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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08ANKARA1265 |
SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. US-Turkish relations have been transformed in the nearly three years since your last visit in 2005. You come right after Erdogan's visit to Baghdad (July 10), Boyden Gray's visit here (July 11) and President Bush's July 11 condolence call to President Gul over the Istanbul consul [...] |
2008-07-14 16:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON IZ SY IS IR AF PK CY TU |
| 08ANKARA1266 |
TURKEY: GOVERNMENT EXTENDS INCIRLIK HUB AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: The MFA has extended bilateral agreements on the Air Cargo Hub at Incirlik airbase and related activities only to the end of 2008, anticipating the expiration of UNSCR 1790 (2007), which underpins government approval of those agreements. Extension of those agreements beyond 2008 [...] |
2008-07-15 05:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA1269 |
TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT HEAVY ON GOOD WILL, [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov visited Ankara July 1 to continue ongoing efforts to increase bilateral dialogue. As during FM Babacan's February trip to Moscow, the conversation focused primarily on economic relations. The two leaders reaffirmed mutual views on Iran, Iraq, the Black Sea, and [...] |
2008-07-15 11:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RU TU |
| 08ANKARA1270 |
TURKEY: MEK IRANIAN REFUGUEES STILL NOT WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past few weeks, the issue of MEK (Mujahideen-E-Khalq) Iranians entering Turkey has again come to the fore in Post's conversations with the GOT on refugee issues. At least 45 MEK Iranians are currently known to have entered Turkish territory from Iraq, nearly all having [...] |
2008-07-15 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1277 |
DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's chief foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told visiting DAS Matt Bryza July 11 that Erdogan's July 10 Baghdad meetings were a "good start." The Turks discussed alternate sources of gas for the Nabucco pipeline with Iraqi officials, acknowledgin [...] |
2008-07-16 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG IZ AM CY TU |
| 08ANKARA1279 |
TURKEY/IRAQ ENERGY COOPERATION: GOT OPTIMISTIC, [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Middle East, Iran and South Asia Sinirlioglu expressed to visiting EUR DAS Bryza July 11 the GOT's satisfaction with PM Erdogan's July 10 visit to Baghdad. The visit was the first full-fledged ceremonial reception of a visiting leader held at Baghdad airport. Sinirliog [...] |
2008-07-16 11:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA1280 |
TURKEY: PRIVATIZATION SUCEEDS DESPITE POLTICAL TURMOIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the global economic downturn and Turkish domestic political turmoil, the GOT successfully privatized two electricity distribution companies earlier this month. This sale demonstrated Turkey's continuing ability to attract foreign investment, to command a good price and [...] |
2008-07-16 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG TU |
| 08ANKARA1283 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1284 |
SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY URGES TURKEY TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray discussed regional energy issues and moving Caspian gas westward with Turkish PM Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler and others on July 11. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's strong support for Nabucco and the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas projects [...] |
2008-07-16 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
| 08ANKARA1286 |
CORRECTED: SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY URGES TURKEY TO MOVE [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray discussed regional energy issues and moving Caspian gas westward with Turkish PM Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler and others on July 11. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's strong support for Nabucco and the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas projects [...] |
2008-07-17 09:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
| 08ANKARA1288 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1289 |
TURKEY: COURT RAPPORTEUR RECOMMENDS NON-CLOSURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Constitutional Court's rapporteur July 16 submitted a non-binding recommendation against closing the ruling AKP or banning any of its MPs from politics. The Court has ignored the rapporteur's views in the past, when it voted unanimously to accept the AKP closure case and whe [...] |
2008-07-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA129 |
TURKEY: GUL FOCUSES ON BUSINESS, ARAB LEAGUE IN [...] (C) President Abdullah Gul's January 14-16 visit to Egypt was successful and primarily focused on enhancing the bilateral economic relationship, according to MFA Levant Desk Officer Murat Omeroglu. In addition to his meetings with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, PM Ahmed Nazif, FM Ahmed Abou [...] |
2008-01-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV ETRD TU EG |
| 08ANKARA1290 |
Update on PKK Violence (July 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 July 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one security o [...] |
2008-07-18 07:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1291 |
Update on PKK Violence (July 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 July 8-15, 2008 reporting period, three security [...] |
2008-07-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1293 |
TURKEY APPROACHES MEDITERRANEAN UNION WITH CAUTION [...] (C) Summary: Despite PM Erdogan's last minute decision to attend the Mediterranean Union Summit July 13-14, the GOT remains highly skeptical of the organization's viability, as well as French intentions. Turkey's MFA successfully negotiated a series of concessions in the final communiqu to e [...] |
2008-07-18 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR TU IS SY |
| 08ANKARA1296 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA130 |
CODEL SHUSTER IN TURKEY: PKK TERRORISM, ARMENIAN [...] (C) Summary. During a January 11-15 trip to Turkey, MFA U/S Apakan said cooperation against PKK terrorists had created a "renewed partnership" but cautioned the House's Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.R. 106) remains a challenge. Codel Shuster asked the GOT to expand outreach efforts on Capi [...] |
2008-01-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA1301 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-21 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1303 |
TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY SO FAR UNHINDERED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Domestic political uncertainty arising from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) closure case and Ergenekon prosecution (reftel) has not constrained PM Erdogan from painting himself the statesman through bold foreign policy activism. Turkey's foreign and security appa [...] |
2008-07-21 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA1304 |
TURKEY: DTP'S YEAR OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Summary and comment. The results of the 2007 parliamentary elections raised hopes that Turkey could achieve progress on the Kurdish issue. Some 20 pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) MPs, elected as independents in districts throughout the Southeast, gave the party parliamentary r [...] |
2008-07-22 09:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU |
| 08ANKARA1306 |
TERRORIST EXTRADITION ROUNDTABLE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Top terrorism prosecutors and judges from Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iraq, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland met in Istanbul, Turkey June 24-26, 2008 to discuss their respective practices and overcome obstacles in extraditing terrorists. The meeting, co-hosted [...] |
2008-07-22 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA1307 |
TURKEY: MFA OUTLINES UPCOMING AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT [...] (C) MFA Africa Section Chief Aykut Kumbaroglu told us the GOT will host the Turkey-Africa Union Cooperation Summit in Istanbul August 18-21. President Gul extended invitations to heads-of-state from 51 African Union members (all with the exception of Western Sahara, which Turkey does not recog [...] |
2008-07-22 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AF |
| 08ANKARA1309 |
TURKEY: CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on July 22. Ulgen expressed appreciation for the information, and said although Turkey has not used cluster munitions in operations for over a decade, it retains a significant st [...] |
2008-07-23 11:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO |
| 08ANKARA131 |
EBRD: DONOR TURKEY LUKEWARM ON BECOMING RECIPIENT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey, a founding donor to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, is considering becoming a recipient of EBRD funds. The EBRD would have to change its mandate for Turkey to receive funds, since the original 1991 mandate was to "nurture a new private sector in a [...] |
2008-01-23 17:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
| 08ANKARA1310 |
TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SETS DATE FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Constitutional Court will begin deliberations July 28 on the closure case pending since March against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). It is expected to take several days to produce a verdict, although the Court is not required to rule by any date certain [...] |
2008-07-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1311 |
GLOBAL INITIATIVE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 22. She reiterated GOT's reticence in participating in Global Initiative activities, even technical, working-level events, since Cyprus became a partner in 2007. She offered to circulate the information she [...] |
2008-07-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL |
| 08ANKARA1312 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-23 11:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1313 |
TURKEY: FILAMENT WINDING MACHINES WILL NOT BE [...] (S) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen told us on July 22 that the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (UFT) was recently approached by Tet Makina reps regarding its application to export filament winding machine [...] |
2008-07-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCAE KSCA TU PK |
| 08ANKARA1314 |
ECONOMIC IMPACT IF COURT CLOSES AKP [...] (SBU) Summary: Investors agree that AKP,s closure is the most likely outcome of the court,s deliberations and therefore, the effect of the closure has already been largely factored into market behavior. However, two key unknowns, the fate of PM Erdogan and AKP,s current economic policies, wi [...] |
2008-07-23 19:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN TU |
| 08ANKARA132 |
S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ/PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with FM Babacan, MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, Iraq Coordinator Celikkol, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun January 18, S/I Satterfield noted progress made in Iraq on security and the economy, but characterized gains a [...] |
2008-01-23 17:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR KU |
| 08ANKARA1325 |
TURKEY: MEDIA SUPPORT FOR ARMENIA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish media have reported "secret," high-level Turkey-Armenia talks on normalizing bilateral relations with little fanfare, but positively; the political opposition and their media outlets have not objected. Nor has the military. The media's approach suggests broad public [...] |
2008-07-24 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OPRC AM TU |
| 08ANKARA1326 |
BAKU-TBILISI-KARS RAILWAY GROUNDBREAKING; GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Gul traveled to the ancient Armenian capital of Ani July 23 before joining Georgian President Saakashvili and Azerbaijani President Aliyev for a groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, Turkey on the Turkish leg of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway, July 24. The bilateral m [...] |
2008-07-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV AJ AM GG TU |
| 08ANKARA1327 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-24 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1331 |
TURKISH GULENIST SCHOOLS: "BE EVERYWHERE OR BE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Gulenist-administered Turkish schools are inspired by the same humanistic philosophy no matter where they operate in Turkey or the world, according to teachers and students at a leading Gulenist math and science school in Ankara. The teachers underscored that these schools mus [...] |
2008-07-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI TU |
| 08ANKARA1334 |
HARD-LINE TURKISH HISTORIAN OUSTED [...] (C) In a surprise move, reported by the press as a good will gesture toward Armenia, quasi-governmental Turkish Historical Society (TTK) President Yusuf Halacoglu was relieved from his duties by a Cabinet decision published in the July 23 Official Gazette. Halacoglu, during his 15-year tenur [...] |
2008-07-25 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA1335 |
DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen and MFA Head of Department for South Asian Affairs Devrim Ozturk on July 22. Our interlocutors thanked us for the information and reaffirmed Turkey's commitment to fully implement the requirements of the UNSC resolut [...] |
2008-07-25 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KNUC ETTC PREL TU IR |
| 08ANKARA1337 |
ERGENEKON INDICTMENT STILL MURKY BUT PROCESS ALONE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court decided July 25 to accept the indictment filed in the Ergenekon case and proceed to prosecution (ref A). The 2,500 page indictment has clarified little about the case. Some Turks see the indictment as a courageous step toward bringing Turkey's stat [...] |
2008-07-25 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1338 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST ON NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] (c) Ambassador spoke July 25 with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan to inquire about FM Babacan's plans to attend the Tehran NAM ministerial and to carry out the demarche in reftel. The Turkish press has been reporting for some days that Babacan may attend, and lower-level MFA staff had previously sugge [...] |
2008-07-25 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR TU |
| 08ANKARA134 |
TURKISH DEPUTY CHOD GEN. SAYGUN'S VISIT TO US [...] (S) Summary: US-Turkish military-to-military relations are stronger now than at any time since 2003. GEN Saygun's January 15 visit to Baghdad has improved prospects for Turkey-Iraq cooperation on PKK terrorism and given impetus to bilateral dialogue. During January 29-30 High Level Defense G [...] |
2008-01-24 08:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER TU |
| 08ANKARA1340 |
(S) SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN DEMARCHE [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 25. Ulgen said the GOT determination that the machine in question was not controlled by the Wassenaar Arrangement or the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was made following consultations with interagency ex [...] |
2008-07-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC PK TU |
| 08ANKARA1341 |
AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY FORCE SIZE INCREASE DEMARCHE [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA South Asia Department Second Secretary Ilhan Sener on July 3. On July 10 MFA South Asia Deputy Director General Babur Hizlan told us Turkey was in favor of the proposal to expand the size of the Afghan National Army. On July 23, we followed up with Devri [...] |
2008-07-25 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO AF TU |
| 08ANKARA1342 |
AKP INSIDERS DISCUSS CLOSURE CASE [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of Turkish Constitutional Court deliberations in the AKP closure case that begin July 28, the outcome is impossible to predict. A senior AKP-affiliated journalist told Ambassador July 24 that he is hopeful the Turkish Constitutional Court may avoid ruling to close the [...] |
2008-07-25 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA1345 |
Update on PKK Violence (July 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 July 16-23, 2008 reporting period, two security [...] |
2008-07-28 09:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1348 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1352 |
TURKEY: SOUTHEAST LEADERS SAY AKP CLOSURE UNLIKELY TO SPUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) stronghold in Eastern Anatolia, contacts from diverse political persuasions told us AKP's closure would set back Turkey's democratization and send the wrong message to the international community. Citing [...] |
2008-07-29 09:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA1353 |
TURKEY: EC ENERGY DELEGATION VISIT YIELDS NO [...] (C) Summary. Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Energy Security at the EC Directorate General for Energy Transportation led a technical-level delegation to Ankara for talks with Turkey's Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel on July 17-18. The talks were to prepare the groundwork for the visit of Com [...] |
2008-07-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1355 |
TURKEY: IRAQ ARREARS CAUSE DESPERATE ACTION BY [...] (C) Summary. Ignoring pleas from high-level GOT officials, BOTAS (state-owned oil and gas pipeline company) temporarily suspended, then resumed, operation of the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline, a major export route for Iraqi oil on July 22. BOTAS claims the inability to collect on large Iraqi d [...] |
2008-07-29 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1359 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-29 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA136 |
TURKEY-U.S. RELATIONS: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Turkish MFA U/S Apakan reviewed developments in bilateral relations in the wake of President Gul's January 8-9 talks in Washington. They agreed to coordinate measures for a set of high-level meetings in Washington in mid-April. END SUMMARY. STRENGTHENING U.S.- [...] |
2008-01-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM ENRG EPET ECON TU |
| 08ANKARA1364 |
TURKEY-AFRICA COOPERATION SUMMIT PREPARATIONS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Cevikoz updated the DCM on preparation for the August 18-20 Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit in Istanbul (reftel). 17 heads of state or government have so far confirmed participation and the GOT is expecting more. Zimbabwe has not confirmed President Mugabe's participation, [...] |
2008-07-30 06:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA TU |
| 08ANKARA1368 |
TURKEY: POTENTIAL VISIT BY AHMADINEJAD TO TURKEY [...] (C) We spoke with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan and separately with the MFA Iran Desk July 30 about extensive media reporting indicating GOT preparations for a possible visit by Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Istanbul on August 14. We made the following points: -- With the deadline for an Irania [...] |
2008-07-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR TU |
| 08ANKARA1369 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-30 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1370 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-30 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1371 |
LOVE FOR SALE - THE TAUDRY TALE OF TURKISH MEDIA OWNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM TU |
| 08ANKARA1372 |
TURKEY: GUL-ALIYEV/SAAKASHVILI BILATERALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Energy issues and Azerbaijani-Turkmen relations monopolized President Gul's bilateral with Azerbaijani President Aliyev, at the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, July 24, MFA U/S Cevikoz told the DCM July 29. Gul also had an unexceptional discussi [...] |
2008-07-30 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELTN ETRD ENRG EPET AJ AM GG TX TU |
| 08ANKARA1373 |
TURKEY'S RULING PARTY FINED BUT NOT CLOSED BY [...] (U) In a six to five vote, Turkey's Constitutional Court decided July 30 not to close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), ending weeks of uncertainty and speculation about Turkey's political future. While six judges voted for closure, the constitution requires that at least seven [...] |
2008-07-30 16:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM TU |
| 08ANKARA1374 |
TURKEY RELIEVED AT COURT DECISION NOT TO CLOSE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turks breathed a collective sigh of relief July 30 as the Constitutional Court released its decision to fine but not close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for anti-secular activities (reftel). Announced after three days of deliberations, the ruling came [...] |
2008-07-31 10:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TU |
| 08ANKARA1377 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-31 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1378 |
RUSSIA,S GROWING INTEREST IN TURKISH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. According to the local press and commentators, the July 18 visit of Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev signified warming relations between Turkey and Russia on energy issues. The jury is still out on whether Medvedev's proposals for further access to Turkey's market or his n [...] |
2008-07-31 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1383 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-04 08:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1384 |
AFRICA: TURKEY'S BLUSHING BRIDE? [...] (C) Summary: For Turkey, sub-Saharan Africa represents an opportunity to expand its international influence and advance its multilateral ambitions, foremost a UNSC non-permanent member seat. Since announcing its UNSC candidacy in 2003, the GOT has overtly wooed African states in the hopes of [...] |
2008-08-04 11:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON TU AF |
| 08ANKARA1386 |
REQUESTING DIPLOMATIC STATUS FOR OFFICE OF DEFENSE [...] Post requests Department approve diplomatic status for Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Turkey personnel in accordance with 3 FAH-1 H-2438.2 in lieu of status under the NATO Status of Forces (SOFA) Implementing Agreement with Turkey. ODC Turkey Chief enjoyed diplomatic status until 2005, w [...] |
2008-08-04 12:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | APER MARR TU |
| 08ANKARA1390 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-04 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1391 |
TURKEY: SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL RESULTS [...] (U) Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) announced on August 4 the results of its annual meeting to determine new assignments, promotions, and dismissals. As expected, Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) GEN Ilker Basbug (bio info reported septel) was named the new chief of the Turkish G [...] |
2008-08-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS MARR TU |
| 08ANKARA1392 |
TURKEY'S NEW CHOD: GENERAL ILKER BASBUG [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Land Forces Commander General Ilker Basbug (pronounced BAHSH-boo) was named as Turkey's next CHOD at the Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) that concluded on August 4 (full YAS results reported septel). Despite some shifts in civil-military relations, the [...] |
2008-08-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU |
| 08ANKARA1395 |
PARLIAMENT AGAIN APPROVES FOREIGN LAND PURCHASES IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate decisions in January and April 2008, the Constitutional Court struck down portions of both the Title Deed Law and the Foreign Direct Investment Law, effectively barring real estate purchases by foreign real persons or corporations (reftels). In an amendment to the Tit [...] |
2008-08-05 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BEXP TU |
| 08ANKARA1401 |
TURKEY/NATO-EU: NO SIGNS OF LET UP IN TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging recent French efforts to improve NATO-EU ties as a gesture of goodwill, Turkish officials are unimpressed. They view the recent French non-paper proposing a NATO-EU high-level working group with suspicion, and believe it is designed to circumvent the NATO-EU [...] |
2008-08-05 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EUN NATO TU KV |
| 08ANKARA1402 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1403 |
TURKEY: MIND THE GAP: PM ERDOGAN'S SOUTHEAST [...] (C) Summary and comment. The Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) had new life amid renewed doubts. PM Erdogan recently announced the GOT plans to dedicate $21.5 billion to complete the project by 2012 (Ref A). An ambitious $32 billion multi-sector regional development scheme harnessing the [...] |
2008-08-05 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON TU |
| 08ANKARA1404 |
TURKEY: KURDISH VIEWS ON AKP NON-CLOSURE, ERGENEKON [...] (U) This is an AmConsulate Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: Kurds in Turkey,s southeast expressed relief but not elation that the Constitutional Court declined to ban the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). AKP support remains high in conservative parts of the southeast, but nationa [...] |
2008-08-06 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA1405 |
TURKEY: GOT OUTLINES AHMADINEJAD VISIT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. Iranian President Ahmadinejad will visit Turkey August 14, in what the GOT is describing to us as a "working visit." He will travel only to Istanbul -- not Ankara -- where he will meet with President Gul and, most likely, PM Erdogan. The visit has not been officially anno [...] |
2008-08-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR TU |
| 08ANKARA1407 |
TURKEY'S TERRORISM LAWS: UNORTHODOX BUT WORKABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent extended discussions with Turkish Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials, we reviewed Turkey's legal framework for prosecuting terrorism activities. In response to our concern that Turkey's current terrorism law too narrowly focuses on domestic terrorism and does no [...] |
2008-08-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA141 |
TURKEY: MFA BALKANS CHIEF DISCUSSES KOSOVO, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: GOT officials tell us that Turkey is ready to recognize Kosovo independence. Timing, however, is contingent on EU solidarity. Should a majority of EU countries, including key members, immediately recognize Kosovo, Turkey will rapidly follow suit. MFA Balkans Departm [...] |
2008-01-24 10:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU KV MW |
| 08ANKARA1410 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1411 |
TURKEY'S NEXT DCHOD: GENERAL HASAN IGSIZ [...] (C) Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) (ref a) named General Hasan Igsiz (pronounced Ih-siz) as Turkey's next Deputy Chief of Defense (DCHOD), succeeding GEN Ersin Saygun. He is reportedly a protege of newly named CHOD Ilker Basbug (ref b). As general officers, Igsiz and Basbug have hel [...] |
2008-08-07 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MARR TU |
| 08ANKARA1415 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1417 |
GOT STATUS UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR: THE PLOT THICKENS REF: SECSTATE 84112 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK |
| 08ANKARA1423 |
TFGG01: TURKEY'S REACTION TO GEORGIA/SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-11 12:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GG TU |
| 08ANKARA1424 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-11 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1426 |
TURKEY: NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE PARM GG RU TU |
| 08ANKARA1430 |
TURKISH REACTION TO DEMARCHE DISCOURAGING AN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised US concerns per reftel with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan on August 8. Apakan said the US message was clearly understand and that there would be "nothing new, tangible or solid" on energy signed with Iran anytime soon. MFA Energy Office Director Altay said August 11 [...] |
2008-08-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC AJ IR TU |
| 08ANKARA1440 |
TURKEY: MILITARY VS. OPPOSITION PART DEUX (THIS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish military and the main opposition Republican People,s Party (CHP) recently entered into their second public clash in six months. On August 5, CHP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu publicly criticized the Supreme Military Council's (YAS) decision [...] |
2008-08-12 10:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
| 08ANKARA1441 |
EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JULY 2008) [...] (SBU) Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator visited Kapikule and Ipsala Border Ports of Entry to review Customs Inspection and Enforcement operations and assess Turkish border security capabilities. MFA confirms Turkish interagency participation in a joint EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar at [...] |
2008-08-12 11:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1442 |
TFGG01: TURKEY PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey has provided some humanitarian assistance to Georgia already and is considering an additional request from the Government of Georgia for a field hospital in Gori. A Turkish Red Crescent team is on the ground in Tbilisi assessing the situation. The GOT has not yet evacuate [...] |
2008-08-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU GG |
| 08ANKARA1446 |
TURKEY: ISRAELI CONCERNS ON AHMEDINEJAD VISIT [...] (C) The Israeli Government voiced its concerns to the GOT regarding Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul visit in both Ankara and Tel Aviv, August 7 (reftel). Israeli Embassy Spokesman Amit Zarouk told us Israeli Ambassador Gaby Levy underscored in his meeting with MFA Deputy [...] |
2008-08-12 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREL TU IS IR |
| 08ANKARA1448 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-12 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1449 |
TURKEY: KURDS TIRING OF ANKARA'S BIG STICK [...] (U) This is an AmConsulate Adana message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Recent conversations in southeastern Turkey suggest that, regardless of GOT military successes against the terrorist PKK, sympathy for "the organization" is unwavering. Developments in 2008 ) stepped-up military operations, human ri [...] |
2008-08-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA1450 |
NO TURKISH DECISION ON BIT RENEGOTIATION THIS YEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey continues to tie prospects for renegotiation of its Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to its EU accession process and views a wholesale renegotiation as unlikely. Turkish Treasury DDG for Foreign Investment Murat Alici described the 2004 Model BIT as an overly long, overly [...] |
2008-08-13 06:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV TU |
| 08ANKARA1451 |
TURKEY: TEMPEST IN ACADEMIC TEAPOT [...] (C) Summary and comment: President Abdullah Gul's August 5 appointment of 21 university rectors brought little joy to AKP's opponents. As one of the first high-profile selection procedures following the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) narrow escape from being banned for anti-sec [...] |
2008-08-13 06:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1452 |
Update on PKK Violence (July 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 July 24-31, 2008 reporting period, five security [...] |
2008-08-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1453 |
Update on PKK Violence (August 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 August 1-7, 2008 reporting period, five village [...] |
2008-08-13 08:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1458 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1459 |
TURKEY: NUCLEAR SUPPLIER GROUP EXCEPTION FOR INDIA [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on August 12 to MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Affairs Bora Kerimoglu. Kerimoglu expressed appreciation for the information provided and our offer to respond to any questions the GOT might have on the issue, and pledged to convey th [...] |
2008-08-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC AORC ENRG IN TU |
| 08ANKARA146 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1465 |
TURKEY: AHMADINEJAD VISIT SCHEDULE STILL FLUID [...] (C) President Gul's Foreign Policy Advisor Amb. Gurcan Turkoglu characterized Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul trip to CDA as a "political necessity" to maintain good bilateral relations. It is impossible for Turkey to ignore Iran, he said. Given the nuclear issue's grow [...] |
2008-08-13 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR TU |
| 08ANKARA147 |
TURKEY: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture appears to be following appropriate procedures in response to the AI outbreak in Zonguldak province. 2. On January 22, the Ministry of Agriculture's General Directorate of Protection and Control submitted a report to the World Organization for Animal Hea [...] |
2008-01-24 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU |
| 08ANKARA1471 |
POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS FOR IPR IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. In recent months, the GOT has taken several positive steps in its protection of copyright, and plans to implement encouraging new programs in the latter half of 2008 and early 2009. 1) On June 1, a new system finally came online to certify and track all members of the distributi [...] |
2008-08-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR USTR TU |
| 08ANKARA1472 |
TFGG01: GOT URGED TO DEMAND RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel points August 14 to MFA Deputy U/S for Americas Berk and DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Ozturk. Berk agreed that Russia should fulfill the commitments it made in the agreement with President Sarkozy and that OSCE observers should have immediate access to areas curren [...] |
2008-08-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL GG RS TU UN |
| 08ANKARA1475 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-15 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1476 |
SECOND UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR REF: A. SECSTATE 84112 B. ANKARA 1417 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-15 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK |
| 08ANKARA1477 |
ALL GAIN, NO PAIN: TURKEY'S KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (C) MFA Department head for Environment Nursel Berberoglu said August 13 Turkey is ready to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. By delaying until now, Turkey believes it can ratify without incurring any binding obligation to reduce emissions (despite being an Annex 1 country), and still participate full [...] |
2008-08-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR SENV EAGR TU |
| 08ANKARA1478 |
PM ERDOGAN VISITS MOSCOW AND TBILISI; SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Erdogan received a warm reception from Russian leaders in Moscow, where he conveyed Turkey's clear support for Georgia's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. The Russians responded they have no intention of entering Tbilisi or occupying Georgia, but that Georgia was [...] |
2008-08-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GG RS TU ZJ |
| 08ANKARA148 |
TURKEY: SUDANESE PRESIDENT'S VISITS GARNERS HARSH [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese President Bashir met with President Gul and Energy Minister Guler during his controversial January 21 trip to Ankara. President Gul urged Sudan to cooperate with the international community to find a solution to Darfur, pushing Bashir to make the United Nations-African U [...] |
2008-01-24 16:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU SU |
| 08ANKARA1490 |
Update on PKK Violence (August 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 August 8-15, 2008 reporting period, eleven secu [...] |
2008-08-18 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1494 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1497 |
TURKEY URGES AHMADINEJAD TO ACCEPT P5/1 OFFER [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an MFA readout, President Gul told visiting Iranian President Ahmadinejad August 15 that Iran should take advantage of the P5/1 refreshed package and urged the Iranians to be constructive on regional issues. Ahmadinejad did not respond substantively, other than to den [...] |
2008-08-19 12:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET IR TU |
| 08ANKARA1498 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-19 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA15 |
TURKISH ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ CUT OVER [...] (C) Summary. Electricity exports to Northern Iraq by the private Turkish company Karadeniz Toptan Elektik Ticaret (Kartet) were cut on January 2, 2008. As we foreshadowed (ref A) a series of complicated commercial and intergovernmental agreements were not renewed before December 31, 2007, w [...] |
2008-01-04 11:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU EINV IZ |
| 08ANKARA1504 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-20 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1508 |
HOW TURKEY'S YOUTH VIEW THE US: LOSING A [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Turkey faces a "demographic window of opportunity," with 60% of its population under the age of 30. Politically disengaged and generally neglected as a resource by political parties (refA), young Turks face high unemployment and a country struggling to balance tradit [...] |
2008-08-21 09:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1509 |
TURKEY: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-21 11:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN TU |
| 08ANKARA151 |
TURKISH COURTS BLOCK ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" WEBSITE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish courts banned access to the immensely popular "YouTube" website for five days beginning January 17, to block a picture with swear words imposed over Turkey's founding father, Ataturk, and the Turkish flag. The GOT maintains the courts are properly implementing a new In [...] |
2008-01-25 11:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1512 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-21 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1513 |
TFGG01: TURKEY'S CAUCASUS STABILITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOT continues to roll out its "Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform" concept, with PM Erdogan visiting Baku August 20. Based on contacts with MFA officials, the concept, stemming from a 2000 proposal from then-President Demirel, is still being refined. MFA contacts h [...] |
2008-08-21 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM AJ GG RU TU |
| 08ANKARA1519 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA152 |
TURKEY: CODEL DAVIS STRESSES COOPERATION IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: During their January 10 - 12 visit to Ankara, CODEL Davis met with Turkish Members of Parliament (MPs), officials from the Central Bank, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Treasury, and representatives from the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges (TOBB), Turkey's [...] |
2008-01-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA153 |
Update on PKK Violence (January 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 January 16-23, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...] |
2008-01-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1532 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-25 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1541 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-26 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1546 |
Update on PKK Violence (August 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 August 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one securit [...] |
2008-08-27 09:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1547 |
TURKEY LINKS USS MOUNT WHITNEY PASSAGE WITH GLOBAL [...] (S/NF) This is an urgent action message. Post requests immediate guidance on request for USS Mount Whitney to transit the Turkish Straits. 2. (S/NF) As noted in ref b, Turkey has granted permission for overflight of its airspace by Global Hawk missions to conduct surveillance over Georgi [...] |
2008-08-27 10:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM GG TU |
| 08ANKARA1549 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1550 |
TURKEY-AU SUMMIT OVERSHADOWED BY BASHIR'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOT-hosted Turkey-African Union (AU) Cooperation Summit, August 18-21, rendered no surprises. During the sessions, the GOT focused on developing good will, expanding trade ties, and lobbying for African support of Turkey's UNSC bid. Overall, the GOT was pleased with both atte [...] |
2008-08-27 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA TU |
| 08ANKARA1552 |
TURKEY: THIRD NATIONAL PROGRAM AIMED AT [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) recently rolled out a "Third National Program" to define the government's priorities and reinvigorate EU-related reforms over the next four years. Senior AKP contacts admit reaching consensus on the plan will be difficult, given the [...] |
2008-08-27 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1553 |
TURKEY SUPPORTS GEORGIA'S SOVEREIGNTY AND [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to MFA South Caucasus Department Head Firat Sunel, urging a clear statement rejecting Russia's recognition of Abkhaz and South Ossetian independence. Sunel noted the August 26 MFA statement (see paragraph 6), calling it a short but clear message of concern, and [...] |
2008-08-27 16:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RU TU |
| 08ANKARA1559 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-28 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA156 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-25 15:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1560 |
TURKEY: SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 26, Senator Lugar and delegation discussed the situation in Georgia, Caspian energy issues including Nabucco, Turkey's EU accession and other issues with President Gul, Foreign Minister Babacan and Energy Minister Guler. The Senator also hosted a dinner for represen [...] |
2008-08-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1563 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-29 10:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1564 |
TURKEY: AHMET TURK RAISES THE PROFILE OF DTP'S [...] (C) Summary and comment: Recent statements by pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) leader Ahmet Turk have raised the profile of DTP's more moderate wing. Turk, re-elected as party co-chairman at DTP's July convention, called for peaceful resolution through dialogue of Turkey's intractab [...] |
2008-08-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1565 |
VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Your planned September 6 meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan offers an opportunity to consult on five sets of issues: Georgia and the Caucasus, energy, Iran, Iraq, and the need for renewed Turkish reform. Erdogan is in confident form following relative victory in the closure case against th [...] |
2008-08-29 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA1566 |
VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Your planned September 6 meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan offers an opportunity to consult on five sets of issues: Georgia and the Caucasus, energy, Iran, Iraq, and the need for renewed Turkish reform. Erdogan is in confident form following relative victory in the closure case against th [...] |
2008-08-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA1567 |
VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Your planned September 6 meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan offers an opportunity to consult on five sets of issues: Georgia and the Caucasus, energy, Iran, Iraq, and the need for renewed Turkish reform. Erdogan is in confident form following relative victory in the closure case against th [...] |
2008-08-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA157 |
TURKEY RELUCTANT TO RECEIVE, SHARE INFORMATION [...] (S) Anticipating the flow through Turkey of foreign fighters and others affiliated with known terrorist organizations will increase in the future, the FBI has proactively reached out to Turkey's law enforcement and intelligence communities to initiate formal information sharing on known or su [...] |
2008-01-25 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER ASEC TU |
| 08ANKARA1572 |
TURKEY-MACEDONIA STRATEGIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche points, MFA Balkans Department Head Ilhan Saygili underscored to us that the strategic cooperation document is not an agreement, but a statement of the two countries' intentions to promote and strengthen bilateral strategic relations. Within the document, th [...] |
2008-09-02 09:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK TU GR |
| 08ANKARA1575 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1576 |
TURKEY: GEORGIAN FM URGES GLOBAL SOLUTIONS IN [...] (C) Georgian DCM Irakli Koplatadze on September 1 gave DCM a readout of the August 31 meeting between Turkish FM Babacan and Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili in Istanbul. Babacan, said Koplatadze, began the meeting by expressing "deep concern" for Russian actions and strong Turkish support for the [...] |
2008-09-02 12:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RU TU |
| 08ANKARA1579 |
TURKEY ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-02 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNGA KV |
| 08ANKARA158 |
CLOSING MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: HOW REALISTIC A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Efforts to re-energize negotiations to close Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq will continue to be hindered by GOT and UNHCR security concerns related to the camp. Working level GOT officials believe radical PKK elements continue to control the camp. They believe a permanen [...] |
2008-01-25 17:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER PGOV PHUM TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1580 |
TURKEY'S ENERGY DEAL WITH IRAN STALLED [...] (C) Summary. Local press continues to speculate that Energy Minister Guler will travel to Iran soon to conclude a detailed energy agreement. In private, Energy Acting Under Secretary Selahattin Cimen told us the deal has no legs. He confirmed that technical negotiations between Iran and Tur [...] |
2008-09-03 08:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
| 08ANKARA1584 |
TURKISH MFA ON LAVROV TALKS, BURNS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Apakan briefed Ambassador September 2 regarding FM Babacan's talks with Russian FM Lavrov the same day in Istanbul. Babacan reportedly emphasized that Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia contradicts international law; associated Turkey with the st [...] |
2008-09-03 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU TU |
| 08ANKARA1585 |
TURKEY SUPPORTS AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY INCREASE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA DDG for South Asia and Iran Babur Hizlan September 3, requesting Turkish support for expanding the Afghan National Army (ANA) to 134,000 at the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board meeting in Kabul, September 10, and reminding him of the importance the U [...] |
2008-09-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF TU |
| 08ANKARA1586 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-03 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1588 |
Update on PKK Violence (August 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 August 24-31, 2008 reporting period, eight secu [...] |
2008-09-04 06:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1595 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-04 10:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1596 |
TURKEY: NEW MILITARY CHIEF'S FIRST POLICY SPEECH [...] (C) Summary: During new Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Ikler Basbug,s nationally televised speech at his August 28 change of command ceremony, Basbug: -- Highlighted the importance of US-Turkey bilateral relations and preserving the "perfect level of cooperation" against the PKK; -- Vo [...] |
2008-09-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
| 08ANKARA1597 |
TURKEY ENTHUSIASTIC ON EVE OF GUL VISIT TO ARMENIA [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Turkey is abuzz only two days ahead of a now-confirmed visit by President Gul to Yerevan September 6 to attend a Turkey-Armenia World Cup qualifier. Viewing the visit as a powerful Turkish contribution to promoting peace and stability in the Caucasus and to solving the Na [...] |
2008-09-04 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM TU |
| 08ANKARA1598 |
TURKISH MFA: CYPRUS TALKS ARE "LAST CHANCE" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish MFA's key Cyprus official views the direct talks as the "last chance" for a solution on the island, and notes that "other options" will need to be considered if these negotiations fail. Both Turkish Cypriot leader Talat and Ankara suspect the Greek Cypriot side plans [...] |
2008-09-05 10:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PREL TU US |
| 08ANKARA1599 |
TURKEY: ALEVIS PROTEST GOT'S POLICY ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara and Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Several Alevi groups organized an August 24 rally in Istanbul's Taksim square to protest the GOT's policy of requiring primary and secondary public school students to take a religious educa [...] |
2008-09-05 10:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1600 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1602 |
BABACAN/LAVROV IN ISTANBUL: "FRIENDS CAN DISAGREE" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey underscored its support for Georgia's territorial integrity during FM Babacan's September 2 meeting with Russian FM Lavrov in Istanbul, MFA DDG for Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Murat Burhan told us September 4. However, Lavrov called the decision to recognize Abkh [...] |
2008-09-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU TU |
| 08ANKARA1603 |
MFA SUPPORTS IRAQI SCIENTISTS PROGRAM, AWAITING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-05 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA1604 |
TURKEY: STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY IN ANKARA, SEPT. 1-2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 1-2 September a House Foreign Relations Committee Staff delegation led by Alan Makovsky discussed the situation in Georgia, energy issues, and the ongoing Israel-Syria talks with senior Turkish government officials at the Presidency, Prime Ministry, and Ministry of Foreign Af [...] |
2008-09-05 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1605 |
TURKEY FINALLY JOINS WIPO TREATIES [...] On August 28, after more than a year of delay, Turkey finally deposited its instruments of accession for the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty with the WIPO in Geneva, with no reservations. The treaty will enter into force on November 28, 2008. As reported [...] |
2008-09-05 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR USTR WIPO TU |
| 08ANKARA1606 |
TURKEY: MILITARY CHIEF VISITS LARGEST KURDISH CITY [...] (U) GEN Ilker Basbug, in his first domestic trip as the new chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS), traveled to 2nd Army Headquarters (primary responsibility of which is to prosecute the war against the PKK) in Malatya, and Diyarbakir, Turkey's largest Kurdish city. During his visit to 2nd [...] |
2008-09-05 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
| 08ANKARA1607 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-08 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1611 |
TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL MEETS U/S BURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 5 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, Turkish President Gul said his trip to Yerevan the next day is intended to lay the foundation for progress in bilateral relations. He spoke at length about his private "blunt" discussions with Iranian President Ahmadinejad [...] |
2008-09-09 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO |
| 08ANKARA1613 |
TURKEY: MUNICIPAL POLICE BEAT ANKARA SHOPOWNER FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: A security camera captured two municipal policemen beating a shop owner with wooden sticks in the conservative Ankara district of Kecioren August 14 for allegedly violating the ban on alcohol sales after 11 p.m. Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ankara MP Yilm [...] |
2008-09-09 10:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1619 |
EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (AUGUST 2008) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator finalized agenda and logistics for the Sept. 17-18 EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar, to he held in Ankara. DOE/SLD provided Turkey's first training on SLD provided radiation detection pagers, survey instruments and RIDDS to TNP's Bomb Disposal experts. Turk [...] |
2008-09-10 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1622 |
DELIVERY OF AI DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-10 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL |
| 08ANKARA1623 |
Update on PKK Violence (September 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 September 1-7, 2008 reporting period, 13 securit [...] |
2008-09-10 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1624 |
TURKISH MFA INTERESTED IN EU OBSERVER MISSION IN [...] (C) During a meeting to deliver reftel demarche (reported septel), MFA NATO Security Affairs Section Head M. Turker Ari took the opportunity to note Turkey's interest in the proposed EU observer mission in Georgia. Ari inquired whether the US has received any information from the EU about the [...] |
2008-09-10 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO TU GG |
| 08ANKARA1625 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1626 |
TURKEY: RULING AKP AIMING HIGH IN MARCH 2009 [...] (C) Summary and comment: Showing signs of the political prowess that led to its political dominance, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is astutely gearing up for March 2009 local elections well before its opponents. AKP hopes to demonstrate it is "the party of all Turkey" by [...] |
2008-09-10 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1627 |
U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...] |
2008-09-10 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO |
| 08ANKARA1628 |
U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...] |
2008-09-10 22:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO |
| 08ANKARA1629 |
IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-11 06:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1633 |
CJCS VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (S) The timing of your visit to Turkey is ideal. The President's commitment in November to provide enhanced intelligence against the PKK immensely strengthened US engagement here. But we are now at some pivot points: -- in Turkey, a new CHOD and DCHOD, both critical people for our work on [...] |
2008-09-11 10:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR GG IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA1634 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-11 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1635 |
TURKISH CAUCASIANS' INFLUENCE ON REGIONAL POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The conflict in Georgia has mobilized a large portion of Turkey's ethnic Caucasian community to lobby Ankara to join Moscow in recognizing Abkhaz and South Ossetian independence. As during the Chechen wars of the 1990s, ethnic Caucasian groups will force the GOT to w [...] |
2008-09-11 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG RU TU |
| 08ANKARA1636 |
TURKEY: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On September 4 we solicited from MFA Acting Head of Department for Council of Europe and Human Rights Yonca Sunel GOT support for U.S. priority country-specific and thematic resolutions that will be offered, urged Turkey to vote against the Defamation of Religions resolution, and sought [...] |
2008-09-11 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN TU |
| 08ANKARA1639 |
TURKISH GDP GROWTH SLOWED SHARPLY IN SECOND QUARTER [...] Summary: TurkStat data released on September 10 showed Turkey's GDP grew only 1.9% (YOY) in the second quarter, far below market forecasts of 3.7% and down sharply from 6.7% growth in the first quarter. While first half growth was still a respectable 4.2%, the sharp slowdown from quarter to q [...] |
2008-09-12 08:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON TU |
| 08ANKARA164 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1640 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1641 |
TURKEY: GULER PRESSES BAKU AND ASHGABAT FOR GAS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler continued to be obsessed by attracting gas to Turkey and expressed indifference over the fate of Nabucco. Guler said he had positive meetings in Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan but divulged few details. Turkey ap [...] |
2008-09-12 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IR IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA1642 |
GUL IN BAKU AND YEREVAN; GEORGIAN PM IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) MFA South Caucasus Section Head Firat Sunel briefed us September 11 on President Gul's September 10 visit to Baku. Despite criticism in the Azerbaijani media and some Turkish outlets of Gul's September 6 trip to Yerevan, President Aliyev gave Gul and the visiting Turkish side the impression [...] |
2008-09-12 15:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM AJ GG TU |
| 08ANKARA1643 |
TURKEY: CHARITY FUND SCANDAL PROMPTS PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. A very public and ugly battle has erupted between Prime Minister Erdogan and the Dogan Group. The conflict dominated the news this week after Erdogan lashed out at business and media mogul Aydin Dogan for reporting on allegations in a German court that the German-based Deniz Feneri Cha [...] |
2008-09-15 04:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL TU |
| 08ANKARA165 |
TURKEY: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION CONFRONT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's ban against headscarves at universities may soon be lifted if negotiations succeed between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and opposition Nationalist Action Party (MHP) on proposed constitutional amendments. PM Erdogan reignited the highly sensitive issue [...] |
2008-01-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 08ANKARA1650 |
TURKEY: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-15 13:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA TU |
| 08ANKARA1651 |
TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: On the ropes in its Constitutional Court closure case, pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) is staging "awareness-raising" walks, and reaching out to any who will listen to garner much-needed support. In his September 16 oral defense on behalf of the party, DTP Chairman Ah [...] |
2008-09-15 13:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1652 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-15 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1657 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-16 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA166 |
TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: January 2008 [...] Turkey launched air strikes against PKK terrorist positions in northern Iraq on December 16, 17, 22 and 26. Several of the air strikes were supported by artillery fire. During the same period, counterterrorism operations within Southeast Turkey and against PKK terrorists in several cities con [...] |
2008-01-29 10:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL CH KZ GR TU |
| 08ANKARA1660 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1664 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-18 10:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1665 |
Update on PKK Violence (September 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 September 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two secu [...] |
2008-09-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1667 |
TURKEY: OPPONENTS SEE CHINKS IN AKP'S ARMOR AMID [...] (C) Summary and comment: Critics of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) point to a recent SONAR company poll showing a decline in AKP's popularity to 32 percent as a sign voters are souring on the party. Opposition politicians, journalists, and analysts believe a struggling econom [...] |
2008-09-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1669 |
SCENESETTER FOR USG-GOT UNGA MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials will be highly visible in New York for this year,s UN General Assembly as their years-long effort to secure election to a UN Security Council seat representing the Western European and Others group comes to a climax. U.S. officials will want to engage the Turks o [...] |
2008-09-18 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1675 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-19 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1676 |
TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP DEFENDS ITSELF BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a two-hour verbal defense presented to the Constitutional Court September 16, Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) Co-Chairman Ahmet Turk urged the Court not to close DTP and ban 220 of its members from politics. Turk claimed DTP has been working diligently to find a p [...] |
2008-09-19 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1679 |
U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...] |
2008-09-22 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IR IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA1680 |
TURKEY REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR NORTHERN IRAQ GAS [...] (C) As part of the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group held in Ankara on September 15, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and DAS Matt Bryza discussed Iraq energy issues with the GOT. Caspian energy issues reported septel. Gray and the head of the Turkish delegation MFA Dep [...] |
2008-09-22 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA1681 |
GULER STICKS TO TURKEY FIRST FORMULA FOR CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza discussed Caspian and Iraqi gas with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler during a September 15 meeting. Guler asked for U.S. support for a northern export route for Iraqi gas to Turkey and Europe. [...] |
2008-09-22 08:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1686 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-22 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1687 |
TURKEY: EMBASSY SUPPORT OF GE REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary. General Electric (GE) Turkey Managing Director Kursat Ozkan informed us September 4 that GE sent a formal request to GOT to postpone the deadline for bids for Turkey's first civilian nuclear power plant from September 24, 2008 to March 1, 2009 due to lack of project risk infor [...] |
2008-09-22 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ENIV ENRG TU |
| 08ANKARA1688 |
TURKEY-RUSSIA SIGN CUSTOMS DEAL TO RESOLVE TRADE DISPUTE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TU |
| 08ANKARA1689 |
CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN CALL ON PRESIDENT GUL [...] (C) Summary: President Gul told CJCS Admiral Mullen September 15 that Turkey wanted our close counterterrorism cooperation to continue and that U.S. success in Iraq is critical for Turkey. Admiral Mullen pledged U.S commitment to sustaining intelligence cooperation. Gul said Turkey continue [...] |
2008-09-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ GG IR PK AF TU |
| 08ANKARA169 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-29 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1690 |
MFA WANTS TO MAINTAIN NRC PREPCOM AS CHANNEL FOR [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA NATO Policy Department Head Gulhan Ulutekin on September 22. While she took our points on board, Ulutekin said Turkey views the PrepCom as a useful tool to maintain contact with Russia, particularly on issues in the long-term interest of the Alliance, i [...] |
2008-09-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG RS TU |
| 08ANKARA1693 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-23 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1694 |
TURKEY FLOATS MIDDLE EAST SECURITY AND COOPERATION [...] (C) President Abdullah Gul will unveil Turkey's security and cooperation in the Middle East initiative (reftel) during his September 23 UNGA speech, according to MFA Middle East desk officer Murat Omeroglu. In very general terms, Gul will advocate for increased regional dialogue and propose th [...] |
2008-09-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1696 |
DAS BRYZA TALKS CYPRUS, MONTREUX CONVENTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 15 meeting in Ankara with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, MFA DU/S Berk said the GOT is pleased Cyprus negotiations have begun, but remains circumspect until it becomes more clear the Greek Cypriots are committed to negotiating a comprehensive settlement and not just going [...] |
2008-09-23 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU CY |
| 08ANKARA1699 |
U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...] |
2008-09-24 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IR IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA17 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. Per ref a. we met with Mechanical and Chemical Industries Corporation (MKEK) Director of Marketing and Export Akif Akgul on January 3, 2008 to discuss case number 05-050075628 related to an order for approximately one thousand Smith and [...] |
2008-01-04 12:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC TU KOMC |
| 08ANKARA170 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1700 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1701 |
TURKEY: MORE ARRESTED IN ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION; [...] (C) Summary: As many as 17 more suspects were detained on September 23 in the latest round of police action in the investigation of the alleged anti-government Ergenekon organization. Detainees included a former Istanbul district mayor, a former senior police official, a prominent journalis [...] |
2008-09-24 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM TU |
| 08ANKARA1709 |
TURKEY/TIP: NEW PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOT has launched a media campaign, including posters, TV and radio spots, to raise public awareness of TIP and promote the "157" hotline, and is taking additional steps to generate public support in the fight against TIP. A draft GOT-commissioned report on demand for TIP i [...] |
2008-09-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TIP SMIG PHUM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB TU |
| 08ANKARA171 |
HEADSCARF LEGISLATION MOVING AT WARP SPEED THROUGH [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey's parliament is expected to vote next week on changes designed to lift the ban on headscarves in universities. After intense negotiations (reftel), ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and far-right Nationalist Action Party (MHP) leaders submitted a pack [...] |
2008-01-30 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 08ANKARA1710 |
NEAR-TERM IRAQI GAS TO TURKEY? [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador discussed the near-term possibility of importing Iraqi gas to Turkey and Europe with the Chairman of Turkerler Group, Kazim Turker, on September 23. Turker said his Iraqi partner, Dana Gas, is committed to use early gas to supply Iraqi domestic needs but gas for expo [...] |
2008-09-25 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA1711 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1712 |
TURKEY SEEKING MORE INFO ON NTM-I BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Section Head for NATO Military Affairs M. Turker Ari on September 25. We noted that taking a lead role in the NTM-I border security mission would provide an additional opportunity for Turkey to engage with Iraq on and help support Iraq,s effort in streng [...] |
2008-09-25 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1714 |
ADDRESSING AFGHAN CONCERNS FOLLOWING SHINDAND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-26 11:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO TU AF |
| 08ANKARA1715 |
GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-26 11:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP |
| 08ANKARA1716 |
NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) We passed the non-paper contained in reftel and a copy of the publicly-released paper to MFA Disarmament and Nonproliferation Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun on September 25. Gun welcomed the information and confirmed that the Turkish defense attache in Washington has received a brief [...] |
2008-09-26 11:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM |
| 08ANKARA1718 |
Update on PKK Violence (September 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 September 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one sec [...] |
2008-09-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1719 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-26 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA172 |
TURKISH ELECTRICITY TO NORTHERN IRAQ: CONTRACT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Murat Ozcelik presented us with a two paragraph contract amendment on January 29 that he said was a "simple solution" to getting Turkish electricity supplies flowing again into Northern Iraq. The amendment needs to be signed by Kartet, the private T [...] |
2008-01-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV EPET IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA1721 |
TURKS INTERESTED BUT CAUTIOUS IN FURTHERING EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: A 17-18 September 2008 Seminar co-sponsored by the EXBS program (State ISN/ECC) and the Turkish MFA highlighted opportunities for bilateral cooperation to strengthen Turkey's nonproliferation regime and engage with Turkey in outreach to promote stronger nonproliferation efforts [...] |
2008-09-26 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU EXBS |
| 08ANKARA1722 |
TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ON KHANAQIN STABILITY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey is as concerned as the United States about stability in Iraq in light of events in recent weeks in the Khanaqin area of Diyala Province and the stand-off between Peshmerga and the IAF, according to MFA Iraq Desk Officer Can Oguz. The GOT has no intention of taking actions [...] |
2008-09-26 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1723 |
TURKEY: CORRUPTION DEBATE FORESHADOWS A TENSE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Following a week of fast-flying accusations during which opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) whip Kemal Kilicdaroglu accused ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman Dengir Mir Firat of being a "drug baron" and Firat called Kilicdaroglu a "sland [...] |
2008-09-26 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1724 |
RUSSIANS ARE THE SOLE BIDDER ON TURKEY'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. Ignoring delay requests from a majority of potential bidders, the GOT stuck to the September 24 bid submission deadline for the nuclear power tender and received only one bid, from AtomStroyExport of Russia. The bid will be subjected to an approval process, but GOT officials se [...] |
2008-09-26 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENIV ENRG RS TU |
| 08ANKARA1726 |
TURKEY'S PATENT LAW REFORM ENDANGERED BY NEW [...] (SBU) On September 23, representatives from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), briefed us about current issues affecting the pharmaceutical industry. Chief among their concerns were two proposed amendments to the new patent law, both of which would seriously wea [...] |
2008-09-30 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR USTR TU |
| 08ANKARA173 |
TURKEY: KARAMANLIS VISIT PAVES WAY FOR IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary: Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis' January 23-25 trip to Turkey symbolizes the improved state of Turkish-Greek relations. During his meeting with PM Erdogan, the two Prime Ministers focused on how to overcome the three most contentious bilateral issues -- Cyprus, the Aegean, and mi [...] |
2008-01-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU GR |
| 08ANKARA1737 |
TURKEY: RATIFICATION OF NATO ACCESSION PROTOCOL [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche requesting an update on the status of Turkey's efforts to ratify the NATO accession protocols for Albania and Croatia to MFA NATO Policy Department Head Gulhane Ulutekin on October 6. She said the bills to approve the accession protocols have been drafted and [...] |
2008-10-06 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MARR NATO PREL KTIA TU |
| 08ANKARA1738 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-06 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1739 |
TURKEY STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNGA KV TU |
| 08ANKARA1740 |
Update on PKK Violence (September 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 September 24-30, 2008 reporting period, three s [...] |
2008-10-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1744 |
ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS SOUND, SO FAR [...] Summary and comment: The effects of the global financial crisis on Turkey's economy have not been significant, thus far. The stock market, known for volatility, has lost value and the lira has depreciated slightly. Structural reforms implemented by the GOT, especially in the banking sector, [...] |
2008-10-08 05:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
| 08ANKARA1747 |
TURKEY LIKELY TO SUPPORT CANCELLATION OF ANNUAL [...] (S) Turkey is likely to support the call for cancellation of the annual Turkey-Turkish Cypriot military exercise Toros, according to MFA DDG for Northeast Mediterranean Kerim Uras, though a formal decision has yet to be taken. Uras told us the afternoon of October 8 that senior MFA colleagues [...] |
2008-10-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PM CY TU |
| 08ANKARA1748 |
TURKEY: FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DAVUTOGLU REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para three. 2. (C) Prime Ministry and Presidential foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu informed Ambassador October 7 that he will travel to Washington October 26-29 to participate in a Brookings conference on the Middle East and expressed his interest [...] |
2008-10-08 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP TU |
| 08ANKARA1754 |
TURKISH PETROLEUM CONFERENCE TARGETS UPSTREAM INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The purpose of Turkish Petroleum's "Northern Arabian Plate Oil and Gas Summit" (NAPOGS 2008) October 8-10 was to share information about ongoing or planned upstream development in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The conference targeted participation of energy ministers and nati [...] |
2008-10-09 09:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY |
| 08ANKARA1760 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1761 |
TURKEY: ENERGY MINISTER ON INVESTMENT IN IRAN [...] (U) On October 8, Reuters carried an interview with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on investment in Iran. The version in Turkish provided more detail than the wire service version. Below is a translation by Embassy staff of Guler's comments from the original story. 2. (U) Guler sai [...] |
2008-10-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG TU IR |
| 08ANKARA1762 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-10 04:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1763 |
BANKS CLAIM LIMITED EXPOSURE TO GLOBAL CRISIS [...] Summary: While the world financial crisis continues, the Turkish banking sector is relatively robust thanks to its strong balance sheets and limited foreign exposure. The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) is confident about the financial position of the sector, and says banker [...] |
2008-10-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
| 08ANKARA1766 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-10 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1767 |
TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PLAUGED BY POLARIZATION AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: A climate of polarization fueled by allegations of corruption against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is expected to distract Parliament during the fall term that officially began October 1. The situation will likely be inflamed further by wrangling ove [...] |
2008-10-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1770 |
TURKEY: KURDISH LAWYER CLAIMS PKK BEING WEAKENED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Hamza Yilmaz, a former lawyer for Abdullah Ocalan, told us he believes the PKK is losing the battle for the hearts and minds of the Kurdish community as the AKP has used religion to appeal to rural Kurds and the PKK/DTP's violent tactics and internal confusion have t [...] |
2008-10-10 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1771 |
REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel request for third-party transfer of M113 armored personnel carriers to Yemen on October 7 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Department for Security Affairs Inan Ozyildiz. Ozyildiz pledged that MFA would give the request serious consideration but said the decisi [...] |
2008-10-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM YM TU |
| 08ANKARA1779 |
TURKEY: GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP'S [...] (C) Summary: A consensus appears to be emerging on the elements needed to defeat the PKK and the GOT and Turkish military are collaborating closely, according to several well-placed sources. These elements include: denying PKK safe havens in northern Iraq; granting security forces additional [...] |
2008-10-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1781 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-14 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1786 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-15 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1787 |
EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT - (SEPTEMBER 2008) [...] Summary: Activities this month focused primarily on executing the Sept. 17-18 Nonproliferation Seminar and making arrangements for the Customs VIP visit to the U.S. in November. EXBS also accompanied DOE/SLD rep to meetings with the Turkish national Police in support of their program. End Summ [...] |
2008-10-15 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1788 |
DELIVERY OF PRESIDENT BUSH - PM BROWN LETTER TO [...] (SBU) On October 14, jointly with the British Embassy, we delivered a copy of the President Bush - PM Brown letter to Hoseyin Avni Aksoy, Head of the MFA Multilateral Economic Affairs Office. Aksoy said he would consult with the Ministries of Agriculture and Industry on the proposed Global Par [...] |
2008-10-15 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID TU |
| 08ANKARA1791 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS [...] On October 14, we shared reftel information with Can Oguz, Office of the Special Envoy for Iraq, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oguz thanked us for the information, said he would promptly share it with the appropriate parties, and made no substantial additional comment. Visit Ankara's [...] |
2008-10-15 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC TU IZ IR SY |
| 08ANKARA1792 |
DRUNKEN PASSENGER DISRUPTS TURKISH AIR FLIGHT, BUT [...] (U) Turkish and international media reported October 15 that a Turkish Airlines flight from Antalya, Turkey to St Petersburg, Russia had been hijacked during flight. Subsequent press reports said the hijacker had been subdued and that the flight was continuing on to St Petersburg. Still later [...] |
2008-10-16 04:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR TU RU |
| 08ANKARA1793 |
Update on PKK Violence (October 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 October 1-7, 2008 reporting period, 19 security [...] |
2008-10-16 06:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA18 |
TURKISH AIR STRIKES AGAINST PKK TERRORISTS IN [...] (S) Summary: Between December 16 and 26, Turkey launched four air strikes against PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq. The first attack on December 16 had the largest number of targets and struck the furthest south, hitting locations on south Qandil Mountain. Prior to the first attack, Tur [...] |
2008-01-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA180 |
TURKEY: ERDOGAN'S CRITICISM OF ISRAEL SPARKS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish/Israeli relations became tenser following Prime Minister Erdogan's January 23 comments criticizing the GOI for its siege of Gaza. In remarks to his party's parliamentary caucus, Erdogan called the Gaza Strip an "open air prison" and blamed Israel for this "humanitarian tr [...] |
2008-01-31 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IS |
| 08ANKARA1801 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-16 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1805 |
TURKEY WOOS ARAB LEAGUE FOR SUPPORT ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT continues to move forward with its Middle East outreach proposals -- the Turkey-Arab League Forum and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Middle East (CSCME) -- with only minimal results. Contrary to expectations, President Gul did not outline Turkey's CSCME [...] |
2008-10-17 04:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL TU |
| 08ANKARA1806 |
TURKEY: PKK ATTACK PUTS MILITARY UNDER A MICROSCOPE [...] (C) Since the October 3-4 PKK attack on the Aktutun military outpost, Turkey's military has come under unprecedented press criticism. This included calls for the resignation of the Deputy Chief of Staff (for failing to prevent the attack) and of the Chief of Turkey's Air Force (for being caug [...] |
2008-10-17 04:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 08ANKARA1807 |
TURKEY PRESSING FOR RATIFICATION OF MONTREAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on October 16 to Basat Ozturk, DDG for Civil Aviation and Maritime Affairs at MFA. Ozturk said the GOT strongly supports the ratification of the Montreal Convention and pressed earlier this year to make it a legislative priority. The ratification legislati [...] |
2008-10-17 04:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ICAO TU |
| 08ANKARA1809 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-17 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1810 |
TURKEY STILL OPPOSES OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION OFF [...] (C) We met October 16 with Basat Ozturk, DDG for Aviation and Maritime Affairs at MFA, to discuss Turkey,s position on oil and gas exploration off the coast of Cyprus. Ozturk said Turkey,s position has not changed from last year (reftel), and will not be affected by ongoing talks between the [...] |
2008-10-17 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PBTS ENRG CY TU |
| 08ANKARA1818 |
TURKEY: EUROPE MUST COUNT TURKEY AS PART OF ITS [...] (C) Summary: DCM and EconCouns met with Energy U/S Selahattin Cimen on October 16 to present copies of President Bush's letters to PM Erdogan and President Gul (reftel a) and to discuss Ministry of Energy (MOE) views on Turkey's energy supply policy. Cimen said Turkey appreciates the sincerity [...] |
2008-10-18 09:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG TU |
| 08ANKARA1819 |
TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: ELECTIONS, AFGHAN SPEAKER [...] (C) Turkey views upcoming Afghan elections as an important opportunity to strengthen Afghan national identity, MFA South Asia Section Head Emre Karagol told us October 17. President Gul and PM Erodgan underscored this point with Afghan National Assembly Speaker Kanuni during Kanuni's October [...] |
2008-10-20 05:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
| 08ANKARA182 |
TURKEY'S OUTREACH TO THE KURDS OF THE SOUTHEAST: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish military operations in northern Iraq have opened new space in Turkey's political discourse. In sharp contrast to the situation throughout most of 2007, topics such as a focused economic development plan for southeastern Turkey, expanded Kurdish language broadcasting and e [...] |
2008-01-31 16:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1820 |
TURKEY: STRONG NEGATIVE REACTION EXPECTED ON NATO [...] (C) We understand plans are moving forward to commit NATO assets to participate in Exercise Noble Archer 2008, an exercise scheduled to begin December 2, which includes a flight track over Agios Efstratios, a small island in the Aegean Sea. Turkey asserts that the demilitarized status of this [...] |
2008-10-20 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO TU |
| 08ANKARA1824 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1827 |
TURKEY: OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-20 16:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL GG TU |
| 08ANKARA1828 |
TURKEY: TRABZON UP FOR GRABS IN NATIONWIDE LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Politics are personal and party affiliation counts for little in Turkey's Black Sea port of Trabzon. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is hoping to win Trabzon -- one of the very few large municipalities outside of its control -- in the March 2009 local [...] |
2008-10-20 16:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD EIND SOCI TU |
| 08ANKARA1829 |
FIRST WAVES OF FINANCIAL CRISIS REACH TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: The financial crisis is affecting Turkey by reducing its GDP growth, employment, and exports, and by reducing capital and credit flows into Turkey. Combined, these have the potential to undermine Turkey,s relatively well-capitalized and lightly-leveraged banks (reftels). Economic [...] |
2008-10-21 04:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN TU |
| 08ANKARA183 |
IRAQ NEIGHBORS PROCESS: MARCH 1-4 ENERGY WORKING [...] (SBU) MFA Energy Department Head Altay and GOT Iraq Coordinator Celikol told us in separate meetings that the GOI has agreed to dates for the next meeting of the Neighbors Process Energy Working Group. The GOT plans to host the Energy Working Group on March 1 and 2 in Istanbul. The GOT is p [...] |
2008-01-31 20:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA1831 |
TURKEY: AKP EYES SECULAR STRONGHOLD OF IZMIR IN [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Aegean jewel of Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, is at the heart of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) quest to dominate March 2009 local elections by besting its July 2007 parliamentary election performance, when it captured 47 percent of the [...] |
2008-10-21 07:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1833 |
AMBASSADOR DELIVERS PRESIDENT BUSH - PM BROWN [...] (SBU) Ambassador used the opportunity of an October 16 meeting to present the President Bush -- PM Brown letter to Gurcan Turkoglu, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to President Abdullah Gul. Turkoglu, who had not yet received a copy of the letter from the MFA, underscored the importance of food [...] |
2008-10-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PREL |
| 08ANKARA1837 |
VAN: A GLIMPSE INTO TURKEY'S REMOTE EAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Two Embassy Econoffs recently visited the city of Van, a regional center in Turkey's remote east along the border with Iran. They found a pleasant lakeside city struggling to deal with a huge influx of intern [...] |
2008-10-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BTIO PGOV EAID TU |
| 08ANKARA1839 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA184 |
ANKARA'S WATER SUPPLY: SUPPLY UP QUALITY DOWN FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Water levels in Ankara,s reservoirs have risen from an approximate 15 day supply in December 2007 to an approximate 100 day supply in late January 2008. The usable water supply is still only 60% of the January 2007 level. To avoid another water shortage in summer 2008, the c [...] |
2008-02-01 06:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD SENV TU |
| 08ANKARA1840 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-22 12:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1841 |
TURKEY OPPOSES BLANKET MTCR OUTREACH, CONCERNED [...] (C) MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Head of Section Mustafa Yurdakul convoked us on October 17 to raise GOT concerns about the US proposal on technical outreach at the MTCR (reftel). Yurdakul, who will lead the Turkish delegation to the MTCR Plenary in Canberra , said while Turkey suppor [...] |
2008-10-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC PREL PARM KSCA TU |
| 08ANKARA1843 |
PJAK STATEMENT ACCUSES U.S. OF SUPPORTING [...] (U) The Freedom Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), the terrorist, anti-Iran affiliate of the PKK, released a statement threatening U.S. interests on October 18. It claims that U.S.-Turkey intelligence cooperation has prompted Turkey-Iran cooperation and coordinated joint attacks on "libertarian [...] |
2008-10-22 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR PINS PROP MOPS IR IZ TU |
| 08ANKARA1845 |
TURKEY: NNSA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR TOBEY PROPOSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In October 20-21 meetings with GOT officials, NNSA Deputy Administrator Tobey stressed NNSA,s desire to enhance bilateral engagement on nuclear nonproliferation, proposed possible areas of cooperation, and underscored NNSA,s willingness to assist Turkey with the development of ind [...] |
2008-10-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP ENRG EXBS TU |
| 08ANKARA1846 |
SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEP SEC KUPFER'S OCT 30-31 [...] (SBU) Turkey remains the vital link in our strategy to bring gas from the Caspian Basin and Central Asia to Europe through a Southern Corridor. Turkish leaders with whom you will meet believe Turkey is facing acute electricity shortages as early as 2009 and natural gas shortages of up to 16 [...] |
2008-10-23 10:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET TU |
| 08ANKARA1850 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1852 |
TURKEY TO ABSTAIN FROM FIRST COMMITTEE VOTE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UNGA PARM TU |
| 08ANKARA1853 |
TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FLEXES MUSCLE IN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's Constitution Court October 22 issued its "detailed verdict" fleshing out its June 5 annulment of constitutional amendments designed to lift the headscarf ban at Turkish universities. The Court ruled that the proposed amendments were an attempt to manipulate [...] |
2008-10-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1854 |
TURKEY: A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a three-hour meeting October 21 with EUR A/S Fried, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan said that Turkey: -- hopes to wrap up an agreement with Armenia before the end of the year; -- wants both the U.S. and EU to join the Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform in its se [...] |
2008-10-24 07:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO |
| 08ANKARA1855 |
TURKEY: IMF MISSION SEES NEED FOR NEW FUND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wilson hosted IMF Mission Head Lorenzo Giorgiani, new IMF Turkey Desk Director Rachel Van Elkan, IMF Turkey Mission Chief Hossein Samei and Deputy Mission Chief Davide Lombardo for a breakfast with G-7 ambassadors on October 23. Giorgiani said the GOT has not yet ask [...] |
2008-10-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
| 08ANKARA1857 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-24 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1861 |
TURKEY: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ON NOV 13-14 BAKU [...] (C) Turkish MFA Energy Department First Secretary Berris Ekinci contacted the Embassy October 23 in hopes of learning more about the Nov 13-14 Baku Energy Summit. Ekinci expressed frustration about the lack of information from Baku and said the government of Azerbaijan had failed to respond [...] |
2008-10-24 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ TU AJ |
| 08ANKARA1864 |
TURKEY: LIRA DEPRECIATES SHARPLY [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Turkish lira has taken a pounding, falling 37% against the dollar this month and 14.5% from October 20 to 24. The lira's sharp fall is mainly the result of foreign investors selling Turkish assets (USD $14 b [...] |
2008-10-27 05:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
| 08ANKARA1870 |
TURKEY: MOU SIGNED ON HEU FUEL RETURN AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Office of Global Threat Reduction, and from the Department's Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security (ISN/NESS) met with the president and other officials from the Turkish Atomi [...] |
2008-10-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM TRGY TU |
| 08ANKARA1871 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1872 |
TURKEY: PRIME MINISTER REJECTS IMF AND BUSINESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan lashed out October 26 at the IMF and business groups pressuring the GOT to sign a new IMF agreement, saying "during a crisis, we will not bury the future in darkness by bowing to the de [...] |
2008-10-28 05:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
| 08ANKARA1877 |
Update on PKK Violence (October 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 October 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one securi [...] |
2008-10-28 10:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1878 |
Update on PKK Violence (October 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 October 8-15, 2008 reporting period, nine securi [...] |
2008-10-28 10:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1879 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1881 |
TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ISSUES DETAILED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following closely on the heels of its October 22 verdict in the headscarf case (ref A), Turkey's Constitutional Court October 24 issued its detailed verdict fleshing out its July 30 ruling not to close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for alleged anti-se [...] |
2008-10-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1882 |
PERSONNEL SHUFFLES ROCK STATE MEDIA GIANT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-30 05:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PHUM PGOV OSCE EU OIIP TU |
| 08ANKARA1885 |
TURKEY: MFA DISCUSSES UNSC PREPARATIONS [...] (C) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 4 below. 2. (C) MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs Hasan Gogus told DCM October 26 the GOT has begun initial preparations for Turkey's 2009-2011 non-permanent UNSC tenure. Gogus reported MFA has yet to de [...] |
2008-10-30 10:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC TU |
| 08ANKARA1888 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-30 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA189 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1897 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-31 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1898 |
TURKEY: RESPONSE TO INFORMATION GATHERING REQUEST: [...] (C) The GOT has not yet publicly offered any ideas on reform of Bretton Woods institutions. GOT contacts say that they are awaiting the Summit agenda before meeting to discuss Turkey,s position on the specific agenda items. The Prime Minister and Treasury Minister have publicly said that T [...] |
2008-11-03 05:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
| 08ANKARA1899 |
Update on PKK Violence (October 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 October 24-31, 2008 reporting period, no securit [...] |
2008-11-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA19 |
TURKEY: 2007 - INTOLERANCE AND VIOLENCE TOWARD [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary: Intolerance and violence against Turkey's dwindling religious minority communities spiked in 2007. The January assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, the brutal killing of three Christian [...] |
2008-01-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA190 |
TURKEY: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] There have been no new outbreaks since the small one reported in Zonguldak province on January 19th; however, the incubation period is not over. 2. According to a representative of the European UnionQs (EU) Technical Assistance team in Turkey, the Turkish Ministry of AgricultureQs General [...] |
2008-02-01 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU |
| 08ANKARA1901 |
EU COMMISSIONER PIEBALGS TO GET TURKEY TO DROP [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, an EU Commission delegation led by Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Conventional Energy Sources, Directorate General for Transportation and Energy met with Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Selahattin Cimen, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Selim Kuneralp and other GOT off [...] |
2008-11-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU XG |
| 08ANKARA1902 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE WASHINGTON VISIT OF TURKISH [...] (C) Admiral Atac's visit will permit us to further cement strong bilateral military ties through the service with which we have perhaps the strongest bond. This visit will allow Atac to raise the most pressing issues for the Turkish Navy today: -- U.S. naval presence in the Black Sea in re [...] |
2008-11-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS IZ RU TU |
| 08ANKARA1904 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-03 15:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1905 |
TURKEY: UNPRECEDENTED MILITARY BRIEFING TO COUNCIL [...] (SBU) At the military's request, the Chief of Turkish General Staff (TGS) Ilker Basbug briefed the Council of Ministers on Monday, October 27 on the military's counterterrorism efforts. This reportedly marked the first time the head of the Turkish military briefed the Council of Ministers and [...] |
2008-11-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU |
| 08ANKARA1907 |
TURKEY: CAPITAL REPATRIATION LAW WILL NOT EXEMPT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: We met October 31 with Hasan Aktan, Undersecretary of Finance, to discuss the GOT's draft Capital Repatriation law and press reports that the GOT draft bill would exempt repatriated capital from money launderi [...] |
2008-11-04 11:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN TU |
| 08ANKARA191 |
GOT PRESSES IRAQI TURKMEN TO RETURN TO KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials are pressing Iraqi Turkmen members of the Kirkuk Provincial Council to end their boycott and resume involvement in council deliberations. The Turks recognize it is in the interests of the Iraqi Turkmen people that their elected representatives participate in the pol [...] |
2008-02-01 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA1910 |
TURKEY: CYPRUS WATCHERS DOWNBEAT ON TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Skepticism about the chances for a Cyprus settlement continues across a range of Turkish academics and opinion leaders who track the issue, a small group of whom the DCM hosted October 31 for a free-ranging discussion. The prevailing sentiments include: -- G/C voters turned to [...] |
2008-11-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PREL TU US |
| 08ANKARA1911 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-04 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1914 |
TURKEY: UNPOPULAR GAS PRICE INCREASES GO FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, the Turkish gas import monopoly BOTAS announced a 22.5% price increase in gas for households and 22% for industry. This is the fifth gas price increase in 2008 and brings the total gas price increase to over 70% so far this year. At a press conference on Novembe [...] |
2008-11-04 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG TU |
| 08ANKARA1916 |
TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY PARTY [...] (C) Summary and comment: The symbolism of victory in the March 2009 local elections is helping fuel the rapidly rising tension and violence in Turkey's Southeast (reftel). PM Erdogan's repeated visits to the region in recent weeks are part of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) [...] |
2008-11-05 09:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1917 |
FM BABACAN IN AFGHANISTAN; GILLANI, KARZAI IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Babacan stressed Turkey's commitment to Afghanistan during his October 26-27 visit to Kabul, Wardak and northern Afghanistan. The Turks are pressing forward on infrastructure and education projects, but face obstacles from local and national authorities in Kabul. Turkey has [...] |
2008-11-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER MARR EAID EINV AF PK TU |
| 08ANKARA1918 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-05 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1920 |
(C) MINISTER SIMSEK ASKS USG HELP TO MODERATE IMF [...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting with Ambassador Wilson, Treasury Minister Simsek asked the USG to intercede with the IMF to moderate its demands for a new program with Turkey. Simsek said the GOT sees a Precautionary Stand-By Agreement as an anchor for private sector expectations, but t [...] |
2008-11-05 17:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1922 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-06 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1923 |
TURKEY NOT PLANNING TO HOST PSI OR REGIONAL OEG [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-06 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1924 |
TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION HEAD REMAINS [...] (C) During a November 4 meeting with a team from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Safety Administration (DOE/NNSA) to discuss the repatriation of US-origin highly enriched uranium (septel), Turkish Atomic Energy Commission (TAEK) President Okay Cakiroglu expressed annoyance with the [...] |
2008-11-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ENRG EXBS TU |
| 08ANKARA1926 |
TURKEY: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Following is Mission Turkey's submission of the Drugs and Chemical Control Section for the 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Turkey I. Summary Turkey continues to be a major transit route for Southwest Asian opiates moving to Europe, and serves as a staging area f [...] |
2008-11-06 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR |
| 08ANKARA1927 |
TURKEY: GOT REQUESTS MEETINGS ON MULTILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3 below. 2. (C) During a November 6 meeting with DCM and Economic Counselor, Turkish G-20 Summit Sherpa Selim Kuneralp asked about a proposed meeting between PM Erdogan and the Vice President on the margins of the G-20 Financial Summit, as a follow [...] |
2008-11-07 05:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG TU |
| 08ANKARA1928 |
DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-07 05:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TU |
| 08ANKARA1930 |
TURKEY: PREPARATIONS AND OUTLOOK FOR G-20 [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Economic Counselor met November 6 with Turkish Summit Sherpa Selim Kuneralp and MFA Department Head for Multilateral Economic Affairs Serap Ozcuksun to discuss Turkish preparations for the G-20 Summit. Kuneralp said the Prime Minister has not yet decided who will sit with [...] |
2008-11-07 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KSUM PREL TU |
| 08ANKARA1931 |
RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-07 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT EUN IMO |
| 08ANKARA1932 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-07 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1935 |
TURKEY: PKK SUCCEEDING IN DRIVING WEDGE BETWEEN [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: During one week of meetings in southeastern Turkey, PolOff met with political figures, writers and NGOs to discuss the Kurdish issue, growing regional tension, and upcoming local elections. Contacts said the PKK is using the pro-Kurdish [...]< | ||||