Search through 251'286 wikileaks cables

Select office:

Select classification:

Tags: ALL or ANY

B R O W S E

By embassy:

Abidjan Abu Dhabi Abuja Accra Adana Addis Ababa Alexandria Algiers American Institute Taiwan, Taipei Amman Amsterdam Ankara Antananarivo Apia Ashgabat Asmara Astana Asuncion Athens Auckland Baghdad Baku Bamako Bandar Seri Begawan Bangkok Bangui Banjul Barcelona Beijing Beirut Belfast Belgrade Belmopan Berlin Bern Bishkek Bogota Brasilia Bratislava Brazzaville Bridgetown Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Bujumbura Cairo Calgary Canberra Cape Town Caracas Casablanca Chengdu Chennai Chiang Mai Chisinau Ciudad Juarez Colombo Conakry Copenhagen Cotonou Curacao Dakar Damascus Dar Es Salaam Department of State Dhahran Dhaka Dili DIR FSINFATC Djibouti Doha Dubai Dublin Durban Dushanbe Dusseldorf Embasy Bonn Florence Frankfurt Freetown Fukuoka Gaborone Georgetown Grenada Guadalajara Guangzhou Guatemala Guayaquil Halifax Hamburg Hamilton Hanoi Harare Helsinki Hermosillo Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Hyderabad Iran RPO Dubai Islamabad Istanbul Izmir Jakarta Jeddah Jerusalem Johannesburg Kabul Kaduna Kampala Karachi Kathmandu Khartoum Kigali Kingston Kinshasa Kolkata Kolonia Koror Krakow Kuala Lumpur Kuwait Kyiv La Paz Lagos Lahore Leipzig Libreville Lilongwe Lima Lisbon Ljubljana Lome London Luanda Lusaka Luxembourg Madrid Majuro Malabo Managua Manama Manila Maputo Marseille Maseru Matamoros Mbabane Melbourne Merida Mexico Milan Minsk Mission Geneva Mission UNESCO Mission USNATO Mission USOSCE Mogadishu Monrovia Monterrey Montevideo Montreal Moscow Mumbai Munich Muscat Nagoya Naha Nairobi Naples Nassau Ndjamena New Delhi Niamey Nicosia Nogales Nouakchott Nuevo Laredo Osaka Kobe Oslo Ottawa Ouagadougou Panama Paramaribo Paris Perth Peshawar Phnom Penh Podgorica Ponta Delgada Port Au Prince Port Louis Port Moresby Port Of Spain Prague Praia Pretoria Pristina Quebec Quito Rabat Rangoon Recife REO Basrah REO Hillah REO Kirkuk REO Mosul Reykjavik Riga Rio De Janeiro Riyadh Rome San Jose San Salvador Sanaa Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Sarajevo Secretary of State Seoul Shanghai Shenyang Singapore Skopje Sofia St Petersburg Stockholm Strasbourg Surabaya Suva Sydney Tallinn Tashkent Tbilisi Tegucigalpa Tehran Tel Aviv The Hague Thessaloniki Tijuana Tirana Tokyo Toronto Tripoli Tunis Ulaanbaatar UN Rome UNVIE US Delegation FEST TWO US Delegation, Secretary US Interests Section Havana US Mission CD Geneva US Mission Geneva US Office Almaty US OFFICE FSC CHARLESTON USEU Brussels USMISSION USTR GENEVA USUN New York Valletta Vancouver Vatican Vienna Vientiane Vilnius Vladivostok Warsaw Wellington Windhoek Yaounde Yekaterinburg Yerevan Zagreb

By classification:
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

By year:
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1979 1978 1975 1973 1972 1966

More on tag:
TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES

[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO

[close]

By tags:
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA

Get the how-to to understand how to read a cable

Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1'000 rows / 11'013 results

Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09ANKARA850	MFA ON NATO SECGEN'S FAREWELL VISIT AND NRC [...] (C) Summary: NATO and Euro-Atlantic Security Affairs Department Head Gulhan Ulutekin provided a readout of NATO Sec Gen Jaap de Hoop Scheffer,s June 8 farewell visit to Turkey and briefed us on Turkey,s position regarding the NATO Russia Council (NRC). She also confirmed that the MFA is co [...]	2009-06-18 10:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS TU NATO US

09ANKARA852	TURKEY: FM DAVUTOGLU VISIT TO PAKISTAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Davutoglu presented $10 million for IDP support plus additional material aid to Pakistan during a recent visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan July 9-12. Turkey also agreed on a new mechanism for coope [...]	2009-06-18 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM AF PK TU
09ANKARA854	COUNTER PIRACY: TURKEY READY TO CONTRIBUTE MORE [...] (C) Turkey strongly supports NATO's Operation Ocean Shield and pledged a Turkish naval vessel to deploy together with the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 to the region. That was the message we received loud and clear from Cagatay Erciyes, head of the MFA's Maritime Affairs Section and Turker [...]	2009-06-19 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR TU
09ANKARA855	TURKEY: AEGEAN ISSUES MUST BE ADDRESSED AS A [...] (S) The Ambassador raised Aegean issues with Turkish MFA Undersecretary Apakan on June 16, pressing hard that overflights of inhabited Greek islands did not support the goal of calm in the Aegean. Apakan was clearly taken aback by our approach on the overflights specifically, and said he cou [...]	2009-06-19 10:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL MARR TU
09ANKARA856	TURKEY'S POSITION ON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered reftel points June 19 to Berris Ekinci, Department Head, MFA Energy and Natural Resources Department. Ekinci said Turkey was a founding signatory to IRENA, an organization she described as "helpful and needed." Turkey has not yet ratified the statute, and Ekinc [...]	2009-06-19 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KGHG SENV TU
09ANKARA86	TURKEY: RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL STRAINED BUT INTACT [...] (C) Summary: Widespread public outrage over Israel's incursion into Gaza and upcoming nationwide local elections in March have contributed to the harsh tone of Turkey's political discourse regarding Israel. Despite his inflammatory condemnation of the humanitarian situation, PM Erdogan has re [...]	2009-01-16 18:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS TU
09ANKARA862	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA864	TURKEY: UN COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER TU
09ANKARA865	GRAB BAG OF MEASURES TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY [...] Summary and comment. Prime Minister Erdogan announced a group of incentives designed to stimulate the economy and get Turks shopping. The cost of the incentive measures is estimated to be 600-700 million TL (USD 400-467 million) and will be paid for by a 50 kurus (USD .33) tax increase on ea [...]	2009-06-19 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON TU
09ANKARA866	MALIKI AIMS AT BARZANI; HITS DAVUTOGLU, TURK-IRAQI [...] (S) SUMMARY: The GOT has postponed FM Davutoglu's planned June 22-24/5 visit to six cities in Iraq because of PM Maliki's reported insistence that Davutoglu not go to Erbil (nor to Kirkuk or Mosul) during the visit. Maliki's "request" was delivered in ham-handed fashion by Maliki advisor Sade [...]	2009-06-22 03:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ TU
09ANKARA868	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA87	UK HOME SECRETARY FINDS POSITIVE VIBES IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary. UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's January 5-7 Ankara visit was a success, both British and Turkish contacts agreed. Discussions focused heavily on counterterrorism (CT) and laid the groundwork for high-level counterterrorism consultations set to be held in London in the coming w [...]	2009-01-20 05:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL UK TU
09ANKARA871	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA873	TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT ON COURT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador on June 19 emphasized to the President of Turkey's Constitutional Court, Hasim Kilic our view of the Court's importance for the deepening of democracy and freedoms in Turkey. They discussed the workings of the Court, proposed reforms to Turkey's judicial system, and th [...]	2009-06-23 11:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PINR TU
09ANKARA878	TURKEY: IRANIAN PROTESTS: THE START OF A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on reports from their embassy and consulates in Iran, the MFA described the ongoing demonstrations as the "start of a political revolution." The reaction of former President Rafsanjani and the "fractured" political elite in Iran will be one of the main determining factors f [...]	2009-06-23 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR TU
09ANKARA882	TURKEY'S EXPLANATION FOR WEAK IAEA STATEMENT ON [...] (C) On June 22, DCM met with Hakan Fidan, PM Erdogan's Foreign Policy Adviser and also Turkey's governor on the IAEA, to discuss Turkey's national statement on Iran. DCM expressed regret that the Turkish national statement did not call for Iran to provide transparency and access to the IAEA [...]	2009-06-23 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC IAEA IR TU
09ANKARA889	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA890	AMBASSADOR RAISES AEGEAN ISSUES WITH FM DAVUTOGLU [...] (S) Ambassador raised the Aegean demarche (ref a) with FONMIN Davutoglu late June 23, noting specifically the need to end the overflights of Agathonisi and Farmakonisi, and the commitment made in writing to maintain promises GEN Craddock gave TGS. Davutoglu pushed back initially, arguing that [...]	2009-06-24 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR TU GR
09ANKARA893	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR RAISES IRAN WITH FORMIN [...] (S) Ambassador raised Iran with FONMIN Davutoglu and MFA U/S Apakan on the margins of a meeting February 23. Stating that we was speaking on his own and without instructions, Ambassador said that we was troubled by the Turkish statement regarding Iran at the June 15 IAEA board meeting (ref A) [...]	2009-06-24 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL AROC KNNP IAEA IR TU
09ANKARA896	Update on PKK Violence (June 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the week of June 8-15, 2009, one security official w [...]	2009-06-25 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA899	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA9	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA902	IPR ASPECTS OF TURKEY'S NEW CUSTOMS LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. The Turkish Parliament approved the long-awaited Customs Law on June 18. The law aims to fully harmonize Turkey's customs regime with that of the European Union, and it will now go to the President for signature. The law will take effect three months after it is signed and publ [...]	2009-06-26 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD TU
09ANKARA903	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA92	DCHOD IGSIZ ON AEGEAN, IRAQ AND BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) During the Ambassador's first formal call, Deputy Chief of Staff General Hasan Igsiz praised the current strength of the U.S. - Turkey military relationship, thanked the U.S. for sharing vital intelligence as Turkey fights PKK terrorists in Northern Iraq and took on board the Ambassador's [...]	2009-01-20 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM TU
09ANKARA920	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 04:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA922	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 10:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA925	TURKEY: ADANA'S WILY OLD FOX ON THE ART OF POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's longest-serving big-city mayor, Aytac Durak in Adana, proved unusually talkative in recent meetings with us. He highlighted service, independence, and being able to turn tables on one's opponents as keys to his success in the Turkish political game. Durak's career und [...]	2009-07-01 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA93	Update on PKK Violence (January 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 8-15, 2009 reporting period, no security [...]	2009-01-20 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA930	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA933	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN THE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (U) For Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern from Ambassador James Jeffrey 2. (C) We understand that the NSC notified the Turkish Embassy in Washington on June 30 that the USG would not support Turkey's proposed participation in the July 9 Major Economies Forum meeting in Italy. Our [...]	2009-07-01 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV TU
09ANKARA938	Update on PKK Violence (June 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 16-23, 2009, two security officials were k [...]	2009-07-02 06:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA94	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA940	MOVE ALLOWING CIVILIAN COURTS TO TRY MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Tension between the civilian government led by PM Erdogan's party and the military is sharpening, sparked by the military's denial of any involvement in an alleged secret military plan to undermine the government (reftel) and the government's successful effort to rush through legi [...]	2009-07-02 08:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA948	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA949	TURKEY'S NATO SUMMIT COMMITMENTS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Turkey is on track to meet its NATO summit ISAF commitments (reftel),according to MFA NATO Department Section Head Turker Ari. The four military teams pledged for the Election Support Force, totaling about eighty personnel, will deploy to Afghanistan by mid-July. Plans to reassume comma [...]	2009-07-02 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO AF TU
09ANKARA951	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR HEARS DISCORDANT VOICES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an all-day visit to Diyarbakir June 17, which featured meetings with a wide range of political and civic leaders, the Ambassador heard repeated appeals for the USG to engage on the Kurdish issue. He downplayed that prospect, noting that Turkey must solve this issue itself. [...]	2009-07-02 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM TU
09ANKARA957	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA958	TURKISH ECONOMY CONTRACTS 13.8 PERCENT IN FIRST QUARTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
09ANKARA959	TURKEY: GETTING PAST "NO" ON NEW NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Summary: Our effort to persuade Turkey to change its view on supporting a "clean text" of guidelines on enrichment has continued after the Budapest NSG meeting in early June. Action Request: See Para. 7. End Summary 2. (C) DCM met with PM Erdogan's foreign policy advisor and IAEA Board [...]	2009-07-07 04:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNUC TU
09ANKARA960	TURKEY: GETTING PAST "NO" ON NEW NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Summary: Our effort to persuade Turkey to change its view on supporting a "clean text" of guidelines on enrichment has continued after the Budapest NSG meeting in early June. Action Request: See Para. 7. End Summary 2. (C) DCM met with PM Erdogan's foreign policy advisor and IAEA Board [...]	2009-07-07 04:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNUC TU
09ANKARA964	DEMARCHE ON ITSO ARBITRATION DELIVERED [...] Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Emra Topcu at MFA's Directorate General of International Political Organizations. He informed us that Turkey would be represented at the ITSO Extraordinary Assembly by Ahmet Calik, Senior Expert at Turksat, the independent agency responsible for Turk [...]	2009-07-07 06:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ECPS EFIN KTIA PREL TSPA TU
09ANKARA965	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA969	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 10:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA972	TURKEY'S EU STRATEGY: END OR MEANS? [...] (C) Summary: Boasting a major economy and an established democracy, Turkey is unlike any other country that has previously sought EU membership. Accordingly, Ankara has faced a unique set of challenges since launching its EU accession negotiations, many of its own making. The ruling Justice [...]	2009-07-09 06:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN TU
09ANKARA976	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 10:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA977	PRESIDENT GUL UPS THE ANTE ON CIV-MIL DEBATE [...] (C) Summary: President Abdullah Gul has upped the ante in the civilian-military debate by approving a law that would give civilian courts the authority to try military personnel. Though he argues that his decision was made with EU accession and the rule of law in mind, Gul's decision further [...]	2009-07-09 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER TU
09ANKARA979	Update on PKK Violence (June 24-30, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 24-30, 2009, seven security officials were [...]	2009-07-09 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA981	TURKEY: RISING UNEMPLOYMENT GLOOM IN TRABZON [...] (C) SUMMARY: We recently visited the eastern Black Sea city of Trabzon, a port city that until the March 29 local elections was a region of support for the CHP. We found the newly-elected AK Party welcoming and upbeat, in strong contrast to the decidedly hostile and brooding CHP officials. [...]	2009-07-09 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09ANKARA982	US-TURKEY POLICY PLANNING TALKS IDENTIFY COMMON [...] (C) Summary: S/P Director Anne-Marie Slaughter, S/P Senior Staff Dean Pittman, and Ambassador Jeffrey held informal policy planning talks with MFA Director General of Policy Planning Ambassador Dicle Kopuz, Deputy Director General Ahmet Oktay, Strategic Planning Department Head Burak Akcapar, [...]	2009-07-09 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA983	TURKEY: ANKARA'S UIGHUR PARADOX [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite President Gul's recent trip to China, the GOT leadership has vocally condemned Chinese Government actions against the ethnically Turkic Uighurs in Urumqi. PM Erdogan characterized the violence as a "massacre" and called on Beijing to end its siege. Reflecting Erdogan's p [...]	2009-07-09 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TU
09ANKARA985	GEN PETRAEUS VISITS ANKARA, FINDS BROAD AGREEMENT [...] (S) During a June 30 - July 1 visit to Turkey, CENTCOM Commander GEN David Petraeus found broad agreement on and readiness to cooperate with the USG approach in Afghanistan, Pakistan and, generally speaking, Iraq. Turkey was already working to increase further its commitment to Afghanistan, b [...]	2009-07-10 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR TU
09ANKARA986	AMBASSADOR JEFFREY'S MEETING WITH ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Jeffrey met with Energy Minister Yildiz July 7 to get a readout of Yildiz's Moscow trip and an update on Turkey - Azeri negotiations. Yildiz confirmed that the Nabucco IGA signing ceremony would take place as planned in Ankara on July 13. He said negotiations with the [...]	2009-07-10 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TU
09ANKARA987	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DCHOD [...] (C) Summary: During a tour d'horizon with Ambassador on July, TGS Deputy Chief GEN Hasan Igsiz: -- Said the TGS is holding high level talks with the Syrian military in Istanbul July 7-8 and will reinforce the U.S. message that it must stop the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq. Igsiz sai [...]	2009-07-10 09:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU
09ANKARA99	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (DECEMBER [...] Summary: The new EXBS Program Manager from ISN/ECC for Turkey met with post and Turkish officials to review the state of the program. EXBS Advisor met with various Turkish officials to discuss future EXBS and SLD engagement following September EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar. 2. Completed [...]	2009-01-21 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
09ANKARA995	TURKEY: UPHILL TREK ON JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Judicial reform lies at the center of a growing Turkish debate over its EU accession path, as well as its internal political power struggles. The EU mandates that to open chapter 23 (on the judiciary and fundamental legal rights),Turkey must overhaul its judicial system. The Mi [...]	2009-07-10 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
09ASHGABAT1121	TURKMENISTAN: COMMERCIAL EXPO REAFFIRMS TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 2, Economic Officer attended the opening of the Turkish National Export Exhibition in Ashgabat. The Turkish government sent State Minister for Trade and Industry Mehmet Zafer Caglayan to co-open the event with Turkmen officials. Almost 70 Turkish companies were pre [...]	2009-09-03 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TU TX
09ASHGABAT115	TURKMENISTAN: INTENSE PACE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008, President Berdimuhamedov approved more than $1 billion in new construction projects across the country. In the course of the year, foreign construction companies signed contracts for a massive Olympic villa [...]	2009-01-23 12:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ETRD PGOV LE TU TX
09ASHGABAT117	SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES LEARNING TO NAVIGATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Ashgabat-based South Korean diplomat shared some of his country's "lessons learned" about accessing the Turkmen market. While South Korea has made little progress in entering Turkmenistan's energy sector or construction industry, the signing of other lucrative deals in 2008 [...]	2009-01-26 02:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EPET EINV TU KS TX
09ASHGABAT1177	IRAN PLANS TO TRANSIT 35 BCM OF TURKMEN GAS TO TURKEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Iranian media reported on September 12 that Ankara and Tehran agreed to transport Turkmen gas to Turkey. The media reports quoted an official of the National Iranian Oil Company as saying that the volume of Turkme [...]	2009-09-15 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV IR TU TX
09ASHGABAT1183	TURKMENISTAN: RELATIONS WITH TURKEY STEADY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov visited the Turkish tourist area of Antalya in late August on an unofficial visit, getting a view of how the Turkish have developed their tourist industry through private investment and partnership with international tourist agencies. The Government of Tu [...]	2009-09-16 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ETRD PREL TU TX
09ASHGABAT1330	TURKMENISTAN: VICTIM RECOUNTS TRAFFICKING ORDEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: (C) Poloff and INL/G-TIP officer spoke with a Turkmen taxi driver who recounted a nightmarish, six-month stay in Turkey two years ago. During much of that time, he was homeless, and engaged off-and-on by employers who refused to pay him. Like many Turkmen, both men and women, who [...]	2009-10-23 09:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PHUM PGOV PREL TX TU
09ASHGABAT1630	TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH ASSISTANCE PROMOTES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA) has a wide range of programs in Turkmenistan, including healthcare, education, law enforcement, agriculture, and tourism. The TIKA Turkmenistan country representative described the agriculture and tourism project [...]	2009-12-18 09:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SOCI TU TX
09ASHGABAT197	POLIMEKS IN TURKMENISTAN WOULD BE A HARD ACT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The largest Turkish construction firm active in Turkmenistan, Polimeks, has set up a communications subsidiary -- Policom. The company's General Manager said that these companies begin work on projects without contracts, and made it clear that this is possible because Polimek [...]	2009-02-09 12:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND EAID ETRD SOCI ECON TX TU
09ASHGABAT206	"EXPO BUILD 2009" EXHIBITION IN ASHGABAT, 5-7 FEBRUARY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Fifty Turkish firms and companies displayed technology, equipment, expertise and construction products at an exhibition held in Ashgabat from February 5-7. The exhibition received the usual amount of attention fr [...]	2009-02-10 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ETRD TX TU
09ASHGABAT231	TURKISH DIPLOMAT DESCRIBES RISKS AND COMPLEXITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A February 12 conversation with the Turkish Third Secretary yielded interesting insights on corruption and market access, the legal complexities of doing business here, and the role that intergovernmental economic commissions play in making it less risky for Turkmen officials t [...]	2009-02-17 10:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ETRD TX TU
09ASHGABAT255	TURKMENISTAN: CULTURAL NORMS IMPACT BUSINESS [...] (C) The Amcit General Manager at Bertling Logistics in Ashgabat talked with Political Officers on February 18 about how foreign companies get their feet in the door with the Turkmen Government. He argued that having the support of high-level government officials from a foreign company's home [...]	2009-02-24 11:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ENRG UN TX TU
09ASHGABAT334	THREE-DAY PRESIDENTIAL JUNKET IN TURKMENISTAN'S OUTBACK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet publication. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In the course of a well publicized three day program beginning March 4, President Berdimuhamedov and a procession of government and diplomatic representatives traveled around Mary and Lebap Provinces to atten [...]	2009-03-13 15:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX TU FR
09ASHGABAT423	TURKMENISTAN: IN TURKMENBASHY, IT'S ALL ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Caspian port city of Turkmenbashy is quickly being overshadowed by the construction work underway at the nearby Avaza National Tourist Zone, where the President is pressuring contractors and ministries alike to get the work done in time for mid-June ceremonies. The city [...]	2009-04-03 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV TX TU
09ASHGABAT491	TURKISH GULENIST MOVEMENT IN TURKMENISTAN: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish-run schools in Turkmenistan have been surprisingly successful since their start in 1993. The schools, which include language centers, high schools and a university, are loosely linked by their affiliation with the Beshkent Educational Firm, which is the financial organ [...]	2009-04-17 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS TU TX
09ASHGABAT492	TURKMENISTAN: FURTHER INSIGHTS INTO OFFICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent opposition website article about Turkmen government purchases of trucks from the Russian company KAMAZ exposed some interesting facts that suggest the government buys the vehicles for an inflated purchase price, leaving room for intermediaries and those who sign the co [...]	2009-04-17 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX TU RS
09ASHGABAT502	WHY ONE PERSON IS LEAVING THE FRONT LINES OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A construction industry professional with several years of experience in Turkmenistan explained that he is leaving another firm to consult because he cannot deal with working in the middle of this environment, including battling with ministers who do not want to pay for project [...]	2009-04-20 11:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND TX TU
09ASHGABAT663	TURKMENISTAN: RUMORS OF VISA TROUBLES AS CITIBANK [...] (C) The Relationship Manager of Citibank's Central Asia and Transcaucasia Department, Sinan Tan (please protect),said in a meeting on May 14 that he was meeting with representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Vneshekonombank, Senagatbank, and Turkmenbashybank. [...]	2009-05-28 11:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN CVIS EXIM TX AZ TU
09ASTANA2007	MINISTER OF ENERGY ON BN-350, SEMIPALATINSK AND ALATAU [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 12, the Ambassador discussed non-proliferation issues, specifically the transfer of BN-350 spent-fuel and the Semipalatinsk and Alatau projects, with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev. The Minister welcomed further cooperation on BN-350 security [...]	2009-11-13 06:29:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EPET MARR KNNP IT TU KZ
09ASTANA638	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA REASSURES VISITING SCA/CEN DIRECTOR THAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev told visiting SCA/CEN Director Tom Hushek on April 8 that Kazakhstan is committed to upholding ODIHR's mandate during its 2010 OSCE Chairmanship. Tazhiyev explained [...]	2009-04-14 11:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KNNP TU KZ
09ATHENS109	KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN: EMBASSY ATHENS [...] (C) Embassy Ankara has shared an important message laying out U.S. interests in maintaining calm in the Aegean (ref A). We concur with Embassy Ankara on the importance of not getting drawn into the disputes in the Aegean between Turkey and Greece, and we share the view that our goal must be t [...]	2009-01-29 05:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO TU GR
09ATHENS1121	Presidential Delegate, Rep. Titus, Discusses VWP, Greece's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Head of the Presidential Delegation to the opening of the New Acropolis Museum, Representative Dina Titus, visited Athens June 20-21, meeting with PM Karamanlis, FM Bakoyiannis, Interior Minister Pavlopoulos, Tourism Minister Markopoulos, Cypriot President Christofias, and Pre [...]	2009-07-01 14:16:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD OVIP TU GR
09ATHENS113	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW ALTERNATE MINISTER [...] (C) In a January 15 courtesy call with Christos Markoyiannakis, newly appointed to the key position of Altern!Q% A)"QQQ!Q" QQ Q)Lrder, the Ambassador streQQQ$QQQTQQQ!QQQQQQQbout terrorism and human tQQ"Q "!$ "!Q! QQQQQat both problems were Q!$ Q% Qreed to help work on several specific cases ra [...]	2009-01-29 14:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KTIP KCRM SMIG EFIN TU GR
09ATHENS1139	FM/OSCE Chairman Bakoyannis Heads to Azerbaijan and Armenia [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bakoyannis is traveling to Azerbaijan and Armenia to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict in her capacity as OSCE Chairman, as well as Greek- Caucasus air communication and energy issues. FM Bakoyannis departed Greece for Azerbaijan on July 1, will continue on [...]	2009-07-02 10:11:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR TU AM AJ OSCE ENRG
09ATHENS116	KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN: EMBASSY ATHENS' [...] (C) Embassy Ankara has shared an important message laying out U.S. interests in maintaining calm in the Aegean (ref A). We concur with Embassy Ankara on the importance of not getting drawn into the disputes in the Aegean between Turkey and Greece, and we share the view that our goal must be t [...]	2009-01-29 15:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO TU GR
09ATHENS1265	Aegean Issues: Thoughts on CBMs, Preparing for Turkish [...] (C) Embassy Athens welcomes the interagency focus on Aegean issues reflected in the sub-IPC reported informally in ref. We recognize that it will be important for Greece to contribute to an improved atmosphere in the Aegean that can diffuse the tension and create an opportunity for more subs [...]	2009-07-17 14:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU GR
09ATHENS1419	Initial thoughts on new Greek CHOD Giagkos [...] (S) SUMMARY. The August 6 replacement of Greek CHOD General Dimitris Grapsas with Chief of the Air Force General Ioannis Giagkos (YAH gos) set off a round of speculation in the press, but appears consistent with general personnel practices. Further, Giagkos at first glance appears to be more [...]	2009-08-10 12:31:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR GR TU
09ATHENS1455	NEW NATO SYG GETS MIXED REVIEWS IN GREECE [...] (C) Greek government and media reaction to the August 26-27 visit of new NATO Secretary General Rasmussen has been moderately negative. While Greeks were pleased to have the opportunity to brief Rasmussen on their positions on the Aegean, the new NATO strategic concept, and other issues, they [...]	2009-09-02 15:14:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL CY TU GR
09ATHENS1471	MFA ON TURKISH INVOLVEMENT IN EU FRONTEX AND OLYMPIC AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Greek MFA told us September 10 that the recent warning by Turkish air control to a Latvian air force helicopter flying an EU Frontex mission in Greek airspace over Farmakonisi to "leave Turkish airspace immediately" was only one in a series of such actions directed at Frontex [...]	2009-09-11 14:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAIR GR TU EUN LG
09ATHENS1483	AMBASSADOR AND FM FOCUS ON VWP, TURKEY, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Looking ahead to Foreign Minister Bakoyannis' meeting in New York with the Secretary, Ambassador Speckhard reminded the FM that the earliest the U.S. could announce approval of the Visa Waiver Program for Greece would most likely be the end of October 2009, encouraged Greek good [...]	2009-09-18 13:18:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS KNNP GR TU UN IR OSCE
09ATHENS1485	PASOK Official Foreshadows Foreign Policy Priorities [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met with PASOK International Secretary Paulina Lampsa September 10 for a wide-ranging discussion on the October 4 elections and PASOK ambitions for Greek foreign and economic policy. With PASOK currently polling ahead of Prime Minister Karamanlis' ND party, Lampsa rev [...]	2009-09-18 14:14:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY SENV GR RS PTER FMC SMIG IMO ECON
09ATHENS1503	SECOND FRONTEX INCIDENT IN AEGEAN VIEWED CALMLY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Greek MFA informed us September 18 that they had transcripts and photos from an EU Frontex mission in the Aegean of a Turkish Coast Guard vessel assisting illegal immigrants enter Greek territorial waters and land on the Greek-inhabited island of Farmakonisi. This September [...]	2009-09-24 06:43:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN SMIG GR TU
09ATHENS1513	Likely Scenarios for Greek Elections/Impact on USG interests [...] (C) Summary: All indications point to PASOK winning narrowly; the vote is more a protest against ND than a vote for PASOK and its policies. An interregnum leading to a second round of elections in November resulting in a stronger PASOK government is also possible. A PASOK government is unlik [...]	2009-09-25 14:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL ECON EFIN MK TU GR
09ATHENS1541	PM PAPANDREOU SHARES GOALS WITH AMBASSADOR AND FORMER DEPSEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: New PM Papandreou took on the Foreign Ministry job in order to inject "new dynamism" into Greece's regional challenges, he told Ambassador Speckhard and Brookings Institution President (and former Deputy Secretary) Strobe Talbott on October 12. He pointed to his October 9 snap [...]	2009-10-14 16:05:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GR TU EUN ZL MK
09ATHENS1551	SEDM: GREECE WELCOMES U.S. POSITION [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel to the Greek MFA's Southeastern Europe Directorate the morning of October 16. Greece supports the membership of both Serbia and Montenegro in the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial and welcomed our message, calling it a most positive development. The MFA will [...]	2009-10-16 09:36:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR GR RO TU SR UP SI MW IT BU HR
09ATHENS1605	MOD VENIZELOS: POSITIVE SIGNS, BUT SOME TOUGH ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Defense Evangelos Venizelos expressed his commitment to a strong bilateral defense relationship in the Ambassador's first one-on-one meeting with him November 4. Well-briefed on Afghanistan, he said Greece would keep its medical teams (there for the elections suppo [...]	2009-11-05 17:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS GR AF TU
09ATHENS1623	SCENESETTER FOR ASD VERSHBOW'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) Welcome to Greece. Your visit is an important one and reinforces efforts by recent high-level USG visitors (SACEUR ADM Stavridis, COMNAVEUR ADM Fitzgerald, PM A/S Shapiro, and CNO ADM Roughead) to demonstrate to the Greeks that we are serious about our Alliance and about working with them [...]	2009-11-12 17:08:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO GR AF TU
09ATHENS1649	ASD/ISA VERSHBOW'S PARTICIPATION IN THE HIGH LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The desire for an upgraded and substantive strategic partnership was a recurring theme of the Greek side when Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow met with Greek Alternate Minister of Defense Panos Beglitis for the 14th U.S-Gr [...]	2009-11-20 14:51:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO GR TU MK AF ZL
09ATHENS1651	ASD VERSHBOW'S GREEK BILATS: AEGEAN/TURKEY, NATO, ISAF, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings November 16 with the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Dimitris Paraskevopoulos and MFA Secretary General Ioannis-Alexis Zepos following his participation in the High Level Consultative Committee (reftel),Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Sec [...]	2009-11-20 15:27:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR NATO GR TU MK ZL AF RS IR
09ATHENS1655	AMBASSADOR AND DROUTSAS DISCUSS MACEDONIA, IRAN, TURKEY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Speckhard called on Alternate FM Droutsas November 23 for a tour d' horizon prior to the December 1-2 Athens OSCE Ministerial, focusing on Macedonia, Iran, and Turkey. The Ambassador urged Droutsas to stay engaged and push for a solution to the Macedonia name issue in [...]	2009-11-25 16:06:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR OSCE KPIR GR MK TU IR
09ATHENS1657	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) Welcome to Greece. There have been a lot of changes here since you last visited in June. We are now building on the opportunities presented by new Administrations in both Washington and Athens to cement a partnership that can confront common strategic challenges beyond the regional issue [...]	2009-11-25 16:34:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR NATO GR AF TU MK
09ATHENS1673	NATO: GREEK UNEASE AT UPCOMING NATO CAOC AND CC-AIR COMMAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek interlocutors, including Minister of Defense Venizelos and Chief of Defense Giagkos, have increasingly and more stridently expressed to us that NATO's new "Flags-to-Posts" (FTP) arrangement agreed by CHODs in May 2009 is not acceptable to the new Papandreou government, citi [...]	2009-12-04 11:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR GR TU
09ATHENS1717	INFORMAL ADVISOR TO PAPANDREOU SHEDS LIGHT ON GOG INTERNAL [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met December 3 with Paulina Lampsa, head of the PASOK International Secretariat, to discuss internal dynamics and key players in the Papandreou Administration and the current state of play in Cyprus and Turkey. Lampsa discussed her role and that of other semi-official a [...]	2009-12-20 22:05:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GR TU MK CY
09ATHENS175	CHOD GRAPSAS ON TURKEY AND AEGEAN, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) In a February 4 lunch at the Ambassador's reQence, the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, General of the Army Demitrios Grapsas, termed recent Turkish behavior in the Aegean "childish" and made clear that the perception of the Turkish threat drives Greek military procur [...]	2009-02-06 15:46:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MARR TU AF GR

09ATHENS18	GREEK PRESIDENT AND FM CONDEMN TURKISH ACTIONS IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 16:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU GR MOPS PARM
09ATHENS19	FM BAKOYANNIS ON GAZA, AEGEAN ISSUES, OSCE, [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis led off by expressing concern about the situation in Gaza, and emphasizing the need for a "humanitarian truce," and a UN Security Council Resolution. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. was also deeply concerned about the [...]	2009-01-07 17:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE GG GR RS TU CVIS CJAN
09ATHENS226	TURKISH EMBASSY'S VIEWS ON MIGRANT READMISSIONS [...] (C) According to an official at the Turkish Embassy in Athens, there are two reasons why Turkey is unwilling to permit Greece to return third-country illegal migrants to Turkey at the port of Izmir, as called for in a 2001 bilateral protocol and which the Greeks believe would greatly reduce th [...]	2009-02-20 12:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TU GR
09ATHENS240	MFA PRESSES U.S. TO WITHDRAW FROM NAVAL EXERCISE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On February 23, MFA Secretary General Agathocles summoned Ambassador Speckhard to tell him that, in the GOG's view, the U.S. should not to participate in the upcoming naval exercise "Egemen." Non-participation would send an important signal to Turkey that it needed [...]	2009-02-24 05:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM TU GR
09ATHENS249	SENATOR DURBIN DISCUSSES CYPRUS, TURKEY, VISA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial and very substantive discussion during his visit to Athens, Senator Richard Durbin told Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis about his impressions of the chances for a settlement of the Cyprus issue following his visit to Nicosia and underscored the new administration's [...]	2009-02-26 11:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL CVIS ECON ENRG PTER PGOV TU CY GR
09ATHENS250	CODEL DURBIN'S MEETING WITH GREEK OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging discussion February 18, Senator Durbin and main opposition PASOK party president George Papandreou shared views on the global economic crisis, Cyprus, Greek-Turkish relations, Afghanistan, and other issues. They agreed that the international goodwill surrounding the ne [...]	2009-02-26 11:06:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OVIP ENRG TU GR
09ATHENS252	CODEL DURBIN FOCUSES ON CYPRUS IN MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their February 18 meeting with PM Karmamanlis, Senator Durbin and Illinois state treasurer Giannoulias focused primarily on how to achieve progress on Cyprus this year. PM Karamanlis noted improvement in Greek-Turkish relations in many areas, but not on "heavy political i [...]	2009-02-26 12:24:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP CVIS PHUM NATO UNFCYP GR TU MK CY
09ATHENS327	KARAMANLIS DEFENDS FOREIGN POLICY AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 12 unscheduled Parliamentary debate, PM Karamanlis defended his government's foreign policy, noting that its "red lines" on the Macedonia name issue remained unchanged, as did its insistence that Turkey must comply fully with all EU obligations for accession. Main opp [...]	2009-03-16 12:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU GR
09ATHENS338	FM BAKOYIANNIS PLANS CALL TO SECRETARY SEEKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a March 17 dinner, Foreign Minister Bakoyiannis told Ambassador Speckhard that, in her capacity as OSCE Chairperson in Office, she wanted to speak with the Secretary to discuss two linked issues: her plans to move forward on OSCE's mission in Georgia and her proposal to host [...]	2009-03-18 17:00:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR TU OSCE
09ATHENS695	Ambassador, FM on Resetting Bilateral Relations, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with FM Bakoyiannis on April 30, Ambassador Speckhard outlined our strategy for re-focusing the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship toward common strategic challenges, and away from the more narrow parochial interests that have defined our relationship in recent year [...]	2009-04-30 16:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU AF GR
09ATHENS757	Scenesetter: Deputy Secretary Steinberg's Visit to Athens, [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are delighted to welcome you to Greece. Your visit provides crucial support to our efforts to re-shape the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Building on the overwhelmingly positive attitudes in Greece to the new administration, we are working to focus on common strategic [...]	2009-05-11 14:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OVIP GR MK TU
09BAGHDAD1071	ERBIL: Water from a Rock: Drought and Dohuk [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Regional Government has officially declared 2009 to be another drought year. In an effort to proactively mitigate the drought's effect, Dohuk Governor Tamar Ramadan recently convened a conference to formulate a provincial drought action plan. But human and industri [...]	2009-04-20 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR IZ TU IR EAID PGOV
09BAGHDAD1168	DEPUTY FM ON IRAQ'S REGIONAL RELATIONS: BILATERAL [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi told NEA DAS Schmierer and visiting USG delegation on May 2 that Iraq's regional engagement focus would be primarily bilateral. Acknowledging the initial utility of the Expanded Neighbors' Process as a mechanism for the region to deal with Iraq, Abba [...]	2009-05-04 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU JO SY SA TU
09BAGHDAD1184	AMBASSADOR HILL'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MASOUD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 2 meeting with KRG President Barzani in Erbil, Ambassador urged Barzani to reach out to PM Maliki on issues that divide them. He assured Barzani the U.S. is committed to supporting Iraqi leaders in what may be a long and sometimes difficult political process. Barzani a [...]	2009-05-05 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD1229	IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY DIALOGUE: ONE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 30, the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Trilateral Working Group (WG) discussed the final plans for opening the Trilateral Intelligence Sharing Office (TISO) at Camp Zaytun, Erbil with a planned inauguration date of May 24. MNF-I Future Operations representative CDR Hesser provided [...]	2009-05-11 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU IZ MARR
09BAGHDAD1345	IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUE WORKING GROUP [...] (S) The Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Security Dialogue Working Group reviewed the final details necessary to open the Trilateral Intelligence Sharing Office (TISO) in Erbil at a May 16 meeting in Baghdad. The GOI also provided intelligence about the Kurdish terrorist organization PKK. In addition, the T [...]	2009-05-22 16:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD1389	AMBASSADOR AND CG MEET TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik will be the next Turkish Ambassador to Iraq, Ozcelik told Ambassador Hill and General Odierno May 23. The main points he intended to raise in an anticipated meeting with PM Maliki were his May 17 meeting with KRG President Masoud Barzani and the [...]	2009-05-27 14:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU
09BAGHDAD1409	IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (C) At the May 28 Working Group (WG) meeting of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Trilateral Security Dialogue, the Iraqi High Electoral Commission briefed the topic of how groups and individuals can be banned from participating in Iraqi (including KRG) elections. The discussion focused on the Hiwa Party [...]	2009-05-30 14:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ TU
09BAGHDAD1423	TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY TO IRAQ MEETS POLMIL [...] (C) Murat Ozcelik, Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq (and nominated new Turkish Ambassador to Baghdad),told Pol-Mil Minister-Counselor on May 26 the Turkish MFA tried to block a lawsuit brought by Turkish businessmen seeking confiscation of Iraqi oil. Ozcelik also noted that a recent GOI-KRG ag [...]	2009-05-31 15:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU
09BAGHDAD1446	RRT ERBIL: CONSORTIUM TO DEVELOP GAS FIELD IN [...] (SBU) Summary: UAE's Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas have entered into a consortium with two European energy companies to develop a natural gas field in the Kurdistan Region (KR) to supply the Nabucco pipeline. Separately, Crescent/Dana's plans to develop Gas City, a massive gas utilization i [...]	2009-06-02 12:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV HU GM IR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD1447	RRT ERBIL: KRG OIL LINKS TO IRAQI PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a June 1 gala event, Presidents Talabani and Barzani officially "turned on" pipelines from Tawke and Taq Taq fields in the Kurdistan Region, which will together add 100,000 barrels a day (bbl/d) through the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. Pre [...]	2009-06-02 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV CA TU NO IZ
09BAGHDAD1497	IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY DIALOGUE: [...] (S) The Trilateral Intelligence Sharing Office (TISO) in Erbil held its initial meeting on June 1 with representation by Iraqi, Turkish and U.S. intelligence officers. American and Turkish officers, however, are not yet able to reside the in the containerized housing units provided as living [...]	2009-06-08 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ TU
09BAGHDAD150	TURKISH-IRAQ-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY TALKS: SLOW [...] (C) Summary: Little progress was made at the Iraqi-Turkish-U.S. trilateral security talks, held at the intermediate subcommittee level on January 15. Turkish MG Ozturk made a brief presentation on the PKK in Northern Iraq, but most of the time was spent discussing modalities. All parties [...]	2009-01-20 15:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PTER PREL PINR PRES TU IZ
09BAGHDAD1536	NINEWA AND ERBIL GOVERNORS MEET IN MOSUL [...] (C) Summary: During his May 31 visit to Mosul (reftel),the Ambassador called on local Arab and Kurdish political leaders to address their differences through dialogue. The Embassy, Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa, Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) Erbil, and Multinational Divi [...]	2009-06-12 11:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ PINR PINS KISL TU
09BAGHDAD166	WILL THE OIL MINISTRY LICENSING ROUND PROCESS [...] (S) Summary: The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced the next step in the licensing round process to invite international oil company (IOCs) participation in Iraq's petroleum sector -- a February 12-14 workshop in Istanbul for the 16 companies (out of 41 pre-qualified) who had paid the require [...]	2009-01-22 16:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET TU IZ
09BAGHDAD167	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 18, Ambassador Crocker met with Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik, and discussed Turkey's relations with the KRG, including the issue of energy contracts. On hydrocarbons, Ozcelik complained that Turkey had waited too long to reach such agreements with the KR [...]	2009-01-23 03:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL ENRG EPET MARR TU IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1752	IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUE: PLANNING FOR [...] (S) In mid-July (date TBD),the third Ministerial level meeting of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Security Dialogue will take place in Istanbul. The Trilateral Committee is divided into three parts: the Ministerial Level Committee, the Intermediate Subcommittee, and the Working Group. The main successe [...]	2009-06-29 14:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR IZ TU
09BAGHDAD1869	A PREVIEW OF IRAQ FM ZEBARI'S TRIP TO THE U.S. - [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with FM Hoshyar Zebari to discuss his upcoming trip to the U.S. FM Zebari noted that he had asked the Iraqi permanent mission at the UN to request a meeting with the U.S. permanent representative during his July 12-15 stay in New York; he looks forward to his [...]	2009-07-10 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ KU EG TU
09BAGHDAD1882	RRT ERBIL: FDI DOES NOT MEET KRG EXPECTATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-12 15:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR IZ TU IR EAID PGOV
09BAGHDAD193	TURKEY-IRAQ-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY TALKS WORKING [...] (S) Summary: The Turkish government urged Iraq to isolate the PKK before the end of winter by cutting off supplies of food and weapons at a meeting of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Trilateral Working Group (WG) on January 22 in Baghdad. The GoT also sought to establish liaison offices in Erbil and Sul [...]	2009-01-26 10:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL MARR IZ TU
09BAGHDAD205	RRT ERBIL: MEETING WITH KRG PRIME MINISTER BARZANI [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani expounded on a wide range of subjects in a January 25 meeting with Erbil PRT team leader. The initial impetus of the meeting was to provide PM Barzani with information on USG development assistance. In the cour [...]	2009-01-27 07:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECON SOCI PTER TU IZ
09BAGHDAD2070	ISCI/BADR OFFICIALS ON IRANIAN ELECTION, MEK, AND [...] (C) On August 1, Post's IW and Poloff met with Tahsin al-Azzawi, deputy chairman of the Badr Organization and member of parliament, and Haitham al-Husseini, Senior Advisor and personal aide to ISCI Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim. The ensuing discussion covered post-election developments in Iran [...]	2009-08-02 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD2071	THIRD TURKEY-IRAQ-U.S. TRILATERAL MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-02 14:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER TU
09BAGHDAD2078	IRAQ AND THE NABUCCO PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: At the Nabucco pipeline summit meeting in Ankara on July 13, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki made an unexpected pledge to supply roughly half of the pipeline's projected capacity by 2015. The announcement reflects Maliki's ambitions to see Iraq as a significant partner of Turkey and [...]	2009-08-03 09:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL EINV PINR IZ TU EUN
09BAGHDAD2492	FM ZEBARI WELCOMES IDEA OF A SYG-DESIGNATED SENIOR [...] (S) Summary: Iraqi FM Zebari welcomed the proposal contained in reftel points that the SYG designate a senior official to help examine foreign support or involvement in the August 19 bombings and other acts of terrorism and interference in Iraq's internal affairs. Spinning the proposal in h [...]	2009-09-15 11:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL IZ TU
09BAGHDAD2561	THE GREAT GAME, IN MESOPOTAMIA: IRAQ AND ITS [...] (U) This is the second of two cables reviewing Iraq's relations with key neighboring countries. this cable focuses on Iraq's relations with Syria, in the wake of the August 19 bombings. 2. (C) Summary: Iraq's improving relations with its neighbors in 2008 and early 2009 represented a critica [...]	2009-09-24 03:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ SY KU IR TU
09BAGHDAD2637	RRT ERBIL: KRG BULLISH ON RELATIONS WITH TURKEY [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials told us recently they are pleased with the KRG's improving relations with Turkey, casting this development -- along with strong relations with the United States -- as a counter to malign Iranian [...]	2009-10-01 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
09BAGHDAD2762	FM ZEBARI DEMARCHED ON IRAN, COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: In an October 12 meeting, A/DCM delivered the (reftel) points relating to the P5 1 talks with Iran to FM Zebari. Zebari responded with a brief readout from a recent meeting with Iranian President Ahmedinajad, suggesting that Iran will not immediately comply with P5 1 demands. [...]	2009-10-14 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU SY
09BAGHDAD2800	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S OCTOBER 15 VISIT TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan arrived in Baghdad on October 15 for a one-day visit to meet with Iraqi President Talabani and Iraqi VPs al-Hashemi and Abdul-Mahdi, as well as to conduct bilateral and expanded talks with Iraqi PM al-Maliki as part of meetings of the Iraqi-Turkish Strategic [...]	2009-10-19 05:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU SY
09BAGHDAD2870	KURDISH PM CRITICIZES CELEBRATIONS FOR PKK [...] (U) Speaking with reporters in Erbil on October 25, outgoing KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani criticized Kurds in southeastern Turkey for throwing celebrations and giving a hero's welcome to PKK rebels who returned to Turkey on October 19 (reftel) as reported in international press. Barzani opined th [...]	2009-10-26 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PHUM PREF PTER TU
09BAGHDAD2909	RRT ERBIL: SLIMMED DOWN KRG CABINET SWORN IN [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: On October 28, following over three months of intense inter-party negotiations, the sixth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was sworn in. The new cabinet, led by former GOI Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Barham Salih, consists o [...]	2009-10-31 13:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ TU
09BAGHDAD2936	FLASH FLOODS HIT ERBIL PROVINCE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (U) Summary: On October 31, up to five inches of rain fell in the Kurdistan Region resulting in flash flooding in several mountainous sub-districts, particularly in Erbil Province. A woman and her young child died, and 200 adobe houses were damaged or d [...]	2009-11-04 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID IZ TU
09BAGHDAD296	MFA CHIEF OF STAFF ON FOLLOW-UP WITH KUWAIT AND [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zebari's Chief of Staff, Ambassador Srood Najib, provided Emboffs an update February 3 on follow-up with Kuwait and Turkey, in light of discussions FM Zebari had on the margins of the January 19-20 Kuwait Economic Summit and during his January 23 visit to Ankara [...]	2009-02-04 16:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROG ECON EFIN IZ KU TU
09BAGHDAD2992	IRAN'S EFFORTS IN IRAQI ELECTORAL POLITICS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iran is a dominant player in Iraq's electoral politics, and is using its close ties to Shia, Kurdish, and select Sunni figures to shape the political landscape in favor of a united Shia victory in the January election. A pro-Iran, Shia-dominated, and preferably Islamist governme [...]	2009-11-13 12:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER TU IR IZ
09BAGHDAD3006	RRT ERBIL: KURDISTANI REACTION TO THE ELECTION LAW [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) welcomed passage of the election law. The Kurds achieved their paramount objectives, by virtue of the law passing with the inclusion of Kirkuk and without compensatory seats reserved for Arabs or Turk [...]	2009-11-16 11:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
09BAGHDAD3056	IN BAGHDAD, TURKEY AND U.S. DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 18, Major General (MG) Erdal Ozturk and delegation flew to Baghdad for a meeting with MG Steven Hummer and other U.S. officials to discuss the progress of the Turkey-Iraq-U.S. Trilateral Security Dialogue. During a one-on-one meeting between MG Ozturk and MG Hummer, [...]	2009-11-20 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREF PTER TU IZ
09BAGHDAD3082	RRT ERBIL: KRG PM PROBING GOI TO RESOLVE OIL [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Barham Salih told RRT Team Leader that he has begun to explore with GOI officials how to resolve the impasse over payment to the producing companies on the two pre-2005 Kurdistan Region (KR) [...]	2009-11-24 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN PGOV PREL IZ TU
09BAGHDAD3108	UNAMI PROPOSES ELECTION REVIEW COMMITTEE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Deputy SRSG Andrew Gilmour met with Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq Alan Misenheimer on November 12 to discuss the status of UNAMI's High Level Task Force (HLTF) and UNAMI's role in facilitating Arab-Kurd reconciliation. While [...]	2009-11-29 15:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ TU IR
09BAGHDAD3116	PRT NINEWA: TURKMAN POLITICAL FIGURE ASSASSINATED [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. The November 22 assassination in Mosul of Yauz Ahmad Efendi, head of Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) party operations in Ninewa, shocked the province's large Turkmen community, but sparked little public backlash. Ni [...]	2009-11-30 17:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM IZ TU
09BAGHDAD3133	TRILATERAL COUNTER-PKK COOPERATION REMAINS ON TRACK [...] (SECRET/NOFORN) Summary: MNF-I MGEN Stephen Hummer led a MNF-I/EMB Baghdad group, accompanied by MSNSA Staff MGEN Fukaiki, to the Trilateral Intelligence Sharing Office (TISO) on November 25. Bilateral U.S.-GoI (with KRG host) discussions on the margins with hosting KRG Zerevani (paramilita [...]	2009-12-02 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MARR PINR SNAR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD321	5 FEB MEETING OF THE IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-08 06:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR IZ TU
09BAGHDAD3316	NEA A/S FELTMAN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting NEA A/S Feltman on December 14, President Talabani underscored the importance for Kurds of the POTUS/VPOTUS telephone calls with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani, the December 7 White House statement on Iraq's electio [...]	2009-12-23 09:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY TU EG IR IZ
09BAGHDAD3364	KRG SEEKS TO BALANCE RELATIONS WITH TURKEY AND PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings in Erbil, KRG interlocutors told the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) that the Turkish constitutional court's recent decision to outlaw the Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Turkey, together with the insistence by leaders of the Kurdi [...]	2009-12-30 11:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR PREF IZ TU
09BAGHDAD361	MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: A WAY FORWARD THROUGH NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 15:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ TU
09BAGHDAD368	MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: A WAY FORWARD THROUGH NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi responsiveness to increased Turkish involvement in Iraq (both with the KRG and Baghdad) may present an opportunity for progress on the longstanding humanitarian and political objective of facilitating the voluntary return to Turkey and possibly other durable solutions for 11 [...]	2009-02-12 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL MARR IZ TU
09BAGHDAD405	MEK DEFECTORS TO BE RESETTLED IN TURKEY [...] (S/NF) Summary: According to the GOI's lead in Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) resettlement issues, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim, Iranian officials, contrary to recent public statements (ref A),do not want to repatriate MEK defectors to Iran. Instead, the Iranian Embassy will issue passp [...]	2009-02-16 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PREL KREF TU IR IZ
09BAGHDAD505	TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY NOTES GOT SURPRISE AT MALIKI [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 17 meeting, Murat Ozcelik, Turkey's Special Envoy to Iraq discussed Turkey's surprise at the success of PM Maliki's list in the provincial elections and his strengthened position as a result. Ozcelik said Turkey would use its good relations within the KRG and the G [...]	2009-02-26 14:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU IR
09BAGHDAD561	IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL DIALOGUE WORKING GROUP [...] (C) The second Sub-Committee meeting (SC) (of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Trilateral Security Dialogue took place February 26, a week after the latest Working Group (WG) meeting held on February 19 when Iraq provided to Turkey for the first time, intelligence on the PKK. At the SC, the GoI presented [...]	2009-03-04 17:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ TU
09BAGHDAD657	IRAQ REGIONAL STRATEGY - PRELIMINARY UNAMI [...] (C) The UN, like us, is in the process of formulating ideas on how best to promote Iraq's regional engagement. On March 11, Ambassador Gerard Sambrana, SRSG de Mistura's Special Political Advisor (and the senior UNAMI official most directly involved in the Neighbors Process),shared with us [...]	2009-03-13 10:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU KU IR UN
09BAGHDAD680	NINEWA: BIO OF LIKELY INCOMING NINEWA GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Ninewa,s likely future Governor, Atheel Alnujaifi, is a sophisticated politician and astute businessman, but also a polarizing figure in a province where Arab and Kurdish Iraq meet along a legally, ethnically and geographically blurred line. He has deep links to former Ba,ath p [...]	2009-03-15 17:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ
09BAGHDAD692	RRT ERBIL: BORDER ISSUES WITH IRAN AS SEEN FROM [...] (S) Summary. Local security officials in Sulaimaniyah admit that the province,s long and porous border with Iran is under-patrolled and claim that Baghdad does not give them the resources they need to guard it effectively. They consider the main threat to be the Iran-based &Kurdistan Battal [...]	2009-03-16 09:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PINR PBTS SNAR IZ TU IR
09BAGHDAD719	NINEWA PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS NOT DIRECTLY [...] (C) Summary: Ninewa's January 31 provincial election results may be a starting point for discussions on the resolution of the disputed internal boundaries issue but should not be considered a de facto Article 140 referendum. The largest minority in the DIBs region, the Yezidis, returned a m [...]	2009-03-17 12:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ
09BAGHDAD723	IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL DIALOGUE: PREPARATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a March 10 meeting with Pol-Mil MinCouns and MNF-I CJ3, and at the March 12 Subcommittee meeting of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Security Dialogue, Minister of State for National Security Affairs (MSNSA),Shirwan al-Waeili said the GoI supports the opening of an Erbil intelligence liais [...]	2009-03-17 18:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR IZ TU
09BAGHDAD774	RRT ERBIL: KURDISH PUBLIC SYMPATHETIC TO PKK [...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Even those Iraqi Kurds who disagree with the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) methods find it emotionally difficult to separate the PKK cause from the larger struggle for Kurdish rights and the hope for Kurdish un [...]	2009-03-22 07:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR SY TU XF IZ
09BAGHDAD842	IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL DIALOGUE WORKING GROUP [...] (C) The Iraq-Turkey-U.S. trilateral security dialogue working group met on March 26 and agreed on an agenda for the Ministerial-level meeting proposed for Baghdad on April 11: Â [...]	2009-03-29 07:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD921	IRAQ 201: TURKEY'S INTERESTS AND INFLUENCE IN IRAQ [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The relationship between the Governments of Iraq and Turkey has improved substantially in the last one and a half years, though it remains fraught with long-standing differences. Ongoing areas of concern include KGK/PKK terrorists in northern Iraq; Kurdish demands to control K [...]	2009-04-05 07:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PMIL MOPS TU IZ
09BAGHDAD931	IRAQIS STILL THIRSTY FOR TURKISH WATER AFTER [...] (C) Summary: GoI contacts are pleased with Turkish President Gul,s visit to Iraq last week. They described a trust and warmth between the two countries not known for years. However, differences remain over Iraq,s desire for an increased flow of water from the Tigris and Euphrates. In the a [...]	2009-04-05 11:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MOPS TU IZ
09BAGHDAD991	RRT ERBIL: MND-N MG CASLEN MEETING WITH KRG PRIME [...] (C) Summary: MND-N MG Caslen met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on March 31 to discuss political and military tensions in Kirkuk and Mosul, to assure the KRG of U.S. efforts in creating a climate of trust and to resolve conflicts between the Iraqi Ar [...]	2009-04-10 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IZ IR TU
09BAKU144	AZERBAIJAN: SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO GAS -- MORE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to BP Azerbaijan executives, gas production from the second phase of the giant offshore Shah Deniz gas field will be approximately sixteen billion cubic meters annually, higher than expected. However due to inability to reach agreement with Turkey on a gas transit regi [...]	2009-02-24 12:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU
09BAKU151	AZERBAIJAN REFLECTS, LOOKS FOR HIGH-LEVEL U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor Novruz Mammadov bemoaned a Russian resurgence in the Caucasus, calling the CSTO Rapid Reaction Force "a bloc of resistance" against NATO. New Russian assertiveness and growing disillusionment with western support, especially on Nagorno Karabakh, is influenci [...]	2009-02-26 18:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU TU AJ
09BAKU153	STAFFDEL SOCHA'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: On 15-17 February 2009, Embassy Baku hosted Senior Policy Adviser Chris Socha and Legislative Assistant Jack Julson from the staff of Senator DeMint (R-SC). Staff del expressed interest in energy issues; security issues, particularly vis-a-vis Russia and Iran, and the effectiven [...]	2009-02-27 10:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09BAKU175	IRAN'S MONEY LAUNDERERS, SANCTIONS-BUSTERS, AND [...] (S) According to widespread rumor, many Iranians in Baku are involved full- or part-time in Iranian regime-related profit making, sanctions-busting, money laundering, and similar activities. Activities range from assisting Iranian interests "on the side" of pursuing private activities, to w [...]	2009-03-06 09:55:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETRD SNAR ECON AJ TU RU IR
09BAKU179	IRANIAN SOURCE NAMES "U.K.-REGISTERED" COMPANY AS [...] (S) A well-connected Iranian businessman who owns a Baku-based oil services company told Baku Iran watcher that a company called "INSULTEC," owned by UK citizens of Indian origin, has secretly provided cladding, thermal insulation, and ancillary equipment to the government of Iran in a varie [...]	2009-03-06 12:32:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC ETRD ENRG UE UK TU AJ IR
09BAKU192	AZERBAIJAN: NABUCCO PARTNER RWE CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A high-level executive from Nabucco Consortium partner RWE Gas Midstream said the next four to six months were "crucial" for the pipeline project's fate. If the Nabucco transit countries can initial an Intergovernmental Agreement at the May 7 Prague Summit it would "send a strong [...]	2009-03-11 12:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU201	AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY: STILL ONE NATION, TWO STATES? [...] (C) Summary: Although Azerbaijan is a former Soviet republic and is still properly considered part of the ex-Soviet space, it is culturally, linguistically and economically much more a satellite of Turkey than Russia. Ties between the two countries are exceptionally strong along the entire spe [...]	2009-03-13 11:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SOCI ECON ETRD AJ TU
09BAKU22	BAKU'S PERSPECTIVES ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: One of the few positive effects of Russia's war on Georgia in August 2008 was a reinvigoration of efforts to solve the Caucasus' other frozen conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Many observers, and even officials at the highest levels of both governments, felt that the stark demonstr [...]	2009-01-13 13:00:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV AJ AM RU TU
09BAKU222	AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON LAVROV VISIT, [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 09:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ IR RU TU AM
09BAKU229	AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON LAVROV VISIT, [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Derse met Foreign Minister Mammadyarov March 13, one day after Secretary Clinton called President Aliyev and following a visit to Baku by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. Mammadyarov liberally shared his impressions of a correct but not warm Lavrov visit and showed a [...]	2009-03-25 13:15:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV AJ IR RU TU AM
09BAKU246	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR: GAZPROM MOU NOT SIGN OF ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbajian's State Oil Company (SOCAR) has denied reports that its March 27 Memorandum of Understanding with Gazprom implies any change in Azerbaijan's energy policy. Cautioning that these words "must not reach the Turks," a high-level SOCAR executive said that the MOU was prima [...]	2009-04-01 11:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU TX
09BAKU252	AZERBAIJAN: WHAT FOLLOWS THE RAPPROCHEMENT? [...] (S/NF) Summary. As Turkey and Armenia head toward a historic reconciliation, official Baku is in shock at what it views as possible major abandonment by its closest cultural and political partner. Foremost in the minds of Azerbaijani leaders is the effect of renewed Turkey-Armenia relations on [...]	2009-04-02 08:50:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU AM AJ
09BAKU26	YOUNG IRANIAN ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT [...] (C) A young Iranian women's rights activist and writer studing in Baku discussed women's rights issues in Iran with Baku Iran watcher. The activist, forced to study in Azerbaijan due to politically-motivated withdrawal of her university acceptance in Iran, discussed recent incidents of Irani [...]	2009-01-14 10:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR AJ TU IR
09BAKU266	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON AFGHANISTAN "ASKS" [...] (C) Ambassador Derse and DAS Matt Bryza raised reftel points with President Aliyev, FonMin Mammadyarov and Deputy FonMin (handling national security issues) Araz Azimov on April 3. Additional Troop Contributions ------------------------------ 2. (C) Underscoring that &we are committed [...]	2009-04-06 08:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR AF AJ TU
09BAKU269	AZERBAIJAN: TURKISH AMBASSADOR PLEADS FOR REAL N-K [...] (S/NF) Summary. Turkish Ambassador Hilusi Kilic called Ambassador Derse Sunday April 5 to relay his deep alarm at the coming "crisis" in Azerbaijan-Turkey relations and plead for U.S. assistance to ensure that Armenia continues to negotiate in good faith on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) after achievin [...]	2009-04-07 04:34:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU27	YOUNG IRANIAN ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT [...] (C) A young Iranian women's rights activist and writer studing in Baku discussed women's rights issues in Iran with Baku Iran watcher. The activist, forced to study in Azerbaijan due to politically-motivated withdrawal of her university acceptance in Iran, discussed recent incidents of Irani [...]	2009-01-14 11:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR AJ TU IR
09BAKU270	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV REASONABLE ON N-K [...] (S/NF) Summary: EUR DAS Matthew Brzya and Ambassador Derse met with President Aliyev and FonMin Mammadyarov for over an hour on April 3 to discuss Azerbaijan's concern with respect to the impact of the Turkey-Armenia normalization process on the negotiations to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh [...]	2009-04-07 04:40:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU271	AZERBAIJAN: TURKISH AMBASSADOR AND DAS BRYZA [...] (S/NF) Summary. Ambassador Derse hosted EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and Turkish Ambassador Kilic at dinner Friday April 3, following her and DAS Bryza's meetings with President Aliyev and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, the latter accompanied by Deputy Minister Araz Azimov. Kilic was extremely anxious [...]	2009-04-07 04:54:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL TU AM AJ RU
09BAKU30	AZERBAIJAN: BP DOWNBEAT ON 2009 SHAH DENIZ PHASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acording to BP Azerbaijan, inability to reach agrement between Azerbaijan and Turkey on the price of Shah Deniz Phase One gas currently being sold toTurkey and on transit of Shah Deniz Phase Two ga has delayed and will continue to delay the deveopment of the Shah Deniz Phase Two projec [...]	2009-01-15 11:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU302	AZERBAIJAN: AZIMOV ON TURKEY-ARMENIA PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidetial Envoy on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) Araz Azimov addressed an exclusive group of diplomats, academics, parliamentarians and commentators on the Turkey-Armenia situation at MFA's Diplomatic Academy on Friday, April 10. In a nearly three-ho [...]	2009-04-15 08:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ TU
09BAKU314	AZERBAIJAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS SAY NOW IS KEY TIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a Conoco-Phillips executive, the project for moving Kazakhstan crude oil from the Kashagan mega-field to market is at a stage similar to where BTC was in 1997-1998, where major decisions are being made that will shape the project's future and its commercial viability. [...]	2009-04-17 11:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU KZ
09BAKU329	AZERBAIJAN: DAS BRYZA MEETS APPARAT OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary. Following meetings with President Aliyev on April 15, as well as with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov and Minister of National Security Mahmudov (septels),EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Derse met with Presidential Apparat chief Ramiz Mehdiyev and foreign policy counselor Novr [...]	2009-04-22 04:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ TU
09BAKU339	AZERBAIJAN: SCENESESTTER FOR GEN MCNABB'S BAKU [...] (SBU) Your visit to Baku comes as President Aliyev has consolidated his domestic political position through a national referendum eliminating the two-term limit that would have forced him to leave office in 2013, while facing immense economic and foreign policy challenges. The country has ma [...]	2009-04-23 10:09:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR AF TU AM AJ
09BAKU377	NEXT STEPS ON EURASIAN ENERGY STRATEGY [...] (U) Embassies Ashgabat, Ankara and Astana have provided input for this cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The USG needs to intensify its engagement on Eurasian energy issues, and do it quickly. In Azerbaijan, lack of progress on creating a "Southern Corridor" for Caspian gas, due primarily to Turkey [...]	2009-05-10 08:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU KZ TX
09BAKU392	AZERBAIJAN: ERDOGAN SAYS NK RESOLUTION FIRST, [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev called Turkish PM Erdogan's May 13-14 visit to Baku "very productive," applauding the PM's strong public messages on Turkey-Armenia reconciliation and resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Erdogan, addressing Azerbaijan's Parliament and in a joint press c [...]	2009-05-14 12:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09BAKU394	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT REACTS MILDLY TO OBAMBA [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev complained of double standards on democracy and human rights, based on President Obama's recent statement on press freedom. The President joked that it was probably just copied reflexively from last year's statement and he hoped this would not continue to be emp [...]	2009-05-14 13:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09BAKU395	SCENESETTER FOR USEUCOM COMMANDER GENERAL [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Baku continues to be abuzz with analysis, sometimes speculative and alarming, of Turkey and Armenia's recent announcement of a "roadmap" to reconcile differences over interpretation of events of 1915 and the eventual reopening of borders, and implications of the deal [...]	2009-05-15 04:17:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF AM TU AJ
09BAKU401	AZERBAIJAN: APPARAT, MFA, SOCAR, TURKISH EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Embassy DCM confirmed May 14th that press reports on PM Erdogan's May 13-14 Baku visit, which characterized meetings as "very productive," were accurate. The PM's private message to Azerbaijan's leadership was the same as the public message -- that Turkey will not fin [...]	2009-05-15 14:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09BAKU430	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT REPEATS REQUEST FOR A [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told EUCOM Commander Craddock on May 21 that Azerbaijan's independent policies in support of NATO, Georgia and especially on energy leave it increasingly exposed to growing Russian and Iranian pressure. Azerbaijan needs "serious political and security guarant [...]	2009-05-26 10:22:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL RS AF TU AJ
09BAKU433	AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE MINISTER: SEEKING STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 21, the Defense Minister told visiting EUCOM Commander Craddock that Azerbaijan is committed to building strong military relations with the U.S. and NATO. However, the Minister continued, Azerbaijan is under pressure from Iran, Russia and Armenia and requires greater com [...]	2009-06-01 03:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL RS IZ TU AJ
09BAKU445	AZERBAIJAN: TURKISH FM'S VISIT STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 28 Congressional Staff Delegation Markovsky and Katz met with Deputy Chief of Mission of the Turkish Embassy Erkan Ozoral. Ozoral gave a detailed account of the recent "crisis" in Turkish-Azerbaijani relations over Turkey's plan to normalize relations with Armenia. Ozoral [...]	2009-06-02 11:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TU AJ
09BAKU456	AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER PESSIMISTIC ON NK [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 12:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM AM IR TU RU IS AJ

09BAKU465	AZERBAIJAN: NEW OSCE AMBASSADOR TO CONTINUE PUSHING REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new head of the OSCE Office in Baku, Ambassador Ali Bilge Cankorel, told the Ambassador on June 1 that as a career Turkish diplomat, there was some concern before his arrival that he would not actively promote political reforms in Azerbaijan, as the Turkish government does n [...]	2009-06-09 08:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TU AJ
09BAKU468	AZERBAIJAN: USING IDPS TO SEND TOUGH MESSAGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Azeri IDP community held a congress supposedly to elect new leadership and to educate the international community about its plight. In reality, this was a Foreign Ministry-organized event intended to send strongly negative messages about the role of the Minsk Grou [...]	2009-06-09 12:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AR PGOV PREF PREL TU
09BAKU470	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE [...] (C) Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of a successful visit by U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues Morningstar and the June 4 meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in St. Petersburg. The mood here with respect to US-Azerbaijani relations remains skeptical, fed [...]	2009-06-09 13:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF AM TU AJ
09BAKU478	IRAN VIEW FROM BAKU: VIOLENCE IN BALUCHISTAN [...] (C) "Iran view from Baku" is the first in an occasional series from Embassy Baku Iran Watcher that will report on short and/or partially documented items of interest to Iran information consumers, but not necessarily warranting separate cables. This cable includes information on reported increasing [...]	2009-06-12 12:11:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PTER SNAR ENRG ELTN AJ PK TU TX IR
09BAKU481	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV TALKS EURASIAN ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev told Special Envoy Morningstar that lack of transit through Turkey for Azerbaijani gas destined for European markets was the biggest obstacle facing a "Southern Corridor" for Caspian gas westwards. The European Union should recognize that Nabucco, although perha [...]	2009-06-16 05:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU52	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT COMMITS TO NEGOTIATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 19 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, President Aliyev said that he had directed his staff to begin negotiations on the resumption of VoA, BBC and Radio Liberty. He continued that he was surprised by the January 13 letter from President Bush given his good discussion with [...]	2009-01-23 12:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG ETRD IR KDEM PGOV PREL RS TU
09BAKU524	AZERBAIJAN: ALIYEV'S DOWNBEAT FAREWELL [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a farewell call with the Ambassador on June 22, President Ilham Aliyev vented about a series of issues on which he claimed the United States has ignored Azerbaijan's interests, despite Baku's real and continuing contributions to U.S. policy priorities, especially on securit [...]	2009-06-30 12:02:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU535	BRINGING ILHAM ALONG: HOW TO CONVINCE AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan has loudly and repeatedly complained that the Turkey-Armenia reconciliation process potentially weakens Azerbaijan's position in its conflict with Armenia (reftel a). They have through domestic pressure and threats of a natural gas cutoff tried to force the Turks to [...]	2009-07-02 12:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU546	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of successful visits by U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues Morningstar, EUCOM General Craddock and Transcom General McNabb, and A/S EUR Gordon. The mood here remains skeptical about the new U.S. administration, fed by perceptions that the [...]	2009-07-07 15:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM ECON AJ AM TU
09BAKU58	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azerbaijani gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Sou [...]	2009-01-26 06:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU60	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azeri gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Southern [...]	2009-01-26 10:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU61	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azeri gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Southern [...]	2009-01-26 11:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU646	AZERBAIJAN: DAS BRYZA'S ENERGY TALKS AUG 12 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 12 farewell meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, President Aliyev described the latest round of Turkey gas transit talks as going "bad, almost hostile." He instead focused on the prospects of concluding purchase and sales agreements with Greece and its neighbors, an [...]	2009-08-17 06:52:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	ECON ENRG PREL AJ TU TX GR
09BAKU688	AZERBAIJAN: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Suggesting that Turkey is putting short-term gas needs for its domestic market ahead of longer-term objectives to transport gas to Europe, PresidentAliyev questioned Turkey's commitment to constructng Nabucco. In a conversation with Special Envo Morningstar on August 27, Aliyev [...]	2009-09-01 10:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET AJ TU TX
09BAKU690	AZERBAIJAN: PRESS AND OFFICIAL REACTION TO [...] (C) Summary: Baku's official reaction to the announcement of Turkey and Armenia's intention to complete the protocols leading to their normalization of relations has thus far been surprisingly restrained. Charge spoke with the Foreign Minister and the President's foreign policy advisor to en [...]	2009-09-01 11:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU697	SMOOTHER TURKISH DIPLOMACY KEEPS AZERBAIJANIS CALM [...] (C) Summary: Official Baku's reaction to the August 31 joint announcement by Turkey, Armenia and Switzerland on the next steps in the normalization process has been unexpectedly restrained (reftel A),particularly compared to their ferocious reaction to similar developments in March and Apri [...]	2009-09-02 12:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU709	BAKU DISAVOWS REPORTS OF ANTI-TURKEY RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's public response to the latest revelations about the Turkey-Armenia process has differed markedly from March and April 2009 (reftels). By contrast, this time the GOAJ has taken pains to emphasize their closeness to the Turks, and even took the extraordinary step of o [...]	2009-09-04 11:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU733	AZERBAIJAN DOWNPLAYS NAGORNO-KARABAKH LINE OF [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani media reported a firefight 10 September at 0900 local in the Aghdam sector of the Line of Contact (LOC) with the ethnic Armenian forces of the "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (NKR) that left five NKR troops dead and ten wounded, with one Azerbaijani soldier also wounded. [...]	2009-09-14 11:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PRGOV PINR TU AM AJ
09BAKU749	PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV - MICHAEL (CORLEONE) ON THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev utilizes distinctly different approaches to foreign and domestic policies. He typically devises the former with pragmatism, restraint and a helpful bias toward integration with the West, yet at home his policies have become increasingly authorit [...]	2009-09-18 11:17:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AJ RU TU AM
09BAKU776	NAGORNO-KARABAKH STATE OF PLAY VIEWED FROM BAKU [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Baku realistically sees few prospects for a near-term breakthrough, i.e., at Chisinau and immediately thereafter, that would pave the way for a peaceful and favorable resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The fallout from the August 2008 war in Georgia and th [...]	2009-09-30 03:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM RU GG AJ
09BAKU782	SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of successful visits by Department of State Deputy Secretary Steinberg and U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues Morningstar. The mood here remains skeptical about the new U.S. Administration, fed by perceptions that the U.S. is pro [...]	2009-09-30 13:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL ARM TU AJ
09BAKU787	CRACKS IN THE FACADE: BAKU LOSING PATIENCE WITH [...] (C) Summary: This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 5. Reftels describe the uncharacteristically calm reactions of the GOAJ to developments between Turkey and Armenia since the August 31 announcement of a six-week period of political consultations leading up to the signi [...]	2009-10-02 12:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM AJ
09BAKU810	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV, DOE DEPSEC PONEMAN [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev, meeting with Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman on October 5, expressed support for the Southern Corridor, but blamed Turkey for delays. Azerbaijan is exploring alternatives, but the President acknowledged the inadequacies of each. Azerbaijan has not mad [...]	2009-10-09 09:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINT PREL AJ TX TU GG
09BAKU812	AZERBAIJAN: DOE DEP SEC PONEMAN, SOCAR DISCUSS GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary Poneman met with the head of the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR, Rovnag Abdullayev, on 5 October while in Baku. Both concurred on the urgency of resolving issues with Turkey related to gas transit and pricing for Southern Corridor [...]	2009-10-09 11:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET AJ TU TX GG
09BAKU820	BAKU SCENESETTER FOR DAS KAIDANOW'S OCT 22-24 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Baku on the heels of the signing of the historic Turkey-Armenia protocols. Given tensions in the region, it will be an important opportunity to build upon the reassurances offered by Deputy Secretary of State Steinberg and Energy Deputy Secretary Poneman. Azerbaijan [...]	2009-10-15 12:06:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL AM TU RU AJ
09BAKU829	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT INTENT TO ENFORCE TURKISH [...] (C) Summary. Azerbaijani reaction to the signing of the Turkey-Armenia protocols has been cagey but restrained. The interval between the announcement of the "road map" in April and the ultimate signing of the protocols appears to have given Aliyev time to overcome his anger at what he still p [...]	2009-10-16 12:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU AJ
09BAKU836	AZERBAIJAN'S PARLIAMENT DEBATES TURKEY-ARMENIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first session of parliament in three weeks, MPs debated the recent signing of the protocols between Turkey and Armenia. Several opposition MPs criticized the recent anti-Turkish rhetoric used by the GOAJ, including the removal of Turkish flags from public parks. High-level [...]	2009-10-20 13:11:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU846	READOUT OF BAKU BSEC MEETING [...] SUMMARY: Azerbaijan hosted the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Forum October 20-22. This was Azerbaijan's last act as chair of the BSEC, as the baton was then passed to Bulgaria. Highlights included appearances by Turkish FM Davutoglu and Armenian DFM Kirakossian. Both of their appearances [...]	2009-10-28 05:42:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON AJ TU AM GG
09BAKU848	AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINS RATIONALE [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Ambassador Tina Kaidanow had a wide-ranging discussion in an introductory meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku October 23. Mammadyarov said the negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh are "so close" to a breakthrough, but lamented Armenian &delay [...]	2009-10-28 05:52:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER TU AM AJ
09BAKU849	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT DISCUSSES TURKEY-ARMENIA, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 08:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AM TU RU AJ
09BAKU850	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT DISCUSSES TURKEY-ARMENIA, [...] (C) Summary: In a notably cordial meeting with DAS Tina Kaidanow, President Aliyev emphasized a long record of cooperation ) energy, security, counter-terrorism, regional development ) and said that Azerbaijan fully expects Turkey to hold to its promise not to ratify the rapprochement protoco [...]	2009-10-28 09:44:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER AM TU RU AJ
09BAKU864	AZERBAIJAN: ECONOMIC/ COMMERCIAL ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: This cable is the second in a regular series that will summarize economic and commercial issues in Azerbaijan. In this issue: The GOAJ is still pushing for the Trans-Eurasian Information Superhighway (para 2); the ILO says child labor is shifting from cotton to "the worst" sectors ( [...]	2009-11-02 11:47:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND EAIR KCOR TINT KIPR AJ TU AE
09BAKU870	"WAR OF THE FLAGS" OVER, TURKISH PARLIAMENTIANS [...] (C) Summary: The so-called "war of the flags" is over, and the consensus among observers is that the result of Baku's tantrum over the "trashcan incident" in Bursa and the removal of Turkish flags from a war memorial in Baku is a net loss in Turkish sympathy for Azerbaijan. On Turkey's nati [...]	2009-11-04 10:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU877	ALBORZ RIG MOVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO ACCELERATE [...] (S) This cable contains action requests for S/CT, the inter-agency CEIP working group, and USEUCOM/USNAVEUR (Center for Naval Analysis) in paras 8, 12, and 14. Summary --------- 2. (S) The recent move of the Iranian Alborz rig into potentially disputed waters in the Caspian offers a t [...]	2009-11-06 10:30:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAKU904	AZERBAIJAN: EUSR VISIT DISCUSSION OF BLOGGERS, [...] (C) Summary: On November 18, the political advisor to Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus, briefed poloff on Semneby's recent trip to Baku and Yerevan that concluded November 16 and included meetings with both Presidents, the Azerbaijani FM and Russian Ambass [...]	2009-11-19 12:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG RU TX AM TU AJ
09BAKU916	AZERBAIJAN: GAS TRANSIT TALKS REMAIN A STRUGGLE [...] (C) In a series of meetings over the last two weeks with Dan Stein, Senior Advisor to the Eurasian Energy Envoy, SOCAR and GOAJ interlocutors reported surprising and hopeful progress on Azerbaijan,s gas negotiations with Turkey. However, much-anticipated November 24 Azerbaijani-Turkish tran [...]	2009-11-25 09:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAKU919	AZERBAIJAN: DEVELOPING A PLAN B FOR GAS TRANSIT [...] (C) In the event that Turkey disappoints Azerbaijan once again on the on-going gas transit negotiations, SOCAR and the GOAJ are developing a "plan B" to market Azerbaijani gas, involving small but diversified gas sales to the north (Russia),south (Iran),and west (Bulgaria and Romania). How [...]	2009-11-25 09:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ECON ENRG EPET IR PREL TU
09BAKU958	GAS TRANSIT NEGOTIATIONS DRAG IN WAKE OF ERDOGAN [...] (C) All eyes in the Azerbaijani energy sector have been on Washington, where President Obama and Prime Minister Erdogan met this week. Azerbaijan and Turkey appear to have engaged in a last minute flurry of negotiations in the hopes of striking a deal before the visit. Success eluded them. [...]	2009-12-11 11:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAKU969	SOCAR VP: TOUGH VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (S) In a 15 December meeting, Elshad Nassirov SOCAR Vice President described his December 14-15 trip to Tehran, accompanying Foreign Minister Mammadyarov. Nassirov told us this was their first trip back to Tehran since this year's disputed election. He described the atmosphere with Iranian [...]	2009-12-16 13:52:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAKU976	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR INSIGHTS ON BOTAS FINANCIAL [...] (C) In a lengthy December 15 meeting, SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov provided details of his recent visits to Turkey on December 7 and Tehran on December 14-15 (reftel A). Nassirov analyzed the continuing difficulties with the gas negotiations as follows: BOTAS' driving motivation in [...]	2009-12-18 14:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU RU AJ
09BAKU980	AZERBAIJAN: A MODEST PIPELINE PROPOSAL? [...] (C) In a lengthy December 15 meeting, SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov laid out a new natural gas pipeline proposal, and provided details of his recent visits to Turkey and Iran. (reftels A and B). Nassirov suggested combining Nabucco and White Stream into one energy transit corridor, [...]	2009-12-22 11:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAKU985	SOCAR SIGNS MOU TO SELL GAS TO IRAN [...] (C) Following up on a discussion regarding FM Mammadyarov and SOCAR delegation trip to Tehran (reftel),SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov told Energy Off in an 18 December email: "We have signed a memo with Iran on sales of 1 million cubic meters (mcm) (per day) for 100 days. (This is) [...]	2009-12-23 08:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL IR AJ TU TX
09BAKU996	AZERBAIJAN: THE VIEW FROM BAKU ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The recent launching of the TransAsia gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to China made much press in the Caspian region, particularly here in Baku. Azerbaijan has no role in the project now, but pundits and others are wondering aloud about potential for exporting future gas east to [...]	2009-12-30 09:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BASRAH14	BASRAH INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHALLENGES U.S. TO INVEST IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Basra Investment Commission (BIC) representatives Haider Ali Fadhel and Ihsan Abdul-Jabar Isamaael touted Basra Province's investment prospects and progress during a March 8 visit to the Basra Regional Embassy Office (REO). Haider plugged Basra Province's strategic location, inf [...]	2009-03-20 15:28:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EWWT EPET ETRD IZ IR SY KU JO TU UK
09BASRAH16	BASRAH AIRPORT AIMS TO BECOME TRANSPORT, COMMERCIAL HUB [...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) aims to play a future role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become what Coalition and Basrah leaders hope will be a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Historically under-utilized and rel [...]	2009-04-03 13:09:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAIR ICAO ETRD IZ IR SA SY JO TU AE
09BAU339	AZERBAIJAN: SCENESESTTER FOR GEN MCNABB'S BAKU [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-23 10:09:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR AF TU AM AJ
09BEIJING1927	JULY 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG UNREST, RIO TINTO [...] Key points at the July 9 MFA press briefing: -- Regarding the events in Xinjiang, while current casualty figures were not available, no foreign casualties had been recorded. -- Regarding Turkey's proposal to discuss the events in Xinjiang before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),[...]	2009-07-09 10:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU
09BEIJING1990	SHOOTING ELEVATES URUMQI TENSIONS AND SECURITY [...] (C) Urumqi was largely calm July 14 but the fatal shooting of two Uighurs by police on July 13 appeared to have resulted in an increased People's Armed Police (PAP) presence in Uighur neighborhoods and the closure of many shops that had only recently reopened. Jiefang Nan Road, where the inci [...]	2009-07-14 11:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP TU CH
09BEIJING1992	JULY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG UNREST, THREATS OF [...] Key points at the July 14 MFA press briefing: -- The spokesperson emphasized the fact that since "most of the dead" were Han and a "small number" were from ethnic minorities in the recent July 5 incident in Urumqi, there was "no such thing as ethnic genocide." -- When asked about threats b [...]	2009-07-14 12:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU
09BEIJING2025	JULY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHU AND LOCKE VISIT, RIO TINTO [...] Key points at the July 16 MFA press briefing: --China "opposes any country providing a platform" for Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer's "separatist activity." --China's position on mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions has been "consistent and clear" and China would "follow the principles [...]	2009-07-16 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU
09BEIJING2041	XINJIANG: PRC SCRAMBLES TO AVOID ANTI-ISLAM IMAGE [...] (C) According to Beijing-based diplomats, PRC officials scrambled in the wake of the July 5 violence in Xinjiang to head off potential anti-Chinese reactions in the Muslim world by urging governments from majority-Muslim countries to refrain from official statements and control their media's p [...]	2009-07-17 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CH ID EG TU
09BEIJING2185	XINJIANG: CHINA REPORTEDLY DEFEATED OIC STATEMENT [...] (C) Egyptian Embassy Officer Haitham Safey (protect) told PolOff July 30 that PRC efforts to quash a proposed statement by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) condemning the Chinese government's response to the July 5 unrest in Xinjiang and its treatment of Muslim Uighurs (reftels [...]	2009-07-31 12:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH EG TU
09BEIJING2490	SEPTEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA BORDER, NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the September 1 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped that the Burmese Government would properly handle its domestic issue and guarantee the safety of Chinese citizens and their property in that country. -- The Burmese Government had apologized to China for Chinese casualties, t [...]	2009-09-01 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING2535	SEPTEMBER 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: VISA POLICY, AMBASSADOR [...] Key points at the September 3 MFA press briefing: -- In regards to the denial of visas to the producers of a film regarding the earthquake in Sichuan, China stated the importance of an individual country's sovereign right to determine its own policy of visa issuance. -- U.S. Special Repres [...]	2009-09-03 12:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING2551	SINO-TURKISH ECONOMIC RELATIONS STARTING TO THAW [...] (C) Summary: Sino-Turkish economic relations are on the mend following Turkish State Minister Caglayan's visit to Beijing in late August to repair bilateral relations, but Turkish diplomats in Beijing predicted it might take another year for these relations to fully recover. Trade dropped and [...]	2009-09-04 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EINV CH TU
09BELGRADE845	SERBIA/TURKEY: TURKISH FM'S BELGRADE VISIT HERALDS NEW ERA [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Ankara. Summary ------- 2. (C) The late July visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu to Belgrade marked a significant step forward in the bilateral relationship between Serbia and Turkey. Amid agreements on deeper economic co [...]	2009-09-15 11:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TU SR
09BERLIN125	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, DAVOS, TURKEY-ISRAEL, FINANCE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Elections 3. Davos Global Economic Forum 4. Turkish PM Erdogan Clashes With Israel 5. Financial Markets 6. Protests in Russia Â [...]	2009-02-02 13:13:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM IS RS IZ TU XF
09BERLIN1405	(S) GERMANY ALERTED TO IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 16:32:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU KS GM
09BERLIN1435	ACTING MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR HABER ON BOSNIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting MFA Political Director Emily Haber, who is the MFA's Special Envoy for Southeast Europe and Turkey, discussed follow-up to the Butmir Talks and the future of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia with EUR A/S Gordon during a November 10 meeting in Berlin. Haber w [...]	2009-11-12 17:55:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EUN PHUM GM TU BK
09BERLIN144	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CLINTON, PROTECTIONISM, MUSLIMS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iran Launches Satellite 3. Transatlantic Relations 4. Danger Of Protectionism 5. Muslim World/Guantnamo 6. Financial Crisis Hits Russia 7. Turkish-Israeli Relations 9. Controversy over Pope Benedict Â [...]	2009-02-04 12:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM RS IR US ID TU VT
09BERLIN1559	MEDIA REACTION: COP15, German Strategy on Afghanistan, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change Conference 3. Afghanistan 4. Iranian Protests 5. U.S.-Turkish Relations Â [...]	2009-12-08 13:14:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR AF GM US TU
09BERLIN158	HEDGING YOUR BETS: GERMANY LEANS TOWARDS NABUCCO, [...] (C) Summary: Germany demonstrated its growing support for the Nabucco gas pipeline by sending Economics Ministry heavyweight State Secretary Bernd Pfaffenbach to last week's Nabucco Summit in Budapest. During and after the conference the German government expressed guarded optimism regarding N [...]	2009-02-06 15:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP EU RU TU GM
09BERLIN209	A REVITALIZED NUCLEAR INDUSTRY MAKES A STRONG CASE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's current policy to phase out nuclear power by 2021 is coming under fire from leaders of the CDU/CSU and FDP, while Germany's nuclear industry is increasingly confident of winning an indefinite reprieve from the ban should a conservative/liberal coalition form the next go [...]	2009-02-19 15:57:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL GM RS TU UP
09BERLIN344	MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY, AFGHANISTAN, ISRAEL, IRAQ-TURKEY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S. Bailout Plan 3. U.S. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. U.S. Budget Draft 5. Obama on AIG Bonuses 6. New Israeli Government 7. Turkish President Gul Visits Iraq 8. 10th Anniversary of NATO Intervention 9. Future NATO Secretary General 10. R [...]	2009-03-24 12:27:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IS IZ TU RS SF DA CH
09BERLIN372	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, UNFCCC, DOHA, LATAM [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. New Afghanistan Strategy 3. NATO Summit Meeting 4. New NATO Secretary-General 5. Bonn UNFCCC 6. Doha--Arab Summit 7. Progressive Leaders' Conference Â [...]	2009-03-30 12:05:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF PK TU IS IR CU
09BERLIN418	MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CUBA, SOUTH AFRICA, PENTAGON, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Obama Visit to Turkey 3. Obama Visit Wrap Up 4. Obama Visit to Iraq 5. US Congressional Delegation in Cuba 6. Secretary Gates on Pentagon Budget 7. South Africa 8. Fujimori Trial in Peru 9. Guantanamo 10. Nuclear Weapons in Germany [...]	2009-04-08 13:23:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US TU IZ CU SF PE
09BERLIN424	(C) GERMANY SAYS CYPRUS WILL BLOCK TURKEY FROM NSG [...] (C) According to Germany, the current Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),Cyprus will block Turkey's candidacy to chair the NSG in 2010. Germany has been in direct contact with Nicosia and Ankara on this impasse and stated that the Cypriots, primary objection to Turkey's NSG Chairman [...]	2009-04-09 14:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC IAEA KNNP PARM TRGY TU CY GR HU GM
09BERLIN434	GERMANY FAILS TO CLARIFY ITS POSITION ON GAS [...] (C) Summary: Germany's stance regarding Europe's three major gas pipeline projects -- Nabucco, Nordstream, and Southstream -- has become increasingly difficult to decipher. The apparent confusion results from a German tendency to try to appease all sides on contentious and complex issues. How [...]	2009-04-14 05:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP EU RU TU GM
09BERLIN449	(S) GERMANY INFORMED ABOUT POSSIBLE IRANIAN UAV [...] (S//NF) German officials have agreed to immediately notify their competent authorities about an imminent shipment of Iranian origin UAV parts to Venezuela in the coming weeks, possibly through Hamburg. On April 15, EconOff delivered the REF C demarche to German MFA export control officers led by Ma [...]	2009-04-16 14:49:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC TU VE IR GM
09BERLIN470	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE APRIL 27-28 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany regrets the confusion that the Czech EU Presidency has caused over the status of Belarus President Lukashenka's invitation to the May 7 Eastern Partnership Summit, and agrees that it is important to ensure that he does not attend. The German MFA says it favors inviting R [...]	2009-04-22 16:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV RU BM MD UP XF EZ IR TU GM
09BERLIN599	MIXED GERMAN VIEWS ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. support for Turkish entry into the EU has drawn ire from the CDU/CSU in recent months, but the importance of binding Turkey to the West and rewarding the significant reforms Turkey has enacted does not escape most German politicians. However, even those politicians most sy [...]	2009-05-20 15:59:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV TU EUN GM
09BERLIN601	GERMAN COMPANY MARKETING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO US DESPITE FRENCH OPPOSITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 16:50:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR KZ AE TU GM
09BISHKEK513	TURKISH PRESIDENT PRESSES KYRGYZ COUNTERPART ON [...] (C) On the sidelines of a May 28 opening ceremony for a new building at the International Ataturk Alatoo University in Bishkek, the Ambassador spoke briefly with visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul, and then at length with Turkish MFA Under Secretary for Political Affairs Unal Cevikoz for [...]	2009-05-28 09:53:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR KG TU
09BRUSSELS110	THE EU'S ENERGY SECURITY: MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The recent dispute between Russia and Ukraine over gas supply and transit underscores yet again the precariousness of Europe's energy supply. Despite attempts by the parties to portray this as a commercial dispute, it was evident that gas was being used as a weap [...]	2009-01-27 18:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EUN RS UP TU ZB ZJ
09BRUSSELS1647	US-EU OFFICIALS CONVENE ENERGY COUNCIL'S SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar and RELEX North America Director Alan Seatter co-chaired the first meeting of the U.S.-EU Energy Council,s security and markets working group in Brussels on November 18, 2009. The meeting established when and how the work [...]	2009-12-08 12:40:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL ECON TU IZ NI UP RU ZJ ZK XR
09BRUSSELS1718	BRUSSELS APPELLATE COURT ACQUITS DHKP-C OF [...] (U) Belgian media reported December 23 that the Brussels Appellate Court found the six defendants in the on-going DHKP-C (Revolutionary People's Liberation Party active in Turkey) case not guilty under Belgium's 2005 counterterrorism law. The defendants are Turks who were arrested in 1999 in [...]	2009-12-23 15:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KISL TU BE
09BRUSSELS391	INTRODUCING THE EUROPEAN UNION, PART VI: THE ACCESSION [...] The EU has been growing from the founding "Six" to the current EU-27. Enlargement is viewed as one of the EU's most successful policies and a powerful foreign policy tool for extending a zone of peace and democracy across the European continent. The tight conditions for membership and the va [...]	2009-03-18 17:41:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EUN TU HR CY XH
09BRUSSELS732	TURKEY SEEKS TO EXCLUDE IRAQI GAS FROM THE NABUCCO [...] (SBU) On May 27 Econ Officer spoke with a European Commission official involved with the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) negotiations, about the status of the IGA. The official was quite concerned over the state of negotiations. He said that negotiations had taken a turn for the w [...]	2009-05-27 14:22:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN IZ TU
09BRUSSELS762	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS II: THE ISSUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Because of the June 4-7 European Parliament elections, there is no legislative activity btween early May and September. The economic risis and Turkey's accession are pan-European themes in some European Parliament campaigns. Unlike in the 2004 EP elections, U.S.-EU relations are [...]	2009-06-02 16:00:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU EUN ECON
09BRUSSELS768	EU: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN AS AN ENTRY POINT [...] (SBU) On June 2, 2009 Econ Officer delivered reftel demarche to EU Commission officials Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Security of Supply and Energy Markets at DG-TREN, and Brendan Devlin, Principal Administrator under Hilbrecht charged with shepherding the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement [...]	2009-06-03 15:08:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN IR IZ TU
09BRUSSELS775	ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN -- THE NABUCCO IGA [...] (SBU) Summary. Press reports yesterday quoted Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz as saying "We haven't given up on the demand to take 15 percent of the gas that will be carried by the Nabucco pipeline; it's still being discussed." This announcement came just a week after Nabucco Chief Rei [...]	2009-06-04 11:25:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN TU AJ
09BRUSSELS846	BELGIAN MUSLIMS REACT TO POTUS SPEECH [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 12:09:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM SCUL KISL KWMN MO TU BE
09BRUSSELS853	BELGIAN MUSLIMS REACT TO POTUS SPEECH [...] (U) This cable is a correction for deleted BRUSSELS 846. Population figures for Muslims in para 2 have been revised upwards. 2. (SBU) Summary: At a June 10 luncheon for Muslim community leaders, activists, and academics, Charge elicited the reaction to President Obama's June 4 speech. Bel [...]	2009-06-19 16:11:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM SCUL KISL KWMN MO TU BE
09BRUSSELS895	BELGIUM ON PKK AND CT COOPERATION [...] (S) Summary: Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Ronald Schlicher met June 9 with Belgian CT officials to discuss PKK, Roj-TV, and wider CT cooperation; a luncheon hosted by the Charge covered additional CT themes. Ambassador Schlicher conveyed a message from Danish CT off [...]	2009-06-30 09:15:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR TU IZ BE
09BUCHAREST671	BASESCU OUTLINES ROMANIA'S BLACK SEA ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu told visiting U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar on September 30 that Romania remains solidly behind the southern corridor strategy for diversifying sources and routes of energy supply to Europe, and is actively pursuing stronger [...]	2009-10-02 09:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL AJ EUN TU TX RO
09CANBERRA326	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: URGING IRAN TO RELEASE DETAINED AMERICAN, MS SABERI [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 06:26:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AS EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT EUN PHUM
09CANBERRA334	AUSTRALIAN DEMARCHE TO IRANIANS URGING THE RELEASE OF DETAINED AMERICAN, MS SABERI [...] (S/NF) Further to Ref B, April 2, Hugh Jeffry, Director of Iran Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Poloff that, in response to Ref A request, the GOA had delivered a message to the Iranian ambassador, Mahmoud Movahhedi, in Canberra requesting the freeing of the American ci [...]	2009-04-02 06:33:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AS EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT EUN PHUM
09CANBERRA365	AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR IN TEHRAN DEMARCHES IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) The Australian ambassador in Tehran demarched Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Akhmondzadeh on April 7 on behalf of Ms Saberi. Akhomdzadeh, just back from The Hague, expressed surprise to learn that Saberi had not yet been released. The Australian Embassy believes that the GOI indictmen [...]	2009-04-09 06:43:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL CASC EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT
09COPENHAGEN241	DENMARK LOOKING TO STRENGTHEN CASE AGAINST PRO-PKK [...] (S) In recent discussions, Danish government officials and the chief prosecutor in the case against PKK-affiliated Roj-TV underscored their determination to address that case according to Danish law, expressing frustration with the evidence produced so far and unwilling to predict when the sta [...]	2009-05-26 12:13:00	Embassy Copenhagen	SECRET	PREL PTER NATO TU DA
09COPENHAGEN446	(C) ROJ-TV: DANES HOPEFUL ABOUT NEW TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Denmark does not rule out that the latest evidence provided by Turkey will be of the type needed to prove Roj-TV's ties to the terrorist PKK in a Danish court, national security advisor Ahrenkiel told the Ambassador October 9. Prosecutors are studying the file and are expected [...]	2009-10-09 15:33:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER DA TU
09COPENHAGEN454	GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA: MFA EXPLAINS FM MOELLER'S VISIT [...] (C) This message contains an action request regarding Georgia/Abkhazia and NATO membership for Georgia and Ukraine; please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: FM Moeller's October 6 visit to Abkhazia was coordinated with and supported by the Georgian Government. It came at his own initiat [...]	2009-10-14 11:14:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU UP TU DA
09DAMASCUS179	PRESIDENT ASAD AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS A NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Cardin, in a February 18 meeting with President Bashar al-Asad, FM Muallim, Presidential Advisor for Political and Media Affairs Shaaban, and Ambassador to the U.S. Mustafa conveyed U.S. concerns regarding Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Syrian human rights abuses, the [...]	2009-03-10 10:40:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS IZ TU SY
09DAMASCUS199	CORRECTED COPY OF DAMASCUS 179 PARA 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Cardin, in a February 18 meeting with President Bashar al-Asad, FM Muallim, Presidential Advisor for Political and Media Affairs Shaaban, and Ambassador to the U.S. Mustafa conveyed U.S. concerns regarding Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Syrian human rights abuses, the [...]	2009-03-15 05:49:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS IZ TU SY
09DAMASCUS364	SARG USES TURKISH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HIGHLIGHT [...] (C) The SARG is championing Turkish President Abdullah Gul's three-day visit to Damascus as one of three recent examples of Syria's increasing regional economic integration. Syrian official media touted several bilateral agreements resulting from the visit, including Turkish cooperation in Sy [...]	2009-05-25 03:14:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ETRD PGOV IZ IR TU SY
09DAMASCUS620	SIX MONTH CHECK-UP: KURDS AILING BUT POLITICALLY [...] (C) Summary: Drought, unemployment, economic & cultural discrimination, political repression, arbitrary arrest, unexplainable deaths, and statelessness contributed to a miserable first six months of the Kurdish New Year (Nowruz) in Syria -- making this year, so far, very much like last year. [...]	2009-08-25 10:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SCUL SENV SOCI SMIG SY TU
09DAMASCUS747	MICHEL KILO: FREED DISSIDENT ANALYZES US-SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with the prominent dissident Michel Kilo at his home on October 21 for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of Syria's political opposition and its view of U.S.-Syrian rapproachment. Kilo, who was released from prison in May of this year, generally supported U.S. en [...]	2009-10-22 11:53:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SY TU
09DAMASCUS759	TURKISH SUPPORT EMBOLDENS ASAD BUT PROVIDES BEST HOPE FOR COAXING SYRIA FROM IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: President Bashar al-Asad's September 16-17 working visit to Istanbul produced agreement on the creation of a high-level strategic cooperation commission, visa-free travel between Syria and Turkey, and a Syrian offer to work to rehabilitate Syrian PKK members. The deliverables [...]	2009-10-28 05:25:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TU LE SA IZ SY
09DAMASCUS826	NO DIVIDEND ON SARG-KURDISH BACKCHANNEL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish Democratic Front Secretary General Abdul Hakim Bashar (strictly protect) detailed backchannel discussions between the SARG and Kurdish political leaders that took place this summer. Issam Baghdy, a former MP and member of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP),co [...]	2009-11-25 15:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL SMIG SY TU
09DAMASCUS880	SYRIAN-IRANIAN SHOW OF SOLIDARITY MASKS TENSIONS [...] (S/NF) The successive visits of three high-level Iranian officials to Damascus in early December appear at first glance to reaffirm strong Iranian-Syrian security ties and other forms of bilateral cooperation, but they may, in fact, mask deepening rifts over Iraq, Yemen, and the possibility of war [...]	2009-12-22 03:40:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IR LE IZ TU SY
09DARESSALAAM796	PRES. KIKWETE TELLS REP. PAYNE THAT TANZANIA & TURKEY WILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ),in Dar Es Salaam to participate in the Mo Ibrahim Forum on Governance, met privately with President Jakaya Kikwete on November 14, along with Ambassador Lenhardt and staffers. Rep. Payne urged Kikwete, as a progressive African leader, to work [...]	2009-11-20 04:25:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PINS PREL PTER PINR PREF PBTS SO TZ ER TU

09DARESSALAAM869	SOMALI TALKS IN TURKEY: TANZANIA PROPOSES TO DEFER [...] (C) Summary. FM Membe, on receipt of ref a points from Ambassador Lenhardt, agreed to call the Turkish FM to defer a planned meeting involving the foreign ministers of Turkey, Tanzania, Eritrea and Somalia, which had been planned to take place in Ankara in January. Membe requested an update on [...]	2009-12-17 13:30:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER SO TU TZ
09DOHA464	THE GROWING STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TURKEY [...] (U) This Ministerial was the annual high-level meeting mandated by the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Turkey and the GCC at their first ministerial summit in September of 2008 held in Jeddah. -- Although Turkey and the GCC consider the 2008 MOU to be the "launching point" for th [...]	2009-07-22 12:34:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON TBIO SCUL IR IZ TU ZP
09DUSSELDORF16	TRIAL OF GERMAN PKK LEADER HUESEYIN ACAR BEING [...] (U) The trial of alleged Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Germany leader Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),began on April 27 in Duesseldorf, the latest in a series of high profile terrorism cases at the city's Higher Regional Court. German authorities have charged Acar (49) with leading an inte [...]	2009-04-27 16:14:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM
09DUSSELDORF17	CORRECTED COPY: TRIAL OF GERMAN PKK LEADER HUESEYIN ACAR [...] (U) The trial of alleged Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Germany leader Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),began on April 27 in Duesseldorf, the latest in a series of high profile terrorism cases at the city's Higher Regional Court. German authorities have charged Acar (49) with leading an inte [...]	2009-04-27 16:34:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM
09DUSSELDORF27	FORMER PKK LEADER IN GERMANY SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM [...] (U) Former Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) leader for Germany, Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),was sentenced on July 31 to three years and nine months in prison on charges of leadership of a criminal organization and coercion by the Higher Regional Court in Duesseldorf. The coercion cha [...]	2009-08-03 16:21:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM
09DUSSELDORF46	COLOGNE MOSQUE/CULTURAL CENTER CORNERSTONE LAYING - A [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, the cornerstone for the Turkish Islamic Union's (DITIB) Cologne mosque and cultural center was laid in the presence of 2,000 guests, including senior representatives from the German and Turkish governments, and representatives of major religious communities Afte [...]	2009-11-16 14:23:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL PHUM TU GM
09ISLAMABAD1118	TURKISH AMBASSADOR: THEIR TRILATERALS, FRIENDS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by EmbOffs, met May 20 with Turkish Ambassador Soysal and other Turkish counterparts. The Turkish Embassy, which has taken on a coordinating role for NATO in Pakistan, advocated greater cooperation with the U.S. vis-a-vis Pakistan. Soysal described Turkey's [...]	2009-05-24 06:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREF EAID MOPS PHUM MARR PREL PK TU
09ISTANBUL103	ROMA ASSOCIATION PRAISES LOCAL GOVERNMENT, STARTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Edirne's Roma community enjoys a progressive relationship with the city's municipal authorities, which has helped bring tangible benefits to the community and led to increasing interest among Roma there in participating in party politics. According to Edirne Deputy Governor A [...]	2009-03-12 13:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL115	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, we met with EMPA Electronics Managing Director Mehmet Horsanali and one of his consultants, Yurdakul Alpay on March 13, 2009, to conduct a post-shipment end use check on License 050111816 and, specifically, to confirm the bona fides of EMPA and to r [...]	2009-03-20 13:15:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TU
09ISTANBUL118	WITH ELECTION IN THE BAG, SISLI MAYOR AIMS HIGHER [...] In a meeting earlier this week with PolOffs, Mustafa Sarigul, Mayor of Istanbul's Sisli District, focused more on his national ambitions than he did on the local elections scheduled for March 29. With polls showing some 80 percent of the District supporting him for a third term, Sarigul can [...]	2009-03-23 10:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL12	NGO LEADERS: WOMEN'S RIGHTS THREATENED BY GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Women NGO leaders gathered for lunch hosted by the Consul General on December 17, 2008, commented on the growing conservatism on the part of the Turkish government (GOT) over the past year which ultimately impaired women's rights. According to the leaders present, a tendency t [...]	2009-01-07 14:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF OSCE TU PHUM
09ISTANBUL121	RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND AKP VIE TO WIN THE HEARTS AND [...] (C) Summary. A visiting USG research group met with intellectuals and think tanks in Istanbul on March 5-9 to discuss the developing relationship between the government of Turkey (GOT) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Various observers told them the religiously conservative Turkis [...]	2009-03-24 15:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE IZ TU
09ISTANBUL124	COLUMNISTS DEBATE THE FUTURE OF TURKEY UNDER AKP [...] (U) Summary. During a lively luncheon at the Consul General's Residence, four senior Turkish columnists exchanged views and barbs about Turkey's future course. While all agreed that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will be setting the course, there was great disagreement [...]	2009-03-27 11:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO ECON TU PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE
09ISTANBUL125	MINORITY MAYORAL CANDIDATE OPENS A DOOR [...] (SBU) Summary. For the first time in 50 years, Turkey has an Armenian mayoral candidate. During a mid-March meeting, Democratic Left Party (DSP) candidate Yayla Karabet readily acknowledged that he was selected to appeal to the minority population on the Prince's Islands in the Sea of Marmara. [...]	2009-03-27 11:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL128	WORLD WATER FORUM PROVIDES A DRY-RUN FOR THE [...] (U) Summary and Comment: During March 16-22, 2009, over 25,000 people from more than 60 countries attended the Fifth Triennial World Water Forum (WWF) in Istanbul. The 71-member U.S. delegation was headed by Alonzo Fulghum, Acting Director of USAID, who gave the opening and closing Ministeria [...]	2009-03-30 08:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ECON EFIN ENIV ETRD IMF PREL TU
09ISTANBUL132	TREASURY OFFICIALS VISIT ISTANBUL [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) US Treasury Department officials Joanna Veltri and Jason Weiss had a series of meetings in Istanbul on March 19th & March 20th with financial analysts and private sector representatives. They discussed Turkey's worrisome financing needs, prospects for an IMF agreement and the [...]	2009-03-31 14:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL133	PREMIER WATER FORUM UNITES EXPERTS, LOCAL, AND [...] (U) Over 25,000 people, including more that 100 ministers and several heads-of-state, attended the Fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul, March 16-22. The U.S. delegation to the Forum was led by USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and included 70 technical experts from more than 10 U.S. a [...]	2009-04-01 16:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENIV ENRG PHUM PREL SENV TU UNDP UNEF
09ISTANBUL137	IRAN/NARCOTICS: ENGAGING IRAN ON COUNTER-NARCOTIC ISSUES IN TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-10 11:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PINS PREL SNAR TU
09ISTANBUL138	US-IRAN RELATIONS: "BEWARE THE SPOILERS" [...] (S) Summary: Several contacts who closely watch Iranian politics have cautioned that in the wake of recent positive "atmospheric" developments in US-Iran relations, Washington should take extra care not to "over-extend" its efforts to reach out to the regime. The remaining two months before [...]	2009-04-10 13:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL14	US-IRAN RELATIONS: CONTACTS IN TURKEY AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian contacts and local experts have cautioned it would be a mistake if the USG, as it considers whether, when, and how to engage Iran, withheld such an approach in an effort to impact the outcome of Iran's elections, in this case against Ahmadinejad. One expert argued that [...]	2009-01-09 11:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL140	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE CONSIDERS TURKS TOLERANT [...] (C) Summary. During an April 10th meeting, the Ecumenical Patriarchate's press relations representative, Father Dositheos, explained the continuing problems the Patriarchate faces to Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Representative Chris Carney (D-PA). The list of challenges -- including the n [...]	2009-04-15 15:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU GR OSCE
09ISTANBUL142	CHECHEN REFUGEE CONDITIONS IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary. The murder in Istanbul between October 2008 and February 2009 of three Chechens with alleged terrorist ties prompted speculation by news outlets and local Chechen refugees that Russia or Chechen governor Ramzan Kadyrov might be involved. Contacts also reported on the difficult [...]	2009-04-21 13:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU OSCE RS
09ISTANBUL151	SISLI MAYOR SARIGUL READY TO LAUNCH NEW PARTY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Mustafa Sarigul, recently re-elected for a third term as mayor of the Istanbul municipality of Sisli, voiced absolute confidence that he will be the Prime Minister of Turkey following the 2011 elections. Prime Minister Recep Erdogan will not win a third term, according to Sarig [...]	2009-05-04 06:28:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL155	AUTHORIZED MAY DAY DEMOSTRATORS MARCH ON TAKSIM [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 14:14:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	TU PGOV ELAB PHUM
09ISTANBUL167	TURKISH BUSINESS LEADERS EXPRESS OPTIMISM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 8 U.S. Department of Treasury officials, after a day of meetings in Ankara with high level government officials (septel),came to Istanbul to speak with bankers, economists and real sector representatives about Turkey,s economy. The consensus among the interlocu [...]	2009-05-15 05:44:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN TU
09ISTANBUL169	MIXED MESSAGES: RESPONDING TO HOMOSEXUALITY IN [...] (U) Summary. Turkey is confronting conflicting cultural and moral ideals as it continues down the road of modernity. On May 14, daily "Milliyet" reported that a moderate columnist from "Zaman" linked homosexuality with massacres in Iraq and Afghanistan in a televised statement during which he [...]	2009-05-16 07:46:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL TU OSCE
09ISTANBUL17	EUR/SE DEPUTY DIRECTOR BRINK IN ISTANBUL MEETINGS [...] (U) Summary. On December 18, EUR/SE Deputy Director Bridget Brink ended a week-long visit to Turkey by meeting with officials of the Turkish business association MUSIAD, the press relations officer of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and prominent newspaper columnists. The overall theme of the [...]	2009-01-11 09:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU EINV IR AA
09ISTANBUL170	ERGENEKON: IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU SIT [...] (C) "Ergenekon" remains an all-encompassing term after nearly a year of indictments, investigations, arrests, and search warrants. There seem to be as many perceptions of the reality of Ergenekon as there are agendas in the Turkish domestic political realm. We spoke with several thinkers and [...]	2009-05-16 08:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL173	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PHARMACEUTICAL REPS AND [...] (SBU) (Summary) Ambassador Jeffrey recently met with representatives of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry in Istanbul. The discussion centered upon familiar and long-standing industry problems in Turkey such as market access, patent protection and data exclusivity, as well as conformit [...]	2009-05-18 14:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN FCSC PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL175	PROMOTING "CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN IRAN" [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish NGO that promotes "corporate social responsibility" (CSR) principles in Turkey has briefed us on its efforts to train an Iranian CSR NGO to survey 100 Iranian companies on the extent to which they implement CSR principles in Iran. Not surprisingly the initial results [...]	2009-05-20 15:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL180	SURPRISE TURKISH ELECTION RESULTS PUT SKEPTICAL [...] (U) Summary: The relatively low support for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the March 29 local election caught many political watchers off-guard, which calls into question the validity of public opinion surveys in Turkey. Only one published poll * from A&G Research -- correct [...]	2009-05-22 13:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TU SOPN
09ISTANBUL182	DEPARTURE OF CONSUL GENERAL SHARON A. WIENER [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 11:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT OTRA ASEC TU
09ISTANBUL183	IRANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS ENCOURAGE US HELP TO [...] (C) Summary: Several Iranian environmental experts recently decried to us the lack of attention and resources the GOI devotes to water-related issues in Iran. They urged the USG to reach out to Iran indirectly, through UNDP or academic channels, to offer a "cooperative partnership" (i.e., US [...]	2009-05-27 14:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PREL PGOV PINS UNDP IR TU
09ISTANBUL184	ROMA NEARLY CLEARED OUT OF SULUKULE [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: Only about 10-15 houses remain in Sulukule, the primarily Roma community in the Istanbul district of Fatih. For over two years, houses in Sulukule have been demolished to make way for a redevelopment project that aims to replace the substandard housing with modern upscale townho [...]	2009-05-28 07:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL188	RO-RO SHIP RUNS AGROUND ON THE BOSPHORUS [...] (U) On May 28 a roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) ship loaded with lumber en route to Istanbul from Burgas, Bulgaria ran aground in Yenikoy, Istanbul. Miraculously, no one was injured and only minor damage was done to a yali (seaside mansion). (End summary). 2. (U) News reports indicated [...]	2009-05-29 14:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TU
09ISTANBUL189	IRANIAN ELECTIONS AND MEDIA: "PRESS TV FOR [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary and Comment: The Istanbul correspondent for Iran's "Press TV" news channel (please strictly protect) told us that a sizable majority of Press TV reporters, editors, and producers openly support Iranian presidential candidate Mousavi and oppose Ahmadinejad. Despite Press TV [...]	2009-05-29 15:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IR TU
09ISTANBUL198	IRAN/ELECTIONS: A TURKISH PROFESSOR'S INFORMAL [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish political science professor plans to visit Iran with several colleagues June 9-13 on the pretense of holding academic exchanges with counterparts at Tehran and Esfahan universities, but for the primary purpose of visiting Iranian polling stations and observing the cond [...]	2009-06-04 15:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL20	AN IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT CRITIQUES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian expert with a regime-affiliated think-tank who participated in a "study tour" observing U.S. presidential elections has written a draft paper comparing and critiquing U.S. and Iranian election procedures. The paper will be published on a Turkish university website in [...]	2009-01-14 07:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM TU IR
09ISTANBUL200	RETURN OF CONSUL GENERAL SHARON A. WIENER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 08:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA TU
09ISTANBUL203	LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE H1N1 OUTBREAK IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: An Amcit transit passenger was Turkey's first confirmed H1N1 case. His mother, a green card holder (LPR),also tested positive for the virus. Subsequently six more confirmed H1N1 cases have been announced by the Government of Turkey (GOT) including an additional U.S. citizen [...]	2009-06-09 05:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV CASC KFLU PREL AMGT TU
09ISTANBUL206	IRAN/ELECTIONS: A LEADING IRANIAN ANALYST PREDICTS [...] (S) Summary: A leading Tehran-based economic and political consultant predicts that Mir-Hossein Mousavi will win the Iranian elections in a June 19 run-off against Ahmadinejad. His firm's most recent polling shows Mousavi receiving over 50 percent support from Iranians likely to vote, with [...]	2009-06-09 13:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL KDEM IR TU
09ISTANBUL207	IRAN/ELECTIONS: "THE MOST DYNAMIC WEEK IN IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee (please protect) told us June 10 that not since the 1979 revolution has he seen such a dynamic week in Iranian politics. He said the televised debates (especially the airing of corruption charges and personal attacks),the mass [...]	2009-06-10 13:46:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PINS PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL209	PANEL WARNS TURKEY LAGS BEHIND IN ISLAMIC FINANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Representatives from Islamic finance institutions and local law firms met in Istanbul on June 4 for a one-day session on Islamic Finance in Turkey. Osman Akyuz, Secretary General of the Turkish Participation Banks Association, was enthusiastic about the growing strength of "part [...]	2009-06-12 08:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN TU
09ISTANBUL210	AUTHOR ON TRIAL FOR EXPOSING SECURITY FAILURES IN [...] (U) The trial of Turkish journalist Nedim Sener of the daily Milliyet newspaper for "violating the secrecy of communication" was opened on June 10 in the Istanbul 2nd Penal Court of First Instance. The indictment prepared by the Istanbul public prosecutor asserts that in his book, titled "Hran [...]	2009-06-12 08:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL211	DEPARTURE OF CONSUL GENERAL SHARON A. WIENER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 11:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA ASEC TU
09ISTANBUL22	RAISING CONCERNS WITH TURKISH BANKS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] (C) Summary: We met with representative from the Turkish Bankers' Association and several Turkish banks to highlight our ongoing concerns about Iran's deceptive financial practices and urge them to undertake more rigorous scrutiny of their relationships with Iranian banks. We also shared inf [...]	2009-01-15 06:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP PREL PGOV TU IR
09ISTANBUL220	IRAN/ELECTIONS: "AN IRGC COUP" NOW FACES THREE [...] (S) Summary: A former IRGC captain maintains that the Iranian regime's claim of an Ahmadinejad presidential victory was "an IRGC coup." He claims to have been told by current IRGC contacts (hinting that they are colonels or brigadiers) that once the IRGC saw on election day that that Mousavi [...]	2009-06-17 14:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PINS PGOV KDEM PREL IT TU
09ISTANBUL231	HALKI SEMINARY MERELY ONE STEP TOWARD ENSURING [...] (C) Summary. Closed since 1971, Halki Seminary is touted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul and Greek Orthodox communities in the United States as being key to the survival of the Patriarchate. Turkey's remaining community of 2,500 Greek Orthodox is not large enough to maintain the Pat [...]	2009-06-23 13:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU GR
09ISTANBUL243	(C) ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE DECRIES RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and representatives from the Greek Orthodox Church in America have expressed concerns that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC),backed by the Russian Government, is interfering increasingly in Ecumenical Church Affairs with the ambition of moving t [...]	2009-07-02 13:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE RU TU PGOV PREL PHUM GR
09ISTANBUL244	POST-ELECTION IRAN: "THE SYSTEM IS NO LONGER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee, recently returned from Iran, described how he thinks Ahmadinejad's campaign "stole" the elections, including printing 20 million extra ballots for ballot-box stuffing. He predicted the regime will now work hard to secure in [...]	2009-07-02 14:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL26	SHORTAGE OF HOTEL ROOMS IN ISTANBUL MARCH 16-22. [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 11:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA TU
09ISTANBUL261	S/P DIRECTOR SLAUGHTER RAISES HALKI SEMINARY WITH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting S/P Director met June 25 in Istanbul with the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I, to discuss religious freedom and interfaith dialogue in Turkey. The Patriarch again praised President Obama's April 6 Ankara speech remarks on the need to re-open the Halki Seminary and we [...]	2009-07-10 16:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL269	KOC EXECUTIVES ASSESS TURKEY'S ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Koc executives expressed concern over the Turkish economy to Ambassador Jeffrey and CG Wiener in a July 9 meeting. While the situation has improved since earlier this year and Turkey is relatively better-positioned than its peers, consumer confidence remains low and must reboun [...]	2009-07-15 08:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
09ISTANBUL27	TURKISH AIRLINES CEO ON LANDING SLOTS, UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 12, Turkish Airlines (THY) CEO Temel Kotil called on the Consul General to seek assistance in resolving concerns posed by the FAA related to a THY wet lease of three Boeing 777 aircraft from JET Aviation of India. CG and Kotil discussed THY's planned purchase of u [...]	2009-01-16 12:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD TU
09ISTANBUL270	KEY TURKISH BUSINESS GROUPS DISCUSS POST-CAIRO [...] (SBU) Action request - see para 11. 2. (SBU) (Summary) Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Anne-Marie Slaughter met with representatives of MUSIAD (Independent Industrialist and Businessmen's Association) and TAIK (Turkish-U.S. Business Council) in Istanbul to discuss prospects for U.S [...]	2009-07-15 08:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
09ISTANBUL271	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HALKI [...] (C) Summary. During a July 9 meeting, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (EP) explained the Patriarchate's lack of communication with the GOT on Halki and briefed the Ambassador on the positive July 4 - 6 visit of Russian Patriarch Kirill to Turkey. According to the EP, the GOT has not communi [...]	2009-07-15 08:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU GR RU
09ISTANBUL273	IMF REP ATKINSON BRIEFS AUDIENCE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) (Summary): Fresh from the G-8 Conference in Italy, IMF External Relations Director Caroline Atkinson met with local business leaders and analysts in Istanbul at a conference sponsored by DEIK (Foreign Economic Relations Board) to discuss the Fund's view of the global financial cris [...]	2009-07-16 12:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
09ISTANBUL28	TURKISH INTELLECTUALS WANT FREEDOM TO DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 13:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL287	IRANIAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY: NO SIGN YET OF A [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings with UNHCR and ICMC representatives in Turkey we learned that neither organization has seen a significant surge, yet, of Iranians coming to Turkey to request asylum or refugee status as a result of the post-election crackdown in Iran. However, UNHCR officials [...]	2009-07-28 11:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PINS IR TU AF
09ISTANBUL290	IRAN/ELECTIONS: A TURKISH ELECTION EXPERT SAYS [...] (S) Summary: A Turkish professor who informally observed Iran's June 12 elections told us he believes Ahmadinejad really won a majority of votes. He believed Ahmadinejad's campaign added an additional four million fraudulent votes to pad the margin of victory, but claims Ahmadinejad would ha [...]	2009-07-28 15:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IR TU
09ISTANBUL310	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Incoming and outgoing DPOs made an introductory call on the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on August 4 to discuss developments with Halki and the Patriarch's upcoming travel to the United States. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Patriarch shared that he would be in the Unite [...]	2009-08-11 14:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GR TU OSCE PGOV
09ISTANBUL314	BACKGROUND TO ATTACK ON CHRISTIAN IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 3, a Christian Turk was attacked in Kadikoy, Istanbul, by an acquaintance who recently completed military service. The twenty-minute standoff ended when police officers threatened to open fire. The attacker eventually released the victim after calling him a "missionar [...]	2009-08-14 05:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL316	TUSIAD CHIEF QUESTIONS GOT ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (Summary) (C) Arzuhan Yalcindag, President of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD),on August 12 told the Consul General that recent developments and a round of ministerial-level meetings in Ankara left her pessimistic about the GOT's commitment to economic ref [...]	2009-08-14 11:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL32	TIFA DELEGATION HOLDS PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The American Business Forum in Turkey (ABFT) organized a private sector forum for the U.S. delegation ahead of the Turkey-U.S. Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks in Ankara. Representatives of U.S. companies in Istanbul provided formal briefings on the pharma [...]	2009-01-20 08:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EAGR TU
09ISTANBUL323	PM ERDOGAN RAISES HOPES OF MINORITY COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 15, in an unprecedented event, Prime Minister Erdogan spoke to 150 business, community, and religious leaders during a lunch on Buyukada Island, also attended by the Ecumenical Patriarch. Prominent human rights lawyer Kezban Hatimi, the CHP Mayor of the Princes' Islan [...]	2009-08-17 13:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU OSCE GR
09ISTANBUL326	PATRIARCHATE,S READOUT OF PM ERDOGAN AND PATRIARCH [...] Summary. (C) Press officer for the Ecumenical Patriarchate Father Dositheos on August 18 elaborated to poloff about the August 15 conversation between Prime Minister Erdogan and the Ecumenical Patriarch (Ref A). Dositheos reported that during his visit to the Greek sites on the island (the fir [...]	2009-08-19 15:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU GR OSCE
09ISTANBUL336	(C) IRAN: A XXXXX CONTACT SHARES VIEWS FROM A RAFSANJANI BUSINESS ALLY ON KHAMENEI'S CANCER AND RAFSANJANI'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: A XXXXXXXXXXXX businessman who represents the XXXXXXXXXXXX company XXXXXXXXXXXX shared with us a discussion he recently had with a XXXXXXXXXXXX he described as close to Rafsanjani. The XXXXXXXXXXXX claimed Rafsanjani told him Supreme Leader Khamenei has terminal leukemia and is expecte [...]	2009-08-28 14:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ECON ETRD IR TU
09ISTANBUL343	IRAN: MOUSAVI CAMPAIGN ACTIVISTS RECOUNT [...] (C) Summary: Two Mousavi campaign activists who recently came to Turkey to avoid re-arrest in Iran described their experiences in detention and told us that: the regime is obsessively afraid of former President Khatami, but less so of Mousavi and Rafsanjani; that the purpose of the "show trial [...]	2009-09-10 06:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL344	FLASH FLOOD AFTERMATH [...] (U) During the evening of September 8 and the morning of September 9, flash floods in Istanbul and surrounding areas left 31 confirmed dead, nine missing, and damages that may exceed USD 100 million. Affected areas were Tekirdag, a province west of Istanbul, and the western Istanbul neighborh [...]	2009-09-11 05:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL345	IRAN: TURKISH EXPERTS SEE KHAMENEI IN CHARGE, [...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed several leading Turkish think-tank experts for latest views on developments in Iran and the Iranian regime's view of engagement with the international community. The common themes we heard were: Supreme Leader Khamenei remains in firm control of the regime, su [...]	2009-09-11 13:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL346	CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP GETS BROAD VIEW OF [...] (SBU) Summary. A Congressional Study Group arranged by the Association of Former Members of Congress met with leadership from the Jewish Community, Armenian Archbishop, analyst Hugh Pope, Kurdish intellectual Umit Firat and GOT EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis between September 1-3. Both Jewish [...]	2009-09-11 13:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU AR GR CY OSCE
09ISTANBUL350	TURKISH ARMENIANS RELATE HOPE FOR PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting on September 4, Armenian Archbishop and acting Patriarch Aram Atesyan shared with visiting Ambassador Yovanovitch his optimism about the Turkish-Armenian rapprochement despite his conviction that Turkey will not change its stance on the events of 1915. He expl [...]	2009-09-14 08:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE AR TU
09ISTANBUL351	ISLAM, AKP, HEADSCARVES, FETHULLAH GULEN, AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 12:04:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL352	IRAN: REGIME PRESSURE REACHING SOME ISTANBUL [...] (S) Several Istanbul-based contacts of ConGen Istanbul's NEA Iran Watcher have separately cautioned us in the past week that they been asked (or warned) by Iranian officials to cease contact with "American diplomats asking questions about Iran." In one case, a key contact -- XXXXXXXXXXXX-- i [...]	2009-09-15 09:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PINS PREL PGOV PINR IR TU
09ISTANBUL357	ISLAM, AKP, HEADSCARVES, FETHULLAH GULEN, AND THE [...] (SBU). SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. A wide range of our contacts dismissed the notion that Turkey is at risk of becoming an Islamic Republic. Their consensus is that the political system is flexible enough to accommodate pious Turks, growing political activism. Though this activism will contin [...]	2009-09-17 14:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL365	PRIVATE SECTOR QUESTIONS AKP WILL TO LEAD ON [...] (C) Summary. Leading Turkish businessmen and economists gave the Justice and Development Party (AKP) mixed reviews at a luncheon hosted by the Consul General on September 23, 2009. The group acknowledged that the government of Prime Minister Erdogan has done a better job of handling the ec [...]	2009-09-28 14:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL367	IRAN/ECONOMY: AN IRANIAN NGO REPORT CRITIQUES [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish NGO (CSR-Turkey) is helping a sister NGO in Iran (CSR-Iran) examine how Iranian businesses implement, and whether the Iranian regime supports, "corporate social responsibility" practices in the workplace. CSR-Turkey has shared CSR-Iran's draft "Iran country report", b [...]	2009-09-29 13:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM EFIN PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL37	COMMENTATOR TALKS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC [...] Summary. In a recent discussion with diplomats and media representatives, professor of political science and well-regarded newspaper columnist Sahin Alpay predicted that Turkey will achieve democratic consolidation with or without EU support, and offered a broad apologia for the lackluster p [...]	2009-01-21 14:15:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL370	IRAN/RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: ASSYRIAN PENTACOSTAL [...] (C) Summary: According to the pastor of the largest Protestant Evangelical Church in Turkey (who also oversees the global church's evangelical missions in the Middle East),the Iranian Majles's Assyrian community representative, Jonathan Betkolia, asked an Iranian court in March 2009 to clos [...]	2009-09-30 13:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINS PGOV TU IR
09ISTANBUL373	ECHR DECISION COULD OPEN FLOOD OF PROPERTY CASES [...] (U) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights has handed down a ruling against Turkey in a case of property rights for Greek citizens and inherited property in Turkey. The ECHR determined that the confiscation of the Greek citizen's property by the Treasury was illegal not only according to [...]	2009-10-01 16:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE GR TU
09ISTANBUL374	IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS: BAHAI'I TRIAL UPDATE AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Bahai'i community leaders told us the trial of Iranian Bahai'i activists remains scheduled for October 18. Given that the prosecutor and judge involved in the case are the same ones who convicted American-Iranian journalist Roxane Saberi of espionage, the Bahai'i are bra [...]	2009-10-02 07:08:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PINS PREL TU IR
09ISTANBUL376	BAHA'I COMMUNITY REPORTS IMPROVEMENTS, STILL SEEK [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 23, leadership of the Baha'i community in Turkey shared with us their close collaboration with the government, the reduction in the number of assaults and harassment, and the community's remaining request to be recognized, at least informally, as a religion by the [...]	2009-10-02 11:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL377	DEPUTY CHIEF TURKISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED IN [...] (SBU) An Istanbul court last week ordered the arrest of Emin Arslan, Deputy Chief of the Turkish National Police (TNP) for Organized Crime and Kidnapping for alleged ties with "drug baron" Habib Kanat. Newly appointed Istanbul Police Chief Huseyin Capkin was reportedly behind the recent anti- [...]	2009-10-02 12:07:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL38	JEWISH COMMUNITY OF TURKEY: GOVERNMENT'S GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Three weeks of grassroots demonstrations throughout Turkey against the humanitarian crisis caused by Israeli actions in Gaza (refs A-C) have triggered anxiety within the Jewish Community of Turkey. Jewish Community president Sylvio Ovadya and vice president Lina Filiba shared th [...]	2009-01-21 14:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
09ISTANBUL384	RUSSIAN THREATENS UKRAINE COULD BE LEFT IN THE [...] Summary: On October 4, Under Secretary of State for Economics, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats met with Russian Minister of Finance Alexi Kudrin during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Istanbul. The two discussed a range of economic issues, including Russia's role in the [...]	2009-10-06 15:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV OSCE TU RU UR
09ISTANBUL39	ACTING ARMENIAN PATRIARCH SHARES HESITANT HOPE [...] (C) Summary. Acting Armenian patriarch Archbishop Atesyan explained the security threats facing Istanbul's Armenian community had decreased significantly since the murder of prominent Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink two years earlier. But, during a courtesy call with DAS Matthew Bryz [...]	2009-01-22 13:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU AM
09ISTANBUL390	ISTANBUL,S UNPLANNED GROWTH ENHANCES VULNERABILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The uncontrolled sprawling growth of the city of Istanbul puts its citizens at great risk in the event of a natural disaster. Construction standards have improved since the 1999 Marmara earthquake that killed over 30,000 people, yet illegal housing that lacks these standards co [...]	2009-10-13 13:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ECON PREL TU
09ISTANBUL394	IRAN-TURKEY COMMERCE: WARM FUZZIES AND COLD FACTS [...] (C) Summary: Despite a spate of recent Iran-Turkey trade conferences and visits, bilateral trade volume in 2009 is significantly down: USD 2.92 billion in the first seven months of 2009, down 38% compared to the same period in 2008. Many experts suggest the global financial downturn and low [...]	2009-10-15 05:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PINS PGOV IR TU
09ISTANBUL398	USAID AND TIKA PUSH FOR TRILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 6 meeting on the sidelines of the IMF/WB summit with the leadership of Turkey's aid and development organization, TIKA, the members of the USAID delegation discussed food security in Central Asia and Africa. They also discussed opportunities for trilateral coopera [...]	2009-10-16 13:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU UZ
09ISTANBUL403	11TH DINK TRIAL HEARING: A CALL FOR FILES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. At the eleventh hearing of the Dink murder trial on October 12, attended by Istanbul PolOff, the Dink family attorneys requested that Istanbul's 14th Heavy Penal Court consider files from the Ergenekon indictments pertaining to a clandestine organization whose alleged members [...]	2009-10-22 16:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV TU AR OSCE
09ISTANBUL404	JEWISH COMMUNITY CONCERNED, BUT NO INCIDENTS YET [...] (C) Summary. The beginning of television series "Separation" (Ayrilik) aired weekly on state-run TRT 1 starting October 13th inspired condemnation and concern from Israel and the Jewish community in Turkey. Community Vice Presidents Lina Filiba and Daniel Navarro met with the Consul General [...]	2009-10-22 16:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU IS
09ISTANBUL405	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: ERDOGAN THE BEST POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. The Ecumenical Patriarch joined the Ambassador and Istanbul Consul General for dinner October 15, five days before the Patriarch's departure for the United States. As in previous meetings, the Patriarch praised PM Erdogan as the best option available for Turkey's minority populati [...]	2009-10-23 13:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GR OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL408	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY VOICES GROWING [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 06:36:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL41	ACTING ARMENIAN PATRIARCH HOPEFUL FOR RETURN OF [...] (SBU) Summary. During a January 22 courtesy call by Ambassador Jeffrey, acting Armenian patriarch Archbishop Atesyan emphasized that the Armenian Turkish community is encouraged by the warming of relations between the Government of Armenia and the Government of Turkey (GOT). Atesyan noted th [...]	2009-01-26 13:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL OSCE PGOV TU AM
09ISTANBUL421	AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Turkey and Iran have actively courted each other in recent months, including Foreign Ministerial bilats in August, September, and early November, Erdogan's October trip to Iran, and Ahmadinejad's November 8-9 Istanbul visit. Ahmadinejad came for the OIC Summit, but also to furthe [...]	2009-11-10 17:12:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KNNP OIC TU IR
09ISTANBUL425	A TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL EXECUTIVE URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL BOARD MEMBER TOLD US THAT TRYING TO DO BUSINESS WITH IRAN HAS BECOME INTOLERABLE. HE SAID THIS IS BECAUSE IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC) IS MUSCLING OUT OTHER PARTNERS; IRAN REFUSES TO LOWER CUSTOMS DUTIES; BANK MELLAT IS UNRELIABL [...]	2009-11-13 18:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL427	BULGARIAN PRIORITES FOR BSEC CHAIRMANSHIP [...] During a meeting at the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation in Istanbul on November 12, Deputy Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Marin Raykov accepted the organization's chairmanship on behalf of Bulgaria. Istanbul's Deputy Principal Officer attended on behalf of the United States, wh [...]	2009-11-17 09:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN KSTC ODIP PREL TU BU
09ISTANBUL428	IRAN/FINANCE: TREASURY A/S COHEN URGES MORE [...] (C) Summary: Treasury A/S Cohen met October 19 in Istanbul with representatives from Turkey's two largest banking associations, including eight leading Turkish banks. A/S Cohen urged Turkish banks to adopt the most stringent compliance and enforcement standards to give the international finan [...]	2009-11-19 10:03:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL TU IR
09ISTANBUL429	SISLI MAYOR SARIGUL BROADENING ELECTORAL BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mustafa Sarigul, mayor of Istanbul's Sisli District, remains on track to launch his political party, the Turkey Change Movement (Turkiye Degisim Hareketi, or TDH),in January 2010 and will make a bid to oust Prime Minister Erdogan in the 2011 election. In separate, recent meetings [...]	2009-11-19 11:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL432	READOUT ON ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH'S "SUCCESSFUL" [...] (C) Summary. A close advisor who accompanied the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on his October 20 - November 6 trip to the United States provided us with a debriefing of the trip in which the Patriarch attended an environmental symposium, held services in New York and Washington D.C. and me [...]	2009-11-24 07:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE GR TU

09ISTANBUL434	HALKI AND PATRIARCHAL SUCCESSION [...] (C) Summary. Echoing statements made earlier by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the U.S.-based spokesperson for the Ecumenical Patriarchate on November 14 reiterated to poloff that Turkey's remaining community of 2,500 Greek Orthodox alone is not large enough to sustain the Patriarchate. The [...]	2009-11-27 09:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU
09ISTANBUL440	TURKEY-IRAN RELATIONS: MOTIVATIONS, LIMITATIONS, [...] (C) Recent discussions with Turkish and Iranian think-tank, business, and political activist contacts on the issue of Turkey-Iran relations reveal a broad consensus that: (1) Turkey pursues closer relations with Iran out of desires for regional stability and conflict avoidance, recognition of [...]	2009-12-04 12:36:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD KNNP TU IR
09ISTANBUL453	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, Consulate economic officers visited the offices of PROFEN Muhendislik (Engineering) Sanayi Ticaret on December 2, 2009 and met with Managing Director Onder Havuzlu, Sales Director Sadettin Avcilar and Sales Director Ilgar Alibeyli. The purpose of this [...]	2009-12-10 13:12:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TU
09ISTANBUL456	ALEVIS WITHOUT A PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. The definition of Turkish Alevism varies greatly, as do the cultural and political objectives of the rainbow of Alevi organizations in the country. Three significant Alevi organizations/federations share only two demands: official GOT recognition of Alevi places of worship ("c [...]	2009-12-14 13:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL457	IRAN-TURKEY FINANCE: IS BANK CLOSES REMAINING BANK [...] (SBU) A representative from Turkiye Is Bank, one of Turkey's largest private banks, contacted ConGen Istanbul on December 14 to report that it closed Iranian Bank Mellat's USD account at Is Bank as of November 20, 2009. Our Is Bank interlocutor also told us that the bank closed Iranian Bank S [...]	2009-12-14 16:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU IR
09ISTANBUL461	IRAN/CULTURE: SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK AND ROLL [...] (SBU) Summary: An Iranian rock band described to us on December 8-9 Tehran's "small but crazy" underground club scene, where drugs are cheap and easy to find, creative expression is at its most free, and participants are among Iran's most tech-savvy citizens. They said the regime's fierce po [...]	2009-12-16 14:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS SOCI TU IR
09ISTANBUL464	PATRIARCH,S "60 MINUTES" INTERVIEW CREATES A STIR [...] (C) Summary. A harsh media buzz continues to reverberate over the Patriarch's December 20 comments in the "60 Minutes" program that he feels "crucified" as a member of the Greek Orthodox community in Turkey. The program focused on the shrinking number of Christians in the Middle East, includ [...]	2009-12-22 08:14:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU OSCE
09ISTANBUL466	SURVEY SHOWS HIGH LEVELS OF RELIGIOSITY AND [...] (C) Summary. Sabanci University political scientist Ali Carkoglu, together with Ersin Kalaycioglu, reported new research findings on religiosity in Turkey under the framework of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) that indicate a high level of religiosity among Turks and high levels [...]	2009-12-24 07:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF TU
09ISTANBUL467	PATRIARCHATE FEELS SECURE BUT DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ecumenical Patriarchate's press and public relations representative Father Dositheos told poloff on December 23 that while they are hard-pressed to explain the Patriarch's controversial use of the term "to feel crucified" in the "60 Minutes" program aired on December 20, t [...]	2009-12-28 05:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU GR
09ISTANBUL468	LEADING ENTREPRENEURS PARTICIPATE IN ISTANBUL [...] (U) Summary. A Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit Roundtable was hosted in Istanbul by Consul General Wiener on December 21, bringing together a group of successful Turkish entrepreneurs to discuss shared experiences and lessons learned, and to discuss the potential for new partnerships a [...]	2009-12-29 05:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL47	IRAN/DIPLOMACY: FORMER IRANIAN MFA DG URGES [...] (C) Summary: Kia Tabatabaee, a former Iranian MFA Director General now working for the "Developing Eight" (D8) organization in Istanbul, told us that Iran awaits US steps towards engagement. He urged the US and EU3 to put aside the nuclear issue "for a few months" and cooperate on regional i [...]	2009-01-29 11:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IR TU
09ISTANBUL48	SECOND ANNIVERARY OF HRANT DINK'S MURDER, [...] (SBU) Summary. Consul General and other consulate officers attended a number of memorial events commemorating the second anniversary of Hrant Dink's murder in Istanbul on January 19, 2007. During a January 22 courtesy call by Ambassador Jeffrey, Hrant Dink's widow Rakel and family lawyer Feth [...]	2009-01-29 14:47:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL OSCE TU PGOV
09ISTANBUL49	ISTANBUL BUSINESS LEADERS VOICE CONCERNS RE IMF [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 23, Ambassador Jeffrey accompanied by Consul General met with members of the board of directors of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD). The discussion focused on concerns related to the global economic slowdown and its effects on the Tu [...]	2009-01-30 04:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV TU
09ISTANBUL50	GREEK ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE: DISILLUSIONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. During a January 22 courtesy call by Ambassador Jeffrey, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I requested the Ambassador's help in addressing the Patriarchate's problems with the government of Turkey (GOT). He expressed his best wishes for President Obama and his hope that the new a [...]	2009-01-30 09:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PHUM TU OSCE
09ISTANBUL57	ISTANBUL PREPARES TO GREET THE WORLD AT THE FIFTH [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Over 20,000 people, including many heads of state, are expected to attend the 5th World Water Forum (WWF) in Istanbul on March 16-22. The WWF is the premier international water meeting, held once every three years, and a prime venue to showcase U.S. commitment and [...]	2009-02-03 13:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG KPAO PGOV TU
09ISTANBUL63	CONTINUING U.S. ROLE IN ASSISTING BLACK SEA [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the ad hoc working group of experts on electrical networks (AHWGEEN) of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) welcomed U.S. assistance in assessing the capability for BSEC nations to engage in regional electricity transmission. On January 29 USAID Senior Energy Ad [...]	2009-02-10 08:46:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG AJ AM ENIV GG TU
09ISTANBUL68	TURKEY: HIDDEN ARMENIANS AND THE ROLE OF THE [...] (C) Summary. Acting Armenian patriarch Archbishop Aram Atesyan estimates there are 110,000 ethnic Armenians in Turkey including Armenian Turks and illegal Armenian migrant workers. He would put the number of those of Armenian descent in Turkey much higher -- nearly 2 million -- given compulsor [...]	2009-02-19 11:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL70	CHP,S CORRUPTION FIGHTER TARGETS ISTANBUL MAYORAL [...] (SBU) Summary: CHP,s mayoral candidate for Istanbul, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, told us he will continue to focus on corruption within the AKP, since this is the primary problem facing Turkey today -- which exacerbates the growing economic crisis. When he tours poor neighborhoods throughout the cit [...]	2009-02-20 06:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TU
09ISTANBUL73	TURKEY: SENATOR DURBIN PUSHES FOR HALKI OPENING [...] (C) Summary: Senator Richard Durbin called on the Ecumenical Patriarch during his February 20 trip to Istanbul following official meetings in Nicosia, Athens, and Ankara. Durbin and the Patriarch discussed solutions to Cyprus and the importance of Halki Seminary and a potential re-energizing [...]	2009-02-23 13:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE GR CY TU
09ISTANBUL75	AKP GOES TO THE BENCH IN BURSA LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] Summary. Hikmet Sahin, the current Mayor of the Greater Bursa Municipality, Turkey's fourth largest city, never hit it off, either with the people of Bursa or with the leadership of his party, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Accordingly, AKP has decided not to renominat [...]	2009-02-24 13:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL78	TURKISH THINK TANK EXPERTS EXPOUND ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed private Turkish experts for latest views on Turkey-Iran and US-Iran relations. The most common themes we heard were: Turkey and Iran, as neighbors and rivals, both seek a stable "balance of power" with each other and usually pursue bilateral relations with t [...]	2009-02-26 10:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP IAEA TU IR
09ISTANBUL81	KOCAELI ELECTIONS SHAPING UP AS TWO PARTY RACE [...] Summary. A hard-fought and close race for the Mayorship of Kocaeli Greater Municipality, the largest city in Kocaeli Province, is shaping up between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). In the last municipal elections, Ibrahim [...]	2009-02-26 14:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL84	CHP'S CHOICE A STRANGE ONE IN UPCOMING TEKIRDAG [...] Summary. In the past five years Tekirdag Province has seen two relatively close elections, with Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its Republican People's Party (CHP) each having won one. While the province would thus seem to be in play, for the upcoming local mayoral e [...]	2009-03-03 08:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL85	MEDIA DIVIDED IN REPORTING ON HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT; [...] (C) Summary: Turkish newspapers and blogs prominently covered the 2008 Human Rights Report (HRR) released on February 25, and as expected were divided in their reporting. The HRR's release during heightened tension between media mogul Aydin Dogan and Prime Minister Erdogan resulted in particul [...]	2009-03-03 12:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
09ISTANBUL86	AMCHAM SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS INVESTOR CONCERNS [...] (U) Summary. The third annual American Business Forum Turkey investment survey highlights U.S. investor disillusionment with the pace of reform and concerns regarding macroeconomic stability. A large majority of surveyed investors nonetheless remain confident in Turkey's market potential and [...]	2009-03-03 14:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD TU
09ISTANBUL91	MINISTERS WOO ISTANBUL BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent remarks to the Istanbul business community Foreign Minister Babacan, Energy Minster Guler and State Minister for EU Affairs Bagis underscored the government's adherence to Western political ideals including democracy, human rights and free market principles. The mini [...]	2009-03-06 05:30:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL92	IN ISTANBUL, BESIKTAS IS A CHP ISLAND IN AN AKP SEA [...] Summary. Besiktas, one of Istanbul's wealthiest districts, has long been a stronghold of Turkey's secular Republican People's Party (CHP). In both the 2004 local elections and the 2007 parliamentary elections Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) never got above 20 percent of [...]	2009-03-06 11:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL94	TURKEY-IRAN COMMERCE: "MOSTLY JUST NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Summary: Despite two recent trade-related Ministerial visits to Iran and accompanying press suggesting a rapidly expanding bilateral trade relationship, Turkish-Iranian Business Council contacts assured us that beyond Turkey's interest in Iranian natural gas, the trade relationship is "m [...]	2009-03-06 12:37:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV ETRD IR TU
09ISTANBUL98	TURKS DISTRUST BOTH FOREIGNERS AND SHARIA LAW [...] (U) Summary: A poll released in February found that most Turks are distrustful of foreigners and fearful that the country will be divided by outside forces. The poll commissioned by the mainstream Hurriyet newspaper and conducted by well regarded polling firm Konda Research also found many T [...]	2009-03-09 10:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL99	CHP CONTROL OF EDIRNE THREATENED IN MAYORAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 14:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
09JAKARTA795	ISTANBUL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE -- GOI'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Dep/Pol/C has provided the GOI with the invitation letter to the Tenth International Export Control Conference slated to take place in Istanbul in late June. Mission urged that the GOI participate. GOI interlocutors said they would liaise with interagency colleagues to determin [...]	2009-05-06 10:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU ID
09JEDDAH215	ASKING TO SEE WORDS LINKED TO ACTION, JEDDAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo to the Muslim world was very positively received by an audience of a dozen Saudi elites, Muslim diplomats, and a senior OIC official at the Consul General's residence in Jeddah. The speech was viewed as setting US-Islamic relations in a new [...]	2009-06-04 16:43:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PREL SA TU EG
09KABUL11	JUNBESH LOOKS AHEAD TO LIFE AFTER DOSTUM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Junbesh-e-Milli leaders are scrambling to lead the party in a new direction following Gen. Dostum's exit from Afghanistan. Junbesh, the country's largest ethnic Uzbek political organization, receives the bulk of its funding from foreign governments, which also influence the [...]	2009-01-04 09:47:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM PREL PGOV AF TU UZ
09KABUL215	JUNBESH, DOSTUM RESOLVE DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum and Junbesh-e-Milli Chairman Sayed Noorullah have apparently resolved their differences over Noorullah's leadership of the majority-Uzbek party, according to several Afghan Uzbek sources. Unhappy with Noorullah's reform-minded goals to distance the party from its [...]	2009-01-28 13:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF TU
09KABUL2337	EIGHT DAYS TILL "E-DAY" - THE LATEST ON [...] (SBU) At the Aug. 11 U.S.-chaired International Observer Secretariat, representatives of 10 embassies, ISAF, UNAMA, UNDP-ELECT, and five observer missions, including the domestic entity FEFA, had a final exchange on common challenges in security, deployment, and reporting. UNDP Urges Cautio [...]	2009-08-12 14:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF TU
09KABUL3167	BALKH GOVERNOR ATTA CHARGES GIROA ASSASSINATION [...] (C) Summary: Governor of Balkh Province Atta Mohammad Noor has accused Minister of Interior Mohammad Hanif Atmar of plotting to destabilize Afghanistan's northern region and to assassinate him because of his support for presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah. He charged that in a recent m [...]	2009-10-07 13:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC TU AF
09KABUL3746	WARDAK GOVERNOR FADAI COMPLAINS TO IDLG ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: During a mid-November conversation with Task Force Spartan leadership, Wardak Governor Fadai said that he has complained in a number of written reports to GIROA,s Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) that Turkish PRT projects are &poor8 and that the PRT does not ex [...]	2009-11-23 13:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAID PREL AF TU
09KABUL3981	ACTION REQUEST: ENGAGING COALITION PARTNERS TO QUICKLY [...] This message contains an action request in para 4 2. (U) Begin Summary. Embassy Kabul continues to engage with coalition partners with Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) to press for conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support. We understand c [...]	2009-12-10 09:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ PL TU AF
09KUWAIT102	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER (FEBRUARY 5-7, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Boehner to travel to post February 5-7, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2009-02-04 09:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ AF KU PK TU EI COUNTRY
09KUWAIT762	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MURPHY-MCKEON(AUGUST 7-9, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Murphy-McKeon to travel to post from August 7-9, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965 [...]	2009-08-02 11:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM AF QA KU TU IZ
09LAHORE175	SHAHBAZ SHARIF CLAIMS ZARDARI GOVERNMENT LACKS CREDIBILITY [...] (C) This is an action request for S/SRAP. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told PO August 31 that the federal government as lacked credibility, hampering improvement in economic and social development. He pledged to prosecute the perpetrators of the A [...]	2009-09-01 08:10:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU PK
09LONDON521	UK FOREIGN OFFICE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC TURKS CAN [...] (C) Summary. Ankara's response to a February 26 joint UK/Belgian/Dutch demarche on the planned multilateral Egemen naval exercise was "surprisingly positive and pragmatic," according to the Foreign Office's Turkish Team leader, Jason Moore. The Turks will speak to Athens through military cha [...]	2009-02-26 16:57:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM GR TU UK
09LONDON781	HMG CONCURS ABOUT TURKEY AND EU-NATO - WORRIES [...] (C/NF) Summary. Drawing from points discussed ref A, Poloff solicited HMG's assessment of the role of Turkey in EU/NATO relations. Jason Moore of the Foreign Office's Turkey Section agreed with ref assessments and explicitly said HMG officials were tired of "hitting their heads against the b [...]	2009-03-31 09:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS NATO EU TU CY UK
09LONDON970	KURDISH LEADER DISCUSSES RECENT TURKISH ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 11:43:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER FR IZ IR SP TU UK
09MADRID365	SPAIN: CONCERNED ABOUT SYRIA'S LATEST [...] (S) On April 3 POLOFF and Deputy ECON Counselor provided REFTEL demarches and non-papers to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres said he would forward the REFTEL A non-paper on Spanish company Maquinari [...]	2009-04-07 07:45:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP SY TU IR
09MANAMA166	S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO MANAMA [...] (S) Summary: A Bahraini MFA official said that the GOB would consider the USG's request to accept non-Bahraini Guantanamo detainees as a gesture of respect to the Obama administration's commitment to close the facility. He added that Bahrain would try to convince Yemen to find a compromise th [...]	2009-03-22 11:59:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PHUM PTER KDRG SA YE TU LY SY SU BA
09MANAMA236	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL [...] (SBU) Bahrain is eager to see the Obama administration,s peacemaking efforts succeed, and your visit April 20 will be big news here. King Hamad will receive you at his palace in Safariyah, joined by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad bin Mohammad, and others. Ambassador Ereli, who is nearing [...]	2009-04-17 16:10:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL KWBG KPAL TU IS BA
09MANAMA715	BAHRAINI FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS A/S FELTMAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 14:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG MARR UNGA IS PA IZ IR TU BA
09MOSCOW2611	U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 12 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin told Under Secretary Burns October 12 that Presidents Sargsian and Aliyev had made little progress in their recent talks on Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia does not consider a joint statement on the recent Turkey-Armenia protocol necessary. The Minsk G [...]	2009-10-20 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG UP MD AM AJ TU AF TI KG KZ
09MOSCOW834	RUSSIA-TURKEY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: NO ZERO-SUM [...] (C) Summary: Russia has shown little concern about Turkey's recent diplomatic push in the South Caucasus, including the GOT's rapprochement with Armenia, offer to help resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and proposal for a Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform. Russian officials to [...]	2009-04-02 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS TU AJ AM
09NDJAMENA103	TURKEY PLANNING TO OPEN EMBASSY IN CHAD, PERHAPS [...] (U) Visiting Turkish AMB-Designate to Chad Omur Solendil told AMB March 24 that Turkey was planning to open an Embassy in Chad, perhaps before the end of this year. A political decision had been made in Ankara, Solendil said, but now the funding issue had to be worked out. ----------------- [...]	2009-03-25 10:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LY SU TU ODIP CD
09NEWDELHI2395	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- Industrial Growth on Path to Recovery -- RBI Warns Banks Dealing with Iran, Pakistan, and Others -- FATF Mutual Evaluation Spurs Tougher AML Regulations I [...]	2009-11-27 10:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ECIN EIND PK IR UZ TU TP IN
09NEWDELHI354	CICA SENIORS MEETING CALLS FOR MORE ACTION; TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. The February 18-20 Senior Officials Committee/Special Working Group meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) included the usual litany of decisions taken on past agenda items and recommendations for future discussions, but was not [...]	2009-02-25 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KZ TU IN
09NICOSIA107	CYPRUS: ORAMS CASE OUTCOME ANXIOUSLY AWAITED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cypriots on both sides of the Green Line anxiously await the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling on the Apostolides-Orams lawsuit, which pits a displaced G/C property owner against a British couple that acquired his land in 2002 and erected a vacation home there (Reftel). [...]	2009-02-06 14:39:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	CY PGOV PREL TU UNFICYP
09NICOSIA135	CODEL DURBIN DISCUSSES CYPRUS SOLUTION [...] (C) During February 15-17, Senator Richard Durbin led a Codel of six persons to Cyprus to discuss progress towards a solution to the island's division. In their meetings with Greek Cypriot leaders, including President Chrisotfias, Chief Negotiator Iacovou, Foreign Minister Kyprianou, and Oppos [...]	2009-02-20 07:47:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
09NICOSIA14	CYPRIOTS REQUEST PARTICIPATION IN SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see Paragraph 4. 2. (C) MFA Political Director Rhea Yiordamlis on January 13 called in the DCM to convey an urgent request for Cypriot participation in the January 14 inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP). Yi [...]	2009-01-13 15:33:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR CY TU
09NICOSIA143	CYPRUS: WANTED DHKP-C TERRORIST'S FUTURE UNCERTAIN [...] (S) SUMMARY: RoC Deputy Justice Minister Andys Tryfonides on February 19 informed the Ambassador that Turkish national Aslan Tayfun Ozkok would complete the same day a jail sentence for attempted illegal entry into Cyprus. Tryfonides feared that Ozkok, a member of a recognized terrorist orga [...]	2009-02-20 15:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	PREL KCRM CY TU
09NICOSIA148	CYPRUS/NATO: EP REPORT PUTS GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recently-approved European Parliament (EP) report on EU-NATO relations has sent Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and his Communist AKEL party into another anti-Alliance tizzy. Of concern to the government was a last-minute amendment, tabled by a right-leaning Cypriot Eur [...]	2009-02-26 14:00:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CY TU
09NICOSIA149	CYPRUS/NATO: EP REPORT PUTS GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recently-approved European Parliament (EP) report on EU-NATO relations has sent Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and his Communist AKEL party into another anti-Alliance tizzy. Of concern to the government was a last-minute amendment, tabled by a right-leaning Cypriot Eu [...]	2009-02-27 05:53:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CY TU
09NICOSIA150	CYPRUS/NATO: EP REPORT PUTS GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recently-approved European Parliament (EP) report on EU-NATO relations has sent Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and his Communist AKEL party into another anti-Alliance tizzy. Of concern to the government was a last-minute amendment, tabled by a right-leaning Cypriot Eu [...]	2009-02-27 05:53:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CY TU
09NICOSIA193	CYPRUS: UN'S DOWNER REMAINS REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer remains reasonably optimistic the Cypriot leaders can make a notional deal by late 2009 or early 2010, although he acknowledges the sides' substantive differences have yet to narrow much. In a March 12 tour d'horizon with the Ambassador, Downe [...]	2009-03-19 09:42:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA194	EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGIONAL STRATEGIC [...] (C) Meeting in Nicosia February 24, U.S. Ambassadors and interagency representatives covering the Eastern Mediterranean RSI region discussed ways to strengthen counterterrorism efforts in an environment characterized by new migration waves from the Middle East to Europe, the aftermath of the I [...]	2009-03-19 12:14:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	PTER PREL EAID ASEC GR TU CY
09NICOSIA210	CYPRUS: T/C NEGOTIATOR CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON NEW [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot (T/C) Negotiator Ozdil Nami, in a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, dubbed a new UN proposal to open the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing point as "not beyond the realm of the possible." Under the new plan -- which has still not been officially discussed between t [...]	2009-03-26 14:11:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PREL EAIR TU CY
09NICOSIA211	CYPRUS: T/C NEGOTIATOR CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON NEW [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot (T/C) Negotiator Ozdil Nami, in a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, dubbed a new UN proposal to open the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing point as "not beyond the realm of the possible." Under the new plan -- which has still not been officially discussed between t [...]	2009-03-26 14:33:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PREL EAIR TU CY
09NICOSIA217	CYPRUS: UNFICYP DOWNBEAT ON CBM PROGRESS, TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer desires continued U.S. pressure on Turkey for flexibility on Cyprus and is pursuing a call on the National Security Adviser to make this point. UNFICYP chief Taye-Brook Zerihoun told the Ambassador on March 25 that Downer acknowledges Turkey's [...]	2009-03-27 10:55:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA256	CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Nicosia looks forward to welcoming you to Cyprus, an island whose political complexity and strategic value belie its small size. We have crafted an intensive program including calls on President Demetris Christofias and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus (RoC) officials, a m [...]	2009-04-09 14:54:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA257	CYPRUS: UN ENVOY SHARES REPORTING PLAN DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Good Offices Mission on Cyprus (UNGO) will orally brief the Security Council on/about April 30, Special Adviser Alexander Downer informed the Ambassador on April 9. While the report will present a reasonably positive account of negotiations progress so far, it also will hi [...]	2009-04-10 13:36:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA262	CYPRUS: PRESIDENT APPROVES TRANSIT OF SOMALI [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 07:47:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER KCRM CY TU
09NICOSIA272	CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR FM KYPRIANOU'S APRIL 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your April 20 meeting with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will demonstrate continued high-level U.S. support for reunification negotiations. You will want to note that the international community has high expectations for these talks and that the status qu [...]	2009-04-16 14:01:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA278	CYPRUS: CODEL BERMAN DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Howard Berman on April 14 led a six-member Congressional delegation to Cyprus to discuss progress towards the island's reunification. In their meetings with Greek Cypriot (G/C) leaders, the Codel heard repeatedly that "the obsta [...]	2009-04-27 06:44:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
09NICOSIA28	CYPRUS: UN ENVOY CRITIQUES SETTLEMENT TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a spirited and friendly exchange of views, UN Special Envoy Alexander Downer on January 14 told visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza that Cypriot leaders Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat had made measurable progress in settlement discussions, although [...]	2009-01-21 04:59:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA306	CYPRUS: UNFICYP CHIEF POSITIVELY GRADES SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Readouts of UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer's April 30 briefing of the Security Council and of the May 5 meeting of Cypriot leaders Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat dominated the Ambassador's May 6 tour d'horizon with UNFICYP chief Taye-Brook Zerihoun. The Council [...]	2009-05-07 14:17:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP UN CY TU
09NICOSIA327	CYPRUS: UN'S DOWNER SUGGESTS SUBTLE NUDGING OF [...] (C) Summary. "Greek Cypriots (G/Cs) must develop a sense that the status quo is over," UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer confided to the Ambassador during their May 15 meeting. Downer suggested that a low-key discussion on the future of UNFICYP might help break the G/Cs of their perception [...]	2009-05-19 08:00:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP TU CY
09NICOSIA332	CYPRUS: HARD-LINE HOUSE SPEAKER UNBOWED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cypriot House Speaker and DIKO party leader Marios Karoyian voiced his desire for closer relations between the U.S. and Cypriot legislatures during a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador. As such, he felt great disappointment when two high-profile Members of Congress visited Cypru [...]	2009-05-20 14:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA333	CYPRUS: TALAT IN FOUL MOOD ON LIMNITIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat continues to demand the right to transport vehicle fuel to the T/C military enclave in Kokkina as quid pro quo for the opening of a Buffer Zone (BZ) crossing at Limnitis. During a May 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Talat explained he could [...]	2009-05-21 14:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA342	CYPRUS: COMPROMISE POSSIBLE ON LIMNITIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer on May 25 secured buy-in from Greek and Turkish Cypriot negotiators George Iacovou and Ozdil Nami on a compromise plan to allow the Limnitis/Yesilirmak Buffer Zone crossing to open. Iacovou and Nami must now "sell" the plan to Demetris Christo [...]	2009-05-26 13:31:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA343	CYPRUS: BILATERAL ARMS DESTRUCTION MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 13:44:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	PARM PTER PREL CY TU
09NICOSIA344	CYPRUS: TURKISH "AMBASSADOR" ON LIMNITIS, [...] (C) At a May 22 working lunch with the Ambassador, Sakir Fakili, the Turkish "Ambassador" to the "TRNC," did not respond substantively to the Ambassador's call for a compromise to allow the eventual opening of the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing point in northwest Cyprus. Fakili instead voiced fu [...]	2009-05-26 13:50:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP TU CY
09NICOSIA351	CYPRUS OFFSHORE EXPLORATION: TALAT'S HALF-HEARTED [...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat, complained that Greek Cypriot progress towards exploiting offshore energy assets with Houston-based Noble Energy, Inc. "affects the negotiations" and was a cause of concern given the "controversial natu [...]	2009-06-01 12:54:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR ECON EPET CY TU
09NICOSIA36	CYPRUS: TALAT DENIES "CONFEDERALIST" ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A cautious but constructive Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, assured visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14 that T/Cs remained committed to reunification of Cyprus into a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation, despite Greek Cypriot fears the T/Cs were shifting to favor [...]	2009-01-22 06:40:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA37	CYPRUS: FORMER FM PREDICTS DIFFICULT SLEDDING ON [...] (C) Summary: Former Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Erato Marcoullis on January 16 candidly told the Ambassador that the Property working group had achieved only modest success despite months of intensive discussions. Marcoullis, who headed the G/C delegation, noted the sides held funda [...]	2009-01-22 07:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA379	CYPRUS: PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS BELIEVES TALAT UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 04:42:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
09NICOSIA46	CYPRUS: LOCAL BRITS LAUD CHANGE IN TONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In moving from earlier debates on procedure to real substantive give-and-take, the Cypriot leaders had progressed far, UK High Commissioner Peter Millett and visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza agreed on January 14. Mehmet Ali Talat and Demetris Christofias's [...]	2009-01-26 06:35:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY UK TU
09NICOSIA47	CYPRUS: OPPOSITION LEADER CRITICIZES CHRISTOFIAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The continued demonization of the 2004 Annan Plan had precluded greater progress in the Cyprus settlement talks, opposition DISY leader Nikos Anastassiades told visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14. G/Cs' determination to keep the compromise Plan off the table had resul [...]	2009-01-26 06:44:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA48	CYPRUS: MFA INSISTENT THAT TURKEY MEET EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's EU path toward EU membership looks littered with obstacles, most of Ankara's own making, Cypriot MFA Permanent Secretary (D-equivalent) Nicolas Emiliou told visiting DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14. Emiliou noted that Turkey had failed to meet any of the obligations it [...]	2009-01-26 12:09:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA49	CYPRUS: ARCHBISHOP DECRIES TURKISH INTRANSIGENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Continued intransigence from mainland Turkish leaders has slowed the Cyprus negotiations, argues hard-line Archbishop Chrysostomos II. In a January 14 dinner with visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza, Chrysostomos described current Greek Cypriot imperatives for [...]	2009-01-26 12:17:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA50	CYPRUS: CHRISTOFIAS DISAPPOINTED IN TALAT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Demetris Christofias, while acknowledging Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's desire to reach a Cyprus settlement, worries that the model Talat prefers is confederal, not federal. Still, Christofias remains ready to engage in a genuine give-and-take discussion w [...]	2009-01-26 12:41:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA537	CYPRUS--SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT GROUP: GOC PLANNING [...] (U) This message contains an action request--please see Paragraph 4. 2. (C) MFA Political Director Amb. Rea Yiordamlis on August 17 called in the Charge to convey an urgent request that the USG give its opinion on whether a planned Cypriot contribution of Euro 50,000 to the Trust Fund of th [...]	2009-08-19 04:25:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU CY
09NICOSIA7	CYPRUS: SIDES STILL DIFFER ON GOVERNANCE, UN ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNFICYP Senior Advisor Wlodek Cibor on January 7 painted a less rosy picture than boss Special Representative Taye-Brook Zerihoun of the most recent (January 5) leaders' gathering. Cibor (please protect) discounted the significance of Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat r [...]	2009-01-09 15:33:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA713	CYPRUS PLANS 50,000 EURO DONATION TO FIGHT SOMALI [...] (C) Cyprus MFA Acting Head of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy Helena Mina informed Poloff November 5 that Cyprus is prepared to donate 50,000 Euros to a trust fund for combating Somali piracy and asked if we had information about contribution mechanisms. (Note: MFA Polit [...]	2009-11-06 13:28:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MAPS MARR TU CY
09NICOSIA767	CYPRUS: INCREASING TURKISH CYPRIOT EURO-SCEPTICISM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Cypriot UBP party, led by its leader and current "Prime Minister" Dervis Eroglu, are long-time euro-sceptics. Disappointment with the EU is growing among Turkish Cypriots who believe the Union has not kept promises made and that its policy towards Turkey and Cyprus i [...]	2009-12-04 11:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU CY
09NOUAKCHOTT639	TURKEY TO OPEN EMBASSY IN MAURITANIA [...] (U) According to press reports published on October 1, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Davat Ogloo announced his country's intention to open an embassy in Nouakchott to strengthen Turkish-Mauritanian cooperation. This declaration followed Ogloo's meeting with Mauritanian Foreign Affai [...]	2009-10-06 13:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR TU
09OSLO309	FROZEN DELIGHT: NORWAY'S TURKISH MINORITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 12:48:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PINR PTER KCRM TU NO
09OTTAWA442	CANADA WILL NOT ATTEND EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE [...] (U) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director General for Export and Import Controls Suzanne McKellips confirmed to polmiloff that Canada "is not in a position to send officials" to the tenth International Export Controls Conference June 25-27 in Istanbul, Turkey. [...]	2009-06-09 17:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC KSTC TU CA
09PARIS1207	FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Acting Chief of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona previewed on September 3 French expectations and priorities for the September 4-5 Gymnich. Discussions of all subjects, which will include Middle East peace, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Turkey and A [...]	2009-09-03 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN IS GZ WE SY IR AF PK TU EG FR
09PARIS1461	FRANCE-ISRAEL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE COVERS TURKEY, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: French participants in the second annual Franco-Israeli Strategic Dialogue on October 28 noted profound disquiet among the Israelis about Turkey, according to Frederic Bereyziat, Senior MFA Desk Officer for Israel and the Peace Process. Bereyziat told poloff Oct [...]	2009-10-29 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IS TU SY FR
09PARIS285	FRENCH VIEWS ON NATO REINTEGRATION AND TURKEY [...] (C/NF) Summary. In recent meetings, senior French officials from the offices of the President and Prime Minister, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have uniformly agreed that France's official reintegration into the military command of NATO should be made in two st [...]	2009-02-26 15:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO MARR PREL FR TU
09PARIS332	NATO REINTEGRATION BECOMES PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a March 6 meeting, Jacques Audibert, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MFA, was optimistic that the French national debate on whether to fully participate in the integrated military command would soon be complete. PM Fillon has notified parliament that the debate on NAT [...]	2009-03-06 17:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR FR TU US
09PARIS407	FRENCH OUTREACH TO TURKS ON NATO REINTEGRATION [...] (C) Senior French officials have contacted their Turkish counterparts to assuage possible concerns about the modalities of French reintegration back into the military command of NATO (reftel). Following General Jones' recent request to initiate outreach, both Jean-David Levitte, NSA-equivale [...]	2009-03-20 13:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO FR TU
09PARIS563	FRANCE LIKES TURKEY... JUST WHERE IT IS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 11:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN TU FR

09PARIS585	CORRECTED COPY: FRANCE LIKES TURKEY... JUST WHERE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the leadup to June European Parliamentary elections, French-Turkish relations are in the media spotlight. Several senior French government officials have vocally underscored their opposition to the Turkish bid for European Union (EU) membership (amid grumbling -- in high pla [...]	2009-04-24 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN TU FR
09PARIS846	TURKISH CULTURAL SEASON STILL ON IN FRANCE DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Embassy Counselor Engin Solakoglu said June 19 that the "Turkish Cultural Season" in France - a series of events throughout France highlighting Turkish culture - is still on, despite Prime Minister Erdogan's recent threats during a television interview to cancel the events [...]	2009-06-23 14:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL TU FR
09PRAGUE662	(S) FOLLOWING UP WITH THE CZECH REPUBLIC ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 12:15:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	IR MTCR PARM PREL TU
09RIYADH1303	ASAD'S VISIT: SAUDI-SYRIAN RAPPROCHEMENT BACK ON TRACK? [...] (C) Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad's unexpected attendance at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) opening, and his lengthy meeting with King Abdullah on the margins, has encouraged speculation about further Saudi-Syrian rapprochement and its potential regional impl [...]	2009-10-01 16:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA SY LE TU
09RIYADH296	TURKISH PRESIDENT PUSHES TRADE & MEDIATION DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY & COMMENT: Turkish President Abdullah Gul emphasized trade and Middle East mediation attempts during a four day state visit to Saudi Arabia February 3-6, according to Turkish Embassy Counselor Cihad Erginay (protect). Gul responded to King Abdullah's request for help with Syria by [...]	2009-02-11 15:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELTN SA TU
09ROME1232	ITALY/EXPORT CONTROL: GOI INFORMED THAT TWO CMS [...] (S) On November 5, ECONOFF met with Counselor Roberto Liotto, Director of Office VI in the Directorate General for Multilateral Economic Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Office VI is responsible for space, technology, defense, nuclear and non-proliferation issues. Post i [...]	2009-11-06 09:25:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC IR IT KSCA MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL TU
09ROME281	ITALIAN PIPELINE COMPANY CONCERNED ABOUT AZERI [...] (C) Summary: Franco - Italian energy company Edison, one of the leading partners in the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas pipeline project, is concerned about Azerbaijan's decision to delay production from its Shah Deniz II gas field. Such a delay would adversely impact current plans for first TGI [...]	2009-03-11 09:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG GR IR IT RS TU AJ
09SANAA1882	HAMID AL-AHMAR TRIES HIS HAND AT COORDINATING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Citing his desire to throw President Saleh off balance, Hamid al-Ahmar, prominent businessman, opposition leader, and de facto head of Yemen's largest tribal confederation, told EconOff on October 6 that he is trying to coordinate the efforts of the Houthi rebels and the Southern Movem [...]	2009-10-12 13:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA SY GM EG TU LE YM
09SEOUL504	(S) ROK CONCERNED BY TURKISH INTERMEDIARY EFFORTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) Poloff on March 26 delivered reftel A demarche to Kim Jae-woo of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division. Kim said the following. -- The ROKG was unaware of the information (in reftel A),but would refer the case to the appropr [...]	2009-03-31 00:35:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM PREL MTCRE IR TU KS
09SEOUL677	ROKG CANNOT PREVENT TURKISH FIRM FROM ACQUIRING [...] (C) Summary: Kim Jae-woo of the Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on April 24 reported to poloff the results of the ROKG's investigation of Ak Makina's attempt to purchase computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools from Hyundai-Kia [...]	2009-04-28 06:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MTCRE IR TU KS
09STATE102580	(S) MULTI FLATBED TRUCK CONVOY ENROUTE FROM IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request to Embassy Ankara. Please deliver the points in paragraph 4 immediately. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) We have information that a multi flatbed truck convoy carrying industrial manufacturing components likely intended for the production of explosively [...]	2009-10-02 00:40:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS TU
09STATE106753	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE SIGNING OF THE PROTOCOLS BY ARMENIA AND TURKEY [...] (U) Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 15 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chair. We commend the Armenian and Turkish governments for their courage in taking a historic step forward on October 10 in the process [...]	2009-10-14 19:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE CARC AM TU
09STATE107044	ACTION REQUEST: SUPPORT FOR MONTENEGRO'S AND [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see paragraphs 4-5. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: In previous Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) membership discussions, the U.S. objected to Serbian membership in SEDM without a firm commitment by the Government of Serbia to not/not block its [...]	2009-10-15 14:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL GR RO TU SR UP SI MW IT BU HR
09STATE107705	(S) NEXT STEPS ON TURKEY'S SEIZURE OF IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request to Embassy Ankara. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) On October 4, in response to U.S.-provided information, Turkey halted a convoy of three flatbed trucks enroute from Iran to a Lebanon-based company via Syria. The trucks were su [...]	2009-10-16 22:20:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS TU
09STATE108128	RESPONSE TO TURKISH MFA QUESTIONS ON IRAN [...] (U) This is a response to reftel A questions and an action request regarding the Iran nuclear issue. Please see para 4. 2. (C) OBJECTIVES: -- To respond to Ankara's questions about whether or not the P5 1 or the USG has made a definitive statement about what conditions must be fulfill [...]	2009-10-19 19:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC GM IR MNUC PARM PREL TU KNNP
09STATE113752	(S) FOLLOWING-UP WITH TURKEY ON AK MAKINA'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Ankara, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: On several occasions in 2009, we have alerted Turkish authorities to sales of computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools by the Turkish firm Ak Makina to entities affilia [...]	2009-11-04 14:30:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU
09STATE113757	(S) ALERTING GERMANY TO IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: We want to alert German officials to an apparent effort by the Turkish firm Ak Makina to circumvent German export control laws. Ak Makina has previously worked to procure machine [...]	2009-11-04 14:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU GM
09STATE113762	(S) ALERTING CZECH REPUBLIC TO IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF MACHINE TOOLS VIA TURKISH INTERMEDIARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 14:51:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU CZ
09STATE117710	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - ELICITING SUPPORT FOR THE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 26-27, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the Board will be asked to formally approve the first proposal for an international nuclear fuel bank. Specificall [...]	2009-11-14 00:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR
09STATE120282	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - SEEKING CO-SPONSORS FOR [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 26-27, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the Board will be asked to formally approve the first proposal for an international nuclear fuel bank. Specificall [...]	2009-11-21 00:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR
09STATE123692	RESPONSE: PRES. KIKWETE TELLS REP. PAYNE THAT [...] We have received information (reftel) that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) has expressed interest in partnering with Turkey to bring the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Somali opposition factions together for talks. In response to this idea, we request post draw from the following t [...]	2009-12-02 20:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER SO TU TZ OREP PBTS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER
09STATE124128	ATTEMPTS OF IRANIAN FIRM TO ACQUIRE MACHINE TOOLS FROM SOUTH KOREA'S HYUNDAI-KIA (S) [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 21:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU KS
09STATE124977	EXTENSION OF INCIRLIK HUB AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) Background: Last year the Government of Turkey (GOT) extended the Incirlik Hub and Related Agreements (Tanker Basing, Retrograde, and FAA Aircraft) as the USG has requested annually in the past. End Background. 2. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST EMBASSY BAGHDAD: Embassy Baghdad is requested to [...]	2009-12-07 16:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ TU PARM MARR PREL POLM EPET
09STATE125212	CYPRUS: GUIDANCE FOR DECEMBER 9 SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during UN Security Council consultations on Cyprus scheduled for December 9, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: I would like to thank Special Advisor Downer and Special Representative Zerihoun for your briefings and [...]	2009-12-07 23:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE127336	CYPRUS - VOTING INSTRUCTION FOR UNFICYP MANDATE [...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution regarding the mandate renewal of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on December 14, 2009. USUN is authorized to provide U.S. co-sponsorship of the resolutio [...]	2009-12-12 00:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE128745	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE CLOSURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 22:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE TU
09STATE129480	DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Rome, Canberra, Ankara, Jakarta, New Delhi, Brasilia, Oslo, Baghdad, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Paris, Berlin, Ottawa, The Hague, Brussels, Vienna, Stockholm, Mexico City, Pretoria, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Ashgabat, Beijing, and the U.S. Mission to the Eu [...]	2009-12-18 18:07:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IT NZ TU ID
09STATE131166	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (ANKARA 1706) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the ATA PREVENTING ATTACKS ON SOFT TARGETS COURSE. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel and possesses no credible derogatory [...]	2009-12-28 15:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL TU
09STATE17176	NORWAY, ESTONIA, TURKEY, LUXEMBOURG, ITALY AND [...] (U) Norway, Estonia, Turkey, Italy, Luxembourg and Iceland have formally accepted the accession to NATO of Albania and Croatia by depositing with the U.S. Department of State, their instruments constituting acceptance of the NATO Accession Protocols. 2. (U) Date of deposit: Norway, Estonia, [...]	2009-02-24 21:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EN IC IT KTIA LU MARR NATO NO PARM PREL TU
09STATE17263	MULTILATERAL AEGEAN EXERCISE EGEMEN [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: FROM MARCH 13-30, A TURKEY-UK PLANNED MULTILATERAL EXERCISE, EGEMEN ("SOVEREIGN") IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE AEGEAN. THE U.S. IS SCHEDULED TO PARTICIPATE (ONE SHIP, USS MITSCHER) ALONG WITH THE NETHERLA [...]	2009-02-25 02:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM GR TU UK
09STATE20184	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment end use check on License 050111816 for the export of defense hardware to Turkey. Post is requested to complet [...]	2009-03-04 18:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TU
09STATE24630	REQUEST TO RECEIVE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TO DISCUSS [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Ankara. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Negotiator for Nuclear Security and Dismantlement Michael Stafford, Coordinator of the Nuclear Smuggling Outreach Initiative (NSOI),is seeking to meet with relevant Turkish officials to presen [...]	2009-03-16 15:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL TU
09STATE27726	(S) ALERTING TAIWAN TO TURKISH INTERMEDIARYS EFFORTS TO SUPPLY TAIWAN-ORIGIN MACHINE TOOLS TO IRAN [...] This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In October 2008, the U.S. alerted Taiwan that an intermediary in Turkey named Ak Makina was working to supply Taiwan-origin machine tools to Iran (Ref A). During the February 2009 U.S.-Taiwan Gameplan meetings in Ta [...]	2009-03-23 18:53:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR TU
09STATE27957	(S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Ankara, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: In January 2009, the United States alerted Turkish officials that Iran's Machine Sazi Tabriz was working with the Turkish firm Ak Makina to procure Taiwan-origin machine tools (Re [...]	2009-03-24 13:26:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR TU
09STATE28283	(S) ALERTING THE ROK TO EFFORTS BY A TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Seoul, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: The United States has information that in late 2008 and early 2009, the Turkey-based intermediary Ak Makina was working to supply Iran's Ardalan Machineries Company with a variety [...]	2009-03-24 20:51:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU KS
09STATE28302	(S) SHIPMENT OF UAVS FROM IRAN TO VENEZUELA [...] (S//NF) Venezuelan officials expected to receive a shipment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and related material from Iran, via Turkey, by May 2009. As of early March, Venezuelan officials believed that the equipment would be repackaged and labeled as electronic equipment, then transported o [...]	2009-03-24 21:45:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MASS ETTC TU VE IR
09STATE3403	(S) ALERTING TURKEY TO EFFORTS BY IRAN TO ACQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Ankara, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The U.S. has information that in June 2008, the Iranian company Machine Sazi Tabriz was seeking to procure Taiwan-origin machine tools through two Turkish companies. We believe Machine Sazi Tabriz [...]	2009-01-13 20:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR TU
09STATE3482	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN NATO ALLIANCE GROUND [...] (U) This is an urgent action request for Embassy Ankara. See para 8. 2. (C) Background: In July 2008, NATO released the draft Program Memorandum of Understanding (PMOU) to participating Allies, including Turkey, for national staffing and approval. At the October 2008 Conference of Nation [...]	2009-01-13 22:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO MARR TU
09STATE36825	(S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SHIPMENT OF UAVS [...] (S//NF) On March 25, we alerted Turkey to Iranian plans to ship unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Venezuela (ref C). The GOT expressed appreciation for the information and promised to share it with select officials in other agencies at a previously-scheduled GOT interagency export control taskforc [...]	2009-04-14 21:17:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC TU VE IR
09STATE36834	ALERTING GERMANY TO A SHIPMENT OF UAVS FROM IRAN [...] (S/NF) On March 25, we alerted Turkey to Iranian plans to ship unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Venezuela (REF A). The GOT expressed appreciation for the information and promised to share it with select officials on that same day. Turkish officials agreed to take the necessary action to prev [...]	2009-04-14 21:44:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC GE TU VE IR
09STATE40430	(C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON KURDISH ISSUES DURING [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS OFFER THEIR THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO MISSION TURKEY FOR ITS RECENT REPORTING ON KURDISH ISSUES. THE INFORMATION IN REF A PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT OVERVIEW OF THE STEPS THE AKP HAS TAKEN SO FAR ON THE KURDISH QUESTION, AS WELL AS THE AMBIVELENCE WITH WHICH SOME MEASURES [...]	2009-04-22 21:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU
09STATE42850	(S/REL TO USA, AUS, CAN, GBR, NZL) REQUEST FOR [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN CLOSELY MONITORING ANY TURKISH PROGRESS TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM, AND APPRECIATE POST'S CONTINUED REPORTING (FOR EXAMPLE IN REFTELS A AND B) ON TURKEY'S INTEREST IN NUCLEAR POWER. 2. (S/NF) ANALYSTS CONSIDER TURKEY TO B [...]	2009-04-28 18:51:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY TSPL TU
09STATE43041	CYPRUS - GUIDANCE FOR APRIL 30 SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during UN Security Council consultations on Cyprus scheduled for April 30, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: -- Thank you Mr. President. I would like to welcome Special Advisor Downer to the Council and thank you f [...]	2009-04-28 21:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE43692	CYPRUS - GUIDANCE ON APRIL 30 PRST [...] (U) This is an action request. The Department instructs USUN to join consensus on the following PRST on Cyprus scheduled to be approved by the Security Council on April 30, 2009. 2. (U) Begin text: The Security Council commends the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders for the poli [...]	2009-04-29 23:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE44184	(C) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON TURKISH [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE POST,S INSIGHTFUL REPORTING ON INTERNAL TURKISH POLITICAL DYNAMICS (REFS A-G). ANALYSTS HAVE USED THE REPORTING IN AN ARRAY OF CURRENT PRODUCTION AND BRIEFINGS. THERE IS INCREASED POLICYMAKER INTEREST IN THE MARCH 29 LOCAL ELECTIONS AND STATUS OF IN [...]	2009-04-30 20:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU
09STATE50260	(S) IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM ACQUIRES MACHINE TOOLS FROM ROK VIA TURKISH INTERMEDIARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 22:06:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU KS
09STATE51396	CYPRUS: GUIDANCE FOR MAY 22 SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during UN Security Council consultations on Cyprus scheduled for May 22, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: The United States welcomes the report of the Secretary-General. We echo his full support for the current C [...]	2009-05-19 22:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE54929	DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITING KOSOVO TO THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 5 for demarche points. 2. (SBU) The Department requests that addressee posts demarche their host governments at the highest appropriate level encouraging them to call on the Montenegrin government to invite the President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, t [...]	2009-05-28 22:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AL BK BU HR SI TU KV MW SR
09STATE54930	DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITING KOSOVO TO THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 5 for demarche points. 2. (SBU) The Department requests that addressee posts demarche their host governments at the highest appropriate level encouraging them to call on the Montenegrin government to invite the President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, [...]	2009-05-28 22:36:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AL BK BU HR SI TU KV MW SR
09STATE54959	CYPRUS - VOTING INSTRUCTION FOR UNFICYP RESOLUTION [...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution regarding the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on May 29, 2009. Post should seek additional guidance from the Department if there are any additional substant [...]	2009-05-29 00:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE55869	(C) KUDOS AND FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS ON OPPOSITION [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORTING ON THE JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (AKP) AND OPPOSITION BEFORE AND AFTER LOCAL ELECTIONS PROVIDED BY EMBASSY ANKARA AND CONGEN ISTANBUL. ANALYSTS HAVE USED THE REPORTING IN AN ARRAY OF CURRENT PRODUCTION AND BRIEFINGS [...]	2009-06-01 14:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL TU
09STATE61156	(S) RESPONDING TO TAIWAN ON QUESTIONS REGARDING [...] This is an action request. AIT Taipei, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: In March 2009, the United States requested that Taiwan investigate efforts by the Turkey-based company Ak Makina to supply Iran's Ardalan Machineries Company with a variety of machine tools produced by comp [...]	2009-06-12 20:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR TU
09STATE61209	MOVING GREEKS AND TURKS FORWARD ON AEGEAN ISSUES [...] This is an Action Request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) The Department agrees with the joint assessment (Ref A) from Embassies Athens and Ankara that there is an urgent need to ease the recent uptick in provocations over the Aegean, diffuse tensions, and work towards resolving the underlying i [...]	2009-06-12 23:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU GR
09STATE61219	TURKEY--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-13 00:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP TU
09STATE66578	(S) TURKISH FIRM AK MAKINA'S CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO MISSILE-RELATED ENTITIES IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 18:26:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR TU
09STATE66678	SHIPMENT OF MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED [...] (S) This is an immediate action request to Embassy Ankara. Please see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) We have information that there was a shipment this month of military communications-related Mercedes Benz vehicles from Iran via Turkey that were destined for S [...]	2009-06-26 21:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC TU IR SY
09STATE66697	KUDOS TO IRPO AND IRAN WATCHERS FOR SUSTAINED [...] (SBU) On behalf of the Department and the wider government community, I extend our sincere gratitude to each IRPO officer and Iran Watcher for sustained excellence in reporting on the continually changing situation in post-election Iran. 2. (SBU) The disturbing events that have transpired i [...]	2009-06-26 21:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX IZ TU UK GM AJ AE IR
09STATE68986	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SHIPMENT OF MILITARY [...] (S) This is an immediate action request to Embassy Ankara. Please see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) In late June we informed the Government of Turkey (GOT) that there had been a shipment that month of 18 military communications-related Mercedes Benz vehicles f [...]	2009-07-02 18:26:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC TU IR SY
09STATE74794	(S) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ISLAM AND [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE EXAMINING HOW ISSUES OF PIETY AND ISLAM ARE APPROACHED AND AFFECT POLITICAL AND DAILY LIFE IN TURKEY. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON POLITICAL PARTIES' APPROACHES TO ISLAM, ISLAM'S ROLE IN POLITICS, AND PIETY ISSUES IN TURKEY, AS TIME, RESOURCES [...]	2009-07-17 18:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR KISL PREL TU
09STATE76467	(C) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON EVOLVING TURKISH AND IRAQI KURDISH POLITICAL RELATIONSHIPS (C-RE9-00967) [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CURRENTLY FOLLOWING THE EVOLUTION OF THE ANKARA-ARBIL RELATIONSHIP WHICH COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON US INTERESTS IN 2009. ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN DISCOVERING THE DRIVERS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS BETWEEN IRAQI KURDISH AND TURKISH LEADERS AND IDENTIFYI [...]	2009-07-22 16:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL IZ TU
09STATE76469	(S) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TARIKATS, KURDS AND ISLAM, AND MINORITY RELIGIONS IN TURKEY (C-RE9-01283) [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTEL ON A KONDA POLL THAT ADDRESSES AND INTERPRETS THE RANGES OF VARIATION AND COMPLEXITY THAT CHARACTERIZE TURKISH ISLAM. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION ON THE SECRETIVE ISLAMIC TARIKAT ASSOCIATIONS, THE VIEW OF KURDS IN RELATION TO ISLAM, T [...]	2009-07-22 16:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR KISL PREL TU
09STATE77269	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR TURKISH IMET CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) This cable responds to the action request in ref a, requesting human rights vetting for the commander of the REPEAT GREEN LIVE MSG Turkish Special Forces unit which will host a Joint and Combined Exchange Training (JCET) program with U.S. counterparts in September 2009. 2. (U [...]	2009-07-24 01:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV TU
09STATE77270	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR TURKISH IMET CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 01:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV TU
09STATE77689	(C) TURKEY'S EU PROSPECTS: U.S.-SWEDEN COORDINATE [...] (U) This is a joint EUR-Embassy Stockholm cable. 2. (C) Summary: On July 15, EUR DAS Bryza and Swedish MFA European Director Lars Wahlund discussed coordinating strategies to advance Turkey's EU accession and Cyprus negotiations during Sweden's EU Presidency. Both agreed that there is an [...]	2009-07-24 21:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU EUN
09STATE80223	CONSULTATIONS WITH TURKEY IN ADVANCE OF RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-01 00:22:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL RS TU
09STATE80253	FOLLOW-UP ON IRANIAN ARMS TRANSFERS TO SYRIA VIA [...] (U) This is an urgent action request to Embassy Ankara. Please deliver the points in paragraph 4 as soon as possible. These points may be left as a non-paper. 2. (S/NF) We have recently received information from a diplomatic source that Iran intends to ship possibly lethal military equ [...]	2009-08-01 08:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC IR PARM PREL TU MASS SY
09STATE80264	FOLLOW-UP ON IRANIAN ARMS TRANSFERS TO SYRIA [...] (U) This is an urgent action request to Embassy Ankara. Please deliver the points in paragraph 4 as soon as possible. These points may be left as a non- paper. 2. (S/NF) We have recently received information from a diplomatic source that Iran intends to ship possibly lethal military e [...]	2009-08-01 14:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC IR PARM PREL TU MASS SY
09STATE85454	(C) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TURKISH GENERAL STAFF VIEWS OF ERGENEKON (C-RE9-01306) [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN REFTEL AND PREVIOUS REPORTING PERTAINING TO POLICE VIEWS ON THE ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL PROCESS. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE ERGENEKON PROCESS AS THIS REMAINS A TOPIC OF HIGH POLICYMAKER INTEREST. WE WOULD GREATLY [...]	2009-08-17 15:44:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PINS TU
09STATE85455	(C) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TURKISH POLITICAL AND LEGAL VIEWS ON ERGENEKON (C-RE9-01306) [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE ERGENEKON PROCESS AS THIS REMAINS AN ISSUE OF HIGH POLICYMAKER INTEREST AND APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION POSTS CAN PROVIDE REGARDING BOTH TURKISH POLITICAL AND LEGAL VIEWS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ERGENEKON, AS TIME, RESOURCES, AND PRESENT WOR [...]	2009-08-17 15:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PINS TU
09STATE87453	CYPRUS - SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT GROUP: GOC [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 18:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL CY TU
09STATE88240	(C/REL TO USA, FVEY) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (C/NF) SENIOR POLICYMAKERS IN WASHINGTON CONTINUE TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN TURKEY'S NUCLEAR EFFORTS, INCLUDING LEADERSHIP CHANGES WITHIN ANKARA'S NUCLEAR COMMUNITY. WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE SEEKING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING ASSERTIONS MADE IN A MID-JUNE 2009 TURKISH ARTICLE IN THE VATAN [...]	2009-08-24 21:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR TU
09STATE9154	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph three. 2. (S) Summary: On or about February 4, 2009, the USG intends to designate domestically under E.O. 13224 the Iraq-based entity the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK) for its support to the Kongra-Gel (KGK, aka the Kurdistan Workers Party o [...]	2009-02-02 16:28:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EFIN IZ KTFN PINR PTER TU
09STATE93535	OPEN SKIES TREATY REIMBURSEMENT [...] The United States shared an Open Skies Treaty mission with Turkey over the Russian Federation 25-29 May 2009. According to the joint modalities, the U.S. agreed to pay the Government of Turkey no more than $15,000 U.S. dollars as reimbursement for our share of the expenses. 2. We request t [...]	2009-09-09 14:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE TU
09STATE94736	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-11 18:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TU
09STATE95661	(S) ALERTING THE GOVERNMENTS OF BULGARIA AND [...] (S/NF) The USG has information that as of early August 2009, the Turkish firm TSS Silah Ve Savunma Sanayi Dis Ticaret Ltd. was preparing for the possible transfer of Bulgarian-origin AHM-200 helicopter mines and DVM-S remote control detonators to Syria's Ministry of Defense. A draft end-user [...]	2009-09-15 15:06:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	BU TU SY ETTC MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS
09STATE99472	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-24 16:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TU
09STATE99608	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-24 18:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TU
09STATE99609	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-24 18:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TU
09STATE99610	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-24 18:02:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TU
09STATE99612	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-24 18:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TU
09STOCKHOLM112	SWEDEN'S EU CORRESPONDENTS ON IRAN SANCTIONS, [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In several meetings this month, the MFA EU Correspondent's Office has offered us their views on Iran sanctions, Belarus, Turkey's EU accession, and the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. On Iran, Sweden continues to raise concerns that "blanket" trade sanctio [...]	2009-02-18 15:40:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENVT EU BO TU SW
09STOCKHOLM149	SWEDEN'S EU MINISTER ON COOPERATING WITH U.S. ON [...] (C) Summary: Sweden's EU Minister Cecilia Malmstrom met Charge on March 3 to discuss Sweden's upcoming EU presidency. On the Transatlantic Agenda, Malmstrom identified climate change, EU enlargement, Israeli-Palestinian talks and Afghanistan as being most important for cooperation with the US [...]	2009-03-04 16:40:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EU AF TU SW
09STOCKHOLM467	SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY TALKS TURKEY LEFTOVERS [...] (C) Summary: Following a July 19 DVC between EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Swedish MFA Director of EU Affairs Lars Wahlund (reftel),PolOff meet with Peder Spangberg, Turkey Desk Officer on July 23 for follow-up. Spangberg said his ideal outcome from the EU Presidency on December 31 is "handing ever [...]	2009-07-28 07:22:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EUN TU SW
09STOCKHOLM557	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid his first call on Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt August 28. The tone of the meeting was very positive, yet casual, as they exchanged anecdotes about their common experiences in the world of information technology. Highlights of the meeting included: [...]	2009-08-31 15:43:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AF TU SW
09STOCKHOLM574	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ENLARGEMENT, AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (C) Summary. In the Ambassador's introductory call on the Minister for EU Affairs, Cecilia Malmstrom, the minister expressed Sweden's eagerness to work together with the United States on climate issues and in Afghanistan. She cautiously said the Swedish EU presidency so far was going "okay" and [...]	2009-09-10 12:43:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL TU SW
09STOCKHOLM605	SWEDISH VIEWS ON RECENT TURKEY/CYPRUS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Swedish MFA officers told us September 23 that "those closest" to the on-going Cyprus talks, including UN Special Envoy Alexander Downer, were optimistic about a "break-through" in November. With regards to Turkey, the Swedes admit there is a deal in place between French Presiden [...]	2009-09-23 15:10:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM691	SWEDISH LEFT PARTY'S FOREIGN POLICY GOALS: TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: On November 4, MP Hans Linde, the Left Party's foreign affairs spokesman, gave poloff a preview of his party's policy priorities, including on labor rights and Afghanistan -- two issues which are obstacles to consensus within the opposition Red-Green Coalition. Coalition parties [...]	2009-11-05 14:03:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TU EUN AF SW
09STOCKHOLM692	MORE TURKEY TIDBITS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 14:03:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM782	SWEDEN GRABS THE LAST OF THE TURKEY [...] (C) Both Hakan Emsgard, MFA Director General for Europe, and Peder Spangberg, Turkey desk officer, confirmed to us today that Sweden was moving forward with the opening of Turkey's environment chapter of the EU acquis. The report is "technically finished," Spangberg said, and is currently bei [...]	2009-12-15 14:23:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY EUN SW
09TASHKENT177	UZBEKISTAN: REPORTS OF CRACKDOWN ON "NUR" RELIGIOUS GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek authorities appear to be significantly ratcheting up the pressure on suspected members of the banned Nur (or "Nurcilar") religious organization, which is associated with the conservative (but not extremist) religious teachings and Pan-Turkish ideology of Turkish scholar Feth [...]	2009-02-13 09:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL SOCI TU UZ
09TASHKENT277	UZBEKISTAN: "NUR" RELIGIOUS GROUP CRACKDOWN CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Authorities are continuing a widespread crackdown on suspected members of "Nur," a banned conservative (but not extremist) religious organization associated with Turkish scholar Fethullah Gullen (ref A). According to reports from independent and state-controlled media, at least 1 [...]	2009-03-13 12:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL SOCI TU UZ
09TBILISI1034	GEORGIA: RUSSIA MOVES IN ON ABKHAZ ECONOMY \ [...] (C) Summary and comment. Recent moves suggest an \ increasing Russian interest in exploiting economic \ opportunities in Abkhazia. The Georgian Law on Occupied \ Territories stipulates that all business in Abkhazia be \ conducted pursuant to existing Georgian regulations (reftel),\ but Russian en [...]	2009-06-05 09:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL KBTS RS TU GG
09TBILISI1158	GEORGIAN THOUGHTS ON ARMENIAN/TURKISH RAPPROCHEMENT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Representatives of the Georgian government, parliament, and academia have a wide range of opinions about recent improvements in the bilateral relationship between Armenia and Turkey. Even within the Georgian government, an incomplete and contradictory picture arises, [...]	2009-06-24 11:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AZ TU GG
09TBILISI1756	GEORGIA: TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TBILISI [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu paid an official visit to Tbilisi September 7-8 and was joined by his Deputy Under Secretary for the Caucasus and Central Asia, Ambassador Unal Cevikoz; Cevikoz later visited Sukhumi on September 10. Davutoglu met with President Saakashvi [...]	2009-09-23 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU GG
09TBILISI2204	GEORGIA: CONSTRUCTIVE EXCHANGE ON THE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. On December 11 Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili led a discussion with international partners of a draft strategy on engagement with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Characterizing it as a "human-centric" engagement (not de-occupation) plan, Yakobashvili called it the government's [...]	2009-12-15 13:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EAID RS TU GG
09TELAVIV1070	CODEL WEXLER'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM AYALON [...] (C) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler met with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on May 10. Looking toward PM Netanyahu's May 18 meeting with President Obama, Wexler advised that Netanyahu should support President Obama's engagement with Iran. Wexler said he was confident that the tw [...]	2009-05-13 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IR SA SY EG TU IS
09TELAVIV2245	ISRAELIS MULL RESPONSE TO TURKISH "HUMILIATIONS" [...] (S) Summary. Turkey's decision to cancel Israel's participation in the joint Turkey-U.S.-Italy-NATO-Israel Anatolian Eagle air exercise received heavy media coverage here October 11-13. Although the IDF adhered to agreed language on the international portion of the exercise being postponed [...]	2009-10-13 15:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MOPS MASS TU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2283	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USUN AMBASSADOR SUSAN [...] (S) Summary. Israelis are even more anxious than usual these days as the Goldstone Report is being discussed in Geneva and New York. Israeli leaders have developed a virtually obsessive reaction to the report, which they see as both an assault on the State of Israel and it's democratic inst [...]	2009-10-16 12:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IR TU IS
09TELAVIV2482	ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE VERSHBOW MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1 and 2, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, met with a number of senior Israeli defense officials in Israel including: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General (DG) Pinchas Buchris; Head of MOD Poli [...]	2009-11-16 08:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KWBG EG SY IR SA LE TU
09TELAVIV2500	40TH JOINT POLITICAL-MILITARY GROUP: EXECUTIVE [...] (S) Summary: During the Executive Session of the 40th Joint Political Military Group (JPMG),U.S. and Israeli counterparts continued discussion on the creation of four new Qualitative Military Edge (QME) working groups. GOI interlocutors continued to raise concerns regarding the F-15 sale to [...]	2009-11-18 14:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG CH IR RU SA LE TU IS

09TELAVIV2506	ISRAELI COMPLAINTS ABOUT TURKEY'S ROLE WITH IRAN [...] (S) Reftel reported that the French MFA readout to Embassy Paris on the Israeli-French Strategic Dialogue included Israeli claims that Turkey, with the full knowledge of PM Erdogan, has facilitated the supply of weapons-related materials for Iran's nuclear program. MFA Director of Political [...]	2009-11-19 09:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP EFIN TU IR FR IS
09TELAVIV2525	CODEL LIEBERMAN'S NOV 16 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary. While in Israel participating in the Saban Forum, CODEL Lieberman met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 16 in Jerusalem. They discussed the PM's recent meeting with President Obama in Washington, restarting negotiations with the Palestinians, and regional issues [...]	2009-11-20 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR SY TU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2526	GOI INTERAGENCY DISCUSSION ON TURKEY [...] (S) SUMMARY. On November 15, Israeli officials told NSC Senior Director Dan Shapiro during a GOI interagency briefing hosted by National Security Advisor Uzi Arad, that they believe Turkey is engaged in an ongoing strategic realignment towards the Middle East and away from the West, and that t [...]	2009-11-23 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MARR TU IS
09TELAVIV2777	CODEL SKELTON'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Skelton met with Prime Minister Netanyahu November 16 at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. Their discussion covered Netanyahu's meeting with President Obama the previous week, Netanyahu's interest in resuming negotiations with the Palestinians, the Iranian nuclear [...]	2009-12-23 10:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP MASS SY TU FR KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV380	PRIME MINISTER OLMERT DISCUSSES HAMAS, PALESTINIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Ambassador Cunningham and members and staff of the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on January 29 to discuss Israel's recent military operation in Gaza, peace talks with the Palestinia [...]	2009-02-13 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS TU SY KPWG IS
09TELAVIV452	CODEL CARDIN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Cardin called on Prime Minister Olmert at his Jerusalem office February 16. Olmert and the CODEL discussed the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, Turkey's role in the indirect negotiations with Syria, the Iranian nuclear threat, and Olmert's peace offer to Palestinian President [...]	2009-02-25 15:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IR SY TU IS
09TELAVIV466	EMBASSY TEL AVIV'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 12:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CE CH EG EI ELAB IN IS KCRM KFRD KPAL KTIP KWMN MD NP PHUM PREF RO RP RS SMIG TH TU UK UP UZ
09TELAVIV766	MFA BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON TURKISH INTEREST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Acting Director General Yossi Gal briefed the Ambassador March 31 on Gal's visit to Turkey. Gal, who had returned from Turkey March 30, explained that a strong thread of U.S.-related material ran through his discussions. The visit was to follow up on FM Livni's meeting with [...]	2009-04-01 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU IR SY IZ KWBG IS
09TELAVIV798	ISRAEL LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD FOR U.S. PISTACHIO [...] Israel announced on March 30 that it was imposing tariff of 23 percent on pistachio imports, except for a duty-free quota of 100 tons of Turkish pistachios under the Israel-Turkey trade agreement. "Turkish" pistachios above the 100-ton quota are widely believed to be of Iranian origin. Smug [...]	2009-04-02 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PTER IR TU IS
09THEHAGUE451	CWC: PRESENTATIONS BY DG CANDIDATES, JULY 15, [...] (SBU) The seven candidates to succeed Rogelio Pfirter (Argentina) as the next Director-General (DG) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) each presented themselves to the Executive Council (EC) on July 15. During the day-long closed session presided over by EC Ch [...]	2009-07-24 15:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AU FI GM ID TU UK AG
09THEHAGUE617	CWC: AMHET UZUMCU OF TURKEY NOMINATED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu (Turkish Perm Rep to the UN Office in Geneva) received a consensus nomination by the 41-member Executive Council to be the next Director- General (DG) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The nomination occurred on Friday, [...]	2009-10-16 21:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC AU FI GM ID TU UK AG
09THEHAGUE632	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION, [...] (SBU) The 58th session of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was a remarkable success. The Council approved by consensus a recommendation to the Conference of States Parties (CSP) to appoint Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey to be the next Direc [...]	2009-10-22 18:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC EIND OPCW CWC AU FI GM ID TU
09THESSALONIKI12	THESSALONIKI: INVITATION TO TRANSBORDER COOPERATION [...] ConGen Thessaloniki is pleased to announce a training seminar for southeast European police officers and prosecutors on "Trans-border Law Enforcement Cooperation to Combat Cyber Crime" in the northern Greek border city of Drama on June 1-4, 2009. ConGen Thessaloniki is organizing the seminar [...]	2009-03-16 19:56:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ECPS SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI16	THESSALONIKI: NORTHERN NOTES - MARCH 2009 [...] (U) On March 9, the President of the Exporters Association of Northern Greece Vassilis Thomaidis stated that local businesses have implemented reduced work hours in order to avoid substantial lay-offs. On March 17, Alumil S.A. President Giorgos Milonas announced that employees in his company [...]	2009-04-04 13:37:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU MK
09THESSALONIKI24	THESSALONIKI: GREECE IMPLEMENTING PROMISED MEASURES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Greek Government continues to implement several measures it announced in February 2007 (Ref A) aimed at addressing concerns of the Turkophone Muslim minority in Thrace, northeastern Greece. While the GoG has made progress in hiring imams and cancelling taxes on Musli [...]	2009-04-27 10:16:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI27	NORTHERN NOTES - APRIL 2009 [...] (U) On April 1, the Thessaloniki Port Authority announced the cancellation of an earlier tender for the privatization of the port's Cargo Station. The decision followed weeks of deliberations on how to proceed, after the winning bidder Hutchison Whampoa withdrew its bid which was valued [...]	2009-05-08 07:29:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI30	THESSALONIKI: STRENGTHENING BALKAN COOPERATION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's fourth annual regional seminar on Trans-border Law Enforcement Cooperation, which focused this year on Cyber crime, confirmed strong regional interest in tackling Balkan transnational crime. Police and prosecutors from Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Gre [...]	2009-06-30 15:35:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ECPS SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI33	THESSALONIKI: HOW NORTHERN GREECE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO BALKAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Location, history, infrastructure, economy and multi-ethnic character make northern Greece a natural engine and source of ideas for Balkan stability and prosperity. Unfortunately, inertia, corruption and lack of leadership have sometimes made Greek Macedonia seem like mo [...]	2009-07-27 14:20:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON GR TU
09THESSALONIKI34	NORTHERN NOTES - JULY 2009 [...] (SBU) On July 29, local media reported the arrest of a Greek Muslim on charges of espionage for Turkey. The arrested man, who comes from Thrace, was allegedly approached by two Turkish people who were unknown to him and asked to photograph Greek military installations alongside a series of [...]	2009-08-05 06:02:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI41	NORTHERN NOTES - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (U) The following summary of last month's major developments in Northern Greece contains items on the following topics: Political: o Muslim Election Campaign Dynamics in Thrace o Poll Data on Importance of Macedonia Name Issue o Eastern Macedonia and Thrace SecGen Hosts Ifta [...]	2009-10-15 09:19:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG SNAR ECON KCRM GR TU
09THESSALONIKI45	THRACE COURT REJECTS "TURKISH UNION OF XANTHI'S" APPEAL FOR [...] (U) On 30 September, the Appeals Court in Thrace rejected an application by local Muslim community organization "Turkish Union of Xanthi" to reverse earlier decisions by national courts prohibiting it from being recognized and registered under that name. The Union's appeal was based on a 27 M [...]	2009-10-21 12:08:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI57	NORTHERN NOTES -- NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (U) The following summary of last month's major developments in Northern Greece contains items on the following topics: Political: o Local Reactions to New Opposition Leader Samaras o Papandreou Hosts Trilateral Environmental Meeting o Rainbow Party Opens Second Office o [...]	2009-12-29 15:28:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SMIG SNAR ECON KCRM GR TU
09THESSALONIKI9	NORTHERN NOTES - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) In Komotini, a Muslim woman challenged successfully a decision by the local mufti to give custody of two of her four children to her husband, reportedly an alcoholic suffering from psychological problems. On February 18, the Greek first instance Court of Rhodopi gave the woman custody [...]	2009-03-05 15:35:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ODIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SOCI GR TU
09TUNIS696	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPEN SKIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 17:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA TU
09UNVIEVIENNA526	IAEA/BOARD: NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON IRAN, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 08:53:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA KNNP TRGY TU IR SY
09USEUBRUSSELS1516	ENERGY CHAPTER IS BOTTOM LINE FOR TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU stressed in a November 5 meeting that the opening of the Energy Chapter is a crucial step in Turkey-EU relations, and could pave the way for an agreement on the Southern Corridor. However, the inability of the EU to advance the a [...]	2009-11-10 17:40:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL TU EUN XS
09USEUBRUSSELS1643	ERDOGAN ASKED NABUCCO REPS ABOUT IRANIAN GAS [...] (C) Neil McMillan, RWE's Nabucco representative in Brussels, reported that the December 3 meeting between Prime Minister Erdogan and RWE's Joschka Fischer and Stefan Judisch went well but "did not produce any breakthroughs." McMillan said Erdogan seemed "more positive than negative" ) about t [...]	2009-12-07 16:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET AJ TU EU
09USNATO166	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ALIYEV BRIEFS ENERGY, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Appearing before the North Atlantic Council (NAC) for the first time in two and a half years, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev (joined by Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov) briefed the Allies on Azerbaijan's role as a regional energy supplier, his commitment to resolve the Na [...]	2009-05-05 08:25:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL AJ AM GG TU RS
09USNATO199	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ROGOZIN CONTINUES HIS ATTEMPTS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Responding to presentations on Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) at the May 13 meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC),Russian Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin criticized NATO's efforts in Afghanistan as both repeating the Soviet Union's earlier mistakes and inve [...]	2009-05-19 11:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV RS GG TU GM
09USNATO221	ARMENIA AND TURKEY DUKE IT OUT AT NATO [...] (U) This cable has been delayed due to ongoing transmission difficulties. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan appeared before the North Atlantic Council (NAC) to review the 2009 Assessment of Armenia's Individual Partnership Ac [...]	2009-06-02 15:54:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV AJ AM TU
09USNATO530	NATO ALLIES TELL BOSNIAN FM THAT REFORMS ARE [...] (C) Summary: Bosnia-Herzegovina's Foreign Minister failed in a November 17 informal meeting with NATO PermReps to push Allies towards consensus that Ministers should grant Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in December. Most PermReps rejected the FM's assertion that pro [...]	2009-11-18 17:28:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO BK TU IT NO
09USNATO554	TURKEY INVITING FOREIGN MINISTERS TO HAVE A [...] (C) Summary: Turkey intends to invite NATO Foreign Ministers to a separate meeting to discuss granting MAP to Bosnia. Unless directed otherwise USNATO will work to oppose this move. End summary. 2. (C) Turkey announced in a November 27 communique negotiation for the December 3-4 NATO Fore [...]	2009-11-27 15:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO BK TU NO
09USOSCE283	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 1, 2009 [...] (U) Cleared by Deputy Secretary Steinberg 2. (U) December 1, 2009; 5:30 pm; Athens, Greece. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon Jeff Hovenier, NSC Jim Kuykendall (Notetaker) OTHER COUNTRY Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu [...]	2009-12-18 07:25:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XH ZL NATO TU BK YI HR MW AM AJ IR
09USUNNEWYORK19	UNSC: COUNCIL SUPPORTS SYG TRAVEL TO REGION; URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: In closed-door consultations with the Security Council on January 13, the Secretary-General briefed the Council on the goals of his upcoming trip to the region. He stressed it was time for the violence to stop and called for a durable cease-fire and the implementation of UNSCR [...]	2009-01-13 21:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS EG TU
09USUNNEWYORK206	GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON [...] SUMMARY. (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis told Ambassador Rice and Ambassador Wolff on February 26, that her current priorities as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE were to find a consensus approach for engaging on Russia's proposals for a new European security architecture and to get [...]	2009-03-04 22:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UNSC RS GG TU CY GR
09USUNNEWYORK417	UN/CYPRUS: TURKISH PERMREP OFFERS TO ADVANCE DATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Baki Ilkin has proposed advancing the date of the adoption of a rollover of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to the end of May in order to avoid having the adoption fall during Turkey's June Security Council presidency. Ilkin told Ambassa [...]	2009-04-23 14:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY TU
09USUNNEWYORK638	ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (U) USUN PolCouns attended a June 22 meeting of the Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) as an Observer. The meeting, co-chaired by the Permanent Representatives of Turkey and Spain, provided a briefing on the Second Forum of the AOC, held in Istanbul on April 6-7, 2009, and focused [...]	2009-06-29 16:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
09USUNNEWYORK641	ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS: AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (SBU) Turkish PermRep Ilkin and Spanish PermRep Yanez-Barnuevo requested a meeting with Ambassador Rice to urge U.S. backing for the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC). They explained that the initiative for the AOC came from their governme [...]	2009-06-30 20:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
09USUNNEWYORK811	GREEK PERMREP FORSEES NO NEAR-TERM PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an introductory call, newly arrived Greek Permrep Anastassis Mitsialis sought Ambassador Rice's concurrence to schedule a Security Council briefing by Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis as Chairwoman-in-Office of the OSCE during the UNGA Ministerial Week. Mitsialis exp [...]	2009-09-02 14:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP MK TU CY GR
09USUNNEWYORK947	TURKISH PERMREP APAKAN PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 15 courtesy meeting, Turkish Permrep Ertugul Apakan invited Ambassador Rice to visit Turkey. He said a workshop/retreat on peacekeeping and peacebuilding, which Turkey was considering hosting during the summer of 2010, might be a good opportunity. Apakan thoug [...]	2009-10-26 20:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC TU
09USUNNEWYORK957	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH IRAQI UN PERM REP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 26, immediately following her return from Iraq and the day after two major suicide bombs in Baghdad, Ambassador Rice met with Iraqi UN Permanent Representative Bayati. The discussion focused on the UN response to and U.S. support for Iraq's request for a UN envoy to b [...]	2009-10-28 09:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP IZ SY TU
09VIENNA1035	CODEL ROHRABACHER ON CONTACTS WITH PKK [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 06:54:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PTER TU AU
09VIENNA296	Austrian Outlook on Central/ Eastern [...] SUMMARY: As leading investors and bankers in Central/Eastern/Southeastern Europe (CESEE),Austrians have developed broad expertise on the region. The latest forecast by the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) paints a negative but differentiated picture. As a group, [...]	2009-03-12 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN XH TU RS KZ CH
09VIENNA381	TURKISH GULENIST MOVEMENT IN AUSTRIA AVOIDS [...] (C) Summary: The international movement of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen is represented in Austria by a cultural foundation, a high school, and a newspaper. While Gulenists in Austria are openly critical of the Turkish secular state, they avoid controversies over Muslim integration [...]	2009-03-30 15:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU AU
09VIENNA496	TURKISH FM RAISES EU ACCESSION, PKK IN VIENNA [...] (C) Summary: During an April 16 visit to Vienna, Turkish FM Babacan urged GOA leaders to avoid speaking out against Turkey's EU accession bid and told reporters that Turkey would be a very different country by the time it was ready to join the EU. Babacan, who met with Austrian President Fisc [...]	2009-04-24 15:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EUN TU AM AJ CY AU
09WARSAW260	POLISH VIEWS ON MARCH 16-17 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland believes the EU will reach a general consensus on extending -- for another six months -- suspension of the EU's travel ban on Belarusian officials. Poland views as a positive initiative the Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister's March 6 visit to Warsaw to address Polish conc [...]	2009-03-10 16:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AF TU PL
09YEREVAN103	DEFENSE MINISTER REVIEWS CSTO, RUSSIA, REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian reviewed Armenia's regional security perspectives with Ambassador February 10. He commented that the recently-announced CSTO reaction force remains only "on paper." He linked Russia's military presence in Armenia to the potential threat posed by [...]	2009-02-17 16:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO CIS RU TU AJ AF AM
09YEREVAN142	READ-OUT OF IRAN TRIP BY EU ENVOY TO SOUTH CAUCASUS [...] (C) Peter Semneby, the EU's Special Representative to the South Caucasus, shared with the Ambassador a read-out of his December trip to Iran. Invited to Teheran by the Iranian government, Semneby said that Iranian authorities fear the recent revival of Turkish and Russian activity in the South [...]	2009-02-26 12:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IR AM
09YEREVAN201	SPEAKER LEANS FORWARD ON MARCH 1 DETAINEES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Without revealing specifics, National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian seemed to signal dramatic new moves on releasing March 1 (and election-related) detainees in the upcoming weeks, now that the parliament has enacted the criminal code revisions negotiated with PACE. He indica [...]	2009-03-23 08:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM COE GG TU AJ RU AM
09YEREVAN241	LUNCH WITH AN OLIGARCH: SARGSIAN ALLY CRITICIZES [...] (C) In an extended discussion with DCM on March 20, Armenian oligarch Mikhail Bagdasarov -- a close ally and personal friend of President Sargsian -- strongly criticized the GOAM for its handling of the economic crisis, questioned the Prime Minister's competence, and expressed enthusiastic sup [...]	2009-04-03 13:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL TU AM
09YEREVAN256	ARMENIAN OPPOSITION TO BRAND PRESIDENT SARGSIAN A [...] (C) A close advisor to former President and current opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) told DCM April 14 that LTP would brand President Sargsian as a "traitor to the Armenian nation" in a May 1 rally for Sargsian's alleged willingness to agree to Turkey's proposal to etablish a joint [...]	2009-04-14 13:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU AM
09YEREVAN257	EU-ARMENIA PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION DOCUMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Armenian and European parliamentarians agreed to a "Final Statement and Recommendations of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee meeting" (text below) on April 8. The text lists 41 points of interest in EU-Armenia relations, and is remarkable for its [...]	2009-04-15 10:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM EU AJ TU AM
09YEREVAN269	EUR DAS BRYZA DRUMS UP POLITICAL PARTY SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Matt Bryza held discussions with two opposition parties and the semi-governmental/nationalistic Dashnaks April 17, in a bid to build support -- or defuse possible opposition -- for possible negotiated settlements with Turkey or Azerbaijan. All three parties voiced strong [...]	2009-04-22 13:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ TU AM
09YEREVAN278	NATIONALIST DASHNAK PARTY BOLTS COALITION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF; aka Dashnaksutyun) party announced its resignation from the ruling coalition April 27, as a protest against President Sargsian's initiative to normalize relations with Turkey. The ARF criticized the recent Armenian joint communique with [...]	2009-04-27 17:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN282	AMBASSADOR URGES OPPOSITION LEADER NOT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on former President Levon Ter-Petrossian April 22 to deliver two messages: 1) that LTP should act as a patriot and not undermine recent progress in Turkish-Armenian relations for short-term political ends, and 2) to urge LTP, going into the Yerevan election, to [...]	2009-04-29 04:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN299	SPEAKER PROMISES DOMESTIC BREAKTHROUGHS IN JUNE [...] (C) On April 27 EUR DAS Matthew Brzya met with National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian to discuss progress on normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia. Abrahamian said he fully supported President Sargsian's move to normalize ties, and would actively promote its benefits to Arm [...]	2009-05-06 12:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EAID AZ TU AM
09YEREVAN306	LTP CALLS SARGSIAN TRAITOR ON "GENOCIDE" RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under the shadow of a heavy police presence, the opposition led by ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) held its second rally of the year on May 1. LTP accused President Sargsian of being willing to pay any price -- even denial of the "genocide" -- to remain in power, as evid [...]	2009-05-11 09:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN319	ARMENIAN OPINION LEADERS DEBATE TURKEY-ARMENIA TIES [...] (C) Ambassador hosted five prominent television and political personalities April 22 for a lively discussion of Armenia-Turkey relations. The Armenian guests remained convinced that the Turks are unscrupulously exploiting Armenia's diplomatic initiatives in order to prevent "genocide" recogni [...]	2009-05-14 06:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN332	FM OSKANIAN CRITICIZES TURKEY-ARMENIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 5, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian shared his critical views of Turkey-Armenia normalization. On content, he said that Armenia had traded away "genocide" recognition for illusory progress in Turkey-Armenia negotiations. Turkey, he claimed, is now holding Armenia hostage [...]	2009-05-15 16:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	POGV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN335	DASHNAK LEADERS EXPLAIN DECISION TO EXIT COALITION [...] (C) Leaders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutiun (Dashnaks) told the Ambassador that they exited the coalition in response to the April 22 Turkish-Armenia joint statement to normalize relations. They said that Armenia had gotten nothing out of it, while Turkey had success [...]	2009-05-18 09:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN376	RAFFI HOVANNISIAN ON TURKEY-ARMENIA RAPPROCHEMENT [...] (C) Armenia's first foreign minister and current leader of the Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian told the Ambassador that inflammatory statements by Turkey's prime minister were "fraying Armenia's nerves." He said he was concerned that Armenian authorities were not responding to the remarks. H [...]	2009-06-02 08:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN434	SARGSIAN SETS OCTOBER AS DEADLINE FOR TURKEY [...] (C) In their first meeting, President Sargsian told A/S Gordon that October 2009 was his deadline for the GOT to respond concretely to his rapprochement initiative. On resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict, Sargsian stated Armenia was ready to move forward, but Azerbaijan's leadership [...]	2009-06-19 13:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN444	A/S GORDON TALKS TURKEY, N-K, DEMOCRACY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Gordon met Armenia's former Foreign Minister, Vartan Oskanian, on June 9 to discuss Turkish-Armenian rapprochement, prospects for a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Armenia's rocky road to democracy. Oskanian was frank in his views that Turkish- [...]	2009-06-24 05:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU GG AJ AM
09YEREVAN474	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG VISIT [...] (S/NF) You are coming to Armenia at a pivotal moment. Delighted by the visit of the rare high-level USG visitor, President Sargsian will use the opportunity to appeal for U.S. acknowledgement and support for his foreign policy risk-taking. On Turkey-Armenia, Sargsian has stayed the course, bu [...]	2009-07-08 13:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS TU AJ IR
09YEREVAN505	NATIONALISTS UP THE STAKES AHEAD OF PRESIDENTS' [...] (C) By calling for Foreign Minister Nalbandian's resignation, Armenia's nationalist Dashnak party has increased the stakes for Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict set for July 17 in Moscow. The hard-line party held a widely-publicized conference in Stepanakert, [...]	2009-07-16 15:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN567	EUR DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH ARF/DASHNAKTSUTIUN [...] (C) EUR DAS Matthew Bryza's meeting on August 8 with ARF/Dashnaktsutiun leaders Vahan Hovhannisian and Giro Manoyan indicated this leading opposition group remains skeptical about President Sargsian's efforts to negotiate reconciliation with Turkey and an end to the conflict over Nagorno Karab [...]	2009-08-17 11:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM TU
09YEREVAN570	EUR DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) In their meeting on August 8, former Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosian (LTP) noted that time was not on Armenia's side on negotiations over Nagorno Karabakh as Azerbaijan grew relatively stronger. While the framework outlined by the Minsk Group's Basic Principles provided the only wa [...]	2009-08-17 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID AJ AM TU
09YEREVAN608	ECONOMIC PROJECTS READY TO GO -- EVEN WITHOUT [...] (C) Opening the border between Armenia and Turkey is generally expected to produce long-term economic benefits for both countries. However, even without formal opening of the border or establishment of diplomatic relations, projects in the transportation, energy and telecommunications are near [...]	2009-09-02 11:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD AJ AM TU
09YEREVAN617	SMALL CROWD, FEW SURPRISES AT DASHNAK RALLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 13:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM TU
09YEREVAN638	ARMENIA: PRESIDENT SARGSIAN DEFENDS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-12 09:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU AZ AM
09YEREVAN662	NAGORNO-KARABAKH: FORCES ALIGN BEHIND THE STATUS [...] (C) According to Armenian political observers, resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict is nowhere on the horizon. Armenian society is quite comfortable with the status quo, has no appetite for compromise, and is completely confident of victory should this frozen conflict turn hot, we [...]	2009-09-23 12:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ TU RU AM
09YEREVAN687	ARMENIA'S OPPONENTS TO PROTOCOLS RATCHET UP THEIR [...] (C) Less than two weeks before Armenia's and Turkey's foreign ministers are to sign their agreed protocols to establish bilateral relations, domestic and Diaspora opponents of President Sargsian's rapprochement policy are ratcheting up their rhetoric against the protocols and the President. A [...]	2009-09-30 11:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AM
09YEREVAN688	KOCHARIAN GRIM ON NORMALIZATION, NK CONFLICT, [...] (C) During the Ambassador's recent call on Robert Kocharian, Armenia's second president criticized President Sargsian for his handling of normalization of relations with Turkey. Kocharian said Sargsian was taking too big a risk and conceding too much in a misguided negotiating process that he [...]	2009-09-30 12:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN689	COOL-HEADED OPPOSITION ACKNOWLEDGES SARGSIAN'S [...] (C) At a reception hosted September 15 by the Ambassador, PolOffs heard from leaders of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) and independent observers that the normalization process with Turkey, by itself, posed little risk to Serzh Sargsian's rule. A small minority of nationalists [...]	2009-09-30 13:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN706	SCENESETTER -- ARMENIA AND THE OCTOBER 10 SIGNING [...] (S) For Armenia, the October 10 signing of the normalization protocols with Turkey in Zurich represents the culmination of President Sargsian's boldest foreign initiative, and one that carries significant political risk. Sargsian is under heavy fire by nationalists and political opposition at [...]	2009-10-05 11:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU AM
09YEREVAN712	ON THE TURKEY-ARMENIA BORDER: IS THE RAILWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and EXBS Advisor toured the Akhurian Train station near the Turkish border, where Armenian railway officials claimed that they are ready to begin rail traffic as soon as the border opens and procedures are established. Our assessment, however, is that much work wou [...]	2009-10-07 09:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ELTN PBTS SOCI TU AM
09YEREVAN719	OPEN BORDER COULD INCREASE TRADE AND COOPERATION, [...] (C) The closure of Armenia's border with neighboring Turkey has isolated this landlocked country and imposed a high price in terms of lost economic opportunities. Armenia is not part of any regional transportation or energy network. Its isolation has helped foster import monopolies, stifled [...]	2009-10-13 14:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PROG PREL AJ AM TU
09YEREVAN746	OCT 20 LETTER FROM FM NALBANDIAN TO THE SECRETARY [...] (U) On October 20, while receiving EUR DAS Tina Kaidanow in Yerevan, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian handed over a letter addressed by him to the Secretary. Below is the verbatim text of the signed-English language original, which is dated October 20, 2009. Post will send signed original [...]	2009-10-20 13:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PGOV PREL TU AM
09YEREVAN751	DAS KAIDANOW DISCUSSES REGIONAL INTEGRATION, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 07:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN758	DAS KAIDANOW MEETS WITH OPPOSITION, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Turkey-Armenia relations and the recently signed Protocols dominated the conversation between EUR DAS Kaidanow in her meetings with a former Armenian President and the Dashnak Political Party. Former President Levon Ter-Petrossian wants more attention paid to the problems of democratic fre [...]	2009-10-27 07:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OVIP KDEM TU AM
09YEREVAN759	DAS KAIDANOW DISCUSSES REGIONAL INTEGRATION, [...] (S/NF) During meetings October 20 and 21, senior GOAM officials told EUR DAS Tina Kaidanow that Turkey will need to be the first to ratify the protocols signed October 10. President Sargsian told Kaidanow that there has never been any question that Armenia would ratify, but that Armenia ratify [...]	2009-10-27 15:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN770	DEFENSE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTERS EVASIVE ON [...] (C) During separate meetings with Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian on October 27 and Foreign Affairs Minister Edward Nalbandian on October 29, the Ambassador asked the ministers about the purpose of President's recent two-day visit to Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) to inspect troops, and the uncharacter [...]	2009-11-02 09:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL MARR TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN771	ADVANCING HR/ROL AGENDA WITH THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Prosecutor General (PG) Aghvan Hovsepian on October 28 in an attempt to advance Post's human rights and rule of law agenda. The specific goals of the meeting were to acknowledge the PG's recent intervention in the release of two civil society activists--that Post ha [...]	2009-11-02 10:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS KTIP TU AM
09YEREVAN772	NAGORNO-KARABAKH: EXPANDING THE SPACE FOR [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassies Baku and Yerevan, and an action request. See paragraph 13. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As reported in reftels, the Azerbaijani, Armenian, and Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) societies are in no mood at present to swallow the tough compromises that will be necessary for r [...]	2009-11-02 12:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ETRD EU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TU RU
09YEREVAN789	FATE OF PROTOCOLS--DEPENDS ON TURKEY'S RATIFICATION [...] (C) In light of the executive branch's dominance of the unicameral National Assembly, where President Sargsian's ruling Republican party and its loyal coalition partners control 97 out of 131 seats, ratification of the protocols to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations is essentially a one-man [...]	2009-11-10 13:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN803	TURKEY-ARMENIA END GAME: GETTING TO 'YES' [...] (C) After the signing of the protocols, the Turkey-Armenia normalization process seems to be at an impasse, with both countries trapped by their own narrow conception of the issues: Turkey,s demand for "progress" on NK that Armenia is unable to deliver, and Armenia,s insistence that there is [...]	2009-11-18 17:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU RU AJ AM
09YEREVAN825	MINISTER OF JUSTICE: PROTOCOLS REQUIRE NO NEW [...] (C) On November 23, Armenia's Minister of Justice Gevorg Danielian told the Ambassador that the Turkey-Armenia protocols do not require Armenia to enact any new major laws. He nonetheless stated that minor changes to existing legislation are being contemplated in order to increase protections [...]	2009-12-01 09:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AM
09YEREVAN833	YEREVAN WORLD BANK AND EU REPS BULLISH ON [...] (C) The top World Bank and the European Union representatives in Armenia say their organizations are moving ahead with projects to support Turkey-Armenia reconciliation, and that their contacts in Turkey seem confident Ankara will ratify the Turkey-Armenia Protocols. End summary. EU AND WB [...]	2009-12-07 10:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL AM TU EU
09YEREVAN849	PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON [...] (C) It is in Turkish interests to ratify the protocols normalizing relations with Armenia, and for the Turks to sort out their own domestic political challenges in order to seal the deal, according to Presidential Deputy Chief of Staff Vigen Sargsian. Delay of ratification beyond January/Febr [...]	2009-12-10 12:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN864	MEDIA REACTION: ARMENIA - ERDOGAN'S U.S. VISIT A SETBACK [...] (SBU) The Armenian press, pro-government and opposition alike, expressed alarm at statements made by Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan, regarding rapprochement with Armenia, during his visit to the U.S. His comments linking ratification of the protocols on normalizing Turkey-Armenia relations t [...]	2009-12-14 14:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL TU AZ AM
09YEREVAN865	DEPUTY PM DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING, INVITES AMB [...] (C) On November 25 Ambassador Yovanovitch met with Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgian to discuss Armenia's current anti-trafficking efforts. The Ambassador emphasized that Armenia needed to continue the positive momentum it had achieved with its improved ranking last year, and that now was [...]	2009-12-15 06:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN TU AM
09YEREVAN885	ARMENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER WEIGHS IN ON [...] (C) Parliamentary Speaker Abrahamian believes, based on conversation with his Turkish counterpart, that the Turkish Parliament has the votes necessary to ratify the Turkey-Armenia normalization protocols, if the government makes the political decision to proceed. On democracy and human rights [...]	2009-12-22 13:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN9	ARMENIA'S RUST BELT PINS HOPES ON BORDER OPENING [...] (U) During the Ambassador's December 16 visit to Gyumri, capital of the economically depressed Shirak region, interlocutors expressed unanimous support for Armenia reestablishing relations with Turkey and opening the nearby border. Gyumri's population sees a possible trade opening with Turkey [...]	2009-01-08 05:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON TU AM
10ADANA1	SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: DECEMBER 28, 2009 - JANUARY 3, [...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of December 28, 2009 - January 3, 2010 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security [...]	2010-01-08 14:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA11	SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: FEBRUARY 1 - 9, 2010 [...] (U) The security assistant at Consulate Adana compiled the following security incidents for the period of February 1 - 9, 2010, from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and trends o [...]	2010-02-11 11:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA12	SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: JANUARY 25-31, 2010 [...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of January 25-31, 2010 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and tre [...]	2010-02-11 11:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA13	SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: FEBRUARY 10 - 15, 2010 [...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of February 10 - 15, 2010, were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation an [...]	2010-02-18 12:53:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA15	SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: FEBRUARY 16 - 23, 2010 [...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of February 16 - 23, 2010 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and [...]	2010-02-25 12:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA3	SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: JANUARY 04, 2010 - JANUARY 10, [...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of January 04, 2010 - January 10, 2010 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security [...]	2010-01-12 13:26:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA4	TURKEY: BIMONTHLY SOUTHEAST ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-15 16:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG TU SY

10ADANA5	SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: JANUARY 11-19, 2010 [...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of January 11-19, 2010 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and tre [...]	2010-01-22 08:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA7	SE TURKEY SECURITY INCIDENTS: JANUARY 18-25, 2010 [...] (U) The following security incidents for the period of January 18-25, 2010 were compiled by the security assistant at Consulate Adana from RSO sources, to include Turkish security contacts, government officials and media. The RSO uses the information to determine the security situation and tr [...]	2010-01-30 08:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PINR CASC TU
10ADANA9	TURKEY: SPIKE IN SYRIAN VISITORS TO SOUTHERN TURKEY FOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The reciprocal abolishment of the visa regime between Turkey and Syria on September 18, 2009, has resulted in a spike in Syrian visitors to Mersin, Hatay and Gaziantep. According to contacts, the travel, tourism and retail sectors have seen vigorous business that only promise [...]	2010-02-01 15:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON PTER TU SY PREL
10ANKARA102	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-22 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA107	CIVILIAN COURT JURISDICTION OVER THE MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting on a petition filed by the staunchly secularist opposition Republican People's Party (CHP),Turkey's Constitutional Court January 21 overturned the June 26,2009 law that sought to establish civilian courts' jurisdiction over military personnel accused of crimes against sta [...]	2010-01-22 16:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM MARR TU
10ANKARA108	MFA UNDERSECRETARY: BARAK VISIT A SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY. In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador January 18, MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu: -- was upbeat on Turkey-Israel relations after the January 17 visit by Israel Defense Minister Barak; -- noted that Barak was not optimistic on deterring Tehran's nuclear ambitions, but sees [...]	2010-01-22 19:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TU
10ANKARA109	LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-22 19:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF TU
10ANKARA110	BARAK AND DAVUTOGLU ON GAZA, SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Israeli Embassy's readout on the January 17 Davutolgu-Barak meeting was markedly more downbeat than that offered us by the Turkish MFA. Barak was cautiously receptive to a GoT proposal that it be permitted to deliver pre-fabricated housing units to Gaza. He discouraged Turk [...]	2010-01-22 20:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS
10ANKARA111	Public Sector Workers Want Right to Strike [...] (U) Summary. Tensions between the GOT and its public sector workers persist in the aftermath of the November 25 one-day work stoppage. The government initiated violation-of-employment agreement investigations against some workers because of their participation in the stoppage, temporarily sus [...]	2010-01-25 06:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB TU
10ANKARA114	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-25 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA118	PROPOSAL TO SEND TURKISH JOURNALISTS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9. Turkey: A Key Contributor in Afghanistan... ------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Turkey is an important contributor to NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and is a key partner in the USG' [...]	2010-01-25 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS NATO AF TU
10ANKARA120	TURKISH MILITARY TAKES A POUNDING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: "Taraf" newspaper broke the newest in a chain of alleged anti-democratic military plots on January 20, a day before the Constitutional Court overturned a 2009 law extending civilian court jurisdiction to military officers (REFTEL). The newspaper claimed the Turkish First Army [...]	2010-01-25 16:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINR PINS PREL TU
10ANKARA121	CHP DEPUTY CHAIR OYMAN ON EARLY ELECTIONS, MIL-GOV [...] (C) Summary: During a January 23 conversation with the Ambassador, Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Onur Oyman predicted elections in 2010 that would cost the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) its ability to govern without forming a coalition. AKP's likely partner wou [...]	2010-01-25 17:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
10ANKARA122	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-26 11:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA126	SECRETARY GATES' TURKEY BILATERAL VISIT: [...] (S) PM Erdogan welcomed President Obama's reiteration of support to the fight against the PKK during the December 7 meeting in the Oval Office, but the Secretary should expect questions about how we will operationalize that commitment as plans to withdraw from Iraq move forward. A key issue wi [...]	2010-01-26 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MARR TU AF PK IR IZ IS AM
10ANKARA127	NO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS ON SOUTH PARS DEAL OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a brief "Oil and Gas Journal" news report from Paris January 8th of a recent Turkey-Iran gas agreement, GOT and Turkish Petroleum Company (TPAO) officials tell us there have been no significant developments or changes regarding their dealings on either South Pars gas field [...]	2010-01-26 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU
10ANKARA130	TURKEY: CHOD ANGRILY DISMISSES PLOT (AGAIN), [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's military chief delivered a forceful and at times angry response to the allegations surrounding the alleged 2003 "Sledgehammer" coup plot. General Basbug took particular issue with the claim that the military had planned to bomb mosques in order to create the environment [...]	2010-01-26 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU
10ANKARA131	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (JANUARY 16-23, 2010) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 16-23 period, one security official was [...]	2010-01-27 11:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA133	TURKISH AUTHORITIES: DETAINED ISLAMISTS NOT A [...] (S) Refuting Turkish press reports to the contrary, Turkish National Police (TNP) contacts tell us their investigations into recently detained groups of alleged domestic Islamic extremists reveal no plans or intentions to attack American interests in Turkey. The TNP detained or arrested up to [...]	2010-01-27 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER ASEC TU
10ANKARA135	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA14	CYPRUS TALKS: TURKISH MFA PLUGS NEW PROPOSAL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu on January 5 passed the Charge a copy of the Turkish Cypriots' latest proposal on Governance and Power-Sharing that includes a cross-voting provision to enable Greek Cypriots to have a 10-20 percent weighted vote on Turkish Cypriot candidates [...]	2010-01-05 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU UNFICYP US
10ANKARA141	LONDON MEETING ON YEMEN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 16:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TU YM
10ANKARA142	CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: AKP MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH [...] (C) Huseyin Celik, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman in charge of promotion and the media, elected deputy, close confidant of PM Erdogan, a.:QQ^se a constitutional amendment in the current environment, that it would pass to a referendum. There are 337 voting members [...]	2010-01-27 17:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
10ANKARA143	TURKISH REGULATION MAY HALT APPROVAL OF NEW DRUGS [...] (SBU) Summary. A new Turkish Ministry of Health (MOH) regulation that takes effect March 1, 2010 will make marketing approvals for new pharmaceuticals contingent upon either an inspection by the MOH itself (which MOH admits it does not have the capacity to perform) or an inspection certificat [...]	2010-01-28 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ETRD KIPR USTR TU
10ANKARA144	LABOR UNION HEAD COUNT "POSTPONED" [...] (U) Summary. Turkey's Labor and Social Security Ministry was supposed to announce on January 17 the number of union members compiled by the Social Security Institution. The Ministry did not do so, however, and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) submitted a draft law to postpone th [...]	2010-01-28 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB TU
10ANKARA145	KEY QUESTIONS FOR NEW U.S.-TURKISH ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Following up on the successful announcement of the new Framework for Strategic Economic and Commercial Cooperation (FSECC) with Turkey during PM Erdogan's visit, we now need to put meat on the bones of the proposal. I and my staff will be working closely with the Turks, but the USG will [...]	2010-01-28 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV USTR TU
10ANKARA147	IN SOUTHEAST, DESPARATE KURDISH VOICES BLAME AKP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Adana Deputy PO, Ankara PolOff, and Washington DeskOff met with politicians, businessmen, intellectuals and local government officials in southeast Turkey to discuss the Kurdish issue. These disparate Kurdish voices were almost unanimous in faulting the ruling Justice and Develo [...]	2010-01-29 05:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR TU
10ANKARA148	IN SOUTHEAST, DISPARATE KURDISH VOICES BLAME AKP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Adana Deputy PO, Ankara PolOff, and Washington DeskOff met with politicians, businessmen, intellectuals and local government officials in southeast Turkey to discuss the Kurdish issue. These disparate Kurdish voices were almost unanimous in faulting the ruling Justice and Develo [...]	2010-01-29 07:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR TU
10ANKARA150	TURKEY: OF COUPS AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS [...] (C) Reports of coup plots against PM Erdogan's Islamist-leaning government have been a staple of the Turkish media since 2007. Despite protests by Turkey's top brass that there is no substance to the allegations, a growing percentage of the population believes that at least some elements wit [...]	2010-01-29 07:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU
10ANKARA151	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-29 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA152	FIRST ACTIVE DUTY FLAG OFFICER CHARGED IN [...] (C) Summary: A civilian court has accepted an indictment against several active duty military officers -- including an one-star admiral -- and has reportedly rejected the military court's request to transfer the case to the military judicial system. The officers are charged with involvement in [...]	2010-01-29 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS TU
10ANKARA154	TURKEY'S AFGHANISTAN SUMMIT EMPHASIZES REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an effort to showcase the role of Afghanistan's neighbors in advance of the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan, Turkey's President Gul hosted a Summit on Afghanistan and its contiguous neighbors on January 26, 2010. Participants included Afghan President Karzai, Pa [...]	2010-01-29 20:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PGOV AF TU
10ANKARA155	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-01 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA160	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR JEFFREY DISCUSSES BIOTECH, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Jeffrey discussed the Framework for Strategic Economic and Commercial Cooperation (FSECC) with Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Coordination Ali Babacan on January 28. He also raised concerns about the potential effect of a draft biotechnology law on US exports and [...]	2010-02-01 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN EINV ECON USTR TU
10ANKARA162	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT ON DTP, MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador on January 29, President of Turkey's Constitutional Court, Hasim Kilic, claimed that the controversial decisions to close down the Democratic Society Party (DTP) and to overturn a law allowing military officials to be tried in civilian courts were "ve [...]	2010-02-02 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR TU
10ANKARA163	TURKISH MFA: "WE'LL KEEP UP OUR PRESSURE" ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 1 meeting with MFA U/S Sinirlioglu, the Ambassador conveyed REF A points on increasing pressure on Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions. Sinirlioglu noted that the Turkish Government is skeptical about the usefulness of new sanctions, but considers unity of the intern [...]	2010-02-02 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TU IS IR
10ANKARA164	BDP CONVENTION SHOWS NEW PARTY, SAME FACE FOR KURDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP),which took over the reins from the now-banned Democratic Society Party (DTP) in December, held its first party convention on February 1 in Ankara. Although PKK demonstrators were fewer than at the DTP convention in October 2008, it was clear th [...]	2010-02-02 16:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
10ANKARA165	GENERAL STRIKE LOOMS FEBRUARY 4 AS UNIONS RALLY [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-02 17:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB AMGT PGOV TU
10ANKARA167	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (JANUARY 24-31, 2010) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During January 24-31, no security official was killed. The [...]	2010-02-03 05:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA168	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-03 05:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA17	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA173	GENERAL STRIKE LOOMS FEBRUARY 4 AS UNIONS RALLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A deadlock in negotiations between the GOT and the Turk-Is Labor Confederation, affiliated with former TEKEL workers (REFTEL),has produced a call for a one-day work stoppage on February 4. Turk-Is, supported by five other labor confederations, is confident that the strike will [...]	2010-02-03 08:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB AMGT ECON MOPS PGOV TU
10ANKARA174	GENERAL STRIKE LOOMS FEBRUARY 4 AS UNIONS RALLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A deadlock in negotiations between the GOT and the Turk-Is Labor Confederation, affiliated with former TEKEL workers (REFTEL),has produced a call for a one-day work stoppage on February 4. Turk-Is, supported by five other labor confederations, is confident that the strike will [...]	2010-02-03 09:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AMGT ECON MOPS PGOV TU
10ANKARA175	Science Envoy Finds Strong Programs, Opportunities in [...] (U) SUMMARY: On a January 13-15 visit to Ankara and Istanbul, Science Envoy Dr. Ahmed Zewail met with academics, government officials, and PM Erdogan. He was impressed by the GOT's strong commitment to S&T development and the programs being implemented in academia and the private sector, all o [...]	2010-02-03 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV TU
10ANKARA176	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-03 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA18	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA184	FEBRUARY 4 GENERAL "WORK STOPPAGE" GATHERS STEAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The looming February 4 nationwide "work stoppage" by six major labor confederations is garnering extensive media coverage but few reliable predictions on the extent of participation. Turk-Is President Kumlu has carefully emphasized that what they will launch should not be term [...]	2010-02-03 16:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB TU
10ANKARA185	PARLIAMENTARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 2 conversation with parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Murat Mercan, the Ambassador elicited the senior governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP's perspectives on Israel, Iran and the recent Armenian Constitutional Court ruling. Mercan ar [...]	2010-02-04 09:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER EFIN KTFN PINR ETTC IS IR TU
10ANKARA189	Iranians Seek Global Support Not Nuclear Pressure [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of President Obama's State of the Union Address on January 27, 2010, CONOFFs surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) and immigrant visa (IV) applicants to assess their reaction to US pressure regarding Iran's nuclear program. Although applicants voiced strong supp [...]	2010-02-04 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
10ANKARA19	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA191	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-04 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA194	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JANUARY [...] January 6 - The EXBS Advisor and Coordinator met with Ender Gurleyik and Mehmet Akilli, Department Heads for the Directorate General of Customs Enforcement to discuss EXBS training events scheduled for 2010, review Customs equipment needs, and to request border crossing visits for equipment [...]	2010-02-05 10:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
10ANKARA195	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN, AZERI GAS, NUCLEAR [...] (U) Ambassador Jeffrey met with Energy Minister Yildiz on February 3 to discuss the DOE energy efficiency conference, expected nuclear power plant projects, Iran, and negotiations with the Azeris on Shah Deniz gas. Yildiz, for reasons unknown but appreciated, hauled ambassador out before the [...]	2010-02-05 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL TU
10ANKARA196	TURKISH MFA'S CONCERNS OVER ARMENIAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 3 MFA DG for Research and Intelligence Aydin Sezgin spoke with the DCM about Turkish concerns over the Armenian Constitutional Court decision. Sezgin focused on two main points. First, he argued that the court decision requires the GOAM to engage only in a sterile p [...]	2010-02-05 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM TU
10ANKARA2	TURKEY TO CAUTION SYRIA ON SUPPORT FOR HIZBALLAH [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-04 06:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY TU
10ANKARA200	TURKEY: CITES COP15 OUTREACH ON U.S. SPECIES [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-05 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP TU
10ANKARA201	FEBRUARY 4 GENERAL "WORK STOPPAGE": MOSTLY MEDIA SPLASH [...] (U) SUMMARY: The February 4 one-day nationwide work stoppage by major labor confederations made a significant media splash but seemed to create only minor disruptions across Turkey. Two confederations did not, in the end, participate in the work stoppage, although they had initially committed [...]	2010-02-05 17:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB TU
10ANKARA203	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 06:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA206	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR UN 1267 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL EFIN KTFN PTER SY JO TU
10ANKARA209	TURKEY: USMISSION GENEVA CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. USMission Geneva Charge d'Affaires Griffiths and Deputy Legal Adviser Mansfield visited Ankara February 1 to discuss the defamation of religions resolution and draft treaty being planned by the OIC in the UN Human Rights Council. They met with Turkey's Ambassador for Human Rights [...]	2010-02-09 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF UN TU AORC
10ANKARA21	FM DAVUTOGLU REBUILDING HIS MINISTRY IN HIS IMAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Davutoglu used his opening speech to the January 4-8 Turkish ambassadors' conference to reinforce his vision of an activist diplomacy that asserts the country's profile regionally and beyond. He appears to be making progress selling that vision to a generation [...]	2010-01-07 07:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
10ANKARA210	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR UN 1267 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL EFIN KTFN PTER SY JO TU
10ANKARA214	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA215	TURKEY: ANOTHER STEP AWAY FROM THE "COUP ERA" [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On February 4 representatives of Turkey's General Staff (TGS) and the Interior Ministry signed a document which abolished the "EMASYA Protocol," a secret agreement between the military and the police which authorized the military to intervene unilaterally to restore pu [...]	2010-02-09 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA216	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (FEBRUARY 1-7, 2010) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During February 1-7, no security official was killed. The [...]	2010-02-10 06:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA219	TURKEY VISAS VIPER FEBRUARY 2010 NAMES SUBMISSION [...] (U) Visas Viper. 2. (C) The following information is provided for watch-listing purposes as the Department and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) deem appropriate. All the individuals listed in this cable were identified by as members of the PKK/KONGRA-GEL by the Turkish General S [...]	2010-02-10 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR CVIS CMGT PNIR PTER ASEC TU
10ANKARA22	Scenesetter for Science Envoy Dr. Zewail [...] (SBU) While U.S. and Turkish entities collaborate in several areas of science and technology, both sides see room for and benefit to expanding collaboration. The Turks are particularly interested in results-oriented partnerships that can spur economic development. Currently, the strongest are [...]	2010-01-07 09:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV TU
10ANKARA220	TURKEY VISAS VIPER FEBRUARY 2010 NAMES SUBMISSION [...] (U) Visas Viper. 2. (C) The following information is provided for watch-listing purposes as the Department and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) deem appropriate. All the individuals listed in this cable were identified by as members of the PKK/KONGRA-GEL by the Turkish General S [...]	2010-02-10 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR CVIS CMGT PNIR PTER ASEC TU
10ANKARA221	APPARENT MOVEMENT ON JOWZJAN PRT'S SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: MFA confirmed that a meeting took place among Turkish, Swedish, German and NATO officials on the margins of the February 4-5 informal NATO Defense Ministerial in Istanbul and said that there is now an agreement in principle that Turkey's "civilian PRT" is acceptable to all parties. [...]	2010-02-10 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR TU
10ANKARA222	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-10 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA223	COPENHAGEN ACCORD: TURKEY SAYS IT CANNOT TAKE ON [...] (C) Summary and action request: We delivered reftel A points to MFA Deputy Director General for Energy, Water and Environment Murat Yavuz Ates on February 9. Ates said Turkey is still unsure if it will associate with the Copenhagen Accord because it is a developing country for energy and indu [...]	2010-02-10 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG TU KGHG
10ANKARA224	TEKEL STRIKE: LAST GASP FOR LABOR MOVEMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Now in its 58th day, the TEKEL strike is emerging as a defining moment for Turkey's labor movement and a significant political challenge for Prime Minister Erdogan. The strikers continue to draw major media attention, not least from the 200 workers who launched a hunger strike fi [...]	2010-02-10 16:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB AMGT ECON MOPS PGOV TU
10ANKARA226	TURKEY: PRESSURING IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 09:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM PREL TU
10ANKARA227	TURKEY: RAISING ONGOING BAHAI PERSECUTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 09:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PINS PREL IR TU
10ANKARA229	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA23	TURKISH MFA: LEGAL FRAMEWORK UNDERWAY TO OPEN HALKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish MFA told us January 6 it is preparing a legal framework for the opening of Halki Seminary that will center on Article 40 of the Lausanne Treaty, which gives non-Muslim minorities the right to manage their own religious institutions. The MFA said using the Lausanne Tr [...]	2010-01-07 09:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU US
10ANKARA230	TURKEY SUPPORTS OIC ISLAMIC PEACE FORCE PROPOSAL [...] (C) On February 2 MFA Middle East desk officer M. Rami Sayliman told us Turkey supports the "Islamic peace force" idea proposed by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (a Turkish national). (Note: SG Ihsanoglu proposed the formation of a "depa [...]	2010-02-11 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
10ANKARA234	TURKEY: GOT ARGUES PUBLIC LISTING BY FATF WOULD BE [...] (SBU) MFA U/S Feridun Sinirlioglu summoned the Ambassador February 8 to argue that Turkey should not be publicly named by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for deficiencies found in the FATF's special review. Sinirlioglu argued that when the FATF began this special review, the Mutual E [...]	2010-02-12 05:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL TU
10ANKARA237	AKP'S DEFLATED DREAMS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The AKP seems have backed way from any immediate moves on constitutional reform. Its potential joint effort with MHP on calling for a referendum has collapsed. More AKP members also caution against holding a referendum prior to the general election, noting that the effort could [...]	2010-02-12 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
10ANKARA238	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-12 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA239	ALLEGED PKK WARNING TO U.S. AGAINST PROVIDING UAVS [...] (C) In comments responding to a question regarding the visit to Ankara by Secretary Gates on February 6 and USF-I Commanding General Odierno on February 3, the leader of the terrorist PKK reportedly issued a warning to the U.S., apparently against providing Turkey with an armed UAV capability. [...]	2010-02-12 16:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER MOPS TU
10ANKARA24	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (DECEMBER [...] Summary: At the request of the Office of Export Control, ISN/ECC, Middle East Desk,the EXBS Advisor conducted a curriculum review of the Royal Omani Police (ROP) Customs Training Department in Muscat,Oman, December 3-10, 2009. The review focused on the ROP Customs use of risk management pr [...]	2010-01-07 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
10ANKARA241	TURKEY TOUTS FIFTH BOSNIA/SERBIA/TURKEY TRILATERAL [...] (C) Turkish media reports lauded the February 9 trilateral meeting in Ankara of Turkey, Bosnia, and Serbia as having succeeded in establishing diplomatic relations and the exchange of ambassadors between Bosnia and Serbia. The media outlets appeared unaware that Bosnia and Serbia had actually [...]	2010-02-12 17:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU BK ZL
10ANKARA243	NATIONALIST ACTION PARTY: GOOD COP, BAD COP [...] (C) Summary. Though not in full election mode, the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) appears to have begun its planning for national elections now set for mid-2011. Talks with senior party members suggest that the strategic party organs are kicking into gear to develop an election and post-ele [...]	2010-02-12 17:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
10ANKARA246	D/SRAP JONES BILATERALS AT ISTANBUL REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Paul Jones met with senior representatives from China, Russia, Turkey, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Organization of Islamic States (OIC) on the edges of the January 26 Afghanistan neighbors conference in Ista [...]	2010-02-16 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV AF TU
10ANKARA251	SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with Turkish Minister of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gonul (MND Gonul) and the Chief of the Turkish Genral Staff General Ilker Basbug (Gen Basbug) in separate meetings during his bilateral visit to Ankara on February 6, 2010. Se [...]	2010-02-16 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER TU
10ANKARA252	GREECE-TURKEY: A SLOW START, BUT FORWARD MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite the eleven-week delay in Greek PM Papandreou's reply to PM Erdogan's October 30 overture, the Turkish MFA indicates that it views the response as positive and as a sincere attempt "to address our issues." The MFA envisions a foreign minister-level bilateral meeting, poss [...]	2010-02-16 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
10ANKARA256	TURKEY: HEALTH MINISTRY PROPOSES SCENARIOS FOR DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Health (MOH) recognizes that its new rules on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certificates for new drug approvals (described in Ref A) will have some impact on trade in the short term, but is sanguine about the long-term effect. According to Saim Kerman, Dir [...]	2010-02-17 09:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN TU
10ANKARA257	PARLIAMENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WARNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an extensive meeting with the Ambassador February 16, eight members of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee raised concerns about the draft Armenian Genocide Resolution now being discussed in the US Congress and warned that, if passed by the full Congress, an AGR wo [...]	2010-02-17 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AR TU
10ANKARA262	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-17 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA263	SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS [...] (C) Welcome to Turkey! With this cable, I'd like to update you on where the relationship stands. WHAT TO RAISE: -- Move forward on the Armenia protocols; an end to Turkey-Armenia reconciliation will harm, if not terminate, the Minsk Group process (para 3). -- Be prepared to support uni [...]	2010-02-17 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU
10ANKARA264	PRESIDENT GUL'S TERM: FIVE YEARS OR SEVEN? [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey is beginning to discuss whether President Gul's term of office should be five or seven years. While the parliament is just starting to work out the details of the country's first direct presidential election, opposition parties are firm about limiting Gul's time in offic [...]	2010-02-17 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TU
10ANKARA267	USF-I GENERAL ODIERNO'S COUNTER-PKK MEETING WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 3 meeting with the top level of the Turkish inter-agency security affairs group, USF-I Commanding General Raymond Odierno agreed to develop an action plan to improve counter-terrorism pressure on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Odierno suggested the plan's initi [...]	2010-02-17 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR MARR MOPS TU IZ
10ANKARA268	USF-I COMMANDING GENERAL ODIERNO'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his February 4 meeting with USF-I Commanding General Raymond Odierno, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu reiterated Interior Minister Besir Atalay's request, made in a separate meeting earlier that day, that USF-I work with Turkey to develop "a calendarized common [...]	2010-02-17 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR MARR TU IZ
10ANKARA269	SCENESETTER FOR UNVIE AMB. DAVIES' FEB 22 VISIT TO [...] (C) Thank you for taking the time to come to Turkey. You will arrive very shortly after U/S Bill Burns will have left. Iran will be at the top of his agenda, but your visit will help us advance our efforts to press Turkey to support UNSC sanctions against Iran and drop its opposition to the N [...]	2010-02-18 10:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNUC ETTC ENRG IR TU
10ANKARA27	TURKEY MAKES PROGRESS ON TURKMEN GAS VIA IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Yildiz attended the January 6 opening ceremony for the Turkmen-Iran natural gas pipeline and met with Turkmen President Berdimuhamidov, Iranian President Ahmadinejad, and the energy ministers from both countries. Yildiz said progress was made in bringing Turkmen g [...]	2010-01-07 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU
10ANKARA270	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-18 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA275	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-19 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA279	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (FEBRUARY 8-15, 2010) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During February 8-15, no security official was killed. The [...]	2010-02-19 17:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA28	MFA UPDATE ON TURKEY-ARMENIA PROTOCOLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA desk officer for the Caucasus and Middle Asia Selin Ozaydin characterized Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov's December 2009 visit to Ankara as symbolic and positive, and said more bilaterals on energy are planned for 2010. She said Turkey will decide for itself how m [...]	2010-01-07 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AM AJ TU

10ANKARA282	MOI ATALAY BULLY ON ACTION PLAN, SOUR ON BARZANI [...] (C) Summary. On February 16 Ambassador Jeffrey met with Minister of Interior Besir Atalay to discuss the first steps in the enhanced joint action plan to eradicate the PKK. The GOT would welcome a visit by UFF-I MG Hummer, and Post would like the Department to discuss screening of Iraq-bound [...]	2010-02-22 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA286	FIVE OR SEVEN YEARS FOR PRESIDENT GUL'S TERM?: A [...] (C) Summary. Further examination regarding the timeline of the election of President Gul, the wording of the parliamentary decision after his election, and the constitutional amendment on direct presidential elections reveals no easy solution to the question of how long his term should be. Gi [...]	2010-02-22 10:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
10ANKARA287	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA288	PROSECUTOR'S ARREST REIGNITES BITTER CLASH BETWEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The long-simmering power struggle between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Turkey's secularist judiciary escalated sharply last week after the arrest of a provincial prosecutor in Erzincan who was investigating the activities of a religious group. The High Coun [...]	2010-02-23 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
10ANKARA289	PROSECUTOR'S ARREST REIGNITES BITTER CLASH BETWEEN [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-23 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
10ANKARA290	PROSECUTOR'S ARREST REIGNITES BITTER CLASH BETWEEN [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-23 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
10ANKARA291	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-23 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA293	CITES COP15 OUTREACH: TURKEY SUPPORTS All US-PROPOSED [...] (SBU) On January 27, we delivered reftel A points to the MFA, which shared the information with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MEF) (reftel B). Having sought and received comments from all relevant GOT agencies on the U.S. proposals for CITES COP15, MEF informed us on February 23 th [...]	2010-02-23 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP TU
10ANKARA294	TURKEY: LARGEST WAVE OF MILITARY DETENTIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: On February 22 police detained 47 retired and active-duty military officers, including 17 flag-grade officers for -- according to press reports -- their alleged involvement in coup plots dating back to 2003-2004. Although coverage of the detentions blanketed the press, neither th [...]	2010-02-23 19:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS TU
10ANKARA296	MFA COMPLAINS ABOUT IRF REPORT'S REFERENCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10 we were summoned to the MFA where Department Head for Human Rights Yonca Ozceri conveyed MFA concerns and objections to language in the State Department's 2009 International Religious Freedom Report regarding "security training" offered to "minority religious commun [...]	2010-02-24 12:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TU
10ANKARA298	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-24 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA299	No Foreseeable Relief For Iranian Domestic Woes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONOFFs surveyed Iranian Immigrant Visa (IV) and Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) applicants regarding the political, economic, and social conditions since the February 11 Revolution Day demonstrations. Applicants expressed mixed views about the effectiveness of the Iranian opposition [...]	2010-02-24 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
10ANKARA3	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WASSERMAN SCHULTZ [...] (SBU) Welcome to Ankara. Your visit comes one month after Prime Minister Erdogan and President Obama met for three hours, an event that received a warm reception in the Turkish press. The two leaders discussed our countries' close collaboration on Afghanistan, convincing Iran to give up its [...]	2010-01-04 08:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL TU
10ANKARA30	TURKEY STILL STRUGGLING TO DEFINE RESPONSE TO US [...] (C) In a January 4 meeting focused largely on Missile Defense, Ambassador Jeffrey pressed Turkey's top military leaders to define more sharply their technical questions regarding the Phased Adaptive Approach and to be more specific on "precisely how NATO-ized" a system would need to be in ord [...]	2010-01-08 08:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO TU
10ANKARA300	TURKEY: UNEASINESS CONTINUES FOLLOWING DETENTION [...] (SBU) Despite on-going press speculation into the reasons and motivations behind the detention of nearly 50 military officers on February 22 (reftel) -- including discussions of a possible coup by some news outlets -- the situation in Turkey remains calm. The Istanbul Public Prosecutor has fo [...]	2010-02-24 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS TU
10ANKARA301	NUMAN KURTULMUS: SAADET'S GENTLER AND KINDER FACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent dinner hosted by the religious Saadet Party (SP),Chairman Numan Kurtulmus outlined the party's ideology, outlook, and priorities. Kurtulmus's presentation of his party's conservative views on democracy, human rights, the economy, and foreign policy were calm and [...]	2010-02-25 09:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU ELAB PREL ECON
10ANKARA302	U/S BURNS' FEBRUARY 18 MEETINGS WITH U/S [...] (C) Summary: During February 18 "Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue" meetings in Ankara, Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu: -- Appealed for "simultaneity" between Armenian Protocols ratification and the Minsk Process; -- Registered increasing GoT dissatisfaction with Iraqi PM Mal [...]	2010-02-25 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU
10ANKARA303	ANTALYA: THE SUN ALWAYS RISES FOR TOURISM, BUT NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's premier tourist destination, Antalya has seen 10 percent economic growth annually over the past six years and remains a magnet for young Turks seeking jobs. Some 11 million tourists (most of them foreigners) came to Antalya in 2009, although there was a sharp drop in Is [...]	2010-02-25 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ECON TU IS
10ANKARA304	TURKEY: PRESIDENT, PM, AND CHOD MEET IN EFFORT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, PM Erdogan, and CHOD Basbug met on February 25 in an effort to dispel tensions resulting from the February 22 detention of scores of active duty and retired military officials, including the former deputy CHOD and retired force commanders (refs a and b). Deputy PM [...]	2010-02-25 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS TU
10ANKARA305	U/S BURNS FEBRUARY 18 MEETING WITH TGS DEPUTY [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting with Undersecretary Burns, Turkey's Deputy Chief of Staff GEN Guner described U.S. Turkey relations as dynamic and positive. Guner expressed satisfaction with U.S. - Turkey cooperation against the terrorist PKK, giving great credit to the recent visit to Ankara [...]	2010-02-25 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV TU
10ANKARA307	TURKEY: BDP TAKES THE HIGH ROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 23 meeting, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Co-Chairman Selahattin Demirtas struck a surprisingly moderate tone while outlining the goals and methods for the party. The conversation with Demirtas and other BDP leaders notably lacked any discussion of the PKK or its [...]	2010-02-25 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
10ANKARA312	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 11:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA314	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (FEBRUARY 16-23, 2010) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During February 16-23, no security official was killed. Th [...]	2010-02-26 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA315	TURKEY: AFTER A BRIEF LULL, NEW ARRESTS AND [...] (C) Summary: An Istanbul court on February 26 charged and jailed eleven of the officers detained in the alleged "Sledgehammer" coup plot against the government (bringing the total to 31). In addition, a new round of detentions in thirteen cities the same day brought another eighteen service [...]	2010-02-26 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
10ANKARA316	SCENESETTER FOR 5TH US-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP [...] (C) In preparation for the U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group meeting to be held in Washington on March 1, we would like to update you on where our relationship with Turkey stands, where Turkey's relationships with other key countries stand, and how these relationships are affecting energy issue [...]	2010-02-26 17:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU
10ANKARA33	REFERENDUM IN THE AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Group Chairman submitted a draft proposal to reduce the time it would take to hold public referendums on constitutional amendments. Although AKP members deny the move is in anticipation of any forthcoming amendment [...]	2010-01-08 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS TU
10ANKARA35	Iranians Pine For Relief As GOI Tightens Grip [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONOFF surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) and immigrant visa (IV) applicants from mid-December to early January 2009 to gain insight into Iran's current economic and political climate. Applicants report a bleak economic outlook due to continued corruption and mismanageme [...]	2010-01-08 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
10ANKARA38	(C) TURKEY PRESSES FOR USF-I INTEL TEAM VISIT TO [...] (S) Turkish ambassador to Iraq Murat Ozcelik requested a meeting January 8 with the Charge to emphasize President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan and Minister of Interior Atalay's strong interest in a proposed visit by a USF-I (formerly MNF-I) intelligence team to Ankara in late January or early F [...]	2010-01-08 16:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR MARR TU IZ
10ANKARA40	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 05:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA41	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 06:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA46	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] Italian PM Berlusconi returned to official duties a month after he was injured by an attacker in Milan. SILLIMAN [...]	2010-01-12 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA47	TURKEY PLANS QUADRILATERAL MEETING ON BOSNIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following its spate of meetings with Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia in December, the MFA is planning a new quadrilateral structure that would parallel the Butmir framework for dialogue on Bosnia. At least according to their embassies here, the other participants are open to the idea [...]	2010-01-12 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU BK
10ANKARA49	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (JANUARY 1-7, 2010) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During January 1-7, no security official was killed or inj [...]	2010-01-13 06:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA50	TURKEY VISAS VIPER JANUARY SUBMISSIONS [...] (U) VISAS VIPER. 2. (U) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED FOR WATCHLISTING PURPOSES AS THE DEPARTMENT AND THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER DEEM APPROPRIATE. 3. (U) WE SUGGEST THAT THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL NAMED IN THIS REPORT BE INCLUDED IN THE TSA NO FLY SECURITY DIRECTIVE FOR RELE [...]	2010-01-13 06:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER TU
10ANKARA52	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-13 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA53	SEARCHES AT TGS CONTINUE; CHOD REMAINS COOPERATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Searches at the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Special Forces Mobility Command continue as prosecutors seek to obtain information related to the December 19 arrest of two Special Forces officers for a suspected assassination attempt against Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc. Alth [...]	2010-01-13 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV TU
10ANKARA54	MFA EYES "ANTI-TURKISH SENTIMENT" IN BULGARIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA told us January 8 "anti-Turkish sentiment" in Bulgaria was a cause for concern in otherwise good relations between the governments of Turkey and Bulgaria. This anti-Turkish stance, it said, was one of the factors leading to Minister Dimitrov's demanding compensation from [...]	2010-01-13 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BU TU
10ANKARA56	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-13 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA57	TURKEY READY TO RE-ENERGIZE AEGEAN TALKS, BALL IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General Cagatay Erciyes told PolMilCouns on January 8 that Turkey is ready to re-energize Aegean talks with Greece, but is still awaiting a formal response to Erdogan's letter to Papandreou. The MFA wants exploratory talks to resume early in 2010, and said the [...]	2010-01-13 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
10ANKARA58	TURKISH-ISRAELI SPAT COULD JEOPARDIZE BARAK VISIT [...] (C) During a January 13 conversation with us, Israeli Embassy spokesman Amit Zarouk registered concern the ongoing "statements" spat between the Turkish and Israeli Ministries of Foreign Affair would jeopardize the January 17 visit of Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to Ankara. According to [...]	2010-01-13 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IS
10ANKARA62	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-14 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA66	TURKEY: AKP CAGEY ON REFERENDUM PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahmet Iyiymaya, the point man in the Justice and Development Party (AKP) for legal and constitutional reform, dismissed recent press reports that AKP was planning to bring constitutional amendments to a referendum in the near term. His message was unconvincing, however, suggestin [...]	2010-01-14 16:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ELAB TU
10ANKARA68	TURKEY: SECOND CANDIDATE FOR OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] After further consultations with the Turkish National Police (TNP),we have identified the following TNP candidate for the OSCE Counterterrorism Workshop to be held in Vienna February 11-12, 2010. (TNP did not provide a second name as an alternate.) Yusuf TOPCAN, Major, Turkish National Pol [...]	2010-01-15 10:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL KCIP OSCE TU
10ANKARA70	GUL'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON IRAN, OTHER ITEMS [...] (C) During a January 14 meeting with Huseyin Dirioz, President Abdullah Gul's Chief Foreign Policy Advisor, the Ambassador took issue with PM Erdogan's recent public statement equating Iran's nuclear ambitions with Israel's alleged nuclear capability. He reminded Dirioz in the event the world [...]	2010-01-15 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ECON MNUC IR BK TU
10ANKARA71	DIYARBAKIR SEES LITTLE HOPE FOR DEMOCRATIC OPENING [...] (C) Summary: Recent arrests of Kurdish politicians and community leaders have created a climate of tension among Kurds in Diyarbakir. Kurdish businesspeople and NGO employees worry that they too could be arrested regardless of their political beliefs and lack of ties to the PKK. Contacts tol [...]	2010-01-15 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM OSCE PREL TU
10ANKARA73	TURKEY ASSEMBLING A MIDDLE EASTERN FREE-TRADE ZONE [...] (C) During a January 14 readout on Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri's visit to Ankara earlier this week, MFA Syria and Lebanon desk officer Burak Rende said a planned trade-liberalization agreement and recently signed visa-waiver agreement with Beirut will advance Foreign Minister Davutoglu [...]	2010-01-15 16:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU SY JO LE
10ANKARA74	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BOEING SALE WITH [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Transportation Binali Yildirim confirmed to Ambassador Jeffrey that price is now the main sticking point in the prospective purchase of Boeing aircraft by Turkish Airlines (THY). Yildirim stressed, however, that price is not the only consideration and that THY is looki [...]	2010-01-19 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ETRD EAIR PREL TSPA TU
10ANKARA75	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (JANUARY 8-15, 2010) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During January 8-15, no security official was killed or in [...]	2010-01-19 12:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA78	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA81	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA87	WHAT LIES BENEATH ANKARA'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) There is much talk in chanceries and in the international media these days about Turkey's new, highly activist foreign policy, which unquestionably represents a transition not only from prior governments, but also from the AKP regime before the Gaza/Davos events, and before the ascent of A [...]	2010-01-20 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
10ANKARA88	TURKEY: CODEL HASTINGS HIGHLIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 4-6 visit to Ankara, U.S. Representative Hastings (D-Florida) met with leaders of government, the Turkish General Staff and human rights organizations to discuss Turkey-US relations and regional developments. With the TGS, Rep. Hasting underscored the importance [...]	2010-01-20 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OREP TU
10ANKARA89	TURKEY UNSURE IF WILL ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN [...] (C) DCM and Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche January 15 to Mithat Rende, MFA Acting Director General for Economic Affairs. Rende said Turkey has not yet decided whether it will associate with the Copenhagen Accord nor whether it would inscribe any targets or actions. Rende explained [...]	2010-01-20 07:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KGHG SENV ENRG TU
10ANKARA9	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (DECEMBER 24-31, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During December 24-31, no security official was killed or [...]	2010-01-04 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
10ANKARA91	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA92	TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE: PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Erdogan's January 12-13 visit to Moscow produced several key agreements, notably a joint statement committing both sides to continue talks on a nuclear power plant, with a nod from PM Erdogan that he would sign an intergovernmental agreement granting Russia the pro [...]	2010-01-20 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU RU
10ANKARA98	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-21 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ASHGABAT15	TURKMENISTAN: LOTUS ENERGY PLANNING TO EXPAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish-based Lotus Energy continues to seek lucrative energy sector deals with the Government of Turkmenistan. Lotus Energy's founder and CEO Erdal Celik was the first CEO of the Turkish energy company Chalyk Energy, but left Chalyk in 2005 over differences with the company's hi [...]	2010-01-06 09:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TU TX
10ASHGABAT35	TURKMENISTAN OPENS SECOND GAS PIPELINE TO IRAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 5 - 6, Iranian President Ahmadinejad visited Turkmenistan to hold negotiations with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov and attend the opening ceremony of the Dovletabat - Sarakhs - Khangiran gas pipeline, [...]	2010-01-08 11:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV ETRD IR TU TX
10ASHGABAT41	TURKMEN GAS TO TURKEY AND BEYOND THROUGH IRAN? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The attendance of Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Yildiz at the opening of the second gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Iran raised questions about Turkey's heightened interest in Turkmen gas via Iran. The Turkish Embassy's Economic Counselor in Ashgabat, Ahmet E [...]	2010-01-08 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO IR TU TX
10ATHENS41	MFA TALKS TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA interlocutors were wary of Turkish motives in the Aegean yet intent on finding ways to improve relations in a January 19 meeting. While they attributed some of the positive gestures from Turkey toward the tail-end of 2009 as posturing in advance of the December 2009 European [...]	2010-01-27 14:41:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GR TU CY
10ATHENS53	NATO Air-COM Izmir's Visit to Athens [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Ralph Jodice (USAF),Commander of NATO's Component Command Air - Izmir (and also dual-hatted in a national role as Commander, 16th Air Expeditionary Task Force, USAFE) visited Athens January 13-14, for introductory meetings with Ambassador Speckhard, HAF Ch [...]	2010-01-29 13:11:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MOPS GR TU
10ATHENS63	NATO Air-COM Izmir's Visit to Athens [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Ralph Jodice (USAF),Commander of NATO's Component Command Air - Izmir (and also dual-hatted in a national role as Commander, 16th Air Expeditionary Task Force, USAFE) visited Athens January 13-14, for introductory meetings with Ambassador Speckhard, HAF Ch [...]	2010-02-01 20:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MOPS GR TU
10ATHENS77	AMBASSADOR TO DROUTSAS: SHOW WASHINGTON YOUR STUFF [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 30 meeting with Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitri Droutsas just prior to his first trip to the U.S., Ambassador Speckhard focused him on resolving challenges close to home and advised him to show Washington he was not just a diplomat but a political decision maker w [...]	2010-02-03 16:43:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR GR MK TU CY IR
10BAGHDAD112	SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON MOTTAKI VISIT AND IRAQ-IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Taha Shukr Abbassi, the head of the Iraqi MFA's Neighboring Countries' division (A/S equivalent),made the following comments regarding Iranian FM Mottaki's visit and the recent oil field dispute between Iraq and Iran: (1) Mottaki promised to fully withdraw Iranian sold [...]	2010-01-17 09:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR TU IZ
10BAGHDAD140	RRT ERBIL: RECENT KRG OUTREACH TO TEHRAN, ANKARA [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) and RRT Team Leader, KRG officials gave readouts of their recent contacts with Tehran, Ankara, and Baghdad. KRG PM Barham Salih and others categorically denied press reports that [...]	2010-01-20 11:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC EPET IZ IR TU
10BAGHDAD145	KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani told the Ambassador January 18 that the key objective of his visit to Washington next week is to seek a strong reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to Kurdistan, including possibilities for a U.S. diplomatic and security presence bey [...]	2010-01-20 15:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EPET IZ TU
10BAGHDAD172	TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON ARTICLE 140 AND KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Kahl on January 11, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik said senior KRG officials recently signaled for the first time an understanding that Kirkuk would not ultimately be annexed to the Iraqi Kurdistan [...]	2010-01-24 07:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ TU
10BAGHDAD173	TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Kahl on January 11, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik said Turkey does not want PM Maliki to win another term and will actively support other coalitions. Driven in part by their desire to preserve recently improved Tu [...]	2010-01-24 08:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KNNP IZ IR TU
10BAGHDAD183	RRT ERBIL: AMBASSADOR MEETS BARZANI AND BARHAM [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary. On January 18 in Erbil, the Ambassador met separately with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani and KRG PM Barham Salih. Both were sympathetic to U.S. concerns about the political aspects of the de-Ba'athification co [...]	2010-01-25 08:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET IZ TU
10BAGHDAD233	A/S FELTMAN AND FM ZEBARI LAUNCH DIPLOMATIC JCC- [...] (C) Summary: On January 24, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, A/DCM, and a delegation of experts on Chapter VII issues met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and an interministerial committee of Iraqi experts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad. [...]	2010-01-30 09:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ JO KU PGOV PREL SY TU YM
10BAGHDAD244	TURKISH AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 13, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik shared his views on PM Maliki, government formation and Kirkuk. Ozcelik said Turkey does not want PM Maliki to win another term and will support other coalitions, including Iyad Allawi,s al-Iraqiya A [...]	2010-01-31 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM MARR PGOV PREL PTER TU
10BAGHDAD246	PM MALIKI CLAIMS DE-BA'ATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador and CG January 28 that the de-Ba'athification controversy had "stabilized" and that he expected the specially appointed Cassation Chamber to announce its decisions on the 350-odd appeals from disqualified candidates within a few days. (COMM [...]	2010-01-31 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ TU
10BAGHDAD303	SANI DISCUSSES KIRKUK WITH BAGHDAD POLITICIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) met with Kurdish leadership at the Council of Representatives (COR) on the topic of the disputed internal boundary (DIBs) areas and Kirkuk. Kurdish Alliance List (KAL) bloc leader Fuad Masoum and Deputy COR Speaker Arif Tay [...]	2010-02-05 16:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
10BAGHDAD462	PRT ANBAR: PRT HELPS TACKLE PROVINCIAL WATER [...] (U) This is an Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT)(Ramadi) cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A three year drought and damming along the upper Euphrates River has dramatically reduced the amount of water available in Anbar Province. Water levels in Lake Qaddasiya, the province's main reservoir, [...]	2010-02-21 14:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL IZ TU SY JO
10BAGHDAD481	USF-I COUNTER PKK ACTION PLAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: USF-I is drafting a joint action plan to recommend initiatives for the GOT and GOI to consider in combating the PKK following a visit to Ankara by USF-I Commanding General Ray Odierno on February 3. Turkish Ambassador to Iraq, Murat Ozcelik, on February 17 presented two action [...]	2010-02-23 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR PREL PTER TU
10BAKU134	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT TO U/S BURNS: "YOU CAN'T [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev used this coarse street slang to describe the relationship between Russian President Medvedev and PM Putin, but he might well have used the same idiom to describe his concerns about Turkey-Armenia reconciliation and the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) Peace Process. He to [...]	2010-02-25 08:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR ETRD AJ AM RS IR TU
10BAKU15	AZERBAIJAN: MOED READY TO RE-ENGAGE ON NEXT ROUND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. - Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission last met in November 2008; prior to that, meetings took place roughly annually, alternating between Baku and Washington. These meetings were successful in sending a message about U.S. commitment to a more transparent business [...]	2010-01-08 08:20:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD BTIO EFIN KCOR KIPR AJ TU GG
10BAKU32	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR MEETING WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 15, Ambassador Morningstar met with President Ilham Aliyev, and separately with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, to discuss the status of various issues in the region and emphasize the U.S. desire to maintain strong bilateral relations with Azerbaijan. They [...]	2010-01-15 14:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EIND EPET PGOV PREL PTER TU AM AJ
10BAKU77	AZERBAIJAN: MEETING WITH BP PRESIDENT JAVANSHIR [...] (C): Charge Lu and Energy Officer met with BP President Rashid Javanshir and British Ambassador Dr. Carolyn Browne on February 1. Javanshir reviewed the January 22 meeting in Baku between President Aliyev and BP Head of Exploration and Production (E&P) and Board Member Andy Inglis. Aliyev t [...]	2010-02-03 14:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU IR AJ
10BAKU86	BAKU SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS' FEBRUARY 19 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Baku will be a welcome demonstration of high-level attention to Azerbaijan as the Turkey-Armenia normalization process moves toward a conclusion. Baku is plainly seeking assurances that the United States will continue to engage on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) after the Tur [...]	2010-02-09 14:32:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
10BEIRUT187	DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN TRANSFERS OF ARMS TO HIZBALLAH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In response to the Ambassador's February 25 demarche on the danger of Syrian transfers of increasingly sophisticated weaponry to Hizballah, Prime Minister Saad Hariri acknowledged the urgency and serious nature of the message and said he had feared that Hizballah had "new technol [...]	2010-02-25 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PREL PBTS MASS MOPS IS LE TU SY
10BEIRUT99	PM HARIRI SETS SIGHTS ON TURKEY AS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his aides explained that Lebanon was seeking "strategic cooperation" with Turkey following the PM's January 10-12 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Turkish diplomats in Beirut confirmed that the Lebanon and Turkey signed six agreements, includi [...]	2010-02-01 09:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PINR MARR TU SY LE
10CAIRO60	RAFAH BORDER: GUARD KILLED BY PALESTINIAN SNIPER; [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-11 13:27:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR KPAL TU EG
10CAIRO65	TURKISH INVESTMENTS IN EGYPT GROWING FAST [...] (SBU) Key points: -Turkish investment in Egypt has more than tripled in recent years, and is expected to continue growing in the coming years. -The favorable outlook by Turkish investors is driven by lower costs of doing business and Egypt's solid market access to the European Union, the [...]	2010-01-12 09:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EG ETRD TU EINV
10COPENHAGEN49	(C) NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ASKS FOR CONTINUED USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's new Ambassador to Denmark Ahmet Dibek requested continued USG assistance in getting Denmark to engage on Turkish concerns about Roj-TV. He also spoke of Turkish - Danish cooperation to facilitate integration of Turkish immigrants to Denmark, and how these issues relate [...]	2010-01-28 13:23:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR TU DA
10DAMASCUS10	ERDOGAN VISIT TO DAMASCUS WAS FLAWLESS, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Both the substance and the atmospherics of the December 22-23 visit that brought Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan and a large cabinet-level delegation to Damascus were outstanding, according to diplomatic contacts. The visit saw the first meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperat [...]	2010-01-04 10:29:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY TU
10DAMASCUS19	CONGRESSMAN HASTINGS' JANUARY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Congressman Alcee Hastings met President Bashar al-Asad on January 7 for a cordial one-hour discussion on how the U.S. and Syria might improve regional stability. During the meeting, the congressman told the president he would advocate for Syria to be granted observer status with [...]	2010-01-10 03:52:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM IR LE IZ TU SY
10ISTANBUL11	ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Armenian Patriarch Mutafyan Mesrob II has been suffering from dementia since late 2007, and in 2008 Archbishop Aram Atesyan took over the administrative responsibilities of the patriarchy as acting patriarch. On December 3, the Patriarchate petitioned the Ministry of Interior f [...]	2010-01-08 12:23:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TU AR
10ISTANBUL12	IRAN/REFUGEES: EBRAHIM SHARIFI'S U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Ebrahim Sharifi, an Iranian opposition supporter whose testimony to Iran's parliament that security forces raped him in prison (and subsequent interviews with international media outlets) made him a target for regime death threats, and who had been a refugee in Turkey since Sept [...]	2010-01-08 13:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PINS PGOV UNHCR TU IR
10ISTANBUL14	IRAN'S PRESS TV: HUNKERED DOWN AND RATIONALIZING [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul correspondent for Iran's "Press TV" news channel (protect) told us that several pro-opposition reporters and staffers at the news channel have quit their jobs and left Iran, but a majority of the "Green Movement" supporters on the staff are still working there. The [...]	2010-01-11 13:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU IR
10ISTANBUL19	"ALEVI OPENING" MEETS WITH ALEVI SKEPTICISM [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOT announced plans to discuss at its final Alevi workshop Alevi concerns related to the recognition of their cem houses as places of worship, ending compulsory religious instruction, and opening a special institute to train Alevi clerics. The Alevi population does not agr [...]	2010-01-14 05:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL20	IRANIAN POLITICS: A TURKISH EXPERT SAYS "KEEP AN [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish contact who claims business connections to Iranian regime insiders told us regime leaders are planning on a scenario that would replace President Ahmadinejad with Tehran Mayor Qalibaf in 2012. He said Qalibaf advisors asked his help to secure Turkish funding for sever [...]	2010-01-15 10:30:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD ENRG IR TU
10ISTANBUL21	IRAN'S BAR ASSOCIATION: TRYING TO STAY [...] (C) Summary: An American Bar Association (ABA) representative briefed us recently on ABA's effort to make contact with Iran Bar Associations Union (IBAU),with the goal of offering legal workshops and capacity building to strengthen the IBAU's and regional Iranian bar associations' technical [...]	2010-01-15 10:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KDEM IR TU
10ISTANBUL23	ISTANBUL CONTACTS ON ELECTION PROSPECTS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-15 13:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL30	ISTANBUL AKP REPRESENTATIVES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul,s Justice and Development Party (AKP) representatives echo the Prime Minister,s public insistence that there will not be early elections, and agree that the state of the economy and unemployment will have the greatest impact on the election results. AKP,s organizationa [...]	2010-01-21 11:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL31	IRANIAN POLITICS: MOUSAVI'S LAWYER REQUESTS USG [...] (S) Summary: We met January 20 with Dr. Ardashir Arjomand, a legal advisor to Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who fled Iran after being detained in the post-June crackdown against reformists. Ardashir entered Turkey illegally but he holds a valid French residency permit. He [...]	2010-01-21 16:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREF PREL PGIV PINS PHUM TU IR
10ISTANBUL34	LEADING TURKISH BUSINESS COUNCIL ELECTS NEW CHAIRWOMAN [...] (SBU) (Summary). To no one's surprise, on January 19 leading Turkish NGO TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association) elected Umit Boyner as its new Chair, replacing outgoing Chairwoman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag. A new board of directors was also elected. The election took pl [...]	2010-01-26 12:19:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL37	LEADING TURKISH BUSINESS COUNCIL ELECTS NEW [...] (SBU) (Summary) To no one's surprise, on January 19 leading Turkish NGO TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association) elected Umit Boyner as its new Chair, replacing outgoing Chairwoman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag. A new board of directors was also elected. The election took p [...]	2010-01-27 05:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL40	IRAN/POLITICS: TEN DAYS OF DAWN, THE OPPOSITION'S [...] (C) Summary: Several contacts (in Istanbul, Paris, and Tehran) who are close to Iran's "Green Movement" have cautioned that the opposition intends to use the "Ten Days of Dawn" commemoration (February 1-11) to muster the largest demonstrations yet against the regime. A journalist with many o [...]	2010-01-29 15:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PGOV PHUM TU IR

10ISTANBUL43	TURKEY-IRAN TRADE WOES; RAFSANJANI FAMILY AND [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish business executive who deals with Iran's transportation and tourism sectors told us his pro-Rafsanjani partners are under great pressure from the regime. Two Iranian company CEOs told him their company books were audited for ties to Rafsanjani and state banks are denyi [...]	2010-02-02 09:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD IR TU
10ISTANBUL44	INSIDE MAYOR SARIGUL'S CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary. A member of the Turkey Change Movement's (TDH) leadership board described TDH's recent rally in Izmir as a "turning point," and explained Sarigul's team is gaining momentum and drawing support from both the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP [...]	2010-02-02 09:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL46	STOCK EXCHANGE CHIEF EAGER TO MAKE ISTANBUL AN [...] (U) Summary. During a January 27 meeting with Ambassador Jeffrey, Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) Chief Huseyin Erkan offered his views on how Istanbul can become a major financial center for Turkey and the region. Erkan emphasized that commercial banking alone, even with an offshore compon [...]	2010-02-05 08:21:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PREL TU
10ISTANBUL47	FORD OTOSAN,S SUCCESSFUL U.S. - TURKISH TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador,s recent visit to a Ford Otosan plant near Istanbul showcased the Ford-Koc joint-venture,s production of the Transit Connect, a U.S. market export that was recently named &2010 Truck of the Year8. Otosan is Turkey,s largest industrial exporter and one of its bi [...]	2010-02-05 12:12:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TU
10ISTANBUL49	KARADENIZ HOLDINGS INTRODUCES MOBILE SHIP-BASED [...] (C) Summary. Istanbul-based Karadeniz Holdings, through its subsidiary Karkey, has signed agreements with the Governments of Iraq and Pakistan to provide electricity generation from mobile ship-based power plants. Karkey is constructing six of the so-called "powerships" in an Istanbul shipyard [...]	2010-02-09 13:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV KGHG TU
10ISTANBUL50	ISTANBUL'S LANDFILL GAS UTILIZATION PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary. Landfill gas utilization, a growing alternative energy technology with compelling environmental benefits, is in its early stages in Turkey. Ortadogu Enerji won a tender from the Istanbul Municipality to implement and run Istanbul's two landfill energy projects for 23 years, and el [...]	2010-02-11 06:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV KGHG TU
10ISTANBUL53	ECHR RECOMMENDS AGAINST RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION ON [...] (U) Summary. On February 2, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Turkey violated freedom of conscience and religion by including religious affiliation on national identification cards. The ECHR concluded that removing the religion box from the cards would be an appropriate s [...]	2010-02-12 11:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU OSCE
10ISTANBUL54	DINK TRIAL: JUSTICE DELAYED... [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 8, poloff attended the chaotic 12th hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial at Besiktas Heavy Penal Court. A "secret witness" was scheduled to provide testimony during the hearing but was either "forgotten" at home by the police or unable to testify due to the lack of [...]	2010-02-12 13:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE AR
10ISTANBUL55	SENTENCING OF TURKEY,S 2ND RICHEST MAN AND MEDIA [...] (U) On February 10 Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, President of Cukurova Holding, was sentenced to 11 years and eight months of jail for embezzlement by Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court. Known as Turkey's second richest man, Karamehmet was convicted of embezzling funds from Pamukbank, a bank he owned bef [...]	2010-02-12 13:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PHUM TU
10ISTANBUL6	IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS: BAHAI LEADERSHIP TRIAL AND [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General of Turkey's Bahai Community told us January 5 that the trial date for the Iranian Bahai leadership has been re-scheduled to January 12. He asked for USG support in raising the issue with Turkey, in the hopes Turkey would press Iran to close the case or at l [...]	2010-01-06 15:21:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINS TU IR
10ISTANBUL60	EURASIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT ORGANIZERS REQUEST [...] Istanbul Consul General (CG) met recently with Akkan Suver, President of the Marmara Foundation which organizes the annual Eurasia Economic Summit in Istanbul. Suver invited the CG to attend this year's summit, which is scheduled for May 5-6, and asked if the U.S. government would be willing t [...]	2010-02-18 12:47:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TU
10ISTANBUL62	FINDING ROOM FOR THE SYRIAC ORTHODOX IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan for Istanbul and Ankara Yusuf Cetin February 7 discussed the need for more Syriac Orthodox churches and clergy in Istanbul following the boom in the community's population in the 1990s. Cetin also noted that while some families are returning to [...]	2010-02-19 08:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ
10ISTANBUL65	DEMOCRATIC PARTY: NEW ISTANBUL CHAIRMAN, SAME OLD [...] (SBU) Summary. Newly-elected Istanbul Democratic Party (DP) Chairman H. Tekin Enerem described his party, which has recently emerged from its merger with ANAP and completed its provincial congress, as poised to take a leading role in government following upcoming general elections, scheduled to [...]	2010-02-20 10:37:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
10ISTANBUL67	NEW TUSIAD BOARD UNVEILS AGENDA, DIVES INTO [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD)'s recently elected board of directors kicked off its new term with a "new approach" laid out in the board's recently released activity plan for the upcoming year. TUSIAD board members predict that the new term will [...]	2010-02-23 12:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TU
10ISTANBUL7	KURDISH INTELLECTUALS ON DTP CLOSURE, YOUTH [...] (C) Summary. In meetings following closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP),Istanbul-based Kurdish intellectuals railed against the Turkish Constitutional Court's decision to close the DTP. They predicted most DTP members would migrate to the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and the party [...]	2010-01-07 08:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL8	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES ANXIOUS ABOUT PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 23, on the occasion of Universal Human Rights Month and as an opportunity to look at the year in review for minority religious freedom, the Consul General hosted a luncheon with five leaders representing the Baha'i, Jewish, Alevi, Greek, and Protestant minority rel [...]	2010-01-07 08:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU
10KABUL211	JANUARY 19 UNAMA MEETING: LONDON CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: At the UNAMA meeting on January 19 SRSG Eide led a discussion on the JCMB, the London Conference, and the Parliamentary elections. The British do not yet have a formal agenda or speakers list for the London Conference and will work to circulate a draft communiqu in advance of t [...]	2010-01-21 12:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PGOV AF TU IR UK
10KABUL656	SEEKING PROGRESS IN U.S.-TURKISH COOPERATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Ambassador to Kabul Basat Ozturk told Ambassador February 6 that Turkey wants closer cooperation with the U.S. in development projects, including what it hopes will be a marquee project to refurbish Kabul's largest public hospital. Ambassador Eikenberry agreed that we sh [...]	2010-02-22 13:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PRE EAI TU AF
10KABUL657	FARYAB: A VIEW FROM MAIMANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Shafaq, local Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) leaders, PRT Maimana military and civilian representatives all regard insurgency as the principal challenge facing Faryab province. They express their strongest concerns about Ghormach district, but see the entire "Pa [...]	2010-02-22 14:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TU AF
10LONDON444	UK RESPONSE: SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA MEETING [...] (C/NF) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to Duncan Johnson, Regional Issues Desk Officer in the Counter-Proliferation Department (CPD) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),and Victoria Dunne, Syria and Lebanon Desk Officer in the Middle East and North Africa Department of the FCO, on [...]	2010-02-25 17:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL IAEA SY IR TU UK
10MOSCOW145	(C) TURKISH EMBASSY READOUT INDICATES LITTLE FRUIT [...] (C) Press reports and some public statements by Russian and Turkish officials to the contrary, Turkish PM Erdogan's Jan. 12-13 visit to Moscow (ref A) appears to have yielded few concrete results. Although Turkish diplomats hailed strengthening ties between Russia and Turkey, the details they [...]	2010-01-22 09:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS TU
10MOSCOW60	RUSSIA PLAYS ITS CARDS IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, [...] (C) Summary. As a counterpoint to its August 2008 invasion of Georgia, Russia is pursuing traditional diplomacy with its South Caucasus neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan, while addressing growing Turkish influence in the region. Although wary of Yerevan's possible westward reorientation, Mosc [...]	2010-01-14 07:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS AM AJ TU
10PRAGUE34	A/S GORDON'S MEETING WITH CZECH SENATOR ALEXANDR [...] (C) Summary: During a January 14 meeting in Prague with A/S Gordon, Czech Senator (and former DPM) Alexandr Vondra urged U.S. "reassurance" on Article 5 in the new NATO Strategic Concept formulation and expressed positive interest in Czech participation in the new missile defense Phased Adap [...]	2010-01-22 10:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS TU EZ
10STATE10745	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (ANKARA 104) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Exchange Pilot Course at Luke AFB, AZ from 01 February 2010 to 01 February 2012. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel an [...]	2010-02-02 21:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL TU
10STATE10748	RAISING ONGOING BAHA,I PERSECUTION WITH THE GOT [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) Seven Baha,i community leaders arrested in March and May 2008 in Iran are currently on trial in a revolutionary court in Iran. After being postponed twice, the closed session trial began on [...]	2010-02-02 21:50:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PINS PREL TU IR
10STATE11055	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (ANKARA 104) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Exchange Pilot Course at Luke AFB, AZ from 01 February 2010 to 01 February 2012. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel an [...]	2010-02-03 20:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL TU
10STATE11485	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (ANKARA 85) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies at the George C. Marshall Center, College of International Studies in Garmisch, Germany from 12 February to 19 March 2010 [...]	2010-02-04 18:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL TU
10STATE11566	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (ANKARA 84) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the KC-135 Simulator Training at Milden Hall, England from 16 to 19 February 2010. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel and [...]	2010-02-04 19:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL TU
10STATE13671	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (ANKARA 170) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the KC-135 Simulator Training Course at Mildenhall, England from 16 February to 16 May 2010. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in r [...]	2010-02-16 21:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL TU
10STATE13750	READOUT OF JANUARY 20 U.S.-FRANCE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (S/NF) Summary. On January 20, 2010, Under Secretary Bill Burns and Defense Under Secretary for Policy Michele Flournoy hosted the third U.S.-France Strategic Dialogue with counterparts Jacques Audibert and Michel Miraillet. Discussions focused on Afghanistan, Pakistan, NATO Reform, Missile [...]	2010-02-17 03:09:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS NATO RS FR IR TU
10STATE15856	(S) TURKISH FIRMS ENGAGED IN MILITARY [...] (U) This is an action request to Embassy Ankara. Please see paragraph 7. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The U.S. has information about several transactions involving Turkish firms planning to export and import from Iran arms and related material controlled by the Wassenaar Ar [...]	2010-02-22 15:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS TU IR
10STATE15910	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (ANKARA 180) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Resource Management course in Ft. Jackson, SC from 22 February to 02 April 2010. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted [...]	2010-02-22 17:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL TU
10STATE6220	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (ANKARA 12) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the George C. Marshall Center (GCMC) College of International Studies' Senior Executive Seminar, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. 2. (SBU) The Department of State h [...]	2010-01-21 20:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10STATE6231	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (ANKARA 61) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the ATA Protecting Digital Infrastructure Course, scheduled to take place in Ankara, Turkey from March 8 through March 19, 2010. 2. (SBU) The Department of State ha [...]	2010-01-21 20:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL TU
10STATE6448	(C) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE "TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS" (TRNC) AS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS APPROACH IN APRIL 2010. THE OUTCOME OF THESE ELECTIONS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE PACE AND TRAJECTORY OF REUNIFICATION NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH COULD [...]	2010-01-22 13:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL CY GR TU
10STATE6451	(C) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TURKISH DEPUTY [...] (SBU) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING CIVIL/MILITARY TENSIONS IN TURKEY THAT HAVE BEEN BUILDING DURING THE TWO-YEAR ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION. TURKISH GENERAL STAFF (TGS) CHIEF OF DEFENSE ILKER BASBUG, IN A 17 DECEMBER SPEECH, WARNED THE GOVERNMENT, JOURNALISTS, AND JUDICIAL OFFICI [...]	2010-01-22 13:44:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR TU
10STATE8961	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (ANKARA 95) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the Decision Analysis Course at Ft. Lee, VA from 1 February to 14 February 2010. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individual listed in reftel and pos [...]	2010-01-28 20:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL TU
10STATE8978	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (ANKARA 95) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Senior Enlisted Academy Course at Newport, RI from 17 February to 01 April 2010. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel an [...]	2010-01-28 20:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL TU
10STATE9113	SECRETARY CLINTON LETTER TO PRESIDENT GUL ON [...] Please deliver the following message from Secretary Clinton to President Gul. There will be no signed original. 2. Begin Text: Dear Mr. President: Thank you for your recent letter regarding the interest of the Republic of Turkey and the Turkish Air Force in human spaceflight. I co [...]	2010-01-29 01:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA PREL TU
10STOCKHOLM79	SWEDEN WELCOMES TURKISH "CIVILIAN PRT" BUT [...] (C) Sweden "welcomes" the Turkish civilian PRT (refs B and C) but remains concerned about the creation of a "security vacuum," Carl Magnus Eriksson, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, told Poloffs February 17 in a meeting on other topics (Ref A). Eriksson underlined [...]	2010-02-19 15:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF TU SW
10TELAVIV124	BARAK AND GAL VISITS TO ANKARA STABILIZE [...] (S) Summary. Israel took advantage of two previously scheduled visits to Ankara by Defense Minister Barak and MFA Director General Gal this week to demonstrate Israel's strong interest in preserving good relations with Turkey. According to Israeli accounts, last week's crisis over a theatrica [...]	2010-01-21 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS TU KWBG IS
10TELAVIV86	CODEL HASTINGS DISCUSSES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rep. Alcee Hastings on January 12, 2010 met with Baruch Bina, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director General for North America, and Nimrod Barkan, head of MFA's Research Division, to discuss regional affairs. The Israelis laid out for Rep. Hastings some of the [...]	2010-01-15 09:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KWBG SY IR TU IZ LE JO IS
10TUNIS25	TFHA01: GOT CONCERNED BY MISSING SRSG ANNABI, BEN [...] (SBU) During a January 14 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officers Mourad Belhassan and Hatem Landoulsi advised pol-econoffs that the GOT was deeply concerned for the welfare of Hedi Annabi, the distinguished Tunisian Diplomat serving as the Special Representative of the Sec [...]	2010-01-14 16:44:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO TU
10TUNIS26	APPOINTMENT OF NEW TUNISIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAY [...] (C) Summary: On the afternoon of January 14, TAP, the official Tunisian press agency, announced the long-awaited shuffle of President Ben Ali's cabinet. The most significant appointment is that of Kamel Morjane, previously the Defense Minister, to the post of Foreign Minister. Oussama Romdha [...]	2010-01-14 17:42:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
10TUNIS34	BEN ALI'S JANUARY 14 CABINET SHUFFLE IS A NOD TO [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph four. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The main feature of President Ben Ali's January 14 shuffle of his cabinet is continuity, combined with an apparent intent to recalibrate (to what extent remains unclear) Tunisia's relationship with [...]	2010-01-15 16:38:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR TU
10TUNIS44	TFHA01: TUNISIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI TO HAITI [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 17:18:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU HA
10TUNIS45	TFHA01: TUNISIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI UNLIKELY [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 17:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU HA
10TUNIS46	TFHA01: TUNISIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tunisian coverage of the Haitian earthquake and ensuing humanitarian crisis has been limited and essentially moderate in tone, with some coverage of international criticism of the U.S. government's response to the ongoing situation in Haiti. The Ambassador paid a call on the wel [...]	2010-01-20 17:30:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA TU
10UNVIEVIENNA24	TURKISH AMBASSADOR INDICATES IRAN STAGNANT ON [...] (C) In a January 12 conversation with DCM and poloff, Turkish Ambassador Bayer gave a readout of the Iran discussion at the recent Turkish Ambassador's conference in Ankara and his take on the Iranian issue more generally. Bayer noted that he took part in a four-hour working group on Iran at [...]	2010-02-01 10:10:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR TU PARM
10USUNNEWYORK95	USUN AND TURKISH MISSIONS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 27. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Apakan and DPR Corman and Ambassadors Wolff and DiCarlo engaged in a wide ranging discussion of issues before the Security Council at lunch on February 5. They covered Cyprus, the Horn of Africa, Iraq, the [...]	2010-02-20 02:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU UNSC
10VATICAN15	CARDINAL SAYS SAUDI ARABIA SHOULD PERMIT CHURCHES, DECRIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican's interfaith Czar, Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, renewed his call for all societies to recognize freedom of religion in a recent press interview. Tauran also asked for concrete measures that move interfaith relations from mere tolerance to harmonious coexistence of p [...]	2010-01-22 14:34:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SA IS TU VT
10YEREVAN1	FINAL DEATH THROES FOR LTP'S OPPOSITION ANC? [...] (C) Since its creation in May 2008 in the wake of the disputed 2008 presidential election, the 17-party opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) has been unable to accomplish its stated goal of dislodging the ruling authorities from power. Led by the overbearing Levon Ter-Petrossian (Armeni [...]	2010-01-04 07:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TU AJ AM
10YEREVAN106	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESSES PROCEDURAL ISSUES ON [...] (SBU) The Armenian National Assembly (NA) overwhelmingly approved on February 25 an amendment to the Law on International Treaties articulating mechanisms for withdrawal from agreements for which instruments of ratification have not been exchanged. This week the body also received from the ex [...]	2010-02-26 14:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AZ AM
10YEREVAN13	COVER ME, COVER YOU? PM SARGSIAN JOINS RULING PARTY [...] (SBU) The recent decision by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian, two of his ministers, and a cohort of their reformist colleagues to join the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has the political rumor mill in Yerevan churning. Some pundits view the unexpected development as a move taken by P [...]	2010-01-11 14:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS TU AJ AM
10YEREVAN22	ARMENIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT APPROVES TURKEY-ARMENIA [...] (SBU) On January 12 Armenia's Constitutional Court ruled that the provisions of the Armenian-Turkish protocols on establishing diplomatic relations and developing bilateral relations are in compliance with the Armenian constitution. Addressing criticisms from opponents of the protocols, the Co [...]	2010-01-14 05:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
10YEREVAN41	POGROM COMMEMORATIONS TO COUNTER BAKU'S [...] (C) During the past several weeks, extensive commemorations of the January 1990 pogroms of Armenians in Baku have taken place in Yerevan. The GOAM's sponsorship and support of the commemorations appears to be qualitatively and quantitatively higher than in recent years. Post learned that the [...]	2010-01-26 11:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS TU AJ AM
10YEREVAN73	NEW TELECOM ENTRANT IN ARMENIA BRINGS FIBER TO THE [...] (C) The development of Armenia's information, communications and technology (ICT) sector promises another advancement with the introduction of "triple play" service and fiber to the home. U-Com, a new entrant in the Armenian ICT sector, plans to launch this convergent service. Customer trials [...]	2010-02-11 07:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINT EINV AM TU
10YEREVAN78	SARGSIAN CONFIDANTE ON FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC [...] (C) In a wide-ranging recent discussion with Ambassador and DCM, Armenian oligarch and Sargsian confidante Mikhail Baghdassarov expressed optimism that the Turkish parliament would ratify the normalization protocols, but insisted that Armenia could not be expected to ratify first. He said A [...]	2010-02-17 05:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	POGV ECON PREL AJ TU AM
10YEREVAN85	TURKISH THINK TANK VISIT TO YEREVAN HIGHLIGHTS [...] A visit to Yerevan by members of a Turkish economic think tank revealed strong interest among the Armenian business community, civil society and government for increased engagement -- both economic and political -- with Turkey. While some interlocutors lamented the hostile attitudes of some Tu [...]	2010-02-19 08:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETRD GA TU AM
10YEREVAN98	EX-ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Vartan Oskanian, Armenia's foreign minister from 1998-2008, expressed skepticism to the Ambassador about the fate of the Turkey-Armenia protocols, and accused President Sargsian of mishandling the entire process. He suggested that Turkey, as the senior partner, make a unilateral move to g [...]	2010-02-25 07:50:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AM
10ZAGREB54	CROATIAN MFA ON TRILATERAL TALKS ON BOSNIA AND [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Croatian MFA readout of the January 14 trilateral meeting between Croatia, Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH),the GoC sought to improve political protection for the Bosnian Croats in the Federation. The GoC believes that relaxing tensions between the Croat and Bo [...]	2010-01-26 14:24:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR BK TU
79ANKARA6618	(C) TURKISH VIEWS ON KURDISH TROUBLES IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	1979-09-10 07:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PFOR PEPR TU IR
85DAMASCUS3204	IRANIANS IN DAMASCUS AND NOTES FROM TEHRAN [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. A RECENT VISIT OF FAMILY FRIENDS FROM TEHRAN FILLED IN SOME GAPS IN OUR INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF IRANIAN TOURIST-PILGRIM FLIGHTS TO DAMASCUS AND PRODUCED SOME COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION IN TEHRAN. THE FLIGHTS OF JUMBO JETS FROM TEHRAN, WHICH USED TO BRIN [...]	1985-05-22 08:55:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL IR IZ SY TU UR
86ANKARA7641	IRAN-IRAQ: IRAQI DEBT REPAYMENT AND [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: TURKEY IS CONSIDERING THE TERMS OF REPAYMENT OF IRAQI DEBTS, THE MFA OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR IRAN AND IRAQ , ONDER OZAR, SAID RECENTLY. ACCORDING TO THE MFA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA, KHOMEINI NOT ONLY WANTS TO OUST [...]	1986-07-23 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD TU IR IZ
86ANKARA9130	ISTANBUL SYNAGOGUE ATTACK: PRESS COVERAGE [...] THIS MESSAGE INCLUDES USIS CURRENT MEDIA REACTION. 2. SUMMARY: IN PRESS COVERAGE, EDITORIALS AND PUBLIC STATEMENTS TURKISH REACTION TO THE BOMBING OF NEVE SHALOM SYNAGOGUE IN ISTANBUL HAS BEEN ONE OF SHOCK AND HORROR - AND CAUTION. THE PRIME MINISTER "DAMNED" THE ATTACK AS "BACKSTABBING [...]	1986-09-08 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER TU
86ANKARA9557	MFA SPECULATION ON MOTIVES FOR NEVE SHALOM [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING A LUNCHEON ON SEPTEMBER 15, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE LEVANT AND NORTH AFRICA, SOLMAZ UNAYDIN, OBVIOUSLY STILL APPALLED AT THE WANTON SLAUGHTER, TOLD POLOFF THAT THE MFA IS AT A LOSS TO EXPLAIN THE MOTIVES FOR THE NEVE SHALOM MASSACRE. CONSIDERING TH [...]	1986-09-17 09:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU IS
86SOFIA3382	ROUND-UP OF BULGARIAN TURKS [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. EMBOFF CALLED AUGUST 8 ON XXXXXXXXXXXX, TO SEEK CONFIRMATION OF AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON A REPORTED RECENT ROUND-UP AND ARREST OF ETHNIC-TURKISH BULGARIANS (REF A). WITHOUT REFERENCE TO REF A REPORT, EMBOFF STEERED DISCUSSION OF OTHER TOPICS (SEPTELS) AROUND TO WHETHER THE [...]	1986-08-11 11:49:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR BU TU
87DAMASCUS3703	SYRIA AND NEWS OF A "NEW AND GRAVE MOVE BY [...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: REFTEL IS DEAD RIGHT TO SEEK ALL THE INFORMATION WE CAN GET ON A PKK ATTACK ON U.S. FACILITIES IN TURKEY. IF WE FIND SYRIA IS INVOLVED, WE SHOULD PROTEST HERE STRONGLY -- BARRING TURKISH OBJECTIONS TO SUCH A U.S. MOVE. BUT WE SEE SYRIA AS LARGELY -- IF NO [...]	1987-07-10 06:05:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PTER TU SY
87ISTANBUL2686	CONVERSATION WITH FEMALE UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN PROFESSOR [...] No summary [...]	1987-06-08 08:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IR TU
87IZMIR1213	EXPLOSION AT IZMIR SUMERBANK [...] AT 9:30 PM LOCAL TIME DECEMBER 29, A BOMB EXPLODED AT A SUMERBANK RETAIL STORE IN THE KAPILAR SECTION OF DOWNTOWN IZMIR. THE STORE WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME AND NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT POLICE ESTIMATE THE BOMB WAS OF "CONSIDERABLE" STRENGTH AS NINE OR TEN SHOPS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY ALSO SUF [...]	1987-12-30 14:07:00	Consulate Izmir	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINS TU
87STATE208025	PKK PLANS AND AMERIN CASE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. REF A SUMMARIZED PRESS REPORTING THAT CODED DOCUMENTS SEIZED FROM TWO CAPTURED TERRORISTS REVEALED PKK (KURDISH LABOR PARTY) PLANS TO ATTACK, INTER ALIA, THE TURKISH/AMERICAN COMMON DEFENSE BASE IN PIRINCLIK. AS EMBASSY WILL REALIZE, PKK TARGETING OF A JOINT [...]	1987-07-07 19:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER TU
88ADANA638	POLICE FOIL APPARENT PKK ESCAPE ATTEMPT IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: DIYARBAKIR POLICE OCTOBER 23 DISCOVERED A 120 FOOT TUNNEL INTO A PRISON WHICH HOUSES MANY CON- VICTED OF SUPPORT FOR THE OUTLAWED PKK. AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY ORDERED THE TRANSFER OF 120 PRISONERS FROM DIYARBAKIR TO ESKISEHIR, WHICH TRIGGERED A FIGHT BETWEEN INMATES AND GUARDS [...]	1988-10-25 15:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TU
88ANKARA12124	GERMANS AND PKK [...] POST THANKS EMBASSY BONN FOR ITS HELPFUL CONTRIBUTION IN REF A. IT PROVIDES USEFUL DETAILS OF PKK ACTIVITIES IN THE FRG WHICH HELP US IN OUR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING. WE CAN ALWAYS USE MORE SUCH INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES OF TURKISH AND KURDISH ACTIVISTS IN THE FRG AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRI [...]	1988-09-21 07:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM GE TU
88ANKARA16439	TURKEY: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE REPORT REQUESTED REFTEL. POST WILL SUPLEMENT THIS REPORT AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. 2. (U) NAME OF COUNTRY: TURKEY 3. (U) (A) COUNTERTERRORISM PROSECUTIONS IN 1988: THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF TERRORISM TRIALS IN TURKEY IN 1988, INCLUDING [...]	1988-12-10 09:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER TU
88ANKARA4266	PKK KILLS NINE IN SIIRT [...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. PKK TERRORISTS KILLED NINE VILLAGERS AND 350 SHEEP IN YAGZIKOYMAK VILLAGE IN THE URUH DISTRICT OF SOUTHEASTERN SIIRT PROVINCE MARCH 29. THE TERRORISTS ATTACKED TWO DIFFERENT HOUSES IN THE VILLAGE, STRANGLING FOUR MEN IN ONE HOUSE AND THREE MORE IN ANOTHER. LATER, TERR [...]	1988-03-30 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER TU
88BAGHDAD1097	KURDISH INSURGENCY IN IRAQ AND TURKEY [...] (SECRET-ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY: TRAINING CAMPS FOR PKK IN IRAN ARE A GROWING WORRY FOR TURKEY AND, ACCORDING TO TURKISH AMBASSADOR, HAVE BEEN A SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION IN RECENT IRANIAN-TURKISH MEETINGS. BARZANI'S KDP, APPARENTLY IN SOME DISARRAY, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REIN IN THE PKK, W [...]	1988-02-28 10:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV IZ TU
88BONN31258	HAS THE FRG CHANGED ITS VIEW OF THE PKK? [...] WE SUSPECT THAT WHAT THE "TERCUMAN" COLUMNIST IS REFERRING TO IN CLAIMING THAT THE GERMANS VIEW THE PKK AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION (REFTEL) IS THE ASSERTION IN THE GOVERNMENT'S MOST RECENT INTERNAL SECURITY REPORT (VERFASSUNGSSCHUTZBERICHT),COVERING DEVELOPMENTS IN 1987, THAT "IN TURKEY THE [...]	1988-09-15 16:42:00	Embasy Bonn	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM GE TU
88IZMIR740	ARREST OF PKK MEMBERS IN IZMIR [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. CHIEF PROSECUTOR OF THE IZMIR STATE SECURITY COURT, HULUSI OGUTCU, TOLD POL/ECONOFF AND VISITING DESK OFFICER HUGGINS ON AUGUST 31 THAT IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEW THAT THE ARRESTS REPORTED IN REFTELS HAD CLEARED THE PROBLEM OF POTENTIAL PKK ACTIVITY IN TO [...]	1988-09-01 13:45:00	Consulate Izmir	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER TU
89ANKARA14598	SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR PKK [...] No summary [...]	1989-10-12 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU SY PREL PTER
89ANKARA17365	TURKEY: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] NAME OF COUNTRY: TURKEY --------------------------- --------------------------------------------- ------------- A. RESULTS OF ANY 1989 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM. --------------------------------------------- ---------- [...]	1989-12-06 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER TU
89ANKARA9850	"TURKISH ISLAMIC JIHAD ARMY" [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. EMBASSY RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION IN TURKISH VIA THE TURKISH POSTAL SYSTEM TODAY, JULY 18. THIS IS THE FIRST WE HAVE HEARD OF THE "TURKISH ISLAMIC JIHAD ARMY." THE DECLARATION WAS PRINTED ON HIGH QUALITY PAPER, IN SEVERAL COLORS; AN OBVIOUSLY EXPENS [...]	1989-07-18 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER TU
89DAMASCUS1763	ALLEGATIONS OF SYRIAN COOPERATION WITH PKK [...] No summary [...]	1989-03-24 16:03:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER TU SY
89STATE29225	LOOKING BACK: THE PKK IN 1988 [...] No summary [...]	1989-01-31 10:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KPRP TU
91ANKARA15709	1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR TURKEY [...] NAME OF COUNTRY: TURKEY --------------------------------------------- ------------ A. RESULTS OF ANY 1991 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM. --------------------------------------------- ------------- THERE WAS A MARKED INCRE [...]	1991-11-21 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER TU
91ANKARA4277	SYRIA, THE PKK AND WATER [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA SOLMAZ UNAYDIN GAVE POL COUNSELOR MARCH 27 ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS INTO THE TURKISH-SYRIAN DIALOGUE ON THE PKK. SHE SAID FOREIGN MINISTER ALPTEMOCIN HAD RAISED THE SUBJECT EXPLICITLY WITH ASAD DURING HIS FEBRUA [...]	1991-03-28 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG TU SY
91ANKARA7433	LEFTIST MAGAZINE CLAIMS PKK "WILL HIT THE U.S. ARMY" [...] (C) WE SET OUT BELOW IN SOME DETAIL AN ARTICLE WHICH APPEARED IN THE LEFTIST WEEKLY "2000'E DOGRU" (TOWARDS THE YEAR 2000) MAY 30. WE DO SO NOT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT NECESSARILY IS ACCURATE (IT CONTAINS A NUMEBER OF OBVIOUS ERRORS, INCLUDING THE CLAIM THAT THE PKK ACTIVELY OPPOSED SADDAM),B [...]	1991-05-31 11:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU IZ
91IZMIR373	LIBYANS RETURN TO IZMIR; THEY ARE WELCOME AS LONG AS [...] UNLIKE THE FIRST LIBYAN SHIP TO VISIT IZMIR AFTER A LONG HIATUS, WHICH ARRIVED WITHOUT FANFARE, (REFTEL),THE SECOND SHIP ARRIVED TO AN OFFICIAL GREETING BY THE MAYOR OF KONAK, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVERAL MERCHANT'S ASSOCIATIONS. THE DEBARKING PASSENGERS WERE MET BY THE MUNICIPALITY BAND AND [...]	1991-06-06 12:34:00	Consulate Izmir	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP TU LY
92ANKARA15625	TURKEY: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] PER REFTEL INSTRUCTIONS, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RESPONDS TO ITEMS (A) THROUGH (I). A) THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS NO PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN TRAIN AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, THE GOT IS PROCEEDING WITH MULTIPLE PROSECUTIONS AGAINST DOMESTIC TERRORISTS AS OF NOVEMBER [...]	1992-11-16 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER TU
92ANKARA728	PKK TERROR ATTACK IN MALATYA [...] THE PKK ATTEMPTED YESTERDAY TO EXPAND ITS TERROR CAMPAIGN TO MALATYA. 2. TURKISH DAILY NEWSPAPERS REPORT THAT A SINGLE TERRORIST, APPARENTLY INTENT ON STAGING A ONE-MAN SUICIDE ATTACK ON SECURITY HEADQUARTERS, WAS FOILED BEFORE HE COULD CARRY OUT HIS ATTACK WHEN HE DROPPED A MAGAZINE FRO [...]	1992-01-16 16:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS TU
92IZMIR819	TERRORIST KILL FOUR POLICEMEN IN ANTALYA [...] DECEMBER 8 EDITIONS OF ALL MAJOR DAILIES REPORT ATACKS ON TWO POLICE SHUTTLE BUSES IN ANTALYA AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 ON DEC 7. UNIDENTIFIED GUNMEN (NUMBER CHANGES FROM 3 TO 10 BY DIFFERENT PAPERS) SHOT AT THE BUSES CARRYING 50 POLICEMEN IN THE CITY CENTER IN THE VICINITY OF THE SECURITY FORCES' [...]	1992-12-08 08:00:00	Consulate Izmir	UNCLASSIFIED	NOTAG TU
92STATE112651	TURKISH NON-PAPER ON PKK CAMPS [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE TURKISH EMBASSY HAS PASSED ON TO US THE FOLLOWING "NON-PAPER" RELATED TO SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR THE PKK. IT IS PROVIDED ON AN FYI BASIS ONLY. BEGIN TEXT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FROM UNCONFIRMED INTELLIGENCE REPORTS: -- PKK AND SYRIAN OFFICIALS MET IN [...]	1992-04-10 00:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PTER SY LE TU
93ADANA470	KURDS, AND PKK, CONTINUE TO SPREAD WEST [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. RECENT REPORTING FROM ADANA AND OTHER POSTS IN TURKEY HAS FOCUSSED ON THE MASS MIGRATION OF KURDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST INTO THE LARGE CITIES OF THE WEST. AN ITEM IN THURSDAY'S ADANA PRESS SUMMARY SHOWS HOW KURDISH MIGRATION IS ALSO PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON TURKIS [...]	1993-09-10 11:05:00	Consulate Adana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER TU
93BEIRUT2694	LEBANON AND THE PKK [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. ON JUNE 23 (PRIOR TO THE SERIES OF PKK ATTACKS ON TURKISH INTERESTS IN EUROPE),THE AMBASSADOR RAISED WITH INTERIOR MINISTER BISHARA MIRHIJ THE JUNE 8 OCALAN PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE BIQA' IN WHICH HE EFFECTIVELY DECLARED WAR ON TURKEY, INCLUDING TOURIST FACIL [...]	1993-06-26 13:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU LE
93BERN5779	NOVEMBER 4 PKK ATTACKS IN SWITZERLAND [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE GOS HAS NOT TAKEN SPECIFIC ACTION AGAINST KURDISH GROUPS AS A RESULT OF THE NOVEMBER 4 ATTACKS ON TURKISH ESTABLISHMENTS IN SWITZERLAND. THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS REITERATED ITS REQUEST THAT THE PKK BE BANNED IN SWITZERLAND, BUT THE GOS SAYS [...]	1993-11-10 16:28:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER TU SZ
93ROME18848	POSSIBLE RELEASE OF U.S. HOSTAGE HELD BY PKK [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE PKK HAS TOLD A ROME-BASED VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION, THE SANT'EGIDIO SOCIETY, THAT IT IS WILLING TO RELEASE A U.S. HOSTAGE TO A SANT'EGIDIO REPRESENTATIVE ACCOMPANIED BY A U.S. OFFICIAL. SANT'EGIDIO HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING REL [...]	1993-10-29 12:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VAT TU NZ US
93STATE220237	PKK SUPPORT FROM ARMENIAN SOURCES [...] CONFIDENTIAL- ENTIRE TEXT 2. DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN REPORTS OF PRIVATE ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR THE PKK. 3. THIS IS CAUSE OF CONCERN TO THE DEPARTMENT. AS THE PKK IS A KNOWN TERRORIST GROUP, ANY TYPE OF ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR THE PKK WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT INTERNATIONAL OPINION OF ARMENIA AN [...]	1993-07-20 21:51:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL TU AM
93VIENNA6520	THE KURDISH PKK IN AUSTRIA [...] SUMMARY: FOR SEVERAL YEARS MEMBERS OF THE KURDISH COMMUNITY IN VIENNA HAVE REGULARLY HELD EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR CAUSE TO THE MEDIA. RADICAL GROUPS SUCH AS THE PKK, THE TURKISH COMMUNIST PARTY AND THE REVOLUTIONARY LEFT OPERATE CLUBS IN VIENNA. INTERIOR MINISTRY SOURCES SAY AUSTRIAN AUT [...]	1993-07-01 17:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER TU AU
93YEREVAN2697	PKK "SUPPORT" FROM ARMENIAN SOURCES [...] No summary [...]	1993-07-26 12:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PTER AM TU
94ADANA290	TURKEY DESTROYS PKK'S ZALEH CAMP -- AGAIN [...] (U) THE TURKISH PRESS REPORTED ON MAY 19TH THAT TURKISH F-16S AND F-4S HAD AGAIN BOMBED THE PKK'S ZALEH CAMP IN NORTHERN IRAQ, AND BOASTED THAT THE CAMP WAS "RAZED TO THE GROUND." 2. (C) THE TAF HAD PREVIOUSLY BOMBED ZALEH CAMP ON JANUARY 29, AND AT THAT TIME CLAIMED THAT HUNDREDS OF PKK [...]	1994-05-27 11:00:00	Consulate Adana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MOPS TU IZ
94ADANA532	WHO PAYS THE PKK? [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ETHNIC TURKISH WIFE OF ADANA AMCIT BUSINESSMAN INFORMED ADANA POLOFF THAT HER BROTHER, OWNER OF A LARGE RESTAURANT NEAR BURSA, WAS KIDNAPPED BY THE PKK AND TOLD TO MAKE "FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS." RELEASED UNHARMED THE NEXT DAY BUT AWARE OF THE PKK [...]	1994-09-16 11:35:00	Consulate Adana	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM TU

94ANKARA3625	CONTACTS WITH THE PKK [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WE APPRECIATE DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE (REF A) REGARDING OFFICIAL USG CONTACTS WITH THE PKK. IN OUR VIEW, IT IS LIKELY THAT PKK REPRESENTATIVES WILL CONTINUE, IF NOT EXPAND, THEIR ATTEMPTS TO MEET WITH U.S. AND OTHER WESTERN EMBASSY OFFICIALS TO PLEAD THEIR CASE. IN [...]	1994-03-24 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER TU

Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1'000 rows / 11'013 results

Embassy Abidjan
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Embassy Abuja
Embassy Accra
Consulate Adana
Embassy Addis Ababa
Consulate Alexandria
Embassy Algiers
American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
Embassy Amman
Consulate Amsterdam
Embassy Ankara
Embassy Antananarivo
Embassy Apia
Embassy Ashgabat
Embassy Asmara
Embassy Astana
Embassy Asuncion
Embassy Athens
Consulate Auckland
Embassy Baghdad
Embassy Baku
Embassy Bamako
Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan
Embassy Bangkok
Embassy Bangui
Embassy Banjul
Consulate Barcelona
Embassy Beijing
Embassy Beirut
Consulate Belfast
Embassy Belgrade
Embassy Belmopan
Embassy Berlin
Embassy Bern
Embassy Bishkek
Embassy Bogota
Embassy Brasilia
Embassy Bratislava
Embassy Brazzaville
Embassy Bridgetown
Embassy Brussels
Embassy Bucharest
Embassy Budapest
Embassy Buenos Aires
Embassy Bujumbura
Embassy Cairo
Consulate Calgary
Embassy Canberra
Consulate Cape Town
Embassy Caracas
Consulate Casablanca
Consulate Chengdu
Consulate Chennai
Consulate Chiang Mai
Embassy Chisinau
Consulate Ciudad Juarez
Embassy Colombo
Embassy Conakry
Embassy Copenhagen
Embassy Cotonou
Consulate Curacao
Embassy Dakar
Embassy Damascus
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
Department of State
Consulate Dhahran
Embassy Dhaka
Embassy Dili
DIR FSINFATC
Embassy Djibouti
Embassy Doha
Consulate Dubai
Embassy Dublin
Consulate Durban
Embassy Dushanbe
Consulate Dusseldorf
Embasy Bonn
Consulate Florence
Consulate Frankfurt
Embassy Freetown
Consulate Fukuoka
Embassy Gaborone
Embassy Georgetown
Embassy Grenada
Consulate Guadalajara
Consulate Guangzhou
Embassy Guatemala
Consulate Guayaquil
Consulate Halifax
Consulate Hamburg
Consulate Hamilton
Embassy Hanoi
Embassy Harare
Embassy Helsinki
Consulate Hermosillo
Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
Consulate Hong Kong
American Consulate Hyderabad
Iran RPO Dubai
Embassy Islamabad
Consulate Istanbul
Consulate Izmir
Embassy Jakarta
Consulate Jeddah
Consulate Jerusalem
Consulate Johannesburg
Embassy Kabul
Consulate Kaduna
Embassy Kampala
Consulate Karachi
Embassy Kathmandu
Embassy Khartoum
Embassy Kigali
Embassy Kingston
Embassy Kinshasa
Consulate Kolkata
Embassy Kolonia
Embassy Koror
Consulate Krakow
Embassy Kuala Lumpur
Embassy Kuwait
Embassy Kyiv
Embassy La Paz
Consulate Lagos
Consulate Lahore
Consulate Leipzig
Embassy Libreville
Embassy Lilongwe
Embassy Lima
Embassy Lisbon
Embassy Ljubljana
Embassy Lome
Embassy London
Embassy Luanda
Embassy Lusaka
Embassy Luxembourg
Embassy Madrid
Embassy Majuro
Embassy Malabo
Embassy Managua
Embassy Manama
Embassy Manila
Embassy Maputo
Consulate Marseille
Embassy Maseru
Consulate Matamoros
Embassy Mbabane
Consulate Melbourne
Consulate Merida
Embassy Mexico
Consulate Milan
Embassy Minsk
Mission Geneva
Mission UNESCO
Mission USNATO
Mission USOSCE
Embassy Mogadishu
Embassy Monrovia
Consulate Monterrey
Embassy Montevideo
Consulate Montreal
Embassy Moscow
Consulate Mumbai
Consulate Munich
Embassy Muscat
Consulate Nagoya
Consulate Naha
Embassy Nairobi
Consulate Naples
Embassy Nassau
Embassy Ndjamena
Embassy New Delhi
Embassy Niamey
Embassy Nicosia
Consulate Nogales
Embassy Nouakchott
Consulate Nuevo Laredo
Consulate Osaka Kobe
Embassy Oslo
Embassy Ottawa
Embassy Ouagadougou
Embassy Panama
Embassy Paramaribo
Embassy Paris
Consulate Perth
Consulate Peshawar
Embassy Phnom Penh
Embassy Podgorica
Consulate Ponta Delgada
Embassy Port Au Prince
Embassy Port Louis
Embassy Port Moresby
Embassy Port Of Spain
Embassy Prague
Embassy Praia
Embassy Pretoria
Embassy Pristina
Consulate Quebec
Embassy Quito
Embassy Rabat
Embassy Rangoon
Consulate Recife
REO Basrah
REO Hillah
REO Kirkuk
REO Mosul
Embassy Reykjavik
Embassy Riga
Consulate Rio De Janeiro
Embassy Riyadh
Embassy Rome
Embassy San Jose
Embassy San Salvador
Embassy Sanaa
Embassy Santiago
Embassy Santo Domingo
Consulate Sao Paulo
Consulate Sapporo
Embassy Sarajevo
Secretary of State
Embassy Seoul
Consulate Shanghai
Consulate Shenyang
Embassy Singapore
Embassy Skopje
Embassy Sofia
Consulate St Petersburg
Embassy Stockholm
Consulate Strasbourg
Consulate Surabaya
Embassy Suva
Consulate Sydney
Embassy Tallinn
Embassy Tashkent
Embassy Tbilisi
Embassy Tegucigalpa
Embassy Tehran
Embassy Tel Aviv
Embassy The Hague
Consulate Thessaloniki
Consulate Tijuana
Embassy Tirana
Embassy Tokyo
Consulate Toronto
Embassy Tripoli
Embassy Tunis
Embassy Ulaanbaatar
UN Rome
UNVIE
US Delegation FEST TWO
US Delegation, Secretary
US Interests Section Havana
US Mission CD Geneva
US Mission Geneva
US Office Almaty
US OFFICE FSC CHARLESTON
USEU Brussels
USMISSION USTR GENEVA
USUN New York
Embassy Valletta
Consulate Vancouver
Embassy Vatican
Embassy Vienna
Embassy Vientiane
Embassy Vilnius
Consulate Vladivostok
Embassy Warsaw
Embassy Wellington
Embassy Windhoek
Embassy Yaounde
Consulate Yekaterinburg
Embassy Yerevan
Embassy Zagreb

AA
AADP
AALC
ABER
ABLD
ABLDG
ABLG
ABMC
ABT
ABUD
AC
ACABQ
ACAO
ACCOUNT
ACDA
ACEC
ACKM
ACOA
ACOTA
ACS
ACTION
ADANA
ADB
ADCO
ADCP
ADEL
ADEP
ADIP
ADM
ADMIRAL
ADPM
ADRC
AE
AEC
AECL
AEGR
AEIR
AEM
AEMED
AEMR
AER
AESC
AF
AFARI
AFDB
AFDIN
AFFAIRS
AFGHANISTAN
AFIN
AFL
AFLU
AFOR
AFR
AFSA
AFSI
AFSN
AFU
AFZAL
AG
AGAO
AGENDA
AGENGA
AGIT
AGMT
AGOA
AGR
AGS
AGUIRRE
AI
AIAG
AID
AIDAC
AIDS
AIEA
AIHRC
AIN
AINF
AINFCY
AINR
AINT
AISG
AIT
AJ
AK
AL
AL-1
ALAB
ALBE
ALEXANDER
ALI
ALJAZEERA
ALL
ALNEA
ALOW
ALOWAR
AM
AMAT
AMB
AMCHAMS
AMCT
AME
AMED
AMEDI
AMEMR
AMER
AMERICAS
AMEX
AMG
AMGE
AMGMT
AMGT
AMIA
AMLB
AMPR
AMT
AMTC
AMTG
AN
ANARCHISTS
ANC
AND
ANET
ANTITERRORISM
AO
AOCR
AODE
AOIC
AOMS
AOPR
AORC
AORD
AOREC
AORG
AORL
AOWC
AP
APCS
APDC
APEC
APECO
APER
APR
APRC
APRM
AQ
AR
ARAB
ARABBL
ARABL
ARABLEAGUE
ARAS
ARC
ARCH
ARENA
AREP
ARF
ARG
ARM
ARMITAGE
ARMS
AROC
ARR
ARRMZY
ARSO
AS
ASA
ASAC
ASC
ASCC
ASCE
ASCEC
ASCH
ASE
ASEAN
ASEC
ASECARP
ASECE
ASECM
ASECSI
ASECVE
ASED
ASEDC
ASEG
ASEK
ASES
ASEX
ASFC
ASIC
ASIG
ASIR
ASJA
ASO
ASOC
ASPA
ASR
ASSEMBLY
ASSK
ASUP
AT
ATFN
ATPDEA
ATRA
ATRD
ATRN
AU
AU-1
AUC
AUNR
AUSGR
AUSTRALIAGROUP
AV
AVERY
AVIAN
AVIANFLU
AVIATION
AW
AX
AY
AZ
AZE
B.
BA
BAGHDAD
BAIO
BAKOYANNIS
BALKANS
BAPOL
BARACK
BASHAR
BATA
BB
BBG
BBSR
BC
BCW
BCXP
BD
BE
BEAN
BEN
BERARDUCCI
BESP
BEXB
BEXP
BEXPC
BEXPPLM
BEXT
BF
BFIF
BFIN
BFIO
BG
BGD
BGMT
BH
BHUM
BI
BIC
BIH
BILAT
BIMSTEC
BINR
BIO
BIOS
BIOTECH
BIOTECHNOLOGY
BIT
BITO
BK
BL
BLR
BLUE
BLUNT
BM
BMENA
BMGT
BMOT
BN
BNUC
BO
BOIKO
BOL
BOND
BOQ
BORDER
BOSNIA
BOU
BOUCHAIB KAKA
BOUTERSE
BP
BPIS
BPTS
BR
BRIAN
BRPA
BRUSSELS
BS
BSSR
BT
BTA
BTC
BTIO
BTIU
BTRA
BTT
BU
BUD
BULGARIA
BURMA
BUSH
BV
BW
BWC
BX
BXEP
BY
BZ
CA
CAC
CACM
CACS
CAFTA
CAIO
CAJC
CAMBODIA
CAN
CAPC
CARC
CARE
CARIB
CARICOM
CARSON
CAS
CASA
CASC
CASCC
CASCR
CASE
CASTILLO
CAVO
CB
CBC
CBD
CBE
CBG
CBIS
CBM
CBSA
CBTH
CBW
CCSR
CCY
CD
CDB
CDC
CDCC
CDCE
CDG
CDI
CE
CEA
CEC
CEDAW
CEN
CENTCOM
CENTRIC
CEUDA
CF
CFE
CFED
CFG
CFIS
CFSP
CG
CGEN
CGOPRC
CH
CHAD
CHALLENGE
CHAO
CHELIDZE
CHENEY
CHERTOFF
CHG
CHIEF
CHN
CHR
CHRISTIAN
CHRISTOF
CHRISTOPHER
CI
CIA
CIAT
CIC
CICTE
CIDA
CIO
CIP
CIS
CITEL
CITES
CITIBANK
CITT
CIVAIR
CIVS
CJ
CJAN
CJUS
CK
CKGR
CKOR
CL
CLEARANCE
CLINTON
CLMT
CLO
CLOK
CM
CMAE
CMFT
CMGT
CMP
CMT
CN
CNAR
CNARC
CNC
CNO
CO
CODEL
COE
COL
COLIN
COLLECTIVE
COLOMBO
COM
COMESA
COMMERCE
CON
CONAWAY
CONDOLEEZZA
CONDOLEEZZA RICE
CONEAZ
CONG
CONGO
CONGRINT
CONS
CONSULAR
CONTROL
CONTROLS
CORRUPTION
COSI
COUNTER
COUNTER TERRORISM
COUNTERTERRORISM
COUNTRY
COUNTRYCLEARANCE
CP
CPA
CPAS
CPC
CPCTC
CPPT
CPUOS
CQ
CR
CRIM
CRIME
CRIMES
CRM
CROATIA
CROS
CRS
CRUZ
CS
CSCE
CSEP
CSIS
CSW
CT
CTBT
CTER
CTERR
CTM
CTR
CTRYCLR
CU
CUCO
CUIS
CUL
CV
CVIA
CVIC
CVIS
CVISU
CVPR
CVR
CW
CWC
CWCM
CWG
CX
CY
CYP
CYPRUSARMS
CZ
DA
DAC
DAFR
DAN
DANFUNG
DANIEL
DAO
DARFR
DARFUR
DAVID
DAVID LEE HOWES
DAVID WELCH
DAVID WILLIAM RAY
DB
DC
DCDG
DCG
DCHA
DCI
DCM
DCOM
DCRM
DE
DEA
DEAX
DEFENSE
DEFENSEREFORM
DELTAVIOLENCE
DEM
DEMARCHE
DEMOCRATIC
DENNIS
DEOC
DEPT
DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER
DESI
DHA
DHLAKAMA
DHLS
DHRF
DHS
DHSX
DIEZ
DIPLOMACY
DISENGAGEMENT
DJ
DK
DKEM
DMIN
DMINE
DO
DOC
DOD
DOE
DOJ
DOMC
DOMESTIC
DOMESTICPOLITICS
DONALD RUMSFELD
DOT
DPAO
DPKO
DPM
DPOL
DPRK
DR
DRC
DRIP
DRL
DS
DSR
DSS
DTFN
DTRA
DTRO
DU
DVC
DY
EAC
EAD
EADI
EADM
EAG
EAGER
EAGR
EAI
EAIC
EAID
EAIDB
EAIDCIN
EAIDEGZ
EAIDMG
EAIDNI
EAIF
EAIG
EAIO
EAIR
EAIS
EAIT
EAOD
EAP
EAPC
EAR
EARI
EASS
EATO
EAUD
EAVI
EB
EBEXP
EBRD
EBUD
EC
ECA
ECCP
ECCT
ECE
ECIN
ECIP
ECLAC
ECN
ECOIN
ECOM
ECON
ECONCS
ECONEGE
ECONOMIC
ECONOMICS
ECONOMY
ECONOMY AND FINANCE
ECOR
ECOS
ECOSOC
ECOWAS
ECPC
ECPN
ECPO
ECPS
ECPSN
ECRM
ECTRD
ECUN
ED
EDA
EDEV
EDRC
EDU
EDUC
EE
EEB
EEC
EENG
EENV
EEOC
EET
EETC
EFI
EFIC
EFIM
EFIN
EFIS
EFLU
EFN
EFND
EFNI
EFQ
EFTA
EG
EGAD
EGAR
EGEN
EGHG
EGOV
EGOVSY
EH
EI
EIAD
EIAID
EIAR
EIB
EICN
EID
EIDE
EIDN
EIFN
EIN
EIND
EINDIR
EINF
EING
EINN
EINO
EINR
EINT
EINV
EINZ
EIPR
EIQ
EISL
EISNLN
EITC
EITI
EIVN
EK
EL
ELA
ELAB
ELAD
ELAINE
ELAM
ELAN
ELAP
ELB
ELBA
ELBR
ELEC
ELECTIONS
ELF
ELIN
ELN
ELND
ELNT
ELTD
ELTM
ELTN
ELTRN
EMAIL
EMED
EMI
EMIN
EMN
EMS
EMW
EN
END
ENDURING
ENEG
ENER
ENERG
ENERGY
ENFR
ENG
ENGR
ENGRD
ENGRG
ENGY
ENIV
ENLT
ENNP
ENR
ENRC
ENRG
ENRL
ENTG
ENV
ENVI
ENVIRONMENT
ENVR
ENVT
EON
EOXC
EP
EPA
EPAT
EPCS
EPE
EPEC
EPECO
EPET
EPIN
EPIT
EPPD
EPRT
EPSC
EPTE
EPTED
EPWR
EQ
EQRD
ER
ERA
ERD
EREL
ERGR
ERICKSON
ERIN
ERTD
ES
ESA
ESCAP
ESCI
ESDP
ESENV
ESF
ESLCO
ESOC
ESOCI
ESPS
ESS
ESSO
ESTH
ESTN
ESTRADA
ET
ETA
ETAD
ETC
ETCC
ETD
ETDR
ETEL
ETER
ETEX
ETFN
ETIC
ETIO
ETLN
ETMIN
ETR
ETRA
ETRAD
ETRB
ETRC
ETRD
ETRDECD
ETRG
ETRK
ETRN
ETRO
ETRP
ETT
ETTC
ETTD
ETTF
ETTN
ETTR
ETTRD
ETTW
ETZ
EU
EUC
EUCOM
EUE
EUEAID
EUFOR
EUM
EUMEM
EUN
EUR
EUREM
EURM
EURN
EV
EVENTS
EVN
EWRG
EWT
EWTR
EWWT
EX
EXBS
EXEC
EXIM
EXO
EXPORT
EXTERNAL
EZ
FA
FAA
FAC
FAGR
FAO
FARC
FARM
FAS
FATAH
FBI
FCC
FCS
FCSC
FCSCEG
FCUL
FDA
FDIC
FEDULOV
FEMA
FERNANDO
FGM
FI
FIN
FINANCE
FINE
FINR
FINREF
FINV
FIR
FISO
FJ
FK
FKFLO
FKLU
FLU
FM
FMC
FMGT
FMLN
FMS
FO
FOI
FOOKS
FOR
FORCE
FORCES
FOREIGN
FORWHA
FP
FPC
FR
FRA
FRANCIS
FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ
FRB
FREDOM
FREEDOM
FRELIMO
FRIED
FRN
FRU
FSC
FSI
FT
FTA
FTAA
FWS
GA
GAERC
GAMES
GAO
GARCIA
GASPAR
GATT
GAZA
GAZPROM
GB
GBSLE
GC
GCC
GCCC
GE
GEF
GEORGE
GERARD
GESKE
GF
GG
GH
GI
GIPNC
GIWI
GJ
GKGIC
GL
GLOBAL
GM
GN
GO
GOG
GOI
GON
GOVPOI
GPGOV
GPI
GPOI
GPOV
GR
GRQ
GS
GT
GTIP
GTMO
GTREFTEL
GU
GUAM
GUANTANAMO
GUIDANCE
GUILLERMO
GUTIERREZ
GV
GWI
GY
GZ
GZIS
HA
HARRIET
HARRY
HAWZ
HCOPIL
HDP
HE
HEAVEN
HEBRON
HELGERSON
HERCEGOVINA
HG
HHS
HI
HIGHLIGHTS
HIJAZI
HILARY
HILLARY
HILLEN
HIPC
HIV
HIZ
HK
HKSX
HL
HLSX
HN
HNCHR
HO
HOA
HOSTAGES
HPKO
HR
HRC
HRCS
HRICTY
HRIGHTS
HRKSTC
HSI
HSTC
HSWG
HT
HTCG
HTSC
HU
HUD
HUM
HUMAN
HUMANITARIAN
HUMANR
HUMANRIGHTS
HUMOR
HUMRIT
HUNRC
HURI
HURRICANE
HYDE
HYLAND
HYMPSK
HZ
IA
IACHR
IACI
IACO
IACW
IADB
IAEA
IAES
IAHRC
IAIE
IAII
IASA
IATTC
IAZ
IBB
IBD
IBET
IBPCA
IBRB
IBRD
IC
ICAC
ICAO
ICC
ICCAT
ICCROM
ICES
ICJ
ICRC
ICRS
ICSCA
ICTR
ICTY
ID
IDA
IDB
IDLI
IDLO
IDP
IDR
IE
IEA
IEAB
IEF
IF
IFAD
IFC
IFIN
IFM
IFO
IFR
IFRC
IG
IGAD
IGF
IHO
IICA
IINS
IIP
IK
IL
ILAB
ILC
ILEA
ILO
IMC
IMET
IMF
IMMIGRATION
IMO
IMSO
IMTS
IN
INAUGURATION
INCB
IND
INDO
INF
INFLUENZA
INL
INMARSAT
INNP
INPFC
INR
INRA
INRB
INRD
INRO
INRPAZ
INS
INSC
INT
INTEL
INTELLECTUAL
INTELSAT
INTERNAL
INTERPOL
INV
INVI
IO
IOC
IOM
IP
IPET
IPGRI
IPK
IPPC
IPR
IPROP
IQ
IQNV
IR
IRAN
IRAQ
IRAQI
IRAQI FREEDOM
IRC
IRCE
IRDB
IRE
IRL
IRLE
IRM
IRMO
IRNB
IRPE
IRS
IS
ISA
ISAAC
ISAF
ISCA
ISCON
ISLAMISTS
ISLE
ISN
ISNV
ISO
ISPA
ISPL
ISRAEL
ISRAEL RELATIONS
ISRAELI
ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
ISSUES
ISTC
IT
ITA
ITALIAN
ITALY
ITECIP
ITEIND
ITELTN
ITER
ITF
ITIA
ITRA
ITRD
ITU
IUCN
IV
IVIANNA
IWC
IWI
IX
IZ
IZAORC
JA
JAM
JAMES
JAPAN
JAT
JAWAD
JCIC
JE
JEFFERY
JEFFREY
JHR
JI
JIMENEZ
JIMENEZ CHILDREN
JK
JKUS
JM
JN
JO
JOHNNIE
JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA
JOSE RAMOS HORTA
JOSEPH BIDEN
JP
JS
JSRP
JUAN
JUS
JY
KA
KACP
KACT
KACW
KADM
KAID
KALM
KALR
KANSOU
KAPO
KARIM WADE
KATRINA
KAUST
KAWC
KAWK
KAWL
KAWS
KAWX
KAYLA
KBCT
KBDS
KBEM
KBIO
KBNC
KBTC
KBTR
KBTS
KBWG
KCCP
KCEM
KCERS
KCFC
KCFE
KCGC
KCHG
KCIP
KCIS
KCM
KCMA
KCMR
KCOG
KCOM
KCOR
KCPS
KCRCM
KCRI
KCRIM
KCRM
KCRN
KCRO
KCROM
KCROR
KCRP
KCRS
KCRT
KCSA
KCSI
KCSY
KCUL
KCUM
KCVM
KCWI
KDCM
KDDEM
KDDG
KDE
KDEM
KDEN
KDET
KDEV
KDGOV
KDGR
KDHS
KDM
KDMR
KDP
KDRG
KDRL
KDTB
KDUM
KE
KEAI
KEBG
KECF
KEDEM
KEDM
KEDU
KEIM
KEM
KEMPI
KEMR
KEMS
KEN
KENV
KERF
KERG
KESO
KESP
KESS
KEVIN
KFAM
KFCE
KFE
KFEM
KFGM
KFIN
KFIU
KFLD
KFLO
KFLU
KFOR
KFPC
KFRD
KFRP
KFSC
KFTFN
KFTN
KG
KGCC
KGCN
KGHA
KGHG
KGIC
KGICKS
KGIT
KGIV
KGKG
KGLB
KGOR
KGOV
KH
KHDP
KHGH
KHIB
KHIV
KHJUS
KHLS
KHMN
KHOURY
KHPD
KHSA
KHSL
KHUM
KI
KIBL
KICA
KICC
KICCPUR
KICR
KICT
KID
KIDE
KIF
KIFR
KIIC
KIIP
KIL
KILS
KIMMITT
KIMT
KIND
KINF
KINL
KINP
KINR
KINT
KIPR
KIPT
KIRC
KIRF
KIRL
KIRP
KIS
KISC
KISK
KISL
KISM
KISR
KITA
KIVP
KIVR
KJAN
KJRE
KJU
KJUS
KJUST
KJWC
KK
KKIV
KKNP
KKOR
KKPO
KLAB
KLAP
KLBO
KLEG
KLFLO
KLFU
KLHS
KLIG
KLIP
KLPM
KLSO
KLTN
KM
KMAC
KMAR
KMCA
KMCC
KMCR
KMDR
KMEPI
KMFO
KMGT
KMIG
KMNP
KMOC
KMPF
KMPI
KMPIO
KMPL
KMPP
KMPT
KMRD
KMRS
KMSG
KMVP
KMWN
KN
KNAO
KNAP
KNAR
KNDP
KNEI
KNEP
KNET
KNMP
KNN
KNNA
KNNB
KNNC
KNNF
KNNO
KNNP
KNNR
KNOP
KNP
KNPP
KNPPIS
KNPR
KNPT
KNRG
KNRV
KNSD
KNUC
KNUP
KO
KOC
KOCI
KOCM
KOEM
KOGL
KOLY
KOM
KOMC
KOMCCO
KOMCSG
KOMH
KOMO
KOMS
KOR
KOSOVO
KOUYATE
KPA
KPAD
KPAI
KPAK
KPAL
KPALAOIS
KPAM
KPAO
KPAS
KPBT
KPDD
KPEM
KPEO
KPER
KPET
KPIN
KPIR
KPKO
KPKP
KPLS
KPMI
KPMO
KPO
KPOA
KPOKO
KPOL
KPOP
KPOV
KPOW
KPPAO
KPPD
KPRD
KPRM
KPRO
KPROG
KPRP
KPRV
KPSC
KPTD
KPTS
KPWG
KPWR
KQ
KQM
KQRDQ
KR
KRAD
KRAL
KRCIM
KRCM
KRCS
KRD
KRDP
KREC
KREF
KREL
KRF
KRFD
KRFR
KRG
KRGY
KRIC
KRIF
KRIM
KRKO
KRM
KRMS
KRV
KRVC
KS
KSA
KSAC
KSAF
KSCA
KSCI
KSCS
KSCT
KSEAO
KSEC
KSEI
KSEO
KSEP
KSI
KSIA
KSKN
KSLG
KSMT
KSOC
KSOCI
KSPA
KSPR
KSRE
KSTC
KSTCC
KSTCPL
KSTH
KSTS
KSTT
KSUM
KSUP
KT
KTAO
KTBD
KTBT
KTCRE
KTDB
KTDD
KTDM
KTER
KTEX
KTFIN
KTFM
KTFN
KTFR
KTFS
KTIA
KTIP
KTLA
KTNBT
KTNF
KTPN
KTRD
KTRF
KTSC
KTSD
KTTB
KTTC
KTTP
KU
KUAE
KUIR
KUM
KUNA
KUNC
KUNH
KUNP
KUNR
KUS
KUWAIT
KV
KVBL
KVIP
KVIR
KVIS
KVPR
KVRC
KVRP
KW
KWAC
KWAK
KWAWC
KWBC
KWBG
KWBW
KWCI
KWCR
KWGB
KWHG
KWIC
KWIM
KWIR
KWKN
KWM
KWMJN
KWMM
KWMN
KWN
KWNM
KWNN
KWOMN
KWPA
KWPB
KWPG
KWPR
KWRC
KWRF
KWRG
KWUN
KWWT
KWWW
KX
KY
KZ
LA
LAB
LABOR
LANSANA
LANTERN
LARREA
LARS
LAS
LAURA
LAVIN
LAW
LB
LBAR
LBY
LE
LEAGUE
LEB
LEBIK
LEGAT
LEGATT
LEIS
LEON
LEVINE
LEW
LG
LGAT
LH
LI
LIB
LICC
LIMA
LINE
LK
LMS
LN
LO
LOG
LORAN
LOTT
LOVE
LR
LS
LT
LTG
LTTE
LU
LV
LVPR
LY
LZ
MA
MAAR
MACEDONIA
MACP
MANUEL
MAP
MAPP
MAPS
MAR
MARAD
MARIE
MARINO
MARITIME
MARK
MARQUEZ
MARR
MARS
MARTIN
MARV
MAS
MASC
MASS
MATT
MB
MBM
MC
MCA
MCAP
MCAPARR
MCAPN
MCAPP
MCAPS
MCAT
MCC
MCCONNELL
MCCP
MCRM
MCTRE
MD
MDA
MDC
MDO
ME
MEA
MED
MEDIA
MEP
MEPI
MEPN
MEPP
MERCOSUR
MESUR
MEX
MF
MFA
MFO
MG
MGL
MGMT
MGOV
MGT
MGTA
MH
MHUC
MI
MIAH
MIC
MICHAEL
MICHEL
MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO
MIK
MIL
MILI
MILITANTS
MILITARY
MILLENNIUM
MINURSO
MINUSTAH
MITCHELL
MJ
MK
ML
MLS
MMAR
MMED
MN
MNLF
MNNC
MNNUC
MNU
MNUC
MNUCH
MNUCWA
MNUM
MNUN
MNUR
MNUS
MNVC
MO
MOHAMAD
MOHAMMAD
MOLINA
MONTENEGRO
MONUC
MONY
MOOPS
MOP
MOPP
MOPPS
MOPS
MORG
MOROCCO
MORS
MOS
MOTO
MOTT
MP
MPOL
MPOS
MPP
MPS
MQADHAFI
MR
MRCRE
MRRR
MRS
MRSEC
MS
MSG
MSIG
MT
MTAA
MTAG
MTCAE
MTCR
MTCRA
MTCRE
MTRCE
MTRE
MTRRE
MTS
MU
MUC
MUCN
MUKASEY
MULLEN
MUNC
MURRAY
MV
MW
MX
MY
MZ
NA
NAC
NACB
NAFTA
NAM
NAMSA
NANCY
NAR
NARC
NARCOTICS
NARR
NAS
NASA
NAT
NATEU
NATGAS
NATIONAL
NATO
NATOAFGHAN
NATOBALKANS
NATOIRAQ
NATOOPS
NATOPOLICY
NATSIOS
NAVO
NB
NBTS
NBU
NC
NCCC
NCD
NCT
NCTC
NDI
NDP
NE
NEA
NEC
NEI
NELSON
NEPAD
NERG
NET
NEW
NFATC
NFMS
NFSO
NG
NGO
NGUYEN
NH
NI
NICOLE
NIH
NIPP
NK
NKWG
NL
NLD
NLIAEA
NLO
NMFS
NMNUC
NMUC
NNPT
NO
NOAA
NOI
NOK
NON
NONE
NORAD
NOTAG
NOVO
NP
NPA
NPG
NPT
NR
NRC
NRG
NRR
NRRC
NS
NSC
NSF
NSFO
NSG
NSSP
NT
NTDB
NTSB
NTTC
NU
NUC
NUIN
NV
NW
NZ
NZUS
OA
OAO
OARC
OAS
OASC
OASCC
OASS
OAU
OBAMA
OBS
OBSP
OCBD
OCEA
OCED
OCHA
OCII
OCRA
OCS
OCSE
ODAG
ODC
ODIP
ODPC
OECD
OECS
OECV
OES
OESC
OEXC
OEXP
OF
OFDA
OFDC
OFDP
OFDPQIS
OFFICIALS
OFPD
OFSO
OGAC
OGIV
OHCHR
OHI
OHIP
OI
OIC
OICCO
OIE
OIF
OIG
OIIP
OIL
OIM
OLY
OLYAIR
OLYMPICS
OM
OMB
OMIG
OMS
ON
ONA
OPAD
OPBAT
OPC
OPCD
OPCR
OPCW
OPDAT
OPDC
OPDP
OPEC
OPET
OPIC
OPID
OPOC
OPPC
OPRC
OPREC
OPREP
OPS
OPSC
OPVIP
ORA
ORC
ORCA
ORECD
ORED
OREG
OREP
ORGANIZED
ORP
ORTA
ORUE
OSAC
OSCE
OSCI
OSD
OSEC
OSHA
OSIC
OSTA
OSTRA
OTA
OTAR
OTP
OTR
OTRA
OTRABL
OTRAO
OTRAZ
OTRC
OTRD
OUALI
OVIP
OVP
OXEC
OXEM
OZ
PA
PAARM
PAC
PACE
PAGE
PAGR
PAHO
PAIGH
PAK
PAL
PALESTINIAN
PAMQ
PAN
PANAM
PAO
PAR
PARALYMPIC
PARCA
PAREL
PARK
PARLIAMENT
PARM
PARMS
PARN
PARP
PARR
PARTIES
PARTM
PARTY
PAS
PASS
PATTY
PAUM
PB
PBGT
PBIO
PBK
PBOV
PBPTS
PBS
PBT
PBTS
PCI
PCON
PCOR
PCRM
PCUL
PD
PDA
PDD
PDEM
PDIP
PDOV
PDRG
PE
PEACE
PEACEKEEPINGFORCES
PEDRO
PEL
PELOSI
PEMEX
PENA
PENV
PEPFAR
PEPR
PER
PEREZ
PERL
PERM
PERSONS
PET
PETER
PETERS
PETR
PETRAEUS
PETROL
PF
PFIN
PFLP
PFOR
PFOV
PG
PGGOC
PGIC
PGIV
PGKV
PGO
PGOC
PGOF
PGOG
PGON
PGOR
PGOT
PGOV
PGOVE
PGOVQL
PGPV
PGREL
PGREV
PGV
PH
PHALANAGE
PHARM
PHAS
PHEM
PHIM
PHM
PHSA
PHU
PHUH
PHUM
PHUMHUPPS
PHUN
PHUS
PHYTRP
PI
PIA
PICES
PIF
PIN
PINB
PIND
PINER
PINF
PING
PINL
PINO
PINR
PINS
PINT
PINV
PIR
PIRF
PIRN
PJUS
PK
PKAO
PKBL
PKFK
PKISL
PKK
PKMN
PKNP
PKO
PKPA
PKPAL
PKPO
PKPRP
PKST
PL
PLAB
PLAN
PLEC
PLN
PLO
PLUM
PM
PMAR
PMAT
PMDL
PMIG
PMIL
PMIN
PMR
PMUC
PN
PNAT
PNET
PNG
PNIR
PNNL
PNR
PNRG
PNS
PNUC
PNUK
PNUM
PO
PODC
POG
POGV
POINS
POL
POLG
POLI
POLICY
POLINT
POLITICAL
POLITICS
POLM
POLMIL
POLS
POLUN
POREL
PORG
POSTS
POTUS
POUS
POV
POWELL
PP
PPA
PPAO
PPD
PPEF
PPEL
PPKO
PPOL
PQL
PQM
PRC
PRE
PREC
PRED
PREF
PREG
PREJ
PREK
PREL
PRELEVU
PRELM
PRELPLS
PRELTBIOBA
PREM
PREO
PREP
PRER
PRES
PRESIDENT
PRESL
PREV
PREZ
PRF
PRFE
PRFL
PRGO
PRGOV
PRIL
PRL
PRLE
PRM
PRO
PROB
PROCESS
PROG
PROL
PROLIFERATION
PROP
PROPERTY
PROTECTION
PROTESTS
PROV
PROVE
PRT
PRTER
PRWL
PS
PSA
PSCE
PSEC
PSEPC
PSHA
PSI
PSNR
PSO
PSOC
PSOCI
PSOE
PT
PTBS
PTE
PTEL
PTEP
PTER
PTGOV
PTIA
PTR
PTRD
PU
PUAS
PUBLIC
PUNE
PUNR
PUOS
PV
PVIP
PVOV
PVPR
PVTS
PWBG
PWMN
PY
QA
QADRI
QEL
QI
QIZ
QM
QT
QU
QUAN
QUOC
RA
RAED
RAID
RAS
RATIFICATION
RBI
RCA
RCMP
RE
REA
REACTION
REALTIONS
RECIN
REF
REFORM
REFPAN
REFUGEE
REFUGEES
REGION
REGIONAL
REID
REIN
REINEMEYER
REL
RELAM
RELATIONS
RELFREE
RELIGIOUS
REMON
RENAMO
RENE PREVAL
REO
REPORT
REUBEN
RF
RFE
RFIN
RFREEDOM
RGOV
RGY
RHUM
RI
RICE
RICHARD
RIGHTS
RIGHTSPOLMIL
RIMC
RIVERA
RL
RLA
RM
RMA
RO
ROK
ROME
ROSS
ROW
ROY
RP
RPEL
RPTS
RQ
RR
RRB
RREL
RS
RSO
RSOX
RSP
RSZ
RTT
RU
RUEHZO
RV
RW
RWANDA
SA
SAAD
SAARC
SACU
SADC
SAFE
SAIR
SAIS
SAMA
SAN
SANC
SANR
SAO
SARB
SARGSIAN
SARS
SASC
SASEC
SB
SBA
SC
SCA
SCCC
SCE
SCENESETTER
SCHUL
SCI
SCIENCE
SCNV
SCOI
SCOL
SCOM
SCPR
SCRM
SCRS
SCRSERD
SCUL
SCVL
SD
SE
SEC
SECDEF
SECI
SECRET
SECRETARY
SECSTATE
SECTOR
SECURITY
SEMAAN GABY EID
SEN
SENC
SENG
SENS
SENU
SENV
SENVQGR
SENVSPL
SENVSXE
SEP
SERBIA
SERZH
SETTLEMENTS
SEVN
SEXP
SF
SFNV
SG
SGNV
SGWI
SH
SHANNON
SHI
SHUM
SI
SIMS
SIPDI
SIPDIS
SIPR
SIPRNET
SIPRS
SIUK
SK
SKCA
SKEP
SKI
SKSAF
SL
SLM
SLOVAK
SM
SMAR
SMI
SMIG
SMIL
SMIT
SMITH
SMRT
SN
SNA
SNAP
SNAR
SNUC
SO
SOC
SOCI
SOCIA
SOCIETY
SOCIS
SOCISZX
SOCR
SOCY
SOE
SOFA
SOI
SOIC
SOLI
SOLIC
SOM
SOPN
SORT
SOSI
SOVIET
SOWGC
SP
SPAS
SPC
SPCE
SPCVIS
SPECI
SPECIALIST
SPILL
SPP
SPSTATE
SR
SREF
SRIT
SRS
SRYI
SSA
SSH
ST
STAG
START
STATE
STC
STEINBERG
STET
STP
STR
SU
SUCCESSION
SULLIVAN
SUMMIT
SUR
SV
SW
SWHO
SWMN
SX
SXG
SY
SYAI
SYMBOL
SYR
SYRIA
SYSI
SYTH
SZ
TA
TAGS
TALAL
TAUSCHER
TAX
TB
TBI
TBID
TBIO
TBIOZK
TBKIO
TBO
TC
TCOR
TCSENV
TD
TDA
TE
TECH
TECHNOLOGY
TER
TERAA
TERFIN
TERR
TERROR
TERRORISM
TF
TFIN
TG
TGRY
TH
THANH
THE
THERESE
THIRDTERM
THKSJA
THOMAS
THPY
TI
TIA
TIBO
TIFA
TINT
TIO
TIP
TITI
TIUZ
TJ
TK
TL
TM
TN
TNDG
TNGD
TO
TOPEC
TORRIJOS
TOURISM
TP
TPHY
TPKO
TPP
TPSA
TPSL
TR
TRAD
TRADE
TRAFFICKING
TRBIO
TRBY
TRD
TREAS
TREASURY
TREATY
TREL
TRG
TRGV
TRGY
TRIO
TRSY
TRT
TRV
TRY
TRYG
TRYS
TS
TSA
TSLP
TSPA
TSPL
TSRL
TSRY
TSY
TT
TTFN
TU
TURKEY
TV
TVBIO
TW
TWRO
TX
TY
TZ
TZBY
UA
UAE
UAID
UAM
UB
UDEM
UE
UEU
UG
UGA
UK
UKR
UKRAINE
UM
UMIK
UN
UNA
UNAF
UNAIDS
UNAMA
UNAMSIL
UNAORC
UNAUS
UNBRO
UNC
UNCC
UNCDF
UNCDN
UNCHC
UNCHR
UNCHS
UNCITRAL
UNCND
UNCOPUOS
UNCRED
UNCRIME
UNCSD
UNCSW
UNCTAD
UNDC
UNDEF
UNDOF
UNDP
UNECE
UNEF
UNEP
UNESCO
UNFA
UNFC
UNFCYP
UNFF
UNFICYP
UNFIYCP
UNFPA
UNGA
UNGAPL
UNGO
UNHCR
UNHRC
UNICEF
UNIDCP
UNIDO
UNIDROIT
UNIFEM
UNIFIL
UNION
UNKIK
UNM
UNMEE
UNMIC
UNMIK
UNMIKI
UNMIKV
UNMIL
UNMIN
UNMOVIC
UNO
UNODC
UNOMIG
UNOPS
UNP
UNPAR
UNPUOS
UNRCCA
UNRCR
UNREST
UNRWA
UNSC
UNSCAPU
UNSCD
UNSCE
UNSCER
UNSCR
UNSCS
UNSD
UNSE
UNTAC
UNTERR
UNTZ
UNUS
UNVIE
UNYI
UP
UPU
UPUO
UR
US
USAID
USAU
USCC
USCG
USDA
USDELFESTTWO
USEU
USG
USGS
USMS
USNC
USOAS
USOP
USPS
USPTO
USSC
USTA
USTDA
USTR
USTRD
USTRIT
USTRPS
USTRUWR
USUN
UUNR
UV
UX
UY
UZ
VA
VANG
VAT
VC
VE
VELS
VEN
VENZ
VETTING
VI
VINICIO
VIP
VIS
VISIT
VM
VN
VO
VOA
VT
VTEG
VTFR
VTIS
VTPREL
VTTBIO
VTWCAR
VXY
VY
VZ
WA
WAEMU
WAKI
WAR
WB
WBEG
WBG
WCAR
WCI
WCL
WCO
WE
WEBG
WEBZ
WEET
WEF
WEOG
WET
WEU
WFA
WFP
WFPAORC
WFPO
WGC
WGG
WHA
WHITMER
WHO
WHTI
WI
WILCOX
WIPO
WIR
WJRO
WM
WMD
WMDT
WMN
WMO
WOMEN
WPO
WRTO
WS
WSIS
WTO
WTRD
WTRO
WTRQ
WW
WWARD
WWBG
WWT
WZ
XA
XAAF
XB
XC
XD
XE
XF
XFNEA
XG
XH
XI
XJ
XK
XL
XLUM
XM
XO
XP
XQ
XR
XS
XT
XTAG
XU
XV
XW
XX
XXX
XY
XZ
YE
YEH
YI
YL
YM
YMCS
YS
YU
YURIY
ZA
ZANU
ZB
ZC
ZCTU
ZEALAND
ZF
ZFR
ZH
ZI
ZIM
ZJ
ZK
ZKGM
ZL
ZM
ZN
ZO
ZP
ZR
ZS
ZT
ZU
ZW
ZXA