 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR KFLU TU
06ANKARA6419	ONE MONTH AFTER PKK DECLARES CEASE-FIRE, RELATIVE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara/Consulate Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: PKK violence has largely -- but not entirely -- subsided since the terrorist organization's unilateral cease-fire started Oct. 1. Many here hope the lower level of violence will give the GOT room to address the root [...]	2006-11-15 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA6421	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6423	TURKEY TO CO-SPONSOR UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON BURMA AND [...] (C) Turkey has decided to co-sponsor resolutions on the human rights situations in Burma and North Korea in the UNGA Third Committee, to support the U.S.-sponsored resolution on the human rights situation in Belarus, to oppose no action motions proposed by countries across the board, and to opp [...]	2006-11-15 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA TU BO BM KN
06ANKARA6427	TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The coming year will bring presidential elections in the spring and parliamentary elections in the fall in Turkey. The presidency is an office elected by parliament, and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has enough seats to ensure their candidate becomes president. T [...]	2006-11-16 11:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA6428	MEETING WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) We have been working intensively with the MFA Disarmament and Arms Control Directorate to organize reftel meeting on the Nuclear Smuggling Outreach Initiative. MFA officials have displayed great interest in having these initial discussions. However, citing staff turnover and a number [...]	2006-11-16 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM TU
06ANKARA6429	TURKISH TROOPS IN THE SOUTHEAST STAYING PUT FOR NOW [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In past years, the annual December snowfall prompted the re-deployment of Turkish troops away from the Iraqi border region back to bases in the West. However, given the increased intensity of the PKK terrorist campaign this summer and continued low-level engagement with Turkis [...]	2006-11-16 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR
06ANKARA6433	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6435	TURKEY: IRANIAN FINANCIAL FLOWS AND NETWORKS [...] (C) There is a very small Iranian bank presence in Turkey. Bank Mellat Turkey has a main branch in Istanbul and two small branches in Ankara with a total of 50 employees according to reports published by the Banks Association of Turkey. The bank's website (www.mellatbank.com) reports that [...]	2006-11-16 17:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EFIN IR TU
06ANKARA6437	TURKEY'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL SENV TU PK
06ANKARA6442	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6445	TURKEY WILL SUPPORT UNGA RESOLUTION ON UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has decided to support the resolution on Uzbekistan's human rights record at the UNGA Third Committee. It will oppose any related no action motions. It plans to abstain from the vote on Iran's human rights record. End summary. 2. (C) Following up on points delivered p [...]	2006-11-17 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UZ BM BO IR KN TU
06ANKARA6446	TURKEY SUSPENDS MILITARY RELATIONS WITH FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Land Forces Commander General Ilker Basbug told journalists November 15 that Turkey has frozen military relations with France because of the French National Assembly's October 12 vote on the Armenian genocide issue. The announcement caused surprise at the French Embassy in [...]	2006-11-17 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR TU
06ANKARA6447	DIYANET SEES POPE'S VISIT TO TURKEY AS OPPORTUNITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6448	PM MALIKI IN TURKEY: PLEDGES OF SUPPORT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi PM Maliki accepted Turkish offers to increase the level of training for ISF, especially police, and to work on expanding Turkish trade and investment beyond northern Iraq during his Nov. 16-17 visit to Ankara. The GOT was generally pleased with Maliki's public statements on [...]	2006-11-17 16:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6451	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, October 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on October 31. Internal and external developments affecting Turkey's national security topped the agenda of the meeting. Negotiations on Iran's nuclear program after the UN Security Council resolution of July 31 were discusse [...]	2006-11-20 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL UY CH GR AM AF LE TU
06ANKARA6454	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6457	CSI IN TURKEY PRESENTS A "BINDING" IMPASSE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Two days of meeting with Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) officials in Ankara failed to find a solution to contradicting views about the legal nature of an agreement that would implement the Co [...]	2006-11-20 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD KTIA TU
06ANKARA6459	USDOL-FUNDED CHILD LABOR PROJECT BACK ON TRACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A $6 million U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)-funded "Education Initiative" project aimed at removing children from agricultural work in six Turkish provinces is back on track. Negotiations between officials from Turkey's Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MOLSS),Ministry [...]	2006-11-20 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA6460	AKP PARTY CONGRESS: AIMING AT THE 2007 ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The second ordinary congress of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) saw Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan re-elected as party chairman without contest and conveyed an image of the five-year old party as a mature, sophisticated organization with a domestic focus [...]	2006-11-20 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA6461	HARD-PRESSED TO DO MORE FOR NATO: PREVIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkey agrees broadly with U.S. positions on NATO Global Partnership and enlargement, and understands the importance of mission success for NATO in Afghanistan, but is hard-pressed to make a bigger military contribution in Afghanistan than it already is, according to the MFA. Lif [...]	2006-11-20 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL TU
06ANKARA6464	CSIS-SANDIA IN TURKEY FOR GLOBAL WATER PROJECT [...] Summary: Collaborating on policy and technology aspects of their "Global Water Futures" project, CSIS (Center for Strategic Studies) and Sandia National Laboratories sent a joint delegation to Turkey as one of five countries of focus in the second phase of the project. The Delegation met with [...]	2006-11-21 10:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGR SENV EAGR TU
06ANKARA6467	TURKEY/EU/CYPRUS: TURKS HEADED TO HELSINKI; "NO" [...] (C) Turkish MFA A/US Ertugrul Apakan travels to Helsinki today, accompanied by Cyprus Deputy Director General Levent Bilman, for a day of technical talks November 22 on the Finnish Turkey/EU/Cyprus proposal. The talks will also serve as preparation for meetings FM Gul will have with the Finnis [...]	2006-11-21 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU EU CY
06ANKARA6469	LEFTIST PRISONERS' RIGHTS GROUP OVERRUNS ANKARA AP [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA647	SCENESETTER FOR THE FEB 15- 17 VISIT OF AMB [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Ankara provides a welcome opportunity to accomplish two things in our Iran diplomacy: brief the Turks on what we know about Iran's nuclear weapons development efforts and consult with them on the way forward. Turkey is at best a reluctant supporter of the internatio [...]	2006-02-14 06:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	AORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6470	TURKEY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S DELAY IN KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) We discussed ref a points November 17 with Turkish MFA Head of Department for Non-EU Western Europe, including the Balkans, Hasan Asan. Asan said Turkey understood the reasoning behind Ahtisaari's decision to delay submitting his final status settlement (as reported ref b) and supported h [...]	2006-11-21 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI TU
06ANKARA6472	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6475	EXBS: TURKEY DECLINES INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] Per reftel, we forwarded the invitation for the GOT to send two participants to the Middle East Regional Technical Exchange on the Export Controls of Strategic Commodities being held in Amman, Jordan in December 2006. Subsequently, we emphasized to MFA Disarmament and Arms Control Head of De [...]	2006-11-22 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA648	TURKEY NON-COMMITTAL TO DEMARCHE ON DEFEATING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Gulin Dinc, Department Head in the Directorate for International Political Organizations at the Foreign Ministry on February 10. Ms. Dinc expressed appreciation for our information and said the MFA would carefully consider our position on the Venezuelan [...]	2006-02-14 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNSC GT VE TU
06ANKARA6480	ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SIGN THE [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 3. Post is transmitting this on behalf of the U.S. delegation to the ITU meeting in Antalya. 2. Summary and Action Request: The U.S. Delegation to the 2006 Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union has achieved its [...]	2006-11-22 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AORC TU
06ANKARA6482	EXBS: UPDATE ON INTERNAL CONTROL PROGRAM AND [...] Summary: The Government of Turkey continues to work on the customization of the Internal Control Program for use by Turkish businesses. Completion of the initial customization awaits confirmation of the translation of the EU control list by appropriate Turkish institutions; lack of ratificati [...]	2006-11-22 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC OTRA PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6487	TURKISH FUEL FLOWING TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish exports of fuel products to Iraq have resumed and should accelerate following another round of meetings in Ankara in which SOMO and the Turkish government agreed to intensify cooperation against fuel smuggling. Otherwise, SOMO payments to Turkish companies under the S [...]	2006-11-22 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD IZ TU
06ANKARA6488	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6490	LEBANON/TURKEY: GOT CONDEMNS GEMAYEL [...] (U) The Turkish MFA immediately and strongly condemned the Nov. 21 assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister Gemayel (full text in para. 3). Media reporting was straightforward and tended to place the blame on Syria. 2. (C) The Lebanese Ambassador to Turkey recently told Ambassador that [...]	2006-11-22 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM MOPS TU LE SY
06ANKARA6491	TURKEY STILL WEIGHING CFE TRANSFERS FOR ACVS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE MARR PREL TU
06ANKARA6492	TURKEY READY FOR IRAQ GAS WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Energy Undersecretary Sami Demirbilek suggested the second week of January in Ankara for launching a U.S.-Turkey-Iraq working group on Iraqi gas (refs). This timing should allow Energy Minister Guler to participate in a one-two day event. (Starting this expert level group has been a [...]	2006-11-22 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA6493	FORMER IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI AVOIDS NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami concentrated almost entirely on his dialogue of civilizations project and Turkish-Iranian bilateral relations during his November 13-15 visit to Turkey. Strikingly, Khatami apparently barely addressed the nuclear issue. End Summary. [...]	2006-11-22 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP MNUC IR TU
06ANKARA6494	Fiscal Discipline in an Election Year [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's 2007 budget calls for total expenditures of $137 billion; 32% of projected 2007 GDP and 18% higher than in 2006. Despite the sharp election-year spending increase, the Government will maintain Turkey's austere 6.5% of GDP primary surplus target, if necessary by means o [...]	2006-11-24 06:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
06ANKARA6495	TURKISH MILITARY SUSPECTS US OF USING UAVS TO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Major General Hikmet Celik, Command and Control Chief for the Turkish General Staff (TGS),notified us that an unidentified Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crossed the border from Iraq into Turkey on November 7 and 8. He requested an investigation and re-stated a previous TGS wa [...]	2006-11-24 07:25:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA6496	ANKARA RECEPTIVE TO PDAS URBANCIC RE PKK IN EUROPE [...] (C) Summary: Capping a week of meetings in Europe, S/CT PDAS Urbancic led an interagency team to Ankara for meetings November 10 with Turkish officials on PKK in Europe. Urbancic briefed the Turks on the team's European meetings and suggested several avenues for follow-up. The team urged a fo [...]	2006-11-24 08:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER TU
06ANKARA6498	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA65	TURKEY WORRIES ABOUT RELIANCE ON RUSSIA NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey did not experience any recent reduction in supplies from Russia via Ukraine, but relying on Russia for 65% of its natural gas -- more than most EU countries -- Turkey watched the Russia-Ukraine gas face-off with great concern. According to Turkey's pipeline company BO [...]	2006-01-05 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD TU RU
06ANKARA6500	Scenesetter for CODEL Shays' Nov. 27-29 Visit to Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey broadly agrees with U.S. goals in Iraq and tangibly supports our military effort there. However, Turkish concerns about Iraq's stability and future, as well as the PKK issue, complicate the relationship. Turkey has generally good intentions in promoting Middle East peace [...]	2006-11-24 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR LE SY AM EUN
06ANKARA6501	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel request, we met with officials from Yasar Demirel-Yasar Ticaret (YDYT) to discuss application 05-1006551, an export license request for armored vehicle parts. According YDYT, there is no impending $1 million USD contract with U.S. firm Relli Technology Inc. or any other U [...]	2006-11-24 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TU
06ANKARA6502	TURKISH NGO'S ENERGIZED AND ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6503	UPTICK IN NERVOUSNESS IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 06:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
06ANKARA6505	TURKEY CONTINUES TO SEEK WTO RICE SETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) We met November 22 with Foreign Trade Undersecretariat Director General Sevket Ilgac to discuss ways to improve cooperation on IPR issues in advance of the regular Special 301 cycle (reftel). Ilgac appreciated the demarche and instructed his staff to work with the embassy on the various [...]	2006-11-27 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR WTRO TU
06ANKARA6508	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2006-11-27 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6510	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6511	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI TU
06ANKARA6512	TURKEY/EU/CYPRUS: HELSINKI MEETINGS NOT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Apakan used his November 21-22 consultations in Helsinki on Turkey/EU/Cyprus to tease out details related to the Finnish package on Cyprus ports and trade issues. In a readout given to Ambassador November 25, Apakan said he took a hard line on Varosha, ci [...]	2006-11-27 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN TU CY
06ANKARA6513	LABOR MARKET REFORMS COULD HELP TURKISH [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey has relatively low wage levels in relation to comparator countries yet strong growth has not made much of a dent in high unemployment. Rapid growth in the working-age population contributes to low employment rates, but so do labor market problems including high severance [...]	2006-11-27 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
06ANKARA6519	TURKISH ATTITUDES TOWARD IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Official Turkish views about Iran's nuclear development program have shifted over the past year. Senior GOT officials question the bona fides of the Iranian nuclear program and believe that a nuclear armed Iran would pose a military threat. They are more concerned, however, abo [...]	2006-11-28 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL IR TU KNNP MNUC
06ANKARA6521	TURKEY: KURDISH CONFERENCE TO CREATE UNITY IS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6522	PSI: TURKEY'S FORMAL REPLY TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER ON [...] Post received a formal reply to ref a letter from U/S Joseph to MFA Deputy U/S for Security Affairs Rafet Akgunay on November 28. Original of the reply letter will be forwarded via diplomatic pouch. Text of reply follows. 2. Begin Text: Dear Ambassador Joseph, I have received your le [...]	2006-11-28 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU
06ANKARA6523	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6526	TURKEY-IRAQ JEC FORMULATES ECONOMIC ROADMAP [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 15 - 17 meeting of the Turkey-Iraq Joint Economic Committee (JEC),Turkey laid out what it called a roadmap for long-term economic cooperation and integration with its Iraqi neighbors. Turkish Foreign Trade Officials continue to emphasize Turkey's interest in expa [...]	2006-11-29 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA6529	TURKEY'S NEW FOUNDATIONS LAW ADVANCES RELIGIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6530	TURKEY AGREES WITH UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey agrees with a unified approach to the conflicts in Georgia and Moldova, strongly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countries, and sees no recourse except to encourage more dialogue with separatists in each case. The Turks are skeptical that a mini [...]	2006-11-29 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU TU
06ANKARA6540	AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AND THE WORLD BANK [...] The Turkish MFA told us that the Government of Turkey (Ministries of Health or Agriculture) will not be participating in the reftel Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza December 6-8. The Ministry of Health and the local WHO representative confirmed this information. Turkey perce [...]	2006-11-30 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO PREL EAID MA TU KFLU
06ANKARA6541	DEVELOPMENT IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (U) Summary. On November 22, TESEV, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, a leading Turkish NGO, and the UNDP released a joint study identifying a series of short-term policies to address socio-economic problems in Southeast Turkey. The study offered few new insights as to devel [...]	2006-11-30 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU
06ANKARA6542	DEVELOPMENT IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (U) Summary. On November 22, TESEV, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, a leading Turkish NGO, and the UNDP released a joint study identifying a series of short-term policies to address socio-economic problems in Southeast Turkey. The study offered few new insights as to devel [...]	2006-11-30 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU
06ANKARA6544	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Representatives Scott Hulse, Ronald Hansen and Christopher Joines, who will travel to Adana in support of Department of Defense PRISM Flame training from December 7 to 18, 2006. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted [...]	2006-11-30 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY TU
06ANKARA6546	TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT STABILITY OF SINIORA [...] (S) DCM discussed reftel demarche Nov. 30 with Deputy Undersecretary Uzumcu, who undertook to raise the issue at the higher levels of the ministry. We also double-tracked with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal. Onal thanked us for sharing our concerns and noted that Turkey has also [...]	2006-11-30 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU
06ANKARA6555	Turkey's Military Pension Fund: Powerful, but [...] (SBU) Summary. One of the many unique institutions with which outsiders often associate Turkey is its large and powerful military pension fund, which is often pointed to as a sign of undue military influence in politics and society. But, along with coups, squatter housing, leftist terror, a [...]	2006-12-01 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PHUM TU
06ANKARA6558	IRAN'S UNEVEN HANDLING OF REFUGEE CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: The Iranian government's approach in dealing with Afghan refugees is markedly different from the way it handles Iraqi refugees, according to our consular contacts. Refugees from Afghanistan face greater official and societal obstacles than those from Iraq. The Iranian government h [...]	2006-12-01 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AF IR IZ PGOV PINR PREL TU
06ANKARA6560	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6563	TURKS CONVEY USG CONCERNS TO SARG, BUT STILL [...] (S) SUMMARY: We further discussed U.S. concerns related to Syrian efforts to destabilize Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's government December 1 with MFA officials and received a read-out of Deputy PM Sener's November 29 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to MFA, Sener [...]	2006-12-01 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU
06ANKARA6565	TURKEY/IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? [...] (C) Summary: Turkey -- despite serious ongoing concerns about violence and what it views as overreaching Kurdish aspirations, as well as anger over the PKK issue -- has been steadily engaging the new Iraq. Increasing this engagement would require demonstrating to the GOT that Iraqi disintegra [...]	2006-12-04 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV EAID ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6567	TURKEY: REDEFINING NATIONALISM FOR SHORT-TERM [...] (C) Summary. Domestic and regional threats and transformations -- including EU membership reforms, PKK violence, Cyprus and conflict in Lebanon -- have created a backlash of nationalism that Turkey's political factions are manipulating as elections approach. The pace of reform at all levels [...]	2006-12-04 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA6568	SENIOR TURKS GIVE UPDATE ON EU TALKS [...] (c) Summary: Turkey may be considering additional steps on the Cyprus/ports issue in its negotiations with the European Union, FM Gul, Deputy U/S Apakan and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu told Ambassador in separate conversations December 2 and 4. The Turks complained about the Euro [...]	2006-12-04 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN TU
06ANKARA6569	TURKEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN 3-WAY MEETING ON AZERI [...] (SBU) The Turkish MFA confirms that Energy Minister Hilmi Guler has agreed to participate in an Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey meeting on natural gas in Tbilisi on December 8 (refs). 2. (SBU) On November 22, Undersecretary Sami Demirbilek reiterated to us Turkey's willingness to help Georgia w [...]	2006-12-04 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ
06ANKARA657	TURKEY/PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY - RUMORED HAMAS VISIT [...] (C) Amid rumors of an impending Hamas visit to Turkey, Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nahshon informed us February 14 that Israeli FM Livni had spoken at lngth to Turkish FM Gul the evening of Februar 13. In what Nahshon described as a long and positive conversation, Livni presented Israeli views on [...]	2006-02-14 10:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS TU
06ANKARA6571	OIC BRINGS FOCUS TO ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE ISLAMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) held a conference November 20-21 in Istanbul on the role of women in OIC societies, following through on a commitment made last year by OIC Foreign Ministers to focus attention on the need for legislative reforms and new initiatives [...]	2006-12-04 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KISL SCUL SOCI PREL ISCON TU
06ANKARA6573	EU AMBASSADORS ON TURKEY ACCESSION [...] (c) Summary: Ambassadors of Finland, Germany and the US, plus the UK DCM, met December 4 to review Turkey's efforts with the EU and compare notes on recent talks with the Turks. All agreed that the key next step is an apparent proposal or package being readied by the GOT. Among ideal element [...]	2006-12-04 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN TU
06ANKARA6574	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO TEHRAN -- INITIAL [...] (S) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan emphasized Lebanon and the implications for Iran of widening Shia/Sunni conflict during his December 3 visit to Tehran, according to FM Gul and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu. Other topics included Iraq and Iranian gas transit for the Nabucco pipeline [...]	2006-12-04 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL IR IZ LE SY TU
06ANKARA6580	TACKLING TURKEY'S PROBLEMATIC SQUATTER HOUSING [...] (U) Summary: For decades squatter settlements have marred Turkey's urban landscapes in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, and Adana. Prior attempts to solve the issue lacked the creativity and political will to stem the tide of illegal constructions. As Turkey looks to integrate further into the global [...]	2006-12-05 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU
06ANKARA6581	TURKEY: HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Turkey are trending positive but Iraq and PKK terrorism cast a long shadow; a Congressional Armenian Genocide resolution would do further damage. Continued clashes between the military and the PKK, despite the terrorist group's October 1 cease-fire declaration, hav [...]	2006-12-05 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU
06ANKARA6585	TURKEY: EXPANDING OPPOSITION HORIZONS [...] (SBU) Prior to Turkey's 2007 parliamentary elections, it is time to expand to Washington our outreach to Turkish opposition leaders. Two, three or perhaps more are likely to be in the next government and they need to start to understand the realities and challenges of the relationship first h [...]	2006-12-05 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU US
06ANKARA6589	TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT LEADER AGAR: POLITICIANS TO [...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador's November 24 meeting Mehmet Agar, leader of the center-right True Path Party (DYP),Agar focused mainly on DYP's domestic strategy to answer society's demands for change that he believes the current Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has not met. For DYP [...]	2006-12-05 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AM

06ANKARA6590	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2006-12-06 06:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6593	TURKEY'S PRESIDENT RESISTS REFORM BY VETOING [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 09:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6598	EUCOM D/COM GENERAL WARD'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS IN [...] (C) EUCOM Deputy Commander General William Ward restated EUCOM's commitment to work closely with Turkey on security issues during November 7 introductory calls on CHOD Yasar Buyukanit, DCHOD Ergin Saygun, and MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Rafet Akgunay. Buyukanit described his [...]	2006-12-06 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IZ IR TU
06ANKARA6599	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA66	TURKEY/IRAQ: URGING TURKEY TO DO MORE FOR IRAQ [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol, Charge encouraged Turkey to support the new Iraqi government and legitimize it early on through reciprocal high-level visits. She stressed to Celikkol that Turkey should consider concrete measures it can take to support Iraq in the po [...]	2006-01-05 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
06ANKARA660	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6600	SWEDISH FM BILDT IN TURKEY: EU ACCESSION TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EUN SW
06ANKARA6608	TURKEY/IRAQ: CLARIFYING U.S. POSITION ON SUNNI [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU
06ANKARA6609	TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECTOR DELAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish state pipeline company BOTAS announced a delay in completion of the Turkey-Greece (gas) Interconnector (TGI) until early summer 2007. Although BOTAS claims construction delays on both the Greek and Turkish sides, the head of Greece's natural gas company (DEPA) said Gree [...]	2006-12-07 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET EFIN TU GR
06ANKARA6610	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6611	TURKEY: PHRMA IPR ISSUES IN EU PROGRESS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The November EU Commission Progress Report on Turkey's accession process included language about the slow movement of pharmaceutical IPR reforms. While U.S. pharmaceutical companies in Turkey have not received any new information from the Ministry of Health regarding the MOH's [...]	2006-12-07 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR USTR EUN TU
06ANKARA6612	TURKEY: CONTESTING TERRORIST USE OF THE INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary. There are very few websites in Turkey that fit the criteria outlined in reftel for use by the Digital Outreach Team. Overall, Internet usage in Turkey is relatively small. Arabic websites are not used in Turkey at all, as the lingua franca of Turkey is Turkish. English websit [...]	2006-12-07 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP KISL KPAO PTER
06ANKARA6614	MAKHMOUR: TURKEY AWAITS ANSWERS FROM GOI BEFORE IT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA still must complete negotiations on the Makhmour camp Tripartite Agreement with UNHCR and will not discuss the agreement with the Iraqi government until the GOI formally responds to UNHCR's June 1 letter to Iraqi President Talabani. Turkey would welcome the U.S. signing [...]	2006-12-08 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6616	TURKEY: POPE WINS HEARTS AND MINDS BUT DOES NOT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6617	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon was the main focus on Turkish PM Erdogan's visit to Damascus, PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador December 8. Erdogan urged President Asad to make Syria a force for stability in a polarizing region, and to do so by using its influence to dissuad [...]	2006-12-08 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IZ TU
06ANKARA6621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6622	TURKEY EX-BANK GOVERNOR HOPES FOR AKP ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary. Highly-respected former Central Bank Governor Surreya Serdengecti is pessimistic about the short-term outlook for Turkey's economy, which he sees reflected in the stubborn failure of the inflation rate to fall below 10% and a return of dollarization. He does not believe the AK [...]	2006-12-08 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TR
06ANKARA6623	TURKEY READY FOR SOLUTION ON WINTER CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of his departure for the December 8 three-way meeting in Tbilisi on winter natural gas, Energy Minister Guler told Ambassador that Turkey was committed to following through on the political agreement made by leaders in Istanbul on the margins of the BTC opening to help [...]	2006-12-08 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ
06ANKARA6624	TURKEY'S DISASTER MANAGEMENT - STILL UNTESTED - STILL IN [...] This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 2. Â [...]	2006-12-09 09:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV EINV TU
06ANKARA6626	TURKEY: ANAVATAN PARTY HEAD MUMCU IN A MUDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his second visit with Motherland (Anavatan) party leader Erkan Mumcu, on November 24, Ambassador Wilson heard the party's perspective on the coming election year, the Kurdish question, and foreign relations. Mumcu heads one of only two opposition parties with "group" status i [...]	2006-12-11 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AM
06ANKARA6628	TURKISH OFFICIALS TELL CODEL SHAYS THAT SECTARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials and business leaders told CODEL Shays Nov. 29 that sectarian violence in Iraq threatens Turkey and the region. Events in Iraq are now threatening a centuries-old balance between Sunnis and Shia in the area, they asserted. Turkey continues to be concerned [...]	2006-12-11 09:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR
06ANKARA6631	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6638	NO DEAL YET ON GEORGIA GAS [...] (C) From a Turkish perspective, the results of the December 8 meeting of energy ministers in Tbilisi looks much less like a "deal" than Georgian and Azeri officials are claiming (refs A-B). Our multiple readouts underscore that Turkey is willing to help Georgia with gas volumes in this wint [...]	2006-12-12 11:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS
06ANKARA6640	TURKEY REACTS TO GAERC DECISION MORE IN SORROW [...] (SBU) Turkish officials are reacting with grudging acceptance to the December 11 GAERC decision by EU Foreign Ministers to suspend eight of the 34 remaining chapters in Turkey's EU accession negotiations, as the European Commission had recommended. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul referred to a [...]	2006-12-12 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU EUN
06ANKARA6642	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-12 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6648	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6651	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6652	TURKEY: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Turkey continues its efforts to eliminate all forms of child labor, increasing access to basic and vocational education to improve the prospects of children currently working, and withdrawing them from employment while they are children. Post provided in September 2005 detailed information r [...]	2006-12-14 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TU
06ANKARA6659	TERRORIST LISTS - TURKEY [...] (SBU) Turkey does not maintain a national list of banned terrorist entities: there is no national designations system. The Turkish authorities circulate all 1267-designated and U.S.-designated names to government agencies, financial institutions and to other legal entities with reporting requi [...]	2006-12-14 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN TU
06ANKARA6661	SECI ANTI-OC TRAINING SHOULD BE IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Ankara recommends the U.S. take advantage of the existing advantages of Ankara-based TADOC for anti-organized crime training under the SECI umbrella as described reftel. Not only is TADOC a well-functioning international training academy but by using TADOC the USG will [...]	2006-12-15 06:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS TU BU
06ANKARA6662	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (NOV 2006) [...] Summary: Four senior Turkish Customs officials completed a 10 day orientation visit to CBP offices and field locations. The GOT delayed proposed Internal Control Program Instructor Training and Industry- Government Forum due to delays in approval of translation of EU Control list (ref b [...]	2006-12-15 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6663	TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey has sought to increase electricity linkages with all its neighbors, including Iraq, but is committed to joining the EU electricity grid (UCTE),so faces technical constraints on connections to non UCTE countries. The recent Turkey-Iraq Joint Economic Commission identifie [...]	2006-12-15 10:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD TU IZ
06ANKARA6665	TURKEY,S KURDS' EXPECTATIONS SINKING AS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish leaders in Turkey's southeast have concluded that serious discussion of the Kurdish issue will be trumped by nationalistic posturing until after next year's elections. Continuation of the PKK ceasefire, which is universally welcomed in the region, is threatened by ongoin [...]	2006-12-15 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
06ANKARA6666	TURKEY: REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY: DR. BAYKAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an unexpected charm offensive, Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal hosted the Ambassador for almost two hours on December 6, offering his views on the coming election year, the EU, and Cyprus. He agreed that CHP and the Embassy should have more open channels o [...]	2006-12-15 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU EUN CY
06ANKARA6670	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6671	TURKEY/IRAQ: CONTROVERSIAL SUNNI CONFERENCE [...] (C) The Turkish press reported Dec. 15 that a controversial Sunni Arab conference on Iraq -- that had been postponed at the GOT's request so as not to conflict with Iraqi PM Maliki's Nov. 15-16 visit to Ankara -- was held in Istanbul Dec. 13-15. According to press, the gathering (see reftel) [...]	2006-12-15 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6672	TIP IN TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PASSES KEY AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish parliament passed amendments to two key articles in the Turkish Penal Code (TPC) December 5 that will improve anti-trafficking efforts in Turkey once implemented. Lawmakers added forced prostitution to Article 80, the primary anti-trafficking article, and removed f [...]	2006-12-15 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TU
06ANKARA6673	TURKEY PREPARING TO HOST SECOND GI MEETING; NEEDS [...] (SBU) Together with Russian First Secretary Dmitri Zykov, we delivered reftel agenda and timeline drafts and points to Ahmet Muhtar Gun, Head of Department for the MFA's office of OSCE, Arms Control and Disarmament on December 15. Gun told us preparations were underway for Turkey's hosting the [...]	2006-12-15 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC KNNP PREL TU
06ANKARA6674	FM GUL ASKS TO MEET SECRETARY RICE IN WASHINGTON [...] (S) Turkish FM Gul,s personal assistant, Ambassador Altay Cengizer, contacted Ambassador December 15 to advise that FM Gul would like to visit Washington in February to meet with Secretary Rice, other Administration officials, members of Congress and others. He said that Gul mentioned the po [...]	2006-12-16 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL EUN TU
06ANKARA6683	TURKEY ISSUES STATEMENT AGAINST IRAN'S HOLOCAUST [...] (U) Regarding the Tehran conference "Genocide of Jews: Global Perspectives," the Turkish MFA issued a statement December 15 that the Holocaust suffered by the Jews during World War II is an historical fact, and it finds attempts to question this historical fact to be "indecent." This statemen [...]	2006-12-18 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IR TU
06ANKARA6687	U/S LEVEY SEEKS TURKISH COOPERATION AGAINST IRANIAN TERRORISM FINANCE AND NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: In his meetings with the Turkish Foreign and Finance Ministries, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey explained U.S. interest in working with allies, within and outside of the UNSC process, to financially isolate Iran for its support for terrorism and nuclear weapons program dev [...]	2006-12-18 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTFN TU IR EIND PREL
06ANKARA6688	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA669	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON TURKISH MAIN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. In Ambassador's introductory call, Turkish main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal identified maintenance of Turkey's secular system as his top priority and implied that the USG misunderstands this issue. Baykal also stressed the importance of USG acti [...]	2006-02-14 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU PGOV PREL PINS
06ANKARA6690	IRAQ GAS WORKING GROUP IN ANKARA JANUARY 11 [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. Summary: We have reconfirmed the date of January 11 for launching the Iraq gas working group in Ankara. Please forward as soon as possible the list of USG participants from Washington and Baghdad. We would appreciate Embassy Baghdad's assist [...]	2006-12-18 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA6696	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6697	TURKISH COMPANIES AND SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has a lopsided trade relationship with Iran, with two-way trade consisting mostly of Turkish oil and gas imports. This situation leads Turkish officials to continue to push for more exports to Iran. Turkish Government officials show no signs of linking the issue of the Iran [...]	2006-12-19 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ETTC ETRD EINV TU IR
06ANKARA67	Ministry of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 4 meeting, Ministry of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary Nebi Celik and other Turkish government officials to discussed the WTO rice case. Celik stressed that Turkey hopes to resolve this issue before it goes to panel. He also made clear that policy changes canno [...]	2006-01-05 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU
06ANKARA6700	TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...]	2006-12-19 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA6703	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, November 2006 [...] The second annual meeting of Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) convened under PM Tayyip Erdogan on November 30 to assess external threats, recent developments in the region, the ongoing fight against the PKK terrorist organization, military policies and modernization needs of the military [...]	2006-12-20 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL FR GR IS RS FI PL GG RO BU PK TU
06ANKARA6705	TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...]	2006-12-20 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA6706	TURKEY: REGULATORY BODY DEFENDS MEASURES LIMITING [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6707	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISION SETS BACK CRUCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Constitutional Court has struck down major portions of the Social Security Reform Law, the single most important structural reform in the IFI-supported economic reform program. The press and market analysts have focused on the court's requirement that civil servants be t [...]	2006-12-20 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
06ANKARA6709	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6712	TURKEY GRUDGINGLY ACCEPTS PARTIAL SUSPENSION OF EU [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6716	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6720	FROM GLOCKS TO ROCKET LAUNCHERS: TURKISH SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) The Turkish National Police (TNP) presented LEGATT on November 20 with a new list of serial numbers of 60 weapons and 36 explosives seized by Turkish security forces during operations in various provinces in recent months. The TNP believes these weapon [...]	2006-12-21 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA6722	TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN TO VISIT LEBANON IN THE NEXT [...] (C) MFA Middle East Head of Department Sedat Onal told us December 21 Prime Minister Erdogan does intend to travel to Lebanon during the upcoming Muslim Sacrifice holiday, which this year begins December 30 and ends January 3. GOT officials had indicated to us earlier (reftels) Erdogan's inte [...]	2006-12-21 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY TU
06ANKARA6723	TURKEY'S OPPOSITION MULLS EARLY ELECTION OPTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In an end-of-year push, Turkey's opposition parties and staunchly secular president are calling for early elections as the latest maneuver in Turkey's presidential sweepstakes. Their options to block PM Erdogan or his candidate from seizing the presidency next May are limited, g [...]	2006-12-21 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA6726	MAKHMOUR: PUSHING TOWARD CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is concerned that the Makhmour camp will remain open after some refugees repatriate to Turkey, or that non-returnees will simply be moved en masse to another camp in northern Iraq. UNHCR is struggling with how to persuade the Kurdish Iraqi authorities to resettle non-retur [...]	2006-12-22 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6729	GOT'S IRAQ ENVOY CONTINUES OUTREACH TO SUNNIS AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is continuing its efforts to bring Sunni Arabs into the Iraqi political process, GOT Special Envoy Celikkol told us Dec. 19. Celikkol insisted Turkey was powerless to prevent rejectionist Sunnis from meeting in Istanbul last week. Officials in Jordan and the UAE are worri [...]	2006-12-22 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6730	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-22 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6733	NIYAZOV DEATH: TURKISH MFA ON TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) PM Erdogan, FM Gul and Energy Minister Guler will lead a delegation of approximately 200 to attend Niyazov's funeral on Sunday in what Turkish MFA DDG for Central Asia Huseyin Avni Karslioglu characterized as a culturally necessary show of brotherly solidarity with their Turkmen brethren. [...]	2006-12-22 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX TU
06ANKARA6734	TURKEY FDI: GROWING BUT GREENFIELD LAGS [...] Summary: (SBU) Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Turkey has increased dramatically in the last two years, but greenfield investment still lags far behind. Analysts cite the need for judicial reform, Turkey's large informal economy, high employment taxes and costs, the large indirect tax bur [...]	2006-12-22 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV BEXP KIPR TU
06ANKARA6735	TURKISH OFFICIALS SHARE CONCERNS ON IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman discussed Iraq, Iran, and the Middle East with Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul and MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay on the margins of December 12-13 High Level Defense Group talks in Ankara. Rodman described his discussions [...]	2006-12-22 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ IR SY LE XF TU
06ANKARA6736	TURKEY AND NEXT STEPS ON GEORGIA AND SHAH DENIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 22 meeting with Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler reiterated Turkey's willingness to help Georgia meet its natural gas needs this winter, which was apparently discussed during President Saakishvili's meeting with PM Erdogan. However, Guler said Georgia was pressurin [...]	2006-12-22 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS
06ANKARA6743	TURKEY - USAID AND AI ASSISTANCE PERIOD [...] Summary and Action Request: By diplomatic note, the GOT asked for an extension of the one-year period for using the USAID avian influenza related grant in an amount of $1 million for restructuring of the backyard poultry sector in the east. We recall that this question was discussed previousl [...]	2006-12-26 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO PREL EAID TU KFLU
06ANKARA6745	IRAQ GAS WORKING GROUP IN ANKARA POSTPONEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA6746	TURKEY WILL COMPLY WITH UNSCR 1737 [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on UN Security Council Resolution 1737 regarding Iran sanctions to Aziz Sevi, MFA Deputy Head of Section for Iran, on December 26, and left reftel paragraph 5 as a non-paper. Sevi told us that the MFA had completed a full translation into Turkish of the text of [...]	2006-12-26 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PREL TU IR
06ANKARA6747	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6757	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-28 10:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6762	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-28 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6763	TURKEY AND GEORGIA SLOW DANCE ON GAS TO THE NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The full court press of President Saakashvili's visit to Ankara aimed at securing gas for Georgia yielded what the GOG announced as a signed MOU, but what the GOT characterized as reiteration of its political commitment to help Georgia with a share of its gas, while leaving the c [...]	2006-12-28 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS
06ANKARA6764	IRAQ/TURKEY: TURKEY MULLING IRAN DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is considering options for regional dialogue with the Iranians about Iraq, with the goal of establishing stability and reconciliation, GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Celikkol told the DCM on Dec. 27. Such a dialogue can take place without U.S. participation, he said, but the [...]	2006-12-28 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ IR SA
06ANKARA6771	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 11:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6772	TURKEY: NO MOVEMENT ON CFE ACV ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER [...] (C) Per reftel request, we met on December 29 with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Ahmet Muhtar Gun (Note: Gun will succeed Bulent Meric as Deputy Director General for OSCE, Arms Control and Disarmament on January 4, 2007) to reiterate US appreciation for Turkey's tank entitle [...]	2006-12-29 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU NO GR
06ANKARA68	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-05 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA685	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY'S IRAQ COORDINATOR TO VISIT [...] (C) Turkey's Special Representative for Iraq, Ambassador Oguz Celikkol, told us February 14 that he plans to visit Baghdad February 23 to 25 and hopes to meet with Ambassador Khalilzad as well as Iraqi officials and political party leaders (reftel). He will travel via Turkish military aircr [...]	2006-02-15 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
06ANKARA686	ISAF: TURKEY MOVING AHEAD WITH PRT IN WARDAK [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KPKO MOPS TU AF
06ANKARA69	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-05 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA693	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, January 2006 [...] The Turkish government's Defense Industry Executive Committee, consisting of PM Tayyip Erdogan, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) GEN Hilmi Ozkok and Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, will convene on February 17 to evaluate the procurement of air defense systems to prepare against a possib [...]	2006-02-15 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL TU
06ANKARA701	IRANIANS VIEWS ON DANISH CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: Iranian visa applicants shared their views on demonstrations in Tehran related to the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. While most suggested that the Iranian government is sponsoring the demonstrations, they also revealed a belief in a conspiracy theory involving c [...]	2006-02-15 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PINR PREL TU
06ANKARA703	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA704	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION NOT ON [...] (SBU) The UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is not currently on the Turkish legislative agenda. Our contacts at the Turkish Parliamentary Offices to whom we mentioned it had not heard of the Convention and did not anticipate its being p [...]	2006-02-15 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL TU UNESCO
06ANKARA721	TURKEY/IRAQ: IRAQI POLITICAL LEADERS SEEK [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Summary and Comment. MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol informed DCM February 14 that Iraqi PM Jafari has been invited to Ankara and is expected to come after formation of the new government. At the same time, Moqtada al-Sadr and the [...]	2006-02-16 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PREF ETRD IZ IR TU
06ANKARA722	HAMAS -- TURKS DESCRIBE PLANNED MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (c) Summary: Turkey will host probably two meetings with Hamas on February 16, according to two senior government officials. One will be at the Deputy Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs level and will take place over lunch at a government guesthouse. A second meeting is likely follow betwee [...]	2006-02-16 10:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER XF TU
06ANKARA723	ATTACKS ON TURKISH POLICE MARK SIXTH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish press reported two separate February 16 attacks on Turkish police in Istanbul and various demonstrations in southeastern Turkey. These attacks, and similar attacks over the past two weeks (reftel),are probably orchestrated by PKK/Kongra-Gel and related Kurdish groups [...]	2006-02-16 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC TU
06ANKARA733	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA737	TURKEY/IRAN NUCLEAR: TURKEY TOUGHENS STANCE ON [...] (SBU) Speaking to the press on February 15, MFA spokesman Namik Tan previewed the visit by Ambassador Schulte and the USG Iran briefing team (reftel). Using language stronger than in previous government statements, Tan said that "the crisis between Iran and the international community has re [...]	2006-02-16 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KNUC IR TU
06ANKARA765	TURKEY'S MESSAGE TO HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. According to the MFA, the Hamas delegation in Turkey held two separate meetings on February 16: an official meeting with MFA reps and an unofficial meeting with FM Gul in his capacity as an AK party member. In both meetings, the Turks claimed to deliver a blunt message: recogni [...]	2006-02-17 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS TU
06ANKARA775	SOMO ARREARS RESCHEDULED, LOADINGS STILL ON HOLD [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish and Iraqi negotiators have agreed on a repayment plan for arrears due by SOMO to Turkish companies and a new letter of credit-based mechanism to secure payments on future deliveries. Before shipments to SOMO can resume, SOMO and the 33 individual Turkish trading compan [...]	2006-02-17 11:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET IZ TU
06ANKARA783	TURKEY: VALLEY OF THE WOLVES AND ANTI-AMERICANISM [...] (C) Summary: The openly anti-American film "Valley of the Wolves - Iraq" continues to play to packed theaters across Turkey and appears certain to smash the Turkish box office record. The film has tapped into a deep well of anger and humiliation resulting from a 2003 incident in which U.S. tr [...]	2006-02-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA784	TURKEY: REACTION TO HAMAS VISIT LARGELY NEGATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Although Turkey's ruling AK party spinmeisters are trying to put a positive veneer on the February 16 HAMAS visit to Ankara, they concede the visit produced no concrete result. Opposition leaders and even some AKP MPs have expressed great dismay over the visit. Mainstream Turki [...]	2006-02-17 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU IS
06ANKARA786	TURKISH PROFESSORS STAND TRIAL FOR REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary: Trial proceedings began February 15 in the case against two Turkish professors accused of inciting hatred and denigrating "Turkish identity" in a 2004 report on minorities. The report states that non-Muslims in Turkey have second-class status and calls on the state to recognize t [...]	2006-02-17 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA803	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 07:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA809	TOP IRANIAN SCIENCE UNIVERSITY PREPPING STUDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Two western-educated professors from Tehran,s Sharif University of Technology spoke with us separately about work conditions for faculty at the university, including recent salary increases for professors, and described the student body. They noted that for the past few years, stu [...]	2006-02-21 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA835	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA839	TURKISH MFA WELCOMES A U.S. RESIDENT LEGAL ADVISOR [...] (SBU) In separate meetings, two senior MFA officials told the DCM that Turkey would warmly welcome the assignment of a U.S. Justice Department Legal Advisor to Embassy Ankara. Both Director General for the Americas Alpar, and Deputy Under Secretary Akgunay (responsible for Security Affairs) en [...]	2006-02-21 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA843	TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DHS/NNTRAV KOENIG +1, [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to USG team led by Mr. Zachary Koenig to travel to Turkey from February 28 through March 5, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312)455-5555, ext. 0. Mr. Lyon will a [...]	2006-02-22 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM RS TU
06ANKARA844	TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV PARKER [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE team led by Ms. LaReina Parker to travel to Turkey from March 3 through March 11, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312)455-5555, ext. 0. Mr. Lyon will arra [...]	2006-02-22 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM TU
06ANKARA854	Special 301 - Recommendation to Downgrade [...] (SBU) Over the past year, the GOT has continued to improve intellectual property protection, especially for copyright owners. Turkish courts began rendering increasingly deterrent sentences for copyright infringers in a more expedited manner. An expanded data exclusivity regulation provides [...]	2006-02-22 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU USTR

06ANKARA856	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA860	TURKEY-EGYPT SIGN GAS DEAL: FLOW TARGETED TO START IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Turkey announced a new gas deal with Egypt, heralding its contribution for diversification of supply and ability to seed export of gas to Europe. In light of over- reliance on Russia, and recent disruptions from Iran, this deal is viewed as a small, but positive step. End summary. [...]	2006-02-22 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET TU
06ANKARA861	AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY DE-BRIEFS TURKEY MOH [...] SUMMARY. Embassy AI team de-briefed GOT MOH officials on the conclusions and observations of the interagency AI team that visited Turkey January 16-22 (Ref C). Given the apparent respite in new human AI cases, MOH said it is moving from crisis to risk management AI. World Bank negotiations [...]	2006-02-23 05:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA873	TURKEY/IRAQ: MFA HEARS OUR VIEWS ON MUQTADA [...] (C) Summary. We have made USG views on a possible visit to Turkey by Muqtada al-Sadr (ref a) known to Foreign Minister Gul as well as working level MFA officials. The MFA understands our views and it remains inclined to receive Sadr, although the timing is unclear. We have urged MFA offic [...]	2006-02-23 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ IR TU
06ANKARA874	TURKEY/IRAQ: MFA STATEMENT ON AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 09:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA904	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 11:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA935	CFE HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH TURKEY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA dated Feb. 2, 2006 informing us that the GOT's legal procedures for entry into force of the CFE Host Country Agreement for Turkey have been completed. Text of diplomatic note fo [...]	2006-02-24 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KCFE NATO PREL TU US
06ANKARA938	TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV, [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE traveler Mr. Robert Elder to travel to Turkey from February 24 through March 12, 2006. We understand that no Mission support is required at this time. If the need arises, the Embassy duty officer can be reached 24 hours a day at (90)( [...]	2006-02-24 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KSCA OTRA TRGY TU
06ANKARA945	TURKEY'S PROCUREMENT CHIEF COMPLAINS ABOUT USG [...] (C) Summary: U/S for Defense Industries Murad Bayar complained to the Ambassador March 22 about American companies' unwillingness to compete in Turkish defense tenders. He reserved his harshest criticism for -- USG restrictions on technology transfer, citing specifically Sikorsky's Black Ha [...]	2006-02-24 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA946	BMENA: DAD INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING IN ANKARA, [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish MFA BMENA Coordinator (and Personal Representative of the OSCE CIO on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims) Ambassador Omur Orhun and MFA Policy Planning Staff BMENA Director Levent Gumrukcu told us recently the GOT is preparing invitations for a Ma [...]	2006-02-24 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KWMN XD XF XI TU
06ANKARA960	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA972	BRIEFING TURKEY ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: UNVIE Ambassador Greg Schulte led a three member team to brief and consult with the Turkish government February 15-17 on the Iranian nuclear program and related diplomacy. MFA, Turkish General Staff and Turkish Intelligence officials were clearly already convinced of Iran's inten [...]	2006-02-28 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL TU IR
06ANKARA988	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON TURKISH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary. In Ambassador's introductory call, Turkish center-right opposition Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Erkan Mumcu stressed the historic contributions that his party made to Turkish modernization, democratization, and liberalization in the 1980s and explained how his leadership has rev [...]	2006-02-28 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
06ANKARA989	TURKEY: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 3 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Linda Fenton, telephone number 90-312-455-5555 X 2513, fax number 90-312-468-4775. Fenton (FS-04) spent a [...]	2006-02-28 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU
06ANKARA99	GOT TO ALLOW LOCAL KURDISH BROADCASTS, UNDER [...] (U) Consulate Adana contributed to this report. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's High Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) has announced that private, local stations will be allowed to broadcast in Kurdish and other minority languages for the first time, provided they complete their applications. [...]	2006-01-06 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA990	TURKEY: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 3 (septel). -------------------------------------------- Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers ------------------------------------------ [...]	2006-02-28 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU
06ANKARA991	TURKEY: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 3 (septel). ------------------------------------ Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ [...]	2006-02-28 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU
06ANKARA998	FDI TO TURKEY BREAKS RECORDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN BEXP TU
06ANKARA999	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 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 Embassy translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Wednesday, February [...]	2006-02-28 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06EFTOANKARA4972	BOMBING IN ANTALYA [...] (SBU) Summary: On Monday, August 28, 2006 at approximately 1640 hours local an explosion occurred in the tourist port city of Antalya killing three (3) and injuring an estimated 30 people (media reports have reported as many as 87 injured). The Turkish National Police (TNP) have confirmed tha [...]	2006-08-29 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL IZ TU
06EFTOANKARA5010	BOMBING IN MERSIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at approximately 1310 hours local an explosion occurred in the tourist port city of Mersin injuring one person. End summary. 2. (SBU) At approximately 1310 hours local, an explosion occurred in the shopping area of downtown Mersin. TNP contacts [...]	2006-08-31 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL IZ TU
06EFTOANKARA5097	BOMBING IN CATAK (SE TURKEY) [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, September 3, 2006 at approximately 2100 hours local an explosion occurred in the town of Catak (Van Province) in southeastern Turkey killing two and injuring fourteen. End summary. 2. (SBU) At approximately 2100 hours local, an explosion occurred in an open teahou [...]	2006-09-05 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA10	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-04 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA100	NEW KURDISH POLITICAL PARTY ADOPTS PROGRESSIVE BUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1002	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-27 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1003	TURKEY'S PRESIDENTIAL VOTE: OPPOSITION DEMANDS [...] (U) Turkey's Constitutional Court will now decide the course of the country's presidential election. A total of 361 MPs voted in the April 27 first round, with 357 votes going to ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate Abdullah Gul. The total number of votes cast fell six short [...]	2007-04-27 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1004	TURKISH MFA COMMENTS ON LARIJANI-SOLANA MEETING [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Rafet Akgunay told Ambassador on April 27 that EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana told the Turks that the gap between the EU and Iranian positions was very wide. Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Larijani complained to FM Gul that the EU was not SIP [...]	2007-04-27 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TU IR
07ANKARA1005	TURKEY HOLDS FIRM AGAINST CYPRUS IN THE GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Rafet Akgunay told the Ambassador on April 27 that Turkey is re-evaluating its participation in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) now that Cyprus is joining. While the issue is still under discussion at the highest levels of the MFA, Akgunay s [...]	2007-04-27 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP KGIC PARM TU CY
07ANKARA1006	TURKEY: TGS STATEMENT SUPPORTS SECULARISTS; GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: At approximately 11:30 pm on April 27, the Turkish General Staff issued a strongly worded statement, warning of the dangers of "fundamentalism", identifying as enemies of the State those who do not ascribe to Ataturk's statement, "How happy is he who can say he is a Turk," and d [...]	2007-04-28 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR ECON TU
07ANKARA1010	TURKEY: ECONOMISTS STRESS ECONOMIC PROGRESS, BUT NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As domestic political risk comes to the fore in the wake of the weekend's dramatic developments, Turkish economists underline the economy's remarkable transformation since the 2001 crisis. Strong growth, fiscal consolidation and surging Foreign Direct Investment underpin a si [...]	2007-04-30 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP ETRD TU
07ANKARA1014	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-30 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1015	TURKEY: ECONOMISTS STRESS ECONOMIC PROGRESS, BUT NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As domestic political risk comes to the fore in the wake of the weekend's dramatic developments, Turkish economists underline the economy's remarkable transformation since the 2001 crisis. Strong growth, fiscal consolidation and surging Foreign Direct Investment underpin a si [...]	2007-04-30 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP ETRD TU
07ANKARA1017	TURKEY: FIFTH TIFA TALKS SEE CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The fifth meeting of the U.S.-Turkey Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting convened April 12 - 13 in Washington, D.C. The issue-packed agenda included substantive discussions on agricultural market access, the Doha Round, the Generalized System of Pref [...]	2007-05-01 06:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KIPR TU
07ANKARA1019	SPECIAL 301: TURKEY DISAPPOINTED BUT FOLLOWING UP [...] (SBU) Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) DDG for the Americas Yuksel Akca and Department Head Atilla Bastirmaci were disappointed, but not surprised, by reftel points about the 2007 USTR Special 301 Report. They welcomed the idea of a more structured dialogue or plan of action in the coming [...]	2007-05-01 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR TU
07ANKARA1023	AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: STATE - DOD [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU MARR MASS CASC
07ANKARA1024	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1025	TURKEY HEADED TO EARLY GENERAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Turkey's Constitutional Court announced late Mary 1 that it has accepted the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) petition to annul the first round of presidential voting on the ground that the required quorum was not present. CHP had argued that 367 -- the two-thirds of the members [...]	2007-05-01 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TU
07ANKARA1027	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1031	TURKISH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CALM BUT VIGILANT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Ambassador May 1, Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz seemed calm but vigilant. While wary of the potential for political tension to hurt financial markets, the Bank found the Monday morning sell-off less severe than expected and had not intervened. Looking ahead, [...]	2007-05-02 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
07ANKARA1033	TURKISH NEXT STEPS ON EREZ ZONE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 1 meeting, Guven Sak, the brains behind the Turkish business association TOBB's effort to develop the Erez industrial zone in northern Gaza, described his planned next steps. Consonant with reftel reporting, Sak believes that a security arrangement covering movement [...]	2007-05-02 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID KWBG BEXP TU
07ANKARA1034	TURKEY AND SOMO TALK - BUT FUEL TRADE STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi SOMO and Turkish officials met in Ankara on April 16-18 and reached agreement to move forward in reinstating blocked fuel trade, albeit in a reduced amount, but next action steps lie with SOMO. Turkish suppliers are not optimistic about new contracts and question SOMO's i [...]	2007-05-02 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA1035	TURKISH POLITICAL STAND-OFF TRIGGERS MIXED [...] (C) Summary. Turks across the spectrum agree that early parliamentary elections are the only way out of the current stand-off. That, and PM Erdogan's miscalculation in nominating FM Gul, may be the only things on which they do agree. Many see the May 1 Constitutional Court decision as posit [...]	2007-05-02 17:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TU
07ANKARA1037	IRAQ: TURKISH MFA ALLEGES KURDISH MISCONDUCT ON [...] (SBU) After a spell of relative public silence on the Kirkuk issue, the Turkish MFA released a statement May 2 complaining that a key decision on implementing the Article 140 process -- namely compensation for relocation of "new Arab" families who were moved to Kirkuk under Saddam Hussein's re [...]	2007-05-03 11:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1038	TURKEY: OPPOSITION ELBOWING FOR ELECTION PARTNERS [...] (C) With early general elections looming, Turkey,s opposition parties are scrambling to make hay. All manner of electoral alliances are under discussion. On the nominal center-left, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is in a strong position, with others drawn to the flame. Altho [...]	2007-05-03 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1039	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1042	TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. PROPOSAL BUT WILL NOT [...] (SBU) According to Hasan Yalcin, Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) Deputy Director General for Multilateral Agreements, Turkey supports the U.S. proposal but wants an agreement with the EC that would consolidate the two papers into one compromise proposal. He added that it would be [...]	2007-05-03 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO TU
07ANKARA1043	TURKEY TAKES ITS PKK PROBLEM TO THE UNITED NATIONS [...] (C) On instructions from MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Apakan, Head of Section for Iraq Aydin Selcen provided to us May 2 a copy of a letter dated April 27 from the Turkish UN Perm Rep, Baki Ilkin, to UNSYG Moon. The letter (full text in para. 4) reiterates Turkey's commitment to help Iraq [...]	2007-05-03 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AORC TU IZ
07ANKARA1046	TURKEY'S GENERAL ELECTION CALENDAR [...] On May 3, the Turkish parliament voted 458 to 0 for early general elections to be held on July 22, 2007. Turkey's Supreme Election Board (SEB) has prepared a draft schedule for parliamentary elections, based on the July 22 date. The calendar will start to run immediately, unless a party obje [...]	2007-05-04 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TU
07ANKARA105	ISPARTA: SMELLING THE ROSES WHILE WAITING FOR PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Isparta, five hours southwest of Ankara, is a central Anatolian city of 150,000, aptly nicknamed "The Land of Roses" owing to its production of sixty percent of the world's rose oil. A candidate for the GOT's expanded regional investment incentives program, Isparta was ultima [...]	2007-01-19 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU
07ANKARA1052	TURKEY PRESSING FOR SEAT AT ESDP TABLE [...] (C) Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Serdar Kilic told us May 4 that Turkey is awaiting the EU's answer on its request for increased participation in ESDP, inclusion in the European Defense Agency (EDA),and progress on the Security Agreement between Turkey and the EU. [...]	2007-05-04 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EU TU
07ANKARA1053	TURKISH POLITICAL TURMOIL: VIEWS FROM THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1054	TURKISH PARLIAMENT TO REPEAT PRESIDENTIAL VOTE ON [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has scheduled a repeat of the first round of voting for their presidential candidate, FM Abdullah Gul, for May 6. If they are unable to muster a 367 member quorum, as required by a May 1 Constitutional Court decision [...]	2007-05-04 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1056	TURKISH PARLIAMENT STALLED ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary and comment. On May 6, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was unable to muster the 367 quorum required for parliament to repeat the first round of voting on FM Gul's controversial presidential candidacy. While Gul announced before the session began that he would w [...]	2007-05-06 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1066	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1069	Investors Ignore Politics, Snap up State Bank Shares [...] (SBU) Summary: The Privatization Authority sold 24.98% of state-owned Halkbank through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and raised a total of %1.8 billion. Foreign institutional investors, mostly from the Middle East, reported purchased 69.5% of the shares. Privatized shares will start to be [...]	2007-05-07 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
07ANKARA1070	PERSPECTIVES ON THE TURKISH MILITARY'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The effects of the Turkish General Staff's (TGS) April 27 "midnight memo" continue to be debated in Ankara. Universally regarded as a stern warning targeting an Abdullah Gul presidency, the military's message was justified in the view of our secular establishment contacts who do n [...]	2007-05-07 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS TU
07ANKARA1071	TURKEY: TURKS OF TWO MINDS ON THE MILITARY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT. Two main streams of thought assess the current political crisis in Turkey: one, that the ruling party's behavior compelled the military to take action; and two, that (even if the party's behavior or perceived agenda caused profound concerns) military intervention was [...]	2007-05-07 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TU
07ANKARA1072	TURKISH YOUTH PARTY MANEUVERING FOR MERGER [...] (C) As the constitutional crisis over the presidency begins to wind down and general elections for parliament move into gear, political parties across the partisan spectrum are maneuvering for advantage. The recent decision by the center-right True Path and Motherland parties to unite has bee [...]	2007-05-07 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA1081	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-08 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1083	TURKISH PARLIAMENT HOLDS RAUCOUS DEBATE OVER [...] (U) After contentious debate on May 7, parliament held the first round of voting on a controversial constitutional amendment package to move toward direct presidential elections, with 361 MPs voting in favor. A required second vote is scheduled for May 10. The ruling Justice and Development [...]	2007-05-08 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1084	TURKEY: BUSINESS INCREASINGLY WORRIED BY POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Turkish markets and businesses remain hopeful that a resolution will be found to the ongoing political turmoil. Market movements are subdued and direct investment continues to flow in. But more fundamentally, businesspeople worry that prospects for a political outcome that wo [...]	2007-05-08 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
07ANKARA1085	TURKEY PLEASED WITH SHARM MINISTERIAL, SEEKS INPUT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is generally happy with the Sharm ministerial but seeks clarification ASAP on Iraq's plans for follow-on working groups (WGs),GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Celikkol told the Ambassador May 8. Celikkol asked for U.S. assistance in ascertaining what Iraq wants for the WGs -- e [...]	2007-05-08 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PREF PTER UN TU IZ SY
07ANKARA1091	TURKEY: FM GUL AS THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES MASTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA1092	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON/LOTT (MAY 25 - [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Nelson/Lott. Chris Friefeld, Political Officer, is your Control Officer for Istanbul and Izmir. He can be reached at: Office 011-90-212-335-9288; Home: 011-90-212-351-0511; Cellular: 011-90-532-601-7779. Chris Krafft, Pol [...]	2007-05-09 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU RU EI
07ANKARA1093	GROWTH HELPING ANATOLIAN BACKWATERS, BUT WORRIES ABOUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TU
07ANKARA1094	TURKEY: INTELLECTUALS TAKE A STAND AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT. Two hundred five Turkish writers, artists, journalists, and human rights lawyers attached their names to a strongly worded condemnation of military interference in the political process. The statement is a leftist interpretation of the military's April 27 e-memoran [...]	2007-05-09 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TU
07ANKARA1095	TURKEY: DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Turkey has very small communities of some of the ethnic groups listed in ref a, including a group of ethnic Uighurs in Istanbul which is estimated to number about 5,000. There are also very small communities of ethnic Uzbeks, Somalis, and Sudanese, most of whom are economic migrants or pol [...]	2007-05-09 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR TU
07ANKARA1096	TURKISH REACTIONS TO POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Conversations with two advisors to PM Erdogan, two former leaders on the left, an influential Ankara business figure, and three key journalists portray a range of views regarding Turkey's ongoing political turmoil and where it may lead. -- The ruling Justice and Development Par [...]	2007-05-10 05:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU US
07ANKARA11	TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CONTROVERSY GATHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition's effort to prevent Prime Minister Erdogan from becoming Turkey's next president in May is underway; following the January 1-3 national holiday, skirmishes look set to intensify. Attempts to find a constitutional basis for calling early elections (reftel A) or neut [...]	2007-01-04 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA110	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1101	UNHRC - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC BO SI TU
07ANKARA1102	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RANDALL E. DEPAUL AND [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Randall E. Depaul and William J. Tuttle. Christina Bobrow, Political Officer, is your Control Officer for Ankara. She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-457-7250; Home: 011-90-312-491-7700; Cellular: 011-90-555-358-6803. Rusty [...]	2007-05-10 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TU
07ANKARA1104	TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' VIEWS ON ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 11:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1106	Investors Ignore Politics, Snap up State Bank Shares [...] (SBU) Summary: The Privatization Authority sold 24.98% of state-owned Halkbank through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and raised a total of %1.8 billion. Foreign institutional investors, mostly from the Middle East, reported purchased 69.5% of the shares. Privatized shares began to be trade [...]	2007-05-10 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
07ANKARA1107	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1108	TURKEY'S GOVERNING BIG TENT PARTY -- SPLITS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The political crisis sparked by Foreign Minister Gul's failed bid for the presidency has exacerbated pre-existing divisions within the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). While AKP has always been a "big tent" coalition of the devout, the moderate, the nationalists and t [...]	2007-05-10 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA111	TURKISH PARTICIPATION AT PARIS DONOR'S CONFERENCE [...] (C) Ambassador Koray Turgay, the Turkish MFA official responsible for assistance issues, confirmed that Foreign Minister Gul will represent Turkey at the "Paris III" donor's conference January 25. Turgay said the Minister had not made a final decision on how much Turkey would pledge but it wo [...]	2007-01-19 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID LE TU
07ANKARA1111	UNHRC ELECTION: TURKISH MFA SIGNALS INTENT TO VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC TU BO BK SI
07ANKARA1112	TURKEY: COURT PRESIDENT ISSUES WARNING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The President of the Council of State (Danistay, Turkey's highest administrative court),Sumru Cortoglu, used her remarks on the court's anniversary to issue a thinly veiled warning to the government. She held PM Erdogan's government accountable for the 2006 attack th [...]	2007-05-10 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1113	YOUR MAY 14 VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Admiral, I look forward to your visit, the first to Turkey by a Chief of Naval Operations in two decades. It fits into work we have been engaged in for over two years to revive mil-mil cooperation that declined sharply after March 2003 and to restore high-level dialogue generally that has [...]	2007-05-10 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA1114	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PUSHES CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) Turkey's parliament approved two constitutional amendment packages on May 10, before adjourning until May 15. 2. (U) By a vote of 429 to 12, MPs approved an amendment to list independent candidates on the main ballot instead of separate slips, as in previous elections. The measure is w [...]	2007-05-10 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1119	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR/TNC ANALYST HEATHER [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to INR/TNC Analyst Heather Tsvaris. Post understands no assistance is requested. If assistance is required, you may contact the Political Counselor, Janice Weiner. She can be reached at Office: 011-90-312-457-7220; Cellular: 011-90-5 [...]	2007-05-11 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PTER TU
07ANKARA112	TURKEY: ACROSS THE BOARD, OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZE [...] (SBU) GOT officials and Turkish politicians across the political spectrum moved quickly to condemn the assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist and human rights activist Hrant Dink (reftel). PM Erdogan conducted a live press conference within 90 minutes of the attack, while President Seze [...]	2007-01-19 16:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV TU
07ANKARA1121	SOUTHERN CORRIDOR: MOVING ON TRANSIT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. In a May 9 meeting, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler agreed with Ambassador that setting a legal framework for transiting Shah Deniz production is the next step in developing Caspian gas exports to Europe via the soon to be completed Turkey-Greece Interconnector (TGI) and the Nabucco [...]	2007-05-11 09:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG BEXP GR AJ TU
07ANKARA1126	IRAQ: TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Turkey provides significant logistical support for the coalition in Iraq, supports U.S. policy goals and the Iraqi government, and has tried to play a useful diplomatic role. At the same time, its concerns about the future of Iraq -- and in particular its discomfort about Kirkuk [...]	2007-05-11 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA1130	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORT- (APR 2007) [...] Summary: The Wisconsin Project Team provided a presentation on their open source database to Government of Turkey (GOT) representatives. The database will assist GOT officials to process export licenses and investigate suspect companies/individuals. Department of Commerce contractors compl [...]	2007-05-11 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA1131	TURKEY REACTS MORE IN SORROW THAN ANGER TO [...] (C) We discussed the Armenian government's refusal to allow a team of Turkish OSCE election observers into the country with MFA Acting Deputy Director General Suleyman Gokce on several occasions this week, most recently on May 10. Gokce emphasized that Turkey had good intentions in sending o [...]	2007-05-11 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM
07ANKARA1132	TURKISH VIEWS ON OECD ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey supports Russian OECD membership because of Russia's importance to Turkey and because Turkey believes greater Russian participation in international fora will make Russia feel more secure. Keeping Cyprus out of the OECD is their top priority but Turkey is open to consider [...]	2007-05-11 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN OECD TU
07ANKARA1135	UPDATE ON TURKEY'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCRS 1737 [...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ahmet Yoruk told us May 11 that the implementing language for UNSCR 1737 is still awaiting the approval of the Council of Ministers and that the UNSCR 1747 implementation package has not yet been forwarded to the Prime Ministry. The GOT [...]	2007-05-11 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP PARM EAIR IR TU
07ANKARA1136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1137	TURKEY INFORMED THAT CYPRUS HAS JOINED THE GI; MFA [...] (C) We confirmed for MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Head of Section Serhan Yigit on May 10 that the U.S. had received a diplomatic note from the Government of Cyprus advising of Cyprus' intent to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, Cyprus' support for the Global Initiativ [...]	2007-05-11 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIC KNNP PINR PINS PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA1138	CENTER-RIGHT MERGER STILL A WILD CARD IN TURKISH [...] (C) Summary and comment. The recent center-right merger throws a wild card into the line-up for Turkey's July 22 parliamentary elections. True Path Party (DYP) and Motherland Party (Anavatan) leaders announced the alliance on May 6, after prolonged negotiations. Supporters will approve the [...]	2007-05-11 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1139	HOW TURKISH POLITICS REACHED ITS CURRENT IMPASSE - [...] (SBU) The following is a somewhat speculative appraisal of how Turkey -- its ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),the opposition and the military -- reached its current level of political turmoil. 2. (C) Power centers across the board made wrong-headed, if typically Turkish, decisi [...]	2007-05-11 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1147	TURKEY: IZMIR "REPUBLIC RALLY" ECLIPSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sunday's enormous demonstration in Izmir caps a series of "Republic Rallies," in which pro-secular Turks turned out to demonstrate against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The massive crowds and stunning visuals of red Turkish flags against the blue Aegean Sea ec [...]	2007-05-14 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1148	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1149	TURKEY: INTELLECTUALS OPPOSE MILITARY'S [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. A group of 500 intellectuals issued a declaration May 13 against the Turkish military's April 27 e-memorandum. Echoing the message of a May 7 statement by 205 intellectuals (reftel),the signatories rejected the e-memorandum: "We openly declare that we have the right [...]	2007-05-14 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA115	U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA1151	UNHRC - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 08:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC BO SI TU
07ANKARA1154	TURKISH MILITARY COURT ISSUES FIRST CONVICTION OF [...] (SBU) In its first sentencing of an active-duty general officer, a Turkish military court convicted Third Army Commander, and previous ISAF Commander, GEN Erdem Erdagi of misusing his authority by accepting a bribe for the award of a military construction tender during his 2002 to 2004 command [...]	2007-05-15 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR TU

07ANKARA116	TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL'S VISIT: SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Gonul's January 25-26 visit, preceding the February visits of Foreign Minister Gul and Chief of the General Staff GEN Buyukanit, provides an opportunity to reaffirm the US commitment on Iraq; urge a measured Turkish response to a possible Congressional Armenian [...]	2007-01-22 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AR
07ANKARA1160	Update on PKK Violence (April 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-05-15 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1161	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1163	TURKISH TREASURY OFFICIALS ON IRAQ DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish officials at Sharm expressed willingness to engage with Iraqi officials on the issue of official bilateral Iraqi debt to Turkey. Turkish Treasury officials continue to work on reconciliation of Iraqi debt, both with Turkish state institutions holding claims and with Ir [...]	2007-05-15 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN IZ TU
07ANKARA1164	DEMARCHE ON WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY II [...] (SBU) In further response to Ref A points (and post's interim Ref B response),MFA has passed us a written response from the Ministry of Health. 2. (SBU) The GOT agrees that all countries should cooperate in sharing influenza virus samples with the Global Influenza Monitoring Network unde [...]	2007-05-15 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AORC PREL KFLU TU
07ANKARA1165	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK [...] Per reftel request, we consulted with Aselsan Electronics Industries Director of Airborne and Naval Programs Metin Sancar on May 11 regarding license number 050003636 and agreement TA 0864-50. Sancar confirmed both the order and the end user. Sancar said that the contract under license no. 0 [...]	2007-05-16 08:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TU
07ANKARA1172	KAYSERI BOOMING; AKP MAY BE SLIPPING [...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting the Central Anatolian city of Kayseri on May 14, we found local business leaders and politicians unperturbed by the political dramas in Ankara. Members of the business community, famed for their entrepreneurial talents and "family values," seemed more interested in e [...]	2007-05-16 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV TU
07ANKARA1173	TURKEY: PARTIES ON THE "LEFT" AT LOOSE ENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A cloud of pessimism hangs over the proposed electoral alliance between the center-left Republican People's Party (CHP) and Democratic Left Party (DSP). Tiny, impotent DSP has already squandered much of its waning political capital, while CHP leader Baykal, playing to a public cr [...]	2007-05-16 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1174	SCENESETTER FOR TRANSCOM/CC GENERAL SCHWARTZ MAY [...] (C) Summary: Your arrival comes at a crucial political moment as the derailed presidential bid of FM Gul has forced an early parliamentary election scramble. The Turkish General Staff,s (TGS) April 27 harsh statement against the nomination of FM Gul as president, and Gul,s subsequent withdraw [...]	2007-05-16 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA1175	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1176	TURKEY LOOKS SERIOUSLY AT KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is a signatory to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),but has never signed the Kyoto Protocol. Turkish officials are looking seriously at the Kyoto Protocol, both because adopting it is a requirement of the daunting environment chapter of the EU "acqu [...]	2007-05-16 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR SENV EAGR TU
07ANKARA1177	ATOMIC ENERGY HEAD SEEKS COOPERATION -- UNDER A [...] (C) Turkish Atomic Energy Authority head Okay Cakiroglu told us May 16 that U.S. ratification of the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (PUNE) treaty is key to deeper bilateral cooperation on the entire range of nuclear energy issues. He confirmed Turkey's intention to develop nuclear power for [...]	2007-05-16 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KNUC ENRG ETTC IR TU
07ANKARA1178	TURKEY-IRAQ BUSINESS COUNCIL IS BULLISH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 8 meeting, Turkey-Iraq Business Council Chairman Ercument Aksoy asked for help on accessing Japanese soft loans for Iraq, gaining good attendance at the Iraq Trade Fair in Gazientep later this month, and removing onerous performance bond requirements on bidders for Iraq [...]	2007-05-16 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET BEXP TU IZ
07ANKARA1179	IS THE PKK CEASEFIRE ABOUT TO END? [...] (S/NF) Summary: There is increasing speculation that the PKK's unilateral ceasefire, which it declared in October 2006 and has somewhat observed, may end as soon as May 18. Even after declaring the ceasefire -- on jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's instructions -- the PKK publicly warned that it [...]	2007-05-16 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1180	TURKEY: AKP CONTINUES TO PUSH DIRECT PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary and comment. Unable to elect FM Abdullah Gul president through the existing parliamentary election process because of the newly enunciated quorum requirement, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has pushed through parliament a package of controversial constitutional ame [...]	2007-05-16 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1181	UNHRC ELECTION: MFA UNDERSECRETARY SIGNALS TURKEY [...] (C) Ambassador raised the UN Human Rights Council election issue (ref a) during a May 15 meeting covering various topics with MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Apakan. Ambassador noted that the candidacies of Slovenia and Bosnia should simplify Turkey's decision on whom to vote for and reitera [...]	2007-05-17 07:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC TU BO BK SI
07ANKARA1186	Turkish Bloggers Sound Off On Political Developments [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's blogging community, while small, mostly reflects the larger current of sentiment in the elite secular community. Through comments on newspaper websites and individual blogs, Turks are sounding off about secularist demonstrations, the upcoming elections, and Turkey's pol [...]	2007-05-17 11:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA1188	TURKEY/KOSOVO: GOT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AHTISAARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey continues to support the Ahtisaari process and his report, and is concerned about Russian objectives and veto threats. The GOT has reached out to some UNSC member states to urge support for Ahtisaari's plan, including both Indonesia and Qatar in the context of the Organiza [...]	2007-05-17 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI TU
07ANKARA1189	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1190	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF BELIEVES PKK CEASEFIRE WILL [...] (S) Turkish General Staff J-2 (Intelligence) LTGEN Guner told us May 17 that the Turkish military believes the PKK will end its self-declared ceasefire on May 18 and it has ordered its terrorist cadres to commence attacks on Turkish soil. Guner claimed the TGS has information that the PKK has [...]	2007-05-17 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA1191	TURKEY: KURDISH ACTIVIST ON CONTEMPORARY POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary and comment: A long-time Kurdish activist offered us a window into her tense, confused post-April 27 world. We have no way to judge the validity of her observations, but she conveyed a greater level of concern than usual. She described an unusually heavy military presence in Hak [...]	2007-05-17 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER PHUM TU
07ANKARA1192	MFA U/S APAKAN ON TURKEY'S ESDP COMPLAINTS, [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan told Ambassador on May 15 that Turkey's complaints about its role within the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) have not been resolved, but stated that Turkey was committed to a positive transition in Kosovo. Ambassador urged a rapid resolution of [...]	2007-05-17 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO TU
07ANKARA1195	ECONOMY MINISTER BABACAN: NEED FOR DEMOCRACY, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Economy and EU negotiator Ali Babacan told Ambassador May 16 that the AKP government takes a strong economic record into the upcoming elections, but worried that the credibility the AKP Government had worked so hard to build for Turkey could be quickly destroyed. He t [...]	2007-05-18 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
07ANKARA1196	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN NUCLEAR FORENSICS EXPERTS [...] We forwarded information concerning the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 30 (ref a). We included the offer from the US to pay for one representative from the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) and Turkish National [...]	2007-05-18 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY TU
07ANKARA1197	TURKEY: CONTROVERSY OVER PKK CEASEFIRE RAGES, [...] (S/NF) The Turkish press is filled with stories suggesting that major PKK violence will resume imminently (reftels). However, the PUK's Ankara representative, Bahros Galali, told us late May 17 that his contacts believe the PKK's unilateral ceasefire, which it declared in October 2006 but threa [...]	2007-05-18 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1198	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY'S NEW STRATEGY TO ENTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 09:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1199	TURKEY STILL SEEKS CLARITY ON POST-SHARM WORKING [...] (C) MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Apakan told the Ambassador May 15 that GOT Special Envoy Celikkol will soon travel to Baghdad. Celikkol hopes to finalize arrangements with the Iraqis on the Neighbors-plus working groups agreed at Sharm el-Sheikh and also consult with Amb. Crocker. Apaka [...]	2007-05-18 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ENRG EPET TU IZ
07ANKARA1202	Update on PKK Violence (May 1-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-05-18 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1203	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1205	TURKEY: TGS ON KOSOVO/ESDP DISPUTE: HARD LINE ON [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 5. 2. (C) Turkish D/CHOD Saygun called in DCM May 18 to discuss NATO deliberations on the Transition Directive for Kosovo. Saygun noted that SACEUR had called Turkish CHOD Buyukanit May 17 to urge that Turkey set aside its objections and [...]	2007-05-18 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EU TU
07ANKARA1206	TURKISH COURT OVERTURNS CONVICTIONS OF TWO ACCUSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkish appeals court on May 16 overturned the convictions of two jandarma non-commissioned officers (NCO) indicted for their role in the November 2005 bombing of a bookstore in the southeastern city of Semdinli and ruled that the case should have been tried by a military court. [...]	2007-05-18 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS TU
07ANKARA1207	TURKEY ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE ON TURKMEN GAS [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Apakan expressed concern about the Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan-Russia gas deal and told Ambassador that Turkey wants closer collaboration with the US on access to Turkmen gas. Ambassador offered to provide what information we have about the Russian agreement and encouraged Ap [...]	2007-05-18 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECIN PREL AJ TX KZ RS TU
07ANKARA121	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1210	MFA U/S APAKAN ON TURKISH IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCRS [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador May 15, U/S Ertugrul Apakan confirmed that the GOT sanctions decree against Iran called for under UNSCR 1737 is still with the Prime Ministry and had not been approved by the Council of Ministers. Apakan told Ambassador that Council of Ministers' approval was e [...]	2007-05-18 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM UNSCR IR TU
07ANKARA1215	TURKEY-RUSSIA RELATIONS: INTO THE BEAR'S DEN? [...] (C) Summary: Deepening economic and political ties between Russia and Turkey bear watching, but they do not signal a fundamental shift in Ankara's foreign policy orientation. Contacts believe Russia offers Turkey a sympathetic ear as both feel buffeted by a critical west. However, on key Turk [...]	2007-05-21 07:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET TU RS
07ANKARA1216	U/S APAKAN'S POINTS ON CYPRUS [...] (C) MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan told Ambassador on May 15 that Turkey hopes the UN report on Cyprus will contain a reference to the May 28, 2004 UN report. Apakan complained that the buffer zone was being extended at the expense of Turkish Cypriots. He provided Ambassador with a paper containin [...]	2007-05-21 08:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
07ANKARA1219	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March & April 2007 [...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Yasar Buyukanit gave his annual speech to the War College in Istanbul on March 16. In contrast to previous years, the speech was closed to the press, but was subsequently leaked to the media. In the speech, Buyukanit refrained from comment abou [...]	2007-05-21 10:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL FR AJ PK KS MK YI GM BU AL IT SI
07ANKARA1220	TURKEY: ADVOCATING A BROAD DEFINITION OF ARMS AND [...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Iran Desk Officer Aziz Sevi on May 18, emphasizing the comprehensive US interpretation of the definition of arms and related materiel that we believe applies to paragraph 5 of UNSCR 1747. We noted that this definition includes all items listed on the Was [...]	2007-05-21 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR TU
07ANKARA1223	TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 31-JUNE 1 OSCE [...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points and conference agenda May 16 jointly with Russian Embassy First Secretary Dmitri Zykov to Ceylan Oskiper, Head of Department for OSCE, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department, urging a high-level, mulit-sectoral Turkish delegation. Oskipper thanked u [...]	2007-05-21 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN TU
07ANKARA1229	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA123	Turkey: U.S. Companies Worried about Business [...] (SBU) Summary. Many U.S. companies in Turkey feel they are missing out on Turkey's economic boom. They blame the persistence of traditional ways of doing business, including corruption and opaque regulatory practices, but also fault U.S. companies' lack of awareness of the substantial impro [...]	2007-01-23 11:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP PREL TU
07ANKARA1230	Update on PKK Violence (May 1-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-05-21 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1232	TURKEY: MFA ON KOSOVO/ESDP DISPUTE [...] (C) We followed up on the possibility of compromise language on the Kosovo Transitional Directive mentioned by D/CHOD Saygun (ref a) with MFA NATO Deputy Director General Serdar Kilic on May 21. Aware of our May 18 conversation with Saygun, Kilic provided a copy of NATO document MCM-0118-200 [...]	2007-05-21 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EU TU
07ANKARA1233	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun called us and Russian polcouns Dimitri Zykov in on May 21 to notify us officially of the Turkish government's decision to lower its level of participation in the Global Initiative based on Cyprus' admission as a partner. Speaking on instr [...]	2007-05-21 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP ETTC CY TU
07ANKARA1239	GOT ABRUPTLY FIRES ITS SPECIAL ENVOY TO COMBAT PKK [...] (C) Summary: On May 21, the Turkish government fired its Special Envoy to combat the PKK, GEN (r) Baser, citing the general's negative public comments on the trilateral (U.S.-Iraq-Turkey) process. The GOT named MFA Deputy Undersecretary Akgunay as his replacement, signaling a continuation of [...]	2007-05-22 09:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL TU UZ US
07ANKARA124	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1242	Scenesetter for the Visit of CODEL Nelson/Lott to Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a time of domestic political tumult and continued Turkish anxiety over Iraq and the PKK. Turkey stands at a crucial political crossroads as early parliamentary elections near. Officials here will be eager for an update on the ongoing congressional debate ove [...]	2007-05-22 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR
07ANKARA1243	Scenesetter for the Visit of the Congressional Study Group [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a time of domestic political tumult and continued Turkish anxiety over Iraq and the PKK. Turkey stands at a crucial political crossroads as early parliamentary elections near. Officials here will be eager for an update on the ongoing congressional debate ove [...]	2007-05-22 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR
07ANKARA1244	TURKEY: ONE MFA VIEW ON THE MILITARY [...] (S) A trusted mid-level MFA contact who works on Iraq issues confided to us May 21 that TGS is taking a more assertive role in day-to-day foreign policy questions, especially as the country's domestic political crisis deepens. With FonMin Gul increasingly distracted by election processes, TGS [...]	2007-05-22 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1245	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1246	TURKEY AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER [...] (C) We delivered ref a points on May 18 to Dr. Selcuk Sancar in the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department, emphasizing that the U.S. does not support a total ban on cluster munitions (CM) and hopes the Oslo process does not result in a document calling for a virtual ban on all such munit [...]	2007-05-22 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA1248	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL KATZ (MAY 26-29) [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Staff Delegation Katz. Jeffrey Collins, Political Officer will be your Control Officer for Ankara, Turkey. He can be reached at Office: 011-90-312-457-7191; Cellular: 011-90-532-620-3849. Katharina Gollner-Sweet, Public Affairs Off [...]	2007-05-23 06:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM TU IS
07ANKARA1249	TURKEY: ANKARA EXPLOSION: POLICE CONCLUDE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 08:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CMGT PGOV TU
07ANKARA1250	GOT ON IRANIAN ASYLUM SEEKER PEJMAN: UNLIKELY TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 08:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE IR TU
07ANKARA1257	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1258	TURKEY'S MILITARY AND DEMOCRACY [...] (S) The Turkish military's April 27 memorandum that fueled the political crisis here was followed by a virtual black-out with the military refusing to speak with either domestic or foreign contacts. The silence was broken recently when D/CHOD Saygun volunteered an explanation of the militar [...]	2007-05-23 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1259	TURKEY REVIEWING REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Per reftel request, we approached MFA Middle East Head of Department Sedat Onal on May 23 with the urgent request for a donation of ammunition to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and for continued public statements by the Turkish government in support of the Lebanese government and the LAF [...]	2007-05-23 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU LE
07ANKARA1260	TURKISH FM GUL ON BASER DISMISSAL [...] (c) During a meeting May 22 on various subjects, Turkish FM Gul commented to Ambassador on the government's dismissal May 21 of special envoy for combating the PKK Gen. Edip Baser. Gul said the government has gotten fed up with Baser's public comments. He had criticized the government and it [...]	2007-05-23 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER US IZ TU
07ANKARA1261	BRITISH REPORT ON TURKEY/EU DISCUSSIONS WITH FRANCE [...] (C) According to the British ambassador in Ankara, PM Blair and Chancellor Merkel made little progress with French President Sarkozy in recent discussions regarding Turkey and the EU. 2. (C) Blair reportedly talked at length with Sarkozy regarding Turkey during their meeting in early May. [...]	2007-05-23 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EUN TU
07ANKARA1264	TURKEY'S PRESIDENT SEZER NOT A NEUTRAL PLAYER [...] (C) Summary and comment. President Ahmet Necdet Sezer remains in office indefinitely after Turkey's abortive presidential election, at least until a new parliament convenes after July 22 elections and attempts to elect his successor. Some give Sezer high marks as the last defense against th [...]	2007-05-24 05:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA1265	TURKISH LEADERS DEPLORE BOMB ATTACK [...] (U) Summary and comment. Turkish leaders, including, notably, pro-Kurdish politicians, roundly condemned the May 22 bombing in downtown Ankara that killed six and injured over 90 persons (reftel). PM Erdogan denounced terrorism and called for solidarity, as did main opposition Republican Peo [...]	2007-05-24 05:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV TU
07ANKARA1271	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 12:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1272	IMF Board Approval Amid Local Debate [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Board's May 18 review of Turkey's stand-by program focused on the risk of fiscal slippage during an election, a risk also identified by many local analysts. Approval of the $1.1 billion IMF tranche also coincides with a rekindled debate about what form Turkey's future [...]	2007-05-24 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
07ANKARA128	TURKEY: ADVANCE SPECIAL 301 INITIATIVE RESPONSE [...] (U) Turkish officials welcomed the opportunity to work with us on intellectual property issues in advance of the regular "Special 301" season. We coordinated with several Turkish government agencies, including the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU),which is responsible for ensuring that Tur [...]	2007-01-23 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV TU
07ANKARA1281	TURKEY: ANKARA BOMBING, MINE INCIDENT RAISING [...] (U) Summary: The May 22 Ankara bombing combined with a PKK landmine/IED that killed six Turkish soldiers and wounded numerous others May 24 in Sirnak province, have raised the temperature on a possible cross-border operation (CBO). The PM has put the ball in the Turkish General Staff's (TGS) [...]	2007-05-25 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1282	TURKEY: DIRECT LEBANESE REQUEST FOR AMMUNITION [...] (C) On May 24, DCM and visiting TRANSCOM Commander Gen. Schwartz raised the LAF ammunition request with Deputy Chief of Staff GEN Ergin Saygun and J-4 Logistics Chief LTG Arslan. We also notified the MFA Middle East Department and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) of the specific request for 105 [...]	2007-05-25 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER TU LE
07ANKARA1283	TURKISH-AMERICAN PROJECT LAUNCHES GAS PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With political speeches and fireworks alarmingly close to a heroic gas plume, the U.S. oil development company Toreador feted new gas production at its Black Sea facility on May 20. Toreador has overcome significant problems in bringing its production on line and connecting i [...]	2007-05-25 11:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET BEXP EINV TU
07ANKARA1286	TURKEY - PUSHING ON THE SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials express concern about the announced Russia-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan gas agreement, worried that momentum is shifting away from the "southern gas corridor" and Turkey's transit role. Turkish officials want to redouble efforts to work with Turkmenistan, Iraq, Aze [...]	2007-05-25 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ
07ANKARA1288	TURKEY: ALEVI GROUPS WEIGHING ELECTION OPTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA129	TURKEY/IRAN: TURKISH MILITARY LOOKING TO IRAN FOR HELP ON PKK [...] (S/NF) The Turkish military has long been stalwart in opposing any deepening of ties between Turkey and Iran. The TGS (Turkish General Staff) sees Iran as one of its principal strategic threats and has been quite outspoken with us and with the Erdogan government in expressing concern about governme [...]	2007-01-23 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR PTER IR IZ TU
07ANKARA1291	TURKISH DCHOD COMPLAINS ABOUT US F-16 OVERFLIGHT [...] (S) The Turkish Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun informed DCM on May 24 that two US F-16 aircraft violated Turkish airspace when they crossed the border from Iraq at approximately 12:01 that afternoon and crossed back into Iraq at 12:02 (Note: It is unclear whether th [...]	2007-05-25 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA1292	TURKISH VIEWS ON AI SAMPLE SHARING AND RETENTION OF VARIOLA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkey (GOT) strongly supports viral sample sharing with the WHO in support of scientific research. Turkey's response to last year's significant number of human AI cases was perceived as robust and cooperative with international partners and regional neighbors [...]	2007-05-25 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR TBIO AORC PREL KFLU TU
07ANKARA1293	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] We spoke with Roketsan General Director Huseyin Baysak and Roketsan Procurement Director Nevzat Caglayan May 25 concerning the use of U.S. Munitions List infrared camera systems in Roketsan's infrared laboratory. The Roketsan officials ensured us that Roketsan facilities are secured by electr [...]	2007-05-25 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TU SW
07ANKARA1294	TURKEY INFORMED ABOUT OPEN-ENDED SEMINAR TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC TU
07ANKARA1295	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA13	TURKEY-IRAQ WATER TALKS - FORMULAIC BUT TALKING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-04 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV EAGR KPAO OEXC SCUL TU IZ
07ANKARA1300	F-16 VIOLATION OF TURKISH AIRSPACE: PRESS [...] (C) The Turks first contacted us on May 24 to raise what they described as an obvious unintended violation of their airspace earlier in the day (ref a). In that discussion, D/CHOD Saygun told DCM that he was bringing the issue to our attention simply to avoid accidents in the future. We subs [...]	2007-05-29 12:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA1302	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1306	TURKEY REQUIRES SYRIAN CARGO PLANE TO LAND [...] (S/NF) MFA Deputy Director General for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Basat Ozturk told us late May 29 that Turkish authorities had required the Syrian cargo aircraft suspected of illicit arms transfers (reftels) to land for inspection at Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey. The aircraft compli [...]	2007-05-29 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL TU IR SY
07ANKARA131	IRAN EXPORT CREDIT DEMARCHE -- TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Eximbank is open only for short-term trade credit to Iran. Its total volume of transactions in 2006 was only $72 million. The MFA official to whom we delivered ref a demarche expressed doubt that Turkey would take actions that go beyond UN sanctions on Iran. End Summary [...]	2007-01-23 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ETTC TU IR
07ANKARA1310	TURKEY PLANS BLACK SEA OIL SPILL RESPONSE EXERCISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Private industry, the Turkish Government, and other Black Sea littoral states are planning a comprehensive oil spill response exercise September 19-20 at Eregli on the Turkish Black Sea coast, preceded by a series of planning workshops. Industry observers give the Government of [...]	2007-05-30 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EPET EWWT MARR TU RS GG RO
07ANKARA1315	TURKISH PRESIDENT VETOES NUCLEAR ENERGY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 8 the Turkish Parliament passed the long pending Nuclear Energy Law, but on May 24 President Sezer vetoed the legislation based on a few technical provisions concerning privatization and government obligations. Even in the unlikely event that the parliament overturns the [...]	2007-05-30 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
07ANKARA1316	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1317	UN COUNTERTERRORISM COMMITTEE REINFORCES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: A group of experts from the UN counter-terrorism committee's Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) visited Turkey May 11-21 to consult on Turkey's counter-terrorism regime, write a report, and identify training needs and other follow-up. The UN group honed in on [...]	2007-05-30 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN TU
07ANKARA1318	TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT TRANSFER OF SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials and MPs have expressed deep concern about the May 30 handover of security responsibility in northern Iraq from MNF-I to the KRG. The Turks' main concerns appear to be about control of the Iraq-Turkey border, but also extend to an apparent expansion of wha [...]	2007-05-30 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1319	TURKEY: U/S APAKAN'S EMOTIONAL APPEAL ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Apakan told Ambassador on May 29 that the Turkish government and military are irritated with NAC deliberations on NATO-EU cooperation in the Kosovo transition and oppose NATO's subordination to the EU. He repeated Turkish frustration with EU resistance to its [...]	2007-05-30 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EU TU
07ANKARA132	U/S BURNS MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA U/S APAKAN -- [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting in Ankara, Turkish U/S Ertugrul Apakan told U/S Burns that Turkey supports the U.S. strategy of reinforcing Iraq with additional troops. He appealed for U.S. help on the PKK and for a delay in Kirkuk referendum. Apakan expressed concern about Iranian infl [...]	2007-01-24 08:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ IR
07ANKARA1323	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT APPROVES EXTENSION OF TURKEY'S [...] (SBU) ON MAY 29, THE TURKISH GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVED THE EXTENSION OF TURKEY'S DEPLOYMENT TO UNIFIL UNTIL AUGUST 31, 2008. THE GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED THE MOTION AT THIS TIME IN THE EXPECTATION THAT PARLIAMENT WOULD NOT BE IN SESSION FOLLOWING JULY 22 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WHEN THE C [...]	2007-05-31 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR UN LE TU
07ANKARA1324	TURKEY: ANTI-PKK ENVOY AKGUNAY WANTS CONCRETE [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, Ambassador reviewed the state of play on anti-PKK efforts with Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay, who replaced retired General Edip Baser as Turkey's envoy for combating PKK terrorism following Baser's May 21 dismissal (ref b). Ambassador noted progress on U.S.-Turke [...]	2007-05-31 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1326	TURKISH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS ON IRAQI BORDER: [...] (S) Summary: The Turkish military has substantial forces in the southeastern region, as reported previously, and is using those forces aggressively in counter-terrorist operations against the PKK. In this highly charged pre-election atmosphere, exacerbated by the May 22 Ankara bombing and the [...]	2007-05-31 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA133	U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Turkish National Security Council President Yigit Alpogan told U/S Burns January 19 that 2007 would be a challenging year for bilateral relations. The Turkish government hopes passage of an Armenian genocide resolution in the U.S. Congress can be averted, fears relations with the U.S. wil [...]	2007-01-24 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NATO IZ IR KPAL EPET ENRG ZK
07ANKARA1331	TURKEY: STILL CONSIDERING AMMUNITION FOR LEBANESE [...] (C) WE CONTINUE TO PRESS THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER PROVIDING EXCESS AMMUNITION, ESPECIALLY 105MM TANK ROUNDS, TO THE LEBANESE ARMED FORCES (LAF) ON AN URGENT BASIS (REFTELS). AMBASSADOR RAISED THE ISSUE IN THE COURSE OF A MAY 29 MEETING WITH MFA UNDERSECRETARY APAKAN. APAKAN REPORTE [...]	2007-05-31 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS LE TU
07ANKARA1335	TURKEY: SANCTIONS ON SUDAN HIGHLY UNLIKELY [...] (C) According to Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, Turkey is highly unlikely to implement unilateral economic sanctions against Sudan. Raif Karaca, MFA Department Head for Africa, told us May 31 that the GOT would not get out front on economic or other sanctions against Khartoum, [...]	2007-05-31 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC UN SU TU
07ANKARA1336	TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHIEF JUSTICE BERATES [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Responding to comments Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan made on NTV May 29, Constitutional Court President Tulay Tugcu issued a forceful press statement the afternoon of May 30, asserting that the PM had insulted the court, sought to put the executive above the judiciary, [...]	2007-05-31 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1337	GOT IRAQ ENVOY SEES POSITIVE SIGNALS FROM GOI ON [...] (S/NF) Summary: GOT Special Envoy Celikkol was encouraged by his May 27-28 visit to Baghdad, he told the Ambassador May 30. PM Maliki welcomed increased Turkey-Iraq cooperation and sent positive signals on the PKK, as did other politicians (even including DPM Salih). Celikkol said he was tol [...]	2007-06-01 08:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER ENRG ETRD TU IZ SY
07ANKARA134	U/S BURNS' LUNCH WITH TURKISH MFA U/S APAKAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan exchanged views on Afghanistan, Kosovo, Cyprus, the Halki Seminary, the possibility of an Armenian genocide resolution in the US Congress, and Central Asia at a working lunch January 19 that followed a m [...]	2007-01-24 10:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA1344	TURKEY ALARMED ABOUT AFGHANISTAN; ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Apakan contacted Ambassador on May 31 to register Turkey's concern about developments in northern Afghanistan and to seek U.S. intercession. He said that conditions have deteriorated, especially in the north. Tension is rising and clashes have occurred between the cent [...]	2007-06-01 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL AF TU
07ANKARA1345	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-01 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1346	TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PACKAGE GOES BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On May 31st, Parliament re-passed the constitutional amendment package that would, i.a., provide for direct popular election of the president, over President Sezer's initial veto. The package now bounces back to Sezer. After 15 days, Sezer can either approve it or se [...]	2007-06-01 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1347	PKK TRAIN DERAILMENT REVEALS ARMS FROM IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Weapons were found in the wreckage of a Turkish train coming from Iran and bound for Syria derailed by a PKK mine in Bingol province on May 25. Chief of Defense General Yasar Buyukanit confirmed to reporters the presence of un-manifested weapons on the train. See ref for othe [...]	2007-06-01 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETTC PTER US IR SY TU

07ANKARA1348	THE U.S. AS POLITICAL FOOTBALL IN TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary and comment: As Turkey's parliamentary election campaign heats up, all players will use any hook to drag the US into the campaign. The name of the game is to embarrass, trip up or sideline PM Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP). The context includes an overheated polit [...]	2007-06-01 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU US
07ANKARA1349	DANCING ON KNIFE'S EDGE: GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Amidst the charged environment of renewed PKK violence and the current political crisis, the AKP government and military continue to publicly debate by whom and how a cross-border operation (CBO) against PKK camps in northern Iraq would be ordered. This high-stakes game -- combine [...]	2007-06-01 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA135	TURKEY REQUESTS CONTINGENCY SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Turkish Consul General to Mosul, H. Avni Botsali, plans to deploy permanently in early February. Botsali told us that -- despite some tense moments -- he has a good relationship with Ninewah Governor Kashmoula, though [...]	2007-01-24 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA1350	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUROPEAN DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to European Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza. Your Control Officer for Ankara is Political Officer, Anthony Renzulli. He can be reached at Embassy: 011-90-312-4576-7178; Home: 011-90-312-442-1804; Cell: 011-90-554-671-4877. [...]	2007-06-01 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TU LA NO
07ANKARA1351	TURKEY/NATO/ESDP: UK NATO PERMREP MAKES LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: UK NATO PermRep Stewart Eldon made little headway with the Turks during May 30 ESDP/Kosovo discussions in Ankara. The UK plans to encourage NATO SYG Solana to offer proposals prior to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Summit in Istanbul, June 24-25. In meetings with MFA [...]	2007-06-01 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EU TU
07ANKARA1352	SULEYMANIYAH INCIDENT HITS RAW NERVE; TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: The encounter between Turkish Special Forces and Peshmerga security units in Suleymaniyah on June 1 sparked a reaction throughout the Turkish government. The Turkish General Staff issued a public statement about the encounter which included a warning that another such incident w [...]	2007-06-02 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA136	U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH FM GUL [...] (S) SUMMARY: FM Gul expressed shock during a meeting January 19 with U/S Nicholas Burns at the murder several hours earlier of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, which he feared might weaken prospects for fending off a possible Armenian "genocide" resolution in the U.S. Congress. He expr [...]	2007-01-24 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA1360	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-04 05:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA137	TURKEY PROPOSES IRAQI RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the U.S.'s strategy for Iraq but remains deeply concerned about the lack of political consensus in Baghdad or the PKK and Kirkuk issues, GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Celikkol told visiting PDAS James Jeffrey on Jan. 19. Jeffrey explained the thinking behind the Pres [...]	2007-01-24 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU IZ IR
07ANKARA1370	TURKEY ON RUSSIA'S CFE CONCERNS AND HLTF [...] (C) We shared reftel points with MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun on June 1. Gun subsequently called us in on June 4 to provide MFA feedback in advance of the HLTF meeting. Gun reported that the Russians had circulated a second, more focused paper [...]	2007-06-04 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA1371	CODEL NELSON AND CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Bulent Arinc met May 28 with Codel Nelson and the Congressional Study Group on Turkey. Arinc focused his remarks on the solid, longstanding bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Turkey as well as Turkish concerns about the situation in Iraq a [...]	2007-06-04 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1372	CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP ON TURKEY, CODEL NELSON [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Erdogan and FM Gul met May 28 with Codel Nelson and the Congressional Study Group on Turkey. An unusually upbeat Erdogan focused on the solid footing of the US-Turkish strategic relationship and Turkey's efforts to contribute to regional peace and stability, including in Af [...]	2007-06-04 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS TU US IZ SY AM LE
07ANKARA1373	CODELS NELSON AND WHITFIELD MEETING WITH D/CHOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Chief of Defense General Ergin Saygun briefed Codels Nelson and Whitfield on May 28 on Turkey's contributions to regional peace and stability. He complained that some European nations were seeking to re-define trans-Atlantic security at NATO's expense. He described the [...]	2007-06-04 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL MARR TU
07ANKARA1374	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) We pressed ref a points June 4 with MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ahmet Muhtar Gun, urging Turkey to consider sending a higher level delegation to the GI meeting in Astana and stressing our efforts to ensure all partners understand the GI is not an appropriate forum for airi [...]	2007-06-04 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIC KNNP PREL CY TU
07ANKARA1376	TURKISH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DISMISSES US [...] (C) GEN Aslan Guner, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Intelligence branch (J-2) informed us on June 1 that TGS is not upset about the May 24 incident in which a US F-16 crossed over into Turkish airspace for several minutes, stating that the Turkish media had overblown the situation. G [...]	2007-06-04 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA1379	TURKEY HOSTS BSEC SUMMIT - USG ATTENDANCE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on Secretary Rice's March message to FM Gul promising participation by a senior State Department official in the June 25 BSEC Summit in Istanbul (ref B) is an important opportunity to emphasize USG support for BSEC and our bigger objective of encouraging economic a [...]	2007-06-04 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV KCRM TU
07ANKARA1381	TURKEY'S CENTER-RIGHT: A HOUSE DIVIDED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The eagerly anticipated merger of two center-right parties fizzled out over the weekend of June 2, running aground over mismanagement, mistrust, and massive egos. By bungling the merger, the two parties squandered the advantage they had to offer a viable alternative [...]	2007-06-04 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1390	TURKEY/IRAQ: MESSAGE RECEIVED ON MUQTADA AL-SADR [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche June 5 to MFA Head of Section for Iraq Aydin Selcen. Selcen reported that GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Celikkol had met with Sadrist representatives during his May 27-28 visit to Baghdad, and that the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad maintained contacts with some Sadr [...]	2007-06-05 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA1392	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1393	STATUS OF TURKISH ACTION ON IRAN SANCTIONS, BANK [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA officials claim that Turkey is on the verge of implementing UNSCR 1737, and will then implement 1747. Turkey will report to the Security Council on the status of its implementation of 1747 once it can confirm to the UN that it has implemented 1737. In the meantime, MF [...]	2007-06-05 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP TU IR
07ANKARA1396	TURKEY COMPLAINS ABOUT US C-130 CHAFF/FLARE [...] (SBU) We received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry on June 4 registering a complaint that on May 20 a US C-130 transiting Turkish airspace en route from Iraq to Romania released chaff and flares just over the Iraqi border in Cizre, Turkey, and requesting the Embassy urge relevant US [...]	2007-06-05 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA1397	TURKEY: HOPE TO HAVE DECISION ON AMMUNITION FOR [...] (C) DURING A JUNE 6 MEETING FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON EVENTS IN AFGHANISTAN (REPORTED SEPTEL) AMBASSADOR PRESSED MFA DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA FERIDUN SINIRLIOGLU FOR A DECISION ON WHETHER TURKEY CAN PROVIDE EXCESS AMMUNITION, ESPECIALLY 105MM TANK ROUNDS, TO THE LEBANES [...]	2007-06-05 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS LE TU
07ANKARA1398	TURKISH ALARM ABOUT AFGHANISTAN ABATES; PRESSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOT BELIEVES THE JUNE 3 FIRING OF JOWZJAN PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR JUMA KHAN HAMDARD HAS TEMPORARILY ALLEVIATED TURKEY'S MOST IMMEDIATE CONCERN THAT TENSIONS BETWEEN AFGHANI PRESIDENT KARZAI AND WARLORD GENERAL ABDUL RASHID DOSTUM WOULD BUBBLE OVER. ACCORDING TO MFA OFFICIALS, KAR [...]	2007-06-05 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS AF TU
07ANKARA1399	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 05:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1406	REQUEST FOR INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS ON IRAN'S [...] (S) We need to keep Turkish military and government authorities focused on the medium to long-term threat posed by an Iran with nuclear weapons and long range delivery systems. As part of this effort, we must continue to stress with the Turks the geopolitical and physical dimensions of the th [...]	2007-06-06 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MCAP MNUC KNNP ETTC IR TU
07ANKARA141	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1411	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1412	TURKEY-IRAN ADVANCE ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although negotiations have been long and difficult, Turkey continues to dally with Iran on energy cooperation. The visit of the Iranian Energy Minister (who is responsible for energy and electricity, but not oil and gas, issues) and a possible reciprocating visit by Guler to Ira [...]	2007-06-06 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU IR
07ANKARA1413	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAY 2007) [...] Summary: Coordination continued for Turkish officials attending training events in June including: Radiation Detection and Response (RADACAD) training, International Rail Interdiction Training, and UGA Export Control Academy. Additional training opportunities were proposed to the Government [...]	2007-06-06 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA1414	ENCOURAGING ARMENIAN PARTICIPATION AT BSEC SUMMIT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The June 25 BSEC Summit in Istanbul will be the flagship event of Turkey's BSEC Chairmanship, and the fifteenth anniversary of the organization. Apart from OSCE and Council of Europe, BSEC is the only multilateral forum in th [...]	2007-06-06 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL TU AM AJ
07ANKARA1415	TURKEY TO CONSIDER SCREENING SELECT IRANIAN AND [...] (S) Per ref a request, we approached the MFA South Asia Affairs and Aviation Affairs Departments to ask Turkey to deny overflight clearance to, or request inspection of, all Iranian and Syrian State aircraft that request overflight approval. South Asia Head of Department Murat Ahmet Yoruk qu [...]	2007-06-06 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PTER TU IR SY LE
07ANKARA1416	TURKEY: MURDERS OF CHRISTIANS IN MALATYA: [...] (C) Summary. Malatya residents are still trying to make sense of the brutal April 18 slaying of three Christians by a group of young men. The prosecutor told us he has not yet found any evidence that the killers were acting with outside support or inspiration, though some believe dark forces [...]	2007-06-07 05:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ANKARA1417	TURKISH MFA DETAILS IRANIAN ARMS FOUND ON TRAIN; [...] (C) Summary: MFA South Asia Department Director Ahmet Murat Yoruk listed for us on June 6 the arms recovered from a Turkish freight train derailed in a PKK terrorist attack in eastern Turkey May 25, including mortar shells, RPG barrels, rifle rounds, and smoke bombs. Yoruk said the MFA has de [...]	2007-06-07 06:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PARM IZ SY TU
07ANKARA142	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, December 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on December 28. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq and the Iraq Study Group's report were discussed and Turkey's relat [...]	2007-01-24 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL AJ KG GR YI TS PK IS TU
07ANKARA1427	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (MAY 16-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-06-07 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA143	TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: NO NEW CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK TU
07ANKARA1432	JUNE 6 PRESS REPORTS OF A TURKISH CROSS-BORDER [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Turkish government officials, including PM Erdogan and FM Gul, publicly dismissed June 6 press reports that Turkish troops, backed by F-16s, conducted a cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq against the PKK terrorist organization. Iraqi Kurdish officials echoed tha [...]	2007-06-07 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PTER PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1433	ICRC SEEKS TO ESTABLISH ROLE IN TURKEY AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: ICRC is working to establish a permanent presence in Turkey and to bring the Turkish Red Crescent into conformity with Geneva standards, according to the ICRC's new Turkey representative. ICRC also hopes to be able to establish contact with PKK detainees and to use Turkey as a co [...]	2007-06-07 10:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM TU IZ
07ANKARA1437	TURKEY: GOVERNING AKP MOVES TO CENTER, PURGES [...] (C) Summary and comment: The biggest story of Turkey's just published election lists is the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) overhaul of its roster, boosting the party's centrist bona fides and purging much of the specifically Islamist wing and those who voted "no" on March 1, 200 [...]	2007-06-07 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL TU
07ANKARA1439	TURKEY: ELECTION LISTS GIVE GLIMPSE OF OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recently published unofficial election lists signal hidden messages and give clues to opposition parties' campaign plans. Nominally center-left opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) oriented itself as a party opposed to threats to the state, with ruling Justice and Devel [...]	2007-06-07 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA144	DINK ASSASSINATION LEADS TO NATIONAL SOUL-SEARCHING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE AM TU
07ANKARA1440	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-07 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1441	TURKISH MILITARY ESTABLISHES TEMPORARY SECURITY [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) website on June 7 posted the coordinates of four areas within the southeastern provinces of Siirt, Sirnak and Hakkari that will be designated as Temporary Security Zones for the purposes of military operations. Entry into and exit from these zones will be r [...]	2007-06-07 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PTER TU
07ANKARA1442	UNAMI CONSULTS IN TURKEY FOCUS ON KIRKUK: TURKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) Deputy Schulenburg used meetings with GOT officials in Ankara to push for greater realism and a more coherent policy on Kirkuk. He emphasized that the issue of Kirkuk's future status is an emotional problem, not a rational one, and posited th [...]	2007-06-07 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN IZ TU
07ANKARA1449	TURKISH MILITARY CALLS FOR PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO [...] (SBU) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) posted on its website (www.tsk.mil.tr) late in the evening of June 7 a press announcement regarding the recent (PKK) terrorist incidents in Turkey. The statement noted that Chief of Staff Buyukanit had predicted a rise in terrorist attacks; criticized tho [...]	2007-06-08 10:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER TU
07ANKARA1451	TURKEY: ONE OF THE NEW BREED OF AKP CANDIDATES - [...] (C) Mehmet Simsek is an unknown in Turkish politics. But he now has the #1 slot on the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) election list in Gaziantep, virtually ensuring him entry to parliament after the July 22 election - and his possible elevation as minister. Who is Simsek and why [...]	2007-06-08 11:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR TU
07ANKARA1452	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-08 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1454	TURKEY-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS: FOCUS ON EU-NATO [...] (C) During June 4 EU Troika-Turkey consultations in Ankara, headed for the Turks by FM Abdullah Gul and State Minister/lead EU negotiator Ali Babacan and on the EU side by German FM Steinmeier, Turkey-EU-NATO relations was one of many topics discussed. According to German DCM Pruegel, FM Gul [...]	2007-06-08 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV EUN NATO TU
07ANKARA1455	STAFFDEL ASHWORTH HEARS TURKISH VIEWS ON IRAQ, NATO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Special Representative for Iraq Ahmet Oguz Celikkol told Staffdel Ashworth May 29 that reluctance from Baghdad is preventing Turkey from doing more for Iraq, including assistance with restructuring its Defense and Interior Ministries. The GOT fears most the breakup of I [...]	2007-06-08 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ TU
07ANKARA1456	TURKEY UNLIKELY TO MAKE MORE ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS IN [...] (C) We presented to MFA NATO Affairs Head of Department Ihsan Kiziltan on June 6 reftel request on critical ISAF shortfalls and the urgent need for more allied contributions of troops and equipment. Drawing on background points provided, we emphasized the current gaps in the Regional Command [...]	2007-06-08 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF TU
07ANKARA1457	AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA; PRESSES GOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador pressed MFA U/S Apakan in a June 8 meeting on Iran issues, including implementation of UNSC Resolutions 1737 and 1747 and on reporting the May 25 train incident involving Iranian arms bound for Syria to the Security Council. On the train incident, Apakan noted Deputy [...]	2007-06-08 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MOPS PARM MARR KNNP ETRD TSPL EU
07ANKARA146	TURKEY AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER [...] (C) The GOT shares U.S. concerns about efforts to restrict cluster munitions (CM) outside of the framework of existing weapons conventions, according Dr. Selcuk Sancar, Advisor, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament. In response to our explanation of the U.S. position and inquiries c [...]	2007-01-25 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA1464	TURKISH MILITARY RAISES CONCERNS WITH US WEAPONS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Turkey has complained about a proposed large-scale arms transfer to Iraq that officials here fear will lead to more leakage of arms, munitions and explosives to terrorist groups in that country, including the PKK. Large-scale [...]	2007-06-11 07:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA147	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1470	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1476	TURKEY: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on June 11 to MFA Head of Department for South Asia Ahmet Yoruk and South Asia Desk Officer Ilhan Sener. MFA was familiar with the cases of Dr. Esfandiari and of Robert Levinson. Yoruk said he understood the importance of this issue to the United States and re [...]	2007-06-11 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IR TU
07ANKARA1477	TURKEY ELECTION LISTS POSTSCRIPT: CONVICTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Supreme Election Board's (SEB) scrub of proposed candidates for the election has cut out some would-be candidates for parliament and prompted one minor party to withdraw from the election altogether. The SEB's ruling that 131 of parliamentary candidate-applicants f [...]	2007-06-11 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1481	TURKEY - COVERING OLD GROUND ON TRANSIT TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered familiar ground on gas transit in a June 9 meeting. Ambassador pushed for Turkey and Azerbaijan to meet to resolve issues on the current gas contract, and even more importantly to establish the transit approach for future gas to [...]	2007-06-12 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ IR
07ANKARA1482	TURKEY: PRESSURE MOUNTING FOR MILITARY TO ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Erdogan called for a special security meeting today to discuss the latest PKK attacks and Turkey's response. Press reports characterize the meeting as an opportunity to get interagency consensus on the way forward to combat the PKK and pave the way for a possible decision at t [...]	2007-06-12 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA149	TURKEY: DEMOCRATIC LEFT PARTY'S ZEKI SEZER: WHOLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the chairman of the Democratic Left Party (DSP),heir to Bulent Ecevit, Zeki Sezer. DSP has played an historically important role in Turkey (ref A),but won less that two percent in the 2002 elections. It continues to poll poorly and would only cross the 10 [...]	2007-01-25 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1492	PROPOSAL FOR INL-FUNDED IPR TRAINING FY 2007 [...] (U) This message was coordinated with USPTO. 2. (U) As requested ref A, this message provides a proposal for FY '07 INL-funded regional IPR training. PROJECT ------- 3. Program on Border Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights TARGET: Turkish Customs Service LOCATION: Turk [...]	2007-06-12 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR KCRM TU
07ANKARA1494	NOT PROTESTING TOO MUCH? IRAQI MFA CALLS IN [...] (C) Following up on press reports that the Iraqi MFA had handed an official note of protest to the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad on June 9, we called June 12 on MFA Head of Department for Iraq Fazli Corman. Corman confirmed that Iraq's MFA Undersecretary Mahmoud had indeed called in the Charge a [...]	2007-06-12 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1496	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1498	TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT RETIRES: [...] (U) Summary. Turkey's Constitutional Court President Tulay Tugcu will retire on June 12, opening the way for President Sezer to appoint a new justice to the high court. Sezer will fill the vacancy by choosing from among three nominees yet to be selected by the Council of State (Danistay). Cu [...]	2007-06-12 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1499	Conference Supports Innovation in Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary. An AmCham-organized, Embassy-supported conference on "Innovation" highlighted to Turkish business and policy leaders how business-friendly policies can promote economic development and job creation. The conference completes one of the actions agreed to during the February mee [...]	2007-06-13 08:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR KPAO TU
07ANKARA15	TURKEY'S WINTER GAS WOES AND MEASURES [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 10:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET BEXP TU IR RS
07ANKARA150	TURKEY OFERS TO HOST MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: TURKEY HAS OFFERED TO HOST A PROSPECTIVE PAGE 02 RUEHAKA0150 C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 000150 ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SUMMIT AND/OR TRILATERAL MEETING INVOLVING SECRETARY RICE SHOULD SUCH A MEETING INVOLVING PM OLMERT AND ABU MAZEN TAKE PLACE. CONTINUING PM ERDOGAN'S ELECT [...]	2007-01-25 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL TU IS
07ANKARA1505	TURKISH-GEORGIAN RELATIONS: DEEPER AND DEEPER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Turkish MFA Deputy Undersecretary Unal Cevikoz (a former Ambassador to Baku) visits Washington from June 18-20 for consultations on South Caucasus and Central Asia. Cevikoz is likely to identify the strengthening relationship between Turkey and Georgia as a major co [...]	2007-06-13 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ECIN ETRD SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU
07ANKARA1506	MFA DEPUTY U/S CEVIKOZ ASKS FOR U.S. HELP GETTING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Africa, Asia and Pacific Affairs Unal Cevikoz told Ambassador on June 12 that he is very pleased with the comprehensive program planned for his Washington visit next week. Cevikoz greatly appreciates US [...]	2007-06-13 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE AM TU
07ANKARA1507	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1509	FIRST US-TURKEY MIL-MIL COMBINED PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the initial bilateral US/Turkey Combined Planning Committee (CPC) meeting, hosted by the US European Command J-5 on May 22-24 in Stuttgart, US and Turkish action officers exchanged views and developed proposals on a full range of military-to-military cooperation. Separate [...]	2007-06-14 05:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS MASS TU
07ANKARA1512	"Next Generation" Turkish Economic Reforms [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey is enjoying strong economic performance, with real GDP growth averaging over 7% per year for the past five years, government debt down, and inflation nearing single digits. Medium-sized "Anatolian Tigers" are thriving alongside traditional business conglomerates and Ista [...]	2007-06-14 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
07ANKARA1513	"Next Generation" Turkish Economic Reforms [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey is enjoying strong economic performance, with real GDP growth averaging over 7% per year for the past five years, government debt down, and inflation nearing single digits. Medium-sized "Anatolian Tigers" are thriving alongside traditional business conglomerates and Ista [...]	2007-06-14 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
07ANKARA1515	TURKEY-EU TROIKA MEETINGS: TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey-EU Troika consultations held June 4 in Ankara were constructive and served to underscore the continued mutual commitment to pursuing eventual Turkish EU membership, according to GOT and EU officials. Turkey's membership aspirations continue, and the technical process, thou [...]	2007-06-14 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU TU
07ANKARA1516	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-14 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1520	SCENESETTER FOR AMB SCHULTE'S JUNE 20 [...] (C) Turkey's officials continue to acknowledge Iran's nuclear program as a threat, but the current domestic political crisis, as well as concerns over PKK terrorism and Iraq, have kept Iran off the front burner. Your June 20 DVC with Turkish journalists will help us keep the threat posed by a [...]	2007-06-15 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM PINS ENRG IR TU
07ANKARA1524	TURKEY EXPANDS POLICE AUTHORITY [...] (U) Summary. President Sezer approved on June 13 amendments to Turkey's police power law that expand authority to stop and search, fingerprint and photograph and use force. Human rights lawyers, NGO's and intellectuals are concerned the amendments will unduly augment police authority. In a [...]	2007-06-15 09:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TBIO TU
07ANKARA1527	TURKEY: DEPUTY DEFENSE CHIEF DISMISSES RUMORS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun claimed on June 14 that, contrary to rampant press speculation, the Turkish military is not planning to impose a security buffer zone in northern Iraqi territory along the shared border. At the same time, he emphasized there must be [...]	2007-06-15 11:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA1528	TURKEY: SENIOR OFFICIALS APPROACHED FOR HELP WITH [...] (C) After an initial approach at working levels regarding the issue of missing/detained Amcits in Iran (ref b),we have used more senior-level meetings to elicit Turkish assistance. In addition to the points in ref a, we have noted Turkey,s helpful role when UK service personnel were detained [...]	2007-06-15 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PHUM PREL IR TU
07ANKARA153	IS TURKEY CONSIDERING A NEW PATH ON IRAQ POLICY? [...] (C) We met Jan. 23 with the new GOT Deputy Special Envoy for Iraq, Murat Ozcelik. Ozcelik (please protect),who had been slated to become the MFA's spokesman but at the last minute moved into this position, told us that FonMin Gul had asked him to pursue some new policy directions on Iraq with [...]	2007-01-25 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD ECON ENRG TU IZ
07ANKARA1530	UNSCR 1747/OECD: TURKEY NOT EXTENDING EXPORT [...] (C) We delivered refs a and b points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bilateral Economic Relations Chief of Section Mustafa Sarnic June 15. Sarnic reported that the Turkish export credit agency (Turkish Eximbank) extends no credit to the Iranian public sector. Sarnic expressed Turkish support [...]	2007-06-15 12:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN EXIM OECD UN IR TU
07ANKARA1531	ACTION REQUEST: U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES IN CYPRUS [...] (U) Action Request. See Para 5. 2. (C) During a June 14 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza on broader Cyprus issues (reported septel),MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Northeast Mediterranean and Americas Haydar SIPDIS Berk reiterated GOT concerns about perceived USG non-enforcement of the A [...]	2007-06-15 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CY GR TU
07ANKARA1532	ACTION REQUEST: TURKS SEEK USG HELP TO FACILITATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PM Erdogan is inviting Iraqi PM Maliki to visit Turkey later this month to discuss bilateral issues, including security and energy, and the Turks have asked for USG support in convincing Maliki to accept the invitation. The G [...]	2007-06-15 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA1533	TURKISH FM TRAVELING TO DAMASCUS AND BEIRUT [...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East and South Asia Feridun Sinirlioglu told Ambassador June 15 that FM Gul will travel to Damascus on June 21 and on to Beirut on June 22. Sinirlioglu said that in Damascus, Gul will seek to moderate Syria's reaction to the establishment of the [...]	2007-06-15 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP SY LE TU
07ANKARA1535	EU-TURKEY ENERGY CONFERENCE - MISSED OPPORTUNITY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Expectations for a strong European statement in support of Turkey's role in gas transit to Europe were unrealized at the June 5 "Turkey and the EU: Together for a European Energy Policy" Conference in Istanbul, which was attended by Commissioners Rehn and Piebalgs and senior GOT [...]	2007-06-15 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV TU
07ANKARA1536	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-15 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1537	Government Officials Deny Election-year Fiscal Loosening [...] (SBU)Summary: A series of Government announcements on fiscal policy have led to increased suspicions of populist, election-year fiscal loosening. The most high-profile and IMF-unfriendly of these was the announcement of Value-Added Tax rate cuts for tourism food and restaurants. 2007 tax reve [...]	2007-06-15 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
07ANKARA1538	TURKISH MFA U/S APAKAN INSISTS ON "AGREED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan told Ambassador June 13 that Turkey will continue to insist that Agreed Framework language must be included in Kosovo transition documents. Turkey,s goal is to prevent the participation of Cyprus in EU operations with NATO; the other issues Turkey has raised [...]	2007-06-15 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EU NATO TU
07ANKARA1539	TURKISH PRESIDENT SENDS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT [...] (U) President Sezer declined on June 15 to approve a controversial constitutional amendments that would allow for direct presidential elections, sending the package to referendum instead. Sezer also plans to apply to the constitutional court to annul the amendments on unspecified procedural g [...]	2007-06-15 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1540	TURKEY CONCERNED ABOUT UNSCR DRAFT LANGUAGE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials have raised concerns with us regarding language in the draft UN Security Council resolution on UNFICYP mandate renewal. The GOT believes the resolution, as it stands, fails to portray fully and objectively the situation in Cyprus. In particular, GOT officials regre [...]	2007-06-15 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN CY TU
07ANKARA1541	UPATE ON TURKISH PROSECUTION OF AQ KHAN NETWORK [...] (C) Summary: The prosecution of individuals accused of being part of the AQ Khan network (reftel) continues. During a visit to the Bakirkoy Court in Istanbul on June 8, 2007, we obtained information that cases against the four surviving defendants from the Techno-Electric company present in T [...]	2007-06-15 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA1545	TURKEY REVIEWING REQUEST TO DENY OVERFLIGHT [...] (S) Per reftel request, we met with MFA Aviation Department Head Hamit Olcay and South Asia Department Head Murat Yoruk on June 18 to request that Turkey deny overflight clearance to reftel Syrian Arab Airlines aircraft, in accordance with UNSCR 1718. Olcay checked with the MFA flight clearan [...]	2007-06-18 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR PARM PREL MNUC TU KN SY AM KZ TI TX UZ
07ANKARA1553	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1554	THE GUAM ORGANIZATION: PRE-SUMMIT DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA South Caucasus Desk Officer Yavuz Kul. Kul noted that Turkey follows the group, and said that member countries have solicited Turkey's more active involvement, believing it will strengthen the organization. Turkey, however, is only represented by its Am [...]	2007-06-18 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AJ GG MD UP TU
07ANKARA1555	SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL LAMENTS MILITARY'S "CONTROL" [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official who works on Iraqi issues (not the same official cited reftel) lamented to us June 15 that the military is using the PKK issue to direct both Turkey's Iraq policy and the domestic political situation. He believes the usual balance between civilian and milita [...]	2007-06-18 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TU IZ IR
07ANKARA1556	TURKISH MFA CONSULTATIONS WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East and South Asia Feridun Sinirlioglu used his consultations in Tehran June 10-14 to review developments in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Lebanon. In debriefing Ambassador June 15, Sinirlioglu said he pressed for but did not get an explanation [...]	2007-06-18 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV IZ AF IR TX TU
07ANKARA1560	TURKEY: PROMINENT KURDISH INTELLECTUAL URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR TURKISH DEMOCRATIZATION, RAPPROCHEMENT WITH NORTHERN IRAQ [...] Summary: (C) In a meeting with Adana PO, prominent Kurdish author Mehmet Uzun urged the U.S. to establish a permanent military presence in Northern Iraq to protect the democratic advances of the KRG, which he believes will catalyze liberalization elsewhere in the region. He discounted the pro [...]	2007-06-19 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA1561	TURKISH PRESIDENT ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK DIRECT [...] (U) Turkey's president filed a petition with the Constitutional Court on June 18, asking the court to annul the constitutional amendment package that would move the country to direct presidential elections (reftel). The Court will combine Sezer's challenge, which is based on procedural defec [...]	2007-06-19 09:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1567	GUIDE TO TURKISH BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's cornucopia of business organizations is often impenetrable and confusing to outsiders. Following is a brief introduction to the major players. More on each is available on Intellipedia (classified) under the title "Turkish Business Associations." End Summary. ---- [...]	2007-06-19 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BBSR ECON TU
07ANKARA1569	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-19 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

07ANKARA1571	Update on PKK Violence (June 1-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-06-20 10:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1573	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-20 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1577	ONE VIEW ON TURKEY'S IRANIAN DIASPORA (C-TN7-00225) [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to one expert at a leading Turkish think tank, the Iranian population in Turkey numbers no more than fifty thousand, most of whom are students or other short-term economic migrants. Due to a fear of Iran's intelligence services, the Iranian community in Turkey maintai [...]	2007-06-21 06:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL SCUL AJ IR TU
07ANKARA1578	TURKEY: WIPO TREATIES RATIFIED IN MAY 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 8, Turkey published in its Official Gazette the ratification of WIPO's Copyright Agreement and Performances and Phonograms Treaty, a priority action listed for Turkey in USTR's 2006 Special 301 report. Foreign Trade Undersecretariat officials tell us that Turkey should co [...]	2007-06-21 06:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR USTR TU
07ANKARA1581	TURKEY: PRE-ELECTION TENSIONS HIGH IN THE SOUTHEAST [...] (C) Summary: Kurds in southeastern Turkey feel increasingly squeezed by a lethal combination of political, economic and geopolitical factors. In addition to pre-election political pressure, an increase in PKK violence and continued economic stagnation, community leaders believe Kurds in the [...]	2007-06-21 08:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER TU
07ANKARA1589	SYRIA TO NORTH KOREA FLIGHT DID NOT OVERFLY TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR PARM PREL MNUC TU SY NK
07ANKARA159	TURKISH MFA MEETS ARMENIAN DFM: PROGRESS BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: The January 24 meeting in Istanbul between Turkish MFA DG Resit Uman and Armenian DFM Kirakossian, which MFA undertook on FM Gul's instruction, appears to have made some progress in the countries' ongoing discussion about establishing commissions to look at both the events of 1915 [...]	2007-01-26 09:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM
07ANKARA1590	TURKEY: ONE VOICE FROM VAN - WE ARE AT THE TIPPING [...] (C) Summary and comment: Lamenting that he had to focus on politics instead of economics, the Chamber of Commerce president in the eastern city of Van expressed serious concern over Turkey's current political-military conjuncture, predicting that if all parties do not engage in dialogue, the [...]	2007-06-21 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER TU
07ANKARA1591	NATIONALIST GROUP REQUESTS PROSECUTION OF KRG [...] (C) Summary: A nationalist group in Diyarbakir has filed a petition with the provincial prosecutor's office requesting that charges be brought against KRG President Barzani and members of his family. The petition accuses the Barzanis of providing support and safe-haven for PKK terrorists in Ir [...]	2007-06-21 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1593	TURKEY: COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVES CONTINUATION [...] Post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry on June 21, 2007, advising that the Council of Ministers adopted, on 17 May 2007, Decree No. 12189 extending the validity of the bilateral agreement for US use of Incirlik Air Force Base as a logistics hub to move non-lethal supplies to [...]	2007-06-21 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA1598	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH MFA CAUCASUS DG UMAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Matt Bryza met in Ankara on June 14 with MFA Director General for Caucasus and Central Asia Resit Uman and MFA Director General for Policy Planning Altay Cengizer. DAS Bryza shared his views on the previous week's disappointing meeting of the Azeri and Armenian Presidents on [...]	2007-06-22 07:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV NATO OSCE AJ AM GG RU TU ZJ
07ANKARA16	TURKEY-IRAQ WATER TALKS - FORMULAIC BUT TALKING [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Turkey and Iraq held their second bilateral water dialogue in 2006 in Ankara on December 14. Like the earlier May 24 meeting, delegations repeated long-held positions and quibbled over the agenda and language. The two sides agreed to meet again, and the Iraqis again proposed [...]	2007-01-05 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV EAGR KPAO OEXC SCUL TU IZ
07ANKARA160	ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN TURKEY: MORE, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary. According to the Heritage Foundation's 2007 Index of Economic Freedom (IEF),Turkey has made impressive strides in reducing the dead weight of government interference in the economy and economic decision-making over the past five years. This helps explain Turkey's similarly i [...]	2007-01-26 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BEXP PGOV TU
07ANKARA1600	WARNING FROM TURKISH FORCES COMMANDER ON IRAQ [...] (S) Mission LNO on Turkey's border with Iraq was called in urgently the evening of June 21 by the local Turkish Special Forces brigade chief of staff and G-3 to be advised of intelligence on PKK plans to attack Turkish forces stationed in Iraq and receive notice of Turkey's intention to retalia [...]	2007-06-22 09:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER EUN TU US
07ANKARA1603	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 11:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1604	TURKEY/IRAQ: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT TURKISH [...] (S) Local Turkish military authorities at Silopi on the Turkey-Iraq border conveyed a warning to U.S. military LNO late June 21 that Turkish forces would respond massively to any attack against Turkish military forces stationed in northern Iraq, claiming they had intelligence an attack by the [...]	2007-06-22 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1605	TURKEY CONFIRMS INTENT TO NOTIFY UNSC ABOUT [...] (C) MFA South Asia Head of Department Murat Yoruk confirmed on June 22 that Turkey fully intends to fulfill its obligations under UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 and notify the Security Council about the discovery of an Iranian weapons cache on board the train that derailed on May 25 in the Genc district [...]	2007-06-22 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PARM IZ SY TU
07ANKARA1606	TURKEY: POLLSTERS PREDICT AKP WIN, LONG-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY. A cross section of leading pollsters from Ankara and Istanbul agreed that public opinion in Turkey shows deep polarization, disaffection and fear about the future. Most significantly, all agree that under today's conditions and barring unforeseen interventions, the ruling Justice [...]	2007-06-22 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1608	TURKEY - ENTHUSIASM FOR TURKENISTAN AND IRAQ GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 13 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler gave a positive and enthusiastic read-out of his recent trip to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Guler was confident that an off-shore Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan connection was workable and wants Turkey [...]	2007-06-25 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ
07ANKARA161	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1616	COMMERCE D/S SAMPSON ENCOURAGES TURKEY TO RESOLVE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 5-9 visit to Turkey, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Dr. David Sampson discussed ways to improve SIPDIS the bilateral economic relationship with Turkey's Foreign Trade Minister, the Chairman of Turkey's largest business organization, and the Foreign Minister and [...]	2007-06-25 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR TU
07ANKARA1619	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1620	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, May 2007 [...] The 8th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the biennial Turkish defense fair) was held on May 22-25 in Ankara. 494 companies (333 foreign and 161 Turkish firms) from 48 countries participated in the fair, including 42 American companies. Many high level officials from different count [...]	2007-06-25 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL GG MK BK AF GR EG AJ QA BA SA LE
07ANKARA1626	SECTION 505 AGREEMENT AND EXCHANGE OF DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Post sent a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 18 enumerating the revised section 505 conditions (reftel) under which the Government of Turkey will handle articles and services from the US for the purpose of peacekeeping operations within the South Eastern E [...]	2007-06-25 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GR IT TU KPKO KTIA MARR MASS PGOV PREL
07ANKARA1628	TURKEY/NATO: TURKISH GENERAL STAFF VIEWS ON NATO [...] (C) Turkish Chief of Defense Buyukanit told visiting USAFE Commander Gen Hobbins June 22 that Turkey supports the NATO Response Force (NRF) concept and has earmarked forces for it. However, he claimed, there has been an effort to change the NRF concept from that of a "first-in/first-out" force [...]	2007-06-26 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EUN
07ANKARA1630	USAFE GENERAL HOBBINS DISCUSSES IRAQ AIR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Chief of Defense Gen Buyukanit and Turkish Air Force Chief Comert told USAFE Commander Gen Hobbins June 22 that Turkey is sensitive about U.S. reconnaissance and other aircraft operating close to the Turkish border in northern Iraq. Buyukanit warned that even small inc [...]	2007-06-26 08:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PTER MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1633	TURKEY: MFA U/S APAKAN - MILD OPTIMISM ON [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary (U/S) Apakan reviewed for Ambassador June 21 SIPDIS Turkey's dialogue with the European Union (EU) and France on accession and bilateral relations issues. Turkey views both discussions with cautious optimism. Apakan also updat [...]	2007-06-26 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU FR
07ANKARA1634	Update on PKK Violence (June 16-22, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-06-26 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1644	ICAO ASSEMBLY: TURKEY INTERESTED IN SUPPORT BUT STILL [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to MFA civil aviation officials, Turkey is interested in supporting several of the U.S. positions at the upcoming ICAO General Assembly, but Turkish officials will begin to meet in the next few weeks to formulate [...]	2007-06-27 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ECON TU
07ANKARA1651	PKK VIOLENCE -- AND PRESSURE FOR CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Ongoing PKK violence has made terrorism a top issue in campaigning for July 22 parliamentary elections. PM Erdogan faces pressure from nearly all sides to authorize a cross-border operation into northern Iraq -- and that pressure will inevitably increase in the days ahead. End s [...]	2007-06-27 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1652	TURKEY: ANGER TOWARD THE US IN SMALL-TOWN ANATOLIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. A visit to an Anatolian village and its nearby subprovincial capital provided a window into the deep anger many small-town citizens currently feel toward the United States. Preoccupied by daily reports of "our sons" being killed by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists in th [...]	2007-06-27 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1657	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY (JUN 30 - [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Alan Makovsky. Your control officer for Ankara will be Political Officer, Christina Bobrow. She can be reached at Office: 011-90-312-457-7250, Home: 011-90-312-491-7700; Cell: 011-90-555-358-6803. Your control officer for Is [...]	2007-06-27 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OREP TU GM
07ANKARA1658	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1660	TURKEY UNSATISFIED WITH CURRENT STATE OF EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey received the June 26 EU decision to open only two negotiating chapters rather than three with calm frustration. Turkish negotiators and business representatives reject the EU's technical justifications presented for not opening the economic and monetary union chapter, ar [...]	2007-06-27 16:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ECIN ETRD EUN FR TU
07ANKARA1670	GENERAL STAFF SPEAKS OUT -- AGAIN -- ON PKK TERROR [...] (C) Summary: Senior commanders briefing journalists at a commando training area in western Turkey June 26 rejected press allegations that Turkish troops are not properly trained to fight PKK terrorists, reiterated the military's belief that a cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq is [...]	2007-06-28 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1671	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel request, we met with Guvenli Yasam (Full name: Guvenli Yasam Is Guvenligi San. Tic. Ltd. Sti.) Founder/Owner Hasan Deliduman in late May regarding license number 05-050042160. Deliduman confirmed all details of the contract, including the order for 250 Camelbaks (Model: Camelbak Ch [...]	2007-06-28 10:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EG ETTC KOMC TU
07ANKARA1672	TURKISH IMPLEMENTATION OF IRAN SANCTIONS INCHING [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials informed us that the Council of Ministers has signed the decree implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1737. The decree now is awaiting the Prime Minister's and President's signatures before coming into effect. End Summary. 2. (C) MFA Iran desk checked w [...]	2007-06-28 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP TU IR
07ANKARA1673	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1674	TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF AFGHAN RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: In keeping with the high priority it attaches to Afghanistan, the Turkish Government plans to send Under Secretary Apakan (D equivalent) to the Rome Conference. Although Turkey will be supportive of Rule of Law initiatives it will not be in a position to pledge additional monies f [...]	2007-06-28 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS EAID AF TU
07ANKARA1676	IRAQ DEBT TO TURKEY -- INTERIM RESPONSE [...] (C) We flagged to Turkish Treasury Under Secretary Ibrahim Canakci that the U.S. would be approaching Turkey again on the Iraq debt issue once a new government is formed. Canakci noted that Turkey continues to meet with Iraq's outside advisors to reconcile Turkish claims on Iraq, now including [...]	2007-06-28 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ TU
07ANKARA1679	TURKEY: A TALE OF TWO (SUB-PROVINCIAL) CITIES - [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two sub-provincial capitals and several villages in Ankara province provide a window into parties' election preparations. Rival parties delivered the same angry message on US policies on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),Iraq, and Israel. The visits also gave us a glimpse int [...]	2007-06-29 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1683	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GUREVICH [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Gene Gurevich. Your control officer for Ankara will be Political Officer, Christina Bobrow. She can be reached at Office: 011-90-312-457-7250, Home: 011-90-312-491-7700; Cell: 011-90-555-358-6803. Your control officer for Is [...]	2007-06-29 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OREP TU GE
07ANKARA1685	TURKEY'S BSEC BILATERALS: ARMENIA, GREECE, GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey held 38 bilaterals on the margins of the 15th Black Sea Economic Cooperation Commission (BSEC) June 25 summit (SEPTEL) in Istanbul. Key among those were FM Gul's meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian and PM Erdogan's meetings with Greek PM Karamanlis, and Georgi [...]	2007-06-29 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG GR TU
07ANKARA1686	Mission Turkey: FAST Forward [...] (U) Mission Turkey's First and Second Tour (FAST) contingent is comprised of twenty-four generalists and fifteen specialists, assigned to Ankara, Istanbul, and Adana. The Mission's FAST program of professional development culminates each year in a day-long conference dedicated to discussion an [...]	2007-07-02 05:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KSPR TU
07ANKARA1687	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 06:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1693	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1695	TURKEY: CONTINUED SUPPORT TO STOP FLOW OF FOREIGN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Special Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol July 2. Celikkol, who is well informed on the issue, responded that the Turks have repeatedly told Damascus that for the sake of the entire region, they need to take the necessary measures to cut the flow o [...]	2007-07-03 04:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY IZ TU
07ANKARA1699	TURKEY TO CONSIDER CONTRIBUTION TO UN/AU OPERATION [...] (U) Per reftel request, we met with MFA Head of Department for Africa and East Asia Raif Karaca on July 3 to request Turkey consider a contribution of military troops and/or police officers to the UN/AU Hybrid Operation to be stood up in Darfur, Sudan. Karaca was familiar with the mission and [...]	2007-07-03 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS TU SU
07ANKARA17	TURKEY'S WINTER GAS WOES AND MEASURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Occurring each winter at Turkey's peak need, the Iranian announcement January 3 that it had to stop natural gas exports to Turkey in order to meet its own requirements was not unexpected. Turkey had already embarked on compensating measures after Iran's initial December reducti [...]	2007-01-05 10:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET BEXP TU IR RS
07ANKARA1703	TURKEY STILL UNDECIDED ON AMMUNITION CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) Summary: We followed up with MFA Head of Department for Middle East Affairs Sedat Onal on July 2 to press for a contribution of 105MM and 155MM ammunition to the Lebanese Armed Forces to assist in their continuing battle against Fatah al-Islam. Onal said that, with national elections two [...]	2007-07-03 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER PREL PGOV TU LE
07ANKARA1705	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1708	Update on PKK Violence (June 23-30, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-07-03 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1709	Azeri Gas Arrives, Contract Issue Unresolved [...] (SBU) Summary. After months of delay, Turkish officials confirm that natural gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz field should begin flowing into Turkey in the next few days despite the lack of resolution to the issue of the contract period. The head of Azerbaijan's SOCAR is coming to Turkey wi [...]	2007-07-05 05:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV TU
07ANKARA1710	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHANDARLIS, [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to CBP delegation of Mr. Michael Chandarlis, Mr. Patrick Christian, and Mr. Bobby Picket to travel to Ankara to conduct an EXBS Targeting and Risk Management Training Course from July 6 to 18, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be [...]	2007-07-05 06:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PARM TU
07ANKARA1714	CHP'S PLATFORM - FEARMONGERING AND HANDOUTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Combining fear-mongering and saber-rattling with promises of handouts, the nominally center-left Republican People's Party (CHP) has crafted a platform so audacious it might actually work. The party devotes most of the platform to condemning the ruling Justice and De [...]	2007-07-05 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1718	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] As per reftel request, we spoke with Aselsan (Full name Aselsan Electronics Industries Inc.) Purchasing Manager Mehmet Ali Akcoray on June 22 regarding license number 05-1008088. Akcoray relayed our questions to Aselsan's technical section, which confirmed the receipt of 255 UAV rings and all [...]	2007-07-05 09:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EG ETTC KOMC TU
07ANKARA1720	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-05 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1723	CERA Energy Conference Highlights Caspian Gas Transient and [...] (SBU) Summary. Over 250 government and industry representatives attended the tenth annual "East Meets West" Executive Conference in Istanbul, June 26-27, for two full days of presentations and discussions of energy security, resource access, oil and gas transit, and the impact of climate cha [...]	2007-07-06 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV TU
07ANKARA1727	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA173	DINK KILLING BRINGS DARK SIDE OF TRABZON INTO THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1731	TURKEY: HIGH COURT REJECTS CHALLENGES; [...] (U) Summary: Late July 5, Turkey's Constitutional Court (CC) announced that it had rejected appeals from main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and President Sezer that would have annulled the constitutional amendment package that provides for, i.a., direct election of the president. [...]	2007-07-06 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1732	STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY'S MEETINGS WITH MFA OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate July 2 meetings, HCFA Senior Staff Member Alan Makovsky discussed the Armenian Genocide Resolution (AGR),Middle East and regional issues and Cyprus with MFA U/S Apakan, Deputy U/S Cevikoz and Deputy U/S Berk. Apakan reviewed his recent consultations in Israel, noting [...]	2007-07-06 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PTER AJ AM IR IS
07ANKARA1733	TURKEY: AKP IN THE PROVINCES - TOP DOWN IS THE [...] (C) Summary and comment: A series of trips to Turkey's provinces have made it clear that PM Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) has turned into the top-down Erdogan machine. He picked the candidate lists, he set the priorities and the platform. If AKP returns to government, all wi [...]	2007-07-06 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1735	Turks Positive on Iraq Neighbors Energy Group [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate July 5 meetings, MFA Iraq Special Envoy Oguz Celikkol and Iraq desk official Yagmur Guldere gave positive readouts of the June 28-29 Energy Working Group (EWG) experts meeting of the neighboring countries of Iraq. The Iraqi participants gave detailed presentations [...]	2007-07-06 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1737	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE- [...] Summary: Twenty-four Turkish National Police (TNP) officials attended Department of Energy Radiation Detection Training; fifteen Turkish Customs officials attended Customs and Border Protection (CBP) International Rail Interdiction Training and three Government of Turkey officials attended [...]	2007-07-06 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA1738	TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT MALIKI "CONCESSIONS" TO KURDS [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Iraq Special Envoy Oguz Celikkol is worried that PM Maliki, under siege from Sunni and other groups, is making political concessions to Kurdish politicians -- including on Kirkuk -- in order to maintain his grip on power. Celikkol's effort to work through Maliki spoke [...]	2007-07-06 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA1739	DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO GOT REGARDING US DFENSE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points regarding US defense articles in Cyprus to MFA Deputy U/S Haydar Berk on July 6. Ambassador emphasized our desire to be transparent, noted previous discussions with the Turkish General Staff on the problem of Greek-supplied US defense articles in Cyprus [...]	2007-07-09 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CY GR TU
07ANKARA174	SOMO STOPS FUEL PURCHASES FROM TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. Iraq's state oil company SOMO cut off without warning all imports of fuel products via Turkey at the start of 2007. About 200 fuel tankers are stuck in the Iraqi border town of Zakho since December 28 while SOMO refuses to accept delivery of their loads. Efforts of Turkish tra [...]	2007-01-26 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EPET PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1741	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY MEDEVACS INJURED FROM TUZ [...] (SBU) Action request at para 4. 2. (SBU) The Foreign Ministry's Iraq office expressed to us their appreciation for USG assistance in facilitating the dispatch of two Turkish military medevac aircraft to Kirkuk on July 8 to pick up 21 Iraqis severely injured in the July 7 bombing in Tuz Kor [...]	2007-07-09 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MARR PHUM IZ TU
07ANKARA1742	TURKEY: AKP PLATFORM: "DON'T LEAVE THE JOB [...] (C) Summary. Unveiling his party's platform, PM Erdogan stressed stability and security if voters return his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power in Turkey's July 22 general election. Their focus is on accomplishments to date, with a call to voters, in their words, not to leave [...]	2007-07-09 09:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ANKARA1744	TURKEY SUPPORTS PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OECD TU
07ANKARA1745	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1748	PKK DEFECTORS CLAIM US SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATION [...] (s) Turkish MFA U/S Apakan convoked Ambassador July 7 to convey information on allegations of US support for the PKK made by PKK figures who surrendered to Turkish authorities June 29 in Sirnak (near the border with northern Iraq). Apakan noted the press reporting on the surrender and on the a [...]	2007-07-09 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA1749	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CYPRUS WITH TURKISH MFA [...] (c) Summary: Ambassador encouraged Turkey, in conversations with MFA U/S Apakan and Deputy U/S Berk July 6 and 7, to look for ways to avoid the appearance of intransigence on Cyprus and take advantage of Papadopoulos' vulnerability at home and in some EU capitals. He also urged a forthcomin [...]	2007-07-09 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
07ANKARA175	TURKEY OBJECTS TO NGO GENEVA CALL CONSULTATIVE [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ahmet Muhtar Gun convened Pol-Mil Counselor January 26 to register the Turkish government's strong objection to the request of the NGO "Geneva Call" to establish consultative status with ECOSOC. He asserted that Geneva Call has signed a so-calle [...]	2007-01-26 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER UN
07ANKARA1755	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-10 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1756	Second Turkey-Iraq-US Gas Study Meeting in Istanbul [...] (SBU) Summary. During the second trilateral gas working meeting held in Istanbul on Saturday June 30, Turkey's Under Secretary for Energy Sami Demirbilek reassured Iraqi PM Maliki's oil advisor Abd al-Ilah al-Amir and the Iraqi Ambassador, Dr. Jawad al Hindawi, of Turkey's intention to find way [...]	2007-07-10 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA176	EXBS: TURKISH PARLIAMENT RATIFIES NP COOPERATION [...] The Turkish Grand National Assembly approved the "Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the United States of America Regarding Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Non-Proliferation Purposes" following debate on January 24, 2007 [...]	2007-01-26 17:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
07ANKARA1761	REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG TU
07ANKARA1763	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1769	ONE MAN'S VOICE - YUSUF ALATAS, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a recent conversation, Yusuf Alatas, a long-time Embassy contact, independent thinker and outgoing president of Turkey's Human Rights Association (IHD),was pessimistic about the current political situation and enormously skeptical as to whether the pro-Kurdish Dem [...]	2007-07-11 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
07ANKARA1771	TURKEY: OPPOSITION LEADER BAYKAL CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: In separate meetings with Ambassador and Staffdel Makovsky, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Deniz Baykal and CHP vice chair Onur Oymen outlined the party's election platform and plans. In both meetings, Baykal was focused and responsive. He re [...]	2007-07-11 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PTER PREL TU US
07ANKARA1778	TURKEY: THE PRO-KURDISH DTP - ITS ELECTION AND [...] (C) Summary: The largest and most influential pro-Kurdish political party, the Democratic Society Party (DTP),running candidates as independents, seems set to take some two dozen seats in the July 22 parliamentary election. This is enough seats to form a parliamentary group and -- if DTPers s [...]	2007-07-12 08:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER TU
07ANKARA1781	TURKEY: KURDS ARE NOT A MONOLITH [...] (U) This is a message from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: In the Western media, Turkey's Kurds -- about 15 percent of the total population -- are frequently described as "restive," implying that members of this minority are all disaffected and favor separating from Turkey. This misperc [...]	2007-07-12 08:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER TU
07ANKARA1782	TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: WORRIED ABOUT JOBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Separate discussions with Turkish students bound for America and several American English Language Fellows (ELFs) assigned to universities across Turkey for the past year provided insights on anti-Americanism, Turkey's secular-religious divide, election concerns, and the impact o [...]	2007-07-12 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1783	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1784	TURKEY: OPPOSITION PARTIES PLAYING TO TEN: MHP, [...] (C) Summary and comment. The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP),Youth Party (GP),and Democrat Party (DP) -- all significantly weaker than the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) -- are scrambling to garner votes in the July 22 general [...]	2007-07-12 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1785	REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] (SBU) As discussed in ref email to many of you and based on the widespread interest among chiefs of mission in the area, Mission Turkey proposes to host a Regional Energy COM Conference in Istanbul on September 20-22, 2007. Its purpose will be to consider our Caspian energy strategy and how we [...]	2007-07-12 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG TU
07ANKARA1787	TURKEY U/S FOR ENERGY SAMI DEMIRBILEK BLAMES [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Under Secretary for Energy Sami Demirbilek discussed stalled negotiations with Greece and Italy for Turkish transit of Azeri gas. Demirbilek voiced frustration with the Greek position, which insists on excluding Greek gas distributors from the requirement of 15 percent " [...]	2007-07-13 05:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV TU
07ANKARA1789	REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] (SBU) As discussed in ref email to many of you and based on the widespread interest among chiefs of mission in the area, Mission Turkey proposes to host a Regional Energy COM Conference in Istanbul on September 20-22, 2007. Its purpose will be to consider our Caspian energy strategy and how we [...]	2007-07-13 07:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG TU
07ANKARA1791	Update on PKK Violence (July 1-7, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2007-07-13 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1792	TURKEY: PRE-ELECTION ENVIRONMENT IS PEACEFUL, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a political environment lately caught up in existential questions, the normalcy of the current election environment provides a reassuring contrast. Debates are lively but treading familiar paths. While the parties are seized with election fervor, Turkey isn't getting carried [...]	2007-07-13 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1793	PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN: CONSTRUCTIVE START TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 6, Ankara hosted the first meeting of the Afghanistan-Pakistan-Turkey Joint Working Group (JWG),established by the leaders of the three counties at their April 2007 summit meeting in Ankara. The deputy foreign minister-level meeting identified various confidence buildin [...]	2007-07-13 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PREF PBTS SNAR AF PK TU
07ANKARA1795	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-13 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1796	TURKISH AMMUNITION CONTRIBUTION TO LEBANESE ARMED [...] (C) We followed up with MFA Head of Department for Middle East Affairs Sedat Onal on July 10 to press for a contribution of 105MM and 155MM ammunition to the Lebanese Armed Forces to assist in their continuing battle against Fatah al-Islam. Onal repeated pre-election political concerns repor [...]	2007-07-13 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER PREL PGOV TU LE
07ANKARA1797	DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADER AGAR BETS ON THE POWER OF [...] (C) Summary and comment. In a July 13 meeting, Democrat Party (DP) leader Mehmet Agar told the Ambassador he is optimistic that DP can win enough votes to cross Turkey's ten percent threshold and secure parliamentary seats in the July 22 general elections. Agar is counting on solid media co [...]	2007-07-16 06:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA180	CFE: TURKEY MAKES NEW FLANK ENTITLEMENT OFFER [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us January 29 that the Turkish government is now prepared to offer 35 (thirty-five) tank and 20 (twenty) ACV flank entitlements from its headroom vice the original offer of 63 tank entitlements. He said this offer has been clea [...]	2007-01-29 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA1803	TURKEY ELECTION SCENESETTER AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) will likely come out on top July 22, winning fewer seats than in 2002, but enough to form a government. At least two other parties will surmount the 10% threshold, and parliament seems likely to be more fractious than it [...]	2007-07-16 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON TU
07ANKARA1804	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-16 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1805	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY REPORTS TALIBAN INFILTRATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Turkey is learning about new alleged ISI and Taliban-affiliated groups that have emerged in northern Afghanistan that are hostile to General Abdul Rashid Dostum. Dostum believes the Karzai government is also providing wea [...]	2007-07-16 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL AF TU

07ANKARA1808	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-16 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

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