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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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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 [...] (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 |