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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINOCHET PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALIREZA ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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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 SOCI TU |
07ANKARA2581 | MTAG: INDIAN FIRM WORKING ON BEHALF OF IRAN'S UAV [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-18 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA IR TU |
07ANKARA2582 | KRG OFFICIALS IN ANKARA SEEK DIALOGUE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador met October 17 with the Chief of Staff to KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani, Sawraz Hawrami, and advisor Zakaria Hazan to discuss the PKK and Turkey/KRG dialogue. Ambassador told Hawrami that the Turkish government does not want military action against the PKK in northern Iraq [...] | 2007-10-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2583 | GOT LOWERS PRIMARY SURPLUS TARGET FOR 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT submitted the 2008 budget on October 17, the statutory deadline. At an October 18 press conference, Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan announced the GOT expects a budget deficit of YTL 17.8 billion ($14.8 billion). The Minister also announced a program-defined primary su [...] | 2007-10-18 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA2584 | TURKEY: REENGAGING ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relationship with Israel has reached a new and somewhat different equilibrium. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's occasional casual use of anti-Israeli rhetoric and rapprochement with Israel's arch enemies has caused the once warm friendship to [...] | 2007-10-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS |
07ANKARA2585 | SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (c) Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu told Ambassador October 17 that Turkey worked hard during President Assad's visit to persuade Syria to participate in the Middle East Peace conference planned for Annapolis in late November if it is invited. 2. (c) Assad and FM Mua [...] | 2007-10-18 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY TU |
07ANKARA2586 | IMF REVIEW TEAM ON TURKEY'S STATUS [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, Ambassador hosted G7 ambassadors for a readout by IMF Turkey Desk Chief Lorenzo Giorgianni and new IMF Resident Representative Hossein Samiei. The IMF team expressed concern about a lack of focus on economic policy by the government since the July election and con [...] | 2007-10-19 05:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV TU |
07ANKARA2587 | TURKEY: INTENSIVE MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. Turkish FM Babacan embarked on the second leg of an intensive period of Middle East and regional outreach this week. His October 17-19 visit to Egypt and Lebanon follows closely on the heels of his recent tour of Syria, Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories. As a [...] | 2007-10-19 08:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IS IZ SA SY TU XF |
07ANKARA2589 | TURKEY: URGING PRO-KURDISH DTP PARTY TO CONDMEN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2591 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-19 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2592 | RESPONSE TO TURKISH DCHOD REQUEST FOR OVERFLIGHTS [...] (s) Ambassador conveyed message in reftel to Turkish D/CHOD Gen. Saygun during a meeting October 16. Saygun appreciated the follow up and said he will be in touch with the Turkish Air Force and others regarding US plans for overflights closer to the Iraq-Turkey border. He made no further men [...] | 2007-10-19 11:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2594 | TURKEY: NEW PRIME MINISTRY UNDERSECRETARY OPEN ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In DCM's October 10 introductory call on new Prime Ministry Undersecretary Efkan Ala, Ala pointed to a possible cross-border operation (CBO) as one of a number of tools the GOT needs to combat the PKK. The problem is solvable through cooperation on all sides. A pro- [...] | 2007-10-19 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TU US AM IZ |
07ANKARA2595 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY SAYS CROSS-BORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2596 | TURKEY: ABKHAZ "PRESIDENT" CANCELS VISIT [...] (C) We met on October 16 with Georgian DCM Koplatadze, who complained about the planned visit to Turkey of Abkhaz "President" Bagapsh, calling it unacceptable -- unofficial or not. He said Georgia expected the GOT to intervene to ensure that it is canceled. (The visit was, in fact, canceled. [...] | 2007-10-19 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG TU |
07ANKARA2597 | SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: USD/P Edelman's October 13 visit here reinforced to the Turks the Administration's intensive efforts to defeat the Armenian genocide resolution (HR 106) and our wish that the bill not derail relations. Senior officials tell us they are deeply frustrated and will be forced to resp [...] | 2007-10-19 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS MASS PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2598 | TURKEY: KOSOVO ESDP MISSION UNDER CLOUD OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's so far unrequited desire for more direct participation in ESDP decision-making and access to EDA continues to cast a shadow over ESDP mission planning for Kosovo (ref a). Foreign Ministry officials appear unimpressed with EU and French ideas for improving NATO-EU relatio [...] | 2007-10-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EU MARR PREL TU NATO |
07ANKARA26 | TURKEY: 2006 DECA INSPECTION DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
07ANKARA260 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-07 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2601 | PROVOCATIVE PKK ATTACKS IN SE TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PKK terrorists have carried out attacks on Turkish security and other targets over the last 36 hours, accounting for the deaths of at least 12, and possibly more, security personnel. At least 16 security personnel were injured, along with another 17 civilians in a separate attack [...] | 2007-10-22 08:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV TU US IZ |
07ANKARA2604 | TURKEY ERUPTS OVER PKK ATTACKS; EIGHT SOLDIERS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: GOT leadership met late October 21 in a special counter terrorism "summit" to determine how to respond to the latest terrorist attacks. The public statement released by the Office of the Presidency reaffirmed the government's resolve in responding to terrorism and called for n [...] | 2007-10-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2605 | TURKEY: PUBLIC ATTACKS ON DTP OFFICES FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2606 | TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM PASSES; LEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turks passed a referendum package of constitutional amendments -- including a provision on direct election of the president -- by a comfortable margin in October 21 voting. However, confusion persists on a number of points, including how and when to implement the changes. Opposit [...] | 2007-10-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2608 | Update on PKK Violence (October 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents military contacts/clashes with the PKK as well as casualties incurred. TGS does not account for police casualties and Ministry of Int [...] | 2007-10-22 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA261 | NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PTER NATO PINS PREL AF TU |
07ANKARA2614 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON TURKEY'S NEW ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Summary: On October 9, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Minister of Environment and Forestry Veysel Eroglu. Previously, Eroglu served for four years as the Director General of State Hydraulic Works. He continues to be highly interested in water issues and hydro electri [...] | 2007-10-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENIV ENRG SENV TU |
07ANKARA2618 | TURKEY: GOVERNMENT TRIES TO QUELL PUBLIC FURY; PKK [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the face of growing public outrage over PKK terrorism, senior government officials have urged the public to remain calm and the media to report responsibly. They also have emphasized that Turkey should not lash out in anger but rather take action that is in the nation's best in [...] | 2007-10-23 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US |
07ANKARA262 | EURO-TURKISH PROSECUTORS' ANTI-TERRORISM ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25-26, the US Department of Justice, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training ("OPDAT") through post's Resident Legal Adviser, hosted a legislative roundtable on methods to investigate and prosecute terrorist organizations, particularly t [...] | 2007-02-07 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN TU FR NL UK |
07ANKARA2620 | TURKEY TAKES TO THE STREETS - PUBLIC FURY AT PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY. A volatile social situation is rapidly emerging here in the wake of Sunday's Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacks near the Iraqi border, the third in as many weeks. Spontaneous protests are mushrooming into large unscheduled demonstrations, and public displays of anger and nat [...] | 2007-10-23 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2622 | TURKEY: OFFICIALS EXTREMELY ALARMED, ON MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. High-level officials from the ruling party and government bureaucracy are delivering the same anxious message: the Turkish people are on the verge of slipping beyond the government's control. Anger stoked by a series of vicious attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has r [...] | 2007-10-24 09:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA2624 | TURKEY: GOVERNMENT PURSUES DIPLOMACY; CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: While FM Babacan pursued talks with senior Iraqi leaders in Baghdad October 23, the GOT continued its effort to calm domestic fury in the wake of October 21 terrorist attacks. Government officials implemented a little used law to muzzle radio and television broadcasts related to [...] | 2007-10-24 10:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2626 | Turkish Response to Washington International Renewable [...] This is an Action request. See paragraph 3. 2. There was a Turkish Holiday in mid-October that delayed the Turkish Government's response to the invitation to the WIREC Conference. The MFA informed us October 16 that the GOT would like to participate in the conference, and has one confirmed [...] | 2007-10-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA TU |
07ANKARA2627 | TURKEY: EU HARMONIZATION PROCESS OVERSHADOWED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA263 | GOT POSTPONES FULL PRIVATIZATION OF STATE BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 05:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA2630 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH LEADER AHMET TURK DEFENSIVE IN MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2631 | TURKEY FINDS AZERBAIJAN PESSIMISTIC ON N-K; [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Caucasus and Central Asia Unal Cevikoz held bilateral consultations last week with Azerbaijan Deputy FonMins Azimov and Khalafov. MFA Caucasus Acting Head of Section Yavuz Kul told us that Cevikoz found the GOAJ deeply pessimistic on the state of Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) [...] | 2007-10-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU ZJ |
07ANKARA2632 | TURKEY: PUBLIC ANGER CONTINUES; SOME VIOLENCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY. Demonstrations of public anger continue on a widespread basis. Although anti-American sentiment colors the protests, most are largely focused on rage at the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Violence has been limited, but a potentially explosive situation remains. Leaders of all [...] | 2007-10-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA2633 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2634 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2635 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2636 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2639 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAAC CANDIDATE WALKER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 08:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA UN AORC TU |
07ANKARA2640 | TURKEY: FM BABACAN CONTINUES REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish FM Babacan continued his intensive outreach to Middle East neighbors with trips to Egypt and Lebanon while, concurrently, Syrian President Asad and FM Mualem visited Ankara. GOT officials continue to urge the SARG to stem the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and to play [...] | 2007-10-25 08:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS IZ LE SY TU XF |
07ANKARA2641 | TURKEY: GOT CONSIDERING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON KRG [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) recommended on October 24 that the GOT implement economic sanctions against groups supporting the PKK. The NSC's recommendation will be taken up by the cabinet in due course. Military operations in the border region of Hakkari Province [...] | 2007-10-25 11:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2643 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2644 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2645 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2647 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN TALKS PKK IN THE UK [...] (C) Turkish PM Erdogan met with UK PM Gordon Brown, opposition leader David Cameron, MPs from both Houses of Parliament, British investors, and Oxford University students during his October 22-23 trip to London. UK Ambassador to Turkey Nick Baird told us PM Erdogan spoke at length with PM Bro [...] | 2007-10-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU UK IZ EUN |
07ANKARA2651 | TURKEY NIXES GOI DELEGATION WITH KDP AND KRG [...] (C) Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Celikkol told Ambassador during an October 25 meeting that the GOT will not accept representatives of Iraqi Kurdish political parties nor of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in bilateral security discussions proposed by the GOI. Pointing to the presence of K [...] | 2007-10-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2652 | TURKEY: STATUS OF 123 AGREEMENT WITH TURKEY [...] SUMMARY: (C) GOT officials are certain to ask Energy Secretary Bodman about the status of US ratification of the SIPDIS Agreement on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (123 Agreement) during his November 15-20 visit to Turkey. Turkish officials insist that ratification is necessary to rein [...] | 2007-10-25 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP MNUC PREL TU |
07ANKARA2656 | TURKEY PURSUES DIPLOMACY, POISED FOR MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT continues to pursue diplomacy to pressure Iraqi and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials, as well as the U.S., to take concrete steps to root out the PKK presence inside northern Iraq. However, Turkey remains poised to conduct a cross border operation (CBO) at any [...] | 2007-10-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2657 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2658 | TURKEY PURSUES DIPLOMACY, POISED FOR MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT continues to pursue diplomacy to pressure Iraqi and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials, as well as the U.S., to take concrete steps to root out the PKK presence inside northern Iraq. However, Turkey remains poised to conduct a cross border operation (CBO) at any [...] | 2007-10-26 12:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2660 | TURKEY: LONG-TIME ADVOCATES CITE BETRAYAL AND [...] (C) Summary: Anger on the streets pales in comparison with the deep sense of betrayal long-time friends of America are expressing to us. They assert we are on the brink of a full blown rupture in relations. End summary. 2. (C) Suat Kiniklioglu is the former head of the German Marshall Fu [...] | 2007-10-26 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU US |
07ANKARA2662 | TURKISH VIEW OF PKK TALKS WITH IRAQ [...] (c) Summary: Turkish MFA Apakan gave Ambassador on October 27 a disappointed account of the talks in Ankara the day before with the Iraqis regarding the PKK. He did not dismiss the ideas brought from Baghdad, but said Turkey needs actions that will have an impact now. Apakan noted that the [...] | 2007-10-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2663 | TURKS HEAR DIALOGUE, BUT NO ACTION FROM KRG [...] (c) Summary: In follow-up talks here the week of October 21, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials offered to create a propaganda campaign to counter and discredit the PKK pursuant to a written, Turkey-KRG agreement to be signed by PM Erdogan and KRG President Barzani that would effect [...] | 2007-10-28 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2664 | TURKEY: GOT FRUSTRATED BY YEREVAN'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) MFA U/S Apakan told the Ambassador on October 18 that GOT officials are deeply frustrated by what they describe as contentment on the part of Armenian officials regarding the progress of AGR in the U.S. House of Representatives. The GOAM is "totally wrong" to believe that it can force Tur [...] | 2007-10-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL AM TU |
07ANKARA2670 | GOT OFFICIALS STRESS UNITY, RECORD NUMBERS MARCH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: As senior GOT officials stressed national unity on the 84th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, Turks marched in record numbers in cities across the country to commemorate the holiday and to protest PKK terrorism. Turkish officials publicly characterized Octobe [...] | 2007-10-30 11:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2674 | TURKEY: MPS ACROSS POLITICAL SPECTRUM EXPRESS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MPs across the political spectrum have stressed to us that expectations for action are high. The context is public fury against the U.S. following recent PKK terrorist attacks in southeast Turkey. The MPs, ranging from ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members to [...] | 2007-10-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2675 | TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN LEBANON SIDE MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE SY TU |
07ANKARA2676 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2677 | Update on PKK Violence (October 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK as well as casualties incurred. The TGS does not account for police casualties and the Ministry of [...] | 2007-10-30 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2678 | ADVANCE NOTICE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT OF [...] (S) This is an action message. Post requires action to provide timely advance notification of US reconnaissance flights along the Iraqi-Turkish border as promised in ref a. 2. (S) As instructed, Ambassador notified D/CHOD Gen. Saygun October 16 that the U.S. planned to resume air reconnaiss [...] | 2007-10-30 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2680 | MINISTERS TO DECIDE ON ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers will meet in emergency session on October 31 to consider authorizing economic actions against Northern Iraq. Four potential measures are on the agenda: cutting off of electricity exports, closing road access through Habur Gate, restricting Turkis [...] | 2007-10-31 10:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KFPC ECON ETRD ETTC PREL EAIR TU |
07ANKARA2682 | PM ERDOGAN ROLLS OUT WASHINGTON AGENDA, CABINET [...] (C) Summary: During his October 30 address to his Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentary group, PM Erdogan laid out his agenda for his November 5 meeting with President Bush. Erdogan identified three main messages: 1) the U.S. must take necessary steps against the PKK; 2) the U.S [...] | 2007-10-31 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2684 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 12:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2685 | TURKEY SUPPORTS USG POLICY IN BOSNIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 13:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK TU NATO |
07ANKARA2693 | TURKISH MFA OUTLINES EXPECTATIONS FOR ERDOGAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Apakan summoned Ambassador late October 31 to relay on behalf of FM Babacan Turkey's expectations for the Secretary's bilateral visit here and PM Erdogan's upcoming meeting with the President. Apakan emphasized that the PKK problem has changed qualitatively and n [...] | 2007-10-31 17:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ US TU |
07ANKARA2695 | DEALING WITH TURKISH SUSPICIONS REGARDING US ARMS [...] (C) Rising PKK violence and the leakage of potentially thousands of US-procured weapons from Iraq have heightened Turkish government and public sensitivities about the transfer of weapons to Iraq. Delays and confusion as we attempted to provide the GOT with information on the origin and desti [...] | 2007-11-01 10:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER MOPS ETTC KOMC MG UP CY IZ TU |
07ANKARA2696 | EXPANSION OF BTC PIPELINE CONTINGENT ON NEW OIL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: On October 5, we met with local BP representatives Djan Suphi, Director for Exploration and Production in Turkey and Norman Rodda, Project Manager for Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline company to discuss two projects to increase the capacity of the line to 1.2 and [...] | 2007-11-01 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA2697 | GOT DECIDES ON SANCTIONS, CONVEYS EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, the Council of Ministers agreed upon an as yet undisclosed package of economic sanctions aimed at the PKK and those who help them in Northern Iraq. Civilian flights that use Turkish airspace to travel to and from Erbil appear to have been largely curtailed, though [...] | 2007-11-01 12:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2698 | TURKEY: DAS BRYZA REVIEWS SOUTH CAUCASUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) EUR DAS Bryza and the DCM met with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for South Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs Unal Cevikoz on October 24 in Ankara, on the margins of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Foreign Ministers meeting. Cevikoz and Bryza exchanged views on developments in Nagorn [...] | 2007-11-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU |
07ANKARA2699 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA270 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2702 | WARM RECEPTION FOR FM BABACAN IN IRAN; TEPID [...] SUMMARY. Turkish FM Babacan received a warm reception from Iranian political leaders in his first visit to Iran, October 27-28. Iran is well-positioned to understand Turkey's PKK dilemma, but Iranian leaders did not extend support for a Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq. Iran an [...] | 2007-11-02 09:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP PARM EFIN IR IZ TU |
07ANKARA2707 | TURKEY: WELL-CONNECTED DIYARBAKIR MP TAKES A HARD [...] (C) Summary and comment: Governing party MP from Diyarbakir Ihsan Arslan's prescription for solving the current impasse Turkey faces with respect to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),northern Iraq and the US is that Turkey must take a hard look at the damaging policies it has purs [...] | 2007-11-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2708 | TURKEY APPROVES ECONOMIC MEASURES AGAINST NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers approved a set of economic measures directed against the PKK and Northern Iraq on October 31, but did not announce what measures they had approved. The GOT said November 2 that it has not yet implemented any of the approved economic measures. Tu [...] | 2007-11-02 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KFPC ECON ETRD ETTC PREL EAIR TU |
07ANKARA2709 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2713 | TURKEY: THE KURDISH DTP PARTY'S SQUANDERED [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: Despite having 20 of its representatives in parliament, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) has entirely sidelined itself during Turkey's confrontation with Iraq over the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The DTP erred [...] | 2007-11-05 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2716 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2717 | TURKEY REACTS TO HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] (SBU) All media headlined the November 4 release of the eight Turkish soldiers held hostage since October 21 by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Before boarding his plane to Washington for his November 5 meeting with President Bush, PM Erdogan thanked the U.S. and Iraqi governme [...] | 2007-11-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2718 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2719 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2720 | DAS BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON [...] (C) Summary: On October 25, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Turkish Energy Minister Guler and reaffirmed their commitment to a shared U.S. )Turkey strategic vision to help Europe diversify its natural gas supplies away from dependence on Russia. Guler warmly welcomed positive news from Bryza on [...] | 2007-11-06 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA2722 | TURKEY: EXPECTATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT [...] (C) We met with MFA Department Head for South Asia Devrim Ozturk to share USG expectations for the upcoming IAEA report on Iranian implementation of the work plan (ref a). Ozturk welcomed the points and promised to share them with colleagues in other departments. He said the GOT continues t [...] | 2007-11-06 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC IR TU |
07ANKARA2724 | ERDAL INONU: A TURKISH PATRIOT IS LAID TO REST, [...] (SBU) Erdal Inonu -- professor and physicist, reluctant politician, social democrat, former Deputy PM and FM, and son of Turkey's second President, General Ismet Inonu -- was laid to rest November 4 in Istanbul. Inonu's epitaph could well read: here lies an honest, decent human being who wante [...] | 2007-11-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
07ANKARA2727 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - [...] Summary: The EXBS Advisor transition was completed with Robert Cieslinski assuming duties as EXBS Advisor to Turkey. The language in the property grant to transfer Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs has been reviewed with A/LM/AQM and is under consideration by Turkish Customs. Turki [...] | 2007-11-07 08:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA2728 | TURKEY: REQUEST TO MEET WITH PLO REPRESENTATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS WB |
07ANKARA2730 | TURKEY: HOLDING US TO THE RULES ON MIL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has continued its trend, seen since late 2006, of tightening requirements and more strictly enforcing rules for routine military cooperation, within established bilateral agreements. On October 31, TGS informed us that we would be held more strictl [...] | 2007-11-07 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU |
07ANKARA2731 | TURKEY'S NATIONALISTIC JUDICIARY AN OBSTACLE TO [...] (C) Summary: A diverse array of legal experts agree the judiciary (judges and prosecutors) has been a major force in Turkey's failure to fully implement legal reforms related to its EU harmonization effort. Contacts from academia, private practice, government, and civil society told us that, [...] | 2007-11-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2733 | TURKEY'S KURDS RELIEVED BY OUTCOME OF PM ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Our contacts in southeast Turkey have all reacted positively to PM Erdogan's Oval Office meeting, noting that the chance of a cross-border land attack by Turkish forces has diminished significantly, though many still expect air strikes against PKK targets in the Qandil mountains [...] | 2007-11-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2734 | PERES AND ABBAS TO MEET IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Turkey will host Israeli President Peres and Palestinian Authority President Abbas for concurrent visits from November 11-13. GOT officials say they have scheduled the coinciding visits to reinforce U.S. and others' efforts prior to a possible Middle East meeting. Th [...] | 2007-11-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS |
07ANKARA2736 | DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT ON HAMAS [...] (U) This contains an urgent action request - please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Charge raised reftel points November 8 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay. He was accompanied by Middle East Deputy Director General Omer Onhon. Charge stressed both USG and Palestinian Authority Presid [...] | 2007-11-08 09:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU |
07ANKARA2739 | Update on PKK Violence (October 24-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK as well as casualties incurred. The TGS does not account for police casualties and the Ministry of [...] | 2007-11-08 11:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2741 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2742 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Your first official visit to Turkey will be an opportunity to reaffirm U.S ) Turkish shared strategic vision on the development of Caspian oil and gas resources and diversification of transit routes to lessen Europe's dependence on Russia. You will need to encourage Turkey to [...] | 2007-11-08 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA2744 | TURKEY REACTS POSITIVELY TO ERDOGAN-POTUS MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Reactions in Turkey to PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush span the spectrum depending on the political and ideological views of the individual or media outlet offering comment. In public comments subsequent to his meeting with POTUS, Erdogan has made clear his ap [...] | 2007-11-09 06:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER TU US IZ |
07ANKARA2745 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ON ILLICIT CASH [...] We spoke with Ergin Ergul, Deputy Director General for Foreign Relations at the Justice Ministry. His comments related to questions in reftel are shown below. In addition, we have included information from the April 2007 Financial Action Task Force review of Turkey, which are relevant to th [...] | 2007-11-09 08:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
07ANKARA2747 | TURKEY WILL CONSIDER REQUEST TO INSPECT FLIGHTS [...] (S) We shared ref a. points concerning potential shipment of sensitive equipment to Syria from Iran with MFA Department Head for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay on the morning of November 9. Olcay said a request for these flights has not been submitted, and GOT regulations require a 10-day advan [...] | 2007-11-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL ETTC MASS TU IR SY |
07ANKARA2749 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2751 | DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT ON HAMAS [...] (S) Ambassador used the opportunity of a meeting late November 8 with Turkish FM Babacan on other subjects to urge steps by the Turkish authorities to stop the planned "International Jerusalem Meeting" planned for Istanbul and prevent HAMAS-related fundraising that may be planned there. Drawi [...] | 2007-11-09 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU |
07ANKARA2752 | TURKISH FM BABACAN ON RELATIONS WITH YEREVAN [...] (c) Ambassador used a meeting late November 8 with Turkish FM Babacan on other subjects to update him on House Resolution 106 (the "Armenian genocide resolution"). Many with whom he spoke during consultations in Washington following PM Erdogan's White House meeting November 5 believed it ver [...] | 2007-11-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM TU |
07ANKARA2753 | TURKEY'S PLANS FOR COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) We delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Human Rights Department Head Hasan Ulusoy on November 6, 2007. Ulusoy reported that Mr. Yalcin Kaya Erensoy, Turkey's Ambassador to Senegal, will represent Turkey at the November 14-17 Mali Ministerial. 2. (U) Ulusoy told us the [...] | 2007-11-09 16:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA TU |
07ANKARA2754 | TURKEY: 2006 DOMESTIC REPORT ON COMBATING HUMAN [...] (SBU) The GOT recently issued its 2006 Report on Combating Human Trafficking in Turkey. The report provides an overview of Turkey's anti-TIP legal framework, international cooperation mechanisms, TIP prevention and victim protection measures, and supporting 2006 statistical data. The report [...] | 2007-11-09 16:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV SMIG KCRM KWMN TU |
07ANKARA2755 | TURKEY PASSES ITS NUCLEAR ENERGY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish Parliament passed the long pending Nuclear Energy Law on October 8, after just two days of debate and despite criticism from opposition parties and NGO's. The law is expected to be approved by the President. The law establishes an extremely rapid selection process, [...] | 2007-11-09 17:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA2756 | DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] Per reftel we met with and advised all relevant parties in the Turkish Government to inform them of these designations. Those contacts are Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Iranian Affairs, Babur Hizlan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Security A [...] | 2007-11-09 17:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM EFIN |
07ANKARA2758 | Update on PKK Violence (November 1-7, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK as well as casualties incurred. The TGS does not account for police casualties and Ministry of Inte [...] | 2007-11-13 10:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2760 | DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT ON HAMAS [...] (s) Further to ref a, Ambassador raised November 13 with Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu US objections to the "International Jerusalem Meeting" planned for Istanbul. Davotoglu indicated that President Gul had discussed this earlier in the day with Palestinian President [...] | 2007-11-13 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU |
07ANKARA2761 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2762 | TURKEY: EU PROGRESS REPORT BRINGS NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Summary: The EU's annual progress report on Turkey, released November 6, went largely unnoticed here as the public and media remained focused on the latest PKK terrorist crisis. The GOT was pleased to see a "balanced" report, according to MFA and its EU Secretariat officials. Human righ [...] | 2007-11-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2765 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2768 | TURKEY: REPORTS OF STRIKES INTO IRAQ UNCONFIRMED [...] (S) Summary: Intensive counter-terror operations continue in the Southeast and along the Turkey-Iraq border. However, there is no evidence to confirm November 13 press reports of Turkish air strikes against PKK targets inside northern Iraq. Prime Minister Erdogan publicly denied knowledge of [...] | 2007-11-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS IZ TU |
07ANKARA2769 | PERES ENCOURAGES MODERATION, COMPROMISE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli President Shimon Peres addressed a group of Bilkent University students and faculty on November 11, his first public event during a three-day visit to Ankara. He encouraged the students to embrace a future defined by moderation and risk-taking. Throughout his talk, Pe [...] | 2007-11-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMDR TU IS |
07ANKARA277 | NATIONALISM TURNING NASTY IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. The nationalism that has been a unifying force since the Turkish Republic's founding in 1923 is becoming dangerously divisive under the pressure of national elections, government-military tensions and the continuing focus on the PKK in Iraq. The Dink assassination offered a bri [...] | 2007-02-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2774 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP PARTY ELECTS HARDLINER AS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) members elected Nurettin Demirtas, 34, as party chairman and adopted the concept of "democratic autonomy" during a November 8 extraordinary convention in Ankara. Several Kurdish contacts believe the elevation of Demirtas, a h [...] | 2007-11-15 12:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2775 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL CELEBRATES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Gul descended on Azerbaijan, November 6-8, with a delegation of over 140 businessmen, pledging to elevate the bilateral economic relationship to a level matching the two countries' strong political ties. GOT officials and media alike interpret Gul's first state visit [...] | 2007-11-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ AM TU |
07ANKARA2776 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2777 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON BANK MELLI AND BANK [...] (U) This is an action cable. Post requests guidance on related item outlined in paragraph 4. 2. (S) Per Reftel A, we informed leaders at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA),and MASAK, the Turkish financial intelligence unit, of Bank Mell [...] | 2007-11-15 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP MNUC TU PREL IR PARM EFIN |
07ANKARA2779 | ANKARA FORUM PROVIDES GOT PLATFORM FOR PERES, [...] (SBU) In what the Turkish media has labeled a "mini-summit," President Gul hosted Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a November 13 meeting of the private sector-led, government supported Ankara Forum. Bringing together Turkish, Israeli, and Pal [...] | 2007-11-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMDR TU IS |
07ANKARA278 | TURKEY'S FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DEBATE HEATS UP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2780 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA TU |
07ANKARA2781 | GOT LAYS ANNAPOLIS MARKER WITH PERES, ABBAS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the first Israeli leader ever to speak before a predominantly Muslim parliament, President Shimon Peres joined Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in addressing the Turkish Grand National Assembly on November 13. In consecutive speeches, the two leaders expressed [...] | 2007-11-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMDR TU IS |
07ANKARA2785 | TURKISH PARTICIPANTS FOR ONDCP/INL DEMAND [...] We spoke with leaders at the Turkish International Academy Against Drugs and Organized Crime (TADOC) and the Alcohol and Substance Addiction Treatment and Training Center (AMATEM) to discuss the best candidates for the January 23-24, 2008 ONDCP/INL International Demand Reduction Seminar on Be [...] | 2007-11-16 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SNAR |
07ANKARA2786 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA279 | TURKEY: PAKISTANI PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S NEW [...] (C) Pakistani President Musharraf visited Ankara February 6, meeting wit President Sezer and Prime Minister Erdogan over the course of his one-day stay. According to MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Omer Onhon, Musharraf's meetings focused solely on what Onhon described as "Pak [...] | 2007-02-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK TU |
07ANKARA2790 | TURKEY: UNAMI OFFICIAL SEES GREATER GOT INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Charge Michael Schulenburg sees increased GOT interest in a UN role in defusing tensions over the future status of Kirkuk. He sensed a new GOT willingness and approach. Schulenburg indicated that Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Pres [...] | 2007-11-19 09:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UN IZ TU |
07ANKARA2792 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2798 | Update on PKK Violence (November 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK as well as casualties incurred. The TGS does not account for police casualties and the Ministry of [...] | 2007-11-19 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2805 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2807 | TURKEY: PROSECUTOR OPENS CLOSURE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey's top prosecutor filed an indictment with the Constitutional Court on November 16 to close down the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) for alleged ties to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The indictment calls for a ban against DTP participat [...] | 2007-11-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA281 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2811 | TURKEY: 2008 NTE SUBMITTED NOVEMBER 13 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 12:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN TU |
07ANKARA2813 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2814 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PHUM PREL UN TU |
07ANKARA2815 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush, when we promised to support effective measures to eliminate the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist threat from northern Iraq. A November 20 follow-up visit by Generals Cartwright and Pet [...] | 2007-11-21 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MASS PARM IR IZ TU |
07ANKARA2817 | CFE/ISTANBUL: TURKEY SHARES OUR SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (C) We shared ref a points with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun on November 21. Gun was grateful to have our views in advance of the arrival of the German and Spanish ambassadors, who met with Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay later that day to push the G [...] | 2007-11-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NATO OSCE KCFE TU |
07ANKARA2818 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-23 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2819 | TURKEY: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on November 21 to MFA Latin America Head of Department Ece Ozturk Cil. Cil assured us that U.S. concerns in Latin America are strongly taken into account in Turkey's Latin America policies, given her department's location in the MFA Americas Directorate and Tur [...] | 2007-11-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE TU WHA |
07ANKARA2820 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL TO TRAVEL TO PAKISTAN; WILL [...] (C) Turkish President Gul telephoned President Musharraf November 19 to request an opportunity to visit Pakistan, preferably in early December, according to MFA South Asia desk officer Ilhan Sener. Traditionally, Pakistan is one of the first foreign visits by a Turkish President, after north [...] | 2007-11-23 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
07ANKARA2826 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA283 | Cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza Confirmed in Poultry in [...] (U) Summary. In a press release, the Ministry of Agriculture (MARA) confirmed that 170 birds died of Avian Influenza (AI) on a small farm in the village of Bogazkoy in the province of Batman. On Feb. 9, MARA confirmed that the birds were indeed infected with the H5N1 strain of AI. All precau [...] | 2007-02-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU KFLU |
07ANKARA2831 | TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT DEMOCRAT PARTY DOWN FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. After an abysmal showing in Turkey's July 22 election, Democrat Party's (DP) reflections on how it got to this point and how to recover have been supplanted by fractious internal jockeying. Center-right consensus holds that DP was doomed as soon as the planned merger with the Mo [...] | 2007-11-26 17:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2833 | TURKEY: CODEL MURTHA DISCUSSES IRAQ, ARMENIA, AND [...] (SBU) Turkish President Gul expressed great appreciation for the efforts of Rep. Murtha and other Codel members to prevent House passage of the Armenian genocide Resolution (AGR). He said the meeting between President Bush and PM Erdogan on November 5 had brought Turkey and the US to a "good [...] | 2007-11-27 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OREP AM IZ IR TU |
07ANKARA2834 | TURKEY: CHP LEADER BAYKAL MAKES POTEMKIN SENSE, AT [...] (C) Summary. Deniz Baykal, Chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP),recently proposed surprising policy approaches to Turkey's Kurdish problem, including starting to deal with northern Iraqi authorities. Baykal, a chronic contrarian, urged strategic thinking and outreach to Iraqi Kur [...] | 2007-11-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2835 | JERUSALEM MEETING UNNECESSARY DISTRACTION FROM [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Despite repeated requests from the international community and the MFA to cancel the conference, Turkish authorities decided to allow the most recent "International Jerusalem Meeting" to occur as scheduled in Istanbul, November 15-17. Speakers advocated the use of vio [...] | 2007-11-27 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU IS |
07ANKARA2836 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ELECTION FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-27 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL PHUM TU |
07ANKARA2837 | TURKEY: MALATYA MURDER TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY AMID [...] (C) Summary: The high-profile trial of seven men accused of the April murder of three Christian bookstore workers in the southeastern city of Malatya began on November 23. Five defendants face multiple life sentences for murder and terrorist acts; two others are charged with assisting in the [...] | 2007-11-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2839 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 06:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2846 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2847 | TURKEY EXTENDING A DIPLOMATIC HAND TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Through frequent high-level visits, the GOT has reaffirmed its strong support for Georgian independence and territorial integrity. It has sought, too, to reduce any sense of diplomatic isolation felt by Tbilisi since the deterioration of Russian-Georgian relations and, more rec [...] | 2007-11-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ETRD ELTN SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU ZJ |
07ANKARA2848 | TURKEY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Post responses are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) A. Watchlisting (see para 10, below) 3. (U) B. Traveler Information Collection. -- Who collects traveler information? Turkish National Police (TNP) Foreigner [...] | 2007-11-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS TU |
07ANKARA2850 | TURKEY'S ATTITUDE CHANGE; PRESSURE FOR MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush, pressure for immediate Turkish military action against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist camps has subsided. While both government and military leaders continue to stress Turkish readiness to carry out cross-borde [...] | 2007-11-29 07:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2851 | TURKEY: CODEL MURTHA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: DCHOD GEN Ergin Saygun briefed Codel Murtha on Turkey's struggle with PKK terrorism, the PKK's involvement in narcotics smuggling and organized crime, and the inadequate response of many European allies. On Armenia, Saygun stressed Yerevan's implied territorial claims on Turkey [...] | 2007-11-29 08:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP IZ IR AM TU |
07ANKARA2852 | U.S. COURT RULING BRINGS HEAVY CASH PENALTY TO UZAN FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21, Motorola won an appeal in a long-standing U.S. fraud case against the Turkish Uzan family, the former owners of the Turkish GSM company Telsim. The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a $1 billion award, which the Uzans had appealed claiming they could not afford to pay [...] | 2007-11-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ECPS EFIN TU |
07ANKARA2853 | Update on PKK Violence (November 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK as well as casualties incurred. The TGS does not account for police casualties and the Ministry of [...] | 2007-11-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2856 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA286 | ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION: TURKS PREDICT DIRE [...] (C) Summary: Contacts from across the Turkish political spectrum are deeply alarmed at the prospect that a Congressional Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) is likely to pass for the first time this year. All predict a harsh reaction, especially from the public, in this already politically-cha [...] | 2007-02-09 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU AM US |
07ANKARA2860 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY REQUESTS US HELICOPTER SUPPORT [...] (C) The Turkish military has requested U.S. support to transport Turkish Special Forces liaison officers (LNOs) co-located with US/Coalition forces in Northern Iraq to the Habur Gate border crossing. MND-N has previously provided helicopter support for this rotation on an informal basis but [...] | 2007-11-30 13:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ TU |
07ANKARA2862 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2863 | CODEL SHAYS TALKS PKK, KURDISH ISSUE, IRAQ, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rep. Christopher Shays met with MFA Under Secretary Apakan, Turkish General Staff (TGS) Plans and SIPDIS Operations Chief Maj. Gen. Kocak, and a group of current and former parliamentarians representing southeastern Turkey in Ankara on November 26 and 27, the first two days of [...] | 2007-11-30 16:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA2864 | TURKEY/IRAQ: GOVERNMENT APPROVES OCTOBER 17 [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Erdogan reportedly stated November 30 that the Council of Ministers and President Gul have authorized the Turkish Armed Forces to conduct a cross-border operation (CBO) against PKK terrorists operating in northern Iraq. Foreign Ministry and Turkish parliament contacts tel [...] | 2007-11-30 16:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
07ANKARA2865 | CRASH OF ATLASJET FLIGHT FROM ISTANBUL TO ISPARTA, TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: An Atlasjet flight from Istanbul to Isparta, Turkey crashed 12 km from the Isparta Airport at approximately 01:45 local time on 30 November, 2007. The plane was a McDonald-Douglas 83. The remains of all 57 onboard have been located by Search and Rescue teams. The pilot, Serh [...] | 2007-11-30 17:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC TU |
07ANKARA2867 | TURKISH FORCES FIRE ON PKK CAMP IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Turkish artillery fired on a terrorist PKK camp in the eastern Zap region along Iraq's northern border from 10:38 til 11:05 Zulu December 1. In two announcements made following the action, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) confirmed the operation, asserting TGS forces killed 30 P [...] | 2007-12-02 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU |
07ANKARA2870 | AVOIDING CUTOFF OF TURKISH ELECTRICITY TO NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Karadeniz Toptan Elektrik Ticareti(Kartet) supplies electricity to Northern Iraq from a plant in SE Turkey. Kartet Director Nuray Atacik told us that this year, delays in getting annual renewal of Kartet's fuel oil export permit and letter of credit from the Government of Ira [...] | 2007-12-03 09:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG IZ TU |
07ANKARA2874 | TURKEY: POSITIVE REACTIONS TO DECEMBER 1 [...] (U) Summary: There has been no subsequent military action following artillery strikes against PKK positions in northern Iraq on December 1. However, senior GOT officials have publicly reaffirmed Turkey's readiness to make additional hits on PKK bases across the border and have said it is no [...] | 2007-12-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR IZ TU |
07ANKARA2875 | Update on PKK Violence (November 24-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website. TGS does not account for police casualties and Ministry of Interior casualty data is not made public. As a result, actual numbers for total Turkish [...] | 2007-12-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2877 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-03 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2879 | POLL OPENS DOOR INTO TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary. A clear majority of residents polled in 14 southeastern Turkish provinces said they would prefer to live in Turkey even if an independent Kurdish state were founded in northern Iraq. The Turkish polling company Metropoll claimed its November survey of 1,079 people is the first [...] | 2007-12-03 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2885 | CODEL SHAYS GOES TO SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Representative Christopher Shays obtained first-hand insight into the Kurdish issue and efforts to counter the PKK during a November 27-28 visit to southeastern Turkey. He also toured the Habur border gate and was briefed on Turkish-Iraq [...] | 2007-12-04 08:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA2886 | TURKEY: GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHONS CLAIM ECUMENICAL [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government policies are slowly suffocating the Ecumenical Patriarchate (EP),according to representatives of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a U.S.-based group of Greek Orthodox laymen. In November 29 meetings, the delegation told Turkish officials crawling re [...] | 2007-12-04 08:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2888 | FIVE YEARS WAITING IN THE WINGS: CHILDREN'S LAW SIGNED [...] Turkish President Gul on December 1 signed into law the "Children's Law" which includes language implementing the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction. The Turkish Parliament passed the law on November 22. 2. This marks the successful culmination of a five-year effort by pos [...] | 2007-12-04 09:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2891 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2893 | TURKEY: RELIEF ON THE WAY FOR ANKARA TIP SHELTER [...] (SBU) The Ankara TIP shelter, operated by the Foundation for Women's Solidarity (FWS),remains open despite a three-month funding short-fall. FWS could not pay salaries in September, October, or November 2007. The Canadian International Development Agency has responded positively to the IOM [...] | 2007-12-04 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AFIN ELAB PHUM SMIG SOCI TU |
07ANKARA2894 | TURKEY SIGNS ELECTRICITY AGREEMENT WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and Iran signed an electricity agreement on November 21 and pledged to continue cooperation on energy issues despite U.S. objections. The agreement calls for private sector construction of two thermal power plants and one hydropower plant and investment in trans-border t [...] | 2007-12-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU IR |
07ANKARA2895 | Rising Inflation Challenges the Central Bank [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's headline consumer inflation was 1.95 percent in November, considerably higher than the 1.58 percent consensus estimate, and this result surpassed even the most pessimistic economic forecasts. Core indicators were not encouraging and non-food inflation picked up sharply [...] | 2007-12-05 05:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA2898 | TURKEY: SECDEF'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (S) Our real-time intelligence and cooperation with Turkey in attacking PKK encampments in northern Iraq has turned around a relationship that soured in September and October due to the Armenian genocide resolution and PKK attacks. You should highlight our commitment to helping Turkey combat t [...] | 2007-12-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ |
07ANKARA2905 | TURKEY: ADANA GOVERNOR REVEALS HIS SUSPICIONS [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At an opening ceremony of the Adana chapter of the EU-supported Civil Society Development Center (STGM),Adana Governor Ilhan Atis verbally attacked the coordinator, questioned European motives (and competence),and insisted civil soci [...] | 2007-12-06 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM TU |
07ANKARA2907 | TURKEY/IRAN: INITIAL TURKISH REACTION TO NATIONAL [...] (C) Ambassador reviewed the NIE key judgments and reftel points with MFA Undersecretary Apakan and President/Prime Minister advisor Davutoglu on December 4. Drawing on points in reftel, Ambassador highlighted the NIE's conclusion that Iran had a nuclear weapons program and stopped it in 2003, [...] | 2007-12-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR TU |
07ANKARA2909 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2914 | TURKEY: PEACE UNIVERSITY TO DEVELOP ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) This cable contains confidential business information not intended for external distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: As President Gul prematurely announced during the recent Peres/Abbas visit to Turkey, Bilkent University Rector and philanthropist Ali Dogramaci is building a "Peace Unive [...] | 2007-12-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PRELEVU EINV TU IS |
07ANKARA2915 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 13:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2917 | BLOCKING MONEY FLOWS TO THE PKK IN NORTHERN IRAQ: [...] (S) Summary. As the United States works together with Turkey to implement the President's directive for effective action against PKK terror, we must also redouble our efforts to shut down the financial support that flows from Europe into PKK headquarters located in northern Iraq. While previ [...] | 2007-12-07 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2918 | DESIGNATING TAK AND PJAK TERRORIST GROUPS: NEED [...] (S) Summary: The USG should move quickly to formally designate TAK (Kurdish Freedom Falcons) and PJAK (Party of Free Life of Kurdistan),two terrorist groups that work in close collaboration with the northern Iraq-based PKK. Designation would help efforts to cut off financing to these well-k [...] | 2007-12-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER CBIS TU |
07ANKARA2919 | TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM FOCUSES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary and comment. After a clumsy start, the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) efforts to push through comprehensive constitutional revisions are gaining momentum. AKP officials, at least in private, are forthrightly stating that wholesale changes are necessary to wrench contr [...] | 2007-12-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TU |
07ANKARA2921 | PRESIDENT GUL PROPOSES GAS PIPELINE VIA IRAN AND JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish President Abdullah Gul's December 5-6 visit to Turkmenistan focused on energy and economic relations. Gul proposed to his Turkmen counterpart to transport Turkmen gas to market via Turkey, and joint oil and gas exploration in Turkmenistan. Energy Minister Guler was quo [...] | 2007-12-07 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA2922 | TURKEY: POLITICAL HOT-BUTTON APPOINTMENT TESTS NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. President Gul will shortly appoint a new chairman of the Higher Education Council (YOK),a body enshrined in the 1982 Constitution to oversee Turkey's university system and preserve its staunchly secularist nature. In a country perpetually challenged by perceived thr [...] | 2007-12-10 05:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2926 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2928 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL URGES PAKISTAN OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Turkish President Gul, during a December 2-3 visit to Islamabad, urged Pakistan's opposition leaders to put President Musharraf above the political fray and compete amongst themselves in the upcoming, January 6 elections. Pointing to the long and bumpy road Turkish [...] | 2007-12-10 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
07ANKARA293 | BEST YEAR EVER: TURKEY IMPORTANT MARKET FOR U.S. PHRMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey currently represents the 14th largest market in the world in terms of pharmaceutical sales, and it is on track to grow to the 10th largest by 2009. The size of the market comes from volume and not from the pricing of pharmaceuticals, which PhRMA company representatives c [...] | 2007-02-12 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR USTR EUN TU |
07ANKARA2931 | Update on PKK Violence (December 1-7, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 1-7, 2007 reporting period, one GOT se [...] | 2007-12-11 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2934 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2935 | TURKEY: GOT FLOATS A TRIAL BALLOON ON GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Erdogan sent up a trial balloon December 9 on the possibility of issuing some form of amnesty to PKK members. As the GOT and military continue to work closely with us to implement the November 5 understanding, they want to keep the pressure on both the PKK in northern Iraq and [...] | 2007-12-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2938 | INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS ASSOCIATION SETS 2008 PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Moving Turkey's informal economy (still estimated at over 40% of the Turkish workforce) into the formal economy and tax rolls again topped the International Investors Association of Turkey's (YASED) priorities for 2008. During their November annual meeting in Ankara, YASED exec [...] | 2007-12-11 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV BEXP KIPR TU |
07ANKARA2940 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2942 | TURKISH EFFORTS ON LEBANESE PRESIDENCY [...] (c) Further to reftels, Ambassador spoke December 11 with Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu about the Lebanese presidency state of play. Davutoglu said that he and PM Erdogan have been in touch on an almost daily basis over the past couple of weeks with key players in Bei [...] | 2007-12-11 16:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY TU |
07ANKARA2943 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORT- (NOVEMBER [...] Summary: The EXBS Advisor completed transfer of the Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs. Turkish MFA continues to withhold implementation of EXBS Agreement pending U.S. ratification of the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (123) Agreement. Progress continues for ongoing enforcement tra [...] | 2007-12-12 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA2944 | TURKEY: GUL'S APPOINTMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 09:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2945 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2949 | MFA OFFICIAL PREDICTS RENEWED NATO-EU TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: EU plans to deploy an ESDP police mission to Kosovo could spark renewed NATO-EU tensions by mid-January unless the issue of NATO support for the mission, and the broader problem of Turkey's relationship with ESDP, are addressed to Turkey's satisfaction. A Turkish MFA official hi [...] | 2007-12-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL TU YI |
07ANKARA2952 | TURKEY: GOT CONCERNED ABOUT NEW YORK SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2953 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2955 | TURKISH THINKING ON AZERI GAS VOLUMES AND TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's energy priorities are increasing gas supply and diversity of suppliers, and reducing its energy costs. The Turkey-Greece-Italy Intergovernmental Agreement that allows Turkey to buy 15% of transiting gas at a netback price plays a central role in meeting these needs. Netba [...] | 2007-12-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU EINV AZ |
07ANKARA2958 | TURKEY: NEW JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS LAW IRKS SECULAR [...] (C) Summary: President Gul's midnight signing of a new law governing the selection process for prosecutors and judges brought sharp criticism from a legal establishment that sees the move as a challenge to its independence by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The truth is more [...] | 2007-12-14 11:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2959 | TURKEY: 2007 DECA INSPECTION FOCUSES ON INCIRLIK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TU |
07ANKARA296 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2960 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TAKING THE PULSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador urged GOT Iraq Coordinator Celikkol to move forward with a GOT invitation to President Talabani to visit Ankara, noting such a step could help break the ice between the Turks and Iraqi Kurds and lead to eventual dialogue with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials. [...] | 2007-12-14 11:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ |
07ANKARA2962 | EXBS: TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY REQUESTS [...] (U) Action request at para 5. 2.(C) Summary: The Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) has requested that the USG send a team of experts to conduct a joint nuclear smuggling threat assessment with TAEK to obtain a better understanding of the threat to Turkey of proliferation of nuclear mat [...] | 2007-12-14 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA2963 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 12:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2965 | TURKEY: UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Turkey continues its efforts to eliminate all forms of child labor, increasing access to basic and vocational education to improve the prospects of children currently working, and withdrawing them from employment while they are children. Post provides new information below in response to the [...] | 2007-12-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TU |
07ANKARA2968 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: October & November 2007 [...] In the keynote speech delivered at the opening of the Turkish War Academies on Oct. 1, CHOD GEN Yasar Buyukanit underlined the theme that no power can divide Turkey, change its secular structure, or shake the Turkish nation's confidence in its military. Emphasizing the importance of the fight [...] | 2007-12-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL YI CI AJ IZ GR KS IT UK IS CY PL |
07ANKARA2969 | TURKEY: 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR TU |
07ANKARA2970 | TURKEY: 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR TU |
07ANKARA2973 | TURKEY: CURRENT THINKING ON THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Turkish officials, parliamentarians, academics, and opinion-makers following publication of the latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran, reveal the following: -- While the GOT remains opposed to and very concerned about a nuclear-armed Iran, it f [...] | 2007-12-16 01:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNUC OREP TU IR |
07ANKARA2974 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY CONDUCTS AIRSTRIKES AGAINST [...] (C) Turkish warplanes attacked suspected PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq between 0100 and 0400 hours local time on December 16. Turkish General Staff (TGS) officials provided approximately one hour advance notice to U.S. personnel via the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) in Ankara, [...] | 2007-12-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2975 | TURKEY: POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: There is little public concern in Turkey over Kosovo's final status. The GOT continues to view independence as inevitable. Because public support cuts across party lines, there will be a strong political consensus for Turkey to play a post-independence role. Neverthel [...] | 2007-12-17 07:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU KV |
07ANKARA2983 | TURKEY: REACTION TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST PKK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reaction to Turkish military air and artillery strikes (ref A) against PKK targets in northern Iraq early December 16 dominated Turkish media on December 17. President Gul, PM Erdogan, and other government officials praised the Turkish military's ability to carry out night-tim [...] | 2007-12-17 12:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA2985 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA2989 | MAY 1 DANISH FLIGHT SEARCH NETS 19 PKK CASH [...] (S) Danish authorities briefly detained 19 suspected PPK cash couriers on a May 1 charter flight that stopped in Copenhagen en route from Stockholm to Erbil in northern Iraq, Danish Embassy Police Liaison Officer Jens Mortensen told Regional CT Coordinator on December 14. The flight was given [...] | 2007-12-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL EFIN KTFN IZ DA TU |
07ANKARA2991 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKISH AIR AND ARTILLERY STRIKES ON [...] (S) Turkish warplanes attacked suspected PKK positions in the Zap region, in northern Iraq along the Turkey-Iraq border, between 1200 and 1400 hours local time on December 17. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) provided advance warning to the Ankara Coordination Center (ACC) located in the Offic [...] | 2007-12-17 17:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
07ANKARA2992 | PKK-LINKED ROJ-TV DOMINATES TURKEY-DENMARK CT [...] (C) Summary. Denmark needs "better" evidence from the Turks to successfully prosecute PKK-linked ROJ-TV, Danish U/S Taksoe-Jensen told his Turkish counterparts during inaugural Turkey-Denmark CT consultations on December 12. Given the strict independence of Denmark's prosecutors, he suggested [...] | 2007-12-17 18:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KTFN DA TU |
07ANKARA2994 | TURKEY: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES VOICE OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's traditional religious minority communities -- Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Jewish Community -- recently have criticized elements of a draft Foundations Law, vetoed in 2006 by then-President Sezer, that Parliament is expected to take up in early 2008 [...] | 2007-12-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2997 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKISH TROOPS ENTER NORTHERN IRAQ ON [...] (S) Summary: Turkish troops in battalion strength entered northern Iraq in the Hakurk and Ava Shin regions late December 17 and into December 18. Turkish General Staff (TGS) claims this was a hot pursuit operation, initiated by a local commander and to a limited depth, and therefore was unabl [...] | 2007-12-18 10:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2998 | TURKEY: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES VOICE OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's traditional religious minority communities -- Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Jewish Community -- recently have criticized elements of a draft Foundations Law, vetoed in 2006 by then-President Sezer, that Parliament is expected to take up in early 2008 [...] | 2007-12-18 10:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA3000 | TURKEY: JORDANIAN KING DISCUSSES MEPP, SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Jordanian King Abdullah's discussions with President Gul and PM Erdogan during his December 10 visit focused primarily on regional security issues, according to MFA Levant desk officer Cem Ulusoy. All three leaders expressed support for the latest round of the Middle East peace process ( [...] | 2007-12-18 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IS JO SY |
07ANKARA3004 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 13:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA3006 | TURKEY: REACTION TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior GOT and military officials continue to praise the strikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq and deny that civilian targets there were hit. However, inadequacies in interagency coordination and the sidelining of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plague GOT efforts to addre [...] | 2007-12-18 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA3008 | Update on PKK Violence (December 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 8-15, 2007 reporting period, no GOT se [...] | 2007-12-19 09:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA3009 | TURKEY TO FOLLOW-UP AGAINST WITH IRANIANS ON [...] (S) GOT officials have said they will again follow-up with Government of Iran authorities to press for information related to the disappearance of Robert Levinson. MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Babur Hizlan told us December 18 that he will ask the Turkish embassy in Tehran to cont [...] | 2007-12-19 09:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | CASC PREL PHUM TU IR |
07ANKARA3010 | TURKEY: CATHOLIC PRIEST STABBED IN IZMIR [...] (C) Summary and comment: Police detained a 19-year old Turkish man shortly after he stabbed Italian Priest Adiano Franchini inside Izmir's St. Antoine Church on Sunday, December 16. Franchini, who survived the attack and is recovering well, said he would not press charges against the attacke [...] | 2007-12-19 09:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA3014 | TURKEY'S TOP BUSINESS GROUP TAKES LEAD IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges (TOBB) is a leader in the Ankara Forum for Economic Cooperation between Turkey, Palestine, and Israel (refs A-C). They are developing free trade zones in Gaza and the West Bank, although they are frustrated by lack of pro [...] | 2007-12-19 10:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD PREL TU IZ AF PA IS |
07ANKARA3015 | TURKISH OPPOSITION APPEALS TO COURT TO ANNUL THE NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and Democratic Left Party (DSP) asked the Constitutional Court on December 6 to annul the recently passed Nuclear Power Law. They assert that the law is unconstitutional because it usurps parliamentary authority, violates the "great [...] | 2007-12-19 10:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA3016 | TURKEY: RULING AKP TACKLES A TABOO -- IMPROVING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA3017 | TURKEY: MHP'S BRIEF MOMENT OF NOTORIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition Nationalist Action Party (MHP) members are quietly distancing themselves from the words of their colleague in parliament, Osman Durmus, who sharply criticized Chief of the General Staff General Buyukanit. MHP will wisely keep itself at arm's length from direct attacks [...] | 2007-12-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA3020 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-26 07:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA3028 | TURKEY: REACTIONS TO CONTINUED AIRSTRIKES AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Public reaction to repeated Turkish strikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq continues to be positive. The role the U.S. has played in sharing intelligence and deconflicting Iraqi airspace has also received a great deal of positive attention. Turkish media continue to note [...] | 2007-12-26 15:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA3031 | Update on PKK Violence (December 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 16-23, 2007 reporting period, no GOT s [...] | 2007-12-27 06:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA3033 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-27 08:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA3039 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-27 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA3040 | TURKEY: 2007 ADVANCE SPECIAL 301 INITIATIVE UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Turkish government has made little progress on six action items in the 2007 Advance Special 301 Initiative Action Plan since we presented it to them in August. Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) officials enthusiastically accepted the plan but, we surmise, ran into resistance with [...] | 2007-12-27 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV TU |
07ANKARA3043 | (S) SHIELD S15A-06: TURKEY PREPARED TO HELP BLOCK [...] (S) We delivered reftel paper to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on December 17. Ulgen, who personally reviews all export licenses to Syria involving Australia Group-controlled items, expressed appreciation for the information and promised to share the informati [...] | 2007-12-28 08:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC |
07ANKARA3044 | TURKEY PREPARING TO REVIVE EU REFORMS IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary and comment: The EU's December 19 decision to open negotiations with Turkey on two new policy chapters appears to have calmed GOT officials infuriated by French President Sarkozy's maneuvering to have the terms "accession" and "membership" removed from the GAERC's December 10 stat [...] | 2007-12-28 08:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA3045 | TURKEY: CODEL SKELTON DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) President Gul, PM Erdogan, DCHOD Saygun and DefMin Gonul all expressed satisfaction with U.S. support to Turkey against PKK terrorism. The Turkish people have a more positive view of the U.S. as a result. Codel Skelton stressed the common struggle against terrorism and U.S. understanding [...] | 2007-12-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OREP AM IZ IR TU KV IS KPAL |
07ANKARA3047 | TURKEY SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT OSLO PROCESS, BUT [...] (C) We delivered reftel papers on December 17 to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen, who was a member of the Turkish delegation to the Oslo Process meeting in Vienna on 5-7 December. Ulgen stated that, as a country with cluster munitions in its arsenal, Turkey sha [...] | 2007-12-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO TU |
07ANKARA3049 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA3051 | TURKEY: BATMAN SEES LOCAL POLITICAL TENSIONS RISING [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Two prominent Batman Bar Association leaders in southeast Turkey told us during a recent visit that local political tensions between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) have inc [...] | 2007-12-28 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA3052 | MGPKO2: TURKEY CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION, [...] (U) Turkey has strongly condemned the assassination of former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto and called for unity in the face of terrorism and extremism. In its December 27 statement, the MFA greeted the news of Bhutto's death with great sorrow and went on to state, "There is no doubt that thes [...] | 2007-12-28 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PK TU |
07ANKARA307 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA308 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/P DIRECTOR STEPHEN KRASNER [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/P Director Stephen Krasner and S/P Delegation. 2. (U) Janice Weiner, Political Counselor, is your Control Officer for Ankara. She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, Ext 2515; Home: 011-90-312-448-2108 or ext 2114; [...] | 2007-02-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL TU |
07ANKARA310 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JAN 2007) [...] Summary: Turkish Parliament ratified the U.S. - Turkish NP Cooperation Agreement, a major step in fully opening the EXBS program in Turkey. EXBS Advisor continued coordination of training opportunities for Turkish Customs Officials. GOT approved the upgrade of previously installed por [...] | 2007-02-14 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA311 | MIDNIGHT EXPRESS IT'S NOT: MODEL TURKISH PRISON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA313 | TURKEY: IMPACT OF THE ARMENIA BILL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: French interests in Turkey have suffered as a result of votes taken by the French National Assembly to recognize (in 2001) the events of 1915 as a "genocide," and then in October 2006 to criminalize the denial of those events. In the case of the former, French embassy officials [...] | 2007-02-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR ETRD FR AM TU |
07ANKARA316 | Scenesetter for the Visit of CODEL Dicks to Turkey [...] Summary: Your visit comes at a critical period in the U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship as the government grapples with continued PKK terrorist attacks from northern Iraq, fears that Iraq's instability will spread beyond its borders, the aftermath of the Dink murder, a potential U.S. congressi [...] | 2007-02-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR |
07ANKARA317 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION@SDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA318 | Nomination for Woman of Courage Award - Nebahat Akkoc, [...] (U) The following is Mission Turkey's nomination for the Secretary's "Woman of Courage" awards. SIPDIS 2. (U) Nominee: Nebahat Akkoc, President and founder of KA-MER (Women's Center),Turkey. Age: 54. Contact addresses: Ali Emiri 4. Sk. Diskale Apt No:2/4 Yenisehir, Diyarbakir, Turkey; [...] | 2007-02-14 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TU |
07ANKARA319 | TURKEY: NATIONALIST PEOPLE'S PARTY CHAIRMAN DEVLET BAHCELI: NATIONALISM FOR ALL TURKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 5, Nationalist People's Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahceli outlined to Ambassador the party's priorities for the coming election year. His candor was hampered by an adherence to the party's declared goal of becoming the sole governing party after the general electio [...] | 2007-02-15 06:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA324 | UNSCR 1737: TURKEY WILL SEARCH FOR ASSETS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Demarches on implementation of UNSCR 1737 have been delivered to the Minister of Finance, Turkey's financial intelligence unit, and the Foreign Ministry. The senior foreign ministry official responsible for intelligence and security appreciated the information, but admitted tha [...] | 2007-02-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KFTN PARM KNNP IR TU |
07ANKARA325 | SUCCESS STORY - AFGHAN-TURKISH COUNTERNAROCTICS TRAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Post organized an INL-funded, DEA-run counternarcotics training program for Afghan and Turkish counternarcotics supervisory agents in Ankara January 29-February 2. The course advanced multiple USG goals at very modest cost: bringing together Afghan and Turkish officials to enha [...] | 2007-02-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EAID KPAO TU |
07ANKARA335 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-15 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA336 | ANKARA DELIGHTED WITH PKK ARRESTS IN FRANCE AND [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Director General for Security Guven stressed the importance of the recent French and Belgian arrests of PKK individuals and looked forward to further cooperation with the French on the case. At the same time, Guven noted French concerns about press reports crediting [...] | 2007-02-15 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN PTER EFIN FRU TU BE |
07ANKARA338 | WHY KIRKUK MATTERS TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: The future status of Kirkuk is the number one issue in Turkish political debate on Iraq. Policymakers have told us that it is more significant than the PKK problem. Turkish concern is primarily centered on the fear that Kurdish control of Kirkuk will lead to an independent Kurdish [...] | 2007-02-16 06:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA339 | 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`ency, and international wilties and are often otherwise unreliable. 2. (U) During the January 16-31, 2007 [...] | 2007-02-06 08:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA343 | TURKS ASK FOR MORE JUSTIFICATION FOR WMD TASK [...] (C) Summary: ISN/WMD Office Director Thomas Lehrman presented a draft MOU on the creation of a bilateral Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism Enforcement Task Force to Serhan Yigit, Head of Section, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament on February 13 on the margins of the Anka [...] | 2007-02-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA351 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA354 | TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - NO HUMAN CASES [...] SUMMARY: The GOT moved rapidly to contain outbreaks of avian influenza in chickens in villages in Batman and Diyarbakir provinces in the southeast that began on February 5 (refs). Ministry of Agriculture (MARA) officials culled nearly 3,000 birds and are implementing other appropriate biosecu [...] | 2007-02-16 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU KFLU |
07ANKARA356 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL TILLEMANN [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Tomicah Tillemann. 2. (U) Jeff Collins, Political Officer, is your Control Officer for Ankara. He can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, Ext 2521; Home: 011-90-312-495-6433; Cellular: 011-90-532-620-3849. Chris Fri [...] | 2007-02-20 07:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OREP AMGT AFIN ASEC TU |
07ANKARA367 | TURKEY SEEK TO REVITALIZE BSEC AS IT FETES 15 YEARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey aims to use its BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary at its Istanbul Summit on June 25. BSEC and Turkey urge high level participation at this event. BSEC hopes to highlight BSEC institutional refo [...] | 2007-02-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV KCRM TU |
07ANKARA369 | TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DHS/DNDO [...] Embassy Ankara to Mr. Dave Smith and will travel to Ankara and@fuclear Research Facility Q February 24 to March 3, rol Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG 295-2524 or Commercial (90)(312)455-5555 ext.2524 or through Embassy switchboard ext 0. 3. Local contact and lodgin [...] | 2007-02-21 09:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP OTRA PREL TU |
07ANKARA372 | IRAQ: TURKEY EAGER TO MOVE ON NEIGHBORS CONFERENCES [...] (S) Following up on ref email conveying the Secretary's interest in pursuing FonMin Gul's proposal to host a senior "Iraq neighbors" plus P5/G8 meeting in the near future, Ambassador met Feb. 16 with Gul and Feb. 19 with GOT Special Coordinator for Iraq Celikkol. They confirmed that Turkey en [...] | 2007-02-21 09:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU IZ IR SY EG SA |
07ANKARA373 | Special 301 - Recommendation to Put Turkey on Watch List [...] (SBU) Post recommends moving Turkey to the Special 301 Watch List in 2007 to recognize improved legislative protections for intellectual property as well as the increase in seizures and resources dedicated to capturing and sentencing IPR violators. Turkish officials provided comprehensive and f [...] | 2007-02-21 10:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR USTR TU |
07ANKARA375 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA378 | TURKISH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz told A/S Sullivan that the Bank was hopeful it could achieve its 2008 target and would attain a respectable 5.1% in 2007 if current conditions prevailed for the remainder of the year. While this is below the official target (of 4%),the Gover [...] | 2007-02-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA379 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, January 2007 [...] The Turkish Parliament ratified on January 24 the Bilateral Agreement on Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Nonproliferation Purposes (EXBS),which was originally signed on June 14, 2005. The agreement, which was ratified despite the objection of the CHP (Republican Peop [...] | 2007-02-22 10:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL LE GR UP IS AJ TU |
07ANKARA38 | KAYSERI'S BOOM SHOWS TURKEY'S PROMISE, POLITICS PERMITTING [...] (SBU) A recent visit to the thriving central Anatolian city of Kayseri showed the potential for expanding the geographical base of U.S.-Turkey trade beyond the megalopolis of Istanbul and how economic stability and openness are spreading growth in Turkey's regional cities, creating opportunit [...] | 2007-01-09 12:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN BEXP SOCI TU |
07ANKARA381 | CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT OREP OTRA PGOV TK TRY |
07ANKARA382 | U/S JOSEPH ASKS TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Summary: U/S Joseph briefed Turkish Finance Minister Unakitan on the nuclear threat from Iran and sought Turkish support in taking financial measures against Iran, with specific reference both to export credits and sanctions on entities controlled by AIO and IRGC. Unakitan seemed concerned [...] | 2007-02-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP KTFN EFIN TU IR |
07ANKARA383 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C) Introduction: The U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship is in a critical phase as the government grapples with continued PKK terrorist attacks from northern Iraq, fears that Iraq's instability will spread beyond its borders, the aftermath of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink murder, [...] | 2007-02-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
07ANKARA384 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA385 | Kayseri: Eye of the Anatolian Tiger [...] (SBU) Summary: Kayseri, a city of one million people in the center of Turkey, is one of the centers of Turkey economic revival. The business elite tends to recycle investment capital back into the city, and credit is usually obtained overseas. The limits on Kayseri's development are its fic [...] | 2007-02-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SOCI TU |
07ANKARA386 | IRAQI VP ABDEL MAHDI ASKS FOR TURKEY'S SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA387 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY CLASH OVER [...] (C) Summary: A dispute between Turkey's military and government over contacts with Iraqi Kurdish leaders is threatening to scuttle an already twice-postponed meeting between FonMin Gul and KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani. The military, even more than the political opposition, will attempt to use thi [...] | 2007-02-22 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA388 | TURKEY CONFIRMS OFFER TO COMMAND UNIFIL NAVAL [...] (C) MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal and Turkish Navy Plans and Policy CDM Cem Gurd to take oveQ after Germany. 2. (C) Both officials insist%d that the Turkish offer was made without Cyprus-related caveats. Turkish command of the force would not prejudice the ability of contributi [...] | 2007-02-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNIFIL CY LE TU |
07ANKARA391 | HIGH ADMINISTRATIVE COURT MAINTAINS FREEZE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's High Administrative Court has maintained the freeze on Yassin Al-Qadi's assets in Turkey by overruling last July's lower court ruling. The lower court had challenged the Government's authority to freeze. The High Court's ruling appears to be final, unless the Council [...] | 2007-02-23 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN TU |
07ANKARA399 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA4 | TURKISH CONCERNS ON IRAQ, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will continue closely to cooperate with the US on Iraq and hopes Washington will share its evolving thinking prior to any public announcements, newly promoted MFA U/S Apakan told Ambassador December 30. After repeating remarks on Iraq made December 27 to the DCM (reftel),[...] | 2007-01-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
07ANKARA40 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-09 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA403 | RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND [...] (C) Ambassador raised ref a points February 22 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary (U/S-equivalent) Haydar Berk, stressing unacceptable Russian threats to Poland and the Czech Republic even though Russia knows missile defenses based in those countries pose no threat to the Russian strategic arsenal. [...] | 2007-02-23 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL CZ RU TU |
07ANKARA404 | TURKISH PROFESSOR RECEIVES MULTIPLE DEATH THREATS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 17:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA406 | TURKISH FM GUL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul told a congressional delegation that the US/Turkey relationship has weathered many storms but that a US congressional Armenian genocide resolution threatens to undermine cooperation on our shared goals for Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, NATO and more. US failure in Iraq will [...] | 2007-02-26 10:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AR |
07ANKARA407 | ENERGY MIN TELLS A/S SULLIVAN READY TO TRANSIT AZERI GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 10 meetings with EEB A/S Dan Sullivan on the margins of U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Committee meetings, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and state-owned pipeline company (BOTAS) acting Director General Saltuk Duzyol emphasized that Turkey is ready facilitate transit [...] | 2007-02-26 10:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ |
07ANKARA408 | TURKISH MINISTER DESCRIBES EU AND ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Minister of Economy and EU Negotiator Ali Babacan described the profound transformation of Turkey as a more transparent, globally-interconnected country to visiting EEB A/S Sullivan on February 10. Following the EU's December suspension of negotiations over eight chapters, [...] | 2007-02-26 11:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EFIN EU TU |
07ANKARA41 | TURKEY: ELECTRICITY PRIVATIZATION POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Confirmation that the Government has decided to postpone electricity distribution company privatizations planned to begin this month put a damper on markets at the start of the new year. The reason for the delay appears to be the political desire of the AKP Government to avoid e [...] | 2007-01-10 05:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG EFIN TU |
07ANKARA418 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA42 | Turkey Seeks Clean Coal Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In an introductory meeting with THE state-owned Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKI),Director Selahaddin Anac expressed hope for activity under the bilateral Implementing Arrangement for Cooperation in the Field of Coal and Power Systems. He voiced strong interes [...] | 2007-01-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP SENV TU |
07ANKARA421 | INVITATION FOR TURKEY TO PARTICIPATE IN COESPU [...] We delivered reftel demarche jointly with Italian PolCouns Lucio Demichele on February 22 to Gulin Dinc, Head of Department, MFA International Political Organizations. We emphasized that the program was designed for training of trainers and that we would be prepared to send a joint U.S.-Itali [...] | 2007-02-27 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV TU |
07ANKARA423 | TURKEY: STAFFDEL TILLEMANN DISCUSSES ARMENIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE AM TU |
07ANKARA424 | TURKISH FM GUL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul told a congressional delegation that the US/Turkey relationship has weathered many storms but that a US congressional Armenian genocide resolution threatens to undermine cooperation on our shared goals for Iraq, Afghani and more. US failure `ill be Turkey's failu [...] | 2007-02-27 09:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AR |
07ANKARA429 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA430 | ANKARA'S MAMAK DISTRICT: VOICES OF ANKARA'S HAVE NOTS [...] (SBU) Summary. A visit to one of Ankara's oldest squatter settlements provided insight into the multiple challenges Turkey faces in dealing with its endemic squatter housing problem, which is linked to persistent regional income disparities and the country's deep urban and rural poverty. Res [...] | 2007-02-27 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU |
07ANKARA432 | HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR TURKEY'S NEW MORTAGE LAW [...] (U) Summary. In a social and economic watershed moment for Turkey, officials, real estate developers and finance experts are trumpeting the recent passage of a long-awaited mortgage law as an important step toward transforming Turkey's housing market and blighted urban landscape, a move that c [...] | 2007-02-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
07ANKARA438 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKEY REVIEWING THE MOU [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us February 23 that the ministry's legal office is reviewing U.S. comments on the draft MOU for Turkey's transfer of flank entitlements to the U.S. Gun said he is arguing for the more flexible, poli [...] | 2007-02-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO NO GR TU |
07ANKARA439 | TURKISH LOGISTICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incirlik Air Base (IAB) in southern Turkey has been a strategic asset to coalition efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan since the first Gulf War. Current Turkish authorization to use IAB as air-refueling, cargo transit and FAA navigation aid operation hubs has saved the US hundreds of [...] | 2007-02-28 08:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AF |
07ANKARA444 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Departm Amy Ritualo. Chris Fri@er, is your Control Of 0@779. 2. (U) Post underQlogistical arrangementQng made by ILO. 3. (U)Visas: Please note that all Americans entering Turkey must have a valid Visa. The onlyexception [...] | 2007-02-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA AFIN AMGT TU |
07ANKARA449 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA45 | TURKISH FM GUL WILL ATTEND NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO TU |
07ANKARA450 | GLOBAL RISK REDUCTION HITS TURKISH MARKETS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA451 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) In the wake of the second Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting held in Ankara on February 12-13, we addressed follow-up items with MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun on February 23. Gun noted that, as a contribution to the GI workplan, Turkey has [...] | 2007-02-28 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP TU |
07ANKARA452 | TURKEY ON IAEA REPORT ON IRAN'S NONCOMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA458 | TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 3 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Cathy Westley, telephone number 90-312-455-5555 X 2513, fax number 90-312-468-4775. Westley (FS-03) spent [...] | 2007-03-01 09:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
07ANKARA459 | TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). -------------------------------------------- Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers ------------------------------------------ [...] | 2007-03-01 09:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
07ANKARA460 | TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). ------------------------------------ Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ A. (U) The GOT [...] | 2007-03-01 09:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
07ANKARA461 | TURKEY'S KURDS ALARMED BY GROWING EXTREMISM; [...] (C) Summary. Heading into the traditionally with thQ Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) (or even IQaqi president Talabani) as disrespectful, particularly given Turkey's readiness to defend Iraqi Turkomans. Baydemir said the escalation of tension, particularly the prospect of a Turkish military [...] | 2007-03-01 11:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA462 | TURKEY'S OWN "24" -- "VALLEY OF THE WOLVES" [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA463 | NEXT STEPS ON PKK IN EUROPE [...] (S) Summary: Recent French arrests of PKK operatives on criminal charges are a good sign of progress against PKK networks in Europe. To most effectively build on this, we need to follow up to move law enforcement and intelligence cooperation with Europeans to an operational level. Post recom [...] | 2007-03-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN TU |
07ANKARA465 | DESPITE ILL WILL, TURKEY PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary: Turkey plans to proceed with its planned outreach to the Iraqi Kurds, but what officials view as a steady stream of unhelpful rhetoric from the KRG leadership complicates this effort. Turks are dismayed by Masoud Barzani's Feb. 26 interview on Turkish television -- and annoyed by [...] | 2007-03-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA467 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA468 | HOPE FOR OUTREACH TO ARMENIA FADES [...] (C) Summary: Even as concern over a U.S. Congressional Armenian genocide resolution mounts, Turks from across the spectrum caution that in this election year Turkey will not/cannot make a dramatic gesture to Armenia. End summary. 2. (C) The hot-button issue of a possible Armenian genocide [...] | 2007-03-01 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM AJ |
07ANKARA469 | TURKEY: RACE FOR UNSC SEAT BRINGS RENEWED [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Turkey gears up its campaign for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2009-2010, the GOT is taking a renewed interest in Africa, reflected in part by PM Erdogan's recent visit to Addis Ababa for the African Union Summit. Never a key focus of Turkey's foreign pol [...] | 2007-03-01 16:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON AORC UN XA TU |
07ANKARA47 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA470 | TURKEY: HAK-PAR POLITICIANS CONVICTED FOR USING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 07:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA474 | TURKEY FOCUSED ON POLITICAL PRESSURE TO STOP [...] (C) Summary: Recently announced plans by the Republic of Cyprus to move ahead with a licensing round for offshore oil exploration (reftel) are of great concern to Turkey. Although Turkey claims rights to the area in question under the Law of the Sea, Foreign Ministry officials say they will [...] | 2007-03-02 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EWWT PGOV PREL TU CY |
07ANKARA476 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA477 | TURKISH TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY NOT WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Treasury Under Secretary Ibrahim Canakci told us March 3 he was not worried about the current wave of market turbulence. He said it would not have substantial macroeconomic impact unless it persisted for a longer period. Nor did Canakci express concerns about the IMF Mis [...] | 2007-03-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA478 | TURKISH MFA COMPLAINT ABOUT SENATE RESOLUTION ON [...] (c) Turkish MFA U/S Apakan called in Ambassador March 2 regarding the Senate draft resolution on the Hrant Dink assassination that has been introduced by Sen. Biden. 2. (c) Reading from a Washington embassy report, Apakan noted that S-Res 65 is listed publicly on the SFRC agenda for March [...] | 2007-03-02 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU |
07ANKARA479 | IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials say they pressed Mottaki to make Iran's nuclear program more transparent and to carefully consider diplomatic offers already on the table, including the P5 1. The Turks cautioned that the international community's lack of confidence about Iran's nuclear program [...] | 2007-03-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA480 | TURKEY: GREEK MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN RIGHTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey believes Greece's efforts to address the concerns of the ethnic Turkish minority population of Western Thrace fall short. While noting that the GOG had made a start, MFA officials indicate they await final Greek action on the proposed legislation and other details before [...] | 2007-03-02 18:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GR TU |
07ANKARA482 | TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] As of February 28, the H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in 12 locations of four districts in Batman province, including one area with wild birds, and in six locations of two districts in Diyarbakir province. There have been a total of 283 dead birds with confirmed cases of H5N [...] | 2007-03-05 07:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU |
07ANKARA486 | 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 [...] | 2007-03-05 07:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA488 | MFA CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's approach to Central Asian countries largely echoes ours: ensuring security and stability, promoting democracy and human rights and fostering economic development and integration. During broad consultations in Ankara, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and MFA interlocutors explor [...] | 2007-03-05 08:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX AJ UZ TI AF KG TU |
07ANKARA489 | TURKEY EAGER TO COOPERATE ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials agreed with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum to explore complementary cooperation where possible on our approaches to Central Asia (septel). Representatives from the Turkish General Staff, the Turkish International Cooperation Administration, the Foreign Trade [...] | 2007-03-05 08:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX AJ UZ TI AF KG TU |
07ANKARA49 | TURKEY'S TELECOM SECTOR - VOIP AND OTHER REGULATION: SLOW [...] SUMMARY: While Turkey's Telecom sector achieved a critical milestone with privatization of Turk Telekom (TT) in early 2006, the six-year old regulatory body Telecom Authority (TK) is still struggling to gain competence and maintain its independence vis a vis still dominant TT and the Ministry [...] | 2007-01-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
07ANKARA491 | PROGRESS IN TURKEY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting U.S. team was impressed by the level of commitment and sophistication in emergency planning evidenced in a range of meetings with national-level disaster assistance players in the Turkish capital. FEMA and OFDA committed to follow up with the Turkish Emergency Manage [...] | 2007-03-05 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV EINV TU |
07ANKARA493 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA494 | TURKEY: WEAPONS TRAINING DEPLOYMENTS REINITIATED [...] (C) On February 23, the US 22nd and 23rd Fighter Squadrons, based at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany, completed a six-week long Weapons Training Deployment (WTD) (NOTE: Turkey prefers the use of the term Rotational Training Deployment) at Incirlik Air Base, the first significant WTD to take pl [...] | 2007-03-05 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU |
07ANKARA495 | TURKEY CRITICAL OF FRENCH DEFENSE AGREEMENT WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR TU |
07ANKARA496 | TAEK PRESIDENT ON HEU FUEL EXCHANGE AND SISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) President Okay Cakiroglu stated TAEK is open to discussing areas for peaceful nuclear cooperation, including repatriation of HEU current held at the Cekmece Nuclear Research Center and the USG-proposed nuclear laboratory-to-laboratory ("Si [...] | 2007-03-06 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL TRGY TU |
07ANKARA50 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN SUPPORTS SINIORA IN LEBANON, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although PM Erdogan and Lebanese PM Siniora reportedly speak often and, according to remarks in the press attributed to iniora, "have had a visible chemistry together," it seems the GOT prefers to support "stability" in Lebanon above all else. Erdogan met with most Lebanese polit [...] | 2007-01-10 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU LE SY |
07ANKARA501 | EXCITEMENT AND FRUSTRATION IN TURKEY'S TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from participation at the annual 3GSM World Conference in Barcelona, participants at a recent telecom sector conference in Istanbul were agog with new visions, technology, and opportunities. Coming back to earth, there was widespread frustration with recently privatized an [...] | 2007-03-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
07ANKARA502 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA508 | TURKISH REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary. Turkey's Special Representative for Iraq Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador on March 6 that the Iranians have agreed to attend the March 10 Baghdad meeting and the Neighbors of Iraq plus P5, but the Saudis remain unconvinced. Celikkol plans to travel to Tehran on March 7 to lock in [...] | 2007-03-06 16:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL IZ TU |
07ANKARA512 | BRIEFINGS ON ILLICIT TRAFFICKING AND REVIEW OF [...] (SBU) Summary; Two nuclear smuggling and forensics experts from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory conducted a nuclear smuggling workshop for members of the Turkish National Police (TNP). They also met with Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) scientists at the Cekmece Nuclear Research [...] | 2007-03-07 08:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM TU |
07ANKARA513 | A/S HARTY'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Harty met with senior Turkish officials from the Ministries of Justice, Interior, and Foreign Affairs during a visit to Ankara on March 6. Expressing gratitude for Turkey's recent efforts to resolve a number of high profile child abduction cases, A/S Harty also conveyed the [...] | 2007-03-07 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS TU |
07ANKARA514 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: CROSS-GROUP STATIONING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO UK CA RO BU TU |
07ANKARA515 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKS WILLING TO WORK ON [...] (C) In the absence of MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun, we pressed Department Head Serhan Yigit on March 7 for Turkish reaction to our comments on the draft MOU for the transfer of 35 tank and 20 ACV entitlements, explaining our desire to complete notification of the [...] | 2007-03-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO TU |
07ANKARA516 | TURKEY: DISPLACED VILLAGERS CRITICIZE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA517 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA518 | TURKEY ENERGY MINISTER ON EXPANDING SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) On March 6 Ambassador and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler discussed state of play on the "southern gas corridor," including the potential roles of Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. The Minister looked forward to the March 9 meeting with Iraqi gas experts in Istanbul as a start on a [...] | 2007-03-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ TX IZ IR |
07ANKARA519 | "MODERATE ISLAMIC" SUMMIT STILL UP IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: Timing for a follow-on summit to the February 24 Islamabad foreign ministers meeting on Middle East Peace remains unclear, according to Turkish MFA. Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey are concerned that the effort not be perceived as an anti-Iran initiative. Saudi Arabia wa [...] | 2007-03-07 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
07ANKARA521 | TURKEY-IRAN JEC RESULTS IN PLAN FOR EXPANDED TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Foreign Trade (FTU) officials provided a more positive readout of the recent Turkey-Iran Joint Economic Commission meeting than their MFA colleagues (ref A). They reported that the two sides agreed to begin negotiating a preferential trade agreement and also discussed Ec [...] | 2007-03-08 08:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ENRG KNNP TU IR |
07ANKARA522 | RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Acting DDG Serhan Yigit told us March 7 that Turkey had decided against making any public statement concerning Russian threats to Poland and the Czech Republic as we had urged MFA officials to do on February 22 and 23 (ref a). 2. (C) Yigit told us the MFA is concerned t [...] | 2007-03-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL CZ RU TU |
07ANKARA523 | RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD POINTS DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA525 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (FEB 2007) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor assisted in Embassy support to U.S. delegation attending Global Initiative (GI) meetings, coordinated Turkish participation at export control conference and began coordination of Turkish customs officials' participation at upcoming International Border Interdiction [...] | 2007-03-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA527 | TURKISH READ ON BAGHDAD/CAIRO/ISTANBUL CONFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Special Representative on Iraq Oguz Celikkol, just back from meetings in Tehran, told DCM March 8 that the Iranians have committed to participate at both the March 10 preparatory meeting in Baghdad and the expanded Istanbul ministerial, which the Turks hope will take [...] | 2007-03-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ IR SY |
07ANKARA528 | English Language Fellow Program in Turkey [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The English Language Fellow (ELF) Program has proven to be a valuable public diplomacy tool for reaching younger and broader audiences across Turkey, at a time when US foreign policies are viewed with suspicion by Turkish opinion leaders and citizens. ELF access to educators, off [...] | 2007-03-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL TU |
07ANKARA529 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA531 | SMOOTHING THE ENTRY OF TURKISH OFFICIALS INTO THE [...] (U) Action request at para. 5. 2. (SBU) A Turkish delegation headed by Minister of State Ali Babacan and Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun and including Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar, TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MGEN Serdar Savas and other o [...] | 2007-03-08 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR CMGT TU |
07ANKARA532 | TURKEY: STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737 [...] (SBU) We presented reftel points and U.S. report to MFA Iran Desk Officer Aziz Sevi who provided us in return a copy of the Turkish status report to the UN on its compliance with UNSCR 1737 dated February 21 (faxed to ISN/RA). The one-page Turkish report states that the MFA organized a number [...] | 2007-03-09 07:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY TU IR |
07ANKARA533 | INVITATION FOR MIAMI LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 09:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA534 | TURKEY WILL NOT OBJECT TO U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Bora Kerimoglu, Chief of Section, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, and urged GOT support for the U.S. proposal on Modifications to UAV/Cruise Missile Criteria at the Oslo MTCR Technical Experts Meeting. Kerimoglu told us on March 8 that Ministry [...] | 2007-03-09 09:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA |
07ANKARA539 | Central Bank Governor Firm on Independent Policies [...] (SBU) Once again showing his readiness to speak out in implied criticism of government policies and to assert his independence in monetary policymaking -- including in an election year -- Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz told a conference in Istanbul March 7 that the inflation rate was not [...] | 2007-03-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA541 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA542 | TURKISH COURT BLOCKS ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" WEBSITE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECPS OSCE TU |
07ANKARA548 | SPECIAL ENVOY FOR COUNTERING THE PKK RALSTON [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkey will review U.S. suggestions for deliverables on the PKK, GOT Special Envoy Baser told U.S. Special Envoy Ralston March 8. Turkey remains concerned that the PKK maintains a potentially intimidating presence in the Makhmour refugee camp, but will proceed with negotiations [...] | 2007-03-12 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PREF PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA55 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA552 | TURKISH GENERAL STAFF TAKING A HARDER LINE WITH [...] (C) The Turkish General Staff (TGS),in some cases fronted by the Foreign Ministry, is taking a harder line on routine military cooperation with allies. -- Ankara-based diplomats told us that blanket overflight clearances granted to France, Germany, Spain, and Canada for support to Operati [...] | 2007-03-12 11:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR FR GE SP AU TU |
07ANKARA555 | U.S.-TURKEY RENEWS CALL FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 8 and 9 U.S.-Turkey EPC meetings resulted in an invigorated bilateral economic dialogue and a plan for cooperation in the coming year. The EPC began in Istanbul with a series of meetings with the U.S. and Turkish private sectors that provided a first-hand account [...] | 2007-03-12 12:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD TU |
07ANKARA558 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA559 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY HOLDS CONVENTION AMID [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA56 | U/S BURNS VISIT TO TURKEY JANUARY 18-19 [...] (S) Your visit comes at the start of a pivotal year for Turkey. Presidential and parliamentary elections will intensify internal political competition and aggravate nationalism at a time when Turkey finds itself more uncertain about its future -- both domestically and externally -- than any t [...] | 2007-01-11 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU |
07ANKARA560 | KEY TURKISH OFFICIAL ON TURKISH-IRAQI KURD CONTACTS [...] (C) Turkish FM/PM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador and EUR DAS Bryza March 8 that contacts with the Iraqi Kurdish leadership will go forward, but probably not before late-spring or summer. As the initiator of Turkey's current effort at dialogue with the Iraqi Kurds begi [...] | 2007-03-12 16:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA563 | TURKEY: CHIEF OF STAFF BUYUKANIT TAKES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-standing strains between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and the AKP -led government have escalated recently into regular confrontations over foreign policy. On France, Cyprus and Iraq, Chief of Staff (CHOD) Buyukanit has preempted or disputed government positions, leaving t [...] | 2007-03-13 07:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU |
07ANKARA57 | TURKEY: THE GOT ON LEDRA STREET BRIDGE REMOVAL: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although GOT officials were not supportive of "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's decision to dismantle the Ledra Street footbridge at the Green Line in Nicosia, they nonetheless stated in the end it was Talat's decision to make. While Talat had broached the subject in late Novem [...] | 2007-01-11 16:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS TU CY |
07ANKARA573 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-13 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA574 | TENSION ESCALATING IN RUN-UP TO NEVRUZ HOLIDAY IN [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: The judicial offensive against several DTP politicians and growing militant activity by PKK supporters raise the possibility that this year's Nevruz (March 21) holiday could be particularly violent, according to many of our contacts in t [...] | 2007-03-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA58 | BSEC: TURKEY ASKS FOR FLESHED OUT PROPOSAL ON ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey seeks to coordinate with the U.S. and the EU as it composes its strategy for its BSEC chairmanship starting in May 2007. Its priority areas are trade and development, transportation, energy security and safety, organized crime, and environment. Turkey asks that the U.S [...] | 2007-01-12 10:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON TU |
07ANKARA581 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2007 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on February 23. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq were discussed and the importance of territorial integrity and poli [...] | 2007-03-14 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL ET AJ AL JO AF TU |
07ANKARA584 | TURKEY: GOT POSITIVELY INCLINED TO US REQUEST FOR [...] SUMMARY: Turkish government officials are likely to make a positive decision in response to the USG request to resettle Iraqi refugees currently located in Turkey. They expressed some initial hesitation, primarily because they fear an increased influx of refugees from Iraq and elsewhere in t [...] | 2007-03-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM TU IZ |
07ANKARA585 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-14 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA588 | TURKEY: PRESSURE MOUNTING ON PM ERDOGAN BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Erdogan is the target of a growing pressure campaign from various quarters in the run-up to the filing for presidential candidacy on April 16. Recent remarks by military and opposition leaders, along with provocative media campaigns, are ratcheting up the tension in [...] | 2007-03-14 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA591 | IMF CONFIDENT DESPITE ELECTION YEAR [...] (C) Summary. At a March 13 breakfast briefing hosted by Ambassador at the midpoint of the ongoing 6th review of Turkey's stand-by program, Mission Chief Lorenzo Giorgianni told G-7 ambassadors and embassies that he was facing difficult negotiations of specific structural and fiscal issues. [...] | 2007-03-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA592 | TURKEY'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY; INCREASED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 10:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR OSCE TU |
07ANKARA596 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA598 | TURKEY/GREECE/NATO: NOBLE ARCHER CANCELLATION AND [...] (C) We understand the commander of the NATO Air Component Command in Izmir cancelled NATO involvement in the February 27 Noble Archer exercise in the Aegean after Greek authorities posted a NOTAM that included the island of Limnos, whose demilitarized status is in dispute. MFA Deputy Directo [...] | 2007-03-15 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GR TU |
07ANKARA599 | TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: [...] (SBU) We delivered ref points to Turkish MFA Deputy Directorate for International Political Organizations Head, Zeynep Kiziltan, on March 15. Kiziltan had no immediate substantive response, but she had already discussed the matter with the Turkish mission in New York. We will follow up. V [...] | 2007-03-16 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL TU |
07ANKARA604 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 12:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA606 | FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS' SCRUTINY OF IRANIAN TRAVELERS [...] (S) Summary: Queries to Iranian visa applicants regarding how they obtained visas to travel to countries other than the United States revealed that in most cases obtaining a tourist visa is simply a matter of filing the proper forms and paying the requisite fees. The relative ease with whic [...] | 2007-03-16 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | CVIS IR PINR PREL TU |
07ANKARA610 | Business Sees Nationalism as Bigger Risk than Elections [...] (SBU) Summary. The head of Merrill Lynch's new Istanbul branch is not overly concerned about the short-term outlook for the Turkish economy or politics. He minimizes the double election year political risk, estimating a 95% chance that PM Erdogan will seek and get the presidency and a large [...] | 2007-03-17 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV TU |
07ANKARA614 | TRILATERAL IRAQ GAS GROUP MEETS FOR FIRST TIME IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S., Turkish, and Iraqi officials met March 9 in Istanbul to discuss potential development of Iraq natural gas production for domestic use and export via the "Southern Corridor" network of gas pipelines to Europe. The group agreed to cooperate on attracting gas sector investme [...] | 2007-03-19 07:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA615 | TURKEY OPEN TO PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) We have provided reftel's non-paper to several different offices at the Turkish MFA, particularly those involved in the recent Policy Planning Talks: the Americas desk, their Policy Planning shop and the Office of Multilateral Economic Affairs. S/P Krasner raised the PDG in his February [...] | 2007-03-19 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD KDEM TU |
07ANKARA616 | MFA PREVIEWS TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO EPC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Ertegrul Apakan previewed Turkey's reaction to our draft of the Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) Action Plan. Stressing that MFA staff needed a week or two to get interagency clearance, Apakan said h [...] | 2007-03-19 09:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD TU |
07ANKARA622 | TURKS ANTICIPATE BANNER TOURISM YEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the heels of dashed expectations for tourism in 2006, Turkish officials expressed confidence that tourist arrivals for 2007 would surpass the record 21.1 million set in 2005. To attract more tourists from North and South America, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has invested [...] | 2007-03-19 10:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON TU |
07ANKARA624 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA628 | TURKEY: POST SUPPORTS FY07 SECTION 1206 SUBMISSION [...] (S) In response to reftel request, post stands by its FY07 1206 program request. The proposal was comprised of two parts: an $8.5M UAV training and maintenance program for the upgrade of and training on three grounded Unmanned Aerial Vehicles currently in Turkey's inventory, and a $2.5M count [...] | 2007-03-19 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MASS PARM TU |
07ANKARA629 | TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ONE MONTH OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the presidential election process beginning in just four weeks, political circles are bursting with theories about what the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will do. For his part, Prime Minister Erdogan has stuck to his declared intention not to signal any decision [...] | 2007-03-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA632 | TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. NATO GOALS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials told USNATO PermRep Nuland that Turkey will maintain its commitments in Afghanistan and expand Wardak PRT operations, but would not commit to sending additional helicopters. Amb. Nuland praised Turkish contributions to ISAF while urging the Turks to do more and [...] | 2007-03-20 10:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OVIP TU |
07ANKARA635 | TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY REACTION TO WMD [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Ministry is reviewing the draft WMD Enforcement Task Force MOU but told us it will be tough to sell to other agencies without modification and further justification. Post suggests we focus our efforts on the Consequence Management MOU instead and recommends ISN bureau [...] | 2007-03-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA636 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA639 | TURKEY'S WATER WORRIES - WAITING FOR APRIL SHOWERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With only 1642 cubic meters/year per capita usable water, Turkey is far from a water-rich country and acutely subject to increased dryness due to global warming. Now a particularly dry winter has left many of Turkey's reservoirs at low levels. Although Ankara authorities have [...] | 2007-03-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR SENV EAGR TU |
07ANKARA64 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA641 | TURK-AZERI DIASPORA TAKES AIM AT ARMENIAN DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary: A recent Turkish-Azeri diasporas forum in Baku is seeking to develop an organized counterbalance to the influence of the Armenian diaspora worldwide. Possible Turkish-Armenian rapprochement looks bleak, although MFA sources tell us FM Gul plans to approach Secretary Rice with a p [...] | 2007-03-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM AJ TU |
07ANKARA642 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR AKDAMAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA643 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) We notified MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun that the U.S and Russia have invited most of the world's countries to participate in the initiative (ref a). In response, Gun repeated earlier Turkish concerns about Cyprus becoming a partner. He warned that, while the [...] | 2007-03-21 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP IAEA CY TU |
07ANKARA644 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-21 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA646 | TURKISH, ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN BUSINESS LEADERS TO [...] (SBU) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the chairman of TOBB, Turkey's leading business association, described plans to hold a meeting of the Ankara Forum, which includes Hisarciklioglu,s Israeli and Palestinian counterparts, on March 26 in Washington, DC. The po [...] | 2007-03-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ETRD IS KWBG TU |
07ANKARA648 | THE TRUTH BEHIND THE AKP'S "SECRET ISLAMIC AGENDA" [...] (C) Summary. Ever since its victory in the 2002 general elections, rumours and suspicion have swirled around the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) "secret" Islamist agenda. After more than four years in power, some doubters are relieved to find an AKP that appears conservative, We [...] | 2007-03-21 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
07ANKARA652 | TURKEY: LEFT-LEANING OPPOSITION SHOWING SOME SIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the past two weeks, Turkey's long-moribund, inchoate left has begun to show signs it may coalesce into a pre-election alliance. While there are significant hurdles to overcome -- in particular, who should head the formation -- they evince a new resolve to get in the game befor [...] | 2007-03-22 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA653 | TURKEY: FESTIVE NEVRUZ CELEBRATIONS PASS WITHOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-22 12:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA654 | TURKEY: HIGH HOPES FOR PALESTINIAN NUG; MUBARAK [...] (U) Action Request in Para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials are hopeful the establishment of the new Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) represents a chance for a fresh start in establishing peace and security in the Palestinian territories as well as for dialogue between the Pa [...] | 2007-03-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS TU |
07ANKARA655 | SETTING THE TONE FOR THE 2007 U.S.-TURKEY TIFA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The fifth U.S. Turkey TIFA discussions in Washington provide an opportunity to build on the positive tone set in the 2006 meetings to further improve our bilateral trade relationship. Turkey has made significant improvements to its investment climate, and FDI is rising consider [...] | 2007-03-22 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KIPR TU |
07ANKARA658 | TURKEY: WILL GO WITH THE EU FLOW ON ZIMBABWE, BUT [...] (C) We delivered ref a points March 19 to MFA Africa Department Head Raif Karaca. Karaca asked for time to discuss the issue internally and came back to us March 21. Karaca noted that Turkey, as an EU accession candidate country, associates itself routinely with EU statements on Zimbabwe and [...] | 2007-03-22 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI TU |
07ANKARA659 | TURKEY TELECOM BOARD - VISIT TO FCC MAY 11 [...] Turkish Telecom Board President Tayfun Acarer has informed the Embassy that he would like to visit the FCC on May 11 to have a meeting with the FCC Chairman to build a strong institutional relationship and learn from U.S. experience. Embassy has long supported high-level interaction between t [...] | 2007-03-22 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
07ANKARA661 | PKK: PUSHING INTRA-EUROPEAN COOPERATION ON S/CT [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Security Affairs DG Hayati Guven recommends that S/CT Urbancic use his travel to Paris, Brussels and Copenhagen next week to maximize intra-European information-sharing on PKK financial operations. He stressed the financial links between the PKK financiers arrested i [...] | 2007-03-22 17:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN TU JO IZ FR DA BE |
07ANKARA662 | TURKEY SEEKING TO HOST WORLD PETROLEUM [...] SUMMARY: The government-supported Turkish Organizing Committee seeks U.S. support for its candidacy to host the 20th World Petroleum Congress in 2011 in Istanbul. Turkey's Organizing Committee will meet U.S. World Petroleum Council (WPC) members (Chevron, API, Schlumberger) in Houston April [...] | 2007-03-23 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG AORC TU |
07ANKARA663 | KRG MAY BE PONDERING DELAYED KIRKUK REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Kurdish leadership is weighing political modalities for a delay in a Kirkuk referendum, visiting KRG foreign policy adviser Dizayee told us March 20. KRG-GOT dialogue is continuing, even though a meeting at the political level may not occur until after Turkey's mid-May [...] | 2007-03-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PREF PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA666 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA668 | VISA ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQIS ATTENDING GERMAN MARSHALL FUND [...] (SBU) Turkey's Union of Chambers of Commerce and Commodities Exchange (TOBB),the leading Turkish business association, and the German Marshall Fund will co-host a conference on "Iraq Futures" in Washington, DC April 10 - 11. TOBB has asked for assistance in facilitating travel of some Iraqi c [...] | 2007-03-23 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL ECON TU IZ JO AE |
07ANKARA67 | TURKEY GENERALLY SUPPORTS NEW IRAQ STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the USG's new Iraq strategy, MFA Undersecretary Apakan told the Ambassador Jan. 12. Turkey still attaches significant importance to the Kirkuk and PKK issues, and will seek continued consultations on these in the weeks ahead. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador call [...] | 2007-01-12 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA670 | TURKEY: SURVEY SPOTS U.S. BUSINESS CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. A membership survey by the American Business Forum in Turkey (ABFT) paints a mixed picture of how American companies view the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Turkey. They see a lucrative market with vast potential for growth, a stable macroeconomic environme [...] | 2007-03-23 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA671 | TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL URGES AGAINST CLOSURE OF NATO [...] (C) Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul expressed to Ambassador on March 21 Turkey's concerns regarding NATO consideration in the Command Structure PE review of closing Component Command Air Izmir. Closure of that command would be "bad news for the Turkish people" for two reasons, accord [...] | 2007-03-23 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
07ANKARA676 | TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR: ANGST AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's long anticipated electricity shortage is at hand. The government's slow progress on liberalization, market pricing, rule- making, and privatization have led to failure to deliver new investment, so the government is already confronted with managing electricity supply [...] | 2007-03-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA680 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA681 | TURKEY CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER MOU [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, we informed MFA Arms Control DDG Ahmet Muhtar Gun's office that the U.S. agrees with all of the Turkish proposed changes to the draft text of the CFE entitlement transfer MOU, and that we seek to put the MOU into final form, exchange notes, and transmit the text to W [...] | 2007-03-26 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA682 | ELECTRICITY PRICE ISSUE HOLDING UP IMF PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF mission left Ankara March 21 without reaching agreement on the terms of the Sixth Review. Both sides, however, were at pains to explain that agreement was reached in every area but one: what to do about the fiscal impact of constant electricity prices charged by state-ow [...] | 2007-03-26 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA685 | ELECTRICITY PRICE ISSUE HOLDING UP IMF PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF mission left Ankara March 21 without reaching agreement on the terms of the Sixth Review. Both sides, however, were at pains to explain that agreement was reached in every area but one: what to do about the fiscal impact of constant electricity prices charged by state-ow [...] | 2007-03-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA686 | TRADITIONAL TURKISH TROOP BUILD-UP UNDERWAY FOR [...] (C) On the eve of the March 21 Newroz celebrations in honor of the Kurdish New Year, the Turkish press reported a significant troop build-up along Turkey's border with Iraq in preparation for the traditional spring offensive by the PKK terrorist organization in southeast Turkey. Land Forces C [...] | 2007-03-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA687 | GOT CONSIDERING SENDING SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will likely send a senior MFA official to Armenian PM Margarian's March 28 funeral, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Cevikoz told the Charge. Given that the Akdamar Church opening ceremony is the following day, Cevikoz will push for the GOT to allow a direct Yerevan-Van flight to [...] | 2007-03-26 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU AM |
07ANKARA688 | TURKEY: LOOKING TO NAIL DOWN DATE FOR IRAQ [...] (S) Action Request in para five. 2. (S) Turkey is moving ahead with planning of the Iraq neighbors plus ministerial to take place in Istanbul based upon reports that Iraqi PM Maliki has agreed on Istanbul as the venue. According to GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Amb. Oguz Celikkol, this inform [...] | 2007-03-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
07ANKARA694 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA699 | TURKEY CONTINUING EU REFORMS DESPITE SETBACK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 06:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA700 | TURKEY: VERDICT IN CLOSELY WATCHED TORTURE TRIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 06:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA701 | TURKEY: NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS AGAINST GOT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV AF IT TU |
07ANKARA708 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA709 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC TU |
07ANKARA710 | TURKEY ON KOSOVO: SUPPORT AHTISAARI PLAN; HOPE TO [...] (C) Turkey continues to support UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan, including his recommendation that Kosovo become independent. We delivered ref a points March 27 to MFA Balkans Department Head Ilhan Saygili, who reiterated Turkey's long-standing position (reported ref b) in support of the pr [...] | 2007-03-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI TU |
07ANKARA711 | TURKEY: STONEWALLING ON UN-BROKERED CYPRUS TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's MFA characterizes recent Greek Cypriot steps to re-start UN-brokered talks and to facilitate a re-opening of the Ledra Street crossing of the Green Line in central Nicosia as "just for show." The GOT believes G/C President Papadopoulos is feeling pressure from the EU and [...] | 2007-03-28 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07ANKARA712 | TURKEY: FIRST REACTIONS TO UNSCR 1747 SANCTIONS [...] (C) We delivered ref a points on UNSCR 1747 to MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ahmed Yoruk on March 26. Yoruk said the MFA is studying the text of the resolution and commented that its provisions appear to be similarly targeted as those in UNSCR 1737. He advised that the text of la [...] | 2007-03-28 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR TU |
07ANKARA719 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA722 | TURKEY: MUBARAK VISIT LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA and Egyptian embassy officials described the March 22-23 visit of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Turkey as "symbolically important" and "a useful exchange between two regional powers." Despite agreement by both countries to establish a structured "strategic dialo [...] | 2007-03-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG EG TU |
07ANKARA723 | TURKEY TO SUBMIT FINAL CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER [...] (SBU) Per ref a, we followed up with Ahmet Muhtar Gun, MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament, on March 28 to underscore US acceptance of Turkey's changes to the CFE Entitlement Transfer MOU text and press for the exchange of final documents by March 30. Gun said that the [...] | 2007-03-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA726 | BODRUM: TURKISH TOURIST HOTSPOT "FIGHTING THE MAN" [...] (SBU) Summary: Located on the southern Aegean and one of Turkey's most famous tourist destinations, Bodrum currently faces many challenges as its plans for infrastructure expansion are stymied by the inefficiency of Turkey's centralized government bureaucracy in Ankara. Of main concern to t [...] | 2007-03-30 10:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL TU |
07ANKARA728 | EU Funding takes off in Turkey [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-30 12:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EU PGOV TU |
07ANKARA73 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA734 | TURKEY: VISIT OF PALESTINIAN NUG "OUT OF QUESTION" [...] (C) The GOT has flatly rejected press reports suggesting an imminent visit of Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) officials to Turkey. Both publicly and privately, the Turks have told us that Erdogan's March 28 meeting with Abbas (on the margins of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh) was [...] | 2007-03-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS TU |
07ANKARA735 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA737 | TURKEY WWF AND TRILATERAL WATER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The Turkish MFA was pleased with the kick-off planning meeting for the 2009 World Water Forum (WWF) conference in Istanbul (ref A) and the subsequent "River Basin Management" Conference in Antalya. On the margins of the latter, Turkish, Iraqi, and Syrian ministers restarted tr [...] | 2007-04-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAGR KPAO OEXC SCUL TU IZ |
07ANKARA74 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U/S LEVEY MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: In his meetings with the Turkish Foreign and Finance Ministries, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey pointed out how better use of counterterrorism finance tools could help Turkey elicit stronger European cooperation against PKK. Turkish MFA expressed satisfaction with U.S. coo [...] | 2007-01-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU |
07ANKARA747 | TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE'S [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA749 | TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR ON NEIGHBORS-PLUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador April 2, Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol urged a prompt decision on the timing and venue of the Iraq Neighbors-plus ministerial, which Turkey hopes will be April 23-24 in Istanbul. He said that PM Maliki should have no concerns about an Ista [...] | 2007-04-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
07ANKARA75 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR UNDER SECRETARY NICHOLAS [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Special Assistant Herro Mustafa. 2. (U) Cathy Westley, Political Officer, is your Control Officer. She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, EXT 2513; Home: 011-9 [...] | 2007-01-16 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OTRA AMGT AFIN PGOV TU |
07ANKARA750 | 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 [...] | 2007-04-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA754 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA755 | EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON CFE ENTITLEMENTS TRANSFER MOU [...] (SBU) The Turkish Foreign Ministry and embassy exchanged diplomatic notes in Ankara on March 30 to formalize the transfer of Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) Treaty equipment entitlements based on the memorandum of understanding text in ref b as modified in ref c. Turkish note was e-mailed to [...] | 2007-04-03 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA756 | TURKEY: ADVANCING BYPASSES AND IRAQ GAS/OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish public and private sector officials are eager to move forward on consideration of Iraqi gas for export to and via Turkey. The GOT is ready to discuss scheduling the second meeting of the Iraq Gas Working Group, but expects to receive a draft from the USG on conclusions [...] | 2007-04-03 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU IZ |
07ANKARA757 | DENIZLI: TEXTILES REIGN SUPREME NEAR TURKEY'S "COTTON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Denizli province, located just east of the Port of Izmir, is yet another example of how Turkey's economic recovery is trickling down to its diverse regions. One of Turkey's largest textile producing regions, companies who previously lost U.S. business at the end of the [...] | 2007-04-03 09:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON BEXP KTEX TU |
07ANKARA76 | TURKEY/GREECE: DUST UP OVER IMIA/KARDAK ISLET AND [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish military is downplaying a series of confrontations between Turkish Coast Guard vessels and Greek fishermen near the disputed islet of Imia/Kardak, as well as reports of air intercepts over the Aegean since mid-December. The MFA described the December encounters aroun [...] | 2007-01-17 05:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU GR |
07ANKARA762 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-03 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA767 | TURKISH OFFICIALS BRIEFED ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Deputy Director BG Patrick O'Reilly briefed Turkish military as well as Defense and Foreign Ministry officials April 2 on the Iranian ballistic missile threat and the U.S. Integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System. BG O'Reilly's presentation address [...] | 2007-04-04 11:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR IR TU |
07ANKARA77 | TURKEY: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness To Foreign Investment The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),are [...] | 2007-01-17 09:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV OPIC KTDB USTR TU |
07ANKARA773 | TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WINDOW ABOUT TO OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's presidential election process officially begins April 16. Despite months of tail-chasing by the political classes, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's enigmatic silence on his own candidacy has frustrated pundits and opponents alike, while serving gradually to acclima [...] | 2007-04-04 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA774 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA776 | SHIELD S02-07: MFA REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT [...] (S) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Arms Head of Department Serhan Yigit on April 3. We thanked Yigit for MFA's efforts (reported ref b) on the Turkish firm Norm Limited and explained that we have new information that the Turkish firm Rottest A.S. and a second firm located in Izmir are pro [...] | 2007-04-04 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR TU |
07ANKARA777 | BANK SEPAH AND DEFENSE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION [...] (S) Summary: The head of the Foreign Ministry's Iran Department (which has the MFA lead on Iran sanctions) told us that measures are underway within the bureaucracy to implement UNSCRs 1737 and 1747, but that action against Sepah accounts at banks in Turkey had not yet been taken. He said that [...] | 2007-04-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP EFIN TU IR |
07ANKARA778 | DESPITE ALLEGATIONS, MEDIA TAKEOVER PROBABLY NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) re-seized a major media group (including Sabah newspaper and ATV television) and other companies nominally belonging to businessman Turgay Ciner on April 1. The SDIF acted after it came to its attention in March that Ciner had e [...] | 2007-04-05 05:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN TU |
07ANKARA779 | TURKEY-ARMENIA PUSH AFTER ELECTIONS; NO HAMAS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan, Ambassador reviewed the status of the draft Armenian genocide resolution in Congress and discussed prospects for an opening in Turkish-Armenian relations, highlighting USG willingness to work with Turkey once the electio [...] | 2007-04-05 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM KPAL |
07ANKARA78 | TURKEY: GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS 2007 EU ROADMAP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA780 | TURKS PREFER CYPRUS NOT BE A PARTY TO THE GLOBAL [...] (C) In an April 3 meeting with Ambassador, Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan restated Turkish objections to Cyprus becoming a party to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) (reftel). Apakan and Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ahmet Gun explained that, at the February A [...] | 2007-04-05 08:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KGIT PREL PARM TU CY |
07ANKARA783 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 11:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA794 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-06 11:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA799 | THE POLITICS OF SPRAWL IN ANKARA'S NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (C) Summary. In visits to three of Ankara's poorer neighborhoods, we found officials and residents grappling with rural to urban migration challenges, unemployment and a political system that leaves many feeling unheard. As Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections approach, politica [...] | 2007-04-06 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
07ANKARA801 | FIFTH YEAR OF STRONG GROWTH IN TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV EU TU |
07ANKARA803 | TURKEY-IRAN: ENERGY PARTNERS OR WARY NEIGHBORS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish press reports April 6 that the GOT is moving forward on energy cooperation with Iran, including investment in it upstream energy production. Ambassador delivered a strong warning on Iran to the Energy Minister last month, just after the visit of the Iranian Foreign Mi [...] | 2007-04-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA804 | TURKEY PLANS ITS BSEC SUMMIT BIRTHDAY PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA held a meeting with Embassies April 4 to describe its planning for the June 25 BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) Summit meeting of heads of state and government. Turkey aims to use its chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary a [...] | 2007-04-09 05:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV KCRM TU |
07ANKARA805 | TURKEY SHOCKED BY GOI DECISION ON IRAQ EXPANDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In successive conversations April 6 with Ambassador, Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Celikkol and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu expressed "shock" and great disappointment that Egypt rather than Istanbul is being chosen to host the Iraq Neighbors-plus ministerial. Both urge [...] | 2007-04-09 05:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
07ANKARA811 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR DOES NOT ATTEND NATANZ CEREMONY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-09 10:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR TU |
07ANKARA812 | PKK VIOLENCE MAGNIFIES TURKISH ANGER AT IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: A sudden spike in Turkish casualties in operations against the PKK -- along with mounting anger at what is seen here as increasingly provocative rhetoric from KRG President Barzani -- have likely combined to put the possibility of a Turkish cross-border operation back on the table [...] | 2007-04-09 10:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ |
07ANKARA814 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-09 11:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA82 | TURKEY: GOT AND KRG MOVING TOWARD DIALOGUE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Regional Government and the GOT are moving in the direction of initiating a dialogue, perhaps in early February, according to Masoud Barzani's foreign policy advisor (and former KDP Ankara rep.) Safeen Dizayee. According to Dizayee, GOT officials this week offered to [...] | 2007-01-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PREF TU IZ |
07ANKARA822 | TURKEY WARNS IRAQ AND US TO BRING BARZANI AND THE [...] (C) Summary: MFA separately called in both the Iraqi Ambassador and us to reiterate its concerns about recent combative rhetoric from KRG President Barzani, and to warn that Turkey reserves the right to take action against the PKK if the Iraqis will not. Turkish officials are concerned that B [...] | 2007-04-09 16:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA828 | TURKEY: TROUBLED GOVERNMENT-MEDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secularist contacts assert that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government pressures an important voice in society -- the media -- through a variety of means. Such charges have been leveled against previous governments, but AKP's concentrated hold on power m [...] | 2007-04-10 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ANKARA83 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA830 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA832 | TURKISH ANGER CONTINUES OVER SHIFT OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials remain persuaded that the Iraqi Kurds, then the Egyptian and Iraqi governments, essentially conspired to shift the "neighbors-plus" ministerial from Istanbul to Egypt. They have serious doubts as to whether all neighbors will attend the meeting, though Turkey wi [...] | 2007-04-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ EG |
07ANKARA833 | ANKARA PUK REP OUTLINES TALABANI'S EFFORTS TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani will work to defuse Turkey-KRG tensions, according to the PUK representative in Ankara. Talabani will seek to create breathing room for PM Erdogan and his ruling AKP party to weather the political storm of presidential and parliamentary elections, as h [...] | 2007-04-10 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ |
07ANKARA838 | TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOC/BIS [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Ms. Rossitza Petrov and Mr. Brian O'Brien who will travel to Ankara to provide an "Internal Control Program (ICP)" Instructor Training workshop to Government of Turkey officials from April 30 to May 3, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyo [...] | 2007-04-11 07:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC OTRA PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA84 | MFA: TURKEY NOT READY TO SWALLOW U.S. [...] (C) During a Jan. 12 meeting, MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Apakan told the Ambassador that the Turkish public will react harshly if the U.S. Congress passes a resolution asserting that the Ottoman Empire committed genocide against Armenians during World War I. This reaction will in turn [...] | 2007-01-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU AM |
07ANKARA840 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAR 2007) [...] Summary: Two USG nuclear smuggling and forensic experts met with Turkish Atomic Energy scientists to continue cooperation on nuclear forensic review. EXBS Advisor completed mid-year program review and consultation trip to Washington DC. EXBS Advisor continued work with Turkish Customs to i [...] | 2007-04-11 10:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA842 | TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Dr. Louise Shelley to travel to Ankara to meet with Turkish National Police representatives to discuss the NNSA's research project on nuclear smuggling from April 19 to 21, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via th [...] | 2007-04-11 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP OTRA PREL TU |
07ANKARA844 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-11 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA845 | PRESS REPORTS OF TURKISH ATTACKS ON NORTHERN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MOPS PTER PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA847 | LOOKING EAST: TURKEY'S MILITARY INVESTS IN THE [...] (C) Turkey has invested heavily in its security relationships in the Caucasus and Central Asia, with the bulk of its military assistance going to Azerbaijan. Turkey provides security assistance funds and training to all the countries in the region except Armenia and Uzbekistan. Historical and [...] | 2007-04-12 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PINS ZJ ZK AJ GG TI RS TU |
07ANKARA849 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN OPPONENTS TALKING BIG BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the final days before Turkey's presidential election process officially begins on April 16 (ref A),Prime Minister Erdogan's opponents are waging a last gasp effort to prevent his candidacy. Secularists' attempts to stir the public to action against the perceived Is [...] | 2007-04-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA858 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA859 | TURKISH MFA APPRECIATES EFFORTS TO AVERT GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting with Ambassador, MFA U/S (D equivalent) Ertugrul Apakan expressed appreciation for US Administration efforts to avert a congressional Armenian genocide resolution and asked about language of the Presidential proclamation that would be issued on the occasion [...] | 2007-04-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
07ANKARA860 | TURKS SEEKING ENHANCED ROLE IN ESDP PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S (D equivalent) Apakan told Ambassador April 11 that Turkey would like an enhanced role in ESDP planning. The Turks are approaching other NATO and EU members individually; PM Erdogan spoke with Javier Solana in Riyadh. As an EU accession candidate which participa [...] | 2007-04-12 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO EUN TU |
07ANKARA861 | TURKISH CHIEF OF STAFF PUTS THE MILITARY BACK IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's Chief of Staff General Yasar Buyukanit in an hour-long televised speech to assembled military brass and press at the General Staff headquarters on April 12 addressed the military's three-decade long fight against terrorism, defended the military from accusations of wron [...] | 2007-04-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA862 | HIJACKING OF TURKISH AIRLINER ON APRIL 10 [...] (U) On April 10, a Boeing 737 owned by private Turkish airline Pegasus heading to Istanbul from Diyarbakir was hijacked 25 minutes after takeoff. The hijacker, Mehmet Goksingol, told crew members he would explode a cell-phone activated bomb in a package he had with him if the plane did not ta [...] | 2007-04-13 04:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR ASEC CASC TU |
07ANKARA863 | MARE NOSTRUM? BLACK SEA MARITIME SECURITY AND [...] (C) Turkey seeks to maintain its leadership role in Black Sea maritime security but remains frustrated that not all six littoral countries are enthusiastic followers. Ankara complains of Romanian foot-dragging as the GOT seeks to add anti-WMD and anti-terrorism capabilities to BLACKSEAFOR. An [...] | 2007-04-13 05:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS GG RO RS UP BU TU |
07ANKARA868 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA874 | TURKEY MAINTAINS HARD LINE ON MAKHMOUR CAMP [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is not ready to agree on moving forward on closing the Makhmour Camp, MFA Director General Guven told the Ambassador April 13. Guven remains unconvinced that the PKK has been expelled from the camp; believes the Iraqis' insistence on third-country resettlement will lead to [...] | 2007-04-13 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF AORC PREL MOPS TU IZ |
07ANKARA875 | TURKEY ON NOTICE THAT BUYUKANIT STATEMENT ON CBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador notified NSC SecGen Alpogan on April 13 that the statements by Chief of Staff Buyukanit on April 12 regarding Turkish Armed Forces support for a cross-border operation (CBO) into Iraq were harmful to US efforts to facilitate Iraqi cooperation on the PKK terrorist issue [...] | 2007-04-13 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU |
07ANKARA876 | MESSAGE TO PM ERDOGAN: TURKEY MUST REMAIN SECULAR [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's secularists staged a triple play to deter PM Erdogan from running for president as the election process gets underway on April 16. On April 14, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators turned out in Ankara for a peaceful rally in support of secularism and the Republic. Th [...] | 2007-04-15 11:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA88 | TURKEY'S VIEWS ON GOALS FOR AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY [...] (C) Ambassador reviewed US thinking on Afghanistan ahead of the January 26 NATO foreign ministers meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan on January 17. Drawing on reftel points, he highlighted the NATO leaders, discussions in Riga and their commitment to Afghanistan and the success of th [...] | 2007-01-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK TU |
07ANKARA889 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-16 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA89 | TURKEY: KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE [...] (C) Turkey continues to agree with the U.S. view of Kosovo's final status process and supports UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's timeline for moving forward toward resolution. Ambassador discussed the issue with MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Ertugrul Apakan January 17, emphasizing (per ref a) o [...] | 2007-01-18 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC |
07ANKARA891 | TURKEY: NSC SECGEN ON TURKISH HEZBOLLAH AND CYPRUS [...] (C) During an April 13 meeting to discuss CHOD Buyukanit's April 12 press conference (reftel) and the April 10 NSC meeting, outgoing NSC SecGen Yigit Alpogan advised Ambassador that Turkish Hezbollah could overtake PKK as the most serious security threat to Turkey and expressed pessimism about [...] | 2007-04-16 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU GR CY |
07ANKARA894 | KAZAKHSTAN FM VISIT TO TURKEY -- BOSPORUS BYPASS [...] (c) During a recent meeting on various subjects, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for Eurasia Unal Cevikoz described the results of Kazakh FM Murat Tazhin's visit to Turkey on April 5. Cevikoz attached significance to the fact that this visit was the first by a Kazakh foreign minister to Turkey since 199 [...] | 2007-04-16 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET KZ TU |
07ANKARA90 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (DEC 2006) [...] Summary: Turkish National Police (TNP) sent two participants to an FBI-hosted WMD exercise in New York City; coordination for approval by GOT of the change out of portal monitors continued; and continued progress was made on the Internal Control Program (ICP). Finally, EXBS Advisor cont [...] | 2007-01-18 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA906 | Drowning in Tea Leaves - Turkish Press Coverage of the [...] Summary: As the Turkish Presidential election begins officially, the media's coverage leading up to the election has been obsessed with "will he or won't he," playing a guessing game rather than conducting any serious analysis of what it would mean for the country, should PM Erdogan become pr [...] | 2007-04-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO TU |
07ANKARA908 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 12:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA91 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA910 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/I AMBASSADOR DAVID [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq Ambassador Davie Satterfield and Treasury Malachy Nugent. David Burger, Chief of the Political Section's External Affairs Unit,is your Control Officer for Ankara. He [...] | 2007-04-17 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OREP AMGT TU IZ |
07ANKARA916 | TURKISH OPPOSITION'S DESPERATE MANEUVERING AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With little ammunition to force PM Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to present a consensus candidate for Turkey's next president, the opposition has resurrected its threat to boycott the first round of voting (reftel A). Relying on a specious interpret [...] | 2007-04-18 11:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA917 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-18 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA926 | PUSHING TURKEY TO IMPLEMENT UNSC SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. Following up on earlier demarches, Ambassador met April 19 with Foreign Ministry Middle East Director General Bozkurt Aran to keep the pressure on Turkey to implement UNSC Resolutions 1737 and 1747. Bozkurt said the process of adopting a Council of Ministers implementing decre [...] | 2007-04-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP IR TU |
07ANKARA931 | TURKEY PREPARED TO ENGAGE IN IRAQI NEIGHBORS PLUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey will send a delegation to Sharm el-Shaikh to participate in the May 3-4 meetings of the International Compact with Iraq and the Neighbors Plus Ministerial, but FM Gul may be unable to make the trip due to domestic political requirements. GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Amb. Ogu [...] | 2007-04-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ EG IR SY |
07ANKARA932 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA933 | AFTERMATH: TRIPLE-MURDER OF CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA934 | TURKEY RESPONSE TO WMO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 08:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO TU |
07ANKARA936 | TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT UNBALANCED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (SBU) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar called us in April 18, under instructions, to express concern about a program they had heard would be aired on Iraqi TV station Al Hurra soon regarding allegations of Armenian genocide. Torunlar said that, were thi [...] | 2007-04-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU IZ AM |
07ANKARA938 | TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WISCONSIN [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Mr. Gary Milhollin and Ms. Kelly Motz to travel to Ankara to meet with Government of Turkey official to discuss the Wisconsin Project/Risk Report from April 23 to 26, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG [...] | 2007-04-20 11:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA940 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/ERA JOHN ROBINSON [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/ERA John Robinson. Jeff Collins, Political Officer is your point of contact for Ankara. He can be reached at Office: 011-90-312-455-5555, EXT 2521; Home: 011-90-312-495-6433; Cell: 011-90-532-620-3849. 2. (U) Hotel and ot [...] | 2007-04-20 12:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TU |
07ANKARA943 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA944 | TURKEY'S NEXT PRESIDENT: FM ABDULLAH GUL [...] (U) The suspense is over. PM Tayyip Erdogan, at an April 24 meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),announced that FM and Deputy PM Abdullah Gul is AKP's candidate to be Turkey's 11th president. AKP has the votes to elect its candidate by the third round, all but assuring [...] | 2007-04-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR TU |
07ANKARA949 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEE ANN SCHEUER AND [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Lee Ann Scheuer and Leah-Ming Toomer. Christina Bobrow, Political Officer, is your Control Officer She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, Ext 2539 Home: 011-90-312-491-7700; Cellular: 011-90-555-358-6803. 2. (U) Hot [...] | 2007-04-24 11:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TU |
07ANKARA953 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA954 | TURKEY INFORMED THAT CYPRUS JOINS THE GLOBAL [...] (C) Ambassador informed MFA U/S Apakan on April 20 of the adherence by Cyprus to the Global Initiative Statement of Principles, drawing on the points provided reftel. He emphasized the importance the USG attaches to combating nuclear terrorism and our view that the forum should not be used/m [...] | 2007-04-24 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP KGIC PREL PARM TU CY |
07ANKARA957 | MNF-1 GEN. PETRAEUS MEETING WITH TURKISH D/CHOD [...] (S) Summary: MNF-I Commanding Gen. David Petraeus met April 22 with Turkish General Staff (TGS) D/CHOD Gen. Ergin Saygun at Incirlik Air Base to discuss Iraq. Saygun stressed Turkey's strong interest in Iraq's success and in putting past US-Turkish differences behind us. He expressed misgiv [...] | 2007-04-24 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA959 | TURKEY: STILL COMMITTED TO JULY 8 PROCESS, BUT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA Deputy Under Secretary responsible for Cyprus Haydar Berk claims that Turkey remains committed to the July 8 process. He said Turkey wants to ensure, though, that the Turkish Cypriots do not shoulder the blame for the process breaking down by agreeing to discuss [...] | 2007-04-25 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TU CY |
07ANKARA961 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA964 | TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GUL CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many in Turkey are cautiously welcoming Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's nomination for president (ref A) as one that eases national tensions and will serve Turkey's international standing well. Those who dreaded the specter of Prime Minister Erdogan's a [...] | 2007-04-25 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA965 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP EXPECTS ELECTORAL SUCCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA969 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOT ON ATTENDANCE AT SHARM [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is still weighing its level of attendance at the May 3-4 Sharm el-Sheikh meetings on Iraq, according to PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu. Turkey is still smarting from Iraq's decision not to hold the ministerials in Istanbul, and will press Iraqi FonMin Zebari for an [...] | 2007-04-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ IR SY EG |
07ANKARA971 | TURKEY ANNOUNCES 7-YEAR EU REFORM PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 10:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA974 | Turkey: FY 2008 IVLP Nomination Slate [...] M. Gunden Cinar, Turk Telecom Privatization Coordinator, Privatization Administration European Regional Project, NEW Election Year Politics for Journalists (2 weeks) (March 3 - March 14, 2008) 2. Nagehan Alci, Reporter and Columnist, Aksam daily European Regional Project, Trade and Ec [...] | 2007-04-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL TU |
07ANKARA978 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA979 | TURKEY: QUORUM QUESTION CONTINUES TO COMPLICATE [...] (C) Turkey's parliament will convene Friday, April 27, at 3pm to begin the first round of the presidential election process. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is standing firm on its threat to boycott. If the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) fails to muster 367 deputi [...] | 2007-04-26 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ANKARA984 | TURKEY: NPT PREPCOM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT TU |
07ANKARA986 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-TURKEY TRILATERAL: EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey will promote constructive dialogue and seek to cool negative Karzai-Musharraf rhetoric during April 30 three-way, AF-PK-TU discussions, senior MFA officials told the Ambassador April 26. The GOT would like to achieve a Joint Statement and agrees that the Organization of the [...] | 2007-04-27 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER ISCON AF PK TU |
07ANKARA995 | ANKARA-BASED KURDISH RADIO STATION FACES RISING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA996 | TURKEY WILL SEND MINISTER TO SHARM MEETINGS, [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will send a state minister (to be named) to the May 3-4 Iraq meetings at Sharm el-Sheikh, GOT officials and the Iraqi Ambassador confirmed to us. MFA expects Iran and Syria will also send ministers. FonMin Gul reportedly appealed to visiting Iraqi FonMin Zebari April 26 f [...] | 2007-04-27 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ IR SY EG |
07SECTION01OF03ANKARA365 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1 | TURKEY'S 2008 ENERGY SECTOR PRIORITIES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told the Ambassador December 28 that energy issues will continue to play a central role in the GOT's domestic and foreign policy agendas for 2008. Guler noted three main priorities: 1) expanded investment [...] | 2008-01-01 07:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA100 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1000 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1002 | Update on PKK Violence (May 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 16-23, 2008 reporting period, four security [...] | 2008-05-29 07:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1005 | EMBASSY ANKARA RESPONSE FOR OPIC FINANCE: FERSAN [...] Per reftel, we conducted a review of Fersan operations and determined there is no derogatory information about the company, industry, or its prospects. Please see more detail in the internal report emailed to Alfredo Rodriguez by Robert Dunn on May 28. We have no available information on any [...] | 2008-05-29 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV TU |
08ANKARA1006 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1010 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 12:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1014 | TURKEY: IMF, LABOR, AND ILL-ADVISED PENSION [...] (C) Summary. President Abdullah Gul signed into law a new employment and labor reform package this week. Key components include a five-percent reduction in employer social security contributions, five-year GOT subsidies of social security premiums for companies that hire women or young peop [...] | 2008-06-01 13:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
08ANKARA1015 | TURKEY'S KURDISH DTP: HAWKS 1, DOVES 0 [...] (C) The Democratic Society Party's (DTP) July convention is likely to be a turning point for the pro-Kurdish party, following a tumultuous period that saw the ouster of party moderates in favor of hard-line leadership. DTP Parliamentary Group Chairman Ahmet Turk's surprisingly frank statement [...] | 2008-06-02 09:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA102 | TURKEY: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE SURROUNDS KARAMANLIS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Turkey and Greece's decade-long rapprochement will take a much awaited step forward with Greek PM Costas Karamanlis' January 23-25 trip to Ankara and Istanbul -- the first visit of a Greek prime minister to Turkey in 49 years. His meetings with high-level GOT official [...] | 2008-01-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU GR |
08ANKARA1022 | SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER BABACAN'S [...] (C) Summary. FM Ali Babacan is projecting a business-as-usual image as Turkey's domestic political situation continues to roil over the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). With the Prime Ministry focused on Iraq issues and the Presidency tracking Turkey's relations with A [...] | 2008-06-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN EAID TU |
08ANKARA1023 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1024 | Update on PKK Violence (May 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 24-31, 2008 reporting period, one security [...] | 2008-06-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1025 | EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) This report was coordinated with FAS Ankara. 2. (C) Summary: Agricultural Biotechnology is a very sensitive subject in Turkey about which there currently is little public debate. Turkey is taking its lead on biotech policy from Europe, in part due to its desire to join the European Un [...] | 2008-06-03 07:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO TU |
08ANKARA1026 | TURKEY: WHY INVESTORS ARE NERVOUS [...] Summary: Both economic and financial indicators show the honeymoon is over for the Turkish economy. Expectations are negative and Turkish assets are losing value. Our investment banking contacts see more nervousness from investors, occasionally setting Turkey apart from other emerging mark [...] | 2008-06-03 09:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN TU |
08ANKARA1029 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1032 | TURKEY WILL SIGN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nudged by the EU, and seeking greater influence in post-Kyoto negotiations, the GOT announced on June 2 that it would begin a process to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The GOT hopes the parliament will approve the ratification before its July recess, clearing the way for Turkey to [...] | 2008-06-03 16:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TU |
08ANKARA1033 | TURKEY WILL SIGN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nudged by the EU, and seeking greater influence in post-Kyoto negotiations, the GOT announced on June 2 that it would begin a process to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The GOT hopes the parliament will approve the ratification before its July recess, clearing the way for Turkey to pa [...] | 2008-06-04 04:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TU |
08ANKARA1034 | TURKEY WILL SIGN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nudged by the EU, and seeking greater influence in post-Kyoto negotiations, the GOT announced on June 2 that it would begin a process to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The GOT hopes the parliament will approve the ratification before its July recess, clearing the way for Turkey to [...] | 2008-06-04 04:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TU |
08ANKARA1036 | TURKEY CLAIMS GLOCKS SEIZED IN ANTI-AL QAEDA RAIDS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Foreign Ministry provided us June 3 the serial numbers of five Glock pistols recently seized by Turkish authorities. Four of the Glocks were reportedly seized during Turkish law enforcement raids against al Qaeda cells in Gaziantep, Istanbul and elsewhere on January [...] | 2008-06-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC KCRM OIG IZ TU |
08ANKARA1037 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1040 | TURKEY/IRAN: NO STATEMENT ON IAEA REPORT, [...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Department Head for Iranian Affairs Devrim Ozturk and MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Bora Kerimoglu on June 3. Ozturk offered the following response: -- Turkey appreciates the reftel information and has been studying the IAE [...] | 2008-06-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IR |
08ANKARA1043 | TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE POSTS [...] (U) Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate's (Diyanet) guidance on "appropriate" conduct for Muslims, posted on its website, is generating considerable debate, particularly proscriptions governing "sexual life." The list attracted attention during a May Provincial Muftis Conference; Radikal d [...] | 2008-06-05 06:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
08ANKARA1045 | INFLATION TROUBLE IN TURKEY [...] Summary: Following May CPI inflation data that signaled the return of double-digit inflation for the first time since 2004, the Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) significantly revised upward its official inflation target for 2009, 2010, and 2011 to 7.5%, 6.5%, and 5.5%, respectively. Inflation [...] | 2008-06-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1046 | SECRETARY CHERTOFF URGES INCREASED [...] (C) Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff urged more interactive and continuous counterterrorism cooperation with Turkey in May 28 meetings with senior Prime Ministry, Foreign Ministry (MFA),Interior Ministry (MOI),Justice Ministry (MOJ),Jandarma General [...] | 2008-06-05 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA1047 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1048 | TURKEY: BUGGING INCIDENT BOOMERANGS ON OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hastily condemned as Turkey's own Watergate, an alleged government bugging incident is looking increasingly like a technical blooper by the supposed "victim". Despite evidence to the contrary, opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal stands by his man, Se [...] | 2008-06-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA1049 | TURKEY WILL ATTEND 4TH GI MEETING, UNCLEAR AT WHAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP PGOV TU |
08ANKARA105 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1050 | THE MANY FACES OF TURKISH SECULARISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Differing interpretations of secularism in Turkey cloud public discussion of a concept central to the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the struggle to modernize Turkish society. Traditional "secular" elites focus on state authority -- over r [...] | 2008-06-06 03:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1051 | TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ANNULS HEADSCARF [...] (C) Summary and comment. On June 5, Turkey's Constitutional Court annulled two constitutional amendments designed to lift the headscarf ban at universities and halted their implementation. The Court ruled that the amendments are inconsistent with "immutable" Constitutional provisions protect [...] | 2008-06-06 10:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1052 | TURKEY-PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN: "ANKARA PROCESS" [...] (C) Ongoing political wrangling in Pakistan has caused the dates for the next Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral summit (the "Ankara Process") to slip once again, this time to October 2008, according to MFA South Asia Section Head Ilhan Sener. An U/S-level Joint Working Group (JWG) would [...] | 2008-06-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA1054 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1055 | CODELS TANNER AND LEAHY MEET WITH PM ERDOGAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 29 meetings with Codels Tanner and Leahy, President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan lauded improved U.S.-Turkey relations and expressed gratitude for U.S. support against PKK terrorism. Erdogan complained of Congressional resolutions introduced on Cyprus and the Aegean t [...] | 2008-06-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR PTER ENRG ETTC IR IS TU |
08ANKARA1056 | TURKEY: JUNE UPDATE ON IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] (C) Pursuant to Ref A guidance, on June 5 we delivered additional talking points to MFA UN desk chief Nilufer Kaygisiz regarding our continued interest in Turkey's support for Ambassador Bill Swing's IOM Director General candidacy (refs c and d). We emphasized Amb. Swing's strong credentials, [...] | 2008-06-06 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG TU |
08ANKARA1057 | TURKISH GENERALS SPEAK OUT ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: At a June 5-6 symposium on the Middle East in Istanbul organized by the Turkish General Staff's (TGS) Strategic Studies Research Center, TGS Chief General Buyukanit provided a pessimistic outlook on the Middle East in remarks characterized by implicit criticism of the West. Buyuk [...] | 2008-06-09 03:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ IR IS SY |
08ANKARA106 | TGS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FROM JANUARY 15 AIR STRIKES [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) released the following statement on January 18: BEGIN TGS STATEMENT (Unofficial Embassy translation) No. BA-09/08 Evaluations regarding the results of the air operations Turkish Armed Forces carried out against the PKK/KONGRA-GEL terror organization i [...] | 2008-01-18 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ TU |
08ANKARA1060 | TURKEY: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] (U) Post consulted with GOT officials, representatives of organized labor, employers' organizations, and ILO representatives in Turkey in an effort to determine the level and nature of the use of child and forced labor in the production of goods, per request in ref A. Post is aware of one rep [...] | 2008-06-09 11:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI |
08ANKARA1061 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1062 | ABKHAZ "FM" SHAMBA IN ANKARA: "INDEPENDENCE NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Addressing a small audience of supporters and Caucasus experts in Ankara June 4, Abkhaz "FM" Shamba underscored the priority Abkhazia attaches to its "special relationship" with the Abkhaz diaspora in Turkey and the importance of opening direct travel with Turkey, but describe [...] | 2008-06-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG TU |
08ANKARA1064 | TURKEY: UPDATED INFORMATION FOR LEADING GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The contact information provided is keyed to reftel request. -- Country: The Republic of Turkey. -- Date of information: May 30, 2008 2. (SBU) Head of Government: Prime Minister -- Last Name: Erdogan -- First/Middle Names: Recep Tayyip -- Conventional Usage: Prime Minister Erdoga [...] | 2008-06-10 06:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL TU |
08ANKARA1065 | Update on PKK Violence (June 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security of [...] | 2008-06-10 06:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1068 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAY 2008) [...] (U) Summary: Turkey continues to progress with proposed enhancements to their existing export controls and has submitted new proposed legislation to combine export control lists, form a Export Control Board (ECB),and improve licensing processes for dual-use and other sensitive items (ref a). [...] | 2008-06-10 08:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA107 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL IN DAMASCUS 1/19 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials told us President Gul plans a one-day visit to Damascus January 19 in connection with a cultural event the SARG is organizing, but will urge Asad to play a positive role in Lebanon. Visiting NEA PDAS Satterfield urged that Gul push Asad hard to allow presidenti [...] | 2008-01-19 16:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU LE SY |
08ANKARA1070 | TURKEY: GULER UPBEAT ON GAS SUPPLY POST-NAKHCHIVAN [...] (C) Summary. PM Erdogan,s meeting with Azerbaijan President Aliyev June 4 in Naxchivan may have produced enough agreement on new Azeri gas supplies for Turkey to unblock the Nabucco and Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas transit negotiations, Energy Minister Guler suggested to Ambassador June 9. [...] | 2008-06-10 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1071 | TURKEY UNVEILS SCHEDULE FOR NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary. On May 30 and June 4, we met with Turkey's Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel and MFA Energy Issues Department Head Berris Ekinci, respectively. Both understood that Turkey is being blamed for lack of progress on Nabucco and they detailed a re-invigorated GOT approach to Nabucco t [...] | 2008-06-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1073 | ANKAIR WILL COMPLY WITH DOC STOP-ORDER AND PLANE'S [...] (SBU) On June 7, we received a copy of the June 6 Temporary Denial Order signed by Department of Commerce (DOC) Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Darryl Jackson, temporarily denying the export privileges of Turkish company Ankair from selling a Boeing 747 to British company Galaxy Av [...] | 2008-06-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL TU IR |
08ANKARA1074 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1075 | TURKEY: 1267 NOTIFICATION ON AL RASHID TRUST AND [...] (SBU) On June 6, we shared reftel points with Metin Ergin, Office Director for Security Affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ergin thanked us for the information, and said he would share it promptly with all appropriate parties in the Government of Turkey. 2. (S) In Reftel [...] | 2008-06-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL |
08ANKARA1076 | TURKEY: EXBS AGREEMENT ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On June 10, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun presented us with a diplomatic note (e-mailed to EUR/SE),dated June 9, advising that the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of [...] | 2008-06-10 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC PTER KNNP PARM TU |
08ANKARA1081 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1085 | BOTAS CONFIRMS SOCAR GAS OFFER [...] (C) Summary. June 4 talks between PM Erdogan and Azerbaijan President Aliev resulted in a SOCAR offer to sell 50% of the Shah Deniz phase II export volumes to Turkey (roughly 5 bcm),BOTAS Chairman Duzyol told the Ambassador on June 11. Duzyol went on at length about Turkey's need for gas; [...] | 2008-06-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1086 | TURKEY: 2008 REPORT ON EXPROPRIATION AND INVESTMENT [...] The following is Embassy Ankara's submission for the 2008 report to the U.S. Congress on expropriation claims and investment disputes, providing an update on the two ongoing cases reported in 2007. 2. Claimant Data: -- Claimants A are Victor and Kristy Bedoian, both U.S. citizens. The [...] | 2008-06-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CASC TU |
08ANKARA1088 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1090 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1091 | TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Parliament passed a law June 11 with a provision that allows state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) to devote one of its 24-hour television channels to foreign-language broadcasting -- specifically, Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian. The bill will be sent [...] | 2008-06-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA1096 | STRESS FRACTURES WITHIN TURKEY'S RULING PARTY [...] (C) Summary and comment. The closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) complicates PM Erdogan's challenge of holding together his big tent party. Under the strain of a possible closure, differences among the traditional AKP factions - National View (Milli Gorus),lib [...] | 2008-06-13 11:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1098 | EXPERT VIEWS ON TURKISH MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings this week with Central Bank (CBRT) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) managers, we heard similar complaints about GOT shortfalls in economic management and fiscal policy. Central Bank Markets Department Manager Cigdem Kose said the CBRT will have trouble [...] | 2008-06-13 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
08ANKARA11 | TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL'S JANUARY VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Abdullah Gul is Turkey's first president to visit Washington since 1999. He took office in August following a sharp confrontation between the government and military in April and an overwhelming Justice and Development Party (AKP) victory in parliamentary elections in July. Gul's move f [...] | 2008-01-03 13:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL PTER ENRG TU |
08ANKARA1100 | TURKEY: SPECIAL REP. OZCELIK ON TURKEY-IRAQ NEXT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkey-Iraq bilateral relations are set to gain another boost with PM Erdogan's visit to Baghdad to establish a TU-IZ senior level bilateral strategic commission o/a July 4 (please protect). GOT Special Representative for Iraq Murat Ozcelik hopes to gain Turkish National Security [...] | 2008-06-13 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG TU IZ |
08ANKARA1101 | TURKEY ADVOCATES PATIENCE ON CIS PEACEKEEPERS IN [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has not yet been briefed by Georgia on any decision to call for the replacement of Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia (ref A),but is aware of the proposal from contacts in other capitals, according to MFA South Caucasus Head of Department Firat Sunel. Sunel believes the pr [...] | 2008-06-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RU TU |
08ANKARA1103 | TURKEY: PRIME MINISTER'S ALEVI ADVISOR RESIGNS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 07:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1108 | TURKEY ON PROPOSED GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Maritime Department Head Mehmet Poroy. Poroy told us that Turkey agrees with the principles of the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) in general; however, he had a number of questions about how the GMP will work operationally that were not answered i [...] | 2008-06-16 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN TU |
08ANKARA1110 | TURKEY/BERLIN CONFERENCE: EAGER TO HELP, BUT IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Security Affairs Department Head Metin Ersin on June 13. Ersin, who represented Turkey at a preparatory conference in Berlin, told us Foreign Minister Babacan is expected to lead the Turkish delega [...] | 2008-06-16 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN |
08ANKARA1113 | PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S JUNE 6-8 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Cumber underscored the need for cooperation and innovation within the OIC during May 6-8 meetings in Ankara and Istanbul with GOT officials, OIC representatives, intellectuals, and journalists. S/E Cumber explained his mandate and briefed on efforts t [...] | 2008-06-16 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIC PREL PGOV PHUM TU |
08ANKARA1119 | FRANK MERMOUD DISCUSSES NUCLEAR POWER AND [...] (C) Summary. The Secretary's Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud discussed Turkey's vision for civilian nuclear power development with Ministry of Energy Acting Under Secretary Cimen and Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) Chairman Cakiroglu on June 12. M [...] | 2008-06-17 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP KTIA TU |
08ANKARA1120 | ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ SET TO EXPIRE JUNE 30 [...] (C) On June 17, Karadeniz Toptan Elektrik Ticareti (KARTET) Director Nuray Atacik told us that electricity exports to Iraq are set to expire on June 30, 2008, unless Kartet receives two key documents from the GOI, followed by an approval from the GOT. From Iraq, Kartet needs an extension of [...] | 2008-06-17 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1121 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 06:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1122 | TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE DOWNPLAYS [...] (C) Summary and comment: A senior official from Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) called news reports the Diyanet posted a list of sexual do's and dont's on its website (reftel) "irresponsible." The official told us reporters had cherry-picked several items out of a "quite pro [...] | 2008-06-18 07:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA1126 | Update on PKK Violence (June 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two security [...] | 2008-06-18 09:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1132 | TURKEY'S PARTY CLOSURE CASE BARRELS TO CONCLUSION [...] (c) Summary: It is increasingly expected in Turkey that the Constitutional Court will close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and ban a range of its leaders, especially PM Erdogan. In the wake of a ruling that could occur this autumn or possibly sooner, the AKP plans to re-form [...] | 2008-06-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL US TU |
08ANKARA1134 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1135 | EU REACTIONS TO TURKISH CLOSURE CASE [...] (c) UK Ambassador to Turkey Nick Baird has expressed concern to Ambassador about where EU thinking may be heading on reactions to the AKP closure case. Of immediate concern, Baird understands that Enlargement Commissioner Rehn now believes a Constitutional Court ruling to close the party and [...] | 2008-06-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU TU |
08ANKARA1136 | TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY TO URGE IRAN TO ACCEPT P5+1 [...] (C) During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan (reported septel),Ambassador shared information on the P5 1 offer, explained the strategy behind it, and urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the package. Drawing on reftel points, Ambassador stressed that the package was generous, builds [...] | 2008-06-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU |
08ANKARA1137 | TURKEY: CHP'S EMBRACE GETS COLD SHOULDER IN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Deniz Baykal traveled to Turkey's Kurdish southeast June 4-5 to deliver a message of understanding for the needs of the region's farmers and of pride in Turkey's ethnic diversi [...] | 2008-06-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1138 | TURKEY: AMBASSADOR AND MFA U/S APAKAN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan, Ambassador urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the P5 1 package (ref a),sought MFA's assistance in modernizing U.S.-Turkish cooperation in counterterrorism, and recommended Turkey do more to develop a coordinated message on Nabucc [...] | 2008-06-18 16:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG NATO EUN TU |
08ANKARA1139 | TURKISH COURT ORDERS CLOSURE OF GAY-LESBIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment. An Istanbul court ruled May 29 that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual (LGBTT) advocacy organization "Lambda Istanbul" be closed for violating the "general moral rules" of society. Lambda, which appealed to the Court of Cassation (and is allowed to [...] | 2008-06-19 05:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA1142 | TURKEY: MOJ SAYS COURT ERRED IN FIRST ARTICLE 301 [...] (U) Summary and comment: In the first high-profile verdict to be handed down since parliament amended controversial Penal Code Article 301 (insulting "Turkishness"),an Istanbul court sentenced Armenian-British publisher Ragip Zarakolu to pay a fine of 1400 YTL (USD 1100),for publishing a bo [...] | 2008-06-19 09:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA1145 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1148 | EU FRIENDS OF TURKEY ON AKP CLOSURE CASE REACTIONS [...] (c) A close-hold, ad hoc EU Friends of Turkey group consisting of the foreign ministers of the UK, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Finland, plus Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, met June 19 to discuss possible reactions to a Turkish Constitutional Court decision to close the ruling Justice and Dev [...] | 2008-06-20 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU TU |
08ANKARA1149 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1150 | TURKEY: ISRAEL-SYRIA PEACE TALKS' DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Since the media began reporting on the latest round of Israel-Syria peace talks, Turkey's regional leadership role has resonated particularly well with its domestic audience, at a time when the government could use a foreign policy success. The talks are the first major victory f [...] | 2008-06-20 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS SY TU |
08ANKARA1155 | TURKEY: REPORTED FORCED DEPORTATION OF IRANIAN [...] (C) Post raised US concerns over reports of forced repatriations by Turkey to Iraq per reftel at various levels of the MFA. Ambassador has done so twice with MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan. Apakan was initially only slightly aware of the incident from having to approve MFA press guidance and said h [...] | 2008-06-23 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL IR IZ SY TU |
08ANKARA1156 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 13:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1157 | TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY RAISES P5+1 OFFER WITH IRAN [...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sinirlioglu told the Ambassador June 23 Turkey followed up with the Iranians on the updated P5 1 package EU that foreign policy chief Solana presented during his recent visit to Iran. FM Babacan met in Kampala June 20 on the margins of the Organization of the Isl [...] | 2008-06-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU |
08ANKARA1158 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1162 | TURKEY SENDS MORE WATER TO IRAQ AND UPDATE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 24, the MFA briefed the Ankara diplomatic community about the Fifth World Water Forum to be held in Istanbul March 16-22, 2009. Following the briefing, we met with MFA Environmental and Water Advisor Altay Altinoirs to discuss the status of on-going trilateral (Turkey [...] | 2008-06-24 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SENV |
08ANKARA1166 | TURKEY URGING PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN DIALOGUE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish President Gul plans to call Afghan President Karzai, Pakistani President Musharraf and Pakistani PM Gillani to urge them to commit to talks in Ankara in September, per a Turkish MFA contact. The Turks believe Karzai would accept, and even welcome, Gillani's participatio [...] | 2008-06-25 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA1167 | TURKEY: BUREAUCRATIC ELITES CAUGHT HOLDING HANDS IN THE DARK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Evidence of secret alliances among Turkey's unelected elites, including elements of the military, judiciary, and bureaucracy, emerged in recent days. Although Turks have long accepted as fact the existence of an alleged "deep state" network pulling strings behind the scenes, conc [...] | 2008-06-25 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1168 | TURKEY'S YOUTH REMAIN POLITICALLY DISENGAGED [...] (C) Summary and Comment. At a critical time in Turkey's political evolution, the country's youth are politically disengaged, due in part to their own apathy and an authoritarian society. Students, professors, journalists, and NGOs at a DVC hosted by the Ambassador discussed the situation in T [...] | 2008-06-25 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OPRC PGOV PREL SCUL TU |
08ANKARA1170 | TURKEY: MILITARY MACHINATIONS ALLEGED, CRITICIZED [...] (C) Chastened by the unintended consequences of its April 2007 "e-memorandum," Turkey's military has refrained from publicly commenting on politics for well over a year. However, a series of media reports suggest the brass has been busy behind the scenes seeking to influence key institutions a [...] | 2008-06-26 03:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
08ANKARA1172 | EU SUPPORTS TURKEY AS A NATURAL GAS HUB [...] Summary. On June 20, Turkey,s Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel told us the EU and Turkey reached a new level of understanding during June 14-15 talks with the EU Nabucco Coordinator's Assistant Brendan Devlin. Goksel supports the EU's new position which shifts focus from Nabucco to the larg [...] | 2008-06-26 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1173 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-26 11:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1175 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-26 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1176 | FOREIGN INTEREST DOWN FOR TURKEY'S PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Privatization receipts are a significant source of income for Turkey. The AKP-led government has pursued an aggressive privatization program since it took office in 2002. On June 12, Privatization Agency (PA) President Metin Kilci told us that although foreign investor intere [...] | 2008-06-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON TU |
08ANKARA1178 | Update on PKK Violence (June 16 - 23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 16 - 23, 2008 reporting period, one securit [...] | 2008-06-27 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1179 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1182 | TURKEY GSP WAIVER REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador carried out reftel instructions regarding Turkey's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) eligibility for gold jewelry with MFA U/S Apakan by phone June 27 and in person June 28. Apakan reaffirmed the positions stated in Foreign Trade Minister Tuzmen's April 8, 200 [...] | 2008-06-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL TU |
08ANKARA1183 | GOT Electricity Hikes Affect Mission Turkey's Bottom Line [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOT is moving to eliminate subsidies in the electricity sector. This is a welcome and necessary step for privatization of the sector. The combination of high fuel prices (input for electricity generation) and a GOT-imposed price ceiling on electricity prices has resulted [...] | 2008-06-30 10:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABUD AFIN AMGT ECON ENRG TU |
08ANKARA1187 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA119 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-22 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1190 | TURKEY/CYPRUS: MFA TAKING WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a June 27 meeting, MFA Cyprus Section Head Can Oztas told us the MFA remains supportive of current negotiations between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, but has no plans to propose any concessions or gestures towards building momentum for a resolution. He rejected r [...] | 2008-06-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR CY TU |
08ANKARA1191 | TURKEY/CYPRUS: MFA TAKING WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a June 27 meeting, MFA Cyprus Section Head Can Oztas told us the MFA remains supportive of current negotiations between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, but has no plans to propose any concessions or gestures towards building momentum for a resolution. He rejected r [...] | 2008-07-01 04:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR CY TU |
08ANKARA1193 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 12:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1194 | TURKEY: GOVERNMENT COUNTERSTROKE AGAINST DEEP [...] (C) Summary: On the morning of July 1, Turkish police arrested up to 24 individuals associated with the so-called "Ergenekon gang," under investigation for conspiring to topple the government. Among those arrested are two retired four-star Army generals: Hursit Tolon, former First Army Comman [...] | 2008-07-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PHUM TU |
08ANKARA1195 | TURKISH CANDIDATES FOR MAKTOUM FOUNDATION [...] Per reftel, we offer seven candidates for possible participation in a Maktoum Foundation Conference to be held in Dubai in early 2009. Their names and descriptions follow: 2. Ms. Mutlu Alkan: She is an executive in the family company Malkan Makina textile machinery and has greatly expan [...] | 2008-07-01 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL |
08ANKARA1196 | TURKEY LESS OPTIMISTIC ON PAKISTAN FOLLOWING [...] (C) The GOT is more pessimistic about the prospect for Pakistani political unity following Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Zardari's June 27-28 visit, according to MFA Section Head Ilhan Sener. Zardari, who stopped in Turkey enroute to Socialist International meetings in Athens, explain [...] | 2008-07-01 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA12 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA120 | TURKISH ADVISOR ON GUL VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (c) Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu briefed Ambassador January 22 regarding President Gul's visit January 19 to Damascus. As noted ref a, the proximate cause was a Syrian invitation to an "Arab Cultural Capital of 2008" event. According to Davutoglu, Gul decided [...] | 2008-01-22 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY TU |
08ANKARA1202 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1206 | TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP UNDER ATTACK ON TWO FRONTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is under scrutiny both within Socialist International (SI) and by Turkey's Constitutional Court in unrelated developments that highlight the party's feckless leadership and the lack of meaningful alternatives on the left. CH [...] | 2008-07-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1209 | Update on PKK Violence (June 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 24-30, 2008 reporting period, no security [...] | 2008-07-03 08:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA121 | TURKEY: NEW CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture reported on January 22 that avian influenza was found in dead backyard poultry in the town of Caycuma, in the northern province of Zonguldak. Following the RT-PCR method testing at the Central Veterinary Control and Research Institute, it was determined tha [...] | 2008-01-23 05:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU |
08ANKARA1212 | TURKEY: ERGENEKON ARRESTS AND MILITARY SUCCESSION [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff's (TGS) official reaction to the July 1 "Ergenekon" arrests (ref a),which netted two retired army four-star generals and other former military personnel, has been limited to an official website posting clarifying that searches of military property related to the [...] | 2008-07-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KCRM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1215 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1216 | TURKEY: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PINR PREL KNNP EUN TU |
08ANKARA1217 | TURKEY: COUP THWARTED OR REVENGE TAKEN? [...] (C) Summary. As the shock wanes over the July 1 detention of over 20 people, including two senior retired military officers, in connection with the year-old Ergenekon investigation (reftel),most Turks view the developments as a worrisome escalation of the struggle between Kemalist ultranatio [...] | 2008-07-07 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA122 | Update on PKK Violence (January 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 8-15, 2007 reporting period, no GOT sec [...] | 2008-01-23 05:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1222 | SCENESETTER FOR C. BOYDEN GRAY'S JULY 10-13 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit coincides with political uncertainty surrounding the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) due to a closure case against it pending in the Constitutional Court. Recent high-profile detentions in connection with a year-long investigation into suspec [...] | 2008-07-07 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1223 | TURKEY -- A FINE MESS [...] (c) Summary: The next four weeks in Turkey will likely be as dramatic as any in over a decade. This time frame will probably see a ruling by the Constitutional Court on the AKP closure case, an indictment in the alleged Ergenekon plot by retired military and other Kemalists to overthrow the [...] | 2008-07-07 16:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1224 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 03:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1226 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1227 | TURKS PLAY THE WAITING GAME AS AKP CLOSURE CASE [...] (C) Summary. Following oral arguments last week, the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) enters its final phase. Once the Constitutional Court's rapporteur completes his assessment of the evidence, including a non-binding recommended ruling, the chief justice [...] | 2008-07-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1228 | WHO'S ON FIRST? TURKEY AND THE IMF [...] (C) Summary. On May 10, Turkey's stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ended. Reftels detail the importance investors place on Turkey continuing to have a strong relationship with the IMF, including the ability to borrow if the economy goes south. In separate meeti [...] | 2008-07-09 03:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN TU |
08ANKARA1231 | TURKEY QUIET ON EU CUBA BENCHMARKS [...] (C) The GOT does not intend to endorse publicly the June 23 EU policy statements on Cuba, but believes Turkey will be able to support the EU approach of setting aside sanctions and furthering a political dialogue based on Cuban progress on key human rights benchmarks, MFA Latin America Departm [...] | 2008-07-09 07:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU TU |
08ANKARA1232 | TURKEY: TERRORISM FINANCE: VENEZUELA-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 07:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS VE TU |
08ANKARA1237 | TURKISH-IRANIAN ETHNIC OPPOSITION GROUPS UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iranian regime is suppressing Azeri-Iranian (Turkish) ethnic opposition groups in Iran, leading those groups to become more militant and espouse armed struggle, according to Center for Eurasian and Strategic Studies (ASAM) Middle East Expert Arif Keskin (protect). Ethnic na [...] | 2008-07-09 12:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR TU |
08ANKARA1238 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JUNE 2008) [...] (U) Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator attended annual EXBS Advisor Conference in Washington DC June 9th-13th, 2008. EXBS's long awaited Nonproliferation Agreement was placed into force on June 9th, 2008 by GOT. MFA agrees to co-host a joint EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar in Ankara in Sept [...] | 2008-07-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1239 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1240 | TURKEY REMAINS STAUNCH KOSOVO SUPPORTER, BRUSSELS [...] (C) On July 3 we met with MFA Department Head Ilhan Saygili and made REF A points. Saygili reiterated that Turkey was among the first countries to recognize Kosovo, remains a staunch Kosovo supporter through International Steering Group (ISG) membership, and continues to press for additional [...] | 2008-07-09 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL PGOV TU KV |
08ANKARA1241 | TURKEY EVALUATING SARGSIAN'S INVITATION TO [...] (C) Turkey has received the written invitation to President Gul from Armenian President to attend the Turkey-Armenia World Cup qualification match in Yerevan, September 9 (reftel),according to MFA South Caucasus and Central Asia DDG Umit Yardim. Yardim told us that the invitation was receiv [...] | 2008-07-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM GA TU |
08ANKARA1242 | TURKEY: REACTIONS TO ATTACK ON ISTANBUL CONSULATE [...] (U) Following the attack in front of Consulate General Istanbul at approximately 1100 on July 9, at 15:28 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement (unofficial Embassy translation): "We strongly denounce the heinous armed attack that occurred in front of the US Consulate [...] | 2008-07-09 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA1245 | TURKEY: INFORMATION STILL INCOMPLETE ON ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Turkish National Police (TNP) officials this morning passed the Embassy, unofficially, the names of the assailants in yesterday's attack on the Consulate General in Istanbul: Raif Topcil, born in 1988; Erkan Kargin, born in 1982; Bulent Cinar, born in 1985. (Note: Several newspape [...] | 2008-07-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA1247 | IF TURKEY'S RULING PARTY IS CLOSED, WHAT THEN? [...] (SBU) Summary. The chance Turkey's Constitutional Court will close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has Turks checking their constitutions to plan their post-closure moves. Even those betting the Court will penalize the party with something short of closure are preparing for the [...] | 2008-07-10 13:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1248 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA125 | TURKEY APPEALS FOR USG HELP TO KEEP PKK ON EU [...] (C) MFA DDG for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar appealed for U.S. support against PKK efforts to be removed from the European Union's list of terrorist organizations during a January 22 meeting with Regional Counterterrorism Coordinator. Reiterating points made by DG Hayati Guven to the Amba [...] | 2008-01-23 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EU UK TU |
08ANKARA1255 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 12:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1256 | TURKEY/IRAN: FM MOTTAKI TO VISIT ANKARA JULY 17-18 [...] (C) FM Mottaki is planning to visit Ankara, July 17-18 (arriving the evening of July 17),according to MFA DDG for South Asia and Iran Babur Hizlan. Mottaki had previously indicated to the Turks an intention to visit Turkey following internal discussion on the refreshed P5 1 package. FM Bab [...] | 2008-07-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR TU |
08ANKARA1259 | TURKEY: STILL AIMING FOR SEPTEMBER AF-PK-TU [...] (C) Turkey believes hosting a meeting between Afghan and Pakistani leaders is more important then ever, given heightened bilateral tensions, but confirming a date and Pakistani representation remains difficult, MFA Deputy U/S for Middle East, South Asia and Iran Sinirlioglu told Ambassador Ju [...] | 2008-07-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA126 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1260 | THE CASE FOR NON-CLOSURE OF TURKEY'S RULING PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. There are signs that at least some in Turkey think that closure of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by the Constitutional Court -- deemed inevitable by many since the case was filed in March -- may not occur. Signals that AKP opponents see value in not c [...] | 2008-07-11 16:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1264 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |