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| 02ANKARA8453 |
WTO ACCESSION FOR ARMENIA: DEMARCHE TO TURKEY [...] (C) EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Department Head Oya Karakas Novmeber 20. Karakas said the MFA was awaiting word from Azerbaijan on the results of ongoing Azeri efforts to persuade the WTO Secretariat to accept "minor" changes to the Armenian letter. Karakas said she expected [...] |
2002-11-20 09:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD AJ TK AM |
| 03ISTANBUL1025 |
ARMENIAN CHURCH POLITICS AND TURKEY-ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II advised the Ambassador during his July 16 farewell call that aggressive efforts by the Armenian Catholicos in Etchmiadzin to assert primacy over the Armenian community in Turkey could increase Turkish tensions on the Armenian issue in the coming months. Spec [...] |
2003-07-24 08:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM TK |
| 03ISTANBUL1039 |
WAITING FOR THE BIG ONE... IS ISTANBUL PREPARED [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite continued public awareness about the likelihood of a major earthquake in the next 30 years, Istanbul remains ill-prepared for a major natural disaster. To the extent that municipal and state officials have begun to focus on this critical issue, the bulk of their attention [...] |
2003-07-25 11:05:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV ECON EAID TK |
| 03ISTANBUL1041 |
OLYMPIC GAMES: ISTANBUL 2012? [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 15, Istanbul formally submitted its application to the International Olympic Committee to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. 8 other cities had also thrown their hats into the ring: London, Paris, New York, Madrid, Moscow, Leipzig, Havana, and Rio de Janeiro. Despite [...] |
2003-07-25 14:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KOLY TK |
| 03ISTANBUL127 |
RISING ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT AND U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Widespread and increasingly vocal opposition to a possible war against Iraq is on the verge of evolving into a more general anti-American backlash in Istanbul. Our observations, Istanbul contacts, and recent polls and surveys lead us to believe that anti-American sentiment is shar [...] |
2003-01-29 14:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PTER KISL TK |
| 03ISTANBUL1348 |
DEEDS FOR SALE! GET YOUR PROPERTY DEEDS RIGHT HERE! [...] (SBU) Summary: A property amnesty currently being planned by the Justice and Development (AK) Party government has set off a flurry of debate and criticism in Istanbul. AK sees the measure as a potential major source of revenue, a realistic solution to a long-ignored problem (i.e., "illegal" [...] |
2003-09-15 05:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TK |
| 03ISTANBUL1616 |
AKP LAYS ISTANBUL GROUNDWORK FOR MARCH 28 LOCAL [...] (sbu) Summary: Following Ruling AK Party national congress (reftel), the Istanbul AK Party organization is gearing up vigorously at the grassroots level for next year's March 28 municipal elections. Not content merely to rely on the party's performance at the national level, the Istanbul AK P [...] |
2003-10-31 13:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TK |
| 03ISTANBUL349 |
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN: CLUES FROM ISTANBUL [...] (U) Summary: In assessing the outlook for the new government to be led by Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Tayyip Erdogan, we look back at his only major previous government experience --- as Istanbul Mayor from 1994 to 1998. End Summary. Refah and Grassroots Politics ---------- [...] |
2003-03-14 14:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL TK |
| 03ISTANBUL386 |
PUSHING BACK ON CENSORSHIP: "ARARAT" AND FREEDOM [...] (U) Summary: Istanbul contacts claim the overall climate for free expression continues to improve. While the GOT continues to censor works dealing with the Kurdish issue and other sensitive topics, improvements in legislation have strengthened the underlying legal basis for freedom of express [...] |
2003-03-24 11:19:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM TK |
| 03ISTANBUL452 |
"RUSSIAN" PROSTITUTION IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) In separate March 26 meetings, Istanbul contacts confirmed that illegal foreign prostitution in Istanbul remains widespread, and that criminal networks, and possibly even corrupted officials, have a lucrative stake in the business. Marmara University sociologist professor Nilufer Narli t [...] |
2003-04-03 08:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF UK MD TK |
| 03ISTANBUL467 |
ISTANBUL WORRIES ABOUT WAR, U.S.-TURKEY TIES, [...] (U) Summary: With apparently over ninety percent of the local population opposed to the war in Iraq, anti-war sentiment in Istanbul continues to harden as reports and images of civilian casualties stream in over the sympathetic news networks. Among Istanbul's academic and business elite, howe [...] |
2003-04-07 12:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON TK |
| 03ISTANBUL588 |
POWER AT ANY PRICE? CEM UZAN'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS [...] (C) Summary: Initial contacts with Youth Party (GP) officials in Istanbul confirm our belief that the party is essentially a vehicle of convenience for media tycoon Cem Uzan's considerable political ambitions. At the same time, GP is not resting on its laurels, but instead is moving quickly t [...] |
2003-04-28 08:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TK |
| 03ISTANBUL636 |
ISTANBUL MAYORALTY: UP FOR GRABS? [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul Mayoralty, often characterized as the second most desirable political prize in the country, has become the focus of a back-room power struggle as players jockey for ground in advance of the April 2004 local elections. Mayor Ali Mufit Gurtuna, an independent since the [...] |
2003-05-05 11:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TK |
| 03ISTANBUL644 |
THE "ARMENIAN ISSUE" IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Most of those Turks we have spoken with in Istanbul are largely ignorant of the tragic fate of at least hundreds of thousands of Armenians who were killed in 1894-5 and especially in 1915-16 throughout Anatolia toward the end of the Ottoman Empire. Turkish history books and readil [...] |
2003-05-07 08:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM TK |
| 03ISTANBUL667 |
WOLFOWITZ AND PERLE REMARKS REVIVE DEBATE ON [...] (C) Summary: Recent remarks by DOD Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz and Defense Policy Board Member Perle have revived a rancorous public debate in Istanbul on the status of U.S.-Turkish relations. Reactions to the May 6 Wolfowitz interview on CNN Turk also dominated our previously-scheduled May 7 [...] |
2003-05-09 10:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TK |
| 03ISTANBUL880 |
AKP AND THE ISTANBUL "ESNAFLAR": A PERFECT MATCH? [...] (SBU) Summary: Support from the Istanbul "esnaflar" ) small businessmen, restaurant owners, craftsmen, shopkeepers, street vendors, and taxi and truck drivers - may have contributed to the Justice and Development (AK) Party's November 2002 electoral success, but this support may be less solid [...] |
2003-06-23 10:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN TK |
| 03ISTANBUL894 |
AKP ISTANBUL CONGRESS: "MUEZZINOGLU RELOADED" [...] (U) Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan headlined the June 22 AK Istanbul Congress. There were no surprises (in fact, no challengers at all) in the reelection of Istanbul Chairman Mehmet Muezzinoglu, and Erdogan's unscripted speech focused on predicta [...] |
2003-06-25 04:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TK |
| 03ISTANBUL91 |
ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH ON ESPHIGMENOU MONASTERY [...] (SBU) On January 16, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew passed the Consul General a copy of a recent Ecumenical Patriarchate "Notification on the Sacred Monastery of Esphigmenou." The notification (see below) reiterates the Patriarchate's position on the long-standing dispute with the Esphigmen [...] |
2003-01-22 05:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF GR TK |
| 03ISTANBUL953 |
SULTANBEYLI: A HIGHWAY RUNS THROUGH IT... AND [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: A recent visit to Sultanbeyli, one of Istanbul's poorer Asian districts, highlights how Turkey's uneven economic gains in recent years have widened the gap between the "haves" and "have-nots." The modern Istanbul-Ankara highway runs right through this conservative, [...] |
2003-07-09 08:32:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TK |
| 03THEHAGUE2636 |
DUTCH PRIME MINISTER VISITS TURKEY [...] This is an action request for EUR/SCC Tom Weston. Please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Prime Minister Balkenende traveled to Istanbul and Ankara October 7-9 to discuss developments in Turkey's EU accession bid and Cyprus. Despite Turkish pleas, the Dutch made no promises on Turkey's EU c [...] |
2003-10-16 11:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU TK NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1833 |
DUTCH PM BALKENENDE ON CHINA, TURKEY, AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Balkenende told Ambassador Sobel on July 20 the EU has not yet reached consensus on lifting the China Arms Embargo before the December EU-China summit. While strong voices in the EU are pushing for a quick (but not unconditional) lift, others now appear less convinc [...] |
2004-07-20 17:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL CH TK IS NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1919 |
NETHERLANDS/EU/TURKEY: MOVING IN THE RIGHT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: According to Dutch sources, the European Council will most likely decide in December to open accession talks with Turkey, setting a fixed starting date contingent on Turkey's completion of specific concrete reforms. Senior Dutch officials based in The Hague are playing an active [...] |
2004-07-30 15:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM TK NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2448 |
NETHERLANDS/EU/TURKEY: PM ADVISOR ON ACCESSION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch PM's chief foreign policy advisor (and point man for Turkey during the Dutch presidency) believes that Verheugen's report will set the stage for a positive EU decision on setting a date for Turkish accession. He anticipates, however, that the decision will contain addi [...] |
2004-09-24 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL TK NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2789 |
TURKEY/EU - FM GUL TO EU: GIVE US OUR DATE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a low-key visit to The Hague on October 25, Turkish FM Gul reportedly complained about provisions of the EC's October 6 report that highlighted Turkey's "unique" situation. He worried it was still uncertain that the European Council would set a date in December to begin acce [...] |
2004-11-01 09:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TK NL EUN |
| 05ALMATY4480 |
DEMARCHE TO KAZAKHSTAN ON REPATRIATED UZBEK [...] (SBU) On the morning of December 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Aidar Shakenov, Head of the Americas desk at the MFA. Shakenov had no immediate comment, but said that the message would be passed to the Foreign Minister for his information and action. Poloff emphasized the high level [...] |
2005-12-22 14:50:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KG KZ PHUM PREF PREL TK UZ POLITICAL |
| 05FRANKFURT3872 |
Private Islamic Dialogue Forum Tackles Extremism, [...] (SBU) A high-profile national conference of the German Islamforum (established in 2002 to facilitate dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims), meeting in Frankfurt on April 26, stressed cooperation but revealed differences between the two groups. Participants included national Green Party co [...] |
2005-05-20 14:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PGOV PHUM GM TK |
| 06BAGHDAD3550 |
IRAQ AGAIN FACING KEROSENE SHORTAGE IN WINTER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-24 06:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IR IZ TK |
| 06ISLAMABAD9088 |
AT D-8 SUMMIT, PAKISTAN AND TURKEY TELL IRAN TO [...] (S) Prior to his departure to the D-8 Summit in Bali last week, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the Ambassador that he and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan would be meeting with Iranian President Ahmedinejad and asked if we had any advice. As conveyed to SCA and NEA Ambassador told Aziz that w [...] |
2006-05-18 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL IR TK |
| 07ANKARA381 |
CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT OREP OTRA PGOV TK TRY |
| 07ASHGABAT1244 |
TURKMENISTAN FAVORS GENERAL ELECTRIC, DISTANCES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov wants General Electric to participate in Turkmenistan,s energy sector but without its current partner Chalik Energy, clear evidence that the president is continuing to distance himself fr [...] |
2007-11-19 09:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OGIV ECON ENRG EINV TK TX |
| 07ASHGABAT1258 |
TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV AND SCA [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: SCA PDAS Steven Mann Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly 90-minute meeting on November 16 with SCA PDAS Steve [...] |
2007-11-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EPET EINV RS TK AJ KZ TX |
| 07ASHGABAT1398 |
TURKMENISTAN: CHALIK RECONCILED BUT DRAWS DOWN; [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Turkish President Gul's recent visit to Turkmenistan, President Berdimuhamedov and Turkish businessman Ahmet Chalik reconciled, and Chalik will finance and build a major mosque near Dashoguz. Chalik will maintain his energy interests in Turkmenistan but is mostly withdra [...] |
2007-12-27 12:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI TK TX |
| 07BAKU1186 |
UK ENERGY MINISTER PROMOTES SOUTHERN CORRIDOR IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 visit to Azerbaijan, UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks sought to express UK support for the Southern Corridor, and to urge Azerbaijan to reach out to the EU in order to strengthen cooperation on energy security. Speaking of the UK's regional energy policy, a U [...] |
2007-09-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ TK ENRG |
| 07BRUSSELS1208 |
EU AND US DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA TROIKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EUR/SE Director Douglas Silliman and EUR/SCE Director Christopher Hoh met with counterparts in the European Council, Commission, and current and incoming presidencies to discuss EU candidate countries Turkey and Croatia at a regularly scheduled COELA troika March 21. EU interl [...] |
2007-04-11 09:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BE CR CY EUN PREL TK TU |
| 07BRUSSELS1209 |
EU AND US DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA TROIKA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-11 09:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BE CR CY EUN PREL TK TU |
| 07SANTODOMINGO2370 |
R/V CORWITH CRAMER CLEARANCE GRANTED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-22 19:21:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT BF CJ HA TK UK DR |
| 07YEREVAN1247 |
A DEEPLY SKEPTICAL KOCHARIAN AGREES TO HEAR OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kocharian made clear to CDA his profound disbelief in Turkey's sincerity on rapprochement, but grudgingly agreed to hear out any Turkish proposal. Kocharian complained at length about past bad faith from Turkey, and said he considers talking with Turkey a lost cause for [...] |
2007-10-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TK AM |
| 08BAKU1097 |
BAKU ENERGY SUMMIT ADVANCES U.S. EURASIAN ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13-14 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev hosted the IV Energy Summit in Baku, following up on previous energy summits in Krakow (May 2007), Vilnius (October 2007) and Kyiv (May 2008). Prominent attendees included the Heads of State of Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, Lithuan [...] |
2008-11-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TK |
| 08BAKU1205 |
AZERBAIJAN: READOUT OF PRESIDENT ALIYEV NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Italian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, during President Aliyev's November 25 visit to Italy he expressed a clear preference for the Turkey-Greece-Italy pipeline project over the Nabucco one, citing it as achievable in the short-term. It is unclear to Embassy how accu [...] |
2008-12-30 12:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TK |
| 08BAKU535 |
AZERBAIJAN: TURKEY NAKHCHIVAN SUMMIT A SUCCESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Initial press accounts indicate that Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's June 4 meeting in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan was successful, with the two countries announcing that their positions coincide "in all spheres." However, SOCAR Vice Pre [...] |
2008-06-09 13:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TK |
| 08BAKU566 |
AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR TELLS SE GRAY EVERYONE WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev told a USG delegation on June 2 that in addition to competition among the Nabucco, TGI and TAP pipeline projects for Shah Deniz Phase Two gas, Turkey, Israel, Iran and Russia have each individually notified SOCAR that they wish to purchase all o [...] |
2008-06-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TX TK |
| 08BAKU620 |
AZERBAIJAN'S SOCAR UPBEAT ON TURKMENISTAN; WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 24 meeting, SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev told the Ambassador that during a recent meeting in Ashgabat he had outlined to Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov a vision of bilateral energy cooperation between the two countries. Berdimuhamedov struck him as a reasona [...] |
2008-06-30 13:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TK ENRG |
| 08NASSAU398 |
SECOND TRIPARTITE CONFERENCE DISCUSSES DRUG AND MIGRANT TRAFFICKING AND ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-21 18:18:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL TK UK BF DR HA |
| 08NASSAU898 |
TCI Prime Minister Fights Ouster Attempt [...] (U) According to news reports December 16, nine of thirteen elected members of the governing Progressive National Party (PNP) of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) parliament, including the Deputy Premier, have written to the current governor expressing no-confidence in Premier Michael Misick. [...] |
2008-12-19 15:13:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BF TK UK |
| 08NASSAU94 |
AMBASSADOR REVIEWS DRUG AND MIGRANT STRATEGIES IN TRI-LATERAL MEETINGS IN TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-01 12:18:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL TK UK BF |
| 09ANKARA870 |
Iranian Visa Applicants Talk about the Crisis. [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-23 07:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS IR TK |
| 09ASHGABAT79 |
EU'S CASPIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROPOSAL DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-16 10:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET CR EU TK TX |
| 09ASTANA2100 |
KAZAKHSTAN TO STUDY PLANS FOR SAMSUN-CEYHAN PIPELINE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting in Yalta on November 20, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstani Prime Minister Karim Masimov witnessed the signing of a protocol to study plans for the construction of an oil pipeline betwee [...] |
2009-11-30 10:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ RS TK AJ IT |
| 09BAKU31 |
AZERBAIJAN: MOTION ON SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Shah Deniz Consortium members SOCAR, StatoilHydro and BP Azerbaijan, there has been no progress in talks with Turkey on either the price of Shah Deniz Phase One gas currently being delivered to Turkey or on the marketing and transit of Shah Deniz Phase Two gas to and [...] |
2009-01-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TK ENRG |
| 09BAKU337 |
AZERBAIJAN: A SHIFT IN GAS EXPORT STRATEGY? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the face of President Aliyev's recent high profile, energy-focused trip to Russia, SOCAR continues to insist that the goal of its gas export strategy remains export to Europe via Turkey. However, SOCAR now states that due to continued inability to find a mutually acceptable gas [...] |
2009-04-22 12:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ TK RU |
| 09BAKU404 |
AZERBAIJAN: SOUTHERN CORRIDOR BREAKTHROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After 18 months of stasis, there seems to have been a breakthrough on bilateral negotiations between Azerbaijan and Turkey that could lead to creating a "Southern Corridor" for gas. Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) believes this breakthrough is at least partially due to the [...] |
2009-05-18 12:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ TK PGOV PREL ENRG |
| 09BERLIN1285 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, EU-TURKEY, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) British Role 3. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 4. (EU-Turkey) Progress Report 5. (EU) Future President 6. (U.S.) Future Role in the World 7. (China-Russia) Natural Resources Agreement  [...] |
2009-10-15 12:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF US EU TK RS |
| 09BERLIN1292 |
MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, TURKEY-ISRAEL, UNHRC, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Series of Bomb Attacks 3. (Turkey-Israel) Relations 4. (UNHRC) Goldstone Report 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (EU-U.S.) Dollar, SWIFT Â [...] |
2009-10-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PK TK UN EV EU |
| 09BRUSSELS45 |
EP PRESIDENT POTTERING ON GAZA, ENERGY, AND [...] (U) During a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Silverberg, Hans-Gert Pottering, President of the European Parliament, discussed the Israel-Gaza crisis, the Russia-Ukraine energy dispute, and freedom of religion in the Middle East. Pottering requested the meeting with the Ambassador in order [...] |
2009-01-14 13:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KIRF PHUM TK RU UK IS EUN |
| 09KABUL3793 |
Turkey Will Open Second PRT in Afghanistan, Wants a Seat at [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Ambassador to Afghanistan Basat Ozturk said Turkey will open a PRT in Sheberghan, Jowzjan province, in 2010 and is willing to increase assistance in the fields of health, agriculture and education, while expanding police and governance programs. Turkey's existing PRT in [...] |
2009-11-28 06:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ESTH PREL PGOV AF TK |
| 09NASSAU139 |
SEIZURES UP, MIGRANT SMUGGLING DISCUSSED AT U.S.-BAHAMAS [...] (SBU) This is a cable with action issue items. Southern Command/Northern Command/Coast Guard please see paragraph 15 on piracy. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and Minister for National Security Tommy Turnquest co-chaired the semi-annual Joint Counter Narcotics/Illegal Migration [...] |
2009-03-06 17:01:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL TK BF |
| 09NASSAU169 |
ALL QUIET ON THE TURKS AND CAICOS FRONT [...] (U) The GCOB is "unconcerned" about the UK's planned partial suspension of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) constitution announced March 16 by the British overseas dependency's governor. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Brent Symonette told the press that the changes would have n [...] |
2009-03-17 21:06:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BF TK UK |
| 09NASSAU191 |
GOING, GOING, NOT YET GONE -- TURKS AND CAICOS [...] (C) The embattled premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Michael Misick, resigned March 23 in favor of his successor as party leader, Galmo Williams. The move came after he and a small delegation, including Williams, visited Nassau March 20 and met with government and opposition lead [...] |
2009-03-24 22:07:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BF TK UK |
| 09NASSAU349 |
UK DIRECT RULE COMING SOON TO TURKS AND CAICOS [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The UK is set to introduce direct rule in the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to address evidence of official corruption and financial mismanagement as the protests of the embattled ex-Premier and his successor fall on deaf ears. Domestic op [...] |
2009-06-03 15:09:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SMIG PHUM ECON ETRD EFIN BF TK UK |
| 09NASSAU715 |
NAS SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable summarizes significant NAS and USG counternarcotics activities in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands during the period of September/October 2009. ----- OPBAT ----- 2. (SBU) The Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF), the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police [...] |
2009-11-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR SMIG PGOV PREL TK BF |
| 09STATE2532 |
EU'S CASPIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION [...] (SBU) The European Commission (EC) has proposed the creation of the "Caspian Development Corporation (CDC)," which it believes will accelerate Caspian natural gas and infrastructure development, specifically from Turkmenistan. The Commission has proposed an expedited World Bank feasibility s [...] |
2009-01-09 22:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CR ENRG EPET EU TK |
| 09TBILISI223 |
GEORGIA: SKEPTICAL VIEW ON CAUCASUS STABILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT. In a frank discussion, MFA International Organizations Director Sergi Kapanadze made it clear that the Georgians have no hope that anything substantive will come out of the Turkish proposed Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform, now or in the future, but were unwill [...] |
2009-02-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GG TK |
| 10ASHGABAT20 |
TURKMENISTAN: GOOD INTENTIONS BUT SCANT PROGRESS [...] (C) In a January 6 conversation with Poloff, Tahyr Seidov, IOM's Senior Program Assistant for Turkmenistan, said that despite a "real willingness" on the part of many officials to confront Turkmenistan's human trafficking problem, factors like denial and an overall "lack of preparedness" made [...] |
2010-01-06 12:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP PHUM PREL PGOV TK TX |
| 10BERLIN207 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-CIVILIANS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Civilian Casualties 3. (Afghanistan) Fears of Dutch Domino Effect 4. (Afghanistan) German, NATO Role 5. (Turkey) Arrest of Senior Military Officers 6. (Dubai) Israel Criticized Over Dubai Killing  [...] |
2010-02-23 16:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF TK XF |
| 10BERLIN209 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, MIDEAST, U.S.-CLIMATE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Karzai takes Control over Electoral Watchdog 3. (NATO) New Strategic Concept 4. (Mideast) Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Climate Policy 6. (Western Hemisphere) Summit of the Americas 7. (Turkey) Alleged Coup Plot 8. (EU-Greece [...] |
2010-02-24 13:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF NATO XF KGHG XM TK EMS XT |
| 10BERLIN223 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S., INDIA-PAKISTAN, SYRIA-IRAN, CUBA, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 3. (India-Pakistan) Resumption of Talks 4. (Syria-Iran) Ahmadinejad-Assad Meeting 5. (Cuba) Death of a Dissident 6. (EU) Debate Over Leading Personnel 7. (Falkland Islands) Tensions over Drilling 8. (Turkey) [...] |
2010-02-26 13:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US XO SY CU EU FK TK EMS UP |
| 10BERLIN48 |
MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, CHINA-GOOGLE, TURKEY-ISRAEL, U.S., [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Haiti) Earthquake 3. (China-Google) Dispute 4. (Turkey-Israel) Strained Relations 5. (U.S.) Bankers in The Hot Seat 6. (Iran) Aftermath of Assassination of Scientist  [...] |
2010-01-14 17:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR HA KWWW TK US IR |
| 10BERLIN56 |
MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, U.S., CHINA, TERRORISM, TURKEY- [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Haiti) Relief Efforts 3. (U.S.) President Obama to Tax Banks 4. (China) Censorship of Google 5. (Terrorism) Attack on Mesud 6. (Turkey-Israel) Strained Relations  [...] |
2010-01-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR HA CH PTER TK |
| 10TBILISI72 |
GEORGIA: TRYING TO WORK WITH TURKEY ON SHIP ISSUES [...] (C) Summary and comment. Georgia is willing to negotiate with Turkey to find a way forward on Turkish commercial vessel travel to Sukhumi, but is looking for cooperation from the Government of Turkey to resolve technical issues. The only Georgian redline is that all vessels stop at a port in [...] |
2010-01-15 15:20:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MOPS RS TK GG |