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02ADANA388	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 8, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2002-11-20 14:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA

02ADANA389	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 9-10, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ----------------------- [...]	2002-11-20 14:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA410	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 8-9, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------ [...]	2002-12-10 08:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA413	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 12, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2002-12-13 11:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA431	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 25-26, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2002-12-30 10:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA436	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 28-29, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2002-12-31 08:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ANKARA7726	TURKEY'S ELECTIONS: OUR ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Islam-influenced AK (Justice and Development) of R. Tayyip Erdogan will be the clear winner in the Turkish national elections on Nov. 3, and has a strong shot at a Parliamentary majority. Deniz Baykal's Establishmentarian, left-of-center Republican Peoples' Party (CHP) will [...]	2002-11-01 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA7743	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-01 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA7766	AK PARTY IN A PARLIAMENTARY LANDSLIDE: CLOSE TO A [...] Summary: Justice and Development (AK) Party's landslide victory and Establishment standard-bearer Republican People's Party's (CHP) distant second-place finish in Turkey's Nov. 3 general elections cuts the number of parties in parliament back to only two for the first time in decades. While P. [...]	2002-11-03 23:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA7919	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-05 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA7921	TURKEY: AK PARTY'S LANDSLIDE VICTORY SWEEPS ASIDE [...] (C) Summary: After crushing defeat by AK in Nov. 3 elections, leaders of MHP, ANAP, and DYP, all of which failed to reenter Parliament, separately declared their intent to vacate their party chairmanships. With P.M. Ecevit's pre-election announcement that he will leave DSP leadership in April [...]	2002-11-05 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA7924	TURKEY: TIMELINE TO ESTABLISH NEXT GOVERNMENT [...] Timeline in para 2 lists the sequence of steps to be followed as the Justice and Development (AK) Party prepares to establish a government in the wake of its Nov. 3 landslide election victory. According to AK officials, assuming that President Sezer observes Turkish law and tradition (i.e., g [...]	2002-11-05 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA7942	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-06 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8007	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-07 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8079	TURKEY: CHP ELECTION POSTMORTEM [...] (C) Summary: The Nov. 3 Parliamentary elections were a major defeat for CHP at the hands of AK. Although CHP joins AK as one of only two parties in Parliament, CHP officials and activists are deeply disappointed by their distant second-place finish. Much of the blame has been placed on CHP [...]	2002-11-08 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA8087	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-08 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8108	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH AK PARTY CHAIRMAN ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with victorious AK Party leader Erdogan for first post-election visit. He complimented AK on its constructive electoral campaign and victory and noted U.S. readiness to work with the new AK government. U.S. seeks stronger bilateral economic ties and urges AK to fo [...]	2002-11-08 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON AA POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA8110	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODELS BEREUTER, HASTERT, ISSA, SMITH [...] Summary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which thus far has chosen to follow a reasonable path with emphasis on EU membership. The economy is on eggshells, and the new government will need to stick to the IMF-backed reform pr [...]	2002-11-08 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU
02ANKARA8111	PROBLEMS MEETING THE 2002 PRIMARY SURPLUS TARGET [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF and Central Bank are worried about the caretaker government's failure to fully implement fiscal measures needed to meet this year's primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GNP. We have expressed our concern about this to senior economic bureaucrats this week -- who s [...]	2002-11-08 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
02ANKARA8132	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-12 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8139	AK PARTY DYNAMICS AND U.S. INTERESTS [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-12 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARTIES PGOV PINS POLITICAL PREL TU
02ANKARA8156	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-13 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8165	CAN AK PARTY REMOVE OBSTACLES TO PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: On the surface of it, and given AK Party's strong parliamentary majority, there should be a straightforward, if sequential, legal way ahead for disenfranchised AK Party chairman Erdogan to reclaim his political rights, gain election to Parliament, and be appointed Prime Minister. [...]	2002-11-13 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA8230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-14 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8250	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EU AND CYPRUS WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met Nov. 14 with EU Hirep Javier Solana to discuss the EU perspective on UNSYG Annan's plan for a settlement on Cyprus, and the prospects for progress on Turkey's EU bid at Copenhagen in December. Solana noted that he had had separate meetings with MFA U/S Ziyal and AK (Justice [...]	2002-11-15 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA8252	TURKEY'S DEEP STATE [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Deep State, the behind-the-scenes machinery and power relationships among selected members of the military, judicial, and bureaucratic elite, has endured as an essential factor in political life and in citizens' wary calculations of their relation to the State. Now, however [...]	2002-11-15 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
02ANKARA8310	AK PARTY MOVES STEP BY STEP TOWARD FORMING [...] (C) We understand from top AK Party official Bulent Arinc that in his Nov. 15 call on President Sezer, AK Party chairman Erdogan submitted AK number two Abdullah Gul's name as AK's first choice for Prime Minister. Arinc intimated that Gul is AK's preferred candidate not only owing to his popu [...]	2002-11-15 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8343	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-15 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8356	AK PARTY BEGINS TO ENGAGE ON THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the past week, AK Party moved to inject discipline into its public statements on the economy, initiated contacts with the economic bureaucracy, and reiterated its intention to work with the IMF. AK Economic Coordinator Ali Babacan sought to reassure us that, despite some u [...]	2002-11-15 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
02ANKARA8358	AK PARTY TO FORM NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT WITH ABDULLAH GUL AS PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Nov. 16 President Sezer gave the mandate to form the new Turkish government to AK Party number two Abdullah Gul (ref A),who announced he will submit his proposed cabinet list to Sezer Nov. 18. We expect the government to be in office a week to ten days thereafter. Gul bio in para 5. [...]	2002-11-16 11:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
02ANKARA8369	TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON EU, CYPRUS NEWS [...] (U) The two-week market rallies continued strongly on the morning of November 18: -- Treasury bill yields dropped 1.5 percentage points. With the benchmark July 2 bill now at 49.5 percent, in compounded terms, rates have dropped over 14 percentage points since the November 3 elections. [...]	2002-11-18 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
02ANKARA8377	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-18 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8379	INCOMING GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic elements of the incoming government's action plan, announced by Party leader Tayyip Erdogan on November 16, reflect AK's efforts to balance its desire to boost the "real economy" and help the poor with its need to reassure markets and maintain fiscal discipline. [...]	2002-11-18 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV TU
02ANKARA8380	TURKEY'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: YASAR YAKIS [...] (U) Turkey's 58th government, announced Nov. 18, includes former career diplomat and three-time ambassador Yasar (Yashar) Yakis (Yah-kish) as Foreign Minister. Bio below. 2. (C) A mostly conventionally-minded, retired 39-year veteran of the MFA, Yakis is now AK Vice Chairman for foreign [...]	2002-11-18 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8381	THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S CORE ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (C) The new Government Cabinet was announced by Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, following his meeting with President Sezer November 18. Following are post's informal biographical notes on several of the likely key economic players. When asked at the press conference "who will be the economy m [...]	2002-11-18 16:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PINR PREL TU
02ANKARA8382	TURKEY'S 58TH GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE [...] (U) President Sezer's Nov. 18 approval of the AK Party government under P.M. Abdullah Gul (ref A; cabinet below, para 4) puts into place a government: --committed to pursuing Turkey's EU candidacy and democratic reforms; --open to working with the U.S. on key regional issues; --fo [...]	2002-11-19 05:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
02ANKARA8440	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-19 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8448	TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT: MORE INSIGHTS INTO [...] (U) Summary: President Sezer drew a line by rejecting one proposed cabinet assignment in the AK government, but allowed AK to keep the candidate as a State Minister. Fiery orator Bulent Arinc, who has his own strong following among AK voters and whom we expect to underscore the prerogatives of [...]	2002-11-19 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8474	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-20 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8505	TURKEY'S NEW DEFENSE MINISTER: VECDI GONUL [...] (C) Summary: GOT DefMin Gonul's principal political task is to ensure smooth relations between his Islam-influenced AK Party and a Turkish military which as adopted a wait-and-see attitude while remaining on the lookout for any sign AK might try to alter the current status of civilian-military [...]	2002-11-21 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8523	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-21 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8527	THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC TEAM STARTS WORK, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gul announced the portfolios of the state ministers, dividing supervision of the economic agencies between Deputy PM Abdullatif Sener (privatization, banking and capital markets boards),State Minister Ali Babacan (Treasury, Central Bank and main state banks),and [...]	2002-11-21 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
02ANKARA8532	BEHIND THE MAN: THE FAMILY OF NEW TURKISH PM [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul (reftel),Number Two man in the Islam-influenced AK (Justice and Development) Party of R. Tayyip Erdogan, is a democrat and political reformist who nonetheless heads a family that takes Islam seriously and reflects his own moral proc [...]	2002-11-22 10:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
02ANKARA8535	TURKEY: POSSIBLE VISIT BY SWEDISH FM COULD BOOST [...] (C) Anne Dismoor, Swedish Ambassador to Turkey, told poloff at a November 20 reception that she was hopeful Swedish FM Lindh would visit Turkey soon. According to Dismoor, Lindh canceled her trip last year after GOT officials stated she would have to cancel a planned visit to Diyarbakir, a so [...]	2002-11-22 11:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SW TU
02ANKARA8561	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-22 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8581	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-25 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8586	AK PARTY ANNOUNCES SWEEPING HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM [...] (C) Summary: PM Gul announced Nov. 23 a broad plan including sweeping legal changes designed to bring Turkey into full compliance with EU human rights standards. The GOT is also preparing to introduce a 36-article legislative reform package in support of the plan. The administration intends [...]	2002-11-25 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8622	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-26 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8633	CODEL HASTERT'S MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: A codel led by Speaker Hastert met Nov. 21 with P.M. Gul and Parliament President ("Speaker") Arinc. Speaker Hastert congratulated Gul on AK's landslide election victory and Turkey's recent progress on political and economic reform. Gul echoed AK leader Erdogan's commitment to EU [...]	2002-11-26 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
02ANKARA8638	NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT TO GRANT [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/NGA, NEA/EX and EUR/SE. See paras 3-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NOFORN) Embassy understands that Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Senator Biden (D-DE),Senator Hagel (R-NE),three SFRC professional staff members a [...]	2002-11-26 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PINR OTRA ASEC AFIN CPAS AMGT TU IZ
02ANKARA8676	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-27 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8728	EMBASSY RAISES PAMUKBANK CASE WITH AK VICE CHAIRMAN [...] (C) We met November 29 with AK Vice Chairman and MP Murat Mercan to highlight the risks resulting from the Danistay's November 22 injunction against BRSA's takeover of insolvent Pamukbank. We said the decision, although taken by an independent judicial body, undermined the BRSA's credibility [...]	2002-11-29 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
02ANKARA8738	EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS GIVE HIGH MARKS TO NEW GOT'S [...] (C) Summary: Ankara-based Eurodiplomats say ruling AK Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other members of the new GOT have impressed EU leaders with their approach to human rights reform and commitment to EU membership. So far, they say, Erdogan appears willing to break with GOT tradition [...]	2002-11-29 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8753	TURKEY: BACKGROUND ON CHP CHAIRMAN DENIZ BAYKAL [...] (C) Summary: Combining a sharp intellect with a divisive manner, Deniz Baykal is back in Parliament as opposition leader of a CHP reeling from the thrashing it received at the hands of Islam-influenced AK Party in Nov. 3 national elections. Aware of widespread public perceptions that he is a [...]	2002-12-02 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA8778	EU AMBIVALENCE, CYPRUS SEEN AS OBSTACLES TO [...] (C) Poloff discussed the state of Turkey's EU candidacy with several Ankara-based European diplomats following a November 26 meeting with Ambassador in which an unusually downbeat PM Gul appeared to believe Turkey had recently lost ground in its EU membership bid. -------------- EU Ambiva [...]	2002-12-02 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8779	TURKEY: NULLIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS IN SIIRT [...] (U) Summary: Anatolia News Agency reports Dec. 2 that the Supreme Election Board (YSK),acting pursuant to a petition filed by the Justice and Development (AK) Party last month, has nullified the results of the Nov. 3 elections in southeastern Siirt province. Provided AK can push through the n [...]	2002-12-02 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA8783	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP SEES AN AK PARTY DIVIDED [...] (C) Summary: Trounced at the polls on Nov. 3, Deniz Baykal's CHP is already trying to turn the tables on the Islam-influenced AK Party government. CHP is now focusing on the headscarf controversy that flared up again when AK's Speaker of Parliament Arinc and his headscarf-clad wife were on ha [...]	2002-12-03 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA8798	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-03 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8845	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-04 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8851	TERRORIST FINANCING: LEGAL BACKGROUND FOR USG [...] (C) Summary: With a new, single party Turkish government at the beginning of its tenure, the timing for the December 16-19 interagency anti-terrorist finance visit is good. Senior civil servants in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice support a new law to expedite the GOT's ability [...]	2002-12-04 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS TU
02ANKARA8852	SCENESETTER FOR DEC. 9-10 WASHINGTON VISIT OF AK PARTY CHAIRMAN R. TAYYIP ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: As Turkey's strongest politician Tayyip Erdogan is key to our ability to influence the AK Party government and public opinion on Iraq and other strategic U.S. interests. His heightened sense of pride is undiminished, indeed boosted, by the Kemalist State's continuing attempts to [...]	2002-12-04 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINS TU
02ANKARA8859	TURKISH HEAD SCARF DEBATE: "THE TURBAN IS A MORAL [...] (C) Summary: As Turkey watchers speculate about newly-elected Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan's political priorities, university professor Huseyn Bagci, an academic advisor to Erdogan, shared his views on a variety of issues. Bagci affirmed "The turban (head sc [...]	2002-12-09 08:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA8867	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Erdogan to US 2. Turkey-EU "Ozal treatment for Erdogan" Washington reporter of mass appeal "Milliyet" Yasemin Congar wrote (12/9): "The US President is going to host Tayyip Erdogan as a prime minister. Erdogan's treatment as Turkey's new leader coincides with the upcoming EU summit, [...]	2002-12-09 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8873	DECISION-MAKING IN TURKEY: AK'S INTRODUCTION TO [...] (C) Summary: As disparate and well-placed sources had predicted, Islam-influenced AK Party government received a lecture on the dangers posed by "reactionary" Islam at the Nov. 29 meeting of the National Security Council (NSC),the first since AK assumed power. (On Dec. 9, AK P.M. Gul was trea [...]	2002-12-10 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
02ANKARA8879	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-10 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8881	GOT'S LATEST REFORM PACKAGE - SCORECARD AND [...] (U) Summary: The GOT has prepared extensive legislative reforms designed to crack down on torture and remove barriers to free expression, association, and fair trial. Parliament will likely pass the reforms quickly, possibly before or during the December 12-13 EU Summit in Copenhagen. The re [...]	2002-12-10 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8900	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-11 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8935	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-12 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8976	TURKEY POST-COPENHAGEN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is reacting with disappointment and resignation to the EU's decision at the Dec. 12-13 Copenhagen summit: 1) to review Turkey's EU accession bid in December 2004, withholding a definite date to start formal accession talks; and 2) to admit Cyprus as a member before a settle [...]	2002-12-13 17:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA8991	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-16 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8996	DEFMIN HOPES FOR DECISION ON IRAQ WITHIN DAYS [...] (S) Summary: In an introductory call on the new Minister of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gonul December 16, Ambassador emphasized the positive outcome of AK Party Leader Erdogan's visit to Washington, the resolution of Turkey's participation agreement with the EU on ESDP, progress on Turkey's [...]	2002-12-17 05:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS TU IZ
02ANKARA9040	AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE MEETS WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: In Dec. 13 meetings with President Sezer, MFA Deputy U/S for the Middle East Tuygan, and representatives of ruling AK Party and main opposition CHP, American Jewish Committee (AJC) leaders affirmed AJC's support for Turkey. End summary. 2. (C) Dec. 13 AJC President Tann [...]	2002-12-18 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
02ANKARA9041	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-18 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9051	TURKEY: AK PARTY SEES DENKTAS AS OBSTACLE TO [...] (C) Summary: The political debate in Ankara regarding Turkey's EU candidacy and the future of Cyprus is revealing sharp differences between the ruling AK (Justice and Development) Party/Government and the Establishmentarian foreign policy class, including elements that predominate in the MFA. [...]	2002-12-19 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU POLITICAL PARTIES
02ANKARA9068	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-20 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9071	SEZER VETO CALLS SIIRT ELECTIONS INTO QUESTION [...] (C) President Sezer's Dec. 19 veto of a constitutional amendment package, which is designed to reinstate AK Leader Erdogan's political rights and clear the way for his entry into government (septel),calls into question the date for the "new" elections in Siirt Province and Erdogan's immediate [...]	2002-12-20 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
02ANKARA9073	TURKEY: PRESIDENT'S VETO CLOUDS ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: President Sezer Dec. 19 vetoed a constitutional amendment package (including changes to Articles 67, 76, and 78 -- ref A) designed to reinstate AK Leader Erdogan's political rights and clear the way for his entry into Parliament and the Government. Contacts across the spectrum say [...]	2002-12-20 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
02ANKARA9084	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-23 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9109	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-24 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9122	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-26 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA9166	AMB. MANN'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: AK party officials, including Energy Minister Guler and three newly-elected parliamentarians, confirmed their support for the BTC and Shah Deniz projects to EB/CBED Ambassador Mann in his December 18-20 visit to Ankara. Mann reviewed U.S. energy policy in the Caspian, noting tha [...]	2002-12-30 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
02ANKARA9183	TURKISH PARLIAMENT RE-ENACTS VETOED CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) Turkish Parliament Dec. 27 re-enacted without changes a package of constitutional amendments designed to pave the way for Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Erdogan to regain his political rights, run for parliament, and thus become Prime Minister (reftel). The package -- approved b [...]	2002-12-30 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
02ISTANBUL1933	ISTANBUL'S MARKET ANALYSTS COME TO TERMS WITH [...] (C) Summary: While much of Istanbul's secular establishment remains wary and suspicious of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development (AK) party, soundings among market insiders in Istanbul on the eve of Sunday's polls show a more nuanced view among the city's business elite. In contrast [...]	2002-11-01 16:04:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TU
02ROME5569	ITALIAN RESPONSE TO PRE- GAERC POINTS ON DPRK, [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 14, POLMINCOUNS DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO ROCCO ANTONIO CANGELOSI, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION. ON THE DPRK, CANGELOSI'S WANTED TO KNOW, "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THEM IN ORDER TO REOPEN THE DIALOGUE?" POLMINCOUNS REPLIED THAT WE HAD LOST CONFIDENCE IN ANYT [...]	2002-11-15 16:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KN TU CY IT EUN
03ADANA13	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 14, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-01-15 14:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA130	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 6, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Turkiye: Although the [...]	2003-05-06 15:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA167	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 27, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Turkiye, Bolge, [...]	2003-06-27 14:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA168	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 30, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriyet, / UNESCO i [...]	2003-06-30 13:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA188	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 16, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often Adana contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Dunya [...]	2003-07-18 11:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA23	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 24, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-01-27 09:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA25	THE VIEW FROM SIRNAK PROVINCE: [...] (SBU) Summary: In southeastern Turkey's Sirnak province, one of two bordering Iraq, the preoccupation of government officials, NGOs, and businessmen is less about war than about war's aftermath. The populace is desperate to revive border trade and commerce. Kurdish interlocutors worry that [...]	2003-01-28 17:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU SY IZ ADANA
03ADANA261	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Turkiye, Bolge, Ek [...]	2003-10-07 13:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA269	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 15, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET/MILLIYET [...]	2003-10-16 16:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA285	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 18, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet, Bolge [...]	2003-11-18 16:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
03ADANA3	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 4-5, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-01-09 09:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA35	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 31, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-02-03 08:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA36	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 1-2, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------ [...]	2003-02-04 08:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA39	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 4, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-02-06 09:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA40	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 5, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-02-06 09:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA

03ADANA41	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 6, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-02-07 09:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM ADANA
03ADANA45	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-02-18 10:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA46	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 18, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-20 08:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA49	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 21, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-24 09:13:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA5	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 8, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS --------------------------- [...]	2003-01-09 09:25:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA53	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 22-23, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2003-02-25 13:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA57	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 27, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-28 13:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA62	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 05, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------------- [...]	2003-03-06 14:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA66	THE VIEW FROM THE SOUTHEAST, [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 16:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU OSCE ADANA
03ADANA7	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 9, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS --------------------------- [...]	2003-01-13 09:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA9	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 11-12, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ----------------------- [...]	2003-01-14 09:01:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA98	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet/Bolge/Cumh [...]	2003-04-07 17:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ANKARA1091	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]	2003-02-19 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA1092	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HEFLEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]	2003-02-19 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1094	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-19 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1126	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-20 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1132	TURKEY ON IRAQ: STUMBLING UNWILLINGLY TOWARD THE [...] (C) Summary: Virtually all interlocutors from across the spectrum assume eventual GOT agreement to deployment of U.S. forces through Turkey. However, there is no clear GOT decision on the horizon; for their part, key elements of the Kemalist State are compounding the delay by using the Iraq q [...]	2003-02-20 20:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1161	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-21 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1207	ON THE EVE OF THE IRAQ VOTE: WHICH WAY WILL TURKEY [...] (C) P.M. Gul's cabinet formally submitted a combined draft resolution -- covering deployment of U.S. troops through Turkey and deployment of Turkish forces abroad -- to Parliament Feb. 24. Given procedural requirements, the earliest Parliament can begin debate will be 1500 local (0800 Washingt [...]	2003-02-24 17:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA122	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-06 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1232	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-25 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1267	IRAQ: CODEL HEFLEY PRESSES FOR TURKISH SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 20-21 meetings, Codel Hefley politely but aggressively pressed Turkey's leadership to permit U.S. forces to use Turkey as a potential base for operations. While recognizing the political difficulties Turkey's elected politicians face, the Codel called upon them to he [...]	2003-02-26 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD TU IQ
03ANKARA1273	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-26 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1303	OCALAN'S CONTINUED ISOLATION, POSSIBLE RETURN OF [...] (C) Summary: Relatives and attorneys remain unable to visit jailed PKK leader Ocalan; the last visit took place November 27. The official GOT line is that stormy weather has grounded the boat that takes visitors to Ocalan's island prison, but some GOT officials privately acknowledge there mus [...]	2003-02-27 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU PKK
03ANKARA1313	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 07:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1332	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1345	IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT REJECTS U.S. TROOP [...] (U) On March 1, in closed session, the Turkish Parliament rejected a motion that would have allowed the U.S. to deploy troops for operations against Iraq. Of the 533 members present, 264 voted in favor and 250 against. 19 MPs abstained. Article 96 of the Constitution requires that an absol [...]	2003-03-01 20:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1346	TURKEY: PARLIAMENTARY VOTE POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S told the Ambassador March 1 the Turkish system was in shock following defeat of the Parliamentary resolution for U.S. and Turkish Troop Deployments. The PM and Government worked hard to convince parliamentarians, but felt their efforts were not fully understood. Turkey [...]	2003-03-01 21:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA1350	TURKEY: WHY THE VOTE WENT SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Ref A reported the March 1 defeat in Parliament of the AK Government's petition to permit deployment of U.S. troops to Turkey. A number of factors contributed to the outcome, primarily: 1) the secular Turkish State's fears about USG intention in Iraq; 2) a strong desire to bring [...]	2003-03-03 11:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1359	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1364	TURKEY: NOTIONAL CALENDAR FOR ERDOGAN'S ASSUMPTION [...] (U) AK leader Erdogan is a candidate for Parliament in the special March 9 election in Siirt province. Assuming he wins a seat in the legislature, the election will serve as a prelude to his eventually assuming the role of prime minister. 2. (U) The following notional calendar represents [...]	2003-03-03 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1386	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-04 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1391	NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP AND PUK TO UNIFY [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Ankara rep Bahros Galali called on Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 3 to inform that after the Iraqi opposition conference in Salahadeen, PUK leader Jalal Talabani and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani met and agreed to unify t [...]	2003-03-04 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1392	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 4 COB [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets were relieved this afternoon that today's Treasury auctions had gone relatively well, with the lira and equities gaining for the day (though t-bill yields closed up 2.5 percentage points). Treasury raised a total of TL 2.3 quadrillion that, together with some of Tresaur [...]	2003-03-04 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1406	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 5 AM: MARKETS BEGIN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets improved throughout the morning of March 5, and at mid-day appeared poised to continue a rally. Yields on T-bills strengthened five percentage points in morning trading. This positive market sentiment is based on two statements indicating that the [...]	2003-03-05 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1410	TURKEY: ERDOGAN AND AK LOOKING GOOD IN SIIRT [...] (C) Contacts across the political spectrum indicate AK and its party leader Erdogan are poised to win the March 9 special election in Siirt province, paving the way Erdogan's entry into Parliament and eventual move to the Prime Ministry. -- AK M. P. Egemen Bagis told us March 4 that 16 AK [...]	2003-03-05 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1411	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-05 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1419	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT FEELING ITS OATS [...] (C) Building on the March 1 defeat of the government proposal regarding U.S. and Turkish troop deployments to Iraq (reftel),Parliamentary leaders and other influential M.P.s are sketching out an ambitious agenda that will, if carried out, aggrandize the institution and make it a more permanent [...]	2003-03-05 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1421	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 5 COB [...] (U) All Turkish markets continued to strengthen in afternoon trading on March 5, with expectations of the rallies continuing into March 6. -- The lira appreciated over 2 percent, to close at TL 1,609,000. According to several market participants (Yapi Kredi Treasurer Imece, JP Morgan/Ch [...]	2003-03-05 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1442	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 6 AM: MARKETS STABLE, [...] Summary: Turkish financial markets were flat during the morning of March 6, awaiting confirmation of their expectation that a new GOT, led by AK Chairman Erdogan, would deliver a U.S. financial package. Erdogan and State Minister Babacan, facing public complaints about the new taxes in the [...]	2003-03-06 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1461	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 06:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1477	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1485	IRAQ: CODEL WEXLER PRESSES RULING AK PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: AK Party leader Erdogan initially told Codel Wexler March 8 he may need several weeks (until end March) to create the right conditions for parliamentary passage of a resolution permitting deployment of U.S. troops through Turkey. When Codel and Ambassador pushed back that Turkey [...]	2003-03-08 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA1488	TURKEY: ERDOGAN AND AK REPORTEDLY SWEEP SIIRT [...] According to unofficial election results as released by Siirt governor's office, R. Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party swept all three seats in March 9 repeat of parliamentary election in Siirt province. The elections were re-run owing to electoral irregularities in Siirt during the Nov. 3 natio [...]	2003-03-09 16:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1496	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S DEWEY AND [...] (C) The Turkish Parliament,s March 1 vote rejecting deployment of U.S. troops, along with a worsening in Turkish-Kurdish tensions, has shaken the GOT and has increased the uncertainty surrounding Turkey,s ultimate choices on Iraq. Whether or not there will be a Northern Option, your visit on [...]	2003-03-10 09:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PREF PREL MOPS TU
03ANKARA1508	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-10 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA152	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-07 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1528	AIR POLLUTION IN TURKEY: YOU CAN'T MANAGE WHAT YOU [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey's air pollution monitoring infrastructure is inconsistent and largely unreliable, making it nearly impossible to assess the level of Turkey's air quality and its effects on health. Reliance on fossil fuels for industrial activity, domestic heating, and vehicle travel ar [...]	2003-03-11 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO TU
03ANKARA1529	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 11: MARKETS QUIET, WEAK [...] (U) On March 11, Turkish Treasury auctioned a 546-day dollar-denominated bond in the local debt market to weak demand. The annual yield - 6.88 percent - was below market expectations, but the Treasury only succeeded in selling $180.5 million. 2. (SBU) Comment: The debt redemption on M [...]	2003-03-11 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1533	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-11 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1546	NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT: WHAT WILL ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: AK Party chairman Erdogan has the mandate to form a new Turkish government. We expect him to shuffle the outgoing cabinet, although timing of the shuffle is not yet certain. While the Erdogan government might assume office quickly, contacts across the spectrum advise us Erdogan i [...]	2003-03-12 03:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1565	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 12: MARKETS IGNORE MOODY'S [...] (U) In the morning of March 12, yields on lira T-bills inched upwards to close at 57.5 percent (yesterday's close was 56.8 percent). The lira remained unchanged at about TL 1,620,000 to the dollar. The Istanbul Stock Exchange was down 1 percent in morning trading, after dropping about 1 per [...]	2003-03-12 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1567	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-12 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1579	TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT: MORE ON ERDOGAN'S TIMING [...] (C) Summary: AK leader Erdogan likely to submit his candidate cabinet list March 13. Possible he will emerge as Prime Minister in office as of that date. Still no convincing sign, however, that he intends to pass a parliamentary resolution approving U.S. troop deployment in the next five-six [...]	2003-03-12 21:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1587	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 13: TREASURY U/S OZTRAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Faik Oztrak told us March 13 that the key to debt sustainability this year is economic reform program implementation, not the U.S. package. Oztrak is concerned that the new Erdogan government will view the U.S. package as "an excuse not to implement the [...]	2003-03-13 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1593	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-13 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1624	GOT CLOSES PRO-KURDISH HADEP PARTY, OPENS CASE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's highest court announced the closure of the pro-Kurdish HADEP party the same day a chief prosecutor opened a case to close the closely linked DEHAP party. HADEP is accused of aiding the PKK and other offenses; DEHAP is charged with actions against the democratic state and [...]	2003-03-13 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA1630	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 14: MARKET WORRIES MOUNT IN [...] (U) Turkish financial markets in morning trading March 14 are beginning to reflect the concern that the U.S. financial package is off the table. The benchmark lira T-bill rose two percentage points to close at 60 percent compounded. The lira depreciated one percent, now trading at TL 1,650,0 [...]	2003-03-14 10:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1634	TURKEY/IRAQ: OPPOSITION CHP'S GRATUITOUS [...] (C) Summary: Contacts from main opposition CHP say that although another UN resolution could influence some backbenchers, CHP is likely to continue to vote en bloc against U.S. troop deployment. Taking their cue from President Sezer, CHPers at all levels assert that any UNSC resolutionless op [...]	2003-03-14 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA1635	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Post Djindjic assassination in Serbia and the Balkans 2. Iraq and US-Turkey relations "Djindjic was victimized by foreign intervention" Ferai Tinc commented on the assassination of the Serbian leader in mass appeal Hurriyet (3/14): "Djindjic was killed on the eve of a meeting to shape Ko [...]	2003-03-14 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1660	TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Late afternoon March 14 President Sezer approved AK leader Erdogan's cabinet list and sent it to the Turkish Parliament for consideration and eventual vote of confidence. Erdogan is now officially Prime Minister. 2. (C) Erdogan's new cabinet is largely the same as that of his predece [...]	2003-03-14 16:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1667	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 17: SELL-OFF IN LOCAL [...] (U) News that the U.S. financial package was off the table led to sell-offs in all Turkish financial markets in the morning March 17 trading session: -- The lira depreciated 2 percent to close at TL 1,680,000 to the dollar (Friday's close was TL 1,647,000). -- T-bill rates rose sharp [...]	2003-03-17 20:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1671	"ISLAMIC" UNION HAK-IS ON IRAQ, LABOR ISSUES IN [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Islamic-oriented union Hak-Is president Salim Uslu expressed: 1) resignation to Turkey's eventually joining the coalition against Saddam; and 2) hope that Tayyip Erdogan's new government will not make major changes to the AK Government's "urgent action plan" emphasizing [...]	2003-03-17 20:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU ILAB
03ANKARA1692	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 18: MARKETS TURN AROUND ON [...] (U) The Turkish Treasury raised TL 3.4 quadrillion (about $ 2 billion) in two lira-denominated debt instrument auctions on March 18, as Turkish markets rebounded on overnight "good news" regarding the U.S. financial package (see para 3 below). The auction results announced 1:30 pm local time [...]	2003-03-18 11:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1702	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-18 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1713	TURKISH ECONOMY COB 3/18: RETURN TO NEVER NEVER [...] (C) Summary: Reports that the U.S. financial package was back "on the table" sustained the market's rally this afternoon, with the lira closing at TL 1,648,000 and t-bill yields ending at slightly under 60 percent. CB Governor Serdengecti warned us that, should Parliament pass a second reso [...]	2003-03-18 17:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1720	AK ECONOMIC POLICY: REFORM ONLY AS A LAST RESORT [...] (C) Summary: New Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's decision not to make any changes in the AK economic team suggests he is unlikely to break sharply with the Gul government's economic appraoch. That is unfortunate. In its four months in office, the AK leadership has proven that it neither un [...]	2003-03-19 08:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1742	TURKEY: POLITICAL RETURN OF ISLAMIST LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Returning from the political wilderness, Islamist former Prime Minister Erbakan is bent on using Saadet Party and the Iraq issue to hammer the ruling AK Party and P.M. Erdogan, a former Erbakan protege. It is unlikely the septuagenarian Erbakan can reclaim his once dominant place [...]	2003-03-19 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1780	TURKISH MARKETS COB MARCH 19: LIMITED FURTHER [...] (U) After falling significantly in the morning, Turkish markets declined only slightly in the afternoon session, as investors struggled to figure out whether some kind of U.S. assistance package might still be possible. At market closing, the lira had weakened to TL 1,695,776/dollar, while [...]	2003-03-19 17:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1793	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 20: CONTAINED REACTION FOR [...] (U) At OOB March 20, Turkish markets opened sharply down, but recovered somewhat as the morning went on. JP MOrgan/Chase bond trader Gumisdis, Yapi Kredi Bank Treasurer Imece and other market players here all pointed to the Ari Fleischer statement that "the White House has not ruled out assi [...]	2003-03-20 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1809	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1811	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1905	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 24: ERDOGAN SPEECH DOESN'T [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday evening March 23, PM Erdogan addressed the nation committing the new GOT to continue the economic reform program and to take additional reform measures if needed. But markets weren't buying, and yields on T-bills rose 5.5 percentage points in morning trading March 24 [...]	2003-03-24 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-24 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1931	TURKEY'S RULING AK PARTY: DISCONTENT ON HIGH AND [...] (C) Summary: Senior AK party reps express concern to us at AK's mishandling of the Iraq question and relations with the U.S. Local AK party bosses in Ankara districts complain bitterly to us about AK's failure to pass the U.S. deployment resolution (ref A) and what they see as AK's subsequent [...]	2003-03-25 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2010	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 27: MARKETS QUIET; [...] (SBU) Summary: While Turkish markets were relatively quiet on March 27 am, a wide range of market and GOT contacts tell us confidence in the government remains rock bottom. This translates into ongoing serious concerns about the GOT's ability to roll-over about $3 billion of debt in its local [...]	2003-03-27 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2039	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 28: CONTINUING PROBLEMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets remained quiet on March 28 am, with T-bill yields weakening slightly to 65.7 percent. Two economic policy developments in the past day, however, indicate that AK continues to take actions that won't improve its credibility gap with the markets. First, according to pre [...]	2003-03-28 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2051	SENIOR BANKING OFFICIALS CONCERNED OVER GOT ECON [...] (C) Summary: In frank discussions March 26 and 27, BRSA Chairman Engin Akcakoca and the outgoing Chairman of the State Bank Board Safa Ocak told us of concerns with the lack of market confidence in the government. They described a situation of policy drift on the economy, with Deputy PM Sen [...]	2003-03-28 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2052	DEMARCHES ON WAR SUPPLEMENTAL AND BOLSTERING [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: DCM delivered ref A and B points to Treasury U/S Oztrak and MFA Deputy U/S Kilic March 26-27, and EconCouns separately presented them to State Planning U/S Tiktik and AK Deputy Reha Denemec. DCM stressed that USG was very co [...]	2003-03-28 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2059	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-28 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2099	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-31 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2130	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: THE FIRST MAJOR SALE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A top GOT Privatization Administration (PA) official told us March 28 the GOT is on track to meet its $4 billion sales target for 2003, which will result in $2.6 billion in PA revenue this year and the rest to be paid by installment. The official defended the GOT's proposed law [...]	2003-04-01 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2133	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 1: MARKETS AWAIT IMF GOOD [...] (U) Transactions volumes in Turkish financial markets were very low on April 1 am. T-bill yields were unchanged at 65 percent compounded, the lira appreciated slightly to TL 1,702,000, and the Istanbul Stock Exchange 100 index was up 1 percent. Stock market transaction volume has averaged [...]	2003-04-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2232	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: LEADING MARDIN M.P.S SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Kurdish M.P.s representing the border province of Mardin for both ruling AK and opposition CHP support the U.S.-led war against Saddam. Despite (1) pressure from elements within AK, (2) outright hostility from the CHP and the Turkish State, and (3) the ethnically Turkish [...]	2003-04-07 10:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2233	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 7: FIRST T-BILL AUCTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Treasury raised $844 million in the first of three T-bill auctions scheduled for April 7-8. Treasury's target is to raise a total of $3 billion ahead of $3.2 billion in debt service payments on April 9. Today's auction results came in at market expectations; the m [...]	2003-04-07 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2243	TRANCHING AND CONDITIONING OF U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Assuming Congress approves $1 billion in ESF assistance for Turkey, we expect the Turkish Government to leverage that money into the largest possible package -- $8.5 billion in long-term loans. Prime Minister Erdogan has stated this intention publicly, and numerous lower level officials [...]	2003-04-07 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA2258	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 8: SUCCESSFUL T-BILL [...] (U) Treasury raised a total of TL 3.26 quadrillion ($1.97 billion) in two debt auctions on the morning of April 8. Results were: Maturity Net Amt Compounded of Paper Sold (quad) Interest Rate --------- ----------- ------------- Oct. 8 Bill TL 0.801 57 pct Apr [...]	2003-04-08 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2259	IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO ANKARA: GOT/GOI [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told the Ambassador late April 7 Iranian FM Kharrazi,s April 6 visit to Ankara revealed a congruence of views between the GOT and GOI on Iraq. Kharrazi reportedly requested Gul,s support for re-establishing Turkish-Iranian-Syrian trilateral consultations with Syria, b [...]	2003-04-08 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ SY
03ANKARA2292	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 9: NEWS OF U.S. AID [...] (U) On April 9 am, in the first trading session for the new T-bill issued yesterday, volume was quite high - TL 1.1 quadrillion ($670 million). Rates, however, did not decline as expected. Traders cited the local press reports that the Senate version of the U.S. aid for Turkey contains a co [...]	2003-04-09 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA23	APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS APPEARS TO [...] (U) President Sezer's Dec. 31 approval of a package of constitutional reforms appears to open the door for Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Erdogan to regain his political rights, run for Parliament, and become Prime Minister. A political reform package of legal amendments (the secon [...]	2003-01-02 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
03ANKARA2315	ECONOMIC MINISTERS BATTLE FOR INFLUENCE AS ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Infighting among economic ministers is hindering the Government's efforts to coordinate policy around an economic "super-minister." Deputy PM Sener, who was supposed to lead the economic team, appears to be losing influence to Finance Minister Unakitan, while State Minister Bab [...]	2003-04-09 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA2323	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 10: MARKETS DROP ON NO. [...] (U) As of 2:00 pm local time April 10, local news reports that Iraqi Kurds have taken Kirkuk are raising market concerns of a Turkish reaction that could jeopardize the U.S. aid package. T-bill yields rose nearly three percentage points to 66 percent; the lira depreciated almost two percent [...]	2003-04-10 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2335	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2353	TURKEY: DIFFICULTIES FROM PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Trouble continues with ruling AK party parliamentary Human Rights Committee Chairman Elkatmis regarding Iraq-related anti-American statements he persists in making to the press, statements which (1) are at odds with the AK government line; (2) reflect the committee's refusal to ta [...]	2003-04-11 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2372	APRIL 11 TURKISH GOVT STATEMENTS ON IRAQ [...] Anatolia News Agency reported that a written press announcement issued by the Prime Ministry April 11 stated that GOT military and civilian leaders discussed developments in Iraq at the meeting held at the Prime Ministry this morning. The situation in Kirkuk and Mosul was high on the agenda. [...]	2003-04-11 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2419	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 14: POSITIVE PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Positive statements by IMF and GOT officials over the weekend, combined with a lessening of anxiety over Iraq, gave Turkish markets a modest lift this morning. The lira strengthened to TL 1,633,000/dollar, yields on the benchmark 4/28/04 t-bill fell to 62.31 percent, and the stock marke [...]	2003-04-14 11:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA2503	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2504	TURKS AND ISRAELIS SAY THEY ARE PLEASED WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Embassy used terms like "positive, excellent," and Turkish MFA "successful" to describe Israeli Foreign Minister Shalom's first official visit to Turkey April 13-14. End summary. 2. (C) Israeli DCM Nahshon told us April 15 plans for FonMin Shalom's April 13-14 [...]	2003-04-17 10:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS
03ANKARA2521	THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF: A FRACTIOUS AND SULLEN POLITICAL COALITION [...] (C) Summary: As refs (A-E) note, Turkish General Staff (TGS) remains deeply involved in day-to-day political life and policymaking, with attendant strains and divisions among senior military leaders over domestic and foreign policy issues. These divisions are more visible today than at any ti [...]	2003-04-18 08:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU

03ANKARA2524	TURKEY MARKETS ENJOY A QUIET BUT POSITIVE WEEK [...] (U) Turkish markets rose steadily, if not spectacularly, this week. The lira strengthened from TL 1.65 million/dollar at the end of last week to TL 1.60 at the close of this morning's trading session. Meanwhile, yields on the benchmark 4/28/04 t-bill fell from 64.39 to 57.72 percent, and t [...]	2003-04-18 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2568	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-21 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2646	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-24 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2666	TURKEY'S HEADSCARF ISSUE OPENS ANOTHER POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Islamist headscarf remains a threatening symbol for the Kemalist state. In inviting headscarved women to a reception in honor of the children's holiday, AK Party Speaker of Parliament Arinc has widened a rift between the GOT and the Turkish Establishment. End summary. 2. [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2695	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 25: POSITIVE NEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Some positive news came at the end of a relatively quiet week in Turkish markets: the GOT announced a well-regarded macro-economist bureaucrat, Ibrahim Canakci, to replace Faik Oztrak at Treasury. The Central Bank announced a 3 percentage point cut in its short-term borrowin [...]	2003-04-25 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2776	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-29 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2847	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-01 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2902	SUGAR LAW LEAVES BITTER TASTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new sugar law implemented in September 2002 was supposed to eliminate the sugar industry's rampant overproduction, as well as GOT subsidies for its export, and eventually move the industry toward the free market. However, even as state-owned sugar company SEKER (its privati [...]	2003-05-05 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2914	AK REVIVES PLANS TO SELL STATE LANDS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM ERDOGAN ANNOUNCED RECENTLY THAT THE GOT IS PLANNING TO REALIZE BETWEEN $25-30 BILLION IN NEW REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF STATE-OWNED "FOREST LAND," MUCH OF IT TREELESS SUBURBAN SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS. THE OPPOSITION CHP AND SEVERAL NGOS CRITICIZED THE PROPOSAL, AND PRESIDENT SEZ [...]	2003-05-06 04:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA298	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-13 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA301	EMBASSY PRESSES AK ON ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Gul January 9, emphasizing that any possible U.S. financial assistance was conditional on continued implementation of the economic reform program. Embassy delivered the same message January 9 and 13 to Treasury U/S Oztrak and [...]	2003-01-13 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3011	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-08 11:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3016	ERDOGAN ADVISOR BENEFITS FROM GOT GENEROSITY TO [...] (C) Summary: Unable to fulfill his campaign pledge to raise support prices for Turkey's hazelnut farmers, Prime Minister Erdogan instead announced in February that the government would provide additional direct income support to this politically-powerful group. One of the beneficiaries of t [...]	2003-05-08 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAGR TU
03ANKARA3052	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-09 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3093	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA31	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-02 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3151	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-13 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3154	FORMER MP DISCUSSES ROLE IN MANISA TORTURE [...] (C) Summary: Sabri Ergul, one of the prosecuting attorneys in the high-profile Manisa police torture case, used his status as a parliamentarian to maintain pressure on the GOT and ensure the 10 defendants were convicted and sentenced. Ergul served as a witness in the case, having seen some of [...]	2003-05-13 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3155	TURKEY: RETURN OF THE HOCA [...] (C) Summary: At Saadet Party's May 11 national convention, long-time leader of Turkey's Islamist movement Necmettin Erbakan returned to active politics as party chairman. Unlike recent conventions of right-of-center DYP and ANAP, Saadet's congress was far more lively and colorful. The mood of [...]	2003-05-13 17:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3187	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHIEF JUSTICE DISCUSSES ROLE [...] Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mustafa Bumin discussed his views on: the ruling AK Party; the threat of Islamic fundamentalism in Turkey; the role of the Constitution in a State of law; and the recent law lowering the retirement age for civil se [...]	2003-05-14 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA3197	HIGHLIGHTS OF APRIL 27-29 CODEL WEXLER [...] (C) Summary: During an April 27-29 visit to Ankara, Representative Robert Wexler visited with senior GOT leadership to assure continued support for the U.S.-Turkish relationship while simultaneously acknowledging there had been recent differences between the two countries. To mitigate any p [...]	2003-05-15 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON OREP PGOV PREL TU US
03ANKARA3205	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-15 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3206	IMF READOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF resident rep in Ankara briefed us May 13 on the status of the Fifth Review. Given the number of unmet conditions at this point, the earliest date for the Fifth Review Board meeting is likely to be early July. While the GOT may meet its primary surplus criterion, there are [...]	2003-05-15 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3225	GOT OFFICIALS ON IRAQ SANCTIONS LIFT RESOLUTION, [...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA officials and the Energy Minister reacted positively to demarches by the Ambassador and others on the UN Security Council draft Iraq sanctions lift resolution. However, other MFA and Foreign Trade officials stressed the GOT's strong view that all pending, signed co [...]	2003-05-16 06:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA3257	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-16 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3287	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-20 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3305	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-21 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3397	UNION OF CHAMBERS PRESIDENT BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (SBU) Influential Union of Chambers of Commerce (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarciklioglu told the Ambassador May 22 that he had returned from a three-day visit to Washington with agreement on several specific initiatives to bolster the bilateral relationship. They include: - establishing a [...]	2003-05-23 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA3401	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3410	OPPOSITION FROM TURKEY'S NSC SHARPENS CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: GOT leaders continue to support passage of a series of reform packages to harmonize Turkey's practices with EU membership criteria. TGS chief Ozkok and his deputy Buyukanit also formally support Turkey's EU candidacy. At the same time the military-dominated National Security Cou [...]	2003-05-23 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3412	TURKEY'S CYPRUS POLICY: WHAT NOW? [...] (C) Summary: Assessments of how Turkey should move on Cyprus vary in both the GOT and Turkish State. Some (e.g., FonMin Gul) are working to overcome what they recognize as pressure on Turkey's interests following the failure of the UN-sponsored Cyprus talks and the EU's decision to accept a d [...]	2003-05-23 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY TU
03ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3488	POLITICIANS PRESS CENTRAL BANK TO CUT INTEREST [...] (SBU) Government ministers continue to ratchet up the pressure on the Central Bank to cut overnight interest rates, arguing that such a move is needed to weaken the recently-robust lira and prevent Turkey's growing current account deficit from deteriorating further. 2. (SBU) The pressur [...]	2003-05-28 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3506	DAS PASCOE'S MAY 21-22 POST-WAR TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) State Department DAS for European Affairs Lynn Pascoe told GOT officials May 21-22 the USG was disappointed with Turkey over its handling of issues of major importance to the US, including Iraq and Cyprus. DAS Pascoe said the door to rebuilding relations was open, but it was up to Turkey t [...]	2003-05-29 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR AR TU IZ IS
03ANKARA3507	TURKISH FONMIN GUL TO OIC: "WE SHOULD FIRST PUT [...] (U) Much of May 29 Turkish press highlights what it reports as Deputy P.M./FonMin Gul's strong pro-democracy statement at May 28 OIC meeting in Tehran. Promoting what some press characterized as a "visionary" message (one supporting some USG points in reftel demarche),Gul urged the transform [...]	2003-05-29 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV SCUL TU
03ANKARA3509	TURKEY: CHP TAKES A TACTICAL VIEW OF REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP has publicly, and privately in meetings with us, endorsed the AK government's EU reform package but has rejected AK proposals to sell state-owned forestry lands and to allow local administrations more control over health and education services. The CHP stance refle [...]	2003-05-30 07:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3537	DISCUSSION WITH MFA ON TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: DCM met with MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic May 29 to discuss ways in which Turkey could begin establishing a normal trading relationship with Iraq. Kilic said the MFA was ready to move forward [...]	2003-05-30 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EPET IZ TU
03ANKARA3694	DEFINING THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY: GENERAL STAFF AND GOVERNMENT STRUGGLE WITH THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Chief of the General Staff (TGS) Ozkok's attempt to smother disgruntlement in senior ranks and at the same time to warn ruling AK party against perceived anti-secular trends has achieved neither goal. While tensions between the military and AK, and within each, will continue, we [...]	2003-06-06 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA3729	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-09 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3732	TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP DEVELOPS "NUANCES" ON EU [...] (C) Ref A noted main opposition CHP's general support for the AK government's sixth EU reform package, which could be brought to Parliament perhaps as early as this week. However, in light of the May 28 NSC meeting and the well-publicized opposition to the reform process among hardliners in th [...]	2003-06-09 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3751	GOT FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF USG APPROACH FOR JUNE 16 [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Action Request at paragraph 8. 3. (C) SUMMARY. We delivered reftel demarche on June 9 to representatives of the Turkish MFA, who promised full support for the USG approach at the June 16 IAEA Bo [...]	2003-06-10 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA
03ANKARA3753	TURKS ASSERT WILLINGNESS TO MOVE FORWARD DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 1-4 visit to Ankara, President of the Project on Transitional Democracies Bruce Jackson urged Turkish officials to consider a wider, European context as it pursues foreign policy over the next 18 months. GOT interlocutors embraced Jackson's message and seemed will [...]	2003-06-10 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3784	TURKEY'S GENC PARTY: THE KEMALIST STATE'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: As reported in reftels, Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan is trying to moderate Genc Party's nationalist-corporatist image by toning down his angry anti-U.S., anti-West rhetoric and by recruiting well-known politicians from the center-right. As part of this strategy, Uzan has been grant [...]	2003-06-11 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3787	TURKEY TRYING TO SUPPORT THE MIDDLE EAST ROADMAP [...] (C) Since late May, numerous meetings with GOT officials and press reports suggest Turkey is seeking to develop a constructive approach on Middle East issues, offering to host an MEPP (and a separate OIC) conference in Turkey and sending appropriate, reform-minded messages to Iran and Syria (r [...]	2003-06-11 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS TU
03ANKARA3815	TURKEY ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The increasing likelihood of a delay beyond end-June in the Fifth Review under Turkey's IMF program so far has not dampened the relatively buoyant mood in the markets, as the lira continues to trade strongly against the dollar. The Central Bank intervened again this week, to [...]	2003-06-12 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA3826	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-12 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3892	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3916	FIFTH REVIEW DELAY RAISES NEW CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk indicated to us today that, even with speedy conclusion of the GOT's letter of intent, the IMF's fifth review "cannot" be completed by the end of June, bringing into full play tough end-of-June performance targets. Benign markets stem [...]	2003-06-18 04:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA3918	AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE VISIT TO ANKARA, JUNE 6, [...] (C) Five members of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) including Harold Tanner, president, Shula Bahat, chief operating officer, Stanley Bergman, board member, Marian Bergman, board member and Barry Jacobs, director of strategic studies visited Ankara on Friday, June 6 to meet with senior G [...]	2003-06-18 07:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IS TU
03ANKARA3974	SIXTH EU-RELATED REFORM PACKAGE IN PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) Summary: With the Turkish Parliament beginning its consideration of the GOT's sixth EU-related reform package in the past two years, the ruling AK Party has moved forward despite an attempt by the military-dominated National Security Council (NSC) to delay the legislation and the outspoken [...]	2003-06-19 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3992	TURKEY'S LOCAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ANKARA: LET [...] (C) Summary: In the metropolitan municipality of Ankara, the campaign season has begun anew. Local elections must be held here by April 2004, although some of our contacts continue to speculate that the ruling AK Party could change the constitution to hold local polls sometime this fall. Cand [...]	2003-06-20 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3997	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-20 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-23 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4026	TURKEY: AK GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS THE SCREWS ON [...] (C) Summary: AK Party is engaging in a broad and popular anti-corruption campaign for both normative policy and narrower, hardball political reasons. By doing so, P.M. Erdogan and AK are: 1) implicating both their political and bureaucratic rivals; thereby 2) putting them on the defensive and [...]	2003-06-24 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4033	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-24 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA404	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN, [...] (S/NF) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, a small CENTCOM/EUCOM planning team will soon [...]	2003-01-16 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA4061	CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AROUND PETKIM PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The first major sale in Turkey's ambitious 2003 privatization program is nearing the finish line, with the imminent submission of the winning bid for the state petrochemical company Petkim to Turkey's High Privatization Council for approval. The tender is engulfed in controve [...]	2003-06-25 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG TU
03ANKARA4110	TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP STILL WALKING TIGHTROPE ON [...] (C) Summary: AK government says it will pursue as one or two additional EU reform packages (the seventh and eighth) before Parliament goes on delayed recess this summer. Opposition CHP supported the sixth package in June 20 vote, but is now attempting to put the breaks on the government's refo [...]	2003-06-26 20:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4161	TURKEY: CORRUPTION CHARGES DIMMING GENC PARTY'S [...] (C) Summary: New corruption charges against Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan, stemming from his abuse of Uzan-linked companies against Turkish citizens in Turkey, are having a negative impact on his populist, xenophobic Genc Party's standing in the public eye. The controversy surrounding the notori [...]	2003-07-01 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4178	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4217	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-03 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4230	TURKEY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ITS SPECIAL [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Acting Undersecretary of MFA Baki Ilkin convoked DCM the evening of July 4th to formally protest the reported arrest by US forces of Turkish Special Forces (SF) in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. According to Ilkin, at approximately 14:30 July 4, Turkish SF re [...]	2003-07-04 20:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4231	ARREST OF TURKISH SF CLOSES BORDER [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) Ambassador spoke with MFA Acting U/S Baki Ilkin the morning of July 5 concerning the arrest of Turkish Special Forces in Iraq (reftel). Ilkin said that US military authorities in northern Iraq told the Turkish Liaison team with the 173rd in Iraq th [...]	2003-07-05 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4240	TURKEY: GROWING HOSTILITY TOWARD USG IN WAKE OF N. [...] (C) Summary: Despite the release of the Turks detained by U.S. forces in Suleimaniye, negative press and public reaction to the U.S. operation reached new heights in the July 7 morning papers. The hostile press reaction will continue to grow absent a clear and forceful public justification fo [...]	2003-07-07 10:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4278	TURKEY: ESTABLISHMENT SEETHES WHILE AK GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS MEASURED STANCE ON IRAQ INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish press July 8 highlights the divide between the AK Government and military/Establishment over the recent arrest and release of Turkish troops by U.S. forces in Iraq. While AK insists on a measured response, the military's political/press allies continue a confrontational p [...]	2003-07-08 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4299	TURKEY: PRESS BEGINS TO QUESTION TURKISH MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish press' sensationalist reaction to July 4 U.S. arrest (and subsequent release) of Turkish special forces soldiers in Iraq shifted somewhat July 9. Even mainstream secularist journalists have begun to question what the Turkish military is or may have been doing in Iraq. Re [...]	2003-07-09 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4318	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 04:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4355	TURKISH MILITARY AND OPPOSITION CHP CONTINUE [...] (U) Action request -- para 10. 2. (C) Summary: While some of the Turkish press continues to fan anti-U.S. and anti-ruling AK party sentiment, other papers are featuring sources which point to charges that Turkish Special Forces were engaged in activities in Iraq inimical to cooperation wi [...]	2003-07-10 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA4376	(C) DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL SUSPICIOUS OF MILITARY [...] (C) Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has consistently been one of the most responsible members of the ruling AK government. In the run-up to the failed March 1 vote, he argued within AK governing circles for cooperation with the US. Throughout the tense period that followed, he has always placed t [...]	2003-07-11 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4382	TURKEY: JULY 11 REACTIONS TO IRAQ INCIDENT [...] (U) Summary: sensationalist reporting on the July 4 detentions of Turkish Special Forces (TSF) by U.S. troops continued to fade in the July 11 Turkish press, with the incident pushed off the front pages in several major dailies. Ultra-nationalists, advocating a "reevaluation" of the bilateral [...]	2003-07-11 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4385	PRIME MINISTER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO SYRIAN [...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu briefed DCM July 11 on the July 10 telephone call between PM Erdogan and Syrian President Assad. Burcuoglu said that during the June visit of U/S Ziyal to Washington, Turkey had been asked by the U.S to pass a strong message to the Sy [...]	2003-07-11 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU SY IS KWBG
03ANKARA4422	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (C) During a July 14 farewell call, Ambassador praised Central Bank Governor Serdengecti for his economic policy work and his cooperation with the U.S., and solicited Serdengecti's views on the issues on which the new Ambassador might want to focus. Serdengecti responded that the most impor [...]	2003-07-14 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA4426	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-14 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4467	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4477	SCENESETTER FOR GENS. ABIZAID AND JONES' JULY [...] (S) Summary: Your visits come as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our [...]	2003-07-17 08:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4487	ISRAELI PRESIDENT KATZAV'S VISIT TO TURKEY "A [...] (C) Ankara Israeli Embassy contacts are pleased with President Katzav's July 8-9 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nahshon said "The visit was a great success," and further commented, "The mere fact the visit occurred was a success in itself. The Turks did everything they co [...]	2003-07-17 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL JO IS TU
03ANKARA4490	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4500	SCENESETTER FOR ADM NATTER JULY 20-22 VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our c [...]	2003-07-18 05:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4525	TURKEY: DRAFT 2003 IRF [...] The following text is the draft 2003 report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) for Turkey: 2. The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice; however, the Government imposes some restrictions on religious groups and on [...]	2003-07-18 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF TU
03ANKARA4544	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF OBJECTS TO EU REFORM PACKAGE [...] (U) CNN Turk and NTV news channels report July 18 that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) leadership has voiced objections to the AK Government about its latest EU-related reform package. According to the reports, TGS opposes the reforms because: 1) they "restrict the jurisdiction of the National [...]	2003-07-21 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4552	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]	2003-07-21 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA458	IMF KRUEGER AND WORLD BANK LINN DELIVER TOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Deputy Managing Director Krueger delivered a tough message to Prime Minister Gul and the rest of the GOT January 16, stressing that the government needed to implement the economic reform program in light of its "dangerous" financial situation. She and World Bank VP Linn, w [...]	2003-01-17 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4591	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 21 FAREWELL CALL ON [...] (C) Ambassador paid a farewell call July 21 on I. Melih Gokcek, long-time and currently independent Mayor of Ankara. Gokcek provided his view on recent U.S.-Turkey tensions and how to repair them. Gokcek observed that anti-Americanism is on the rise and risks becoming a permanent, and decisive [...]	2003-07-22 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4593	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA467	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a critical time in US-Turkey relations. Over the last two years the US has supported IMF packages of unprecedented proportions to assist Turkey in recovering from its worst economic crisis in decades. The strategic partnership has grown as a result of Turkey's signi [...]	2003-01-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA4692	LITTLE PROGRESS ON RESOLVING BOT AND CARGILL/ADM [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish authorities are making little if any progress toward resolving the investment disputes involving U.S. power generation and starch-based sweetener companies. The BOT issue is being held up in part due to disagreements between the Energy Ministry and the Energy Market R [...]	2003-07-24 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA476	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN: [...] (C) Summary: Noting loss of market confidence, Ambassador pressed AK party chairman Erdogan to use his influence clearly to affirm that the GOT will hew to its IMF-supported economic program. Erdogan professed that there are no differences between the GOT and IMF on goals; he averred that the [...]	2003-01-21 05:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN TU
03ANKARA4767	TURKEY: THE BATTLE OVER CONTROL OF GOT RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: Recent controversy over AK Parliament and Government proposals to employ an additional 15 thousand imams at Turkish mosques is reawakening an age-old controversy over the role of religion in Turkish public life. It also reveals that: 1) both strict secularists and religious conser [...]	2003-07-28 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4804	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT TAKES UP CONTROVERSIAL NSC [...] (C) Summary: Parliament July 30 -- two days before the legislative recess -- began debating the AK Government's 7th EU reform-related package, which deals with in part controversial changes to the powerful National Security Council and the NSC Secretariat. The package may be voted late July 3 [...]	2003-07-30 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4818	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-30 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4834	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES NSC REFORM PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: Parliament late July 30 unanimously approved the AK Government's seventh EU-related reform package. As noted in reftels, the most important -- and controversial -- aspects of the package concerned changes to the National Security Council (NSC). Though limited in scope, the NSC r [...]	2003-07-31 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4849	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-31 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4851	TURKISH TROOPS FOR IRAQ: GOT NEEDS TO SHOW [...] (S) In separate meetings July 30 with MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin and PM Advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, Charge was told that the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister want a Turkish troop deployment to Iraq, but must take to Parliament any decision to deploy troops to Iraq. In an effort to get to yes wh [...]	2003-07-31 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA4856	TURKEY: MORE ON DEHAP PLAN TO VISIT PKK/KADEK IN [...] (C) July 31, following delivery of reftel points to DEHAP regarding the party's planned Aug. 4 delegation to PKK/KADEK members in northern Iraq, Diyarbakir Mayor Feridun Celik, a delegation leader, called in Ankara requesting a meeting. (Note: as reported reftel, GOT officials had told us the [...]	2003-08-01 07:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4867	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-01 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA489	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-21 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4895	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-04 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4911	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-05 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA494	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: GOOD TREASURY BOND AUCTIONS [...] (U) On January 21, Turkish Treasury auctioned a one-year fixed rate bond and a two-year floating rate bond today to strong demand, in advance of a January 22 debt redemption to the market of TL 5.4 quadrillion (about $3.5 billion). Treasury sold: -- a total of TL 3.2 quadrillion of the on [...]	2003-01-21 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4950	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-06 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA5039	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-08 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5072	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5105	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]	2003-08-12 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5107	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]	2003-08-12 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5116	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-12 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5154	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-13 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5186	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-14 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5191	TURKS IN GEAR TO DECIDE ON STABILIZATION FORCE [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu met with Charge d'Affaires August 14 to lay out additional steps the GOT envisions towards obtaining parliamentary approval for a Turkish contribution to the Iraq stabilization force by September 15. He noted that t [...]	2003-08-14 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA524	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-22 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA528	ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON RUSSIAN GAS, BTC [...] (C) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told Ambassador January 15 that one of his top priorities was to renegotiate Turkey's expensive natural gas contracts with Russia. He asked if the U.S. would help him strengthen his negotiating hand vis-a-vis the Russians by tolerating -- or pretending to t [...]	2003-01-22 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET GG TU KZ ETTC
03ANKARA535	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULES ERDOGAN NO LONGER AK [...] (U) Turkish Constitutional Court's 6-5 retroactive ruling that AK Party (AKP) chairman Erdogan lost his chairmanship when he was forced to resign as a founding member in October throws another temporary barrier in Erdogan's path to the Prime Ministership. At the same time we understand from th [...]	2003-01-22 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA5409	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS' VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]	2003-08-25 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA5416	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-25 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5456	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-28 04:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5464	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON FONMIN GUL: FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: FonMin Gul said Aug. 27 the GOT wants a democratic, stable Iraq able to govern itself; GOT will move cautiously toward a decision on possible troop contribution to stabilization force; U.S. response to Turkey's concerns on PKK/Kadek remains a key point for Ankara. Reaffirming U.S. [...]	2003-08-28 10:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA548	SCENESETTER FOR SACEUR GENERAL JONES'S JANUARY 24 [...] (S) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively and should be completed 23 January 03. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, two small C [...]	2003-01-23 11:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA5480	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-29 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5491	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-29 10:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5530	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-03 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5547	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH INVITES PRESIDENT BUSH TO [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who will travel to New York in March 2004, hopes he could also see President Bush in Washington then. He wants to invite the President to visit the Patriarchate when he is in Istanbul at the May 2004 NATO Summit. The Patriarch characterized his [...]	2003-09-03 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA5548	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-03 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5628	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5637	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5644	BANK REGULATOR'S HEADACHES [...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Scot Marciel for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: In a meeting with econoffs September 4, embattled BRSA Chairman Engin Akcakoca described GOT consideration of legislation that, if enacted in its current form, would greatly reduce the indepe [...]	2003-09-05 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA5652	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR, DEPUTY P.M. SAHIN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In his introductory call on Deputy P.M. Mehmet Ali Sahin, the Ambassador underscored the importance of U.S.-Turkey relations; said that Turkey could play an important positive role in Iraq; and raised concerns about minority foundations. Sahin said the GOT believes it can contrib [...]	2003-09-08 09:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU PHUM
03ANKARA5701	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-09 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5745	SCENESETTER FOR INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION TEAM FOR [...] (C) Summary: Four and a half years after the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, the GOT remains divided over how to deal with the remnants of the terrorist organization, how to handle Kurdish nationalism, and whether to loosen restrictions on Kurdish political and cultural expression. The [...]	2003-09-10 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5750	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-10 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5791	TURKEY: LOCAL AK PARETY BOSSES CONFIDENT IN [...] (C) Summary: In separate early September meetings, ruling AK Party bosses in Ankara discussed signs of improving economic conditions, local elections, and intra-party politics. Poloff met with Hamdi Balaban of Ankara's left-leaning Yenimahalle district and Orhan Kaya of Altindag, one of Ankar [...]	2003-09-12 08:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5805	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-12 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA581	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5836	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-15 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5848	COULD AN ELECTION-RELATED COURT CASE CUT AK [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Appeals Court's likely confirmation of the sentence in an election fraud case against pro-Kurdish DEHAP raises the question whether High Election Board (YSK) will subsequently reallocate seats in Parliament, reducing AK's political dominance and enabling right-of-center DYP [...]	2003-09-16 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU
03ANKARA586	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5892	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-17 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5900	AMBASSADOR, ANKARA MAYOR DISCUSS LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a Sept. 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Ankara mayor Melih Gokcek expressed hope that the AK Government will pass local administrative reform. He expects that the more controversial aspects of the reform will be taken up after local elections, which are scheduled for next Apri [...]	2003-09-18 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5945	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-19 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5954	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-19 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5966	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-22 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6002	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-23 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6072	NORTHERN IRAQ: TALABANI TRIES TO MEND FENCES WITH [...] (C) Iraqi Governing Council member and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Jalal Talabani, sent letters Sept. 23 to Turkish PM Erdogan and MFA Undersecretary Ziyal seeking improved relations between the PUK and Turkey. He also sent a verbal message noting that Turkey and the Iraqi Kur [...]	2003-09-26 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA612	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM AKP CHAIRMAN ERDOGAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA6122	APPEALS COURT RULING COULD LEAD TO REDISTRIBUTION [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Turkey's Supreme Appeals Court upheld a lower court ruling convicting leaders of the pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) of election fraud. The High Election Board (YSK) will determine how to respond to the ruling. Most of our contacts predict the YSK will [...]	2003-09-30 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA613	LETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY FROM AKP CHAIRMAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA6136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-30 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6144	REGULATORS COMPLAIN OF STIFF OPPOSITION TO ELECTRICITY REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-01 08:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6161	INDIAN PRIME MINISTER VAJPAYEE'S SEPTEMBER 16-19 [...] (U) Indian PM Vajpayee visited Turkey September 16-19, the first visit by an Indian PM in 15 years. Vajpayee spent September 17 in Ankara, meeting with GOT officials including PM Erdogan and FM Gul. Vajpayee went to Istanbul on September 18, meeting with business leaders and Turkish Preside [...]	2003-10-01 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IN
03ANKARA6162	IMF MISSION BEGINS TALKS [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep briefed us late October 1 on the mission's first few days of talks in Ankara. Although the talks are going well, he cautioned that there is still much work to do, and it is too early to say whether the mission will be able to wrap things up during this visit, which ends Octo [...]	2003-10-01 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA6164	TURKS SAY THEY ARE STILL INTERESTED IN QIZ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-01 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA6165	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. After years of slow motion on privatization, IMF conditions and the AK government,s more business-oriented approach seems to have led to a decisive phase in Turkey,s privatization program. How serious the GOT has become will be known by the end of the year, by when three of t [...]	2003-10-02 04:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6197	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-02 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6208	PRESIDENT SEZER'S SPEECH AT OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] () Summary: In reiterating his opposition to Turkish troops for Iraq and in displaying a partisan preference for left-of-center opposition CHP over the AK government, President Sezer demonstrated again that he is part of the problem, not the solution. End summary. 2. (C) Admonishing Turk [...]	2003-10-02 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA6209	GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE ON LOAN AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Under fire for having agreed to political conditions (i.e., not sending troops unilaterally into northern Iraq) in the financial agreement with the United States, the government is on the defensive. State Minister Babacan told the press last night that the "loan will be used if [...]	2003-10-02 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-03 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6238	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL VISIT TO TURKEY [...] Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship and where Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: the presence of PKK/Kadek terrorists in northern Iraq and whether Turkey will contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq [...]	2003-10-03 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6241	OCTOBER 3 UPDATE ON IMF MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep told us late today that progress in reaching agreement on measures for the 6th review had been a bit slower than they had planned, but he remained hopeful the mission could wrap things up by the end of next week. The main issues remain winning GOT political-level s [...]	2003-10-03 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA626	IRAQ: FOLLOW-UP READOUT ON AK PARTY CHAIRMAN [...] (C) In Jan. 20 follow-up to Jan. 19 Ambassador-AK leader Erdogan meeting, Erdogan foreign policy advisor Bagis told us: --Erdogan understood Ambassador's message that it's up to him (Erdogan) to make the case on Iraq to the Turkish public and parliament. --One factor holding Erdogan ba [...]	2003-01-24 18:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6266	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-06 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6270	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TGS DEP CHIEF BASBUG FOCUSES ON IRAQ AND CYPRUS [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador's lengthy (1.5 hours) initial call on the TGS DCHOD, General Basbug, focused primarily on Iraq and Cyprus. On Iraq, Basbug asserted that TGS supports a GOT decision to contribute troops to Iraq, preferably before a new UNSCR is passed, although he worried that m [...]	2003-10-06 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR MOPS PTER PINR CY IZ TU
03ANKARA6272	AK GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT PARLIAMENT WILL APPROVE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's cabinet-equivalent Council of Ministers adopted and sent to the Parliament on October 6 a motion for the dispatch of Turkish troops to Iraq. Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party parliamentarians and even one opposition parliamentarian expressed confidence the meas [...]	2003-10-06 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6291	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-07 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6303	TURKISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Parliament approved sending troops to Iraq on October 7 by a comfortable majority, 358 for, 183 against, 2 abstentions. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) unsuccessfully tried to thwart approval by a last-minute assertion, quickly refuted by Foreign Minister [...]	2003-10-07 16:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6322	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-08 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6332	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-08 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6342	NO AGREEMENT WITH IMF LIKELY UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT [...] (Sbu) Summary: IMF Resident Representative told Econoffs October 8 that the Fund Mission is highly unlikely to wrap up agreement on the Sixth Review until early next week at the earliest. Though the Turkish economic team had a long meeting with the Prime Minister October 7 on the IMF issues, [...]	2003-10-08 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6344	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-09 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6365	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-09 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6385	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-10 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6390	INVESTMENT DISPUTES: PROGRESS FOR CARGILL/ADM, [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT announced October 9 that it will will increase the quota for non-sugar sweetener producers to 15 percent of the total sugar quota for the year that began September 1, which means Cargill and ADM can avoid potentially ruinous production cuts. Cargill, however, is still [...]	2003-10-10 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS ETRD PGOV TU
03ANKARA6409	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-14 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6411	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-14 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6422	IMF CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON SIXTH REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk told econoff the IMF mission is close to agreement with the GOT on a Letter of Intent. The budget issues have been worked out and Brekk believes the Prime Minister has accepted a version of the direct tax reform the Fund can live with. [...]	2003-10-14 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
03ANKARA6424	CODEL MCCONNEL'S OCTOBER 10 MEETINGS WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan told visiting Codel McConell October 10 that elements within Turkey and Iraq were making "ugly" statements about the possible deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq as part of the stabilization force there. Erdogan said he was not familiar with the details of the discuss [...]	2003-10-15 07:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6441	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6447	TURKEY: AK PARTY CONGRESS REAFFIRMS PM ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan emerged from the ruling AK Party's Oct. 12 well-organized congress more in control of his party. In his acceptance speech, Erdogan focused primarily on AK's commitment to achieving a just, democratic system in Turkey. On Iraq, he reiterated the GOT's commitment to send [...]	2003-10-15 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6481	TURKEY: MORE FALLOUT FROM AK PARTY CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: As noted reftel, PM Erdogan emerged from the Oct. 12 AK Party convention more firmly in control of the party's administration. In changing almost half of the AK's fifty-member Central Decision-Making and Administrative Board (MKYK),Erdogan has provided some clues as to who in the [...]	2003-10-16 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV TU
03ANKARA6525	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-17 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6563	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-20 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6620	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ROYCE VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq and resolution of the PKK/KADEK question remain the focus of the US-Turkish relationship. Turks are seized with two Iraq-related issues: whether the U.S. will work out with the Interim Governing Council the eventual deployment of [...]	2003-10-22 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6697	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-24 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6728	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6772	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-30 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6857	THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART ONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE MESSAGES ABOUT THE AMCON ADANA REPORTING TEAM VISIT TO SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY FROM SEPTEMBER 14-26. REFTELS REPORT SOME ASPECTS OF THIS TRIP. THE REGION'S KURDISH POPULATION WAS DISTRUSTFUL OF STATE INITIATIVES; SAW THE "RETURN TO HOME" LAW AS INDISTINGU [...]	2003-11-04 07:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU
03ANKARA694	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6945	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA699	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6994	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-07 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7019	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-10 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7037	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA706	AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PM ON ECONOMIC REFORM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told Deputy Prime Minister Sener January 28 that Turkey was now seriously off-track on its IMF program, that USG assistance was conditioned on both military cooperation and implementation of the reform program, and that it would be impossible for the USG to agree to ass [...]	2003-01-28 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA7070	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-13 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7093	AK MP TRAVELS TO PAKISTAN TO SOLICT GOP ASSISTANCE [...] (C) AK MP Mahmut Kocak told pol counselor November 12 that he would lead a delegation to Pakistan November 13 to solicit the GOP's assistance in securing the release of Turkish national Hassan Ornal, who is being held hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban. Kocak said the plan is to use the go [...]	2003-11-14 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF PGOV PTER PINS
03ANKARA7100	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-14 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7103	ENRON'S RESPONSE TO BOT PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. ENRON's lawyer has forwarded a proposal to AK Party Vice-Chair Reha Denemec in an attempt to reach a compromise with the Ministry of Energy (MENR) over its BOT project. ENRON continues to demand an unconditional license and appears anxious to resolve the dispute over electrici [...]	2003-11-14 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7114	TGS D/CHOD BASBUG'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON - AN [...] (C) Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Basbug will visit Washington November 16-21 to lead the Turkish delegation to the US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG). He has requested meetings with National Security Advisor Rice, DepSecDef Wolfowitz, CJCS Myers and VCJCS Pace. Basbug may also s [...]	2003-11-14 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF CY ASEC OVIP
03ANKARA7133	PKK/KADEK/KHK MEETS NOV. 15 IN NORTHERN IRAQ: [...] (U) The Turkish press reported Nov. 16 that the newly-established KHK (the new name adopted by the PKK/KADEK) held a meeting Nov. 15 in the mountains of northern Iraq near Sulaymaniyah along the Iran-Iraq border. The press reports say that the KHK had planned to meet at a Mosul hotel, but was [...]	2003-11-17 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA7134	AMBASSADOR'S NOV. 14 MEETING WITH P.M. ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: USG's tougher language and steps against PKK/KADEK/KHK in Iraq has made strong impression on P.M. Erdogan and he responded positively to Ambassador's statement that Washington has put its unhappiness with Turkey behind us. Erdogan sees back-to-back defense and economic partnershi [...]	2003-11-17 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN TU IZ
03ANKARA7164	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-18 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

03ANKARA7205	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-19 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7229	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER CICEK'S [...] (C) Summary: Justice Minister Cicek's visit to Washington allows us to raise high-profile global issues with one of the Turkish cabinet's most influential and outspoken figures. Our priorities for his visit should be: 1) to urge continued GOT progress on EU-related human rights reform, and und [...]	2003-11-20 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EFIN IZ TU
03ANKARA7242	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-20 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7297	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-21 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7300	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) President Jalal Talabani and his delegation to Turkey met Ambassador, DCM and A/PolMilCouns Nov. 21, providing a readout of their Nov. 19-20 meetings with Turkish officials and businessmen, including PM Erdogan, Acting FM/Trade Minister Tuzmen, MFA U/S Ziyal, [...]	2003-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7311	SCENESETTER FOR THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: A successful EPC will help our efforts to strengthen a bilateral relationship that has been through difficult times this year. Two developments -- the still-fragile recovery of the Turkish economy, and the development of economic opportunities in Iraq -- should create opportuni [...]	2003-11-24 08:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN EINV TU
03ANKARA7319	ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A "SOFT LANDING": VCJCS GEN [...] (C) You arrive in Turkey at a time when our focus is on increasing Turkish cooperation on Iraq reconstruction and minimizing the fallout from the decision to forego Turkey,s offer to contribute forces to the stabilization efforts in Iraq. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) saw deploying forces t [...]	2003-11-25 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL PTER OVIP PGOV TU
03ANKARA7338	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-28 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7340	IRAQ: TURKISH MFA DG BURCUOGLU ON VISIT OF [...] (C) DCM met MFA Director General for the Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu Nov. 21 to deliver the Secretary's oral message on Iraq (Ref C) and to get a Turkish readout of the Talabani/IGC visit (Ref A). Burcuoglu pointed to the CPA-IGC agreement's reference to a federal structure, suggesting that [...]	2003-11-28 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7363	PM ERDOGAN STIRS CONTROVERSY BY REJECTING "ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan has ignited controversy by rejecting the phrase "Islamic terrorism" to describe the November 15 and 20 Istanbul bombings. Secular critics of Erdogan and his AK Party government worried that the government was soft on terrorism because of its Islamic roots. There i [...]	2003-12-02 09:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PGOV PTER TU
03ANKARA7388	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-02 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7416	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-03 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA742	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-29 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7446	UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN'S FORCE POSTURE [...] (S) Welcome back to Turkey. We and the GOT are looking forward to your December 8-9 visit. You will be seeing TGS Deputy Chief Basbug (both TGS Chief Ozkok and DefMin Gonul are traveling),DPM/FM Gul, and MFA U/S Ziyal. You will find the Turks preoccupied with the investigation into the I [...]	2003-12-04 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR TU
03ANKARA7448	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-04 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7451	TURKEY MFA CYPRUS DEPARTMENT HEAD ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. MFA Cyprus Department Head Levent Bilman worries that despite its planned initiative for a Cyprus settlement, Turkey will be unfairly blamed for future breakdowns in negotiations. He claims Turkey's initiative will be prepared in line with the SYG's requirements and said, witho [...]	2003-12-04 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7491	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-05 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7494	MEETING WITH IMF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE [...] (Sbu) IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk told econoffs it is still possible the IMF Board could meet to approve the Sixth Review this year, but it will require expedited parliamentary action on the required legislation the week of December 8-12. The GOT seems to be making a serious effort to get the b [...]	2003-12-08 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA7509	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-08 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7510	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COX VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when the GOT is seized with the issues of security and counterterrorism. GOT leaders and security forces have reacted responsibly to the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, though some politicians and commentators have tried to score p [...]	2003-12-08 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT AFIN ASEC PTER PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA753	BTC UPDATE FROM TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: BTC construction in Turkey is on schedule (first pipe is scheduled to arrive at Iskenderun port on February 7) and on budget; however, there is some concern that the change in government has slowed down the decision-making process on operational issues. We believe that occasiona [...]	2003-01-29 17:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA7580	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-10 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7610	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-11 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7611	DECEMBER 1-2 VISIT TO TURKEY OF UKRAINIAN PM [...] (U) The December 1-2 visit to Turkey of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych focused mainly on bilateral economic relations. In the first-ever visit of the PM of an independent Ukraine to Turkey, the two nations discussed bilateral trade and signed environmental and cultural agreements. At the end of the [...]	2003-12-11 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SENV TU UP
03ANKARA7612	U/S GROSSMAN FORCE POSTURE CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) In meetings with FM Gul, DCHOD GEN Basbug and others from MFA and TGS, U/S Grossman initiated consultations with the Turks on the US global posture review. He emphasized that this effort to move to a post-Cold War posture would be in accordance with our international security commitments a [...]	2003-12-11 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA7631	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-12 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7641	TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT MOTHERLAND PARTY STRUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Unable to regain political momentum or solve ANAP's deepening financial difficulties, colorless chairman Ozdemir resigned days before the party's Dec. 13-14 general convention. Former M.P. Nesrin Nas is likely to emerge as the next ANAP leader. However, her ability to boost ANAP' [...]	2003-12-12 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7691	NEW HIGHER EDUCATION PRESIDENT TAKES OVER TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, President Sezer appointed Erdogan Tezic, the rector of Galatasaray University, as head of the Higher Education Council (YOK),replacing Kemal Guruz. Like President Sezer, Erdogan Tezic is a specialist in constitutional law, having served as a law professor in Istan [...]	2003-12-16 10:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OEXC SCUL TU
03ANKARA7724	ACTING VS. PKK/KADEK IN IRAQ BEFORE POTUS-ERDOGAN: [...] (S) In anticipation of the January 28 meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister Erdogan, Post submits a list (see paras 2-5) of possible actions the USG could take against the PKK/KADEK/KHK in northern Iraq that the President could cite as completed deliverables in that meeting. The US [...]	2003-12-17 10:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS ETRD SNAR PINR IZ TU
03ANKARA7729	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-17 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7767	TURKEY REACTS TO THE ELECTIONS IN NORTHERN CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Close results in northern Cyprus' December 14 elections have unleashed a wave of speculation about their meaning and possible coalitions on both sides in Turkey's Cyprus debate. However, amid the media hype there is a clear sense that all eyes are now on Ankara. Ankara's EU dip [...]	2003-12-19 08:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7793	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-19 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA783	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-30 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7850	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-22 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7972	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7977	AFGHANISTAN: MFA U/S ZIYAL PROPOSES US-TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Department Head for South Asian Affairs Ergin Soner told us December 27 that U/S Ziyal wished to hold formal bilateral consultations on Afghanistan in Ankara prior to the POTUS-Erdogan meeting at the end of January. Ziyal was pleased [...]	2003-12-29 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA7984	GROWING TURKISH REACTION, PUBLIC CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] Negative reaction by the Turkish Government, opposition politicians, and the press to the reported detention of 11 Turkish Special Forces troops in Northern Iraq continues to grow. Prime Minister Erdogan, describing the incident as "extremely distressing," said that he expects the situation t [...]	2003-12-30 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA808	TURKEY: ARINC FLEXING PARLIAMENT'S MUSCLES [...] (C) Summary: The growing popular desire in Turkey for comprehensive, systemic change and a more open society gives Parliament, under leadership of AK Party heavyweight Bulent Arinc, room to assert itself and its constitutional prerogatives. In principle the process should be a boon to democra [...]	2003-01-31 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
03ANKARA810	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-31 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA838	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-03 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA87	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-03 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA887	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: IS THE DEAL ON PAMUK AND YAPI [...] (SBU) Summary: As details of the Banking Board's January 31 deal with Cukurova Group emerge, it looks like bail-out of the group. The deal reschedules Cukurova's $5 billion debt to two banks (Pamuk and Yapi Kredi) on favorable terms, without requiring the group to put any cash upfront. Furt [...]	2003-02-04 17:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA914	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-05 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA971	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-07 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ISTANBUL1347	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH (FINALLY) MEETS WITH AKP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I met with FonMin Abdullah Gul and IntMin Abdulkadir Aksu on August 8 and 12, respectively. Though both ministers publicly and warmly received Bartholomew, the meetings did not yield any concrete steps forward on property issues or recognition of [...]	2003-09-12 21:04:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ISTANBUL1348	DEEDS FOR SALE! GET YOUR PROPERTY DEEDS RIGHT HERE! [...] (SBU) Summary: A property amnesty currently being planned by the Justice and Development (AK) Party government has set off a flurry of debate and criticism in Istanbul. AK sees the measure as a potential major source of revenue, a realistic solution to a long-ignored problem (i.e., "illegal" [...]	2003-09-15 05:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TK
03ISTANBUL1356	PM ERDOGAN CALLS FOR U.S. ACTION AGAINST PKK/KADEK [...] (U) Summary: In a September 12 public speech, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called for a leading U.N. role in Iraq, Turkish contributions to Iraq's stability and reconstruction, and U.S. action against PKK/KADEK. Without attaching any specific pre-conditions, the PM said that Turkey is still [...]	2003-09-15 11:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1395	SLIPPERY SLOPE TO SHARI'A?: ISTANBUL DEBATES AKP [...] (sbu) Summary: Ask anyone in Istanbul what's wrong with the Turkish education system and you are likely to get the same answer: overcrowded, under-funded schools tied up in bureaucratic red tape. Fixing the problem, however, has been the subject of considerable acrimonious political debate. C [...]	2003-09-19 12:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL SOCI TU
03ISTANBUL1410	WHOSE ISLAM? AK PARTI AND ISTANBUL ALEVIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Alevis, followers of a heterodox religious-cultural offshoot of Shi'a Islam and Anatolian Sufism, probably number about 10 percent of Turkey's population (7 million, with several million in Istanbul),although some Alevis assert that there are 25 million. Persecuted by the Ottoman [...]	2003-09-24 05:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1427	ISTANBUL VIEWS ON SENDING TURKISH TROOPS TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul residents from all walks of life continue to worry about the situation in Iraq and the prospect of sending troops to Iraq. Whomever we meet with, and whatever the subject, the conversation inevitably turns to Iraq. Despite the widespread opposition before the U.S. inter [...]	2003-09-26 08:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1579	TWO MURDERS, THREATS SHAKE ISTANBUL JEWISH [...] (C) Summary: A recent extortion campaign against members of a Jewish retirement home's board of directors has shaken Istanbul's Jewish community. One of the board members, Yasef Yahya, was killed on August 22 at his office. Starting three weeks ago, other members of the board have been contac [...]	2003-10-27 05:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1616	AKP LAYS ISTANBUL GROUNDWORK FOR MARCH 28 LOCAL [...] (sbu) Summary: Following Ruling AK Party national congress (reftel),the Istanbul AK Party organization is gearing up vigorously at the grassroots level for next year's March 28 municipal elections. Not content merely to rely on the party's performance at the national level, the Istanbul AK P [...]	2003-10-31 13:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TK
03ISTANBUL1647	POSSIBLE EDUCATION MINISTRY MOVEMENT ON HALKI? [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent encouraging comments by Turkish government officials about prospects for re-opening Halki Theological Seminary have sparked extensive press interest. Education Minister Huseyin Celik, in a recent meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, said that re-opening Halki (p [...]	2003-11-05 08:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1711	ISTANBUL REACTS TO SYNAGOGUE BOMBINGS [...] (sbu) Summary: Istanbul is still stunned by the shock and horror of Saturday's synagogue bombings. The overwhelming response has been to view this as a senseless and unjustifiable attack, not merely against Turkey's small Jewish community, but against Turkey itself. Despite widespread specul [...]	2003-11-17 14:12:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER TU
03ISTANBUL1739	DUZCE: BLESSED BY NATURE, CURSED BY NATURE [...] (sbu) Summary: On November 12-13, the fourth anniversary of a major earthquake, Poloff visited Duzce, a small Black Sea province halfway between Istanbul and Ankara. Impoverished by natural disasters and cruel circumstances, Duzce is Turkey's newest province and has placed its trust in the Jus [...]	2003-11-19 14:14:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAGR TU
03ISTANBUL1752	BOMBING UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-21 14:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL ASEC TU
03ISTANBUL1759	ISTANBUL GOVERNOR COMMENTS ON TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (U) After examining sites of the November 15 and 20 terrorist attacks, the Ambassador visited the Istanbul Mayor and Governor on November 24 to extend the condolences of the United States and to offer any further assistance that might be required during the investigations Istanbul Gover [...]	2003-11-26 09:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1849	MACROECONOMIC RESULTS BRING OPTIMISM IN ISTANBUL, [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recent soundings among leading Istanbul market analysts and participants highlight the extent to which Turkey's continued strong macroeconomic performance has left them more optimistic about the future. With s [...]	2003-12-18 10:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL349	RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN: CLUES FROM ISTANBUL [...] (U) Summary: In assessing the outlook for the new government to be led by Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Tayyip Erdogan, we look back at his only major previous government experience --- as Istanbul Mayor from 1994 to 1998. End Summary. Refah and Grassroots Politics ---------- [...]	2003-03-14 14:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL TK
03ISTANBUL418	ISTANBUL ECONOMIC ANALYSTS: LOOKING FOR A LIFELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: After a rocky start to the week on Monday, word that the U.S. Iraq supplemental contains 1 billion USD for Turkey has been seized on as a lifeline by Istanbul markets and analysts. Concern persists about the sustainability of Turkey's debt, however. Analysts suggest any probl [...]	2003-03-27 14:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL49	ISTANBUL'S TAKE ON AK ECONOMICS: ALL ISN'T LOST [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul contacts in the financial and real sectors agree that in its first month and a half Turkey's Ak government "hasn't gotten it" and has done a poor job on economic policy, thereby dissipating much of the goodwill generated by initial perceptions that a single-party governme [...]	2003-01-13 05:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD TU
03ISTANBUL636	ISTANBUL MAYORALTY: UP FOR GRABS? [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul Mayoralty, often characterized as the second most desirable political prize in the country, has become the focus of a back-room power struggle as players jockey for ground in advance of the April 2004 local elections. Mayor Ali Mufit Gurtuna, an independent since the [...]	2003-05-05 11:03:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TK
03ISTANBUL880	AKP AND THE ISTANBUL "ESNAFLAR": A PERFECT MATCH? [...] (SBU) Summary: Support from the Istanbul "esnaflar" ) small businessmen, restaurant owners, craftsmen, shopkeepers, street vendors, and taxi and truck drivers - may have contributed to the Justice and Development (AK) Party's November 2002 electoral success, but this support may be less solid [...]	2003-06-23 10:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN TK
03ISTANBUL894	AKP ISTANBUL CONGRESS: "MUEZZINOGLU RELOADED" [...] (U) Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan headlined the June 22 AK Istanbul Congress. There were no surprises (in fact, no challengers at all) in the reelection of Istanbul Chairman Mehmet Muezzinoglu, and Erdogan's unscripted speech focused on predicta [...]	2003-06-25 04:27:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TK
03ISTANBUL953	SULTANBEYLI: A HIGHWAY RUNS THROUGH IT... AND [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: A recent visit to Sultanbeyli, one of Istanbul's poorer Asian districts, highlights how Turkey's uneven economic gains in recent years have widened the gap between the "haves" and "have-nots." The modern Istanbul-Ankara highway runs right through this conservative, [...]	2003-07-09 08:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TK
03OTTAWA659	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY [...] "Pope has zeal, but no answer on Iraq question" Columnist Marcus Gee noted in the leading Globe and Mail (3/6) that, "John Paul is dead against war and he is not afraid to say so.... To drive his antiwar message home, John Paul has met many of the leading players in the Iraq debate: British [...]	2003-03-10 20:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA660	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; TURKEY [...] "How to lose the war of public opinion" Under the sub-heading, "The Bush administration might think it has enough evidence to attack Saddam Hussein, but the polls show otherwise," Calgary Herald columnist Danielle Smith wrote in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (3/7): "Had Saddam Hussein been [...]	2003-03-10 20:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03ROME2702	SCC WESTON DISCUSSES CYPRUS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 11 meetings with Italian MFA officials and Diplomatic Advisors to PM Berlusconi, Special Coordinator for Cyprus Tom Weston, accompanied by Cyprus desk officer Marc Collins, discussed the status of negotiations on Cyprus and pointed out likely turns in the road during Ital [...]	2003-06-16 09:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY IT UN
03ROME4150	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: CYPRUS DISCUSSIONS WITH SCC [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 8, SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR CYPRUS TOM WESTON DISCUSSED UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN NORTHERN CYPRUS AND TURKEY'S ROLE IN THE PEACE PROCESS, INCLUDING THE UNHELPFUL "CUSTOMS UNION AGREEMENT" SIGNED RECENTLY WITH NORTHERN CYPRUS. IN SEPARATE MEETINGS, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCON [...]	2003-09-11 12:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU GR IT EUN
03ROME5001	EU/TURKEY CONFERENCE TAKES SOBER BUT HOPEFUL VIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 20-21 POLOFF ATTENDED AN EU-TURKEY CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE AND ASPEN INSTITUTE-ROME THAT DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGES TURKEY FACES IN ATTAINING EU MEMBERSHIP. WHILE NONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS APPEARED TO DOUBT TURKEY WOULD EVENTUALLY BECO [...]	2003-11-04 13:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TU IT PREL EUN
03THEHAGUE2636	DUTCH PRIME MINISTER VISITS TURKEY [...] This is an action request for EUR/SCC Tom Weston. Please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Prime Minister Balkenende traveled to Istanbul and Ankara October 7-9 to discuss developments in Turkey's EU accession bid and Cyprus. Despite Turkish pleas, the Dutch made no promises on Turkey's EU c [...]	2003-10-16 11:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU TK NL
03THEHAGUE2997	SCC WESTON MEETS WITH DUTCH MFA [...] (C) Summary: SCC Amb. Tom Weston, accompanied by Amb. Sobel, met with MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on November 24, followed by a meeting with MFA deputy Political Director for European Affairs Schaper, deputy DG for European Affairs Ed Kronenberg, and DCM Russel. Weston briefed MFA co [...]	2003-12-03 10:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY NL TY
04ADANA106	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 17, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-20 08:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA110	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 21-23, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA128	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ROUND-UP: SE TURKEY [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Protestant, Catholic and Muslim communities in various cities in southeast Turkey report that they are able to worship freely, but that the state continues to restrict some aspects of their religious life. A Diyarbakir pastor's acquittal last May on charges of wors [...]	2004-09-27 15:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA136	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 6, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 06, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. ZAMAN: In Adana, poli [...]	2004-10-06 13:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA140	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 13, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 14:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA146	MINORITY LABEL GRATES ON SOUTHEAST TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Kurdish and Alevi community contacts grated at both recent EU and Turkish-government linked reports characterizing their respective communities as "minorities" in discussions last week with PO. The Malatya Security Director's recent warning to local media appears aimed at Sunn [...]	2004-11-04 15:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF TU ADANA
04ADANA175	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 27, 2004 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM: According to the report of the Turkish Agriculturalists Association, despite the fact that East Anatolia has been a center for cattle breeding because of the favorable ecological conditions of the region, implementation of wrong state policies has seriously hampered the dev [...]	2004-12-28 06:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA176	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 22, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 22, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM [...]	2004-12-28 07:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA86	RELEASED DEP DEPUTIES TOUR SE TURKEY AS PKK TERROR EXPANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Four recently released former DEP deputies, including Leyla Zana, kicked off a five-day tour of southeast Turkey on June 12 with a Diyarbakir rally attended by tens of thousands of enthusiastic supporters. The four deputies called for a six-month extension of PKK/Kongra Gel's r [...]	2004-06-21 11:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA99	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 23, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 23, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: 400 [...]	2004-08-04 08:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ANKARA1005	AFGHANISTAN: MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA and TGS reached an agreement February 18 to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. MFA/TGS want to move quickly: their goal is to stand up a PRT by the time of the NATO Summit. MFA/TGS have asked for Washi [...]	2004-02-20 16:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA1036	GEORGIAN FM JAPARIDZE'S FIRST VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Georgian FM Japaridze reportedly gave Turkish FM Gul a positive readout of President Saakashvili's recent Moscow trip but said Saakashvili had emphasized that Georgia will remain oriented toward the West, will insist on Russian withdrawal from bases in Georgia, and will not agree [...]	2004-02-23 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EPET GG PGOV PREL RS TU
04ANKARA1041	ISTANBUL SUMMIT: TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF GME BUT [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor and polmiloff met with MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan to sound out MFA's thinking about the Greater Middle East (GME) initiative at the Istanbul Summit after the late January visit to Washington of Ambassadors Sensoy and Morali. Ceylan said that Ambassadors Sensoy [...]	2004-02-24 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA1058	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-24 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1133	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-26 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA114	TURKISH EXIMBANK SEEKING GOT APPROVALS FOR TRADE [...] (Sbu) Summary: In a meeting with a U.S. Eximbank official, Turkish Eximbank President Kilicoglu expressed strong determination to establish a credit facility for the Trade Bank of Iraq, but said he first had to obtain approval from a cabinet-level committee, which might take until February. K [...]	2004-01-08 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP ETRD TU IZ
04ANKARA118	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-08 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1208	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-01 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1230	TGS QUESTIONS ON GME [...] (C) In response to questions from the Turkish General Staff regarding the Greater Middle East Initiative, on February 27 deputy PolMil counselor met with TGS/J5 staff officers and, drawing on reftel, briefed them on the GME concept. They had already seen the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative [...]	2004-03-02 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL TU XF
04ANKARA1234	Foreign Trade Official on WTO Negotiations, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 27 meeting with Econoff, Foreign Trade Deputy Director General Husnu Dilemre and Department Head Hasan Yalcin expressed support for USTR Zoellick's efforts to establish positive momentum in the WTO negotiations, provided some details on the Turkey - Palestine FTA, [...]	2004-03-02 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA1237	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1258	SCENESETTER FOR U/S GROSSMAN'S VISIT TO TURKEY: [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Ankara is a key opportunity to explain the Greater Middle East Initiative (GME) and to listen to Turkey's ideas about GME. Although GME has generated considerable commentary, few here understand its methods or aims. Internally, Turkey's path towards EU accession [...]	2004-03-02 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA1275	CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Schroeder's February 23-24 visit to Turkey, the first by a German Chancellor in 11 years, yielded vigorous-sounding assertions of support for Turkey's EU aspirations. Amid good atmospherics, Schroeder urged the Turks to keep on track on human rights and Cyprus. End [...]	2004-03-03 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL TU
04ANKARA1276	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-03 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1287	MFA VIEWS VISIT OF GERMAN OPPOSITION LEADERS AS [...] (U) Kemalettin Eruygur, chief of the MFA Deputy Directorate General for Western Europe, told us March 1 that he believes the February 15-17 visit to Turkey of German opposition CDU-CSU opposition leaders Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schauble was helpful for both sides, although neither side shif [...]	2004-03-03 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA129	IMF CONCERNS: POPULIST MEASURES CLOUD FISCAL [...] (C) Summary: According to IMF officials and market analysts, GOT decisions to increase both minimum wage and 2004 pension payments well above projected inflation have significantly complicated the outlook for achieving fiscal targets, and possibly inflation targets as well. Fund staff estimat [...]	2004-01-09 05:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1319	IMF NEAR AGREEMENT WITH GOT ON SEVENTH REVIEW [...] (Sbu) Summary: According to IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk, the Fund Mission is near agrement with the GOT on a Letter of Intent for the Seventh Review. On the fiscal side, the GOT and Fund have agreed on measures to plug the 7 Quadrillion TL fiscal gap: increasing the cut in discr [...]	2004-03-04 17:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1342	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

04ANKARA1345	NATO SYG COMES HAT IN HAND DURING FIRST VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During his February 18 introductory visit to Ankara NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer met with President Sezer, PM Erdogan, FM Gul, and MND Gonul. His agenda included Afghanistan, Iraq, terrorism and the Istanbul Summit. According to MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan, the SYG requested Turkey co [...]	2004-03-05 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS TU
04ANKARA136	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: WHY WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE [...] (C) Summary: Government leaders are celebrating a successful economic year, with inflation dropping to 18.4 percent, growth near the 5 percent target, and interest rates on the massive public debt falling dramatically. The sense of crisis has faded. The AK Government deserves some credit f [...]	2004-01-09 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PGOV ETRD TU
04ANKARA1360	IRAQ: TURKEY SLAMS TAL [...] (C) Summary: GOT reacts harshly to the terms of the TAL. It views the process as undemocractic; the result as a pure ethnic federation dividing Iraq; and the treatment of the Turkomen as belittling. The result is inconsistent with the presentation to date by the U.S. including in the recent [...]	2004-03-05 21:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA137	GOT to Announce Data Exclusivity Policy Soon: Need [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 7. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Prompted by the need to respond to the European Commission's decision last month to examine pharmaceuticals trade policies, the GOT is likely to announce its plans to implement data exclusivity protection for p [...]	2004-01-09 08:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA14	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-02 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1420	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1423	Prime Minister leads AK Party press to win two [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR TU
04ANKARA1437	BANK REGULATORS GRAPPLE WITH FAILED BANK OWNERS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The recently-appointed management of the now-separate bank regulatory agencies are struggling to deal with a range of issues relating to the failed banks. Having moved decisively to seize Uzan group companies, the new Deposit Guarantee Fund Chairman told Econcouns he will try to [...]	2004-03-10 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1458	AT PM'S URGING, STATE DROPS CASE AGAINST HUMAN [...] (U) Prosecutors failed to attend the March 9 hearing of a case against the leadership of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF),apparently in line with a high-level GOT decision to allow the case to be closed. 2. (U) HRF operates five torture treatment centers in Turkey and serves as a cleari [...]	2004-03-11 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1500	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1507	SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: General Basbug comes to Washington at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been one year since the 1 March vote and 5 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is approached from a multi- [...]	2004-03-12 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA151	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-09 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1511	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE: [...] (Sbu) Summary: At a lunch meeting at the residence March 9, Finance Minister Unakitan discussed U.S. investment disputes in Turkey, said the Uzans' cell phone company has a potential buyer who is in touch with Motorola, and asserted both GOT ownership of the economic reform program and a GOT d [...]	2004-03-15 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1539	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-15 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1607	AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON DRAFT LETTER OF INTENT, [...] (Sbu) Summary: Deputy ResRep confirmed to Econoffs that the IMF and GOT have reached agreement on a draft letter of intent (LOI),with only minor follow-up steps needed for the GOT to sign the actual LOI. Not coincidentally, on March 17 the Central Bank cut overnight interest rates by 2 percen [...]	2004-03-17 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1652	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GME, CYPRUS WITH TURKEY'S NSC [...] (C) Summary: Turkish NSC SecGen Sariisik welcomed hearing more about the Greater Middle East Initiative when the Ambassador called on him March 17. Sariisik and his deputy, LTG Uzun, had questions about the GME and the role the USG envisages for Turkey. They were careful in underscoring the [...]	2004-03-18 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
04ANKARA1665	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-19 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1698	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-22 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1710	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: POLLSTERS SEE HUGE [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of pollsters and political scientists predicted to Ambassador March 18 that the ruling AKP will win between 45-55 percent of the vote in March 28 municipal elections. AKP's success will create high public expectations, which the party may have trouble meeting. Meanwhile [...]	2004-03-23 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1717	SOUTHEAST TURKEY SITUATION REPORT: IMPROVING [...] (SBU) From February 22-27, consulate personnel traveled the eastern part of the consular district, including the cities of Diyarbakir, Batman, Mardin, Nusaybin and Sanliurfa. The primary issues that emerged in meetings with academicians, medical and legal professionals, politicians, local ad [...]	2004-03-23 09:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU SY IZ
04ANKARA1786	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1813	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-26 06:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1833	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE WEST [...] (C) Summary: The ruling AKP's chances of winning municipalities in the Aegean region is hampered by the party's uninspiring candidates. Rather than build support through intense door-to-door campaigning, AKP is relying on the popularity of P.M. Erdogan and the AKP "brand" to attract voters. [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1834	AK PARTY'S WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Candidates running against ruling AK Party (AKP) in the western Black Sea region appear to be holding their own as they approach March 28 local election. At the same time they accuse AKP of using "bribes and blackmail" to influence voters. They assert AKP's national success is du [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA1835	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: AKP POISED FOR [...] Summary: Hampered by unorganized, uninspiring candidates, AKP's chances in the Anatolian provinces of Konya, Aksaray, and Sivas are based more on PM Erdogan's national popularity than any local candidate or particular platform. Except in rare races where opposition is organized and effective, [...]	2004-03-26 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1842	TURKISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ...AND THE MAYOR OF [...] (U) Summary: We expect ruling AK Party (AKP) to win big in Turkey's March 28 mayoral and municipal council elections. However, victory will weigh heavily on the course of Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party (AKP) government and on his and his party's ability (1) to manage popular, pent-up expectations, [...]	2004-03-27 09:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1847	RULING AK PARTY'S BIG WIN IN LOCAL ELECTIONS: HOW [...] () Summary: Ruling AK Party's (AKP) strong but not overwhelming win in March 28 elections appears to open the way for PM Erdogan to continue to press ahead with an agenda of change and reform. At the same time, the win leaves core elements of the Turkish State -- already deeply distrustful of [...]	2004-03-29 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1854	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-29 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1880	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-30 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1928	SCENESETTER FOR THE APRIL 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been more than a year since the 1 March vote and 6 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is best approached from a [...]	2004-04-02 06:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CY IZ TU
04ANKARA1946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-02 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2008	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-07 04:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2010	TURKISH MEDIA: REQUEST TO TAPE A PRIME-TIME [...] Post strongly supports the request of prominent Turkish national security strategist Faruk Demir and centrist daily "Aksam"'s Ankara bureau chief Nuray Basaran to tape an interview with Secretary Powell to feature as the inauguration, or one of the first broadcasts, of their new, prime-time TV [...]	2004-04-07 06:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2025	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-07 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2026	TURKEY'S CYPRUS ENDGAME [...] (C) Summary: Assuming an April 24 approval by both Turkish and Greek Cypriots, Turkey's AKP government is poised to play out its Cyprus endgame with the military, President Sezer, and the Parliament. In a stormy April 5 meeting of Turkey's National Security Council (NSC),the military and P [...]	2004-04-07 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2074	TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: ASSESSING RULING [...] (C) Summary: With electoral victory in his pocket, PM Erdogan faces the immediate challenge of getting a Cyprus settlement but remains outwardly confident that his strategies of becoming Turkey's "single man" and capturing the center and center-right are working. A preliminary analysis of ele [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA2078	TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: WHAT IS THE [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's reforms in pursuit of Turkey's EU candidacy suggest there is truth in his assertions that he and AKP hew to western concepts of democracy. At the same time, many in AKP and the Turkish "secular" establishment worry that because Erdogan and other AKP founders came out [...]	2004-04-09 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA21	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INDUSTRY MINISTER [...] (Sbu) Summary: Minister of Industry Ali Coskun told Ambassador the GOT would introduce legislation to solve Cargill's zoning problem in January and claimed the GOT was working on the data exclusivity problem. Coskun seemed to take the Ambassador's point on the need to resolve some American co [...]	2004-01-05 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA2109	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-12 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA211	USG-SOURCED WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE MIXES [...] (C) Summary: A January 9 article in the Wall Street Journal that quotes U.S. officials and misleadingly links the review of U.S. global defense posture to the commencement of the rotation of U.S. troops to and from Iraq through the Incirlik Air Base was ill-timed and has complicated the Miss [...]	2004-01-13 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KPAO TU IZ
04ANKARA2137	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2138	Trafficking in Persons: IOM Reports Recent [...] (U) SUMMARY: In April 9 discussions with Emboff, IOM Chief of Mission Regina Boucault cited 1) ongoing anti-TIP training for Turkish law enforcement officials, and 2) implementation of a victim referral agreement between the Ministry of Interior and Turkey's leading TIP NGO as continuing evide [...]	2004-04-13 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA214	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-13 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA215	TURKEY CLAIMS SYRIA AND IRAN SHARE CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: Syria and Iran have expressed concerns to Turkey about the Kurds' ambition for maximum autonomy over a greater territory in Iraq, according to MFA U/S Ziyal. Ankara says it is resisting "ganging up" on the Kurds with Damascus and Tehran, and is urging the Kurds to be reasonable. [...]	2004-01-13 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ SY IR CY
04ANKARA2185	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2204	TURKISH CHOD OZKOK GIVES DELPHIC MESSAGE ON [...] (C) Summary: Most Turkish commentators interpreted CHOD Ozkok's careful April 13 remarks on Cyprus as a signal the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will not oppose Turkish Cypriot or Turkish parliamentary acceptance of the draft Cyprus settlement. A number of observers, however, taking into account [...]	2004-04-16 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
04ANKARA2206	TURKEY AND NORTHERN IRAQ: KONGRA GEL (KGK) MITIGATION STRATEGY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reasons: 1.4 (b),(c) and (d). 2. (S) Summary: We agree with CPA that Turkish troops in northern Iraq could become a problem after the June 30 transfer of sovereignty, but Embassy Ankara does not believe the approach recommended in reftel will work wi [...]	2004-04-17 06:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
04ANKARA2210	TURKEY: NAMES, TITLE, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] (SBU) Below is Mission's response to reftel regarding updated contact information for senior Turkish officials (April 16, 2004). Recep Tayyip Erdogan Prime Minister Comment: Erdogan does not speak English. To reach the P.M., contact one of the officials listed below: (a) Chief Foreign Po [...]	2004-04-19 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2218	GROWING TURKISH REACTION, PUBLIC CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] Negative reaction by the Turkish Government, opposition politicians, and the press to the reported detention of 11 Turkish Special Forces troops in Northern Iraq continues to grow. Prime Minister Erdogan, describing the incident as "extremely distressing," said that he expects the situation t [...]	2004-04-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2224	TURKISH MFA BRIEFS UNSC AMBASSADORS ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy U/S briefed UNSC member state ambassadors on April 19 about possible UNSC action over the next several days. Ilkin explained that the SYG will issue a report, and the agreement will go to the UNSC to endorse the Foundation Agreement and authorize a UN peacekeeping force [...]	2004-04-20 05:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA224	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP CAUSING STIR OVER INCIRLIK [...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP is trying to make hay over the public disclosure of the arrangement to allow U.S. troops to rotate out of and to Iraq using Incirlik air base. CHP M.P.s argue that the decision is against the constitution and complain that the AK Party Government still refuses to sh [...]	2004-01-14 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2240	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 06:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA226	PRESIDENT ASSAD'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Assad's January 6-9 visit to Turkey was the first by any Syrian President. Assad met one-on-one with PM Erdogan and President Sezer, and also met FM Gul, TGS Chief Ozkok, Parliament Speaker Arinc, and main opposition CHP leader Baykal. Turkish contacts say GOT raised terrorism, [...]	2004-01-14 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU IS
04ANKARA2268	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2293	AFGHANISTAN: MFA/TGS TO RECOMMEND TO PM THAT THEY [...] (C) MFA and TGS will recommend to PM Erdogan that Turkey establish a PRT in Takhar province in northeastern Afghanistan. The recommendation will also include a request for funding for the Turkish helicopters for ISAF, and a briefing on the possibility that the HRF in Istanbul may replace the [...]	2004-04-21 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA23	MFA U/S Ziyal Letter to U/S Larson on EPC [...] MFA transmitted a letter from Undersecretary Ziyal to U/S Larson via diplomatic note on the Economic Partnership Commission. In the letter, Ziyal affirms the importance of the economic reform program, addressing investment issues, moving forward on a Turkey Qualifying Industrial Zone, and co [...]	2004-01-05 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EINV TU
04ANKARA231	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Iraq 2. Cyprus Can't We be More Transparent? Sami Kohen observed in the mass appeal Milliyet (1/14): "There is no meaning and no benefit in equating the use of Incirlik air base for the US troop rotation with the March 1 decree. The TGS and the Government already announced that the Jun [...]	2004-01-14 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2327	OPPOSITION CHP: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND [...] (C) Summary: Unable to look at the beam in their own eye to understand their own responsibility for CHP's serious decline, CHP leader Baykal and others in his circle are looking for a mote in the U.S.'s eye as they accuse the USG of actively seeking Baykal's ouster. All the while rebels in CH [...]	2004-04-23 08:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2332	TURKISH MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS IN RUN-UP TO POTUS [...] As we approach the June 26-29 POTUS visit to Turkey for bilateral meetings in Ankara and the NATO Summit in Istanbul, Turkish press interest in the visit is building. The embassy has received numerous requests from Turkish media outlets to interview USG principals in the run-up to the visit, a [...]	2004-04-26 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OVIP TU
04ANKARA2334	INDUSTRY MINISTER PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON CARGILL [...] (SBU) On April 21, the Ambassador met with Industry and Commerce Minister Ali Coskun to press for resolution of U.S. company disputes, particularly Cargill,s zoning issue. Highlighting the importance of foreign direct investment for raising living standards and the opportunities to showcase th [...]	2004-04-26 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV TU
04ANKARA2341	TURKEY'S WAY FORWARD ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Despite the wake of the GCs' "no," we need to move toward an eventual GC "yes" to the Burgenstock agreement. On the Turkish side, we should help Ankara preserve the its delicate balance for Cyprus settlement; encourage the Erdogan government to continue its "one step ahead" pol [...]	2004-04-26 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
04ANKARA2345	EXBS: DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TRAINING AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EXPERTS FROM DOE/NNSA AND DOE LABS HELD NUCLEAR EXPORT-RELATED CONSULTATIONS AND TRAINING IN TURKEY THE WEEK OF MARCH 15, 2004. THE USG TEAM PRESENTED A 2-DAY NUCLEAR-RELATED COMMODITY IDENTIFICATION TRAINING (CIT) SEMINAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 24 REPRESENTATIVES OF TURKISH GOVERN [...]	2004-04-26 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA2403	CYPRUS NEXT STEPS: GOT POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman April 28. He undertook to convey them to all other MFA officials involved on Cyprus before SRSG DeSoto's arrival in Ankara. In addition to meetings with MFA officials, DeSoto will meet with PM Erdogan and FM Gul. [...]	2004-04-29 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY ECON ETRD EU PREL TU
04ANKARA2419	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-29 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2453	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2457	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 30 MEETING WITH FM ABDULLAH GUL [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY. TURKISH FM ABDULLAH GUL HOSTED A LUNCH FOR AMBASSADOR EDELMAN AND UK AMBASSADOR PETER WESTMACOTT TO THANK THEM FOR USG AND HMG EFFORTS TO SECURE A CYPRUS SETTLEMENT BEFORE MAY 1. AMBASSADOR EDELMAN ALSO HAD A SEPARATE 30 MINUTE MEETING TO DISCUSS OTHER ISSUES IN PREPARATI [...]	2004-05-03 09:59:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	AM CY IZ MOPS PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA2474	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-03 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2475	TURKISH HELOS TO AFGHANISTAN: DECISION IS WITH [...] (C) MFA NATO Department Head Alper Coksun told deputy pol-mil counselor May 3 that Turkey and Luxembourg had worked out an acceptable arrangement for Luxembourg to finance the deployment of the three Turkish helos to/from Afghanistan in support of ISAF operations. Funding for spare parts and [...]	2004-05-03 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-05 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2577	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-06 17:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA259	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR URGES U.S. TO PRESS ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Serdengecti convoked econoffs to raise concerns that Prime Minister Erdogan's Washington visit could reinforce the GOT perception that the U.S. will back Turkey financially regardless of the quality of GOT economic policies. He urged that U.S. leaders include [...]	2004-01-15 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2598	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-07 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2599	CONTINUED SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The sell-off continued in Turkish markets this week, with bursts of nervous selling Thursday and Friday driving the lira to new lows for the year. A bad week for global emerging markets was exacerbated in the Turkish case by increased tension between the Government and the milit [...]	2004-05-07 17:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2600	RULING PARTY, "SECULAR" OPPONENTS CLASH OVER [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party has introduced a bill that would make it easier for graduates of imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools to enroll in university programs other than theology. AK's opponents deride the bill as a threat to the secular State. The opposition Republica [...]	2004-05-08 06:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2623	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-10 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA263	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-15 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2663	NEW DRAFT LAW REMOVES BARRIER TO UNIVERSITY [...] (C) Summary: AK Party (AKP) government will press ahead with its new draft higher education law despite open opposition from the military and higher education establishment. Under the existing law, higher education has been under the purview of the controversial Higher Education Council (YOK) [...]	2004-05-12 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OEXC SCUL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2664	TURKISH MILITARY WANTED YES/NO CYPRUS OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish General Staff is appreciative of US and UK assistance in forging a balanced although problematic Cyprus plan. TGS wanted the yes/no outcome from the referenda, although it has no clear idea of where to go from here. The Turkish military worries that Cyprus might use [...]	2004-05-12 09:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR CY TU PINR
04ANKARA2667	RULING AK PARTY, OPPOSITION CHP, AND WOMEN'S [...] (U) Summary: MPs from ruling AK Party clashed with the opposition CHP and women's rights advocates in debates over a constitutional amendment on gender equality. Parliament adopted an AKP measure with expanded language on the equal rights of men and women, while rejecting a CHP proposal suppo [...]	2004-05-12 09:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2680	BOEING FEELS PRESSURE IN THE TURKISH MARKET [...] (C) Summary: Boeing representatives continue to be concerned over attempts by a senior official of the AKP cabinet to pressure the company into hiring one of his associates as Boeing's representative in Turkey. Boeing is currently competing with EADS-Airbus for the potential sale of 19 narro [...]	2004-05-12 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	BEXP ECON ETRD TU
04ANKARA2691	ISAF SHORTFALLS: TURKS CONTEND THEY HAVE THE [...] (C) During a recent discussion on Turkish helos for Afghanistan (ref b),NATO Department Head Alper Coskum confirmed what MFA officials had told us in late March (ref c): the Turkish military does not possess Role 2 and Casualty Staging Medical Unit capability. Coskun said the Turkish Genera [...]	2004-05-12 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2695	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2698	TURKEY LOOKING TO MINIMIZE AEGEAN TENSIONS FOR [...] (C) PolmilCouns sought an update on the status of Greek-Turkish military relations in the wake of PM Erdogan's visit to Athens (ref B) from TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus Director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu on May 10. The Admiral was hopeful that the PM's visit had laid the groundwork to move forward on be [...]	2004-05-12 17:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
04ANKARA2717	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-13 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2736	AFGHANISTAN: PM APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR PRT IN [...] (C) PM Erdogan approved the MFA/TGS proposal to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar province and agreed to provide the requisite funding. The MFA will instruct its missions in Kabul, Brussels and Washington to inform the appropriate authorities. Turkey will not consider [...]	2004-05-14 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2743	SHARING THE GMEI SUPPORT PLAN: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A points and ref B Plan of Support on May 14 to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Akcapar and Middle East Department Section Chief Sekizkok. Per ref A, we modified ref B cover letter to include a paragraph reading "We are conveying this to you at this point to [...]	2004-05-14 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU KMPI
04ANKARA2758	Secretary Mineta's May 23 to 25 Visit to [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes several weeks before the President's June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time of improving political relations and close cooperation on our key international priorities. Your meetings with Transport Minister Yildi [...]	2004-05-17 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER EAIR PREL OVIP TU
04ANKARA2779	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-17 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2791	GOT CANCELS $2B ATAK HELICOPTER, $1B UAV, AND AN [...] (C) The Executive Committee (PM, CHOD and MOD) announced May 14 that it had canceled procurement programs for attack helicopters and UAVs, as well as a moribund program for main battle tanks. The EC publicly explained its decision as an effort to better acquire new models based on domestic pr [...]	2004-05-17 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL TU IS
04ANKARA2812	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2822	AFGHANISTAN AND PRTS: TURKS SET ON TAKHAR [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting on Cyprus (septel),MFA U/S Ziyal reiterated to Ambassador and UK Ambassador Westmacott that Turkey is committed to establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar and is not considering alternative locations. 2. (C) UK Amb. Westmacott opened [...]	2004-05-18 16:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2823	TURKISH POLITICAL STABILITY: TENSIONS BREAK THE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has entered a period of increased political tension as a result of the education reform controversy. PM Erdogan will remain under constant pressure from within his AK Party and from the Turkish military. Erdogan and AKP are showing strains as even relatively "liberal" memb [...]	2004-05-20 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA2834	INVITATION TO PM ERDOGAN TO G-8 SUMMIT AT SEA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, May 20 Ambassador delivered invitation to Prime Minister Erdogan to attend Sea Island G-8 Summit for GME lunch on June 9. Ambassador stressed our appreciation for the constructive Turkish contribution to work on the Democracy Assistance Group and willingness to be a co-spon [...]	2004-05-20 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL TU
04ANKARA2839	AMBASSADORS EDELMAN AND WESTMACOTT'S MAY 18 [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Ambassador Edelman and UK Ambassador Westmacott, Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal and Deputy U/S Ilkin urged USUN and the UK UN delegation to stay in close touch with the Turkish delegation as the UNSC considered action after the SYG's report. The Turks expect a general [...]	2004-05-20 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-20 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2874	FUTURE IMF ROLE IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Post offers its analysis of issues associated with the IMF's future role in Turkey. In our view, the primary goals are to reduce the Fund's exposure and to encourage Turkey to implement sound policies and pursue the reform road to sustainable growth. In theory, [...]	2004-05-21 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA2881	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-21 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2894	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-24 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2898	TURKS "NOT GETTING ANYWHERE" WITH RUSSIA ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman told us May 24 that the GOT expects no change in Russia's Cyprus policy, despite FM Gul's May 20 visit to Moscow. Gul went to Moscow with an OIC delegation but met one-on-one with FM Lavrov to discuss Cyprus. MFA U/S Ziyal told Ambassador Edelman [...]	2004-05-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2901	TURKEY AND PRTS IN AFGHANISTAN: SETTING THE RECORD [...] (C) The Turkish press is reporting that Washington is debating whether to respond positively to Turkey's proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar province if the Turks refuse to go west or south. We provide a chronology of Turkey's PRT-related consultations and considerations leading up to their [...]	2004-05-24 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF

04ANKARA2906	BLAIR VISIT TO ANKARA: MARKING A DEEPENING OF [...] (U) Summary: During a brief but concentrated visit to Turkey May 17, UK PM Blair assured PM Erdogan and President Sezer the UK will back Turkey's EU bid and work to end the isolation of Turkish Cypriots. Blair and Erdogan agreed on a UK-initiated "Action Plan" to hold annual PM-level bilateral [...]	2004-05-25 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU
04ANKARA2913	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-25 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2947	AFGHANISTAN: TURKISH CHOD REITERATES TO GEN KUJAT [...] (C) Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok reiterated to NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee GEN Kujat May 26 that the GOT's position on establishing a PRT in Takhar was firm and that Turkey would not establish a PRT in an alternate location. Ozkok noted a decision to deploy Turkey's HRF in Istanbul to [...]	2004-05-27 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2977	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-27 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3008	PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES [...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]	2004-06-01 11:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3033	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-01 18:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3046	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-02 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3059	TURKISH POLITICS: PRESIDENT VETOES BILL ON [...] (U) Summary: As expected, President Sezer May 28 vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for graduates of technical and vocational high schools, including imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools, to enroll in university programs other than their area of high school specialization. PM [...]	2004-06-03 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3077	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-03 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3088	PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES [...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]	2004-06-04 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3108	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-04 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3121	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MAY RECONSIDER WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) During a June 4 meeting that included UK Ambassador Westmacott to discuss Cyprus (septel),Ambassador again encouraged MFA U/S Ziyal to consider establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the west or the south of Afghanistan. Ziyal was adamant that Turkey would not establish a [...]	2004-06-07 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3123	U.S.-TURKEY FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador reiterated to MFA U/S Ziyal June 4 that the U.S. considered negotiations on changes to the language in the financial agreement to be over. Referring to local press reports from that morning quoting Prime Minister Erdogan as saying that Turkey would not [...]	2004-06-07 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA3136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3149	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA32	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-05 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3201	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-09 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3203	IMF TEAM LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCING GAP, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting IMF Mission Chief Moghadam told Econcouns that Turkish officials had told him the GOT will not ratify the U.S. FA because President Sezer has said he would veto it. Note: The GOT has not said this to us directly. End Note. With most analysts believing the GOT will have a [...]	2004-06-09 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA3206	COURT RELEASES ZANA, CO-DEFENDANTS; APPEAL [...] (U) Turkey's High Court of Appeals June 9 ordered the release of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs pending the outcome of their appeal. The Court made its decision one day after the defendants' attorney filed a formal release request. The Court is scheduled to take up the appeal [...]	2004-06-09 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3236	TURKEY BEGINS BROADCASTS IN KURDISH, OTHER [...] (C) Summary: June 7 state-owned TRT broadcasting company began airing news and cultural programs on radio and TV in Kurdish and three other languages traditionally spoken in Anatolia, in a long-delayed GOT effort to comply with EU free speech requirements. Contacts say PM Erdogan and FM Gul o [...]	2004-06-10 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3328	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-14 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA340	INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In Jan. 16 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador highlighted USG interest in strengthening counter terrorism cooperation and intelligence sharing with the GOT. Aksu asserted CT relations with Syria are improving, committed to instituting passenger and baggage checks to [...]	2004-01-20 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU
04ANKARA3405	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3435	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA348	TURKISH P.M. ERDOGAN GOES TO WASHINGTON: HOW STRONG A LEADER IN THE FACE OF STRONG CHALLENGES? [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-20 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3484	SCENESETTER FOR CODELS FRIST, LUGAR, AND BEREUTER [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) appears unassailable, with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and no viable opposition party. GOT legal reforms have improved the chances for an accession negotiation start date from the EU in December. Yet AKP struggles with corruption, ad h [...]	2004-06-21 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU
04ANKARA355	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-20 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3584	IRAQ: TALABANI MEETS TURKISH FM GUL, PROPOSES [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUU) leader and former Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) member Jalal Talabani met PolMilOff June 22 and briefed on what he called his "excellent, friendly" meeting earlier that day with Turkish Deputy PM/FM Gul. He told Gul that the PUK condemned all violent [...]	2004-06-24 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA3589	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-25 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA361	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 18 CONVERSATION WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN EARLIER SCHEDULED FAMILY BRUNCH ON JANUARY 18, AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED PM ERDOGAN'S UPCOMING VISIT TO WASHINGTON EXTENSIVELY WITH DEPUTY PM AND FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH GUL. FM GUL LISTENED ATTENTIVELY AS AMBASSADOR WALKED THROUGH THE POINTS IN REFS A AND B LINE BY [...]	2004-01-21 04:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY IZ PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3618	AFGHANISTAN: GOT'S DECISION NOT TO ESTABLISH A [...] (C) Deputy pol-mil counselor contacted MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen June 25, following up on the Ambassador's earlier conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal on Turkish thinking on PRTs (ref a). Evirgen said that Turkey had completely abandoned its proposal to establish a PRT in Takh [...]	2004-06-25 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA362	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH DSHOD BASBUG, JANUARY 19, 2004 [...] (S) AMBASSADOR HOSTED TGS DEPUTY CHIEF GENERAL ILKER BASBUG TO DISCUSS THE PM'S FORTHCOMING VISIT TO THE U.S., NORTHERN IRAQ AND CYPRUS ON JANUARY 19. BASBUG WAS SUFFERING FROM A PROLONGED HEAD COLD AND EXPRESSED RELIEF THAT HIS JANUARY 16 (FIRST OF ITS KIND) OPEN PRESS CONFERENCE WAS BEHIND HIM [...]	2004-01-21 04:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY IZ PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3622	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3631	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3632	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3633	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3724	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 11:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3728	THE TURKISH MILITARY: OZKOK TRIES TO STRIKE [...] (C) Turkish General Staff (TGS) CHOD GEN Ozkok continues to balance the promotion of Turkey's EU membership prospects by reducing the Turkish military's past position at the commanding heights of politics with a desire to ensure that the Turkish military is able to intervene in domestic politi [...]	2004-07-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU PINR
04ANKARA3732	PM ERDOGAN ASKS POTUS TO RELEASE THREE TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) The Turkish press is reporting that PM Erdogan asked President Bush during their June 27 meeting in Ankara to release the three remaining Turkish nationals under detention at GTMO. The President reportedly said he would look into the matte [...]	2004-07-01 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL AF TU
04ANKARA3791	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3802	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3828	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3840	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA396	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-22 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA397	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-22 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3988	TURCO-ISRAELI RELATIONS REMAIN ACTIVE BUT [...] (C) Summary: July 13-15 visit to Turkey of Israeli Deputy PM Olmert demonstrated that Turco-Israeli relations have broadened beyond the mil-mil/intel ties that have hitherto formed the core of the relationship. In the Israeli view the visit cast in sharp relief the rivalry (which we have prev [...]	2004-07-19 07:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU IS
04ANKARA3995	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. VISIT, CYPRUS, NATO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Turkish PM Erdogan December 31 in advance of Erdogan's late-January U.S. visit. The Ambassador said White House officials view the visit as an opportunity to enhance U.S.-Turkey relations and set the stage for the June NATO Summit in Istanbul. The USG and G [...]	2004-01-02 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EINV AM CY TU
04ANKARA4072	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-21 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4112	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 TRIP TO IRAN: U.S. [...] (C) In delivering reftel demarche July 22 to MFA DDG for South Asia Evirgen, polcounselor noted our understanding that Turkey shares U.S. views on the need for sharp improvement in Iranian behavior. The USG has strong interest in seeing PM Erdogan deliver crisp, unambiguous messages to Tehran [...]	2004-07-23 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ENRG TU IR
04ANKARA4118	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-23 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4132	IRAQ: TURKS TERM JULY 21 CAIRO IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Iraq's neighbors are increasingly willing to engage with a newly sovereign Iraqi government, Turkish officials told us on July 23, though some are still holding back. MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Safak Gokturk said that the tone of the July 21 Cairo meeting of Iraq's neighb [...]	2004-07-27 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS IZ TU EG IS
04ANKARA4148	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4194	SECOND REQUEST: STATUS OF TURKISH NATIONALS AT GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. three. 2. (S) At their June 27 meeting in Ankara, PM Erdogan raised the issue of three Turkish nationals still held at GTMO with President Bush. Ref a requested the Department to provide us with an update on the status of the remaining Turks [...]	2004-07-28 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL AF TU
04ANKARA4233	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-29 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4267	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-30 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4274	TURKEY LOOKS FOR ECONOMIC SWEETENERS FOR EU [...] (C) Summary. In an apparent effort to secure France's support for Turkey's EU bid, Prime Minister Erdogan offered contracts or potential contracts to French companies during his July trip to Paris. This includes Turkish Airlines' purchase of 36 mid-size Airbus jets, suggestions that Turkey [...]	2004-08-02 08:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP FR TU
04ANKARA4285	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 27, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 27, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Tercuman, Evrensel, Vak [...]	2004-08-02 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4345	IRAQI PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT TURKEY [...] (SBU) MFA Iraq Desk Officer Ferhat Alkan told PolMilOff Aug. 3 that both Iraq's interim president and prime minister would visit Turkey soon. President al-Yawar will be in Ankara Aug. 16 and 17 and will meet with President Sezer and FonMin Gul. Alkan said that PM Erdogan may be out of the co [...]	2004-08-04 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA4370	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4397	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-05 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4419	COMNAVEUR VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (S) Summary: Welcome back to Turkey! Although you are a frequent visitor, this visit is particularly important because you will be wearing your US (vice NATO) hat. As such, yours is the first visit by a US four-star admiral in a national capacity since ADM Natter,s visit as Fleet Forces Com [...]	2004-08-06 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA4421	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 VISIT TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and ruling AKP contacts, PM Erdogan urged the Iranians to cooperate with IAEA on their nuclear program. The visit failed to produce an agreement on an expanded project to transship Iranian natural gas: the Turks sought a price reduction on their 1996 gas deal wi [...]	2004-08-06 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ KNNP PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4428	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-06 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4443	TURKEY AND IRAN GAS, BOSPORUS BYPASS, AND BTC [...] (C) Summary: In a August 5 meeting with Charge, MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Relations Alev Kilic expressed general support for U.S. goals for regional energy development - with one exception. While Kilic stressed that Turkey,s priority for natural gas was for realizing transit from the Caspi [...]	2004-08-09 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD IR GA UK TU
04ANKARA4455	GOT PREPARING THREE-YEAR ECONOMIC PROGRAM [...] (Sbu) Summary: Earlier this summer, the Turkish Government began work on a 3-year economic program. An outgrowth of previous and existing policy planning vehicles, the 3-year program is a GOT economic policy program being developed with input from--but independently of --the IMF. According t [...]	2004-08-09 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECIN TU
04ANKARA4526	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-11 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4528	IMF OFFICIAL ON GOT'S DECISION TO SEEK A NEW [...] (C) Summary: Following IMF Mission Chief Moghadam,s surprise visit to Ankara last week, and public statements by PM Erdogan and Economy Minister Babacan that the GOT had decided to seek a follow-on disbursing Standby Arrangement(SBA),Econoffs met with IMF Deputy Resident Representative Chri [...]	2004-08-11 16:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ECIN TU
04ANKARA453	KOREAN TROOPS TO NORTHERN IRAQ: NEED TO BRIEF PM [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) DCM confirmed January 22 that PM Erdogan will travel to Seoul to meet with Korean officials February 7. 3. (C) PM Erdogan may already know (possibly from information obtained by the Turkish military liaison officers stationed in nort [...]	2004-01-23 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ KS
04ANKARA4541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-12 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4563	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4587	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA464	IMF RESREP: TURKEY IS OFF TRACK [...] (C) Summary: Despite diplomatic public statements, the first stage of the IMF's Seventh Review Mission found Turkey to be seriously off-track, according to IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk. The backsliding is notable with regard to two "pillars" of the program--fiscal discipline and banking sector re [...]	2004-01-23 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA465	TGS INFORMATION ON TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (S) TGS has informed ODC-Turkey of its understanding that the Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party (PCDK),which they claim is an extension of the PKK/KADEK/KHK, is recruting Arabs around Mosul, training them in terrorist tactics, and conducting surv [...]	2004-01-23 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER MARR PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA4651	TURKISH READOUT ON IIG PRESIDENT AL-YAWAR VISIT: [...] (C) The GOT is pleased with the Aug. 16-17 visit of IIG President al-Yawar and the IIG ministers for foreign affairs, water resources, and trade. Al-Yawar told the Turks that he and the IIG intentionally chose Turkey for his first major trip abroad, and that they saw Turkey as Iraq's most imp [...]	2004-08-18 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG ECON TU IZ
04ANKARA4733	PM ERDOGAN VISITS GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: According to preliminary readout, Erdogan brought Saakashvili and Zhvania a message of "Turkish support for the GOG" in South Ossetia and Abkhazia but urged restraint, dialogue and, in Abkhazia, easing the CIS economic embargo. In response to Erdogan's emphasis on the importance [...]	2004-08-20 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET TU GG RS
04ANKARA4764	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-23 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA48	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-07 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4815	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA482	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S TURKEY VISIT CEMENTS TIES, SKIPS KEY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani President Musharraf's January 19-22 visit to Turkey was heavy on ceremony and warm rhetoric, but apparently skipped over key issues of cross-border terrorism and non-proliferation. The visit appeared designed to cement ties, which had become testy in 2002, and to avoid contro [...]	2004-01-26 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IN PARM PK PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA487	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-26 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4878	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-27 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-01 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4967	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4995	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-03 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5002	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 26, 2004 by Minsk Belaru [...]	2004-09-03 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5013	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-07 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5113	VERHEUGEN OFFERS STRONG SUPPORT DURING TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During an intense September 4-9 visit to Turkey, EU Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen stressed his support for opening accession talks with Turkey in 2005, even stating flatly in one meeting that the EU will set a date for talks at the December Summit. However, Verheugen also war [...]	2004-09-10 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5114	RULING AK PARTY'S HYPOCRITIC OATH: THE ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: An attempt by ruling AK Party (AKP) to re-criminalize adultery and fornication raises serious questions about AKP's commitment to EU values and the party leadership's ability to move away from its Islamist roots. End summary. 2. (U) In the run-up to the EU's October progress re [...]	2004-09-10 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA512	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-27 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5180	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TURKISH MFA DEPUTY U/S [...] (C) Summary: Taking stock of Cyprus on September 13, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin expressed disappointment at the state of the EU's trade and aid proposals and the lack of a UNSCR endorsing the SYG's report; said UNFICYP's mandate should focus more on facilitating the flow of people and goo [...]	2004-09-14 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA5195	GROWING TURKISH GOVERNMENT FRUSTRATION OVER LACK [...] (C) Summary: GOT frustration at the perceived lack of measures to ease Turkish Cypriots' isolation is growing. GOT interlocutors at all levels have expressed this frustration to us in recent meetings; Secretary Powell will hear much the same if he meets with FM Gul at UNGA. For now, the EU i [...]	2004-09-14 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA5200	RULING AK PARTY RETREATS FROM GAMBIT TO [...] (U) Facing strong reluctance from various factions within the party and a sharp reaction from EU member states, ruling AK Party (AKP) leadership appears to have abandoned an attempt (ref B) to include re-criminalization of adultery and fornication (zina) as an amendment to the new criminal code [...]	2004-09-14 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA5205	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 10, 2004 by Turkish l [...]	2004-09-15 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5221	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-15 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5266	SCENESETTER FOR DASD BRZEZINSKI'S SEPTEMBER 21 [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes at a challenging time in our bilateral relations. Our painstaking efforts to rebuild relations over the last year, capped by a successful Istanbul NATO Summit in June, have resulted in the restoration of productive relations at the top military and civilian levels [...]	2004-09-16 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PARM PTER OVIP MOPS MASS CY IR

04ANKARA5306	SECRETARY ABRAHAM'S SEPTEMBER 21 VISIT TO ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes a few months after the President,s June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time when bilateral and political relations are generally on track. Your meeting with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler will provide an excellent op [...]	2004-09-17 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5310	RULING AK PARTY COMPLICATES ITS ITS POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: AK Party (AKP) government's reversal of course by a renewed insistence on criminalizing adultery and subsequent suspension of passage of the new criminal code until after the Oct. 6 release of the EU's progress report on Turkey's candidacy; EU's insistence that Turkey pass its new [...]	2004-09-17 17:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU
04ANKARA5350	TURKISH MARKETS FALL SHARPLY ON EU CONCERNS [...] (Sbu) Summary: No sooner had markets shown signs of beginning an autumn rally, than the GOT, ss handling of the adultery issue -- resulting in the postponement of the penal code reform and negative implications for Turkey,s EU accession prospects -- caused markets to fall sharply Friday, Sept [...]	2004-09-20 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
04ANKARA5370	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5373	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5395	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-22 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5453	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-23 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5482	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-24 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA550	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-28 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5527	TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY AND THE ADULTERY [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts in ruling AK Party (AKP) say PM Erdogan was personally in charge of the effort to criminalize adultery in the new Penal Code, pursuing the matter until finally backing down during a September 23 visit to Brussels. With the issue resolved, EU contacts say the EU i [...]	2004-09-27 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5535	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-27 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5550	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW TLFC COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged General Buyukanit to discuss ways to improve our Army-to-Army relationship when the latter sees USAREUR CG General Bell in October. Buyukanit suggested that both sides made mistakes in the attack helicopter tender and expected the next time the GOT would [...]	2004-09-28 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR MOPS PINR IZ CY AF TU
04ANKARA5556	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-28 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5689	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5708	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 15-30, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 27, 200 [...]	2004-10-05 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5712	TURKISH PRESIDENT SEZER OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH [...] (U) Summary: While underscoring the importance of relations with the U.S., President Sezer used his Oct. 1 address to parliament twice sharply to criticize U.S. non-action against the terrorist PKK sheltering in northern Iraq. In a lengthy and wooden assessment of the domestic state of affair [...]	2004-10-05 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA5717	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-05 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5719	TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The centerpiece of Turkey's growing role as hub in the East-West Corridor, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, is broadly on track and nearing completion. Government of Turkey (GOT) Officials and BTC company officials assert that BTC is on track at 80 percent complete for m [...]	2004-10-05 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT TU GA
04ANKARA573	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-29 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5734	TURKEY CANCELS EU/OIC FORUM OVER CYPRUS DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, in a dispute with the EU over designation of the Turkish Cypriot observer delegation, Turkey canceled the October 4-5 EU-OIC Joint Forum in Istanbul. The Turkish MFA and the Dutch EU Presidency each claim the other turned down reasonable compromises and ignored [...]	2004-10-06 07:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
04ANKARA5741	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-06 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5750	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, September 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 28, 2004 by the Anato [...]	2004-10-07 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5751	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU
04ANKARA5758	SPECIAL TURKISH MEDIA REACTION: EU COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5777	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-08 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5781	GOT: EU REPORT PAVES WAY FOR TALKS [...] (C) Summary: GOT and EU contacts say they believe the October 6 EU Progress Report on Turkey paves the way for the opening of accession talks in 2005. At the same time, GOT officials maintain that elements of the report, including a statement that the outcome of the talks cannot be guaranteed, [...]	2004-10-08 17:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5784	FM GUL AND STRAW MEET IN ANKARA OCTOBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: UK FM Straw met with Turkish FM Gul the morning after the EC issued its Turkey report. Gul said Turkey is pleased overall with the report but cited some complaints, including on economic issues. Gul wants PM Erdogan to write to the EU about them. Gul urged direct flights to n [...]	2004-10-12 04:49:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY IR IZ PREL TU UK AM GG
04ANKARA5791	Turkish Business: EU Accession Talks Not Enough [...] (SBU) Summary. Strong advocates of EU membership, leaders of Turkey's business community see accession negotiations as another step in a long, arduous process of economic and political change that will eventually make Turkey a more "normal" country. In contrast to their political counterpa [...]	2004-10-13 06:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TU
04ANKARA5807	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-13 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA581	POSITIVE FISCHER VISIT SETS SCENE FOR VISITS BY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA and the German Embassy both characterize German FM Fischer's January 21-22 visit to Ankara as positive. Both sides see Turkey as having made significant progress on the Copenhagen Criteria for EU accession but agree Turkey needs to improve implementation in orde [...]	2004-01-29 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL TU
04ANKARA583	PRODI PRAISES GOT REFORMS IN HISTORIC VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During a January 15-16 visit to Turkey, European Commission President Prodi praised GOT leaders for adopting extensive EU-related legislative reforms. He called for greater implementation of the reforms, and urged progress on a Cyprus solution by May. He also said the EU and GOT [...]	2004-01-29 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5830	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-14 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5860	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 7-14, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published October 14, 2004 by the Anatoli [...]	2004-10-15 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5882	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-15 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-19 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5952	MASOUD BARZANI IN ANKARA: NOT IN A MOOD TO [...] (C) Summary: KDP leader Masoud Barzani paid his first visit to Ankara in two years Oct. 11-12, during which he met with PM Erdogan and FonMin Gul. According to the Turkish MFA, Barzani was unexpectedly assertive, especially on Kirkuk, which he stated was a Kurdish city, period. Barzani chara [...]	2004-10-20 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA5964	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5993	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6000	TURKEY'S FIRST CIVILIAN NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (S) Summary: In an October 15 introductory call by the Ambassador, Yigit Alpogan, the first civilian Secretary-General in the seventy year history of the Turkish SIPDIS National Security Council (NSC),outlined plans to downsize and further "civilianize" the NSC staff. Alpogan provided li [...]	2004-10-22 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA6010	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-22 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6030	CODEL HASTINGS MEETS IN TURKEY IN FIRST OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 09:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PHUM PINR PINS PROP PTER AMGT TU IZ
04ANKARA6043	TURKISH OIL COMPANY WANTS TO DO BUSINESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to its CEO, the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has developed a "strategic plan" for reengaging in oil and gas development in Northern Iraq that it will present in Baghdad, Washington, and London. Understanding that Iraq's oil and gas resources are con [...]	2004-10-25 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT TU IZ
04ANKARA6048	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6051	TURKEY INTENDS TO JOIN ICC "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" [...] (C) Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Department Head Levent Sahinkaya told us on October 22 that Turkey intends to become a signatory to the Rome Statute "as soon as possible." Sahinkaya said he cannot predict whether this will happen before or after December 17, when the EU [...]	2004-10-25 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA6069	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-26 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6092	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6116	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CALLING FOR NEW CONCEPT OF [...] (C) Summary: A GOT human rights board's report recommending Turkey update its concept of "minority" to make it consistent with Western European practices has stirred sharp controversy. Report notes Turkey continues to apply a narrow, discriminatory definition of "minority" based on Turkish St [...]	2004-10-28 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6135	IMF BOARD VOTE UNLIKELY BEFORE EU DECISION [...] (C) Summary. Contrary to its expectations of concluding a letter of intent by October 26, the IMF team negotiating a new Stand-by program left Turkey having made little progress on key program components. These include: specific tax measures for 2005 (with the GOT keen on a Fund-opposed VAT r [...]	2004-10-28 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA615	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-30 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6207	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey provides an excellent opportunity to assure the Turks that the U.S. continues to support Turkey's EU candidacy. Some elements in Turkey view the U.S. and EU as rival power blocs, and question why the U.S. would want Turkey in the EU. By highlighting areas o [...]	2004-11-02 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EU TU
04ANKARA6229	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HALKI WITH EDUCATION MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: During an October 26 meeting, the Ambassador recommended that Education Minister Celik engage in a dialogue with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the re-opening of the Halki Seminary. The Ambassador told Celik that progress on Halki would bolster Turkey's image in the run-up t [...]	2004-11-03 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6254	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-04 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6258	SIGN OF IMPROVING RELATIONS -- TURKS FIGHT FIRE IN [...] Turkish officials over the past year have spoken often of improving relations with Syria. But so far it has been mostly talk, until October 27, when in a surprising show of cooperation, Syria asked for and Turkey delivered planes and fire fighters to put out a blaze along the border of Turkey [...]	2004-11-04 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN PREL SY TU
04ANKARA6276	TURKISH PRESIDENT, PM CONGRATULATE POTUS, VP ON [...] (U) The Turkish MFA faxed us the following letters of congratulations dated November 4, 2004 from Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed to President Bush and a letter of congratulations dated November 4, 2004 from Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan to [...]	2004-11-05 09:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL
04ANKARA6285	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-05 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6293	BMENAI: DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE PLANNING [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. Summary: Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) co-sponsors Italy, Turkey and Yemen continue planning for a November 25 meeting in Rome of the three FMs, and possibly the U.S., at which they will release a DAD work plan. After the Rome meetin [...]	2004-11-06 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TU IT YM KMPI KDEM
04ANKARA63	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-07 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6311	UK DIPLOMATS MEET IN ANKARA TO THINK ABOUT THE WAY [...] (C) Summary: The UK Ambassadors to Greece and Turkey, Cyprus High Commissioner Parker, and FCO EU and Mediterranean Director Chilcott met in Ankara November 1 to discuss, inter alia, the way forward on Cyprus. They assess that Papadopolous' demands are not yet getting any support within the [...]	2004-11-08 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL CY TU
04ANKARA6329	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6369	GOT REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO JANUARY ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) MFA Middle East Deputy Director General Safak Gokturk told PolMilCouns that Iraq's State Minister for Provincial Affairs Wael Abdul Latif and Deputy Foreign Minister Bayati delivered an oral message on operations in Fallujah to Prime Minister Erdogan at 2:00 pm Nov. 10. Speaking shortly af [...]	2004-11-10 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ TU
04ANKARA6407	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-12 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6428	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-17 17:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6490	LABOR UNION OPPOSITION TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT PLANS [...] (C) Summary: International financial institutions recommend the transfer of Ministry of Labor and Social Security hospitals to the Ministry of Health. With public sector health care costs rising faster than inflation, the idea is to assure more efficient and cost-effective delivery of healt [...]	2004-11-19 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB SOCI TU
04ANKARA6565	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA660	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-05 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6615	DISTORTED TURKISH REACTION TO FALLUJAH OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Over the past two weeks, Turkish media portrayal of the al-Fajr operation in Fallujah has been unabashedly biased, vehemently anti-U.S. and often flat-out wrong. The MFA did not react to the most outrageous misstatements until November 26; the military has been publicly silent. [...]	2004-11-29 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KPAO MOPS PREL TU
04ANKARA6620	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-29 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6621	SCENESETTER: U.S. VISIT OF TURKISH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin is leading a six-person Turkish delegation to visit the U.S. December 1-3 at the invitation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). We understand he will also meet U/S Grossman at State and USAID Admi [...]	2004-11-29 16:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID OVIP PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6628	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARCHON VISIT, GREEK ORTHODOX [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador told MFA U/S Tuygan on November 26 that the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a New York-based Greek Orthodox group, are visiting Ankara to discuss religious freedom with the GOT as part of a pilgrimage involving the transfer of relics from the Vatican to the [...]	2004-11-30 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU
04ANKARA663	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY, 2003-4 [...] (U) In response to reftel, the following is Mission's contribution to the 2003-4 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record." 2. (U) Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system and a president with limited powers elected by the single [...]	2004-02-05 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP TU
04ANKARA6648	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-30 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6672	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-01 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6742	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-03 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6767	TALKING POINTS FOR PUTIN'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Econoff delivered ref A points to GOT MFA Deputy Director General for Energy Hakki Akil on December 3, noting that similar points had been delivered at multiple levels over recent months. Ambassador Edelman delivered the full set of ref A points to Deputy U/S Apakan on December 2. 2. [...]	2004-12-03 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET TU
04ANKARA6768	ARCHONS MEET WITH FM GUL [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a U.S.-based group of Greek Orthodox laymen, met with FM Gul December 2 during a religious pilgrimage to Turkey. The Archons urged Gul to take action to reverse the process of State expropriation of Greek Orthodox pro [...]	2004-12-03 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6792	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6805	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-07 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6816	Scenesetter for Codel Hastert [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, cooperation in Iraq, Turkey's EU accession prospects and the state of t [...]	2004-12-08 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL MARR PGOV ECON IZ TU
04ANKARA6820	BOY'S KILLING IN KIZILTEPE ATTRACTS NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In an incident that local security officials initially described as a clash between police and terrorists, and under circumstances still being investigated, Turkish security officials shot to death 12-year-old Ugur Kaymaz and his father, Ahmet,were killed by gunfire on Novembe [...]	2004-12-08 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA6829	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-08 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6835	Scenesetter for Treasury DAS Loevinger [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. It is also a delicate moment in relations with both the IMF and EU. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, coo [...]	2004-12-09 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
04ANKARA6838	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6845	PUTIN REPORTEDLY PROMISES RUSSIAN UNSC SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Putin promised Russian support for Turkey in the UNSC during meetings with Turkish President Sezer and PM Erdogan, according to Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman. FM Lavrov tried to backpedal, but Putin said he would call UNSYG Annan to express Russian support for the G [...]	2004-12-10 06:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA6867	NEW ERA IN TURKISH RUSSIAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS? -- [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 5-6 visit of Russian President Putin to Turkey was portrayed by Turkish politicians and the press as a turning point in Russian-Turkish relations. Putin and Turkish President Sezer asserted that the rapid growth of bilateral trade is leading to an emerging "Multi [...]	2004-12-10 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD PREL RS TU
04ANKARA6871	GOT POSITION ON PATRIARCH'S STATUS HAS NO LEGAL [...] (U) Summary: There is no legal basis for the GOT's policy of denying the ecumenical status of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Istanbul, an MFA official acknowledged. Though PM Erdogan and other GOT officials assert that the 1923 Lausanne Treaty establishes the Patriarch as the spiritual leade [...]	2004-12-10 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6882	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-10 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6887	PUTIN VISITS TURKEY: RUSSIA BIDS TO TURN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Putin's visit demonstrated both Russia's assessment that Turkey is in play and the Turks' habit for mixing wishful thinking, barbarian handling, and a desire for (lucrative) attention. As of now, the visit appears not to have been the total breakthrough the Russians and some Turks [...]	2004-12-10 19:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS EPET ETRD TU
04ANKARA6907	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-13 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6939	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-14 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6948	TURKEY NUCLEAR ENERGY - ANNOUNCE IT AND THEY WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is pursuing the ambitious goal of adding nuclear energy to its power mix over the next decade, and is seeking U.S. or French know-how as its technology of choice. Raised earlier this year when PM Erdogan visited France, nuclear energy cooperation was also hastily added to [...]	2004-12-15 05:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV TRGY TU
04ANKARA6964	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6995	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-16 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-02 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7023	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7066	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7067	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (C) You arrive at a time when Turkey, having secured a 2005 start date for EU accession negotiations, will have begun to wake up warily to the enormous challenges entailed by harmonization. You arrive as well in a Turkey where much of the public, fed massive, continuing disinformation by an a [...]	2004-12-20 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ ECON TU
04ANKARA7075	ACTION REQUEST: AIRLIFT FOR SECURITY ATTACHE TO [...] (U) This is an action request for State, DoD, CENTCOM, Embassy Baghdad, and MNF-I. Please see para. three. 2. (U) On Dec. 17, AIF in Mosul attacked a convoy of four vehicles carrying Turkish police officers assigned TDY to provide security at the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad. Five Turkish o [...]	2004-12-21 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA7100	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7111	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-22 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

04ANKARA7120	SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-23 11:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL
04ANKARA7154	Turkey FDI: GOT Expectations Tied to EU Accession [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-27 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV TU
04ANKARA7160	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-27 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7201	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7211	ERDOGAN AND AK PARTY AFTER TWO YEARS IN POWER: [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan and his ruling AK Party seem to have a firm grip on power -- if for no other reasons that there is currently no viable alternative and inertia weighs heavily in politics. Nevertheless, Erdogan and his party face enormous challenges if they are successfully to embrace c [...]	2004-12-30 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA749	AK GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPT TO BROADEN ACCESS TO KORAN [...] (C) Summary: The GOT in December withdrew new regulations that would have made it easier to open Koran courses after opponents called them a threat to the "secular" State. An official from the Religious Affairs Directorate acknowledged political mistakes in the handling of the regulation, but [...]	2004-02-08 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA763	ROCKY TRANSITION AT BANK REGULATORY AGENCIES AS [...] (C) Summary: Following the resignation of former BRSA/SDIF Chairman Akcakoca and the passage of legislation separating the two bank regulatory institutions, these agencies are in transition to new management and a new structure. By all accounts, it is shaping up as a difficult transition, with [...]	2004-02-09 10:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA790	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-10 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA814	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-11 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA849	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-12 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA851	GLIMMERS OF TURKISH RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORLD [...] (Sbu) Summary: Country Director Andrew Vorkink painted a mixed picture on Turkish re-engagement with the World Bank. In two sectors, energy and banking, the GOT has shifted to meaningful engagement in recent weeks, in both cases working with the Bank to develop a new interagency-coordinated st [...]	2004-02-12 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ENRG EINV PGOV TU
04ANKARA880	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-13 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA90	FEAR OF REJECTION KEEPS ANKARA FROM ASKING IGC FOR [...] (C) DCM briefed MFA Director General for Middle East Burcuoglu on US strategy for Iraq on January 2, drawing from ref a and recent policy statements. He noted that CPA would appreciate a readout by the planned GOT fact-finding mission to Iraq (ref b) towards the end of its time there. (Burcuo [...]	2004-01-08 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA919	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-17 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA921	PRESIDENT MUBARAK VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During an February 11-12 visit to Ankara, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak listened to Turkish views on Iraq, while the Turks did most of the listening on the subject of Israel/Palestine. Mubarak agreed with Turks' concerns about Iraq's territorial integrity and unity. He brie [...]	2004-02-18 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA948	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-18 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA953	DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND SEIZES CONTROL OF UZAN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Congen Istanbul cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) moved on Saturday, February 14 to seize control of 219 companies owned by the controversial Uzan family in the latest episode of the protracted conflict between the fa [...]	2004-02-19 05:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA958	ALTINBAS TORTURE CASE PLAGUED BY DELAYS [...] (C) Summary: The 13-year-old trial of 10 police officers charged with torturing and killing university student Birtan Altinbas continues to be plagued by delays, as the defense tries to postpone a verdict until the statute of limitations expires. The defendants have consistently failed to appe [...]	2004-02-19 10:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA975	GERMAN OPPOSITION LEADER PROPOSES EU-TURKEY [...] (U) Summary: German opposition CDU-CSU leaders told PM Erdogan and other GOT officials during a visit to Turkey that they favor a "privileged partnership" between the EU and Turkey over full Turkish membership. Erdogan rejected the idea, but maintained a positive tone during discussions. A G [...]	2004-02-19 17:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA992	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-20 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA994	TURKEY: OPPOSITION LEFT-OF-CENTER CHP LIMPING [...] (C) Summary: Main opposition CHP's chances in March 28 local elections are dim, according to our own extensive contacts with party M.P.s and recent polling data. A few CHP M.P.s are growing more critical of party leadership but have not shown the courage of their convictions by speaking out p [...]	2004-02-20 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04BRUSSELS1496	EUR/PDAS RIES DISCUSSIONS WITH EU ON TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries visited Brussels on March 30 to review EU Commission concerns on specific Copenhagen Criteria issues, with the aim of working with the EU and Turkey to achieve a positive decision on a Turkish date for accession negotiations in December. Matthias Reute, DG [...]	2004-04-06 16:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2262	USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT JUNE [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- entire text. 2. Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the EU as it absorbs its new members and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU under the Irish Presidency i [...]	2004-05-27 10:28:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3226	ENCOURAGING SIGNALS FROM COMMISSION AND DUTCH [...] (C) In meetings on July 26-27 in Brussels with Dutch Presidency, Commission and Council officials, EUR DAS Laura Kennedy heard guardedly optimistic assessments from all that the EU, at its summit this December, would reach a positive decision on opening EU accession negotiations with Turkey ne [...]	2004-07-30 07:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4346	EU: PARTING THOUGHTS FROM RELEX COMMISSIONER CHRIS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador held a reflective October 6 farewell meeting with RELEX Commissioner Patten, whose term expires at the end of the month. Patten called the Commission's decision earlier that day to recommend in favor of starting accession negotiations with Turkey "the most important de [...]	2004-10-08 13:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS758	US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 2: SOUTH CAUCASUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy Allegrone -- discussed US-EU cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus with the EU's COEST Troika. This cable covers the South Caucasus portion of the [...]	2004-02-23 10:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ GG RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04DUBLIN1841	THE AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 22 DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a free-flowing December 22 meeting, the Ambassador and Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern agreed that President Bush's planned February visit to Europe presented an opportunity to reenergize trans-Atlantic ties. Ahern noted a "huge willingness" among his counterparts within t [...]	2004-12-23 10:55:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR CPAS CVIS MASS PINR PINS EAID PGOV
04ISTANBUL1624	TURKEY AND THE EU: HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Sessions at last week's Istanbul conference of Europe's Green Party highlighted Turkey's hopes and aspirations to gain a date for the beginning of accession negotiations, but also lingering sensitivities about perceived EU discrimination against Turkey and local discomfort abou [...]	2004-10-28 08:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
04ISTANBUL1677	KUCUKARMUTLU: APPLE OF ISTANBUL'S EYE AND [...] (u) Summary: A storm is brewing in the Istanbul neighborhood of Kucukarmutlu, pitting Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and its plans for a technology park against local residents and politicians. ITU recently reiterated its intention to seek implementation of court decisions to evict tens [...]	2004-11-09 06:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV ECON EAID TU
04ISTANBUL1837	ISTANBUL POLITICS: AKP CONSOLIDATES CONTROL [...] (sbu) Summary: Following dominatig victories in the arch 28 local elections, Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials in Istanbul have sought to furthr consolidate power by attracting converts from ther parties and have transferred key assets fro the few remaining non-AKP districts to are [...]	2004-12-09 10:45:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1944	RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE OR WINDOW DRESSING [...] (sbu) Summary: In trying to burnish ruling AKP's religious tolerance credentials, Prime Minister Erdogan attended the December 5 opening of a museum at an Armenian Hospital in Istanbul and four days later presided over the opening ceremony for a new mosque-church-synagogue complex near Antaly [...]	2004-12-28 11:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL402	ISTANBUL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS FAMILIAR [...] (U) Summary: The long-planned but oft-delayed International Investment Advisory Council (IAC) meeting grouping CEO's from leading multinationals finally took place in Istanbul on March 15. Organized by the Turkish government with cooperation from the World Bank and International Monetary Fu [...]	2004-03-17 13:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL492	TURKS PROTEST YASSIN'S DEATH, CONDEMN ISRAEL, U.S. [...] (u) Summary: Protesters burned Israeli and American flags at a symbolic funeral held for the former Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin following the noon prayer on Friday, March 26, in the Sultanahmet district, in central Istanbul. About 5,000 people participated in the demonstration organized b [...]	2004-03-30 12:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL TU
04ISTANBUL843	"WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU": NEW COMMISSION DISPLAYS [...] (c) Summary: A delegation of the new inter-ministerial commission charged with resolving outstanding minority issues visited Istanbul in January to meet with the leaders of the religious communities and to follow up on complaints that the religious leaders had passed to Prime Minister Erdogan l [...]	2004-05-28 10:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
04ROME3698	ITALY/TURKEY: CONFIDENT TURKEY WILL RECEIVE A [...] (C) On September 23, MFA Director for Turkey/Cyprus Affairs Renato Ricci told poloff that while his government was still confident that Turkey would receive a "yes" on a date to begin EU accession negotiations at the December Council, recent moves to include criminalizing adultery in the cou [...]	2004-09-24 11:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IT TU EUN
04ROME4682	ITALY ON EU GAERC/COUNCIL AGENDA: TURKEY WILL [...] (C) The MFA's Director for EU Integration, Michele Quaroni, told poloff that consensus was building around a Council conclusion with an unconditional date to begin Turkish accession negotiations. He was not sure whether the date would be during the first or second semester of 2005. France may [...]	2004-12-10 08:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KPAL UP CO HR CG RW IT EUN
04TELAVIV1866	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Blair in Libya ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Thursday in Washington, the date of PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. was set as April 14. Jerusalem Post (lead story) and Ha'aretz reported that Sharon's bure [...]	2004-03-26 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6535	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that during his visit to the region Wednesday British PM Tony Blair called for the cessation of Palestinian terrorism as a paramount need for the renewa [...]	2004-12-23 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04THEHAGUE1524	NETHERLANDS/TURKEY/EU: ERDOGAN GETS PRAISE BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's June 16 visit to the Netherlands focused heavily on Turkey's EU accession bid. Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende publicly and privately praised Turkey's reform efforts to date and assured Erdogan that negotiations on accession would be [...]	2004-06-18 14:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EU NL
04THEHAGUE2452	TURKEY/EU/CYPRUS - "THEY AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hannie Pollman-Zall (protect),MFA Director of the Western and Central European Department, told Poloff on September 23 that if the Turks thought the European reaction to the adultery law proposal was bad, "they ain't seen nothin' yet." Ankara, she suggested, may still not ful [...]	2004-09-24 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NL CY
04THEHAGUE3166	NETHERLANDS/EU: FM BOT ON CHINA, TURKEY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one and one half hour discussion with Ambassador Sobel on December 2, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot laid out his priorities for the last few weeks of the Dutch EU presidency. Bot stated categorically that he will not lift the Chinese Arms Embargo, but predicted (agai [...]	2004-12-03 16:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH RS NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3178	EU/TURKEY: DUTCH ISSUE REV 2 DRAFT TEXT [...] (C) Rob Swartbol (PM Balkenende's diplomatic advisor) (STRICTLY PROTECT) told Ambassador Sobel late December 6 he was alarmed about efforts by France, Austria and Denmark to promote a third way/privileged partnership alternative for Turkey. He said that the Dutch were working to get Germany an [...]	2004-12-06 19:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL TU CY EUN
04THEHAGUE3223	TURKEY/EU: DUCH PM'S DEC 9 DINNER WITH ERDOGAN [...] (C) PM Balkenende's focus at dinner with PM Erdogan in Brussels tonight, December 9, is to seek an agreement over how Turkey can adequately indicate recognition of Cyprus in the context of accession negotiations, Jochem Wiers (MFA EU Enlargement office and main drafter of accession texts for [...]	2004-12-09 13:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CY GR NL PREL TU EUN
04THEHAGUE3333	TURKEY ACCESSION/EU: THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE [...] SUMMARY: (C) According to Dutch diplomat Pieter de Gooijer, the intense Dutch-led negotiations leading to the EU Council's invitation to Turkey for accession talks were one for the history books. In a recent conversation with DCM and Poloff, he provided the inside story of the last hours of th [...]	2004-12-23 15:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL TU CY EUN INRB
04THEHAGUE584	DUTCH VIEWS ON PM'S MARCH 16 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 9, Ambassador Sobel met separately with FM Bot and the PM's diplomatic advisor, Rob Swartbol, to preview the March 16 meeting between the President and PM Balkenende. PM Balkenede will bring the message that the Dutch EU presidency will advance the transatlantic agenda i [...]	2004-03-10 10:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ NL PREL TU
04VATICAN3196	VATICAN STILL OPEN TO TURKEYâ€™S EU BID [...] (C) Acting Holy See Foreign Minister Parolin reaffirmed August 18 that the Holy See remained open to Turkish EU membership, notwithstanding recent critical comments by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Parolin emphasized that the Holy See's position on Turkish membership in the EU had not changed from the [...]	2004-08-18 16:27:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT
05ADANA102	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 10, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 05:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA104	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-13 05:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA105	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 13, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-16 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA106	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 05:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA132	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA14	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 18, 2005 [...] CUMHURIYET / TERCUMAN / YENI SAFAK / HURRIYET / VAKIT / TURKIYE: PM Erdogan is expected to announce good news to the farmers before the upcoming religious holiday. During his meeting with farmers and volunteers for agricultural development today, PM is expected to announce ways to r [...]	2005-01-24 14:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA15	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM: [...]	2005-01-25 06:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA150	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 15, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...]	2005-08-16 13:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA154	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22, 2005 [...] BOLGE: The daily reports that the purpose of U.S. Embassy Charge d'Affaires Nancy McEldowney's visit last week to Turkey's Agricultural Ministry was to pressure Turkey on its recent decision to restrict rice imports from the U.S. in order to prevent material injury to Turkish rice produce [...]	2005-08-23 10:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA155	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-24 12:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA159	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA166	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Saban Bas, Chairperson of Adana Chamber of Commerce, said that foreign companies would take part for the first time in the third of the annual Cukurova Industry and Commerce Fair that will be held in September 26 in Adana. Bas said that 11 companies from Nahcevan (part of Azerbaij [...]	2005-09-22 09:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA167	CATHOLIC BISHOP ANNOUNCES INTENT TO CLOSE ADANA CATHOLIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-23 13:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF VT TU ADANA
05ADANA168	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / (CUKUROVA): A group comprised of the senior leaders of Adana, under the leadership of Abdullah Torun, Adana deputy from AKP, and including the provincial chairperson of AKP, the Adana mayor, chairpersons of chambers and agricultural associations, held a press announcement. The [...]	2005-09-26 08:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA169	ANXIOUS SOUTHEAST TURKEY PONDERS EU INTEGRATION IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 14:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV TU ADANA
05ADANA172	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / ZAMAN: According to AKP Adana Provincial Chairperson Abdullah Dogru, followers of the former prime minister and president Suleyman Demirel's agricultural policies devastated the agricultural sector in Turkey. 2. SABAH (GUNEY) / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA / BOLGE / EKSPRES [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA185	PKK VIOLENCE IN SE TURKEY CONTINUES DESPITE TURKEY, EU FIRST [...] (SBU) The number of incidents of PKK-related violence in the southeast has shown no sign of decreasing since the October 3 milestone beginning discussions on Turkey's EU accession. At the same time, it does not appear that the GOT has made any changes in its approach of using security forces a [...]	2005-10-17 13:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PKK ADANA EU
05ADANA188	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 10:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA19	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 26, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 26, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. RADIKAL / CUM [...]	2005-01-28 15:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA195	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 09:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA196	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 09:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA197	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 10:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA199	DIYARBAKIR POLL SHOWS KURDISH ISSUE TURKEY'S BIGGEST [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent Dicle University poll found that the Diyarbakir's residents had mixed feelings about their government's lack of follow-up after PM Erdogan's August 12 speech promising the use of democratic methods to solve the "Kurdish issue." The poll confirmed that almost 90 percent [...]	2005-11-01 07:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ ADANA
05ADANA2	NEW TURKISH-SYRIAN TRADE DEAL SIGN OF BETTER THINGS TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-03 07:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL SY JO IZ TU ADANA
05ADANA200	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 10:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA207	LOCAL SOUTHEAST REACTION TO SEMDINLI BOMBING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 8-10 trip to the southeast, the Sirnak office of DEHAP's follow-on party, Democratic Society Party (DTP in Turkish),told AMCON Adana officers about the bombing in Hakkari province's Semdinli township allegedly perpetrated by government security forces. The GOT [...]	2005-11-18 10:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ADANA
05ADANA213	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA214	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA216	SOUTHEAST REMAINS SKEPTICAL ABOUT GOT REFORM PROMISES AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reaction in Turkey's heavily-Kurdish southeast to PM Erdogan's November 21 visit to Semdinli, Yuksekova and Hakkari was positive, but skepticism about the government's ability to bring the perpetrators of the Semdinli bombings to justice remains high. Erdogan did no [...]	2005-11-23 06:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ADANA217	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 07:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA221	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-28 11:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA222	CONTINUING DEVELOPMENTS IN SEMDINLI BOMBING CASE: TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the November 9 Semdinli bombing (reftels A and B) and the PM's subsequent visit to the region (reftel C),the parliamentary Human Rights Committee toured the region to investigate the case. Hakkari's governor was re-assigned to another province, a move he attempted to depi [...]	2005-11-30 12:26:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA223	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA224	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 1, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA225	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 15:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA227	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 05, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 14:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA229	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 08, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-09 13:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA230	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 12:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA232	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 07:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA24	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31, 2005 [...] YENI SAFAK: Cantemur Aslan, General Manager of SEKA (Turkish State Pulp and Paper Plant) and Atilla Osmancelebioglu, Governor of Mersin, delivered the good news that SEKA's port in the Tasucu district of Silifke in Mersin will be reopened. It had been idle for ten years. (Note: The S [...]	2005-02-04 07:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA241	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 12:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA242	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 15:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA3	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 28, 2004 [...] BOLGE / TURKIYE / EKSPRES / VAKIT / MILLI GAZETE: As compared to the figures of the previous year, the exports from Turkey to the Middle East countries are breaking the records and the volume of exports has increased by 40.9 percent. Mehmet Hadra, President of the Turkish-Arab Businessmen [...]	2005-01-03 09:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA30	DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE IN SIIRT [...] (U) Per reftel (SE Turkey Press Summary 1/25/05),as many as 1000 demonstrators reportedly clashed with security officials in Siirt on January 23, 2005. Reportedly throwing stones and breaking windows, they protested what they claimed was a decision by government and municipal officials to b [...]	2005-02-17 14:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC PREL TU ADANA
05ADANA32	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-18 08:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA34	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / EKSPRES / BOLGE / SABAH (GUNEY): The First International Economic Cooperation Forum is to be held in Adana today. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and representatives from 400 domestic and international companies are expected to attend the two-day Forum hosted by the Adana Cha [...]	2005-02-23 07:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA35	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / EKSPRES / BOLGE / ZAMAN / TURKIYE: Adana Chamber of Commerce will open the East Mediterranean Foreign Trade Center today to foster the international relationships of Cukurova Region's SMEs. Among the undertakings of the Center are providing advisory services to the SMEs with r [...]	2005-02-23 08:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA42	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): Chambers of Commerce, Chambers of Industry and Commodity Exchanges will hold Assembly elections around Turkey between March 1 and 3. Locally, the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Industry election will be March 3, and the Gaziantep Commodity Exchange election Ma [...]	2005-03-01 07:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA49	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14, 2005 [...] BOLGE: The volume of transactions in Adana Commodity Exchange has reached a record-breaking figure of 1,712,592,491,425,944 Turkish lira ($1,3 billion) in 2004. This increase over 2003's figures is attributed to an abundance of products and price increases since last year. REID [...]	2005-03-15 13:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA50	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): The producers of the Cukurova Plain have been producing organically cultivated lettuce and exporting some of the produce to EU countries. The lettuce is either being consumed in supermarkets and fast food chains in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara, or is being made into salads in [...]	2005-03-15 14:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA55	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-18 13:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA60	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-22 14:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA61	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / BOLGE: Celik-Is (Steel Union),discontent with contract negotiations, decided to go on a stike at the Iskenderun Iron and Steel Factory in Hatay on May 2. REID [...]	2005-03-25 08:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA

05ADANA65	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-01 06:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA66	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 29,2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / BOLGE / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Suleyman Onatca, Chairperson of the Adana Industrialists and Businessmen Association, announced that his visits with Syrian and Jordanian authorities last week were very fruitful in terms of economic relations. Onatca said that his vi [...]	2005-04-01 06:53:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA77	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-12 06:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA8	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Umit Ozgumus, President of the Adana Chamber of Industry, is going to meet President Erdogan for the second time on January 5, and will mainly discuss the new Incentive Law. Umit Ozgumus, who is selected as the representative of the East Mediterrane [...]	2005-01-07 09:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA9	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / CUMHURIYET / SABAH (GUNEY): PM Erdogan was not able to resist the demands of MPs on the Incentive Law. Erdogan announced that the scope of the Incentive Law will be expanded and thirteen more cities will be included in the new system. PM Erdogan further added that MPs s [...]	2005-01-07 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ANKARA1	IRANIAN FONMIN KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO TURKEY: IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA interlocutors tell us PM Erdogan strongly underscored Turkish concerns about Iran's nuclear program to visiting Iranian FonMin Kharrazi. End summary. 2. (C) In separate, coordinated Dec. 29 calls on MFA, Polcounselor met DDG for South Asia (including Iran) Evirgen [...]	2005-01-01 05:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MNUC PARM ENRG TU IR IZ
05ANKARA1010	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-24 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1015	IRAQ: TURKEY WILL SUPPORT ITG, SENDS POSITIVE [...] (C) PolMilOffs called on MFA Head of Iraq Department Avni Botsali on Feb. 23 to deliver reftel demarche. In response, Botsali read from (and handed us) cleared press guidance that he had drafted for MFA spokesman Namik Tan on Feb. 17. The guidance notes the UNSC president's statement of Feb. [...]	2005-02-25 08:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
05ANKARA1037	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA104	CODEL KYL SCENESETTER FOR TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, cooperation in Iraq, Turkey's EU accession process and the state of the [...]	2005-01-07 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL MARR PGOV ECON TU IZ
05ANKARA1040	TURKEY: ENERGY CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION GOOD AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reminiscent of the 2001 "White Energy Probe", Turkey has launched a new energy corruption investigation, casting its net first to 11 senior energy officals and business-people in the electricity and natural gas sectors, the investigation -- announced by Energy Minister Guler -- h [...]	2005-02-26 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV TU
05ANKARA106	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-07 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1062	AMBASSADOR'S ESF-LINKED SCHOOL VISIT: ESF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7, the Ambassador participated in a signing ceremony for the $9 million U.S. ESF grant to the World Bank to be used for conditional cash payments to poor families. Remarks by the Ambassador, World Bank director, Turkish Treasury Undersecretary and the manager of the [...]	2005-02-28 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EFIN KPAO TU
05ANKARA1071	TURKISH MFA AND LOCAL PUK REP POSITIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: The GOT, the PUK's Ankara Representative, and the press are all putting a positive spin on the Feb. 24 meeting in Dukan between PUK leader Jalal Talabani and GOT Special Iraq Envoy Osman Koruturk. Turkey expressed its support for an Iraqi solution to questions such as the status [...]	2005-02-28 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA1074	TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY ADRIFT [...] (C) Summary: Ankara-based European diplomats confirm our assessment that Turkey's EU candidacy remains adrift more than two months after the EU decided at the December Summit to set a date for accession negotiations. PM Erdogan has yet to name a lead EU negotiator, and since the Summit has tr [...]	2005-02-28 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1093	IMF RESREP MORE HOPEFUL ABOUT STANDBY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resrep confirmed that the GOT has decided to water down its proposal to expand the investment incentives law, thereby opening the way to resolving the current standoff with the IMF. Provided the GOT: a)follows through on revising the investment incentives law so that it [...]	2005-03-01 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA1102	RULING AK PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP SLOWLY ERODING [...] (U) With the March 1 resignation from Turkish Prime Minster's ruling Justice and Development (AK) party of controversial Istanbul MP Goksal Kucukali, the distribution of seats in the Turkish Parliament stands as follows: 363 - AKP (Justice and Development Party) 170 - CHP (Republican Peop [...]	2005-03-02 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
05ANKARA1104	SCENESETTER FOR 3-4 MARCH VISIT OF US ARMY EUROPE [...] (S) Summary: While your visit comes on the heels of a series US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander SIPDIS General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Feith and Secretary [...]	2005-02-23 17:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR
05ANKARA1171	LABOR-RELATED CHALLENGES AND INITIATIVES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-04 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI TU
05ANKARA1211	TURKISH LEADERS CRITICIZE IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT; [...] (C) Summary: GOT leaders have criticized the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) for its poor showing in the Iraqi elections. ITF's Ankara representative told us that his party favors Ja'afari for Prime Minister and will continue to fight for Turkmen rights in Kirkuk. He accused the U.S. of treating Ir [...]	2005-03-07 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA1213	AMBASSADOR URGES TURKISH MFA TO PRESS SYRIA ON [...] (S) Summary: On March 4 Ambassador urged Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan to have the MFA press the Syrians on troop withdrawal from Lebanon. Ambassador followed up with ref A points on March 6. Tuygan said the GOT is contemplating a letter from PM Erdogan to Assad. Tuygan called ref A points "well [...]	2005-03-07 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL TU LE SY
05ANKARA1225	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-08 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1231	TURKISH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OFFICIAL SAYS MOST [...] (C) Summary: A close Embassy contact in the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) retired early in frustration after being unable to overcome resistance within the ministry to EU reform; she returned at the insistence of the Justice Minister. The official, an expert on EU law, told us the MOJ Undersecreta [...]	2005-03-08 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1260	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1275	MEIN KAMPF - WHAT TODAY'S YOUNG TURKS ARE READING [...] (C) Summary: Mein Kampf has climbed to the top 10 on Turkish bestseller lists, with sales jumping dramatically in the last couple of months. A spokesman for the Jewish community said he has warned publishers that the book could provoke anti-Semitism, and questioned why it is selling at a disc [...]	2005-03-10 10:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1315	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-10 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA132	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-10 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1321	TURK-IS LABOR UNION PROTESTS CLOSURE OF [...] (U) Summary. Turkish Izmit-based paper factory SEKA has been in continuous operation since 1934. Although the GOT's Privatization Administration closed this loss-making factory, Seluloz-Is, a branch of Turk-Is Labor Union, protested the closing and discouraged its members from taking advanta [...]	2005-03-11 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ELAB PGOV SOCI TU
05ANKARA1330	Visa Data Tracks Turkey's Economic Recovery [...] (SBU) Summary. Contrary to popular wisdom, non- immigrant visa data shows that the recovery from the 2000-1 economic crisis is having a real impact on Turkey's middle and lower classes. This is confirmed by other signs of growing household consumption, but income disparities, unemployment, [...]	2005-03-11 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN CVIS PGOV ECON TU
05ANKARA1332	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-11 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1334	TURKISH MFA ON SYRIA, LEBANON, AND MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Turkish MFA DG Celikkol told us the MFA called in the Syrian Ambassador March 9 and urged Syria to "avoid a crisis" in Lebanon, but stopped short of anything stronger. MFA officials still assert that a reduced Syrian role in Lebanon will threaten "stability." They view Assad as [...]	2005-03-11 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU LE SY IS
05ANKARA1339	EU TROIKA VISIT HIGHLIGHTS DEFICIENCIES IN [...] (C) Summary: In a visit overshadowed by media images of police beating demonstrators in Istanbul (septel),the EU Troika visited Ankara March 6-7 to discuss the upcoming accession talks with Turkey. PM Erdogan and FM Gul insisted the GOT remains focused on EU-related reform. However, EU cont [...]	2005-03-11 17:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1340	EU FURIOUS OVER GOT HANDLING OF POLICE VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Ankara-based EU diplomats say EU leaders are furious over the GOT's continued poor handling of the violent March 6 police crackdown on International Women's Day demonstrators in Istanbul. FM Gul promised an investigation; however PM Erdogan, Justice Minister Cicek, and other GOT [...]	2005-03-11 17:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1447	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 07:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1484	IRAQ: TURKS TRYING TO CHANGE A LOSING GAME [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's leadership and policy establishment appears to be grasping for a new and more constructive policy direction on Iraq, in part (we believe) based on the desire to limit the weight Iraq puts on the U.S.-Turkish relationship, in part also due to the Turks' post-election evalu [...]	2005-02-28 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ELTN ETRD TU IZ
05ANKARA1511	TURKISH IMAMS DELIVER ANTI-MISSIONARY SERMON [...] (U) Summary: Under instructions from the GOT's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet),imams across Turkey delivered a sermon March 11 depicting Christian missionaries as part of an organized force aiming to "steal the beliefs of our young people and children." The sermon, part of a broade [...]	2005-03-16 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1549	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-17 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1559	CENTRAL BANK AND GLOBAL SELL-OFF STOP RALLY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A global sell-off in emerging markets, coming on the heels of a Central Bank rate cut and intervention, have caused a correction in the sustained rally in Turkish financial markets. The lira, which had hit its highest level in three years earlier this month, finally reversed co [...]	2005-03-17 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA1571	TURKEY UPDATE FOR THE VISIT OF COMNAVEUR ADM MIKE [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a series of US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith, Secretary of State [...]	2005-03-18 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA1627	AUSTRALIAN GROUP(AG): U.S. PAPER ON ACTIONS TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-21 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CB ETTC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA1632	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-21 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1656	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-22 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1702	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-23 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1726	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-24 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1730	TURKEY ADRIFT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is stuck in a domestic and foreign policy drift stemming from leadership and structural problems in ruling AKP. A long-overdue healthy debate over Turkey's identity and AKP, including its handling of relations with the U.S., has started. But AKP's policy muddle is leaving a vacu [...]	2005-03-25 09:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
05ANKARA1755	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-25 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1774	ULTRA-NATIONALIST MHP SENSING NEW OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Summary. Although leaders of Turkey,s ultranationalist, right-wing National Action Party (MHP) claim that their party is a modern, democratic, secular, patriotic, and non-racist, the party has a neofascist ideology, a history of political violence, and a rigid hierarchical structure. MHP [...]	2005-03-28 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
05ANKARA1802	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-29 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1832	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1841	THE TURKS AND HISTORY: THRASHING ABOUT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Although the Turkish public debate on the fate of the Armenians in Anatolia is slowly opening up, a defensive Turkish nationalist policy of denial remains the position of choice for both the Kemalist and more Islamist/neo-Ottoman-oriented sides of the establishment. Launching an [...]	2005-03-30 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AM
05ANKARA1888	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] The delay will give the Government time to consider changes in the face of domestic and international criticism from press and human rights groups. Revisions to the penal code demanded by the European Union aim to bring Turkey's criminal justice system into line with recent political reforms [...]	2005-04-01 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1906	TURKEY PREPARING TO BREAK SILENCE ON THE US CARGO [...] (S) Following nine months of silence since the US formally asked Turkey to allow the US to establish a cargo hub at Incirlik Air Base for the transit of cargo in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),recent public comments by Turkish officials may sugge [...]	2005-04-03 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV TU
05ANKARA1952	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL JOHN HANDY, [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a series of US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Feith, Secretary of State Rice, [...]	2005-04-05 11:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA1958	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-05 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA196	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-11 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1960	TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ: NEIGHBORS MEETING, SUPPORT [...] (SBU) MFA Department Head for Iraq Avni Botsali briefed PolMilOff April 5 on plans for the next Iraq neighbors meeting, which will take place in Istanbul April 18-19. Participants will be Iraq, its neighbors, and Egypt. Senior officials will convene on the 18th, foreign ministers on the 19th. [...]	2005-04-05 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA198	MAIN OPPOSITION CHP LEADERSHIP STRUGGLE -- IS CHP [...] (C) Summary. Istanbul Sisli Mayor Mustafa Sarigul's challenge to Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal is the most serious challenge to Baykal's leadership in recent years. Yet Sarigul's bid is more than just the struggle between two men for the control of the second largest po [...]	2005-01-12 08:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA1980	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-06 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1981	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICHARD JONES' VISIT TO [...] (C) Turkey's leadership is trying to take a more positive attitude toward both the United States and Iraq. This has resulted both from policymakers' understanding that they need to stand up more for the relationship and from the realization that Turkey has more to gain by supporting Iraq's de [...]	2005-04-06 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS ELTN ETRD TU IZ
05ANKARA2028	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-07 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2030	NEITHER "MODERATE" NOR EXTREMIST: TURKISH ISLAM IN [...] (C) Summary. Many in the West seek to promote Turkey as a "model" of "moderate Islam." The reality is very different. Islam in Turkey is stale and ingrown, straightjacketed by state control on the one hand and by narrow-minded lodge and brotherhood interpretations on the other. Although the [...]	2005-04-07 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA2051	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 12:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2061	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - A WEAK LINK IN TURKISH REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Turks cite history to argue that Turkey is a model of religious tolerance. They assert that the existence of diverse religious communities in the Ottoman Empire and the acceptance of the Jews who migrated to Istanbul after expulsion from Spain in 1492 proves Turkey is free of rel [...]	2005-04-08 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2076	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan comes to Washington with the GOT continuing to talk about a strategic partnership but with bilateral relations troubled by an absence of clarity on Turkish direction and intent. Ruling AKP officials publicly deny any bilateral problems or blame them on U. [...]	2005-04-11 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR PHUM TU
05ANKARA2080	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-11 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2096	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-12 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2124	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-14 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2137	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-14 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2155	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-15 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2189	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PRESSES ANTI-ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Parliament is pressing its campaign to tell the international community that there was no Armenian genocide. PM Erdogan has sent a letter to Armenian President Kocharian asking that Armenian scholars participate in a joint Turkish/Armenian historical research projec [...]	2005-04-18 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM PERL
05ANKARA2193	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-19 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA224	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-12 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2242	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Friday, April 1 by Hurr [...]	2005-04-20 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2250	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2273	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-22 05:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2314	TURKS PREPARING FOR PKK SPRING OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 17. Summary ------- 2. (S) The GOT appears to be convinced that the PKK is going to carry out its first "spring offensive" in southeast Turkey since 1999. Press and intel reporting indicate the Turks have moved two commando brigades towar [...]	2005-04-22 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ IR SY
05ANKARA2317	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-23 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2322	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-25 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2342	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-26 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2389	NEA WATER ADVISOR CHARLES LAWSON DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NEA Senior Advisor for Science and Technology Issues Charles Lawson visited Turkey April 18-21 to explore GOT interest in cooperation on the Tigris-Euphrates basin. Lawson visited water infrastructure programs in the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP),which encompasses the hea [...]	2005-04-27 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD IZ PREL SENV SY TU
05ANKARA2394	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-27 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA240	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-13 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2431	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-28 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA247	TURKEY'S THRACE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND BOSPHORUS BYPASS - ADVOCACY QUESTION [...] (SBU) Thrace Development Company (TDC) Chairman Howard Lowe called on Ambassador December 8 to update us on TDC's proposed oil pipeline project that would be an alternative "bypass" route across Turkish Thrace for oil exported from the Black Sea that currently passes by tanker through the Tur [...]	2005-01-15 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET BEXP TU KZ
05ANKARA2474	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-29 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2478	SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA ON UNSCR 1559: [...] (C) Summary: We made reftel points to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Bozay April 29. GOT is awaiting a full UN report before coming to any conclusions about Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. The MFA issued a flaccid April 27 statement welcoming Syria's withdrawal announcement. The [...]	2005-05-02 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE TU
05ANKARA248	TURKEY OK'S SYRIA'S REQUEST TO DRAW WATER FROM THE [...] (U) In addition to positive rhetoric and signing of a trade agreement, Turkey and Syria reached symbolic agreements on two heretofore sensitive transboundary water issues during Prime Minster Erdogan's December 22-23 visit to Damascus. Turkey agreed to a Syrian request to draw water from the [...]	2005-01-15 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV SY TU
05ANKARA2490	JOINT STATEMENT FROM ISTANBUL IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] On May, 2, the Turkish MFA passed us a copy of the text of the joint statement from the April 29-30 Iraq neighbors' meeting (full text in para. 2). We will provide MFA's readout of the meeting septel. 2. Joint statement follows (original was in English): BEGIN TEXT (note internal paragra [...]	2005-05-02 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA
05ANKARA2524	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-03 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA253	TURKEY INCREASES AID FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF [...] Summary: The Turkish government announced that it will increase its tsunami assistance from $1.25 million to $5 million, bringing total donations public and private to about $9 million. One government official estimated that total donations would reach $30 million by the end of January. Pr [...]	2005-01-18 07:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL TU
05ANKARA2548	IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT ON ISTANBUL NEIGHBORS MEETING [...] (C) Iraq and its neighbors--and numerous guests--held a "friendly and interactive" foreign ministers' meeting in Istanbul April 29-30, according to Turkish MFA officials. Our interlocutors reported relatively little squabbling over the communique text, though they apparently had to beat back a [...]	2005-05-04 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA
05ANKARA2553	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-04 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2555	TURKEY APPROVES USE OF INCIRLIK AIR BASE AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten months after the US requested to establish a multi-directional cargo hub at Incirlik Air Base to support Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),the Government of Turkey (GOT) has agreed to the establishment of a cargo hub on terms slightly more re [...]	2005-05-04 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU
05ANKARA2585	SE TURKISH GOVERNORS TONE DEAF ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-05 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ETRD CASC TU
05ANKARA2588	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-05 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2602	GERMAN CHANCELLOR URGES FURTHER GOT REFORM [...] (U) Summary: During his May 3-4 visit to Turkey, German Chancellor Schroeder praised GOT leaders for past reforms and encouraged further progress. He assured PM Erdogan and President Sezer that the EU will keep its commitment to open accession talks with Turkey in October. He said the German [...]	2005-05-06 06:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA2645	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2663	DAS KENNEDY URGES TURKEY TO SEIZE OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: During her May 2-3 visit to Turkey, DAS Kennedy urged Turkish MFA officials, National Security Council Secretary General Alpogan, and parliamentarians to seize the opportunity for dialogue presented by the exchange of letters between PM Erdogan and President Kocharian. MFA Cauc [...]	2005-05-09 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM TU
05ANKARA2671	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-09 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

05ANKARA2690	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-10 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

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