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04ANKARA2590	IRAQ: TURKISH PRESS REACTION TO ABU GHRAIB ABUSE [...] (SBU) Abuse of prisoners by US forces at Abu Ghraib has dominated the Turkish press since the photos were published last weekend. Drawing from reports in US publications, all major papers and broadcast news channels have reported on the abuses in detail. They have also reported fairly and ac [...]	2004-05-07 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC KMDR PHUM MARR TU IZ

04ANKARA2594	IRAQ: TURKISH OFFICIAL, PARLIAMENTARY AND NGO [...] (SBU) While Turkish officials have not complained to us about the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners, the Turkish press, Parliament and NGO community are vocally expressing their disgust with the news. Several groups have peacefully demonstrated in front of the US and UK Embassies in Ankara. [...]	2004-05-07 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MOPS MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2598	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-07 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2599	CONTINUED SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The sell-off continued in Turkish markets this week, with bursts of nervous selling Thursday and Friday driving the lira to new lows for the year. A bad week for global emerging markets was exacerbated in the Turkish case by increased tension between the Government and the milit [...]	2004-05-07 17:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2600	RULING PARTY, "SECULAR" OPPONENTS CLASH OVER [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party has introduced a bill that would make it easier for graduates of imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools to enroll in university programs other than theology. AK's opponents deride the bill as a threat to the secular State. The opposition Republica [...]	2004-05-08 06:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA261	GOT OVERHAULING CRIMINAL LAW SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: An experts committee is conducting a thorough overhaul of three major Turkish laws that determine what constitutes a crime, how crimes are punished, and how the judiciary functions in criminal matters. The committee will propose a wide range of reforms, including: eliminating rape [...]	2004-01-15 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA262	Police Working on DHS Emergency Aviation [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 8. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) Turkish police officials told us that they are working on a system to ensure that the GOT can deploy an armed law enforcement officer to civilian flights if requested by the U.S. Transportation Security Admi [...]	2004-01-15 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR TU
04ANKARA2623	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-10 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2628	TURKISH GOVERNMENT INTEREST RATES SPIKE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish markets' sell-off accelerated Monday with equities, the lira, and, especially government securities falling sharply. The increase in interest rates on government debt was very large for a single day, with rates over 30 percent for the first time in 2004. In Turkey's cas [...]	2004-05-10 17:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA263	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-15 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2663	NEW DRAFT LAW REMOVES BARRIER TO UNIVERSITY [...] (C) Summary: AK Party (AKP) government will press ahead with its new draft higher education law despite open opposition from the military and higher education establishment. Under the existing law, higher education has been under the purview of the controversial Higher Education Council (YOK) [...]	2004-05-12 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OEXC SCUL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2664	TURKISH MILITARY WANTED YES/NO CYPRUS OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish General Staff is appreciative of US and UK assistance in forging a balanced although problematic Cyprus plan. TGS wanted the yes/no outcome from the referenda, although it has no clear idea of where to go from here. The Turkish military worries that Cyprus might use [...]	2004-05-12 09:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR CY TU PINR
04ANKARA2667	RULING AK PARTY, OPPOSITION CHP, AND WOMEN'S [...] (U) Summary: MPs from ruling AK Party clashed with the opposition CHP and women's rights advocates in debates over a constitutional amendment on gender equality. Parliament adopted an AKP measure with expanded language on the equal rights of men and women, while rejecting a CHP proposal suppo [...]	2004-05-12 09:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2680	BOEING FEELS PRESSURE IN THE TURKISH MARKET [...] (C) Summary: Boeing representatives continue to be concerned over attempts by a senior official of the AKP cabinet to pressure the company into hiring one of his associates as Boeing's representative in Turkey. Boeing is currently competing with EADS-Airbus for the potential sale of 19 narro [...]	2004-05-12 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	BEXP ECON ETRD TU
04ANKARA2685	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY REQUESTS USG WEBSITE [...] On May 5, Turkish MFA Americas Department Head Ilicak presented us a dipnote noting that the Department of Commerce's website www.aesdirect.gov used "historic, ancient and archaeological" place names for certain Turkish cities as well as their current Turkish ones, e.g., "Constantinople" and [...]	2004-05-12 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU
04ANKARA2686	NEW QUOTA SYSTEM NOT SOLUTION FOR RICE BAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 27, TMO announced the creation of a quota system intended to liquidate their stocks and allow limited rice imports. Rice importers who purchase TMO stocks will be allowed to import an equivalent (paddy equivalent) quantity. Since August of 2003, the Turkish Ministry [...]	2004-05-12 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA2691	ISAF SHORTFALLS: TURKS CONTEND THEY HAVE THE [...] (C) During a recent discussion on Turkish helos for Afghanistan (ref b),NATO Department Head Alper Coskum confirmed what MFA officials had told us in late March (ref c): the Turkish military does not possess Role 2 and Casualty Staging Medical Unit capability. Coskun said the Turkish Genera [...]	2004-05-12 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2695	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2697	ADVANCING OUR ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN TURKEY AHEAD [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reason: 1.4(b,d) 2. (C) Summary: We have time to make one more hard push to advance our core economic interests in Turkey ahead of the end-June Presidential visit and NATO Summit. We need to use every opportunity during this period to enc [...]	2004-05-12 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ETRD PTER TU
04ANKARA2698	TURKEY LOOKING TO MINIMIZE AEGEAN TENSIONS FOR [...] (C) PolmilCouns sought an update on the status of Greek-Turkish military relations in the wake of PM Erdogan's visit to Athens (ref B) from TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus Director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu on May 10. The Admiral was hopeful that the PM's visit had laid the groundwork to move forward on be [...]	2004-05-12 17:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
04ANKARA2699	MEETINGS WITH BANK REGULATORY BODY CHAIRMAN,IMF [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank regulatory board Chairman Bilgin and IMF Deputy ResRep Klingen expressed concerns about a recent court ruling over the failure of Demir and Kent Banks, which could open the door to failed banks owners getting new banking licenses. Bilgin and Central Bank Vice-Governor Basc [...]	2004-05-12 17:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA2717	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-13 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2719	TURKEY INCHING TOWARD MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: NP PDAS Susan Burk met with a Turkish interagency group May 12 in Ankara followed by a call on MFA DG for International Security Affairs Turan Morali to push for more active Turkish participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The Turks noted that they were pl [...]	2004-05-14 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA2721	TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish officials say they continue to strongly support the East-West Energy Corridor and are positioning Turkey to become the transit hub for Caspian and Middle East natural gas to Europe. Turkey is pushing two pipeline projects to export gas to Europe and exploring options f [...]	2004-05-14 09:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET ETRD SENV TU
04ANKARA2736	AFGHANISTAN: PM APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR PRT IN [...] (C) PM Erdogan approved the MFA/TGS proposal to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar province and agreed to provide the requisite funding. The MFA will instruct its missions in Kabul, Brussels and Washington to inform the appropriate authorities. Turkey will not consider [...]	2004-05-14 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2737	TERRORIST FINANCE: AQ LINKED BOSNIAN CHARITIES [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-14 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	BK CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA2738	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 54 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-14 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EFIN ETTC GM KSEP KVPR PTER TU
04ANKARA2741	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-14 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2743	SHARING THE GMEI SUPPORT PLAN: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A points and ref B Plan of Support on May 14 to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Akcapar and Middle East Department Section Chief Sekizkok. Per ref A, we modified ref B cover letter to include a paragraph reading "We are conveying this to you at this point to [...]	2004-05-14 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU KMPI
04ANKARA2744	EU ANKARA OFFICE PREPARING KEY REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The EU Commission office in Ankara is preparing the first draft of a report that will guide the Council when it reviews Turkey's candidacy at the December Summit. Contacts say the report -- to be released September 29 -- will significantly influence the Council's decision, though [...]	2004-05-15 05:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA2758	Secretary Mineta's May 23 to 25 Visit to [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes several weeks before the President's June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time of improving political relations and close cooperation on our key international priorities. Your meetings with Transport Minister Yildi [...]	2004-05-17 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER EAIR PREL OVIP TU
04ANKARA2769	LETTER FROM TURKEY MINISTER OF STATE TUZMEN TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-17 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
04ANKARA2770	GOT PREPARING FOR EVENTUAL ICC MEMBERSHIP, [...] (U) Action request -- para 4. 2. (U) Levent Sahinkaya, head of the MFA International Political Organizations Department, told us April 22 that the GOT intends to eventually become a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC). He denied press reports indicating that Turkey will j [...]	2004-05-17 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM TU
04ANKARA2774	UPCOMING UN AND U.S. ACTION ON CYPRUS [...] (C) With the SYG's report on the Cyprus negotiations and the referendum set to come out soon, it is important that we engage in a full-court press for a strong follow-on UNSCR despite the formidable UNSC obstacles and other political hurdles. The SYG's report, and the resulting UNSC debate an [...]	2004-05-17 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2779	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-17 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2791	GOT CANCELS $2B ATAK HELICOPTER, $1B UAV, AND AN [...] (C) The Executive Committee (PM, CHOD and MOD) announced May 14 that it had canceled procurement programs for attack helicopters and UAVs, as well as a moribund program for main battle tanks. The EC publicly explained its decision as an effort to better acquire new models based on domestic pr [...]	2004-05-17 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL TU IS
04ANKARA2798	TURKEY CANNOT RAISE REPRESENTATION AT MAY 27 NSG [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENRG TRGY TU
04ANKARA2799	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: MFA REQUESTS STATUS REPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (U) MFA/Americas official Netka Noyan telephoned deputy pol-mil counselor May 17 to inquire about the status of Turkey's request to provide F-16 pilot training to Singapore (refs C-F). The MFA subsequently sent the Embassy a diplomatic note [...]	2004-05-18 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR SN TU
04ANKARA2812	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2821	REDUCED AEGEAN AIR ACTIVITY: NEED WE JUMP IN? [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
04ANKARA2822	AFGHANISTAN AND PRTS: TURKS SET ON TAKHAR [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting on Cyprus (septel),MFA U/S Ziyal reiterated to Ambassador and UK Ambassador Westmacott that Turkey is committed to establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar and is not considering alternative locations. 2. (C) UK Amb. Westmacott opened [...]	2004-05-18 16:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2823	TURKISH POLITICAL STABILITY: TENSIONS BREAK THE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has entered a period of increased political tension as a result of the education reform controversy. PM Erdogan will remain under constant pressure from within his AK Party and from the Turkish military. Erdogan and AKP are showing strains as even relatively "liberal" memb [...]	2004-05-20 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA2834	INVITATION TO PM ERDOGAN TO G-8 SUMMIT AT SEA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, May 20 Ambassador delivered invitation to Prime Minister Erdogan to attend Sea Island G-8 Summit for GME lunch on June 9. Ambassador stressed our appreciation for the constructive Turkish contribution to work on the Democracy Assistance Group and willingness to be a co-spon [...]	2004-05-20 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL TU
04ANKARA2839	AMBASSADORS EDELMAN AND WESTMACOTT'S MAY 18 [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Ambassador Edelman and UK Ambassador Westmacott, Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal and Deputy U/S Ilkin urged USUN and the UK UN delegation to stay in close touch with the Turkish delegation as the UNSC considered action after the SYG's report. The Turks expect a general [...]	2004-05-20 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2842	Dillingham Pulling Out of Turkey [...] In an April 27 letter to the Ambassador, Dillingham Construction International Inc. (DCII) advised that, due to the judicial system's failure to uphold its rights, it will pull out of Turkey and refrain from bidding on future projects. DCII's experience in Turkish courts creates serious doubt [...]	2004-05-20 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ETRD TU
04ANKARA2857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-20 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2874	FUTURE IMF ROLE IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Post offers its analysis of issues associated with the IMF's future role in Turkey. In our view, the primary goals are to reduce the Fund's exposure and to encourage Turkey to implement sound policies and pursue the reform road to sustainable growth. In theory, [...]	2004-05-21 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA2876	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS PROPOSE ENDING PMF PROVIDED [...] (S/NF) On May 21, Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Safak Gokturk passed PolMilCouns a non-paper (text at para 2) announcing Turkey's decision to end the Turkish-led Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) in northern Iraq, provided arrangements are made for the PMF's Iraqi memb [...]	2004-05-21 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA2878	S/P REISS RAISES GME, IRAQ, IRAN WITH TURKISH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In May 7 meetings in Ankara, S/P Director Mitchell B. Reiss discussed USG policies toward 1) the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq; 2) the Greater Middle East Initiative (GMEI); 3) Iranian nuclear ambitions; and, 4) NATO,s Istanbul Summit. Turkish MFA U/S Ugur Ziyal, Policy Plan [...]	2004-05-21 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU
04ANKARA2879	GOT Turns Down DVC Proposal; Suggests a TIFA [...] On May 20, the Embassy received a response to our diplomatic note proposing a digital video conference (DVC) between U.S. and Turkish experts on intellectual property issues. Following the December 2003 Economic Partnership Commission meeting, the USG and GOT had agreed to expert-level meetin [...]	2004-05-21 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA2881	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-21 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2884	Land mine attacks, hostile contact in Southeast [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-24 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PINR ASEC PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA2894	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-24 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2897	SYRIA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT IMPLEMENTATION DEMARCHE: [...] (C) We delivered ref A points, orally supplemented with unclassified points from ref B, on May 24 to Turkish MFA SIPDIS Middle East Department Head Tuzun. Tuzun noted this is a unilateral USG action which does not involve third countries. The GOT believes this is not a constructive way to [...]	2004-05-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL SY TU
04ANKARA2898	TURKS "NOT GETTING ANYWHERE" WITH RUSSIA ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman told us May 24 that the GOT expects no change in Russia's Cyprus policy, despite FM Gul's May 20 visit to Moscow. Gul went to Moscow with an OIC delegation but met one-on-one with FM Lavrov to discuss Cyprus. MFA U/S Ziyal told Ambassador Edelman [...]	2004-05-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2901	TURKEY AND PRTS IN AFGHANISTAN: SETTING THE RECORD [...] (C) The Turkish press is reporting that Washington is debating whether to respond positively to Turkey's proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar province if the Turks refuse to go west or south. We provide a chronology of Turkey's PRT-related consultations and considerations leading up to their [...]	2004-05-24 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2906	BLAIR VISIT TO ANKARA: MARKING A DEEPENING OF [...] (U) Summary: During a brief but concentrated visit to Turkey May 17, UK PM Blair assured PM Erdogan and President Sezer the UK will back Turkey's EU bid and work to end the isolation of Turkish Cypriots. Blair and Erdogan agreed on a UK-initiated "Action Plan" to hold annual PM-level bilateral [...]	2004-05-25 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU
04ANKARA291	IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATION IN WASHINGTON ON TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-16 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA2913	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-25 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2914	CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of the IEA's Seminar "Natural Gas in South East Europe," May 5-6, in Istanbul, Ambassador Mann met with Energy U/S Sami Demirbilek and MFA DDG for Energy Hakki Akil to discuss U.S.-Turkish coordination in support of the East-West Energy Corridor. Turkish officia [...]	2004-05-25 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ENRG EPET ETTC IR TU
04ANKARA2915	TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY ON IMF, U.S. MONEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Treasury U/S Canakci told Econoffs May 24 that the GOT would decide soon about both the U.S. Financial Agreement and the future IMF role. Econoffs delivered ref a financial points. Despite the recnt market downturn, Canakci was confident about Treasury's financing position for [...]	2004-05-25 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL TU
04ANKARA2916	IRAQ: TURKEY DESIRES ANTI-TERRORISM PARA IN NEW [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Ali Tuygan told the Ambassador May 25 that the new Iraq Interim Government (IIG) should not include IGC member Mahmoud Othman (whom Turkey suspects of having ties with the PKK/Kongra Gel) but should included significant Turkoman representation. Regarding the draft [...]	2004-05-25 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ TU PTER
04ANKARA2946	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: PRESSING TURKEY FOR A LARGER [...] (C) The Ambassador deployed reftel talking points with MFA Deputy Under Secretary Ali Tuygan on May 25, noting that Turkey was receiving similar messages from SACEUR Gen Jones. He recalled previously discussing Turkey's contribution of a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) with U/S Ziyal (ref [...]	2004-05-27 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF TU
04ANKARA2947	AFGHANISTAN: TURKISH CHOD REITERATES TO GEN KUJAT [...] (C) Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok reiterated to NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee GEN Kujat May 26 that the GOT's position on establishing a PRT in Takhar was firm and that Turkey would not establish a PRT in an alternate location. Ozkok noted a decision to deploy Turkey's HRF in Istanbul to [...]	2004-05-27 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2948	PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S FIRST VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During President Saakashvili's first-ever May 20-22 visit to Turkey, he expressed satisfaction with the GOT's position on Ajara and asked the Turks to help convince Russia to give up its Georgian bases, according to Georgian DCM Tabatadze. His GOT interlocutors expressed support [...]	2004-05-27 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GG PREL TU
04ANKARA2974	IRAQ: TURKISH REACTION TO DRAFT UNSCR TEXT [...] (C) DCM presented Ref B points on introducing the draft Iraq UNSCR to MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu May 26, and discussed the text of the draft. Burcuoglu said it was important to Turkey that the UNSCR offer a high degree of visible sovereignty to the Iraqis and that t [...]	2004-05-27 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2977	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-27 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA300	INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: TURKS REITERATE THAT ROTATION [...] (C) MFA DDG for the Americas Ilicak summoned Pol-Mil Counselor to the MFA January 15 to reiterate the GOT's understanding that the activities related to the rotation will be conducted in accordance with the rules/principles outlined by the Turks. The MFA appears to have done so in response to [...]	2004-01-16 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA3008	PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES [...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]	2004-06-01 11:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3009	TURKISH PROPOSAL FOR EXBS AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-01 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA3033	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-01 18:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3046	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-02 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3048	TIP: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, MAY 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about GOT anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in national and international news media. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish unless otherwise noted) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-06-02 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3050	IRAQ: TURKEY UNHAPPY WITH IIG, SEES REVISED UNSCR [...] (C) DCM spoke with MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu June 2 to convey Ref A and B points on support for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) and the revised draft of the UNSC Resolution on Iraq. On the UNSCR draft, Burcuoglu noted that a number of Turkey's recommendations ( [...]	2004-06-02 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA3059	TURKISH POLITICS: PRESIDENT VETOES BILL ON [...] (U) Summary: As expected, President Sezer May 28 vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for graduates of technical and vocational high schools, including imam hatip (Islamic preacher) high schools, to enroll in university programs other than their area of high school specialization. PM [...]	2004-06-03 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3060	TURKEY REVIEWING CFE HCA [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-03 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KCFE TU
04ANKARA3061	MEK DETAINEES: TURKEY NONCOMMITTAL, CONSIDERING [...] (C) PolMilOff and ConOff delivered Reftel demarche along with list of names of MEK detainees claiming ties to Turkey to MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Kileli June 1. Kileli said she would circulate the information to the relevant GOT authorities (MFA Terrorism, Refugee and Immigration Departm [...]	2004-06-03 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM IR IZ TU
04ANKARA3077	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-03 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3079	IRAQ ASSISTANCE: TURKEY WAITS FOR BETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Rifat Okcun, the GOT's coordinator for assistance to Iraq and Afghanistan, told Econoff that he was disappointed with the Iraqi Government presentation to the May 25-26 Doha meeting and the apparent lack of donor coordination. He added that Turkey will wait until s [...]	2004-06-03 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA3088	PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES [...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]	2004-06-04 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3100	BLUE LANTERN: INFORMATION FOR CASE NUMBER 05-919744 [...] ON 26 MAY 2004, EMBASSY RECEIVED A TURKISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) DIP NOTE (2004/ALGY/223961),WHICH CONTAINED A RESPONSE TO OUR INQUIRY FOR INFORMATION RELATED TO REF B HELICOPTER PARTS ORDER FOR BLUE LANTERN CASE NUMBER 05-919744. 2. THE MFA CONFIRMED THAT THE TURKISH LAND FO [...]	2004-06-04 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU KOMC GM
04ANKARA3108	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-04 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3117	PSI: TURKEY COMMITTED TO EARNING CORE GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT is committed to earning membership in the PSI and asks what it would take. They also ask how Russia made the cut given Ankara's belief that Moscow has not participated in PSI activities. MFA DG Morali expressed some d [...]	2004-06-07 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA3120	US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP (HLDG): OSD [...] The Turkish General Staff (TGS) and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) have been unable to reach SIPDIS agreement on acceptable dates to convene meetings of the HLDG's Political-Military Working Group (PMWG) and the Security Cooperation Working Group (SCWG). 2. Para 4 below c [...]	2004-06-07 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3121	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MAY RECONSIDER WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) During a June 4 meeting that included UK Ambassador Westmacott to discuss Cyprus (septel),Ambassador again encouraged MFA U/S Ziyal to consider establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the west or the south of Afghanistan. Ziyal was adamant that Turkey would not establish a [...]	2004-06-07 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3123	U.S.-TURKEY FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador reiterated to MFA U/S Ziyal June 4 that the U.S. considered negotiations on changes to the language in the financial agreement to be over. Referring to local press reports from that morning quoting Prime Minister Erdogan as saying that Turkey would not [...]	2004-06-07 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA3130	CYPRUS FOLLOW-ON: U.S. AND UK AMBASSADORS' JUNE 4 [...] (C) Summary: Turks express reservations on two points in UNSYG's Cyprus good offices report but grudgingly agree the report is helpful. Turkey sees the Russians as unhelpful in the UNSC and seeks a UNSC outcome that does the most to end northern Cyprus' isolation -- probably a simple UNSC en [...]	2004-06-07 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
04ANKARA3136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3137	DEFINING A "HIGH TECH" QIZ [...] (SBU) In recent months, the Turks have sent mixed messages on what they would like to see in U.S. legislation on Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ). In an April 13 diplomatic note (ref C),the GOT gave an official and positive response to our proposal to move forward with legislation including [...]	2004-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA3138	IRAQI ASSETS: TURKISH GOVERNMENT CLAIMS NONE EXIST [...] (SBU) On 26 May, DCM met with MFA Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Middle East & Africa) Taksin Burcuoglu to press for a response to Refs B & C. Burcuoglu replied that "until now Turkey has been unable to find" the bank accounts. Burcuoglu further stated that the situation is [...]	2004-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ PREL TU XL
04ANKARA3149	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA315	TURKISH ELECTRICITY TO IRAQ -- ENERGY MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Energy Ministry Under Secretary Sami Demirbilek told us January 16 that Turkey continues to look for ways to help Iraq meet its electricity deficit, but needs more information about the amount and duration of Iraq's electricity shortfall. He said that Turkey will have a surplus of elec [...]	2004-01-16 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ENRG ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA3156	MOD'S DEFENSE BUDGET STATEMENT MIFFS TGS [...] (C) Summary: MOD Gonul surprised TGS with his statement to the Greek MOD that Turkey would slash its defense spending by $10 billion. TGS believes this was in part an attempt by the government to allocate resources to domestic priorities at the military's expense. End summary. 2. (U) M [...]	2004-06-08 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU GR
04ANKARA3158	TURKISH POLITICS: OPPOSITION WITHIN THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Disgruntled deputies from main parliamentary opposition CHP and other CHP dissidents have are calling for a convention to elect a new leader in place of current CHP boss Deniz Baykal. Procedural hurdles and the absence of a clear alternative to Baykal, however, are hobbling any s [...]	2004-06-08 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA316	JUDGE IN ZANA CASE BARS AUDIENCE MEMBERS FROM NEXT SESSION [...] (U) An angry judge ordered that members of the audience attending the retrial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs January 16 be banned from the next hearing for applauding the defendants. The incident occurred after the Ankara State Security Court (SSC) refused, for the tenth con [...]	2004-01-16 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3162	ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ENEMY [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU
04ANKARA317	BREAKTHROUGHS BETWEEN TURKEY AND ARMENIA APPEAR [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting, Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali reaffirmed that Turkey linked opening the Armenian border and full diplomatic relations to Armenian concessions in Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) (reftel). Although MFA officials will travel to Yerevan in February [...]	2004-01-19 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PREL TU
04ANKARA32	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-05 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3201	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-09 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

04ANKARA3203	IMF TEAM LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCING GAP, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting IMF Mission Chief Moghadam told Econcouns that Turkish officials had told him the GOT will not ratify the U.S. FA because President Sezer has said he would veto it. Note: The GOT has not said this to us directly. End Note. With most analysts believing the GOT will have a [...]	2004-06-09 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA3206	COURT RELEASES ZANA, CO-DEFENDANTS; APPEAL [...] (U) Turkey's High Court of Appeals June 9 ordered the release of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs pending the outcome of their appeal. The Court made its decision one day after the defendants' attorney filed a formal release request. The Court is scheduled to take up the appeal [...]	2004-06-09 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3234	AMBASSADOR, FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSS TERROR [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting to discuss USG recommendations aimed at strenghthening Turkey's regime to combat terrorist finance, Finance Minister Unakitan stressed the importance that his government attaches to the issue, but unfortunately turned for discussion of the details to MASAK Pr [...]	2004-06-10 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER EINV ETRD TU
04ANKARA3236	TURKEY BEGINS BROADCASTS IN KURDISH, OTHER [...] (C) Summary: June 7 state-owned TRT broadcasting company began airing news and cultural programs on radio and TV in Kurdish and three other languages traditionally spoken in Anatolia, in a long-delayed GOT effort to comply with EU free speech requirements. Contacts say PM Erdogan and FM Gul o [...]	2004-06-10 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3240	Turkey's New Importers Associations [...] (SBU) Summary: A variety of private businesspersons suggest that the GOT's imminent creation of mandatory associations of Turkish importers could impede trade and might be inconsistent with Turkey's WTO obligations. The Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FT) dismisses these allegations, [...]	2004-06-10 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA3251	Turkey Agr Policy - Two Steps Back [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past two years, Turkey has implemented regulations that have increasingly restricted imports of agricultural products. Turkey's recent imposition of a new quota system for corn is the latest in a series of moves that have restricted trade. Moreover, Turkish officials [...]	2004-06-10 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA3257	UPDATE ON THE (STALLED) PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-10 17:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EIND ECON TU
04ANKARA33	TERRORIST FINANCE: LISTS 48 AND 49 (LT AND JEM [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-05 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
04ANKARA3328	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-14 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3336	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN URGES TURKEYS' ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler, Ambassador Edelman welcomed progress on the East-West Energy Corridor, raised concerns about Iranian gas exports to Europe, expressed support for Bosphorus bypass pipelines, and pressed the GOT to accelerate energy sector [...]	2004-06-14 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET SENV TU
04ANKARA3347	TERRORIST FINANCE: HARAMAIN BRANCHES (LIST 56) AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 06:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
04ANKARA3358	U.S. ICAO Council Candidacy Demarche [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR TU
04ANKARA340	INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In Jan. 16 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador highlighted USG interest in strengthening counter terrorism cooperation and intelligence sharing with the GOT. Aksu asserted CT relations with Syria are improving, committed to instituting passenger and baggage checks to [...]	2004-01-20 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU
04ANKARA3405	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3409	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR, IMF RESREP FRET ABOUT GOT [...] (C) Summary: In June 13-14 conversations, Central Bank Governor Serdengecti and IMF ResRep Brekk complained about the GOT's approach toward a possible follow-on Fund program. Brekk said the government was in effect asking the Fund how much it could provide, without making any policy commitmen [...]	2004-06-15 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA3412	POST THOUGHTS ON WORLD BANK LOAN [...] (C) Summary: The first tranche of the PFPSAL3 loan going to the World Bank board June 17 overlaps substantially with the IMF program on fiscal and banking issues and, in several areas, is justified on the basis of the GOT's renewed engagement with the Bank and agreements on actions to be take [...]	2004-06-15 16:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA3419	BOSPHORUS BYPASS PIPELINES -- THE SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Government supports construction of a bypass pipeline to reduce the rising volume of oil tanker traffic through the Turkish Straits. Two consortia are promoting bypass projects in Turkey -- one via Thrace and the other from Samsun to Ceyhan -- and have applied for [...]	2004-06-16 08:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD SENV TU
04ANKARA342	AMBASSODOR AND FINANCE MINISTER ON THE ECONOMY AND [...] (SBU) In a January 16 meeting, Ambassador congratulated Finance Minister Unakitan on Turkey's economic successes in 2003, but warned that the recovery remained fragile and that the GOT needed to implement the reform program fully. He predicted that the Prime Minister would hear similar comment [...]	2004-01-20 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3427	TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TURKISH MFA AVERS DEEP [...] (C) June 14 Polcounselor delivered reftel points, TIP backgrounder and Turkey TIP Narrative to MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman. DDG Otman averred deep disappointment in Turkey's designation. TIP officer reviewed reasons for Turkey's Tier 2 Watch List ranking, noting that much of Tu [...]	2004-06-16 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3429	MEETING WITH BANK REGULATORY BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank Regulatory Board (BRSA) Chairman Tevfik Bilgin told econcouns June 14 that his priority is preparation for the lifting of the blanket guarantee on deposits July 5, specifically monitoring to ensure there is no flight of deposits from private to state-owned banks. Bilgin rev [...]	2004-06-16 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA3435	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3437	GOT SUPPORTS IMO NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PREL TU
04ANKARA3438	TERRORIST FINANCE: BARAKAT (LIST 58) [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
04ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA348	TURKISH P.M. ERDOGAN GOES TO WASHINGTON: HOW STRONG A LEADER IN THE FACE OF STRONG CHALLENGES? [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-20 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3481	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-18 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3482	WEAPONS DEPLOYMENT TRAINING (WTDS) AT KONYA: TGS [...] (S) During discussions with PM A/S Bloomfield's delegation on Global Force Posture review June 17 (septel),Turkish General Staff (TGS) DCHOD GEN Basbug said that TGS was prepared to continue discussions on USAFE's proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Weapons Deployment Training (WTD [...]	2004-06-21 09:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3484	SCENESETTER FOR CODELS FRIST, LUGAR, AND BEREUTER [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) appears unassailable, with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and no viable opposition party. GOT legal reforms have improved the chances for an accession negotiation start date from the EU in December. Yet AKP struggles with corruption, ad h [...]	2004-06-21 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU
04ANKARA3495	REQUEST TO USE INCIRLIK AS CARGO HUB IN SUPPORT OF [...] (S) During discussions with PM A/S Bloomfield's delegation on Global Force Posture review June 17 (septel),Turkish General Staff (TGS) DCHOD GEN Basbug confirmed that he had received a letter from EUCOM's GEN Wald (dated June 16) earlier that day requesting the use of Incirlik Air Base (IAB) [...]	2004-06-21 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3499	GLOBAL FORCE POSTURE REVIEW: STATIONING OF F-16S [...] (S) An inter-agency delegation led by State PM A/S Bloomfield consulted with MFA and TGS officials June 17 on the USG's latest thinking on the Global Defense Posture (GDP) review. A/S Bloomfield said the purpose of the visit was to continue the consultations that began last December, to provi [...]	2004-06-21 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3503	GOT MOVES SLOWLY TO COMPLETE 8TH REVIEW, NOT READY [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep Odd Per Brekk told us June 21 that the IMF mission working on the 8th review expected to leave June 22 (later than expected),but he still was not sure whether they would resolve all issues before their departure. The main outstanding issue concerns the GOT's insistence on c [...]	2004-06-21 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3507	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-21 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3511	TGS CONCERNS ABOUT KIRKUK, PKK AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Ambassador met with DCHOD Ilker Basbug at latter,s request on June 21 for a tour d'horizon of current issues in the lead in to the President's visit to Ankara and the NATO Istanbul Summit. Basbug clearly wanted to make several points related to Iraq and U.S. Turkish relations. KIRKUK [...]	2004-06-22 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR TU IZ AF
04ANKARA3519	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF CWC [...] (U) We delivered Reftel non-paper to MFA Arms Control Department Head Bulent Meric on June 11. On June 22, MFA Arms Control Officer Omur Unsay called PolMilOff with the following reaction: Turkey has completed preparing its draft implementing legislation that will now require parliamentary ap [...]	2004-06-22 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ABUD TU
04ANKARA3545	Turkish Response to ICAO Council Candidacy [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-23 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR TU
04ANKARA355	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-20 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3552	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE (GDP) REVIEW: TURKS NOT [...] (S) MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin told the Ambassador June 23 that the Turks would not have a more informed view of the potential request concerning stationing of F-16s in Turkey before the NATO Summit next week. (Note: MFA U/S Ziyal told visiting State PM A/S Bloomfield at the close of their Jun [...]	2004-06-23 17:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3553	NATO IN IRAQ: PRELIMINARY TURKISH VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Initial Turkish reaction to a NATO role in Iraq is positive, although no decisions on the GOT's position have yet been made. An MFA official told us that he saw merit in the Alliance offering training both inside and outside Iraq. He was sympathetic to French arguments that th [...]	2004-06-24 05:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA3575	TURKEY EXTENDS DECREE ALLOWING USE OF TURKISH [...] (C) On June 23, 2004, Turkey's Council of Ministers (COM) extended for one year the decree allowing the use of Turkish bases and ports for humanitarian and reconstruction operations in Iraq. The President signed the decree later that day. The decree does not require parliamentary approval. [...]	2004-06-24 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA3576	TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (S) On 23 June, Pol Counselor delivered Ref demarche to MFA DDG Safak Gokturk. Gokturk described the inquiry as "serious" and said that he would pursue it. On 24 June, Econoff delivered same demarche to Ahmet Arda, MFA Department Head, Offi [...]	2004-06-24 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER SA TU
04ANKARA3577	GOT CONDEMNATION OF MURDER OF PAUL JOHNSON [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-24 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC CASC SA TU
04ANKARA3578	IRAQ: TURKS CLAIM COALITION USING EX-PKK IN IRAQ [...] (U) Urgent Action Request at Para 2. 2. (S/NF) On June 23 the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Ankara received a letter (text at para 3 below) from Turkish General Staff (TGS) J-3 LTG Yalcin alleging that 30 former PKK operatives now in the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP's) special fo [...]	2004-06-24 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA3581	TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES -- LIST 59 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-24 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EFIN ETTC KSEP KVPR PTER TU
04ANKARA3584	IRAQ: TALABANI MEETS TURKISH FM GUL, PROPOSES [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUU) leader and former Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) member Jalal Talabani met PolMilOff June 22 and briefed on what he called his "excellent, friendly" meeting earlier that day with Turkish Deputy PM/FM Gul. He told Gul that the PUK condemned all violent [...]	2004-06-24 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA3585	UNEVEN GROWTH IN THE REAL ECONOMY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite relatively strong GNP growth, local economists and businesspeople paint a mixed picture for Turkey,s real economy, with surging sales in interest-rate sensitive sectors like autos, white goods, and televisions, but a less rosy picture in labor-intensive sectors like te [...]	2004-06-24 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA3589	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-25 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3594	GOT ABOLISHES STATE SECURITY COURTS [...] (C) Summary: Parliament passed legislation June 17 closing the State Security Courts (SSCs),special courts designed to try "crimes against the State." The courts had been widely criticized, including by the EU, for pro-prosecution bias. A number of human rights attorneys argue that the legis [...]	2004-06-25 08:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA3603	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-25 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA361	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 18 CONVERSATION WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN EARLIER SCHEDULED FAMILY BRUNCH ON JANUARY 18, AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED PM ERDOGAN'S UPCOMING VISIT TO WASHINGTON EXTENSIVELY WITH DEPUTY PM AND FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH GUL. FM GUL LISTENED ATTENTIVELY AS AMBASSADOR WALKED THROUGH THE POINTS IN REFS A AND B LINE BY [...]	2004-01-21 04:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY IZ PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3618	AFGHANISTAN: GOT'S DECISION NOT TO ESTABLISH A [...] (C) Deputy pol-mil counselor contacted MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen June 25, following up on the Ambassador's earlier conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal on Turkish thinking on PRTs (ref a). Evirgen said that Turkey had completely abandoned its proposal to establish a PRT in Takh [...]	2004-06-25 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA3619	TURKEY OFFICIALLY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON THE [...] This is an action requested -- see para 2. 2. On June 25, the Embassy received diplomatic note number 2204/KOKD/262781, dated June 23, 2004, requesting information on an alleged incident on June 18 in which a Turkish national was killed by U.S. forces at a check point between Ramadi and Fal [...]	2004-06-26 09:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA362	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH DSHOD BASBUG, JANUARY 19, 2004 [...] (S) AMBASSADOR HOSTED TGS DEPUTY CHIEF GENERAL ILKER BASBUG TO DISCUSS THE PM'S FORTHCOMING VISIT TO THE U.S., NORTHERN IRAQ AND CYPRUS ON JANUARY 19. BASBUG WAS SUFFERING FROM A PROLONGED HEAD COLD AND EXPRESSED RELIEF THAT HIS JANUARY 16 (FIRST OF ITS KIND) OPEN PRESS CONFERENCE WAS BEHIND HIM [...]	2004-01-21 04:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY IZ PGOV PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA3621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3622	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3624	TURKISH OFFICIALS CRITICIZE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) Summary. Officials at the Turkish National Police (TNP) and Ministry of Justice have pointedly criticized Turkey,s financial intelligence unit as being uncooperative and poorly run. End summary. ---------------- Police Official Derides MASAK ... ---------------- 2. (U) On 18 J [...]	2004-06-28 06:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER TU
04ANKARA3631	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3632	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3633	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3662	IMF, TURKEY EXPECT TO SIGN LOI FOR 8TH REVIEW NEXT [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep told us June 28 that the recently-completed Mission had resolved most outstanding issues, although the work was harder and took longer than expected. He predicted they would sign the Letter of Intent for the 8th Review next week, enabling the IMF Board to complete the review [...]	2004-06-29 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3673	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JUNE 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about Turkey- specific anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press clips. Text of any articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation, unless otherwise noted. 2 [...]	2004-06-29 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3675	TIP IN TURKEY: JOINT OPERATION RESULTS IN ARRESTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish National Police (TNP) officials confirmed press reports (reftel) that a joint anti-TIP Turkish-Romanian Police operation (Mirage 2004) netted an international trafficking ring and freed seven Romanian TIP victims ages 17 to 20. TNP Foreigners, Borders and Asylum Department [...]	2004-06-29 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3676	EXPLOSION ON THY PLANE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary: A bomb detonated on a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 today in Istanbul following its arrival from Izmir as it was being cleaned. There are conflicting reports as to the number of injuries to cleaning crew and the explosive used. End Summary. 2. (SBU) News agencies reported an [...]	2004-06-29 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER TU
04ANKARA3677	"THE LAST COMMUNIST TOWN IN TURKEY" [...] (Sbu) Summary: A trip to two Black Sea towns dominated by steel and coal parastatals, provided a glimpse of two very different state-owned companies. The coal company is a perennial money-loser with backward technology, a politically powerful, highly-paid, unionized labor force, with nary a [...]	2004-06-29 17:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EIND PGOV TU
04ANKARA3724	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 11:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3728	THE TURKISH MILITARY: OZKOK TRIES TO STRIKE [...] (C) Turkish General Staff (TGS) CHOD GEN Ozkok continues to balance the promotion of Turkey's EU membership prospects by reducing the Turkish military's past position at the commanding heights of politics with a desire to ensure that the Turkish military is able to intervene in domestic politi [...]	2004-07-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU PINR
04ANKARA3732	PM ERDOGAN ASKS POTUS TO RELEASE THREE TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) The Turkish press is reporting that PM Erdogan asked President Bush during their June 27 meeting in Ankara to release the three remaining Turkish nationals under detention at GTMO. The President reportedly said he would look into the matte [...]	2004-07-01 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL AF TU
04ANKARA3736	GOT REACTION TO TSA EMERGENCY AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and TSA personnel briefed GOT agencies, airport authorities, carriers and the airport security contractor on the June 29 Emergency Amendment and Security Directive. GOT officials said they would cooperate in implementing the new requirements, but maintained that screen [...]	2004-07-01 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER TU
04ANKARA3738	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3740	PSI AND NPT: TURKS "DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED" AT LACK [...] (C) Action Request at Para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) While delivering Refs A and B, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff were treated to an unexpected and emotional reaction to U/S Bolton's PSI letter from usually stoic MFA Director General for Disarmament and Security Affairs Haluk Ilica [...]	2004-07-01 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL TU IR
04ANKARA3753	LEYLA ZANA HOSTS LUNCH FOR EU, U.S. DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary: Leyla Zana and the three other recently-released DEP deputies hosted a lunch on July 5 for diplomats from the EU and U.S. Although Zana and the other deputies said people in southeastern Turkey do not want violence, some EU diplomats -- and we -- left the lunch frustrated that [...]	2004-07-06 08:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
04ANKARA3756	SUPPLEMENT TO ANKARA 2003 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] With respect to the additional information requested in Ref A, Post advises as follows: 2. All of the 45 vehicles provided to the TMO between 1989-93 remain operational. They are used for poppy planting control throughout Turkey. 3. Regarding the request for information concerning "comm [...]	2004-07-06 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TU
04ANKARA3764	TURKISH MFA CLAIMS ARMENIA WILLING TO DISCUSS NK [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali portrays the June 28 meeting during the Istanbul NATO Summit between Turkish FM Gul and Armenian FM Oskanian, and a follow-on trilateral meeting including Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov, as steps forward in resolving the Nagorno Karab [...]	2004-07-07 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PBTS TU
04ANKARA377	Update on Investment Issues Facing U.S. Companies [...] (SBU) Following up on the Ambassador's recent meetings with economy ministers, the Embassy has pressed GOT authorities hard to resolve the numerous disputes involving U.S. companies. We have stressed that progress in these cases will help make the Prime Minister's visit to Washington a succes [...]	2004-01-21 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR KIPR TU
04ANKARA3779	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3782	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3791	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA380	RFG: TURKEY IMPOUNDS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) This is an urgent action request; see para 2. In response to reftel email indicating the IAEA had received reports from Turkish officials that five trucks containing presumably orphaned radioactive material had been intercepted attempting to cross [...]	2004-01-22 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM TU
04ANKARA3802	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3827	RESTRUCTURING TURKEY'S INDUSTRY--A WORK IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar told participants in a defense technology conference on June 24 that the Turkish defense industry should be restructured. He encouraged Turkish firms to collaborate on both design and production and to develop connectio [...]	2004-07-09 17:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL TU
04ANKARA3828	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3840	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3857	ECOSOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TURKISH MFA NONCOMMITTAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA386	QIZ NONPAPER DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-22 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA3866	ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TURKISH MFA SAYS EU [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-13 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TU
04ANKARA3896	IRAQ: SEEKING RESPONSE TO TURKISH REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action requested -- see para 2. 2. Ref A requested guidance on how to respond to a Turkish diplomatic note dated June 23, 2004, seeking information on an alleged incident on June 18 in which a Turkish national was killed by U.S. forces at a check point between Ramadi and Fallujah [...]	2004-07-14 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA3900	MFA DISPUTES REPORT THAT TURKEY AND IRAN AGREED ON [...] (U) According to a report carried by the Turkish online news service Zaman and several Iranian news outlets, Iran has offered to reduce the price of its natural gas exports to Turkey if Turkey agrees to facilitate the transport of Iranian gas to Europe. The report added that the deal was rea [...]	2004-07-14 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IR TU
04ANKARA3901	IRAQ: TURKS ALLEGE US CONTACTS WITH PKK - REQUEST [...] (U) Urgent Action Request at Para 3. 2. (S/NF) On July 8, Turkish military officials passed Embassy via the Intelligence Fusion Cell a note (text to be provided septel via IIR from DAO Ankara) alleging that US officials held conversations with PKK leaders on June 17, offered to place an are [...]	2004-07-14 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA3908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3921	UNGA INITIATIVES DEMARCHE DELIVERED; TURKISH MFA [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC TU
04ANKARA3922	UNGA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE DEMARCHE FOLLOW-UP; [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP TU
04ANKARA3945	IRAQ/KIRKUK:GOT GIVES DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS TO [...] (S) An interagency Turkish fact-finding mission visited Kirkuk July 6-11 (see Ref B) at the invitation of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) leader Jalal Talabani. On July 14, the head of the mission, MFA Deputy Special Representative for Iraq Ethem Tokdemir, gave PolMilCouns the talking point [...]	2004-07-15 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA3948	IRAQ/KIRKUK:MFA STATEMENT ON TURKEY'S FACT-FINDING [...] The MFA Spokesman made the statement in para 2 to the press on July 14, addressing the Turkish fact-finding delegation that visited Kirkuk July 6-11. (Comment: This statement is calmer in tone than the points the GOT passed to us privately, reftel. End Comment.) 2. Begin informal Embass [...]	2004-07-15 21:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA3950	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY STILL CONSIDERING PRT FOR [...] Turkish press reported July 15-16 that Turkey had decided to send a 200-man PRT to Takhar, Afghanistan. We contacted the Turkish MFA July 16 seeking confirmation/clarification. MFA informed us that while no decision has yet been taken, Turkey is indeed reconsidering its formerly withdrawn pro [...]	2004-07-16 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA396	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-22 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA397	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-22 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3976	ARE SE TURKEY PROTESTS AGAINST PKK TERROR [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-16 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM ASEC IZ TU
04ANKARA3979	TURKISH GOVERNMENT DEMARCHE AGAINST NEW [...] (C) Morning July 16 MFA Deputy U/S for Americas Baki Ilkin telephoned Charge to express GOT's urgent concern about new language on the "Armenian Genocide" inserted July 15 to House foreign ops appropriations bill. Reading the text of the "Armenia Genocide" reference, Ilkin noted he was about t [...]	2004-07-16 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
04ANKARA3988	TURCO-ISRAELI RELATIONS REMAIN ACTIVE BUT [...] (C) Summary: July 13-15 visit to Turkey of Israeli Deputy PM Olmert demonstrated that Turco-Israeli relations have broadened beyond the mil-mil/intel ties that have hitherto formed the core of the relationship. In the Israeli view the visit cast in sharp relief the rivalry (which we have prev [...]	2004-07-19 07:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU IS
04ANKARA3989	CHARTING A WAY FORWARD ON US-TU MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: At the July 8 Missile Defense Technical Experts Group meeting in Ankara, the US and Turkey agreed that the completion of the joint architectural study of Turkey called for a new look at bilateral cooperation in the area of missile defense. The two sides agreed to three new studie [...]	2004-07-19 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM TU
04ANKARA3995	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

04ANKARA4	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. VISIT, CYPRUS, NATO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Turkish PM Erdogan December 31 in advance of Erdogan's late-January U.S. visit. The Ambassador said White House officials view the visit as an opportunity to enhance U.S.-Turkey relations and set the stage for the June NATO Summit in Istanbul. The USG and G [...]	2004-01-02 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EINV AM CY TU
04ANKARA4009	TURKEY: MFA SEEKS CONSENSUS OF OIL COMPANIES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's MFA continues to oppose issuing licenses now to the companies that have applied for Turkish Straits bypass pipeline routes through Turkey. Instead, the Ministry wants to forge a consensus among the oil companies on "Voluntary Principles" to reduce their traffic in the [...]	2004-07-20 11:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU
04ANKARA4021	TERRORIST FINANCING:ANKARA:APPROACH TO EU ON [...] (C) On 8 July, Econ Counselor delivered ref demarche to MFA Research and Intelligence DDG Hakan Okcal, who is responsible for both PKK and terrorist financing issues. Okcal described the USG intervention with EU countries as furthering the USG/GOT common strategy, and said that it was "very he [...]	2004-07-20 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
04ANKARA4032	USG POLICY ON CONTACT WITH THE PKK [...] (S) During a July 19 meeting on another subject, MFA DDG for Intelligence and Research Hakan Okcal asked polmilcouns whether he had any news about the PKK. Okcal confirmed that he knew that the Turkish General Staff had relayed some information the previous week (ref b). Drawing on ref a, po [...]	2004-07-21 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA4047	JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO THE 2003 INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-21 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
04ANKARA4061	TURKEY TO SEND EXPERTS TO PSI MEETING IN [...] (U) During a July 19 meeting on a different subject, MFA acting DDG for Disarmament Bulent Meric informed us that the GOT will send a delegation of experts to participate in the PSI Operational Experts Working Group (OEWG) as well as the Denmark Container Workshop in Copenhagen. This delegatio [...]	2004-07-21 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC TU
04ANKARA4072	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-21 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4094	EXBS: U.S. COMMENTS ON NP COOPERATION AND [...] Post delivered the U.S.text of the EXBS agreement and reftel talking points to the MFA on July 20. MFA Acting DDG for Disarmament Bulent Meric agreed to consider the two proposed changes to the last Turkish draft. 2. Meric did not evince significant concern with the change in Article 3, si [...]	2004-07-22 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
04ANKARA4095	TURKEY READY FOR FOR 8TH IMF REVIEW, 2005 STILL UP [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF Executive Board has scheduled its eighth review of Turkey's performance under its stand-by program for July 30. The Board will also discuss an IMF staff "Article IV" report on Turkey's economic developments and policies over the last three years. Turkish officials a [...]	2004-07-22 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA4109	CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY DIPLOMACY AMBASSADOR MANN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Ambassador Steven Mann encouraged Turkish Energy Minister Guler to work together with the United States to promote Caspian natural gas exports through Turkey to Europe, but cautioned about Iranian gas transitting Turkey. Guler noted Turkey's difficult relationship with Iran [...]	2004-07-23 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4110	AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES CASPIAN ENERGY ISSUES AT [...] (U) Summary: Caspian Basin Energy Development Ambassador Steven Mann met with energy officials on the margins of the June 16-17 Tale of Three Seas Energy Conference in Istanbul. (Septel reports on Mann,s meeting with Turkish Energy Minister Guler.) Mann was joined by Turkish MFA Deputy U/S A [...]	2004-07-23 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4112	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 TRIP TO IRAN: U.S. [...] (C) In delivering reftel demarche July 22 to MFA DDG for South Asia Evirgen, polcounselor noted our understanding that Turkey shares U.S. views on the need for sharp improvement in Iranian behavior. The USG has strong interest in seeing PM Erdogan deliver crisp, unambiguous messages to Tehran [...]	2004-07-23 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ENRG TU IR
04ANKARA4116	TURKISH ENERGY MINISTRY VIEWS ON ELECTRICITY TO [...] Summary: According to Energy Deputy U/S Cimen, Turkey remains interested in exporting electricity to Iraq. However, a necessary first step is for private companies to conclude a long-term supply contract with Iraqi officials. Turkey has excess generating capacity for a few more years, but ex [...]	2004-07-23 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA4118	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-23 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4119	GOT REQUESTS EXPEDITED PROCESSING OF US EXPORT [...] This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Disarmament Bulent Meric convoked polmilcouns on July 19 under instructions "originating with military authorities." Meric requested the USG expedite the processing of an export license application by Mil- [...]	2004-07-23 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL TU
04ANKARA4125	TURKEY IN ACCORD WITH USG ON DUAL-HATTING U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the U.S. proposal to "dual-hat" the U.S. MNF-I Commander in Iraq for NATO's training mission for Iraqi security forces. MFA officials (rightly) predicted France would object. Turkey has offered to train Iraqis in Turkey, but may consider sending "two or three" li [...]	2004-07-26 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IZ TU
04ANKARA4126	BACKLOG AT TURKEY-IRAQ BORDER THREATENS U.S. [...] (C) There has been a recent increase in the backlog of trucks seeking to cross the Turkish border from Iraq. The most recent report from the U.S. Army Movement Control Team stationed on the Iraqi side of the border showed that the backlog had reached over 7,000 trucks. This jump represents [...]	2004-07-26 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA4127	DAS KENNEDY HIGHLIGHTS REFORM AT TURKISH TREASURY [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Kennedy highlighted to the Turkish Treasury chief the importance of Turkey keeping its economic recovery on track by continuing and intensifying reforms and attracting long-term investment. Although the GOT has not yet decided on what form its relationship with the IMF [...]	2004-07-26 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA4131	IRAQ, THE TURKS AND US [...] (S) After four years in Ankara as the Iraq watcher/Operation Northern Watch POLAD, and seven TDYs to Iraq before, during and after the war, Embassy PolMilOff offers the following observations about dealing with Turkey on matters relating to Iraq. Working with the Turks on Iraqi issues can be [...]	2004-07-27 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA4132	IRAQ: TURKS TERM JULY 21 CAIRO IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Iraq's neighbors are increasingly willing to engage with a newly sovereign Iraqi government, Turkish officials told us on July 23, though some are still holding back. MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Safak Gokturk said that the tone of the July 21 Cairo meeting of Iraq's neighb [...]	2004-07-27 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS IZ TU EG IS
04ANKARA4133	DAS KENNEDY: DISCUSSIONS ON IRAQ, CYPRUS, AND EU [...] (C) Summary: In July 20/21 Ankara meetings at the Turkish MFA and General Secretariat for EU Affairs, EUR/DAS Laura Kennedy solicited evaluations of 1) Turkey's prospects for a definite date to begin EU accession negotiations; 2) steps forward in the wake of the Greek Cypriot rejection of the [...]	2004-07-27 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA TU CY IZ EU
04ANKARA4134	TURKEY: LABOR FEDERATIONS UNLIKELY TO TAKE ACTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-27 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU TU
04ANKARA4141	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON HUMAN [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following Human Smuggling Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http:/ [...]	2004-07-28 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4147	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http://www.mfa.gov [...]	2004-07-28 09:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4148	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA415	TURKS IN INITIAL STAGES OF PLANNING FOR SUMMIT [...] (S) DCM spoke with MFA's Summit Task Force Head Ambassador Apaydin January 22 and relayed reftel request for a briefing on Summit security, emphasizing that this request was separate from other discussions we had had with the GOT about security for our own delegation. Apaydin said a High Level [...]	2004-01-23 07:08:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ASEC MARR TU
04ANKARA4186	MERSIN REFINERY FIRE CONTROLLED [...] (U) A FIERCE FIRE BROKE OUT ON JULY 25 AT ATAS OIL REFINERY IN MERSIN. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, A TANK CONTAINING SOME NINE THOUSAND CUBIC METERS OF CRUDE OIL WAS ABLAZE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS FIREFIGHTERS WORKED TO PREVENT THE FIRE FROM SPREADING TO OTHER AREAS OF THE REFINERY. MERSIN F [...]	2004-07-28 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET TU IZ
04ANKARA4190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4194	SECOND REQUEST: STATUS OF TURKISH NATIONALS AT GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. three. 2. (S) At their June 27 meeting in Ankara, PM Erdogan raised the issue of three Turkish nationals still held at GTMO with President Bush. Ref a requested the Department to provide us with an update on the status of the remaining Turks [...]	2004-07-28 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL AF TU
04ANKARA42	1/6/04 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following are recent developments related to trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey: ----------------- IOM Pilot Program ----------------- 2. (U) The Ankara office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has drafted a proposal for a USD 1.2 million pilot projec [...]	2004-01-06 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF PREL PGOV TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4212	TURKISH MFA CLAIMS PKK SEEKS TO INTIMIDATE TURKISH [...] (S) MFA Director for Counterterrorism Ahmet Yildiz called in PolMilOff July 26 to discuss PKK/Kongra Gel activities in northern Iraq. Specifically, he brought to our attention a report from Turkish intelligence that in early July the PKK sent a group of 25-30 terrorists to Kirkuk to attempt to [...]	2004-07-29 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PINR MARR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA4215	FAHIM REMOVAL FROM AFGHAN VP TICKET: TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-29 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AF PREL TU
04ANKARA4227	SUDANESE FM ISMAIL VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese FM Mustafa Osman Ismail visited Ankara July 26-27, meeting with Turkish FM Gul and Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Dulger. One MFA official speculates the trip was designed to influence Turkey, the current OIC SYG, but Ismail reportedly did not directly ask [...]	2004-07-29 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SU TU
04ANKARA4233	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-29 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4265	CYPRUS: MILITARY EXERCISES MAY BE AN ISSUE THIS [...] (C) TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu warned polmilcouns July 28 not to assume Turkey would cancel this fall's exercises on Cyprus. "The situation is different this year," he said. Whereas last year Turkey was optimistic about achieving a settlement on the island and wanted [...]	2004-07-30 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL CY TU
04ANKARA4267	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-30 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4269	KFOR: TURKEY NOT LIKELY TO LIFT CURRENT CAVEATS, [...] (C) On July 30, PolMilOff called on Alper Coskun, MFA Director for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs, to deliver ref a demarche. Coskun responded that after the March violence in Kosovo, Turkey revised its caveats for both SFOR and KFOR in an effort to be more effective and [...]	2004-07-30 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL TU YI
04ANKARA4270	TERRORIST FINANCE: CIRA [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-02 06:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EFIN ETTC KSEP KVPR PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4273	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 16-31, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles not published in English is provided through unofficial local FSN translation or otherwise noted sources. 2. (U) Published July 28, 20 [...]	2004-08-02 08:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ANKARA4274	TURKEY LOOKS FOR ECONOMIC SWEETENERS FOR EU [...] (C) Summary. In an apparent effort to secure France's support for Turkey's EU bid, Prime Minister Erdogan offered contracts or potential contracts to French companies during his July trip to Paris. This includes Turkish Airlines' purchase of 36 mid-size Airbus jets, suggestions that Turkey [...]	2004-08-02 08:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP FR TU
04ANKARA4284	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 24-26, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 24-26, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ulkede Ozgur Gundem, [...]	2004-08-02 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4285	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 27, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 27, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Tercuman, Evrensel, Vak [...]	2004-08-02 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4291	TURKS PREPARING NEW ATTACK HELICOPTER TENDER [...] (U) Defense industry and journalist sources expect SSM to issue a new RFP for attack helicopters this week. The previous tender was canceled last May after a seven-year process in which Bell Helicopter's Cobra was selected as the preferred aircraft (reftel). Under the procurement model at th [...]	2004-08-02 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA4303	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 28, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 28, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ulkede Ozgur Gundem, Va [...]	2004-08-03 08:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4317	TIP IN TURKEY: GOT APPROACHES EGYPTIAN EMBASSY FOR [...] (C) In a July 27 meeting with Emboff, Embassy of Egypt Second Secretary Ahmed El Sayed confirmed Turkish anti-TIP officials approached Egyptian Ambassador Ahamad Fathallah to propose a formal law enforcement and intelligence cooperation agreement between security officials from both government [...]	2004-08-03 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4318	LETTER REGARDING 19TH POLITICAL MILITARY WORKING [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA4320	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4321	KFOR UPDATE: TURKS LIFT VIRTUALLY ALL CAVEATS [...] (C) On August 3, Alper Coskun, MFA Director for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs, notified PolMilOff that Turkey has lifted all/all national caveats on its forces operating in both KFOR and SFOR save one: National (i.e., parliamentary) approval would be required to act outsi [...]	2004-08-03 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU YI
04ANKARA433	TUPRAS AND OTHER PRIVATIZATION NEWS [...] (SBU) On 16 January EconCounselor and EconOff met with Privatization Authority (PA) President Meltin Kilci to review recent events in the Tupras sale (Ref A) and discuss upcoming events. Kilci was clearly relieved finally to have an (apparently) successful tender in a major privatization, and [...]	2004-01-23 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL TU
04ANKARA4332	TURKEY INVESTMENT ISSUES: GOOD NEWS FOR CARGILL, [...] (SBU) In recent months, the Turkish Government has taken several steps to resolve outstanding disputes with U.S. companies and to open its economy to foreign investment. The most notable recent step was the passage of industrial zones legislation that Cargill believes will solve the zoning pr [...]	2004-08-03 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EMIN ECPS BEXP TU
04ANKARA4340	TERRORISTS IN IRAQ MURDER TURKISH HOSTAGE; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) Turkish MFA confirmed Aug. 2 the murder of a Turkish citizen who had been held hostage in Iraq. In response to this and other recent murders of Turkish truckers in Iraq, a major association of Turkish trucking companies called for [...]	2004-08-03 17:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM IZ TU
04ANKARA4345	IRAQI PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT TURKEY [...] (SBU) MFA Iraq Desk Officer Ferhat Alkan told PolMilOff Aug. 3 that both Iraq's interim president and prime minister would visit Turkey soon. President al-Yawar will be in Ankara Aug. 16 and 17 and will meet with President Sezer and FonMin Gul. Alkan said that PM Erdogan may be out of the co [...]	2004-08-04 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA4370	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4397	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-05 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4400	CUKAROVA AG RESEARCHERS BRIEF ON SOUTHEASTERN [...] (SBU) On July 26, PO and DPO attended an informal Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) background presentation by several of the former GAP chief agricultural researchers now residing as retired faculty at Cukurova university. The briefing was based on approximately 18 month-old data, but wa [...]	2004-08-06 09:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TU
04ANKARA4416	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM REPORTS ON TIP VICTIM [...] (U) In an August 5 meeting with Emboff, International Organization on Migration (IOM) Interim Country Director Meltem Ersoy asserted that an increase in TIP victim referrals from the GOT to IOM is a direct result of 1) a series of IOM-funded law enforcement training sessions that focus police [...]	2004-08-06 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4419	COMNAVEUR VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (S) Summary: Welcome back to Turkey! Although you are a frequent visitor, this visit is particularly important because you will be wearing your US (vice NATO) hat. As such, yours is the first visit by a US four-star admiral in a national capacity since ADM Natter,s visit as Fleet Forces Com [...]	2004-08-06 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA4421	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 VISIT TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and ruling AKP contacts, PM Erdogan urged the Iranians to cooperate with IAEA on their nuclear program. The visit failed to produce an agreement on an expanded project to transship Iranian natural gas: the Turks sought a price reduction on their 1996 gas deal wi [...]	2004-08-06 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ KNNP PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4426	CEKMECE RESEARCH REACTOR CONVERSION AND FUEL RETURN [...] EXBS Advisor called on the new Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) President, Mr. Okay Cakiroglu, on August 6. Cakiroglu assumed these duties this past July. EXBS Advisor the meeting, we raised the Cekmece Nuclear Plants (reftel),noting that DOE is willing to assist in the physical securit [...]	2004-08-06 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PM TRGY TU
04ANKARA4428	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-06 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4435	TURKISH USG CONTRACTOR WITHDRAWING EMPLOYEES FROM [...] (C) In an Aug. 5 meeting on another topic (septel),MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic handed the Charge a list of 31 Turkish employees of Tepe Construction Company and its subsidiary, Bilintur, who are working under contract at a U.S. Marine base near Fallujah. Kilic s [...]	2004-08-06 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA4440	TUAF QUESTIONNAIRE ON SPACE COOPERATION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 3. (SBU) On July 27, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) conveyed to DAO Ankara a questionnaire from Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Command regarding space cooperatio [...]	2004-08-06 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PINR TSPA FR IS KS TU UK
04ANKARA4443	TURKEY AND IRAN GAS, BOSPORUS BYPASS, AND BTC [...] (C) Summary: In a August 5 meeting with Charge, MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Relations Alev Kilic expressed general support for U.S. goals for regional energy development - with one exception. While Kilic stressed that Turkey,s priority for natural gas was for realizing transit from the Caspi [...]	2004-08-09 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD IR GA UK TU
04ANKARA4448	TIP IN TURKEY: POLICE GUIDEBOOK ON TIP [...] (U) In an August 5 meeting at the Turkish Security Directorate, Foreigners Department Assistant Director Murat Oz provided para 2 text of the Turkish Security Directorate's anti-TIP guidebook. Oz told Emboff that the guidebook was published by the Security Directorate and dis [...]	2004-08-09 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4451	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-09 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4454	CONDEMNING TERRORISM IN IRAQ: FURTHER TURKISH [...] (SBU) PolMilOff followed up on ref a demarche Aug. 6 with MFA Iraq Department Chief Mehmet Kemal Bozay, who called our attention to the OIC Secretary General's Aug. 2 statement condemning the recent church bombings in Iraq (ref c). Bozay had made it clear in our initial discussion on this issu [...]	2004-08-09 16:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4455	GOT PREPARING THREE-YEAR ECONOMIC PROGRAM [...] (Sbu) Summary: Earlier this summer, the Turkish Government began work on a 3-year economic program. An outgrowth of previous and existing policy planning vehicles, the 3-year program is a GOT economic policy program being developed with input from--but independently of --the IMF. According t [...]	2004-08-09 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECIN TU
04ANKARA4485	TURKEY WILL NOT SEND PRT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Following up on mid-July reports that the GOT was reconsidering its decision not to send a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to Afghanistan (reftel),PolMilCouns and PolMilOff consulted both MFA and TGS sources, who denied that Turkey was reconsidering its June decision not to send a PR [...]	2004-08-10 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA4489	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-10 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4490	US TREASURY OFFICIAL'S VISIT: LOCAL ECONOMISTS [...] (Sbu) Summary: In a round of meetings with visiting US Treasury official Marshall Mills at the end of July, GOT economic officials, IFI representatives, and private sector analysts painted a picture of Turkey being at an important juncture in defining its policy direction over the next 1-3 [...]	2004-08-10 17:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA45	MFA's Accepts Almost All of EPC Action Items [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel's updated version of the Economic Partnership Commission's (EPC's) Agreed Action Items with Mehmet Gucuk, MFA's Deputy Director General for Bilateral Economic Affairs, on December 30. Gucuk, who said he was transmitting the Ministry's official views on this after [...]	2004-01-06 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EINV TU
04ANKARA4502	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH-AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In November 2003, an Australian Coast Guard patrol intercepted an Indonesian smuggling vessel carrying 14 Turkish citizens. By July 2004, Australian Federal Police (AFP) agents had traced the human smuggling network organizers to Turkey, where smugglers and witnesses were engage [...]	2004-08-11 08:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4503	TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT I [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Backgrou [...]	2004-08-11 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4504	TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT II [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police (AFP) agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Sc [...]	2004-08-11 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4524	A TURKISH PROPOSAL TO MAKE MECCA AND MEDINA [...] (C) Action request--para 7. 2. (S) Summary: A key Embassy contact on Islam in Turkey is launching an effort within the Muslim world to turn Mecca and Medina into an autonomous zone. He seeks USG financial support to bring his project to fruition. We will inform him that the U.S. cannot su [...]	2004-08-11 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL TU
04ANKARA4526	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-11 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4528	IMF OFFICIAL ON GOT'S DECISION TO SEEK A NEW [...] (C) Summary: Following IMF Mission Chief Moghadam,s surprise visit to Ankara last week, and public statements by PM Erdogan and Economy Minister Babacan that the GOT had decided to seek a follow-on disbursing Standby Arrangement(SBA),Econoffs met with IMF Deputy Resident Representative Chri [...]	2004-08-11 16:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ECIN TU
04ANKARA4529	TURKS SEEK URGENT COOPERATION ON SECURITY MEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. four. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Bilateral Political Affairs Baki Ilkin called in DCM Aug. 11 to discuss the security situation for Turkish truckers in Iraq. The GOT has been dealing with the murder and kidnapping of a number of T [...]	2004-08-11 16:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA453	KOREAN TROOPS TO NORTHERN IRAQ: NEED TO BRIEF PM [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) DCM confirmed January 22 that PM Erdogan will travel to Seoul to meet with Korean officials February 7. 3. (C) PM Erdogan may already know (possibly from information obtained by the Turkish military liaison officers stationed in nort [...]	2004-01-23 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ KS
04ANKARA4541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-12 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4544	TIP IN TURKEY: VISITING ARMENIAN DELEGATION TRIES [...] Summary: Visiting Armenian TIP-NGO Hope and Help and IOM Armenia Program Officer have briefed us on meetings with reps from Turkish NGOs, Armenian religious and media organizations, and Georgia's diplomatic mission in Turkey. Hope and Help rep described her meetings as "the first steps" in est [...]	2004-08-12 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU AM TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4554	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS PLANNING FOR FEBRUARY [...] (C) On Aug. 10, PolMilOff called on Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Branch office, to discuss NATO issues, including Turkey's planning for the Istanbul High Readiness Force (HRF) to assume command of ISAF in February 2005. Yilmaz said that even absent a final NATO decision on the future [...]	2004-08-12 18:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA4563	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4574	GOT Objects to Inclusion in Port Security [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 8. 2. (U) Prior to receiving ref C email putting ref A demarche on hold, Econoff delivered demarche to MFA and the Turkish Maritime Administration advising that countries, including Turkey, which have reported less than full compliance w [...]	2004-08-13 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4580	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 15, 2004 by the Internat [...]	2004-08-16 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4587	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4590	SFOR TRANSITION: TURKS CONCERNED THAT EUROPEAN [...] (C) PolMilOff met Aug. 10 with Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Operations Branch office. Yilmaz reported that Turkey is committed to remain in SFOR at its current (one battalion) level after SFOR becomes an EU operation, and said he believes that the EU wants Turkey to stay. However, h [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU BK
04ANKARA4593	TURKS IN ACCORD WITH U.S. VIEW ON NEW AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM TU
04ANKARA4594	UPDATING ALLIES ON U.S. GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO TU
04ANKARA4600	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA ON TRUCKER [...] (C) Following MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin calling in the DCM (ref a),MFA Deputy Director General Sakir Fakili held a preliminary follow-up meeting with emboffs Aug. 13. Fakili stressed the importance of secure transfer and offload facilities, enhanced convoy security, and insurance assistance. He [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA4601	TURKISH ENERGY OFFICIALS ON LIBERALIZATION, IRAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's BOTAS (Petroleum Pipeline Corporation) Director Mehmet Bilgic expressed confidence in Turkey and BOTAS' growing role as an energy transit country for oil and gas, citing that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyan oil pipeline and Shah Deniz gas pipeline (tendering process) were on sc [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD IR TU
04ANKARA4623	BOSPHORUS BYPASS AND THRACE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Recognizing growing oil tanker congestion in the Bosphorus and associated environmental and safety risks, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has expressed support for construction of a bypass pipeline to avoid the Turkish straits, aiming to transport oil overland from the Black Sea [...]	2004-08-18 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD TU
04ANKARA4628	EMBASSY ASKS TURKS TO WORK THE OIC ON DARFUR [...] (C) Following up on reftel, we approached MFA Africa Department Head Melih Tezel on August 17 and MFA Adviser to the Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Osman Ulukan August 18. We made reftel points, asking the GOT to use its leadership role as OIC Ministerial co-chair and OIC SYG-elect to [...]	2004-08-18 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PREF TU SU
04ANKARA4630	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-18 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA464	IMF RESREP: TURKEY IS OFF TRACK [...] (C) Summary: Despite diplomatic public statements, the first stage of the IMF's Seventh Review Mission found Turkey to be seriously off-track, according to IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk. The backsliding is notable with regard to two "pillars" of the program--fiscal discipline and banking sector re [...]	2004-01-23 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA465	TGS INFORMATION ON TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (S) TGS has informed ODC-Turkey of its understanding that the Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party (PCDK),which they claim is an extension of the PKK/KADEK/KHK, is recruting Arabs around Mosul, training them in terrorist tactics, and conducting surv [...]	2004-01-23 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER MARR PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA4651	TURKISH READOUT ON IIG PRESIDENT AL-YAWAR VISIT: [...] (C) The GOT is pleased with the Aug. 16-17 visit of IIG President al-Yawar and the IIG ministers for foreign affairs, water resources, and trade. Al-Yawar told the Turks that he and the IIG intentionally chose Turkey for his first major trip abroad, and that they saw Turkey as Iraq's most imp [...]	2004-08-18 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG ECON TU IZ
04ANKARA4698	MEDIA CLAIMS OF US SUPPORT FOR PKK COMPLICATE [...] (SBU) The PKK issue, and the perceived lack of action by the United States against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, has become a chronic, negative story in Turkish media reporting on the U.S. and U.S.-Turkish relations. The story contributes to widespread negative perceptions of the United S [...]	2004-08-19 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER TU
04ANKARA4699	TURKS WILL RAISE IRAQ-SYRIA BORDER SECURITY WITH [...] (S) PolMilOff followed up on ref a demarche Aug. 18 with MFA Iraq Chief of Desk Mehmet Kemal Bozay. Bozay reported that the GOT has agreed to raise concerns about Syria's behavior vis-a-vis Iraq with the SARG, but will do so at a senior level and as part of a package of other issues in the bi [...]	2004-08-19 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA4700	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-19 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

04ANKARA4713	EMPLOYER OF TURKISH HOSTAGE IN IRAQ SAYS IT WILL [...] (C) Ali Kantur, CEO of Turkey's TEPE group--a significant KBR subcontractor in Iraq--and Deputy General Manager Suleyman Son, met with Ambassador and Emboffs August 19 to discuss TEPE's security problems in Iraq. Kantur and Son passed on that the Turkish TV station NTV reported at noon today [...]	2004-08-19 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA4733	PM ERDOGAN VISITS GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: According to preliminary readout, Erdogan brought Saakashvili and Zhvania a message of "Turkish support for the GOG" in South Ossetia and Abkhazia but urged restraint, dialogue and, in Abkhazia, easing the CIS economic embargo. In response to Erdogan's emphasis on the importance [...]	2004-08-20 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET TU GG RS
04ANKARA4737	CYPRUS: A FRUSTRATED "TRNC PM" TALAT MEETS FONMIN [...] (C) Summary: In four-hour meeting with Turkish FM Gul August 18, "TRNC PM" Talat, accompanied by "FM" Serdar Denktas, expressed great frustration with EU's lack of concrete measures to help the Turkish Cypriots (TCs). Talat appeared convinced that the EU's trade and aid proposals will be bl [...]	2004-08-20 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
04ANKARA4742	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-20 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4764	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-23 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4779	EXBS: UPDATE ON NP COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE [...] This is an action request- see para 4. 2. We discussed the latest U.S. draft EXBS agreement (reftel) with MFA DDG for Disarmament Haluk Ilicak on August 13, 2004. Ilicak stated that the Turkish government could probably accept the proposed U.S. changes in the preamble and articles 3 and [...]	2004-08-24 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
04ANKARA48	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-07 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4807	OUT OF COUNTRY REGISTRATION AND VOTING IN IRAN: [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 08:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF IR TU
04ANKARA4808	TIP IN TURKEY: ANTI-TIP NGO HRDF BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In August meetings with Emboff, Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) Board Chairman Turgut Tokus outlined past and present progress to bring HRDF's TIP victims shelter on-line. He characterized support from the GOT, particularly the MOI and the MFA, as excellent and than [...]	2004-08-25 08:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4811	GOT Confirms Completion of Most ISPS Port [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. (U) Econoff delivered revised demarche (ref A) to the Turkish Maritime Administration advising that countries, including Turkey, which have reported less than full compliance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at [...]	2004-08-25 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4815	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA482	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S TURKEY VISIT CEMENTS TIES, SKIPS KEY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani President Musharraf's January 19-22 visit to Turkey was heavy on ceremony and warm rhetoric, but apparently skipped over key issues of cross-border terrorism and non-proliferation. The visit appeared designed to cement ties, which had become testy in 2002, and to avoid contro [...]	2004-01-26 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IN PARM PK PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4824	ASKING THE TURKS TO PRESS OIC MEMBERS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Following up further on ref A, we approached Acting MFA Middle East Department Head Hasan Sekizkok on August 25, asking that the GOT use its leadership role in the OIC to urge appropriate OIC members to take a more active role in pressing the GOS on the situation in Darfur, particularly on [...]	2004-08-25 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PREF TU SU
04ANKARA4853	MTCR: U.S. PROPOSAL ON BALL BEARINGS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-26 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA TU
04ANKARA4860	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-26 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA487	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-26 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4870	2004 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] (U) In response to reftel A, Embassy Ankara submits this report to update its August 2003 report on child labor in Turkey. 2. (U) In pursuing its EU candidacy Turkey continues to work to eliminate the worst forms of child labor (WFCL). The information in this telegram builds upon material [...]	2004-08-26 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TU
04ANKARA4878	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-27 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4886	TURKISH MFA CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR DIRECT U.S. - [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 6. 2. (SBU) Emboffs met with MFA Deputy Director General for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Vakur Gokdenizler on August 26 to share current USG thinking on establishing air services between North Cyprus and the United States (ref A). We prov [...]	2004-08-27 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL CY TU
04ANKARA4887	PUTIN VISIT TO TURKEY SEPTEMBER 2-3 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: The highest-level Russian visitor to Turkey since Podgorny in 1972, Putin will arrive amid steadily increasing bilateral economic ties -- particularly in Russian energy sales and interest in energy-sector investments and ar [...]	2004-08-27 16:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ENRG TU RS
04ANKARA4892	BOSPHORUS VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES AND THRACE BYPASS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Econ Counselor delivered ref a and b demarches to GOT MFA Energy Deputy Director Hakki Akil. Akil expressed strong disappointment at USG objections to "Voluntary Principles on straits oil tankers and bypass pipelines." He denied press reports that the GOT was supporting [...]	2004-08-28 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV SENV TU
04ANKARA4893	TURKISH BUSINESSMEN DESCRIBE THREAT TO WORK IN [...] (Sbu) Summary: In recent days the head of the Turkish Chamber of Commerce, as well as executives of two leading Turkish USG contractors in Iraq (Tepe and Yuksel) have all met with the Ambassador to press for US consideration of additional security measures to enhance security for Turkish truc [...]	2004-08-28 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ETRD ECON IZ TU
04ANKARA4926	DEMARCHE ON OSCE CONFERENCE ON RACISM, XENOPHOBIA [...] (U) Embassy Ankara delivered on August 24 reftel's requested demarche on the September 13-14 OSCE Conference on Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination to MFA Human Rights Department Head Ali Savut. 2. (U) Savut responded that while the GOT concurs the topics planned for the OSCE Brussels S [...]	2004-09-01 05:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA4946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-01 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4967	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4987	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN NATO POLICY DIRECTORS AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-03 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC TU
04ANKARA4995	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-03 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5	TURKISH LNO AT CENTCOM: GOT WANTS USG TO NEGOTIATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 4 and 5. 2. (C) On December 24, MFA Deputy DirGen for the Americas Suna Ilicak raised with polmilcouns Turkey's need for a SOFA with Qatar to place a liaison officer (LNO) at the CENTCOM forward headquarters there. (Note: Turkey is withdrawing i [...]	2004-01-02 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA5002	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 26, 2004 by Minsk Belaru [...]	2004-09-03 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5005	TUAF RESPONSE TO USG POINTS ON SATELLITE REMOTE [...] (SBU) On September 1, Deputy PolMilCouns delivered Ref. A talking points to the MFA's Americas Desk and the Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Aerospace Division. The MFA's Americas Desk Deputy Director professed to be unaware of the TUAF questionnaire and accepted the points without comment. While pr [...]	2004-09-07 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PINR TSPA ETTC PARM IS KS FR TU UK
04ANKARA5013	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-07 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5014	IAEA/IRAN - TURKEY TO SPEAK OUT AT UNGA, BUT FEARS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish FM Gul is expected to voice Turkey's concerns about Iran's nuclear program at the UNGA, but MFA worries that referring Iran's case to the Security Council before the outcome there is assured might actually accelerate Iran's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. End summary. [...]	2004-09-07 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR TU
04ANKARA5015	MFA REACTS BADLY TO EXCLUSION FROM PSI CORE GROUP [...] (C) Summary: MFA DDG for Disarmament and Arms Control reacted angrily to ref a points, threatening at one point to do all he could to scale back Turkish participation in PSI. We talked him out of withdrawing Turkey from the Spanish exercise in early 2005 for now, although whether Turkey will [...]	2004-09-07 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA5029	AMBASSADOR'S SEPT. 1 MEETING WITH FONMIN GUL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador reiterated U.S. support for Turkey's EU candidacy; pressed for Turkish agreement with Greece/Cyprus to forego annual exercises in Aegean and Cyprus; urged Turkey to use its weight in OIC to persuade Sudan to abide by UNSC resolutions on Darfur; asked for a rapid decisio [...]	2004-09-08 06:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR TU
04ANKARA5047	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-08 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5051	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS BOSPHORUS DEMARCHES TO ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered ref a-d demarches on Bosphorus bypass issues on August 31 to Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler. Ambassador stressed that the USG did not support a specific route or project, but called for timely, transparent decisions from the GOT on permits, specifically fo [...]	2004-09-08 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV ENRG SENV TU UK
04ANKARA507	New Import Surveillance Measures [...] (U) On December 31, 2003, the GOT published a series of import surveillance and protection measures in the State Gazette. The measures set import reference prices for consumer goods ranging from kitchenware to toothbrushes (see para 3 for summary). The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat is now [...]	2004-01-27 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA5078	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-09 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5081	BMENAI DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE CO-SPONSORS [...] (SBU) Summary: BMENAI Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) co-sponsor Turkey met separately with representatives from fellow co-sponors Italy and Yemen in Ankara September 7 and 8 and agreed on a broad outline for the DAD's efforts. They envision annual plenary meetings and separate periodic [...]	2004-09-09 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IT PREL TU YM
04ANKARA509	TURKISH REFUGEES IN IRAQ: BROAD CONSENSUS ON [...] (SBU) After three days of intense, hard-fought negotiations in Ankara January 20-22 between Turkish, Iraqi/CPA, US and UNHCR reps on a draft agreement for the repatriation of Turkish refugees from Iraq, the parties reached broad consensus on the content of an agreement. A text reflecting that [...]	2004-01-27 08:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA5100	MFA PROTESTS TURKMEN CASUALTIES IN TAL AFAR [...] (C) Summary: The Director General for Middle East Affairs summoned A/DCM to the MFA the evening of September 9 to express strong concern about Turkmen civilian casualties being incurred during current operations against insurgents in Tal Afar. The protest was motivated by anticipated politic [...]	2004-09-10 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA5110	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-10 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5113	VERHEUGEN OFFERS STRONG SUPPORT DURING TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During an intense September 4-9 visit to Turkey, EU Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen stressed his support for opening accession talks with Turkey in 2005, even stating flatly in one meeting that the EU will set a date for talks at the December Summit. However, Verheugen also war [...]	2004-09-10 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5114	RULING AK PARTY'S HYPOCRITIC OATH: THE ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: An attempt by ruling AK Party (AKP) to re-criminalize adultery and fornication raises serious questions about AKP's commitment to EU values and the party leadership's ability to move away from its Islamist roots. End summary. 2. (U) In the run-up to the EU's October progress re [...]	2004-09-10 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL TU
04ANKARA5115	AMBASSADOR AND DCHOD BASBUG DISCUSS CYPRUS, EU [...] (S) TGS Deputy Chief GEN Basbug told the Ambassador September 8 that developments regarding Cyprus were "worrisome," pointing at the European Court of Human Rights consideration of Loizidou clone cases and the lack of EU action on ending the isolation of northern Cypriots. He hinted that Anka [...]	2004-09-10 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PARM IZ CY IR TU
04ANKARA5117	TAL AFAR BATTLE: GOT VOICES CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with MFA Undersecretary-designate Ali Tuygan afternoon of Sept 10 to provide him with more detail on the situation in Tal Afar based on LNO reporting. Amb. stressed that the Turkish message on the need for discriminate use of force and protection of civilians had register [...]	2004-09-10 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA5118	TURKS TAKE STEPS TO ADDRESS TRUCKER SECURITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to their request for U.S. assistance (ref a),Turkish officials -- recognizing that USG resources for trucker security are limited and that the USG cannot solve the problem -- have been exploring a number of ideas Turkey could implement on its own to improve the se [...]	2004-09-10 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD IZ MOPS PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA512	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-27 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA514	TERRORIST FINANCING: TURKISH MFA ON EU EXTENDING [...] (C) Summary: In two meetings with Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Research and Intelligence Kemal Asya, Econoffs delivered ref B talking points, emphasizing the need for Turkey to work closely with those EU countries that favor designation of Kadek and Kongra Gel, and to provide maximum [...]	2004-01-27 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN TU IZ
04ANKARA5140	TURKS SEEK AVENUE TO GET HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey urgently seeks first-hand access to Talafar to evaluate the situation there to provide humanitarian assistance to this predominantly Turkmen Iraqi city, MFA Undersecretary-designate Tuygan told the Ambassador on Sept. 13. GOT continues to be concerned about getting accurat [...]	2004-09-13 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA5141	GOT'S NON-MUSLIM PROPERTY REFORMS FALL SHORT [...] (C) Summary: EU observers and representatives of Turkey's non-Muslim communities criticize as inadequate GOT reforms designed to allow non-Muslim foundations to acquire property. While the GOT has approved more than 700 applications to acquire legal ownership of properties already under the d [...]	2004-09-13 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5142	IRAQI KURDISH LEADERS CHECK IN WITH TURKS, [...] (C) Summary: PUK leader Jalal Talabani and KDP official Nechirvan Barzani each met separately Sept. 9 with FonMin Abdullah Gul and other MFA officials during brief visits to Ankara. MFA told us that both were pessimistic that national elections can be held in Iraq by next January given the se [...]	2004-09-13 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG TU IZ
04ANKARA5143	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-13 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5144	Update on Turkish Implementation of ISPS Port [...] In a September 8 conversation with Econoff, Okay Kilic, Head of the Maritime Security Department of the Maritime Administration (MA),clarified that Turkey has not/not yet complied with all requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea's (SOLAS) International Ship [...]	2004-09-13 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA5168	TURKEY: AFTER FOURS YEARS, THE STATUS OF THE TOXIC [...] SUMMARY: After nearly four years in which Turkish officials avoided confronting the problem, the Spanish ship MV Ulla, moored in Iskenderun harbor and loaded with 2.2 tons of ash laden with toxic heavy metals, sank just days before it was scheduled to depart for Spain. Environmental NGOs' l [...]	2004-09-14 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO TU
04ANKARA5180	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TURKISH MFA DEPUTY U/S [...] (C) Summary: Taking stock of Cyprus on September 13, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin expressed disappointment at the state of the EU's trade and aid proposals and the lack of a UNSCR endorsing the SYG's report; said UNFICYP's mandate should focus more on facilitating the flow of people and goo [...]	2004-09-14 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA5183	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-14 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5187	CENTRAL BANK RATE CUT REINFORCES MARKET'S [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-14 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON TU
04ANKARA5190	FOREIGN MINISTER WALKS BACK HIS THREAT TO CUT [...] (C) Summary: FonMin Gul told the press Sept. 13 that if civilian casualties continue to mount in the Talafar operation, Turkey would end its cooperation with the U.S. on Iraq. Ambassador spoke with MFA Undersecretary-designate Tuygan and A/DCM with MFA's spokesman Sept. 14 to register our dis [...]	2004-09-14 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA5191	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF J3 CHIEF DELIVERS TOUGH [...] (S/NF) Summary: In his Sept. 8 introductory call by incoming ODC Turkey Chief Maj. Gen. Pete Sutton, TGS J3 LTG Metin Yavuz Yalcin accused the U.S. of meeting with PKK operatives, failing to capture PKK leader Osman Ocalan, and standing by while Kurds sought to alter Kirkuk's population. He ad [...]	2004-09-14 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA5195	GROWING TURKISH GOVERNMENT FRUSTRATION OVER LACK [...] (C) Summary: GOT frustration at the perceived lack of measures to ease Turkish Cypriots' isolation is growing. GOT interlocutors at all levels have expressed this frustration to us in recent meetings; Secretary Powell will hear much the same if he meets with FM Gul at UNGA. For now, the EU i [...]	2004-09-14 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA5196	GOT REQUESTS ADDITIONAL CHANGE TO DRAFT CFE HOST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) On Sept. 13, MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Haluk Ilicak sent PolMilCouns a proposed change to the draft CFE Host Country Agreement text. The GOT seeks to add a new Article V at the end of the agreem [...]	2004-09-14 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KCFE TU
04ANKARA5200	RULING AK PARTY RETREATS FROM GAMBIT TO [...] (U) Facing strong reluctance from various factions within the party and a sharp reaction from EU member states, ruling AK Party (AKP) leadership appears to have abandoned an attempt (ref B) to include re-criminalization of adultery and fornication (zina) as an amendment to the new criminal code [...]	2004-09-14 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA5202	BLUE LANTERN: CHECK ON ELSAN DEFENSE AND [...] ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2004, EMBASSY BLUE LANTERN OFFICER MET WITH THE PRESIDENT AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ELSAN CORPORATION AT ITS OFFICE LOCATED AT THE ADDRESS GIVEN IN REFTEL. DURING THE MEETING PRESIDENT ONUR GOKCE AND VP KEMAL CELIK OUTLINED THE STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF ELS [...]	2004-09-15 08:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC TU
04ANKARA5205	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 10, 2004 by Turkish l [...]	2004-09-15 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5221	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-15 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5229	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-15 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS EFIN KSEP KVPR PTER TU KTFN
04ANKARA5232	TERRORIST FINANCE: NEW IRAQ EXECUTIVE ORDER [...] On September 14, 2004, Econoff delivered Reftel demarche to Ahmet Arda (MFA Research and Intelligence Directorate). Arda's office thereafter advised Econoff that it was processing the request in accordance with standard internal GOT procedures. 2. Though GOT has been a cooperative partner i [...]	2004-09-15 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CVIS EFIN KSEP KVPR PTER TU KTFN
04ANKARA5233	TURKISH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE CONVOY FOR TAL AFAR [...] (SBU) Levent Sahinkaya, MFA Head of Department for International Organizations, called in Pol-Mil Counselor on September 15 to request USG cooperation in delivering Turkish humanitarian assistance to Tal Afar on September 17. Econoff, Task Force Olympia LNO and Alp Ay, of the MFA International [...]	2004-09-16 04:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA5234	TURKISH MFA NOT BUDGING ON STROVILIA, ASTROMERITIS [...] (C) Pursuant to refs a and b, we met with Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman September 13 and urged the GOT to resolve outstanding UNFICYP and other UN-related issues prior to finalization of the SYG report on the UNFICYP mandate. In particular, we suggested: lifting restrictions on [...]	2004-09-16 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
04ANKARA5238	BMENAI FORUM FOR THE FUTURE UPDATED PLANS: TURKEY [...] We delivered ref a schedule and participant lists to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Akcapar on September 16. We also informed Akcapar of the number of representatives invited per country to the meetings. 2. Akcapar confirmed that FM Gul will attend the September 24 session. [...]	2004-09-16 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON TU YM IT
04ANKARA5262	NEW TURKISH DEFENSE INDUSTRY POLICY BEGINS TO TAKE [...] (C) Summary: During a Sept 15 tour d'horizon with the Ambassador, Undersecretary for Defense Industry Bayar had a better informed and more balanced view of the state of Turkish defense industry and a clearer vision of where he wants to take it than during their first meeting last May. On procu [...]	2004-09-16 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA5263	USG VIEWS ON ESTABLISHING THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolMil counselor delivered non-paper and talking points in reftel to DDG for Disarmament Haluk Ilicak on August 26. Post was informed on September 16, that GOT, following a detailed review of the recommended protocols by [...]	2004-09-16 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PM TU
04ANKARA5267	UPDATE ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE GLOBAL THREAT [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-17 07:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON KNNP MNUC PM PTER TRGY TU
04ANKARA5278	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-17 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5301	CIVAIR OFFICIALS ON SAFETY, SECURITY ISSUES [...] (U) This cable contains action requests in paras 12 and 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkish Civil Aviation officials told us that stringent security measures required by DHS/TSA continue to impose a burden on passengers and security staff. Screening with explosive trace detection (ETD) equipme [...]	2004-09-17 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER TU CY
04ANKARA5306	SECRETARY ABRAHAM'S SEPTEMBER 21 VISIT TO ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes a few months after the President,s June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time when bilateral and political relations are generally on track. Your meeting with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler will provide an excellent op [...]	2004-09-17 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5309	PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF INTENT BETWEEN DOE AND [...] (SBU) Per Reftel request, Post passed proposed Statement Of Intent to the Government of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs by both fax and diplomatic note. Post confirmed that MFA forwarded copies to both the Ministry of Energy and the Turkish Atomic Energy Commission. 2. (SBU) Basak Tug, [...]	2004-09-17 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PTER TRGY ENRG TU
04ANKARA5310	RULING AK PARTY COMPLICATES ITS ITS POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: AK Party (AKP) government's reversal of course by a renewed insistence on criminalizing adultery and subsequent suspension of passage of the new criminal code until after the Oct. 6 release of the EU's progress report on Turkey's candidacy; EU's insistence that Turkey pass its new [...]	2004-09-17 17:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU
04ANKARA5318	TURKISH NOMINEES FOR THE OXFORD TRACKER [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-20 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM TU
04ANKARA532	TURKISH AND IRAQI OFFICIALS ACHIEVE LITTLE AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow-up to agreements reached in Ankara in December 2003 (ref a),Iraqi and Turkish officials met in the Turkish border town of Cizre (January 20-22) to discuss improving border operations. However, the results were disappointing: the Turkish side insisted that it could [...]	2004-01-28 05:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA5351	TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ DONORS' MEETING IN [...] (U) Turkey's coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Ambassador Rifat Okcun will lead the Turkish delegation to the Tokyo Donors' meeting, where Turkey will serve on the Donors' committee as a representative of the small donors. 2. (U) Okcun said that Turkey has not made any disbursements fro [...]	2004-09-20 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA5370	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5373	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5375	DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT INTENDED FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 9 AND 10, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPE ERIC STEWART TRAVELED TO ANKARA TO MEET WITH GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY OFFICIALS ON KEY BILATERAL ISSUES. [...]	2004-09-21 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD TU
04ANKARA5376	Ambassador Raises Rice Demarche and AgTrade Issues [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate meetings, the Ambassador delivered a demarche on the Turkish rice import regime (reftel) to the Ministers of Foreign Trade and Agriculture. Both Ministers noted that the decision to impose quotas and seasonal bans was an effort to protect a politically sensitive sec [...]	2004-09-21 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL CY GR TU
04ANKARA5377	ACTION REQUEST: U.S. MILITARY MEDIVAC OF INJURED [...] This is an urgent action request. Please see para. six. 2. Summary: On Sept. 20, Turkish Red Crescent worker Mustafa Pekcan was seriously wounded in a terrorist attack and taken to a Mosul hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery. GOT is seeking U.S. assistance to medivac Pekcan to Tu [...]	2004-09-21 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA5378	TURKS WELCOME U.S. APPROACH TO IIG ON PKK [...] (S) Per ref a instructions, Ambassador described the USG's plan to approach the IIG regarding the PKK to MFA Undersecretary-designate Ali Tuygan on Sept. 21. Tuygan was grateful for U.S. efforts to focus the IIG's attention on the PKK threat, but added that it was not clear to him how much th [...]	2004-09-21 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA5379	GROWING TURKISH ANXIETY ABOUT SECURITY FOR WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials were grateful for the explanation in ref a on convoy security, but their concern about the domestic impact of the mounting toll of Turkish drivers dying in Iraq continues to rise. We are concerned that Turkish companies and drivers will begin pulling out of Ir [...]	2004-09-21 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA5380	TURKEY DROPS OUT OF NEWPORT PSI EXERCISE; LIMITS [...] (C) MFA Disarmament Department Head Bulent Meric contacted EXBS Advisor on September 20 to inform him that the GOT had decided to not send a delegation to the Newport, Rhode Island PSI exercise next week. Meric explained that after considering the negative US response to Turkey's request to j [...]	2004-09-21 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA5385	AMBASSADOR PRESSES TRADE MINISTER ON IPR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 9. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In a September 17 meeting with State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, the Ambassador raised intellectual property rights, barriers to importing distilled spirits and rice (septel),scheduling a Trade and Investmen [...]	2004-09-22 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KIPR PREL TU
04ANKARA5395	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-22 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5453	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-23 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5482	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-24 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA549	TURKEY GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff met with MFA's new DDG for NATO and WEU Affairs Fatih Ceylan January 23 to get a readout of the GOT's latest thinking on ESDP. Ceylan, a longtime NATO policy wonk, was generally satisfied with progress on Berlin Plus, insofar as it was implemented in "Operation Concordia [...]	2004-01-28 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA5495	TURKEY WILL SUPPORT U.S. ICAO CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-24 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR TU
04ANKARA5497	U.S. - Turkey Workshop Focuses Judges and [...] Summary: The September 9 and 10 "Workshop on Effective Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the U.S. and Turkey" exposed Turkish judges and prosecutors to the U.S. IPR enforcement system, highlighted the concerns of U.S. and Turkish rightholders, and raised public awareness by gene [...]	2004-09-24 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA550	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-28 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5518	KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ: ONE TRUCKER'S TALE [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA's Middle East Department called in PolMilOff Sept. 10 to recount the ordeal of a Turkish trucker who had been taken hostage and released in Iraq. We do not vouch for the accuracy of his story, but hope it may be of use to analysts and others. End summary. 2. (SBU) On Se [...]	2004-09-27 10:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA5527	TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY AND THE ADULTERY [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts in ruling AK Party (AKP) say PM Erdogan was personally in charge of the effort to criminalize adultery in the new Penal Code, pursuing the matter until finally backing down during a September 23 visit to Brussels. With the issue resolved, EU contacts say the EU i [...]	2004-09-27 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU

04ANKARA5535	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-27 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5550	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW TLFC COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged General Buyukanit to discuss ways to improve our Army-to-Army relationship when the latter sees USAREUR CG General Bell in October. Buyukanit suggested that both sides made mistakes in the attack helicopter tender and expected the next time the GOT would [...]	2004-09-28 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR MOPS PINR IZ CY AF TU
04ANKARA5553	TURKEY TO LAUNCH NEW CURRENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE TURKISH CENTRAL BANK (CBRT) AND GOVERNMENT HAVE LAUNCHED A MAJOR PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN TO SMOOTH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE "NEW TURKISH LIRA" (YTL) ON JANUARY 1, 2005. TURKISH OFFICIALS EXPECT QUICK ADOPTION OF THE NEW CURRENCY, ONE UNIT OF WHICH WILL BE EQUIVALENT TO [...]	2004-09-28 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA5556	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-28 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5558	Turkish Maritime Security: Visit of Coast [...] In introductory calls on September 16, LCDR Michael Bee, DHS/Coast Guard's International Port Security Liaison, described the U.S. International Port Security Program to Gurcan Balik, of the MFA Maritime Department, Okay Kilic, Head of the Maritime Security Department of the Turkish Maritime [...]	2004-09-28 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD TU
04ANKARA5587	DASD BRZEZINSKI'S SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion on the U.S.-Turkish security cooperation relationship during their September 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ian Brzezinski and Deputy Chief of Turkish General Staff (DCHOD) Ilken Basbug agreed on the need to elevate the level [...]	2004-09-29 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS OVIP PGOV MOPS TU
04ANKARA5596	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-29 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5597	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT [...] (SBU) Embassy Ankara's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Robert S. Deutsch, Deputy Chief of Mission. E-mail: DeutschRS@state.gov. Tel: 90-312-455-5555, ext.2202. 2. (SBU) The TFCO Deputy is Thomas H. Goldberger, Economic Counselor. E-mail: GoldbergerTH@state.gov. Tel: 90- [...]	2004-09-29 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL TU KTFN
04ANKARA5660	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-01 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5661	TURKISH TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION AND [...] (U) Ref A requested data on Turkish textile and apparel employment and production data for country beneficiaries of U.S. trade preference programs. The GOT and Turkey's leading business association in these sectors provided conflicting statistics, in part due to the large share of the inform [...]	2004-10-01 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND KTEX TU
04ANKARA5668	CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT CONCERNS: MITIGATING [...] (Sbu) Summary: As Turkey's current account deficit continues to grow, several analysts have recently outlined some mitigating factors that could reduce the danger of a disruptive correction. These factors include: Durables import growth is unlikely to continue to surge; short-term portfolio i [...]	2004-10-01 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA5671	DESPITE FLAWS, NEW PENAL CODE MARKS SIGNIFICANT [...] (U) Summary: The new Turkish Penal Code (TPC) adopted by Parliament September 26 removes gender inequalities in laws relating to rape and increases punishments for torture and honor killings. However, the new Code maintains restrictions against speech deemed "insulting" to the State. EU diplo [...]	2004-10-01 17:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5672	DASD BRZEZINSKI'S MEETING WITH TURKISH DEPUTY [...] (S) Summary: DASD Ian Brzezinski held a candid exchange with Turkish MFA Deputy Under-Secretary Baki Ilkin during a September 22 meeting to discuss ways to elevate the level of our bilateral dialogue. Ilkin confirmed Turkey's interest in developing the relationship and understood recent U.S. [...]	2004-10-02 05:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR OVIP PTER MOPS PARM TU
04ANKARA5689	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5691	DELIVERY OF CSI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU
04ANKARA5695	Turkey: European Commission Pushing on Data [...] (SBU) On September 29, Arslan Umut Ergezer, Economic and Trade Officer with the EC Representation in Turkey, discussed with Econoff the EC's newly-issued report on practices in the Turkish pharmaceuticals industry, particularly lack of data exclusivity protection. The Trade Barrier Report uns [...]	2004-10-04 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA5698	SECRETARY ABRAHAM,S SEPTEMBER 21 BILATERAL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Turkey Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered a range of energy issues in a meeting in Istanbul on September 21. Areas identified for continued and deepened cooperation were Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline completion in mid 2005; promotion [...]	2004-10-04 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5708	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 15-30, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 27, 200 [...]	2004-10-05 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5712	TURKISH PRESIDENT SEZER OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH [...] (U) Summary: While underscoring the importance of relations with the U.S., President Sezer used his Oct. 1 address to parliament twice sharply to criticize U.S. non-action against the terrorist PKK sheltering in northern Iraq. In a lengthy and wooden assessment of the domestic state of affair [...]	2004-10-05 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA5713	TURKEY PLANS TO ATTEND PARIS PACT CONSULTATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT plans to send an Ambassador-level, interagency delegation to the Paris Pact consultative meeting in Vienna, however, the GOT is not receptive to the idea of being the focus of or hosting one of the upcoming expert-level meetings. End Summary. 2. (U) Econoff delivere [...]	2004-10-05 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PREL SNAR TU
04ANKARA5717	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-05 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5719	TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The centerpiece of Turkey's growing role as hub in the East-West Corridor, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, is broadly on track and nearing completion. Government of Turkey (GOT) Officials and BTC company officials assert that BTC is on track at 80 percent complete for m [...]	2004-10-05 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT TU GA
04ANKARA5720	MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: TURKS STRESS THE CAMP MUST [...] (S) Summary: Turkey remains ready to discuss a solution to the Makhmour refugee camp issue, but any solution must include the closure of the camp, MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs Nabi Sensoy told the Ambassador Oct. 5. Sensoy was not explicit on whether Turkey will still [...]	2004-10-05 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PREF PHUM PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA5721	DASD BRZEZINSKI DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY WITH [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Ian Brzezinski requested MFA Deputy Under-Secretary Sensoy's assistance to elevate the level of U.S.-Turkey strategic dialogue. He praised Turkey's agreement to command ISAF VII. On Missile Defense, he emphasized the importance of our [...]	2004-10-06 04:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR OVIP PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA573	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-29 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5730	NINETEENTH SESSION OF U.S.-TURKEY SECURITY [...] DSCA Director for Europe, Russia, the Americas, and Sub-Saharan Africa Jeanne Farmer led a U.S. delegation to Ankara Sept. 24 for the nineteenth session of the U.S.-Turkey Security Cooperation Working Group (SCWG). Ms. Farmer and her Turkish counterpart, Brigadier General Ali Akdogan, discuss [...]	2004-10-06 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS TU
04ANKARA5731	UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE REFORM: TURKEY IN ACCORD WITH [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-06 07:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA5734	TURKEY CANCELS EU/OIC FORUM OVER CYPRUS DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, in a dispute with the EU over designation of the Turkish Cypriot observer delegation, Turkey canceled the October 4-5 EU-OIC Joint Forum in Istanbul. The Turkish MFA and the Dutch EU Presidency each claim the other turned down reasonable compromises and ignored [...]	2004-10-06 07:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
04ANKARA5741	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-06 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5742	MFA TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT INCREASED PKK ACTIVITY MEANS IRAQ AND COALITION MUST ACT [...] (S) Summary: PKK/Kongra Gel's increased terrorist activity in Turkey will stir up public opinion and prompt more Turks to ask why the United States has not taken firmer action against the organization, MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs Nabi Sensoy told the Ambassador Oct [...]	2004-10-06 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA5750	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, September 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 28, 2004 by the Anato [...]	2004-10-07 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5751	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU
04ANKARA5758	SPECIAL TURKISH MEDIA REACTION: EU COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5764	WEOG ROTATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA5765	MFA REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF ISTANBUL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) On October 7, Ahmet Bigali, Director of Aviation Affairs at the Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry, called Econoff to raise TSA security requirements on direct flights to the U.S. departing from Istanbul Ataturk Airport (ref A). B [...]	2004-10-07 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER PREL TU
04ANKARA5767	TURKEY: BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM COORDINATOR [...] In response to reftel request, current Blue Lantern program coordinator for Embassy Ankara is: Mark Balkovich Political Military Affairs Officer Tel: 011-90-312-455-5555 X2237 Alt Tel: 011-90-532-220-2347 Fax: 011-90-312-468-4775 Email: BALKOVICHME@state.gov EDT: July 2005 [...]	2004-10-08 10:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC KSEP ETTC TU
04ANKARA5771	INFORMATION ON TURKISH FOUNDRY PRODUCTS [...] Reftel requested information on the Turkish foundry industry, specifically metal castings gray iron, ductile iron, all other iron, steel, aluminum and copper. Unfortunately, neither the GOT nor the relevant industry association could provide this information. An iron and steel sector expert [...]	2004-10-08 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
04ANKARA5777	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-08 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5780	TURKISH MFA VIEWS ON TIGRIS-EUPHRATES COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: During the August visit to Ankara of IIG President al-Yawar, Iraqi Water Minister Rashid proposed beginning talks on Tigris-Euphrates cooperation. MFA Transboundary Water Chief Mithat Rende said that while Rashid's presentation was "positive," it did not lead to any agreement o [...]	2004-10-08 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IZ PREL SENV SY TU
04ANKARA5781	GOT: EU REPORT PAVES WAY FOR TALKS [...] (C) Summary: GOT and EU contacts say they believe the October 6 EU Progress Report on Turkey paves the way for the opening of accession talks in 2005. At the same time, GOT officials maintain that elements of the report, including a statement that the outcome of the talks cannot be guaranteed, [...]	2004-10-08 17:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5784	FM GUL AND STRAW MEET IN ANKARA OCTOBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: UK FM Straw met with Turkish FM Gul the morning after the EC issued its Turkey report. Gul said Turkey is pleased overall with the report but cited some complaints, including on economic issues. Gul wants PM Erdogan to write to the EU about them. Gul urged direct flights to n [...]	2004-10-12 04:49:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY IR IZ PREL TU UK AM GG
04ANKARA5789	TIP IN TURKEY: NEW PENAL CODE REVISIONS STIFFEN [...] (U) On October 11, 2004, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer signed into law revisions to the Turkish Penal Code (TPC) which, among other measures, prescribe harsher penalties for human trafficking. Penalties range from eight to twelve years of imprisonment (up from five to ten years in ear [...]	2004-10-12 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5791	Turkish Business: EU Accession Talks Not Enough [...] (SBU) Summary. Strong advocates of EU membership, leaders of Turkey's business community see accession negotiations as another step in a long, arduous process of economic and political change that will eventually make Turkey a more "normal" country. In contrast to their political counterpa [...]	2004-10-13 06:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TU
04ANKARA5807	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-13 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA581	POSITIVE FISCHER VISIT SETS SCENE FOR VISITS BY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA and the German Embassy both characterize German FM Fischer's January 21-22 visit to Ankara as positive. Both sides see Turkey as having made significant progress on the Copenhagen Criteria for EU accession but agree Turkey needs to improve implementation in orde [...]	2004-01-29 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL TU
04ANKARA5816	TURKEY EXTENDS CUSTOMS UNION TREATMENT TO CYPRUS [...] The GOT Cabinet on September 30 approved an amendment to the customs union agreement with the European Union to include new EU member states, including the Republic of Cyprus. Note: The decision refers to "Cyprus" rather than the "Republic of Cyprus". End Note. President Sezer approved the [...]	2004-10-13 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD TU CY
04ANKARA5819	PROPOSED SUPPORT TO GAZIANTEP AMERICAN HOSPITAL [...] Embassy Ankara strongly supports the reftel proposal to provide a $600,000 ASHA grant to Gaziantep American Hospital. Embassy's evaluation of Gaziantep American Hospital is keyed to questions in reftel para 4. a and b) Gaziantep American Hospital has a long and well-known history as a symb [...]	2004-10-13 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TU
04ANKARA5820	POSSIBLE TURKISH FLEXIBILITY ON UNFICYP MOVEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) In ref A, on September 13 Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman claimed no knowledge of any restrictions in UNFICYP movement imposed by Turks or Turkish Cypriots. On October 13, we supplied Bilman with points about the restricti [...]	2004-10-13 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA5823	DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] (U) We presented reftel demarche October 8 to Turkish MFA's Latin America Head of Department Cen Onder. As instructed in the cable, we asked that Turkey consider abstaining if it could not support the U.S. request. 2. (U) Onder indicated that Turkey would check with the European Union cou [...]	2004-10-13 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD CU TU UNGA
04ANKARA5827	TURKEY EXTENDS CUSTOMS UNION TO CYPRUS [...] (U) On October 2, several days before issuance of the European Commission's report on Turkish progress toward accession, the Turkish MFA announced that all new EU members, including the Republic of Cyprus, would be included within the scope of the Turkey-EU Customs Union. The announcement fo [...]	2004-10-14 09:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD TU CY EUN
04ANKARA583	PRODI PRAISES GOT REFORMS IN HISTORIC VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During a January 15-16 visit to Turkey, European Commission President Prodi praised GOT leaders for adopting extensive EU-related legislative reforms. He called for greater implementation of the reforms, and urged progress on a Cyprus solution by May. He also said the EU and GOT [...]	2004-01-29 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA5830	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-14 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5835	TURKEY/IMF: PROGRESS ON BUDGET, OTHER ISSUES REMAIN [...] (Sbu) Summary: In an important sign of progress in discussions of a new Standby program, the GOT has publicly agreed to a 6.5% primary surplus target for 2005. Local IMF staff privately confirm that the GOT's primary surplus target accords with the IMF definition and that the GOT can now move [...]	2004-10-14 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA5836	TURKISH MFA ON ISAF VII COMMAND, ISAF/OEF MERGER, [...] (C) PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Department for NATO Alper Coskun Oct. 8 to follow up on outstanding issues. On Turkey's command of ISAF VII starting in Feb. 2005, Coskun reported that planning remains on track, and that Turkey is waiting for the results of a NATO force generation meeting i [...]	2004-10-14 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ AF
04ANKARA5844	IRAQ: VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL COUNCIL [...] Summary: Hamid Majid Musa, Vice President of the Iraqi National Council, told Ankara-based diplomats that January 2005 elections were on track despite the insurgency. On Kirkuk, he said that if the TAL- established Iraqi Property Claims Commission fails to resolve the population distribution [...]	2004-10-15 08:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA5845	IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN IRAQ: TURKS SAY IRAQI [...] (S) DCM called on MFA Director General for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu Oct. 13 to deliver reftel demarche. DCM emphasized that Turkey--as a neighbor to both countries and as Chairman-in-Office of the OIC--was in a key position to deliver a meaningful message to Iran on its interference in Ir [...]	2004-10-15 08:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL IZ IR TU
04ANKARA5847	DEMARCHE ON OSCE ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO [...] We presented reftel demarche October 14 to Turkish MFA Eastern Europe Department official Yavuz Evirgen. Evirgen and MFA OSCE Section Head Korkut Gungen acknowledged that MFA officials are consulting with each other continuously in monitoring Ukrainian election developments. 2. Evirgen a [...]	2004-10-15 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UP TU
04ANKARA5860	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 7-14, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published October 14, 2004 by the Anatoli [...]	2004-10-15 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5882	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-15 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5883	TURKISH/GREEK AEGEAN AGREEMENT ON HOLD, CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: According to Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal, the Greek government is currently not ready to conclude a comprehensive Aegean agreement but still wants to maintain an Aegean dialogue with the Turks. Ziyal believes Greek FM Molyviatis is reluctant to conclude an agreement and that lack of [...]	2004-10-15 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	GR TU PREL CY MARR
04ANKARA5897	MFA RAISES PNR, NORTHERN CYPRUS FLIGHTS, TSA [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 6. 2. (SBU) In an October 12 meeting with Econoff, Ahmet Bigali, the new MFA Director for Aviation Affairs, and Baris Kalkavan, also of the Aviation Affairs Department, raised passenger name records (PNR),direct U.S. flights to Ercan Airport and TSA's [...]	2004-10-18 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PTER PREL TU CY
04ANKARA5902	RAMADAN 2004 PD STRATEGY -- TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OIIP KPAO IS KIRF TU
04ANKARA5908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5909	IRAQ: VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL COUNCIL [...] Summary: Hamid Majid Musa, Vice President of the Iraqi National Council, told Ankara-based diplomats that January 2005 elections were on track despite the insurgency. On Kirkuk, he said that if the TAL- established Iraqi Property Claims Commission fails to resolve the population distribution [...]	2004-10-18 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA5918	TURKEY WELCOMES U.S PLANS TO PRESENT UPDATE ON AQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-19 11:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA5934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-19 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5936	59TH UNGA: TURKEY LOOKING FOR WEOG CONSENSUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-19 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP TU
04ANKARA5940	FONMIN GUL RESPONSE TO SECRETARY POWELL RE [...] Turkish response on Commission for Human Rights WEOG rotation is contained in letter from FonMin Gul to Secretary Powell (para 2; original being pouched to Department). Turkey asks for U.S. support for increase in number of years allocated to Turkey. 2. Text of Turkish response: Dear Mr. [...]	2004-10-19 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA5952	MASOUD BARZANI IN ANKARA: NOT IN A MOOD TO [...] (C) Summary: KDP leader Masoud Barzani paid his first visit to Ankara in two years Oct. 11-12, during which he met with PM Erdogan and FonMin Gul. According to the Turkish MFA, Barzani was unexpectedly assertive, especially on Kirkuk, which he stated was a Kurdish city, period. Barzani chara [...]	2004-10-20 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA5964	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5968	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO MOLDOVA [...] SUMMARY. Turkish Ambassador to Moldova Fatma Topcuoglu delivered the following speech at a 2-day conference on human trafficking in Chisinau, Moldova. END SUMMARY. 2. BEGIN TRANSCRIPT OF PREPARED REMARKS: SPEECH DELIVERED BY H.E. FATMA FIRAT TOPCUOGLU AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKE [...]	2004-10-20 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5979	CAPITAL MARKETS BOARD CHAIRMAN'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (Sbu) Summary. Turkey's securities markets regulator has an ambitious agenda for 2005-6: opening a futures and options exchange in Izmir, EU harmonization of capital market regulations, founding a NASDAQ-like stock exchange for SME's, and launching a secondary mortgage market. The coming cha [...]	2004-10-21 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA5980	Turkey's New Bio-safety Law [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AFTER YEARS OF DELAYS, TURKEY IS POISED TO PASS A FAR-REACHING BIO-SAFETY LAW, WHICH COULD RESTRICT ALL IMPORTS AND PRODUCTION OF BIO- ENGINEERED PRODUCTS, INCLUDING AGRICULTURAL AND POSSIBLY PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS. THE FRAMEWORK LAW IS QUITE GENERAL AND, GIVEN PAST EXPERIE [...]	2004-10-21 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA5993	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5996	TURKEY: MFA NON-PAPER ON SECURITY CONCERNS OF [...] (SBU) During an October 20 meeting (reported Septel) to discuss steps the GOT is taking to address security concerns of Turkish truck drivers, Turkish MFA DDG for Economic Affairs presented EconCouns with a non-paper listing a number of concerns and suggestions for operational improvements in [...]	2004-10-21 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS ECON PREL PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA5997	SECURITY MEASURES FOR TRUCKERS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9. 2. (C) Summary. Turkey's MFA says truck traffic with Iraq is at relatively normal levels and that the GOT is taking pragmatic, incremental steps to improve security for Turkish truckers, understanding that there will not be total securit [...]	2004-10-21 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS ECON PREL PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA5999	SLOW MOVEMENT ON IMF NEGOTIATIONS [...] (Sbu) Summary: According to the IMF Resrep, negotiations with the GOT on a new Standby are moving forward slowly. Though a major step was achieved with agreement on headline 2005 budget numbers, the details of tax reforms and the absence of progress on a banking law remain to be sorted out. [...]	2004-10-21 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA6000	TURKEY'S FIRST CIVILIAN NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (S) Summary: In an October 15 introductory call by the Ambassador, Yigit Alpogan, the first civilian Secretary-General in the seventy year history of the Turkish SIPDIS National Security Council (NSC),outlined plans to downsize and further "civilianize" the NSC staff. Alpogan provided li [...]	2004-10-22 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA6003	CYPRUS/MALTA PROBLEM: THE VIEW FROM ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will base its decision on how to break the impasse over Cyprus and Malta's participation in NATO-EU security cooperation on several factors: EU action to reach out to the Turkish Cypriots, EU leaders' Dec. 17 decision on beginning accession talks with Turkey, and Turkey's e [...]	2004-10-22 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR TU CY MT
04ANKARA6004	TURKEY/OES PD PROGRAM: DOE EXPERT PROMOTES [...] Summary: Under a grant from OES Public Diplomacy, the Ankara Regional Environmental Hub implemented a speakers' program on Renewable Energy in Turkey, October 11-15, with events in Istanbul, Ankara and Adana, in cooperation with the Ankara Public Affairs Section and the Adana Consulate. The [...]	2004-10-22 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KPAO SENV TSPA TSPL TU
04ANKARA6009	Turkey FDI: Investment Climate Efforts Stall [...] (SBU) Summary. Government and private sector sources agree there was little significant improvement in Turkey's investment climate in 2004. Foreigners' real estate purchases amounted for a large portion of an increase in FDI recorded in Central Bank figures. Creation of a semi- government [...]	2004-10-22 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV TU
04ANKARA6010	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-22 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6026	Problems with Banking Law Negotiations [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite months of extensive consultation with bankers, and an explicit-but now postponed-IMF deadline, a new banking law drafted by Turkish regulators is considered far too restrictive by both bankers and the IMF. Bank regulators and the GOT are working to revise the text, but t [...]	2004-10-22 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA6030	CODEL HASTINGS MEETS IN TURKEY IN FIRST OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 09:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PHUM PINR PINS PROP PTER AMGT TU IZ
04ANKARA6043	TURKISH OIL COMPANY WANTS TO DO BUSINESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to its CEO, the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has developed a "strategic plan" for reengaging in oil and gas development in Northern Iraq that it will present in Baghdad, Washington, and London. Understanding that Iraq's oil and gas resources are con [...]	2004-10-25 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT TU IZ
04ANKARA6048	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6051	TURKEY INTENDS TO JOIN ICC "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" [...] (C) Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Department Head Levent Sahinkaya told us on October 22 that Turkey intends to become a signatory to the Rome Statute "as soon as possible." Sahinkaya said he cannot predict whether this will happen before or after December 17, when the EU [...]	2004-10-25 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA6052	URGING EU MEMBERS TO PRESERVE COMMON POLICY ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM TU CU
04ANKARA6069	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-26 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6072	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING EFFORTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to G/TIP inquires about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following October 2004 TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report will be published on-line at the MFA website at http://www.mf [...]	2004-10-26 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6075	TWO VIEWS ON STATE BANKS [...] (Sbu) Summary: In separate meetings, a World Bank expert and a state-owned bank executive provided contrasting views on state bank privatization issues. The World Bank expert is taking a fresh, somewhat skeptical look at the Bank's privatization strategy, and seemed to share some of the USG c [...]	2004-10-26 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA608	Deputy Treasury Undersecretary on U.S. Company [...] (SBU) Cavit Dagdas, a Deputy Undersecretary at the Turkish Treasury, told us the GOT is working toward a useful Investor Advisory Council meeting in March, in which foreign companies give frank advice on how to improve the investment climate. He also asked for USG help in ensuring that the U. [...]	2004-01-30 12:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIPR TU
04ANKARA6085	Turks Interested in Pursuing CSI [...] Basat Ozturk, Head of the MFA Maritime Department, told Econoff on October 26 that GOT agencies had agreed to respond "positively" to the proposed inclusion of Turkey in the Container Security Initiative (CSI),and asked that Embassy relay this official response to Washington agencies. Oztur [...]	2004-10-27 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU
04ANKARA6092	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6099	MFA CYPRUS DEPARTMENT HEAD ON CUSTOMS UNION [...] (C) Summary: In an October 25 meeting, Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman again insisted the GOT does not need to sign a protocol to extend the Customs Union to Cyprus. According to Bilman, EU embassies in Ankara have raised the idea of additional Turkish concessions on Cyprus but n [...]	2004-10-27 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA610	TERRORIST FINANCE: LISTS 50-51 [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-30 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER TU
04ANKARA6100	MAJOR TURKISH TRUCKING COMPANY BOSS THREATENS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The head of a large Turkish trucking company, Emin Deger, warned emboffs Oct. 22 that U.S. and Turkish officials have been too slow to address the security concerns of Turkish truckers in Iraq, threatening that he could close the Habur Gate if he wished. Deger said that many of [...]	2004-10-27 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS ETRD PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA611	TURKEY 2003 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Since 1986, the International Narcotics Crime and Control (INCC) program has provided approximately 5,500 units of equipment and training, valued at over USD 5.7 million, to five Turkish agencies with responsibility for Turkey,s anti-narcotics programs: The Turkish Grain Board (TMO),Jandarma [...]	2004-01-30 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN SNAR TU
04ANKARA6114	SPONSORING RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN BELARUS [...] (U) We presented reftel demarche October 27 to Turkish MFA Human Rights officer Serhat Aksen. Aksen personally concurred with the statements in the demarche and said he would consult his colleagues regarding appropriate action before the Turkish holiday weekend begins the afternoon of Thursda [...]	2004-10-28 09:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM BO TU
04ANKARA6116	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CALLING FOR NEW CONCEPT OF [...] (C) Summary: A GOT human rights board's report recommending Turkey update its concept of "minority" to make it consistent with Western European practices has stirred sharp controversy. Report notes Turkey continues to apply a narrow, discriminatory definition of "minority" based on Turkish St [...]	2004-10-28 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU

04ANKARA6133	GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: TURKS INFORMED OF FINAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-28 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU
04ANKARA6134	AEGEAN ISSUE: TURKS DENY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has not significantly increased flights in the Aegean and is not seeking confrontation with Greece, MFA and TGS officials told the embassy. The Turks provided data which (if accurate) indicate that they have not in fact significantly increased flights, but merely resumed n [...]	2004-10-28 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU GR
04ANKARA6135	IMF BOARD VOTE UNLIKELY BEFORE EU DECISION [...] (C) Summary. Contrary to its expectations of concluding a letter of intent by October 26, the IMF team negotiating a new Stand-by program left Turkey having made little progress on key program components. These include: specific tax measures for 2005 (with the GOT keen on a Fund-opposed VAT r [...]	2004-10-28 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA615	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-30 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6150	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 14-31, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published October 31, 2004 by [...]	2004-11-01 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6167	IRAN REQUEST FOR BOEING PARTICIPATION IN KISH [...] (SBU) Following, for the record, are the texts of three documents given to DCM by the Swiss defense attache in Ankara, who is also accredited to Tehran. The documents relate an Iranian desire to encourage the participation of the Boeing Company in the Kish Air Show, which will be held Novem [...]	2004-11-01 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC TU IR
04ANKARA6170	TURKEY/IRAQ JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TO MEET [...] Summary: (SBU) The first post-war meeting of the Turkey-Iraq Joint Economic Committee will take place November 4 in Ankara, co-chaired by Turkish Trade Minister Kursad Tuzmen and Iraqi Oil Minister Thamir Ghadban. Turkey has a long list of objectives, including security for Turkish truckers [...]	2004-11-02 05:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD IZ PREL SY TU
04ANKARA6195	KARADENIZ STOPS DELIVERY OF ELECTRICITY FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the Turkish company Karadeniz (KARTET),it informed the Iraq Ministry of Electricity that as of October 26 it was no longer able to deliver electricity from Turkey to Northern Iraq because of non-delivery of contractual heavy fuel oil (HFO) from Iraq. According to [...]	2004-11-02 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD IZ TU
04ANKARA6204	IRAQ/TURKEY: NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON THE WAY TO [...] (C) We appreciate Baghdad's reporting on FonMin Zibari's desire for stronger ties with Turkey (ref a). The Iraqi ambassador to Ankara has emphasized to us Turkey's importance to Iraq and its generally constructive role (as opposed to Iran and Syria) in working for unified, prosperous, secure [...]	2004-11-02 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA6205	TUAF WELCOMES USG ANSWERS TO SATELLITE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA ETTC PARM PREL MARR MASS TU
04ANKARA6206	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S OCTOBER 25 VISIT TO IZMIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Izmir provincial and municipal, business and academic officials warmly welcomed Ambassador Edelman during his first official visit to Izmir, October 25. Focusing on commercial issues, Ambassador encouraged both the business community and municipal officials to create an atmos [...]	2004-11-02 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA6207	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey provides an excellent opportunity to assure the Turks that the U.S. continues to support Turkey's EU candidacy. Some elements in Turkey view the U.S. and EU as rival power blocs, and question why the U.S. would want Turkey in the EU. By highlighting areas o [...]	2004-11-02 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EU TU
04ANKARA6208	Ag Minister Issues Strong Anti-Biotech Statement [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. TODAY'S TURKISH DUNYA NEWSPAPER (A BUSINESS DAILY),REPORTED THAT TURKEY'S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE SAMI GUCLU VISITED THE "MONSTER TOMATO BALLOON" IN ANKARA YESTERDAY. THE GIANT TOMATO, AS PART OF A NATION WIDE ANTI-GMO CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN TOURING TURKEY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW. [...]	2004-11-02 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA6209	AEGEAN: TURKEY MIFFED WITH GREEKS BUT WILL SHOW [...] (C) Ambassador discussed the possible increase in Greek-Turkish tensions over Aegean freedom of navigation issues Oct. 29 with TGS DCHOD General Ilker Basbug. Basbug stated that the claim of Aegean tension was "completely contrived by the Greeks." He said that the Greeks knew that Turkey had [...]	2004-11-02 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU CY
04ANKARA6213	A GLIMPSE OF URBAN POVERTY IN TURKEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: With the USG about to disburse $9 million to supplement a social welfare project providing cash payments to poor mothers who keep their children in school, and with $6 million in the pipeline from the Department of Labor with similar objectives to combat child labor, econoffs me [...]	2004-11-03 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI TU
04ANKARA6229	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HALKI WITH EDUCATION MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: During an October 26 meeting, the Ambassador recommended that Education Minister Celik engage in a dialogue with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the re-opening of the Halki Seminary. The Ambassador told Celik that progress on Halki would bolster Turkey's image in the run-up t [...]	2004-11-03 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6234	Implementation of Mandatory Importers [...] (SBU) Summary: GOT plans to create mandatory membership organizations for importers have not been implemented, apparently due to widespread business opposition. The GOT is considering an alternate kind of organization, a joint (mandatory membership) foreign trade association including both i [...]	2004-11-03 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
04ANKARA6237	INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER [...] (U) The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs forwarded to Embassy Ankara a diplomatic note confirming that Turkey plans to support Mr. Theodor Meron for re-election as a permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at the November 18, 2004, elections in New Y [...]	2004-11-03 16:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM XH TU
04ANKARA6239	RESTRUCTURING TURKEY'S DEFENSE INDUSTRY--A [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Undersecretary for Defense Industries (Savunma Sanayi Mustesarligi - SSM) Murad Bayar outlined restructuring plans for the Turkish defense industry during a September 28 Turkish-American Defense Symposium hosted by SSM and the American- Turkish Council (ATC). In the fi [...]	2004-11-04 07:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL TU
04ANKARA6240	EXBS: TURKISH COMMENTS TO LATEST NP COOPERATION [...] This is an action request- see para 4. 2. We have discussed the latest U.S. draft NP Cooperation and Assistance Agreement (ref A) with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament, Department Head, Bulent Meric and other MFA representatives on several occasions since originally delivering it to the G [...]	2004-11-04 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
04ANKARA6254	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-04 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6257	NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO ASK TURKEY FOR A PRT [...] (C) We read with interest USNATO's thoughtful piece on ISAF Stage Two expansion (ref a). While we agree that it would be beneficial to have a Turkish PRT in Afghanistan, any request to the Turks should not be made until after their February-August 2005 stint as ISAF VII commander, during whic [...]	2004-11-04 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU
04ANKARA6258	SIGN OF IMPROVING RELATIONS -- TURKS FIGHT FIRE IN [...] Turkish officials over the past year have spoken often of improving relations with Syria. But so far it has been mostly talk, until October 27, when in a surprising show of cooperation, Syria asked for and Turkey delivered planes and fire fighters to put out a blaze along the border of Turkey [...]	2004-11-04 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN PREL SY TU
04ANKARA6261	TURKEY DECLINES INVITATION TO AUSTRALIAN PSI [...] (C) MFA Disarmament and Arms Control Deputy DG Haluk Ilicak told the Australian Embassy on November 2 that Turkey would not participate in the PSI Intelligence Break-out Session of the Operational Experts Group that is scheduled to occur in Sydney Nov.30-Dec.2, according to Australian DCM Dere [...]	2004-11-04 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA6262	KURDISH BASED PARTY'S REFOUNDATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Various Pro- Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) contacts signaled strongly to PO in late October regional visits that many DEHAP political leaders over the next three to six weeks will declare their support for the new Democratic Society (Demokratik Toplum Hareketi) poli [...]	2004-11-05 05:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF TU
04ANKARA6279	Update and Next Steps on Pharmaceuticals Issues [...] (SBU) The research-based pharmaceuticals industry continues to grapple with a difficult set of challenges in the areas of intellectual property protection (lack of data exclusivity and potential patent infringement) and reimbursement reform (including non-transparent development of restrictive [...]	2004-11-05 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA6285	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-05 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6286	DEMARCHE: ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN CONSULTATIVE [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche on November 4 to Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Head Murat Ates, who noted that Turkey had supported Israel's inclusion in the Western Europe and Others Group in New York in 2000, as well as during the 2004 membership renewal. Ates wanted [...]	2004-11-05 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KIPR IS TU
04ANKARA6293	BMENAI: DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE PLANNING [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. Summary: Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) co-sponsors Italy, Turkey and Yemen continue planning for a November 25 meeting in Rome of the three FMs, and possibly the U.S., at which they will release a DAD work plan. After the Rome meetin [...]	2004-11-06 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TU IT YM KMPI KDEM
04ANKARA63	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-07 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6309	TIP IN TURKEY: ISTANBUL SHELTER REPORTS SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Anti-TIP NGOs International Office for Migration (IOM) and Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) reported the first successful repatriation this week of 3 Ukrainian trafficking victims through the Istanbul Human Trafficking Shelter. The event simultaneously highlighted m [...]	2004-11-08 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6311	UK DIPLOMATS MEET IN ANKARA TO THINK ABOUT THE WAY [...] (C) Summary: The UK Ambassadors to Greece and Turkey, Cyprus High Commissioner Parker, and FCO EU and Mediterranean Director Chilcott met in Ankara November 1 to discuss, inter alia, the way forward on Cyprus. They assess that Papadopolous' demands are not yet getting any support within the [...]	2004-11-08 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL CY TU
04ANKARA6312	TURKEY AND IRAQ AGREE TO FIRST MEETING ON TRUCKER [...] (SBU) Sedef Yavuzalp of the Foreign Ministry Deputy Directorate General for Bilateral Economic Affairs informed us that Turkey and Iraq have agreed to the U.S. proposal (Ref a) to hold regular meetings on trucker and contractor security issues, including sharing of current intelligence and op [...]	2004-11-08 16:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD IZ MOPS PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA6314	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 09:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6317	GOT Supports External Evaluation of FAO [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR TU
04ANKARA6318	HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION DEMARCHES [...] (U) On November 8 we presented reftel A and B demarches to individual MFA departments for each country mentioned: A. We presented Belarus points to Deputy Director General for Eastern Europe Solendil, who confirmed the Turkish UN delegation had already been instructed to vote positively wi [...]	2004-11-09 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA6329	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6354	IRAQ DEBT REDUCTION: TURKISH BUREAUCRATS RELUCTANT [...] (C) Post discussed ref a talking points with MFA officials and Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci. Neither was forthcoming: Canakci said the issue required futher "study," while working level MFA officials were more negative. 2. (C) Based on these and earlier discussions (ref b),w [...]	2004-11-09 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ TU
04ANKARA6366	TIP IN TURKEY: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6368	DEMARCHE ON SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) On November 10 we presented reftel A demarche to Turkish MFA Eastern Europe Political Officer Yavuz Evirgen, noting that we had demarched the MFA on Ukrainian elections as recently as October 14. Evirgen replied that Turkey had sent ten observers, five members of Parliament and five Turk [...]	2004-11-10 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EU UP TU
04ANKARA6369	GOT REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO JANUARY ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) MFA Middle East Deputy Director General Safak Gokturk told PolMilCouns that Iraq's State Minister for Provincial Affairs Wael Abdul Latif and Deputy Foreign Minister Bayati delivered an oral message on operations in Fallujah to Prime Minister Erdogan at 2:00 pm Nov. 10. Speaking shortly af [...]	2004-11-10 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ TU
04ANKARA6370	GUANTANAMO: TURKS CLAIM TURKISH CITIZENSHIP FOR [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 3. 2. (C) On November 10, Togan Oral of MFA's Directorate for Intelligence handed PolMilOff a copy of a Turkish national registration document for Mesut Sen. According to the Turks, this is the same Mesut Sen (US9BE-00296DP) who is currently [...]	2004-11-10 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA6371	Health Ministry Views on Data Exclusivity; [...] (SBU) Health Ministry officials hinted that they could support immediate implementation of data exclusivity protection for confidential pharmaceutical test data if research-based industry were to make concessions in other areas. They said they had established a good dialog with industry on he [...]	2004-11-10 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA6373	Turkish Patent Institute on Modernization, Ties [...] (SBU) In a November 5 meeting with Econ Couns, Econoff and Econ Specialist, Turkish Patent Institute (Turkish acronym TPE) President Yusuf Balci said he would like to reach out to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in the context of his institution's modernization and development, much [...]	2004-11-10 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA6388	Turkish Iraqi Economic Cooperation Talks [...] (SBU) Following is the text of "agreed minutes" signed on November 5 at the conclusion of Turkish-Iraqi Joint Economic Committee meetings in Ankara (REFTEL). The document, which was given to us by the Turkish MFA, is encouraging in that it demonstrates that Turks and Iraqis are working toget [...]	2004-11-10 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ENRG ECON IZ TU
04ANKARA6393	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 1-10, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 10, 2004 by the Jerusalem [...]	2004-11-10 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6396	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6402	TURKS WON'T PUNISH MALTA BECAUSE OF CYPRUS [...] (C) MFA DDG for Multilateral Security Affairs Fatih Ceylan told PolMilCouns October 28 that a number of weeks earlier Ankara had delivered a demarche to Malta on the NATO-EU blockage issue. Turkey's message was that it would not stand in the way if Malta wanted to take the necessary steps to [...]	2004-11-12 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MT CY TU
04ANKARA6407	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-12 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6426	GOT TECHNOCRATS ON IMF NEGOTIATIONS: SLOW BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish economic technocrats describe slow but steady progress on the many issues outstanding when the IMF mission left Ankara late last month, including social security reform, VAT tax rates, and a new banking law. Difficult political decisions remain to be made -- particular [...]	2004-11-17 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA6427	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON MACRO SITUATION, MONETARY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Turkey's Central Bank Governor is optimistic about disinflation and downplays the risk inherent in the current account deficit. He favors a cautious approach to moving monetary policy to explicit inflation-targeting. Serdengecti is opposed to forgiving Turkish claims on Iraq. [...]	2004-11-17 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU IZ
04ANKARA6428	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-17 17:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6432	TURKEY: ANTI-SEMITISM REPORTING [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 10:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM TU
04ANKARA6440	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6441	US based D&PL Seed Co denied Plant Variety [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. THE TURKISH MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (MARA) HAS DENIED DELTA AND PINE LAND COMPANY (D&PL) OF SCOTT, MISSOURI, PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION (PVP) FOR FIVE COTTONSEED VARIETIES UNDER TURKISH LAW 5042. LOSS OF INTE [...]	2004-11-18 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA6442	AEGEAN: TURKS ASSERT THAT THEY ARE DOING "NOTHING [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador raised Greek complaints about territorial air space violations by Turkish aircraft with TGS DCHOD GEN Ilker Basbug and MFA U/S Ali Tuygan on November 18. They both said that they understood the need for restraint, asserting that they were doing "nothing abnormal." [...]	2004-11-18 17:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU GR
04ANKARA6443	DAS KENNEDY DISCUSSES AEGEAN ISSUES WITH TURKISH [...] (S) Summary: DAS Laura Kennedy and Embassy Ankara DCM discussed the latest round of Turkish/Greek Aegean negotiations on November 12 with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin. Ilkin gave a readout of the status of Turkish/Greek negotiations on the Aegean, having just returned from Athens. Ilk [...]	2004-11-18 18:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	GR MOPS PREL TU
04ANKARA6479	TURKEY: EURASIA SENIOR ADVISOR MANN MEETINGS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 8 meetings with Turkish officials on energy issues, Eurasia Senior Advisor Steven Mann stressed the importance of a level playing field for American companies in Turkey's energy sector and unflagging USG support for a Bosphorus bypass and expansion of natural gas trad [...]	2004-11-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV BEXP TU
04ANKARA6480	TURKEY TELECOM SECTOR: LIBERALIZATION IS HARD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A combination of poor service and high costs for telecom and information technology users impedes foreign investment and hampers Turkey's global competitiveness. While many Turkish officials express commitment and optimism, telecom sector liberalization is proceeding slowly, [...]	2004-11-19 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV TU
04ANKARA6481	TURKEY REMAINS COMMITTED TO JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER [...] Dr. Faruk Ozlu, Deputy Undersecretary of Turkey's national defense procurement agency (Savunma Sanayii Mustesarligi - SSM),in a November 12 discussion with PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns, dismissed press reports (including reftel) that Turkey was considering withdrawal from the Joint Strik [...]	2004-11-19 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS TU
04ANKARA6482	TURKISH-NORTH KOREAN ECONOMIC AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (SBU) Turkey's Foreign Trade (FTU) Undersecretary and the North Korean Ambassador to Bulgaria and Turkey signed a trade and economic cooperation agreement in Ankara on November 12. Two-way trade, valued at less than USD 5 million, is minuscule. Osman Bekaroglu, FT's Deputy Director General for [...]	2004-11-19 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KN KS TU
04ANKARA6484	TURKISH STRAITS VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES - NEWEST [...] On November 8, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Energy, Hakki Akil passed to Ambassador Steven Mann the newest version of the Turkish MFA's proposed "Voluntary Principles on the Passage of Oil Tankers through the Turkish Straits" (see Ref A). (This version is da [...]	2004-11-19 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT TU
04ANKARA6486	U.S./TURKEY/IRAQ TRILATERAL PROCESSES: WHO WILL [...] (U) This is an action request--please see paras. five and six. 2. (C) We appreciate Embassy Baghdad's clarification (ref a) regarding the IIG's plans for separate trilateral (U.S./IIG/GOT) talks on trucker/contractor security and on border security/PKK issues. The Turks also believe these [...]	2004-11-19 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
04ANKARA6489	EUR DAS LAURA KENNEDY MEETS TURKISH OFFICIALS TO [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Laura Kennedy visited Ankara November 11-12 to discuss with Turkish officials the December 17 European Council decision on starting accession negotiations with Turkey. Kennedy met with Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mehmet Dulger, MFA Deputy U/S for EU A [...]	2004-11-19 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EU PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6490	LABOR UNION OPPOSITION TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT PLANS [...] (C) Summary: International financial institutions recommend the transfer of Ministry of Labor and Social Security hospitals to the Ministry of Health. With public sector health care costs rising faster than inflation, the idea is to assure more efficient and cost-effective delivery of healt [...]	2004-11-19 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB SOCI TU
04ANKARA6491	A SNAPSHOT OF PRIVATIZATION IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After a long period of inaction on major privatizations, the GOT is attempting to move forward with its largest ticket items--including Turkey's telecom monopoly, Turk Telecom; petroleum refining company, Tupras; Tekel's tobacco arm; Petkim and Turkish Airlines (THY); and steel [...]	2004-11-19 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
04ANKARA6513	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-23 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6535	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE JOINT DEMARCHE: TURKEY [...] Summary: Ambassador Edelman and Moroccan Ambassador Zagour jointly delivered ref A demarche regarding the December 11 Forum for the Future meeting to Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for Multilateral Affairs Sensoy on November 22. Sensoy welcomed the demarche and said Turkey, which is co-sponsoring th [...]	2004-11-23 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM TU MO KPAO KMPI
04ANKARA6540	TURKISH PARTICIPANTS FOR EURASIAN CONFERENCE ON [...] The following individuals will attend the Eurasian Conference on Counterterrorism (REFTEL) on behalf of the Republic of Turkey: 1) Mr. A. Hakan Okcal, Head of Delegation, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Director General for Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2) Mr. Cengiz O [...]	2004-11-23 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU PTER
04ANKARA6541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA655	Foreign Trade Undersecretary on WTO [...] (SBU) Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuncer Kayalar and Department Head Hasan Yalcin told us on January 30 that they found USTR Zoellick's letter on the WTO negotiations to be very encouraging, particularly on ending export subsidies in agriculture. Kayalar reviewed GOT efforts to conclude a se [...]	2004-02-05 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
04ANKARA6558	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN DISCUSSES EU ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Edelman met November 18 with Turkish Minister of Environment and Forestry Osman Pepe to discuss Turkey's environmental challenges and to advocate that the Ministry purchase Sikorsky helicopters to fill its need for firefighting helicopters. Minister Pepe noted the [...]	2004-11-24 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SENV BEXP RS TU
04ANKARA6565	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6593	TURKEY REQUESTS US SUPPORT IN SUBMITTING ITS [...] (U) On November 10, 2004, we received a letter from the Turkish MFA General Director for Multilateral Affairs Duray Polat to Ambassador Edelman requesting U.S. support for Turkey's candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2009-2010 term, the elections [...]	2004-11-26 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU
04ANKARA6594	IMF CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT NEW PROGRAM CAN BE [...] (C) Summary: A third and hopefully final IMF mission negotiating a new 3-year stand-by program will return to Turkey November 30 with hopes of concluding discussions before EU leaders meet December 17. The IMF's return follows what both the IMF and Turks view as substantial progress on Tur [...]	2004-11-26 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
04ANKARA6599	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-26 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA660	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-05 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6615	DISTORTED TURKISH REACTION TO FALLUJAH OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Over the past two weeks, Turkish media portrayal of the al-Fajr operation in Fallujah has been unabashedly biased, vehemently anti-U.S. and often flat-out wrong. The MFA did not react to the most outrageous misstatements until November 26; the military has been publicly silent. [...]	2004-11-29 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KPAO MOPS PREL TU
04ANKARA6620	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-29 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6621	SCENESETTER: U.S. VISIT OF TURKISH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin is leading a six-person Turkish delegation to visit the U.S. December 1-3 at the invitation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). We understand he will also meet U/S Grossman at State and USAID Admi [...]	2004-11-29 16:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID OVIP PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6627	DCM URGES CONTINUED EU PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The DCM November 26 urged MFA officials to look for ways to bolster Turkey's EU candidacy in the run-up to the December Summit. With opposition to Turkish membership building in Europe, the GOT should strengthen its position by pursuing reforms. Signing a protocol extending its [...]	2004-11-30 09:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU TU
04ANKARA6628	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARCHON VISIT, GREEK ORTHODOX [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador told MFA U/S Tuygan on November 26 that the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a New York-based Greek Orthodox group, are visiting Ankara to discuss religious freedom with the GOT as part of a pilgrimage involving the transfer of relics from the Vatican to the [...]	2004-11-30 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU
04ANKARA663	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY, 2003-4 [...] (U) In response to reftel, the following is Mission's contribution to the 2003-4 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record." 2. (U) Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system and a president with limited powers elected by the single [...]	2004-02-05 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP TU
04ANKARA6644	TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING - TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Military spending in Turkey is under civilian control though the military has a significant voice in budgetary decisions. The spending is transparent, though line commanders have some authority to reallocate between uses. Military spending is subject to internal and externa [...]	2004-11-30 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN MASS TU
04ANKARA6646	TURKEY: IRAQI FINANCIAL ISSUES [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed Iraq debt and disbursement of Turkey's pledged financial aid to Iraq (reftels) with MFA U/S Tuygan November 26. The Ambassador noted that Turkey holds approximately USD 1.6 billion in Iraqi claims, and that a public statement of support for the recent Paris Club d [...]	2004-11-30 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA6648	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-30 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6649	GOT Concerns on Some Aspects of CSI [...] (SBU) At briefings on the Container Security Initiative by visiting Immigration, Customs and Enforcement Attache, Turkish officials reaffirmed their interest in the program, but expressed sensitivities about stationing U.S. personnel in Turkish customs areas and said a bilateral agreement woul [...]	2004-12-01 07:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA TU
04ANKARA6661	DSCA DIRECTOR LTG KOHLER'S DISCUSSIONS ON TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: DCHOD Basbug told visiting DSCA Director LTG Jeffrey Kohler on November 18 that the attack helicopter program was one of TGS' most important priorities. SSM Undersecretary Bayar underscored Turkish interest in US participation in the attack tender, which should be issued by year' [...]	2004-12-01 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA6670	TURKEY SUPPORTS OSCE ELECTION OBSERVERS FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) PolMilCouns discussed reftel demarche Nov. 29 with Avni Botsali, MFA Head of Iraq Desk. PolMilOff followed up Dec. 1 with Korkut Gungen, Head of the OSCE Section. Gungen responded that Turkey supports an OSCE election observer mission for Iraq. Gungen said that the GOT believes OSCE ha [...]	2004-12-01 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ TU
04ANKARA6672	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-01 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6673	TURK TELECOM FINALLY TO BE PRIVATIZED? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The long-awaited opening of the tender process for the privatization of Turkey's fixed line telecom monopoly, Turk Telecom (TT),was announced on November 25, with the Privatization Administration (PA) seeking bids through the end of next May for a 55 percent block sale to a "s [...]	2004-12-01 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS PGOV TU
04ANKARA6675	ANKARA TRILATERAL MEETING TO IMPROVE SECURITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Responding to a U.S. proposal (reftel) for Joint Iraq, Turkey, U.S. talks on trucker security, the Turkish government organized the first meeting in Ankara November 30. All three delegations agreed that the half-day meeting was successful in clarifying ongoing MNF-I security pr [...]	2004-12-02 05:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA6676	COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG): [...] (SBU) On November 22, DCM and Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO),Robert S. Deutsch, chaired the meeting of the Counter Terrorism Finance Working Group (CTFWG). Other participants included representatives from ECON, RSO, RAO, DEA, FBI, CONS, and OSI. 2. (SBU) ECON gave an update [...]	2004-12-02 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ETTC TU KTFN
04ANKARA6678	TURKEY STEAM ENERGY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A well-attended energy conference in Turkey provided expressions of commitment on the part of the government to move forward on energy liberalization, but failure to articulate next policy, legislative, and regulatory steps. The private sector is eager to move ahead and take a [...]	2004-12-02 09:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV EWWT TU
04ANKARA6686	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 10-30, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 30, 2004 by the Interna [...]	2004-12-02 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6687	TIP IN TURKEY: MFA REPORTS INTERIM PROGRESS [...] The National Task Force on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, established in October 2002, held its 7th meeting on November 3, 2004, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Mr. Murat Ersavci, the D.G. of Consular and Social Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The representatives participa [...]	2004-12-02 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU
04ANKARA6688	TIP IN TURKEY: REPORT FROM CLOSED TIP TASK FORCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: NGO participants provided to Emboff accounts of a closed TIP Task Force meeting that highlighted the GOT's internal and sometimes contentious struggle to organize Turkey's government and non-government anti-TIP efforts. The Task Force meeting, the second this calendar year, repor [...]	2004-12-02 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6689	IS THERE A FUTURE FOR THE ANKARA HUB [...] Embassy Ankara and REO Ankara recommend that EUR and OES consider closing the Hub in Ankara upon the departure of the incumbent REO. This proposal has been discussed with Hub embassies. Most agreed that without program funding the Hub cannot be effective. Kiev, however, saw value in having [...]	2004-12-02 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	APER SENV TU
04ANKARA6690	TIP IN TURKEY: TGNA PASSES, PRESIDENT APPROVES IOM [...] (U) Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) Foreign Affairs Committee Advisor Osman Ulukan confirmed press reports that the TGNA, on November 25, 2004, unanimously approved legislation appropriating the 154,000 Swiss Franc equivalent fee for Turkey's membership in the International Office on Mi [...]	2004-12-02 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6691	TIP IN TURKEY: EMERGENCY HOTLINE OPERATIONAL [...] (U) On December 2, 2004, Turk Telekom connected Turkey's first toll-free hotline (90-0800-211-6065) for victims of human trafficking. Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) staff will initially field calls from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday until Russian- and Turkish-la [...]	2004-12-02 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY

04ANKARA6692	TIP IN TURKEY: SHELTERED VICTIM LEADS POLICE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Characterizing the events that led to the arrest of at least one human trafficking network member in Corum, Turkey as a "real success story for the shelter," Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) Executive Director Demet Gural told Emboff that an Azeri victim resident at t [...]	2004-12-02 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6700	Turkish Markets Uneasy Over EU News Flow [...] (SBU) Summary: As analysts had long expected, the approach of the December 17 EU decision is generating increased volatility in Turkish financial markets. A market-worrying flow of news on the EU front was the leading factor in a sell-off during the last few days in November. Though markets [...]	2004-12-03 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA6742	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-03 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA676	NORTHERN IRAQ: CALLING IN TURKS' PROMISE TO END PMF [...] (S/NF) As Ref A and the January 27 Turkish press and official reactions to Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) "PM" Nechirvan Barzani's reported statement demonstrate, the Turkish-led Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) in northern Iraq continues to be an irritant that has outlived its usefulness. Ira [...]	2004-02-06 10:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA6764	KAPTANOGLU SHIPPING COMPANY [...] (SBU) Per ref email, Embassy understands that the Coast Guard is calling an inter-agency meeting for Monday, December 8 to consider imposing a moratorium preventing Kaptanoglu Shipping Group (KSG) vessels from entering U.S. waters/ports, as well as other measures, due to the company's record o [...]	2004-12-03 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA6765	IRAQ'S NEIGHBORING INTERIOR MINISTERS ISSUE JOINT [...] (C) On Dec. 3, PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Iraq Desk Avni Botsali to get a readout on the meeting of Interior Ministers of Iraq's neighbors that took place in Tehran Nov. 30-Dec. 1. Botsali, who accompanied Interior Minister Aksu to Tehran, said that the Ministers agreed to identify natio [...]	2004-12-03 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA6766	TURKISH MFA AND ANKARA REP DENY IRAQI TURKMEN [...] (C) PolMilOff contacted both the Ankara Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) representative, Ahmet Muratli, as well as the MFA Iraq Desk, to see if we could verify reftel report that the ITF had signed a statement calling for a boycott of Jan. 30 elections in Iraq. Muratli strongly denied that the ITF s [...]	2004-12-03 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINS IZ TU
04ANKARA6767	TALKING POINTS FOR PUTIN'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Econoff delivered ref A points to GOT MFA Deputy Director General for Energy Hakki Akil on December 3, noting that similar points had been delivered at multiple levels over recent months. Ambassador Edelman delivered the full set of ref A points to Deputy U/S Apakan on December 2. 2. [...]	2004-12-03 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET TU
04ANKARA6768	ARCHONS MEET WITH FM GUL [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a U.S.-based group of Greek Orthodox laymen, met with FM Gul December 2 during a religious pilgrimage to Turkey. The Archons urged Gul to take action to reverse the process of State expropriation of Greek Orthodox pro [...]	2004-12-03 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6769	TURKEY URGES ALL IRAQIS TO PARTICIPATE IN JAN. 30 [...] When on Dec. 3 PolMilOff called on the MFA Iraq Desk to discuss Iraqi elections (reftel),we were provided an MFA press statement that was to be released the same day. COMMENT: We see the statement as offering Turkey's full support for Jan. 30 elections taking place with all Iraqis' full parti [...]	2004-12-04 05:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC IZ TU
04ANKARA6789	RESPONSE FROM KAPTANOGLU SHIPPING COMPANY [...] (U) In two faxes sent December 3, Tansel Karademir, Operations Manager of H. Ismail Kaptanoglu Ship Management and Trading company, responded to Embassy's demarche to MFA warning of Coast Guard security concerns and possible action against the shipping company. Karademir wrote that the company [...]	2004-12-06 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA6792	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6797	TURKEY: IMPORTANT, BUT TENTATIVE, STEP ON NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a possible step forward on long-delayed gas sector liberalization, the Turkish State Pipeline Company BOTAS announced a tender for six of its natural gas import contracts in November. Although legal obstacles may eventually require that the tender be switched to gas volumes, [...]	2004-12-07 05:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET TU
04ANKARA6798	MFA FINAL REPORT OF TRILATERAL (TURKEY, IRAQ, [...] (U) This is an action request for MNF-I (via CENTCOM and Embassy Baghdad). Please see para 6. 2. (C) MFA gave embassy December 3 the text of the final report of the November 30 Trilateral Meeting to Improve Security for Turkish Truckers in Iraq. The text (para 7) reflects some agreements [...]	2004-12-07 05:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA6801	TIP IN TURKEY: JANDARMA REQUESTS TECH ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A November 23-27 International Office on Migration (IOM) TIP workshop in Adana, Turkey highlighted the Jandarma's struggling but developing ground-level ability to investigate and prosecute trafficking crimes. According to IOM trainers (para 4) and TIP-NGO victim counselors (re [...]	2004-12-07 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6802	CEKMECE REACTOR CONVERSION AND FUEL RETURN [...] EXBS Advisor and energy officer met with Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) President Okay Cakiroglu on December 3 to discuss the Cekmece reactors and the possible early return of Highly Enriched Uranium (HUE) fuel rods (ref A). Cakiroglu did not believe that there would be any GOT object [...]	2004-12-07 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP TRGY TU
04ANKARA6805	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-07 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6808	ACTION REQUEST: MOVING AHEAD WITH TRILATERAL PKK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. four. 2. (C) Ref a instructed Embassies Baghdad and Ankara to approach the IIG and GOT, respectively, to initiate trilateral (U.S., Turkey, Iraq) talks on a joint approach to dealing with the PKK/Kongra-Gel's continuing presence in Iraq. We [...]	2004-12-07 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA6809	TURKEY CONCERNED THAT PKK FRONT PARTIES ARE [...] (C) During their Dec. 7 courtesy call, incoming MFA Director General for the Middle East Oguz Celikkol told the DCM that Turkey is concerned that two PKK/Kongra-Gel front parties have apparently registered for the Iraqi elections. According to the Turkish non-paper, the two parties are the Kur [...]	2004-12-07 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
04ANKARA6810	TURKISH TRUCKERS' STRIKE THREATENS SUPPLIES FOR [...] (SBU) Turkish truck drivers delivering sustainment supplies and refined products into Iraq called a wild cat strike December 7. It is not clear how widespread is the support for the strike among truckers. Officials from the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) and one of its largest contract [...]	2004-12-07 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA6815	CUBA: NON-EXISTENT TURKISH INVESTMENT; GOT [...] (C) Reftel requested information on GOT policies in support of democracy and human rights in Cuba, as well as on an Turkish investments in Cuba. The Turkish MFA maintains that it has raised democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms with Cuba, though there have been no specific initiati [...]	2004-12-08 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETTC PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA6816	Scenesetter for Codel Hastert [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, cooperation in Iraq, Turkey's EU accession prospects and the state of t [...]	2004-12-08 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL MARR PGOV ECON IZ TU
04ANKARA6818	TURKISH FORUM FOR THE FUTURE ATTENDANCE [...] (U) MFA Planning Department Head Tezel confirmed on December 8 that FM Gul will not attend the December 11 Forum for the Future meeting in Rabat. State Minister Besir Atalay will attend in Gul's stead. Atalay's portfolio includes the State Statistics Institute, Press and Publications Direct [...]	2004-12-08 11:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU MO KPAO KMPI
04ANKARA6820	BOY'S KILLING IN KIZILTEPE ATTRACTS NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In an incident that local security officials initially described as a clash between police and terrorists, and under circumstances still being investigated, Turkish security officials shot to death 12-year-old Ugur Kaymaz and his father, Ahmet,were killed by gunfire on Novembe [...]	2004-12-08 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA6829	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-08 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6835	Scenesetter for Treasury DAS Loevinger [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. It is also a delicate moment in relations with both the IMF and EU. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, coo [...]	2004-12-09 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
04ANKARA6837	EGITIM-SEN EDUCATION UNION FACES CLOSURE DUE TO [...] (U) Summary: Turkish Education and Science Workers Union Egitim-Sen faces opposition from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the Turkish General Staff and the Ankara governor's officer over its refusal to delete a clause in the union's bylaws supporting mother tongue education. While [...]	2004-12-09 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV TU
04ANKARA6838	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6839	CHP LEADERSHIP WAITING FOR FAILURE [...] (C) Summary. Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) does not have a constructive political or electoral strategy for confronting the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP). CHP leadership is content to maintain its grip over the party, maintain the party's (eroding) representa [...]	2004-12-09 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6841	CHP LEADERSHIP: SECULAR ELITISTS ALIENATE FELLOW [...] (C) Summary. The ability of the Republican People's Party (CHP) to broaden its electoral and political support beyond its current base is limited by the sociological realities of the Turkish electorate, the public's negative perception of the party, and the failures of the party leadership. Th [...]	2004-12-09 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA6843	TIP IN TURKEY: VICTIMS' STORIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: International Organization on Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom provided para 4 report on a Russian citizen victim admitted to the Istanbul TIP shelter November 13. The victim's story largely repeats other accounts we have heard about typical trafficking schemes [...]	2004-12-09 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6844	MFA OFFICIAL: TURKEY MAY/MAY RE-THINK A PRT IN 2005 [...] (C) On Dec. 9, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff discussed ISAF Stage Two expansion and the apparent shortfall in Stage Two PRTs with Aydin Evirgen, MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia. Evirgen, who was deeply involved in our last effort to get a PRT from Turkey, said he had serious doubts abo [...]	2004-12-10 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU
04ANKARA6845	PUTIN REPORTEDLY PROMISES RUSSIAN UNSC SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Putin promised Russian support for Turkey in the UNSC during meetings with Turkish President Sezer and PM Erdogan, according to Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman. FM Lavrov tried to backpedal, but Putin said he would call UNSYG Annan to express Russian support for the G [...]	2004-12-10 06:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA6848	TURKISH BOYCOTTS OF U.S. GOODS [...] (U) A barrage of media disinformation about Falluja and U.S. actions in general in Iraq has added to negative public opinion in Turkey, and has led to calls for boycott of American products in recent weeks. The following is a summary of these boycott calls based on press sources. -- Bulent [...]	2004-12-10 08:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL BEXP IZ TU
04ANKARA6849	No Objection to Sumahan Project [...] Embassy has no derogatory information on equity participants in the Sumahan hotel project. 2. Turkey is enjoying a record year in tourism, with 16.7 million foreign visitors (up 25 percent) in the first 11 months of 2004. Turkey's government expects to earn USD 13 billion in receipts from [...]	2004-12-10 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD TU
04ANKARA6865	TIP: GOT PUSHING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTOCOLS [...] (U) During a visit to Ankara led by US Embassy Chisinau in November (septel),a Moldovan anti-TIP government delegation heard high-handed criticism from Turkish interlocutors about Moldova's failure to respond to a GOT-proposed anti-TIP protocol (para 3). The draft protocol, according to MFA D [...]	2004-12-10 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6867	NEW ERA IN TURKISH RUSSIAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS? -- [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 5-6 visit of Russian President Putin to Turkey was portrayed by Turkish politicians and the press as a turning point in Russian-Turkish relations. Putin and Turkish President Sezer asserted that the rapid growth of bilateral trade is leading to an emerging "Multi [...]	2004-12-10 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD PREL RS TU
04ANKARA6871	GOT POSITION ON PATRIARCH'S STATUS HAS NO LEGAL [...] (U) Summary: There is no legal basis for the GOT's policy of denying the ecumenical status of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Istanbul, an MFA official acknowledged. Though PM Erdogan and other GOT officials assert that the 1923 Lausanne Treaty establishes the Patriarch as the spiritual leade [...]	2004-12-10 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6877	IRAN: MFA OFFICIAL ON NUKES AND INTEREFERENCE IN [...] (C) PolMilCouns discussed Iran's nuclear program Dec. 9 with MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Aydin Evirgen. Evirgen said that Turkey is continuing to warn Iran that it must comply with the IAEA and cease any further development of nuclear weapons capability. In the context of the [...]	2004-12-10 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IZ
04ANKARA6878	TURKEY WELCOMES AFGHANISTAN COUNTERNARCOTICS PLAN, [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, PolMilCouns presented our Afghanistan counternarcotics plan on Dec. 9 to Aydin Evirgen, MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia. Evirgen welcomed our comprehensive approach, and signaled Turkey's willingness to engage on this issue. He said that Turkey is also [...]	2004-12-10 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PARM AF TU
04ANKARA6882	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-10 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6887	PUTIN VISITS TURKEY: RUSSIA BIDS TO TURN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Putin's visit demonstrated both Russia's assessment that Turkey is in play and the Turks' habit for mixing wishful thinking, barbarian handling, and a desire for (lucrative) attention. As of now, the visit appears not to have been the total breakthrough the Russians and some Turks [...]	2004-12-10 19:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS EPET ETRD TU
04ANKARA6907	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-13 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6911	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: TURKEY'S REQUEST TO TRAIN [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 4. 2. The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from MFA regarding the GOT's interest in providing training to Italian F-16 pilots. Post is faxing the note and enclosure to PM/RSAT (attention Todd Hughes). 3. Begin text of MFA note no. 2004/ALG [...]	2004-12-13 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR IT TU
04ANKARA6912	DEFMIN GONUL ENCOURAGES DOD'S USE OF TURKISH [...] The Embassy received from the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) on December 13 the following letter dated December 7 from Minister of Defense Gonul to SecDef Rumsfeld regarding possible US use of Turkish facilities to service S-70 Black Hawk helicopters. The original was provided t [...]	2004-12-13 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS OPDC MARR TU
04ANKARA6938	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, DECEMBER 1-14, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published December 12, 2004 by [...]	2004-12-14 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6939	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-14 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6940	NO PROGRESS ON TURKISH TRUCKERS' STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The wild cat strike by Turkish truck drivers that began on December 7 continues to halt nearly all fuel deliveries to Iraq -- the only exception being JP-8 coalition sustainment fuel and three trucks of gasoline. The largest Turkish contractor, Petrol Ofisi, said the five com [...]	2004-12-14 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA6941	LIFE IN TURKEY'S MOST SOUTHEASTERN PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: An early November visit to Hakkari province yielded a mixed picture of Turkey,s heavily-Kurdish, most Southeastern province, wedged between Iran and Iraq. The once-oppressive security environment has been replaced by streets full of pedestrians, a hotel full of Istanbul visito [...]	2004-12-14 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
04ANKARA6942	WASSENAAR MEMBERSHIP EXPANSION [...] (SBU) EXBS advisor met with the new DDG for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric (formerly the Disarmament Department Head) and staff on December 13. Regarding the Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary, Meric stated that Turkey agrees with the U.S. that each country applying for membership should [...]	2004-12-14 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA6946	TURKEY CONCERNED ABOUT KIRKUK ELECTION DELAY AND [...] (C) MFA Director General for the Middle East called in DCM Dec. 14 to express concern about three issues: the KDP flag flying over the Iraqi customs building at the Turkey/Iraq border, a possible delay in Governorate elections in Kirkuk, and reports that the KRG may hold a referendum on Kurdish [...]	2004-12-14 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
04ANKARA6947	TURKEY AND IMF ANNOUNCE BROAD AGREEMENT ON A NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF and the Turkish Government have announced agreement on the broad outlines of a new three-year program. Though final details will need to be wrapped up before a Letter of Intent can be signed, and an IMF board vote will not take place until January, the GOT and IMF succe [...]	2004-12-14 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA6948	TURKEY NUCLEAR ENERGY - ANNOUNCE IT AND THEY WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is pursuing the ambitious goal of adding nuclear energy to its power mix over the next decade, and is seeking U.S. or French know-how as its technology of choice. Raised earlier this year when PM Erdogan visited France, nuclear energy cooperation was also hastily added to [...]	2004-12-15 05:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV TRGY TU
04ANKARA6955	DEMARCHE ON EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche on December 15 to MFA Americas Department Head Onder. We emphasized ref B points that released dissidents attribute their release to international pressure, not the Spanish, and that dissidents oppose Spanish proposals to not invite them to national day recept [...]	2004-12-15 10:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TU CU
04ANKARA6961	TURKISH MFA SUGGESTS SYRIANS BEHIND ASSASSINATION [...] (S) POLOFF met with Turkish MFA First Secretary Celal Dogan on 10 December to discuss US-Turkish relations and counterterrorism issues. Dogan is assigned to the MFA's Directorate of Intelligence and Research and works on PKK issues. During the course of the meeting, Dogan asked POLOFF whom t [...]	2004-12-15 12:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA6963	TURKEY: US STEEL INTERESTED IN PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Three Pittsburgh based US Steel executives called on Ambassador Edelman December 14 to discuss United States Steel's interest in purchasing the Turkish government's 46% stake in Erdemir, Turkey's largest steel company. Led by Senior VP John Connelly, the group noted that the pending s [...]	2004-12-15 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BEXP EIND TU
04ANKARA6964	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6965	DELIBERY OF KAPTANOGLU COMMANDANT ORDER [...] This message was coordinated with Amconsul Istanbul. 2. Embassy delivered ref A Commandant Order barring Kaptanoglu vessels from entering U.S. territorial seas to the Turkish MFA via diplomatic note 1790 on December 14. We also conveyed ref A talking points to both MFA and the Maritime U [...]	2004-12-15 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA6967	RUSSIAN DEFMIN IVANOV'S EXTRA DAY IN ANKARA: BLACK [...] (C) Summary: Russian Defense Minister Ivanov, accompanied by Russian Navy Chief ADM Kuroyedov, had wide-ranging discussions with Turkish DefMin Gonul December 7, the day after President Putin departed. According to an MND official, Ivanov (unlike Putin--ref a) professed no problem with Turkey [...]	2004-12-15 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PINR RS TU IZ
04ANKARA6981	TURKEY - IEA AND ENERGY DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Energy Officer raised ref A energy diplomacy issues with Sami Demirbilek, Energy Ministry UnderSecretary and Turkey's International Energy Agency (IEA) Governing Board representative. Demirbilek emphasized the importance Turkey gave to meeting its 90-day strategic stocks obligation to th [...]	2004-12-16 07:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET TU
04ANKARA6982	FAA PRESSES GOT ON AIR SAFETY OVERSIGHT [...] (SBU) In December 7 meetings with Transport and Communications Ministry officials, John Barbagallo, FAA Technical Branch Manager, and Kurt Edwards, Senior Representative, urged the Turks to take steps to cut turnover of air safety inspectors, a key U.S. concern with respect to Turkish civil av [...]	2004-12-16 08:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR TU
04ANKARA6984	DIYARBAKIR GOVERNOR - A BREATH OF FRESH AIR? [...] (SBU) Summary: NGO contacts in Diyarbakir confirmed recent press reports of friction between Diyarbakir's Governor Efkan Ala and Security Director Orhan Okur attributing it to the Director's unhappiness with the Governor's relatively liberal views on freedom of expression and assembly. In [...]	2004-12-16 10:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA6985	THREE SOUTHEASTERN TURKISH MAYORS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Southeastern Turkish towns of Viransehir, Kiziltepe, and Sirnak, pro-Kurdish DEHAP party mayors have differing views on the Democratic Society Movement (DSM),which appears to be DEHAP,s successor party: while two mayors welcomed DSM, another thought DSM,s leaders wer [...]	2004-12-16 10:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA6991	ANKARA PUK REP REPORTS TALABANI STILL INSISTS ON [...] (C) PolMilOffs met Dec. 15 with Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Ankara representative Bahros Galali to discuss our concerns about Kurdish calls for a delay in governorate council elections in Kirkuk. Galali asked if the elections would take place as originally planned if the Kurds did not [...]	2004-12-16 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA6994	DEHAP PREPARING NEW KURDISH PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples' Party (DEHAP) are forming a new party they claim will be more broadly based and less focused on the Kurdish issue. DEHAP officials hope the new party, unlike DEHAP, will be able to draw enough support to enter Parliament. They claim [...]	2004-12-16 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA6995	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-16 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-02 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7000	JUST IN CASE: NO NEED FOR TURKISH TREASURY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Treasury officials tell us they have prepared for the possibility of a worse-than-expected EU scenario by obviating the need to borrow for the coming month. More broadly, in 2005 Treasury is targeting an increase in the average maturity of its domestic market Turkish li [...]	2004-12-16 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
04ANKARA7002	GOT PESSIMISTIC ABOUT POST-2005 TEXTILE AND [...] (SBU) A Turkish Foreign Trade official expressed considerable pessimism about the likely losses of Turkey's textile industry post-2005, and urged the USG to impose safeguards on Chinese apparel imports. Turkey will retain some competitive advantages, especially proximity and short delivery tim [...]	2004-12-17 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND KTEX EFIN TU
04ANKARA7003	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU
04ANKARA7016	Ambassador Discusses IPR Protection with [...] (SBU) Summary: In his meeting with the Health Minister, the Ambassador raised the USG's concerns regarding lack of data protection and patent linkage in Turkey, and urged the GOT to take immediate action to resolve these problems. The Ambassador pointed out the specific problem Eli Lilly was [...]	2004-12-17 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA7023	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7038	DEFENSE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The annual Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) inspections occurred on November 24 in Ankara and the week of December 6-10 in Izmir and at Incirlik Air Base outside of Adana. Due in part to new leadership and attitude on the Turkish side and a new US strategy, and i [...]	2004-12-17 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ELAB MARR TU
04ANKARA7040	DEBT REDUCTION FOR IRAQ - FOLLOW UP WITH TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Treasury DAS Loevinger pressed both the Turkish Treasury Undersecretary and the Central Bank Governor on the Iraq debt issue. The Governor resisted and the Undersecretary asked for more information. Separately, the DCM delivered ref A talking points to Foreign Ministr [...]	2004-12-17 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU IZ
04ANKARA7041	TURKISH TRUCKERS' STRIKE DRAGS ON -- CONCERNS [...] (C) Striking Turkish truckers continue to block fuel deliveries to Iraq, and after 10 days, there is no indication that the shipping contractors and striking truckers have begun talks to settle the strike. The lead Turkish contractor, Petrol Ofisi, told us that they and the other Turkish con [...]	2004-12-17 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA7042	TURKS REACH OUT TO IRAQI SUNNIS, URGE THEM TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey is reaching out to Iraqi Sunni groups and urging their participation in January elections and in forming a democratic Iraq. The GOT hosted a delegation from the Islamic Council of Sunni Foundations Dec. 15-16, and h [...]	2004-12-17 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA7044	DEC. 12 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) In policy discussions with the Turkish General Staff during the Dec. 12 meeting of the Caucasus Working Group, DASD James MacDougall urged Turkey to consider how we might change our approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The TGS representatives believed the Minsk Group had failed [...]	2004-12-20 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS
04ANKARA7050	UN PLENARY HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN AND [...] (U) December 17 we presented reftel A demarche to Turkish MFA departments for Turkmenistan and Iran. 2. (U) We reviewed Iran's poor human rights record with South Asia Political Officer Didem Yilbas, who said that she did not think Turkey would change its previous position, but promised to [...]	2004-12-20 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA7059	TURKEY: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2004, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to assume command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for [...]	2004-12-20 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA7061	TURKEY OFFERS TRAINING AND PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO [...] (C) PolMilCouns and PolMilOff met Dec. 17 with MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan to discuss Turkey's plans for the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I). Ceylan provided information on a series of 1-2 week courses being offered to Iraqi officers under the auspices of Turk [...]	2004-12-20 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU IZ
04ANKARA7063	THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU IT
04ANKARA7066	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7067	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (C) You arrive at a time when Turkey, having secured a 2005 start date for EU accession negotiations, will have begun to wake up warily to the enormous challenges entailed by harmonization. You arrive as well in a Turkey where much of the public, fed massive, continuing disinformation by an a [...]	2004-12-20 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ ECON TU
04ANKARA7073	COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG): [...] (SBU) On December 22, DCM and Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO),Robert S. Deutsch, chaired the meeting of the Counter Terrorism Finance Working Group (CTFWG). Other participants included representatives from ECON, RSO, DEA, FBI, CONS, and OSI. 2. (U) ECON gave a brief overview [...]	2004-12-21 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ETTC TU KTFN
04ANKARA7075	ACTION REQUEST: AIRLIFT FOR SECURITY ATTACHE TO [...] (U) This is an action request for State, DoD, CENTCOM, Embassy Baghdad, and MNF-I. Please see para. three. 2. (U) On Dec. 17, AIF in Mosul attacked a convoy of four vehicles carrying Turkish police officers assigned TDY to provide security at the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad. Five Turkish o [...]	2004-12-21 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA7099	DCHOD BASBUG APPRECIATES US HELP IN MOSUL BUT [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Responding to reports of the December 17 attack on a Turkish police convoy in Mosul, Turkish First Army Commander Tolon told journalists on December 19 that this attack, occurring in a place "that is under the control of a count [...]	2004-12-21 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA7100	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7103	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM REPORTS ON GOT PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: IOM has passed us a summary of its anti-TIP actions and plans for cooperating further with GOT authorities. End Summary. 2. (C) International Office for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom passed Emboff the following summary of TIP current events: BEGIN NOTES [...]	2004-12-21 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA7105	EU DECISION PROMPTS MARKET RALLY AND INTEREST RATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU decision to give Turkey a date for accession negotiations, underpinned by the news earlier in the week of a new IMF program, sparked a rally in Turkish financial markets. Though the markets ended up on Friday, confusion over what was really happening in Brussels created [...]	2004-12-21 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA7106	A RARE GLIMPSE INTO TURKISH MILITARY INTEL: IRAQ, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Long-term Embassy contact with deep experience in intel and national security analysis has relayed to us from his sources the belief that (1) PKK and Sunni radicals collaborated in Dec. 17 murder of five Turkish security guards in Mosul; (2) PKK is readying a serious terrorism [...]	2004-12-22 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA7111	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-22 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7115	INTERIM REPLY FOR BLUE LANTERN CASE 05-879186 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-23 07:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TU
04ANKARA7118	THANKS TO OUR MILITARY [...] I want to express my sincere thanks to you and the men and women of your commands for your daily heroism and dedication, but most specifically for your assistance to Turkey following the Dec. 17 insurgent attack against a convoy of Turkish officials in Mosul. Task Force Olympia's soldiers risk [...]	2004-12-23 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MOPS PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA7119	CONVERSATION WITH MFA ON TRUCKERS' STRIKE, FUEL [...] (SBU) The Charge called senior Turkish MFA Special Envoy on Iraq, Ambassador Ahmed Koruturk, regarding the fuel shortages in Iraq and the Turkish truckers' strike. Charge informed Koruturk that the severity of fuel shortages in Iraq was growing, pointing out that the truckers' strike was a co [...]	2004-12-23 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG MOPS PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA7141	DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON FUEL SUPPLIES TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Post passed on ref a message to foreign ministry officials on December 24. Turkish MFA says it is seized with the issue and is doing what it can to encourage transporters, fuel contractors and truckers to resolve the strike. MFA officials believe the single biggest problem is [...]	2004-12-24 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET MOPS PREL IZ TU
04ANKARA7151	TERRORIST FINANCE: INFORMING TURKEY RE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-27 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN EFIN TU
04ANKARA7154	Turkey FDI: GOT Expectations Tied to EU Accession [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-27 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV TU
04ANKARA7160	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-27 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7201	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

04ANKARA7210	TURKEY CONSIDERING STEPPING (BACK) UP ITS PSI [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey is preparing to step its participation up in the Proliferation Security Initiative -- participating in events in 2005 in Portugal and Spain, sending experts from Ankara to operational expert meetings even outside of Turkey' [...]	2004-12-29 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA7211	ERDOGAN AND AK PARTY AFTER TWO YEARS IN POWER: [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan and his ruling AK Party seem to have a firm grip on power -- if for no other reasons that there is currently no viable alternative and inertia weighs heavily in politics. Nevertheless, Erdogan and his party face enormous challenges if they are successfully to embrace c [...]	2004-12-30 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU
04ANKARA7223	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA731	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-06 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA749	AK GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPT TO BROADEN ACCESS TO KORAN [...] (C) Summary: The GOT in December withdrew new regulations that would have made it easier to open Koran courses after opponents called them a threat to the "secular" State. An official from the Religious Affairs Directorate acknowledged political mistakes in the handling of the regulation, but [...]	2004-02-08 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA763	ROCKY TRANSITION AT BANK REGULATORY AGENCIES AS [...] (C) Summary: Following the resignation of former BRSA/SDIF Chairman Akcakoca and the passage of legislation separating the two bank regulatory institutions, these agencies are in transition to new management and a new structure. By all accounts, it is shaping up as a difficult transition, with [...]	2004-02-09 10:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA790	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-10 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA792	MEETING OF THE COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP IN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, on Jan. 29 DCM convened a meeting of the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) to discuss anti-terrorism programs in Turkey. Reps from all G-8 countries and from Australia, Spain and Switzerland attended. A representative from the EU Commission could not attend but [...]	2004-02-10 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA794	OPERATION BALKAN VICE III -- TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-10 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	BK CY EFIN ETTC GM HR HU MK MOPS PREL SL SZ TU KAWC YI
04ANKARA796	MEETINGS WITH BUDGET AND TAX OFFICIALS [...] (Sbu) Summary: Deputy General Manager for Budget Ahmet Kesik described to econoffs the state of play on the 2004 budget, saying there is a TL 7 Quadrillion gap, of which TL 3.7 Quad stems from recent populist measures and 3.3 Quad from lower-than-expected revenues in 2003. Kesik echoed senior [...]	2004-02-10 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA801	Biotechnology Outreach in Turkey [...] SUMMARY. TURKEY IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING REGULATIONS ON BIOTECHNOLOGY THAT COULD HAVE WIDE REPERCUSSIONS ON U.S. TRADE. MOREOVER, AS A FUTURE CANDIDATE FOR EU MEMBERSHIP, TURKEY'S ACCEPTANCE OF A LIBERAL POLICY ON THE USE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY MIGHT ALSO INFLUENCE EU POLICIES. [...]	2004-02-11 09:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA808	MEETING WITH BANK REGULATORY BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (Sbu) Summary. In his first meeting with Econcouns, Bank Regulatory Board Chairman Tevfik Bilgin claimed he was fully independent and laid out his vision of a strong bank regulator, working closely with the newly-separate deposit guarantee agency. Bilgin commented on lessons learned from the [...]	2004-02-11 11:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA813	GOT WELCOMES UKRAINIAN DECISION ON ODESA-BRODY FLOW [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-11 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PREL SENV ENRG TU UP
04ANKARA814	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-11 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA845	NEW NATO MEMBERS: GOT URGED TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-12 11:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KTIA TU
04ANKARA849	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-12 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA851	GLIMMERS OF TURKISH RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORLD [...] (Sbu) Summary: Country Director Andrew Vorkink painted a mixed picture on Turkish re-engagement with the World Bank. In two sectors, energy and banking, the GOT has shifted to meaningful engagement in recent weeks, in both cases working with the Bank to develop a new interagency-coordinated st [...]	2004-02-12 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ENRG EINV PGOV TU
04ANKARA854	IRAQI DEBT TO TURKEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: In meetings with Central Bank and MFA officials, econoffs gathered preliminary information on Iraqi debt to Turkey. These officials put the debt at USD 1.3 billion, almost entirely owed by the Central Bank of Iraq to its Turkish counterpart. Based on these meetings, Turkey doe [...]	2004-02-13 06:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU IZ
04ANKARA856	MEETING AT MFA RE DUBLIN GROUP [...] (U) On February 11 Econoff met with Murat Ates, Head of Department, International Political Organizations, MFA, to discuss Turkey,s application to join the Dublin Group (DG). 2. (C) Ates reiterated Turkey's interest in joining the DG and explained the GOT's opposition to forming a Mini-D [...]	2004-02-13 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID SNAR TU
04ANKARA865	Tracker Demonstration for GOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11, a US team presented a demonstration of the Tracker system to about fifteen Turkish export control officials. The officials expressed interest in evaluating Tracker for possible use, but said they would need to discuss the matter internally before replying forma [...]	2004-02-13 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM TU
04ANKARA866	Strengthened IPR Law On The Way [...] (SBU) Culture Ministry Copyrights Deputy Director General Gunay Gormez told us the GOT was moving ahead with new anti- piracy legislation, which the Ministry submitted to the Council of Ministers last week. Gormez expected the Parliament to pass the legislation soon and without changes. Gorme [...]	2004-02-13 10:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA867	TURKS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT PRESIDENT'S FEB. 11 [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-13 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM OPRC KNNP TU
04ANKARA879	TURKISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEASED WITH BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Union of Chambers (TOBB) advisor Guven Sak told us February 13 that TOBB was very pleased with its February 9 visit to Baghdad, and was considering possible follow-up visits to Kirkuk and perhaps other cities. Sak expressed appreciation for CPA's and CJTF-7's efforts t [...]	2004-02-13 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA880	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-13 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA881	TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON HOPES FOR A CYPRUS [...] (U) Summary: Turkish markets, especially the stock exchange, have soared this week on the encouraging news out of New York regarding Cyprus. Turkish markets attach particular importance to the Cyprus issue because it is linked to Turkey's EU accession prospects. As of mid-day Friday, Turkish [...]	2004-02-13 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA895	U.S. ORTHODOX LEADERS DISCUSS HALKI, PATRIARCHATE [...] (C) Summary: An eight-member delegation of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a New York-based Greek Orthodox group, met with three GOT ministers in Ankara and discussed the continued closure of the Halki Seminary and other problems confronting the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The Archon [...]	2004-02-17 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GR TU
04ANKARA90	FEAR OF REJECTION KEEPS ANKARA FROM ASKING IGC FOR [...] (C) DCM briefed MFA Director General for Middle East Burcuoglu on US strategy for Iraq on January 2, drawing from ref a and recent policy statements. He noted that CPA would appreciate a readout by the planned GOT fact-finding mission to Iraq (ref b) towards the end of its time there. (Burcuo [...]	2004-01-08 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA919	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-17 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA920	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS NEARING DECISION ON PRTS; [...] (C) MFA and TGS agree in principle that Turkey should lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. They intend to finalize their discussions by February 18 and seek the Prime Minister's backing (both political and financial) for Turkey to lead a PRT. If the PM concurs, the GOT [...]	2004-02-18 06:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA921	PRESIDENT MUBARAK VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During an February 11-12 visit to Ankara, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak listened to Turkish views on Iraq, while the Turks did most of the listening on the subject of Israel/Palestine. Mubarak agreed with Turks' concerns about Iraq's territorial integrity and unity. He brie [...]	2004-02-18 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA943	TURKS CAUTIOUS ABOUT PAPANDREOU'S PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to Greek PASOK candidate Papandreou's proposal that both Greece and Turkey cut their defense budgets to allow for more spending on education and other social programs (reftel),Turkish officials at MFA and TGS voiced skeptical openness to the idea. While they acknowle [...]	2004-02-18 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GR TU
04ANKARA948	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-18 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA953	DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND SEIZES CONTROL OF UZAN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Congen Istanbul cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) moved on Saturday, February 14 to seize control of 219 companies owned by the controversial Uzan family in the latest episode of the protracted conflict between the fa [...]	2004-02-19 05:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA955	TURKEY WAITING FOR IMPROVED DONOR COORDINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's Coordinator for Afghan and Iraq Assistance Ambassador Okcun said Turkey is ready to start disbursing its USD 50 million pledge for Iraq Reconstruction, but is waiting for better coordination among donors. Okcun will participate in the preparatory meeting for the Inte [...]	2004-02-19 05:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID EFIN IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA958	ALTINBAS TORTURE CASE PLAGUED BY DELAYS [...] (C) Summary: The 13-year-old trial of 10 police officers charged with torturing and killing university student Birtan Altinbas continues to be plagued by delays, as the defense tries to postpone a verdict until the statute of limitations expires. The defendants have consistently failed to appe [...]	2004-02-19 10:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA959	PRESSING TURKISH MFA ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Jan. 27 Polcouns and Poloff paid introductory call Haldun Otman, newly-appointed MFA Deputy Director General of Consular Affairs, to press the GOT to follow through on recent efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Polcouns noted that the USG last year upgraded Turkey from Tier III [...]	2004-02-19 10:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PREL KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
04ANKARA971	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-19 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA974	IRAQ: TURKISH MFA IRAQ COORDINATOR TO VISIT [...] (C) Ambassador was approached by Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Osman Koruturk February 18 and called by MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ali Tuygan February 19 to seek assistance in getting Koruturk a meeting with CPA Administrator Bremer during Koruturk's visit to Baghdad February 24-26. While we de [...]	2004-02-19 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR PTER TU IZ
04ANKARA975	GERMAN OPPOSITION LEADER PROPOSES EU-TURKEY [...] (U) Summary: German opposition CDU-CSU leaders told PM Erdogan and other GOT officials during a visit to Turkey that they favor a "privileged partnership" between the EU and Turkey over full Turkish membership. Erdogan rejected the idea, but maintained a positive tone during discussions. A G [...]	2004-02-19 17:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA976	DEMARCHE ON ASSISTANCE FOR UNRWA'S 2004 EMERGENCY [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-20 06:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL PREF TU
04ANKARA977	Special 301 - Raise Turkey to Priority Watch [...] (U) This cable contains action requests in para 10. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Although there are signs that the GOT is preparing to improve enforcement through a ban on street sales, copyright and trademark piracy has remained persistently high in Turkey. Turkey has also failed to p [...]	2004-02-20 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA979	THE GOT TAKES STEPS TO RESOLVE OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE TURKISH NATIONAL POLICE' (TNP'S) AIRPORT SECURITY DIRECTOR TOLD US THE NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY COUNCIL RECENTLY DISCUSSED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S (DHS') AMENDMENTS ON POSTING ARMED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON PLANES AND A GAP IN IMMIGRATION AND CUSTO [...]	2004-02-20 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER TU
04ANKARA988	FOREIGN LEADERS MEETINGS WITH UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS: [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-20 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU UP
04ANKARA992	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-20 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA994	TURKEY: OPPOSITION LEFT-OF-CENTER CHP LIMPING [...] (C) Summary: Main opposition CHP's chances in March 28 local elections are dim, according to our own extensive contacts with party M.P.s and recent polling data. A few CHP M.P.s are growing more critical of party leadership but have not shown the courage of their convictions by speaking out p [...]	2004-02-20 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04BRATISLAVA896	SLOVAKIA STILL UNDECIDED ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) DCM raised reftel message on Turkey's EU accession with MFA State Secretary Ivan Korcok, MFA Acting General Director for European Affairs Frantisek Ruzicka, and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Milan Jezovica on September 28 and 29. Ruzicka said Slovakia was supportive in prin [...]	2004-09-29 14:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL EU TU LO
04BRATISLAVA923	GAERC ISSUES: CODE OF CONDUCT STRONG ENOUGH; [...] (C) In response to points raised from ref A, MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on October 6 told polec chief that the EU was strengthening the code of conduct regarding arms sales to make it more effective than in the past. He said member states were confident that it would suffice to [...]	2004-10-08 07:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CH LY TU EU LO
04BRUSSELS1094	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN: WHAT TO EXPECT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-15 13:36:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1496	EUR/PDAS RIES DISCUSSIONS WITH EU ON TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries visited Brussels on March 30 to review EU Commission concerns on specific Copenhagen Criteria issues, with the aim of working with the EU and Turkey to achieve a positive decision on a Turkish date for accession negotiations in December. Matthias Reute, DG [...]	2004-04-06 16:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1497	EU COMMISSION OUTLINES KEY COPENHAGEN CRITERIA [...] (C) Prior to EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries' visit to Brussels on March 30 covering the same issues at a higher level (septel),working level EU officials on March 29 met with us to detail EU Commission concerns on specific Copenhagen Criteria issues. The Commission laid out five specific areas where [...]	2004-04-06 16:23:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1787	EU HAND-WRINGING ON CYPRUS REFERENDUM: NO CARROTS, FLIMSY STICKS [...] (C) One day away from a Cyprus Referendum, EU officials are wringing their hands in Brussels about the likely fate of the Annan Plan -- and the likely accession of a divided Cyprus into the EU on May 1. The Head of the Commission's Cyprus unit told us April 23 that he is anticipating numerous [...]	2004-04-23 14:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1870	EU/CYPRUS: DEVELOPING THE EU'S POST-REFERENDA [...] (C) April 28 COREPER discussion on defining the Green Line for the European Union focused on the extent to which the Green Line is a barrier and to what extent it will be a border. Roughly speaking, our contacts report that the Greek Cypriots would like a barrier without the political charac [...]	2004-04-28 14:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID CY TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1871	EUR/PDAS RIES MEETING WITH MATTHIAS RUETE [...] (C) On April 26 EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries met in Brussels with EU Commission Enlargement Director Matthias Ruete, who is responsible in the Commission for Turkey's accession bid. Ries emphasized the US view that Turkey should not be punished for southern Cyprus' rejection of the Annan Plan. He en [...]	2004-04-28 14:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1960	EU: CYPRUS ACCESSION AND COMMISSION RESPONSE [...] (C) Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen's Cabinet member for Cyprus, Kristin Schreiber, told us May 5 that the Commission is readying proposals for improving northern Cypriot commercial access to the EU. The Commission proposals will likely be presented to the Council in late June, for adopti [...]	2004-05-05 13:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2107	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS AND U.S.-EU RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although most voters in the June 10-13 European elections will focus mainly on bread-and-butter themes such as employment, health care and the like, transatlantic issues will also attract attention. Brussels observers expect Iraq to feature more prominently in EU member states w [...]	2004-05-14 16:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2593	MANY EU SUMMIT FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) During the EU Summit June 17-18 in Brussels, EU sources tell us EU leaders will approve a range of pre-cooked decisions on a broad range of foreign policy topics so that they can focus on Constitutional Treaty negotiations and top-level appointments (septel). EU leaders are expected to en [...]	2004-06-17 15:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID XA XF TU HR RO BG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2938	NEW COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR NORTHERN CYPRUS [...] (SBU) On July 7, EU Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen presented the Commission's plan fulfill the EU's pledge to end the isolation of the Turkish Cypriot community following their support for the Annan Plan. The two main proposals are: 1) a new "preferential trade regime" allowing dir [...]	2004-07-09 14:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD PGOV CY GR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3226	ENCOURAGING SIGNALS FROM COMMISSION AND DUTCH [...] (C) In meetings on July 26-27 in Brussels with Dutch Presidency, Commission and Council officials, EUR DAS Laura Kennedy heard guardedly optimistic assessments from all that the EU, at its summit this December, would reach a positive decision on opening EU accession negotiations with Turkey ne [...]	2004-07-30 07:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3624	VERHEUGEN'S TURKEY TRIP AND DUTCH NGO STUDY [...] (C) Summary: DG-Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen will use his September 4-7 trip to Turkey to review the Commission's human rights and political concerns, which he hopes will further enhance his credibility before the European Council, the European Parliament and, ultimately, "European publi [...]	2004-08-30 14:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3821	EU AID/TRADE FOR NORTH CYPRUS STALLS [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Kennedy's Brussels consultations coincided with an important September 2 COREPER meeting in which EU member states were unable to find a way to move the Commission's proposed trade preferences for Northern Cyprus ahead -- leaving the EC's trade/aid package effectively fro [...]	2004-09-09 15:13:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD ZS TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4009	EU/TURKEY: ACCESSION TALKS NOT A DONE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: The current conventional wisdom in Brussels is that Turkey will get "yes-but" recommendations to start accession talks with the EU from the European Commission on October 6 and the European Council on December 17. We expect the debate in both bodies to be contentious. It would o [...]	2004-09-21 09:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4112	POLISH EU PERMREP AMBASSADOR GRELA MEETING WITH EB [...] (C) Summary: Poland Permanent Representative to the EU, Ambassador Marek Grela stressed that the Polish government strongly endorses giving Turkey a date for accession talks to the EU this fall, said progress was being made on Cyprus aid issues among EU ambassadors, expressed concern over the [...]	2004-09-27 08:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU PL ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4119	European Parliament (EP) Plenary September [...] SUMMARY: The September 13-16 EP plenary included debate on Iraq and Darfur. External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten criticized U.S. policy on terrorism and Iraq. MEPs qualified the Darfur situation as "tantamount to genocide." Also, the EP passed a resolution criticizing human rights [...]	2004-09-27 13:02:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF IZ SU CD BO CY TU EUN AID ICTY USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4129	EB A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH GERMAN EU PERM REP [...] (C) In a September 21 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne, German EU Permanent Representative Wilhelm Schoenfelder observed that Iraq continues to dominate US-EU relations. While clearly in Europe's interest to contribute to stabilization, domesticall [...]	2004-09-28 09:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4294	CYPRIOTS FLOAT A BALLOON ON NATO SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Cypriot military representative to the EU suggests that Nicosia is giving serious consideration to negotiating a security agreement with NATO as part of an effort to resolve the blockage in EU-NATO strategic cooperation. Nicosia is also eager to participate in the EU Battlegro [...]	2004-10-06 08:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY MT TU EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4299	EC/TURKEY: A "CLEAR RECOMMENDATION" TO START [...] (C) Summary: An upbeat Commissioner for Enlargement, Gunther Verheugen, told Ambassador Schnabel that the European Commission would make a "clear recommendation" October 6 that the EU start accession talks with Turkey. Verheugen expressed appreciation for the US's low-key support for Turkey, co [...]	2004-10-06 10:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4816	EU DEBATE ON TURKEY: SIMMERING BUT INCHOATE [...] (C) Summary: The EU's decision on Turkey is now out of the hands of Commission officials, but contacts there continue to plan for accession talks with Turkey. Still, they also express some uncertainty over how the Dutch will get a positive outcome at the December 17 European Council. EUR Dep [...]	2004-11-09 14:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4843	MALTESE SEEKING ITS WAY OUT OF NATO-EU BLOCKAGE [...] (C) Summary. Malta's Ambassador to the EU will propose to Valletta that Malta should declare its PfP agreements from 1994 remain in force, although the country has withdrawn from active participation. Under this approach, Malta would make the argument that they satisfy the requirements for par [...]	2004-11-10 16:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MT CY TU EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4960	MALTA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR PLAN TO RESOLVE NATO/EU [...] (C) Summary. Malta's Ambassador to the EU was disappointed by the perceived lack of U.S. support for his proposal to resolve the issue of Malta's participation in NATO-EU strategic discussions. Turkish representatives to the EU have expressed a desire to see a resolution to the issue. End [...]	2004-11-22 10:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MT TU CY EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5029	(C) COMMISSION CONSIDERS TURKEY/CYPRUS "PACKAGE" [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-26 15:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5125	EU WRESTLING WITH WHAT TO DO ABOUT CROATIA NOW [...] (C) The discussions among EU Member States in the Council on Croatia have been tense, and the EU remains fairly evenly divided on how strictly to condition open accession negotiations with Croatia on improved cooperation with the ICTY. The Commission supports our position (REF A) and High Rep [...]	2004-12-03 17:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV HR TU ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5212	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DEBATES TURKISH [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 14, the European Parliament (EP) will present its non-binding but influential "opinion" whether or not the EU should open accession negotiations with Turkey. The EP views will not have much influence on the European Council decision of the heads of states and gove [...]	2004-12-09 16:41:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU CY AM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5216	EU COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT RESPONSE ON [...] (SBU) We reviewed REF A points with Judith Gebetsroithner of Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner's cabinet and Margarita Comamala of the Council Secretariat on December 7 and 8, respectively. Neither had any specific comment or reaction on the Great Lakes, Middle East or Colombia (the latter of whic [...]	2004-12-09 17:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KPAL UP CO HR CG TU RW EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5258	EUROPEAN COUNCIL DEC. 16-17: HIGH STAKES, HIGH [...] (C) As the EU heads into final preparations for its December 16-17 summit (European Council) meeting, a limited number of high stakes issues remain open for final agreement. The main issue for heads of state and government will be Turkey, and possibly Croatia and the China arms embargo (alth [...]	2004-12-13 17:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EAID CK TU HR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04DJIBOUTI526	DJIBOUTI'S MINISTER OF COMMERCE ON UTILITY OF [...] (C) Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine, sees the planned port of Doraleh as key to a prosperous economic future for Djibouti. In a March 31 meeting with Ambassador, he talked about the port and its two key components: a fuel container terminal and a Free Zone. The containe [...]	2004-04-12 10:35:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PGOV DJ EG TU IN UG TC
04HELSINKI1137	GYMNICH MEETING: FINLAND SAYS EU "FAIRLY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 meeting with the chief of the MFA's EU coordination unit, we reviewed the agenda for the September 3-4 Gymnich meeting. We were told that the EU is leaning toward a financial contribution to support a UN protection force in Iraq -- and that Finland would consider [...]	2004-09-02 14:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FI IZ CH TU IR SU ZL XF EUN
04HELSINKI1406	FINLAND: SUPPORT FOR TURKISH ACCESSION TO THE EU [...] (U) Several Finnish officials and opinion makers have recently expressed support at a variety of fora for eventual Turkish accession to the EU. Such statements mark Finland as being among those who support a positive decision as regards the Turkish question later this year. Olli Rehn, the ne [...]	2004-11-01 12:27:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM TU FI EUN
04HELSINKI1472	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BETH JONES' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During her November 8 meeting in Helsinki with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, Assistant Secretary Jones said that the Administration was already talking about reinvigorating the transatlantic relationship, and said that one of the purposes of her trip was to ask Finland's views a [...]	2004-11-17 14:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EU PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TU FI
04HELSINKI1482	FINNISH PM VANHANEN TELLS VISITING EUR A/S JONES, [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting with Finnish PM Matti Vanhanen, visiting EUR A/S Jones reassured the Prime Minister of the importance the Bush Administration places on the transatlantic relationship, citing the President's references to outreach to Europe and the importance of both the EU and NA [...]	2004-11-19 08:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC ETRD EU PHUM PREL SMIG AF IZ TU FI RU
04HELSINKI1486	FINLAND: NOVEMBER GAERC STRATEGY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to officials at the MFA and to Jonna Partanen, Special Advisor on EU Affairs to Prime Minister Vanhanen. On November 19, Poloff received feedback from Leena Aalto, Counselor in the MFA's EU Affairs Division. Aalto's remarks were keyed to the issues cover [...]	2004-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU FI
04HELSINKI1547	FINLAND: VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 13-14 GAERC [...] (U) We met with Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Kimmo Lahdevirta to discuss the agenda for next week's GAERC meeting and the European Council meeting to follow. Finnish views, by issue: 2. (C) China Arms Embargo: Lahdevirta said his understanding is that the EU has reached consensus on revisi [...]	2004-12-10 14:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC XF CH HR IR TU UP FI EUN EU GAERC
04ISTANBUL1019	A/S JONES MEETING WITH IRAQI FM ZIBARI AND IRAQI [...] (C) Summary. During the run-up to the Istanbul Summit June 27, A/S Jones and CPA Foreign Policy Director Ronald Neumann discussed Iraq's security challenges and a new NATO-Iraq relationship with Iraqi FM Zibari and Iraqi MoD Sha'alan. Jones and Zibari agreed that their informal meeting with [...]	2004-06-30 08:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU NATO
04ISTANBUL1062	TURKEY'S FIRST TIP VICTIM SHELTER: SECRETARY [...] Summary: Secretary Powell and FM Gul witnessed the signing of a protocol that will lead to the opening of Turkey's first shelter for trafficking in persons victims later this month. The signing ceremony, which attracted significant attention and publicity, publicly committed the Turkish gov [...]	2004-07-09 07:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ISTANBUL1074	ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" AND THE OTTOMAN ARCHIVES [...] (sbu) Summary: The lack of agreement and dialogue on the so-called Armenian "genocide" question remains a major obstacle to Turkish-Armenian rapprochement. A long-term resolution of this problematic issue can only be built on an open dialogue and healthy academic debate. Free and complete ac [...]	2004-07-12 09:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
04ISTANBUL1090	NEW OIC SECRETARY GENERAL ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Elected on June 16 as the next Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) Secretary General (reftel),Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu met with poloff on July 12 to discuss his recent election, plans for the organization, and views on a range of topics. Well-known to the Consul [...]	2004-07-13 11:28:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1249	TURKISH TRUCKING ASSOCIATION URGES HALT TO WORK [...] (sbu) Immediately following the August 2 murder of Murat Yuce, a former Turkish trucker who had been held hostage in Iraq, Turkey's largest transporters' association released a statement calling on its members to halt work on all U.S. military contracts in Iraq. The non-binding statement may [...]	2004-08-09 07:27:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PTER PREL IZ TU
04ISTANBUL1279	GREEK, ARMENIAN PROPERTY WOES PROMPT COMPARISON [...] (sbu) Summary: Turkey's Istanbul-based minority religious communities report that while recent legislation has enabled them to "legalize" ownership of numerous properties already under their control, the new law is inadequate in that it does not permit the community foundations (mostly Greek O [...]	2004-08-16 09:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1346	ISTANBUL'S JULY VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES MEETING: [...] (SBU) Summary: Industry participants in the July 23 Istanbul voluntary principles meeting tell us that while they are "interested in and supportive in principle" of the initiative, it is unworkable unless Russian oil companies also participate. They also stressed that while consideration of [...]	2004-08-27 03:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL EINV SENV TU
04ISTANBUL136	ISTANBUL ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met January 14 with Human Resource Development Foundation (HRDF) Executive Director Demet Gural in Istanbul to get an update on TIP programs and efforts to put together a shelter for trafficked women. To date, the GoT has offered no funding for a separate shelter for tr [...]	2004-01-22 10:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM TU
04ISTANBUL1371	ISTANBUL ANALYSTS ON CURRENT ACCOUNT RISKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite positive international and domestic developments, including the Turkish government's recognition of the need for a new stand-by agreement for the 2005-2007 period, Turkish markets have remained range-bound in recent weeks. Many analysts attribute the markets' failure t [...]	2004-09-01 11:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL1459	THE FUTURE OF ORTHODOXY [...] (sbu) Summary: In addition to the struggle to maintain Istanbul as a viable seat for the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Bartholomew faces a rising challenge for moral and ecclesiastical authority within the Orthodox world from Moscow-based Russian Patriarch Alexy II. End Summary. 2. (sbu) Ecumen [...]	2004-09-22 11:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1484	A MARINER'S VIEW OF THE TURKISH STRAITS [...] (U) In meetings with Consulate and Embassy officers last week, British Petroleum maritime consultant Vice Admiral Sir Christopher Morgan provided a mariner's view of the issues the Turkish straits pose for transiting oil tankers. Morgan, who accompanied a BP Suezmax tanker through the straits [...]	2004-09-29 10:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ENRG ECON SENV TU
04ISTANBUL1488	TURKISH TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS OUTLINE CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Turkey's two leading transporters associations told us in meetings this week that their members perceive a deteriorating security situation in Iraq, with problems now reaching as far as Mosul in the north. They also continue to see serious problems with the [...]	2004-10-04 03:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PTER PREL IZ TU
04ISTANBUL1558	CUKUROVA FAILS TO COME THROUGH AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's stock market was shaken Tuesday as it absorbed news that the Cukurova Group had again missed the deadline for completion of the first payment under its early payment plan with the Turkish Savings Deposit Fund (SDIF). The ISE-100 dropped 2.15 percent Tuesday as a resul [...]	2004-10-15 06:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL1575	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE FOCUSES ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the October 7 hand grenade attack on the compound of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Fener, Consulate security personnel have worked closely with officials there to provide security advice. The Patriarchate's chief administrative officer, Chancellor Theoliptos, express [...]	2004-10-19 07:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
04ISTANBUL1624	TURKEY AND THE EU: HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Sessions at last week's Istanbul conference of Europe's Green Party highlighted Turkey's hopes and aspirations to gain a date for the beginning of accession negotiations, but also lingering sensitivities about perceived EU discrimination against Turkey and local discomfort abou [...]	2004-10-28 08:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
04ISTANBUL1677	KUCUKARMUTLU: APPLE OF ISTANBUL'S EYE AND [...] (u) Summary: A storm is brewing in the Istanbul neighborhood of Kucukarmutlu, pitting Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and its plans for a technology park against local residents and politicians. ITU recently reiterated its intention to seek implementation of court decisions to evict tens [...]	2004-11-09 06:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV ECON EAID TU
04ISTANBUL1714	THE PLIGHT OF TURKS IN WESTERN THRACE: RED HERRING [...] (sbu) Summary: There is a solid strain of Turkish opinion promoting the idea of "reciprocity" re dealing with the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Increasingly, opinion makers and the GOT attempt to justify the current situation by citing the "mistreatment" of Turks living in Greece. The Association [...]	2004-11-17 11:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR TU
04ISTANBUL1716	SECURITY AND PAYMENT HEAD LIST OF TURKISH BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A range of Turkish companies active in Iraq outlined their main concerns in a November 5 meeting with Turkey Caucus co-chair Representative Ed Whitfield. Security and payment issues headed the list, with companies reporting not just serious problems in ensuring the safe delivery [...]	2004-11-18 08:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG MOPS PREL PTER TU
04ISTANBUL1728	ISTANBUL BUSINESS LEADERS FOCUS ON EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings the week of November 8, Istanbul business leaders told visiting State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Rockwell Schnabel that they are optimistic both about Turkey's [...]	2004-11-19 07:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON TU

04ISTANBUL1729	REPUBLICAN PEOPLES' PARTY: IS THE YELLOW ROSE [...] (sbu) Summary: Open warfare between main opposition CHP leader Deniz Baykal and Mustafa Sarigul ("Yellow Rose" in Turkish),the popular CHP mayor of Istanbul's Sisli district, will probably lead to Sarigul's eviction from the party. Few observers doubt that the corruption allegations against [...]	2004-11-19 08:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1751	VIEWS FROM IZMIR ON IRAQ, EU MEMBERSHIP, HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Izmir business and religious leaders, NGOs and a journalist shared their views on human rights, Iraq, Turkey's EU membership and religious issues November 12 with Izmir liaison officer. The Izmir branches of the Human Rights Foundation and the Bar Association, both involved with [...]	2004-11-24 03:37:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ PHUM PREL TU
04ISTANBUL1753	GREEK BUYUKADA ORPHANAGE SEIZED; BALIKLI HOSPITAL [...] (c) Summary: Against the expectations of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Turkish Supreme Court on October 10 upheld a lower court decision revoking the Patriarch's deed of ownership for the long-vacated Greek Orthodox orphanage at Prinkipos (Buyukada) and awarded ownership to an already-confi [...]	2004-11-24 10:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1804	CRITICISM OF U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ PERVADES BMNEAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Linkage of the BMENAI with U.S. policy in Iraq was a common theme of speakers at a Cultural Initiative Symposium on the Greater Middle East and North Africa Project (BMENAI) in Istanbul in November. A wide range of Turkish academics, former GOT officials, and European diplomats [...]	2004-12-06 08:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU IZ PREL KPAO KMPI
04ISTANBUL1807	TURKISH TEXTILE FIRMS SEE A GRIM FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Turkish textile exporters tell us they are deeply pessimistic about prospects for the sector, warning that the end of the global quota system next month will lead to mass layoffs in Turkey unless "an exit" is found. In a recent meeting organized by the Istanbul Textile [...]	2004-12-06 11:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON TU
04ISTANBUL1819	ISTANBUL PROTESTANTS CONTINUE TO FACE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: While acknowledging that the environment for religious minorities in Turkey has significantly improved over the past several years, leaders of several Istanbul Protestant churches claim that they continue to face legal hurdles and cultural prejudice in their activities. Because [...]	2004-12-08 02:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1821	MEETING WITH KAPTANOGLU SHIPPING COMPANY [...] (SBU) P/E Chief and Consular Section Chief met on December 7 with H. Ismail Kaptanoglu Ship Management and Trading Company Managing Director Sadan Kaptanoglu and other company executives to review Coast Guard security concerns and possible action against the company. While reiterating that th [...]	2004-12-08 04:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL KFRD TU
04ISTANBUL1837	ISTANBUL POLITICS: AKP CONSOLIDATES CONTROL [...] (sbu) Summary: Following dominatig victories in the arch 28 local elections, Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials in Istanbul have sought to furthr consolidate power by attracting converts from ther parties and have transferred key assets fro the few remaining non-AKP districts to are [...]	2004-12-09 10:45:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1868	THE NEW EU? ARRANGING MARRIAGES ON TURKISH [...] (u) Summary: With Turkey on the verge of receiving a historic invitation on December 17 to begin membership negotiations, Europe is seized with the question of whether Turkey is sufficiently "European." Religion and economic disparities aside, Turkish television provides a window into some ke [...]	2004-12-15 05:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TU
04ISTANBUL190	ISTANBUL EMPLOYERS' MUTED REACTION TO TURKEY'S [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The recent decision of the Turkish government to increase Turkey's minimum wage by 38 percent, while also raising pensions by 21 percent, has sparked strong criticism in financial circles, but only a muted reac [...]	2004-01-30 13:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1925	ISTANBUL ANALYSTS ON MARKET DEVELOPMENTS, [...] (u) Summary: Istanbul market analysts were not surprised at the relatively moderate size of the post-EU decision rally, because they believe that much of the good news had already been priced into the markets during the last few months. They expect, however, that interest in Turkish financial [...]	2004-12-27 05:44:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL1944	RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE OR WINDOW DRESSING [...] (sbu) Summary: In trying to burnish ruling AKP's religious tolerance credentials, Prime Minister Erdogan attended the December 5 opening of a museum at an Armenian Hospital in Istanbul and four days later presided over the opening ceremony for a new mosque-church-synagogue complex near Antaly [...]	2004-12-28 11:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1953	ISTANBUL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS STREET CHILDREN AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Pickpocketing incidents, particularly those involving cellular telephones, have risen sharply throughout Turkey in 2004, with the highest jump in Istanbul. National attention following an incident leading to the death of a student in Istanbul in November prompted the formation [...]	2004-12-30 06:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC TU
04ISTANBUL262	BOSPHORUS DELAYS EASE BUT ISSUES REMAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Shipping delays on the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits have eased in recent days but the war of words surrounding the issue continues. Russia's oil pipeline monopoly Transneft strongly criticized Turkish [...]	2004-02-20 11:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV EWWT TU
04ISTANBUL266	CHALDEANS LEAVING IRAQ THROUGH ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A significant number of Chaldean-Iraqis have left Iraq, and are currently taking refuge in Istanbul. Estimates vary on the size of the group, with Turkey's de facto Chaldean leader estimating 4,600, while Catholic relief Charity Caritas thinks around 1,500 refugees may currently [...]	2004-02-20 12:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TU
04ISTANBUL276	ZORLU CFO OUTLINES THE GROUP'S TUPRAS PLANS [...] Sensitive but unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 18 meeting with Econoff, Zorlu Group Chief Financial Officer Cem Koksal outlined the group's strategy for completion of the purchase of the Turkish refiner Tupras, predicting agreement with Turke [...]	2004-02-24 12:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
04ISTANBUL295	TURKISH FIRST ARMY COMMANDER ON US/TURKEY [...] (u) Summary: During the course of a February 26 courtesy call by the Ambassador, First Army Commander General Buyukanit offered his views on U.S.-Turkish military-to-military relations, the ongoing Cyprus negotiations, and the Greater Middle East. End Summary. Mil-Mil Relations --------- [...]	2004-02-26 12:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
04ISTANBUL298	ISTANBUL COURT HANDS DOWN INDICTMENTS IN BOMBING [...] (U) Summary: Prosecutors at Istanbul's State Security Court on February 25 formally indicted 69 alleged conspirators in November's 4 terrorist attacks. Approximately 50 of the accused are now in custody. However, a number of key figures, including the alleged leader of the Turkish al-Qaida c [...]	2004-02-26 13:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU
04ISTANBUL356	EXECUTIVES HIGHLIGHT BUOYANT STOCK MARKET BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Ambassador Edelman on February 26, executives at the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) and Foreign Investors' Association (YASED) focused on two extremes of Turkey's current economic performance: the buoyant stock market, which has risen 80 percent over the last ye [...]	2004-03-08 11:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL365	ISTANBUL KURDS FOCUS ON IRAQI "KURDISTAN" [...] (C) Summary: Previously polarized and defined by their degree of support and sympathy for the PKK (later KADEK, now KONGRA-GEL) and imprisoned former PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, Istanbul Kurds tells us they have increasingly adopted Iraqi Kurds and their experiment with autonomy as their new ca [...]	2004-03-09 12:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU
04ISTANBUL374	FUROR OVER ATATURK'S DAUGHTER'S ARMENIAN ANCESTRY [...] (sbu) Summary: Recent claims reported in two Turkish newspapers that the late Sabiha Gokcen -- Ataturk's adopted daughter and Turkey's first female pilot -- was Armenian have exposed an ugly streak of racism in Turkish society. The reports led a number of prominent figures to make racist rema [...]	2004-03-10 12:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
04ISTANBUL376	ISTANBUL KURDS FOCUS ON IRAQI "KURDISTAN" [...] (C) Summary: Previously polarized and defined by their degree of support and sympathy for the PKK (later KADEK, now KONGRA-GEL) and imprisoned former PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, Istanbul Kurds tells us they have increasingly adopted Iraqi Kurds and their experiment with autonomy as their new ca [...]	2004-03-10 13:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU
04ISTANBUL381	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH APPOINTS NON-TURKS TO CHURCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an attempt to ensure the viability of his institution in the face of the declining Orthodox community in Turkey, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, first among equals in the Orthodox world, appointed six non-Turkish citizen metropolitans to the church's Holy Synod. The twel [...]	2004-03-11 12:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ISTANBUL401	ARMENIAN PATRIARCH DISCUSSES ONGOING CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II believes the run-up to a decision for Turkey on EU accession in December provides the best opportunity in years to get movement from the GoT on a variety of problems faced by minority communities, including church administration and property issues, cl [...]	2004-03-17 10:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
04ISTANBUL402	ISTANBUL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS FAMILIAR [...] (U) Summary: The long-planned but oft-delayed International Investment Advisory Council (IAC) meeting grouping CEO's from leading multinationals finally took place in Istanbul on March 15. Organized by the Turkish government with cooperation from the World Bank and International Monetary Fu [...]	2004-03-17 13:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL403	"HONOR KILLING" SHOCKS ISTANBUL, HIGHLIGHTS [...] (u) Summary: The tragic murder of 22-year old Guldunya Toren on February 26 by two of her brothers at a Bakirkoy district hospital shocked Istanbul, captured several days of media coverage, and highlighted the fact that the tradition of "honor killings" remains deep-set, even in Turkey's most [...]	2004-03-17 13:21:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL432	TERROR STRIKES ISTANBUL MASONIC LODGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 9, a botched suicide attack against an Istanbul Masonic lodge left 2 dead and 7 wounded (reftel). Investigations continue, but police statements and assorted press reports suggest that there may have been a network of planners and accomplices, as well as connections to [...]	2004-03-22 07:29:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PREL TU
04ISTANBUL448	ISTANBUL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FOR DUMMIES [...] (u) Summary: The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is poised for landslide victories in most of the March 28 Istanbul municipal elections. AKP candidate Kadir Topbas looks to be a shoo-in for the top prize -- Istanbul Mayor -- and AKP candidates are also expected to take the lion's share of [...]	2004-03-24 08:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL474	TURKEY'S JEWISH COMMUNITY: FRIGHT BUT NOT FLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two synagogue bombings and a recent attack on a Masonic lodge (which attackers reportedly believed was filled with Jews) have thoroughly unnerved Turkey's Jewish community. Synagogue services are now more centralized and sparsely attended, and youth and cultural groups have suspe [...]	2004-03-26 07:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER TU
04ISTANBUL492	TURKS PROTEST YASSIN'S DEATH, CONDEMN ISRAEL, U.S. [...] (u) Summary: Protesters burned Israeli and American flags at a symbolic funeral held for the former Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin following the noon prayer on Friday, March 26, in the Sultanahmet district, in central Istanbul. About 5,000 people participated in the demonstration organized b [...]	2004-03-30 12:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL TU
04ISTANBUL530	GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE: YOUNG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH A GROUP OF ISTANBUL ACADEMICS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAUGE REACTIONS OF INFORMED INTERLOCUTORS TO THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE. SEVERAL WARNED OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND OTHERS WONDERED IF THE PROPOSED COMMITMENT COULD BE SUSTAI [...]	2004-04-06 11:27:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KDEM KMPI XF TU
04ISTANBUL610	TURKISH POLICE SEIZE 4.4 TONS OF MORPHINE BASE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish National Police (TNP) seized 4.4 tons of morphine base, with an estimated value in Turkey of USD 15.5 million, in a raid on an Istanbul warehouse on March 29. The group targeted in the recent raid has connections to other narcotics trafficking groups in Turkey and elsewher [...]	2004-04-20 07:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL71	PATRIARCH AGREES TO HUMAN RIGHTS DIMENSION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I plans to travel to Cuba to accept title to a rebuilt Greek Orthodox Church in Havana. He has undertaken to raise human rights concerns both publicly and privately while in Cuba, and has agreed to a reception hosted by U.S., Greek, and Turkish d [...]	2004-01-12 11:23:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU PHUM TU
04ISTANBUL789	TRUCKING INTO THE EU...VIA CYPRUS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Hundreds of Turkish truckers were stopped for days at several EU border crossings on May 1 when European customs officials insisted that they present insurance cards valid in Cyprus. Although the crisis was resolved by issuing replacement insurance cards, Turkish truckers and [...]	2004-05-17 04:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD GR PREL TU
04ISTANBUL797	THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH STRIKES BACK [...] (sbu) Summary: Following a decision by Archbishop Christodoulos of Greece to appoint three new bishops without his approval, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and an enlarged Holy Synod formally broke communion with Christodoulos on April 30 and called on the newly-appointed bishops not to assu [...]	2004-05-20 08:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GR TU
04ISTANBUL798	TURKISH-ARMENIAN RAPPROCHEMENT: NO LIGHT AT THE [...] (c) Summary: Until now Istanbul-based initiatives have had an important role to play in track-two moves to improve Turco-Armenian relations. However, the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission (TARC),much-derided by the Armenian diaspora and largely ignored by Turks, has discontinued its [...]	2004-05-20 08:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
04ISTANBUL843	"WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU": NEW COMMISSION DISPLAYS [...] (c) Summary: A delegation of the new inter-ministerial commission charged with resolving outstanding minority issues visited Istanbul in January to meet with the leaders of the religious communities and to follow up on complaints that the religious leaders had passed to Prime Minister Erdogan l [...]	2004-05-28 10:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL868	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES STILL FACE DIFFICULTIES IN [...] (U) Summary: Prime Ministry human rights Director Vahit Bicak offered an upbeat assessment of Turkey's progress in addressing religious minority foundations' legal issues at a May 15 NGO-organized symposium. Nonetheless, religious minority foundations stressed that they still face serious [...]	2004-06-03 08:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TU PHUM
04ISTANBUL891	TURKEY RAISES NORTHERN CYPRUS AVIATION LINKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and his visiting delegation reviewed the bilateral transportation relationship with Turkish Minister of Transportation Binali Yildirim in a full day of meetings in Istanbul on Monday, May 24. Yildirim took the opportunity to press for t [...]	2004-06-08 09:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAIR ELTN ECON PREL TU CY
04ISTANBUL90	LATE OFFER MUDDIES TUPRAS PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish analysts are reacting positively today to yesterday's announcement that the highest bid for privatization of two-thirds of the state refinery Tupras came in at 1.3 billion USD. While the press has been critical of the offer, the bid values the overall company at 2 billi [...]	2004-01-14 15:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL TU
04ISTANBUL974	TURKEY'S "EURO" VISION [...] Summary: While European officials assess GOT efforts toward meeting the Copenhagen Criteria in advance of the EU Council's important December Summit, Turkey's de facto integration into the cultural life of Europe deepens. Turkey's hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, along wit [...]	2004-06-21 07:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL TU
04ISTANBUL975	HALKI: REAL PROGRESS AT LAST? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Ecumenical Patriarchate, having learned through a variety of sources that the government is reportedly working to reopen the Halki Seminary, is optimistic this could happen in September. According to the Patriarchate, the proposal purportedly under development b [...]	2004-06-21 08:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
04KUWAIT3374	TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT NATIONALS WORKING FOR US [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 21 meeting with DCM and a September 25 follow-up with US military officials, Turkish diplomats raised concerns about the treatment of Turkish drivers working for US military contractors and sub-contractors in Kuwait and Iraq. They said that the Turkish Embassy i [...]	2004-09-27 09:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ TU
04LJUBLJANA377	SLOVENIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: PREVENTING KONGRA-GEL [...] (C) ON 23 APRIL, ECONOFF DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO PETER JAPELJ, FIRST COUNSELOR IN THE MFA OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DISARMAMENT. JAPELJ PROMISED TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH MFA STATE UNDERSECRETARY FOR VISA POLICY ANDREJ STER. HE WILL ALSO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION AMONG TH [...]	2004-04-26 12:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PTER IZ TU SY JO SI
04LONDON3070	PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-23 17:47:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO UK
04MADRID2180	EU EXPANSION AMBASSADOR: PRO-TURKEY, DOUBTFUL ON [...] (C) We met with Ambassador Jorge Fuentes, MFA Ambassador on Special Mission for EU Enlargement, on May 28 to discuss Spanish foreign policy inside the EU and the GOS's view on further enlargement. Fuentes agreed with our assessment that with the EU Parliamentary elections coming so soon after [...]	2004-06-09 15:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU SP EUN
04MADRID3937	SPAIN: APPROACH TO EU MEMBERS ON AID, TRADE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 14:40:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL EU TU CY SP
04MADRID4381	SPAIN SUPPORTS TURKISH EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Spain supports Turkish EU candidacy, a policy that has remained consistent through both the Popular Party administration of Jose Maria Aznar and the current Socialist administration of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. MFA EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo told Poloff November 15 t [...]	2004-11-16 11:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL EU TU SP
04MANAMA505	DONORS' CONFERENCE FOR CYPRUS SETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-11 10:24:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CA CY GR TU BA GCC EUN
04PARIS3123	PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-23 17:18:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PINS IZ TU EU SY JO FR
04ROME1681	PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] (S) INFORMATION IN REFTEL WAS SHARED APRIL 27 WITH PAOLO VAIRA OF THE MFA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICE. VAIRA AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICE, GIAMPAOLO CANTINI, ALREADY HAD SEEN A COPY OF THE U.S. DEMARCHE, WHICH HAD BEEN TRANSMITTED BY THE EU COMMISSION - JIM CLOOS - TO MEMBER [...]	2004-04-29 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PTER EUN TU IT
04ROME3698	ITALY/TURKEY: CONFIDENT TURKEY WILL RECEIVE A [...] (C) On September 23, MFA Director for Turkey/Cyprus Affairs Renato Ricci told poloff that while his government was still confident that Turkey would receive a "yes" on a date to begin EU accession negotiations at the December Council, recent moves to include criminalizing adultery in the cou [...]	2004-09-24 11:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IT TU EUN
04ROME3917	ITALY AGREES ON NEED FOR IMMEDIATE AID FOR CYPRUS, [...] (C) MFA Turkey/Cyprus Office Director Renato Ricci told Poloff on October 4 that Italy concurs with the US view (REFTEL) that increased economic development in North Cyprus will aid reunification. To that end, Italy supprts rapid disbursal of the Commission's propoed Euro 259 million aid pack [...]	2004-10-08 08:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECIN TU CY IT EUN
04ROME4375	ITALY'S SUPPORT FOR TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION REMAINS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-16 14:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IT EUN
04STATE89155	PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. ACTION ADDRESSEES ARE TO DRAW FROM THE POINTS IN PARA 2-4, AS APPROPRIATE, WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS AT THE HIGHEST APPROPRIATE LEVELS TO SEEK THEIR HELP IN PREVENTING A PARTY CONGRESS IN IRAQ BY KONGRA-GEL, THE TERRORIST SUCCESSOR TO THE PKK. THE U.S. WILL DO ALL IT [...]	2004-04-22 00:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO
04TELAVIV1362	WERTHEIMER APPARENTLY GIVING UP ON "MARSHALL PLAN" [...] (SBU) Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer told visiting NSC Director Adnan Kifayat and Embassy Econoff on Feb. 24 that he will no longer seek USG financial assistance for his "New Marshall Plan" for the Middle East. Using the phrase "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't force him to [...]	2004-03-04 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD PREL KWBG TU JO IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04THEHAGUE1524	NETHERLANDS/TURKEY/EU: ERDOGAN GETS PRAISE BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's June 16 visit to the Netherlands focused heavily on Turkey's EU accession bid. Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende publicly and privately praised Turkey's reform efforts to date and assured Erdogan that negotiations on accession would be [...]	2004-06-18 14:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EU NL
04THEHAGUE2190	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH THINKTANK REPORT ON TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: A recent report on Turkish EU accession by the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV),a think tank affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has sparked debate on a possible timetable for opening accession talks with Turkey. The report's most controversia [...]	2004-09-01 16:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2415	TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY AND DUTCH POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The recent defection of one member of parliament from the Liberal (VVD) party over the issue of Turkish accession to the EU is forcing the Dutch government to consider potential domestic repercussions of the Turkish EU debate. So far, PM Balkenende has set the tone of the discussion by [...]	2004-09-22 15:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NL
04THEHAGUE2452	TURKEY/EU/CYPRUS - "THEY AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hannie Pollman-Zall (protect),MFA Director of the Western and Central European Department, told Poloff on September 23 that if the Turks thought the European reaction to the adultery law proposal was bad, "they ain't seen nothin' yet." Ankara, she suggested, may still not ful [...]	2004-09-24 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NL CY
04THEHAGUE259	DUTCH DISCUSS TRANSATLANTIC GOALS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. MFA SecGen Frank Majoor and Pol Director Hugo Siblesz invited Ambassador, DCM, and other embassy officials to lunch January 23 to discuss the upcoming Dutch EU presidency. The Dutch hope to work with the U.S. to elaborate cooperation in the area of peace and security, particular [...]	2004-02-02 11:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU TU NL MEPP
04THEHAGUE2735	CAUTIOUS DUTCH REACTION TO EC REPORT ON TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch government has officially characterized the October 6 European Commission report on Turkey, including its recommendation that a date be set for accession negotiations, as "a good basis for decision making by the European Council in December." Parliament also receive [...]	2004-10-22 15:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2778	NETHERLANDS/EU/KOSOVO/UKRAINE/CYPRUS: ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref a points on Kosovo, Ukraine, and Northern Cyprus to MFA Deputy Director Joep Wijnands (Political Affairs, European Correspondent) October 28 (ref B covered the remaining GAERC points). On October 29, Poloff repeated points on Northern Cyprus to Hannie Pollman-Zaal [...]	2004-10-29 12:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU NL EUN
04THEHAGUE281	DUTCH FM BOT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (C) I just spoke with Ben Bot and found him well-prepared for his February 9 visit to Washington. He plans to ask how he personally can contribute to improved transatlantic relations. As he has said in press interviews, other European leaders are counting on him to help mend fences between the Euro [...]	2004-02-04 12:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EU IZ NL PGOV PREL SNAR TU XA XF XH NATO
04THEHAGUE3001	DUTCH ASK USG HELP WITH TURKEY ON CYPRUS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Still expecting a positive outcome on December 17 for Turkey, the Dutch DG for the EU, Marnix Krop, sees trouble brewing on Greece and Cyprus and has asked the U.S. to help in two specific ways. First, urged us to impress upon Turkey the problems that Turkey's Aegean flights ha [...]	2004-11-19 08:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY GR PGOV EUN
04THEHAGUE3098	TURKEY/EU: TURKEY ON TRACK WITH HURDLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul met with the EU troika in the Hague November 23 in the last high-level meetings before the Council on December 17 faces its moment of truth. The Council will make its decision based both on the Commission report and issues Member States raise; elements of an in [...]	2004-11-26 16:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CY GR NL PREL TU EUN
04THEHAGUE3133	NETHERLANDS/CROATIA: EU ATTITUDE TOWARDS ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is "no daylight" between the USG and Dutch national position on Croatia and its obligation to cooperate with the ICTY, Alle Dorhout (MFA European Integration Department Croatia officer) confirmed to Poloff and Legaloff when discussing reftel points November 30. The Dutc [...]	2004-12-01 11:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL PGOV NL TU HR ICTY EUN
04THEHAGUE3140	EU/TURKEY: DUTCH COMMENT ON DECISION DRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 29 the Dutch circulated draft conclusions on Turkey to EU partners (subsequently leaked to the press) in advance of the December 17 Council meeting that includes strong, but predictable, language on accession (e-mailed to EUR/ERA and USEU). Turkish officials in The [...]	2004-12-01 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL TU HR RO CY BU EUN
04THEHAGUE3178	EU/TURKEY: DUTCH ISSUE REV 2 DRAFT TEXT [...] (C) Rob Swartbol (PM Balkenende's diplomatic advisor) (STRICTLY PROTECT) told Ambassador Sobel late December 6 he was alarmed about efforts by France, Austria and Denmark to promote a third way/privileged partnership alternative for Turkey. He said that the Dutch were working to get Germany an [...]	2004-12-06 19:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL TU CY EUN
04THEHAGUE3219	NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR DEC 13 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 8 to deliver points reftel and December 9 with Joep Wijnands, the Deputy Director, and Derk Oldenburg (MFA Dep Dir for European Enlargement). Werner expected smooth sailing on Bulga [...]	2004-12-09 12:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NL PREL KNNP IR IS TU CR RO SU UP EUN
04THEHAGUE3223	TURKEY/EU: DUCH PM'S DEC 9 DINNER WITH ERDOGAN [...] (C) PM Balkenende's focus at dinner with PM Erdogan in Brussels tonight, December 9, is to seek an agreement over how Turkey can adequately indicate recognition of Cyprus in the context of accession negotiations, Jochem Wiers (MFA EU Enlargement office and main drafter of accession texts for [...]	2004-12-09 13:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CY GR NL PREL TU EUN
04THEHAGUE3333	TURKEY ACCESSION/EU: THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE [...] SUMMARY: (C) According to Dutch diplomat Pieter de Gooijer, the intense Dutch-led negotiations leading to the EU Council's invitation to Turkey for accession talks were one for the history books. In a recent conversation with DCM and Poloff, he provided the inside story of the last hours of th [...]	2004-12-23 15:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL TU CY EUN INRB
04THEHAGUE584	DUTCH VIEWS ON PM'S MARCH 16 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 9, Ambassador Sobel met separately with FM Bot and the PM's diplomatic advisor, Rob Swartbol, to preview the March 16 meeting between the President and PM Balkenende. PM Balkenede will bring the message that the Dutch EU presidency will advance the transatlantic agenda i [...]	2004-03-10 10:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ NL PREL TU
04VATICAN1164	VATICAN OPEN TO TURKEY'S EU BID [...] (C) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR TURKEY JAN PAWLOWSKI REAFFIRMED MARCH 5 THE VATICAN'S OPENNESS TO TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP, DESPITE THE IMPRESSION OF OPPOSITION GENERATED BY THE HOLY SEE'S CONTINUED EFFORTS TO INTERJECT A REFERENCE TO EUROPE'S CHRISTIAN ROOTS IN THE EU CONSTITUTION. NEVERTHELES [...]	2004-03-23 17:26:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT
04VATICAN3196	VATICAN STILL OPEN TO TURKEYâ€™S EU BID [...] (C) Acting Holy See Foreign Minister Parolin reaffirmed August 18 that the Holy See remained open to Turkish EU membership, notwithstanding recent critical comments by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Parolin emphasized that the Holy See's position on Turkish membership in the EU had not changed from the [...]	2004-08-18 16:27:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT
04VILNIUS1194	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding support for Turkey's EU membership and provided non-paper on Turkey's progress on Copenhagen criteria to the MFA's Jurgita Apanaviciute on September 27. Apanaviciute, who is responsible for enlargement issues within the MFA's European Union Department, [...]	2004-09-30 12:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN EU TU LH
04YEREVAN165	MFA ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ISTANBUL-YEREVAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) MFA officials told us recently that they consider the weekly Yerevan-Istanbul flights an important part of efforts to improve relations between the two countries. MFA Turkey Desk Officer Anahi [...]	2004-01-20 12:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU AM
04YEREVAN1707	TERRORIST FINANCE: YEREVAN: PKK/KADEK [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-02 12:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU AM
04YEREVAN1773	TERRORIST FINANCE: YEREVAN: PKK/KADEK [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-09 13:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU AM
04YEREVAN212	PM APPOINTS ETHNIC MINORITIES AND RELIGIOUS [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Andranik Margarian appointed Hranush Kharatian as Head of the Department on Ethnic Minorities and Religious Issues within the Cabinet. Kharatian will supervise GOAM programs tar [...]	2004-01-23 11:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU AM
04YEREVAN2281	FM DISCUSSES TURKISH-EU ACCESSION: KOCHARIAN [...] (C) In her October 14 meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, Deputy Assistant Secretary Laura Kennedy emphasized the positive benefits for Armenia of a Turkey anchored in the EU. She strongly urged the GOAM avoid trying to derail or complicate the process. Oskanian's recent [...]	2004-10-14 08:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM
04YEREVAN282	ARMENIAN POLITICIANS POSTURE AFTER "WIDER EUROPE" PRONOUNCEMENTS IN TBLISI, EU VISIT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Recent statements by EU officials in Tblisi suggesting a more concrete role for the South Caucasus countries in the "Wider Europe" initiative incited an unusual surge of Euro-friendly political [...]	2004-02-03 13:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ZJ TU AM EUN
04YEREVAN347	TOUGH DASHNAK TALK ON N-K, TURKEY AT PARTY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Dashnak Party Chairman Hrand Margarayan's February 6 comments on relations with Turkey, N-K, and Georgia's Armenian population sparked renewed controversy among Armenia's political elite. Marga [...]	2004-02-12 10:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU AJ AM
04YEREVAN391	BUREAUCRATS DISAPPOINTED WITH WORKING-LEVEL [...] (C) MFA Turkey Desk Officer Anahit Harutunyan told us February 13 that the MFA returned from the latest GOAM-GOT technical meeting having accomplished less than it had hoped for, specifically regarding a potential border opening or scheduling regular encounters between FMs Oskanian and Gul. Ha [...]	2004-02-18 08:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AM
04YEREVAN449	RARE PRESIDENTIAL INTERVIEW SPARKS [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) President Robert Kocharian's February 18 extended press conference sparked speculation about his political posturing vis-a-vis an increasingly vocal opposition. During the rare two-hour TV int [...]	2004-02-24 03:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU AJ AM
04YEREVAN587	KURDISH ACTIVITIES IN ARMENIA [...] (S) There is an Armenian-Kurdish friendship society in downtown Yerevan with a sign posted on the door identifying it as such. The "Friendship Society's" main goals in Armenia appear to be to promote Kurdish culture, organize holidays, demonstrations, and campaigns for better treatment of and/ [...]	2004-03-11 03:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR AM TU
04YEREVAN830	REAFFIRMING TIES WITH ARMENIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's visit to Armenia galvanized U.S.-Armenia relations as he met with Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian and President Kocharian in back-to-back meetings March 26. The meeting with Oskanian clearly set the agenda for the subsequent discussion with [...]	2004-04-07 09:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM TU AJ AM OVIP RICHARD ARMITAGE
05ADANA101	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-10 05:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA102	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 10, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 05:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA103	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 06:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA104	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-13 05:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA105	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 13, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-16 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA106	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 05:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA108	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 17, 2005 [...] BOLGE / SABAH (GUNEY): Ambassadors to Turkey representing Latin American countries were invited to a meeting at Adana's Chamber of Industry (ACI) over the weekend. Umit Ozgumus, Chairperson of the ACI, is optimistic about enhancing economic and commercial ties with Latin American countri [...]	2005-05-18 05:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA11	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7, 2005 [...] BOLGE / MILLIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / ZAMAN / EKSPRES: A stormy debate has been going on in many cities (of Turkey),especially in Adana and Gaziantep (Note. The two prominent southeastern cities. End Note.),because the cities were not included within the GoT's recent contentious Incen [...]	2005-01-11 07:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA118	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 31, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / ZAMAN / BOLGE: A commercial delegation came to Adana from Holland to promote commercial ties between Holland and Turkey. The delegation paid a visit to Adana Municipality and then to Adana's Chamber of Industry (ACI). ACI Chairperson Ozgumus said that they [...]	2005-06-02 08:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA119	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 02, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / BOLGE: The heavy rainfall in two days in Ceyhan district of Adana damaged the wheat crop which would be harvested soon. This situation aggravated the hardships endured by producers who had been complaining about the low prices offered for for their produce. [...]	2005-06-03 12:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA120	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 07, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 05:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA121	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 06, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 05:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA122	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 9, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA

05ADANA123	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 8, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA124	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 10, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 12:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA125	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 16, 2005 [...] EKSPRES/BOLGE/SABAH(GUNEY): A group of farmers in Ceyhan district of Adana, in an attempt to protest the agricultural policies of the government, poured 2.5 tons of wheat into the Ceyhan river. Chairperson of the Ceyhan Chamber of Agriculture said that the farmers were not able to sel [...]	2005-06-17 07:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA13	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 12, 2005 [...] MILLI GAZETE / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Adana is going to establish its infrastructure for the inaugration of natural gas use within the city. The EPDK (Energy Market Regulatory Authority) announced yesterday that Adana is included in the list of cities that will benefit from the n [...]	2005-01-14 06:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA132	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA133	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 30, 2005 [...] HURRIYET/EKSPRES/SABAH(GUNEY)/ZAMAN/BOLGE: Water melon producers in Adana's Karatas district of are frustrated about not being able to sell their produce despite water melon's very low price in the market. 2. ZAMAN/BOLGE: The paper reports that despite the recent lifting o [...]	2005-07-11 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA134	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 11, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: A 60-person group of Syrian businessmen and senior members of Syrian chambers of commerce came to Iskenderun district of Hatay and visited "Istex 2005 Industry and Commerce Fair." The group showed interest in the industrial products section. The group also visited the stand of Alep [...]	2005-07-11 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA137	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 07/06, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for 07/06, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET (CUKUROV [...]	2005-07-13 11:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA138	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 01, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 01, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET (CUKUR [...]	2005-07-13 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA139	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 12, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 12, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. ZAMAN: Chris B [...]	2005-07-15 15:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA14	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 18, 2005 [...] CUMHURIYET / TERCUMAN / YENI SAFAK / HURRIYET / VAKIT / TURKIYE: PM Erdogan is expected to announce good news to the farmers before the upcoming religious holiday. During his meeting with farmers and volunteers for agricultural development today, PM is expected to announce ways to r [...]	2005-01-24 14:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA140	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...]	2005-07-15 16:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA141	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 15, 2005 [...] EKSPRES: CHP (Republican People's Party) Seyhan district's Women Branch Chairperson complained that few women were able to serve as candidates in last weekend's elections, which were held to nominate district delegates and candidates for the district chairpersons of CHP in Adana (se [...]	2005-07-18 10:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA142	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 14, 2005 [...] ZAMAN/RADIKAL/HURRIYET: PKK terrorists reportedly attacked an infantry unit with an RPG in the Digor district Kars at 11.40 p.m. yesterday. The rocket landed on the garden of a house a hundred meters away from the military unit. Following the explosion, the military unit reportedly retur [...]	2005-07-18 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA143	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 18, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM: People in Adiyaman's villages, throwing the carcasses of animals infected with brucellosis on open land, instead of burying them, are reportedly aggravating the village brucellosis epidemic. 2. EVRENSEL/OZGUR GUNDEM: The number of people contracting anthrax increa [...]	2005-07-19 06:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA145	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 20, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY)/ BOLGE: Turk Telekom (The newly privatized Turkish Communication Company) workers in Adana refused to attend work for half a day to stage a protest against the company's privatization. The workers are protesting the transfer of some Telekom services to a subcontractor comp [...]	2005-07-22 09:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA146	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 22, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): Turk Telekom (Turkish Communication Company) workers in Antakya did not attend work for an (unspecified) length of time to stage a protest against the company's privatization. 2. SABAH (GUNEY): Valeh Haciyev, a deputy minister from Azerbaijan currently visiting th [...]	2005-07-25 07:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA149	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 04. 2005 [...] BOLGE: BAK (Global Peace and Justice Commisssion) invited a group of Iraqi doctors to Turkey. The doctors will attend the August 27 regional meeting of BAK in Adana and tell about the massacres carried out in their country. The doctors will be attending anti-war activities of BAK on Sep [...]	2005-08-08 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA15	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM: [...]	2005-01-25 06:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA150	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 15, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...]	2005-08-16 13:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA154	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22, 2005 [...] BOLGE: The daily reports that the purpose of U.S. Embassy Charge d'Affaires Nancy McEldowney's visit last week to Turkey's Agricultural Ministry was to pressure Turkey on its recent decision to restrict rice imports from the U.S. in order to prevent material injury to Turkish rice produce [...]	2005-08-23 10:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA155	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-24 12:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA157	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 14:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA158	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPEMBER 02, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 12:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA159	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA16	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 14, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 14, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. CUMHURIYET / [...]	2005-01-25 06:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA160	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 01, 2005 [...] EVRENSEL: Farmers Union and Citrus Fruit Producers in Adana formed a delegation, which will be visiting the Ministry of Agriculture in Ankara, to demand an urgent announcement of decisions about products such as citrus fruit, cotton and corn. 2. EVRENSEL: State Minister [...]	2005-09-06 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA161	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Land Survey studies and site examinations for the Organized Agricultural Zone project have been completed in Mersin's Tarsus district. REID [...]	2005-09-14 07:04:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA164	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 [...] BOLGE: Farmers in Adana's Ceyhan district will hold a big demonstration tomorrow to protest the agricultural policies of the GoT (see press summary 09/14). 2. BOLGE: Export volumes to Iraq over the last eight months have reportedly pleased Southeastern exporters. REID [...]	2005-09-19 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA165	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-19 15:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA166	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Saban Bas, Chairperson of Adana Chamber of Commerce, said that foreign companies would take part for the first time in the third of the annual Cukurova Industry and Commerce Fair that will be held in September 26 in Adana. Bas said that 11 companies from Nahcevan (part of Azerbaij [...]	2005-09-22 09:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA167	CATHOLIC BISHOP ANNOUNCES INTENT TO CLOSE ADANA CATHOLIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-23 13:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF VT TU ADANA
05ADANA168	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / (CUKUROVA): A group comprised of the senior leaders of Adana, under the leadership of Abdullah Torun, Adana deputy from AKP, and including the provincial chairperson of AKP, the Adana mayor, chairpersons of chambers and agricultural associations, held a press announcement. The [...]	2005-09-26 08:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA169	ANXIOUS SOUTHEAST TURKEY PONDERS EU INTEGRATION IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 14:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV TU ADANA
05ADANA170	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA171	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 27-28, 2005 [...] BOLGE: A delegation of Turkish origin businessmen from Iraq, in order to foster commercial relationships, will come to Gaziantep on September 29 to visit their counterparts there. 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES: Fethi Coskuntuncel, Chairperson of Adan Chamber of Commodity Exchange, [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA172	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / ZAMAN: According to AKP Adana Provincial Chairperson Abdullah Dogru, followers of the former prime minister and president Suleyman Demirel's agricultural policies devastated the agricultural sector in Turkey. 2. SABAH (GUNEY) / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA / BOLGE / EKSPRES [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA173	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Adana's 3rd Cukurova Industry and Commerce Fair ended. REID [...]	2005-10-05 13:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA174	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 10:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA177	SOUTHEAST TURKEY'S ECONOMY GETTING BY [...] (SBU) Summary: The southeast's economy is not booming but it is getting by. Fuel smuggling across Van's border with Iran has taken on significant proportions. Van's business incubation center provides an example of local business succeeding at doing things on its own, without Ankara's help. [...]	2005-10-07 14:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU SY IZ ADANA
05ADANA179	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-12 11:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA18	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 25, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 25, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. CUMHURIYET / [...]	2005-01-28 12:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA180	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Saban Bas, Chairperson of Adana Chamber of Commerce, said that following the opening of negotiation talks with the EU, investment opportunities and transportation facilities in the Haci Sabanci Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ),will render Cukurova region one of the "shining stars o [...]	2005-10-12 14:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA181	LETTER FROM SYRIAC CHRISTIANS IN SOUTHEAST TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 08:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SY TU ADANA
05ADANA182	GOOD NEWS AND BAD: DIYARBAKIR'S PROTESTANTS AND ADANA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Diyarbakir's Protestant Church has been issued a license by local government offices designating its building as a "religious site facility," and expects to receive "settlement permission" soon, allowing their building to legally function as a church. At the same time, in the a [...]	2005-10-13 08:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ TU
05ADANA183	TURKEY"S WORK ON AKDAMAR ISLAND ARMENIAN HERITAGE SITE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 11:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AM TU
05ADANA188	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 10:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA19	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 26, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 26, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. RADIKAL / CUM [...]	2005-01-28 15:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA190	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-19 06:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA191	CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION CONTINUES IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Two Turkish Christian representatives visited AMCON Adana on October 19 to report on difficulties they have experienced in carrying out their religious practices. Guldane Migi from Adana and Huseyin Yelki from Malatya told ConOffs that they believed they had been treated prejudicially by [...]	2005-10-19 13:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA192	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 05:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA193	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 12:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA194	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 09:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA195	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 09:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA196	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 09:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA197	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 10:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA2	NEW TURKISH-SYRIAN TRADE DEAL SIGN OF BETTER THINGS TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-03 07:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL SY JO IZ TU ADANA
05ADANA200	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 10:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA201	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-02 06:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA202	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 07, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 06:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA203	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 02, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 06:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA205	HABUR GATE CLOGGED BY CONSTRUCTION IN NEAR-TERM [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 13:55:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN MOPS MARR IZ SY TU ADANA
05ADANA209	ADANA CLO ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Number of children attending the Office-of-Overseas-School-assisted school: 1 2. Number of children attending another school at post: 0 3. Number being home-schooled: 0 4. Number attending school away from post, receiving education allowance: [...]	2005-11-18 14:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	TU ADANA
05ADANA21	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 1, 2005 [...] MILLI GAZETE: Recent discussions on how to privatize the energy distribution networks seem to focus more on transferring the shares of operational rights, rather than the method of selling the assets to private sector investors. According to authorities at the Privatization Administratio [...]	2005-02-02 11:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA213	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA214	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA215	SOUTHEAST TURKEY CIVIL UNREST, CLASHES CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 15:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER TU ADANA
05ADANA216	SOUTHEAST REMAINS SKEPTICAL ABOUT GOT REFORM PROMISES AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reaction in Turkey's heavily-Kurdish southeast to PM Erdogan's November 21 visit to Semdinli, Yuksekova and Hakkari was positive, but skepticism about the government's ability to bring the perpetrators of the Semdinli bombings to justice remains high. Erdogan did no [...]	2005-11-23 06:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ADANA217	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 07:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA220	OIL EXPLORATION, IRAQI BORDER TRADE CAUGHT IN TURKISH [...] (SBU) Summary: AMCON Adana conoff's met with Chevron and Iraqi border province regional business officials on 11/9, taking the temperature on regional attitudes about cross-border trade and energy exploration potential. Conoff's encountered frustration from multiple contacts, but a desire t [...]	2005-11-28 10:26:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD ELTN ECON TU ADANA
05ADANA221	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-28 11:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA222	CONTINUING DEVELOPMENTS IN SEMDINLI BOMBING CASE: TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the November 9 Semdinli bombing (reftels A and B) and the PM's subsequent visit to the region (reftel C),the parliamentary Human Rights Committee toured the region to investigate the case. Hakkari's governor was re-assigned to another province, a move he attempted to depi [...]	2005-11-30 12:26:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA223	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA224	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 1, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA225	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 15:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA227	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 05, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 14:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA228	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 07:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA229	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 08, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-09 13:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA23	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 27, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: "The customs gate at the port of Iskenderun has been modernized by means of significant automation project", said Metin Yucedal, Chief Director of Customs at Iskenderun Customs Directorate. He spoke during a meeting and awards ceremony celebrating World Customs Day (January 26). [...]	2005-02-03 14:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA230	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 12:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA232	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 07:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA234	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET: [...]	2005-12-14 09:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA235	VIOLENCE IN SOUTHEAST CONTINUES, WHILE SEMDINLI SETTLES INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: As PKK-related violence continues on a broad scale throughout Turkey's southeast region, developments in the Semdinli case have settled into relatively peaceful investigative and judicial activities (see reftels). Over the past ten days, there have been investigative visits by [...]	2005-12-14 12:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA PKK
05ADANA238	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 14, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-15 09:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA239	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 07:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA24	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31, 2005 [...] YENI SAFAK: Cantemur Aslan, General Manager of SEKA (Turkish State Pulp and Paper Plant) and Atilla Osmancelebioglu, Governor of Mersin, delivered the good news that SEKA's port in the Tasucu district of Silifke in Mersin will be reopened. It had been idle for ten years. (Note: The S [...]	2005-02-04 07:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA241	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 12:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA242	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 15:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA243	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-21 10:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA26	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / EKSPRES: Microsoft Sales Representative Emre Teker visited the Adana Industrialists and Businessmen Association (ADSIAD),and promised to provide technical and educational support for the association's Business Development Center (ISGEM). ISGEM's pr [...]	2005-02-11 07:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA27	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM / EVRENSEL / SABAH (GUNEY): In Mersin, many people demonstrated against the decision to privatize that city's port. Protesting the privatization process, 400 members of Liman-Is (Union of Ports),Mersin Branch, carried banners reading, "We will not let the ports be sold," "Po [...]	2005-02-11 09:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA28	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Ayhan Barut, Branch Chairperon of th Chambr of Aricultural Engineers, state that drastical low temperatures and the frost experienced in the Cukurova region seriously damaged vegetables and fruit (especially citrus fruit) that has not been harvested yet. [...]	2005-02-15 13:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA29	CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER PRESSURE FROM JANDARMA IN TUNCELI [...] (SBU) On February 7, 2005, former Tunceli Bar President Huseyin Aygun was reportedly threatened by the Tunceli-based Jandarma Commander in a face-to-face meeting called by the Commander. According to press reports, confirmed by Mr. Aygun in a telcon with post, the Commander accused Aygun of [...]	2005-02-16 15:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC PREL TU ADANA
05ADANA3	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 28, 2004 [...] BOLGE / TURKIYE / EKSPRES / VAKIT / MILLI GAZETE: As compared to the figures of the previous year, the exports from Turkey to the Middle East countries are breaking the records and the volume of exports has increased by 40.9 percent. Mehmet Hadra, President of the Turkish-Arab Businessmen [...]	2005-01-03 09:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA30	DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE IN SIIRT [...] (U) Per reftel (SE Turkey Press Summary 1/25/05),as many as 1000 demonstrators reportedly clashed with security officials in Siirt on January 23, 2005. Reportedly throwing stones and breaking windows, they protested what they claimed was a decision by government and municipal officials to b [...]	2005-02-17 14:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC PREL TU ADANA
05ADANA31	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-18 08:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA32	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-18 08:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA33	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM: Diyarbakir and Mardin Chambers of Commerce announced that the cotton producer subsidies are insufficient to cover the losses of the cotton producers. The weather conditions permitted the harvest of only half of the produce and the rest was sold at a loss later. Shortcomings [...]	2005-02-18 14:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA34	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / EKSPRES / BOLGE / SABAH (GUNEY): The First International Economic Cooperation Forum is to be held in Adana today. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and representatives from 400 domestic and international companies are expected to attend the two-day Forum hosted by the Adana Cha [...]	2005-02-23 07:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA35	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / EKSPRES / BOLGE / ZAMAN / TURKIYE: Adana Chamber of Commerce will open the East Mediterranean Foreign Trade Center today to foster the international relationships of Cukurova Region's SMEs. Among the undertakings of the Center are providing advisory services to the SMEs with r [...]	2005-02-23 08:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA

05ADANA37	TURKEY'S 2004 TRADE WITH IRAQ SURPASSES 2003 LEVELS [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-24 12:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL ENRG IZ TU ADANA

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