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03AMMAN6409	GOJ CONDEMNS ISRAELI RAID IN SYRIA; ISLAMISTS [...] (U) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on October 5 condemned in an official press statement the Israeli military strike in Syria, calling it a "dangerous escalation" which threatened the security of the entire region. Muasher further said that the attack "does not at all help the peace process [...]	2003-10-06 17:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS JO SY

03AMMAN6414	JORDAN-IRAQ: POLICE TRAINING, DEBT, CHALABI, [...] (S) Foreign Minister Muasher said October 5 that Jordan will continue its pragmatic, cooperative relationship with the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and will send a ministerial representative to the Madrid donors' meeting. However, he expressed concern that an escalating war of words with IG [...]	2003-10-07 07:17:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR IS IZ JO
03AMMAN6456	UNRWA DONOR MEETING HIGHLIGHTS INCREASING [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussion at the September 23-25 UNRWA donor meetings focused on the ever-increasing gap between Palestinian refugees' needs and UNRWA's stagnant financial base. Continuing conflict in the West Bank and Gaza have led to increased demands for UNRWA services, while chronic und [...]	2003-10-08 10:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG JO
03AMMAN6518	AMBASSADOR ASKS PM TO PRESENT EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (C) The Ambassador on October 9 asked Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb to submit the U.S.-Jordan bilateral extradition treaty to Parliament for approval and work to bring it fully into force. Abul Ragheb was aware of the Ambassador's earlier request to the Foreign Minister (ref),and, in fact, [...]	2003-10-13 06:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN PTER US JO
03AMMAN6622	KING, GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY SUPPORT IRAQ [...] (U) Both Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and King Abdullah continue to publicly express their support for direct Jordanian involvement in reconstruction efforts in Iraq, including security-related training. The Jordanian Cabinet formally endorsed October 14 a contract for the training in Jordan o [...]	2003-10-16 17:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IZ JO
03AMMAN6683	FOLEY ASSASSINATION DEFENDANTS, ABU SAYYAF CLAIM [...] (U) Jordan's state security court heard three separate cases involving suspects involved in anti-U.S. activity on October 13-15. On October 15, five men accused in the assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley appeared in court to proclaim their innocence, claiming that Jordanian secur [...]	2003-10-20 08:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM ASEC JO
03AMMAN6706	UNRWA BEGINS PLANNING FOR JUNE 2004 GENEVA [...] This is an action request; see para 11. 2. Summary: At an October 17 core group meeting, UNRWA opened discussions on the agenda and participation of its planned June 2004 extraordinary Geneva conference. UNRWA and conference co-chair Switzerland view the Geneva event as an opportunity t [...]	2003-10-21 07:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
03AMMAN6713	JORDAN-IRAQ: SECURE DISPOSITION OF RADIOACTIVE [...] (C) PolCouns on October 20 conveyed to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Basheer Zoubi, MFA Private Office Iraq Action Officer, ref points on the need to identify and secure orphaned and illicitly trafficked radioactive sources from Iraq. Ayed said he u [...]	2003-10-21 11:27:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL US JO
03AMMAN6728	KING ABDULLAH TO APPOINT NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Prime Minister Abul Ragheb told the Ambassador today that he will submit his resignation to the King on October 22. Embassy sources and the press report that King Abdullah will appoint Royal Court Minister Faisal Fayez as the new PM. The King intends to meet with prospective members of a [...]	2003-10-21 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN673	THE VIEW OF A POTENTIAL FEMALE CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 21, PolOff met with Nadia Alool, a long-time human rights contact who is contemplating a bid for a parliamentary seat in the forthcoming elections scheduled for this summer. Alool attended Post's political campaign workshop in January. She "is about 65 percent certa [...]	2003-02-02 04:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN6732	FONMIN MUASHER ON IRAQ: TURKISH TROOPS A BAD [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Muasher told the Ambassador October 19 that Jordan is not happy with the decision to deploy Turkish troops to Iraq, arguing that Turkey has "another agenda" in Iraq. He pointed to the continued presence of Turkish forces in northern Cyprus as evidence that Turkish tr [...]	2003-10-22 06:24:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR TU IZ JO
03AMMAN6741	JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON THE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] PolCouns delivered dip note, CV, and ref talking points on the candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer for re-election to the UN Committee Against Torture October 20 to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Ayed promised to study the U.S. request and provide a considered re [...]	2003-10-22 10:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL US JO
03AMMAN6766	JORDAN NOT TO SEND MINISTERIAL LEVEL REP TO MADRID [...] (C) Bassam Awadallah, the immediate past and likely future Minister of Planning, told the Ambassador October 22 that Jordan would be unable to send a ministerial representative to the Madrid Iraq Donors Conference. With the resignation of the Jordanian PM and government October 22 (ref a an [...]	2003-10-22 17:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID BEXP PREL ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN6767	JORDAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES SHAPE, BUT STILL [...] (C) King Abdullah formally accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb on October 22 and entrusted Royal Court Minister Faisal Fayez with forming a new government. Political insiders, however, express doubt over Fayez's ability to effectively lead a team of Ministers to implem [...]	2003-10-22 17:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN ECON JO
03AMMAN6812	KING ABDULLAH LAYS OUT POLITICAL REFORM VISION FOR [...] (C) In a public letter to Prime Minister designate Faisal Fayez, King Abdullah laid out his general priorities for the new government, which he hopes will be more unified and proactive than its predecessor. Noting that political development is "at the top of these priorities," the King empha [...]	2003-10-23 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN ECON JO
03AMMAN6907	NEW JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT SWORN IN [...] King Abdullah swore in his new 21-member Cabinet October 25 led by Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez and including nine first-time ministers. During a two day retreat prior to the swearing in ceremony, the ministers discussed ways to achieve the King's priorities and were charged with developing [...]	2003-10-27 09:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON JO
03AMMAN6912	Media Training Workshop combines Iraqi, [...] Summary: In support of the MEPI goal of encouraging a professional and independent media, PA Amman, in cooperation with PA Jerusalem and Baghdad organized a three-day workshop (October 6-8) on "Relations between Journalists and Media Officials." Boosting PA Amman's ongoing media professional [...]	2003-10-27 12:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL OEXC OIIP JO
03AMMAN6917	JORDANIAN VIEWS ON THE OSCE AND ITS MEDITERRANEAN [...] SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting at the October 20-21 Aqaba OSCE seminar, U.S. and Jordanian officials discussed the Jordanian vision for the OSCE,s six Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation. While upbeat on OSCE principles and the partners, continued participation with the OSCE, the Jordanian [...]	2003-10-27 12:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO OSCE
03AMMAN6960	PM FAYEZ PLANS "CONTROLLED" POLITICAL [...] (C) New PM Faisal al-Fayez told the Ambassador October 28 that he hopes to implement needed but "controlled" political reforms, reaching out to political parties (including Islamists),NGOs and communities in the process. He sees great economic challenges, especially in controlling the budge [...]	2003-10-28 17:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PHUM KDEM IZ JO
03AMMAN6961	AJEX EXPO 2003 SELLS JORDAN AS GATEWAY TO IRAQ AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The American Jordanian EXPO 2003 drew 900 participants to its opening plenary on October 22, focused on the Iraq transit trade, and pitched Jordan as the "gateway" to Iraq and other markets in the region. Sessions on the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement and qualifying indus [...]	2003-10-28 17:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL IZ JO EFTA
03AMMAN6962	JORDAN: NEW GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO FISCAL [...] (C) Summary. While the new Jordanian government is led by economic and political reformers, changes in the cabinet and leadership give rise to questions about its commitment to fiscal discipline, particularly given the weariness of the political leadership following several years of tax hike [...]	2003-10-28 17:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL JO
03AMMAN7017	UNHCR COMPLETES PROFILE OF KURDS ON JORDANIAN [...] (U) In an October 21 meeting with Amman- and Cairo-based refcoords, UNHCR Sr. Protection Officer Jacqueline Parlevliet reported that UNHCR completed its profile of the 1,070 asylum seekers currently held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts. 1,065 individuals (189 cas [...]	2003-10-29 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN7068	BIOS FOR JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (C) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous Jordanian cabinet, western-educated, Muslim, "East Bankers" dominate the newly-appointed, slimmer, 21-member cabinet of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez. We count seven Jordanians of Palestinian origin ("West Bankers" [...]	2003-10-30 15:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM KWMN PHUM ECON JO
03AMMAN7081	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE FOR U.S. CANDIDATE TO UN [...] (U) PolOff delivered a follow-up demarche October 30 supporting the candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer for re-election to the UN Committee Against Torture to Ayman Al-Amiri, Acting Head of the International Organizations (IO) Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Khaled Takhayneh, [...]	2003-10-30 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL JO
03AMMAN7087	DEMARCHE ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: JORDAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel talking points, non-paper and draft resolution October 30 to Ayman Al-Amiri, Acting Head of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Amiri responded that reform of the First Committee was desirable and that Jordan would carefully [...]	2003-10-30 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP JO UNGA CDG UNDC
03AMMAN7088	DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S RESOLUTION AGAINST U.S. [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel talking points October 30 to Ayman Al-Amiri, Acting Head of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Amiri promised to closely review our request to oppose or abstain on the resolution, but admitted that it was "unlikely" that [...]	2003-10-30 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD CU JO UNGA
03AMMAN7115	MUASHER SAYS PRINCE SAUD'S ATTENDANCE IN DAMASCUS [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5 below. 2. (C) Ambassador covered ref points on the November 1-2 meeting of foreign ministers in Damascus October 31 with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ambassador stressed the need to ensure that the SARG invites an Iraqi Governing Council ( [...]	2003-10-31 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY SA KU JO IQ
03AMMAN7142	DEMARCHE ON CONSOLIDATED UNRWA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-02 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL IS JO UNSC
03AMMAN7147	AMBASSADOR WITH NEW JUSTICE MINISTER: AID, [...] (C) Ambassador, AID Country Director, AID officer and PolOff made an October 28 courtesy call on new Justice Minister Salah al-Bashir. Bashir requested that AID participate in the meeting and used the courtesy call as a platform to seek financial assistance for his judicial reform plans. Expla [...]	2003-11-02 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CJAN CASC US JO
03AMMAN7151	TERRORIST FINANCE: JORDAN: AL-ZARQAWI (LIST 41) [...] (C) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs replied by classified diplomatic note to the Embassy's note of September 25 regarding the co-sponsorship by the United States and Germany of Abu Musa'ab al-Zarqawi to be added to the United Nations lists. Following is the Embassy's translation of [...]	2003-11-02 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL JO IZ EUN
03AMMAN7179	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW JORDANIAN MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Minister for Municipal Affairs Armal Farhan praised new Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez and his cabinet, as well as King Abdullah's direction of the new government. Although the King is "serious" about political development, Farhan said that democratic reforms must be "gradual" and that th [...]	2003-11-03 15:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON JO
03AMMAN7181	JORDAN BACKTRACKS SLIGHTLY ON PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordan Institute for Standards and Metrology is wedded to its new Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) scheme, called DAMAN, while attempting to address potential WTO-related issues of national treatment and discrimination. Importers complain about the system that forces their c [...]	2003-11-03 16:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL JO WTO
03AMMAN7182	JORDAN BACKTRACKS SLIGHTLY ON PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordan Institute for Standards and Metrology is wedded to its new Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) scheme, called DAMAN, while attempting to address potential WTO-related issues of national treatment and discrimination. Importers complain about the system that forces their c [...]	2003-11-04 05:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL JO WTO
03AMMAN7225	JORDANIAN READOUT ON DAMASCUS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher described the foreign ministerial in Damascus in Iraq as unimportant, and faulted Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari's rejection of an 11th hour invitation as a mistake. Muasher said that Zebari would be in included in all such future meetings [...]	2003-11-04 17:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN7226	MINISTER OF ICT AND ADMIN DEVELOPMENT PLEASED WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reappointed Minister of Information and Communications Technology and Minister of Administrative Development Fawwaz Al-Zou,bi on Nov. 2 provided to the Ambassador an unusually candid insight into the formation of the new Jordanian government and the challenges facing administrat [...]	2003-11-04 17:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN7227	JORDAN COMMITTED TO REACHING ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher reiterated to the Ambassador that Jordan is committed to negotiate and sign an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. and should have a counter-draft ready soon. Muasher expressed great disappointment that the USG might have thought to link such an a [...]	2003-11-04 18:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KTIA IS JO
03AMMAN7232	JORDANIAN "PEACE CAMP" FOCUSES ON POSITIVE ASPECTS [...] (C) Members of Jordan's disparate "peace camp" say that the unofficial "Geneva Accord" has not gotten the attention it deserves from U.S. and Arab leaders and hope that European support for continued talks will generate momentum to restart substantive negotiations. MFA officials describe the [...]	2003-11-05 08:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
03AMMAN7275	COOPERATIVE MONITORING CENTER LAUNCHED IN AMMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and visiting officials from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration and Sandia National Laboratories recently inaugurated the Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC) in Amman. CMC/Amman is modeled after the CMC at Sandia, which has been a [...]	2003-11-06 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PBTS PINR PREL PTER JO MEPN
03AMMAN7296	JORDAN: IMF MISSION REVIEWS OUTLOOK [...] (C) Summary. An IMF team visiting Amman sees no economic need for additional cash assistance to Jordan before December 31, given that the country's finances are currently in good shape -- although there is potential crunch next year as the level of foreign grants falls and oil import costs [...]	2003-11-06 16:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL JO
03AMMAN7299	NEW ENERGY MINISTER ADDRESSES OIL SUPPLY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Jordanian Minister of Energy Azmi Khreisat told the Ambassador on November 5 that Jordan has agreed to purchase three million barrels of Iraqi oil before the end of the year. He expressed optimism about the six-nation power grid initiative and the Egyptian gas pip [...]	2003-11-06 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL JO IZ
03AMMAN7303	PREVENTING PKK/KADEK TRAVEL TO IRAQ FROM JORDAN [...] (S) PolCouns on November 5 delivered to Ali al-Ayed, Office Director of Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, ref points on the possible transit of PKK/KADEK members through Jordan to attend a PKK conference in Iraq. PolCouns asked that Jordan to prevent PKK members from entering Iraq through Jo [...]	2003-11-09 08:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IZ JO
03AMMAN7329	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UNRWA RESOLUTION IN UNGA: [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref points and a copy of the latest U.S. draft UNGA UNRWA resolution November 9 to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's office, and Samer Naber, Head of the MFA Legal Department. PolCouns thanked Ayed and Naber for Jordan's positive role in the discuss [...]	2003-11-09 16:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA UNRWA
03AMMAN7358	JORDANIAN MFA AGAIN ASKS FOR ACCOUNTING OF [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 4 below. 2. (C) During a conversation November 9 on other topics (septel, notal),Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's Private Office, asked PolCouns for the status of the USG response to the formal [...]	2003-11-10 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IZ JO
03AMMAN737	GOJ SPOKESMAN PUBLICLY DENIES PRESS REPORTS ON [...] (U) A GOJ spokesman January 30 strenuously and publicly denied recent press reports asserting that Jordan had agreed to allow U.S. troops to be stationed in the Kingdom and to allow overflights of U.S. military aircraft in the event of war with Iraq. Minister of Information and government spo [...]	2003-02-03 09:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS JO IZ
03AMMAN7387	JORDAN OFFERS CUSTOMS TRAINING TO IRAQ DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a discussion concerning a proposed export control and related security assistance (EXBS) program in Jordan, Jordanian Customs Department Director General Mahmoud Qteishat expressed to the DCM his government's gratitude and support for the program. Qteishat also gave assur [...]	2003-11-12 16:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KTIA KSTC SCUL MNUC PARM PREL PTER IZ JO
03AMMAN7389	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF TERRORIST [...] (C) As per instructions reftel, Embassy Amman designates DCM David Hale as Terrorist Financing Coordination Officer (TFCO). DCM Hale will lead a core Embassy group that includes Econ, Pol, Legatt, and other mission offices as needed. Taskings for TFCO should also be slugged for Econ-Jim Flow [...]	2003-11-13 08:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN ETTC PREL KVPR JO
03AMMAN7412	THINKING ABOUT UNRWA SUCCESSION [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-16 07:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
03AMMAN7422	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-16 13:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IR JO UNGA
03AMMAN7430	JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE TO UN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-16 15:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN7449	NEW ROYAL COURT MINISTER ON KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA, [...] (C) New Royal Court Minister Samir Rifai told the Ambassador that, on his recent trip to the Gulf, the King had thanked the Kuwaitis for providing Jordan with free oil and had expressed the hope that it continue for a while longer, but neither sought nor received a commitment. PM Fayez will [...]	2003-11-17 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ETTC ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN745	THOUSANDS OF JORDANIANS ATTEND PEACEFUL ANTI-WAR [...] (SBU) On February 1, several thousand demonstrators participated in a short anti-war march through the Shmeisani district of Amman. The demonstration, organized by the Opposition Parties Higher Coordination Committee, was approved by the government and proceeded amidst a large and visible p [...]	2003-02-03 10:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN7495	JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE TO COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-18 16:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL JO
03AMMAN7525	JORDAN READY TO ADDRESS FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS, BUT [...] (S) In a meeting the day after separate Treasury-led discussions on frozen Iraqi assets with a Finance Ministry/Central Bank team ended inconclusively (septel),the GOJ on November 19 formally requested that the U.S. dispatch a team empowered to discuss both frozen Iraqi assets in Jordan and [...]	2003-11-19 17:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ETTC EFIN IZ JO
03AMMAN7575	JORDAN SUPPORTS AGREEMENT ON IRAQI POLITICAL [...] (S) The Ambassador delivered the Secretary's oral message on Iraq political transition to FonMin Muasher, who said Jordan would have no problem supporting it publicly. Muasher added, however, that Jordan wants to see rebuilding of Iraq's security infrastructure run in parallel with the polit [...]	2003-11-20 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN7578	FONMIN MUASHER ON STATUS OF ARTICLE 98 NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told the Ambassador November 19 that Jordan wants to conclude an Article 98 agreement with the U.S., and that he has instructed Jordanian UN PermRep Prince Zaid bin Raad to be "as flexible as possible" in working out bridging language between the U.S. and [...]	2003-11-20 17:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS JO
03AMMAN7586	SWEDISH EMBASSY SEEKS HELP LOCATING SWEDISH [...] (U) Action Request for CPA Baghdad. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Post has been contacted several times by Amman-based Swedish diplomats seeking welfare and whereabouts assistance for a Swedish detainee held in Iraq. The Embassy has been able to ascertain from the C [...]	2003-11-22 17:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SW JO
03AMMAN7620	JENIN CAMP REHOUSING PROJECT: A PARABLE IN [...] (U) ConGen Jerusalem cleared this message. 2. (SBU) During a donor briefing on rehousing projects (other issues reported septel),UNRWA officials shared stories from the prolonged and difficult negotiations surrounding UNRWA's ongoing USD 27 million project to rebuild the part of Jenin re [...]	2003-11-23 12:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO
03AMMAN7627	RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT STANDING COMMISSION [...] (C) Embassy Amman supports the candidacy of Jordan Red Crescent Society (JRCS) President Dr. Mohamed Al-Hadid for re-election to the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Al-Hadid supports strong relations with the United States Government and U.S. humanitarian orga [...]	2003-11-23 14:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREF PREL JO ICRC
03AMMAN7645	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) PolCouns and Italian DCM Nicola Lener (representing the EU presidency) jointly delivered ref points on the EU draft UNGA resolution on human rights in Turkmenistan to Ayman Aamiri, Acting Director of the International Organizations Directorate of the MFA on November 20. Lener and PolCou [...]	2003-11-23 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TX JO UNGA
03AMMAN7646	UN/IRAQ AGENCIES IN JORDAN: ADRIFT WITHOUT [...] (C) Following the August 19 and September 20 attacks on UN installations in Baghdad, more than 400 UN international staff relocated from Baghdad to Amman, bringing the total number of UN international staff here to more than 500. The number of UN international staff should drop significantly [...]	2003-11-23 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ASEC IZ JO
03AMMAN7648	DEMARCHE ON UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-23 16:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA
03AMMAN7688	POST SECURES IRAQI PASSPORTS FROM IRAQI MISSION; [...] (U) Action request for Department. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On November 23, PolOff picked up from the Iraqi mission in Amman more than 3,500 blank Iraqi ordinary, service and diplomatic passports along with passport stickers. Post seeks Department guidance on pr [...]	2003-11-24 16:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA CE CH FI RS SW SZ JO
03AMMAN7691	JORDAN: NOVEMBER 17 MEETINGS ON FROZEN ASSETS [...] (S) Summary. In several hours of meetings November 17, Jordanian financial officials and a U.S. Treasury/Iraqi finance ministry team were unable to agree on a plan for the GOJ to transfer all of the remaining Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq. The Jordanians too [...]	2003-11-24 17:33:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN7798	GOJ REITERATES PLEDGE TO CLOSE RUWEISHED REFUGEE [...] (U) In a November 30 press conference, Minister of Interior Samir Habashneh reaffirmed the GOJ's intent to close the Ruweished refugee camp after December 31. Referring to the 415 Palestinians who represent the core of the camp's population, Habashneh said "There is no solution for Palestini [...]	2003-12-01 18:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN7805	KING ABDULLAH TALKS WITH NEA A/S BURNS ON IRAQ, [...] (S) NEA A/S Burns briefed King Abdullah and other senior GOJ officials on his discussion with Abu Alaa, noting that the Palestinians have an opportunity to move the roadmap forward, but must take concrete security steps. The King agreed and said Jordan would deliver the same message to Abu [...]	2003-12-02 10:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN7813	JORDAN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Answers keyed to reftel. A) (U) Significant actions taken by host governments to support the global coalition against terrorism. The GOJ continues to provide strong support for the global coalition against terrorism and has responded positively to U.S. requests for assistance. For exam [...]	2003-12-02 12:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER JO
03AMMAN7830	JORDAN: FOLLOWUP WITH PM ON FROZEN ASSETS ISSUE [...] (S) Charge and ECON/C called on Prime Minister Fayez December 2 to follow-up on the discussion of Iraq assets issues during A/S Burns visit (septel). Adding a new element, the PM said that the GOJ "technical committee" evaluating Jordanian trade claims against Iraq now hoped to finish its w [...]	2003-12-02 16:49:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PREL JO
03AMMAN7832	IAF MP COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. MEPP POLICY, GOJ [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met November 16 with Dr. Tayseer Fetyani, an MP from the Islamic Action Front (IAF). Although Fetyani was cordial and talked about mutual understanding, he strongly criticized U.S. support of Israel and rejected arguments in support of U.S. peace process policies. He [...]	2003-12-02 17:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN7852	UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST: JORDAN LIKELY TO [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Muasher and Office Director Al-Ayed (both traveling),PolCouns December 3 delivered to Basheer Zoubi, Acting Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, ref points on the possible UNGA Special Session on the Middle East and a possible Palestinian [...]	2003-12-03 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA
03AMMAN7952	JORDANIAN REACTION TO POTUS IRAQ VISIT [...] (C) A sampling of Jordanian reaction to the POTUS visit to Iraq on November 27 indicates that many here believe the visit exposes low morale of U.S. forces in Iraq in need of a boost and pre-election posturing intended for U.S. consumption. Press reaction was light yet critical, while militar [...]	2003-12-08 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN7972	JORDAN COPYRIGHT LAW: WIPO COMPLIANCE A FOUNDATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See last para. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Industry and Trade contacts confirmed that the Government of Jordan (GOJ) cabinet has approved two WIPO internet treaties and expects the notification process to WIPO to be completed by the end of the year. Am [...]	2003-12-08 18:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR KTIA PREL JO
03AMMAN8022	UNAMI DONOR BRIEFING PREVIEWS "EXILE" ARRANGEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: At a December 9 donor briefing, UNAMI Officer-in-Charge Kevin Kennedy previewed UNSYG Annan's plans to name a new Special Representative for Iraq "within a few weeks" and divide UNAMI operations between Cyprus and Amman, with senior policy officials in Cyprus and U [...]	2003-12-09 18:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN8071	IRAQI POLICE TRAINING CENTER IN JORDAN SPUTTERS TO [...] (C) The new Iraqi police training center in Jordan recently received its first class of approximately 500 trainees. The center ultimately plans to provide basic police training to 32,000 Iraqi recruits. The GOJ and the training staff, some of whom trained police in Kosovo, understand the i [...]	2003-12-10 17:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN8122	JORDANIAN OPPOSITION TO GENEVA ACCORD GEARS UP IN [...] (C) Breaking weeks of relative silence on the issue, Jordanian officials, led by King Abdullah, are lauding the unofficial Geneva Accord as a means to enhance dialogue and complement efforts to end the current peace process stalemate -- while reiterating their support for the roadmap. The o [...]	2003-12-11 18:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO
03AMMAN8136	UNRWA LAUNCHES 2004 EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR WEST BANK [...] (U) UNRWA Commissioner General Peter Hansen launched the agency's 2004 emergency appeal for the West Bank and Gaza in separate donor briefings in Amman and Jerusalem on December 11 and 12. The USD 196 million appeal focuses on temporary employment (USD 62 million) and food security programs ( [...]	2003-12-14 16:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA
03AMMAN8162	JORDAN: FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS, MEETING WITH FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Jordan's Finance Minister told a visiting CPA official that Jordan would accelerate transfer of Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq and agreed on a mechanism for joint Jordanian-Iraqi assessment of commercial claims against those assets. However, th [...]	2003-12-15 08:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN8169	WASHINGTON BASED IRAQI DIPLOMATS STRESS IMPROVED [...] (C) PolOff met December 8 with two Washington bound Iraqi diplomats assigned to the Iraqi Interests Section. Both cited the critical need for improved security in Iraq to gain popular support for the U.S. presence. The diplomats said many Iraqis resent Jordan's support for Saddam and believe [...]	2003-12-15 10:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN8171	RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY CONVICTION UPHELD [...] JORDAN TIMES EDITION OF DECEMBER 9, 2003 AND JORDAN TELEVISION REPORTED ON DECEMBER 8, 2003, THAT THE STATE SECURITY COURT SENTENCED JORDANIAN-AMERICAN RAED HIJAZI TO DEATH FOR THE THIRD TIME ON CHARGES OF PLOTTING SUBVERSIVE ACTS IN JORDAN AND MANUFACUTRING EXPLOSIVES AND FOR THE POSSESSION [...]	2003-12-15 10:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL PTER CJAN JO HIJAZI RAED
03AMMAN8193	PALESTINIAN CHALLENGE TO CREDENTIALS REPORT: [...] (C) PolCouns December 14 covered with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's Private Office, ref points on a possible Palestinian challenge to Israeli credentials in the UNGA. PolCouns asked that the GOJ try to convince the PA not to bring a credentials challenge and, fa [...]	2003-12-15 18:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL JO UNGA
03AMMAN8194	CONSENSUS REACHED ON UNRWA GENEVA CONFERENCE; [...] (C) Summary and comment: UNRWA officials briefed donor and host government representatives on preparations for the June 2004 UNRWA Geneva conference during a December 11 steering committee meeting in Amman. Apparent EC agreement to drop its previous insistence on a separate workshop on huma [...]	2003-12-15 18:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA
03AMMAN8196	SADDAM'S ARREST: MOST JORDANIANS SUBDUED; [...] (C) The reactions of Jordanians and Jordan-based Iraqis to Saddam's arrest varied from sadness at seeing a once powerful Arab leader in such a sorry state, to ridicule for his lack of personal resistance to arrest, to hope that an obstacle to restoring Iraqi security and self-governance has bee [...]	2003-12-15 19:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN8205	JORDAN: TRANSFER OF FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) Summary: During multiple conversations on December 15, I obtained renewed assurances from the Prime Minister (and affirmed by the Finance Minister) that no further payments would be made against claims for a finite period of time. The PM also affirmed that all Jordanian claim files wou [...]	2003-12-16 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN8237	CT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR IRAQ [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdullah and U.S. Brigadier General Harrell (Special Operations Command, Central) signed an agreement December 15 for Jordan to provide counter-terrorism training for Iraqi forces with U.S. support. The agreement provides for counter-terrorism training for Iraqi recruits, to [...]	2003-12-17 09:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS IZ JO
03AMMAN8242	JORDAN-SYRIA RELATIONS BECOME PUBLICLY TESTY [...] (C) Senior GOJ officials have expressed to us recently growing frustration with increased smuggling, depletion of water resources, and Syrian military "violations" along and across the Jordan-Syria border. They have complained about Syrian unwillingness to restart discussions on a formal de [...]	2003-12-17 11:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SENV SY JO
03AMMAN8271	JORDANIANS IN CONTACT WITH PALESTINIANS, EGYPTIANS [...] (C) PolCouns on December 17 delivered to Foreign Minister Muasher's private office director Ali al-Ayed and deputy director Basheer Zoubi ref A points about the Palestinians' intention to introduce a new resolution on Palestinian representation to the General Assembly. Following up earlier [...]	2003-12-17 17:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL JO UNGA
03AMMAN8272	GOJ TO CONFIRM NAMES OF RELEASED JORDANIAN [...] (C) PolCouns on December 17 provided Foreign Minister Muasher's private office director Ali al-Ayed and deputy director Basheer Zoubi with copies of ref list of 37 Jordanian prisoners detained in Iraq. Noting that five Jordanians on the list were released a week earlier, al-Ayed promised to [...]	2003-12-17 17:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ JO
03AMMAN8299	RESUMPTION OF JORDANIAN BAGHDAD FLIGHTS DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Almost four weeks after suspending daily Amman-Baghdad passenger flights following a November 22 MANPADS strike on a DHL cargo aircraft, Royal Jordanian (RJ) has informed us that they are hoping to resume flights December 19, pending confirmation of insurance coverage and appro [...]	2003-12-18 16:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL PINR IZ JO
03AMMAN8312	IRAQI-PALESTINIANS FACE HARDSHIP IN JORDAN [...] (U) The 386 Iraqi-Palestinians who were permitted to leave Ruweished refugee camp in August and reside in Jordan are seeking U.S. help. They want to regularize their status in Jordan or leave for a third country. The families have only limited access to humanitarian assistance and are unabl [...]	2003-12-18 16:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPAL IZ IS JO
03AMMAN8321	ANTINORMALIZERS IN JORDAN RALLY AGAINST GENEVA [...] (SBU) The unofficial Geneva accord -- particularly its provisions dealing with the Palestinian right to return -- is the latest cause celebre for antinormalizers in Jordan. The Professional Associations Council in Jordan -- headed by a prominent Muslim Brotherhood member -- is leading the ch [...]	2003-12-18 16:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO
03AMMAN8359	JORDAN FTA: ACCELERATE TARIFF REDUCTIONS WHILE [...] (SBU) Embassy notes that the Trade Policy Staff Committee is reviewing (REF A) a proposal by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to accelerate tariff elimination for certain apparel products under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Jordan currently already exports most of these products [...]	2003-12-21 17:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL IS JO
03AMMAN8360	GERMAN AMBASSADOR ON FISCHER VISIT TO JORDAN: [...] (C) German Ambassador Martin Schneller briefed Ambassador and PolCouns December 17 on German FonMin Fischer's December 15 visit to Amman. Schneller said Fischer met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, who both delivered a consistent line on Iraq: we support Iraqi indepen [...]	2003-12-21 18:03:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS SY JO GE
03AMMAN8405	SUNNI ROYALIST IRAQI DISCUSSES SUNNI SENTIMENT [...] (C) An Iraqi Sunni contact from the al-Darraji tribe in Samarra and advisor to the Royal Democratic Coalition party discussed with PolOff his views on Iraq and the Samarra region. Echoing a common theme, he claimed that most Iraqi Sunnis believe that the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) [...]	2003-12-22 19:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN8412	BRIEFING ON LIBYA WMD PROGRAMS: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-23 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL LY JO
03AMMAN8450	GOJ OFFICIALS ON ARAB ECONOMIC REFORM, PEACE [...] (C) NEA DAS Satterfield and Ambassador met separately December 19 with Planning Minister Awadallah and Foreign Minister Muasher. Discussion covered the Aqaba "workshop," Abu Ala'a and the peace process, Iraq and Syria, Article 98 negotiations, and Jordan-Israel relations. End Summary. AQA [...]	2003-12-24 09:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ECON IS IZ SY JO
03AMMAN8454	BACKLASH AGAINST CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN [...] (C) Although many Jordanians received the news of Saddam Hussein's capture with satisfaction or ambivalence (see ref),there has been some recent backlash against his arrest and perceived treatment by U.S. forces. A majority of members of Parliament denounced the "mean and humiliating" manner [...]	2003-12-24 10:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN8469	SUPPORT FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) This is one in a series of cables highlighting the support that the Government of Jordan and the US mission in Amman are providing to Iraq and CPA reconstruction efforts. Highlights in this installment include the "Outreach 2004" Iraq Reconstruction Trade Show; training of Iraqi police f [...]	2003-12-24 13:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IZ JO
03AMMAN855	USINT BAGHDAD PERSONNEL DEPART IRAQ; ARRIVE SAFELY [...] (C) All four Polish diplomats representing the U.S. Interests Section in Baghdad (along with two spouses) departed Iraq February 5 and have arrived safely in Amman. They are scheduled to fly on to Warsaw on Sunday, February 9. In a meeting with poloff February 6, USINT Baghdad chief Krzysztof [...]	2003-02-06 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN858	POWELL SPEECH FAILS TO SWAY JORDANIANS' MINDS ON [...] (C) A quick sampling of Jordanian reaction to Secretary Powell,s February 5 presentation to the UNSC -- including from the Prime Minister -- indicates that it changed few peoples' minds on the issues of Iraq,s failure to comply with Resolution 1441, presence of WMD programs, or ties to Al-Qa [...]	2003-02-06 15:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN859	ONE IRAQI HOPES FOR WAR WHILE JORDANIANS PROTEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the weekend of January 31, which saw a large Jordanian anti-war protest (ref),political FSN spoke at length with a middle aged Iraqi woman, who fumed about the hypocrisy of her Arab brethren and hoped that war would soon sweep away Saddam and the misery besetting her [...]	2003-02-06 16:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ JO PHUM SOCI

03AMMAN8605	JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER EASILY WINS VOTE OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez and his Cabinet easily won a parliamentary vote of confidence December 23 with 85 out of 110 MPs backing his government. Twenty-two MPs cast a "nay" vote, including all 17 members of the Islamic Action Front who chided the government for failing to spell out [...]	2003-12-31 16:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON JO
03AMMAN8608	11TH HOUR REPRIEVE FOR RUWEISHED REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) The GOJ informed UNHCR today, December 31, that the Ruweished refugee camp would be allowed to remain open until April 2004. The GOJ previously had pledged to close the camp by December 31 (ref a). 536 individuals remain in the camp, including 60 Sudanese and Somali nationals who have [...]	2003-12-31 17:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO UNHCR
03AMMAN861	SAUDIS TELL KING ABDULLAH THEY WILL JOIN OIL DEAL; [...] (S) King Abdullah told the Ambassador and PolCouns February 5 that Saudi CP Abdullah confirmed to him during his February 4 visit to Saudi Arabia that the Saudis are prepared to provide Jordan with oil in the event of a cutoff in supplies from Iraq. The King said the oil would come through [...]	2003-02-06 16:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL EPET MARR IZ EAID SA KU JO UA
03AMMAN893	SUPPORT FOR KING ABDULLAH SOLID, BUT CHANGING: [...] (C) This is the first cable in a series that will examine the stability of the Hashemite regime based on the support of its traditional pillars. 2. (C) Despite troubling times in the region and a majority Palestinian population angry over continued Arab-Israeli violence, King Abdullah maint [...]	2003-02-09 13:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON KPAL JO
03AMMAN898	SWITZERLAND'S PROPOSED CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: JORDAN [...] (C) On February 9, A/PolCouns delivered reftel points on Switzerland's proposed February 15-16 conference in Geneva to coordinate assistance to a post-war Iraq to FM Muasher's personal assistant Ali al-Ayed. Al-Ayed said that the GOJ had already been informed of U.S. concerns and the reasons [...]	2003-02-10 08:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAID PHUM PREL PGOV SZ JO
03AMMAN899	U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE FEBRUARY 2003 AHLC [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-10 08:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KPAL JO KWGB
03AMMAN931	FM MUASHER'S READOUT OF KING ABDULLAH'S 2/8 [...] (U) Charge called FonMin Muasher February 10 to get a readout of the King's 2/8 meeting in Aqaba with Egyptian President Mubarak, as well as of Muasher's own meeting with Sharon advisor Dov Weisglass the previous day (2/9) in Amman. --------------------------------------------- ------- Mubar [...]	2003-02-10 13:40:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
03AMMAN940	IRAQ PD: DVC WITH JAMES PLACKE, OIL ANALYST [...] IN A FEBRUARY 4 DVC HOSTED BY PAS AMMAN, OIL ANALYST (AND FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT DAS) JAMES PLACKE REFUTED EFFECTIVELY ALLEGATIONS THAT "CONTROL" OF OIL RESERVES -- AND NOT DISARMAMENT -- IS AT THE CENTER OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. ROUGHLY 20 JORDANIAN JOURNALISTS FILLED THE ONE HOUR PROGR [...]	2003-02-10 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP IZ JO
03AMMAN967	PILLARS OF THE REGIME PART II OF IV: THE EAST BANK [...] (C) Traditionally, the most important pillar of the Hashemite regime has been its East Bank constituency, including both Bedouin and non-nomadic tribes. East Bank tribes have also played an integral role in the other pillars that have emerged--the military/security services and the economic e [...]	2003-02-12 10:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI ECON KPAL JO
03AMMAN972	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH [...] (S/NF) A/DCM on February 13 contacted Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, and relayed points from reftel on the possibility of an Iranian Hizballah resupply flight through Jordanian airspace this week. Ayed said he would pass the information to the appropriat [...]	2003-02-13 09:09:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL LE IR JO
03AMMAN974	HR ACTIVIST PREDICTS FUTURE PROTESTS WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 9, PolOff met with long-time human rights contact Fawzi Samhoury, who has close contact with the IAF and professional associations. Samhoury expects upcoming demonstrations planned by opposition leaders protesting possible military action against Iraq to remain pea [...]	2003-02-13 11:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN980	PILLARS OF THE REGIME PART III OF IV: JORDAN'S [...] (C) As Jordan prepares to face a possible war on its Eastern border, and then looks beyond the immediate crisis to longer term challenges, the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF),General Intelligence Directorate (GID) and Public Security Directorate (PSD) will serve as key pillars ensuring the stabi [...]	2003-02-14 10:47:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PINS PGOV PREL ASEC JO
03AMMAN990	CARE IRAQ PROGRAM DIRECTOR: MAINTENANCE OF FOOD [...] (C) Summary: According to CARE Iraq Country Director Margaret Hassan (protect),the Iraqi population is "entirely dependent" on the OFF food ration system and has no economic resources to draw upon if the OFF pipeline is interrupted. Hassan also cautioned that Iraq's water/sanitation system a [...]	2003-02-17 14:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID IZ JO
03ANKARA1002	NATO/IRAQ: GOT ACTION ON ARTICLE IV IS AT NATO [...] (S) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA Nato Department Fatih Celan February 8 regarding reftel request instructing Embassy and USNATO to coordinate with the GOT a formal Turkish request for Article IV consultations on February 10. Celan said he did not know whether the GOT intended to submit a [...]	2003-02-08 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU NATO
03ANKARA1003	DRAFT TERM SHEET FOR TURKEY GRANT/LOAN FACILITY [...] (SBU) A USG DELEGATION, LED BY TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY TAYLOR, AND A GOT DELEGATION, LED BY STATE MINISTER BABACAN, REACHED INFORMAL AGREEMENT ON NEARLY ALL ARTICLES IN OUR DRAFT TERM SHEET, AFTER INTENSE TALKS FEBRUARY 6 AND 7. (SEPTEL WILL SUMMARIZE CONCERNS RAISED IN THOSE TALKS.) 2 [...]	2003-02-08 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID TU
03ANKARA1005	IRAQ: USG-GOT SIGN MOU ON SITE PREPARATIONS [...] (S) The USG and GOT negotiating teams signed a Memorandum of Understanding late February 8 after the GOT accepted the USG position on the last remaining issue -- taxation. The GOT negotiator expressed surprise and noticeable frustration that the USG requested tax exception for a possible opera [...]	2003-02-08 23:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU
03ANKARA1007	U/S TAYLOR'S TALKS ON THE GRANT/LOAN FACILITY, [...] (C) On February 6-7, Treasury U/S Taylor and his delegation met with a GOT delegation, led by Minister of State in charge of Treasury Ali Babacan, which included Treasury, Central Bank, and State Planning officials, and Babacan's academic economist advisor. Minister of Finance Kemal Unakitan [...]	2003-02-09 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL EAID ETRD TU
03ANKARA1010	TURKISH P.M. GUL TO SEND PRESIDENT BUSH MESSAGE [...] (C) In a Feb. 10 meeting with Ambassador, Turkish Daily News editor Ilnur Cevik said that P.M. Gul plans to send a letter to President Bush today. According to Cevik, Gul is deeply concerned that the USG does not understand that the economic aid package must be completed in its entirety before [...]	2003-02-10 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1015	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON SWITZERLAND'S PROPOSED [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-11 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1024	IRAQ: GOT PROVIDES DIP NOTE PUTTING SITE PREP MOU [...] (C) Late afternoon February 10, the MFA informed the Embassy via diplomatic note that the GOT had fulfilled all of the internal procedures necessary for the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Site Preparations that was signed late February 8 (ref a) to enter into force. Paragraph 2 contain [...]	2003-02-11 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU
03ANKARA1033	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: IMF STAFF SEE LITTLE TO NO [...] (SBU) On February 12, IMF resrep told us the IMF Mission currently in Ankara has achieved little to no progress on the Fourth Review. On the budget side, there was agreement on technical adjustments to the draft baseline that decreased the primary surplus shortfall to about 2.25 percent of GN [...]	2003-02-12 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1034	IRAQ AND HUMAN SHIELDS: TURKS NOT PERMITTING [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-12 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR MOPS TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1036	IRAQ/DEMARCHE ON FRENCH PROPOSALS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-13 08:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM FR TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1041	GOT PLANS TO SEND ONLY GENEVA-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-13 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAID PHUM PREL PGOV SZ TU
03ANKARA1044	POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY FLIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-14 10:25:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY IR TU
03ANKARA1072	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS, KDP, PUK AND ITF HOLD [...] (S/NF) TGS and Turkish MFA reps discussed in general terms with KDP, PUK and ITF reps Turkish plans and intentions to coordinate deployment in northern Iraq with the Iraqi Kurdish and Turcoman parties at a meeting in Silopi, on the Turkish-Iraqi border Feb. 17. The Iraqi Kurds told the Turks [...]	2003-02-18 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1078	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: MARKETS HOPEFUL, IMF SEES SOME [...] (U) On February 18, Turkish financial markets continued to ignore the news of a deadlock in negotiations over a U.S. assistance package: the lira appreciated nearly one percent to close at TL 1,626,000 from yesterday's TL 1.642,000); TL-denominated T-bills dropped one percentage point to 57 [...]	2003-02-18 16:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1079	TURKISH REQUEST FOR SMALLPOX/ANTHRAX VACCINES [...] (C) MFA's International Political Organizations Department Head Feza Ozturk reiterated GOT's acceptance of our offer to provide access to smallpox and anthrax vaccines at meetings on 2/17 with EconCouns and 2/18 with EconOff, Post Medical Officer and the Team Leader of the Department's Smallpox [...]	2003-02-18 17:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED ASEC AMGT MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA1091	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]	2003-02-19 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA1092	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HEFLEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]	2003-02-19 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1097	TURKEY: 2002 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Turkey is a major transit route for Southwest Asian heroin moving to European markets. Turkish law enforcement agencies attach a high priority to interdiction, although they face serious resource constraints in keeping up with the technology traffickers use in their operations and communicati [...]	2003-02-19 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SNAR TU
03ANKARA1100	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: MARKET AND IMF UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets remain hopeful that the GOT will respond positively to the USG by the weekend, though Deputy PM Sener's late afternoon press statement of "no agreement yet" sparked some selling. IMF mission staff in Ankara are less hopeful of reaching agreement on the 2003 bud [...]	2003-02-19 17:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1119	NORTHERN IRAQ: ITF COMPLAINS NOT BEING INFORMED [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD received the following note for Amb. Khalilzad from the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) on Feb. 19. It reflects information conveyed to ONW POLAD by Turkish MFA officers reftel and points to the KDP as the cause of the problem. 2. (C) Begin text: Mr. Zal [...]	2003-02-20 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1131	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: BUDGET IMPASSE WITH IMF [...] (C) Summary: Market analysts predict the market's current positive sentiment will reverse quickly by Monday, in the absence of news of a deal on U.S. troop deployments. Meanwhile, the GOT has reached an impasse with the IMF staff over the 2003 primary budget surplus - the IMF staff see a $3.4 [...]	2003-02-20 17:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1132	TURKEY ON IRAQ: STUMBLING UNWILLINGLY TOWARD THE [...] (C) Summary: Virtually all interlocutors from across the spectrum assume eventual GOT agreement to deployment of U.S. forces through Turkey. However, there is no clear GOT decision on the horizon; for their part, key elements of the Kemalist State are compounding the delay by using the Iraq q [...]	2003-02-20 20:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1153	A VERY WORRIED CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti told us February 21 that, in his view, the government does not understand the economic consequences of failing to come to agreement on the U.S. assistance package or the IMF program. He is deeply worried that, based on their lack of eco [...]	2003-02-21 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL EAID TU
03ANKARA1203	AIRLINES EXPECT DROP IN BOOKINGS/PROFITS WITH IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish Airlines (THY) and Delta Airlines Istanbul Office are concerned about the impact of a potential Iraq war on their operations. THY expects that bookings on flights to the U.S., Europe, and the Far East, as well as domestic flights, will drop considerably. Delta is prepa [...]	2003-02-24 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC PREL TU
03ANKARA1207	ON THE EVE OF THE IRAQ VOTE: WHICH WAY WILL TURKEY [...] (C) P.M. Gul's cabinet formally submitted a combined draft resolution -- covering deployment of U.S. troops through Turkey and deployment of Turkish forces abroad -- to Parliament Feb. 24. Given procedural requirements, the earliest Parliament can begin debate will be 1500 local (0800 Washingt [...]	2003-02-24 17:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA1214	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT's ambitious $4 billion privatization plan for 2003 is moving forward, with some positive and negative developments. On the positive side, three large state companies (TEKEL, PETKIM, TUPRAS) are slated for sale in the first half of 2003: PETKIM's tender is already out [...]	2003-02-25 12:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1255	TURKEY FORBIDS ENTRY OF GREEK CYPRIOT SHIPS INTO [...] (C) MFA Director for Bilateral Political Affairs Ahmet Banguoglu called DCM February 25 regarding Greek Cypriot-flagged ships delivering U.S. military equipment and/or supplies to a Turkish port. Banguoglu said he had been instructed to inform the embassy that, without exception, Greek Cyprio [...]	2003-02-26 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT TU
03ANKARA126	TERRORIST FINANCE: SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO ANKARA BY USG TEAM; NEED FOR FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 16-18 visit of the Treasury and Justice anti-terrorist finance team attracted intense GOT interest. The visit resulted in an interagency GOT decision, at the senior working level, to recommend to policy-makers amending their laws to adopt an OFAC-like authority. E [...]	2003-01-06 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL TU
03ANKARA1267	IRAQ: CODEL HEFLEY PRESSES FOR TURKISH SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 20-21 meetings, Codel Hefley politely but aggressively pressed Turkey's leadership to permit U.S. forces to use Turkey as a potential base for operations. While recognizing the political difficulties Turkey's elected politicians face, the Codel called upon them to he [...]	2003-02-26 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD TU IQ
03ANKARA1303	OCALAN'S CONTINUED ISOLATION, POSSIBLE RETURN OF [...] (C) Summary: Relatives and attorneys remain unable to visit jailed PKK leader Ocalan; the last visit took place November 27. The official GOT line is that stormy weather has grounded the boat that takes visitors to Ocalan's island prison, but some GOT officials privately acknowledge there mus [...]	2003-02-27 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU PKK
03ANKARA1305	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: BUDGET COULD BE PASSED "IN TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Ministry of Finance's top budget expert told us the process of enacting the 2003 budget could take as little as two weeks. But the Government is delaying submission of the budget to parliament, per this expert, because it has not agreed with the IMF over measures [...]	2003-02-27 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1311	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS HIGH-LEVEL TALKS AND POSSIBLE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 12 for action request. Summary: -------- 2. (S) MFA advised DCM that the GOT would like to hold further talks on humanitarian assistance at a senior level, and that a Memorandum of Understanding on this issue might be necessary. MFA wants to h [...]	2003-02-27 16:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA1325	IRAQ: TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT AWAIT NSC [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Parliament has rescheduled for March 1 -- one day after the powerful National Security Council (NSC) meets -- its debate and possible vote on AK Party Government's draft decision to permit U.S. troop deployment through Turkey and deployment of Turkish troops in N. Iraq. A [...]	2003-02-28 11:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1345	IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT REJECTS U.S. TROOP [...] (U) On March 1, in closed session, the Turkish Parliament rejected a motion that would have allowed the U.S. to deploy troops for operations against Iraq. Of the 533 members present, 264 voted in favor and 250 against. 19 MPs abstained. Article 96 of the Constitution requires that an absol [...]	2003-03-01 20:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1346	TURKEY: PARLIAMENTARY VOTE POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S told the Ambassador March 1 the Turkish system was in shock following defeat of the Parliamentary resolution for U.S. and Turkish Troop Deployments. The PM and Government worked hard to convince parliamentarians, but felt their efforts were not fully understood. Turkey [...]	2003-03-01 21:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA1350	TURKEY: WHY THE VOTE WENT SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Ref A reported the March 1 defeat in Parliament of the AK Government's petition to permit deployment of U.S. troops to Turkey. A number of factors contributed to the outcome, primarily: 1) the secular Turkish State's fears about USG intention in Iraq; 2) a strong desire to bring [...]	2003-03-03 11:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1357	FEB 26 SESSION: US/TU TEAMS AGREE ON TEXT FOR OPS [...] (S) The US and TU negotiating teams reached agreement on all of the remaining outstanding issues in the operations Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Feb 26. After seven hours of talks during the morning 2/26, the two sides agreed to language on all issues but one: fuel services-related costs. [...]	2003-03-03 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1360	NORTHERN IRAQ: "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" DEMONSTRATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1364	TURKEY: NOTIONAL CALENDAR FOR ERDOGAN'S ASSUMPTION [...] (U) AK leader Erdogan is a candidate for Parliament in the special March 9 election in Siirt province. Assuming he wins a seat in the legislature, the election will serve as a prelude to his eventually assuming the role of prime minister. 2. (U) The following notional calendar represents [...]	2003-03-03 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1365	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 3/3 COB: MARKETS STABILIZE, [...] (SBU) Turkish financial markets at COB March 3 stabilized after a rough morning which saw relatively heavy capital outflows: -- The lira depreciated about 3 percent, closing at TL 1,651,000 to the dollar. The Central Bank markets department reported a net capital outflow today of $120 m [...]	2003-03-03 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1374	NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKEY SEEKS KDP ASSURANCES OF NO [...] (C) This is an action request, para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ali Tuygan called Ambassador the night of March 3 to express concern about reftel demonstration. Tuygan asked if the US had made representation about the demonstration to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). He sai [...]	2003-03-04 08:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1380	USAID/DART: NGO REGISTRATION PROCESS IN TURKEY: THE [...] HUMANITARIAN NGOS SEEKING FORMAL REGISTRATION IN TURKEY CONTINUE TO FACE A CUMBERSOME PROCESS, BUT THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS SAID IT WILL CONSIDER EXPEDITED ARRANGEMENTS TO ALLOW DELIVERY OF RELIEF TO IRAQ THROUGH TURKEY. MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT'S DI [...]	2003-03-04 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EFIN PHUM AORC MOPS PREL IZ TU WFP
03ANKARA1390	GOT PRESSES BOT COMPANIES TO CUT PRICES [...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler has asked the BOT projects to cut their electricity tariffs, which are set in the companies, contracts with the Ministry of Energy (MENR). The BOTs, which include U.S.-owned companies Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga Enerji (Edison Mission),have informed th [...]	2003-03-04 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1391	NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP AND PUK TO UNIFY [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Ankara rep Bahros Galali called on Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 3 to inform that after the Iraqi opposition conference in Salahadeen, PUK leader Jalal Talabani and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani met and agreed to unify t [...]	2003-03-04 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA1392	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 4 COB [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets were relieved this afternoon that today's Treasury auctions had gone relatively well, with the lira and equities gaining for the day (though t-bill yields closed up 2.5 percentage points). Treasury raised a total of TL 2.3 quadrillion that, together with some of Tresaur [...]	2003-03-04 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1395	DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Serra Erarslan, Turkish MFA Department Head for Iraq, Gulf Countries and OIC. 2. (C) Erarslan noted that Prime Minister Gul, MFA Under Secretary Ambassador Ziyal, and Middle East Director SIPDIS Ambassador Borcuoglu are leaving this afternoon [...]	2003-03-04 16:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ XF TU
03ANKARA140	GOT PROTESTS PORT VISIT BY US NAVY TO RHODES [...] (U) The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding visits by US Naval vessels to the island of Rhodes. 2. (U) Begin text of MFA note No. 2002DHGY/485435: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey presents its compliments [...]	2003-01-07 09:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR GR TU
03ANKARA1401	KDP ANKARA OFFICE ATTACKED, NO INJURIES, MINOR [...] Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Ankara staff member Omar Merani called Operation Northern Watch POLAD early March 5 to report that the night of March 4, the building housing the KDP's Ankara office was attacked with two molotov cocktails. Merani said one of the bottles exploded against the ext [...]	2003-03-05 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CASC ASEC TU IZ
03ANKARA1406	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 5 AM: MARKETS BEGIN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets improved throughout the morning of March 5, and at mid-day appeared poised to continue a rally. Yields on T-bills strengthened five percentage points in morning trading. This positive market sentiment is based on two statements indicating that the [...]	2003-03-05 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1410	TURKEY: ERDOGAN AND AK LOOKING GOOD IN SIIRT [...] (C) Contacts across the political spectrum indicate AK and its party leader Erdogan are poised to win the March 9 special election in Siirt province, paving the way Erdogan's entry into Parliament and eventual move to the Prime Ministry. -- AK M. P. Egemen Bagis told us March 4 that 16 AK [...]	2003-03-05 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1419	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT FEELING ITS OATS [...] (C) Building on the March 1 defeat of the government proposal regarding U.S. and Turkish troop deployments to Iraq (reftel),Parliamentary leaders and other influential M.P.s are sketching out an ambitious agenda that will, if carried out, aggrandize the institution and make it a more permanent [...]	2003-03-05 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1421	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 5 COB [...] (U) All Turkish markets continued to strengthen in afternoon trading on March 5, with expectations of the rallies continuing into March 6. -- The lira appreciated over 2 percent, to close at TL 1,609,000. According to several market participants (Yapi Kredi Treasurer Imece, JP Morgan/Ch [...]	2003-03-05 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1422	CASE AGAINST GERMAN FOUNDATIONS DISMISSED [...] (C) Summary: An Ankara court unanimously dismissed separatism and espionage charges against representatives of five German pro-democracy foundations. German diplomats welcomed the decision, but are concerned that the foundations might still face restrictions and harassment. This case, based [...]	2003-03-06 04:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA1442	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 6 AM: MARKETS STABLE, [...] Summary: Turkish financial markets were flat during the morning of March 6, awaiting confirmation of their expectation that a new GOT, led by AK Chairman Erdogan, would deliver a U.S. financial package. Erdogan and State Minister Babacan, facing public complaints about the new taxes in the [...]	2003-03-06 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1447	TEKEL PRIVATIZATION: DOWNSIZING A MONSTER OR JUST [...] (SBU) Summary: The AK government has highlighted its commitment to accelerate privatization, and to realize $4 billion in privatization revenue in 2003. The feature privatization in the first half of 2003 is TEKEL. This cable describes Turkey's 70-year old tobacco and spirits giant TEKEL, [...]	2003-03-06 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1454	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Aksu told Ambassador that Americans in Turkey do not face a greater threat following Parliament's failure to approve the stationing of U.S. troops. Aksu said the GOT will continue to provide 24-hour security to the U.S. diplomatic community, and will maintain or [...]	2003-03-06 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1459	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 6 COB: RETURN OF COMPLACENCY [...] (U) On March 6, Turkish financial markets were stable. The lira remained unchanged at TL 1, 608,000 to the dollar. Yields on lira-denominated T-bills strengthened slightly to 57.5 percent compounded (yesterday's close was 58 percent). The Istanbul Stock Exchange closed up 0.2 percent. 2. [...]	2003-03-06 17:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1470	HADEP: KURDS FEAR IRAQ WAR WILL LEAD TO CRACKDOWN [...] (C) Ahmet Turan Demir, chairman of the pro-Kurdish HADEP Party, and Nazmi Gur, HADEP international relations advisor, told us March 4 anti-war sentiment in the southeast is fueled primarily by Kurdish fear of the Turkish military. Many Turks might oppose a war on principle, or out of concern t [...]	2003-03-07 11:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA1472	IMF AND MARKET UPDATE, MARCH 7 AM [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Mission Chief told us morning of March 7 that his team and the GOT could in theory close on the LOI in a couple of days, but actual closure depends on GOT political will. Outstanding issues remain World Bank objections to GOT-proposed spending cuts in agriculture and soci [...]	2003-03-07 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1473	AMBASSADOR RAISES FOREIGN INVESTMENT ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) AMB paid an office call on Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan March 7 largely to discuss the status of the 2003 budget (septel). AMB also raised the need to improve the foreign investment climate in Turkey, and wanted to cite several examples. 2. (SBU) AMB said the Citibank General [...]	2003-03-07 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1483	NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH ON TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih met with Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 7 in Ankara. Salih planned to raise with Turkish MFA and military officials later in the day what he characterized as the strong, grass-roots objections of the vast majority of [...]	2003-03-07 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ
03ANKARA1485	IRAQ: CODEL WEXLER PRESSES RULING AK PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: AK Party leader Erdogan initially told Codel Wexler March 8 he may need several weeks (until end March) to create the right conditions for parliamentary passage of a resolution permitting deployment of U.S. troops through Turkey. When Codel and Ambassador pushed back that Turkey [...]	2003-03-08 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA1487	IRAQ: URGENT TURKEY-US-IRAQI OPPOSITION MEETING [...] (C) DCM conveyed to MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu on March 8 reftel urgent request for Turkey to consider a meeting in the very near future of the US, Turkey and the Iraqi opposition, including the Iraqi Turkmen Front. Burcuolgu said he had been expecting us [...]	2003-03-08 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA1488	TURKEY: ERDOGAN AND AK REPORTEDLY SWEEP SIIRT [...] According to unofficial election results as released by Siirt governor's office, R. Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party swept all three seats in March 9 repeat of parliamentary election in Siirt province. The elections were re-run owing to electoral irregularities in Siirt during the Nov. 3 natio [...]	2003-03-09 16:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1496	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S DEWEY AND [...] (C) The Turkish Parliament,s March 1 vote rejecting deployment of U.S. troops, along with a worsening in Turkish-Kurdish tensions, has shaken the GOT and has increased the uncertainty surrounding Turkey,s ultimate choices on Iraq. Whether or not there will be a Northern Option, your visit on [...]	2003-03-10 09:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PREF PREL MOPS TU
03ANKARA1499	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 10: AD REF AGREEMENT ON [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep advised this morning that Fund staff and GOT officials had reached ad ref agreement on a Letter of Intent, and that IMF Mission Chief had returned to Washington with the draft. We do not have details yet, but understand from ResRep that the two sides reached a compromise agre [...]	2003-03-10 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1503	LAWYERS GROUPS OPPOSE NEW PRISON-RELATED [...] (C) Summary: Attorneys from the Ankara Bar Association (ABA) and Contemporary Lawyers Association (CLA) argue that a newly adopted package of prison-related laws holds attorneys responsible for hunger strikes, places hunger striking prisoners at risk, undermines the right of attorneys to consu [...]	2003-03-10 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA1511	TURKS MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CBW PROTECTIVE GEAR [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-10 16:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL SOCI MCAP TU IZ
03ANKARA1512	IRAQ: TURKEY AGREES TO US-TURKEY-KDP/PUK-ITF TALKS [...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu called in DCM March 10 with response to US Ref A demarche suggesting a US-Turkey-Iraqi opposition meeting. Burcuoglu said Turkey was agreeable to holding a round of US-Turkey-KDP/PUK-ITF talks toward the end of this week (when [...]	2003-03-10 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA1513	TURKISH THINK TANK ALLEGES US PLANS TO REDEFINE [...] ((C) SUMMARY: ASAM, A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION PROVIDING ADVICE AND RESEARCH TO THE TGS AND THE GOT, ASSERTS THE USG'S POST-IRAQ GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGY INVOLVES REDEFINING THE MIDDLE EAST REGION TO INCLUDE AFGHANISTAN. ASAM SUPPORTS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTONOMOUS REGIONS FOR KURDS AND TURKMEN I [...]	2003-03-11 05:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ AF
03ANKARA1514	"NEIGHBORS" DISAPPROVE OF TURKISH CONDUCT IN [...] (C) Summary: Comments elicited during conversations with mission representatives of neighboring countries regarding Turkey's conduct of foreign affairs suggest little approval or admiration exists for Turkish diplomatic maneuvers. End summary. 2. (C) Political officer (PO),who has t [...]	2003-03-11 05:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL PTER TU
03ANKARA1516	TURKISH CIVIC SOCIETY: VERDICT SUSPENDED IN CASE [...] (U) An Ankara State Security Court (SSC) March 10 ruled unanimously to postpone a verdict in the trial in absentia of controversial Islamic philosopher Fetullah Gulen. Gulen, indicted in 2000, faced five to 10 years imprisonment under the Anti-Terror Law on charges of establishing an illegal [...]	2003-03-11 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA1529	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 11: MARKETS QUIET, WEAK [...] (U) On March 11, Turkish Treasury auctioned a 546-day dollar-denominated bond in the local debt market to weak demand. The annual yield - 6.88 percent - was below market expectations, but the Treasury only succeeded in selling $180.5 million. 2. (SBU) Comment: The debt redemption on M [...]	2003-03-11 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1546	NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT: WHAT WILL ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: AK Party chairman Erdogan has the mandate to form a new Turkish government. We expect him to shuffle the outgoing cabinet, although timing of the shuffle is not yet certain. While the Erdogan government might assume office quickly, contacts across the spectrum advise us Erdogan i [...]	2003-03-12 03:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1565	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 12: MARKETS IGNORE MOODY'S [...] (U) In the morning of March 12, yields on lira T-bills inched upwards to close at 57.5 percent (yesterday's close was 56.8 percent). The lira remained unchanged at about TL 1,620,000 to the dollar. The Istanbul Stock Exchange was down 1 percent in morning trading, after dropping about 1 per [...]	2003-03-12 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1578	ECHR RULING: OCALAN TRIAL UNFAIR, PRISON [...] (C) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights ruled that jailed PKK leader Ocalan did not receive a fair trial, while also determining that his prison conditions are acceptable. Both the GOT and Ocalan's attorneys plan to appeal the ruling. Regardless of the outcome of the appeal, Ocalan wil [...]	2003-03-12 17:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
03ANKARA1579	TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT: MORE ON ERDOGAN'S TIMING [...] (C) Summary: AK leader Erdogan likely to submit his candidate cabinet list March 13. Possible he will emerge as Prime Minister in office as of that date. Still no convincing sign, however, that he intends to pass a parliamentary resolution approving U.S. troop deployment in the next five-six [...]	2003-03-12 21:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU
03ANKARA1587	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 13: TREASURY U/S OZTRAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Faik Oztrak told us March 13 that the key to debt sustainability this year is economic reform program implementation, not the U.S. package. Oztrak is concerned that the new Erdogan government will view the U.S. package as "an excuse not to implement the [...]	2003-03-13 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1595	IRAQI OPPOSITION TALKS IN ANAKARA: TURKS ON BOARD [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On March 13, DCM met MFA Director General for the Middle East Burcuoglu and delivered Ref A points. Burcuoglu agreed to the following schedule: -- US-TU bilaterals, with Turkey represented by Deputy U/S Tuygan, at 17:00 on [...]	2003-03-13 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA160	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: GROWING CONCERNS OVER AK [...] (SBU) Summary: The AK Government's indecisiveness on economic reforms is continuing to damage market confidence. The latest evidence was weak demand in T-bill auctions January 7. The key issue for restoring market confidence lies in fiscal policy, where the GOT needs to announce and impleme [...]	2003-01-07 17:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1624	GOT CLOSES PRO-KURDISH HADEP PARTY, OPENS CASE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's highest court announced the closure of the pro-Kurdish HADEP party the same day a chief prosecutor opened a case to close the closely linked DEHAP party. HADEP is accused of aiding the PKK and other offenses; DEHAP is charged with actions against the democratic state and [...]	2003-03-13 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA1630	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 14: MARKET WORRIES MOUNT IN [...] (U) Turkish financial markets in morning trading March 14 are beginning to reflect the concern that the U.S. financial package is off the table. The benchmark lira T-bill rose two percentage points to close at 60 percent compounded. The lira depreciated one percent, now trading at TL 1,650,0 [...]	2003-03-14 10:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1631	TURKISH KURDS: "WHY DO YOU NEED TURKEY?" [...] (C) In March 13 conversation with poloffs, a close Embassy contact and opposition CHP M.P. discussed Kurdish perspectives of a possible operation in Iraq. The M.P., a leader of the Kurdish Dostki tribe with extensive political ties in Turkey's southeast, tribal ties in Iraq, and previous serv [...]	2003-03-14 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA1632	TURKEY: 59TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff March 13 discussed reftel talking points with Kaan Esener, head of the MFA Council of Europe Department, and his deputy, Serhat Aksen. Esener and Aksen noted that Turkey will participate as an EU candidate country in certain EU coordination meetings at the Commission. They said the [...]	2003-03-14 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU UNHRC
03ANKARA1634	TURKEY/IRAQ: OPPOSITION CHP'S GRATUITOUS [...] (C) Summary: Contacts from main opposition CHP say that although another UN resolution could influence some backbenchers, CHP is likely to continue to vote en bloc against U.S. troop deployment. Taking their cue from President Sezer, CHPers at all levels assert that any UNSC resolutionless op [...]	2003-03-14 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA1636	OCALAN'S LAWYERS, BROTHER VISIT FOR FIRST TIME IN [...] (U) Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan was visited March 12 for the first time since November 27 by his brother Mehmet and three attorneys. Jandarma officials had previously blocked visits to Ocalan's Imrali Island prison, supposedly due to stormy weather (Reftels B-D). 2. (C) Comment: Th [...]	2003-03-14 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
03ANKARA1638	IRAQ: CENTCOM PROPOSAL FOR US-TURKEY-IRAQI KURD [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) DCM was contacted March 14 by CENTCOM POLAD, who said that CDR CENTCOM wanted, as the minimum acceptable deliverable for upcoming talks with Turks and Iraqi Kurds, the establishment of a 24-hour/day policy-level cell staffed by US, Turkis [...]	2003-03-14 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS TU IZ

03ANKARA1660	TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Late afternoon March 14 President Sezer approved AK leader Erdogan's cabinet list and sent it to the Turkish Parliament for consideration and eventual vote of confidence. Erdogan is now officially Prime Minister. 2. (C) Erdogan's new cabinet is largely the same as that of his predece [...]	2003-03-14 16:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1666	S13-03: TURKS WILL BLOCK HEAT EXCHANGER EXPORTS [...] (S) On March 13, polmiloff met with Ferhat Alkan of the MFA's Iraq Desk and delivered Ref A points. Alkan remarked that the information was "news" to the MFA. He promised to pass the information immediately to the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (TNIO),the Turkish General Staff, and v [...]	2003-03-17 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ SY JO UNSC CBW
03ANKARA1667	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 17: SELL-OFF IN LOCAL [...] (U) News that the U.S. financial package was off the table led to sell-offs in all Turkish financial markets in the morning March 17 trading session: -- The lira depreciated 2 percent to close at TL 1,680,000 to the dollar (Friday's close was TL 1,647,000). -- T-bill rates rose sharp [...]	2003-03-17 20:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1671	"ISLAMIC" UNION HAK-IS ON IRAQ, LABOR ISSUES IN [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Islamic-oriented union Hak-Is president Salim Uslu expressed: 1) resignation to Turkey's eventually joining the coalition against Saddam; and 2) hope that Tayyip Erdogan's new government will not make major changes to the AK Government's "urgent action plan" emphasizing [...]	2003-03-17 20:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU ILAB
03ANKARA1679	ATLANTIC SUMMIT: HOST GOVERNMENT SUPPORT ON A [...] (C) Ambassador delivered a copy of the joint statement issued at the "Atlantic Summit" to MFA U/S Ziyal (reftel) and asked the GOT to issue positive public comments. After briefly glancing at the statement, Ziyal said he would review the statement more closely and consider our request. PEARSO [...]	2003-03-18 06:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA1692	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 18: MARKETS TURN AROUND ON [...] (U) The Turkish Treasury raised TL 3.4 quadrillion (about $ 2 billion) in two lira-denominated debt instrument auctions on March 18, as Turkish markets rebounded on overnight "good news" regarding the U.S. financial package (see para 3 below). The auction results announced 1:30 pm local time [...]	2003-03-18 11:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1701	IRAQ: TURKEY WILL CONSIDER OPPOSING UNGA SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-18 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA1704	DART: CURRENT PICTURE IN TURKEY FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS TRANSITING SUPPLIES TO NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) The current picture in Turkey for International Organizations, the United Nations, and international NGOs for cross-border humanitarian operations is still unclear. To date, no international organization has received an official permit to transit humanitarian supplies through Turkey to no [...]	2003-03-18 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1706	PRM A/S DEWEY'S MEETINGS WITH GOT AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by PRM Assistant Secretary Arthur Dewey discussed a range of Iraq-related SIPDIS humanitarian planning issues with the GOT, humanitarian organizations and representatives of the two Kurdish-administered areas of northern Iraq. Dewey emphasized the U.S. int [...]	2003-03-18 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1709	TURKEY/IRAQ: MOVING TOWARD APPROVAL OF U.S. [...] (C) In separate meetings March 17-18, ruling AK party parliamentary group deputy chairman Salih Kapusuz; former President Demirel's right-hand-man Muharrem Ozguven; Director General of Turkish Customs (and AK party member) Nevzat Saygilioglu; and Faruk Demir, executive director of a think-tank [...]	2003-03-18 17:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA1713	TURKISH ECONOMY COB 3/18: RETURN TO NEVER NEVER [...] (C) Summary: Reports that the U.S. financial package was back "on the table" sustained the market's rally this afternoon, with the lira closing at TL 1,648,000 and t-bill yields ending at slightly under 60 percent. CB Governor Serdengecti warned us that, should Parliament pass a second reso [...]	2003-03-18 17:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA172	UPDATE ON TURKISH REFUGEE/IDP CONTINGENCY [...] (S) Summary: During the January 3 military-military talks, the Turkish General Staff provided a map identifying planned locations for Turkish-run IDP camps to EUCOM and CENTCOM representatives. MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations Feza Ozturk largely confirmed pre [...]	2003-01-08 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREF AORC IZ MOPS PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA1720	AK ECONOMIC POLICY: REFORM ONLY AS A LAST RESORT [...] (C) Summary: New Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's decision not to make any changes in the AK economic team suggests he is unlikely to break sharply with the Gul government's economic appraoch. That is unfortunate. In its four months in office, the AK leadership has proven that it neither un [...]	2003-03-19 08:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1732	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 19: ORIGINAL U.S. PACKAGE [...] (U) Turkish financial markets were in a foul mood at OOB March 19, on news reports (see below) that the original U.S. financial package had in fact expired, despite GOT public statements to the contrary on March 18 during critical T-bill auctions. At market opening, the lira traded at TL 1,74 [...]	2003-03-19 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1737	S12-03: TURKS REQUEST FURTHER DETAILS & UPDATE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Polmiloff met Ferhat Alkan, of the MFA Iraq Desk, and delivered Ref A points on March 18. As has been the case with similar demarches, MFA showed appreciation for the information and a ready willingness to forward our points [...]	2003-03-19 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IZ TU UNSC CBW
03ANKARA1739	DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...]	2003-03-19 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1742	TURKEY: POLITICAL RETURN OF ISLAMIST LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Returning from the political wilderness, Islamist former Prime Minister Erbakan is bent on using Saadet Party and the Iraq issue to hammer the ruling AK Party and P.M. Erdogan, a former Erbakan protege. It is unlikely the septuagenarian Erbakan can reclaim his once dominant place [...]	2003-03-19 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1744	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS OEF [...] (S) The Embassy learned late March 18 from AMCC Incirlik that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) has temporarily suspended the blanket clearance that the GOT had provided the US for aircraft in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). TGS Deputy J3 for Command and Control Maj. Gen. Ozer repo [...]	2003-03-19 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1745	DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...]	2003-03-19 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1780	TURKISH MARKETS COB MARCH 19: LIMITED FURTHER [...] (U) After falling significantly in the morning, Turkish markets declined only slightly in the afternoon session, as investors struggled to figure out whether some kind of U.S. assistance package might still be possible. At market closing, the lira had weakened to TL 1,695,776/dollar, while [...]	2003-03-19 17:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1787	RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN TURKEY'S ECONOMY - BACK TO [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) The Turkish Government has put itself in a precarious financial situation on the eve of war with Iraq. To get the economy on even fragile ground, it needs to implement strong reforms. Unfortunately, it has shown no inclination to [...]	2003-03-20 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1792	NOTMAR AND NOTAM DELIVERED TO GOT [...] Economic Officer delivered Reftel NOTMAR to MFA Chief of Maritime Affairs Cagatay Erciyes, and reftel NOTAM to MFA Chief of Aviation Affairs Bekir Uysal on March 20. Uysal asked if the U.S. could provide coordinates to more specifically define "Eastern Mediterranean Sea." Both Uysal and Erci [...]	2003-03-20 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS MARR XF EWWT PHSA EAIR
03ANKARA1793	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 20: CONTAINED REACTION FOR [...] (U) At OOB March 20, Turkish markets opened sharply down, but recovered somewhat as the morning went on. JP MOrgan/Chase bond trader Gumisdis, Yapi Kredi Bank Treasurer Imece and other market players here all pointed to the Ari Fleischer statement that "the White House has not ruled out assi [...]	2003-03-20 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1799	DART: MARCH 18 NGO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) On March 18, DART Field Office/North facilitated the first coordination meeting among Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs),the United Nations (U.N.),and USG humanitarian personnel in Ankara, Turkey. Representatives from ten NGOs were in attendance, namely: Mercy Corps International (MC [...]	2003-03-20 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1801	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PASSES RESOLUTION PERMITTING [...] (U) Anadolu Ajansi reports that Parliament on March 20 passed the AK government's resolution authorizing: (1) U.S. aircraft to overfly Turkish airspace for a period of six months "in line with principles and rules to be determined by Turkish authorities;" and (2) deployment of Turkish troops to [...]	2003-03-20 16:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1802	INITIAL GOT RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CLOSURE OF [...] (S/NF) During his March 20 meeting with MFA U/S Ziyal (ref c),Ambassador followed up his recent requests for the GOT to expel Iraqi intelligence officers (ref b) by urging the GOT to suspend Iraq's diplomatic presence in Turkey on a temporary basis and take steps to assure the prompt departure [...]	2003-03-20 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1805	DART: DISCUSSIONS WITH NATO/EADRCC ON HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) On March 13, Dart Field Office/North and Embassy PMA Scott Oudkirk met with Col. Bernie Hunstad and Tom Nett from NATO,s Euro-Atlantic Response Coordination Center (EADRCC). The one-hour meeting covered an overview of NATO,s role in providing humanitarian supplies to the Government of Tur [...]	2003-03-21 07:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1810	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 21: STEADY DETERIORATION [...] (SBU) On the morning of March 21, foreign investors were selling both Turkish stocks and Turkish Eurobonds. Lehman Bros Turkey analyst told us rumors of a Moody's downgrade of the Turkish sovereign debt is motivating some Eurobond selling. -- The lira depreciated one percent in the morn [...]	2003-03-21 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1818	KEEPING THE IRAQ ISSUE IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IZ TU UNSC
03ANKARA1835	UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: MFA, UN AND [...] (C) Emboffs met with MFA, Turkish Red Crescent and UN officials just before and after the start of military operations in Iraq to gauge preparedness and review humanitarian assistance issues. MFA told us it is willing to host a coordination mechanism involving the USG and UN agencies, pending [...]	2003-03-22 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1905	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 24: ERDOGAN SPEECH DOESN'T [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday evening March 23, PM Erdogan addressed the nation committing the new GOT to continue the economic reform program and to take additional reform measures if needed. But markets weren't buying, and yields on T-bills rose 5.5 percentage points in morning trading March 24 [...]	2003-03-24 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1913	THY PRIVATIZATION: ON TRACK...FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Airlines (THY - Turk Hava Yollari) is scheduled for tender in the third quarter 2003, and the GOT official heading THY privatization said that plans are on schedule. THY has managed, largely through timely sales of old planes, to remain profitable in bad times general [...]	2003-03-24 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1922	S63-02 IRANIAN ENTITIES SEEKING TO PROCURE CBW [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 06:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR TU
03ANKARA193	TURKISH ECONOMY: PM GUL ANNOUNCES SOME FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT reacted to the market concerns over the 2003 budget by agreeing on a list of fiscal saving measures, which PM Gul announced late afternoon January 8. Following the announcement, T-bill rates dropped half a percentage point. The "saving measures" are a mix of expenditure [...]	2003-01-08 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1931	TURKEY'S RULING AK PARTY: DISCONTENT ON HIGH AND [...] (C) Summary: Senior AK party reps express concern to us at AK's mishandling of the Iraq question and relations with the U.S. Local AK party bosses in Ankara districts complain bitterly to us about AK's failure to pass the U.S. deployment resolution (ref A) and what they see as AK's subsequent [...]	2003-03-25 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA1936	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 25: TEMPORARY RESPITE ON [...] (U) Turkish markets at OOB March 25 were positively affected by press reports that the US Administration was seeking Congressional approval of $1 billion in aid as part of the war supplemental. As a result, the steady deterioration in Turkish markets of the last four days appears to have stab [...]	2003-03-25 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1949	BLOCKING ARAB EFFORTS AT UN ON IRAQ: GOT RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA1964	GOT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR 2003 TIP [...] Action request--para 5. 2. March 24 MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Firat Topcuoglu provided us additional information for 2003 TIP report: (1) GOT TIP National Action Plan (NAP) and (2) GOT responses to TIP-related questions from post (ref B). Both have been sent ref (B). 3. Under th [...]	2003-03-26 10:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA1965	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 26: U.S. AID PROPOSAL SPARKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets rallied March 26 am with T-bill yields dropping six percentage points, on news of the U.S. war supplemental for Turkey. But market sentiment remains pessimistic about upcoming debt roll-overs, and the GOT's credibility with the markets remains rock bottom. IMF resrep [...]	2003-03-26 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1966	TFIZ01: TGS CHIEF OF STAFF ISSUES STATEMENT ON TU [...] (C) On March 26, Turkish General Staff CHOD General Hilmi Ozkok issued a public statement on the current presence of TU forces in northern Iraq and future Turkish intentions in the region. 2. (U) Following are excerpts of the statement (a complete English-language text will follow septel) [...]	2003-03-26 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA1970	GOT RESPONSE ON ENCOURAGING POSITIVE STATEMENTS AT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-26 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA1971	TFIZ01: MFA ON SOURCING AND TRANSIT OF FOOD FOR [...] (C) Emboffs and Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Leader discussed humanitarian planning issues on March 26 with Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations. In response to a looming shortage of wheat flour in northern Iraq, the World Food Program has [...]	2003-03-26 17:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA1994	S13-03: TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE OFFICIAL PROVIDES [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 07:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC IZ PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA2010	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 27: MARKETS QUIET; [...] (SBU) Summary: While Turkish markets were relatively quiet on March 27 am, a wide range of market and GOT contacts tell us confidence in the government remains rock bottom. This translates into ongoing serious concerns about the GOT's ability to roll-over about $3 billion of debt in its local [...]	2003-03-27 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2018	REPORT OF GROWING WAR ANXIETY IN TURKEY'S KURDISH [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish M.P. from Diyarbakir who is also a member of opposition CHP's Central Administrative Board has elaborated on concerns expressed to us recently by other Kurdish politicians (ref A) regarding fallout in southeastern Turkey from the war in Iraq. Moreover, he asserted that (1) [...]	2003-03-27 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA2021	ADDENDUM TO 2002 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) There has been no change in the status of INL-funded vehicles provided to the Turkish Grain Board (TMO),dogs provided for Turkish Customs, computers for Turkish Customs and TMO, and intercept equipment for the Turkish National Police (TNP) since report made in reftel B. Regarding the st [...]	2003-03-27 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SNAR TU
03ANKARA2025	TFIZ01: TURKEY REOPENS FLIGHT CORRIDOR FOR CRUISE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-28 07:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA2039	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 28: CONTINUING PROBLEMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets remained quiet on March 28 am, with T-bill yields weakening slightly to 65.7 percent. Two economic policy developments in the past day, however, indicate that AK continues to take actions that won't improve its credibility gap with the markets. First, according to pre [...]	2003-03-28 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2042	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PIC STEERING BOARD MEETING [...] (C) WE DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MFA BALKANS OFFICER AHMET ERGIN. ERGIN CONFIRMED THAT HE WOULD INFORM TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO SARAJEVAO WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE MEETING. ERGIN NOTED THE PIC BOARD WAS INCLINED TO BE CAUTIOUS REGARDING REMOVAL OF PRESIDENT SAROVIC AND ASKED IF THE USG HAD CON [...]	2003-03-28 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK
03ANKARA2048	TURKEY'S "WHERE ARE THEY NOW" FILE: CHP'S KEMAL [...] (C) In a March 28 meeting with poloff, opposition CHP deputy and former State Minster Kemal Dervis offered his views of USG-GOT relations, Iraq, Cyprus, and his own political ambitions. Dervis made the following points: -- He sees himself as leading an effort to modernize CHP, in part by [...]	2003-03-28 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ CY TU
03ANKARA2049	TFIZ01: MFA PREPARED TO MEET TRILATERALLY WITH USG [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 10. Summary ------- 2. (C) Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations called a meeting on March 27 with Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and UNHCR Deputy Representative for Turkey to prov [...]	2003-03-28 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2051	SENIOR BANKING OFFICIALS CONCERNED OVER GOT ECON [...] (C) Summary: In frank discussions March 26 and 27, BRSA Chairman Engin Akcakoca and the outgoing Chairman of the State Bank Board Safa Ocak told us of concerns with the lack of market confidence in the government. They described a situation of policy drift on the economy, with Deputy PM Sen [...]	2003-03-28 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2052	DEMARCHES ON WAR SUPPLEMENTAL AND BOLSTERING [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: DCM delivered ref A and B points to Treasury U/S Oztrak and MFA Deputy U/S Kilic March 26-27, and EconCouns separately presented them to State Planning U/S Tiktik and AK Deputy Reha Denemec. DCM stressed that USG was very co [...]	2003-03-28 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2056	LEYLA ZANA RETRIAL OPENS; COURT DENIES RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: The historic retrial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former M.P.s began March 28 under tight security. The court ruled against releasing the defendants pending the outcome of the trial and rejected a defense petition seeking a new chief judge. Turkish and international hum [...]	2003-03-28 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA2062	TF01IZ: TURKS "SERIOUSLY WORKING" ON CLOSURE OF [...] (S/NF) On March 28, the DCM met with Deputy DG for Middle Eastern Affairs Safak Gokturk to reiterate our requests concerning Iraqi intelligence agents/diplomats. Reiterating information that Post recently had passed to the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (TNIO),the DCM again aske [...]	2003-03-28 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA2094	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 31: PROGRESS ON IMF FOURTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The parliament passed the 2003 budget, and AK dropped a controversial amendment to the Public Procurement Law after the IMF complained, according to Turkish press. Ahead of the April 8 debt auction and April 9 $3 billion debt payment, markets expect an LOI signing and IMF Fou [...]	2003-03-31 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2101	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) DART Field Office/North hosted a 22 March NGO/IO coordination meeting in Ankara to discuss the NGO registration process with the Turkish government, memorandums of understanding for working in or transiting Turkey, and options for entering northern Iraq through other countries. Sixteen i [...]	2003-03-31 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2119	WFP AND UNICEF SHIPMENTS TO NORTHERN IRAQ, UN [...] (SBU) Summary: Three WFP successfully crossed the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and continued on to a UN warehouse in northern Iraq. Two UNICEF trucks carrying non-food items are currently on the border awaiting clearance to cross. In another development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( [...]	2003-03-31 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2121	RESUPPLY OF TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. --------------------- RESUPPLY OF US FORCES --------------------- 2. (C) A/DCM, ECON counselor and TF-N/J4 representative met with MFA DDG for the Americas Suna Ilicak and DDG for Bilateral Economic Affairs Mehmet Gucuk March 31 to discuss [...]	2003-03-31 17:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA2125	TFIZ01: KHALILZAD DISCUSSIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (S/NF) Summary: SPE Zalmay Khalilzad met with a range of Iraqi opposition leaders in northern Iraq on March 27-28. Discussions with PUK and KDP leadership centered on responding to Turkish concerns about northern Iraq, resolving the property claims of IDP's, and the formation of the Iraqi Inte [...]	2003-03-31 18:35:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA2130	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: THE FIRST MAJOR SALE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A top GOT Privatization Administration (PA) official told us March 28 the GOT is on track to meet its $4 billion sales target for 2003, which will result in $2.6 billion in PA revenue this year and the rest to be paid by installment. The official defended the GOT's proposed law [...]	2003-04-01 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2133	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 1: MARKETS AWAIT IMF GOOD [...] (U) Transactions volumes in Turkish financial markets were very low on April 1 am. T-bill yields were unchanged at 65 percent compounded, the lira appreciated slightly to TL 1,702,000, and the Istanbul Stock Exchange 100 index was up 1 percent. Stock market transaction volume has averaged [...]	2003-04-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2139	ANNUAL ARMENIA PROCLAMATION: GOT SENSITIVITIES [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG Tezcan expressed the GOT's opposition to use of the term "genocide" in referring to the events of 1915 and asked the U.S. to refrain from using that term in connection with the April commemoration events. DCM encouraged the GOT to renew efforts to reconcile views of histo [...]	2003-04-01 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM TU
03ANKARA2145	CYPRUS MIL EXERCISES: TURKS NON-COMMITTAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA is not yet ready to confirm Embassy Nicosia's reporting that Turkey will not formally conduct May's Toros I military exercise. Instead, we heard Turkey's traditional policy that it will mirror whatever the Greek Cypriots choose to do. Post will follow up to see if we can se [...]	2003-04-02 07:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL CY GR TU
03ANKARA2151	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 2: MARKETS QUIET, GUARDED [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets improved slightly in morning trading April 2. Local analysts see a positive scenario for the April 8 debt auctions, based on the GOT signing the IMF letter of intent, and Congress passing the aid for Turkey. The 30-week tourist season opens this wee [...]	2003-04-02 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2155	TURKEY: GOT CONCERN ABOUT CYPRUS EU ACCESSION [...] (C) In a March 28 meeting with DCM, MFA Cyprus DG Apakan raised GOT concerns about the draft EU protocol on Cyprus that will be attached to the accession partnership documents new members will sign on April 16. 2. (C) According to Apakan, the draft copy of the protocol obtained by the GOT [...]	2003-04-02 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2170	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 3: MARKETS LIKE SECRETARY'S [...] (U) Positive local press coverage of the Secretary's April 3 visit translated into a modest bounce in local financial markets, well timed in advance of key large April 8 debt auctions. Market analysts told us the Secretary's affirmation of the bilateral relationship was helpful to general se [...]	2003-04-03 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2186	DRAFT EU PARLIAMENT REPORT CALLS FOR RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: A clear-sighted but controversial European Parliament draft report calls on the GOT to make fundamental changes to the Kemalist State in order to meet EU membership criteria. MFA and reportedly a few members of the European parliament reject the report as biased; several European [...]	2003-04-03 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU OSCE
03ANKARA2195	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 2 APRIL [...] (U) UN OCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 2 April at UN House in Ankara. UN OCHA, UNHCR, UNDP, UNJLC, IFRC, the American Red Cross, nine NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. The UN reported that food and non-food items transited the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and 1 Ap [...]	2003-04-04 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2197	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 4: GOOD NEWS ON U.S. [...] (U) News that both houses of Congress passed the supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for Turkey buoyed the money markets in morning trading April 4. The lira appreciated about one percent to TL 1,655,000. The Istanbul Stock Exchange was up 2.3 percent in morning trading. The benchmar [...]	2003-04-04 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2203	INITIATION OF COMMERCIAL SUPPLY LOC [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-04 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR ETRD IZ TU
03ANKARA221	TGS: NO TURKISH TROOP BUILDUP IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On January 6, Pol-Mil Counselor took a copy of that day's mass daily newspaper "Milliyet" to Turkish General Staff Deputy J3 MG Bekir Kalyoncu. Splashed across the front page was a picture of 30 Turkish tanks at a base at Bamerni in northern Iraq with a headline implying the Turkish Army [...]	2003-01-09 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA2232	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: LEADING MARDIN M.P.S SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Kurdish M.P.s representing the border province of Mardin for both ruling AK and opposition CHP support the U.S.-led war against Saddam. Despite (1) pressure from elements within AK, (2) outright hostility from the CHP and the Turkish State, and (3) the ethnically Turkish [...]	2003-04-07 10:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2233	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 7: FIRST T-BILL AUCTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Treasury raised $844 million in the first of three T-bill auctions scheduled for April 7-8. Treasury's target is to raise a total of $3 billion ahead of $3.2 billion in debt service payments on April 9. Today's auction results came in at market expectations; the m [...]	2003-04-07 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2243	TRANCHING AND CONDITIONING OF U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Assuming Congress approves $1 billion in ESF assistance for Turkey, we expect the Turkish Government to leverage that money into the largest possible package -- $8.5 billion in long-term loans. Prime Minister Erdogan has stated this intention publicly, and numerous lower level officials [...]	2003-04-07 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA2245	CYPRUS MIL EXERCISES: TURKS HAVE NO EXERCISE PLANS [...] (C) On April 7, in response to Post's follow up on Ref A, acting MFA Cyprus Department Head Barkan Oz contacted polmiloff with an update on Turkey's intentions regarding the spring Toros I exercise in Cyprus. Oz said that he had confirmed with the Turkish General Staff that Turkey has "no pl [...]	2003-04-07 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL CY GR TU
03ANKARA2246	APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS CONVICTION IN LONG-STANDING [...] (C) Summary: An appeals court upheld the torture convictions of 10 police officers in the high-profile 1996 Manisa case; the ruling is final. The officers are expected to serve jail terms ranging from two years to more than four years. Human rights observers and European diplomats welcomed t [...]	2003-04-07 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2254	TURKS: RESOLUTION ON AEGEAN CLAIMS "NOT PRODUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary. MFA's DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs, Vakur Gokdenizler, convoked pol-mil counselor to tell us that Congress' adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 87 on Aegean claims would be a "symbol of deteriorating U.S.-Turkish relations." He asked that the USG do what it could t [...]	2003-04-08 07:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA GR TU
03ANKARA2258	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 8: SUCCESSFUL T-BILL [...] (U) Treasury raised a total of TL 3.26 quadrillion ($1.97 billion) in two debt auctions on the morning of April 8. Results were: Maturity Net Amt Compounded of Paper Sold (quad) Interest Rate --------- ----------- ------------- Oct. 8 Bill TL 0.801 57 pct Apr [...]	2003-04-08 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2259	IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO ANKARA: GOT/GOI [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told the Ambassador late April 7 Iranian FM Kharrazi,s April 6 visit to Ankara revealed a congruence of views between the GOT and GOI on Iraq. Kharrazi reportedly requested Gul,s support for re-establishing Turkish-Iranian-Syrian trilateral consultations with Syria, b [...]	2003-04-08 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ SY
03ANKARA2292	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 9: NEWS OF U.S. AID [...] (U) On April 9 am, in the first trading session for the new T-bill issued yesterday, volume was quite high - TL 1.1 quadrillion ($670 million). Rates, however, did not decline as expected. Traders cited the local press reports that the Senate version of the U.S. aid for Turkey contains a co [...]	2003-04-09 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2298	TFIZ01: GOT AND TURKISH RED CRESCENT ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) Summary: MFA organized a meeting of Turkish Red Crescent (TRC),International Committee of the Red Cross and U.S. Embassy representatives to present and discuss a TRC proposal to send humanitarian supplies to Iraq and provide medical treatment in Turkey for injured Iraqis. The proposal c [...]	2003-04-09 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA23	APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS APPEARS TO [...] (U) President Sezer's Dec. 31 approval of a package of constitutional reforms appears to open the door for Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Erdogan to regain his political rights, run for Parliament, and become Prime Minister. A political reform package of legal amendments (the secon [...]	2003-01-02 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
03ANKARA2317	GOT CONTINUES TO DELAY ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (U) Action request--para 3. 2. (C) Feza Ozturk, head of the MFA International Political Organizations Department, told us April 7 the MFA has put its consideration of a draft bilateral Article 98 agreement on hold. Ozturk attributed the hold to "the situation in Iraq." He averred that t [...]	2003-04-10 06:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM TU
03ANKARA2320	GOT REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR TURKISH [...] Embassy has just received MFA diplomatic note no. 2003/CKGY/110744 dated March 25, 2003 requesting USG support for its candidacies in the UNESCO elections at the 32nd session of the General Conference in October 2003. Text in para 2. 2. Text of GOT diplomatic note: (Complimen [...]	2003-04-10 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IO PREL TU UNESCO
03ANKARA2323	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 10: MARKETS DROP ON NO. [...] (U) As of 2:00 pm local time April 10, local news reports that Iraqi Kurds have taken Kirkuk are raising market concerns of a Turkish reaction that could jeopardize the U.S. aid package. T-bill yields rose nearly three percentage points to 66 percent; the lira depreciated almost two percent [...]	2003-04-10 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2336	TURKISH AID FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PHUM IZ TU
03ANKARA2340	EU SUMMIT DOCUMENTARY ANGERS TURKS AND GERMANS, [...] (C) Summary: A Danish documentary on the December 2002 EU Summit has angered Turks and Germans and embarrassed Denmark. The documentary, covered in the Turkish press, features candid comments by Danish and German ministers critical of Turkey's EU bid. The German Embassy has criticized the do [...]	2003-04-10 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU
03ANKARA2342	UN/CYPRUS: DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON US-UK DRAFT [...] (C) D/Polcouns delivered ref A talking points April 10 to Necip Eguz, MFA DDG for Cyprus-Greece-Aegean affairs. Eguz noted that, as far as he knew (at 1700 local time) the UN was still negotiating the text and that no consensus had been reached. Moreover, he took issue with what he saw as the [...]	2003-04-11 04:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2347	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 9 APRIL [...] (U) Summary: UNOCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 9 April in Ankara. UNOCHA, UNHCR, IFRC, the American Red Cross, ten NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. UNHCR reported no refugee movements in the region. As a result, the GOT Crisis Center and the Turkish Red Crescent Socie [...]	2003-04-11 07:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2351	OSCE MEETING ON ANTI-SEMITISM: TURKISH MFA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-11 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA2353	TURKEY: DIFFICULTIES FROM PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Trouble continues with ruling AK party parliamentary Human Rights Committee Chairman Elkatmis regarding Iraq-related anti-American statements he persists in making to the press, statements which (1) are at odds with the AK government line; (2) reflect the committee's refusal to ta [...]	2003-04-11 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2363	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 11: INTEREST RATES REMAIN [...] (U) At mid-day April 11, Turkish markets were quiet. FM Gul's April 10 statements that U.S. forces would prevent a (Kurdish) fait d'accompli calmed market fears of a Turkish military intervention. However, T-bill yields at week's end remain above the April 8 auction levels, meaning the Turki [...]	2003-04-11 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2366	DEMARCHE FOR APRIL 14 EU FMS MEETING: TURKISH MFA [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-11 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU EUN
03ANKARA2368	TURKISH PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE: ILL [...] (C) Summary: The parliamentary Human Rights Committee does not play a significant role in the development of reform legislation, and the public comments of its Chairman to date have focused on supposed human rights violations outside Turkey. Committee members are generally not well informed on [...]	2003-04-11 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2371	TURKEY/CYPRUS: TURK WAXES INDIGNANT AT GREEK [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Bilateral Political Affairs Baki Ilkin summoned reps from UNSC member countries April 11 to convey in a meandering fashion Ankara's concern with the "funny game" being played by Greek Cypriots in the UN. -------------- It's Not Fair! -------------- 2. (C) Whil [...]	2003-04-11 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU CY
03ANKARA2372	APRIL 11 TURKISH GOVT STATEMENTS ON IRAQ [...] Anatolia News Agency reported that a written press announcement issued by the Prime Ministry April 11 stated that GOT military and civilian leaders discussed developments in Iraq at the meeting held at the Prime Ministry this morning. The situation in Kirkuk and Mosul was high on the agenda. [...]	2003-04-11 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2374	EXBS: TURKS REJECT AGREEMENT ARTICLES; PROPOSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary. On March 31, the Turks objected to three articles of our proposed Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (EXBS) Program agreement. The articles govern the status of personnel, claims, and inspections and [...]	2003-04-11 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC PREL KSTC TU
03ANKARA2384	REFUTING THE TURKISH ALLEGATION OF SPE KHALILZAD [...] (S) DCM called on MFA Director General for Bilateral Affairs Burcuoglu to refute strongly the Turkish allegations of a March 29 meeting between SPE Khalilzad and PKK/Kadek (ref a). DCM also presented Burcuoglu with a diplomatic note containing language drawn from ref a. DCM stressed that the [...]	2003-04-11 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PKK
03ANKARA2386	DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON STATE OF US-SYRIA BILATERAL [...] (S) During a late afternoon April 11 meeting with MFA Director General for Bilateral Relations Burcuoglu (after FM Gul had announced he had canceled his trip to Damascus -- ref b),DCM conveyed USG views on the current state of US-Syrian relations (ref a). DCM said he had intended to deliver t [...]	2003-04-11 16:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU SY IZ ETTC

03ANKARA2390	TURKISH MFA SAYS EU NOT LOBBYING AGAINST ARTICLE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-13 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA2420	TURKEY-ARMENIA: EMBASSY RECOMMENDS NO USG [...] (U) Action recommendation--paras 5-6. 2. (C) Embassy Ankara understands that the Department may be considering issuing a statement noting the conclusions reached by an ICTJ panel, meeting under Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Committee (TARC) auspices March 10, regarding the legal applica [...]	2003-04-14 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2467	TURKISH KURDS: OVERJOYED BY END OF SADDAM [...] (C) In April 15 discussions about the situation in Iraq, a leading Kurdish political activist from Turkey's Southeast and two business associates offered enthusiastic congratulations to the USG for the Coalition's success against the Saddam regime. According to these Kurds: -- Turkey did [...]	2003-04-15 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2497	MTAG 05-96: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MISSILE RELATED [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TU MTCRE
03ANKARA2498	NO ENDORSEMENT OF OPIC FINANCE APPLICATION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL TU EINV IZ
03ANKARA2504	TURKS AND ISRAELIS SAY THEY ARE PLEASED WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Embassy used terms like "positive, excellent," and Turkish MFA "successful" to describe Israeli Foreign Minister Shalom's first official visit to Turkey April 13-14. End summary. 2. (C) Israeli DCM Nahshon told us April 15 plans for FonMin Shalom's April 13-14 [...]	2003-04-17 10:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS
03ANKARA2507	TURKEY: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY REGARDING [...] (C) Ambassador called on MFA Undersecretaries Baki Ilkin and Ali Tuygan April 17 to deliver reftel message to the GOT regarding the April 18 meeting on Iraq in Riyadh, noting our concern that Syria may try to hijack the proceedings. Tuygan said Turkey would work for moderation. They also disc [...]	2003-04-17 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA2511	IAEA AND IRAN: TURKS WELCOME CLARIFICATION ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL TU IR IAEA
03ANKARA2516	TURKEY: GENC PARTY DREAMS BIG [...] (C) Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan's Genc (Young) Party Ankara provincial chairman Sule Nazlioglu expounded in a forceful manner on her party's political goals in an April 16 meeting with poloffs in Kizilcahamam sub-province. Surrounded by a coterie of dapper young men who seemed out of place in a [...]	2003-04-17 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2521	THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF: A FRACTIOUS AND SULLEN POLITICAL COALITION [...] (C) Summary: As refs (A-E) note, Turkish General Staff (TGS) remains deeply involved in day-to-day political life and policymaking, with attendant strains and divisions among senior military leaders over domestic and foreign policy issues. These divisions are more visible today than at any ti [...]	2003-04-18 08:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
03ANKARA2524	TURKEY MARKETS ENJOY A QUIET BUT POSITIVE WEEK [...] (U) Turkish markets rose steadily, if not spectacularly, this week. The lira strengthened from TL 1.65 million/dollar at the end of last week to TL 1.60 at the close of this morning's trading session. Meanwhile, yields on the benchmark 4/28/04 t-bill fell from 64.39 to 57.72 percent, and t [...]	2003-04-18 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2572	UPDATE ON TURKEY'S COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Summary. Amb. Ahmet Okcun, MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction, told us that per Afghan Minister of Trade, Turkey is Afghanistan's largest source of foreign investment with 30 companies and over $200 million invested. GOT's commitment remains modest at $3 million. End Summary. [...]	2003-04-21 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EFIN AF TU
03ANKARA2596	TURKEY: FORMER PRESIDENT DEMIREL TELLS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In an April 21 meeting with Ambassador, former President Suleyman Demirel offered his thinking on the way ahead in U.S.-Turkey relations. Demirel volunteered that there is a debate in Ankara power centers about Turkey's strategic orientation; but that in his view, "the Turkish Ar [...]	2003-04-22 08:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA262	TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE UNDERSECRETARIAT ON [...] (C) In a January 9 meeting on sensitive Turkish exports to Iraq (septel),Econoff raised State Minister Kursad Tuzmen's upcoming visit to Iraq (January 10 to 12) with Tevfik Mengu, Director General for Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat. Mengu, who will travel with the delegatio [...]	2003-01-10 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU UNSC
03ANKARA2660	TFIZ01: MFA DELAYS TURKISH RED CRESCENT AID [...] (U) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Francis Ward for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains action requests for the Department/CENTCOM. See paras 9 and 10. 3. (C) Summary: MFA has delayed the Turkish Red Crescent's planned delivery of aid to Iraq to Apri [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREL TU
03ANKARA2663	TFIZ01: MFA DELAYS TURKISH RED CRESCENT AID [...] (U) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Francis Ward for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains action requests for the Department/CENTCOM. See paras 9 and 10. 3. (C) Summary: MFA has delayed the Turkish Red Crescent's planned delivery of aid to Iraq to April [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREL TU
03ANKARA2666	TURKEY'S HEADSCARF ISSUE OPENS ANOTHER POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Islamist headscarf remains a threatening symbol for the Kemalist state. In inviting headscarved women to a reception in honor of the children's holiday, AK Party Speaker of Parliament Arinc has widened a rift between the GOT and the Turkish Establishment. End summary. 2. [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2667	TURKISH MFA PLEASED WITH FREE MOVEMENT OF GREEK [...] (SBU) MFA Cyprus DG Ertugrul Apakan summoned EU and US reps to discuss the free movement of Greek and Turkish Cypriots that began on the island April 23. Apakan claimed that "TRNC President" Denktas has suggested the policy and that the GOT had supported it from the beginning. According to A [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU CY
03ANKARA2695	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 25: POSITIVE NEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Some positive news came at the end of a relatively quiet week in Turkish markets: the GOT announced a well-regarded macro-economist bureaucrat, Ibrahim Canakci, to replace Faik Oztrak at Treasury. The Central Bank announced a 3 percentage point cut in its short-term borrowin [...]	2003-04-25 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2709	EXBS: TURKS REJECT AGREEMENT ARTICLES: NEXT STEPS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Polmiloff on April 25 spoke with MFA/Disarmament Second Secretary Aykut Kumbaroglu to inquire if there had been any further movement on Turkey's objection to three articles of our proposed Export Control and Related Border Secu [...]	2003-04-25 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA2710	FLEEING IRAQI OFFICIALS LIST: TURKS SAY NO [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) On April 24, Polmiloff delivered ref demarche to MFA/Middle East Department Ferhat Alkan. Alkan promised to deliver it at once to MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu, who had bee [...]	2003-04-25 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PARM PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA2711	APRIL 29 MINI-SUMMIT ON ESDP: TURKS SHARE OUR [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On April 23, Polmiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA/Disarmament Second Secretary Esra Dogan. Dogan thanked us for sharing the USG approach with regard to the April 29 "European Defense Su [...]	2003-04-25 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU BE FR TU
03ANKARA2758	IRAQ/STABILIZATION: TURKS PRESS FOR GOT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Robert Pearson. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) During an informal breakfast meeting on April 27 with visiting Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL),MFA D/US Ilkin raised the GOT's wish to play a role in any stabilization force in Iraq. Ilkin told the Congre [...]	2003-04-29 11:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA278	NORTHERN IRAQ: MASOUD BARZANI IN ANKARA: DESPITE IMPROVEMENT IN "TONE" OF RELATIONS W/GOT, TURKISH MILITARY PRESENCE IN NIRAQ UNACCEPTABLE [...] (S/REL UK) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani briefed DCM, PolMilCouns, Operation Northern Watch POLAD and UK Charge in Ankara Jan. 9 on his Jan. 7-9 meetings with Turkish officials. Barzani said the tone of Turkish official interaction had improved significantly this visi [...]	2003-01-10 16:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF
03ANKARA2800	TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP CONTINUES TO TRY TO HAVE [...] (C) Summary: In private conversations with us, opposition CHP M.P.s assert they value U.S.-Turkey relations and claim the party is the United States' "best friend." Publicly, experienced CHP deputies continue to pursue an anti-American line that belies their private assurances. End Summary. [...]	2003-04-30 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2809	TURKISH MFA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ARAFAT CONTACTS [...] (C) In absence of higher-ranking MFA officials, we delivered reftel demarche to Acting Head of Department for Middle East and Maghreb Tuzun. In response Tuzun said he is not aware of any current GOT plans to visit Arafat. 2. (C) Noting Turkey's strong support for President Bush,s initiat [...]	2003-04-30 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS TU
03ANKARA2812	TURKEY/CYPRUS: TURKS ENCOURAGED BY FREE FLOW OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA is encouraged by the flow of people between the two sides on Cyprus and plans to open additional gates. Nevertheless, MFA is concerned that the Greek Cypriots are attempting to restrict UNFICYP's important role in the buffer zone, which would undermine the current pos [...]	2003-04-30 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
03ANKARA2817	IRAQ AND TURKEY: GOT SAYS SHIFTING FOCUS FROM [...] (S) According to MFA Iraq Department Head Kerim Uras (strictly protect),the GOT held a coordination meeting on Iraq policy April 26 at which MFA, TNIO and TGS reps agreed that Turkey should concentrate more on trade with and aid to Iraq, and less on the military issues surrounding the Iraqi b [...]	2003-04-30 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA286	TURKEY: 2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-13 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SNAR TU
03ANKARA2862	TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Iraq Reconstruction Okcun told EconCouns April 29 that Turkey would pursue an aggressive private/public sector approach to winning reconstruction contracts in Iraq. He asked if the U.S. could help by dispelling the notion that Turkish firms were at a disadvantag [...]	2003-05-02 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA2872	APRIL 29 BELGIAN MINI-SUMMIT: TURKS SHARE OUR [...] (C) On May 1, Polmiloff, drawing on reftel talking points, briefed MFA/NATO Department Second Secretary Esra Dogan on USG concern over the April 29 Belgian mini-summit Joint Statement. Dogan, who had also been briefed earlier that day by the UK Embassy, said she was not surprised by the min [...]	2003-05-02 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA2902	SUGAR LAW LEAVES BITTER TASTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new sugar law implemented in September 2002 was supposed to eliminate the sugar industry's rampant overproduction, as well as GOT subsidies for its export, and eventually move the industry toward the free market. However, even as state-owned sugar company SEKER (its privati [...]	2003-05-05 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2903	TURKEY: FRIENDSHIP AND FEAR IN RURAL ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: In conversations at all levels during April visits to Ankara sub-provinces, poloffs encountered Turks eager to get U.S.-Turkish relations back on track. Nevertheless, we also noted the kind of suspicion and doubt from State authorities about the purpose of our trips that we normal [...]	2003-05-05 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2907	FOREIGN EMBASSIES IN BAGHDAD: TURKS PLAN TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) On May 3, DCM delivered ref A talking points to MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu on the CENTCOM agreement to allow countries to send small security teams to guard diplomatic properties in Iraq. DCM conveyed the p [...]	2003-05-05 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IQ
03ANKARA2909	EU-RELATED DRAFT REFORM BILL REFLECTS GOT STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has prepared a new package of EU-related legislative reforms, which it expects to introduce in Parliament by late May. Proposed measures relating to Kurdish broadcasting and non-Muslim foundations are designed to loosen restrictive regulations adopted pursuant to previous [...]	2003-05-05 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA2912	IRAQ: LETTERS FROM TGS CHOD OZKOK TO CJCS MYERS, [...] (C) On May 5, 2003, the Embassy received copies of three letters from TGS CHOD Gen. Ozkok: (1) an April 30 letter to CJCS Gen. Myers (see para two for text),(2) a May 1 letter to CJCS Myers (see para three for text) and (3) a May 1 letter to SACEUR Gen Jones (see para four for text). The fi [...]	2003-05-05 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA2950	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MAY 6: GOOD NEWS ON INFLATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6, Turkish markets continued the recent positive trend. Treasury raised TL 4.9 quadrillion (nearly $3 billion) in three T-bill auctions, achieving a debt roll-over rate this week of over 100 percent. April inflation data was under market expectations, with CPI at 2.1 p [...]	2003-05-06 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2953	UPDATE ON BOT COMPANIES IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler is continuing to pressure the BOT projects to cut their electricity tariffs, threatening parliamentary investigations or legal troubles if they do not. The BOTs, which include U.S.-owned companies Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga Enerji (Edison Mission),ha [...]	2003-05-07 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2984	TURKEY AND IDEF: SUPPORT FOR STRONG DOD ATTENDANCE [...] The Embassy supports and encourages direct senior-level Department of Defense participation in the sixth International Defense Industry, Aerospace and Maritime Fair (IDEF) that will be held in Ankara, Turkey, September 30-October 3, 2003. 2. Given the current economic situation in Turkey [...]	2003-05-07 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA2998	HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION: "POLICE RAID A WARNING [...] (C) Summary: Police May 6 raided the Ankara offices of the Human Rights Association (HRA),seizing records and computers as part of an investigation of alleged support for terrorism. The HRA President believes the action is an attempt to warn NGOs and the GOT against supporting a planned confe [...]	2003-05-08 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA301	EMBASSY PRESSES AK ON ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Gul January 9, emphasizing that any possible U.S. financial assistance was conditional on continued implementation of the economic reform program. Embassy delivered the same message January 9 and 13 to Treasury U/S Oztrak and [...]	2003-01-13 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3014	TOBACCO CONTROL DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TURKEY STILL [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-08 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL TU
03ANKARA3018	TURKISH TREASURY RAISES NEXT STEPS ON $1 BILLION [...] (SBU) On May 8, Treasury Deputy Undersecretary Aydin Karaoz raised with Acting DCM the next steps on effecting the $1 billion in U.S. assistance for Turkey. Karaoz said he had just returned from the annual EBRD meeting in Tashkent, where he had briefly discussed the issue with Treasury U/S Ta [...]	2003-05-08 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA3022	TURKISH REQUEST FOR SECURE PASSAGE TO BAGHDAD - [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Safak Gokturk and Iraq Deskoff Farhat Alkan May 8. Gokturk responded by saying that the first Turkish convoy (carrying Turkey's Ambassador to Iraq) had already left Ankara and would cross the Iraq [...]	2003-05-09 08:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA3023	AUSTRALIA GROUP SPRAYER NON-PAPER SHARED WITH GOT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-09 08:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA3036	MFA INQUIRY ON KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director General For Energy Hakki Akil called in Acting DCM May 8 to raise two issues of GOT concern related to the stoppage of oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline. First, Akil said, Turkey's Kirikkale Refine [...]	2003-05-09 10:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3055	MFA DEMARCHE ON OFF CONTRACTS [...] (C) Head of Department for Middle East Bilateral Economic Affairs Akif Ayhan called in econoff together with the British DCM May 8 to deliver the following demarche regarding Turkey's pending Oil for Food (OFF) contracts. Ayhan said he had delivered the same demarche earlier to the Russian, C [...]	2003-05-09 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3057	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) MFA Coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Ambassador Ahmet Okcun and DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen told us May 9 the MFA was interested in continuing Turkey's high-level participation in international security an [...]	2003-05-09 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER PGOV MARR MASS MOPS AF TU
03ANKARA3058	LIFTING IRAQ SANCTIONS: TURKISH MFA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-09 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA3059	TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKISH REACTION TO BATASUNA [...] (SBU) On May 9, MFA Deputy DG for intelligence and research Hakan Okcal told us the MFA had circulated interagency reftel information about additional names affiliated with ETA (Batasuna, Euskal Herritarrock and Herri Batasuna). If GOT agencies found assets owned or controlled by these addit [...]	2003-05-09 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS TU
03ANKARA3078	IRAQ: TURKISH DELEGATION TO TRAVEL TO IRAQ TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Safak Gokturk informed us May 12 that Turkey intends to send a three-person "specialized" team to northern Iraq (Mosul, Irbil and Kirkuk) to meet with KDP, PUK and Turkmen leadership. The team is planning to fly from Ankara (via Turkish [...]	2003-05-12 11:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA3085	GOT REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY IN [...] ACTION REQUEST - PARA 4. 2. Embassy received MFA diplomatic note no. 2003/UKGY/178657 dated May 5 requesting USG support for its candidate to the International Tribunal for Rwanda at the United Nations General Assembly in June 2003 in New York. The body of the diplomatic note is as fol [...]	2003-05-12 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IO TU UN
03ANKARA3097	LETTER FROM FM GUL TO AMB PEARSON THANKING USG FOR [...] Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul sends a letter to Ambassador Pearson dated May 8, 2003. Following is the text of the letter received by the Embassy on May 12, 2003. Begin Text: 2. Dear Mr. Ambassador, I would like to express my appreciation to you personally and to the Governm [...]	2003-05-12 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID TU
03ANKARA3153	TURKISH MFA DELEGATION VISIT TO IRAQ: ITS IN OUR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Reftel reported the MFA's intention to send a three-person delegation to Iraq beginning May 15. The visit is in large part in response to past invitations from the KDP and PUK for a senior GOT delegation to visit northern Iraq. The Turks [...]	2003-05-13 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA3154	FORMER MP DISCUSSES ROLE IN MANISA TORTURE [...] (C) Summary: Sabri Ergul, one of the prosecuting attorneys in the high-profile Manisa police torture case, used his status as a parliamentarian to maintain pressure on the GOT and ensure the 10 defendants were convicted and sentenced. Ergul served as a witness in the case, having seen some of [...]	2003-05-13 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3155	TURKEY: RETURN OF THE HOCA [...] (C) Summary: At Saadet Party's May 11 national convention, long-time leader of Turkey's Islamist movement Necmettin Erbakan returned to active politics as party chairman. Unlike recent conventions of right-of-center DYP and ANAP, Saadet's congress was far more lively and colorful. The mood of [...]	2003-05-13 17:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3157	USG CONTRACTOR BEGINS TO EXPORT TURKISH LPG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. military contractor Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) has successfully delivered its first shipment of Turkish Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and gasoline from Turkey to Iraq, which will be donated as humanitarian assistance to Iraqi civilians. The U.S. military has contracted K [...]	2003-05-14 04:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3172	GOT OFFICIALS ON IRAQ SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Emboffs met with MFA and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat officials to obtain information on Turkish implementation of Iraq sanctions as requested reftel. Although our interlocutors cautioned that they could not provide definitive answers on how quickly Turkish sanctions against Iraq would b [...]	2003-05-14 11:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA3173	REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA: GOT WILL DO BEST [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-14 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3187	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHIEF JUSTICE DISCUSSES ROLE [...] Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mustafa Bumin discussed his views on: the ruling AK Party; the threat of Islamic fundamentalism in Turkey; the role of the Constitution in a State of law; and the recent law lowering the retirement age for civil se [...]	2003-05-14 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA3195	DEMARCHE FOR MAY 19 EU FMS MEETING DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-15 10:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
03ANKARA3197	HIGHLIGHTS OF APRIL 27-29 CODEL WEXLER [...] (C) Summary: During an April 27-29 visit to Ankara, Representative Robert Wexler visited with senior GOT leadership to assure continued support for the U.S.-Turkish relationship while simultaneously acknowledging there had been recent differences between the two countries. To mitigate any p [...]	2003-05-15 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON OREP PGOV PREL TU US
03ANKARA3225	GOT OFFICIALS ON IRAQ SANCTIONS LIFT RESOLUTION, [...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA officials and the Energy Minister reacted positively to demarches by the Ambassador and others on the UN Security Council draft Iraq sanctions lift resolution. However, other MFA and Foreign Trade officials stressed the GOT's strong view that all pending, signed co [...]	2003-05-16 06:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA324	TURKEY AGREES ON U.S. APPROACH TO EU BALKAN OPS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-14 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA326	PRESSING TURKEY ON ECONOMIC REFORM: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Embassy will continue to deliver the economic reform message (reftel) in meetings with senior government officials, AK Party leaders, and key parliamentarians. In these meetings, we will remind the government that its own bureaucrats (specifically at Treasury) say they need the $1.7 bill [...]	2003-01-14 11:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA3266	GOT RESPONSE TO POLICE RAID OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: FM Gul and EU leaders have publicly criticized the May 6 police raid of the Human Rights Association's (HRA) Ankara offices. MFA and Justice Ministry contacts told us they regretted the raid, but said prosecutors acted within the law. However, one senior Interior Ministry contac [...]	2003-05-16 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA33	U/S TAYLOR'S DISCUSSIONS WITH GOT ON ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In his talks in Ankara December 28 and 29, Treasury Under Secretary Taylor several times stressed the need for the GOT to implement economic reform, specifying the 2003 primary budget surplus, resolution of two large banks, and implementation of the Public Procurement Law as thr [...]	2003-01-02 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA331	NATO/IRAQ: TURKEY PATIENT FOR NOW BUT LOOKING FOR [...] (S) Summary: MFA DG for International Security Affairs Morali told DCM January 13 that NATO should move forward prudently on Articles IV and V with respect to Iraq. Nevertheless, the GOT hopes the package outlined in reftel with evolve as necessary and discussion of Article IV will not be defe [...]	2003-01-14 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ NATO
03ANKARA3393	EXPORT OF TURKISH LPG AND GASOLINE TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3397	UNION OF CHAMBERS PRESIDENT BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (SBU) Influential Union of Chambers of Commerce (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarciklioglu told the Ambassador May 22 that he had returned from a three-day visit to Washington with agreement on several specific initiatives to bolster the bilateral relationship. They include: - establishing a [...]	2003-05-23 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA3408	GOT REQUESTS INFORMATION ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) In a March 22 meeting with Ambassador, Interior Minister Aksu requested information on six Turkish citizens he said are being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Aksu provided names, DOBs and POBs for the detainees, as follows: -- Murat Kurnaz; 3/ [...]	2003-05-23 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3409	AMBASSADOR RAISES SECURITY, TIP, CHILD ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador discussed possible terrorist threats against the American community and the GOT's efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Ambassador also sought the Minister's assistance in a U.S. child abduction case. Aksu pro [...]	2003-05-23 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC PHUM TU
03ANKARA3410	OPPOSITION FROM TURKEY'S NSC SHARPENS CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: GOT leaders continue to support passage of a series of reform packages to harmonize Turkey's practices with EU membership criteria. TGS chief Ozkok and his deputy Buyukanit also formally support Turkey's EU candidacy. At the same time the military-dominated National Security Cou [...]	2003-05-23 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3412	TURKEY'S CYPRUS POLICY: WHAT NOW? [...] (C) Summary: Assessments of how Turkey should move on Cyprus vary in both the GOT and Turkish State. Some (e.g., FonMin Gul) are working to overcome what they recognize as pressure on Turkey's interests following the failure of the UN-sponsored Cyprus talks and the EU's decision to accept a d [...]	2003-05-23 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY TU
03ANKARA3416	THE TURKS AND THE STABILIZATION FORCE IN IRAQ [...] (C) The GOT continues to express an interest in participating in the stabilization force in Iraq. The Turks understand the political sensitivity of a neighboring state putting troops in Iraq. According to MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Sanivar Kizildeli, Turkey is not looking to use NATO as a "bac [...]	2003-05-27 06:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA3462	OIC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) May 27 we delivered reftel demarche to Serra Erarslan, Turkish MFA OIC department head. Erarslan undertook to transmit a copy of the text to the Turkish delegation, which is already in Tehran for the May 28-31 foreign ministers meeting. PEARSON [...]	2003-05-27 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ XF TU
03ANKARA3463	TURKS FIRM IN THEIR SUPPORT FOR "OPTION TWO" FOR [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Polmiloff met with Fatih Ceylan, Head of the MFA NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs Department, on May 22 on the subject of NATO command restructuring. Ceylan said that Turkey wo [...]	2003-05-27 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU
03ANKARA3475	COMMUNICATING WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Reftels instructed embassies to identify a high-level point of contact in host governments for a virtual e-mail contact group on Iraq reconstruction, and to ask host governments to send resumes to State and ORHA of experts who might be able to support Iraqi ministries. Embassy strongly s [...]	2003-05-28 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA3487	TURKEY: MFA D/U/S ILKIN'S MAY 27 CYPRUS BRIEFING [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin briefed representatives of EU and Permfive countries May 27 regarding GOT and "TRNC" efforts to reinvigorate the Cyprus process. Ilkin asserted that decisions by "TRNC" leader Denktas and the GOT allowing Greek Cypriots to visit the north and the Turkish [...]	2003-05-28 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA3503	TURKEY WORKING ON CATCH-ALL CONTROLS [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-29 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC TU
03ANKARA3506	DAS PASCOE'S MAY 21-22 POST-WAR TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) State Department DAS for European Affairs Lynn Pascoe told GOT officials May 21-22 the USG was disappointed with Turkey over its handling of issues of major importance to the US, including Iraq and Cyprus. DAS Pascoe said the door to rebuilding relations was open, but it was up to Turkey t [...]	2003-05-29 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR AR TU IZ IS
03ANKARA3507	TURKISH FONMIN GUL TO OIC: "WE SHOULD FIRST PUT [...] (U) Much of May 29 Turkish press highlights what it reports as Deputy P.M./FonMin Gul's strong pro-democracy statement at May 28 OIC meeting in Tehran. Promoting what some press characterized as a "visionary" message (one supporting some USG points in reftel demarche),Gul urged the transform [...]	2003-05-29 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV SCUL TU
03ANKARA3509	TURKEY: CHP TAKES A TACTICAL VIEW OF REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Opposition CHP has publicly, and privately in meetings with us, endorsed the AK government's EU reform package but has rejected AK proposals to sell state-owned forestry lands and to allow local administrations more control over health and education services. The CHP stance refle [...]	2003-05-30 07:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA352	FOREIGN TRADE CLAIMS TUZMEN'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Econoff met with Tevfik Mengu, Director General for Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, on January 14 for a readout on State Minister Kursad Tuzmen's January 10 to 12 visit to Baghdad. Mengu characterized the visit as very successful, noting that, in addition to Tuzmen's one [...]	2003-01-15 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU UNSC
03ANKARA3528	MFA U/S ZIYAL STRESSES IRAQ IN 5/22 MEETING WITH [...] (C) MFA U/S Ziyal told visiting EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe May 22 his main objective was to get the US-Turkey bilateral relationship back on track. Ziyal said he was looking forward to meeting with USG officials in Washington and suggested the second week of June. On Iraq, Ziyal said it was importa [...]	2003-05-30 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA3537	DISCUSSION WITH MFA ON TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: DCM met with MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic May 29 to discuss ways in which Turkey could begin establishing a normal trading relationship with Iraq. Kilic said the MFA was ready to move forward [...]	2003-05-30 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EPET IZ TU
03ANKARA356	INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT ON [...] Post provided Ref A materials on 12/26/02 to MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction Ambassador Ahmet Okcun whose office responded with information for reports required by U.S. Congress. 2. The information below responds to the matrix compartments: -- Tokyo Pledge in USD millio [...]	2003-01-15 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EFIN AF TU
03ANKARA3691	DEMARCHE ON STROVILIA DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche to Ethem Barkan Oz, first secretary in Cyprus Directorate General, who undertook to convey USG concerns to Cyprus DG Ertugrul Apakan. 2. (C) Implying that he did not understand why the USG was making the demarche, Oz denied vehemently that Turkish Cyprio [...]	2003-06-06 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY GR
03ANKARA3693	UPDATE ON PROGRESS ON IMF REVIEW [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep (strictly protect) told us late today that he was not thrilled with the GOT's rate of progress toward meeting the conditions for the upcoming Fifth Review of the program. He expressed doubt that the government would be able to complete all of the outstanding work in time for [...]	2003-06-06 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA3694	DEFINING THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY: GENERAL STAFF AND GOVERNMENT STRUGGLE WITH THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Chief of the General Staff (TGS) Ozkok's attempt to smother disgruntlement in senior ranks and at the same time to warn ruling AK party against perceived anti-secular trends has achieved neither goal. While tensions between the military and AK, and within each, will continue, we [...]	2003-06-06 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA3706	NEGOTIATING THE EXBS MOU: MFA SUGGESTS WASHINGTON [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-09 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA3731	FACILITATING TURKEY-IRAQ FUEL OIL FOR GASOLINE/LPG [...] (C) In separate June 9 meetings, Ambassador and EconCouns urged MFA U/S Ziyal and Foreign Trade U/S Kayalar, respectively, to facilitate GOT approval of the pending SOMO-Delta Petroleum barter deal (reftel),under which SOMO would export fuel oil to Turkey in return for benzine (gasoline) and [...]	2003-06-09 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ETRD IZ TU
03ANKARA3732	TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP DEVELOPS "NUANCES" ON EU [...] (C) Ref A noted main opposition CHP's general support for the AK government's sixth EU reform package, which could be brought to Parliament perhaps as early as this week. However, in light of the May 28 NSC meeting and the well-publicized opposition to the reform process among hardliners in th [...]	2003-06-09 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3738	PROSECUTOR OPENS TWO CASES AGAINST WRITER FOR [...] (C) Summary: An Ankara prosecutor has opened two cases against writer and scholar Fikret Baskaya for works originally published 10 years ago. One of the cases involves a book for which Baskaya was convicted and imprisoned in 1994; the European Court of Human Rights later ruled in Baskaya's f [...]	2003-06-10 11:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3753	TURKS ASSERT WILLINGNESS TO MOVE FORWARD DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 1-4 visit to Ankara, President of the Project on Transitional Democracies Bruce Jackson urged Turkish officials to consider a wider, European context as it pursues foreign policy over the next 18 months. GOT interlocutors embraced Jackson's message and seemed will [...]	2003-06-10 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA376	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: UPDATE ON REFORM MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: A GOT team of experts is drafting a letter of intent for the 2003 IMF program. IMF resrep hopes to receive the draft by this weekend, paving the way for an IMF mission as early as next week. The IMF focus remains the 2003 budget. While the GOT has formally committed to a 6.5 p [...]	2003-01-15 16:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3777	Request for Guidance on Iraq-Turkey Civair [...] Baghdad minimize considered. 2. This cable contains an action request for the Department in para 4. 3. CENTAF contacted Embassy's Assistant Air Attache in connection with the objective of establishing agreements allowing civilian air traffic control between Turkey and Iraq. Wi [...]	2003-06-11 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3784	TURKEY'S GENC PARTY: THE KEMALIST STATE'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: As reported in reftels, Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan is trying to moderate Genc Party's nationalist-corporatist image by toning down his angry anti-U.S., anti-West rhetoric and by recruiting well-known politicians from the center-right. As part of this strategy, Uzan has been grant [...]	2003-06-11 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3787	TURKEY TRYING TO SUPPORT THE MIDDLE EAST ROADMAP [...] (C) Since late May, numerous meetings with GOT officials and press reports suggest Turkey is seeking to develop a constructive approach on Middle East issues, offering to host an MEPP (and a separate OIC) conference in Turkey and sending appropriate, reform-minded messages to Iran and Syria (r [...]	2003-06-11 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS TU
03ANKARA3794	KDP'S CONTINUED PRACTICE OF CHARGING FEES AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Recent reports that the KDP intends to continue charging taxes/fees for goods crossing the Turkish-Iraqi border threatens to stall our ability to facilitate the flow of goods to Iraq and could hamper our overall reconstruction efforts. [...]	2003-06-11 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL IZ TU

03ANKARA3795	TURKS EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA3827	Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told us that two-way crossings at Habur total about 1,500 vehicles daily, and that he expects this traffic to more than double in the near future. Following a stoppage at the border prompted by a Kurdis [...]	2003-06-12 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3830	Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told us that two-way crossings at Habur total about 1,500 vehicles daily, and that he expects this traffic to more than double in the near future. Following a stoppage at the border prompted by a Kurdis [...]	2003-06-13 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3832	GOT Offer of Assistance on Iraqi Hotels [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) This cable contains an action request in para 5. 3. (SBU) In a June 11 meeting with Econ Counselor, Ambassador Ahmet Okcun, MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan and Iraq, conveyed a GOT plan to fund construction of and equipment for 2 hosp [...]	2003-06-13 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3842	ARTICLE 98: GOT SAYS IT SUPPORTS AGREEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: GOT officials told a visiting State and Defense Article 98 delegation June 10 that the GOT in principle favors reaching an Article 98 agreement with the US, but cannot do so at this time because of intense EU pressure. The officials noted that Turkey is not a signatory to the Int [...]	2003-06-13 10:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA3843	TURKS VIEW TIER III TIP RATING AS UNFAIR, [...] Summary: GOT officials said they are "disappointed" by Turkey's Tier III ranking in the 2003 TIP Report. They claimed the report ignores TIP-related reforms adopted by the GOT over the past year, and argued that the ranking was not based on fair, objective analysis. The press focused on the [...]	2003-06-13 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
03ANKARA3848	TURKEY-IRAQ ECONOMIC RELATIONS; UPDATE ON BARTER [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Unakitan told the Ambassador that the Prime Minister had instructed an interagency group to resolve the problems holding up trade at the Habur Gate, including those involved in the Delta Petroleum products ba [...]	2003-06-13 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3875	MFA REQUESTS BILAT BETWEEN SECRETARY POWELL AND FM [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Embassy Ankara understands that Secretary Powell will attend the June 21-23 World Economic Forum meeting in Jordan. We received a call on June 16 from the acting DDG for the Americas at the MFA, who [...]	2003-06-16 10:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	JO OVIP PREL TU
03ANKARA3895	(S) TERRORIST FINANCE: ANKARA: HAMAS NAMES [...] (SBU) Classified by Econ Counselor Scot Marciel. Reasons 1.5 (b) (d). 2. (C) Econoff conveyed names and background paper in reftel to Hakan Okcal, Director General for Research and Intelligence at the Foreign Ministry in a June 16 meeting. Noting the need to keep the information close h [...]	2003-06-16 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KPAL TU
03ANKARA3896	BALKANS WITNESS SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV ZL TU
03ANKARA3913	IRAQ: GOT DESIRES TO SHIP OFFICE FURNITURE TO [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has responded positively to requests from the Iraqi MFA and the Iraqi Tribal Coalition to provide these organizations office supplies. The MFA is prepared to send these goods (via the Habur Gate) as soon as authorization from OCPA is received. The MFA requests that US aut [...]	2003-06-17 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA3914	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN UN HOSTED TECHNICAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-17 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3915	PENAL CODE AMENDMENTS INCLUDE HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: A revised version of the Turkish Penal Code (TPC),currently under parliamentary review, includes measures that would: expand the definition of torture and increase prison sentences for those who commit torture; strengthen privacy rights; introduce home detention for minor crimes; [...]	2003-06-17 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA3918	AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE VISIT TO ANKARA, JUNE 6, [...] (C) Five members of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) including Harold Tanner, president, Shula Bahat, chief operating officer, Stanley Bergman, board member, Marian Bergman, board member and Barry Jacobs, director of strategic studies visited Ankara on Friday, June 6 to meet with senior G [...]	2003-06-18 07:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IS TU
03ANKARA392	TURKISH BUSINESS LEADER CRITICIZES AKP; SEEKS U.S. [...] (U) In a January 13 news conference in Istanbul, Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TUSIAD) Chairman Tuncay Ozilhan criticized the new AKP government for its loosening of fiscal discipline and its failure to take a stand on the Iraq issue. "We don't need any of this in such [...]	2003-01-16 06:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3921	TURKEY: BALKANS WITNESS SECURITY [...] (U) Responding to ref A questions, Atalay Ozdemiroglu, Assistant Chief of the GOT Ministry of Interior's Department of Organized Crime and Smuggling (Research Division),informed us June 17 that Turkey: -- has no legal regional witness security programs; -- makes witness protection dec [...]	2003-06-18 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV ZL TU
03ANKARA3922	UNILATERAL ACTIONS BY KURDISH GROUPS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The KDP's June 17 refusal to allow a 40-person delegation of Iraqi businessmen to cross into Turkey to meet with Turkish businessmen, together with the KDP's continued practice of charging taxes/fees for good [...]	2003-06-18 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA3974	SIXTH EU-RELATED REFORM PACKAGE IN PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) Summary: With the Turkish Parliament beginning its consideration of the GOT's sixth EU-related reform package in the past two years, the ruling AK Party has moved forward despite an attempt by the military-dominated National Security Council (NSC) to delay the legislation and the outspoken [...]	2003-06-19 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3975	TURKEY WAITING FOR RESPONSE TO IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] This cable contains an action request. See paras 2 and 4. 2. Summary and action request: The GOT has proposed various types of Iraq Reconstruction assistance, including: the donation of office supplies, vegetable seeds, and two hospitals; the provision of electricity and mobile phone l [...]	2003-06-19 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3976	UPDATE ON BOT COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary: President of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) Yusuf Gunay told EconCouns June 17 that EMRA was working on a response to the recent letter from the export credit agencies regarding the BOT contracts (reftel). The U.S. BOT companies, Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga [...]	2003-06-20 05:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA3992	TURKEY'S LOCAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ANKARA: LET [...] (C) Summary: In the metropolitan municipality of Ankara, the campaign season has begun anew. Local elections must be held here by April 2004, although some of our contacts continue to speculate that the ruling AK Party could change the constitution to hold local polls sometime this fall. Cand [...]	2003-06-20 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4003	TURKEY: KURDISH YEZIDIS SPEAK UP [...] (U) Among Turkey's estimated 12-15 million Kurds exists a minority within a minority -- the Yezidis. According to Veysi Bulut, a leader of the Yezidi community in Turkey: -- Yezidism (note: a non-Islamic religion derived from Zoroastrianism. End note) was once the dominant form of worshi [...]	2003-06-20 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4004	TURKS AGREE TO FACILITATE TRAVEL OF IRANIAN RFE/RL [...] (C) We have conveyed requests as outlined in reftel to Turkish MFA. Engin Yurur, head of Iran desk, was aware of the issue and had already conveyed our concerns to the relevant Turkish authorities and was coordinating with the Interior Ministry. MFA will confirm final details of how they wil [...]	2003-06-21 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU IR AJ EZ
03ANKARA4013	ASSESSMENT OF TURKISH OSCE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE [...] (U) Bio: Ahmet Tan, currently the head of the Turkish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, is a journalist, former member of Parliament for Bulent Ecevit's left-of-center DSP, and former Minister of Tourism. He graduated from Ankara University's Faculty of Political Science, and rec [...]	2003-06-23 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA4016	TURKEY, BAE SYSTEMS AND SPEWS II: FURTHER DELAY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) BAE Systems and the Turkish government have been trying to secure an amendment to an existing Manufacturing License Agreement (MLA) that re-hosts Turkish software and jamming routines on the new SPEWS II hardware since early 2003. Turke [...]	2003-06-23 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS TU PREL
03ANKARA4024	GOT PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT CATCH-ALL CONTROLS IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-24 06:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA4025	GUIDANCE ON IRAQ-TURKEY CIVAIR AGREEMENT [...] Baghdad minimize considered. 2. This cable contains an action request in para 4. 3. As reported ref B, CENTAF has proposed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) to govern air traffic control between Turkey and Iraq. Embassy requested in reftels that the Department provide instructions for tra [...]	2003-06-24 06:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4026	TURKEY: AK GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS THE SCREWS ON [...] (C) Summary: AK Party is engaging in a broad and popular anti-corruption campaign for both normative policy and narrower, hardball political reasons. By doing so, P.M. Erdogan and AK are: 1) implicating both their political and bureaucratic rivals; thereby 2) putting them on the defensive and [...]	2003-06-24 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4032	TURKS AGREE TO FACILITATE TRAVEL WHEN POSSIBLE [...] (S) Embassy confirmed with Turkish officials that they remain willing to ensure the two journalists will be able to transit Turkey as they travel to Prague when a new itinerary is developed. GOT officials asked that their participation be kept confidential. During preparations for transit on [...]	2003-06-24 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL TU IR AJ EZ
03ANKARA404	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN, [...] (S/NF) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, a small CENTCOM/EUCOM planning team will soon [...]	2003-01-16 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU
03ANKARA4066	GOT EXPRESSES DETERMINATION ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (C) June 23 DCM delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Umur Apaydin, MFA Director General for Consular Affairs. Apaydin stated GOT would review USG trafficking-in-persons (TIP) recommendations and guide its work as appropriate. Noting strong bilateral cooperation and thorough police i [...]	2003-06-25 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA4070	IRAQI SOMO-DELTA PETROLEUM BARTER DEAL UNDERWAY [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Delta Petroleum and the MFA confirmed to us that the GOT had given final approval for the pending SOMO-Delta barter deal (reftels),under which SOMO will export fuel oil to Turkey in return for Turkish benzine (gasoline) and LPG. Delta Petroleum o [...]	2003-06-25 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4072	KURDISH GROUPS' UNILATERAL ACTIONS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary and action request: Reftels report the KDP's practice of charging taxes/fees for goods crossing the Turkish-Iraqi border. Reports from GOT officials, local businessmen, and UN officials indicate that the KDP continues to charge fees for ce [...]	2003-06-25 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC TU IZ
03ANKARA4073	TURKISH CABINENT APPROVES USE OF BASES AND PORTS [...] (C) MFA DDG for the Americas Suna Ilicak told the DCM June 25 that the Turkish cabinet earlier this week had approved the use of Turkish bases and ports for humanitarian and reconstruction operations covered under UNSCR 1483. Ilicak said the Cabinet's decision came in the form of a decree, is [...]	2003-06-25 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA4110	TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP STILL WALKING TIGHTROPE ON [...] (C) Summary: AK government says it will pursue as one or two additional EU reform packages (the seventh and eighth) before Parliament goes on delayed recess this summer. Opposition CHP supported the sixth package in June 20 vote, but is now attempting to put the breaks on the government's refo [...]	2003-06-26 20:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA416	THE AK GOVERNMENT'S DOMESTIC ENERGY STRATEGY: [...] (C) Summary and comment: Two months into its administration, the AK Government has not yet clearly defined its domestic energy strategy, except to announce general support for liberalization and its desire to decrease electricity prices. Although the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) [...]	2003-01-16 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA4161	TURKEY: CORRUPTION CHARGES DIMMING GENC PARTY'S [...] (C) Summary: New corruption charges against Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan, stemming from his abuse of Uzan-linked companies against Turkish citizens in Turkey, are having a negative impact on his populist, xenophobic Genc Party's standing in the public eye. The controversy surrounding the notori [...]	2003-07-01 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA418	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF WARNS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: TGS Chief Ozkok's Jan. 8 prepared statement to assembled media reps: 1) reprimanded AK government's alleged support for Islamic "reactionaries" and AK's softer line on Cyprus; 2) denied that the military opposes AK's pursuit of EU membership; and 3) noted that while the military w [...]	2003-01-16 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA4193	TURKEY: SEZER UNDER FIRE FOR ANTI-REFORM STANCE [...] (C) As reported reftel, President Sezer vetoed an article in the AK Government's sixth EU Copenhagen Criteria harmonization package, which Parliament had passed with a unanimous vote -- a rare occurrence in Turkey. The veto overruled a provision abolishing Turkey's controversial Article 8 of [...]	2003-07-02 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4196	GOT CIRCULAR ON ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" SEEN AS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Education Ministry has urged all fifth- and seventh-graders to write an essay arguing that allegations that the Ottomans committed genocide against Armenians are "baseless." The Ministry also asked schools to organize conferences on the issue, and seven teachers have been [...]	2003-07-02 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4222	IRAQ: TURKS REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT KURDISH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (U) Classified by DCM Robert Deutsch. Reasons: 1.5 (B and D). 3. (C) Action Request: Refs A and B list GOT offers of assistance related to the reconstruction and stability of Iraq, for which Post has requested guidance from the Department or OCP [...]	2003-07-03 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA4224	BOTAS READY TO RESUME PIPELINE OPERATIONS; WAITING [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) BOTAS General Manager Mehmet Bilgic told econoff July 3 that the storage tanks at Ceyhan, which store Iraqi crude from the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik line, were nearly empty. The only remaining oil in the storage tanks was bound for Turkey's Kirakkale refi [...]	2003-07-03 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4230	TURKEY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ITS SPECIAL [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Acting Undersecretary of MFA Baki Ilkin convoked DCM the evening of July 4th to formally protest the reported arrest by US forces of Turkish Special Forces (SF) in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. According to Ilkin, at approximately 14:30 July 4, Turkish SF re [...]	2003-07-04 20:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4231	ARREST OF TURKISH SF CLOSES BORDER [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) Ambassador spoke with MFA Acting U/S Baki Ilkin the morning of July 5 concerning the arrest of Turkish Special Forces in Iraq (reftel). Ilkin said that US military authorities in northern Iraq told the Turkish Liaison team with the 173rd in Iraq th [...]	2003-07-05 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4239	GOT CONCURS WITH USG WAY AHEAD ON IAEA/IRAN, [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Per ref A, we delivered ref B demarche on July 2 to Ibrahim Yagli, Head of the Disarmament Department at the MFA. Yagli concurred with the way ahead outlined in our demarche, and stressed that the GO [...]	2003-07-07 09:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
03ANKARA4240	TURKEY: GROWING HOSTILITY TOWARD USG IN WAKE OF N. [...] (C) Summary: Despite the release of the Turks detained by U.S. forces in Suleimaniye, negative press and public reaction to the U.S. operation reached new heights in the July 7 morning papers. The hostile press reaction will continue to grow absent a clear and forceful public justification fo [...]	2003-07-07 10:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4243	HABUR BORDER CROSSING CLOSED TO OCPA CONTRACTORS; [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Following the U.S. detention of Turkish special forces in northern Iraq, the GOT closed the lone Turkey - Iraq border crossing at Habur to U.S. contractors. UN traffic has also been impacted. Kellogg, Brown and Root's (KBR's) representative i [...]	2003-07-07 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA4246	EDUCATION MINISTER BLAMES NSC FOR CIRCULAR ON [...] (C) Education Minister Celik asserted to us July 3 that the National Security Council (NSC) is responsible for a circular urging all fifth- and seventh-graders to write an essay arguing that allegations that the Ottomans committed genocide against Armenians are "baseless." The circular was i [...]	2003-07-07 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4251	GOT REOPENS HABUR BORDER CROSSING TO OCPA [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (SBU) Following the reported release of detained Turkish special forces in northern Iraq, both Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) and the World Food Program told us that the Habur border crossing with Iraq returned to normal operation at approximately midday [...]	2003-07-07 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA4256	MOJ OFFICIAL BLAMES "NARROW MINDED" JUDGES FOR [...] (C) Summary: In pursuing why the Turkish Appeals Court has ruled to suspend the sentences of two police convicted of torturing a detainee in 1997, we have learned that a recent amendment to the criminal code outlawing the suspension of torture convictions does not apply to pre-existing cases. [...]	2003-07-08 08:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4268	Turkish Airlines Applies for Service to [...] Baghdad minimize considered. 2. MFA notified the Embassy on July 8 that Turkish Airlines (THY) had applied to the Coalition Provisional Authority to resume flights to Baghdad effective September 1, 2003. If approved, THY would operate flights four times per week from Istanbul (detail [...]	2003-07-08 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4278	TURKEY: ESTABLISHMENT SEETHES WHILE AK GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS MEASURED STANCE ON IRAQ INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish press July 8 highlights the divide between the AK Government and military/Establishment over the recent arrest and release of Turkish troops by U.S. forces in Iraq. While AK insists on a measured response, the military's political/press allies continue a confrontational p [...]	2003-07-08 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4299	TURKEY: PRESS BEGINS TO QUESTION TURKISH MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish press' sensationalist reaction to July 4 U.S. arrest (and subsequent release) of Turkish special forces soldiers in Iraq shifted somewhat July 9. Even mainstream secularist journalists have begun to question what the Turkish military is or may have been doing in Iraq. Re [...]	2003-07-09 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4313	JUDGE BUMIN'S MAY VISIT TO US DEEMED A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Constitutional Court Chairman Mustafa Bumin called his May visit to the US "intensive and valuable" and said he was exposed to US trial alternatives and police practices that could be beneficial for Turkey. Bumin also said he plans to follow through on a recommendation to [...]	2003-07-09 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TU
03ANKARA4315	KURDS ACKNOWLEDGE CONFLICT BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (C) Summary: Leftist Kurdish human rights activists see some aspects of traditional Kurdish culture as major impediments to growth of individual liberty, human rights, and modernization. They note that the majority of Turkey's rural Kurds in the southeast continue to follow traditional practi [...]	2003-07-09 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4316	IMF MISSION BEGINS TALKS AMID GROWING MARKET ANGST [...] (SBU) Summary: An IMF team began talks in Ankara this afternoon amid growing market nervousness over U.S.-Turkish relations and continued delays in meeting the conditions for the Fifth Review under the IMF-backed program. Treasury U/S Canakci told us the government still is shooting for an IM [...]	2003-07-09 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA4319	TURKISH REACTIONS TO IRAQ INCIDENT: AK GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Speaking to reporters July 9, F.M. Gul expanded on the AK Government's measured stance on the July 4 incident involving U.S. and Turkish troops in Iraq. Gul observed that the visit of General Jones shows the importance the U.S. attaches to friendship with Turkey. Asked whether he thought [...]	2003-07-10 04:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4332	58TH UNGA: TURKISH HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-10 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP TU
03ANKARA4355	TURKISH MILITARY AND OPPOSITION CHP CONTINUE [...] (U) Action request -- para 10. 2. (C) Summary: While some of the Turkish press continues to fan anti-U.S. and anti-ruling AK party sentiment, other papers are featuring sources which point to charges that Turkish Special Forces were engaged in activities in Iraq inimical to cooperation wi [...]	2003-07-10 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA4357	U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 58TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-11 06:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4358	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER GULER [...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 9 farewell call on Energy Minister Guler, Ambassador highlighted the importance of continued cooperation in developing the East-West Energy Corridor and stressed that Turkey's ability to attract foreign investment into its domestic energy market will depend heavil [...]	2003-07-11 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4376	(C) DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL SUSPICIOUS OF MILITARY [...] (C) Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has consistently been one of the most responsible members of the ruling AK government. In the run-up to the failed March 1 vote, he argued within AK governing circles for cooperation with the US. Throughout the tense period that followed, he has always placed t [...]	2003-07-11 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4382	TURKEY: JULY 11 REACTIONS TO IRAQ INCIDENT [...] (U) Summary: sensationalist reporting on the July 4 detentions of Turkish Special Forces (TSF) by U.S. troops continued to fade in the July 11 Turkish press, with the incident pushed off the front pages in several major dailies. Ultra-nationalists, advocating a "reevaluation" of the bilateral [...]	2003-07-11 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4385	PRIME MINISTER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO SYRIAN [...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu briefed DCM July 11 on the July 10 telephone call between PM Erdogan and Syrian President Assad. Burcuoglu said that during the June visit of U/S Ziyal to Washington, Turkey had been asked by the U.S to pass a strong message to the Sy [...]	2003-07-11 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU SY IS KWBG
03ANKARA4406	MTAG 05-96/NO EXPORT ACTIVITY FROM TURKEY TO [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) Ibrahim Yagli, Head of the Disarmament Department at the MFA, reported to Polmiloff on July 9 that there has been no export activity from Turkey to the Iranian entities outlined in ref A. Yagli e [...]	2003-07-14 10:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL
03ANKARA4422	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (C) During a July 14 farewell call, Ambassador praised Central Bank Governor Serdengecti for his economic policy work and his cooperation with the U.S., and solicited Serdengecti's views on the issues on which the new Ambassador might want to focus. Serdengecti responded that the most impor [...]	2003-07-14 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA4423	TURKEY: UNCONTRITE SEZER TELLS AMBASSADOR IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador paid a farewell visit July 14 on President Sezer, who while maintaining his usually low-key and disinterested demeanor reiterated several times his public charge that the July 4 arrest (and subsequent release) of Turkish Special Forces (TSF) troops in Iraq was "unacceptable" und [...]	2003-07-14 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4424	Ambassador's Meeting with DPM Sener on Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: In his farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister Sener on July 10, the Ambassador encouraged the GOT to stick with the economic reform program, emphasizing anti- corruption and other measures which would help boost foreign direct investment. The Ambassador also highlighted the ne [...]	2003-07-14 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4464	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL: TURKS UNHAPPY WITH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) After several unsuccessful attempts to schedule a joint US/UK meeting to deliver reftel points to MFA's Iraq department at the working level, UK Ambassador Westmacott reportedly raised the points with MFA U/S Ziyal and DG Burcuoglu July 15 during a [...]	2003-07-16 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO IZ TU
03ANKARA4468	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL: TURKS UNHAPPY WITH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) After several unsuccessful attempts to schedule a joint US/UK meeting to deliver reftel points to MFA's Iraq department at the working level, UK Ambassador Westmacott reportedly raised the points with MFA U/S Ziyal and DG Burcuoglu July 15 during a [...]	2003-07-17 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPAO IZ TU
03ANKARA4477	SCENESETTER FOR GENS. ABIZAID AND JONES' JULY [...] (S) Summary: Your visits come as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our [...]	2003-07-17 08:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4480	IMF AND GOT CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON FIFTH REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF and Turkish officials are close to an agreement that would pave the way for the Fifth Review to proceed, and hope to announce agreement by Friday, July 18. Discussions this week have focused on closing the estimated $1.8 billion fiscal gap. Although there has been some tal [...]	2003-07-17 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4481	Humanitarian Assistance Update: UN and Energy [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary: -------- 2. The World Food Program, Kellogg, Brown and Root, and Delta Petroleum advise that food and fuel supplies continue to flow across the Habur border crossing into Iraq. Noting good cooperation with the GOT, WFP reports that Turkey [...]	2003-07-17 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4486	GOT AGREES TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 3. (SBU) At a July 14 meeting with Assistant Air Attache and Econoff, MFA and Civil Aviation Authority (Turkish acronym DHMI) representatives agreed to receive a [...]	2003-07-17 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA4487	ISRAELI PRESIDENT KATZAV'S VISIT TO TURKEY "A [...] (C) Ankara Israeli Embassy contacts are pleased with President Katzav's July 8-9 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nahshon said "The visit was a great success," and further commented, "The mere fact the visit occurred was a success in itself. The Turks did everything they co [...]	2003-07-17 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL JO IS TU
03ANKARA4489	Delivery of Treasury Letter on Iraqi Assets and [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4498	TURKISH ARMED FORCES AGREE TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION ROBERT DEUTSCH. REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TURKISH ARMED FORCES HAVE ELECTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCUREMENT OF THE SELF PROTECTION ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM (SPEWS) II FROM BAE SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA (BAE),SUBJECT TO CERTAI [...]	2003-07-17 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU MASS
03ANKARA4499	TURKEY: KURDS SLAM PKK "REINTEGRATION" BILL AS [...] (C) Summary: Parliament is reviewing a "reintegration" law that would offer reduced prison sentences to combatants belonging to the PKK/KADEK and other terrorist organizations who agree to lay down their weapons and provide information to authorities. The Chairman of DEHAP (Sinn Fein to the P [...]	2003-07-17 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4500	SCENESETTER FOR ADM NATTER JULY 20-22 VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes as we try to close the July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our c [...]	2003-07-18 05:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4539	MFA MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR-GENERAL: THERE IS A [...] (U) Action request at para 7. Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) SUMMARY. DCM met with Tahsin Burcuoglu (Director-General for Middle East, OIC, and North Africa Affairs at the MFA) on July 18 at the latter's request. Burcuoglu passed the DCM a paper outlining the reasons why the GOT beli [...]	2003-07-18 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	IZ KPAO PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4540	MFA DENIES VISA TO THE IRAQI AMBASSADOR IN THE PRC [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (C) In a meeting between the DCM and Tahsin Burcuoglu (Director-General for Middle East, OIC, and North Africa Affairs at the MFA) on July 18, Burcuoglu noted that the MFA had recently instructed the Turkish embassy in Beijing to deny a visa to the Iraqi A [...]	2003-07-18 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA4544	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF OBJECTS TO EU REFORM PACKAGE [...] (U) CNN Turk and NTV news channels report July 18 that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) leadership has voiced objections to the AK Government about its latest EU-related reform package. According to the reports, TGS opposes the reforms because: 1) they "restrict the jurisdiction of the National [...]	2003-07-21 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4550	TURKEY: MFA DISCUSSES ARMENIA, CAUCASUS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials have provided us with the latest GOT thinking on developments regarding Armenia and the Caucasus, including efforts to reach out to the Armenian Diaspora in the U.S. and elsewhere, and heightened attention to the strategic situation in the Caucasus region in the wake [...]	2003-07-21 10:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4552	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]	2003-07-21 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA458	IMF KRUEGER AND WORLD BANK LINN DELIVER TOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Deputy Managing Director Krueger delivered a tough message to Prime Minister Gul and the rest of the GOT January 16, stressing that the government needed to implement the economic reform program in light of its "dangerous" financial situation. She and World Bank VP Linn, w [...]	2003-01-17 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4583	TURKISH NGO ASAM ARGUES FOR GREATER ROLE FOR [...] (C) In a July 16 meeting, Umit Ozdag, Director of the Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM -- a leading Establishment think-tank),offered poloff his take on the July 4 incident in Iraq and the way forward in U.S.-Turkey relations. 2. (C) Ozdag called the July 4 incident, in which [...]	2003-07-22 10:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4591	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 21 FAREWELL CALL ON [...] (C) Ambassador paid a farewell call July 21 on I. Melih Gokcek, long-time and currently independent Mayor of Ankara. Gokcek provided his view on recent U.S.-Turkey tensions and how to repair them. Gokcek observed that anti-Americanism is on the rise and risks becoming a permanent, and decisive [...]	2003-07-22 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA461	IRAQ: TURKEY TO HOST IRAQ SUMMIT FOR SIX [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA DDG/Mideast Safak Gokturk 1/17 about Turkey's plans for a "peace" summit of heads of state or government of Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Gokturk confirmed that FM Yakis had called in ambassadors/charges from the five other countries [...]	2003-01-17 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF UNSC
03ANKARA4613	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON STATE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 farewell call on State Minister Ali Babacan, Ambassador noted market concerns about delays in the IMF program and possible 2004 financing difficulties, and stressed the need for the GOT to move vigorously to complete the economic reform program. He also urged the [...]	2003-07-22 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4621	TURKISH GOVERNMENT RELEASES ANTI-TIP CIRCULAR [...] In a significant step to further implementation of Turkish laws and policy combating trafficking in persons, the Interior Ministry (MOI) recently issued a circular to all governors and senior security officials -- including the Jandarma -- calling for tougher implementation of existing regulat [...]	2003-07-23 08:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA4666	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING THROWS MONKEY WRENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Constitutional Court this afternoon annulled an additional tax on motor vehicles, potentially creating a $780 million budget hole just as the government was moving to fill a $1.65 billion fiscal gap as part of an agreement with the IMF. It is not clear yet [...]	2003-07-23 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4669	TURKISH INFORMATION ON IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) On July 23 the Government of Turkey passed to the Embassy the information below to support its claims that Iraqi Governing Council member Mahmoud Othman is closely affiliated with the PKK/KADEK. (Note: KYB is the Turkish abbreviation for Talabani's [...]	2003-07-24 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA467	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a critical time in US-Turkey relations. Over the last two years the US has supported IMF packages of unprecedented proportions to assist Turkey in recovering from its worst economic crisis in decades. The strategic partnership has grown as a result of Turkey's signi [...]	2003-01-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA4682	TURKEY: RE-INTEGRATION LAW FOR PKK/KADEK ON HOLD [...] (U) Ruling AK Party July 23 withdrew from the floor of Parliament a "reintegration" law that would have reduced sentences for PKK/KADEK combatants and members of other terrorist organizations who agree to lay down their arms and provide information to authorities. 2. (U) During Parliament [...]	2003-07-24 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4692	LITTLE PROGRESS ON RESOLVING BOT AND CARGILL/ADM [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish authorities are making little if any progress toward resolving the investment disputes involving U.S. power generation and starch-based sweetener companies. The BOT issue is being held up in part due to disagreements between the Energy Ministry and the Energy Market R [...]	2003-07-24 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4716	Iraq-Turkey Civilian Aviation Agreement Signed [...] Baghdad minimize considered. 2. On July 24, Danielle L. Barnes, representing the Baghdad Area Control Center (ACC),and Celalettin Bozkurt, Chief of the Ankara ACC, signed a letter of agreement (LOA) on operational procedures for coordinating and routing air traffic. Joseph T. Fetsch, [...]	2003-07-25 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4732	TURKEY PROMISES FULL SUPPORT FOR THE USG'S [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires ad interim Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY. NP A/DAS Mark Fitzpatrick and T Senior Advisor David Wurmser were in Ankara on July 24 to consult with a team of Turkish MFA officials, led by Ambassador Turan Morali (Director-General [...]	2003-07-25 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	DA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
03ANKARA476	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN: [...] (C) Summary: Noting loss of market confidence, Ambassador pressed AK party chairman Erdogan to use his influence clearly to affirm that the GOT will hew to its IMF-supported economic program. Erdogan professed that there are no differences between the GOT and IMF on goals; he averred that the [...]	2003-01-21 05:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN TU
03ANKARA4767	TURKEY: THE BATTLE OVER CONTROL OF GOT RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: Recent controversy over AK Parliament and Government proposals to employ an additional 15 thousand imams at Turkish mosques is reawakening an age-old controversy over the role of religion in Turkish public life. It also reveals that: 1) both strict secularists and religious conser [...]	2003-07-28 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4787	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES "RE-INTEGRATION" LAW FOR [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paras 9 and 10. 3. (U) Parliament by a vote of 356 to 71 (there were 123 no-shows) passed the GOT's "re-integration" law for PKK/KADEK militants. During the debate, AK M.P. Ahmet Isik stated that the law comes i [...]	2003-07-29 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU

03ANKARA4804	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT TAKES UP CONTROVERSIAL NSC [...] (C) Summary: Parliament July 30 -- two days before the legislative recess -- began debating the AK Government's 7th EU reform-related package, which deals with in part controversial changes to the powerful National Security Council and the NSC Secretariat. The package may be voted late July 3 [...]	2003-07-30 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4817	PAPER ON THE USG APPROACH IN THE FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Polmiloff passed reftel non-paper and points to Omur Yurdakul (1st Secretary in the MFA's Disarmament department) on July 30. Yurdakul had no immediate comment regarding the paper or points, noting that t [...]	2003-07-30 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP
03ANKARA4834	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES NSC REFORM PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: Parliament late July 30 unanimously approved the AK Government's seventh EU-related reform package. As noted in reftels, the most important -- and controversial -- aspects of the package concerned changes to the National Security Council (NSC). Though limited in scope, the NSC r [...]	2003-07-31 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA484	IRAQ: TURKEY'S "PEACE INITIATIVE" - SCHEDULING [...] (C) DCM delivered Ref A points concerning the Turkish peace initiative to the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Turkoglu and to MFA Director General for the Middle East Burcuoglu on 1/20. They each welcomed our views and reiterated that it is the GOT's intent to send a strong message to Ir [...]	2003-01-21 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF UNSC
03ANKARA4848	AVOIDING DEHAP CONTACTS WITH PKK/KADEK, KDP, PUK, [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) Action Request: MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu called July 31 to inform Charge that members of DEHAP (the political front of the PKK/KADEK) had entered Iraq via Jordan and had already met with refugees at UNHCR's Mahmour Refugee Camp. Ac [...]	2003-07-31 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA4851	TURKISH TROOPS FOR IRAQ: GOT NEEDS TO SHOW [...] (S) In separate meetings July 30 with MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin and PM Advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, Charge was told that the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister want a Turkish troop deployment to Iraq, but must take to Parliament any decision to deploy troops to Iraq. In an effort to get to yes wh [...]	2003-07-31 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA4856	TURKEY: MORE ON DEHAP PLAN TO VISIT PKK/KADEK IN [...] (C) July 31, following delivery of reftel points to DEHAP regarding the party's planned Aug. 4 delegation to PKK/KADEK members in northern Iraq, Diyarbakir Mayor Feridun Celik, a delegation leader, called in Ankara requesting a meeting. (Note: as reported reftel, GOT officials had told us the [...]	2003-08-01 07:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA486	CSCE STAFFERS PRESS GOT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, FREE [...] (U) Summary: In discussions on religious freedom, free speech, and other human rights issues with GOT officials, human rights activists, and religious groups in Ankara, two Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) staffers praised recent GOT reforms and urged continued progress. [...]	2003-01-21 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4862	TURKEY: RESIGNATIONS THROW OPPOSITION CHP FOR A [...] (C) Two M.P.s from the main opposition, Establishment standard-bearer CHP resigned over the party's negative stance on the "re-integration" law -- designed to coax PKK/KADEK militants down from the mountains of n. Iraq -- which Parliament passed July 29 (reftel). Cemal Kaya and Nezir Nasirogl [...]	2003-08-01 11:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4864	TURKISH MFA READY TO START TALKS ON PKK/KADEK [...] (S) In a Aug. 1 meeting, MFA Deputy Undersecretaries Baki Ilkin and Nabi Sensoy told Charge that the Turkish side will be ready to begin discussing cooperation on the presence of PKK/KADEK in Northern Iraq after the "re-integration" law (reftel) is signed by President Sezer and published in the [...]	2003-08-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA4871	TURKEY: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE COMMENTS ON REFORM [...] (C) Hasim Kilic, a senior Justice of the Turkish Constitutional Court and a leading proponent of comprehensive reform in Turkey, offered to A/Polcouns on Aug. 1 his views on the AK Government legislative program and the prospects for further democratization. According to Kilic, AK's legislati [...]	2003-08-01 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA4899	MTCR NON-PAPER PASSED TO THE GOT [...] (U) Classified by Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Harry Kamian. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 4, polmiloff passed reftel non-paper regarding MTCR-related contacts between the USG and non-MTCR countries since the September 2002 Warsaw MTCR plenary to Omur Yurdakul, 1st Secretary in th [...]	2003-08-05 07:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC MASS
03ANKARA4908	AUSTRALIA GROUP: NO INDICATION THAT THE GOT WILL [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires ad interim Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 4, polmiloff delivered reftel points to Omur Yurdakul, First Secretary in the MFA's Disarmament Department. Yurdakul said that she was not aware of any intention within the GOT to brea [...]	2003-08-05 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL
03ANKARA4912	BOTAS ON IRAQI OIL AND GAZPROM [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary. BOTAS General Manager Mehmet Bilgic told us August 1 that a 10-person BOTAS technical team was in Iraq with Iraqi officials to inspect the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline and help get the oil flowing again as soon as possible. Bilgic asked abo [...]	2003-08-05 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA494	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: GOOD TREASURY BOND AUCTIONS [...] (U) On January 21, Turkish Treasury auctioned a one-year fixed rate bond and a two-year floating rate bond today to strong demand, in advance of a January 22 debt redemption to the market of TL 5.4 quadrillion (about $3.5 billion). Treasury sold: -- a total of TL 3.2 quadrillion of the on [...]	2003-01-21 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4949	SAWYERS AND DE MELLO VISIT ANKARA TO CONSULT ON [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary: Outgoing British Iraq Special Envoy Sawyers and UN Iraq envoy de Mello visited Ankara July 30-31 and August 4 respectively. Both visitors exchanged assessments of Iraq with the GOT and noted the usefulness of a Turkish contribution to the [...]	2003-08-06 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS MARR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA495	IRAQ: TURKEY'S "PEACE INITIATIVE" - NOT PREP MTG, [...] (C) DDG/Mideast Safak Gokturk told Pol-MilCouns 1/21 that Turkey's "Peace Initiative" meeting would go ahead as planned on 1/23 in Istanbul. However, it will be at ministerial rather than summit level. All Foreign Ministers have agreed to attend. 2. (C) Gokturk was reluctant to charact [...]	2003-01-21 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF
03ANKARA5000	TURKEY IMPLEMENTS PKK/KADEK REINTEGRATION LAW, [...] (S) Summary: Implementing its newly-ratified Reintegration Law to attract PKK/KADEK members back from Iraq and Western Europe, the GOT is pushing strongly for U.S.-Turkish talks on PKK/KADEK to begin soonest. End summary. 2. (C) Aug. 7 we pressed MFA DDG for Intelligence Kemal Asya for d [...]	2003-08-08 08:07:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA5001	TURKEY: DERVIS HINTS AT CHALLENGING INEFFECTUAL [...] (C) Summary: As opposition CHP struggles in public opinion polls, former State Minister/current CHP M.P. Kemal Dervis is beginning to push for a more visible role in the party, and to hint that he may eventually challenge Deniz Baykal for the party chairmanship. Surrounding himself largely wit [...]	2003-08-08 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5002	TURKISH MFA READOUT OF SYRIAN P.M. MIRO'S VISIT TO [...] (C) In a readout of Syrian P.M. Miro's July 29-30 visit to Ankara, MFA Acting Head of Department for the Middle East Kemal Tuzun told us Miro's visit was significant as the first visit of a Syrian P.M. in 17 years. As a result of the visit, Tuzun said, Turkey has invited Syrian President Assad [...]	2003-08-08 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD TU SY
03ANKARA5058	CAPSTONE DELEGATION DISCUSSES US-TURKEY RELATIONS, [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires a.i. Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) The participants in the National Defense University CAPSTONE European Field Studies Program, accompanied by representatives from ODC, DAO, and the pol-mil affairs section of the Embassy, met with MFA [...]	2003-08-11 10:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA5073	GOT WILL LIKELY SUPPORT USG PROPOSALS AT MTCR [...] (U) Classified by Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Harry Kamian. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 8, polmiloff passed reftel paper to Omur Yurdakul, First Secretary in the MFA's Disarmament Department. Yurdakul indicated that the GOT would likely support all three reftel proposals at the [...]	2003-08-11 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR BA TU
03ANKARA5105	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]	2003-08-12 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5107	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]	2003-08-12 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU
03ANKARA5159	GOT ACTIONS SINCE MARCH TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary: Emboffs met August 12-13 with MFA officials and contacted the director of the Ankara office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to discuss actions taken by the GOT to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) subsequent to March 30, the end of the period covered in the 200 [...]	2003-08-13 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA5191	TURKS IN GEAR TO DECIDE ON STABILIZATION FORCE [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu met with Charge d'Affaires August 14 to lay out additional steps the GOT envisions towards obtaining parliamentary approval for a Turkish contribution to the Iraq stabilization force by September 15. He noted that t [...]	2003-08-14 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5198	TRADE OFFICIAL ON CUSTOMS UNION WITH NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy's August 13 discussion with a senior foreign trade official raised questions about how much substance there is to the customs union framework agreement Turkey signed with the "TRNC" authorities August 8. Foreign Trade Director General for Agreements Tevfik Mengu argued [...]	2003-08-15 06:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECIN TU CY
03ANKARA5208	TURKEY PLANS TO AUGMENT AFGHAN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) Kabul minimize considered. 2. (C) Turkish MFA DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu told Charge August 14 that Turkey had decided to augment either the UK Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Mazar-e-Sharif or the German one in Konduz. He said his office would be contacting TGS as well [...]	2003-08-15 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS PTER TU AF
03ANKARA5209	TURKEY PLANS TO DEPOSIT NATO INSTRUMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-15 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KTIA
03ANKARA5217	ATTORNEY FOR LEYLA ZANA ACCUSES COURT OF BIAS [...] (C) Summary: Lead defense attorney in the new trial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs accused the court of bias for refusing to release the defendants from prison during trial and consistently rejecting defense requests regarding witness testimony. Our European contacts share t [...]	2003-08-15 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5223	TURKEY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE FALL-OUT [...] (C) MFA Middle East DG Burcuoglu advised DCM August 14 that the July 22 Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif incident involving non-Muslim groups praying in the al-Aqsa mosque could adversely impact potential Turkish participation in Iraq and the Roadmap. Burcuoglu believed that permitting non-Muslim [...]	2003-08-18 05:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KPAL KWBG KIRF IS TU
03ANKARA5233	TURKEY ENCOURAGES PAKISTAN TO CONTRIBUTE TO IRAQ [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref B info to MFA Iraq deskoff Haldun Tekneci August 15. Tekneci thanked PolMilOff but made no comment on the information. 2. (C) During an introductory call August 18, MFA U/S Ziyal gave the Ambassador a brief readout of Pakistani FonSec Khokhar's meetings in A [...]	2003-08-18 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PA
03ANKARA5271	TURKISH AID DELEGATION PLANS TO TRAVEL TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) The Foreign Ministry advised us late August 19 that a delegation including Turkish parliamentarians, Ministry of Public Works officials, the Turkish Red Crescent, and private sector representatives plans to travel by vehicle to Iraq [...]	2003-08-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5312	TURKS SHARE CONCERNS ON ESDP AND "BERLIN PLUS" [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-20 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EU TU
03ANKARA5313	CODEL MURTHA STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF US-TURKISH [...] (C) Visiting Congressmen Murtha and Larson assured Minister of Defense Gonul and TGS CHOD Gen Ozkok August 19 that Turkey was one of the USG's best allies and that we were looking to Turkey to contribute to reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. Gonul and Ozkok said Turkey shared o [...]	2003-08-20 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5314	GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy recommends an ambitious agenda for the next Economic Partnership Commission meeting, tentatively slated for October, as a way to advance our economic agenda with Turkey and bolster the broader bilateral relationship. We suggest sessions on economic reform, foreign dir [...]	2003-08-20 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL ENRG TU
03ANKARA5315	REPORTS OF IRANIANS OPENING CONSULATES IN NORTHERN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Erslan telephoned us August 20 to report that the MFA had received reports that the Iranians recently had opened consulates in two cities in northern Iraq -- Irbil and Suleymaniye. Erslan said that up until [...]	2003-08-20 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA5325	FOLLOW ON TO TURKISH AID DELEGATION PLANS FOR [...] (SBU) In two August 20 diplomatic notes, the MFA advised that the aid delegation discussed in reftel will delay its travel to Iraq by one day, until August 22. The notes also provided updated information re delegation members. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy appreciates Department and [...]	2003-08-20 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5334	58TH UNGA ATTENDANCE: INITIAL HIGH-LEVEL TURKISH [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-21 07:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA KSEP TU
03ANKARA535	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULES ERDOGAN NO LONGER AK [...] (U) Turkish Constitutional Court's 6-5 retroactive ruling that AK Party (AKP) chairman Erdogan lost his chairmanship when he was forced to resign as a founding member in October throws another temporary barrier in Erdogan's path to the Prime Ministership. At the same time we understand from th [...]	2003-01-22 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA539	NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR US-TURKEY-KURD [...] (S) Ambassador conveyed Ref A points to MFA Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal Jan. 22. Ziyal said he had no problems with the ideas therein (with the exception of the military forces point which needs to be addressed in mil-mil channels) and added that the GOT would like to start talking with the US [...]	2003-01-22 18:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ
03ANKARA5409	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS' VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. The GOT is shifting its Iraq policy away from one centered on northern-Iraq and ethnic (Kurd or Turkmen) issues towards a more central Baghda [...]	2003-08-25 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA541	TURKS IN NO HURRY TO PUSH FOR MESKHETIAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA officials consider resettlement to Georgia the best long-term solution to the Meskhetian issue. Aware of Georgia's delicate domestic political situation, however, they are reluctant to pressure Tblisi and prefer to work through the Council of Europe. Meanwhile, in t [...]	2003-01-23 06:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU GG RS
03ANKARA5415	MTCR PROPOSALS DELIVERED TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-25 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA TU
03ANKARA5418	IRAQ: DELIVERY OF LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY TO FM [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-25 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5419	IRAQ: KIRKUK VIOLENCE HAVING IMPACT ON TURKISH [...] (C) The August 23-24 violence in Kirkuk that left several Turkmen and Kurds dead/injured was front page news in Turkey over the weekend, and generated demonstrations in front of the Ankara PUK offices that reportedly left 23 police and 5 demonstrators injured. While the story has subsided here [...]	2003-08-25 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5436	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary: Senator Lugar reaffirmed to the GOT on August 20 the importance of the longstanding U.S.-Turkish relationship. In meetings with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Defense, as well as the Chief of TGS, Lugar emphasized that the [...]	2003-08-26 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER IS TU IZ
03ANKARA5442	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S INITIAL CALL ON TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Edelman's initial call on Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer August 25, Sezer asserted the importance of the U.S.-Turkey relationship, raised Iraq, and commented on Cyprus' EU accession and Armenian genocide claims. The Ambassador stressed the importance of [...]	2003-08-26 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AM CY ECON PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA5449	IRAN SOLICITING TURKEY'S SUPPORT FOR THE IAEA BOG [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for International Security Affairs Morali gave DCM August 26 a detailed readout of the visit of Iranian National Security Council Deputy SYG Hussein Mousavin (spelled Museviyan in the Turkish press) August 25. According to Morali, Mousavin told his Turkish interlocutors tha [...]	2003-08-27 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IAEA
03ANKARA5464	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON FONMIN GUL: FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: FonMin Gul said Aug. 27 the GOT wants a democratic, stable Iraq able to govern itself; GOT will move cautiously toward a decision on possible troop contribution to stabilization force; U.S. response to Turkey's concerns on PKK/Kadek remains a key point for Ankara. Reaffirming U.S. [...]	2003-08-28 10:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA548	SCENESETTER FOR SACEUR GENERAL JONES'S JANUARY 24 [...] (S) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03. EUCOM/TGS military-to-military consultations reconvened on 3 and 13 Jan 03 respectively and should be completed 23 January 03. Based on a 14 Jan 03 TGS request, two small C [...]	2003-01-23 11:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA549	TURKEY: PRESS ALLEGATIONS OF USG SUPPORT FOR PKK: [...] (C) Summary: Amid strong anxiety in Turkey about a possible war with Iraq, recent reports in the Turkish media alleging that the USG and specific members of the Mission staff are in contact with and supporting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK, aka KADEK) have been brought to our attention at [...]	2003-01-23 11:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA5515	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFENSE [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul September 1, Gonul affirmed his desire to foster closer cooperation with the US and to support the US in any way Turkey could. On Iraq, Gonul said he hoped the GOT would persuade the Turkish public and P [...]	2003-09-02 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5516	IRAQI MINISTERS: TURKISH OFFICIALS COMPLAIN THERE [...] (C) In seperate conversations with the Ambassador and DCM Sept. 1 and August 30 respectively, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ali Tuygan and MFA Acting Director General Safak Gokturk said Turkey was disappointed that the Iraqi Governing Council had appointed only one Turkmen minister. Turkish Ambass [...]	2003-09-02 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5546	TURKISH DELEGATION FROM IRAQ 9/04: ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) This is an action request. See para 4. 3. (C) Embassy received the following dip note regarding the GOT delegation planning to return from Iraq September 4. Begin Text: OAGY-II/273 dated September 2, 2003. The Ministry of Foreign Affa [...]	2003-09-03 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA5547	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH INVITES PRESIDENT BUSH TO [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who will travel to New York in March 2004, hopes he could also see President Bush in Washington then. He wants to invite the President to visit the Patriarchate when he is in Istanbul at the May 2004 NATO Summit. The Patriarch characterized his [...]	2003-09-03 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA5551	IMF RESREP PREPARES FOR BUSY SEASON; [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk told us the Fund is gearing up for an intense period of work towards the Sixth Review. The jury is still out on a series of structural reforms, especially direct tax reform, and big questions remain on the budget, though a Treasury ann [...]	2003-09-03 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA5553	TURKEY'S U/S ZIYAL: QUALMS ABOUT IRAQ, URGENCY ON [...] (C) Turkish MFA Undersecretary Ziyal invited Ambassador for a meeting Sept. 3 to discuss Iraq, the PKK, the NATO Summit dates and Cyprus. Ziyal worried that the situation in Iraq was not improving and that Lebanonization remained a possibility. He raised Turkey's unhappiness with the Iraqi m [...]	2003-09-03 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS CY TU IZ NATO
03ANKARA5566	TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY: FOCUS NOW ON IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: European diplomats in Ankara say the GOT's extensive human rights reforms have brought Turkey close to meeting EU accession criteria; the EU will now focus on how well the reforms are implemented. However, Turkey still falls short of the criteria in some areas, and pro-EU advocat [...]	2003-09-04 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5576	IAEA/IRAN: TURKEY RIDING THE COATTAILS OF THE E.U. [...] (C) Because higher level GOT disarmament officials were in Vienna for the CTBT discussions, PolMilOff delivered reftel talking points to the new MFA Head of the Disarmament Department Bulent Meric September 4. Meric said his department was still examining the IAEA August 26 report in detail, [...]	2003-09-05 06:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IAEA
03ANKARA5579	TERRORIST FINANCE: ANKARA: JI TEN/LIST 40 [...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Scot Marciel for Reasons 1.5 (b),(d). 2. (C) Summary: Econoffs met with MFA official Ahmet Arda to deliver Ref A and C demarches, and discuss possible additional legal bases for seizing terrorist assets. End Summary. 3. (C) Effective [...]	2003-09-05 10:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER
03ANKARA5584	AMBASSADOR, INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS PKK, IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aksu called on the U.S. to take action against the PKK/KADEK in northern Iraq and offered training for Iraqi police. The Ambassador said the USG and GOT will soon discuss an approach to the PKK/KADEK pro [...]	2003-09-05 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC PHUM IZ TU
03ANKARA5641	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER BABACAN [...] (C) Summary: In a September 3 courtesy call, Ambassador urged State Minister Babacan to wrap up talks on the U.S. financial package quickly, stick to the economic reform program, and take concrete steps to resolve problems facing U.S. investors. Babacan said he had instructed his staff to c [...]	2003-09-05 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA5645	CHOD OZKOK EMPHASIZES KURDISH ISSUES AS KEY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the AMB's 9/5 introductory call on GEN Ozkok, the CHOD focused on ethnic tension in nIZ and its effect on Turkish public opinion, and thus on Turkey's ability to contribute troops to the stabilization force. US action on PKK/KADEK is also a key factor in Turkey's decision [...]	2003-09-05 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5647	FIRST TURKISH POWER TO IRAQ ON SCHEDULE FOR [...] With the strong support of the GOT, Turkish power company Karadeniz Energy is preparing to export 50 megawatts of power from Turkey into the Iraqi power grid. The 2-year deal was signed with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad on August 26, with power scheduled to begin flowing Sep [...]	2003-09-05 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5652	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR, DEPUTY P.M. SAHIN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In his introductory call on Deputy P.M. Mehmet Ali Sahin, the Ambassador underscored the importance of U.S.-Turkey relations; said that Turkey could play an important positive role in Iraq; and raised concerns about minority foundations. Sahin said the GOT believes it can contrib [...]	2003-09-08 09:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU PHUM
03ANKARA5658	Foreign Trade Undersecretary on Booming Trade [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary: -------- 2. (SBU) In a September 5 meeting with Econ Counselor and Econoff, Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuncer Kayalar predicted that Turkish exports to Iraq would continue to grow quickly, and said that an intense inspection regime aimed a [...]	2003-09-08 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN ENRG PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5671	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP IN DENIAL OVER FLAGGING [...] (C) Summary: Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) continues to argue against sending Turkish troops to Iraq as part of a stabilization force -- so far to no noticeable effect with the voters. Although hurting at the polls, senior members of the party seem unconcerned with the direc [...]	2003-09-08 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5680	IRAQ: CONGESTION AT HABUR BORDER CROSSING REQUIRES [...] (C) Over the past week, Post has fielded multiple reports from a variety of sources, including the CPA and the Turkish MFA, about delays, extremely long lines, extensive searches and unhappy truckers on both sides of the Habur Bridge/Ibrahim Khalil border crossing between Iraq and Turkey. Bec [...]	2003-09-08 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA5681	TURKEY CONSIDERING PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-08 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA5693	IAEA/IRAN: EXPECT MORE COOPERATION FROM TURKEY [...] (C) Subsequent to receiving clarification from the Department that resolutions described in Refs D and E were in fact the same resolution, MFA Disarmament Head of Department Bulent Meric reiterated to PolMilOff Sept. 8 that Turkey's position on the Iran resolution was the same as the EU's. Pol [...]	2003-09-09 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IAEA
03ANKARA5694	IRAQ, TURKEY AND A NEW UNSC RESOLUTION: PASSAGE [...] (C) The passage of a new UNSC resolution on Iraq authorizing a UN-mandated MNF would provide useful cover for GOT officials with the Turkish Parliament if/when the GOT seeks Parliament's approval for a Turkish troop contribution. Significantly, President Sezer, the loudest voice insisting on [...]	2003-09-09 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5728	NEW AIR FORCE CHIEF TAKES TOUGH TACK ON INCIRLIK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Air Chief Gen Ibrahim Firtina took a surprisingly aggressive approach on a range of issues at the AMB's introductory call 9/8. First, he surprised us by re-opening the F16 EW suite issue which his predecessor had agreed to (reftel). Then he implied that the US was lucky Turk [...]	2003-09-10 07:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5745	SCENESETTER FOR INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION TEAM FOR [...] (C) Summary: Four and a half years after the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, the GOT remains divided over how to deal with the remnants of the terrorist organization, how to handle Kurdish nationalism, and whether to loosen restrictions on Kurdish political and cultural expression. The [...]	2003-09-10 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5753	58TH UNGA ATTENDANCE: FINAL ADDITIONS TO [...] (U) Turkish MFA UN Head Kaya submitted final high-level attendance list for the Turkish delegation to the 58th UNGA. Per ref (A) format: C. (Updated information) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul will depart Istanbul on TK 0001 at 11:35 and arrive New Yor [...]	2003-09-10 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP TU
03ANKARA5757	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN HIS FIRST MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER UNAKITAN, THE AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED HIS VIEW THAT TURKEY HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON RECENT GOOD NEWS BY ACCELERATING REFORMS AND RESOLVING INVESTMENT DISPUTES. THE FINANCE MINISTER CLAIMED THE GOT WAS STRONGLY COMMITTED TO REFO [...]	2003-09-11 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA576	TGS PUSHES AGAIN TO KEEP NATO COMMANDS IN TURKEY [...] (C) In a Jan. 20 meeting with CJCS GEN Myers, Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok noted that NATO should maintain its Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Eskisehir and its Joint Sub-Regional Command (JSRC) in Izmir and pressed for US support. TGS J-3 LTG Karabay reiterated Ref A request for bilateral [...]	2003-01-24 09:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA5780	TRAVEL OF TURKS TO KIRKUK SEPT 11 BY BUS THROUGH [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA5787	EXBS: SEPTEMBER 11 MEETING WITH TURKEY ON EXBS [...] (SBU) Summary: An interagency team led by NP/ECC Director van Son met with Turkish MFA and the Turkish interagency on September 11 to negotiate the proposed EXBS legal agreement so that planned EXBS assistance programs can commence. The Turkish and U.S. teams concentrated their discussions [...]	2003-09-12 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC PREL KSTC TU
03ANKARA5791	TURKEY: LOCAL AK PARETY BOSSES CONFIDENT IN [...] (C) Summary: In separate early September meetings, ruling AK Party bosses in Ankara discussed signs of improving economic conditions, local elections, and intra-party politics. Poloff met with Hamdi Balaban of Ankara's left-leaning Yenimahalle district and Orhan Kaya of Altindag, one of Ankar [...]	2003-09-12 08:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5807	GUL-SHALOM OCTOBER 5 LETTER [...] (U) The Israeli Embassy in Ankara shared with us an unclassified facsimile copy of a letter sent September 5 from SIPDIS Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom. In the letter, Gul expresses concern over: -- the "formidable task" facing the Coali [...]	2003-09-12 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS KPAL IS TU
03ANKARA5828	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [...] (U) Summary: In a September 8 introductory meeting, Constitutional Court President Bumin told the Ambassador he plans to establish a Free Speech Committee of Turkish jurists. He said the GOT should advance human rights reform and EU membership by focusing on implementing recent legal amendmen [...]	2003-09-15 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5839	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory call by the Ambassador, former president Demirel urged a repair to the relationship between the Pentagon and TGS; underscored the importance of higher-impact U.S. public diplomacy; called for the U.S. to project its power by finishing the job in Iraq without majo [...]	2003-09-15 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA5848	COULD AN ELECTION-RELATED COURT CASE CUT AK [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Appeals Court's likely confirmation of the sentence in an election fraud case against pro-Kurdish DEHAP raises the question whether High Election Board (YSK) will subsequently reallocate seats in Parliament, reducing AK's political dominance and enabling right-of-center DYP [...]	2003-09-16 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU
03ANKARA5850	Ambassador's Meeting with TOBB President Rifat [...] (SBU) In the Ambassador's first call on Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (Turkish acronym TOBB) President Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the two sides discussed Iraq reconstruction, economic reform, the upcoming Economic Partnership Commission meeting, and investment climate issues. H [...]	2003-09-16 07:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5866	LETTER TO HHS SECRETARY THOMPSON FROM TURKISH [...] Post received Turkish MFA dip note no. 2003/CKGY/360370 requesting embassy to forward a letter to HHS Secretary Thompson from Minister of National Education Huseyin Celik announcing GOT support to the U.S. candidacy to the Executive Board. BEGIN TEXT Tommy G. THOMPSON Secretary of H [...]	2003-09-17 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TU
03ANKARA5897	TURKEY OPEN TO CANCELING FALL MILITARY EXERCISES [...] (C) Summary: In receiving Ref A demarche, GOT interlocutors from MFA and TGS did not push back on canceling this year's Toros/Barbaros exercise and expressed openness to following past practice of mirroring the Greek activities. However, they were characteristically unwilling to commit to doin [...]	2003-09-18 06:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU GR CY
03ANKARA5900	AMBASSADOR, ANKARA MAYOR DISCUSS LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a Sept. 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Ankara mayor Melih Gokcek expressed hope that the AK Government will pass local administrative reform. He expects that the more controversial aspects of the reform will be taken up after local elections, which are scheduled for next Apri [...]	2003-09-18 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5920	TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORT TO ACCELERATE [...] (SBU) Turkey shares the U.S.goal to accelerate assitance to Afghanistan. Turkey has already exceeded its original 5-year pledge of $5 million and hopes to commit another USD 3 million in 2004. Ambassador Okcun, Turkey's Afghan Reconstruction Coordinator, will attend the September 21 meeting [...]	2003-09-18 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA5927	GOT ENGAGED IN INTERNAL DEBATE OVER IDP CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Some MFA officials support a UN recommendation to hold an international conference on return programs for those displaced from the southeast during the PKK conflict; however, the Interior Ministry opposes. UNHCR believes the conference should also include the return of refugees f [...]	2003-09-19 06:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA5930	IRAQ: TURKISH ENVOY KARAOSMANOGLU SHARES [...] (S) DCM met Sept. 17 with Turkish MFA Envoy Karaosmanoglu, who spent three weeks in Iraqi in August/Sept. on a fact finding mission to help the GOT determine whether to support a Turkish troop contribution to a stabilization force in Iraq. Karaosmanoglu said most Iraqis he met were opposed to [...]	2003-09-19 07:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA5938	URGENT DEMARCHE: UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST: [...] (C) DCM presented reftel demarche September 18 to MFA Middle East AND Africa General Director Tahsin Burcuoglu. 2. (C) Burcuoglu accepted the U.S. views and reiterated Turkey's support for the Road Map and its continuing good relationship with both Israelis and Palestinians. He indicated [...]	2003-09-19 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS TU
03ANKARA5951	POST THOUGHTS ON DISBURSEMENT TIMING, MESSAGE TO [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: Ankara-based IFI officials have expressed concern that the timing of the U.S. disbursement of its financial assistance could create moral hazard by removing market pressure for implement [...]	2003-09-19 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA5953	58TH UNGA ATTENDANCE: ADDITIONAL NAME AND [...] (U). Please correct Ambassador Volkan Bozkir's position to read "Deputy Undersecretary." 2. (U) There will be five security officers accompanying the Turkish delegation. Please add the name of one additional security officer. D. Security Officer: -- Sirin Kose. EDELMAN [...]	2003-09-19 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP TU UNGA UN
03ANKARA5962	NORTHERN IRAQ: NEXT STEPS WITH TURKEY ON PKK/KADEK [...] (S) As we prepare for S/CT Black's visit and the next round of talks with Turkey on the PKK/KADEK presence in Iraq, Post believes we need to take into account a number of the Turkish positions expressed to DAS Pascoe on Sept. 12 (Ref B). RECOMMENDATION: To demonstrate the seriousness of the US [...]	2003-09-22 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA5963	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION CHP [...] (C) Summary: In a Sept. 17 meeting with the Ambassador, opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Deniz Baykal said it will be difficult to support USG policy in Iraq given the current ambiguous attitude of some Iraqis toward Turkey. He also asserted that any new UNSC resolution wil [...]	2003-09-22 12:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA5964	TURKEY'S NSC SECGEN TAKES CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary: During their initial meeting on the eve of the September 19 NSC meeting that would consider a troop contribution to the stabilization force in Iraq, new NSC Secretary General General Sukru Sariisik revealed little to SIPDIS the Ambassador of what would occur at the meeting. [...]	2003-09-22 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY IZ MARR PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA5967	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY PM SENER [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric Edelman reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: In a first meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy PM Sener seemed open to helping the U.S. with companies' problems in Turkey. In reply to the Ambassador's caution against complacency on the reform program, [...]	2003-09-22 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL PTER EFIN TU IZ
03ANKARA5993	PRO-KURDISH PARTY CHAIRMAN AND OTHERS DETAINED IN [...] (C) Summary: Turkish police detained pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) Chairman Tuncer Bakirhan and several others September 22 in connnection with their attendance at a concert in Germany on September 13 where PKK flags and posters of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan were alle [...]	2003-09-23 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6020	TURKEY'S EAST AND SOUTHEAST KURDS WARN RECENT [...] (C) Following is a field report from Consulate Adana Principal Officer. 2. (C) Summary: In a political environment which has once again become tense, Kurdish political and community leaders in Turkey's east and southeast assert vigorously that the GOT's recent reintegration law is inadequ [...]	2003-09-24 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINS PHUM TU

03ANKARA6028	IRAQ: TURKEY'S U/S ZIYAL ON GC/TRIBES VISITS, [...] (C) On Sept. 23, Turkish MFA Undersecretary Ziyal and Ambassador discussed a range of Iraq issues. Ziyal said Iraqi tribes and the visiting Governing Council delegation told the Turks they did not want more foreign troops in Iraq. However, if Turkey sent troops, the Turks should be distinct [...]	2003-09-24 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA6058	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Edelman,s first meeting with Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler focused on Turkey,s efforts to reduce the high prices it pays for natural gas imports, principally from Russia, and Guler,s desire to help U.S. efforts in Iraq. Guler said his Ministry wa [...]	2003-09-25 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6060	TURKEY: THE VIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND, PART ONE [...] (C) Summary: During poloff's Sept. 10-13 trip to the western Black Sea provinces of Kastamonu and Sinop, contacts across the spectrum averred the importance of strong U.S.-Turkey relations but also took the opportunity to express their very palpable anxiety with USG Iraq policy, in particular [...]	2003-09-26 07:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6071	THE 6TH REVIEW AND OUR DISBURSEMENT [...] (C) IMF Deputy ResRep (protect) told us last night that, given Turkey's strong macroeconomic performance and positive public statements by Fund management, the GOT would have to stumble badly on one or more key issues to prevent the 6th review from moving ahead in a more or less timely fashion [...]	2003-09-26 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA6072	NORTHERN IRAQ: TALABANI TRIES TO MEND FENCES WITH [...] (C) Iraqi Governing Council member and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Jalal Talabani, sent letters Sept. 23 to Turkish PM Erdogan and MFA Undersecretary Ziyal seeking improved relations between the PUK and Turkey. He also sent a verbal message noting that Turkey and the Iraqi Kur [...]	2003-09-26 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA6090	SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL COUNTER-TERRORISM SUBJECTS [...] (C) Although PKK/KADEK will be the primary focus of the upcoming delegation led by Cofer Black to continue counter-terrorism consultations with the GOT, post recommends discussion of the following terrorist groups and subjects: -- Al-Qaeda and the GWOT: Thank GOT for good bilateral coopera [...]	2003-09-26 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA6111	EXBS: REVISED TEXT OF LEGAL AGREEMENT PASSED TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-29 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC PREL KSTC TU
03ANKARA6112	TURKEY AND PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-29 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA612	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM AKP CHAIRMAN ERDOGAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA6122	APPEALS COURT RULING COULD LEAD TO REDISTRIBUTION [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Turkey's Supreme Appeals Court upheld a lower court ruling convicting leaders of the pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) of election fraud. The High Election Board (YSK) will determine how to respond to the ruling. Most of our contacts predict the YSK will [...]	2003-09-30 05:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA613	LETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY FROM AKP CHAIRMAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-24 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC TU
03ANKARA6139	TURKEY UNLIKELY TO OFFICIALLY CANCEL CYPRUS [...] (C) We followed up on our earlier demarche about canceling the upcoming exercises on Cyprus (ref A) with MFA Deputy DG for Greece/Cyprus Necip Eguz on Sept 29. PolMilCouns pressed upon Eguz the need for an early official GOT position in order to ensure all sides follow last year's precedent [...]	2003-09-30 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU GR CY
03ANKARA6140	KURDS IN SOUTHEAST FEAR U.S. CRACKDOWN ON PKK [...] (C) Summary: Kurds in southeastern Turkey fear a possible U.S. military action against the PKK/KADEK in northern Iraq, and oppose Turkish participation in the Stabilization Force because they believe Turkish authorities would use their presence in Iraq to crack down on Iraqi Kurds. Most of our [...]	2003-09-30 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER IZ TU
03ANKARA6141	KEY ECONOMIC CONDITIONALITY ISSUES FOR USG LOAN [...] (SBU) Summary: For the decision on GOT compliance with economic conditionality in the U.S.-Turkish Financial Agreement, post recommends Washington focus on the most critical issues in the IMF's Sixth Review: staff reductions at SEE's, the end-August fiscal target, the 2004 budget, the Public [...]	2003-09-30 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6144	REGULATORS COMPLAIN OF STIFF OPPOSITION TO ELECTRICITY REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-01 08:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6145	IRAQ: TURKS SEEK MEETING WITH USG/CPA DELEGATION [...] (C) On October 1, MFA Economics Department Head Akif Ayhan told PolMilOff that Turkish missions in Washington and Baghdad would be demarching State and CPA respectively to request a USG/CPA delegation with reps from Washington and Baghdad come to Ankara in the near future to discuss with the G [...]	2003-10-01 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA6160	TURKEY: THE VIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND, PART TWO [...] (C) Summary: Public support for the AK government is solid in the conservative central Anatolian provinces of Konya and Karaman. If the AK government takes the lead, the local public, although wary, appears willing to go along with sending Turkish troops to Iraq. Government officials and r [...]	2003-10-01 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA6161	INDIAN PRIME MINISTER VAJPAYEE'S SEPTEMBER 16-19 [...] (U) Indian PM Vajpayee visited Turkey September 16-19, the first visit by an Indian PM in 15 years. Vajpayee spent September 17 in Ankara, meeting with GOT officials including PM Erdogan and FM Gul. Vajpayee went to Istanbul on September 18, meeting with business leaders and Turkish Preside [...]	2003-10-01 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IN
03ANKARA6163	TURKEY: VIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND III: KURDS IN [...] (C) Summary: Kurds in the southeast insist recent human rights reforms have not been implemented, and that practices such as torture, lack of attorney access for detainees, and restrictions on the use of the Kurdish language continue unabated. Even if the reforms are implemented in the rest of [...]	2003-10-01 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6164	TURKS SAY THEY ARE STILL INTERESTED IN QIZ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-01 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA618	CONTINUING TURKISH CONCERNS ABOUT ALLEGED USG-PKK [...] (U) Action request--para 5. 2. (U) Jan. 24 MFA DDG for anti-terrorism Asya called us in to discuss Turkish concerns that the USG has links with, and is supporting, PKK/KADEK. 3. (C) Handing over copies of Embassy's and Department spokesman's denials of any USG-PKK link and recalling [...]	2003-01-24 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA619	TURKISH CHOD STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) During a January 20 meeting with visiting CJCS, Turkish General Staff (TGS) CHOD Gen. Ozkok said that TGS would concentrate on the ATAK helicopter and the tank modernization programs after the conclusion of the three "big" visits (i.e. CJCS, 1/23 UK CHOD and 1/24 SACEUR Gen. Jones). Ozkok [...]	2003-01-24 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL TU
03ANKARA6198	MFA CAUCASUS OFFICIAL ON ARMENIA, GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary. In a September 23 conversation with poloff, MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali worried about Russian influence in the Caucasus, particularly Georgia, during a period when U.S. attention was turned to Iraq. Adali expressed eagerness for the U.S. and Turkey to work together [...]	2003-10-02 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GG AJ AM RS
03ANKARA6199	MEETING WITH TREASURY U/S CANAKCI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH ECONOFFS, TURKISH TREASURY U/S CANAKCI DESCRIBED THE STILL-EARLY STATE OF PLAY WITH THE IMF SIXTH REVIEW MISSION. CANAKCI CLAIMED THE GOT WAS ON TRACK TO MEET OR GET CLOSE TO END-YEAR INFLATION, GROWTH AND FISCAL TARGETS. HE WAS ALSO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ACHIEVING [...]	2003-10-02 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID EINV PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6208	PRESIDENT SEZER'S SPEECH AT OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] () Summary: In reiterating his opposition to Turkish troops for Iraq and in displaying a partisan preference for left-of-center opposition CHP over the AK government, President Sezer demonstrated again that he is part of the problem, not the solution. End summary. 2. (C) Admonishing Turk [...]	2003-10-02 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA6209	GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE ON LOAN AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Under fire for having agreed to political conditions (i.e., not sending troops unilaterally into northern Iraq) in the financial agreement with the United States, the government is on the defensive. State Minister Babacan told the press last night that the "loan will be used if [...]	2003-10-02 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6217	INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE ON APPOINTMENT OF [...] (S) Deputy pol-mil counselor delivered ref a and b points to MFA NATO Department Head Atila Gunay October 2. Gunay said he was aware of the issue, having received a recent cable from the Turkish mission at NATO. Gunay explained he had held off on receiving deputy pol-mil counselor until now [...]	2003-10-03 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV BU TU
03ANKARA6231	NORTHERN IRAQ AND PKK/KADEK: S/CT BLACK AND TURKS [...] (S) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Cofer Black and delegation met with an interagency GOT delegation led by MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sensoy October 2 in Ankara. Amb. Black told the Turks the USG would fight the PKK/KADEK, as it did all targets in the Global War on terrorism (GWOT) using all [...]	2003-10-03 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA6232	TGS REQUESTS HLDG PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) During his initial meeting with TGS Deputy Chief General Mehmet Ilker Basbug on October 2 (septel),the Ambassador informed the general that the US response to the Turkish proposed dates of November 17-19 for the next High Level Defense [...]	2003-10-03 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS MASS TU
03ANKARA6238	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL VISIT TO TURKEY [...] Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship and where Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: the presence of PKK/Kadek terrorists in northern Iraq and whether Turkey will contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq [...]	2003-10-03 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6241	OCTOBER 3 UPDATE ON IMF MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep told us late today that progress in reaching agreement on measures for the 6th review had been a bit slower than they had planned, but he remained hopeful the mission could wrap things up by the end of next week. The main issues remain winning GOT political-level s [...]	2003-10-03 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA625	NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR US-TURKEY-KURD [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (S) TGS DCHOD Buyukanit told Ambassador Jan. 24 that the MFA had reported to him that the US in Ref B discussion with MFA U/S Ziyal said it did not want 5-way talks. Ambassador told Buyukanit that was not true, that he had told Ziyal he need [...]	2003-01-24 18:07:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ
03ANKARA626	IRAQ: FOLLOW-UP READOUT ON AK PARTY CHAIRMAN [...] (C) In Jan. 20 follow-up to Jan. 19 Ambassador-AK leader Erdogan meeting, Erdogan foreign policy advisor Bagis told us: --Erdogan understood Ambassador's message that it's up to him (Erdogan) to make the case on Iraq to the Turkish public and parliament. --One factor holding Erdogan ba [...]	2003-01-24 18:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6263	BOARD REJECTS CHALLENGE TO NOVEMBER ELECTION [...] (U) As expected (reftels) Turkey's High Election Board (YSK) voted 6-1 October 4 to reject appeals calling for a reallocation of seats in Parliament or an annulment of the November 2002 national election results. Several parties and individuals filed the appeals following a September 29 Supre [...]	2003-10-06 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6269	POWERFUL RALLY ON CONFLUENCE OF POSITIVE NEWS [...] (Sbu) Turkish markets rocketed forward on October 6 in reaction to several bits of positive news over the weekend. The High Election Council's decision not to invalidate last year's election, better-than-expected inflation numbers, GOT movement toward a parliamentary resolution on troops for [...]	2003-10-06 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6270	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TGS DEP CHIEF BASBUG FOCUSES ON IRAQ AND CYPRUS [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador's lengthy (1.5 hours) initial call on the TGS DCHOD, General Basbug, focused primarily on Iraq and Cyprus. On Iraq, Basbug asserted that TGS supports a GOT decision to contribute troops to Iraq, preferably before a new UNSCR is passed, although he worried that m [...]	2003-10-06 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR MOPS PTER PINR CY IZ TU
03ANKARA6272	AK GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT PARLIAMENT WILL APPROVE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's cabinet-equivalent Council of Ministers adopted and sent to the Parliament on October 6 a motion for the dispatch of Turkish troops to Iraq. Ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party parliamentarians and even one opposition parliamentarian expressed confidence the meas [...]	2003-10-06 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6279	NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH IN TURKEY - [...] (C) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan "Prime Minister" Barham Salih visited Ankara October 6-7 for talks with Turkish officials. He met DCM, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff Oct. 6 and said that while he expected terrorism in Iraq to get worse before it got better, he was optimistic about the future, and [...]	2003-10-07 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
03ANKARA628	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: CONCERN WITH RESOLUTION OF TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: Bankers and financial analysts in Istanbul January 23 pointed to the lack of resolution of two problem banks - Pamukbank and Yapi Kredi Bank, both owned by the Cukurova Group - as the single biggest problem at present for Turkey's reform program. The Cukurova Group refuses to [...]	2003-01-24 19:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6281	IRAQ AND TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT: GOT EXPECTS [...] (S) Ambassador was called October 7 by MFA Undersecretary Ziyal who said the GOT expects Ref A motion granting the GOT authority to deploy Turkish troops to pass this evening (Oct. 7). Ziyal and the Ambassador agreed to meet on Oct. 9 to discuss next steps. Ziyal expressed concern (that he sa [...]	2003-10-07 11:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA629	NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR US-TURKEY-KURD [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See Para 3. 2. (S) During mil-mil discussions Jan. 24 on SOF planning for northern Iraq, the TGS proposed to SOCEUR BG Jones a need for Turkish, US, KDP, PUK and Turkmen military reps together to discuss military coordination in northern Iraq. Turkis [...]	2003-01-25 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA6302	TURKEY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT STALLED OIL EXPORTS [...] (U) Baghdad Minimize considered. 2. (C) Turkish officials are concerned by recent press reports that Iraq has decided to suspend oil exports through Ceyhan, diverting the Kirkuk crude through pipelines to the south. MFA Director General for Energy and Water Hakki Akil told EconCouns th [...]	2003-10-07 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6303	TURKISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Parliament approved sending troops to Iraq on October 7 by a comfortable majority, 358 for, 183 against, 2 abstentions. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) unsuccessfully tried to thwart approval by a last-minute assertion, quickly refuted by Foreign Minister [...]	2003-10-07 16:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6322	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-08 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6334	FOREIGN TRADE U/S ON IRAQ/IRAN [...] (C) Foreign Trade U/S Tuncer Kayalar told us October 6 that, during his recent visit to Teheran, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen had warned Iranian President Khatami not to "play games" on nuclear issues and to avoid supporting terrorists. Khatami responded, per Kayalar, that Iran would meet its [...]	2003-10-08 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL TU IZ IR
03ANKARA6340	NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP'S SAFEEN DIZAYEE - TURKISH [...] (C) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official Safeen Dizayee called on DCM, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff Oct. 7. Dizayee described the situation in Baghdad as improving. He said the KDP did not believe that Turkish troops in Iraq could be neutral, that Turkey would use their presence to try to b [...]	2003-10-08 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
03ANKARA6343	DEMARCHE ON TURKISH HELICOPTERS ON CYPRUS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-08 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS MCAP PREL TU CY
03ANKARA6344	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-09 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6345	TURKEY UNHAPPY WITH DECISION TO REVERSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy DG for Energy and Water Haki Akil told EconCouns that Turkey was opposed to the recently announced agreement to reverse the Odessa-Brody pipeline. Akil said the agreement would mean more oil through the Turkish Straits and undermine U.S.-Turkish goals for the East-Wes [...]	2003-10-09 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL RS TU UK
03ANKARA6391	TURKEY AND GREECE AGREE TO CANCEL FALL MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-10 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY GR TU MARR
03ANKARA6395	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CYPRUS [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-10 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY GR
03ANKARA6398	TURKEY HITCHES ARMENIA POLICY TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: In a October 8 discussion with poloff, MFA Caucasus and Central Asia Director Ertan Tezgor confirmed that the GOT clearly linked opening the Armenian border and resuming diplomatic relations to Armenian concessions on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK). Tezgor brushed off concerns this woul [...]	2003-10-14 07:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AM AJ
03ANKARA6411	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SAXTON VISIT TO TURKEY [...] You arrive in Ankara at a time when Iraq remains the focus of the US-Turkish relationship which in fact is much broader. The Turks are seized with two primary Iraq-related issues: The decision, approved by Parliament October 7, to contribute troops to the stabilization force in Iraq, and the [...]	2003-10-14 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IZ PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6412	GOT DENIES SUPER COBRA FLEW OVER CYPRUS SEPTEMBER 9 [...] (C) MFA Acting DDG for Greece and Cyprus Levent Bilman told PolMilCouns on October 14 that after our demarche on UNFICYP's sighting of a Turkish AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter on September 9, MFA checked with both the Turkish Embassy in Nicosia and TGS. Both denied such a flight could [...]	2003-10-14 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MCAP MASS TU
03ANKARA6420	MFA RAISES PROBLEM WITH U.S. FINANCIAL AGREEMENT'S [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) At the end of a meeting on other issues (reported septel) with the Ambassador October 14, MFA U/S Ziyal said the GOT has a serious problem with the U.S. Financial Agreement (FA). "We may not be able to finalize it," he said, sp [...]	2003-10-14 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA6423	BOT PROBLEMS STILL UNRESOLVED [...] (SBU) According to representatives from Enron and Doga (Edison Mission),the Turkish government is making no serious effort to resolve BOT problems, and the Energy Ministry (MENR) and Energy Market Regulaory Authority (EMRA) remain at odds on how to proceed. Enron's lawyer recently told EconC [...]	2003-10-15 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6424	CODEL MCCONNEL'S OCTOBER 10 MEETINGS WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan told visiting Codel McConell October 10 that elements within Turkey and Iraq were making "ugly" statements about the possible deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq as part of the stabilization force there. Erdogan said he was not familiar with the details of the discuss [...]	2003-10-15 07:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6447	TURKEY: AK PARTY CONGRESS REAFFIRMS PM ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan emerged from the ruling AK Party's Oct. 12 well-organized congress more in control of his party. In his acceptance speech, Erdogan focused primarily on AK's commitment to achieving a just, democratic system in Turkey. On Iraq, he reiterated the GOT's commitment to send [...]	2003-10-15 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6449	TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN MADRID DONOR'S CONFERENCE [...] (U) Baghdad Minimize Considered. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Turkey is still developing its delegation and pledge for the Iraq Donor's Conference October 23-24 in Madrid, though FM Gul will not attend. On assistance, MFA officials could only say that Turkey's pledge will be much higher than the U [...]	2003-10-16 04:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ECON IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6450	CODEL SAXTON'S ANKARA STOP FOCUSES ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin told visiting CODEL Saxton (Oct 9-10, 2003) that the Turkish government is determined to expand Turkey's partnership with the US beyond Iraq, regional security, and international terrorism. In the AK Party's estimate, according to Sahin, s [...]	2003-10-16 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP MOPS PGOV TU IZ
03ANKARA6451	AMBASSADOR MILLER MEETS WITH TURKISH MFA U/S ZIYAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador to Greece Thomas Miller met with Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal during a one-day trip to Ankara on October 10. Ziyal said his relations with Greek MFA SecGen Skopelitis were good and he predicted Turkish-Greek relations would improve as Turkey's relations with the EU improved. [...]	2003-10-16 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6481	TURKEY: MORE FALLOUT FROM AK PARTY CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: As noted reftel, PM Erdogan emerged from the Oct. 12 AK Party convention more firmly in control of the party's administration. In changing almost half of the AK's fifty-member Central Decision-Making and Administrative Board (MKYK),Erdogan has provided some clues as to who in the [...]	2003-10-16 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV TU
03ANKARA6482	IRAQ-TURKEY TRADE: HOW CAN TURKISH MERCHANTS GET [...] (C) CPA regulations prohibiting any cash over USD 10,000 from entering or leaving Iraq, coupled with the absence of a fully functioning banking system is problematic for merchants doing large-scale business in Iraq. The Turkish MFA informed Embassy this week that Turkish merchants are increasi [...]	2003-10-16 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA6493	NORTHERN IRAQ'S MAKHMOUR CAMP - UNHCR ON NEXT [...] (C) On October 16, PolMilOff met with UNHCR Representative for Turkey Gesche Karrenbrock on Makhmour Camp issues. Karrenbrock hopes to meet with Turkish MFA and MOI officials in the next two weeks to discuss next steps. She said that Turkish press play linking the camp to the PKK was having a [...]	2003-10-17 08:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREF PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA6499	MFA DEPUTY U/S TUYGAN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told Ambassador October 16 that the GOT was grateful for the US assistance before and after the recent bombing in front of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad. Tuygan agreed that it was important for the US and Turkey to manage and "get right" the issue of a possible Turk [...]	2003-10-17 10:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC AF AR
03ANKARA6530	MFA on Economic Partnership Commission Agenda, [...] (SBU) At an October 15 meeting with MFA on the upcoming Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) meeting, we suggested that both sides to focus on achieving progress on investment issues. MFA acknowledged that it was making preparations on investment issues, and suggested that the EPC include tw [...]	2003-10-17 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TU
03ANKARA6535	TURKEY: GREY WOLVES RE-ELECT PACK LEADER BAHCELI [...] (C) Summary: Ultra-nationalist MHP delegates Oct. 12 re-elected Devlet Bahceli as party Chairman. Our contacts in the party suggest there will not be many changes either to the party administration or the party line -- deep skepticism towards the EU and US and paranoia concerning Kurds in Turk [...]	2003-10-17 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6538	GAS MARKET UPDATE FROM EMRA AND BOTAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey's ambitious program to liberalize and privatize its natural gas market has stalled. The Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) told us that it has completed the necessary secondary regulations for the implementation of the Natural Gas Law and has already issued 32 l [...]	2003-10-17 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6540	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS FACILITATION FOR RED CRESCENT [...] This is an Action Request. 2. Embassy Ankara received a faxed diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA around 7:30 PM Friday requesting urgent Embassy assistance to facilitate the travel of a Turkish Red Crescent Society group to Iraq for humanitarian aid purposes. The group is travelling Oc [...]	2003-10-17 17:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ OTRA PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6560	GOT RESPONSE TO UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-20 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS TU
03ANKARA6568	AMBASSADOR AND STATE MINISTER TUZMEN DISCUSS TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: The highlight of the Ambassador's October 14 call on State Minister Kursad Tuzmen was that -- for the first time in living memory -- Tuzmen did not push for U.S. lifting of textile quotas, saying the strong lira meant Turkish exporters could not even fill existing quotas. Tuz [...]	2003-10-21 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EINV TU IZ IR
03ANKARA6570	COURT CONTINUES TO DENY RELEASE OF LEYLA ZANA, [...] (SBU) Summary: An Ankara court continues to refuse to release Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs pending the outcome of their retrial. The defense has sought the release in each of the trial's eight hearings. Defense attorneys and a member of Parliament argued at the last session [...]	2003-10-21 08:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6574	MFA PREPARED TO GO SLOW ON TROOPS AND LOAN PACKAGE [...] (S) Following Cyprus Special Coordinator Weston's meeting with MFA Under Secretary Ugur Ziyal on October 20, the Ambassador went one-on-one with Ziyal to discuss both the potential Turkish troop deployment to Iraq and the conditionality in the $8.5 billion financial assistance package. Rega [...]	2003-10-17 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS EFIN MARR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA6612	GOT DECIDES TO TAKE OVER BOT COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary. The longstanding disputes between Build Operate Transfer (BOT) electricity generation plants and the Turkish government may have reached a new level due to the government's apparent decision to take over these facilities on what appears to be the presumption of corruption. Ac [...]	2003-10-22 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6613	TURKEY: BAYKAL SET TO BE RE-ELECTED OPPOSITION CHP [...] (C) Summary: With party delegates firmly in his grasp, CHP leader Baykal is likely to be re-elected chairman at an Oct. 23-24 general convention. Although our contacts expect a contentious atmosphere, they do not expect major changes to the CHP administration. Former state minister Kemal Derv [...]	2003-10-22 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6614	PROPOSED PRESS GUIDANCE ON TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 12:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU
03ANKARA6619	MFA DEPUTY U/S BOZKIR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT TURKEY'S EU [...] (C) Summary: In a Oct. 20 courtesy call, MFA Deputy U/S for EU affairs Bozkir told the Ambassador that he is optimistic about Turkey's EU prospects. The GOT has passed the necessary laws related to the Copenhagen Criteria. Bozkir admitted that Cyprus is a looming problem but added that a posi [...]	2003-10-22 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU
03ANKARA6620	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ROYCE VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Iraq and resolution of the PKK/KADEK question remain the focus of the US-Turkish relationship. Turks are seized with two Iraq-related issues: whether the U.S. will work out with the Interim Governing Council the eventual deployment of [...]	2003-10-22 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA6676	DEMARCHE: MESSAGE TO PALESTINIANS [...] (C) We presented reftel demarche October 21 to MFA Middle East and Maghreb Head of Department Kemal Tuzun. After promising to convey the contents of the demarche to MFA's Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East, Tuzun then confirmed by telephone that the MFA would transmit the demarche dire [...]	2003-10-24 05:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PREL IS TU
03ANKARA6683	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS ISSUES WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an October 20 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, State Minister Mehmet Aydin (in charge of religious affairs) said the ruling AK Party's higher education bill has been distorted by critics who view Islam as a threat to the State. He said the bill would remove disadvanta [...]	2003-10-24 09:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6688	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP, OTHER WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 22 introductory meeting, the Ambassador told State Minister Guldal Aksit (responsible for women's affairs) that Turkey could serve as a model on women's rights for the Middle East. He urged Turkey to implement recent initiatives to combat trafficking in persons (T [...]	2003-10-24 11:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6695	EU REPORT ON TURKEY WILL PRAISE REFORMS, CRITICIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming EU report on Turkey will praise GOT human rights reforms while criticizing the slow pace of implementation. Ankara-based contacts from EU states agree that Turkey's candidacy is progressing, but could be derailed by a failure to reach a Cyprus settlement. End Summ [...]	2003-10-24 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA6696	ENERGY MINISTRY DENIES BOT TAKEOVER PLANS [...] (SBU) Energy Minister Guler issued a statement denying the GOT would consider seizing BOTs, but continuing to pressure companies over high electricity prices. Separately, in a meeting with Econoffs, the Energy Ministry Undersecretary took a similar line. The ENRON BOT told Post it has yet t [...]	2003-10-24 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6702	TURKEY: BAYKAL MANEUVERS TO EASY VICTORY AT CHP [...] (C) Summary: At a contentious but unenthusiastic convention, CHP leader Baykal won re-election easily after he rammed through by-laws that made challenging him nearly impossible. In his speech opening the convention, Baykal focused on what he termed CHP's historical role in Turkish politics a [...]	2003-10-24 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6724	TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF THE U.S. IN 58TH UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP TU
03ANKARA673	IRAQ: TURKS WAITING FOR POLITICAL DIRECTION BEFORE [...] (C) MFA Americas Department Head Cihad Erginay (protect) told Deputy Pol-Mil Counselor January 27 that Turkish authorities were "considering" the MOU that EUCOM presented to the Turkish General Staff (MOU) during the January 13 mil-to-mil talks, but stressed that no further action would be tak [...]	2003-01-27 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA6734	ANKARA WAITING FOR U.S. VIEWS ON ISTANBUL SUMMIT [...] (U) The is an action request; see para 5. Searching for NATO Summit Themes ================================ 2. (C) Pol-Mil Counselor and PolMilOff met with MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Sanivar Kizildeli October 24 and discussed Turkey's vision for the NATO Istanbul Summit. Kizildeli [...]	2003-10-27 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
03ANKARA674	OPPOSITION CHP VIEWS ON IRAQ: DON'T COUNT ON US [...] (C) From Jan. 11 through 27, we canvassed half a dozen senior officials and M.P.s from the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Iraq. As the party of Ataturk and standard bearer of the Establishment, CHP reflects a Kemalist line on domestic and foreign policy matters. CHP views on I [...]	2003-01-27 16:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA6747	DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-28 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CU ETTC PREL TU
03ANKARA676	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: REFORM AND BANKING [...] (C) On January 27, we delivered reftel message to Treasury Undersecretary Oztrak, underlining that Washington believed the GOT was now seriously off-track on its IMF program and that U.S. assistance in the event of an Iraq operation would be impossible without the GOT's first completing the I [...]	2003-01-27 17:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6779	SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING: PART OF A PROCESS [...] (C) MFA MidEast DDG Safak Gokturk told polmilcouns October 30 that the meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq's neighbors plus Egypt in Damascus this weekend will be the fourth of its kind since January when the GOT convoked ministers in Istanbul, which they dubbed the "Regional Initiative." [...]	2003-10-30 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03ANKARA6844	TURKISH CYPRIOT ELECTION CONCERNS: ROUND FOUR: [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, MFA DirGen for Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs to Ertugrul Apakan asserted that GOT intervention with the Turkish Cypriot "High Election Board" (HEB) would be improper. However, he would convey the demarche to higher levels of the MFA; in his o [...]	2003-11-03 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA6846	GOT EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-03 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC MOPS TU AF
03ANKARA6857	THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART ONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE MESSAGES ABOUT THE AMCON ADANA REPORTING TEAM VISIT TO SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY FROM SEPTEMBER 14-26. REFTELS REPORT SOME ASPECTS OF THIS TRIP. THE REGION'S KURDISH POPULATION WAS DISTRUSTFUL OF STATE INITIATIVES; SAW THE "RETURN TO HOME" LAW AS INDISTINGU [...]	2003-11-04 07:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU
03ANKARA6858	THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART TWO [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-04 07:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU
03ANKARA6860	TURKEY AND DONOR STRATEGIES FOR AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Turkey's Coordinator for Afghan and Iraq Assistance Ambassador Okcun, Turkey takes very seriously its commitments to Afghan and Iraq Reconstruction. Turkey has already fulfilled its USD 5 million commitment for Afghanistan and is eager to disburse its USD 50 millio [...]	2003-11-04 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN IZ PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA6861	THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART THREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE IS THE THIRD OF THREE MESSAGES ABOUT THE AMCON ADANA REPORTING TEAM VISIT TO SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY FROM SEPTEMBER 14-26. REFTELS REPORT ON OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS TRIP. END SUMMARY. HAKKARI - VIOLENCE IN THE AIR, TRASH IN THE STREETS 2. (C) TRAVELING INTO HAKKARI SAW EV [...]	2003-11-04 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU
03ANKARA6870	SOUTHEASTERN PRESS SUMMARY NOV. 1-3, 2003 [...] THIS CABLE IS FROM CONSULATE ADANA. 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. Sabah, Hurriy [...]	2003-11-04 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
03ANKARA6886	MEETING WITH TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Econoff conveyed to Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci that the U.S. would not revisit the political conditionality in the FA. Canakci explained that, although the Treasury had originally intended merely to seek approval from the Council of Ministers, the GOT is now debating [...]	2003-11-04 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6891	SOUTHEASTERN PRESS SUMMARY - NOV. 4, 2003 [...] THIS CABLE IS FROM CONSULATE ADANA. 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 ---------------------- [...]	2003-11-05 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA

03ANKARA6906	MFA Requests More on Iraq Issues at Economic [...] (SBU) MFA's only substantive comment on our draft Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) agenda was that Iraq economic issues merit a separate session on the agenda. The Turkish side does not expect its companies to gain Iraq reconstruction subcontracts at this meeting, but views the opportuni [...]	2003-11-05 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TU
03ANKARA6909	GOT RESPONDS TO CFE HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA6923	IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT OF DAMASCUS MEETING: SAUDIS, [...] (C) POLMILCOUNS called on MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Safak Gokturk Nov. 5 for a readout of the Nov. 1-2 Damascus meeting on Iraq. Gokturk, who had been at the Damascus meeting, said Turkey worked hard to make the original Syrian draft communique moderate and balanced, and found the meeting [...]	2003-11-05 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA
03ANKARA6971	LETTER FOR AMB BREMER FROM TURKISH UNION OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-07 09:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID ETTC PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA6995	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 5, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Turkiye / Due to [...]	2003-11-07 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ANKARA6996	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] SUBJECT: This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 6, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriye [...]	2003-11-07 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ANKARA6997	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for November 7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet, Radikal [...]	2003-11-07 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ANKARA7000	KBR PERSPECTIVE ON HABUR GATE [...] (SBU-BUS SENS) A senior Kellogg, Brown and Root-Turkey (KBR-T) manager met with PO on Oct. 31 to update the state of current challenges to orderly flow in Turkey along the Iraq ground line of communication (GLOC) as well as transit bottlenecks at the Habur Gate. The KBR-T official noted tha [...]	2003-11-07 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA7006	IRAQ: TURKEY WELL-SITUATED TO SUPPORT COALITION [...] (C) Given Turkey's desire to rehabilitate its relations with us through cooperation in Iraq and the decision not to use Turkish troops as part of the stabilization force, we need to identify areas where Turkey -- and the Turkish military in particular )- can play a constructive and meaningful [...]	2003-11-10 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER
03ANKARA7007	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH EDUCATION MINISTER CELIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador,s October 31 courtesy call on Huseyin Celik, Minister of National Education and a co-founder of the AK (Justice and Development) Party, Celik praised the high level of educational cooperation between the U.S. and Turkey. While characterizing himself as a friend o [...]	2003-11-10 10:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL TU GR
03ANKARA701	TURKEY'S NATIONALIST MHP: GREY WOLF PACK SNAPS AT LONE WOLF LEADER BAHCELI [...] (C) Summary: MHP members at all levels blame party leader Bahceli for the party's poor performance in Nov. 3 elections. Meanwhile, Bahceli is reneging on his promise to step aside and is working to secure his grip on the party, but faces growing pressure from the MHP grassroots and "Grey Wolve [...]	2003-01-28 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
03ANKARA7016	NOVEMBER 18-19 US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP [...] (C) The November 18-19 meeting of the U.S.-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG) represents an opportunity to achieve a number of important objectives: to solidify dialogue between the US and Turkish militaries; to begin to reshape our security relationship to the 21st century; and, to empha [...]	2003-11-10 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF ASEC
03ANKARA7020	HABUR GATE/IBRAHIM KAHLIL [...] (C) In reftel CPA reacts to proposals for discussions with Turkey on transit capacity on the Iraqi border. The message rejects the Turkish proposal for a second gate because it is "politically" motivated. As we view the issue, the U.S. has a significant interest in improving the flow of goo [...]	2003-11-07 21:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETRD ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA7025	PKK/KADEK CHANGES ITS NAME, PLANS TO HOLD PRESS [...] (U) Press reports on November 11 (see Refs) cite a statement distributed by the terrorist organization PKK/KADEK in Baghdad stating that it had dissolved itself and formed a new organization to permit more democratic and broader participation. The new organization is called the Kurdistan Peop [...]	2003-11-11 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA7033	MFA RESPONSE TO USG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON PFC [...] The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note, number 2003/ALGY/442572 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Henry Oran Smith (reftels),the dual (American and Turkish) citizen US Marine who deserted while at Incirlik AB on September 29. As anticipated in ref B, the note denies ou [...]	2003-11-12 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR CASC CPAS TU US
03ANKARA7038	TERRORIST FINANCE: A STOCKTAKING [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER
03ANKARA7039	TURKEY PREPARING TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-12 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KTIA TU
03ANKARA704	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DENYING ALLEGED USG-PKK CONTACTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PTER TU
03ANKARA7057	DECEMBER TURKISH CYPRIOT ELECTION CONCERNS: ROUND [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche November 10 to MFA Director General for Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs Ertugrul Apakan. Apakan said he would pass the information and USG position to the Turkish Embassy in Nicosia. 2. (C) Deputy Polcouns followed up demarche later on November 10 a [...]	2003-11-13 10:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA706	AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PM ON ECONOMIC REFORM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told Deputy Prime Minister Sener January 28 that Turkey was now seriously off-track on its IMF program, that USG assistance was conditioned on both military cooperation and implementation of the reform program, and that it would be impossible for the USG to agree to ass [...]	2003-01-28 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA7092	NORTHERN IRAQ AND PKK/KADEK: TURKS ALLEGE KDP [...] (S) On November 14, MFA Intelligence and Research Department Head Ahmet Yildiz handed PolMilOff the following non-paper: Begin text: It has been reported that two members of PKK/KADEK terrorist organization, Sefin (born in 1966 in Syria) and Davut Felat (a Turkish national, born 1970 [...]	2003-11-14 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
03ANKARA7093	AK MP TRAVELS TO PAKISTAN TO SOLICT GOP ASSISTANCE [...] (C) AK MP Mahmut Kocak told pol counselor November 12 that he would lead a delegation to Pakistan November 13 to solicit the GOP's assistance in securing the release of Turkish national Hassan Ornal, who is being held hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban. Kocak said the plan is to use the go [...]	2003-11-14 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF PGOV PTER PINS
03ANKARA7096	MFA U/S ZIYAL REQUESTS REVISION OF FINANCIAL [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric Edelman for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) At a November 13 meeting, MFA Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal told the Ambassador that the political conditionality in Article 5(A)(ii) - the Iraq-related conditionality - of the USD 8.5 billion Financial Agreement co [...]	2003-11-14 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL IZ TU
03ANKARA7098	CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (C) Summary: The Turks came to the Nov. 7 Caucasus Working Group (CWG) working-level meeting armed with specific proposals for US-Turkish cooperation. The US should reciprocate at the Nov. 17 CWG in Williamsburg. Over the next seven months, the two sides should work towards having several ne [...]	2003-11-14 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA7103	ENRON'S RESPONSE TO BOT PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. ENRON's lawyer has forwarded a proposal to AK Party Vice-Chair Reha Denemec in an attempt to reach a compromise with the Ministry of Energy (MENR) over its BOT project. ENRON continues to demand an unconditional license and appears anxious to resolve the dispute over electrici [...]	2003-11-14 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7113	GOT CLAIMS VESSEL TRAFFIC SYSTEM NOT FULLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish Maritime Undersecretariat officials told us that the testing phase of the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) in the Istanbul area would have to be extended beyond the end-October deadline due to technical problems. Turkish Coastal Safety and Ship Rescue Management Director G [...]	2003-11-14 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7114	TGS D/CHOD BASBUG'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON - AN [...] (C) Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Basbug will visit Washington November 16-21 to lead the Turkish delegation to the US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG). He has requested meetings with National Security Advisor Rice, DepSecDef Wolfowitz, CJCS Myers and VCJCS Pace. Basbug may also s [...]	2003-11-14 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF CY ASEC OVIP
03ANKARA7115	AMBASSADOR-ZIYAL MEETING ON IRAQ, REGIONAL ISSUES, [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric Edelman for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). Summary ------- 2. (C) At their November 13 meeting, MFA Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal told the Ambassador that the GOT wanted to engage the USG on regional issues, particularly Iraq. Ziyal maintained that the USG a [...]	2003-11-14 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD IZ KIPR TU EINV
03ANKARA7133	PKK/KADEK/KHK MEETS NOV. 15 IN NORTHERN IRAQ: [...] (U) The Turkish press reported Nov. 16 that the newly-established KHK (the new name adopted by the PKK/KADEK) held a meeting Nov. 15 in the mountains of northern Iraq near Sulaymaniyah along the Iran-Iraq border. The press reports say that the KHK had planned to meet at a Mosul hotel, but was [...]	2003-11-17 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA7134	AMBASSADOR'S NOV. 14 MEETING WITH P.M. ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: USG's tougher language and steps against PKK/KADEK/KHK in Iraq has made strong impression on P.M. Erdogan and he responded positively to Ambassador's statement that Washington has put its unhappiness with Turkey behind us. Erdogan sees back-to-back defense and economic partnershi [...]	2003-11-17 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN TU IZ
03ANKARA7140	MEETINGS WITH TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY AND CENTRAL [...] (Sbu) Treasury U/S Canakci told Econoffs that the IMF Sixth Review is unlikely to come to a Board vote before mid-December, since the Turkish parliament will need some time to pass the required legislation. Canakci also confirmed that the GOT will probably have to get parliamentary approval f [...]	2003-11-17 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7180	DOGA ENERGY'S RESPONSE TO BOT PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. DOGA Energy sent a letter to us explaining how it has responded to speculative reports attributed to GOT sources about alleged corruption in the DOGA Energy BOT Project. DOGA contends that the contracts were vetted and approved by the relevant GOT authorities. The main source [...]	2003-11-18 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7184	DEMARCHE: SUPPORT FOR THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) We delivered ref B demarche and, subsequently, Canadian draft resolution November 18 to Turkish MFA South Asia Department Head Soner. 2. (U) After reviewing the draft and citing "established practice that Turkey does not co-sponsor or vote in favor of resolutions against neighboring [...]	2003-11-19 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR TU
03ANKARA7209	UNGA RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKMENISTAN - [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-20 06:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TX TU
03ANKARA7213	IRAQ: A/S DEWEY AGREES NEXT STEPS ON REPATRIATING [...] (SBU) On November 19, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sensoy, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Morjane, CPA rep Bartlett and Khalil Afar from the Iraqi Embassy on next steps for the voluntary repatriation of Turkish refugees in Iraq, including those in the Ma [...]	2003-11-20 06:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA7229	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER CICEK'S [...] (C) Summary: Justice Minister Cicek's visit to Washington allows us to raise high-profile global issues with one of the Turkish cabinet's most influential and outspoken figures. Our priorities for his visit should be: 1) to urge continued GOT progress on EU-related human rights reform, and und [...]	2003-11-20 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EFIN IZ TU
03ANKARA725	TURKS SUPPORTIVE OF RESTRICTIONS ON MANPADS (AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-29 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA7253	IRAQ-TURKEY TRADE: IGC PRESIDENT TALABANI AGREES [...] (SBU) Iraqi Governing Council President Jalal Talabani shared with PolMilOff in Ankara Nov. 20 the text of an agreement (at Para 2) he said he and the IGC/Iraqi Ministers delegation reached Nov. 19 with Turkish Acting Foreign Minister and Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuzman. Tuzman presented [...]	2003-11-20 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL MOPS ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA7271	ENERGY DISCUSSION AT TURKEY-U.S. EPC [...] (C) Action Request: Post urges Washington to reconsider the decision to drop energy as a separate topic on the EPC agenda. This is not just to mollify the Turks; we have real, substantive energy issues to discuss. We consider energy to be a critical building block of our economic and politi [...]	2003-11-20 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA7274	TURKEY AND RUSSIA REACH COMPROMISE ON GAS [...] (U) GOT officials have confirmed that BOTAS has reached a compromise with Gazprom's sales company Gazexport, following 11 months of negotiations, but have not made any official announcements detailing the new price, except to state that it was a competitive price, similar to the one applied [...]	2003-11-20 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA728	DESPITE REFORMS, BUREAUCRATS BLOCK KURDISH COURSES [...] (C) Summary: Despite reform legislation allowing Kurdish language courses, bureaucratic regulations place prohibitive costs by requiring that the courses be established in separate institutions, rather than added to existing schools. The owner of a chain of language schools says there is not [...]	2003-01-29 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7289	IRAQI POLICE TRAINING: TURKS WANT TO PARTICIPATE, [...] Post was contacted 11/21 by Turkish MFA Coordinator for Iraq Assistance Ahmet Okcun regarding reftel demarche. Okcun said he had discussed the issue of police training with MFA U/S Ziyal. Turkey, he said, would like to participate in the training of Iraqi police, but would like to do it at th [...]	2003-11-21 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PREL SNAR MOPS KCRM TU IZ
03ANKARA7300	IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) President Jalal Talabani and his delegation to Turkey met Ambassador, DCM and A/PolMilCouns Nov. 21, providing a readout of their Nov. 19-20 meetings with Turkish officials and businessmen, including PM Erdogan, Acting FM/Trade Minister Tuzmen, MFA U/S Ziyal, [...]	2003-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7308	BOOSTING TURKISH ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) In response to Secretary Powell's request that Turkey look for ways to assist Iraq's reconstruction, beginning last September, a Turkish company began exporting a small amount (50MW) of electricity to Iraq. The operator, Karadeniz Energy, has rehabilitated existing transmission lines a [...]	2003-11-22 06:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7311	SCENESETTER FOR THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: A successful EPC will help our efforts to strengthen a bilateral relationship that has been through difficult times this year. Two developments -- the still-fragile recovery of the Turkish economy, and the development of economic opportunities in Iraq -- should create opportuni [...]	2003-11-24 08:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN EINV TU
03ANKARA7319	ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A "SOFT LANDING": VCJCS GEN [...] (C) You arrive in Turkey at a time when our focus is on increasing Turkish cooperation on Iraq reconstruction and minimizing the fallout from the decision to forego Turkey,s offer to contribute forces to the stabilization efforts in Iraq. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) saw deploying forces t [...]	2003-11-25 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL PTER OVIP PGOV TU
03ANKARA7329	TRADE U/S ON TRADE PROTOCOL WITH IRAQ, DISCUSSIONS WITH TALABANI [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Trade U/S Tuncer Kayalar told us November 20 that the pre-war Turkey-Iraq trade protocol was a swap arrangement, under which Iraq shipped crude oil to Turkey in return for Turkish goods. Kayalar confirmed that Iraqi authorities had transferred oil to Turkey before Op [...]	2003-11-28 09:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ENRG TU IZ
03ANKARA7340	IRAQ: TURKISH MFA DG BURCUOGLU ON VISIT OF [...] (C) DCM met MFA Director General for the Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu Nov. 21 to deliver the Secretary's oral message on Iraq (Ref C) and to get a Turkish readout of the Talabani/IGC visit (Ref A). Burcuoglu pointed to the CPA-IGC agreement's reference to a federal structure, suggesting that [...]	2003-11-28 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7354	DAS PASCOE'S NOVEMBER 21 TRIP TO ANKARA [...] (S) Summary: EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe visited Turkey on November 21 for a series of meetings with MFA officials. In all his meetings, Pascoe urged MFA officials to think about the period leading up to the NATO Summit as a critical opportunity to showcase Turkey's achievements before the December [...]	2003-12-01 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	AJ AM GG PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7378	TURKEY: 2003 TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2003, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to extend its leadership of the International Security Force (ISAF) into 2003. On October [...]	2003-12-02 11:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7400	URGENT DEMARCHE: UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) As the Turkish MFA was closed for the prolonged Seker Bayram holiday, we presented reftel B demarche to MFA Middle East Head Kemal Tuzun December 2. We noted that the Palestinians were rethinking their request to have the International Court of Justice adjudicate the legality of the Israe [...]	2003-12-03 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS TU
03ANKARA7411	TURKEY: LEFT-OF-CENTER OPPOSITION CHP SCORNS CALLS [...] (C) Summary: Opposition left-of-center CHP has rejected calls for unity on the political left in the run-up to March 2004 local elections. Optimism in CHP higher ranks is belied by growing frustration among CHP M.P.s with the party's prospects. Rather than focus on the party leadership's sho [...]	2003-12-03 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7412	RUSSIAN TRANSNISTRIA SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL DEMARCHE: [...] (U) Due to Turkey's week-long official holiday, Embassy deputy political counselor delivered ref A demarche to MFA Eastern Europe Department Head Omur Solendil on December 3. 2. (C) Solendil said the GOT had "noted" the Russian Transnistria memorandum was prepared without consultation w [...]	2003-12-03 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MD PBTS PREL TU
03ANKARA7419	MFA CAUCASUS OFFICIAL ON THE THREAT OF SECESSION [...] (C) Summary: On December 2, Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali said Turkey would work to prevent Ajarian secession in Georgia. He was more cautious about Turkey's willingness to play an effective role in countering Abkhazian secession. End Summary. Ajaria 2. (C) Em [...]	2003-12-03 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GG
03ANKARA7442	ENERGY REGULATOR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT REFORM [...] (C) Summary. EconCouns met with Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) President Yusuf Gunay for an update on energy issues, including the pending Petroleum Law, electricity market reform, gas market reform, and Build-Operate-Transfer disputes. Gunay had mixed feelings about the Petrole [...]	2003-12-04 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7443	TURKEY SUPPORTS PSI AND WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] This is an urgent action request. MFA Disarmament Head of Department Bulent Meric told PolMilOff December 4 that after much consideration the GOT had decided to support the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Nevertheless, it still had many questions about what partnership entailed. Mer [...]	2003-12-04 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA7444	IRAQ: TURKS AGREE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AT HABUR [...] (C) Iraqi Minister of Interior Nuri Badran led an interagency Iraqi/CPA delegation to Ankara Nov. 30-Dec. 2 to discuss with Turkish authorities improving the efficiency of operations at the Habur border crossing so that bulk fuels flow smoothly and regularly through the winter months. The age [...]	2003-12-04 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA7445	WASSENAAR: TURKEY WILL SUPPORT JOINT STATEMENT ON [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A letter and joint statement to MFA Disarmament Head of Department Bulent Meric along with Italian DCM Gianni Piccato December 4. Meric said the GOT had received the joint statement earlier from its mission in Vienna, had decided to support the statement, and had a [...]	2003-12-04 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL ETTC KSTC PARM TU
03ANKARA7446	UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN'S FORCE POSTURE [...] (S) Welcome back to Turkey. We and the GOT are looking forward to your December 8-9 visit. You will be seeing TGS Deputy Chief Basbug (both TGS Chief Ozkok and DefMin Gonul are traveling),DPM/FM Gul, and MFA U/S Ziyal. You will find the Turks preoccupied with the investigation into the I [...]	2003-12-04 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR TU
03ANKARA745	ANTI-U.S. E-MAIL CAMPAIGN IN WAKE OF MEDIA [...] In the wake of recent anti-American stories in the Turkish press (RefTels),Embassy has received, via the Embassy web-site, a substantial number of e-mails claiming that the Ambassador and other U.S. officials are "no longer welcome" in Turkey. To date, the Embassy has received around 200 ide [...]	2003-01-29 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC ASEC PTER TU
03ANKARA7451	TURKEY MFA CYPRUS DEPARTMENT HEAD ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. MFA Cyprus Department Head Levent Bilman worries that despite its planned initiative for a Cyprus settlement, Turkey will be unfairly blamed for future breakdowns in negotiations. He claims Turkey's initiative will be prepared in line with the SYG's requirements and said, witho [...]	2003-12-04 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7452	TURKISH TRUCKERS' STRIKE OVER; FUEL DELIVERIES TO [...] (SBU) Truckers delivering refined products to northern Iraq under the contract managed by Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) went on strike Monday, bringing badly need fuel deliveries to a halt and raising concerns of imminent fuel shortages. After two days of negotiations, the truckers agreed to [...]	2003-12-04 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ENRG IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7493	IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT REPS SAY ITF WILL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara and London reps Ahmet Muratli and Asif Sertturkmen called on PolMilOff Dec. 5. They complained that Kurdish parties were flying flags all over Kirkuk, an act they considered provocative. They also complained that Kurds were disproportionately being giv [...]	2003-12-07 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PREF MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA7506	TURKISH FOOD AID TO GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali told poloff on December 8 that Turkey would provide humanitarian aid to Georgia in the form of food. According to Adali, Georgian Finance Minister Nogaideli had been in contact with the GOT and indicated that Georgia's most urgent need w [...]	2003-12-08 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	GG PREL TU
03ANKARA7510	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COX VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when the GOT is seized with the issues of security and counterterrorism. GOT leaders and security forces have reacted responsibly to the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, though some politicians and commentators have tried to score p [...]	2003-12-08 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT AFIN ASEC PTER PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7526	NORTHERN IRAQ: TGS SUGGESTS USING PMF AS TRAINING [...] (S) During talks with VCJCS Pace December 3-4, Turkish General Staff Chief Gen. Ozkok and Deputy Gen. Basbug suggested that the "Peace Monitoring Force (PMF) can be used as a training unit or a security force in the new Iraqi National Army." Earlier, a senior Turkish officer voiced a similar [...]	2003-12-09 12:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MARR PINR TU IZ
03ANKARA7584	TURKEY: IN SEARCH OF A ROLE IN PSI [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A and B information to MFA Disarmament Department Head Bulent Meric. Meric said that the GOT had discussed at length the PSI Principles and supported them unambiguously. In addition, the GOT was committed to making an "effective contribution" to interdiction activ [...]	2003-12-10 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
03ANKARA7611	DECEMBER 1-2 VISIT TO TURKEY OF UKRAINIAN PM [...] (U) The December 1-2 visit to Turkey of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych focused mainly on bilateral economic relations. In the first-ever visit of the PM of an independent Ukraine to Turkey, the two nations discussed bilateral trade and signed environmental and cultural agreements. At the end of the [...]	2003-12-11 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SENV TU UP
03ANKARA7612	U/S GROSSMAN FORCE POSTURE CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) In meetings with FM Gul, DCHOD GEN Basbug and others from MFA and TGS, U/S Grossman initiated consultations with the Turks on the US global posture review. He emphasized that this effort to move to a post-Cold War posture would be in accordance with our international security commitments a [...]	2003-12-11 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA7626	CHALLENGE TO CREDENTIALS REPORT: TURKEY DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche to MFA Middle East Department Head Kemal Tuzun on December 12, stressing that this credentails challenge threatened to invite further attempts to bring territorial disputes to the credentialing process, turning a routine procedure into political wrangling, and [...]	2003-12-12 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL TU
03ANKARA763	IRAQ: TURKEY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON [...] (C) On December 12, the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Turkey submitted a note to the Turkish General Staff (TGS) requesting authorization to ship humanitarian daily rations (HDRs) from the US to Turkey. The ODC letter noted that the purpose is to have rations stored in Turkey in the eve [...]	2003-01-30 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA7641	TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT MOTHERLAND PARTY STRUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Unable to regain political momentum or solve ANAP's deepening financial difficulties, colorless chairman Ozdemir resigned days before the party's Dec. 13-14 general convention. Former M.P. Nesrin Nas is likely to emerge as the next ANAP leader. However, her ability to boost ANAP' [...]	2003-12-12 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7649	2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION [...] (U) This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2004 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) In aiming to accelerate democratization, pursue its EU candidacy, revive the economy and tackle ch [...]	2003-12-15 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL TU
03ANKARA7685	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Akif Ayhan, MFA Head of Department for Economics, raised the Ministry's concern about security for Turkish truck drivers in Iraq and emphasized that the problem could lead to more truckers quitting or even another truckers' strike. Ayhan said U.S. military security for truck co [...]	2003-12-16 06:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7700	NOVEMBER ATTACKS HAVE NOT STOPPED REFORMS, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Members of Parliament, the bureaucracy and NGO community agree the GOT will continue its EU-related reform process despite the November terrorist attacks in Istanbul, but they fear that further attacks could undermine Turkey's EU candidacy. Human rights observers say police and G [...]	2003-12-16 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7724	ACTING VS. PKK/KADEK IN IRAQ BEFORE POTUS-ERDOGAN: [...] (S) In anticipation of the January 28 meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister Erdogan, Post submits a list (see paras 2-5) of possible actions the USG could take against the PKK/KADEK/KHK in northern Iraq that the President could cite as completed deliverables in that meeting. The US [...]	2003-12-17 10:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS ETRD SNAR PINR IZ TU
03ANKARA7727	TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-17 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER TU
03ANKARA7738	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador emphasized to Interior Minister Aksu U.S. willingness to offer FBI-sponsored training and to arrange visits to the U.S. terrorism counterintelligence center. Ambassador also raised concerns about Turkish airport security and lack of visa requirement for Iranians. Aks [...]	2003-12-18 09:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PTER TU
03ANKARA7767	TURKEY REACTS TO THE ELECTIONS IN NORTHERN CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Close results in northern Cyprus' December 14 elections have unleashed a wave of speculation about their meaning and possible coalitions on both sides in Turkey's Cyprus debate. However, amid the media hype there is a clear sense that all eyes are now on Ankara. Ankara's EU dip [...]	2003-12-19 08:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CY PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA7769	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-19 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR TU
03ANKARA7784	AMBASSADOR AND BABACAN DISCUSS FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (C) At the end of their December 17 discussion on economic and investment issues (septel),Ambassador told State Minister Babacan that, in response to the Prime Minister's request, the U.S. was exploring ways -- within the parameters of ou [...]	2003-12-19 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA7788	NEW TURKISH ACTION REQUEST AGAINST PKK/KADEK/KONGRA GEL IN IRAQ [...] (C) Following our delivery of summary of ref (A) USG demarche to EU capitals on extending terrorist designation of KADEK/KONGRA GEL (septel),MFA DDG for counter-terrorism Asya passed over the a non-paper (para 2) which he said the Turkish General Staff had requested he forward. He asked that the U [...]	2003-12-19 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
03ANKARA7790	Economic Partnership Commission: Comment on [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 13 and 14. Summary/Introduction -------------------- 2. (SBU) Washington's draft EPC action plan can help build a stronger bilateral economic and commercial relationship with Turkey on economic reform, investment, trade, energy and regional iss [...]	2003-12-19 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG BEXP KIPR TU IZ
03ANKARA7791	BRIEFING THE TURKS ON USG FOLLOW-UP WITH EU [...] (C) On receipt of reftel text we briefed MFA DDG for counter-terrorism Asya on new USG follow-up with EU capitals to press for EU designation of PKK morphs KADEK and KONGRA GEL as terrorist organizations. Thanking us for continuing USG efforts with the EU, Asya said designation of KADEK is no [...]	2003-12-19 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU
03ANKARA7800	TURKS OUTLINE RULES AND PRINCIPLES FOR USE OF [...] (C) DG for Bilateral Political Affairs Ahmet Banguoglu summoned DCM to the MFA December 19 to provide the GOT's written authorization for the US to use Incirlik to rotate US personnel in and out of Iraq (reftel). Banguoglu said the MFA and other interested agencies (including TGS and Customs) [...]	2003-12-19 17:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA7847	TURKEY TO OPPOSE CHALLENGE TO CREDENTIALS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-22 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL TU
03ANKARA7878	AMBASSADOR MANN, TURKISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Steven Mann, State Department Special Representative for Caspian Energy Diplomacy, visited Ankara, December 16-18 to discuss Caspian issues with senior Turkish officials, who confirmed Turkey's commitment to the East-West Energy Corridor and expressed confidence that B [...]	2003-12-23 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7952	IRAQ: TURKISH DELEGATION TO PULSE IRAQIS [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA DDG for Mideast Affairs Safak Gokturk called PolMilCouns 12/24 to inform him that a GOT delegation was planning to travel to Iraq on a fact-finding mission to meet with a broad range of contacts. Planning for the trip was in the initi [...]	2003-12-24 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA796	PARLIAMENTARIAN REQUESTS INFO ON GUANTANAMO [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Mehmet Elkatmis, chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, handed Poloff January 29 a copy of the letter reported reftel and asked for a response. Embassy requests guidance on how to respond to the inquiry. Embassy would also appreciat [...]	2003-01-31 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7976	GOT CANCELS PLAN TO EXPROPRIATE BAHA'I PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Local officials in Edirne canceled an order to expropriate a site sacred to followers of the Baha'i faith, apparently ending a 10-year dispute over the property. Baha'i contacts in Ankara and Istanbul said high-level GOT officials asked for the cancellation. End Summary. -- [...]	2003-12-29 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7977	AFGHANISTAN: MFA U/S ZIYAL PROPOSES US-TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Department Head for South Asian Affairs Ergin Soner told us December 27 that U/S Ziyal wished to hold formal bilateral consultations on Afghanistan in Ankara prior to the POTUS-Erdogan meeting at the end of January. Ziyal was pleased [...]	2003-12-29 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA7992	TURKISH EXPORTS TO IRAQ FLOURISHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions with Turkish business executives and economists support the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat's reports that Turkish exports to Iraq are booming. In fact, some in the private sector argue that actual exports exceed official figures, with one prominent economist specu [...]	2003-12-30 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA800	NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK'S BARHAM SALIH: WORRIES OF [...] (S) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih briefed Operation Northern Watch POLAD in Ankara Jan. 29 and 31 on his recent travel in Europe and his Jan. 30 meetings with Turkish officials. Salih said his talks with Turks were mostly positive, with the exception of the T [...]	2003-01-31 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF PTER
03ANKARA8015	INCIRLIK AND OIF-2: PROPOSED RESPONSE TO TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) On December 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided us a diplomatic note approving the use of Incirlik Air Base for the operation to rotate US personnel and their associated equipment in and out of Iraq (reftel),and outlining the ru [...]	2003-12-31 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA808	TURKEY: ARINC FLEXING PARLIAMENT'S MUSCLES [...] (C) Summary: The growing popular desire in Turkey for comprehensive, systemic change and a more open society gives Parliament, under leadership of AK Party heavyweight Bulent Arinc, room to assert itself and its constitutional prerogatives. In principle the process should be a boon to democra [...]	2003-01-31 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TU
03ANKARA818	IRAQ: MOU NEGOTIATING TEAM NEEDS TO BE READY START [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. ---------------------- SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST ---------------------- 2. (C) Agreement with Turkey on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on US activities related to a possible Iraq operation may be the long pole in the tent of our struggle [...]	2003-01-31 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ EFIN
03ANKARA819	MINISTER BABACAN TELLS AMBASSADOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of January 30, the Ambassador pressed Minister Babacan hard on economic reform, underlining our conclusion that the government is off track and stressing that strong economic reform policy implementation as well as full military cooperation were conditions for any p [...]	2003-01-31 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA820	NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR MULTI-PARTY [...] (S) DCM raised possible configurations for Feb. 6 multi-party talks (per Ref A) in successive bilats (US-Turkey),trilats (US-Turkey-KDP/PUK) and quads (US-Turkey-KDP/PUK-Turkmen) with MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Safak Gokturk Jan. 31 (DG Burcuoglu was attending a Natio [...]	2003-01-31 16:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ
03ANKARA822	TURKEY'S $3.3 BILLION DEBT SERVICE ON FEB. 5; [...] (U) Turkish Treasury released its February Domestic Debt Service schedule on January 31, showing a monthly total of TL 6.8 quadrillion ($4.1 billion),of which TL 5.6 quadrillion is to be paid on February 5. Given the ten-day holiday in the middle of the month, during which another TL 0.8 quad [...]	2003-01-31 17:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA830	TURKEY: ANTI-AMERICAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND ITS [...] (C) Summary: Amid an edgy public mood over Iraq, a strident anti-American propaganda campaign is underway in Turkey, encouraged by various political and Turkish State actors. According to our contacts, such rhetoric is resonating with the man on the street, who is (1) convinced that an operat [...]	2003-02-03 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ

03ANKARA854	THIS IS THE WEEK TO PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT TRADE [...] (C) We understand that Washington agencies have been working hard over the past few weeks to develop a trade package that we could offer to Turkey as part of our effort to get the Turks to "yes" on Iraq. From our limited point of view, this is decision week. If we are to influence Turkey's [...]	2003-02-03 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA855	GERMAN DIPLOMATS OPTIMISTIC, BUT STILL CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: PM Gul told German FM Fischer be believes five German foundations facing charges in Turkey will be acquitted. German diplomats agree the judge appears to be preparing to acquit, but consider the indictment a form of harassment and warn a conviction could weaken German support for [...]	2003-02-03 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA859	NORTHERN IRAQ: MULTIPARTY TALKS (V) - TURKS [...] (S) DCM met MFA DG for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu February 3 to discuss the upcoming multi-party talks per Ref A. Burcuoglu said the Turks would set up separate bilats for Amb. Khalilzad and his delegation at MFA and at TGS on February 5. For the multi-party talks on Feb. 6, Burcuoglu sai [...]	2003-02-03 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA885	MFA REACTION TO CONGRESSIONAL DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) MFA Cyprus DG Ertugrul Apakan called us Feb. 4 to pass on GOT views about the draft resolution on Cyprus currently circulating on the Hill. 2. (C) Apakan stated that the GOT disagrees wholly with the substance of the draft resolution. He offered the following comments, which he said [...]	2003-02-04 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU GR
03ANKARA886	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY U/S TAYLOR'S VISIT TO [...] (C) You will arrive one day ahead of the Turkish Parliament's debate over deployment of a number of U.S. troops for site preparation, and less than two weeks before Parliament's expected debate on deployment of U.S. combat troops. Your visit can help us achieve the best possible outcome in P [...]	2003-02-04 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA887	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: IS THE DEAL ON PAMUK AND YAPI [...] (SBU) Summary: As details of the Banking Board's January 31 deal with Cukurova Group emerge, it looks like bail-out of the group. The deal reschedules Cukurova's $5 billion debt to two banks (Pamuk and Yapi Kredi) on favorable terms, without requiring the group to put any cash upfront. Furt [...]	2003-02-04 17:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA898	MFA HINTS TURKEY COULD NOT PURSUE COMPREHENSIVE FTA [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy U/S Alev Kilic told DCM February 4 that, while his comments should not be taken as the "final word" on the FTA issue, a U.S.-Turkey Free Trade Agreement did not appear to be legally possible within the parameters of Turkey's Customs Union agreement with the EU. He suggeste [...]	2003-02-05 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA944	MFA REQUESTS SMALLPOX/ANTHRAX VACCINES [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-06 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED ASEC AMGT MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA945	IRAQ: TURKISH MFA U/S ZIYAL AND AMBASSADOR PEARSON [...] (S) Ambassador met with MFA U/S Ugur Ziyal mid-afternoon February 6 to press on several issues. First, he got from Ziyal a commitment to have the MFA, Treasury and other concerned agencies available during the holiday next week from Wednesday on to close on any outstanding questions. Ziyal sa [...]	2003-02-06 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA946	TURKISH MFA ON ACCESS FOR NGOS PROVIDING [...] (C) Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and Ron Libby, USAID/OFDA, met with Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations, to follow up on assistance and coordination issues discussed during the Humanitarian Planning Team,s meeting with MFA on January 28 (sep [...]	2003-02-06 16:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA947	IRAQ AND TURKEY: "AGREED MINUTE" VS. JOINT [...] (S) While Reftel meeting was taking place, Presidential Special Envoy Khalilzad met with MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan to discuss the MOU/Joint Statement issue further. Tuygan asked the US to reconsider its opposition to an MOU on the political future of Iraq. Khalilzad said that his current instru [...]	2003-02-06 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA964	HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) During its January 27 to 29 visit to Ankara, the U.S. Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) discussed contingency planning for a possible humanitarian crisis arising from the situation in Iraq with the GOT, representatives of the KDP and PUK administrations in northern Iraq, a representative [...]	2003-02-07 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS OTRA PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA972	MFA BLAMES WEATHER FOR OCALAN'S ISOLATION, CLAIMS [...] (C) Further to Reftel, Poloff February 7 discussed the lack of attorney/family access to jailed PKK/KADEK leader Abdullah Ocalan with Kaan Esener, head of the MFA's Department of Council of Europe Affairs. Esener claimed that a series of mechanical failures and high seas have grounded the fer [...]	2003-02-07 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03BEIJING18021	DECEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS: WEN'S [...] At the regular semi-weekly press briefing, MFA Spokesperson Liu Jianchao reported on statements made by Premier Wen Jiabao that the objective of his U.S. visit is to "resolve problems" in bilateral relations and not to "engage in trade wars." While asserting that common interests have "outwe [...]	2003-12-09 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ETRD CH KN
03BEIJING18383	XINHUA OFFICIAL ON THE WEN VISIT; TAIWAN; HONG [...] (C) Well-connected Xinhua News Agency official Yu Jiafu explained on December 16 that Chinese media were slow to report the significance of Premier Wen Jiabao's key U.S. meetings because substantive news articles had to be cleared by Wen himself. The leadership is pleased with the Premier's U [...]	2003-12-16 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
03BEIJING3947	TAIWAN: CHINA'S NEW LEADERSHIP TO CONTINUE [...] (C) A PROMINENT PRC ANALYST TOLD US HE EXPECTS BEIJING'S POLICY TOWARD TAIWAN TO SHOW CONTINUITY, WITH THE NEW LEADERSHIP CONTINUING TO PURSUE A RELATIVELY MODERATE APPROACH FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING ECONOMIC AND OTHER UNOFFICIAL LINKS. OUR CONTACT SUGGESTED THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF HU JINTAO'S MA [...]	2003-04-07 10:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
03BEIRUT4562	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI URGES U.S. TO WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri October 27. The discussion focused principally on Iraq and Syria. Berri, having just returned from Damascus, again tried to impress upon us that Syrian President Asad desires a good relationship with the United States and that [...]	2003-10-28 17:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY LY
03BEIRUT4629	LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER MURR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Interior Minister Elias Murr October 31 to discuss Hizballah interference with an embassy motorcade, progress on the McDonalds bombing investigation, and the preparation of municipalities/electoral laws. Murr comprehends the seriousness of Hizballah interfe [...]	2003-10-31 17:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV LE
03BEIRUT908	TFIZ01: LEBANESE SPEAKER BERRI DISCUSSES SHI'ITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MET WITH LEBANESE PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NABIH BERRI MARCH 31. DISCUSSIONS CENTERED AROUND AMERICAN-LEBANESE RELATIONS, THE WAR IN IRAQ AND SHI'ITE REACTION TO THE COALITION'S CAMPAIGN, THE ROADMAP, AND USG WARNINGS TO SYRIA REGARDING TRANSSHIPMENTS TO IRAQ. END SUMMAR [...]	2003-03-31 14:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SY LE
03BELGRADE278	"YUGOSLAVIA" OFFICIALLY DISAPPEARS, GIVES WAY [...] ON FEBRUARY 4, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER AND IMPLEMENTATION LAW, THE YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENT OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED THE END OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA AND THE BEGINNING OF THE STATE UNION OF "SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO." THIRTY FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS IMMEDIATELY CEAS [...]	2003-02-04 18:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PBTS MW SR YI
03BELGRADE287	SERBIA AND MONTNEGRO: FEDERAL TRANSITION [...] WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER AND THE CHARTER IMPLEMENTATION LAW, "YUGOSLAVIA" CEASES TO EXIST AND THE NEW STATE OF "SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO" IS ESTABLISHED (SEE REFTEL). HOWEVER, THERE IS FULL CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE OLD STATE AND THE NEW STATE. THEREFORE, INSTITUTIONS AND OF [...]	2003-02-05 17:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SR YI
03BOGOTA3994	FARC KILLS TWO HIGH PROFILE HOSTAGES [...] (S) ON MAY 5, THE FARC EXECUTED TWO HIGH PROFILE HOSTAGES- ANTIOQUIA GOVERNOR GUILLERMO GAVIRIA AND FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER AND PEACE ADVISER GILBERTO ECHEVERRI- IN AN AREA NEAR URRAO, ANTIOQUIA DEPARTMENT. EIGHT SOLDIERS WHO THE FARC ALSO HAD KIDNAPPED WERE KILLED AS WELL. SOURCES INDICATE [...]	2003-05-06 00:07:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CO
03BRASILIA1356	MAGALHAES WIRETAPPING CASE GOES TO SENATE FLOOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 30, the leadership of the Brazilian Senate refused to order the opening of expulsion proceedings against Senator Antonio Carlos Magalhaes (PFL) for allegedly ordering hundreds of illegal phone taps against his political opponents in his home state of Bahia. The decisi [...]	2003-05-02 17:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BR
03BRASILIA2500	PENSION REFORM CLEARS HURDLE IN BRAZILIAN CHAMBER [...] (U) Summary: Early on 6 August the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of Brazil's congress) passed a constitutional amendment bill that, if it ultimately becomes law, would radically change Brazil's public sector pension system. Key features of the measure are analyzed in reftel and para 4 b [...]	2003-08-06 21:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR ECON ELAB PGOV PREL
03BRASILIA3069	BRAZIL: LOOSE TALK ABOUT BNDES CREDIT FOR CUBA [...] (U) Some local media late last week reported that President Lula's upcoming call on Castro in Havana would feature the announcement of a USD 400 million line of credit from BNDES, Brazil's national development bank. Though loosely headlined as GoB "aid," the money in question by all appearanc [...]	2003-09-23 15:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EFIN ECON BR CU
03BRASILIA3124	BRAZIL: NO POST-CANCUN REGRETS OR SECOND THOUGHTS [...] (U) All public and official signs are that the GoB still feels solid self-satisfaction over its performance at Cancun. It displays zero compunction over Cancun's collapse or the possible damage to the WTO's future, while reaffirming that the WTO remains the planet's indispensable multi-lateral [...]	2003-09-26 19:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EFIN ECON EINV BR FTAA
03BRASILIA3323	AMBASSADOR'S CAPTOR FIRST TO BOLT PT PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fernando Gabeira, a Brazilian Federal Deputy whose original claim to fame was as a revolutionary who kidnapped the US Ambassador in 1969, has become the first national figure to leave Lula's Workers' Party (PT) of his own volition since Lula took office. Over the years, Gabeira [...]	2003-10-14 19:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BR
03BRASILIA3682	BRAZIL'S PROSPECTS FOR A RETURN TO ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] SUMMARY. Brazil's government, economists and media all now voice expectation of forthcoming relative economic relief. Hardly anyone dissents from the forecast of 3/3.5% GDP growth in 2004. Optimists suggest a parallel with 2000, when Brazil's GDP grew 4.4% after the previous year's 0.7%, des [...]	2003-11-18 13:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3814	BRAZIL'S EXPANDING TRADE WITH CHINA [...] (U) Summary. The Lula administration has embarked on a determined policy of export expansion in China, seeking to build on the boom in this bilateral trade relationship that began in 2000. The Chinese appear to welcome the approach, sending at least five trade delegations to Brazil this yea [...]	2003-12-03 15:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PREL KIPR BR CH
03BRASILIA43	LULA GETS STARTED - FIGHTING HUNGER ON A TIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-07 13:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID BR
03BRUSSELS3186	EU CUBA POLICY: EMPHASIZING THE "CRITICAL" IN THE [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 10. 2. (C) Summary: On June 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche (ref a) and discussed the EU's announced reevaluation of its common position on Cuba. Karl Buck (protect) of the EU Council Secretariat, said that the visit to Cuba of the Austrian Just [...]	2003-06-19 14:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS3231	EU PARLIAMENT U.S. RELATIONS RESOLUTION MIXED [...] (C) Summary: On June 19 the European Parliament (EP) passed a resolution on "A Renewed Transatlantic Relationship for the Third Millenium." Foreign Relations Committee Chair Elmar Brok, a German Christian Democrat and strong advocate of close transatlantic ties, drafted the resolution and time [...]	2003-06-23 12:43:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS3243	CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2003 [...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 9. 2. Summary. In a productive June 9-10 meeting in Athens, the members of the Central Dublin Group reviewed regional reports from Central Asia (Italy),Eastern Europe (Germany),Southwest Asia (UK) and Southeast Asia and China (Australia). [...]	2003-06-23 16:13:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS4143	FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE: [...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS),which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A),provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...]	2003-08-28 18:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS4424	EC ON UN: A COMMITMENT TO "MILITANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, the EC issued a policy paper on the "European Union and the United Nations: The Choice of Multilateralism." The paper is meant to "catalyze" debate within the EU, and to dovetail with the European Security Strategy (reftels) now being developed. Full of genuflect [...]	2003-09-16 10:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS4518	RFG: SHOULD THE EU BE INVOLVED WITH PSI? [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) At the September 16 meeting of the EU's Political and Security Committee (PSC),PSC Ambassadors broadly supported the case for EU involvement in, or association with, the Proliferation Security Initiative [...]	2003-09-23 11:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5015	STATUS OF BILATERAL PROTOCOLS ON EXTRADITION AND [...] The U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance were signed at the Summit in Washington on June 25, 2003. Before these agreements can be sent to Congress for ratification, protocols to existing bilateral extradition and MLATs must be negotiated. In the limited instances whe [...]	2003-10-29 08:23:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KCRM KJUS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5113	EU ON CUBA: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, Poloff discussed EU Cuba policy with Karl Buck, Latin America Division Chief in the EU Council Secretariat. He said the EU Latin America Working Group (COLAT) had affirmed unanimously on November 4 the punitive measures the EU had announced in June in response to [...]	2003-11-06 11:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5510	EU TROIKA DEC 9-12 VISIT TO PYONGYANG [...] (C) Summary. Senior EU officials will visit Pyongyang December 9-12 to convey EU support for the Six Party Talks; EU interest in improving ROK-DPRK relations in order to coordinate peninsular development; the need to respect human rights; and the need to begin a process of economic reforms. [...]	2003-12-05 14:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM KNNP EAID KS CH KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5525	U.S.-EU COTER CONSULTATIONS ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] The U.S. and EU COTER held their quarterly counterterrorism coordination meeting on December 3. The U.S. was represented by S/CT,s Senior Advisor for Multilateral Affairs, Chris Ensley, DOJ senior counsel Mark Richards, Econoff Kim Gagne and NAS Frank Kerber. The EU COTER delegation was cha [...]	2003-12-08 10:25:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER TS AG MO SR BK AL MK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5593	A/S ROCCA CONSULTATIONS ON SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...] (C) On December 8 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with EU counterparts at the European Commission to discuss ongoing developments in South Asia (participants listed para 11). --On Afghanistan, interlocutors said at this time they could identify only euros 20 million in available Comm [...]	2003-12-11 14:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5596	EU-IRAN: SOLANA'S JANUARY TRIP TO TEHRAN [...] (C) EU FM'S ON DECEMBER 9 INVITED EU HIGH REP SOLANA TO VISIT TEHRAN IN JANUARY TO DISCUSS ALL ASPECTS OF EU RELATIONS WITH IRAN. ACCORDING TO BJORN LARRSON, SOLANA'S IRAN/IRAQ POLICY ADVISOR (PROTECT),SOLANA WILL TRAVEL TO TEHRAN IN THE SECOND HALF OF JANUARY IN PART TO FOLLOW UP ON THE E [...]	2003-12-11 15:48:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KNNP AA
03BRUSSELS5635	TRANSATLANTIC LEGISLATORS' DIALOGUE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: The biannual Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue (TLD) meetings were held in Williamsburg, Virginia on November 13-16 (list of participants in paras 20-21). The six members of Congress and ten members of the European Parliament (MEP's) reviewed the draft EU Constitutional Trea [...]	2003-12-16 12:23:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BUENOSAIRES1747	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER TAKES OFFICE WITH PREDICTABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: NESTOR KIRCHNER'S MAY 25 INAUGURAL ADDRESS WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIS CAMPAIGN MESSAGES ADVOCATING A GREATER STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING FISCAL DISCIPLINE. HE REPEATED HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO GIVE PROMINENCE OF PLACE TO ARGENTINA'S RELATIONS WITH [...]	2003-05-28 20:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL AR CU
03COLOMBO1007	Tokyo conference, including D's address, nets [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tokyo donors conference has generally netted a highly positive reaction in Sri Lanka. Media coverage was lavish and upbeat. D's address was considered constructive by all quarters. The PM's speech received a mixed reaction, however, with some Tamils skeptical of his promis [...]	2003-06-10 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE JA NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1018	Despite some Opposition criticism, the Tokyo [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tokyo donors conference continues to generate a positive reaction in Sri Lanka. The president maintains a studied silence, however, despite some criticism of the conference by her party. The Tamil Tigers, who controversially did not go to Tokyo, have also been mum, thus fa [...]	2003-06-11 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE JA NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1026	Mission conveys 2003 Trafficking in Person Report to Sri [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-12 09:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE
03COLOMBO1050	MISSION CONVEYS CIRCULAR RE STATUS OF FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 09:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA AMGT CE IZ
03COLOMBO1062	Information on INL agreements [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-17 09:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR CE
03COLOMBO1063	REQUEST FOR REAPPORTIOMENT OF FMF [...] During the recent visit of the PACOM J4, Brigadier General James Kennon to Colombo, Post learned that India may not accept five million dollars in Foreign Military Funding (FMF) from the US government for a variety of reasons. If India does in fact not need the FMF, Post requests considerati [...]	2003-06-17 09:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MASS MARR CE
03COLOMBO1075	In visit to central region, some interlocutors [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 15-16 visit, Kandy, an important city in Sri Lanka's Sinhalese belt, was quiet and peaceful. Many interlocutors, however, expressed anxiety about Tamil Tiger intentions. Buddhist monks, an influential group, were more serene. There was much comment -- in a favorable [...]	2003-06-18 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1102	Human rights verification: Operation [...] (C) Embassy Colombo verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the 4th Fast Attack Flotilla and Special Boat Squadron of the Sri Lankan Navy, or a member of those units, as of this date. 2. (U) Charge certifies this state [...]	2003-06-24 03:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS MARR PHUM CE
03COLOMBO1112	58th session of UN General Assembly: Mission [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-25 09:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE MV UN
03COLOMBO1115	ICC: Entry into force of non-surrender of [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, Mission was asked to review whether Sri Lanka's and the Maldives' International Criminal Court (ICC) non-surrender of nationals agreements with the U.S. have entered into force. The situation is the following: -- Sri Lanka: The Sri Lankan MFA has confirmed that the ICC [...]	2003-06-25 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KTIA PGOV MOPS CE MV KICC
03COLOMBO1116	Sri Lankan MFA views on Indo-Pakistani [...] (C) During separate June 24 meetings with Charge focused on other subjects, Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo and MFA Additional Secretary for SAARC Sarala Fernando touched on current Indo-Pakistani relations within SAARC. (Note: Rodrigo is the former head of the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmand [...]	2003-06-25 10:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE IN PK
03COLOMBO113	Japan's Akashi reviews visit to Sri Lanka; [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Special Envoy Akashi reviewed his visit to Sri Lanka, noting that President Kumaratunga had decided not to meet him. He said the donors' conference in Tokyo was set for June 9-10, and he invited Deputy Secretary Armitage [...]	2003-01-21 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER CE JA NO IN LTTE
03COLOMBO1143	Sri Lanka: Peace process poised to enter new [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the prime minister back from a successful visit to the United Kingdom, Sri Lanka's peace process is on the verge of entering a new phase. The Tigers are hinting at a return to talks, while the government is preparing an interim administration proposal. The Liberation Tiger [...]	2003-07-01 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS NO JA CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1144	Maldivian Foreign Affairs Minister [...] Per Reftel, Mission provides the text of Maldivian Minister of Foreign Affair Jameel's letter to Secretary of State Powell on the occasion of the United States' Independence Day. BEGIN TEXT Male' 1 July 2003 His Excellency Mr. Colin Powell, Secretary of State SIPDIS Washington, D [...]	2003-07-01 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MV
03COLOMBO1160	US REPS FOCUS ON TRADE DURING PRIVATE [...] Summary: US Representatives Jerry Weller and Scott Garrett were in Sri Lanka from June 29 to July 3 on a private visit sponsored by a local business chamber. The US Reps, both members of the Hill's Sri Lanka Caucus, focused primarily on trade during meetings with a wide range of Sri Lankan [...]	2003-07-03 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL CE USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1179	Mission recommends alternate organization for [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 6. 2. SUMMARY: The judicial reform project to increase the capacity of courts in Sri Lanka's war-torn north and east, as well as administer legal aid to those affected communities, has been only partially successful. The portion of the grant r [...]	2003-07-07 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1190	President's party weighs in on Tigers, GSL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the June Tokyo donors conference, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, and her People's Alliance (PA) party, have been relatively quiet in their attacks on Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his government's ruling United National Party (U [...]	2003-07-08 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE
03COLOMBO1191	ICC: Non-surrender accord with GSL entered into force [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-08 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS KTIA CE
03COLOMBO1197	Maldives: Let Us Not Take This Friend For [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Republic of Maldives has made only one substantive request of us this past year -- to defer until later this year a decision on whether to graduate the Maldives from LDC status. Embassy strongly believes meeting this modest request will go a long way towar [...]	2003-07-09 10:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD MV
03COLOMBO1214	Mission requests status of Iraqi Mission in [...] This is an Action Request. Please see Para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a July 9 meeting with Charge, MFA Acting Foreign Secretary (and former DCM at the Sri Lankan Mission in Washington) JDA Wijewardena expressed concern that the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Baghdad was planni [...]	2003-07-11 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EINV CE IZ IN
03COLOMBO1223	ICC: Non-surrender agreement with the [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Maldivian government has sent Mission a dipnote confirming that it has completed the necessary domestic legal requirements for the entry into force of the non-surrender agreement it concluded with th [...]	2003-07-14 10:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS KTIA MV
03COLOMBO1238	Iraq: Dipnote announces imminent suspension [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para three. 2. (U) Post received a circular diplomatic note on July 15 from the Iraqi Embassy to Sri Lanka stating that it was suspending operations "until further notice" on August 1. The dipnote states that this action is being taken "upon t [...]	2003-07-15 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE IZ
03COLOMBO1240	In Charge's visit, Maldivians again press for [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Charge's July 13 meetings in Male, GoRM officials made another pitch that the Maldives' not be graduated from LDC status. Some concern was expressed about radical Islam gaining a beachhead in the island nation, a problem which would be heightened by an economic downturn. [...]	2003-07-15 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MV
03COLOMBO1244	Action request concerning Maldivian national [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para Four. 2. (C) Mission has received information that a Maldivian national who was convicted of anti-Maldivian government (GoRM) activities last year is in Sri Lanka. This individual, Ibrahim Luthfee, was convicted along with two other Maldi [...]	2003-07-16 07:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PREF MV CE
03COLOMBO1248	SRI LANKA: GROUP OF LIKE-MINDED COUNTRIES [...] (C) In meeting with Charge today, Minister Milinda Moragoda provided latest GSL thinking about its proposal for a new grouping of countries with a less hidebound approach to international affairs and trade policy than the NAM and G-77. He said the PM has assigned a small group of senior fore [...]	2003-07-16 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO125	Nomination for Political FSN training course [...] In response to Reftel, Mission nominates Ms. Padmini Raajadurrai to attend the April 7 to 18 training course for Political FSNs at NFATC. 2. Information on the nominee is keyed to the order of the queries in Reftel: Name -- Padmini Raajadurrai Grade -- FSN-10 Length of Service -- 4 ye [...]	2003-01-23 08:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AFSI AFSN PGOV CE
03COLOMBO1252	IRAQI EMBASSY IN COLOMBO [...] (C) Charge and newly-arrived DCM met Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo july 17. Rodrigo quickly focused on SIPDIS issue MFA had raised before (reftels) of status of Iraqi Embassy in Colombo. He had heard from Sri Lankan Ambassador in Baghdad that Iraqi Ambassador in Colombo was part of the [...]	2003-07-17 08:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CE EUN
03COLOMBO1253	Political Islam in Sri Lanka and the Maldives [...] (C) In response to Reftel action request, country descriptions of political Islam as a factor in Sri Lanka and the Maldives are contained in Paras 2-7. --------- SRI LANKA --------- 2. (C) OVERVIEW: Political Islam is not an important factor in Sri Lanka at this time. Sri Lanka is [...]	2003-07-17 09:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER PREL SOCI MV CE
03COLOMBO1256	NEW PROPOSAL GOES TO LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 17, the Norwegians conveyed to the LTTE the new GSL proposal to try to lure the LTTE back to the negotiating table. We may not know for several weeks whether it will be successful, but the 19-month old ceasefire does not seem at risk. President Kumaratunga,s own po [...]	2003-07-17 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE PGOV PREL LTTE
03COLOMBO1266	Excitement over Maldivian economic growth [...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent Embassy meetings in the Maldives, government and business interlocutors spoke about the positive social and economic developments in the country in recent years, spurred especially by the growth of the tourism industry. These contacts worried, however, about the g [...]	2003-07-21 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SOCI MV
03COLOMBO1294	58th UNGA: Sri Lankan government attendance [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per the format requested in Reftel, Mission forwards the Sri Lankan government's plans for official attendance at the 58th United Nations General Assembly in September 2003. Mission will forward furthe [...]	2003-07-25 05:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA KSEP CE MV UNGA UN
03COLOMBO1295	State Department-sponsored team completes [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A State Department-sponsored Quick Reaction Demining Force (QRDF) is preparing to leave Sri Lanka after completing its program in war-torn Jaffna. U.S. involvement in sustained humanitarian d [...]	2003-07-25 05:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID PREF CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1312	Mission conveys talking points and CWC [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-29 02:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ABUD MV CWC OPCW
03COLOMBO1328	Colombo Plan: Amendment signed for [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-30 10:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL AMGT AFIN CE
03COLOMBO1335	UNGA: Mission conveys First (Disarmament) [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-31 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC CE MV UNGA
03COLOMBO1387	Key Minister expresses optimism that talks [...] (C) SUMMARY: G.L. Peiris, a key minister, has announced that the peace talks could start up again by September. In related news, the U.S. press statement speaking out in support of resuming talks has received widespread publicity and reaction from contacts is rolling in. Concerning another [...]	2003-08-08 05:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAO CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO139	2002-2003 International Narcotics Control [...] Provided below is Post's response to reftel request for information on Maldives' regulations and practices regarding financial crimes and money laundering. This submission is based on information received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives and other publicly available docum [...]	2003-01-24 05:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN PGOV PREL MV
03COLOMBO1405	Trafficking in Persons -- Sri Lanka: [...] Per notification in Reftel, Mission is pleased to have received approval for the two anti-trafficking projects and is looking forward to implementing them. In response to the request re Project A, Mission would ask the Department of Justice to conduct an initial training session for personnel [...]	2003-08-12 09:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KCRM SMIG CE
03COLOMBO1419	SFRC Staffer Blank's visit to Sri Lanka [...] (C) During his recent visit, SFRC staffer Dr. Jonah Blank traveled throughout Sri Lanka, with stops in Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, and Trincomalee. In meetings with Blank, GSL officials expressed general optimism about the peace process. Contacts in the south, however, expressed concern about T [...]	2003-08-13 10:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1425	No breakthroughs in meeting with Tigers, but [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 13 meeting with the Charge', Norwegian Special Envoy Solheim and Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar said the atmospherics of their meeting with the Tigers earlier that day had been positive. They said they had discussed the Tigers' upcoming meeting in Paris. Re conte [...]	2003-08-14 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO1430	FY-2004 Humanitarian Demining Plan for [...] In response to Ref A, Mission's Humanitarian Demining Plan follows. Begin text: -------------------------------- SECTION ONE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -------------------------------- A. BACKGROUND: Twenty years of civil war in Sri Lanka have left a severe mine and unexploded ordnance [...]	2003-08-15 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MOPS PREF KHDP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1435	Mission conveys talking points re Iraqi [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-18 10:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ CE MV
03COLOMBO1444	Sri Lanka's Like-Minded Countries Initiative [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per Reftel, Charge' met with Economic Reforms Minister Milinda Moragoda on August 18 to deliver Reftel points. In response, Moragoda stressed the need for the like-minded countries group to be outside of the auspices of the UN, and identified several key potential members. Mora [...]	2003-08-19 07:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1466	Sri Lanka's hill country: Strong support for [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 18-19 visit to Sri Lanka's central highlands, interlocutors expressed strong support for the peace process. The local political situation in the region was badly fractured, however, due to personality clashes and differences over a dam project. Contacts also n [...]	2003-08-21 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI CE KWMM ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1487	58th UNGA: Maldivian government attendance [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-26 08:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP CE MV UNGA UN
03COLOMBO1488	U.S.-sponsored humanitarian demining training [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A major State Department-sponsored humanitarian demining training program for the Sri Lankan (SLA) Army has kicked off at a base in the south. The project, which has already received upbeat press [...]	2003-08-26 10:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KHDP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1493	Maldivian police review visit to detainee at [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In an August 26 meeting with Charge', two Maldivian police officials reviewed their recent visit to Guantanamo Bay to interview a Maldivian national detained there. The officials said they did not/not believe the detainee was connected with terrorism, but noted that there we [...]	2003-08-26 11:38:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINS PGOV KISL MV
03COLOMBO1510	Like-Minded Nations: Moragoda Briefed [...] (C) The Charge' shared the substance of para three reftel with Minister Milinda Moragoda on August 29. Moragoda expressed his appreciation and said he was aware of Ambassador Subasinghe's conversations on the Like-Minded Countries initiative with the Department. Moragoda said that, although h [...]	2003-08-29 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1512	Counternarcotics Update: Latest heroin [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) This update of the counternarcotics situation in Sri Lanka reviews the following: >> Latest heroin seizures >> Police report a new trend in drug smuggling >> USG assistance for Sri Lanka's counter [...]	2003-08-29 06:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PREL CE
03COLOMBO1533	Japanese propose that donors meet September 12 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 3 meeting with Ambassador Lunstead, Japanese Ambassador Otsuka said the GoJ wanted to convene a "follow-up meeting of the Tokyo conference" for donors on September 12 during Special Envoy Akashi's visit to Sri Lanka. The GSL, international organizations, and the [...]	2003-09-04 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE JA NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1539	GSL SUPPORTS KEEPING GI TALKS IN TRIPS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 05:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD PREL CE WTO ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO154	Scenesetter for SA/INS Director Good's [...] (C) SUMMARY: We warmly welcome your upcoming visit. It comes at an exciting time, with many of the positive trends we discussed with you during your visit last fall gaining increased traction. A ceasefire has been in place since December 2001, and the government and the Tamil Tigers continue [...]	2003-01-28 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1542	ICOC: Mission conveys request to join in [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 05:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA CE MV
03COLOMBO1543	PSI: Mission conveys statement of [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 05:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM CE MV
03COLOMBO1545	Terrorism Finance: Amid Indo-Pakistani [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) legal experts met August 27-29 in Colombo to discuss regional implementation of UN provisions related to terrorism financing. Rohan Perera, the Sri Lankan MFA's chief legal adviser, told us that progress was made on a dra [...]	2003-09-01 02:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CE XD EFIN PGOV UN
03COLOMBO1546	Peace Process: Indian sticks vs. Norwegian [...] (C) The Ambassador paid introductory calls on Indian High Commissioner Nirumpam Sen and Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar on September 4. The two were a study in contrasts. Sen, not surprisingly, evinced a hardline towards the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The LTTE needs to see [...]	2003-09-05 06:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR CE IN NO LTTE

03COLOMBO1554	Sri Lanka/Maldives: Mission views on possible [...] (C) In response to Reftel, Mission has the following comments regarding possible Sri Lankan and Maldivian reaction to the proposed UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq. 2. (C/NF) SRI LANKA: Although it is generally pro-U.S. and has not been hostile in any sense toward Coalition operat [...]	2003-09-08 10:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV CE MV IZ UN
03COLOMBO1556	58th UNGA: Maldivian government attendance [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-08 10:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP CE MV UNGA UN
03COLOMBO1565	Latest plans for Tokyo conference follow-up [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Lunstead recently participated in planning sessions for the Tokyo follow- up meeting to be held in Colombo on September 12. The format and agenda of the upcoming meeting were discussed, as were the modalities and the substance of "press guidelines" that would be used [...]	2003-09-09 09:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE JA NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1583	British shadow foreign secretary's meeting [...] (C) In a September 5 meeting with the Ambassador, British High Commissioner Stephen Evans provided a readout of a recent meeting between Michael Ancram, the shadow foreign secretary, and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) representatives. Evans said Ancram, joined by Lord Ashcroft, a fo [...]	2003-09-10 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE UK LTTE
03COLOMBO1588	Mission conveys WSIS/freedom of the press [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 07:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PREL CE MV
03COLOMBO1589	Mission conveys September 11 Message to Sri [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 08:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL CE MV
03COLOMBO1602	The Ambassador reviews the peace process, aid [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 14 introductory meeting, the Ambassador and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe agreed that last week's donor roundtable on the occasion of Japanese envoy Akashi's visit had usefully demonstrated that the donors were holding firm to the Tokyo linkage between progress at [...]	2003-09-15 08:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID CE US UN LTTE
03COLOMBO1606	Donors reaffirm support for peace process at [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador participated in the follow-up meeting to the Tokyo conference held on September 12 in Colombo. Japanese Special Envoy Akashi chaired the meeting. In their remarks, donors and international agency heads reiterated their support for assistance to Sri Lanka, but un [...]	2003-09-15 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER CE NO JA UN LTTE
03COLOMBO1613	INL: Amendment to LOA signed with Police [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-16 09:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KCRM CE
03COLOMBO1617	Colombo Plan: Drug Advisory Program proposed [...] The Colombo Plan's Drug Advisory Program (DAP) submitted to Mission a budget proposal of USD 250,000 for fiscal year 2003. DAP's proposed budget includes funding for the following projects: A. Training for South Asian Law Enforcement Officers on Counter-narcotics, USD 110,000 B. Reg [...]	2003-09-17 09:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL AFIN AMGT CE
03COLOMBO1622	Urgent Demarche on UN action regarding [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per Reftel, Mission has conveyed the urgent demarche regarding UN action on the Middle East to the Sri Lankan and Maldivian governments. Neither government has responded to the U.S. points as of yet. [...]	2003-09-18 09:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL UNGA CE MV XF
03COLOMBO1623	2003 Human Rights Report for the Republic of [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified entire text. 2. (U) Following is the 2003 Country Human Rights report for the Republic of Maldives. BEGIN TEXT: 3. (U) The Republic of Maldives, which is made up of 1,190 islands, less than 200 of which are inhabited, has a parliamentary style of gove [...]	2003-09-18 10:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL KSEP MV
03COLOMBO1631	Sri Lanka: Untangling the confusion over the [...] (C) SUMMARY: In this message, Mission provides a brief overview of the status of the possible FMS procurement of Bushmaster cannons for the GSL. Suggested next steps for Washington to review with visiting Minister Moragoda and Ambassador Subasinghe are discussed. Mission would appreciate an [...]	2003-09-19 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PARM CE IS
03COLOMBO1644	PEACE CORPS VISIT TO SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) I was delighted when we met in July that you were enthusiastic about a possible Peace Corps return to Sri Lanka. After arriving here and getting a sense of the on- the-ground situation, I was even more excited about the possibilities for Peace Corps. This country has an historic opp [...]	2003-09-22 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CE
03COLOMBO1666	PSI: Sri Lanka continues to review "Statement [...] (C) Per Ref A, Mission followed up on September 25 with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding its reaction to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) "Statement of Interdiction Principles" document. Rohan Perera, the MFA's Legal Adviser, told us that the GSL continues to r [...]	2003-09-25 10:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MNUC PARM CE MV
03COLOMBO1673	"When do we sign an FTA?" GSL perspectives, [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead for reasons 1.5 B and D. 2. (C) Summary: Given the high profile in Sri Lanka of this issue and local expectations for the upcoming TIFA round, Post believes it is time to take concrete steps to move towards an FTA. Specific recommendation [...]	2003-09-26 05:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAID ECON EFIN KIPR ELAB PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1674	During visit by U.S. team, southern Maldives [...] (C) SUMMARY: A U.S. team visited the southern Maldivian island of Gan on September 23. With roughly a fifth of the population of the Maldives, the southern region was placid politically, showing little tension in the wake of the recent riots that rocked the capital of Male'. In discussions [...]	2003-09-26 05:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MV ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1684	Ambassador Lunstead presents credentials to [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by the Deputy Chief of Mission, called on President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga on the evening of September 26 at her official residence to present his credentials. In a very brief ceremony (according to Sri Lankan practice, no formal remarks were made [...]	2003-09-29 07:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EINV US CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1686	FTA IMPLICATIONS OF SRI LANKAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead for reasons 1.5 B and D. 2. (C) Summary: The investment climate in Sri Lanka is improving and the GSL is committed to economic reforms and attracting more capital as the island continues its efforts to restore peace and prosperity. The Ind [...]	2003-09-29 09:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAID ECON EFIN KIPR ELAB PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1688	Biographic sketches of up-and-coming Sri [...] (C) Para two contains brief biographic sketches of ten up-and-coming Sri Lankan politicians. Four of the sketches are of governing United National Party (UNP) politicians, three are of opposition People's Alliance (PA) politicians, and one each from the radical Janantha Vimukthi Peramuna (JV [...]	2003-09-29 10:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL CE
03COLOMBO1689	GSL READY TO NEGOTIATE FTA BASED ON SINGAPORE AND [...] (U) Classified by DCM James F. Entwistle for reasons 1.5 B and D. 2. (C) Summary: In a meeting with GSL Advisor Jim Robertson, Econoffs learned that the GSL intends to provide USTR a draft negotiating document today (Monday, September 29). Reportedly, the GSL is prepared to meet most of [...]	2003-09-30 01:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAID ECON EFIN KIPR ELAB PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1693	Prime Minister's vocal support for Coalition [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Wickremesinghe's remarks supporting Coalition actions in Iraq during his recent UNGA address have netted a small backlash, with several newspapers criticizing the PM's stand as being too pro-U.S. In discussions, observers had a mixed reaction as to whether the PM [...]	2003-09-30 09:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO CE IZ UN
03COLOMBO170	GSL issues constructive statement re Iraq, as [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan government issued a constructive statement on January 28, calling on Iraq to comply fully with UNSC Resolution 1441. The statement comes as the situation in the Gulf region nets increased press and public attention here. There is some concern bubbling up that a [...]	2003-01-28 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ASEC ECON CE MV IZ
03COLOMBO1702	LABOR AND IPR IMPLICATIONS OF POTENTIAL US-SRI [...] (U) Classified by Amb. Jeffrey J. Lunstead for reasons 1.5 B and D. 2. (C) Summary: As the next round of TIFA talks approach, Post will highlight bilateral trade issues to be addressed in TIFA (and in FTA considerations),and provide updated information. Topics of concern include govern [...]	2003-10-01 04:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAID ECON EFIN KIPR ELAB PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1704	GSL PERSPECTIVES ON CANCUN, FTA: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (U) Classified by Amb. Jeffrey J. Lunstead for reasons 1.5 B and D. 2. (C) Summary: During his initial courtesy call on GSL Minister for Commerce and Consumer Affairs Ravi Karunanayake, Ambassador noted that Sri Lanka had taken a strong stand that was in its own interest at the recent WTO [...]	2003-10-01 06:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL CE
03COLOMBO1708	Key Muslim Minister discusses peace process [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 30 with Rauf Hakeem, Muslim party leader and Minister of Ports and Shipping. Asked for his views regarding the peace process, Hakeem expressed his concern over the Tigers' absence from the negotiating table and their apparent efforts to marginalize [...]	2003-10-01 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI EINV CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1712	Joint demarche on GSL regarding Proliferation [...] (U) On October 1, Ambassador, plus Ambassadors/Charges/DCM's from UK, Italy, Germany, France, Australia and Netherlands and Japan -- all of the PSI members with resident missions in Colombo -- called on GSL Acting Foreign Secretary Sarala Fernando, MFA Legal Adviser Rohan Perera and MFA Direc [...]	2003-10-02 05:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM CE
03COLOMBO1713	Tokyo co-chairs agree on modalities for review [...] (U) Tokyo process co-chairs (Japan, EU - Italy, and EC, Norway and US) met October 1 for briefing on EU Troika meeting in New York on Sept 25 with PM Wickremesinghe. New information from briefing was that: --Italian Foreign Minister Frattini, on behalf of EU, formally offered to host next r [...]	2003-10-02 06:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PREF CE LTTE
03COLOMBO172	SRI LANKA: THE LTTE BUILDS A FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: DUE TO AN INTERNATIONAL CRACKDOWN ON TERRORIST FINANCING POST SEPTEMBER 11, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EALAM (LTTE) HAS SHIFTED OVER THE PAST YEAR FROM FOREIGN FUND-RAISING TO LARGELY DOMESTIC FINANCING. WHILE THE LTTE TRADITIONALLY LEVIED TAXES IN AREAS UNDER ITS CONTROL, RECEN [...]	2003-01-30 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PTER PGOV CE
03COLOMBO1725	2003 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-03 06:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ELAB KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL
03COLOMBO1752	As plan to demobilize child soldiers gets [...] (C) SUMMARY: A UNICEF-led program to demobilize child soldiers kicked off recently, and has sparked some debate. In a related development, reports now indicate that the day after the first "transit center" opened, the Tigers allegedly abducted several children in the east. The issue of chil [...]	2003-10-08 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINS PHUM CE UNICEF LTTE
03COLOMBO1789	Ending a long-standing dispute, Parliament [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's Parliament passed a bill granting citizenship to over 160,000 tea estate Tamils on October 7. The bill ends a decades-old dispute that pitted the majority Sinhalese community against the wider Tamil community and involved the GSL in years of tense negotiations with [...]	2003-10-09 01:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL CE IN LTTE
03COLOMBO1801	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead. Reasons 1.5 B and D. 2. (C) Summary: During his initial courtesy call with Finance Minister Choksy on October 10, the Ambassador raised TDA technical assistance, aid utilization, government procurement problems, and the Iraq Donors Confe [...]	2003-10-17 04:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PREL IZ CE
03COLOMBO1808	In meeting with Ambassador, Opposition Leader [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Ambassador Lunstead met with Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapakse. During the discussion, Rajapakse highlighted public support for peace, but he noted that the GSL's peace efforts were at a crucial stage and it had to handle the matter with the utmost care. Regar [...]	2003-10-17 06:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CE
03COLOMBO1809	Iraq Donors Conference: Ambassador reviews [...] (C) Ambassador Lunstead reviewed Secretary Powell's message on the upcoming Iraq Donors Conference with Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando during their October 17 meeting. Fernando listened intently to the Secretary's points and seemed genuinely interested in SIPDIS the conference. He not [...]	2003-10-17 06:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CE IZ SP UN
03COLOMBO1815	UNGA: Mission conveys First (Disarmament) [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-20 08:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNGA MNUC AORC KNNP CE MV
03COLOMBO1816	Urgent Demarche on UN action on the [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-20 08:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL CE MV UNGA
03COLOMBO1818	Iraq Donors Conference: GSL will send Paris [...] (SBU) Following up on the Ambassador's October 17 meeting with Foreign Minister Fernando regarding the upcoming Iraq Donors Conference, polchief spoke with Sarala Fernando, the MFA's Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, on October 20. Fernando said Ananda Goonesekara, Sri Lanka's Am [...]	2003-10-20 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CE IZ SP UN
03COLOMBO1825	Urgent demarche on additional action on UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-21 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL CE MV UN
03COLOMBO1827	Sri Lanka: The political importance of [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed the key economic issues involved in possibly signing a Free Trade Agreement with Sri Lanka in Reftels. In this message, Mission sketches out the domestic political context. In a nutshell, the GSL, deeply worried about maintaining support for the peace proc [...]	2003-10-21 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EFIN KIPR PGOV CE
03COLOMBO1831	Norwegian envoy briefs donors on status of the [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Lunstead attended a meeting of major bilateral donors to Sri Lanka on October 21. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar briefed the group on the status of the Tiger's counterproposals developed in response to the GSL's north/east interim setup proposal. Brattskar commented t [...]	2003-10-22 11:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINS KPAO CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1832	In Mission visit, Jaffna seems calm, but deep [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and SA/INS desk officer visited Jaffna for one day of meetings with military, government, and NGO officials on October 17. Based on the team's observations, a semblance of normal life is steadily returning to this war-torn area in Sri Lanka's far north. As they have in pas [...]	2003-10-22 11:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS SOCI PREF CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1836	SMOOTH SAILING AS DUSTR SHINER LEADS THIRD ROUND [...] (U) Classified by Amb. Jeffrey J. Lunstead. Reasons 1.5 (b,d). 2. (C) Summary: The GSL's assertive international trade policy to generate growth and become a leader in the South Asia region and broader developing world earned kudos from the USTR delegation during the third round of TIFA ta [...]	2003-10-23 09:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAID ECON EFIN KIPR ELAB PREL CE
03COLOMBO1837	Interior Ministry officials request more [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 20 with Interior Minister Amaratunga and Interior Secretary Junaid. Amaratunga underscored his appreciation for U.S.- sponsored police training programs and requested further assistance. Junaid discussed the GSL's efforts to curb human trafficking. Turning bri [...]	2003-10-23 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM CVIS SMIG CE
03COLOMBO184	Engaging the Indians on Sri Lanka [...] (C/NF) While in Washington last week, I discussed with the Deputy Secretary and with you the possibility of our engaging with India on the subject of Sri Lanka's move toward peace. In this connection, I present the following thoughts for your review. 2. (C/NF) As you know, Sri Lanka's pe [...]	2003-01-31 06:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER CE IN LTTE
03COLOMBO1850	Colombo Plan: Action Request regarding [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST -- please see Para Four. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Poloff attended a September 16 Colombo Plan meeting to discuss the postponed biennial Consultative Committee Meeting (CCM) of the Colombo Plan (CCM) (the CCM is the highest level meeting of the Colombo Plan). T [...]	2003-10-27 09:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SNAR CE CB MG VM
03COLOMBO1852	Demarche opposing Cuba's UN Resolution against [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 09:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA ETRD CE MV CU
03COLOMBO1856	DUSTR MEETING WITH SRI LANKAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with Presidential Advisor Lakshman Kadirgamar, a senior opposition MP and former Foreign Minister, DUSTR Shiner outlined her TIFA talks with the GSL and her discussions with busin [...]	2003-10-28 09:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1857	Mission conveys Id Al-Fitr message from [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-28 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL MV
03COLOMBO1858	Enthusiastic local reaction to the [...] (C) Local reaction to Prime Minister Wickremesinghe's recent visit to India has been enthusiastic. Press coverage trumpeted the visit as signaling that India had decided to back the GSL and its peace initiative fully. Contacts also stressed that the visit had sent a strong message of suppor [...]	2003-10-28 09:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR ETRD CE IN
03COLOMBO1861	Norwegians sending placeholder response to [...] (C) Norway is sending a letter to President Kumaratunga informing her that it is reviewing her demand that chief monitor Tellefsen be fired and that the GoN will prepare its own report on the initial October 16 incident which sparked the controversy. The Norwegian Ambassador told the Charge' [...]	2003-10-29 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1867	President Kumaratunga lashes out -- and [...] (C) SUMMARY: An in-depth review of President Kumaratunga's behavior over the past several weeks shows her lashing out in numerous ways. The main subject of her broadsides continues to be her cohabitation rival, the Prime Minister, but she also hit out at a slew of targets during a recent vi [...]	2003-10-30 10:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER CE NO
03COLOMBO1878	U.S.-sponsored humanitarian demining training [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A major State Department-sponsored humanitarian demining training initiative has entered its operational phase. Run by the RONCO Corporation, the program is training the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) [...]	2003-10-31 06:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KHDP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1889	Demarche on U.S. Mideast UNGA Strategy [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per Reftel, Mission has conveyed the points requesting support against one-sided anti-Israel resolutions at the UN to the Sri Lankan and Maldivian governments. In light of the importance of this matter, [...]	2003-11-03 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL CE MV IS UN
03COLOMBO189	INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON SRI LANKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: I met for one hour today (2/3) with Indian High Commissioner Nirupam Sen concerning the current state of peace talks in Sri Lanka. To my surprise, we agreed completely on our analysis of the situation (the trend is not positive); on the reasons why (LTTE aggressiveness, cohabitation [...]	2003-02-03 09:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PARM CE IN ECONOMICS LTTE
03COLOMBO1893	LTTE counterproposals on interim [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Norwegian facilitators provided the Tamil Tigers' long-awaited counterproposals on the modalities for an interim administration in the north/east to the GSL on October 31. The Tiger plan, which was publicly released at a November 1 press conference, seeks wide-ranging power [...]	2003-11-03 12:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PREL CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1902	Provoking political crisis, President fires [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a sudden move, President Kumaratunga has fired the ministers of defense, interior, and mass communications citing concerns over the "deterioration of the security situation." Late in the day, the President also suspended Parliament until November 19. The PM is in Washington [...]	2003-11-04 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ASEC MOPS CASC CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1903	Demarche on Iraq Interim Travel Documents [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-04 12:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CVIS PREF IZ CE MV
03COLOMBO1916	President's moves place spotlight on deep [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga's dramatic November 4-5 moves against the UNP government have placed the spotlight on Sri Lanka's deep cohabitation divisions. The Constitution gives her office overwhelming executive powers. Without access to Parliament, which has been suspended, the Pri [...]	2003-11-05 13:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ASEC SOCI CASC CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1918	President Affirms Commitment to Negotiated [...] (C) Summary. President Kumaratunga called in the Charge' November 5 to clarify her actions. She said she is committed to maintaining the ceasefire with the LTTE and to reaching a "negotiated settlement" with the Tigers. She wishes the Prime Minister success in this regard but felt she had [...]	2003-11-05 14:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER ASEC MOPS ECON CASC CE NO LTTE PLO
03COLOMBO1924	Sri Lanka supports Felice Gaer for UN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 12:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE UN
03COLOMBO1925	UN CERD Candidate Ralph Boyd [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-06 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE MV
03COLOMBO195	SRI LANKA: MAXIMUM POSSIBLE IMF ASSISTANCE NEEDED [...] This is an action request, please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. The IMF is in the midst of finalizing a large-scale Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) for the government of Sri Lanka (GSL). Post understands the fund is proposing a SDR 372 million (USD $510 million) package, which eq [...]	2003-02-03 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID PREL CE
03COLOMBO1957	Economic Consequences of the Sri Lankan Political [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead, Reasons 1.5 b, d and e. 2. (C) Summary: The ongoing political spat has negatively affected the Sri Lankan economy, though the long-term repercussions, especially the loss of potential investment, are unknowable at this juncture. The Colombo [...]	2003-11-12 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1958	Maldivian President Gayoom inaugurated for [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Maldivian President Gayoom was inaugurated to his sixth term in office. In a brief speech given at the ceremony, Gayoom called for increased democratization and announced that he was creating a "human rights commission." He did not refer to the September unrest [...]	2003-11-07 18:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MV
03COLOMBO196	Sri Lanka: Proposal for anti-trafficking in [...] (U) Per Reftel, Mission is providing the attached program proposal to strengthen the capabilities of the Sri Lankan National Child Protection Agency (NCPA) in enforcing the government's laws regulating trafficking of children in regards to prostitution and labor. 2. (U) Attached is the proj [...]	2003-02-03 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID SMIG ELAB KPAO CE
03COLOMBO1966	Plans by Norwegian Deputy FM Helgesen to call [...] (SBU) After concluding his November 14 briefing on his latest visit to Sri Lanka (see Septel),Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen took Ambassador Lunstead aside and said he thought it might be useful to call Deputy Secretary Armitage at some point next week. Helgesen indicated t [...]	2003-11-14 05:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1970	In meeting with Ambassador, Sri Lankan Chief [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a call November 4 on the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS),Lieutenant General Lionel Balagalle. During the hour-long discussion, the Ambassador reiterated to LTG Balagalle our happiness with the restraint shown by the Sri Lankan military during the past twenty months in [...]	2003-11-14 07:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER MOPS PINR CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1971	Norwegian DFM Helgesen says Prabhakaran ready [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador attended a November 14 briefing for key local diplomats given by Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Helgesen regarding his visit to Sri Lanka. Helgesen said V. Prabhakaran was relaxed during their November 13 meeting, with the LTTE leader underscoring support for [...]	2003-11-14 07:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER PINR KPAO CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1977	Mission conveys UNGA Third Committee Iran [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-17 10:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE MV UNGA
03COLOMBO198	SRI LANKA: NEED FOR EDA CUTTER [...] (U) Classified by DCM W. Lewis Amselem, Reasons 1.5 (b, d) 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY TEAM STRONGLY SUPPORTS PROVISION OF A 210' EDA CUTTER TO THE SL NAVY. 3. (SBU) AS EXTENSIVE EMBASSY REPORTING HAS DISCUSSED, THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, MILITARY AND SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN SRI LANKA HAS UNDE [...]	2003-02-05 07:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS PGOV PTER PINS CE
03COLOMBO1982	Possible ways forward in political standoff [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe continue to consult to find a workable solution to the current political struggle. The PM has remained focused on the peace process throughout the crisis. Reaction from international as well as domestic parties has been fo [...]	2003-11-17 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER PINR CE NO
03COLOMBO1983	ECONOMIC IMPACT DEEPENS AS POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead, Reasons 1.5 b, d and e. 2. (C) Summary and Introduction: Though businesses are operating on peaceful streets, and both parties to the current dispute have stated the peace process will continue, uncertainty is taking an increasing toll on th [...]	2003-11-17 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1988	Biographical sketches of key advisers to [...] (C) Para three contains brief biographical sketches of key advisers to Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. The advisers are divided into three general (and sometimes cross-cutting) "circles": -- (I) Family members, including senior People's Alliance/Sri Lanka Freedom Pa [...]	2003-11-18 11:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CE
03COLOMBO1995	Mission conveys points on the proposed UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-19 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE MV TX
03COLOMBO1996	Mission conveys Id Al-Fitr message from [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-19 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL MV
03COLOMBO20	DECLARATION OF DISASTER - SRI LANKA-COMPLEX [...] SUMMARY: IN DECEMBER 2001, FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES IN SRI LANKA'S 20-YEAR CIVIL CONFLICT, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL),RESPECTIVELY, DECLARED UNILATERAL CEASE-FIRES IN SHORT SUCCESSION. THESE UNILATERAL CEASEFIRES WE [...]	2003-01-06 08:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM CE LTTE
03COLOMBO2003	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON ENVIRONMENT MINISTER [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: During his initial courtesy call with Environment and Natural Resources Minister Senanayake on November 18, the Ambassador discussed the Tropical Forest Conservation Act initiative and potential en [...]	2003-11-20 04:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EFIN EAID PREL CE
03COLOMBO2006	TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATION OFFICER [...] Post apologizes for the delay in responding to reftel. DCM James F. Entwistle has been designated the Terrorist Finance Coordination Officer for the American Embassy Colombo. The following personal information is provided as requested: email addresses: EntwistleJF@state.sgov.gov (CLASS) an [...]	2003-11-20 06:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL
03COLOMBO2009	Maldivian government requests return of [...] (S/NF) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 3. 2. (S/NF) On November 18, Mission received a letter dated November 5 from the Maldivian government requesting the release and return to the Maldives of Ibrahim Fauzee (or Fouwzy),a Maldivian national detained at Guantanamo (see Para [...]	2003-11-20 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINS PGOV KISL MV
03COLOMBO2017	IN VISIT, COMMERCE DAS WILLIAMSON EMPHASIZES [...] (U) Summary: During her visit, Commerce DAS Williamson heard updates on the current political environment and emphasized to public and private sector interlocutors the importance of a stable, predictable environment for growth and investment. Williamson applauded the government's work to date [...]	2003-11-21 03:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BEXP PREL KIPR KTEX CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO2023	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON CENTRAL BANK [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead. Reasons 1.5 d and e. 2. (SBU) Summary: During his initial courtesy call with Central Bank Governor Jayawardena on November 20, the Ambassador discussed the current political situation, regional economies, US Treasury Department assistance an [...]	2003-11-24 03:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO2026	Mission conveys Urgent Demarche on UN Action [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per Reftel, Mission has conveyed the urgent points regarding UN Action on the Middle East to the Sri Lankan and Maldivian governments. As of yet, we have received no substantive response from either gov [...]	2003-11-24 07:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL CE MV UN
03COLOMBO205	Low key reaction to Secretary's UN Security [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction to the Secretary's speech to the UN Security Council has been low key in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Press coverage was limited to wire- service reports. Neither the GSL nor GoRM have issued public statements as of yet. With the speech wrapping up very late February [...]	2003-02-06 06:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO CE MV IZ
03COLOMBO208	Mission deploys points re Secretary's speech [...] (C) In lieu of Ambassador who was en route to Colombo from the Maldives, DCM drew on Ref A points in a February 6 conversation with Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo. Rodrigo said the GSL does not SIPDIS have any plans for now to issue any public statement re the Secretary's Febr [...]	2003-02-06 10:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE MV IZ
03COLOMBO2159	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-22 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PTER PREL EFIN
03COLOMBO2160	Ambassador meets with other Tokyo co-chairs to [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met December 21 with representatives of the other co-chairs of the Tokyo process (Japan, Norway, Italy/EU) to discuss a possible joint statement regarding Sri Lanka's cohabitation impasse. The co-chairs agreed on the outlines of a possible statement drafted by th [...]	2003-12-21 06:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS CE NO JA EUN LTTE
03COLOMBO2171	Colombo Plan: Drug Awareness Program [...] On December 21, DCM and poloff attended a dinner commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Colombo Plan's Drug Awareness Program (DAP). Since its inception in 1973, the DAP has been a significant force throughout the Asia/Pacific region in demand reduction and drug awareness efforts, includi [...]	2003-12-23 10:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR CE
03COLOMBO2179	In meeting with the Ambassador and other local [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador joined other local co-chairs of the Tokyo process in a meeting called by the Prime Minister late December 23. The PM expressed his concerns about an official gazette notification recently approved by the President that re-arranged responsibilities among the three [...]	2003-12-24 07:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CE NO JA EU LTTE
03COLOMBO218	SA/INS Director visits Jaffna -- discussions [...] (C) SUMMARY: SA/INS Director David Good led a Mission team to Jaffna on February 6. The major topic of conversation was the Sri Lankan military's "high security zones." The military stated that there were other pressing needs that need to be addressed before the security zones should be rev [...]	2003-02-07 06:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CE JA LTTE
03COLOMBO2183	Minister Moragoda reviews upcoming visit to Washington in meeting with the Ambassador [...] (C) SUMMARY: Milinda Moragoda told Ambassador December 26 that he is going to Washington to: -- make sure it is understood the PM is not to blame for the current impasse -- ask for US pressure on President Kumaratunga to compromise -- ask the US to push for a high-level Tokyo Co-Chairs meeting ar [...]	2003-12-29 07:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CE NO JA EU IN
03COLOMBO2200	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS SECRETARY'S LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered letter from the Secretary to the Prime Minister on Dec 31. PM was SIPDIS appreciative of the statement issued by the Department following Moragoda meeting with the Deputy Secretary. Ambassador told the PM that a similar letter would be delivered to the President [...]	2003-12-31 10:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CE NO JA EU IN LTTE
03COLOMBO238	Maldivian government proposes names of [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 3. 2. (S/NF) Per Reftels, the Maldivian government has formally asked for permission to interview a Maldivian national being held at Guantanamo. A diplomatic note dated February 6 from the GoRM gives identification information on two securit [...]	2003-02-11 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MV
03COLOMBO239	Colombo Plan: Consensus emerging on [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 4. 2. (C) Poloff attended a February 11 Colombo Plan meeting focused on selecting a new secretary general of the organization. (Note: The new secretary general, who will serve a four-year term, will take over in June from the current incu [...]	2003-02-11 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC EAID SNAR CE TH IR
03COLOMBO25	In meeting with MFA officials, Mission urges [...] (C) In a January 6 meeting, DCM and Polchief met with Sri Lankan MFA officials Rodney Perera, Director (Americas),and W.A.T. Gunatilleke, Acting Director (Middle East/Africa). DCM noted that we had reviewed Sri Lanka's voting record at the recent UNGA and were disappointed that its delegatio [...]	2003-01-06 10:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE UN
03COLOMBO252	Japanese envoy Akashi reviews preliminary [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a February 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Special Envoy Akashi reviewed preliminary plans for the Tokyo donors' conference in June, noting that exact details still needed to ironed out with the GSL. Japan felt that U.S. participation was important in giving the [...]	2003-02-13 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE JA NO IN LTTE
03COLOMBO260	Mission conveys points on strengthening the [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) Per Reftel, Mission has conveyed the points on strengthening the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to the Sri Lankan Government in light of North Korea's decision to withdraw from the treaty. The GSL has not yet [...]	2003-02-14 06:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP CE KN
03COLOMBO270	LOCAL REACTION TO DEPUTY SECRETARY'S CSIS [...] On 2/14 Deputy Secretary Armitage made major policy remarks regarding "Sri Lanka: Prospects for Peace" while speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. The challenge for the GSL and the LTTE, Armitage said, is to create "tangible signs of progress...." He [...]	2003-02-18 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
03COLOMBO277	MANPADS: Information for possible bilateral [...] (S) Per Reftel, Mission's input for the request for information on Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) follows. Responses are keyed to the questions in Reftel Paras 7-13. Sri Lanka --------- 2. (S) Begin Text: -- General Information: To our knowledge, the Sri Lankan military [...]	2003-02-18 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER ETTC CE MV
03COLOMBO278	Mission conveys Secretary Powell's February 14 [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-18 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IZ CE MV UNSC

03COLOMBO284	HMG ON LTTE'S PROSCRIPTION UNDER UK LAW [...] (C) I met for an hour today (2/19) with HMG's very able High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, Stephen Evans. Evans came to see me under instructions from London to discuss next steps in (1) moving the LTTE toward a formal renunciation of violence and (2) attaching conditionality to loans and grants [...]	2003-02-20 03:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PARM CE UK LTTE

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