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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07ANKARA1809 |
IRAN-TURKEY NATURAL GAS MOU [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA officials MFA confirm that Energy Minister Hilmi Guler signed a preliminary MOU with Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Variri-Hamaneh that, after further study, may involve (1) construction of pipelines and the transit of gas from Turkmenistan through Iran to Turkey, (2) devel [...] |
2007-07-16 16:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU IR |
| 07ANKARA1812 |
TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2007 [...] The joint air force Anatolian Eagle Exercise-2007/2 (second exercise of the year) took place in Konya June 11-22. United States, Britain, Pakistan, Jordan and NATO attended the exercise. The first Anatolian Eagle Exercise was held in 2001. Government-Military Focus on Terrorism ------------ [...] |
2007-07-17 07:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL CH RO UK KS RS GM GR TU |
| 07ANKARA1816 |
TURKISH AMBIVALENCE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Two Embassy-organized videoconferences and a recent Turkish roundtable reveal continued ambivalence about Iran's nuclear program among Turkey's non-governmental policy elites, including academics, think-tankers, and columnists. Turkish opinion-makers do not want to see Iran, a nei [...] |
2007-07-17 10:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM IR TU |
| 07ANKARA1817 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-17 13:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA182 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1820 |
TURKEY: LONG ODDS IN SUNDAY'S ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Opinion polls appear to have coalesced around the idea that only three parties will enter parliament in the wake of Turkey's July 22 general election. However, given the notorious unreliability of opinion polls here, several long-shot parties taking a "hail Mary" pass could do b [...] |
2007-07-18 06:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA1822 |
TURKEY: ALEVI GROUPS DEEM CHP "LEAST BAD" OPTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-18 08:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA1823 |
TURKEY NOTIFIED OF USAFE MANPOWER REDUCTION PLANS [...] (S) We informed MFA Head of Department for the Americas Oguzhan Ertugrul on July 17 of US Air Force Europe plans to reduce manpower over three fiscal years across the command (ref b). We provided specific figures for reductions planned for Turkey by location, emphasizing that the adjustments a [...] |
2007-07-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM NATO TU |
| 07ANKARA1824 |
BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, we spoke with Mechanical and Chemical Industries Corporation (MKEK) procurement department July 16 and 17 in order to obtain a contact within the Turkish Ministry of Defense (MOD), the end user listed for license number 05-050047111. MKEK representatives informed us [...] |
2007-07-18 10:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EG ETTC KOMC TU |
| 07ANKARA183 |
STRATEGY FOR ENGAGING TURKEY ON IRAN [...] (S) Summary: We believe that it is time to initiate in-depth consultations with Turkey on the defense and security implications of a resurgent, possibly nuclear-armed and missile-equipped Iran, and we recommend making use of the visit by U/S Joseph and ISN A/S Rood in February to do so. Work [...] |
2007-01-29 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV TU IR |
| 07ANKARA1831 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-18 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1832 |
TURKISH ELECTION: SOUTHEAST KURDISH VOTERS WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Turkey's southeastern provinces the Kurdish issue will be the main determinant of voting patterns on July 22, giving the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and independent candidates endorsed by the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) the bulk of the seats. Many [...] |
2007-07-18 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER TU |
| 07ANKARA1833 |
TURKEY: ESKISEHIR AMBIVALENT TOWARD AKP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two and a half hours west of Ankara, the prosperous industrial city of Eskisehir, population 750,000, is preparing for elections with mixed feelings for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The home of dwindling reserves of soft Meerschaum mineral used for carving pipes [...] |
2007-07-18 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA1835 |
TURKEY: IDEPENDENT CANDIDATE BASKIN ORAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-19 05:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA1836 |
TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Mr. Erik Deschler and Ms. Erin Mark to travel to Ankara to meet with Turkish National Police representatives to discuss the providing of nonproliferation assistance, including training and equipment, from July 30 to August 3, 2007. 2. Embassy Cont [...] |
2007-07-19 06:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM TU |
| 07ANKARA1840 |
Update on PKK Violence (July 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on Kurdistan Workers' Party (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 T [...] |
2007-07-19 09:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA1842 |
TURKISH ELECTIONS: ANALYSTS ASSESS MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Experts on civil-military relations in Ankara contend the Turkish General Staff (TGS) is satisfied with the process set in motion by its April 27 warning and the Constitutional Court's subsequent decision on the presidency vote which brought Turkey to early elections. Analysts cla [...] |
2007-07-19 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA1843 |
TURKEY: AMBASSADOR URGES GOT ACTION ON ARTICLE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA1849 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-19 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1850 |
TURKEY-IRAN GAS MOU: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador conveyed Washington's serious concern over the Turkey-Iran gas MOU with MFA U/S Apakan (D equivalent) on July 18. Apakan urged the U.S. not to over-interpret, saying there is a real question whether the MOU will be implemented and stressing that Turkey's Iran policy h [...] |
2007-07-19 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU IR |
| 07ANKARA1852 |
ON THE EVE OF TURKEY'S ELECTION - PKK VIOLENCE [...] (C) As Turks prepare to vote this Sunday, July 22, they do so following a campaign dominated in part by the ongoing terrorist activities of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), coupled with claims by the nationalist opposition that ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) efforts to counter th [...] |
2007-07-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA1853 |
RISING CONSUMERISM IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent years have seen a rapid growth in consumerism in Turkey with private consumption and retail sales more than doubling between 2002 and 2006. Credit has helped drive this consumerism trend, as newly-affordable interest rates have increased the use of consumer loans and cred [...] |
2007-07-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
| 07ANKARA1859 |
TURKEY AND US-TURKISH RELATIONS AFTER THE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's July 22 election will not quell, and may aggravate, the polarizing battles here over secularism, fundamentalism, nationalism, and minority (Kurdish) rights, and between the old elite and a rising new one. Ditto civil-military tensions, which will continue to express th [...] |
2007-07-20 10:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL US TU |
| 07ANKARA1860 |
ECONOMIC INSECURITY IN TURKISH BLACK SEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite its reputation as a nationalist hotbed, Trabzon is a lively, cosmopolitan city, influenced by growing trade and tourist relations with the former Soviet Union. The charm and prosperity of its downtown mask significant underemployment and a growing concern about the re [...] |
2007-07-20 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EIND SOCI TU |
| 07ANKARA1861 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-20 13:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1864 |
Opposition Parties' Market-Unfriendly Stance Helps Markets [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets have rallied buoyed by global bullishness and the increasing likelihood of an AKP victory that would increase the probability of continued market-friendly policies. Investors' doubts about the principal opposition parties are attributable to these parties elector [...] |
2007-07-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA1866 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DOD GENERAL COUNSEL [...] (S) Summary: Your July 25 visit will come right after Sunday's parliamentary elections here. Allegations regarding U.S. arms in Iraq going to the Kurdish PKK terrorist organization have featured prominently during the campaign to portray the AKP government as soft on terrorism. PM Erdogan an [...] |
2007-07-20 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR PTER IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA187 |
TURKEY REVITALIZES ITS PETROLEUM CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a long-awaited good news story for its investment environment, Turkey finally passed a new petroleum code, intended to provide more attractive incentives to encourage foreign investment in oil and gas exploration and production. The U.S. company Toreador, which will start pr [...] |
2007-01-30 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET BEXP TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA1875 |
TURKEY: RULING AKP SCORES SOLID VICTORY IN [...] (U) Summary. Unofficial results indicate that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory in July 22 parliamentary elections, returning to power with 46.6% of the vote, up from 34% in the 2002 election. Two other parties crossed the ten percent election t [...] |
2007-07-23 08:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA1876 |
TURKEY'S ELECTIONS: AKP EMERGES WITH MANDATE; [...] (C) Voters across Turkey handed PM Erdogan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) a resounding vote of confidence in July 22 parliamentary elections (reftel). Turks rewarded AKP for five years of effective governance, strong economic growth and relative political stability. FM Gul's de [...] |
2007-07-23 10:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA1877 |
Turkish Markets Embrace AKP Victory [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Financial Markets soared in reaction to the AKP's strong -- but not too strong -- performance in parliamentary elections. The result, allowing AKP to form a single-party government with a comfortable majority sets the stage for continued orthodox, investor-friendly econo [...] |
2007-07-23 11:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA1879 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-23 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA188 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-30 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1882 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT IRAQI CLAIMS [...] (S/NF) Summary: We have investigated and found no evidence to support Iraqi claims (ref a) that Turkey undertook major cross-border strikes into Iraq on July 18. JAC Molesworth, as well as the NATO Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Eskisehir, which monitors regional airspace, report no [...] |
2007-07-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA1888 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-24 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1890 |
TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL GROVE, JULY 25-28, [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory in Sunday's polls and appears set to form another single-party government with a mandate to pursue its economic reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey continues to be an essential partner, supporting co [...] |
2007-07-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER ECON ENRG OREP IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA1891 |
TURKEY: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel A points to MFA South Caucasus Desk Officer Yavuz Kul July 20. Kul expressed the GOT's appreciation for the careful approach adopted by the United States towards Azerbaijan, and pledged to convey our points to his principals and to the Turkish Embassy in Baku. 2. [...] |
2007-07-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM AJ TU |
| 07ANKARA1892 |
TURKEY: ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT is open to the possibility of the next ministerial meeting of Iraq's expanded neighbors process taking place in the first half of September, but believes it should be held in Istanbul as agreed to by participants in the first meeting at Sharm-el-Sheikh. Turkish MFA Iraq C [...] |
2007-07-25 06:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA1893 |
TURKEY: FUNDING REQUESTED FOR ANTI-TIP INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Post requests Department and USAID consider funding anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) initiatives in Turkey to support Turkey,s efforts to qualify as a Tier I TIP country (see paras. 3 - 6). U.S. resources and/or expertise in the areas cited in the 2007 TIP Report can improve Turkey,s [...] |
2007-07-25 07:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN EAID ELAB PHUM SMIG SOCI TU |
| 07ANKARA1895 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1899 |
TURKEY: SOUTHEAST ELECTION RESULTS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-26 06:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA19 |
MINISTER BABACAN COMMITS TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: Economy Minister Babacan told the Ambassador December 22 the AKP Government was committed to the Social Security Reform despite the recent adverse court ruling and would move ahead, albeit with a delay. Babacan agreed that the business community was concerned about the upcoming e [...] |
2007-01-05 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG EINV TU |
| 07ANKARA1901 |
TURKEY: AKP VICTORY A "MEMORANDUM" TO THE GENERALS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. As the magnitude of the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) win in the July 22 election sinks in, many credit AKP's track record, successful economic policies, and issue-based election campaign with boosting AKP to over 46 percent. AKP -- far better than its party r [...] |
2007-07-26 08:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA1902 |
TURKEY: CHP LEADERSHIP IN DENIAL, AGITATION FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is in deep denial and disarray after a lacklustre showing in the July 22 general election. CHP leadership is pointing the finger everywhere but at itself, going so far as to hint that the ruling Justice and Dev [...] |
2007-07-26 08:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA1904 |
TURKEY: TIMING FOR NEW PARLIAMENT, NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) Summary and comment. Official results of Turkey's July 22 general election are expected July 26, starting the clock for setting up the new parliament, forming a new government and electing the next president. If all goes smoothly -- a big "if" -- parliament could complete the process by [...] |
2007-07-26 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA1905 |
TURKEY: AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Prime Minister Erdogan, chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is a perfectionist workaholic who sincerely cares for the well-being of those around him, according to a top-level Prime Ministry insider. His boss is very "democratic," he said, but the ove [...] |
2007-07-26 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PINR PBIO TU |
| 07ANKARA1907 |
TURKEY: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION AT UNESCO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-26 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO SI TU |
| 07ANKARA1908 |
TURKEY: IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-26 12:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UNESCO |
| 07ANKARA1909 |
Update on PKK Violence (July 16-23, 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 [...] |
2007-07-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA1913 |
TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQ-BOUND ANTITANK MISSILES [...] (C) A shipment of FAGOT guided antitank missiles, along with other arms (nfi), is being transported aboard a St. Vincent-flagged vessel, the Slavyanin, which departed the port of Oktyabrsk in Ukraine and transited the Bosphorus 21-23 July, bound for the port of Umm-Qasr in Iraq, according to T [...] |
2007-07-26 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA1915 |
TURKISH U/S APAKAN ON AGENDA FOR TALKS WITH U/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA U/S Apakan told Ambassador July 24 that he plans to pursue a broad agenda during his late August bilateral consultations with U/S Burns and others in Washington. Apakan expressed interest in the U.S. internal debate over Iraq and medium-long term U.S. plans and expectations t [...] |
2007-07-26 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU US |
| 07ANKARA192 |
TOP FIVE INFLUENTIAL TURKISH WOMEN [...] (U) The top five influential women in Turkey are: -- GULER SABANCI, Sabanci Holding CEO. Sabanci Center 4, Levent, 34330 Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: 90 212 281-6516/281-1091; Fax: 90 212 281-2553 -- FEYHAN KALPAKLIOGLU, Yasar Holding CEO. Sehit Fethi Bey Caddesi, No. 120, 35210 Izmir, Turkey. [...] |
2007-01-31 06:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA1921 |
TURKEY: OFFICIALS HOPEFUL NEW GOVERNMENT WILL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-27 06:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA1922 |
TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR AMERICAN-TURKISH COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory in the July 22 election and appears set to form another single-party government with a mandate to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey continues to be an essential par [...] |
2007-07-27 07:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER ECON ENRG OREP IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA1923 |
TURKEY'S ROBUST ROLE IN PEACEKEEPING AND [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's contributions to multi-national peacekeeping operations around the world are significant. Possessing NATO's second largest military, Turkey has led operations in the Middle East and the Balkans, and has provided troops and support to UN initiatives in Africa and East Asia [...] |
2007-07-27 07:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO UN TU |
| 07ANKARA1926 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-27 12:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1927 |
TURKEY: MEK IRANIAN REFUGEES NOT WELCOME [...] (C) We have been contacted informally by MNF-I representatives with a request to press the Government of Turkey to accept MEK (Mujahideen-e-Khalq) Iranians currently located in Camp Ashraf in Iraq. UNHCR officials have also told us that their representatives in Jordan have received similar qu [...] |
2007-07-27 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA1928 |
TURKISH PM ADVISOR ON ELECTIONS, REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Turkish PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu said the AKP's July 22 electoral showing was a big victory that effectively puts the party in Turkey's political center. In a July 24 conversation with the Ambassador, Davutoglu expressed uncertainty about how PM Erdogan will handle th [...] |
2007-07-27 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL US TU |
| 07ANKARA193 |
ANKARA'S LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCEDURES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-31 07:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP MARR MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL EU TU |
| 07ANKARA1934 |
Turkish MFA on BSEC and Environmental Protection Symposium [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-27 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN SENV TU |
| 07ANKARA1938 |
TURKEY: CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Although Turkey remains committed to resolving Kosovo,s final status, the GOT has expressed apprehension about moving forward without the legal mandate of a UNSCR. The GOT maintains that, in the absence of a UN resolution, any multilateral or unilateral action would establish a p [...] |
2007-07-30 12:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA1940 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BAIRD/SHAYS [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Congressman Shays and Mr. Nicholas Palarino. Anthony Renzulli will be your Control Officer for Ankara. He can be reached at: Office: 011-90-312-457-7178; Home: 011-90-312-442-1804; Cellular: 011-90-554-671-4877. Rusty Ingraham [...] |
2007-07-30 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TU |
| 07ANKARA1941 |
TURKISH CUSTOMS TARGETING AND RISK MANAGEMENT [...] Summary: Turkish Customs places great importance on accurate and timely targeting and risk management of shipments coming to, leaving, and passing through the Republic of Turkey. Due to the high volume of cargo which does pass through Turkish Customs areas, Turkish Customs has been working t [...] |
2007-07-30 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PARM TU |
| 07ANKARA1945 |
TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER ON GAS TRANSIT AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler met with Ambassador to discuss gas transit, energy security, and the preliminary Iran-Turkey gas memorandum of understanding (MOU). Guler expressed frustration with negotiations with Azerbaijan about gas purchase and transit. Guler defended [...] |
2007-07-31 03:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG TU |
| 07ANKARA1948 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: DOD GENERAL COUNSEL HAYNES BRIEFS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive law enforcement information regarding ongoing investigations. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Summary: Department of Defense General Counsel Haynes briefed Turkish officials July 25 on the ongoing DOD investigation into corruption relating to the procurement [...] |
2007-07-31 05:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS KCRM IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA195 |
ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) We are delighted to welcome Assistant Secretary Sullivan and his delegation to Turkey for the third meeting of the Economic Partnership Commission (EPC). Resuming economic dialogue since the last meeting in Washington in December 2003 is an important part of the "Shared Vision and Stru [...] |
2007-01-31 12:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN BEXP TU |
| 07ANKARA1952 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-31 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1956 |
WMD FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT MEMORANDUM OF [...] (SBU) We presented proposed Consequence Management MOU text (ref a) to Bora Kerimoglu, Section Chief in the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department, on July 31. Kerimoglu promised to review the text and bring it to the attention of Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun and other officials whe [...] |
2007-07-31 10:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA OTRA PTER TU |
| 07ANKARA1957 |
TURKISH GENERAL STAFF VIEWS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Turkish General Staff (TGS) J-3 Chief of Plans and Operations MG Kenan Kocak told a visiting Senate Appropriations Sucommittee on Foreign Operations (SACFO) staff delegation led by Paul Grove on July 26 that TGS is not optimistic about a decrease in the level of violence in Iraq a [...] |
2007-07-31 10:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER OREP IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA1958 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-31 11:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1959 |
TURKEY-IRAQ-PKK: POST-ELECTION POSSIBILITIES [...] (S) SUMMARY: The danger of a Turkish cross-border operation against the PKK in northern Iraq has receded slightly following the parliamentary election. Several factors will argue for Turkish caution, and key upcoming events give us opportunities to reinforce this. The danger remains of a la [...] |
2007-07-31 12:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA1960 |
STAFFDEL GROVE'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Senate Appropriations Committee staffdel led by Paul Grove discussed Russia, Iraq and Iran with Turkish MFA officials on July 26. Emphasizing the importance of Turkey's strategic partnership with the United States, the Turks stressed the damage to bilateral relations if the Ho [...] |
2007-07-31 13:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER OREP AJ AM IZ IR RS TU |
| 07ANKARA1961 |
TURKEY AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE [...] We raised reftel points with Bora Kerimoglu, Section Chief in the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department on July 31, encouraging his office to ensure that the International Convention is on the agenda for the newly elected parliament's consideration this fall. We also inquired about any [...] |
2007-07-31 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA1962 |
TURKEY BRIEFED ON U.S.-INDIA AGREEMENT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-31 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP KTIA TU |
| 07ANKARA1968 |
EXBS: GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY ACCEPTS CUSTOMIZED [...] We have received a Diplomatic Note (text below) informing the United States that the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade (UFT), on behalf of the Government of Turkey (GOT), has accepted the customized software. The GOT requests that written permission be given to the GOT to place this customiz [...] |
2007-08-01 09:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA1970 |
TURKEY: NEW AIR FORCE AND NAVY COMMANDERS TO BE [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Military Council (YAS) will meet August 1-4 and is expected to name new Turkish Air Force and Navy commanders. In all, five three-star officers will be promoted to four stars to replace officers retiring this year. Chief of Turkish General Staff (CHOD) GEN Yasar Buyu [...] |
2007-08-01 11:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS MARR TU |
| 07ANKARA1971 |
POST SUPPORTS 1206 FUNDING FOR USAREUR PROPOSAL [...] (S) Embassy Ankara supports USAREUR G2/EUCOM J2 Section 1206 proposal for training of tactical HUMINT operators. This training will enable Turkey to deploy tactical HUMINT forces in support of stability and counter-terrorism operations with the same level of collective training as US soldiers [...] |
2007-08-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MCAP PTER TU |
| 07ANKARA1973 |
TURKEY: 62ND UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND LUNCH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-01 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SOCI TSPL IO EDA |
| 07ANKARA1974 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-01 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1975 |
TURKEY: A GUL PRESIDENCY: DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN? [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkish MPs are readying for the next major contest: electing a new president. So far, it is deja vu all over again, with FM Abdullah Gul still the front runner despite his failed attempt in April. Gul supporters -- and even some opposition -- contend the Justice and [...] |
2007-08-01 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA1976 |
TURKEY REQUESTS VERIFICATION OF MILITARY CARGO [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (C) Pol-Mil Counselor was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on August 1 by Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar, who requested information on the vessel MV Slavyanin and verification that its military cargo, reportedly destined for the [...] |
2007-08-01 16:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EWWT MARR UP TU IZ CY |
| 07ANKARA1977 |
WELCOME CONGRESSMAN SHAYS: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes as the recently elected parliament prepares to approve a new government and elect the country's next president. Terrorism and Iraq remain key issues, and the return of pro-Kurdish representatives to parliament after 14 years may offer a chance for i [...] |
2007-08-01 17:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL PTER ECON ENRG OREP AM IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA1981 |
TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP BLAMES ELECTION RESULTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Incoming opposition deputies on the center-left shared their views with Ambassador that the July 22 election result -- a soaring win for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and a piddling increase for so-called center-left Republican People's Party (CHP) -- was due to [...] |
2007-08-02 07:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA1985 |
TURKEY: PUSHING FOR DIALOGUE WITH THE KRG [...] (C) Charge told Iraq Coordinator Celikkol August 1 that Turkey needed to expand its contacts with the GOI and to establish dialogue with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). She noted that KRG authorities possess the capability to take action against the PKK and continuing to refuse contact [...] |
2007-08-02 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA1986 |
TURKEY: PUBLICLY FUNDED ELECTIONS DELIVER SMOOTH [...] (U) Summary: Turkish election experts believe the GOT's public campaign financing system contributed to the trouble-free July 22 election. Supporters contend that providing campaign operating funds to parties that garnered 7 percent in the 2002 election allows candidates to focus on campaign [...] |
2007-08-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA1987 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA199 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-31 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA1990 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: MULLING THE WAY FORWARD ON PKK [...] (C) As the pressure for a CBO into northern Iraq has diminished somewhat in the post-election period (ref B), the GOT is considering next steps in its dialogue with Iraq on the PKK issue. GOT Iraq Coordinator Celikkol told Charge on August 1 that the PKK will figure prominently in discussions [...] |
2007-08-02 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA1992 |
TURKISH PUBLIC OPINION: WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT WE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This year's Pew poll confirmed what many already knew -- Turks are angry about US policies. Negative opinion has increased over the past four years, exacerbated by the situation in Iraq and perceived US inaction toward the PKK. Negative Turkish public opinion has gone beyond pol [...] |
2007-08-03 06:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO TU |
| 07ANKARA1996 |
THE WIDENING EFFECTS OF TURKEY'S DROUGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey is experiencing its hottest and driest summer in 78 years, and the drought is having a widening impact across the country. Coming after a dry winter that failed to fill water reservoirs, the drought has caused severe water shortages, particularly in Ankara province, which [...] |
2007-08-03 09:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ENRG ECON TU |
| 07ANKARA1998 |
TURKEY-IRAQ: GOT PREPARES FOR PM MALIKI VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's primary focus during PM Maliki's August 7 Ankara visit will be on security-related issues. The GOT hopes to make progress on a bilateral security agreement, but does not expect to sign the agreement during the visit. The GOT will also devote attention to economic coopera [...] |
2007-08-03 11:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ENRG IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA20 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2000 |
USTR GSP DIRECTOR DISCUSSES TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION AT [...] (SBU) Summary: As discussed at the April U.S.-Turkey Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting (reftel), USTR Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program Executive Director Marideth Sandler visited Turkey during the week of July 9 to discuss Turkey's participation in [...] |
2007-08-03 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TU |
| 07ANKARA2001 |
Update on PKK Violence (July 24-31, 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 [...] |
2007-08-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2002 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2003 |
TURKISH MFA ON BSEC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) held on July 10 an after action review of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) 15th Anniversary Summit in Istanbul on June 25. Deputy Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ahmet Asim Arar chaired the meeting, and representativ [...] |
2007-08-03 12:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN SENV TU |
| 07ANKARA2004 |
TURKEY'S NEW PARLIAMENT CONVENES TO ELECT SPEAKER [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Turkey's newly elected MPs took their oaths without incident on August 4 and will convene again on August 9 to begin electing a Speaker and forming a government. PM Erdogan is expected to announce h [...] |
2007-08-06 10:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA2014 |
TURKEY'S NATIONALIST ACTION PARTY DEPUTIES: FRESH SOPHISTICATES COVER UP OLD-LINE BRUISERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The far-right Nationalist Action Party (MHP) is returning to parliament after five years on the sidelines, having carried 14.4 percent of the vote in Turkey's July 22 elections (septel). Since its coalition government with the Motherland Party (ANAP) and Democratic [...] |
2007-08-07 09:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PBIO PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2018 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2019 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-07 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2020 |
EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JUL 2007) [...] Summary: MFA notifies Embassy that final step in the entry-into-force of NP Cooperation Agreement depends on information concerning status of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Agreement. Twenty-four Turkish Customs officials attend Targeting and Risk Management Workshop in Ankara. This worksh [...] |
2007-08-08 05:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2021 |
TURKEY: ANNUAL MILITARY PROMOTIONS AND DISMISSALS [...] (C) Summary: Results of the 2007 Supreme Military Council (YAS) meeting, announced August 4, included the promotion of 34 generals and admirals and the extension of service for 40 general officers. As expected, General Aydogan Babaoglu was named Air Force Commander, and Admiral Muzaafer Metin [...] |
2007-08-08 09:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TU |
| 07ANKARA2024 |
TURKEY: ENERGY AND NON-PROLIFERATION COOPERATION [...] (U) Action request at para 5. 2. (C) Summary: The Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (123) Agreement was initialed by the US and GOT in July 2000. The GOT ratified this agreement in January 2005. To date, the USG has not submitted this agreement to Congress for ratification. Senior GOT o [...] |
2007-08-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL TRGY TU |
| 07ANKARA2027 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2028 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: MALIKI VISIT FOCUSED ON SUNNI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi PM Maliki's August 7 visit to Ankara achieved the Turks' principal objective of sending a positive signal about the overall bilateral relationship. Coming at a moment of intense domestic crisis in Iraq, the Turks explicitly intended the visit to show support for Maliki and [...] |
2007-08-08 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2035 |
TURKISH GENERAL STAFF PROVIDES LIST OF SERIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-09 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR KCRM IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2036 |
TURKEY'S NEW SPEAKER TOPTAN A SOLID CHOICE; [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey's parliament elected Koksal Toptan, a widely respected moderate, its new Speaker in condensed voting on August 9. Toptan, the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) Zonguldak deputy, is a former True Path Party (DYP) member with 30 years in government. Vi [...] |
2007-08-09 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA2037 |
TURKS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER AUGUST 4 CHECKPOINT [...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Apakan and D/CHOD Saygun have contacted Charge to discuss an August 4 incident near Kabul during which a U.S. patrol fired on a vehicle carrying Turkish ISAF soldiers. The Turks expressed concern about the encounter and noted a strong desire for closer coordination to [...] |
2007-08-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF TU |
| 07ANKARA2038 |
TURKEY: KURDISH POLITICAL PARTY ENTERS PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-09 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA2039 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-09 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2040 |
TURKISH COURT CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF EMBASSY [...] SUMMARY: Embassy's perimeter is enhanced with a line of concrete bollards along the sidewalk. In response to civil litigation, an administrative court in Ankara has ruled that the bollards must be removed and the Court is insisting the Municipality take immediate steps to comply. We have c [...] |
2007-08-09 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ABLD AMGT TU |
| 07ANKARA2041 |
TURKEY: MHP SUCCESS TEMPERED BY HIGHER EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary and comment. Right-wing Nationalist Action Party (MHP) is reflecting on its shortcomings after winning only 14.4 percent of the vote in Turkey's July 22 general election. Their tally was enough to surmount the ten percent election threshold and score 71 seats in parliament (one MH [...] |
2007-08-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2043 |
Update on PKK Violence (August 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 [...] |
2007-08-10 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2046 |
TURKISH D/CHOD SEEKS AIR RECON OF IRAQI BORDER [...] (S/NF) The Turkish military would like to conduct air reconnaissance missions up to 10 kilometers inside Iraq over PKK terrorist camps located along the Turkish-Iraqi border, D/CHOD General Saygun told Charge on August 9. Charge reminded Saygun that the US had previously conducted this type [...] |
2007-08-10 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL PTER MOPS IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2049 |
TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2007 [...] The Silk Road-2007 Flag Officers Seminar (the 8th annual seminar) was held on July 2-6 in Antalya. Defense ministers and army chiefs from NATO, Partnership for Peace, Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative countries participated in the seminar. In the keynote address, Chie [...] |
2007-08-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL UP GR TU |
| 07ANKARA2051 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2052 |
Central Bank Governor Stays focused on Inflation [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) noted in its recent inflation report that the Government should restrain spending to help the CBRT meet its inflation target this year. CBRT Governor Durmus Yilmaz affirmed this view to us, and noted that the CBRT has not changed its stance des [...] |
2007-08-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
| 07ANKARA2057 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL ROSENBLUM (AUGUST [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to StaffDel Rosenblum. Rebecca Graham will be your Control Officer for Ankara. She can be reached at: Office: 011-90-312-457-7194; Home: 011-90-312-441-8338; Cellular: 011-90-532-620-3846. Dan Kiryelejza will be your Control Office [...] |
2007-08-13 10:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP OTRA TU |
| 07ANKARA2059 |
GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC [...] Reftel raised important issues concerning coordination between post Public Affairs Section (PAS) and Management/ICASS sections in support of public diplomacy programs and activities. PAS Turkey does receive adequate ICASS support -- when questions or issues arise, they are worked out in a co [...] |
2007-08-13 10:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP AMGT KICA KPAO TU |
| 07ANKARA206 |
U.S.-TURKEY POLICY PLANNING CONSULTATIONS: DATE [...] (U) This contains an action request: please see para 8. 2. (U) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Policy Planning Atilla Gunay informed us that the Turkish side accepts the proposed date of February 22 for bilateral policy planning talks. Ambassador Altay Cengizer, who will shortly t [...] |
2007-02-01 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TU US |
| 07ANKARA2061 |
TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA2062 |
CODEL SHAYS: GOT UNDERSCORES SUPPORT FOR MALIKI; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rep. Chris Shays told Turkish officials on August 8 that a reduction of U.S. forces in Iraq is inevitable, predicting that it would take place gradually. The Turks stressed that Iraq's disintegration would de-stabilize the region for decades. They called PM Maliki's August 7-8 An [...] |
2007-08-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM OREP AM IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2067 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2072 |
TURKEY: FM GUL LINING UP AS SOLE AKP PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. FM Abdullah Gul will lobby opposition party leaders today before making what most expect will be a formal announcement of his presidential candidacy. At an August 13 executive board meeting, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) apparently decided to back Gul as the part [...] |
2007-08-14 09:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA2077 |
TURKEY PRESSING FOR CONSTRUCTIVE FOLLOW-UP TO [...] (C) The GOT is committed to a quick and constructive effort to build on the progress achieved during the August 7 visit to Ankara by Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki (ref). The Turks' top priority now is to ensure that the promised follow-up visit by the Iraqi National Security Advisor and Interio [...] |
2007-08-14 10:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2080 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2084 |
TURKEY: IT'S OFFICIAL: FM GUL ANNOUNCES HIS [...] (U) FM Abdullah Gul submitted his presidential candidacy to parliament's new Speaker on August 14, formally opening his bid for the job as the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) sole candidate. After meeting with several opposition leaders, Gul told a press conference that, as presi [...] |
2007-08-14 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA2085 |
TURKEY VIEWS KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE AS INEVITABLE [...] (C) We delivered REF A points to MFA Deputy Director General for the Balkans and Western Europe Hasan Asan. Asan reiterated that Turkey remains committed to resolving Kosovo's final status and acknowledged that Kosovo independence is inevitable. Furthermore, Turkey strongly supports the prin [...] |
2007-08-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PGOV PREL KV YI UN |
| 07ANKARA2092 |
TURKEY WARY BUT CALM ON TERRORIST PKK ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: August 15 marks the 23rd anniversary of the PKK's first attacks against the Turkish state in 1984. While GOT security forces are on alert today, violence remains at a lower level than last year and domestic pressure to conduct a cross border operation into northern Iraq has droppe [...] |
2007-08-15 10:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA21 |
MINISTER BABACAN SEES NEW, UNCERTAIN ERA IN [...] (C) Summary: EU negotiator Ali Babacan told the Ambassador December 22 that Turkey's relations with the EU have entered a new, uncertain era, with progress depending more on political considerations than technical progress in meeting the EU acquis. Without clear targets and timelines to open [...] |
2007-01-08 06:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL EUN |
| 07ANKARA2110 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-15 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2112 |
TURKISH POLICE SEIZE EQUIPMENT ALLEGED FOR PKK AND [...] (C) On August 14, MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar requested US assistance with an investigation of a truck seized by Turkish police in the Mediterranean Sea port of Mersin on August 2. The truck contained portable radios and first aid supplies which, according [...] |
2007-08-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER GM TU |
| 07ANKARA2118 |
TURKEY: GUL'S CANDIDACY MET WITH RESIGNATION AND [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Most Turks have accepted FM Abdullah's Gul's presidential candidacy (reftel) with either enthusiasm or resignation. The military is silently absorbing the blow that their earlier efforts to derail a Gul presidency crashed and burned. Leftist parties are in disarray, [...] |
2007-08-16 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON TU |
| 07ANKARA2119 |
(S) DESIGNATING TAK AS A PKK ALIAS [...] (S) Ref solicited post views on the designation of the Turkish terrorist group, TAK. As extensive IC reporting indicates, TAK has been established by the PKK to create the appearance of separateness. This allows TAK to attack tourist areas in western Turkey while PKK disavows responsibility [...] |
2007-08-16 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN TU |
| 07ANKARA2120 |
TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SPECTER, AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: The new parliament is in the midst of electing Turkey,s next president, following general elections in July. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory, returning with a mandate to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Tur [...] |
2007-08-16 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AM ECON ENRG IZ OREP PGOV PINS PTER TU |
| 07ANKARA2122 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-16 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2124 |
TURKEY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CONVENTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-17 07:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA TU |
| 07ANKARA2128 |
TURKEY: NEXT STEPS ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT is looking at ways to increase engagement with PM Maliki and the GOI. It is already committed to hosting the next Expanded Neighbors group ministerial in Istanbul, and hopes to focus the GOI, USG, and others on committing to specific dates for the meeting. The Turks als [...] |
2007-08-17 10:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2133 |
TURKEY'S PRESIDENT LEAVES NEW CABINET'S APPROVAL [...] (C) Summary and comment. In what many saw as a final insult and others called a gracious gesture, President Sezer told PM Erdogan to present his new cabinet to the next president for approval. Erdogan, who admitted being surprised by the move, played it as an outgoing president deferring to h [...] |
2007-08-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA2134 |
TURKEY: GOT CONCERNED ABOUT PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOT is following developments in Pakistan with concern. It is encouraging President Musharraf to compromise with his political opponents and broaden his base. Though not enamored of Musharraf, the GOT fears his departure would herald much greater instability and is looking [...] |
2007-08-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV AF PK TU |
| 07ANKARA2135 |
TURKEY'S RECENT ENERGY DIPLOMACY WITH IRAN, [...] (U) Summary: GOT officials say that Turkey intends to continue its energy cooperation with Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan as potential future sources of gas to meet Turkey,s growing domestic needs and supply European markets. We have on several occasions firmly reiterated U.S. polic [...] |
2007-08-17 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
| 07ANKARA2139 |
TURKISH BUSINESS COMMUNITY LOOKING BEYOND GUL PRESIDENCY TO [...] Both Embassy Ankara and ConGen Istanbul contributed to this report. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Turkish business community's reaction to FonMin Abdullah Gul's presidential candidacy has been positive but muted. In public statements, most business groups expressed support for Gul's presidency wh [...] |
2007-08-20 04:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
| 07ANKARA214 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR SUSAN NEUMANN [...] Embassy Ankara requests country clearance for Information Management Tech Specialist Ms. Susan Neumann to travel Baku, February 7 - March 2, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to support the information network. Traveler holds a Top Secret clearance. 2. Information on the traveler is as fol [...] |
2007-02-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AJ OTRA XG XT ZM |
| 07ANKARA2143 |
TURKEY: FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AWARD ACCOUNTING FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-20 11:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF |
| 07ANKARA2145 |
TURKEY: GUL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY OPENS A NEW ERA [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's long tradition of tumultuous politics has entered a new phase with FM Gul's renomination for president. The once all-powerful military, who tried to derail Gul's earlier bid with dire warnings of Islamic fundamentalism, have been knocked down a notch, and the "bedrock" p [...] |
2007-08-20 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2149 |
HIJACKING OF ATLAS JET FLIGHT KKK 1011 ON AUGUST 18, 2007 [...] (SBU) We are currently awaiting information from the GOT's investigation of the August 18, 2007 hijacking of Atlas Jet flight KKK 1011, which departed from Lefkosa (Northern Cyprus) en route to Istanbul. Two students from Northern Cyprus -- Mommen Abdul Aziz Jumah Talikh, possibly an Egyptian [...] |
2007-08-20 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR ASEC TU |
| 07ANKARA215 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-01 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2150 |
TURKEY: COUNCIL OF EUROPE INVESTIGATES CRACKDOWN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA2154 |
TIP: TURKEY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 2007 TIP [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent us a diplomatic note on August 13 about the Netherlands country narrative in the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which contains a reference to Turkish men being trafficked to the Netherlands for purposes of forced labor. (See paragraph 2 fo [...] |
2007-08-21 08:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREL PHUM NL TU |
| 07ANKARA2166 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2167 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2168 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA217 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: SPECIFIC ISSUES RAISED DURING [...] (U) Action Request at para. 4. 2. (S/NF) In the context of January 30-31 talks in Ankara on countering PKK terrorism from northern Iraq, Turkish anti-PKK envoy Edip Baser raised several specific allegations concerning U.S. activities in Iraq in a private meeting with U.S. Special Envoy Rals [...] |
2007-02-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2173 |
AMERICAN-TURKISH ASSOCIATION STAFFDEL FOCUSES ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-22 08:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA2174 |
TURKEY: ALEVIS CELEBRATE CULTURE, CALL FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-22 08:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA2179 |
TURKEY: IMPORT SAFETY DIALOGUE STARTED [...] We delivered ref A information to Ziya Altunyaldiz, Deputy Director General for Exports, and Kadir Bal, Deputy Director General for Imports, at the Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat. Neither had substantive comments at this time but assured us they would review it. We will include this t [...] |
2007-08-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO TU |
| 07ANKARA218 |
TURKEY-IRAQ: SOMO CRISIS ABATES, FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trade crisis unleashed when SOMO advised Turkish fuel product suppliers seeking to renew 2006 contracts to deal with the KRG (as opposed to the central GOI) seems to have abated. Contacts confirm press accounts that the GOI has assured the GOT that its suppliers should conti [...] |
2007-02-01 16:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EPET PREL TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2184 |
Update on PKK Violence (August 8-15, 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 [...] |
2007-08-23 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2185 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: GOT TO PRESS HASHIMI ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT is bringing GOI VP Tariq al-Hashimi to Ankara August 23 for meetings with PM Erdogan and FM Gul to press for reconciliation as Turkish officials promised PM Maliki during his August 7-8 visit here. The Turks will use the visit to urge dialogue and constructive participatio [...] |
2007-08-23 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2188 |
TURKEY REVIEWING REQUEST TO DENY FLIGHT CLEARANCE [...] (S) Per reftel request, we met with MFA Aviation Department Head Hamit Olcay and Acting South Asia Department Head Ilhan Sener at 1030 local on August 24 to deliver demarche concerning reftel Iranian PARS Air flight. Olcay checked immediately with the MFA flight clearance department to determ [...] |
2007-08-24 11:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR SY TU |
| 07ANKARA219 |
GOT REITERATES TO SPECIAL ENVOY RALSTON THE NEED FOR CONCRETE ACTION AGAINST PKK [...] (S) Summary: Turkey is still waiting for concrete action against the PKK, GOT leaders and officials told visiting Special Envoy Ralston Jan. 30-31. Ralston's interlocutors acknowledged progress on the Makhmour refugee camp, but emphasized that they have higher priorities. The GOT agreed to work w [...] |
2007-02-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PREF MOPS TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2192 |
KRG LOOKING FOR DIALOGUE WITH GOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) wants to establish a senior-level dialogue with the GOT, according to Safeen Dizayee, foreign policy advisor to KRG President Massoud Barzani. Iraqi Kurds are encouraged by a perceived slight increase in GOT flexibility to engage directly with [...] |
2007-08-24 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2193 |
TURKEY SHOCKED BY ADL REVERSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Anti-Defamation League's reversal in describing the events of 1915 as genocide has shocked Turkey. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs blasted the ADL statement and rejected ADL National Director Foxman's concern that passage of an Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) [...] |
2007-08-24 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AM IS TU |
| 07ANKARA2194 |
TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION GOES TO DECISIVE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Turkey remains on track to election FM Abdullah Gul as its new president on Tuesday, August 28. The swearing in will take place at parliament the same evening at 6 pm local. Assuming nothing derails the presidential process, Justice and Development Party (AKP) cha [...] |
2007-08-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA2195 |
TURKEY: PRUDENTIAL REVOCATION - OSMAN BAYDEMIR [...] (C) Post was informed via reftel of the prudential revocation of Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir's visa based on his membership in the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP). In our subsequent dialogue with Department, we were told the basis for this revocation was another agency's judgm [...] |
2007-08-24 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CVIS PGOV PTER TU |
| 07ANKARA2196 |
GOT OFFICIALS PRESS CODEL SPECTER ON CONTINUED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials believe the U.S. must remain in Iraq to ensure the country's future as a unified state. They also see increased involvement by the United Nations as an asset. Senator Specter argued that Iraqi political leaders have had sufficient time to establish a power-shar [...] |
2007-08-24 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR SY |
| 07ANKARA220 |
TURKISH BUSINESS ECOURAGED ON GAZA PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish business officials say they had productive meetings in Israel in mid-January about their proposed development of the Erez Industrial Zone in Gaza. Israeli officials said they would start work on special tax and security arrangements for the zone, with the MOD taking t [...] |
2007-02-02 06:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2206 |
TURKEY DECLARES CYPRIOT TENDERS FOR OIL [...] (U) We met this week with the TPAO (Turkish Petroleum Corporation) Acting General Director Mehmet Uyusal, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Cyprus Huseyin Muftaoglu, Maritime Department Head Mehmet Poroy, and Norwegian Charge Stian Christensen to discuss the recent Cypriot announcement of [...] |
2007-08-27 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
| 07ANKARA2207 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2209 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA221 |
TURKEY-IRAQ: SOMO CRISIS ABATES, FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trade crisis unleashed when SOMO advised Turkish fuel product suppliers seeking to renew 2006 contracts to deal with the KRG (as opposed to the central GOI) seems to have abated. Contacts confirm press accounts that the GOI has assured the GOT that its suppliers should conti [...] |
2007-02-02 06:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EPET PREL TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2210 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2211 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2213 |
MILITARY PUTS GUL ON NOTICE AS HE APPROACHES [...] (C) Summary: In a tersely worded Victory Day message to the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) posted to the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website the evening of August 27, Chief of Defense GEN Buyukanit condemned those seeking to undermine the unity and secular nature of the Turkish state. Buyukanit's mess [...] |
2007-08-28 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR TU |
| 07ANKARA2214 |
TURKEY DENIES OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-28 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR SY TU |
| 07ANKARA222 |
TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS: VOLATILE BUT RESILIENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish-Israeli relations, especially over the past 15 years are perhaps best described as one academic put it: "...(C)ompare it to a late-life love affair. Two parties who have known each other for years suddenly develop a near-passionate relationship, to the astonishment of the [...] |
2007-02-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR KWBG IS TU |
| 07ANKARA2222 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-28 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2223 |
TURKEY: ALL EYES ON PRESIDENT GUL [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Turkish parliament elected FM Abdullah Gul as Turkey's 11th President on August 28 with 339 votes. Gul was sworn in at 6 pm local. All but the Republican People's Party (CHP) attended the voting; CHP continued its boycott of both the vote and the swearing in. Th [...] |
2007-08-28 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2227 |
BLUE LANTERN END USE CHECK ON LICENSE 05-050022026 [...] (SBU) We met with Tubitak Uzay Director Ugur Murat Leloglu on August 28 to discuss reftel Blue Lantern cases associated with Tubitak Uzay's RASAT Remote Sensing Satellite Project. Leloglu was forthcoming and eager to cooperate with our inquiry. We confirmed that Tubitak Uzay has received the [...] |
2007-08-29 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC KS TU |
| 07ANKARA2234 |
TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL: RISKS, CHALLENGES, [...] (C) Summary: Abdullah Gul comes to office as Turkey's president already experienced on the international scene. His victory is one of personal and political tenacity; many had written him off after the military's e-memorandum derailed the attempt to elect him president in April. Looking ahead [...] |
2007-08-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TU |
| 07ANKARA2235 |
PRESIDENT GUL APPROVES PM ERDOGAN'S GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Less than 24 hours after Abdullah Gul assumed the office of President, PM Erdogan submitted to Gul his proposed list for Turkey's 60th government. Gul approved the list, which contains 25 names, up from 23 in the previous government. It includes three Deputy Premiers/State Ministers who [...] |
2007-08-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA2240 |
TURKEY: POST-ELECTION ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQI KURDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the accession to the Presidency of former FM Abdullah Gul, the GOT will be looking to change the dynamic of its relationship with Iraqi Kurds and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). While the exact timing is not yet clear, GOT officials indicate Gul will first reach out [...] |
2007-08-31 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2245 |
TURKEY: PROMOTING DISCUSSIONS OF THE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-31 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TU |
| 07ANKARA2246 |
TURKEY: THUMBNAIL BIOS OF 60TH GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Thumbnail biographical sketches of the 25 ministers who comprise Turkey's 60th Government, as presented August 29, 2007 President Gul are below in para 2. Ministers are already in place and functioning; the government will seek a parliamentary vote of confidence on September 5. 2. (SBU [...] |
2007-08-31 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR TU |
| 07ANKARA2247 |
MFA UNDERSECRETARY APAKAN INQUIRY ABOUT M-16S [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (C) Turkish MFA U/S Apakan and DG for Security Affairs Guven raised the issue of US-origin M-16s captured recently from PKK terrorists in Turkey during an August 29 meeting with Ambassador on various subjects. The Turkish General Staff had provided the MFA [...] |
2007-08-31 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASIG PREL MARR KCRM PTER IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2254 |
Update on PKK Violence (August 16-23, 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 [...] |
2007-09-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2255 |
Update on PKK Violence (August 24-31, 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 [...] |
2007-09-04 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2258 |
PRM A/S SAUERBREY VISIT TO TURKEY: CONTINUED QUICK [...] Summary: In an August 22-24 visit to Turkey, PRM Bureau Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey expressed thanks to Government of Turkey SIPDIS counterparts for their cooperation in issuing exit permission to in-country Iraqi refugees being resettled to the United States, and requested that this [...] |
2007-09-04 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2266 |
TURKEY: "ERDOGAN II" GETS PARTY-LINE VOTE OF [...] (U) On September 5, the Turkish parliament gave PM Erdogan and his single-party Justice and Development Party (AKP) government a vote of confidence. As was the case with the presidential election (ref A), the vote split cleanly along party lines, with 337 AKPers voting for their government and [...] |
2007-09-05 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA2269 |
TURKEY: KURDISH MAYOR'S CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA2273 |
REGIONAL ENERGY CHIEFS OF MISSION CONFERENCE - [...] This message grants country clearance and provides an update on administrative and logistical arrangements for the Regional Energy Chiefs of Mission Conference to be held at the Conrad Hilton hotel in Istanbul September 20-22, 2007. Attendees will receive a notional schedule via email in comin [...] |
2007-09-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TU |
| 07ANKARA2278 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) We met with ASELSAN Purchasing Manager Mehmet Ali Akcoray on September 5 to discuss reftel Blue Lantern case. Akcoray confirmed that ASELSAN received the shipment of two quartz dual axis rate sensors on September 21, 2006, and stated that the reftel items are periodically being used in [...] |
2007-09-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TU |
| 07ANKARA2279 |
TURKEY: PLANNING FOR CONSULTATIONS ON/WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey will participate in the September 8-9 senior officials meeting in Baghdad, during which GOT officials hope to determine a date for the expanded neighbors ministerial meeting in Istanbul. The GOT will propose the October 31-November 1 time frame. GOT officials will also pa [...] |
2007-09-06 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2282 |
TURKEY: NEW GOVERNMENT PROGRAM EMPHASIZES RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The program of the 60th government, which PM Erdogan read on August 31, builds on the Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) previous four-and-a-half years in government by emphasizing rights and social welfare. The program signals the GOT's determination to pursue liberal demo [...] |
2007-09-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2286 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-07 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2287 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2288 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2289 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2290 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2291 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2292 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2295 |
TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER BABACAN: BABY JOHN TAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: With President Gul's official acceptance of the new cabinet proposed by PM Erdogan on August 29, Ali Babacan succeeded Gul as Turkey's foreign minister. The youngest of Erdogan's 25 ministers, some Turkish journalists used to call him "Baby John" because of his youthful appearanc [...] |
2007-09-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2297 |
TURKEY UNLIKELY TO LOBBY RELUCTANT ALLIES, BUT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG TU |
| 07ANKARA23 |
TURKEY: ERDOGAN IMPATIENT FOR U.S. ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish leaders have in recent days publicly lashed out against the slow pace of U.S. efforts to counter the PKK. Remarks by PM Erdogan and FM Gul openly critical of the level of USG and GOI cooperation to date in fighting the PKK have been touted by local commentators as presagin [...] |
2007-01-08 10:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER US TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2304 |
TURKEY CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Historical ties, shared experience, and common interests in the region have forged a 60-year bond of friendship and alliance between Pakistan and Turkey that has endured political and ideological changes in the two countries. Despite an Islamic ideology that is in marked contra [...] |
2007-09-10 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV MARR MASS IN PK TU |
| 07ANKARA2307 |
POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF TURKISH AIRSPACE BY ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Babacan has expressed his concern over reports that Israeli warplanes may have violated Turkish airspace near the Turkey-Syria border on September 6. A full investigation is underway. According to press reports, jettisoned fuel tanks -- allegedly associated with [...] |
2007-09-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SY IS TU |
| 07ANKARA2308 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-11 07:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA231 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2313 |
Update on PKK Violence (September 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 [...] |
2007-09-11 10:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2315 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-11 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2318 |
IRAQ NEIGHBORS SET DATES FOR ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's neighbors have agreed on the date for the next Expanded Neighbors ministerial, to be held November 1 in Istanbul. The ministerial will be preceded by a senior officials meeting, probably on October 31, during which work on the communique will be finalized. According to Tur [...] |
2007-09-11 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2324 |
TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PACKAGE VOTE [...] (C) Summary and comment: The voting process for the October 21 referendum on the seven-article constitutional amendment package (the "Package") -- which foresees direct election of the President -- started September 11 at the border gates. One article is sowing confusion because it refers to [...] |
2007-09-12 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2325 |
EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (AUG 2007) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued work on grant agreement to transfer a new Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs. Work also continued on cooperation plan to standardize the training curriculum of the Turkish Customs Training Academy. Twenty-four Turkish Customs officials attend Radiation [...] |
2007-09-12 12:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2326 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-12 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2332 |
TURKEY: FS MILIBAND ADVOCATES BOLD EU STEPS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband utilized his first visit to Turkey to urge the GOT to take bold moves on EU accession. Regarding Cyprus, Miliband pressed for responsible Turkish engagement. FM Babacan's pitch for increased UK engagement with Syria fell flat. M [...] |
2007-09-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN IR IZ PREL SY TU UK |
| 07ANKARA2333 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRL OFFICER KATHRYN LURIE [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL Officer Kathryn Lurie. Geoffrey Odlum will be your Control Officer for Istanbul. He can be reached at: Office: 011-90-212-335-6492; Home: 011-90-212-351-7752; Cellular: 011-90-533-385-1273. Jeff Collins will be your Control [...] |
2007-09-13 12:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHUM TU |
| 07ANKARA2334 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2335 |
PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA: [...] (U) Turkey just emerged with strengthened democratic credentials from a turbulent five-month period that tested its democracy. The result is a government with a new popular mandate, a parliament representative of 85 percent of the voters, and a new President who is likely to take an active fo [...] |
2007-09-13 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA2336 |
VISIT OF U/S BURNS TO TURKEY SEPTEMBER 18-20 [...] (C) Everything has changed since your January visit. A new electoral mandate for PM Erdogan; a new, activist President Gul; a victory for democracy; positive statements on US-Turkey relations and the imperative to push forward on EU accession-related reforms -- real opportunity for progress o [...] |
2007-09-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON ENRG MARR KNNP TU |
| 07ANKARA2347 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-14 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2348 |
TURKEY: SYRIAN FM'S VISIT OVERSHADOWED BY AIRSPACE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Israeli jets' September 6 violation of Syrian and Turkish airspace overshadowed Syrian FM Mouallem's previously scheduled visit. Calling on Israel to provide an explanation, FM Babacan simultaneously urged all parties to show restraint for the sake of regional stabil [...] |
2007-09-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS LE SY TU IQ |
| 07ANKARA2350 |
TURKEY'S INCONSISTENT IRAN POLICY (PART I): ENERGY [...] (U) This is the first of a two-part cable on Turkey's Iran policy. Please see part II, septel. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Through a string of recent energy deals with Turkey, Iran is demonstrating a continued capacity to conduct business in the international arena. Turkey has been all too accommo [...] |
2007-09-17 11:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MNUC ENRG ETRD ECON IR TU |
| 07ANKARA2351 |
TURKEY'S INCONSISTENT IRAN POLICY (PART II): SOME [...] (U) This is the second of a two-part cable on Turkey's Iran policy. Please see part I, septel. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Energy needs notwithstanding, deepening commercial ties, and Iranian military action against PKK-affiliated targets in northern Iraq, are further bolstering Turkish [...] |
2007-09-17 11:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MNUC ENRG ETRD ECON IR TU |
| 07ANKARA2355 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-17 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2361 |
TURKEY: MFA ON POTENTIAL LEBANON-SYRIA BORDER [...] (C) We pulsed Turkish MFA Middle East Department desk officer Cem Ulusoy regarding the Spanish proposal on a potential ESDP monitoring mission on the Lebanon-Syria border (ref A). Professing no knowledge of the Spanish proposal, Ulusoy said Turkey shares USG concerns about weapons smuggling f [...] |
2007-09-18 10:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL LE TU |
| 07ANKARA2364 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-18 13:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2365 |
TURKEY: WILL CIVIL-MILITARY TENSIONS PLAY OUT IN [...] (C) Since Abdullah Gul's elevation to the presidency on August 28, Turks have been parsing every interaction between him and the military to discern the future of military-government relations. Despite a peaceful, uneasy coexistence, military leaders are clearly alarmed by the AKP's overwhelm [...] |
2007-09-18 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
| 07ANKARA2367 |
Update on PKK Violence (September 8-15, 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 [...] |
2007-09-19 04:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA237 |
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 [...] |
2007-02-05 10:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2372 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-19 11:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA238 |
Top rice importer calls on Ambassador to ask United States [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, 2007, the Ambassador met with a top rice importer who wants to persuade the USG to drop the WTO case on Turkish rice imports in exchange for the GOT promising to lower the tariff on paddy (unmilled) rice. The Ambassador responded that although he also hoped for a [...] |
2007-02-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TU WTO |
| 07ANKARA2384 |
IBRAHIM PARLAK DEMARCHE REACTION: "OUR LAWS [...] We delivered reftel demarche urging issuance of a travel document enabling Ibrahim Parlak's return to Turkey. Akil Oktem, head of the Department of Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was familiar with the case. He said the GOT has no travel document akin to the U.S. parole [...] |
2007-09-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU |
| 07ANKARA2386 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2388 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2390 |
TURKISH MFA ACKNOWLEDGES TRANSATLANTIC DINNER [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-21 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO OPDC PREL EU TR |
| 07ANKARA2394 |
TURKEY TO INSPECT SHIPMENT BETWEEN IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (S) We provided reftel points on the potential shipment of sensitive equipment to Hizballah and Syria via IL-76 aircraft from Iran via Turkish airspace to Basat Ozturk, MFA Deputy Director General for Aviation and Maritime Affairs, on the morning of September 22. 2. (S) Ozturk informed us t [...] |
2007-09-22 09:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MASS SY IR TU |
| 07ANKARA2400 |
TURKEY CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-24 12:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PTER LE TU |
| 07ANKARA2401 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-24 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2402 |
NEW TURKISH STATE MINISTER FOR TREASURY MEHMET [...] (C) Summary. Newly-appointed State Minister for Treasury Mehmet Simsek said the reelected AKP has a comprehensive reform roadmap to create a modern, competitive, performance-based Turkish economy. The highest priorities are proceeding with a revised version of the Social Security reform pack [...] |
2007-09-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN TU |
| 07ANKARA2403 |
VETERAN DIPLOMAT FINALLY NAMED SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: On September 22, the Government of Turkey announced the appointment of Turkish Ambassador to Greece Tahsin Burcuoglu as Secretary General of Turkey's National Security Council (MGK), a post that has been vacant for months because of the previous President's refusal to sign off on [...] |
2007-09-24 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2405 |
TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL OFF TO A PURPOSEFUL BUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment. President Gul's first weeks in office have set the tone for a more open, accessible, and constructively engaged presidency than that of his predecessor, Ahmet Necdet Sezer. Gul is trying to demonstrate that he represents all Turks, not just those who voted for his fo [...] |
2007-09-25 10:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2408 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-26 04:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2412 |
TURKEY: COUNCIL OF EUROPE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-26 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA2413 |
Update on PKK Violence (September 16-23, 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 [...] |
2007-09-26 09:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2414 |
TURKEY: HEADSCARF BAN DOMINATES INITIAL DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and comment. The debate over the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) proposed revisions to Turkey's 25-year old constitution is turning increasingly shrill, with particular focus on whether to lift the headscarf ban for university students. The party's delay in releasing [...] |
2007-09-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 07ANKARA2416 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-26 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2419 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-27 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA242 |
TURKEY: MFA TALKING POINTS ON OPERATIONS CARRIED [...] (C) On February 2, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department Head for International Terror Huseyin Ozdemir provided talking points on the January 29 coordinated operations in 6 provinces against the Haydar Kirkan group. After going through the talking points, Ozdemir pointedly drew at [...] |
2007-02-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER TU |
| 07ANKARA2420 |
TURKEY: SENIOR GENERAL ON KURDISH ISSUE, [...] (C) Summary: In his annual address to new cadets at the start of the Turkish Military Academy's academic year, Turkish Land Forces Commander General Ilker Basbug (widely expected to become CHOD in 2008 -- ref. a) warned against attempts to redefine "secularism." He cautioned Kurdish nationali [...] |
2007-09-27 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
| 07ANKARA2422 |
A/S SULLIVAN WITH MFA U/S APAKAN ON TURKEY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 20 meeting with MFA Undersecretary Ertugrul Apakan, EEB A/S Sullivan raised the progress made on action items identified at the February U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission (EPC), an event showcasing Turkey that A/S Sullivan plans to host on the margi [...] |
2007-09-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ENRG TU |
| 07ANKARA2430 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR/B OFFICER NIGRO AND [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to INR/B Officer Alexandra Nigro and Political Officer Melissa Will. Christina Bobrow will be your Control Officer for Ankara. She can be reached at: Office: 011-90-312-457-7250; Home: 011-90-312-491-7700; Cellular: 011-90-555-358-6 [...] |
2007-09-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR OTRA TU |
| 07ANKARA2436 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-28 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2437 |
TURKEY AND IRAQ SIGN COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey and Iraq signed on September 28 a bilateral accord that provides for cooperation in countering terrorist groups and acts of terrorism in both countries. The two sides were unable to come to agreement on specific language concerning hot pursuit of terrorists across the Turki [...] |
2007-09-28 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2439 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-01 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA244 |
TURKISH MFA PROTESTS ON GREEN ZONE ACCESS ISSUES [...] (C) MFA Head of Department for Iraq Fazli Corman called us in Feb. 2 to protest "increasingly inappropriate treatment" by U.S. authorities in Iraq (text of note in para. 5). Corman recounted two attempts by Turkish Embassy officials to access the International Zone (IZ). On Jan. 31, the Turkis [...] |
2007-02-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC TU IZ US |
| 07ANKARA2440 |
TURKEY AND IRAQ SIGN COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey and Iraq signed on September 28 a bilateral accord that provides for cooperation in countering terrorist groups and acts of terrorism in both countries. The two sides were unable to come to agreement on specific language concerning hot pursuit of terrorists across the Turki [...] |
2007-10-01 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2441 |
PKK ATTACK KILLS 12 [...] (SBU) A September 29 attack on a minibus in southeastern Turkey resulted in the deaths of 12 Turkish citizens. Two more were injured. GOT officials believe the attack was carried out by PKK terrorists. According to press reports, the bus was returning from a worksite in the Altinsu District [...] |
2007-10-01 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2442 |
TURKEY'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY GAINING IN EU, LOSING IN U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: While overall Turkish exports of apparel increased 15.4% in 2006, government and industry officials are concerned about the continued drop in exports to the U.S., which fell by 26% in 2006. The textile and apparel sectors in Turkey comprise close to 7.8 percent of total GDP and [...] |
2007-10-02 04:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KTEX ECON TU |
| 07ANKARA2445 |
Update on PKK Violence (September 24-30, 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 [...] |
2007-10-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA245 |
SHIELD S22- MFA INVESTIGATES TURKISH COMPANY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-05 16:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL CBW ETTC IR |
| 07ANKARA2454 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-03 06:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA246 |
TURKEY: SARG FM MUALLEM'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 1 visit of SARG FM Muallem to Ankara was the latest in a series of high level visits in both directions in recent months. Muallem's day of high-level meetings did not break any apparent new ground but focused primarily on ways the GOT and SARG could cooperate with ot [...] |
2007-02-05 16:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IQ SY LE TU |
| 07ANKARA2460 |
TURKEY PREPARING FOR IRAQ NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol met October 2 with Ambassador to outline Turkey's plans for the upcoming Iraq Neighbors Ministerial in Istanbul, November 2-3. Participants will finalize the statement during sub-ministerial planning sessions on November 1-2. MFA is c [...] |
2007-10-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2461 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-03 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2465 |
TURKEY: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan warmly received U/S Burns on September 19 and underscored areas where Turkey is working to be a regional leader, in line with U.S. efforts, including Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP), and troops in Afghanistan and Lebanon. Erdogan expressed frustr [...] |
2007-10-04 10:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2466 |
TURKEY: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Gul emphasized the GOT's wish to strengthen Turkish-U.S. ties during a September 19 meeting with U/S Burns. He wants to work closely with us on upcoming meetings of the Iraq Expanded Neighbors process and on Middle East peace. Gul noted the PKK as a major impediment to [...] |
2007-10-04 10:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA2467 |
TURKEY: U/S BURNS CONSULTATIONS WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns consulted with senior Turkish MFA officials on a broad array of issues during bilateral meetings in Ankara September 19. They discussed Iraq, the PKK, Iran, U.S.-Turkey bilateral relations and the impact of a Congressional Armenian genocide resoluti [...] |
2007-10-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TU IZ IR |
| 07ANKARA2468 |
TURKEY: POLITICAL REFORMS STALLED AS GOT FOCUSES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA2469 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: DEFENSE AND STATE INSPECTORS GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: During their September 28 visit to Ankara, DOD IG Kicklighter and DOS IG Krongard outlined for senior Turkish officials their mission to establish more effective controls and accountability for U.S. arms being provided to the security forces of Iraq and Afghanistan. They undersc [...] |
2007-10-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS KCRM IZ AF TU |
| 07ANKARA247 |
TURKISH POLICE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION [...] (C) Per ref a, LEGATT approached the Tukish National Police (TNP) Organized Crime and Anti-Terrorism Departments on January 31 to offer the visit of a DIA CHUCKWAGON team to assist in identifying the origin of the confiscated weapons contained in ref b. TNP officials noted their appreciaton of [...] |
2007-02-06 05:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC PTER TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2470 |
TURKEY'S OCTOBER 21 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT [...] (C) Summary. Turks go to the polls again October 21 to vote on a constitutional amendment package primarily aimed at allowing Turkey's president to be elected directly by the people rather than parliament. The package, which parliament approved in June over former President Sezer's veto, was [...] |
2007-10-04 12:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 07ANKARA2473 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-05 04:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2474 |
EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORT- (SEP 2007) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued work on grant agreement to transfer a new Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs. Work also continued on a cooperation plan to standardize the training curriculum of the Turkish Customs Training Academy. Eighteen Turkish officials from Turkish Customs, Nat [...] |
2007-10-05 04:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2475 |
ANKARA NOMINATION: 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) Personal Information: Full legal name of nominee - Rojbin Tugan Job title/Association - Lawyer Date of Birth - May 30, 1971 Country of Birth - Turkey Citizenship - Turkish Republic Address - Bulak Mahallesi, Cumhuriyet Cad., Tugan Apt. 3rd Floor, Hakkari Telephone - +90 (0438) 211-6963 [...] |
2007-10-05 06:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TU |
| 07ANKARA2483 |
Turks worried about cholera outbreak want to provide [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. ----------------------------------- GOT Concerned about Outbreak Spread ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On October 1, we met with Ministry of Health Department Head for Communicable Diseases Dr. Mehmet Ali Torunoglu to discus [...] |
2007-10-05 08:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2484 |
TURKEY'S NEW SPEAKER: PLEASE, NO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (SBU) During Ambassador's October 4 courtesy call, Koksal Toptan, the new speaker of Turkey's parliament, stressed his commitment to US-Turkey ties. Turkey was working well with the US on Iraq, including through the Neighbors process, and was strongly committed to Iraq's territorial and polit [...] |
2007-10-05 10:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU US |
| 07ANKARA2487 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-05 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA249 |
TURKEY AND THE IRAQI KURDS: STUMBLING TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: Both Turkish officials and the PUK representative in Ankara acknowledge the need for greater dialogue between the GOT and KRG leadership on the vexing issues of the PKK and Kirkuk. Turkish MFA asked that the USG weigh in with KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani to bring a positive message t [...] |
2007-02-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2491 |
US EUROPEAN/CASPIAN/EURASIAN ENERGY STRATEGY [...] (SBU) On September 20-22, Istanbul hosted a Eurasia regional energy Chiefs of Mission conference. Participants included representatives from the supplier country posts of Ashgabat, Astana, Baghdad and Baku; posts in countries that are on key transit routes and/or are major buyers, including t [...] |
2007-10-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET XF XG ZK TU |
| 07ANKARA2492 |
AGR: GOT SQUARELY FOCUSED ON OCTOBER 10 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior MFA officials informed the Ambassador that they view the October 10 mark-up on the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) in the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) as critical. They are engaged at the highest levels to prevent the resolution from passing out of committee [...] |
2007-10-05 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS AM TU |
| 07ANKARA25 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA250 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2500 |
TURKEY: WEEKEND AMBUSH BRINGS TEMPERATURE TO [...] (C) Summary: A PKK ambush October 7 killed 13 Turkish soldiers in southeastern Sirnak province,the biggest single loss the military has incurred in years and the latest in a string of terrorist incidents. A series of high level meetings, including a PM-President-CHOD meeting, and the counter [...] |
2007-10-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2501 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-09 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2502 |
TURKEY: DELEGATIONS INVESTIGATE ATTACK ON [...] (C) Summary: Following a September 29 attack on a minibus in southeastern Turkey that resulted in the deaths of 12 Turkish citizens, several delegations traveled to the site to investigate. As Turkish casualties mount in a series of attacks, mine explosions, and bombings from Sirnak to Izmir, [...] |
2007-10-09 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA2503 |
TURKEY'S COUNTER-TERRORISM COUNCIL: FULL ARRAY OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's counter-terrorism council met October 10 under the chairmanship of PM Erdogan. It issued a written statement which places all options - economic, political, legal and military - on the table. By taking a broad-reaching approach, the Turks are putting the Iraqis on noti [...] |
2007-10-09 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2504 |
TURKEY PULLS BACK FROM CONFRONTATION OVER PKK [...] (c) Summary: Turkey is pulling back from a confrontation with us over PKK violence that took place here last weekend -- at least for now. This was the implicit message given by MFA U/S Apakan, who convoked Ambassador late on October 9 to discuss the PKK attacks. A similar measured and non-c [...] |
2007-10-09 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2508 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-10 11:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2510 |
TURKEY: INTENSIFIED COUNTER-TERROR ACTIVITY IN [...] (S) Summary: Local press reports describe Turkish counter-terror security operations currently underway against the PKK in the Southeast as the most extensive in recent years, following attacks which killed 13 Turkish soldiers on October 7 (ref a). However, there is no evidence of a military [...] |
2007-10-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER MOPS ASEC PREL IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2511 |
TURKEY: FRENCH FM ATTEMPTS TO MEND FENCES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On October 5, FM Kouchner became the first high-level French official to visit Turkey since the French National Assembly's approval of a bill criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide nearly a year ago. Characterizing the trip as a symbol of France's desire to improve [...] |
2007-10-11 06:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR TU |
| 07ANKARA2512 |
TURKEY'S TIP SHELTERS FACING CRITICAL BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Budgetary short-falls threaten the continued operation of Turkey's two dedicated anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) shelters. While the Istanbul shelter is at least secure through the end of 2007, Ankara shelter administrators have told us that they have had to divert resource [...] |
2007-10-11 07:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AFIN ELAB PHUM SMIG SOCI TU |
| 07ANKARA2516 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-11 09:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2517 |
TURKS DETERMINED TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT ARMENIAN [...] (U) Summary: Initial GOT reaction to the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) October 10 decision to send Resolution 106 - the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) - to the House floor reflects disappointment and anger, as well as appreciation for US Administration efforts and determination t [...] |
2007-10-11 10:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PREL PTER MOPS TU US AM |
| 07ANKARA252 |
FORMER TURKISH PRESIDENT DEMIREL ON ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary: Former Turkish President Demirel is worried about the "extremely negative" impact of an Armenian genocide resolution on the Turkish public and on US-Turkish relations. In a private lunch with Ambassador and Demirel advisor Mehmet Ali Bayar on February 5, the former president pre [...] |
2007-02-06 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU UZ AM IZ |
| 07ANKARA2520 |
TURKEY UNABLE TO SEND SENIOR MFA REP TO MNF-I [...] (C) MFA Head of Department in the Office of the Iraq Coordinator, Aydin Selcen, told us October 11 that, because of the Iraq Neighbor's Ministerial meeting Turkey plans to host in Istanbul on November 2-3, the MFA does not expect Turkey's Special Representative for Iraq, Ambassador Oguz Celikk [...] |
2007-10-11 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL OTRA IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2521 |
Update on PKK Violence (October 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 [...] |
2007-10-11 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2522 |
TURKISH MFA REACTION TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VOTE [...] (c) Turkish MFA U/S Apakan convoked Ambassador October 11 regarding the House Foreign Affairs Committee vote on the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) the day before. He expressed great appreciation for Administration efforts against the AGR and was well aware of work by the President, Secret [...] |
2007-10-11 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US TU |
| 07ANKARA2523 |
TURKEY: IRAQ NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL PLANNING UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol met October 11 with the Ambassador to provide an update on planning for the Iraq Neighbors Ministerial in Istanbul, November 2-3. The MFA is finishing the draft statement and will provide it to us on or about October 15. Celikkol pro [...] |
2007-10-12 07:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2524 |
TURKEY: MANAGING PUBLIC OPINION ON ARMENIAN [...] (C) Summary: With the capital emptied out for the end-of-Ramadan holiday, PM Erdogan and others in the GOT are carefully managing public opinion on the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) passage of the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) and declining to detail retaliatory measures the GOT [...] |
2007-10-12 10:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU US AM IZ |
| 07ANKARA253 |
GENERAL BUYUKANIT'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY [...] (C) Yasar Buyukanit ascended to the top of Turkey,s military just six months ago in September 2006. His actions since then have positioned him as one of the most dominant players in this political scene. He has spoken out aggressively in public fora about Turkey,s foreign policy, its domesti [...] |
2007-02-06 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR IR IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2530 |
TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL REQUESTS MEETING WITH SECDEF [...] (C) Defense Minister Gonul contacted Ambassador October 15 to convey his request for a meeting with Secretary Gates on the margins of the NATO Defense Ministerial in Noordwijk, Netherlands, 24-25 October. Gonul explained that the purpose of the meeting would be to discuss the GOT's request to [...] |
2007-10-15 11:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ TU |
| 07ANKARA2532 |
TURKEY: USD(P) EDELMAN AND A/S FRIED DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: USD(P) Edelman and EUR A/S Fried told MFA U/S Apakan and senior MFA officials October 13 that the Administration regrets House Foreign Affairs Committee passage of HR 106 and will continue to strongly oppose its passage by the House. They urged Turkish officials to avoid reactions [...] |
2007-10-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU AR AF IZ |
| 07ANKARA2533 |
TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: GROWING VIOLENCE THREATENS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-15 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 07ANKARA2534 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-15 13:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2537 |
TURKEY: USD(P) EDELMAN AND A/S FRIED DISCUSS PKK [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Apakan and Deputy Defense Chief GEN Saygun told USD(P) Edelman and A/S Fried October 13 that Turkey is reaching the end of its patience with PKK terrorism and expects concrete US help. They noted recent unprecedented attacks, including rocket attac [...] |
2007-10-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2538 |
FALL-OUT FROM HFAC PASSAGE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish government and public reaction to the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) October 10 approval of the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) was fueled by harsh statements from opposition political party leaders and some media commentators, as well as strong remarks by the Pr [...] |
2007-10-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU US AM IZ |
| 07ANKARA2539 |
TURKEY: USD(P) EDELMAN AND A/S FRIED DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: USD(P) Edelman and EUR A/S Fried told Deputy Chief of Defense GEN Ergin Saygun October 13 that the Administration regrets House Foreign Affairs Committee passage of HR 106 and will continue to strongly oppose its passage by the House. They urged the Turkish military to avoid react [...] |
2007-10-15 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU AR AF IZ |
| 07ANKARA2545 |
TURKEY REMAINS CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQ-BOUND MILITARY [...] (U) Action Request at para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry officials have requested re-confirmation of the bonafides of a shipment of military equipment aboard the MV Slavyanin, currently being transloaded to Mongolian-flagged "Onyx" in Limassol, and destined for Iraq. Absent confirmat [...] |
2007-10-16 08:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MARR KNNP IZ CY MO TU |
| 07ANKARA2546 |
TURKS CLEAR THAT PARLIAMENTARY MOTION FOR CROSS [...] (SBU) On October 15, Turkish PM Erdogan's cabinet approved and forwarded to parliament a draft motion to authorize conducting cross border operations (CBO) against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq. Parliament is scheduled to debate and vote on the motion October 17. If, as expected, parliamen [...] |
2007-10-16 09:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TU US AM IZ |
| 07ANKARA2549 |
TURKISH PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER MOTION AUTHORIZING [...] (C) Summary. Under intense public pressure following an up-tick in terrorist killings, Turkey's parliament is scheduled to vote October 17 on a GOT proposal to authorize a cross-border operation (CBO) aimed at eliminating terrorist PKK camps in northern Iraq (reftels). The motion, submitted [...] |
2007-10-16 11:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ |
| 07ANKARA2550 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-16 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA2552 |
TURKEY: RECOMMEND THAT MV ONIKS REMAIN IN LIMASSOL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ETTC TU CY IZ |
| 07ANKARA2566 |
TURKEY: MFA EXPLAINS PARLIAMENTARY MOTION ON CROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA convoked representatives of approximately 25 missions October 17 to explain the reasons behind the GOT's parliamentary motion to authorize a cross border operation (CBO) against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq. MFA officials emphasized that passage of the motion by parliament [...] |
2007-10-17 10:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
| 07ANKARA2569 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA257 |
STRENGTHENING NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Turkey has embraced the objectives of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). A participant in every major non-proliferation regime and a strong supporter of the Proliferation Security Initiative, Turkey has acted against proliferators and blocked shipments of concern to I [...] |
2007-02-06 16:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2573 |
TURKEY: PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES MOTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 17, the Turkish parliament, as expected, approved by an overwhelming margin a government-sponsored motion authorizing a cross border operation (CBO) against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists in northern Iraq. It gives the government authority for one year to [...] |
2007-10-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US |
| 07ANKARA2575 |
TURKEY: PUBLIC CONFUSED ABOUT OCTOBER 21 REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary and comment. Three days before Turks vote October 21 on a package of constitutional amendments that would shift Turkey to direct presidential elections, the referendum process is in disarray. The package, which the Justice and Development Party (AKP) pushed through parliament las [...] |
2007-10-18 09:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 07ANKARA2577 |
TURKS REQUEST HIGH-LEVEL ASSURANCES ON US MATERIEL [...] (C) Action request at para 5. 2. (C) MFA U/S Apakan convoked Ambassador October 18 to discuss continued GOT concerns about the MV Onyx and its cargo. Apakan told Ambassador he has had many conversations in recent days with the Turkish General Staff about the Onyx and that he is "sick of s [...] |
2007-10-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER ETTC KOMC IZ MG UP CY TU |
| 07ANKARA2579 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-18 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07ANKARA258 |
INROADS SLOW FOR LIBERTARIAN THINK TANK IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Association for Liberal Thinking (ALT), is an Ankara-based think tank established in 1994 to promote classical liberal (i.e. libertarian) thought in Turkey. In an effort to maintain autonomy, ALT has no direct links to any political party or movement, receives minimal fundi [...] |
2007-02-07 08:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM KPAO |