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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07ANKARA3045 | TURKEY: CODEL SKELTON DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) President Gul, PM Erdogan, DCHOD Saygun and DefMin Gonul all expressed satisfaction with U.S. support to Turkey against PKK terrorism. The Turkish people have a more positive view of the U.S. as a result. Codel Skelton stressed the common struggle against terrorism and U.S. understanding [...] | 2007-12-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OREP AM IZ IR TU KV IS KPAL |
07ANKARA3047 | TURKEY SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT OSLO PROCESS, BUT [...] (C) We delivered reftel papers on December 17 to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen, who was a member of the Turkish delegation to the Oslo Process meeting in Vienna on 5-7 December. Ulgen stated that, as a country with cluster munitions in its arsenal, Turkey sha [...] | 2007-12-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO TU |
07ANKARA3049 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA3051 | TURKEY: BATMAN SEES LOCAL POLITICAL TENSIONS RISING [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Two prominent Batman Bar Association leaders in southeast Turkey told us during a recent visit that local political tensions between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) have inc [...] | 2007-12-28 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA3052 | MGPKO2: TURKEY CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION, [...] (U) Turkey has strongly condemned the assassination of former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto and called for unity in the face of terrorism and extremism. In its December 27 statement, the MFA greeted the news of Bhutto's death with great sorrow and went on to state, "There is no doubt that thes [...] | 2007-12-28 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PK TU |
07ANKARA307 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA308 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/P DIRECTOR STEPHEN KRASNER [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/P Director Stephen Krasner and S/P Delegation. 2. (U) Janice Weiner, Political Counselor, is your Control Officer for Ankara. She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, Ext 2515; Home: 011-90-312-448-2108 or ext 2114; [...] | 2007-02-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL TU |
07ANKARA310 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JAN 2007) [...] Summary: Turkish Parliament ratified the U.S. - Turkish NP Cooperation Agreement, a major step in fully opening the EXBS program in Turkey. EXBS Advisor continued coordination of training opportunities for Turkish Customs Officials. GOT approved the upgrade of previously installed por [...] | 2007-02-14 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA311 | MIDNIGHT EXPRESS IT'S NOT: MODEL TURKISH PRISON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA313 | TURKEY: IMPACT OF THE ARMENIA BILL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: French interests in Turkey have suffered as a result of votes taken by the French National Assembly to recognize (in 2001) the events of 1915 as a "genocide," and then in October 2006 to criminalize the denial of those events. In the case of the former, French embassy officials [...] | 2007-02-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR ETRD FR AM TU |
07ANKARA316 | Scenesetter for the Visit of CODEL Dicks to Turkey [...] Summary: Your visit comes at a critical period in the U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship as the government grapples with continued PKK terrorist attacks from northern Iraq, fears that Iraq's instability will spread beyond its borders, the aftermath of the Dink murder, a potential U.S. congressi [...] | 2007-02-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR |
07ANKARA317 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION@SDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA318 | Nomination for Woman of Courage Award - Nebahat Akkoc, [...] (U) The following is Mission Turkey's nomination for the Secretary's "Woman of Courage" awards. SIPDIS 2. (U) Nominee: Nebahat Akkoc, President and founder of KA-MER (Women's Center),Turkey. Age: 54. Contact addresses: Ali Emiri 4. Sk. Diskale Apt No:2/4 Yenisehir, Diyarbakir, Turkey; [...] | 2007-02-14 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TU |
07ANKARA319 | TURKEY: NATIONALIST PEOPLE'S PARTY CHAIRMAN DEVLET BAHCELI: NATIONALISM FOR ALL TURKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 5, Nationalist People's Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahceli outlined to Ambassador the party's priorities for the coming election year. His candor was hampered by an adherence to the party's declared goal of becoming the sole governing party after the general electio [...] | 2007-02-15 06:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA324 | UNSCR 1737: TURKEY WILL SEARCH FOR ASSETS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Demarches on implementation of UNSCR 1737 have been delivered to the Minister of Finance, Turkey's financial intelligence unit, and the Foreign Ministry. The senior foreign ministry official responsible for intelligence and security appreciated the information, but admitted tha [...] | 2007-02-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KFTN PARM KNNP IR TU |
07ANKARA325 | SUCCESS STORY - AFGHAN-TURKISH COUNTERNAROCTICS TRAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Post organized an INL-funded, DEA-run counternarcotics training program for Afghan and Turkish counternarcotics supervisory agents in Ankara January 29-February 2. The course advanced multiple USG goals at very modest cost: bringing together Afghan and Turkish officials to enha [...] | 2007-02-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EAID KPAO TU |
07ANKARA335 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-15 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA336 | ANKARA DELIGHTED WITH PKK ARRESTS IN FRANCE AND [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Director General for Security Guven stressed the importance of the recent French and Belgian arrests of PKK individuals and looked forward to further cooperation with the French on the case. At the same time, Guven noted French concerns about press reports crediting [...] | 2007-02-15 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN PTER EFIN FRU TU BE |
07ANKARA338 | WHY KIRKUK MATTERS TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: The future status of Kirkuk is the number one issue in Turkish political debate on Iraq. Policymakers have told us that it is more significant than the PKK problem. Turkish concern is primarily centered on the fear that Kurdish control of Kirkuk will lead to an independent Kurdish [...] | 2007-02-16 06:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA339 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News`ency, and international wilties and are often otherwise unreliable. 2. (U) During the January 16-31, 2007 [...] | 2007-02-06 08:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA343 | TURKS ASK FOR MORE JUSTIFICATION FOR WMD TASK [...] (C) Summary: ISN/WMD Office Director Thomas Lehrman presented a draft MOU on the creation of a bilateral Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism Enforcement Task Force to Serhan Yigit, Head of Section, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament on February 13 on the margins of the Anka [...] | 2007-02-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA351 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA354 | TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - NO HUMAN CASES [...] SUMMARY: The GOT moved rapidly to contain outbreaks of avian influenza in chickens in villages in Batman and Diyarbakir provinces in the southeast that began on February 5 (refs). Ministry of Agriculture (MARA) officials culled nearly 3,000 birds and are implementing other appropriate biosecu [...] | 2007-02-16 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU KFLU |
07ANKARA356 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL TILLEMANN [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Tomicah Tillemann. 2. (U) Jeff Collins, Political Officer, is your Control Officer for Ankara. He can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, Ext 2521; Home: 011-90-312-495-6433; Cellular: 011-90-532-620-3849. Chris Fri [...] | 2007-02-20 07:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OREP AMGT AFIN ASEC TU |
07ANKARA367 | TURKEY SEEK TO REVITALIZE BSEC AS IT FETES 15 YEARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey aims to use its BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary at its Istanbul Summit on June 25. BSEC and Turkey urge high level participation at this event. BSEC hopes to highlight BSEC institutional refo [...] | 2007-02-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV KCRM TU |
07ANKARA369 | TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DHS/DNDO [...] Embassy Ankara to Mr. Dave Smith and will travel to Ankara and@fuclear Research Facility Q February 24 to March 3, rol Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG 295-2524 or Commercial (90)(312)455-5555 ext.2524 or through Embassy switchboard ext 0. 3. Local contact and lodgin [...] | 2007-02-21 09:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP OTRA PREL TU |
07ANKARA372 | IRAQ: TURKEY EAGER TO MOVE ON NEIGHBORS CONFERENCES [...] (S) Following up on ref email conveying the Secretary's interest in pursuing FonMin Gul's proposal to host a senior "Iraq neighbors" plus P5/G8 meeting in the near future, Ambassador met Feb. 16 with Gul and Feb. 19 with GOT Special Coordinator for Iraq Celikkol. They confirmed that Turkey en [...] | 2007-02-21 09:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU IZ IR SY EG SA |
07ANKARA373 | Special 301 - Recommendation to Put Turkey on Watch List [...] (SBU) Post recommends moving Turkey to the Special 301 Watch List in 2007 to recognize improved legislative protections for intellectual property as well as the increase in seizures and resources dedicated to capturing and sentencing IPR violators. Turkish officials provided comprehensive and f [...] | 2007-02-21 10:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR USTR TU |
07ANKARA375 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA378 | TURKISH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz told A/S Sullivan that the Bank was hopeful it could achieve its 2008 target and would attain a respectable 5.1% in 2007 if current conditions prevailed for the remainder of the year. While this is below the official target (of 4%),the Gover [...] | 2007-02-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA379 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, January 2007 [...] The Turkish Parliament ratified on January 24 the Bilateral Agreement on Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Nonproliferation Purposes (EXBS),which was originally signed on June 14, 2005. The agreement, which was ratified despite the objection of the CHP (Republican Peop [...] | 2007-02-22 10:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL LE GR UP IS AJ TU |
07ANKARA38 | KAYSERI'S BOOM SHOWS TURKEY'S PROMISE, POLITICS PERMITTING [...] (SBU) A recent visit to the thriving central Anatolian city of Kayseri showed the potential for expanding the geographical base of U.S.-Turkey trade beyond the megalopolis of Istanbul and how economic stability and openness are spreading growth in Turkey's regional cities, creating opportunit [...] | 2007-01-09 12:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN BEXP SOCI TU |
07ANKARA382 | U/S JOSEPH ASKS TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Summary: U/S Joseph briefed Turkish Finance Minister Unakitan on the nuclear threat from Iran and sought Turkish support in taking financial measures against Iran, with specific reference both to export credits and sanctions on entities controlled by AIO and IRGC. Unakitan seemed concerned [...] | 2007-02-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP KTFN EFIN TU IR |
07ANKARA383 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C) Introduction: The U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship is in a critical phase as the government grapples with continued PKK terrorist attacks from northern Iraq, fears that Iraq's instability will spread beyond its borders, the aftermath of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink murder, [...] | 2007-02-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
07ANKARA384 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA385 | Kayseri: Eye of the Anatolian Tiger [...] (SBU) Summary: Kayseri, a city of one million people in the center of Turkey, is one of the centers of Turkey economic revival. The business elite tends to recycle investment capital back into the city, and credit is usually obtained overseas. The limits on Kayseri's development are its fic [...] | 2007-02-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SOCI TU |
07ANKARA386 | IRAQI VP ABDEL MAHDI ASKS FOR TURKEY'S SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA387 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY CLASH OVER [...] (C) Summary: A dispute between Turkey's military and government over contacts with Iraqi Kurdish leaders is threatening to scuttle an already twice-postponed meeting between FonMin Gul and KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani. The military, even more than the political opposition, will attempt to use thi [...] | 2007-02-22 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA388 | TURKEY CONFIRMS OFFER TO COMMAND UNIFIL NAVAL [...] (C) MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal and Turkish Navy Plans and Policy CDM Cem Gurd to take oveQ after Germany. 2. (C) Both officials insist%d that the Turkish offer was made without Cyprus-related caveats. Turkish command of the force would not prejudice the ability of contributi [...] | 2007-02-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNIFIL CY LE TU |
07ANKARA391 | HIGH ADMINISTRATIVE COURT MAINTAINS FREEZE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's High Administrative Court has maintained the freeze on Yassin Al-Qadi's assets in Turkey by overruling last July's lower court ruling. The lower court had challenged the Government's authority to freeze. The High Court's ruling appears to be final, unless the Council [...] | 2007-02-23 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN TU |
07ANKARA399 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA4 | TURKISH CONCERNS ON IRAQ, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will continue closely to cooperate with the US on Iraq and hopes Washington will share its evolving thinking prior to any public announcements, newly promoted MFA U/S Apakan told Ambassador December 30. After repeating remarks on Iraq made December 27 to the DCM (reftel),[...] | 2007-01-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
07ANKARA40 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-09 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA403 | RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND [...] (C) Ambassador raised ref a points February 22 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary (U/S-equivalent) Haydar Berk, stressing unacceptable Russian threats to Poland and the Czech Republic even though Russia knows missile defenses based in those countries pose no threat to the Russian strategic arsenal. [...] | 2007-02-23 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL CZ RU TU |
07ANKARA404 | TURKISH PROFESSOR RECEIVES MULTIPLE DEATH THREATS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 17:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA406 | TURKISH FM GUL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul told a congressional delegation that the US/Turkey relationship has weathered many storms but that a US congressional Armenian genocide resolution threatens to undermine cooperation on our shared goals for Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, NATO and more. US failure in Iraq will [...] | 2007-02-26 10:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AR |
07ANKARA407 | ENERGY MIN TELLS A/S SULLIVAN READY TO TRANSIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 10 meetings with EEB A/S Dan Sullivan on the margins of U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Committee meetings, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and state-owned pipeline company (BOTAS) acting Director General Saltuk Duzyol emphasized that Turkey is ready facilitate transit [...] | 2007-02-26 10:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ |
07ANKARA408 | TURKISH MINISTER DESCRIBES EU AND ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Minister of Economy and EU Negotiator Ali Babacan described the profound transformation of Turkey as a more transparent, globally-interconnected country to visiting EEB A/S Sullivan on February 10. Following the EU's December suspension of negotiations over eight chapters, [...] | 2007-02-26 11:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EFIN EU TU |
07ANKARA41 | TURKEY: ELECTRICITY PRIVATIZATION POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Confirmation that the Government has decided to postpone electricity distribution company privatizations planned to begin this month put a damper on markets at the start of the new year. The reason for the delay appears to be the political desire of the AKP Government to avoid e [...] | 2007-01-10 05:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG EFIN TU |
07ANKARA418 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA42 | Turkey Seeks Clean Coal Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In an introductory meeting with THE state-owned Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKI),Director Selahaddin Anac expressed hope for activity under the bilateral Implementing Arrangement for Cooperation in the Field of Coal and Power Systems. He voiced strong interes [...] | 2007-01-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP SENV TU |
07ANKARA421 | INVITATION FOR TURKEY TO PARTICIPATE IN COESPU [...] We delivered reftel demarche jointly with Italian PolCouns Lucio Demichele on February 22 to Gulin Dinc, Head of Department, MFA International Political Organizations. We emphasized that the program was designed for training of trainers and that we would be prepared to send a joint U.S.-Itali [...] | 2007-02-27 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV TU |
07ANKARA423 | TURKEY: STAFFDEL TILLEMANN DISCUSSES ARMENIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE AM TU |
07ANKARA424 | TURKISH FM GUL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul told a congressional delegation that the US/Turkey relationship has weathered many storms but that a US congressional Armenian genocide resolution threatens to undermine cooperation on our shared goals for Iraq, Afghani and more. US failure `ill be Turkey's failu [...] | 2007-02-27 09:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AR |
07ANKARA429 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA430 | ANKARA'S MAMAK DISTRICT: VOICES OF ANKARA'S HAVE NOTS [...] (SBU) Summary. A visit to one of Ankara's oldest squatter settlements provided insight into the multiple challenges Turkey faces in dealing with its endemic squatter housing problem, which is linked to persistent regional income disparities and the country's deep urban and rural poverty. Res [...] | 2007-02-27 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU |
07ANKARA432 | HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR TURKEY'S NEW MORTAGE LAW [...] (U) Summary. In a social and economic watershed moment for Turkey, officials, real estate developers and finance experts are trumpeting the recent passage of a long-awaited mortgage law as an important step toward transforming Turkey's housing market and blighted urban landscape, a move that c [...] | 2007-02-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
07ANKARA438 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKEY REVIEWING THE MOU [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us February 23 that the ministry's legal office is reviewing U.S. comments on the draft MOU for Turkey's transfer of flank entitlements to the U.S. Gun said he is arguing for the more flexible, poli [...] | 2007-02-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO NO GR TU |
07ANKARA439 | TURKISH LOGISTICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incirlik Air Base (IAB) in southern Turkey has been a strategic asset to coalition efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan since the first Gulf War. Current Turkish authorization to use IAB as air-refueling, cargo transit and FAA navigation aid operation hubs has saved the US hundreds of [...] | 2007-02-28 08:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AF |
07ANKARA444 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Departm Amy Ritualo. Chris Fri@er, is your Control Of 0@779. 2. (U) Post underQlogistical arrangementQng made by ILO. 3. (U)Visas: Please note that all Americans entering Turkey must have a valid Visa. The onlyexception [...] | 2007-02-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA AFIN AMGT TU |
07ANKARA449 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA45 | TURKISH FM GUL WILL ATTEND NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO TU |
07ANKARA450 | GLOBAL RISK REDUCTION HITS TURKISH MARKETS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA451 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) In the wake of the second Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting held in Ankara on February 12-13, we addressed follow-up items with MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun on February 23. Gun noted that, as a contribution to the GI workplan, Turkey has [...] | 2007-02-28 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP TU |
07ANKARA452 | TURKEY ON IAEA REPORT ON IRAN'S NONCOMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA458 | TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 3 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Cathy Westley, telephone number 90-312-455-5555 X 2513, fax number 90-312-468-4775. Westley (FS-03) spent [...] | 2007-03-01 09:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
07ANKARA459 | TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). -------------------------------------------- Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers ------------------------------------------ [...] | 2007-03-01 09:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
07ANKARA460 | TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). ------------------------------------ Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ A. (U) The GOT [...] | 2007-03-01 09:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
07ANKARA461 | TURKEY'S KURDS ALARMED BY GROWING EXTREMISM; [...] (C) Summary. Heading into the traditionally with thQ Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) (or even IQaqi president Talabani) as disrespectful, particularly given Turkey's readiness to defend Iraqi Turkomans. Baydemir said the escalation of tension, particularly the prospect of a Turkish military [...] | 2007-03-01 11:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA462 | TURKEY'S OWN "24" -- "VALLEY OF THE WOLVES" [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA463 | NEXT STEPS ON PKK IN EUROPE [...] (S) Summary: Recent French arrests of PKK operatives on criminal charges are a good sign of progress against PKK networks in Europe. To most effectively build on this, we need to follow up to move law enforcement and intelligence cooperation with Europeans to an operational level. Post recom [...] | 2007-03-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN TU |
07ANKARA465 | DESPITE ILL WILL, TURKEY PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary: Turkey plans to proceed with its planned outreach to the Iraqi Kurds, but what officials view as a steady stream of unhelpful rhetoric from the KRG leadership complicates this effort. Turks are dismayed by Masoud Barzani's Feb. 26 interview on Turkish television -- and annoyed by [...] | 2007-03-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA467 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA468 | HOPE FOR OUTREACH TO ARMENIA FADES [...] (C) Summary: Even as concern over a U.S. Congressional Armenian genocide resolution mounts, Turks from across the spectrum caution that in this election year Turkey will not/cannot make a dramatic gesture to Armenia. End summary. 2. (C) The hot-button issue of a possible Armenian genocide [...] | 2007-03-01 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM AJ |
07ANKARA469 | TURKEY: RACE FOR UNSC SEAT BRINGS RENEWED [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Turkey gears up its campaign for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2009-2010, the GOT is taking a renewed interest in Africa, reflected in part by PM Erdogan's recent visit to Addis Ababa for the African Union Summit. Never a key focus of Turkey's foreign pol [...] | 2007-03-01 16:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON AORC UN XA TU |
07ANKARA47 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA470 | TURKEY: HAK-PAR POLITICIANS CONVICTED FOR USING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 07:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA474 | TURKEY FOCUSED ON POLITICAL PRESSURE TO STOP [...] (C) Summary: Recently announced plans by the Republic of Cyprus to move ahead with a licensing round for offshore oil exploration (reftel) are of great concern to Turkey. Although Turkey claims rights to the area in question under the Law of the Sea, Foreign Ministry officials say they will [...] | 2007-03-02 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EWWT PGOV PREL TU CY |
07ANKARA476 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA477 | TURKISH TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY NOT WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Treasury Under Secretary Ibrahim Canakci told us March 3 he was not worried about the current wave of market turbulence. He said it would not have substantial macroeconomic impact unless it persisted for a longer period. Nor did Canakci express concerns about the IMF Mis [...] | 2007-03-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA478 | TURKISH MFA COMPLAINT ABOUT SENATE RESOLUTION ON [...] (c) Turkish MFA U/S Apakan called in Ambassador March 2 regarding the Senate draft resolution on the Hrant Dink assassination that has been introduced by Sen. Biden. 2. (c) Reading from a Washington embassy report, Apakan noted that S-Res 65 is listed publicly on the SFRC agenda for March [...] | 2007-03-02 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU |
07ANKARA479 | IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials say they pressed Mottaki to make Iran's nuclear program more transparent and to carefully consider diplomatic offers already on the table, including the P5 1. The Turks cautioned that the international community's lack of confidence about Iran's nuclear program [...] | 2007-03-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA480 | TURKEY: GREEK MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN RIGHTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey believes Greece's efforts to address the concerns of the ethnic Turkish minority population of Western Thrace fall short. While noting that the GOG had made a start, MFA officials indicate they await final Greek action on the proposed legislation and other details before [...] | 2007-03-02 18:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GR TU |
07ANKARA482 | TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] As of February 28, the H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in 12 locations of four districts in Batman province, including one area with wild birds, and in six locations of two districts in Diyarbakir province. There have been a total of 283 dead birds with confirmed cases of H5N [...] | 2007-03-05 07:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU |
07ANKARA486 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-03-05 07:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA488 | MFA CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's approach to Central Asian countries largely echoes ours: ensuring security and stability, promoting democracy and human rights and fostering economic development and integration. During broad consultations in Ankara, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and MFA interlocutors explor [...] | 2007-03-05 08:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX AJ UZ TI AF KG TU |
07ANKARA489 | TURKEY EAGER TO COOPERATE ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials agreed with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum to explore complementary cooperation where possible on our approaches to Central Asia (septel). Representatives from the Turkish General Staff, the Turkish International Cooperation Administration, the Foreign Trade [...] | 2007-03-05 08:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX AJ UZ TI AF KG TU |
07ANKARA49 | TURKEY'S TELECOM SECTOR - VOIP AND OTHER REGULATION: SLOW [...] SUMMARY: While Turkey's Telecom sector achieved a critical milestone with privatization of Turk Telekom (TT) in early 2006, the six-year old regulatory body Telecom Authority (TK) is still struggling to gain competence and maintain its independence vis a vis still dominant TT and the Ministry [...] | 2007-01-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
07ANKARA491 | PROGRESS IN TURKEY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting U.S. team was impressed by the level of commitment and sophistication in emergency planning evidenced in a range of meetings with national-level disaster assistance players in the Turkish capital. FEMA and OFDA committed to follow up with the Turkish Emergency Manage [...] | 2007-03-05 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV EINV TU |
07ANKARA493 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA494 | TURKEY: WEAPONS TRAINING DEPLOYMENTS REINITIATED [...] (C) On February 23, the US 22nd and 23rd Fighter Squadrons, based at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany, completed a six-week long Weapons Training Deployment (WTD) (NOTE: Turkey prefers the use of the term Rotational Training Deployment) at Incirlik Air Base, the first significant WTD to take pl [...] | 2007-03-05 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU |
07ANKARA495 | TURKEY CRITICAL OF FRENCH DEFENSE AGREEMENT WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR TU |
07ANKARA496 | TAEK PRESIDENT ON HEU FUEL EXCHANGE AND SISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) President Okay Cakiroglu stated TAEK is open to discussing areas for peaceful nuclear cooperation, including repatriation of HEU current held at the Cekmece Nuclear Research Center and the USG-proposed nuclear laboratory-to-laboratory ("Si [...] | 2007-03-06 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL TRGY TU |
07ANKARA50 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN SUPPORTS SINIORA IN LEBANON, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although PM Erdogan and Lebanese PM Siniora reportedly speak often and, according to remarks in the press attributed to iniora, "have had a visible chemistry together," it seems the GOT prefers to support "stability" in Lebanon above all else. Erdogan met with most Lebanese polit [...] | 2007-01-10 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU LE SY |
07ANKARA501 | EXCITEMENT AND FRUSTRATION IN TURKEY'S TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from participation at the annual 3GSM World Conference in Barcelona, participants at a recent telecom sector conference in Istanbul were agog with new visions, technology, and opportunities. Coming back to earth, there was widespread frustration with recently privatized an [...] | 2007-03-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
07ANKARA502 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA508 | TURKISH REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary. Turkey's Special Representative for Iraq Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador on March 6 that the Iranians have agreed to attend the March 10 Baghdad meeting and the Neighbors of Iraq plus P5, but the Saudis remain unconvinced. Celikkol plans to travel to Tehran on March 7 to lock in [...] | 2007-03-06 16:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL IZ TU |
07ANKARA512 | BRIEFINGS ON ILLICIT TRAFFICKING AND REVIEW OF [...] (SBU) Summary; Two nuclear smuggling and forensics experts from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory conducted a nuclear smuggling workshop for members of the Turkish National Police (TNP). They also met with Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) scientists at the Cekmece Nuclear Research [...] | 2007-03-07 08:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM TU |
07ANKARA513 | A/S HARTY'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Harty met with senior Turkish officials from the Ministries of Justice, Interior, and Foreign Affairs during a visit to Ankara on March 6. Expressing gratitude for Turkey's recent efforts to resolve a number of high profile child abduction cases, A/S Harty also conveyed the [...] | 2007-03-07 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS TU |
07ANKARA514 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: CROSS-GROUP STATIONING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO UK CA RO BU TU |
07ANKARA515 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKS WILLING TO WORK ON [...] (C) In the absence of MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun, we pressed Department Head Serhan Yigit on March 7 for Turkish reaction to our comments on the draft MOU for the transfer of 35 tank and 20 ACV entitlements, explaining our desire to complete notification of the [...] | 2007-03-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO TU |
07ANKARA516 | TURKEY: DISPLACED VILLAGERS CRITICIZE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA517 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA518 | TURKEY ENERGY MINISTER ON EXPANDING SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) On March 6 Ambassador and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler discussed state of play on the "southern gas corridor," including the potential roles of Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. The Minister looked forward to the March 9 meeting with Iraqi gas experts in Istanbul as a start on a [...] | 2007-03-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ TX IZ IR |
07ANKARA519 | "MODERATE ISLAMIC" SUMMIT STILL UP IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: Timing for a follow-on summit to the February 24 Islamabad foreign ministers meeting on Middle East Peace remains unclear, according to Turkish MFA. Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey are concerned that the effort not be perceived as an anti-Iran initiative. Saudi Arabia wa [...] | 2007-03-07 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
07ANKARA521 | TURKEY-IRAN JEC RESULTS IN PLAN FOR EXPANDED TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Foreign Trade (FTU) officials provided a more positive readout of the recent Turkey-Iran Joint Economic Commission meeting than their MFA colleagues (ref A). They reported that the two sides agreed to begin negotiating a preferential trade agreement and also discussed Ec [...] | 2007-03-08 08:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ENRG KNNP TU IR |
07ANKARA522 | RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Acting DDG Serhan Yigit told us March 7 that Turkey had decided against making any public statement concerning Russian threats to Poland and the Czech Republic as we had urged MFA officials to do on February 22 and 23 (ref a). 2. (C) Yigit told us the MFA is concerned t [...] | 2007-03-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL CZ RU TU |
07ANKARA523 | RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD POINTS DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA525 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (FEB 2007) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor assisted in Embassy support to U.S. delegation attending Global Initiative (GI) meetings, coordinated Turkish participation at export control conference and began coordination of Turkish customs officials' participation at upcoming International Border Interdiction [...] | 2007-03-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA527 | TURKISH READ ON BAGHDAD/CAIRO/ISTANBUL CONFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Special Representative on Iraq Oguz Celikkol, just back from meetings in Tehran, told DCM March 8 that the Iranians have committed to participate at both the March 10 preparatory meeting in Baghdad and the expanded Istanbul ministerial, which the Turks hope will take [...] | 2007-03-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ IR SY |
07ANKARA528 | English Language Fellow Program in Turkey [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The English Language Fellow (ELF) Program has proven to be a valuable public diplomacy tool for reaching younger and broader audiences across Turkey, at a time when US foreign policies are viewed with suspicion by Turkish opinion leaders and citizens. ELF access to educators, off [...] | 2007-03-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL TU |
07ANKARA529 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA531 | SMOOTHING THE ENTRY OF TURKISH OFFICIALS INTO THE [...] (U) Action request at para. 5. 2. (SBU) A Turkish delegation headed by Minister of State Ali Babacan and Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun and including Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar, TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MGEN Serdar Savas and other o [...] | 2007-03-08 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR CMGT TU |
07ANKARA532 | TURKEY: STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737 [...] (SBU) We presented reftel points and U.S. report to MFA Iran Desk Officer Aziz Sevi who provided us in return a copy of the Turkish status report to the UN on its compliance with UNSCR 1737 dated February 21 (faxed to ISN/RA). The one-page Turkish report states that the MFA organized a number [...] | 2007-03-09 07:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY TU IR |
07ANKARA533 | INVITATION FOR MIAMI LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 09:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA539 | Central Bank Governor Firm on Independent Policies [...] (SBU) Once again showing his readiness to speak out in implied criticism of government policies and to assert his independence in monetary policymaking -- including in an election year -- Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz told a conference in Istanbul March 7 that the inflation rate was not [...] | 2007-03-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA541 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA542 | TURKISH COURT BLOCKS ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" WEBSITE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECPS OSCE TU |
07ANKARA548 | SPECIAL ENVOY FOR COUNTERING THE PKK RALSTON [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkey will review U.S. suggestions for deliverables on the PKK, GOT Special Envoy Baser told U.S. Special Envoy Ralston March 8. Turkey remains concerned that the PKK maintains a potentially intimidating presence in the Makhmour refugee camp, but will proceed with negotiations [...] | 2007-03-12 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PREF PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA55 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA552 | TURKISH GENERAL STAFF TAKING A HARDER LINE WITH [...] (C) The Turkish General Staff (TGS),in some cases fronted by the Foreign Ministry, is taking a harder line on routine military cooperation with allies. -- Ankara-based diplomats told us that blanket overflight clearances granted to France, Germany, Spain, and Canada for support to Operati [...] | 2007-03-12 11:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR FR GE SP AU TU |
07ANKARA555 | U.S.-TURKEY RENEWS CALL FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 8 and 9 U.S.-Turkey EPC meetings resulted in an invigorated bilateral economic dialogue and a plan for cooperation in the coming year. The EPC began in Istanbul with a series of meetings with the U.S. and Turkish private sectors that provided a first-hand account [...] | 2007-03-12 12:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD TU |
07ANKARA558 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA559 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY HOLDS CONVENTION AMID [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA56 | U/S BURNS VISIT TO TURKEY JANUARY 18-19 [...] (S) Your visit comes at the start of a pivotal year for Turkey. Presidential and parliamentary elections will intensify internal political competition and aggravate nationalism at a time when Turkey finds itself more uncertain about its future -- both domestically and externally -- than any t [...] | 2007-01-11 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU |
07ANKARA560 | KEY TURKISH OFFICIAL ON TURKISH-IRAQI KURD CONTACTS [...] (C) Turkish FM/PM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador and EUR DAS Bryza March 8 that contacts with the Iraqi Kurdish leadership will go forward, but probably not before late-spring or summer. As the initiator of Turkey's current effort at dialogue with the Iraqi Kurds begi [...] | 2007-03-12 16:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA563 | TURKEY: CHIEF OF STAFF BUYUKANIT TAKES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-standing strains between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and the AKP -led government have escalated recently into regular confrontations over foreign policy. On France, Cyprus and Iraq, Chief of Staff (CHOD) Buyukanit has preempted or disputed government positions, leaving t [...] | 2007-03-13 07:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU |
07ANKARA57 | TURKEY: THE GOT ON LEDRA STREET BRIDGE REMOVAL: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although GOT officials were not supportive of "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's decision to dismantle the Ledra Street footbridge at the Green Line in Nicosia, they nonetheless stated in the end it was Talat's decision to make. While Talat had broached the subject in late Novem [...] | 2007-01-11 16:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS TU CY |
07ANKARA573 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-13 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA574 | TENSION ESCALATING IN RUN-UP TO NEVRUZ HOLIDAY IN [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: The judicial offensive against several DTP politicians and growing militant activity by PKK supporters raise the possibility that this year's Nevruz (March 21) holiday could be particularly violent, according to many of our contacts in t [...] | 2007-03-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA58 | BSEC: TURKEY ASKS FOR FLESHED OUT PROPOSAL ON ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey seeks to coordinate with the U.S. and the EU as it composes its strategy for its BSEC chairmanship starting in May 2007. Its priority areas are trade and development, transportation, energy security and safety, organized crime, and environment. Turkey asks that the U.S [...] | 2007-01-12 10:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON TU |
07ANKARA581 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2007 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on February 23. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq were discussed and the importance of territorial integrity and poli [...] | 2007-03-14 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL ET AJ AL JO AF TU |
07ANKARA584 | TURKEY: GOT POSITIVELY INCLINED TO US REQUEST FOR [...] SUMMARY: Turkish government officials are likely to make a positive decision in response to the USG request to resettle Iraqi refugees currently located in Turkey. They expressed some initial hesitation, primarily because they fear an increased influx of refugees from Iraq and elsewhere in t [...] | 2007-03-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM TU IZ |
07ANKARA585 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-14 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA588 | TURKEY: PRESSURE MOUNTING ON PM ERDOGAN BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Erdogan is the target of a growing pressure campaign from various quarters in the run-up to the filing for presidential candidacy on April 16. Recent remarks by military and opposition leaders, along with provocative media campaigns, are ratcheting up the tension in [...] | 2007-03-14 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA591 | IMF CONFIDENT DESPITE ELECTION YEAR [...] (C) Summary. At a March 13 breakfast briefing hosted by Ambassador at the midpoint of the ongoing 6th review of Turkey's stand-by program, Mission Chief Lorenzo Giorgianni told G-7 ambassadors and embassies that he was facing difficult negotiations of specific structural and fiscal issues. [...] | 2007-03-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA592 | TURKEY'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY; INCREASED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 10:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR OSCE TU |
07ANKARA596 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA598 | TURKEY/GREECE/NATO: NOBLE ARCHER CANCELLATION AND [...] (C) We understand the commander of the NATO Air Component Command in Izmir cancelled NATO involvement in the February 27 Noble Archer exercise in the Aegean after Greek authorities posted a NOTAM that included the island of Limnos, whose demilitarized status is in dispute. MFA Deputy Directo [...] | 2007-03-15 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GR TU |
07ANKARA599 | TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: [...] (SBU) We delivered ref points to Turkish MFA Deputy Directorate for International Political Organizations Head, Zeynep Kiziltan, on March 15. Kiziltan had no immediate substantive response, but she had already discussed the matter with the Turkish mission in New York. We will follow up. V [...] | 2007-03-16 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL TU |
07ANKARA604 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 12:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA606 | FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS' SCRUTINY OF IRANIAN TRAVELERS [...] (S) Summary: Queries to Iranian visa applicants regarding how they obtained visas to travel to countries other than the United States revealed that in most cases obtaining a tourist visa is simply a matter of filing the proper forms and paying the requisite fees. The relative ease with whic [...] | 2007-03-16 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | CVIS IR PINR PREL TU |
07ANKARA610 | Business Sees Nationalism as Bigger Risk than Elections [...] (SBU) Summary. The head of Merrill Lynch's new Istanbul branch is not overly concerned about the short-term outlook for the Turkish economy or politics. He minimizes the double election year political risk, estimating a 95% chance that PM Erdogan will seek and get the presidency and a large [...] | 2007-03-17 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV TU |
07ANKARA614 | TRILATERAL IRAQ GAS GROUP MEETS FOR FIRST TIME IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S., Turkish, and Iraqi officials met March 9 in Istanbul to discuss potential development of Iraq natural gas production for domestic use and export via the "Southern Corridor" network of gas pipelines to Europe. The group agreed to cooperate on attracting gas sector investme [...] | 2007-03-19 07:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA615 | TURKEY OPEN TO PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) We have provided reftel's non-paper to several different offices at the Turkish MFA, particularly those involved in the recent Policy Planning Talks: the Americas desk, their Policy Planning shop and the Office of Multilateral Economic Affairs. S/P Krasner raised the PDG in his February [...] | 2007-03-19 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD KDEM TU |
07ANKARA616 | MFA PREVIEWS TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO EPC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Ertegrul Apakan previewed Turkey's reaction to our draft of the Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) Action Plan. Stressing that MFA staff needed a week or two to get interagency clearance, Apakan said h [...] | 2007-03-19 09:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD TU |
07ANKARA622 | TURKS ANTICIPATE BANNER TOURISM YEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the heels of dashed expectations for tourism in 2006, Turkish officials expressed confidence that tourist arrivals for 2007 would surpass the record 21.1 million set in 2005. To attract more tourists from North and South America, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has invested [...] | 2007-03-19 10:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON TU |
07ANKARA624 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA628 | TURKEY: POST SUPPORTS FY07 SECTION 1206 SUBMISSION [...] (S) In response to reftel request, post stands by its FY07 1206 program request. The proposal was comprised of two parts: an $8.5M UAV training and maintenance program for the upgrade of and training on three grounded Unmanned Aerial Vehicles currently in Turkey's inventory, and a $2.5M count [...] | 2007-03-19 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MASS PARM TU |
07ANKARA629 | TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ONE MONTH OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the presidential election process beginning in just four weeks, political circles are bursting with theories about what the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will do. For his part, Prime Minister Erdogan has stuck to his declared intention not to signal any decision [...] | 2007-03-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA632 | TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. NATO GOALS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials told USNATO PermRep Nuland that Turkey will maintain its commitments in Afghanistan and expand Wardak PRT operations, but would not commit to sending additional helicopters. Amb. Nuland praised Turkish contributions to ISAF while urging the Turks to do more and [...] | 2007-03-20 10:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OVIP TU |
07ANKARA635 | TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY REACTION TO WMD [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Ministry is reviewing the draft WMD Enforcement Task Force MOU but told us it will be tough to sell to other agencies without modification and further justification. Post suggests we focus our efforts on the Consequence Management MOU instead and recommends ISN bureau [...] | 2007-03-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA636 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA639 | TURKEY'S WATER WORRIES - WAITING FOR APRIL SHOWERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With only 1642 cubic meters/year per capita usable water, Turkey is far from a water-rich country and acutely subject to increased dryness due to global warming. Now a particularly dry winter has left many of Turkey's reservoirs at low levels. Although Ankara authorities have [...] | 2007-03-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR SENV EAGR TU |
07ANKARA64 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA641 | TURK-AZERI DIASPORA TAKES AIM AT ARMENIAN DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary: A recent Turkish-Azeri diasporas forum in Baku is seeking to develop an organized counterbalance to the influence of the Armenian diaspora worldwide. Possible Turkish-Armenian rapprochement looks bleak, although MFA sources tell us FM Gul plans to approach Secretary Rice with a p [...] | 2007-03-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM AJ TU |
07ANKARA642 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR AKDAMAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA643 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) We notified MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun that the U.S and Russia have invited most of the world's countries to participate in the initiative (ref a). In response, Gun repeated earlier Turkish concerns about Cyprus becoming a partner. He warned that, while the [...] | 2007-03-21 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP IAEA CY TU |
07ANKARA644 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-21 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA646 | TURKISH, ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN BUSINESS LEADERS TO [...] (SBU) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the chairman of TOBB, Turkey's leading business association, described plans to hold a meeting of the Ankara Forum, which includes Hisarciklioglu,s Israeli and Palestinian counterparts, on March 26 in Washington, DC. The po [...] | 2007-03-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ETRD IS KWBG TU |
07ANKARA648 | THE TRUTH BEHIND THE AKP'S "SECRET ISLAMIC AGENDA" [...] (C) Summary. Ever since its victory in the 2002 general elections, rumours and suspicion have swirled around the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) "secret" Islamist agenda. After more than four years in power, some doubters are relieved to find an AKP that appears conservative, We [...] | 2007-03-21 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
07ANKARA652 | TURKEY: LEFT-LEANING OPPOSITION SHOWING SOME SIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the past two weeks, Turkey's long-moribund, inchoate left has begun to show signs it may coalesce into a pre-election alliance. While there are significant hurdles to overcome -- in particular, who should head the formation -- they evince a new resolve to get in the game befor [...] | 2007-03-22 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA653 | TURKEY: FESTIVE NEVRUZ CELEBRATIONS PASS WITHOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-22 12:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA654 | TURKEY: HIGH HOPES FOR PALESTINIAN NUG; MUBARAK [...] (U) Action Request in Para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials are hopeful the establishment of the new Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) represents a chance for a fresh start in establishing peace and security in the Palestinian territories as well as for dialogue between the Pa [...] | 2007-03-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS TU |
07ANKARA655 | SETTING THE TONE FOR THE 2007 U.S.-TURKEY TIFA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The fifth U.S. Turkey TIFA discussions in Washington provide an opportunity to build on the positive tone set in the 2006 meetings to further improve our bilateral trade relationship. Turkey has made significant improvements to its investment climate, and FDI is rising consider [...] | 2007-03-22 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KIPR TU |
07ANKARA658 | TURKEY: WILL GO WITH THE EU FLOW ON ZIMBABWE, BUT [...] (C) We delivered ref a points March 19 to MFA Africa Department Head Raif Karaca. Karaca asked for time to discuss the issue internally and came back to us March 21. Karaca noted that Turkey, as an EU accession candidate country, associates itself routinely with EU statements on Zimbabwe and [...] | 2007-03-22 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI TU |
07ANKARA659 | TURKEY TELECOM BOARD - VISIT TO FCC MAY 11 [...] Turkish Telecom Board President Tayfun Acarer has informed the Embassy that he would like to visit the FCC on May 11 to have a meeting with the FCC Chairman to build a strong institutional relationship and learn from U.S. experience. Embassy has long supported high-level interaction between t [...] | 2007-03-22 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
07ANKARA661 | PKK: PUSHING INTRA-EUROPEAN COOPERATION ON S/CT [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Security Affairs DG Hayati Guven recommends that S/CT Urbancic use his travel to Paris, Brussels and Copenhagen next week to maximize intra-European information-sharing on PKK financial operations. He stressed the financial links between the PKK financiers arrested i [...] | 2007-03-22 17:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN TU JO IZ FR DA BE |
07ANKARA662 | TURKEY SEEKING TO HOST WORLD PETROLEUM [...] SUMMARY: The government-supported Turkish Organizing Committee seeks U.S. support for its candidacy to host the 20th World Petroleum Congress in 2011 in Istanbul. Turkey's Organizing Committee will meet U.S. World Petroleum Council (WPC) members (Chevron, API, Schlumberger) in Houston April [...] | 2007-03-23 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG AORC TU |
07ANKARA663 | KRG MAY BE PONDERING DELAYED KIRKUK REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Kurdish leadership is weighing political modalities for a delay in a Kirkuk referendum, visiting KRG foreign policy adviser Dizayee told us March 20. KRG-GOT dialogue is continuing, even though a meeting at the political level may not occur until after Turkey's mid-May [...] | 2007-03-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PREF PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA666 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA668 | VISA ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQIS ATTENDING GERMAN MARSHALL FUND [...] (SBU) Turkey's Union of Chambers of Commerce and Commodities Exchange (TOBB),the leading Turkish business association, and the German Marshall Fund will co-host a conference on "Iraq Futures" in Washington, DC April 10 - 11. TOBB has asked for assistance in facilitating travel of some Iraqi c [...] | 2007-03-23 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL ECON TU IZ JO AE |
07ANKARA67 | TURKEY GENERALLY SUPPORTS NEW IRAQ STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the USG's new Iraq strategy, MFA Undersecretary Apakan told the Ambassador Jan. 12. Turkey still attaches significant importance to the Kirkuk and PKK issues, and will seek continued consultations on these in the weeks ahead. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador call [...] | 2007-01-12 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA670 | TURKEY: SURVEY SPOTS U.S. BUSINESS CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. A membership survey by the American Business Forum in Turkey (ABFT) paints a mixed picture of how American companies view the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Turkey. They see a lucrative market with vast potential for growth, a stable macroeconomic environme [...] | 2007-03-23 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA671 | TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL URGES AGAINST CLOSURE OF NATO [...] (C) Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul expressed to Ambassador on March 21 Turkey's concerns regarding NATO consideration in the Command Structure PE review of closing Component Command Air Izmir. Closure of that command would be "bad news for the Turkish people" for two reasons, accord [...] | 2007-03-23 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
07ANKARA676 | TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR: ANGST AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's long anticipated electricity shortage is at hand. The government's slow progress on liberalization, market pricing, rule- making, and privatization have led to failure to deliver new investment, so the government is already confronted with managing electricity supply [...] | 2007-03-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA680 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA681 | TURKEY CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER MOU [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, we informed MFA Arms Control DDG Ahmet Muhtar Gun's office that the U.S. agrees with all of the Turkish proposed changes to the draft text of the CFE entitlement transfer MOU, and that we seek to put the MOU into final form, exchange notes, and transmit the text to W [...] | 2007-03-26 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA682 | ELECTRICITY PRICE ISSUE HOLDING UP IMF PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF mission left Ankara March 21 without reaching agreement on the terms of the Sixth Review. Both sides, however, were at pains to explain that agreement was reached in every area but one: what to do about the fiscal impact of constant electricity prices charged by state-ow [...] | 2007-03-26 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA685 | ELECTRICITY PRICE ISSUE HOLDING UP IMF PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF mission left Ankara March 21 without reaching agreement on the terms of the Sixth Review. Both sides, however, were at pains to explain that agreement was reached in every area but one: what to do about the fiscal impact of constant electricity prices charged by state-ow [...] | 2007-03-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA686 | TRADITIONAL TURKISH TROOP BUILD-UP UNDERWAY FOR [...] (C) On the eve of the March 21 Newroz celebrations in honor of the Kurdish New Year, the Turkish press reported a significant troop build-up along Turkey's border with Iraq in preparation for the traditional spring offensive by the PKK terrorist organization in southeast Turkey. Land Forces C [...] | 2007-03-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA687 | GOT CONSIDERING SENDING SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will likely send a senior MFA official to Armenian PM Margarian's March 28 funeral, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Cevikoz told the Charge. Given that the Akdamar Church opening ceremony is the following day, Cevikoz will push for the GOT to allow a direct Yerevan-Van flight to [...] | 2007-03-26 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU AM |
07ANKARA688 | TURKEY: LOOKING TO NAIL DOWN DATE FOR IRAQ [...] (S) Action Request in para five. 2. (S) Turkey is moving ahead with planning of the Iraq neighbors plus ministerial to take place in Istanbul based upon reports that Iraqi PM Maliki has agreed on Istanbul as the venue. According to GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Amb. Oguz Celikkol, this inform [...] | 2007-03-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
07ANKARA694 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA699 | TURKEY CONTINUING EU REFORMS DESPITE SETBACK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 06:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA700 | TURKEY: VERDICT IN CLOSELY WATCHED TORTURE TRIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 06:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA701 | TURKEY: NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS AGAINST GOT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV AF IT TU |
07ANKARA708 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA709 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC TU |
07ANKARA710 | TURKEY ON KOSOVO: SUPPORT AHTISAARI PLAN; HOPE TO [...] (C) Turkey continues to support UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan, including his recommendation that Kosovo become independent. We delivered ref a points March 27 to MFA Balkans Department Head Ilhan Saygili, who reiterated Turkey's long-standing position (reported ref b) in support of the pr [...] | 2007-03-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI TU |
07ANKARA711 | TURKEY: STONEWALLING ON UN-BROKERED CYPRUS TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's MFA characterizes recent Greek Cypriot steps to re-start UN-brokered talks and to facilitate a re-opening of the Ledra Street crossing of the Green Line in central Nicosia as "just for show." The GOT believes G/C President Papadopoulos is feeling pressure from the EU and [...] | 2007-03-28 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07ANKARA712 | TURKEY: FIRST REACTIONS TO UNSCR 1747 SANCTIONS [...] (C) We delivered ref a points on UNSCR 1747 to MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ahmed Yoruk on March 26. Yoruk said the MFA is studying the text of the resolution and commented that its provisions appear to be similarly targeted as those in UNSCR 1737. He advised that the text of la [...] | 2007-03-28 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR TU |
07ANKARA719 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA722 | TURKEY: MUBARAK VISIT LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA and Egyptian embassy officials described the March 22-23 visit of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Turkey as "symbolically important" and "a useful exchange between two regional powers." Despite agreement by both countries to establish a structured "strategic dialo [...] | 2007-03-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG EG TU |
07ANKARA723 | TURKEY TO SUBMIT FINAL CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER [...] (SBU) Per ref a, we followed up with Ahmet Muhtar Gun, MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament, on March 28 to underscore US acceptance of Turkey's changes to the CFE Entitlement Transfer MOU text and press for the exchange of final documents by March 30. Gun said that the [...] | 2007-03-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA726 | BODRUM: TURKISH TOURIST HOTSPOT "FIGHTING THE MAN" [...] (SBU) Summary: Located on the southern Aegean and one of Turkey's most famous tourist destinations, Bodrum currently faces many challenges as its plans for infrastructure expansion are stymied by the inefficiency of Turkey's centralized government bureaucracy in Ankara. Of main concern to t [...] | 2007-03-30 10:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL TU |
07ANKARA728 | EU Funding takes off in Turkey [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-30 12:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EU PGOV TU |
07ANKARA73 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA734 | TURKEY: VISIT OF PALESTINIAN NUG "OUT OF QUESTION" [...] (C) The GOT has flatly rejected press reports suggesting an imminent visit of Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) officials to Turkey. Both publicly and privately, the Turks have told us that Erdogan's March 28 meeting with Abbas (on the margins of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh) was [...] | 2007-03-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS TU |
07ANKARA735 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA737 | TURKEY WWF AND TRILATERAL WATER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The Turkish MFA was pleased with the kick-off planning meeting for the 2009 World Water Forum (WWF) conference in Istanbul (ref A) and the subsequent "River Basin Management" Conference in Antalya. On the margins of the latter, Turkish, Iraqi, and Syrian ministers restarted tr [...] | 2007-04-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAGR KPAO OEXC SCUL TU IZ |
07ANKARA74 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U/S LEVEY MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: In his meetings with the Turkish Foreign and Finance Ministries, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey pointed out how better use of counterterrorism finance tools could help Turkey elicit stronger European cooperation against PKK. Turkish MFA expressed satisfaction with U.S. coo [...] | 2007-01-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU |
07ANKARA747 | TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE'S [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA749 | TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR ON NEIGHBORS-PLUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador April 2, Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol urged a prompt decision on the timing and venue of the Iraq Neighbors-plus ministerial, which Turkey hopes will be April 23-24 in Istanbul. He said that PM Maliki should have no concerns about an Ista [...] | 2007-04-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
07ANKARA75 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR UNDER SECRETARY NICHOLAS [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Special Assistant Herro Mustafa. 2. (U) Cathy Westley, Political Officer, is your Control Officer. She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, EXT 2513; Home: 011-9 [...] | 2007-01-16 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OTRA AMGT AFIN PGOV TU |
07ANKARA750 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-04-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA754 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA755 | EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON CFE ENTITLEMENTS TRANSFER MOU [...] (SBU) The Turkish Foreign Ministry and embassy exchanged diplomatic notes in Ankara on March 30 to formalize the transfer of Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) Treaty equipment entitlements based on the memorandum of understanding text in ref b as modified in ref c. Turkish note was e-mailed to [...] | 2007-04-03 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA756 | TURKEY: ADVANCING BYPASSES AND IRAQ GAS/OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish public and private sector officials are eager to move forward on consideration of Iraqi gas for export to and via Turkey. The GOT is ready to discuss scheduling the second meeting of the Iraq Gas Working Group, but expects to receive a draft from the USG on conclusions [...] | 2007-04-03 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU IZ |
07ANKARA757 | DENIZLI: TEXTILES REIGN SUPREME NEAR TURKEY'S "COTTON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Denizli province, located just east of the Port of Izmir, is yet another example of how Turkey's economic recovery is trickling down to its diverse regions. One of Turkey's largest textile producing regions, companies who previously lost U.S. business at the end of the [...] | 2007-04-03 09:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON BEXP KTEX TU |
07ANKARA76 | TURKEY/GREECE: DUST UP OVER IMIA/KARDAK ISLET AND [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish military is downplaying a series of confrontations between Turkish Coast Guard vessels and Greek fishermen near the disputed islet of Imia/Kardak, as well as reports of air intercepts over the Aegean since mid-December. The MFA described the December encounters aroun [...] | 2007-01-17 05:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU GR |
07ANKARA762 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-03 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA767 | TURKISH OFFICIALS BRIEFED ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Deputy Director BG Patrick O'Reilly briefed Turkish military as well as Defense and Foreign Ministry officials April 2 on the Iranian ballistic missile threat and the U.S. Integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System. BG O'Reilly's presentation address [...] | 2007-04-04 11:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR IR TU |
07ANKARA77 | TURKEY: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness To Foreign Investment The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),are [...] | 2007-01-17 09:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV OPIC KTDB USTR TU |
07ANKARA773 | TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WINDOW ABOUT TO OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's presidential election process officially begins April 16. Despite months of tail-chasing by the political classes, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's enigmatic silence on his own candidacy has frustrated pundits and opponents alike, while serving gradually to acclima [...] | 2007-04-04 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA774 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA776 | SHIELD S02-07: MFA REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT [...] (S) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Arms Head of Department Serhan Yigit on April 3. We thanked Yigit for MFA's efforts (reported ref b) on the Turkish firm Norm Limited and explained that we have new information that the Turkish firm Rottest A.S. and a second firm located in Izmir are pro [...] | 2007-04-04 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR TU |
07ANKARA777 | BANK SEPAH AND DEFENSE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION [...] (S) Summary: The head of the Foreign Ministry's Iran Department (which has the MFA lead on Iran sanctions) told us that measures are underway within the bureaucracy to implement UNSCRs 1737 and 1747, but that action against Sepah accounts at banks in Turkey had not yet been taken. He said that [...] | 2007-04-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP EFIN TU IR |
07ANKARA778 | DESPITE ALLEGATIONS, MEDIA TAKEOVER PROBABLY NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) re-seized a major media group (including Sabah newspaper and ATV television) and other companies nominally belonging to businessman Turgay Ciner on April 1. The SDIF acted after it came to its attention in March that Ciner had e [...] | 2007-04-05 05:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN TU |
07ANKARA779 | TURKEY-ARMENIA PUSH AFTER ELECTIONS; NO HAMAS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan, Ambassador reviewed the status of the draft Armenian genocide resolution in Congress and discussed prospects for an opening in Turkish-Armenian relations, highlighting USG willingness to work with Turkey once the electio [...] | 2007-04-05 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM KPAL |
07ANKARA78 | TURKEY: GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS 2007 EU ROADMAP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA780 | TURKS PREFER CYPRUS NOT BE A PARTY TO THE GLOBAL [...] (C) In an April 3 meeting with Ambassador, Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan restated Turkish objections to Cyprus becoming a party to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) (reftel). Apakan and Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ahmet Gun explained that, at the February A [...] | 2007-04-05 08:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KGIT PREL PARM TU CY |
07ANKARA783 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 11:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA794 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-06 11:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA799 | THE POLITICS OF SPRAWL IN ANKARA'S NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (C) Summary. In visits to three of Ankara's poorer neighborhoods, we found officials and residents grappling with rural to urban migration challenges, unemployment and a political system that leaves many feeling unheard. As Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections approach, politica [...] | 2007-04-06 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
07ANKARA801 | FIFTH YEAR OF STRONG GROWTH IN TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV EU TU |
07ANKARA803 | TURKEY-IRAN: ENERGY PARTNERS OR WARY NEIGHBORS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish press reports April 6 that the GOT is moving forward on energy cooperation with Iran, including investment in it upstream energy production. Ambassador delivered a strong warning on Iran to the Energy Minister last month, just after the visit of the Iranian Foreign Mi [...] | 2007-04-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA804 | TURKEY PLANS ITS BSEC SUMMIT BIRTHDAY PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA held a meeting with Embassies April 4 to describe its planning for the June 25 BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) Summit meeting of heads of state and government. Turkey aims to use its chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary a [...] | 2007-04-09 05:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV KCRM TU |
07ANKARA805 | TURKEY SHOCKED BY GOI DECISION ON IRAQ EXPANDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In successive conversations April 6 with Ambassador, Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Celikkol and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu expressed "shock" and great disappointment that Egypt rather than Istanbul is being chosen to host the Iraq Neighbors-plus ministerial. Both urge [...] | 2007-04-09 05:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
07ANKARA811 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR DOES NOT ATTEND NATANZ CEREMONY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-09 10:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR TU |
07ANKARA812 | PKK VIOLENCE MAGNIFIES TURKISH ANGER AT IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: A sudden spike in Turkish casualties in operations against the PKK -- along with mounting anger at what is seen here as increasingly provocative rhetoric from KRG President Barzani -- have likely combined to put the possibility of a Turkish cross-border operation back on the table [...] | 2007-04-09 10:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ |
07ANKARA814 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-09 11:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA82 | TURKEY: GOT AND KRG MOVING TOWARD DIALOGUE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Regional Government and the GOT are moving in the direction of initiating a dialogue, perhaps in early February, according to Masoud Barzani's foreign policy advisor (and former KDP Ankara rep.) Safeen Dizayee. According to Dizayee, GOT officials this week offered to [...] | 2007-01-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PREF TU IZ |
07ANKARA822 | TURKEY WARNS IRAQ AND US TO BRING BARZANI AND THE [...] (C) Summary: MFA separately called in both the Iraqi Ambassador and us to reiterate its concerns about recent combative rhetoric from KRG President Barzani, and to warn that Turkey reserves the right to take action against the PKK if the Iraqis will not. Turkish officials are concerned that B [...] | 2007-04-09 16:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA828 | TURKEY: TROUBLED GOVERNMENT-MEDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secularist contacts assert that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government pressures an important voice in society -- the media -- through a variety of means. Such charges have been leveled against previous governments, but AKP's concentrated hold on power m [...] | 2007-04-10 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ANKARA83 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA830 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA832 | TURKISH ANGER CONTINUES OVER SHIFT OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials remain persuaded that the Iraqi Kurds, then the Egyptian and Iraqi governments, essentially conspired to shift the "neighbors-plus" ministerial from Istanbul to Egypt. They have serious doubts as to whether all neighbors will attend the meeting, though Turkey wi [...] | 2007-04-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ EG |
07ANKARA833 | ANKARA PUK REP OUTLINES TALABANI'S EFFORTS TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani will work to defuse Turkey-KRG tensions, according to the PUK representative in Ankara. Talabani will seek to create breathing room for PM Erdogan and his ruling AKP party to weather the political storm of presidential and parliamentary elections, as h [...] | 2007-04-10 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ |
07ANKARA838 | TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOC/BIS [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Ms. Rossitza Petrov and Mr. Brian O'Brien who will travel to Ankara to provide an "Internal Control Program (ICP)" Instructor Training workshop to Government of Turkey officials from April 30 to May 3, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyo [...] | 2007-04-11 07:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC OTRA PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA84 | MFA: TURKEY NOT READY TO SWALLOW U.S. [...] (C) During a Jan. 12 meeting, MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Apakan told the Ambassador that the Turkish public will react harshly if the U.S. Congress passes a resolution asserting that the Ottoman Empire committed genocide against Armenians during World War I. This reaction will in turn [...] | 2007-01-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU AM |
07ANKARA840 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAR 2007) [...] Summary: Two USG nuclear smuggling and forensic experts met with Turkish Atomic Energy scientists to continue cooperation on nuclear forensic review. EXBS Advisor completed mid-year program review and consultation trip to Washington DC. EXBS Advisor continued work with Turkish Customs to i [...] | 2007-04-11 10:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA842 | TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Dr. Louise Shelley to travel to Ankara to meet with Turkish National Police representatives to discuss the NNSA's research project on nuclear smuggling from April 19 to 21, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via th [...] | 2007-04-11 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP OTRA PREL TU |
07ANKARA844 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-11 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA845 | PRESS REPORTS OF TURKISH ATTACKS ON NORTHERN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MOPS PTER PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA847 | LOOKING EAST: TURKEY'S MILITARY INVESTS IN THE [...] (C) Turkey has invested heavily in its security relationships in the Caucasus and Central Asia, with the bulk of its military assistance going to Azerbaijan. Turkey provides security assistance funds and training to all the countries in the region except Armenia and Uzbekistan. Historical and [...] | 2007-04-12 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PINS ZJ ZK AJ GG TI RS TU |
07ANKARA849 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN OPPONENTS TALKING BIG BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the final days before Turkey's presidential election process officially begins on April 16 (ref A),Prime Minister Erdogan's opponents are waging a last gasp effort to prevent his candidacy. Secularists' attempts to stir the public to action against the perceived Is [...] | 2007-04-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA858 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA859 | TURKISH MFA APPRECIATES EFFORTS TO AVERT GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting with Ambassador, MFA U/S (D equivalent) Ertugrul Apakan expressed appreciation for US Administration efforts to avert a congressional Armenian genocide resolution and asked about language of the Presidential proclamation that would be issued on the occasion [...] | 2007-04-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
07ANKARA860 | TURKS SEEKING ENHANCED ROLE IN ESDP PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S (D equivalent) Apakan told Ambassador April 11 that Turkey would like an enhanced role in ESDP planning. The Turks are approaching other NATO and EU members individually; PM Erdogan spoke with Javier Solana in Riyadh. As an EU accession candidate which participa [...] | 2007-04-12 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO EUN TU |
07ANKARA861 | TURKISH CHIEF OF STAFF PUTS THE MILITARY BACK IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's Chief of Staff General Yasar Buyukanit in an hour-long televised speech to assembled military brass and press at the General Staff headquarters on April 12 addressed the military's three-decade long fight against terrorism, defended the military from accusations of wron [...] | 2007-04-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA862 | HIJACKING OF TURKISH AIRLINER ON APRIL 10 [...] (U) On April 10, a Boeing 737 owned by private Turkish airline Pegasus heading to Istanbul from Diyarbakir was hijacked 25 minutes after takeoff. The hijacker, Mehmet Goksingol, told crew members he would explode a cell-phone activated bomb in a package he had with him if the plane did not ta [...] | 2007-04-13 04:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR ASEC CASC TU |
07ANKARA863 | MARE NOSTRUM? BLACK SEA MARITIME SECURITY AND [...] (C) Turkey seeks to maintain its leadership role in Black Sea maritime security but remains frustrated that not all six littoral countries are enthusiastic followers. Ankara complains of Romanian foot-dragging as the GOT seeks to add anti-WMD and anti-terrorism capabilities to BLACKSEAFOR. An [...] | 2007-04-13 05:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS GG RO RS UP BU TU |
07ANKARA868 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA874 | TURKEY MAINTAINS HARD LINE ON MAKHMOUR CAMP [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is not ready to agree on moving forward on closing the Makhmour Camp, MFA Director General Guven told the Ambassador April 13. Guven remains unconvinced that the PKK has been expelled from the camp; believes the Iraqis' insistence on third-country resettlement will lead to [...] | 2007-04-13 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF AORC PREL MOPS TU IZ |
07ANKARA875 | TURKEY ON NOTICE THAT BUYUKANIT STATEMENT ON CBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador notified NSC SecGen Alpogan on April 13 that the statements by Chief of Staff Buyukanit on April 12 regarding Turkish Armed Forces support for a cross-border operation (CBO) into Iraq were harmful to US efforts to facilitate Iraqi cooperation on the PKK terrorist issue [...] | 2007-04-13 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU |
07ANKARA876 | MESSAGE TO PM ERDOGAN: TURKEY MUST REMAIN SECULAR [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's secularists staged a triple play to deter PM Erdogan from running for president as the election process gets underway on April 16. On April 14, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators turned out in Ankara for a peaceful rally in support of secularism and the Republic. Th [...] | 2007-04-15 11:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA88 | TURKEY'S VIEWS ON GOALS FOR AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY [...] (C) Ambassador reviewed US thinking on Afghanistan ahead of the January 26 NATO foreign ministers meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan on January 17. Drawing on reftel points, he highlighted the NATO leaders, discussions in Riga and their commitment to Afghanistan and the success of th [...] | 2007-01-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK TU |
07ANKARA889 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-16 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA891 | TURKEY: NSC SECGEN ON TURKISH HEZBOLLAH AND CYPRUS [...] (C) During an April 13 meeting to discuss CHOD Buyukanit's April 12 press conference (reftel) and the April 10 NSC meeting, outgoing NSC SecGen Yigit Alpogan advised Ambassador that Turkish Hezbollah could overtake PKK as the most serious security threat to Turkey and expressed pessimism about [...] | 2007-04-16 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU GR CY |
07ANKARA894 | KAZAKHSTAN FM VISIT TO TURKEY -- BOSPORUS BYPASS [...] (c) During a recent meeting on various subjects, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for Eurasia Unal Cevikoz described the results of Kazakh FM Murat Tazhin's visit to Turkey on April 5. Cevikoz attached significance to the fact that this visit was the first by a Kazakh foreign minister to Turkey since 199 [...] | 2007-04-16 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET KZ TU |
07ANKARA90 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (DEC 2006) [...] Summary: Turkish National Police (TNP) sent two participants to an FBI-hosted WMD exercise in New York City; coordination for approval by GOT of the change out of portal monitors continued; and continued progress was made on the Internal Control Program (ICP). Finally, EXBS Advisor cont [...] | 2007-01-18 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA906 | Drowning in Tea Leaves - Turkish Press Coverage of the [...] Summary: As the Turkish Presidential election begins officially, the media's coverage leading up to the election has been obsessed with "will he or won't he," playing a guessing game rather than conducting any serious analysis of what it would mean for the country, should PM Erdogan become pr [...] | 2007-04-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO TU |
07ANKARA908 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 12:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA91 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA910 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/I AMBASSADOR DAVID [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq Ambassador Davie Satterfield and Treasury Malachy Nugent. David Burger, Chief of the Political Section's External Affairs Unit,is your Control Officer for Ankara. He [...] | 2007-04-17 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OREP AMGT TU IZ |
07ANKARA916 | TURKISH OPPOSITION'S DESPERATE MANEUVERING AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With little ammunition to force PM Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to present a consensus candidate for Turkey's next president, the opposition has resurrected its threat to boycott the first round of voting (reftel A). Relying on a specious interpret [...] | 2007-04-18 11:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA917 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-18 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA926 | PUSHING TURKEY TO IMPLEMENT UNSC SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. Following up on earlier demarches, Ambassador met April 19 with Foreign Ministry Middle East Director General Bozkurt Aran to keep the pressure on Turkey to implement UNSC Resolutions 1737 and 1747. Bozkurt said the process of adopting a Council of Ministers implementing decre [...] | 2007-04-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP IR TU |
07ANKARA931 | TURKEY PREPARED TO ENGAGE IN IRAQI NEIGHBORS PLUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey will send a delegation to Sharm el-Shaikh to participate in the May 3-4 meetings of the International Compact with Iraq and the Neighbors Plus Ministerial, but FM Gul may be unable to make the trip due to domestic political requirements. GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Amb. Ogu [...] | 2007-04-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ EG IR SY |
07ANKARA932 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA933 | AFTERMATH: TRIPLE-MURDER OF CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA934 | TURKEY RESPONSE TO WMO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 08:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO TU |
07ANKARA936 | TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT UNBALANCED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (SBU) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar called us in April 18, under instructions, to express concern about a program they had heard would be aired on Iraqi TV station Al Hurra soon regarding allegations of Armenian genocide. Torunlar said that, were thi [...] | 2007-04-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU IZ AM |
07ANKARA938 | TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WISCONSIN [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Mr. Gary Milhollin and Ms. Kelly Motz to travel to Ankara to meet with Government of Turkey official to discuss the Wisconsin Project/Risk Report from April 23 to 26, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG [...] | 2007-04-20 11:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA940 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/ERA JOHN ROBINSON [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/ERA John Robinson. Jeff Collins, Political Officer is your point of contact for Ankara. He can be reached at Office: 011-90-312-455-5555, EXT 2521; Home: 011-90-312-495-6433; Cell: 011-90-532-620-3849. 2. (U) Hotel and ot [...] | 2007-04-20 12:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TU |
07ANKARA943 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA944 | TURKEY'S NEXT PRESIDENT: FM ABDULLAH GUL [...] (U) The suspense is over. PM Tayyip Erdogan, at an April 24 meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),announced that FM and Deputy PM Abdullah Gul is AKP's candidate to be Turkey's 11th president. AKP has the votes to elect its candidate by the third round, all but assuring [...] | 2007-04-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR TU |
07ANKARA949 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEE ANN SCHEUER AND [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Lee Ann Scheuer and Leah-Ming Toomer. Christina Bobrow, Political Officer, is your Control Officer She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, Ext 2539 Home: 011-90-312-491-7700; Cellular: 011-90-555-358-6803. 2. (U) Hot [...] | 2007-04-24 11:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TU |
07ANKARA953 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA954 | TURKEY INFORMED THAT CYPRUS JOINS THE GLOBAL [...] (C) Ambassador informed MFA U/S Apakan on April 20 of the adherence by Cyprus to the Global Initiative Statement of Principles, drawing on the points provided reftel. He emphasized the importance the USG attaches to combating nuclear terrorism and our view that the forum should not be used/m [...] | 2007-04-24 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP KGIC PREL PARM TU CY |
07ANKARA957 | MNF-1 GEN. PETRAEUS MEETING WITH TURKISH D/CHOD [...] (S) Summary: MNF-I Commanding Gen. David Petraeus met April 22 with Turkish General Staff (TGS) D/CHOD Gen. Ergin Saygun at Incirlik Air Base to discuss Iraq. Saygun stressed Turkey's strong interest in Iraq's success and in putting past US-Turkish differences behind us. He expressed misgiv [...] | 2007-04-24 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA959 | TURKEY: STILL COMMITTED TO JULY 8 PROCESS, BUT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA Deputy Under Secretary responsible for Cyprus Haydar Berk claims that Turkey remains committed to the July 8 process. He said Turkey wants to ensure, though, that the Turkish Cypriots do not shoulder the blame for the process breaking down by agreeing to discuss [...] | 2007-04-25 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TU CY |
07ANKARA961 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA964 | TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GUL CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many in Turkey are cautiously welcoming Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's nomination for president (ref A) as one that eases national tensions and will serve Turkey's international standing well. Those who dreaded the specter of Prime Minister Erdogan's a [...] | 2007-04-25 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA965 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP EXPECTS ELECTORAL SUCCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA969 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOT ON ATTENDANCE AT SHARM [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is still weighing its level of attendance at the May 3-4 Sharm el-Sheikh meetings on Iraq, according to PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu. Turkey is still smarting from Iraq's decision not to hold the ministerials in Istanbul, and will press Iraqi FonMin Zebari for an [...] | 2007-04-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ IR SY EG |
07ANKARA971 | TURKEY ANNOUNCES 7-YEAR EU REFORM PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 10:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA974 | Turkey: FY 2008 IVLP Nomination Slate [...] M. Gunden Cinar, Turk Telecom Privatization Coordinator, Privatization Administration European Regional Project, NEW Election Year Politics for Journalists (2 weeks) (March 3 - March 14, 2008) 2. Nagehan Alci, Reporter and Columnist, Aksam daily European Regional Project, Trade and Ec [...] | 2007-04-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL TU |
07ANKARA978 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07ANKARA979 | TURKEY: QUORUM QUESTION CONTINUES TO COMPLICATE [...] (C) Turkey's parliament will convene Friday, April 27, at 3pm to begin the first round of the presidential election process. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is standing firm on its threat to boycott. If the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) fails to muster 367 deputi [...] | 2007-04-26 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ANKARA984 | TURKEY: NPT PREPCOM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT TU |
07ANKARA986 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-TURKEY TRILATERAL: EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey will promote constructive dialogue and seek to cool negative Karzai-Musharraf rhetoric during April 30 three-way, AF-PK-TU discussions, senior MFA officials told the Ambassador April 26. The GOT would like to achieve a Joint Statement and agrees that the Organization of the [...] | 2007-04-27 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER ISCON AF PK TU |
07ANKARA995 | ANKARA-BASED KURDISH RADIO STATION FACES RISING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA996 | TURKEY WILL SEND MINISTER TO SHARM MEETINGS, [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will send a state minister (to be named) to the May 3-4 Iraq meetings at Sharm el-Sheikh, GOT officials and the Iraqi Ambassador confirmed to us. MFA expects Iran and Syria will also send ministers. FonMin Gul reportedly appealed to visiting Iraqi FonMin Zebari April 26 f [...] | 2007-04-27 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ IR SY EG |
07ASHGABAT1014 | TURKMENISTAN: A TURKISH BUSINESSMAN WORRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Businessman and Turkmenistan insider Ahmet Chalik (protect throughout) describes President Berdimuhamedov as weak because he is beholden to outside interests, principally Russian. He says Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan and President Gul are eager to promote a trilatera [...] | 2007-09-24 11:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EPET KDEM TU AJ KZ RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1064 | POLIMEKS EXECUTIVE WANTS COLLABORATION WITH U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 27, a senior Turkish construction company official outlined the difficulties of living and doing business in Turkmenistan, such as police harassment and lack of Internet access, and how it makes find [...] | 2007-10-02 11:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EIND SOCI TU TX |
07ASHGABAT1126 | TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH BUSINESS LEADER "STRESSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkish businessman has recounted to us insider accounts of corruption and incompetence in Turkmenistan. We note his lament might be colored by his company's progressive loss of influence and contracts under the new government. His anecdotes suggest President Berdimuhamedov [...] | 2007-10-18 08:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV KCOR TU TX |
07ASHGABAT1147 | MORE CHANGES TO THE FACE OF ASHGABAT, AND TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov has approved $1.8 billion in construction projects since he became president in February. As additional projects are constructed outside of Ashgabat, provincial residents say that infrastr [...] | 2007-10-23 11:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV SOCI TU TX |
07ASHGABAT1345 | TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL WOOS TURKMEN LEADERSHIP ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Turkmenistan hosted a highly-politicized December 6-8 official visit by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who is the first Turkish president to visit here in seven years. President Gul arrived w [...] | 2007-12-14 04:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD TU TX |
07ASHGABAT436 | ASHGABAT AMBASSADORS ON POLITICS, GROWING RUSSIAN [...] (C) Visiting Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia Dionisio de Leon, Charge, and embassy officers met with Ashgabat-based ambassadors on April 26-27 to solicit their impressions of the current political situation in Turkmenistan. Georgian Ambassador Alexy Petriashvili, U [...] | 2007-04-30 13:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET GG PGOV PREL RS TU TX UP |
07ASHGABAT715 | TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV DENIES REPORTS OF GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan,s Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov firmly denied reports that Turkmenistan plans to sell natural gas via Iran to Turkey and onward to Europe. He said, &Our relationship with the United States is very important. We wou [...] | 2007-07-19 12:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET ENRG IR TU TX |
07ASHGABAT853 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: SEANA ENERGY ENTERS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A curious player has emerged in the current Klondikeskyy race to develop Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon wealth -- Seana Energy, a Singapore-registered, Ankara-based consortium of international private investors that purportedly includes significant U.S. private-sector participation. [...] | 2007-08-22 05:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV EPET AJ KZ TU TX |
07ASHGABAT867 | TURKMENISTAN: NATO CONTACT REGIONAL REP BRIEFS ON [...] (SBU) Astana-based NATO Contact Regional Representative Tugay Tuncher briefed NATO-member embassies' chiefs of mission at a Turkish Embassy-hosted dinner on August 22 at the close of his three-day visit to Ashgabat. He met with Deputy Foreign Minister Hajiyev and a deputy minister of defense [...] | 2007-08-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV SNAR NATO TU TX |
07ASHGABAT968 | TURKMENISTAN: "IF WE BUILD IT, YOU WILL COME" -- [...] (U) SUMMARY: With the reconstruction of Ashgabat continuing apace, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov is beginning to focus on giving the run-down Caspian port city of Turkmenbashy a major facelift that, in theory, would make it into a glitzy tourist destination while boosting employment in [...] | 2007-09-13 11:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV SOCI TU FR RS TX |
07ATHENS1058 | CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED [...] (U) This is action request for Department. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 21, Ambassador received from MFA Secretary General Ambassador Charalambos Rocanas a letter outlining the Greek plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus in violation of Sec [...] | 2007-05-23 05:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR MARR PARM PGOV PREL TU NATO |
07ATHENS1059 | CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED [...] (U) This is action request for Department. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 21, Ambassador received from MFA Secretary General Ambassador Charalambos Rocanas a letter outlining the Greek plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus in violation of Sec [...] | 2007-05-23 05:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR MARR MAS PARM PGOV PREL TU NATO |
07ATHENS1522 | TURKISH ELECTIONS: A VIEW FROM ATHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the re-election of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Sunday's elections, the mainstream Greek political elite breathed a sigh of relief. PM Erdogan's first term was a period of Greek-Turkish stability, offering Greeks a more secure vision of their bilateral rel [...] | 2007-07-30 08:51:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CYP CY |
07ATHENS184 | INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER: GOG NAMES NEW AIR FORCE CHIEF [...] (SBU) On January 23, the Greek Committee on Foreign Policy and Defense (KYSEA) chaired by PM Karamanlis replaced retiring Chief of the Air Force General Staff Lt. General George Avlonitis with Lt. General Ioannis Giangos, presently chief of Tactical Air Force HQ (HTAF). Rumors that the GoG w [...] | 2007-01-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR TU GR |
07ATHENS2271 | CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED - GREEKS REPORT [...] (C) Greek MOD officials report that Greece has substantially resolved all remaining issues related to the presence in Cyprus of defense articles provided by the United States to Greece. A few remaining steps will be completed this week -- primarily removal of 5 M88s that were provided to Gre [...] | 2007-11-27 12:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS NATO CY GR TU |
07ATHENS2313 | TGI GAS PIPELINE INAUGURATION: GREEK EDITORIALISTS WORRY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The US presence at the November 18 inauguration ceremony of the Turkey-Greece-Italy natural gas inter-connector and Energy Secretary Bodman's meetings in Athens the next day were very visible in the Greek media. International press coverage from the Athens-based wi [...] | 2007-12-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KPAO GR TU IT |
07ATHENS2324 | GREECE/TURKEY: BABACAN VISIT "CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE" [...] (C) GOG officials positively portrayed Turkish FM Babacan's December 3 - 5 visit to Athens as an "important step forward." Although there was no movement "on the core issues," Babacan and FM Bakoyannis announced additional confidence building measures (CBMs) that would require greater mil-to [...] | 2007-12-07 16:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PTER CY GR TU |
07BAGHDAD1040 | BORDER INCIDENTS AND PKK PRESENCE IN DOHUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incidents along the Dohuk-Turkish border in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region average two to three per month. Local officials claim there are 750 Turkish forces permanently living inside Dohuk Province just inside the border of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. They also note there are 700 [...] | 2007-03-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1118 | SUNNI VP HASHIMI DISCUSSES RECENT TRAVEL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the DCM on March 30, Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi discussed his recent travel to Japan, Jordan, and Turkey. He cited Japan's extension of its law authorizing its air force mission in Iraq as a major success of the trip. Hashimi said that he gave Presid [...] | 2007-03-31 17:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO TU JA SA IR |
07BAGHDAD1244 | CREATION OF SUPREME POLITICAL COUNCIL OF KURDISTAN [...] (SBU) Recent Kurdish media reports have announced the creation of the "Supreme Political Council of Kurdistan," under the auspices of KRG President Massoud Barzani and including representatives of a wide range of KRG political parties and ethnic groups. These media reports, however, contained [...] | 2007-04-10 12:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1256 | AMBASSADOR, TALABANI, BARZANI DISCUSS IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani April 9 discussed with the Ambassador how to improve Iraq-Turkey relations after Iraq decided to hold its next Neighbors' Conference in Egypt instead of Istanbul. During his meeting with Talabani the Ambassador also urged Talabani to act on the PKK [...] | 2007-04-11 19:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS IR TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1261 | KURDISTAN OFFICIAL: WE USED THE LANGUAGE OF [...] The below article highlights statements made by Dr. Fouad Hussein, Chief of Staff to Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani on April 10, 2007, which was posted in English on the Kurdish news website Peyamner.com. 2. Begin Text: National - Kurdistan Official: We used the [...] | 2007-04-12 08:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINS IR TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1348 | KURDS CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR QUICK RESOLUTION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The approval by the Council of Ministers of the GOI Article 140 Committee's resolutions outlining procedures for the normalization of Kirkuk and other disputed areas has attracted renewed attention to an already hot topic. Publicly and in conversations with Poloff, Kurdish offic [...] | 2007-04-19 09:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD1349 | BARZANI DISCUSSES DE-B'ATHIFICATION, HYDROCARBONS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani, also attended by KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, on April 12 in Erbil, the Ambassador pressed for action on de-Ba'athification, hydrocarbons legislation, and improvements in relations with Turke [...] | 2007-04-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1391 | ACTION REQUEST: TURKISH SPRING DEPLOYMENT INSIDE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On April 18, the Turkish Liaison Team Chief passed a letter to Multi-National Corps -Iraq Commanding General informing him of Turkish plans to deploy military forces to five locations inside Iraq within the next [...] | 2007-04-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINR PREL TU PGOV PTER MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1577 | TURKISH MILITARY ACTIVITY ALONG THE IRAQ BORDER: [...] (C) SUMMARY. A well-placed Kurdish security official told IPAO that the level of recent shelling along the Iraqi-Turkish border was not unusual. He confirmed the location of seven Turkish military positions and two Turkish logistical offices inside Dohuk Province. END SUMMARY. ---------- [...] | 2007-05-14 07:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PTER MOPS IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD1597 | Situation of Internally Displaced Persons in Dohuk [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The majority of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Dohuk Province are from two groups: Iraqi Christians from Mosul who moved for economic reasons or fled sectarian violence; and Iraqis from Baghdad and other parts of Iraq who fled due to the security environment. The off [...] | 2007-05-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD1757 | IRAQI MFA AGREEABLE TO TRILATERAL PKK MEETING, BUT [...] (S) Deputy polcouns delivered reftel Turkish desired deliverables to Iraqi MFA Under Secretary Labeed Abbawi May 27. Abbawi said the GOI is willing to meet in trilateral format with the GOT and USG on PKK issues. However, Abbawi rejected any military action by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) t [...] | 2007-05-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1793 | AMBASSADOR'S MAY 27 MEETING WITH TURKISH IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Turkish MFA Iraq Envoy Oguz Celikkol said Turkey will propose that the Neighbors Conference energy working group meet June 14-15 in Istanbul. Celikkol and the Ambassador discussed ways to keep participation in the working group from becomin [...] | 2007-05-29 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ENRG TU SY IZ |
07BAGHDAD1850 | NINEWA'S FUEL CRISIS -- EASED BUT STILL SEVERE [...] (C) The Manager of the Northern Oil Distribution Company, Mohammed al-Zibari, reports that up to 40 per cent of Ninewa's fuel needs are now being met by fuel deliveries from Bayji refinery. New fuel contracts with Syria and Turkey are pending; renewed deliveries from those countries are requ [...] | 2007-06-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PGOV SY TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1876 | JUNE 1 SULIMANIYAH INCIDENT [...] (C) Post appreciates Ankara's reftel assessment and suggestions regarding the June 1 encounter between Turkish Special Forces and Peshmerga in Sulimaniyah. We recognize Turkish sensitivity to even what would appear to be a very minor incident. 2. (C) KRG officials and Kurdish media indicat [...] | 2007-06-06 08:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1888 | SULAIMANIYAH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DISCUSSES INSURGENT ACTIVITY [...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) Cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: The head of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense Intelligence Service (MODIS),Sulaimaniyah branch, said he operates independently of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its dominant political parties. MODIS collects [...] | 2007-06-07 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PBS PGOV PREF PTER PINR TU IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1889 | UPDATE ON BORDER INCIDENTS AND PKK PRESENCE IN [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil Reporting Cable 2. (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi military leaders in Dohuk Province request additional resources from the Iraqi central government and the USG to cover the Iraq-Turkey border area in Dohuk Province. They cite 22 instances of Turkish military action in Dohuk [...] | 2007-06-07 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PINS PTER IZ TU IR |
07BAGHDAD1992 | MEETING WITH KRG NEGOTIATOR ROWSCH REGARDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, Ambassador Crocker and Deputy Chief of Mission Speckhard met with Dr. Rowsch Shaways, the lead KRG negotiator in the effort to prepare a Revenue Management law that the Council of Ministers can submit to the Council of Representatives. Dr. Shaways delivered copies o [...] | 2007-06-17 16:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IZ PREL TU |
07BAGHDAD1996 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH KRG PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: During June 13-14 meetings in Erbil with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani and Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Deputy Secretary Negroponte urged strong and visible KRG action against the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to prevent Turkish milita [...] | 2007-06-17 18:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD2034 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PM INVITATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 17, Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Kanbay told the Ambassador that he had given Prime Minister Maliki an invitation to visit Turkey in late June, but the PM had declined. He said Turkey is preparing for the Neighboring Countries Energy Working Group meeting to be followed by a [...] | 2007-06-20 11:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL TU |
07BAGHDAD204 | RRT COORDINATOR LUNCH WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (U) This is an Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At a lunch with Regional Coordinator and Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) Officers on January 11, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani praised the speech by President Bush on the new Iraq strategy. Talabani asked [...] | 2007-01-18 17:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PTER EINV ENRG IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2047 | TALABANI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HYDROCARBON LAW, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a June 12 lunch with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, President Talabani said he would engage SIPDIS the Turkish Government in an attempt to reduce tensions along Iraq's northern borders but dismissed the idea of GOI military action against PKK elements in Iraq. President [...] | 2007-06-21 08:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2123 | KRG PRESIDENT ISSUES STATEMENT DENYING [...] Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani issued a statement on June 27 clarifying Kurdish non-interference in Turkish affairs (see reftels for context). The following is the text of the statement as e-mailed to the Embassy. 2. Begin text: Sent on Wednesday June 27, 2007 [...] | 2007-06-27 21:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PGOV PREL TU |
07BAGHDAD2125 | KRG PRESIDENT ISSUES STATEMENT DENYING [...] (C) Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani issued a statement on June 27 clarifying Kurdish noninterference in Turkish affairs as he had promised the Ambassador by secure phone, and as requested and referenced in State 87965 and Baghdad 2090. The following is the translated te [...] | 2007-06-28 09:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD230 | JANUARY 17 WEAPONS SEARCH AT MAKHMOUR CAMP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A key step has been taken in restoring civilian status to the Makhmour refugee camp for Kurdish refugees from Turkey: an arms search of the camp and surrounding area carried out by Iraqi Army units with MNF-I support. No weapons were found in the camp. The search was witness [...] | 2007-01-22 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2419 | IRAQ TRYING TO CHARM THE TURKS ON PKK [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: The Iraqi government's designated anti-PKK coordinator, State Minister Shirwan Wa'ili, met on July 16 with PolCouns and the Turkish DCM. Wa'ili said he has an action plan for dealing with the PKK, expressed interest in ho [...] | 2007-07-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD2422 | BARZANI CONDEMNS TURKISH ATTACKS INSIDE KRG, [...] (S) Summary: A highly agitated Masood Barzani told the Ambassador on the evening of July 18 that Turkish strikes earlier that day were provocative and if continued would generate an armed Kurdish response. The Ambassador responded that both the Turkish and Kurdish regional governments need [...] | 2007-07-21 11:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD2466 | BARZANI AGREES TO PUSH FOR NEW GOI ARTICLE 140 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani spoke passionately about the Kurdish right to Kirkuk and the dangers of failing to hold the referendum on time. Barzani and the Ambassador agreed it would be useful to try [...] | 2007-07-25 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL TU |
07BAGHDAD2474 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM KURDISH REGIONAL GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT BARZANI [...] (C) The following is the text of a letter that was hand-delivered to Ambassador Crocker for transmittal to the President on June 19, 2007. A copy of the letter was transmitted electronically and the original will be pouched. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT: Dear Mr. President, Allow me this opportun [...] | 2007-07-26 07:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2481 | IRAQI MFA CONSIDERING NEXT STEPS IN ALTUN CASE [...] (C) PolCouns raised the case of fugitive PKK financier Riza Altun during a July 26 call on FM Zebari (ref A). DFM Labeed Abbawi said Turkish Ambassador Kanbay has raised the case with the MFA. The MFA Legal Department is currently considering next steps in the case including, according to A [...] | 2007-07-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU FR AU |
07BAGHDAD2530 | CHARGE'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH NSA RUBAIE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a July 29 introductory call, National Security Advisor Rubaie told Charge Butenis that he expected MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus would have an easier time in September identifying progress on the security-related benchmarks than Ambassador Crocker would have with regard to [...] | 2007-07-30 17:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IR IZ JO MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SA SY TU |
07BAGHDAD2544 | TURKISH DCM IN BAGHDAD ON TURKEY/IRAQ/PKK [...] (S) Summary: On July 31, Turkish DCM Ahmet Yazal said Turkey is not opposed to embassy-level meetings on the PKK with Iraqi State Minister Shirwan Wa'ili, Iraq's envoy to the trilateral process for combating the PKK. However, the GOT does not consider such meetings a substitute for trilatera [...] | 2007-07-31 16:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2580 | POLCOUNS, TURKISH DCM AUGUST 2 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (C) Following up on a July 16 meeting (ref B),Iraqi State Minister Shirwan Wa'ili, Iraq's envoy to the trilateral process for combating the PKK, convoked PolCouns and Turkish DCM Yazal for an August 2 meeting. Per ref C, PolCouns informed Wa'ili that U.S. envoy Ralston thought that conditio [...] | 2007-08-03 12:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2923 | KURDISTAN REGION'S INVESTMENT LAW ATTRACTS LITTLE [...] (U) This is a Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Dohuk Governorate has received little new foreign direct investment (FDI),following enactment of the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Investment Law in mid-2006. Although the law is materiall [...] | 2007-08-31 12:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3128 | FOLLOWING UP ON PM MALIKI'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3130 | FOLLOWING UP ON PM MALIKI'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3148 | RRT ERBIL: PUK-PJAK CONFRONTATION IN SULAIMANIYAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: With approval of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),the Deputy Commander for Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Peshmerga said he recently deployed 200 PUK Peshmerga soldiers to take military action against members of the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan Party (PJAK) in the [...] | 2007-09-19 09:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PBTS PGOV IZ IR TU |
07BAGHDAD3395 | GOI STATEMENT ON OCTOBER 7 PKK ATTACKS [...] (U) On October 9 Iraqi Government spokesman Ali Dabbagh issued a statement on the PKK attacks that killed at least 13 Turkish soldiers in the Turkish Sirnak province near the border with Iraqi Kurdistan on October 7. 2. (U) Begin Text: Date: October 9, 2007 Al-Dabbagh: "Iraq Condem [...] | 2007-10-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3472 | TURKISH AND U.S. AMBASSADORS URGE IRAQ'S [...] (C) Summary: One day after PM Maliki's October 16 emergency national security meeting on Turkey (septel),Iraqi envoy for countering the PKK Wa'ili hosted the Ambassador and Turkish Ambassador Kanbay to discuss re-activating the trilateral U.S.-Turkey-Iraq process to counter the PKK. Wa'ili ou [...] | 2007-10-18 18:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3478 | GOI SEEKS TO FORESTALL TURKISH INCURSION [...] (S) SUMMARY: At a hastily called meeting October 16, the Crisis Management Cell outlined steps to deal with the Turkish threat to attack PKK bases in Iraq. Noting that he would be speaking with PM Erdogan soon, PM Maliki emphasized the need to calm the GOT and to make sure the Kurdistan Regi [...] | 2007-10-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3482 | RRT ERBIL: KRG ACCUSES TURKEY OF RESTRICTING [...] (C) The top customs official at Iraq's second most important transnational crossing for consumer and commercial goods - the Ibrahim Khalil (IK) gate on the border with Turkey - recently told RRTOff that the Turkish military is severely restricting the flow of goods in both directions through I [...] | 2007-10-21 07:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3521 | OCTOBER 21 MCNS: AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR GOI ACTION [...] (S) PM Maliki opened the Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) with a call for Coalition Forces to exercise restraint in military operations to avoid civilian casualties, noting that the Council of Representatives (COR) was questioning the sovereignty and purpose of the government. [...] | 2007-10-23 21:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3524 | KRG MESSAGE ON ALLEGED TURKISH BORDER OPERATION [...] (S) The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) communicated to us October 14 information regarding alleged Turkish and PKK intentions as noted in reftel. The text of that communication is contained in para 2. In response to the KRG message, Ambassador Crocker and MNF-I Commander General Petraeu [...] | 2007-10-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3534 | PKK: FM BABACAN VISIT AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Ambassador Kanbay told Polmil Counselor that Turkish Foreign Minister Babacan sent a strong message during his October 23 visit that there was limited time for the GOI to act against the PKK. Babacan told the Iraqis that major, concrete action must be taken now to address [...] | 2007-10-25 03:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3535 | PKK: FM BABACAN VISIT AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Ambassador Kanbay told Polmil Counselor that Turkish Foreign Minister Babacan sent a strong message during his October 23 visit that there was limited time for the GOI to act against the PKK. Babacan told the Iraqis that major, concrete action must be taken now to address [...] | 2007-10-25 03:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3536 | PKK: FM BABACAN VISIT AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Ambassador Kanbay told Polmil Counselor that Turkish Foreign Minister Babacan sent a strong message during his October 23 visit that there was limited time for the GOI to act against the PKK. Babacan told the Iraqis that major, concrete action must be taken now to address [...] | 2007-10-25 03:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3546 | IRAQI PRESIDENT CALLS ACTION AGAINST PKK "FUTILE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told the Ambassador in a meeting October 22 that he thought fighting the PKK was futile and airstrikes against PKK camps would be ineffective, but thought strikes would cause little backlash in Baghdad. The Ambassador impressed on Talabani that the [...] | 2007-10-26 09:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3590 | SAMARRA MOSQUE RECONSTRUCTION: PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (S) Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister on Reconstruction Issues, Engineer Haq al Hakim, told poloffs and UNAMI staff during an October 24 meeting that the assessment phase of the Samarra Mosque reconstruction project in Salah ad Din Province is set to commence soon, pending finalization of [...] | 2007-10-29 08:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ECON PHUM IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3597 | MALIKI CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE STEPS TO DEFUSE TURKISH [...] (S) At the October 28 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),Prime Minister Maliki called for immediate and practical steps to defuse the border crisis with Turkey, asking his ministers to focus on steps leading to the return of Turkish military hostages captured by the Kurdish Worker [...] | 2007-10-30 02:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3601 | MALIKI CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE STEPS TO DEFUSE TURKISH [...] (S) At the October 28 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),Prime Minister Maliki called for immediate and practical steps to defuse the border crisis with Turkey, asking his ministers to focus on steps leading to the return of Turkish military hostages captured by the Kurdish Worker [...] | 2007-10-30 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3615 | KURDS IN BAGHDAD ON THE CRISIS WITH TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdish view in Baghdad on the conflict with Turkey over the PKK has largely been unified and concentrated on several main themes. In multiple conversations with Poloff since the October 20-21 PKK attack on Turkish soldiers, the Kurdistan Democratic Party in particular has as [...] | 2007-10-31 18:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3617 | KURDS: PKK IS PRETEXT FOR DEEPER TURKISH AIMS [...] (S) Conversations with senior Kurdish leaders indicate that they view Turkey's recent public statements and military action against the PKK as a pretext to forward Turkey's "true" strategic goals of undermining the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),delaying a referendum vote on Article 140, [...] | 2007-10-31 20:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3623 | PM ADVISOR ON ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL, UNSCR RENEWAL, [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister,s Chief of Staff Dr. Tariq Abdullah took on board the necessity that the PM attend the Istanbul Neighbors, conference and said the PM had not decided whether to attend, at an October 30 meeting with Charge and POLMIL Minister-Counselor. Passed a draft letter on th [...] | 2007-11-01 08:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3630 | BARZANI'S CHIEF OF STAFF: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE [...] (C) In an October 30 meeting with RRT officers, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani's Chief of Staff Fuad Hussein emphasized "dialogue, dialogue, dialogue" to solve the crisis over the PKK. He asserted that Turkey's refusal to negotiate with the Iraqi delegation in Ankara o [...] | 2007-11-01 20:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD366 | SULAIMANIYAH PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS DISCUSS FUEL [...] (U) This is an Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a January 7 meeting between Regional Coordinator and Sulaimaniyah provincial officials, Sulaimaniyah Deputy Governor Jutiar Noori Abdulla said that the provincial government plans to end fuel-price [...] | 2007-02-04 03:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KMDR IZ TU IR |
07BAGHDAD3690 | Letter from President Talabani to POTUS [...] (U) Post received a letter from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on November 5, addressed to President Bush. The following is the English text. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT: The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States of America The White House Washington DC. November 4, 2007 [...] | 2007-11-07 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3733 | BARZANI ANNOUNCES KDP/PUK EFFORT TO RESOLVE LEGISLATIVE DEADLOCK, DISCUSSES KRG EFFORTS TO END PKK CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: KRG President Masoud Barzani told the Ambassador November 8 that he and President Talabani would meet to review and find a solution to end the current deadlock on pending GOI legislation. He proposed a national reconciliation conference in Kurdistan to move the political process [...] | 2007-11-13 11:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3750 | KURDISTAN REGION PRIME MINISTER ON PKK AND OIL [...] (S) Ambassador Crocker told Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on November 8 in Erbil that violent acts by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) must now be permanently stopped, and that the KRG must take strong, visible and effective actions against the PKK throu [...] | 2007-11-14 18:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER EPET ENRG TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3769 | KRG WELCOMES COUNTER-TERRORISM ASSISTANCE AGAINST [...] (C) Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Interior Karim Sinjari welcomed upcoming visits by an Iraq Threat Finance Cell (ITFC) agent and the S/CT terrorist finance assessment team. Sinjari told RRT Erbil November 14 that he sees the visits as a means to identify specific deficienci [...] | 2007-11-15 15:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3773 | ERBIL: KNA SPEAKER ON COR COOPERATION, PKK, AND [...] (C) Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) Speaker Adnan Mufti said the KNA's recent trip to Baghdad laid the groundwork for further communication and collaboration, in a November 11 meeting with RRT Offs. He repeated the oft-heard Kurd call for a peaceful resolution to the PKK crisis. The Speake [...] | 2007-11-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3779 | SULAIMANIYAH OFFICIALS ON COMBATTING PKK [...] (C) Summary: RRToff pressed officials to continue specific actions against the PKK, such as using enhanced checkpoints effectively to stop PKK logistical and fighter movements and stepping up airport security, in meetings held November 12 in Sulaimaniyah, a PUK-dominated province in the KRG tha [...] | 2007-11-17 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAIR TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3788 | KURDISH PARTIES SAY THEIR DELEGATION TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with RRT Off, Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) Secretary General Salahaddin Bahaddin indicated that the Turkish government was considering a proposal for direct Turkish-KRG discussions put forward during the November 11 visit to Ankara by a Kurdish politica [...] | 2007-11-18 17:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3795 | KRG SNAPSHOTS CONFIRM ACTIONS AGAINST TURKEY/PKK [...] (C) Summary: RRT Erbil contacts in Erbil and Dohuk provinces report that increased checkpoints, stepped-up checkpoint manning, PKK-affiliated office closures and redeployment of Peshmerga forces are having an effect on the ability of the PKK to get supplies and move around. Kurdistan Regional [...] | 2007-11-19 13:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3802 | THE PKK, TURKEY, AND IRAQ: HOW IRAQ HAS RESPONDED [...] (S) Summary: Iraqi and Kurdish officials have responded with concrete steps to the pressure we and the Turks have applied following PKK/KGK attacks in Turkey resulting in large numbers of Turkish casualties, plus the terrorists' seizure of Turkish soldiers. The KRG has thus far reacted with [...] | 2007-11-20 02:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3805 | THE PKK, TURKEY, AND IRAQ: HOW IRAQ HAS RESPONDED [...] (S) Summary: Iraqi and Kurdish officials have responded with concrete steps to the pressure we and the Turks have applied following PKK/KGK attacks in Turkey resulting in large numbers of Turkish casualties, plus the terrorists' seizure of Turkish soldiers. The KRG has thus far reacted with [...] | 2007-11-20 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3828 | KIRKUK/ARTICLE 140: SENIOR SUNNI POLITICIAN'S [...] (S) During a November 20 introductory meeting, senior Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) official and Council of Representatives (CoR) member Ayad al-Samaraie provided Senior Adviser Pearce his views on Kirkuk and Article 140 implementation. Samaraie, expressing his personal thoughts, believed it bes [...] | 2007-11-23 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ TU IR |
07BAGHDAD3902 | NEW UNAMI SRSG TO FOCUS ON ARTICLE 140 IMPASSE [...] (C) United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Senior Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Staffan De Mistura emphasized in a November 25 meeting with Senior Political Advisor that resolving the Article 140 impasse is one of UNAMI's top priorities. "My strategy is to put all [...] | 2007-11-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IR UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3915 | KRG OFFICIALS DISCUSS WITH DEPUTY SECRETARY LACK [...] (C) In November 28-29 meetings with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, S/I Satterfield, Ambassador Charles Ries, and Senior Advisor David Pearce, KRG PM Barzani and VP Rasoul praised Iraq,s improved security while criticizing PM Maliki,s failing performance and cautioning that security gains could [...] | 2007-12-02 17:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EPET ENRG TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3934 | COMBATTING PKK VIA STOPPING MONEY FLOWS [...] (S) An analyst from the Iraq Threat Finance Cell (ITFC) visited the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) last month to see if there were any immediate steps we could encourage the KRG to take against PKK/KGK financing in the wake of the Turkey-PKK/KGK crisis, assisted by RRT Erbil. An S/CT-led [...] | 2007-12-04 09:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER ECON PREL TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3975 | KIRKUK OFFICIALS TELL DEPUTY SECRETARY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with Kirkuk Governor Abdulrahman and Provincial Council Chairman Rizgar Ali November 29. The two senior provincial officials expressed their frustration with the Central Government in Baghdad and outlined their requests for funding o [...] | 2007-12-07 16:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD403 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. KRG President Condemns Bombings in Baghdad, Babil, and Kikuk --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Newspapers reported on KRG President's condemnation of the recent terrorist attacks in Baghdad, Babil, and Kir [...] | 2007-02-07 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PKPA PGOV ECON IZ TU US |
07BAGHDAD404 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. Sulaimaniyah to Give Fuel to Owners of 300 Private Generators --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Kurdistani New reports that the Sulaimaniyah provincial government will supply 50% of the diesel fuel and ele [...] | 2007-02-07 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PKPA PGOV ECON IZ TU US |
07BAGHDAD4109 | IRAQI REACTION TO DECEMBER 16 TURKISH AIRSTRIKES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 02:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD4110 | IRAQI REACTION TO DECEMBER 16 TURKISH AIRSTRIKES [...] (S) SUMMARY: While both PM Maliki and FM Zebari were measured in their remarks in reaction to the December 16 Turkish airstrikes against PKK targets in the northern Qandil mountains, they underscored that loss of civilian lives was "unacceptable." Implying U.S. involvement in the airstrikes, [...] | 2007-12-18 08:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD4118 | MCNS ON DECEMBER 16 DISCUSSED TURKISH ATTACKS, [...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met December 16 to be briefed on Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I) contributions and support for the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and to clarify funding procedures for the Rusafa Rule of [...] | 2007-12-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MASS PTER PREL MOPS MARR PGOV IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD4162 | TURKEY/PKK: STOPPING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkish military airstrikes against PKK targets in the Qandil Mountains December 16 and the subsequent December 17/18 crossing of Turkish infantry in pursuit of KGK elements were successful in demonstrating that PKK terrorism will not be tolerated either by the Turks or the U.S. [...] | 2007-12-23 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD440 | BARZANI REMAINS STATIC ON PKK ISSUE [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's February 3-5 visit to Erbil, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani called for a two-part strategy for solving the PKK issue that combines an amnesty with military action. He warned against a purely military action from the Turks and [...] | 2007-02-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD447 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. U. S. Air Force Attacks Peshmerga in Mosul --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) PUK media outlets reported that late Thursday night the U. S. Air Force attacked a PUK office in al-Karama neighborhood in Mos [...] | 2007-02-11 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR PKPA PGOV ECON IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD494 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. KRG Prime Minister Meets with Undersecretary for Management --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Major Kurdish media covered the meeting of Undersecretary of State for Management Henrietta Fore and U. S. Region [...] | 2007-02-13 10:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON IZ TU IR |
07BAGHDAD504 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. Kurdistan Regional Government Strongly Condemns U. S. Air Strike in Mosul --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) The office of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani issued a statement [...] | 2007-02-14 05:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON IZ TU IR |
07BAGHDAD558 | NINEWA: TURKISH CONSULATE STANDS UP IN MOSUL [...] (C) Turkish Consul General for Mosul Huseyn Botsali arrived in Mosul 10 February to assume permanent residence at the new GOT Consulate in Mosul. He met PRT Team Leader Knight at PRT offices 11 Feb to review administrative and support matters arising from his new status as our permanent int [...] | 2007-02-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EPET EAID MARR TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD592 | SPECIAL ENVOY RALSTON VISITS MAKHMOUR, TALKS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: KRG President Barzani told Special Envoy Ralston that settling the PKK problem requires a political solution from Turkey, but that the KDP and PUK are also anxious to see this source of conflict between Turkey and the KRG resolved. Ralston informed Barzani and other KRG officia [...] | 2007-02-19 13:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PTER TU IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD615 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CHECKPOINT INCIDENTS, [...] (S) Summary: At a February 18 luncheon at Ambassador Khalilzad's residence, he and Turkish Ambassador Derya Kanbay discussed recent checkpoint incidents involving Kanbay and other Turkish Embassy personnel. Kanbay expressed understanding for the difficult circumstances under which U.S. soldie [...] | 2007-02-20 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD666 | ACTIVITIES OF TAQ TAQ OPERATING CO. LTD (TTPOCO) [...] (C) SUMMARY. The General Manager of the oil company, Mr. Leslie Blair, General Manager, told RRT Off that drilling commenced in the Taq Taq field but production would not occur for two and half years. Infrastructure needs and security risks require Taq Taq Operating Co. Limited (TTPOCO) to [...] | 2007-02-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EFIN IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD89 | KURDISTAN PRESIDENT BARZANI DISCUSSES PKK, KIRKUK [...] This is an Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (C) Summary: U.S. Regional Coordinator for the Iraqi Kurdistan Region asked Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani to close all Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) offices and refuse safe haven to it [...] | 2007-01-10 10:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD896 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. KRG Publishes Draft Federal Oil and Gas Law in English and Arabic --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) spokesman published an authorized English translation of the draft [...] | 2007-03-14 05:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PINS IZ IR TU US |
07BAGHDAD897 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- March 10, 2007 [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. Adnan Al Mufti: Kurds Will Maintain Relations with Shi'a Coalition --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (U) PUKmedia.com covered a press statement by KNA Speaker Adnan Al Mufti saying that the Kurdish Bloc in th [...] | 2007-03-14 05:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PINS IZ IR TU US |
07BAKU1042 | AZERBAIJAN'S RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Azerbaijan and China are warm, with the potential for increased economic cooperation in select spheres, particularly Chinese exports of consumer goods and investment in manufacturing projects such as the Ganja automobile assembly plant. China,s involvement in [...] | 2007-08-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AJ CH GG TU |
07BAKU1060 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, GOAJ officials echoed President Aliyev's frustration with Turkey for reaching a deal with Greece and Italy on "Caspian gas;" Finance Minister Sharifov also complained that Turkish Energy Company BOTAS was not empowered to negotiate the many [...] | 2007-08-23 05:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET KZ PBTS PGOV PREL TU TX |
07BAKU1062 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS REGIONAL ENERGY WITH EEB [...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with visiting EEB A/S Sullivan and the Ambassador, President Aliyev affirmed his support for U.S. energy security goals and said continued bilateral cooperation was essential. Characterizing his recent trip to Kazakhstan as "successful," Aliyev said the [...] | 2007-08-23 10:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON RU TU TX KZ AJ |
07BAKU1066 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, GOAJ officials echoed President Aliyev's frustration with Turkey for reaching a deal with Greece and Italy on "Caspian gas;" Finance Minister Sharifov also complained that Turkish Energy Company BOTAS was not empowered to negotiate the many [...] | 2007-08-24 04:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET KZ PBTS PGOV PREL TU TX |
07BAKU1227 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON ENERGY ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-hour one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on October 8, President Aliyev outlined with frustration current problems on energy in advance of the Vilnius Summit. British Petroleum (BP) is "stealing our oil," he asserted sharply, seeking to put pressure on Azerbaijan to delay t [...] | 2007-10-09 14:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV RS TU UP KZ PL GG LH TX AJ |
07BAKU1238 | AZERBAIJAN WILL HELP GEORGIA WITH WINTER GAS BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan finds itself in a better situation to deal with regional winter gas shortages than in previous years due to both Shah Deniz gas and increased domestic (i.e. SOCAR) gas production, combined with decreased domestic demand resulting from price increases. Although Preside [...] | 2007-10-11 13:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TU GA |
07BAKU1292 | AZERBAIJAN, RWE UPBEAT ON NABUCCO; BOTAS SHAKE-UP [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Embassy Baku cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: According to an executive of German Energy Company RWE, in October 19 meetings with Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) and the Energy Ministry both expressed strong Azerbaijani support for the Nabucco pipeline pro [...] | 2007-10-26 10:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TU |
07BAKU132 | AZERBAIJAN: NABUCCO COMES TO BAKU LOOKING FOR TEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 25 conversation with the Ambassador, OMV Chief Executive Officer Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer said that the purpose of his first visit to Azerbaijan was to begin the quest for a contract with Azerbaijan for ten billion cubic meters of gas annually starting in 2012-2013, wh [...] | 2007-01-26 13:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG AZ TU GA PREL PGOV |
07BAKU1337 | AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT STAND WITH [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to Turkish President Abdullah Gul's November 6-8 visit to Azerbaijan, GOAJ officials, MPs, opposition party members, and civil society activists voiced support for Turkey in its struggle against the PKK. A November 5 conference in Baku, which included participants [...] | 2007-11-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ AJ |
07BAKU1362 | TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL RECEIVES WARM WELCOME IN BAKU [...] (C) Summary: Turkish President Abdullah Gul's November 6-8 visit to Azerbaijan highlighted strong cooperation and cultural ties between Azerbaijan and Turkey. President Aliyev and President Gul's statements focused on broadening bilateral cooperation, resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict [...] | 2007-11-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AJ |
07BAKU1397 | TURKIC CONFERENCE IN BAKU PASSES WITH LIMITED [...] (C) Summary: President Ilham Aliyev, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Mehmet Ali Talat attended the eleventh Turkic conference in Baku on November 17-19. The conference's final statement called for enhanced cooperation -- including cre [...] | 2007-11-21 10:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AJ |
07BAKU1481 | AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTRY ASSESSES POSITIVELY [...] (C) On December 7, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov told the DCM that his and the Prime Minister's November talks with the Turkmen Government had been positive. Khalafov said he specifically went to Ashgabat to conduct bilateral consultations on Caspian delimitation. The Prime Minist [...] | 2007-12-13 11:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ENRG ETRD AJ TX TU |
07BAKU1483 | AZERBAIJAN AND ITALY AGREE TO STEPS FORWARD FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A December 12 visit by an Italian delegation headed by Minister for Economic Development Pierluigi Bersani was highlighted by the signing of an Energy MOU with the Ministry of Economic Development. Edison CEO Umberto Quadrino said that 2008 would bring commercial negotiations be [...] | 2007-12-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ IT ENRG TU |
07BAKU155 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S SULLIVAN'S FEBRUARY 7 ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S-Azerbaijani Energy dialogue comes at a crucial time in the development of Azerbaijan's energy sector, when production from major oil and gas projects has either started or will start soon, and when Azerbaijan needs to make strategic decisions that will affect both the fut [...] | 2007-02-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL ECON ETRD RU TU AJ |
07BAKU173 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR SAYS USG MUST HELP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 25 meeting with the Ambassador, SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev defended the recent rise in energy prices, saying that energy could not be sold below cost and that prices had to be normalized. The GOAJ was keeping the public in the dark about the "huge expense" of [...] | 2007-02-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG AJ TU GA PREL PGOV |
07BAKU238 | \\CORRECTED COPY - TAG ORDER\\ AZERBAIJAN: DFM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 15:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ IR TU TX |
07BAKU240 | AZERBAIJAN: FM MAMMADYAROV ON TURKMENISTAN, IRAN [...] (C) This is an action request- please see paragraph 14. 2 (C) SUMMARY. In a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, FM Mammadyarov said that the recently concluded visit of DoD A/S Rodman had clarified the USG position on Iran, and he approved of the USG focus on a diplomatic solution. Co [...] | 2007-02-26 09:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ TU GA |
07BAKU256 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON TRANS-CAPSIAN AND EUROPEAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During a February 6 meeting with the US delegation to the Economic Partnership Commission (septel),President Aliyev outlined the changing regional energy picture. Touting Azerbaijan's refusal to bow to Russian gas policies as "an example for the region" and an act that "destroy [...] | 2007-03-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RU TU TX AJ |
07BAKU290 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT SAYS SOCAR MIGHT DEVELOP ACG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President Aliyev signaled his desire to coordinate with the USG on issues relating to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan energy transiting Azerbaijan. To this end, he supported the idea of Baku hosting an IEA-sponsored energy conference in [...] | 2007-03-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TU IR |
07BAKU386 | BAKU HOSTS FIRST AZERBAIJANI AND TURKISH DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary. In an effort to galvanize enhanced cooperation among Azerbaijani and Turkish diaspora organizations, Azerbaijan hosted the first conference of World Azerbaijani and Turkish Diaspora organizations from March 9-10. Reflecting the importance assigned to the event, President Ilham [...] | 2007-04-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU AJ |
07BAKU464 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR VP SAYS IMPOSSIBLE TO TO PREDICT [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 18. 2. (C) SUMMARY. According to SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nasirov, it is impossible to estimate, "even within five to ten billion cubic meters," how much gas Azerbaijan would have available for export on or around 2012. Additionally, t [...] | 2007-04-19 09:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ ENRG TX TU IR |
07BAKU61 | SHAH DENIZ WELL TO RESUME PRODUCTION, AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 15 BP plans to resume production at the first Shah Deniz well, where production has been ceased since mid-December due to a leak, although a BP executive questioned whether Shah Deniz production could play a significant role in meeting regional winter gas needs. Once S [...] | 2007-01-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV IR RU TU AJ |
07BAKU648 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR SAYS TURKISH TRANSIT INVITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an May 25 conversation, SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nasirov said that a letter from the GOAJ to Turkey inviting it to begin gas transit negotiations had been drafted and should be sent "within a few days." Nasirov said that in all its gas marketing endeavors the GOAJ should st [...] | 2007-05-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TU |
07BAKU696 | OVP DEPUTY ASSISTANT MEETING WITH AZERI FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Advisor Joseph Wood and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on May 30. Mammadyarov was relaxed and expansive about his recent discussions with new Turkmenistani President Gurbangul [...] | 2007-06-05 08:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TU |
07BAKU734 | AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KHALAFOV ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Advisor Joseph Wood and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov on May 30. Khalafov, responsible for Caspian delimitation and policy toward Iran and Turkmenistan, affirmed Azerbai [...] | 2007-06-12 11:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG BPIS AJ TU |
07BAKU815 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT GIVES TOUR D'HORIZON, IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 22 conversation with Ambassador Derse and Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) President Dr. Daniel Yergin, President Aliyev said that in general he was satisfied with the situation in Azerbaijan - "politically, economically and regionally." Domestically, Azerb [...] | 2007-06-27 13:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ TU ENRG |
07BAKU819 | AZERBAIJAN FM ON ENERGY, TURKMENISTAN AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 22 Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that he sensed "some momentum" from Turkmenistan towards reaching out to the West and diversifying its gas export routes. The GOAJ is ready to start gas transit talks with Turkey, with SOCAR taking the lead. Having j [...] | 2007-06-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ IR TU ENRG |
07BAKU917 | AZERBAIJAN GAS INITIATIVES WAITING ON TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a July 17 conversation primarily focused on Iran (septel),SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullyav speculated that the recently announced Turkey-Iran Energy MOU, if actualized, would throw into doubt both GOAJ participation in Nabucco and also the viability of a Turkmen-Azerbaijan tr [...] | 2007-07-20 13:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AJ ENRG |
07BAKU936 | AZERBAIJAN FM SAYS PROGRESS ITH TURKMENISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In July 19 and July 24 conversations, FM Mammadyarov said that gas transit talks with Turkey would begin soon, and that Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov's recent trip to Turkmenistan was encouraging. He supported the idea of a TEP "under a NATO IPAP chapeau," and accepted [...] | 2007-07-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU ENRG |
07BEIJING4301 | JUNE 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, A/S [...] Key points at the June 26 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA thanked all parties for their efforts in solving the BDA issue, but gave reporters no information on when the Six-Party Talks would resume. -- IAEA DDG Heinonen will brief Beijing on his trip to the DPRK upon its completion an [...] | 2007-06-26 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN UNSC KS KN JA IZ CI TU PK CH |
07BEIJING6732 | OCTOBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA VISIT [...] Key points at the October 18 MFA Press Briefing: -- China regards the Dalai Lama's visit to the United States as blatant interference in China's internal affairs that has greatly undermined the relationship between the United States and China. FM Yang strongly protested the visit in an Octo [...] | 2007-10-18 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM TU VM VT IN RS KN |
07BEIJING6844 | OCTOBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GAMBARI VISIT, J-10 [...] Key points at the October 25 MFA Press Briefing: -- UN Special Envoy Gambari met with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi and State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan on October 24-25. -- China has taken note of the "untrue and groundless" reports in the Russian media th [...] | 2007-10-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM IR RS JA SU TU IZ PK |
07BEIRUT405 | JUMBLATT FRETS THAT SYRIA IS PAINTING HIM AS PKK [...] (S) Over a 3/16 lunch otherwise dominated by discussion of Lebanon's domestic developments, Druse leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador that he was deeply worried that Syria was implicating him with PKK terrorism. Former Syrian VP Abdulhalim Khaddam, who met with Jumblatt earlier that w [...] | 2007-03-19 08:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER LE TU IZ |
07BERLIN1067 | TURKEY AND TURKISH-GERMANS [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish state has long considered Turks resident in Germany as potential allies and maintains official and unofficial means of influencing the community. For many years, Turkey had at best been ambivalent and sometimes directly hostile to integration. Turkey's stance has cha [...] | 2007-05-25 12:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV PREL TU GM |
07BERLIN1668 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK COMPLETED [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer contacted Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann (KMW) Procurement Sales Manager Harald Marke July 19 concerning KMV's role as an intermediate consignee in license application 05-050048064. Marke sent the requested information to Global Affairs officer August 31. 2. (SBU) For t [...] | 2007-09-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC NL CACM TU GM NO |
07BERLIN2062 | BANK MELLI ATTEMPTS TO PURCHASE A TURKISH BANK TO [...] (S) Emboffs delivered reftel nonpaper during the week of November 5 to MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel, MFA Nonproliferation Division Director Hellmut Hoffman, MFA International Financial Policy Desk Officer Claudia Schuett, and Economics Ministry Foreign Trade Law Division Director Ursina [...] | 2007-11-14 09:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN KNNP MNUC IR TU GM |
07BERLIN855 | RECENT GERMAN ACTIONS AGAINST THE PKK: RAIDS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the course of the last two months, German authorities have taken a number of actions against the PKK, including arresting two key PKK leaders and conducting raids on the homes and offices of numerous suspected PKK members. The actions again demonstrate German intentions and abi [...] | 2007-04-27 09:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC PREL KTFN GM TU |
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 |
07BRUSSELS1253 | SERBIAN GOVERNMENT PULLS CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY GENERAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The transition of the Stability Pact (SP) regional cooperation agenda to regional ownership (refs) hit a bump with the April 11 Serbian withdrawal of the nomination of Goran Svilanovic, former Serbia-Montenegro Foreign Minister and Stability Pact Working Table I (Democracy) chai [...] | 2007-04-13 16:21:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID SR HR EUN MI RO BU GR BK MW YI TU |
07BRUSSELS1306 | LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR GERMAN-LED TALKS ON DIRECT [...] (C/NF) Without disclosing details, the German Mission told us April 18 that German talks April 17 with northern Cypriot advisor Pertev on direct trade provided no breakthrough. The German and British missions and the Commission Office for northern Cyprus have told us separately that they dou [...] | 2007-04-18 16:22:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN CY TU |
07BRUSSELS1324 | BELGIUM: HIGHEST COURT QUASHES DHKP-C VERDICT [...] Belgium's highest court, the Cour de Cassation, on April 19 quashed the November 7 ruling of the Ghent Appellate Court imposing stiffer sentences on three convicted DHKP-C militants, and confirming the sentences handed down by a lower court in Bruges in February 2006 to four other DHKP-C milit [...] | 2007-04-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER BE TU |
07BRUSSELS1652 | DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA, TURKEY, [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte discussed a wide ranging set of issues May 16 with EU officials over dinner hosted by Ambassador Gray. In attendance on the EU side were Robert Cooper (deputy of Javier Solana),Christian Leffler (head of cabinet to Commissioner Wallstrom),Simon Fraser (head of [...] | 2007-05-18 12:24:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN EAID XM IR TU |
07BRUSSELS2348 | REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] This message is to confirm the participation of Ambassador C. Boyden Gray in the Regional Energy COM Conference in Istanbul September 20-22, 2007. He will be traveling alone. 2. We look forward to hearing further from Embassy Ankara as the program and logistics are finalized. We will pro [...] | 2007-07-24 13:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG TU |
07BRUSSELS2687 | PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY: GIVE US TIME ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) Portuguese Political and Security (PSC) Ambassador Pais told Charge August 23 that the EU will only address recognition and next steps on Kosovo as the December 10 report deadline moves closer. Pais floated a "hot house" Dayton-like conference as a possible way to pressure the Kosovars a [...] | 2007-08-24 12:13:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EUN KV RU TU |
07BRUSSELS3038 | DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON COMBATING PKK TERRORISM IN [...] (S) Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Andre Ceulemans, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Political Director and Adviser for Counterterrorism Issues. Ceulemans stressed Belgium's commitment to countering the PKK, saying Belgium was already "very conscious" of PKK activities and financial transac [...] | 2007-10-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL TU BE |
07BRUSSELS3299 | COMMISSION'S ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY: CONSOLIDATION [...] (C) The European Commission's (EC) "Enlargement Strategy," published November 6, aims at tackling key issues, such as promoting judicial reform, both earlier than during previous enlargements and with the help of benchmarks. On Turkey, the EC's strategy notes that "the pace of negotiations ( [...] | 2007-11-06 17:39:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID TU ZL EUN MCC |
07BRUSSELS3390 | USG DELEGATION APPROACHES BELGIUM ON TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: An inter-agency USG team, led by S/CT Counterterrorism Coordinator Dell Dailey, met with representatives of Belgium's counterterrorism, law enforcement, and intelligence communities, as well as parliamentarians, to discuss Al Qaida's increasing threat to Europe and the West, a [...] | 2007-11-27 09:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER TU BE |
07BRUSSELS91 | EU LEADERS SEEK BALANCE ON ENLARGEMENT; TALK TOUGH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 18:03:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF BK EUN IR IS KPAL LE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
07BUCHAREST268 | CFE CROSS-GROUP STATIONING LANGUAGE: OPTION ONE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR TU NO UK CA BU RO |
07CAIRO1338 | ROSY REPORTS OF NEW INVESTMENT IN EGYPTIAN TEXTILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent press report of new Jordanian investment in the Egyptian textile industry is indicative of a trend of increasing FDI in Egypt and expansion of the textile industry in particular, as foreign investors eye the rapidly expanding Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) program for [...] | 2007-05-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CH JO EG TU |
07CAIRO1373 | BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION 05-050042160 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 12:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KOMC EG TU |
07CAIRO1382 | ROSY REPORTS OF NEW INVESTMENT IN EGYPTIAN TEXTILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent press report of new Jordanian investment in the Egyptian textile industry is indicative of a trend of increasing FDI in Egypt and expansion of the textile industry in particular, a foreign investors eye the rapidly expanding Quaified Industrial Zone (QIZ) program for du [...] | 2007-05-10 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CH JO EG TU |
07CAIRO2643 | BLUE LANTERN-PRE LICENSE CHECK ON 05-050048861 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KOMC EG TU |
07DAKAR1435 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S.-TURKISH RELATIONS [...] (S) During Embassy,s Dakar Fourth of July celebrations, PolOff had a candid discussion with Turkish Ambassador Yalcin Kayaerensoy (strictly protect) on the Turkish people,s continued anger over the capture of its soldiers in July 2003, Turkey,s upcoming July 22 election, the rise of nationali [...] | 2007-07-09 17:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PREL KDEM KISL PINR PTER SOCI SG TU |
07DAMASCUS17 | TURKEY: THE SARG'S NEW BEST FRIEND [...] (C) SUMMARY: OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WITH A SERIES OF HIGH-LEVEL TURKISH DIPLOMATIC VISITS AND TURKEY'S MUCH-DELAYED RATIFICATION OF THE SYRIAN-TURKISH FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (FTA),THE SARG HAS PUBLICLY HAILED THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA OF COOPERATION BETWEEN SYRIA AND TURKEY. THE SARG BELIE [...] | 2007-01-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IZ SY TU |
07DARESSALAAM388 | TANZANIA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PARM TZ DJ ET YM TU PM PPA MASS |
07DOHA1136 | QATAR LIKELY TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST GCC STATES TO [...] (C) P/E Chief delivered Ref A demarche December 5 to MFA Director of GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber. Al-Jaber said the GCC heads of state discussed how to proceed on stabilizing Iraq in their December 3-4 Doha summit. According to Al-Jaber, the GCC states believed that the security situation i [...] | 2007-12-05 11:59:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR TU QA |
07FRANKFURT220 | FURTHER STEPS AGAINST PKK: RAIDS, ARREST, PRISON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German efforts against the PKK were again apparent this past week in southwest Germany with targeted raids, an arrest of one suspected PKK leader, and the sentencing of another to two years in prison. END SUMMARY. Anti-PKK Raids and an Arrest ---------------------------- [...] | 2007-01-17 08:46:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KTFN KCRM GM TU |
07HAMBURG29 | GERMANY/PKK: WHY HAMBURG RELEASED CANSIZ [...] (C) On May 2, Office Director of the Hamburg Minister of Justice Henning Clasen informed ConGen Hamburg that PKK leader Sakine Cansiz had been released from jail on April 25 and that she had already returned to Paris, France. Cansiz had been arrested in Hamburg on March 19 pursuant to a Turkis [...] | 2007-05-04 15:49:00 | Consulate Hamburg | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KTFN GM TU FR |
07HAMBURG63 | THE SPD APPROVES OEF MANDATE, SIGNALS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Summary: Overall, foreign policy played a minor role at the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) October 26-28 national convention in Hamburg (reftel). It was, however, the main focus of a pre-convention event October 25 sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) and geared mainly tow [...] | 2007-10-31 17:16:00 | Consulate Hamburg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KUNR GM AF EU RS TU |
07HELSINKI553 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU COMMISSIONER OLLI REHN [...] (C) Summary: EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn told Ambassador Ware that French President Sarkozy's opposition will complicate Turkey's EU accession bid, but does not necessarily need to derail it if the EU manages the process carefully. Rehn was pessimistic about Kosovo, and very disappo [...] | 2007-07-20 10:37:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UN TU FI YI |
07HELSINKI736 | FINNISH RESPONSE: COMBATING PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU EUN FI |
07HELSINKI801 | FINLAND: COMBATING PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Counterterrorism Coordinator Pekka Oinonen Oct. 29. Oinonen welcomed our views as a follow-up to recent PKK-related demarches and said that Finland )- as a longtime friend of Turkey )- was following developments with great concern. He we [...] | 2007-10-30 09:41:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN EUN TU IZ FI |
07ISTANBUL1005 | TURKISH SECURITY CHALLENGES: DOMESTIC PRESSURES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-23 08:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
07ISTANBUL1006 | EDIRNE FLOODS - AGAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-23 08:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL1011 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Istanbul follows President Bush's successful November 5 meeting with PM Erdogan in Washington and Secretary Rice's constructive Ankara meetings with Erdogan, President Gul and FM Babacan on November 2. The President and Secretary Rice greatly improved Turkish-Ameri [...] | 2007-11-23 08:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU |
07ISTANBUL1014 | Energy Secretary Bodman Meets with Turkish Energy Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 15, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman met Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler in Istanbul. They reaffirmed the U.S.-Turkey strategic energy vision for the development of Caspian resources and delivery systems to bring them to market, including the Trans-Caspian p [...] | 2007-11-26 14:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET AJ IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ISTANBUL1015 | IRAN/ENERGY: AN IRANIAN DELEGATION IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) In the best of Iranian bazaar tradition, an Iranian delegation representing Iran's oil ministry and energy industry attending a November 15-16 energy conference in Istanbul tried hard to portray Iran and its vast oil and gas reserves as a stabilizing force for regional energy markets and [...] | 2007-11-28 06:38:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL ECON IR TU |
07ISTANBUL1016 | IRANIAN CARS HIT TURKISH ROADS: "BUSINESS AS [...] (SBU) According to Turkish press accounts, MYS Otomotive, a Turkish automotive distribution company, has begun to sell Iranian-made cars throughout Turkey. Partnering with Iran's Khodro Company (IKCO),one of the Middle East's largest car companies, MYS Otomotive is selling two Khodro models [...] | 2007-11-28 06:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IR TU |
07ISTANBUL1017 | IRAQI CG IN ISTANBUL ON IRAQ-TURKEY RELATIONS AND [...] (C) Summary. In a courtesy call on Consulate Istanbul CG Wiener on November 27, Iraq,s Consul General in Istanbul, Ambassador Salah Abdulsalam, said his two top priorities here are to rebuild contacts with the Iraqi community in Turkey and to strengthen economic, commercial, and political c [...] | 2007-11-28 06:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IQ TU |
07ISTANBUL1028 | CODEL ROHRABACHER DISCUSSES KURDISH ISSUES, [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 26, CODEL Rohrabacher met ARI Movement founder Kemal Koprulu to discuss Kurdish issues in Turkey and Iraq. The Congressman was joined by Congressman Louie Gohmert and former Chairman of the California Republican Party Shawn Steel. Koprulu was accompanied by Rifat [...] | 2007-12-03 10:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL1029 | Energy Secretary Bodman Meets with Turkish Prime Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 18, Energy Secretary Bodman met with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan on the margins of the Turkish Greek Interconnector (TGI) Ceremony. Also present was Turkish Energy Minister Guler, as well as representation from the Turkish MFA. The Secretary and the Prime Minist [...] | 2007-12-03 12:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ISTANBUL1035 | TURKEY'S ISLAMIC BANKING SECTOR [...] Islamic banking in Turkey began in 1985 when the Ozal government authorized the creation of "special financial institutions" and Albaraka Turk, an offshoot of Al-Baraka Banking Group of Bahrain, opened as the first interest-free banking institution in Turkey. Interest-free banks in Turkey es [...] | 2007-12-04 11:28:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN TU |
07ISTANBUL1036 | ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR TOES PARTY LINE WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Istanbul Deputy Governor responsible for minority issues told a small delegation of influential U.S.-based "Archons" of the Ecumenical Patriarchate that the vandalism recently conducted by Turkish Forestry Ministry employees on a Greek Orthodox church had been carried out in [...] | 2007-12-04 15:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL1037 | AKP INSIDER COMMENTS ON MISSIONARIES, TRADE WITH [...] (C) Summary and comment. Ibrahim Yildirim is a well-connected Justice and Development Party (AK) insider and frequent contact of the consulate, though he holds neither a titled party position nor political office. During an extended conversation, Yildirim said there should be no compulsion [...] | 2007-12-05 08:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU IR SY |
07ISTANBUL1045 | GENDER EQUALITY IN TURKISH POLITICS: IS PARITY [...] (U) At a joint Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation-ARI Movement conference entitled 'Young Women Fit For Politics', Turkish and Swedish MP's discussed women's role in policy-making. The Hjalmarson Foundation -- a democracy-development foundation tied to the Moderate party of Sweden -- and the ARI Movem [...] | 2007-12-11 08:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM TU |
07ISTANBUL1046 | CODEL SHAYS CONFRONTS SKEPTICAL BUSINESSMEN IN [...] (C) Summary. Codel Shays' November 29 meetings in Istanbul underlined contrasts in Turkish thinking on Iraq, the PKK and the U.S. image in Turkey. President of Karadeniz Holding Orhan Karadeniz told Congressman Shays Iraq remains a mess, despite military accomplishments. Turkey is very sen [...] | 2007-12-11 08:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ |
07ISTANBUL1049 | THE AKP BRINGS WATER TO ISTANBUL [...] (U) Prime Minister Erdogan presided over the official opening of the Melen Project, a massive endeavor to provide residents of Istanbul with sufficient water. This project diverts water from the Melen River and pipes it about 150 km westward to Istanbul. The ceremony celebrated the complet [...] | 2007-12-11 10:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD SENV PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL1051 | GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA [...] (SBU) The International Conference on Islamophobia accused "the West" of an irrational fear of Islam. Most speakers provided anecdotal evidence of hostile actions towards Muslims, including Turkey,s ban against headscarves in public institutions. A small minority of speakers raised the need [...] | 2007-12-11 14:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV AORC TU |
07ISTANBUL1052 | TURKISH BANK REPRESENTATIVES PLEDGE HEIGHTENED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of several Turkish banks told Istanbul Iran Watcher on November 29 that they are acting with "extreme vigilance" against the risks posed by the Iranian financial sector and scrutinizing all transactions with Iranian banks, including those designated by the USG on [...] | 2007-12-11 14:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IR PGOV PREL PTER TU |
07ISTANBUL1058 | ISTANBUL WRITER SAYS TURKISH/U.S. MISUNDERSTANDING [...] (C) Summary and comment. Many western ideas have not penetrated the Turkish mindset, including some as basic as limited government. This sometimes leads to misunderstandings between Americans and Turkish counterparts. Prevailing non-western ways of thinking often give life to conspiracy the [...] | 2007-12-13 12:57:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU |
07ISTANBUL1064 | NEW INVESTMENT IN ENERGY PROJECTS [...] (U) In a deal that will add nearly 3,000 megawatts of electrical generation in Turkey, GE Energy Financial Services is acquiring 50 percent of Gama Energy. Currently Gama Energy, a subsidiary of Gama Holdings, owns 1,150 megawatts generation capacity in Turkey and the partnership with GE will [...] | 2007-12-17 12:24:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG TU |
07ISTANBUL1073 | CONSUL GENERAL'S CALL ON TURKISH-ARMENIAN ORTHODOX [...] (C) Summary. The leader of the Armenian Orthodox community in Turkey, His Beatitude Mesrob II, during the Consul General's introductory call, expressed optimism that the government will soon pass a proposed new Law on Foundations. He stressed progress for Armenia depended on reconciliation [...] | 2007-12-18 16:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL1088 | TURKISH ALEVIS HOPEFUL FOLLOWING ECHR DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary. Some 15 million Turkish Alevis have reason to be hopeful following an October 9 European Court of Human Rights ruling and press reports that the government may soon propose a plan to address their long-disputed grievances. Prominent Alevi advocate Izettin Dogan recently told us t [...] | 2007-12-31 13:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL110 | NEW TUSIAD CHAIRMAN: US CAN HELP CURB RISING [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) Chairman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag and the head of TUSIAD's parliamentary commission Pekin Baran told Ambassador that the loss of EU and US credibility in Turkey has contributed to the recent rise of natio [...] | 2007-02-14 09:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON TU AM |
07ISTANBUL115 | TURKISH STRAITS AT CAPACITY [...] Summary: On February 11, Capt. Salih Orakci, General Director of the Coastal Safety and Salvage Administration briefed A/S Sullivan and members of the EPC delegation on the hazards of navigating the Turkish Straits and the operation of the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) in the Bosphorous Straits. [...] | 2007-02-15 09:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EPET SENV TU |
07ISTANBUL116 | AMCONSULATE ISTANBUL RECEIVES PURPORTED OCALAN [...] (C/NF) Consulate has received a letter purporting to be from jailed PKK leader Abullah Ocalan. The envelope was postmarked January 11, 2007, from Beyoglu, Istanbul and addressed to ConGen Istanbul's former Beyoglu office building. The Asrin Law Firm, responsible for Abdullah Ocalan's lega [...] | 2007-02-15 11:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ |
07ISTANBUL120 | HRANT DINK SUCCESSOR CONCERNED FOR FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Hrant Dink's widow and Armenian-Turkish weekly Agos' new editor-in-chief Etyen Mahcupyan to express condolences and discuss the state of affairs for the newspaper and the Armenian community in Turkey since Dink's January 19 assassination. Mahcupyan expressed [...] | 2007-02-16 08:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR TU |
07ISTANBUL136 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH DISCUSSES HALKI OPTION [...] (SBU) Summary. While in Istanbul to attend a session of the U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met separately with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II (septel.) In his meeting with Bartholomew, the two touched on issues related t [...] | 2007-02-23 05:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL137 | TURKEY'S ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ON THE GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary. In a February 8 meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Armenian Patriarch for Istanbul and all of Turkey Mesrob II (please protect) and who asked not to be quoted on this point, said he feared that passage of the Armenian genocide resolution (H.R. 106) could lead to "violent backl [...] | 2007-02-23 06:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL148 | ISTANBUL JANUARY PD ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: Istanbul PAS activities in January 2007 included organizing an official visit by the Consul General to Kocaeli, an industrial province east of Istanbul; a round-table discussion with a group of young journalists; and a radio interview with one of Turkey's leading intellectuals. In a [...] | 2007-02-23 15:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL15 | DISPARATE ALEVI GROUPS AGREE TURKISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Alevi groups representing different religious ideologies shared with us views about their beliefs and disputes with the Government of Turkey. The Ehl-i-Beyt and Cem Foundations continue to seek legal recognition of their faith and proportional support from the Government, as w [...] | 2007-01-12 11:08:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
07ISTANBUL150 | REP HARMAN DISCUSSES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) met February 21 with Turkish PM Erdogan, Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II, and reform-minded NGO leaders Can Paker and Etyen Mahcupyan to hear Turkish views on the Armenian genocide resolution pending in the House. PM Erdogan highlighted Turkey,s close work [...] | 2007-02-26 12:47:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
07ISTANBUL159 | PRIVATE SECTOR MEETINGS INFORM U.S. - TURKEY EPC [...] (U) Summary: The third meeting of the U.S. - Turkey Economic Partnership Commission began in Istanbul with a full-day session devoted to the private sector. These private sector meetings were designed to inform the government-to-government meetings that followed on February 9 (septel.) Priv [...] | 2007-02-27 13:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD TU |
07ISTANBUL162 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE STRESSES SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarchate senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia summarized Patriarchate grievances against the GOT during SFRC Majority Staff member Tomicah Tillemann's February 22 visit. Meliton was particularly concerned about recent anonymous threats directed aga [...] | 2007-02-28 08:28:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL AM TU |
07ISTANBUL164 | SECURITY SURVEY: ISTANBUL BASED ECUMENICAL [...] (SBU) Subsequent to reported threats (reftel) against the Ecumenical and Armenian Patriarchates in Istanbul, Ecumenical Patriarchate administrative staffer Paul Gikas contacted us on February 15 to accept Consulate's previous offers to provide security improvement recommendations. In response [...] | 2007-03-01 15:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM TU |
07ISTANBUL167 | FROM THE VISA LINE: WINTER'S TALES [...] (SBU) Summary: From the Visa Line is a reporting vehicle encompassing vignettes, anecdotes and observations from Istanbul Consular officers' daily interactions with applicants. In recent months, some applicants have cited the increasingly nationalist climate in Turkey as a factor motivating th [...] | 2007-03-02 10:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS SOCI CASC KFRD KPAO TU |
07ISTANBUL187 | S/P KRASNER DISCUSSES IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Summary. Following policy/planning consultations with the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara, S/P Director Stephen Krasner met with the secular, nationalist-leaning Marmara group as well as academics in Istanbul on February 23-24. Lecturer and writer Soli Ozel questioned how a revolutio [...] | 2007-03-08 08:40:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ IR |
07ISTANBUL212 | ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR - EUR DAS BRYZA [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul Deputy Governor for minority affairs Fikret Kasapoglu told EUR DAS Bryza during a March 9 meeting that the Minister of Education had expressed to him six months ago a favorable opinion of a proposal to re-open Halki Seminary as a two-year high school. Kasapoglu believed [...] | 2007-03-15 16:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV AM GR TU |
07ISTANBUL234 | AMBASSADOR'S FOLLOW-UP WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I reiterated Patriarchate grievances against the GOT to Ambassador during a March 16 meeting intended to follow-up recent USG discussions with the Patriarchate and GOT officials. His All Holiness expressed hope that progress would be made after [...] | 2007-03-22 07:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL245 | ISTANBUL TO HOST WORLD WATER FORUM 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary. Even as the country enjoyed sunshine instead of rain (reftel),Istanbul hosted a preparatory meeting for the World Water Forum 2009, an international, tri-annual meeting organized to highlight water needs and resources worldwide since 1997. Istanbul was chosen as venue for th [...] | 2007-03-23 12:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ENRG SENV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL247 | US CHAMBER-ISTANBUL CHAMBER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary. Inspired by an earlier US Chamber - Turkish Union of Chambers (TOBB) project (ref B) designed to familiarize small and medium sized Turkish businesses with the U.S. market, the Istanbul Chamber hosted a series of workshops in cooperation with the U.S. Chamber on March 20-23. This i [...] | 2007-03-26 05:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV BEXP TU |
07ISTANBUL252 | TURKISH OPINION MAKERS ON PM ERDOGAN AND THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In what was meant to be an hour and a half tour d'horizon with three of Turkey's most prominent opinion makers, Ambassador was only able to get one question in: Will PM Erdogan be a candidate for President? The heated debate that ensued was a sharp contrast to the backdrop of [...] | 2007-03-26 13:38:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO TU |
07ISTANBUL258 | BANKERS' TAKE ON POSSIBLE ELECTION OUTCOMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul bankers and key business leaders are evenly divided on Prime Minister Erdogan's presidential aspirations with some claiming he would be a fool to take the highly respected but largely ceremonial position while others claim Erdogan's ego will not allow him to forego the [...] | 2007-03-28 10:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN TU |
07ISTANBUL346 | FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DAVUTOGLU'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Iraq Coordinator David Satterfield met with Prime Minister Erdogan,s senior foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday, April 21, 2007, to discuss U.S. and Turkish policy toward Iraq and related issues. Ambassador Oguz Celikkol, special representative [...] | 2007-04-24 15:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU IZ XF |
07ISTANBUL347 | ISTANBUL FEBRUARY-APRIL PD ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: During the February-April period, PAS Istanbul's efforts concentrated on addressing press reports claiming U.S. "inactivity" on the PKK in northern Iraq and on speculations that Armenia "Genocide" resolutions in both the House and the Senate were expected to pass. We also organized [...] | 2007-04-25 08:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL349 | CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES SECURITY, MINORITIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Consul General met Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler on April 20 to express condolences and address security concerns for American citizens and minority community members in Turkey following the April 18 murders of three Christian bookstore employees in Malatya (ref A). Guler conde [...] | 2007-04-25 13:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ASEC TU |
07ISTANBUL353 | A GATHERING OF GULENISTS, WITH A SPLASH OF SCOTCH [...] (C) Summary. An April 17 gathering of journalists, academicians, religious and political leaders either merely familiar with, sympathetic to or loyal followers of Fethullah Gulen painted a picture of the self-exiled, U.S.-based Turkish religious leader as a compassionate and tolerant humanit [...] | 2007-04-27 14:41:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
07ISTANBUL358 | HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN ISTANBUL MARCH FOR [...] Summary: An unprecedented crowd of around 1 million rallied in Istanbul on April 29 in support of Turkey's secular democracy. The previously planned rally followed a strong statement by the Turkish military on April 27, warning of threats to the secular republic (refs B, C). Within the div [...] | 2007-04-30 13:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL363 | ISTANBUL MAY DAY 2007 [...] (SBU) Following Sunday's "largest ever" demonstration in Turkey (reftel),a union-inspired crowd today took to the streets to hold traditional May Day demonstrations. Depending on where one started the day, the morning commute was either easier than normal or nearly impossible as police tried [...] | 2007-05-01 12:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL38 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ASSASSINATED IN ISTANBUL [...] Human rights activist and newspaper publisher Hrint Dink was assassinated at approximately 1500 local time outside the offices of the bilingual Turkish- and Armenian-language newspaper Agos. Television reporters on the scene less than one-half hour later report four spent bullet casings on the [...] | 2007-01-19 14:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL387 | DINK TRIAL TO BE HELD ON JULY 2 [...] Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court No. 14 will hear the case against the 18 suspects in the Hrant Dink assassination on July 2. The hearing will be closed to observers because Ogun Samast, the primary suspect, is a minor. The court has invited Orhan Pamuk, who was threatened by one of the suspect [...] | 2007-05-09 06:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL406 | ISTANBUL: A TALE OF THREE OUTLOOKS [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, an entrepreneur and founding member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP),a representative of Turkish tradesmen and craftsmen, and a Kemalist academic each commented on today's politics; the first resentful of secularist prejudice, the second aggrieved [...] | 2007-05-15 12:36:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL417 | ISTANBUL BRINGS NGO EXPERT TO ADDRESS TRANSPARENCY, [...] Summary: As part of mission's ongoing support of Turkish NGO development, PAS Istanbul designed an April 30 - May 7 program with U.S. Speaker Alan Kumamoto, Partner of Kumamoto Associates and board member of NCIV Los Angeles. Kumamoto reached a wide variety of grassroots organizations, civic [...] | 2007-05-16 13:22:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL KPAO KDEM TU |
07ISTANBUL42 | SITREP 2. DINK ASSAILANT ARRESTED; HIGH LEVEL [...] (U) In the aftermath of the January 19 murder in Istanbul of Agos weekly editor and founder Hrant Dink, his suspected assailant, 17-year old Ogun Samast, was arrested by Turkish National Police Saturday evening as he stepped off a bus in Samsun en route to his home in Trabzon after his father [...] | 2007-01-22 12:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL427 | FORUM ISTANBUL: DP'S MEHMET AGAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Mehmet Agar, soon-to-be chairman of the new Democrat Party (DP) that will shortly be formed through unification of his own True Path Party (DYP) and the Motherland (ANAP) party, last week called democracy "the most important value in the world today" and the sine qua non for T [...] | 2007-05-21 12:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL437 | THE D-8 SECRETARIAT: AN INSTITUTION IN SEARCH OF A [...] (SBU) Summary: We met recently with Dipo Alam, the newly arrived Secretary General of the Developing Eight (D-8) organization. According to Alam the D-8's primary focus is fostering economic development through closer trade ties among the member states as well as cooperation with the United [...] | 2007-05-24 09:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL TU IR |
07ISTANBUL438 | KOCAELI PROVINCE: SATURATED WITH INDUSTRY [...] Summary: Kocaeli province is Istanbul's blue-collar neighbor. If Ankara is Turkey's Washington and Istanbul is New York, then Kocaeli is Chicago. Heavily industrial and densely populated, Kocaeli hugs the eastern tip of the Sea of Marmara. Chamber of Industry representatives and Ford Oto [...] | 2007-05-24 12:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TU |
07ISTANBUL44 | SITREP 3. HRANT DINK MEMORIAL AND FUNERAL [...] (U) Memorial activities for slain Turkish human rights activist Hrant Dink began promptly at 11 a.m. local time in front of the Agos newspaper editorial offices where Dink had been editor-in-chief. A sea of humanity packed the wide boulevard from side to side for a total of perhaps one-half [...] | 2007-01-23 12:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL449 | ENERGY REGULATORS DISCUSS POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) met in Istanbul May 21-22 to discuss regional energy market development, energy security, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. The conference was partially funded by USAID. Yusuf Gunay, President of the Energy Market Regul [...] | 2007-05-29 11:38:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TU |
07ISTANBUL46 | TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES POLICY FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary. Several thousand Istanbul Justice and Development Party (AKP) precinct captains and party faithful jammed an auditorium January 13 to hear Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul acclaim Turkey's foreign policy achievements and goals as the party continues its campaign to energize its coh [...] | 2007-01-24 09:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL468 | ONE INSIDER'S AKP: MISTAKES, POSSIBILITIES, [...] (C) Summary. Metin Kulunk, an Istanbul-based Justice and Development Party (AKP) founding member and rival to Mehmet Muezzinoglu for AK Party's Istanbul Chairmanship, met with us May 23 to review his recent trip to the U.S. and share views of the AKP heading into parliamentary elections. He [...] | 2007-06-01 09:39:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL475 | ZEYNEL ERDEM DISCUSSES GULENIST SCHOOLS [...] (C) Zeynel Erdem, a wealthy local businessman and self-described 'advocate for America' (please protect) used a May 31 appointment with CG to raise two cases of Fetullah Gulen (FG) adherents who'd recently been barred from entering the United States. (See reftel for more detail on Gulen and t [...] | 2007-06-04 12:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CVIS TU |
07ISTANBUL476 | CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP ON TURKEY MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious minority leaders from the Armenian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Jewish communities met separately May 30 with the Congressional Study Group on Turkey. Discussions at the Armenian and Ecumenical Patriarchates focused on the possible effect of a congressional Armenian [...] | 2007-06-04 12:40:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL498 | MEETING WITH GENC PARTY ISTANBUL CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Soner Cokbilgin, the current Istanbul chairman of the Genc ("Young") Party, discussed Genc Party,s brief history, the July 22 parliamentary elections, and future goals with us on May 23 in Istanbul. Genc Party is a vehicle for the political aspirations of Cem Uzan, a controve [...] | 2007-06-08 13:14:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL50 | TURKISH LEGAL SOURCES REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) The following information is a summary of the relevant legal sources and points associated with the administration and closing of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Halki Seminary. Most of the information is taken from a Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) publication ent [...] | 2007-01-24 16:09:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL509 | ANAVATAN WITHDRAWS FROM ELECTION, HOPES TO [...] (C) Summary: Motherland Party (ANAVATAN) Istanbul Branch Chairman Sinan Gedik confided his party withdrew on June 8 from upcoming parliamentary elections because it anticipates the elections will result in a three-party parliament unable to elect a president and consequently forced to dissolv [...] | 2007-06-13 08:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL51 | PM LAUNCHES TUNNEL, LAUDS ITALIAN SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY: On January 23, Prime Minister Erdogan used the official opening ceremony of a tunnel on the primary Ankara - Istanbul highway to highlight the strong commercial ties between Turkey and Italy. Erdogan argued that the commercial and business links forged by his government with Italy ha [...] | 2007-01-24 16:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN EINV ENRG IT TU |
07ISTANBUL517 | TURKISH DEMOCRACY: ISOLATION AND TRADITION [...] (C) Summary. Sabanci University political science professor Ali Carkoglu argued in a recent meeting that traditional Kemalists - the military, the courts, Turkey's bureaucracy - are insulated from normal Turkish society and have no stake in its improvement. A siege mentality and sense of is [...] | 2007-06-15 11:38:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL52 | BIBLE SOCIETY'S EXPERIENCE TRANSCENDS RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Bible Society in Turkey, established by Congregational Protestant missionaries in Istanbul in 1820, continues to enjoy freedom from government interference in its operations. Notably, its recent publication of a Kurdish language Bible received little GOT attention and was ev [...] | 2007-01-25 11:07:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL53 | TUSIAD ELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN; DECRIES DINK MURDER [...] Summary: During the January 25 Annual General Assembly TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association) members elected a new board of directors, naming Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag the first female chairman in the group's 37-year history. Yalcindag's election was a foregone conclus [...] | 2007-01-25 15:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV TU |
07ISTANBUL531 | PRO-KURDISH PARTY: A FRESH APPROACH TO GAINING [...] (C) Summary. The Kurdish nationalist Democratic Society Party (DTP) is running one "independent" candidate from each of Istanbul's three electoral districts; the party claims each is likely to attract enough support to gain seats in parliament. Nationwide, 40% of the party's candidates are [...] | 2007-06-22 10:41:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL538 | ARTICLE 301 CONTINUES TO HAUNT DINK FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Hrant Dink's son Arat, a managing editor at the Armenian-language weekly newspaper his father founded, and another "Agos" colleague were acquitted on June 14 of charges associated with "attempting to influence the judiciary." The same court postponed the hearing of a more cont [...] | 2007-06-22 14:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL539 | AN EVENING WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I [...] (C) Summary: His All Holiness Bartholomew I used a farewell dinner he hosted in honor of the departing Consul General to express appreciation for the USG's continuing support and for the Consul General's personal interest in the issues affecting the Ecumenical Patriarchate. He lamented havi [...] | 2007-06-25 12:09:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL TU GR |
07ISTANBUL541 | DAS BRYZA, AMB DAVUTOGLU DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. During a June 15 meeting in Istanbul, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Prime Ministry senior advisor Ahmet Davutoglu discussed ways forward on Cyprus in the run up to the December 2008 EU Commission report on Turkey's accession process. Davutoglu argued that the current government was un [...] | 2007-06-26 08:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU CY EUN |
07ISTANBUL542 | TUSIAD LUNCHEON WITH COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Sampson, joined by Ambassador Wilson and Consul General, met with leaders of the Turkish Industrialists, and Businessmen,s Association (TUSIAD) on June 7 at TUSIAD,s headquarters in Istanbul. The discussion focused on the organization's missi [...] | 2007-06-26 09:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL550 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE WINS PYRRIC VICTORY IN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. On June 26 the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals (Yargitay) upheld a local Istanbul court decision to acquit 12 members of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the charge of "illegal obstruction of religious service." In rendering this decision the court [...] | 2007-06-27 11:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM TU |
07ISTANBUL553 | AMBASSADOR WILSON MEETS WITH CARGILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Van Yeutter, Director of International Business Development for Cargill, Inc., and Mustafa Sayintac, CEO of Cargill-Turkey, told Ambassador and CG officers on June 7 in Istanbul that Cargill-Turkey's largest factory, which was ordered to close down last year, remains open pendin [...] | 2007-06-27 12:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAGR BEXP TU |
07ISTANBUL554 | YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY'S "DON'T IGNORE, VOTE!" [...] (SBU) Summary. Playing off an American rap star's "Vote or Die" campaign, a group of Turkish students and their professor at Istanbul's Yeditepe University have launched a popular get-out-the-vote initiative called &Koyverme, oy ver!8 (&Don,t ignore, vote!8) to promote voter turnout in the Ju [...] | 2007-06-28 06:16:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL555 | ISTANBUL TO HOST TOP NAMES IN GLOBAL COMMERCE [...] An increasingly popular venue for international congresses and conventions, Istanbul will host the World Chambers Federation (WCF) Fifth World Chambers Congress in Istanbul on July 4-6. Istanbul competed with Monaco and Bratislava to host the event. Prime Minister Erdogan will open the even [...] | 2007-06-28 06:16:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BEXP TU |
07ISTANBUL556 | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SUES LOCAL GOVERNMENT OVER [...] (SBU) Summary. Amnesty International's (AI) Turkey branch filed civil cases against two local government authorities, the Beyoglu District Governor's office and the Istanbul Governor's office, for failing to respond to queries related to the January seizure of 75,000 YTL (approx 57,000 dollar [...] | 2007-06-28 15:22:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL565 | BSEC 15TH ANNIVERSARY SUMMIT: A PROTOCOL TRIUMPH [...] (SBU) Summary: The BSEC 15th anniversary summit held in Istanbul on June 25 proved that Turkey could deliver a high level protocol event, including participation by eleven of the twelve BSEC member heads of state or government. Armenia, the only hold out, was represented by Foreign Minister O [...] | 2007-07-02 08:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN ENRG TU RU EU |
07ISTANBUL577 | OPENING SESSION OF DINK MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The much anticipated trial of 18 suspects in the January 19 murder of Turkish Armenian human rights activist Hrant Dink (ref A) began on July 2 in a closed-court session because the murder suspect is a minor. Following accusations of police complicity in the murder and questio [...] | 2007-07-03 10:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL60 | THE DISTAFF SIDE OF AK LEADERSHIP: ROOM FOR MORE [...] (C) Summary: During a small dinner hosted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) "networker" Mutlu Alkan, State Minister for Women's and Children's issues Nimet Cubukcu expressed confidence in the ruling party's ability to succeed in this year's parliamentary elections, while lamenting the c [...] | 2007-01-26 13:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO TU |
07ISTANBUL607 | CHALLENGE TO NON-TURKISH SYNOD MEMBERS OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Ultra-nationalist attorney Kemal Kerincsiz, citing the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals' (Yargitay) June 26 rejection of the ecumenical nature of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, requested the Governor of Istanbul intervene to block the Holy Synod's July 7-10 meetin [...] | 2007-07-09 11:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL61 | HRANT DINK MEMORIAL SERVICES INSPIRE TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Consulate staff joined tens of thousands of Turkish citizens of various ethnicities, along with a significant international audience at memorial and funeral services for Turkish-Armenian human rights advocate Hrant Dink, murdered January 19 in front of his Agos [...] | 2007-01-26 18:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL TU AM |
07ISTANBUL624 | STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY/GUREVICH DISCUSS ELECTIONS, VIEW [...] (C) Summary. In separate July 7 meetings, House Committee on Foreign Affairs (HCFA) Senior Staff Members Alan Makovsky and Gene Gurevich discussed the July 22 parliamentary elections, the possibility of a cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq, and the effects of a possible U.S. Arm [...] | 2007-07-13 06:24:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL63 | U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH TURKISH BANKS [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on December 4 and 5, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey briefed leading Turkish bankers on the risks posed by deceptive Iranian banking practices. U/S Levey noted that Iranian interest in Turkey would likely increase as European banks pull back from their Iran business and ur [...] | 2007-01-29 06:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER EINV TU IR |
07ISTANBUL631 | NORTHWEST TURKEY'S TEKIRDAG IN CAMPAIGN MOOD [...] (SBU) Summary. We visited Tekirdag located just up the Marmara seacoast northwest of Istanbul a few days after the press splashed claims of U.S. support to the PKK by three masked persons said to be PKK defectors across newspapers and television sets. The pleasant town, known for excellent k [...] | 2007-07-16 13:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL636 | ISTANBUL INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE SHOT DEAD [...] Tuncay Seyranlioglu, an independent candidate for parliament in Istanbul's 2nd electoral district, was shot dead on July 16 in the suburban Kemerburgaz neighborhood of Istanbul. Seyranlioglu had just finished a television interview when assailants opened fire on his vehicle. His three passen [...] | 2007-07-17 12:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL638 | YARGITAY'S RULING ON ECUMENICITY: WHAT DOES IT [...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarchate attorney Kezban Hatemi and Ecumenical Patriarch senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton, separately, gave us very different assessments of the implications of the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals' (Yargitay) recent rejection of the ecumenicity of the Greek Ort [...] | 2007-07-18 11:36:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL653 | BURSA: RESERVED FORMER OTTOMAN CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Consulate Istanbul's final pre-election campaign visit was to Bursa, traveling aboard a new 75-minute car ferry from Istanbul to a dock just 25 miles from the town center, cutting the four-hour car trip to under two hours. Businessmen in their Mercedes joined vacationers to fil [...] | 2007-07-20 11:41:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL66 | HRANT DINK: DISCUSSION WITH USCIRF ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) The tragic murder of Armenian Turkish human rights advocate Hrant Dink on January 19 was a tremendous loss for Turkey (ref A). Embassy and Consulate staff had frequent contact with Dink over the years, most recently on November 14, 2006 when he met with the United States Commission on In [...] | 2007-01-30 09:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL663 | ISTANBUL INDEPENDENT: FROM PRISON TO PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Democratic Society Party'S (DTP)-affiliated independent candidate Sebahat Tuncel was elected with nearly 90,000 votes in Istanbul,s 3rd district. Tuncel was arrested during a police operation in the DTP office in Bagcilar district of Istanbul in November 2006. She has been kept in Geb [...] | 2007-07-23 15:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER TU |
07ISTANBUL664 | ISTANBUL GOVERNORSHIP: YARGITAY'S REJECTION OF [...] (C) Summary. Istanbul Deputy Governor for minority affairs Fikret Kasapoglu described the Yargitay,s recent rejection of the Greek Orthodox patriarchate's ecumenicity as a commentary rather than a binding decision. He stressed GOT policy on this issue remained the same and that it was the g [...] | 2007-07-24 06:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL TU GR |
07ISTANBUL666 | BSEC OBSERVER STATUS SET TO EXPIRE IN OCTOBER 2007 [...] On July 20, the BSEC Permanent International Staff (PERMIS) notified us by diplomatic note that the observer status of the United States of America with BSEC is due to expire at the end of October 2007. An application for the renewal of observer status should be conveyed via diplomatic note [...] | 2007-07-24 08:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN TU |
07ISTANBUL675 | TURKEY: SMALL PARTY ALLEGES RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The minuscule Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) intends to file a complaint of "gross violations" of rights against Turkey's Supreme Election Board (SEB) with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The SEB's decisions are final and may not be appealed to any body inside Turkey, [...] | 2007-07-26 13:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL690 | AKP MP VAHIT ERDEM ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP Vahit Erdem argued that the U.S. offers the only viable strategic partnership for Turkey, but noted that U.S. Iraq policy is an enormous problem and cautioned that only concrete U.S. action against the PKK in Northern Iraq could ease the pr [...] | 2007-07-31 06:19:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
07ISTANBUL692 | TURKEY'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR IRAQ BRIEFS STAFFDEL [...] (C) GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Ambassador Oguz Celikkol told staffers that Sunnis in Iraq tell Turkey they feel excluded from decision-making; absent consensus-based decisions in Iraq, the community or communities feeling left out will forcefully resist. He reported great Saudi discomfort wi [...] | 2007-07-31 12:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF TU IZ JO SY |
07ISTANBUL694 | $50 AND A FREE LUNCH: THE PERKS OF HELPING RUN A [...] (U) Summary. Unlike most voters, who were in and out of their polling places in five minutes, the Consulate bank teller spent all day at his polling station, helping to administer the official voting. His experience gives a glimpse of civil society's contribution to Turkey's parliamentary e [...] | 2007-08-01 06:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL70 | SAKARYA PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR: KIRKUK REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary. We met Sakarya Governor Nuri Okutan on a visit to the province's major city, Adapazari, on January 18. What we had anticipated as a 30-minute courtesy call turned into a one-and-a-half hour lecture on Iran's historical influence in Anatolia, Turkish-Iranian relations and current [...] | 2007-01-31 07:24:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ IR |
07ISTANBUL722 | TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO, AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),which scored a significant victory in recent elections, was given the mandate to form another single-party government. AKP is expected to continue to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey contin [...] | 2007-08-09 12:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU |
07ISTANBUL773 | NOT NEW, JUST REHEATED: AN UPDATE ON CHARGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Following recent Greek and Turkish press reports that an Istanbul prosecutor subpoenaed Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholemeos, the Patriarch,s attorney Kezban Hatemi told us that new prosecutorial staff had mistakenly issued the subpoena when they overlooked the Patriarch,s prior [...] | 2007-08-24 13:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL TU GR |
07ISTANBUL779 | CONSUL GENERAL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary. Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler stressed the importance of US cooperation in combating PKK terrorism during a cordial introductory meeting with the incoming Consul General. Guler offered his continued full support to the Consulate General, including and especially with respec [...] | 2007-08-29 10:57:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM TU |
07ISTANBUL791 | CODEL COSTELLO: GOT URGES HOUSE NOT TO PASS AGR [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish MFA Undersecretary (D Equivalent) Apakan and a group of parliamentarians, separately, urged Codel Costello to prevent passage of an Armenian Genocide Resolution, noting it would cause serious damage to US-Turkish relations. Turkish officials also pressed the delegatio [...] | 2007-09-05 07:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU AM IZ |
07ISTANBUL83 | ECHR RULING SETS PRECEDENT FOR DISPUTED MINORITY [...] (C) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced on January 10 it had ruled in favor of the Fener Greek Boys' High School Foundation in the latter's application against the GOT regarding the expropriation of two properties. The court ordered Turkey to return the two propertie [...] | 2007-02-07 07:47:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL854 | SUCCESSFUL JOINT US - BSEC ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM [...] (U) Summary: On September 12-13 BSEC and the United States government jointly held a symposium bringing together government officials as well as representatives from the private and non-governmental sectors of the BSEC member states. The symposium was designed to explore the nexus between en [...] | 2007-09-20 14:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN SENV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL855 | AN IRANIAN ACTIVIST'S ADVICE ON REACHING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 04:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM IR TU |
07ISTANBUL864 | 3G AUCTION CANCELED; VODAFONE DECRIES UNFAIR [...] Summary: Atilla Vidai, Vodafone Turkey CEO, argued the September 19 decision by the Turkish Telecommunications Board to cancel the 3G auction in which only one of the three wireless providers (Turkcell) currently operating in the Turkish market chose to bid was proof that the Turkish mobile [...] | 2007-09-25 06:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECPS TU |
07ISTANBUL868 | ISTANBUL OFFICE CALLS UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary and comment. EUR/SE desk officer Danielle Garbe met recently with TESEV President Can Paker, former Special Envoy General Edip Baser and academician Kemal Kirisci to hear views on Turkey's domestic politics, its foreign relations and the bureaucracy's view of the fight against t [...] | 2007-09-25 14:24:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU IR IZ |
07ISTANBUL869 | TURKISH JEWISH COMMUNITY ANXIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Jewish community secular leaders expressed their anxiety about the impact of potential constitutional reforms now capturing headlines during the Consul General's September 20 introductory call on Chief Rabbi Haleva. In separate meetings, community representatives had a [...] | 2007-09-25 14:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL872 | ISTANBUL BUSINESS TO U/S BURNS: NOW IS THE TIME [...] (SBU) Summary: In a broad-ranging dinner conversation with two recently-elected AKP members of parliament and four senior business leaders Undersecretary Burns discussed constitutional reform, prospects for resolving conflict with Armenia, the treatment of minorities in Turkey, Turkish press [...] | 2007-09-26 12:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
07ISTANBUL873 | U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I conveyed his appreciation for continued USG support and reiterated the concerns of the Patriarchate in a meeting with U/S Burns on September 18 in Istanbul. The Patriarch shared his optimism concerning the results of recent Turkish parliamen [...] | 2007-09-26 12:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL892 | BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS POSTPONE ACTION ON U.S. [...] Summary. The September 27 meeting of the BSEC Committee of Senior Officials agreed to postpone discussion of large portions of the agenda to the October 23-24 Ankara meeting, including the U.S. application for renewal of observer status (reftels). In addition to a prolonged discussion of the [...] | 2007-10-02 06:19:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL893 | AN IRANIAN OIL EXECUTIVE ON ISA'S "UNINTENDED [...] (C/NF) Summary: On September 26, Consulate Istanbul &Iran watcher8 met with Assadollah Maleknejad, Vice President of Iran,s Pars Oil company, to discuss regional and Iranian hydrocarbon issues. Maleknejad politely criticized USG energy policy in the region, arguing that the Trans-Caspian pi [...] | 2007-10-02 06:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON ENRG PGOV IR TU AZ |
07ISTANBUL896 | TESEV TO U/S BURNS: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IS THE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Leaders of Turkey's most progressive civil society think tank, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, stressed to U/S Burns that while reform of Article 301 was important, the government must c [...] | 2007-10-02 13:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL TU IZ |
07ISTANBUL897 | SECOND SESSION OF DINK MURDER TRIAL [...] Summary. The second session of the Hrant Dink murder trial convened on October 1 behind closed doors and reportedly included, for the first time, the testimony and confession of primary murder suspect Ogun Samast. Meanwhile, during the run-up to the hearing, press focused on new information [...] | 2007-10-02 14:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL900 | BORDER ISSUES DEBATED BY TURKISH AND ARMENIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish and Armenian academics came together in Istanbul and Ankara in September for coordinated conferences on the Economic and Social Consequences of Opening the Armenia-Turkey Border. The conferences, supported by the Eurasia Foundation with funding from USAID, were a foll [...] | 2007-10-04 12:09:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM ECON ETRD TU |
07ISTANBUL914 | NBA AND STARKEY FOUNDATION'S SLAM DUNK IN ISTANBUL [...] Summary: In the midst of a tense period in U.S.-Turkish relations, there is good news on the sports front, as the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves spent the first week of October in Istanbul practicing people-to-people diplomacy at its best. While the headline event was an exhibition game with Tur [...] | 2007-10-11 10:30:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO SCUL TU |
07ISTANBUL922 | CORDIAL ISTANBUL GOVERNOR EXTENDS PROMISE OF ANY [...] (C) Summary. Istanbul CG Sharon Wiener requested and received a meeting with the Governor of Istanbul to stress the need for appropriate security measures at the U.S. Consulate in the event the Armenian Genocide Resolution (AGR) passes the full House. The CG also expressed condolences for t [...] | 2007-10-15 15:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
07ISTANBUL928 | IFTAR SEASON IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary and comment. Iftar dinners traditionally highlight family, tranquillity and solidarity. While U.S.-Turkey friendship and cooperation were themes at most iftars, guests often noted challenges in the relationship. The Consul General hosted our first Iftar on September 18, in honor [...] | 2007-10-16 15:24:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL929 | REPORTS OF AGR-LINKED ILLEGAL MIGRANT DEPORTATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Turkish-Armenian contacts representing business, religious and intellectual communities dispelled reports on a pan-Armenian web site suggesting that the Turkish government had detained approximately 100 illegal Armenian migrants in retaliation for the U.S. House For [...] | 2007-10-16 15:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU AM |
07ISTANBUL942 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH'S CALL ON PRESIDENT GUL [...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton recounted to us His All Holiness Bartholomew's recent calls in Ankara on President Gul and other GOT officials. Gul listened attentively but made no real response to the Patriarch's list of grievances. Government officia [...] | 2007-10-23 06:12:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL TU GR |
07ISTANBUL957 | DINK ATTORNEY ON HRANT MURDER TRIAL, ARAT ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary. Attorney Fetiye Cetin updated us on the status of two prominent court cases, in which she is representing the Dink family: the Arat Dink Article 301 case and trial of the accused Hrant Dink murderer. Cetin admitted her skepticism concerning GOT resolve to fully investigate and [...] | 2007-10-30 15:09:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL972 | THE PKK, CROSS-BORDER ATTACK, AND A NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 23rd, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) hosted a conference on security and human rights. Panelists Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat -- a Justice and Development Party (AKP) vice chair, and Head of the AKP Parliamentary Constitution Commission respon [...] | 2007-11-07 11:05:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL977 | CONSUL GENERAL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ECUMENICAL [...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I recounted his most recent round of meetings in Ankara with Turkish government officials during the Consul General's November 6 introductory call. Though he had been well received, he had yet to see results on key issues such as re-opening Halk [...] | 2007-11-08 10:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL981 | MEETING WITH A TURKISH COMPANY THAT PLANS TO [...] (SBU) Istanbul Pol/Econ officers met November 5 with executives from the Kartet company and its holding company, Karadeniz, to discuss a deal by Kartet to import electricity from Iran. (Our discussion on Kartet,s electricity exports to Iraq is reported septel.) Kartet director Nuray Atacik [...] | 2007-11-09 09:44:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL IR IZ TU |
07ISTANBUL987 | A PROFESSOR OF GENERALS SPEAKS OF THE OBLIGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 08:41:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ |
07ISTANBUL996 | ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY ADDS TO ECUMENICAL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Ecumenical Patriarchate staff confirmed November 15 press reports concerning Ministry of Forestry (MOF) attempts, earlier in the week, to intervene with the renovation of a church property on Heybeli Isla [...] | 2007-11-15 12:39:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU |
07JERUSALEM512 | GAZA INDUSTRIAL ZONE TALKS BY TURKS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish business interests continue to promote plans to revitalize the Palestinian Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ),but progress has been slow, according to the Turkish DPO. President Abbas has reportedly agreed that Presidential Guard forces will guard the zone's perimeter while a [...] | 2007-03-16 17:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EIND KWBG TU IS |
07JERUSALEM717 | PALESTINIANS FAVOR TURKISH INDUSTRIAL ZONE [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian business leaders support the Turkish initiative to rebuild the Palestine Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ) in northern Gaza, but they want more details on how the Palestinian economy will benefit. Palestinian companies expect to be partners in industrial zone joint-ventur [...] | 2007-04-20 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EIND PREL KWBG IS TU |
07JERUSALEM876 | TURKISH ADVOCATE OF INDUSTRIAL ZONE INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Guven Sak, the Turkish coordinator of an initiative to rebuild the Palestine Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ) in northern Gaza, reported May 8 that only minimal progress has been achieved since the project was first conceived and currently "nothing is moving." He noted there has be [...] | 2007-05-14 10:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD BEXP KWBG IS TU |
07KABUL1454 | PRESIDENT KARZAI ON EXPECTATIONS FOR THE ANKARA [...] (C) Ambassador used April 27 meeting with Karzai and CENTCOM CG Admiral Fallon to preview the upcoming trilateral with President Musharraf in Ankara. The Ambassador presented Ref A suggestions on ways to achieve a productive exchange. 2. (C) Karzai had a press conference on the Ankara m [...] | 2007-04-29 13:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK TU AF |
07KUWAIT1530 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC GR NO SP TU KU |
07KUWAIT1629 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MURTHA (NOVEMBER 20-27, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Murtha to travel to post 20-27, November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...] | 2007-11-18 12:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
07KUWAIT1674 | IRAQ/KUWAIT: TALABANI VISIT; FUEL; BORDER [...] (C) On November 20, CDA met with U/S Al-Jarallah to discuss Ref A points, Ambassador Crocker's October 29 visit and other related issues. The U/S demonstrated no objection, in principle, to USG requests for an additional border crossing, but expressed concern at the close proximity of Camp B [...] | 2007-11-29 07:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR EAID IPET IZ IR TU KU |
07KUWAIT1738 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TAYLOR (DECEMBER 14-18, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Taylor to travel to post 14-18, December, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...] | 2007-12-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
07KUWAIT1751 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SKELTON (DECEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Skelton to travel to post 23-26, December, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...] | 2007-12-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
07KUWAIT247 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DICKS (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Dicks to travel to post o/a 22-25 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...] | 2007-02-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC TU PK AF IZ GM EI KU |
07KUWAIT535 | KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/I [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for S/I Coordinator David Satterfield and Treasury Representative Malachy Nugent to travel to post o/a April 22, 2007 for meetings with GOK officials on the upcoming International Compact for Iraq and Iraq Neighbors conferences. [...] | 2007-04-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ EG SA TU OTRA MARR COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
07KYIV1825 | UKRAINE: SHIPMENT OF WEAPONS FROM UKRAINIAN PORT [...] (C) We delivered ref A inquiry regarding the destination of the St. Vincent-flagged vessel Slavyanin July 27 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov. When doing so, we emphasized the urgency of the request. Belashov said he would immediat [...] | 2007-07-27 12:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EWWT MARR UP TU IZ |
07KYIV187 | UKRAINE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN COESPU [...] Italian DCM Sergio Martes, Italian military attache Colonel Claudio Ritacca, Embassy Kyiv Office of Defense Cooperation Chief LTC Rob Timm, and poloff delivered reftel demarche January 25 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor [...] | 2007-01-26 04:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV IT TU PK ID UP |
07LJUBLJANA683 | SLOVENIA: ALIGNED WITH EU POLICY ON COMBATTING PKK [...] (S) In an October 26 meeting with Ambassador Andrej Grasseli of the MFA's Department for Southeastern Europe and Turkey, A/DCM drew upon reftel's points to raise U.S. concerns about the rise in PKK attacks and the need for concrete actions to stop this terrorist threat. After condemning the P [...] | 2007-10-26 15:34:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN SI |
07LONDON140 | IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES CLAIM OFFICIAL [...] (C) Poloff has received, via London contacts, e-mails from several Iranian human rights activists who allege (citing evidence of film which Poloff has not seen) a pattern of beatings, extortion, and sexual assault by officials in Van, Turkey, against Kurdish Iranian refugees seeking protected [...] | 2007-01-12 15:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM IR TU UK |
07MADRID2063 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION DISCUSSES PKK TERRORISM, [...] (C) PKK: DCM met October 31 with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar and delivered reftel points. Dezcallar said Spain shared U.S. concerns regarding the PKK and understood the delicacy of the situation between Turkey and Iraq. He emphasized that Spain wanted to be helpfu [...] | 2007-11-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN SP |
07MADRID2182 | OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 29 bi-lateral meeting, U/S Burns and DAS Bryza met with FM Ali Babacan and the Turkish delegation at the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid in a productive exchange on critical issues: Annapolis Summit, Kosovo final status, and Turkey's relations with Cyprus. On Annapolis Su [...] | 2007-11-30 18:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE TU |
07MONTERREY67 | ELEVEN IRAQIS WITH FALSE PASSPORTS DETAINED IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) On January 20, eleven Iraqi nationals attempted to gain entry into Mexico at Monterrey International Airport. They arrived in Monterrey on AeroMexico flight 22, a direct flight from Madrid. The group consisted of nine Iraqi men, one Iraqi woman, and one minor Iraqi child. From their h [...] | 2007-01-25 19:08:00 | Consulate Monterrey | SECRET | PGOV PINS PHUM PINR INTERPOL MX IZ CY TU PL SP |
07MONTREAL302 | Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre-License Check on Application [...] (SBU) Conoff contacted Rheinmetall Canada headquarters in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. All officials contacted were helpful and forthcoming, and though they had not been contacted by the Mission in the past, understood the purpose of our questions. 2. Natalie Nantel, Transport Coordinator [...] | 2007-07-25 14:28:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC NL CA TU GM NO |
07MOSCOW4133 | RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] As requested reftel, EST contacted the Department of Natural Resources to determine who was expected to represent Russia at the September 12-13 BSEC Symposium in Istanbul, as no names of recommended invitees were provided by Department. We were informed that Ms. Natalya Tretyakova, Department [...] | 2007-08-23 12:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV TU RS |
07MOSCOW4831 | RESPONSE TO PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE DEMARCHE: [...] (SBU) In an October 2 meeting, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA New Threats and Challenges Senior Counselor Vladimir Prokhorov. Prokhorov expressed dismay over the flight of Riza Altun and disappointment with the lack of cooperation between France and Austria. He told us that he would pa [...] | 2007-10-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU IZ EU RS |
07MOSCOW5183 | UPDATED DEMARCHE TO EUROPEAN CAPITALS ON COMBATING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 08:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN RS |
07NAIROBI1311 | KENYA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PARM PPA DJ ET PM TU TZ KE |
07NICOSIA103 | INTERNAL, EXTERNAL WOES THREATEN T/C "STATE U" [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Cyprus's Eastern Mediterranean University is "in dire trouble," worries Vice Rector for Student Affairs Samil Ergodan and Senior Advisor to the Rector Johann Pillai. Beset by labor strife, empty "government" funding commitments, and cronyism at home, the "TRNC's state" univ [...] | 2007-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OEXC PREL KPAO CY TU |
07NICOSIA115 | ARMENIANS IN CYPRUS: FITTING IN BEATS FALLING OUT [...] SUMMARY: Successful for four hundred years in maintaining their unique culture, language and religion, Cyprus's Armenians -- who enjoy "official religious group" status under the Republic's 1960 convention -- nonetheless seek closer ties to the majority Greek Cypriot population. As such, Arm [...] | 2007-02-07 09:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CY TU |
07NICOSIA120 | CYPRUS OIL AND GAS LICENSING RIGHTS CHALLENGED BY [...] (C) Summary: The GoC intends to go forward with its first licensing round for the exploration and exploitation of potential offshore oil and natural gas deposits, despite strong criticism and thinly-veiled threats from the Government of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership. The GoC plans [...] | 2007-02-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD PGOV PREL EINV ECON TU CY |
07NICOSIA126 | NEW TURKISH ENGAGEMENT REGS; LIVE FIRE IN BUFFER [...] (U) UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) military informed Embassy DAO January 31 that Turkish Forces (TF) a day earlier had fired on Greek Cypriot farmers in or near the Buffer Zone (BZ). Two separate incidents had occurred, in Astromeritis, west of Nicosia and the site of a BZ crossing point, and i [...] | 2007-02-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS CY TU |
07NICOSIA127 | CYPRUS SKITTISH OVER POSSIBLE TURKISH ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The MFA summoned DCM February 12 to voice "serious concerns" over reports from UN DPKO that Turkey sought to take over Germany's leadership of UNIFIL naval operations. Post appreciates Department information on Turkey's possible role in UNIFIL naval operation [...] | 2007-02-13 15:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNIFIL CY LE TU |
07NICOSIA140 | CYPRUS: CIV-MIL RELATIONS HIT NEW LOW, TALAT [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Relations between the increasingly assertive Turkish military and the increasingly hesitant Turkish Cypriot civilian leadership have taken a definite turn for the worse in recent months. The January contest of wills between "TRNC President" Talat and the generals ove [...] | 2007-02-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP MOPS TU CY |
07NICOSIA146 | BOTH CYPRIOT COMMUNITIES AND THE TURKISH ARMY, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 15:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL PREL PGOV CY TU |
07NICOSIA151 | BOTH CYPRIOT COMMUNITIES AND THE TURKISH ARMY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent roll-out of a Greek-drafted history textbook containing a "nationalistically" incorrect and too-short Cyprus section has sparked protests in Nicosia and prompted demands that the government draft its own texts instead of relying on mother Greece's. In the meantime, th [...] | 2007-02-21 05:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | OEXC KPAO SCUL PREL PGOV CY TU |
07NICOSIA197 | COMMUNIST CHIEF UNDECIDED ON PRESIDENTIAL RUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: AKEL desires continued cooperation with coalition mates DIKO and EDEK, Secretary General Dimitris Christofias informed the Ambassador March 5. Nonetheless, party leaders have not yet determined whether to support a re-election bid by President Tassos Papadopoulos, urge the coal [...] | 2007-03-07 15:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU |
07NICOSIA205 | HOPES HIGHER FOR LEDRA STREET REOPENING, BROADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On President Tassos Papadopoulos's command, Greek Cypriot workers late March 8 demolished a wall and viewing platform on Ledra Street, raising hopes that a Buffer Zone crossing in the heart of Old Nicosia might soon open. T/C leaders greeted the wall's fall with guarded optimism, [...] | 2007-03-09 16:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA209 | DIKO: NEW LEADERSHIP, OLD THINK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of Cyprus's Big Four political parties, only DIKO saw its vote haul increase in the most recent elections (December 2006). A confident DIKO President Marios Karoyian attributes the success to a reorganization effort he initiated upon taking office in October. The party's mess [...] | 2007-03-12 15:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CY TU |
07NICOSIA21 | TALAT'S SHOWDOWN WITH TURKISH ARMY OVER LEDRA [...] (C) SUMMARY. "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's public promise to remove the controversial pedestrian bridge at the Green Line on Ledra Street has put him on a collision course with the Turkish military. The bridge, which crosses over a Turkish army patrol track along the north edge of the Bu [...] | 2007-01-05 16:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP EUN MOPS TU CY |
07NICOSIA256 | UN-BROKERED TALKS HIT SNAG; SPEED BUMP OR MAJOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two week ago, there was cause for Cyprus Problem optimism. Hairline cracks were showing in hard-line President Tassos Papadopoulos's coalition, Brussels appeared to be tiring of Nicosia's maximalist position on Turkish Cypriot direct trade, and T/C leaders mostly were behaving, [...] | 2007-03-23 15:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA301 | NATIONALISTS AND DEEP STATE STIRRING THE "TRNC" POT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent months, nationalist elements in the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" appear to be manufacturing and/or exploiting events in order to pressure pro-solution "President" Mehmet Ali Talat and "Prime Minister" Ferdi Soyer to toe a harder line more consistent with polici [...] | 2007-04-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA418 | FAMAGUSTA MAYOR FAVORS INCREASED BI-COMMUNAL [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Despite the total failure of the so-called "Finnish Initiative" in 2006 (Reftel),Greek Cypriot officials and property owners in Famagusta are actively seeking ways to keep their issue on the political map. The opening of the fenced-off area of Varosha and it [...] | 2007-05-15 14:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA434 | TURKISH CYPRIOT CENSUS DEBATE FOCUSES ON NATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Native" Turkish Cypriots continue to outnumber their mainland Turkey-born brethren, according to a controversial census that T/C authorities conducted in 2006 but whose results they are releasing in periodic installments. The census findings also refute an oft-repeated Greek Cy [...] | 2007-05-18 11:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
07NICOSIA456 | PRISON BRAWL REVEALS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, DISCOMFORT WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turf battles over drug dealing morphed into open rioting May 8 at a prison in north Nicosia. Unable to suppress the fighting, penitentiary leadership summoned for assistance "TRNC" riot police, who ended the conflict quickly. Soon afterwards, however, media alleged that polic [...] | 2007-05-29 14:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CY TU |
07NICOSIA506 | MISSING PERSONS COMMITTEE'S FIRST REMAINS HANDOVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Genetics testing and anthropological investigations have positively identified the remains of 29 Cypriots who went missing between 1963 and 1974, according to UN Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) International Member Christophe Girod. CMP staff will notify families beginning [...] | 2007-06-12 14:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV UN CY TU |
07NICOSIA507 | "TRNC" PROPERTY COMMISSION GATHERING STEAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Established in 2005 as a "local remedy" for Greek Cypriots seeking redress over confiscated property in northern Cyprus, the "TRNC Property Commission" is gaining visibility and, in certain circles, acceptance. Over 180 G/Cs have petitioned the Commission seeking restitution of [...] | 2007-06-12 14:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
07NICOSIA52 | ASSIMILATION, AGING THREATEN CYPRUS MARONITES [...] SUMMARY: The Maronite community -- self-described as 6,000-strong but likely half that -- enjoys "official religious group" status under Cyprus's 1960 constitution. Concentrated historically in four villages south and west of Kyrenia, the Catholic Maronites endured near-total dislocation aft [...] | 2007-01-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY |
07NICOSIA521 | SOUTH'S TURKISH CYPRIOTS CITE DISCRIMINATION, NEEDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Perhaps 1500 Turkish Cypriots reside in the government-controlled areas of Cyprus. Like the enclaved Greek Cypriots of the Karpass peninsula, the T/C community, centered in second-city Limassol, endures isolation and depends heavily on Republic of Cyprus handouts for its exist [...] | 2007-06-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV CY TU |
07NICOSIA610 | CORRUPTION SCANDAL CRIPPLING "TRNC GOVERNMENT" [...] (C) Summary: The "parliament" of the self-proclaimed "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" ("TRNC") officially entered its summer break on July 13, but the "government," led by "Prime Minister" Ferdi Soyer's Republican Turkish Party (CTP),will find the summer months to be uncomfortable. C [...] | 2007-07-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PGOV PREL TU |
07NICOSIA651 | TALAT FINALLY BLINKS; DEMINING TO RESTART IN CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Commission and UN Development Program officials July 30 signed an agreement that allows humanitarian demining activities in the Cypriot Buffer Zone to continue, hopefully to their conclusion. Financing for operations, approximately four million euro, will come from the [...] | 2007-08-08 12:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNFICYP MOPS MASS CY TU |
07NICOSIA664 | PAPADOPOULOS CONFIDENT ON RE-ELECTION PROSPECTS [...] (C) During the course of a visit to Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and his family at their beach house in Protoras, Ambassador asked Papadopoulos for his thoughts on the looming campaign. Papadopoulos,s first reply was that "of the three of us, I think that my chances are best, becaus [...] | 2007-08-14 13:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA685 | TALAT WILL MEET, BUT IS WARY OF PAPADAPOULOS'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Domestic political concerns -- mainly the need to show Greek Cypriot voters that their president sought a Cyprus Problem solution -- was driving Tassos Papadopoulos's push for a meeting of community leaders, "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat told the Ambassador August 20. Despite [...] | 2007-08-22 15:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA696 | RUMORS OF DEVELOPMENT SHAKE CYPRUS'S KARPASS [...] (U) Summary: The pristine Karpass peninsula, the long finger of land stretching northeast "like a dagger toward the heart of Anatolia," has dominated north Cyprus newscasts nightly this summer. A sleepy corner of the island known more for its turtle hatcheries and unbroken surf, Karpass has [...] | 2007-08-27 11:56:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SENV CY TU |
07NICOSIA729 | LEADERS' MEETING BRINGS NO BREAKTHROUGHS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fourteen months after concluding a framework arrangement to restart stalled Cyprus Problem negotiations -- the July 8 or Gambari Agreement, which envisioned regular tete-a-tetes of the island's community leaders -- RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot "President [...] | 2007-09-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA74 | MISSING PERSONS COMMITTEE OPTIMISTIC ON RETURN OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Tripartite Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) is making steady progress exhuming and identifying Greek and Turkish Cypriots missing since 1963-1974. Pledges from the USG and other donors have ensured sufficient funding for operations to continue well into 2008, and CMP member [...] | 2007-01-25 13:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP TU CY |
07NICOSIA748 | NORTHERN CYPRUS "CENTRAL" BANKER SEEKS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 13:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCRM CY TU |
07NICOSIA75 | ARCHBISHOPRIC INTERESTED IN ANTI-TIP COOPERATION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following up on the Ambassador's December 20 offer to Archbishop Chrysostomos II (Reftel) to cooperate with the Church on combating trafficking in persons (TIP),PolOff met January 22 with the Church's pointman on the issue, Bishop Vasilios. While aware of the country's sexual e [...] | 2007-01-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | GTIP PREL PHUM CY GR TU |
07NICOSIA754 | SWEDES' CYPRUS MUSINGS: CHANNEL THEIR INTEREST [...] (C) Summary: Our UK counterparts share our skepticism about the timing of Sweden's emerging proposal on Cyprus. A formal proposal at this stage runs the risk of backfiring and allowing President Papadopoulos and the other candidates in the presidential race to shift to the international comm [...] | 2007-09-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU SW FI |
07NICOSIA771 | FM GUL VISIT TO NORTHERN CYPRUS: LITTLE OBVIOUS [...] (C) Summary: During his September 18-19 visit to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)", Turkish President Abdullah Gul delivered what seemed to be an intentionally mixed message in an effort to please both Turkish Cypriot "two states" hard-liners and pro-2004 referendum forces. His [...] | 2007-09-21 14:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
07NICOSIA803 | ELECTIONS: CITING FRONT-RUNNERS' FLAWS, LONG SHOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite trailing Cyprus's "serious" presidential candidates by significant margins, outsider Costas Themistocleous voices no intention of abandoning his electoral campaign anytime soon. Recent polling shows Themistocleous's three rivals each tallying between 29 and 31 percent; i [...] | 2007-10-03 11:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA804 | DEMANDS OF MFA POSITION TO HARDEN SOFT-LINER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry dissatisfaction over our concept of "consultations" -- translated, the Embassy's continuing attempts to brief and respect the sensitivities of the MFA on our assistance to Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) in northern Cyprus -- dominated the DCM's September 25 courtesy ca [...] | 2007-10-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA836 | LOSING SUPPORT, MAJOR T/C PARTIES DEBATE EARLY, [...] (C) Summary: Two of three major Turkish Cypriot political parties admit a recent drop in voter support, while a third argues its numbers are steady or rising despite indications to the contrary. Together, the Republican Turkish Party (CTP),National Unity Party (UBP) and Democratic Party (D [...] | 2007-10-18 04:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU |
07NICOSIA839 | DISY CHIEF OPTIMISTIC BUT LAMENTS CANDIDATE'S [...] (C) Summary: DISY-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides bests his competitors in smarts and moderation, but has failed to impress the Cypriot electorate with leadership skills and political savvy, bemoaned party chief Nikos Anastassiades in an October 16 meeting with the Ambassado [...] | 2007-10-18 11:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA849 | CAUTIOUS CHRISTOFIAS REVEALS LITTLE ON CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In clear contrast to DISY leader Nikos Anastassiades (Reftel),AKEL Secretary General Dimitris Christofias avoided tactical discussions and stuck to electoral generalities in his October 18 meeting with the Ambassador. February's presidential elections were distant, Christofias [...] | 2007-10-23 13:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU |
07NICOSIA862 | TURKISH CYPRIOT REACTIONS TO PKK VIOLENCE: FROM [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot responses to the recent PKK raids in Turkey run the gamut from outrage to outrageous. All major political parties -- including "government" leaders -- issued statements condemning the attacks and voicing solidarity with Ankara, while public demonstrations were held [...] | 2007-10-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
07NICOSIA863 | CYPRIOTS FREAK OVER UK-TURKEY AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Relations with UK Hit New Low" screamed Nicosia's English-language daily October 25. The cause? Island-related elements of the recent "Strategic Partnership Agreement" between the United Kingdom and Turkey that codified the countries' desires to help end the isolation of Turki [...] | 2007-10-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY UK TU |
07NICOSIA887 | TURKISH CYPRIOT PROTEST VOTE SEEKS PARTY TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: New Turkish Cypriot (T/C) political parties have begun to emerge in response to growing voter frustration with traditional offerings. On the right, the Freedom and Reform Party (OP) -- which formed one year ago, allegedly with Ankara's aid -- is trying to re-brand itself as a mod [...] | 2007-11-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
07NICOSIA888 | T/C NEGOTIATOR RASIT PERTEV RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary: T/C lead negotiator Rasit Pertev resigned from his post as "Undersecretary" on November 5 and announced plans to form an as-yet-unnamed political party. He cited worsening conditions in which the T/C community lives as reason for his departure. Pertev led the "TRNC" negotiating te [...] | 2007-11-05 16:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
07NICOSIA940 | WELCOME TO CYPRUS, CODEL SIRES [...] (SBU) Welcome to Cyprus, Representative Sires, my home since December 2005 and an island whose complexity belies its small size. We have crafted a program that contains calls on President Tassos Papadopoulos and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus officials, contact with both Turkish Cyprio [...] | 2007-11-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM PTER CY TU |
07PARIS1361 | A/S C/T COORDINATOR TALKS PKK TO THE FRENCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Acting S C/T Coordinator Frank Urbancic and a U.S. interagency delegation met March 29 with a French interministerial group to discuss strategies for dismantling the capabilities of the PKK to finance and recruit in Europe. The French delegation provided a comprehensive overview o [...] | 2007-04-05 15:41:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU GM FR |
07PARIS1844 | ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...] | 2007-05-10 09:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS |
07PARIS1938 | UK READOUT OF BLAIR-SARKOZY MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK PM Blair's May 11 meeting with French President-elect Sarkozy focused primarily on next steps on the EU constitutional treaty in advance of Sarkozy's May 16 meeting with German Chancellor Merkel, according to UK DCM Hitchens; the UK hope is that the Blair, Sarkozy and Merkel will re [...] | 2007-05-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PGOV ETRD UK GM TU PINR |
07PARIS1995 | THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) The meeting between the President and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Heiligendamm June 6 will be their first official encounter since then-Interior Minister Sarkozy met briefly with the President on September 12, 2006. The two presidents will meet on the same day that Defense Secretar [...] | 2007-05-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO ECON SENV AF IQ RS TU PGOV |
07PARIS2095 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 15 MEETING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR JEAN-DAVID LAVITTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary met informally May 15 with President-elect Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor-designate, Jean-David Levitte, to explore the U.S.-French foreign policy agenda in advance of Sarkozy's assumption of office on May 16. Levitte cautioned against expecting dramatic chan [...] | 2007-05-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN ECON SENV PGOV NATO IZ IR AF TU |
07PARIS2743 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 12 DINNER MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (U) June 12, 2007, 8:30 P.M. 2. (U) Participants U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton P Staff Bame Pol Recinos (notetaker) France MFA Political Director Gerard Araud Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier Elysee Americas Advisor Damien Loras MOD Diplomatic Advis [...] | 2007-06-26 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS EUN NATO AF TU GG FR |
07PARIS2888 | CODEL WEXLER STAFFERS DISCUSS EU-TURKEY AT MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 7 meeting with Representative Wexler's Staff Director, MFA officials offered a broad overview of French reasoning behind Sarkozy's opposition to Turkish EU membership; his proposal for an EU discussion before the end of the year on fixing the EU's final borders; his com [...] | 2007-07-03 17:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN TU CY AR UNO |
07PARIS3080 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON STATE OF PLAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 11, Turkish Ambassador Koroturk told the Ambassador that Sarkozy's declared opposition to Turkish EU membership is presenting challenges for French-Turkish relations on a practical level as the French bureaucracy rushes to implement what it interprets as Sarkozy's will, [...] | 2007-07-17 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU CY AR FR |
07PARIS3237 | FRENCH MFA PUTS SARKOZY'S JULY 10-11 NORTH AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy's first visit outside Europe July 10-11 to Algeria and Tunisia underscored his determination to proceed with his still vague Mediterranean Union initiative, establish his own relationships with the leaders in those countries, and pave the way for state visits in 20 [...] | 2007-07-31 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PTER PBTS ETRD FR AG TU MO |
07PARIS3344 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN FRANCE: PKK, LTTE, ETA, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Poloff met on August 7 with Louis Blin, the MFA's Acting DAS-equivalent for security and counterterrorism in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs, to discuss current U.S./France counterterrorism cases. Blin expressed disappointment (but not surprise) at Vienna's release and assist [...] | 2007-08-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN PGOV AU IZ PO SP TU FR |
07PARIS4356 | PSI UPDATE DELIVERED TO FRENCH MFA [...] (C) On October 24, PolOff transmitted reftel A demarche to Luis Vassy and Melanie Rosselet, MFA desk officers for nuclear non-proliferation. Vassy thanked us for the close cooperation, including the reftel A update. He said that the GOF is still evaluating whether UNSCR 1718 will apply, and [...] | 2007-10-26 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC EWWT KNNP GR SY TU FR |
07PARIS4401 | PKK: GOF AGREES WITH U.S. AND WANTS INFO ON ALTUN [...] (S) Embassy delivered ref A talking points to MFA counterterrorism officials on October 26. The GOF fully agrees with the U.S. assessment of the PKK and promised to continue encouraging its European partners to take action against PKK operatives in Europe. Poloff was told in the meeting that [...] | 2007-10-31 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN FR |
07PARIS4533 | FRENCH MFA OVERVIEW OF NORTH AFRICAN ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: We reviewed a number of North African issues with French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau earlier this month. She called President Sarkozy,s state visit to Morocco positive and, despite the failure to sell the Moroccans Rafale fighters, excellent for French comm [...] | 2007-11-20 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD PINR FR MO AG TU LY |
07PARIS484 | FRENCH POLICE ARREST KEY EUROPEAN PKK TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 7 French authorities confirmed to us that French national counterterrorism police had arrested on February 5 ten individuals who are suspected of having links with Kurdish separatist movements in Turkey and Iraq. French police refer to these groups variously as the [...] | 2007-02-07 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR |
07PARIS600 | PKK MEMBERS REMAIN IN CUSTODY; MFA COMMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM spoke with the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff, Pierre Vimont, on February 12, and with Political Director Gerard Araud on the 13th to express appreciation for the government's arrest of suspected PKK terrorist financiers and to encourage a successful prosecution. French MFA [...] | 2007-02-15 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR |
07PRAGUE1196 | CZECHS VIGILANT ON PKK; NO DOMESTIC PRESENCE KNOWN [...] (SBU) Czech MFA Director of Southern Europe and Eastern Europe, Tomas Szunyog, thanked us for our comments related to the PKK (reftel). Szunyog noted that the Czech government takes this topic seriously and acknowledged that the Czechs have been in touch with the Turkish Embassy to discuss the [...] | 2007-11-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EZ EUN |
07PRISTINA122 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KYLE CUNNINGHAM - COCHRAN [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Kyle Cunningham to visit Pristina February 28 - March 1, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to interview Cochran candidates. Control Officer for this visit will be Commercial Assistant, Fatmir Morina, who can be reached at: office 381 [...] | 2007-02-20 10:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AL BK BU EAGR HR MK OTRA RO SR TU |
07ROME1329 | EDISON: PROBLEMATIC EU DECISION ON POSEIDON [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Italian energy company Edison views the EU Commission's May 22 ruling on third party access exemption for the Poseidon pipeline as flawed but sufficient for construction to proceed. Edison's [...] | 2007-06-15 17:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENTG ETRD AJ GR TU IT |
07ROME2071 | ITALIAN EDISON DENIES ROLE IN SWISS FIRMS PURCHASE [...] (C) Summary. Econoff delivered to Edison Italia Ref A demarche regarding Swiss firm EGL's plans to purchase Iranian natural gas for export to Switzerland using the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) natural gas pipeline. Edison's Director for Institutional and Regulatory Affairs, Giampaolo Russo, d [...] | 2007-09-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR SZ GR TU IT |
07ROME2513 | PKK TERRORISM: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO UPDATED [...] (S) Poloff followed up on Ref A and B demarches with Italian MFA Counterterrorism Officer Stefania Fancello on December 21, stressing that U.S. concern over PKK activities in Europe has grown since our first demarche on the Riza Altun case (Ref C) given increased tensionspQsdoD5EL5Q( Europe tha [...] | 2007-12-27 17:21:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN IT |
07SECTION01OF03ANKARA365 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
07SINGAPORE1592 | INFORMATION REGARDING SEANA ENERGY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, this message provides information about the Singapore-registered company Seana Energy Pte. Ltd. 2. (SBU) Seana Energy Pte. Ltd. is a limited private company established on March 15, 2007. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the company's principal office [...] | 2007-08-29 06:34:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET PGOV PREL SN AJ KZ TU TX |
07SOFIA1182 | GOB VIGILANT ON PKK IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU IZ EU BU |
07SOFIA1185 | SEECP FOREIGN MINISTERS: REGIONAL COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) Meeting on September 14, SEECP Foreign Ministers and UNMIK/SRSG renewed their commitment to an operational regional cooperation agenda, building on the future Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and its secretariat in Sarajevo. There was a familiar discussion of Kosovo, with the group ag [...] | 2007-10-03 06:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID SR HR EUN MI RO BU GR BK MW YI TU |
07SOFIA1285 | BULGARIA STRONGLY CONDEMNS PKK USE OF VIOLENCE. [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 15:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN BU |
07SOFIA224 | BULGARIA: MFA TAKES HARD LINE ON BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting, MFA Regional Security chief (and resident Black Sea expert) Dimitar Dimitrov briefed us on the GoB's emerging Black Sea strategy. He expressed hardening resistance to Bulgarian membership in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and allowed poloff to revie [...] | 2007-02-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU |
07SOFIA268 | BULGARIA: VIEWS ON MARITIME SECURITY IN WAKE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Harry Ulrich (Commander of US Naval Forces Europe and Allied Joint Forces Command Naples) visited Bulgaria 21-23 February 2007, meeting with President Georgi Parvanov, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov, Deputy PM and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ivaylo Kalfin, as well as [...] | 2007-02-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU |
07SOFIA87 | BULGARIA AND OPERATION BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Despite persistent U.S. lobbying and a high-level push from official visitors, GoB officials are not yet sold on membership in Turkish-led Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH). Credible doubts about Turkey's willingness to share information have fed into deep-seated mistrust of [...] | 2007-01-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER NATO MARR MOPS TU BU |
07STATE120608 | DEMARCHE: IRAQI LEADERS AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Addressee posts, please see paragraph 3. BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES --------------------- 2. (C) At the conclusion of their meeting Sunday night, August 26, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, his two deputies Adel abd al-Mahdi and Tareq al-Hashimi, Prime Minister [...] | 2007-08-27 23:43:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ AL XF |
07STATE124440 | (SBU) COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DRL OFFICER [...] (SBU) Country clearance is requested for Kathryn Lurie, DRL/NESCA Foreign Affairs Officer to visit Azerbaijan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and the United Kingdom during the period September 25-October 2. The purpose of the trip is to meet with the Iran Watchers, NGOs, members of the [...] | 2007-09-05 17:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AJ IR OTRA PHUM TU UK |
07STATE129031 | DEMARCHE: CONDEMN DEPORTATION OF IRANIAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department asks that post strongly protest the deportation of five UNHCR-recognized refugees from Turkey in August 2007 and seek clarification of the circumstances surrounding this possible case of refoulement. The Department appreciates post,s action to date and seeks a for [...] | 2007-09-13 21:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV PREF KDEM IR TU IZ |
07STATE131452 | TUNISIA: NEXT STEPS ON GTMO DETAINEE TRANSFERS [...] (S) The Deputies Committee concluded on August 23 that detainee transfers to Tunisia could continue if either (a) the USG obtains directly from the Minister of Interior the same humane treatment assurances that the USG previously obtained from Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia (including with respe [...] | 2007-09-18 20:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PINS TU |
07STATE135395 | EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN RAISES GAS DEAL \ [...] (C) Summary. EEB A/S Sullivan met with Swiss ambassador \ Ziswiler to underscore our concerns about the EGL \ gas/pipeline deal with Iran (reftels),particularly its \ negative impact on efforts to pressure Iran to comply with \ UNSC resolutions on its nuclear activities. Ziswiler \ defended the [...] | 2007-09-25 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR SZ TU GR IT |
07STATE146505 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-1003329 for the export of sonar equipment to Turkey. Post is requested to complete t [...] | 2007-10-19 15:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ETTC KOMC TU |
07STATE148510 | Deputy Secretary Negroponte's October 18, 2007 [...] (U) Classified by:, Name, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) October 18, 2007; 4 P.M; Washington, D.C.. 3. (C) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Amb. David Satterfield, S/I Amb. Lawrence Butler, NEA Aaron Jost, D Andrea Tomaszewic [...] | 2007-10-24 22:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP EFIN EPET PGOV IZ TU |
07STATE149144 | REPORT ON THE INFORMAL MEETING OF THE IRFFI [...] (SBU) This cable reports on discussions at the informal meeting of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) Donors Committee (DC) held at the United Nations (UN) in New York on October 11, 2007. 2. (SBU) Summary: The purpose of the meeting was to prepare for the ful [...] | 2007-10-25 21:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID ECIN ECON EUN IT IZ TU |
07STATE153725 | BANK MELLI ATTEMPTS TO PURCHASE A TURKISH BANK TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The U.S. has information that Iran's Bank Melli has reached an agreement in principle to purchase a bank in Turkey, which could be used as a cover for activities prohibited by UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 [...] | 2007-11-07 20:32:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR GM UK FR TU |
07STATE163919 | RESPONSE TO U.S. HELICOPTER SUPPORT REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 21:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MOPS PREL TU |
07STATE164844 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050075628 for the export of firearms to Turkey. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lante [...] | 2007-12-07 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC TU KOMC |
07STATE171224 | RESPONSE TO FM MORATINOS' INVITATION FOR THE SECRETARY'S ATTENDANCE AT THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] Please deliver the following message from Assistant Secretary Fried to the Foreign Minister of Spain, SIPDIS Miguel Moratinos, at the earliest opportunity. The Department does not intend to release this letter but has no objections if the Government of Spain wishes to do so. There will b [...] | 2007-12-31 18:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UN OPDC AOIC SCUL SP TU |
07STATE88160 | DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO GOT REGARDING U.S. DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Per REFTEL A, Department provides points in paragraph 4 upon which Embassy Ankara may draw to respond to MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Northeast Mediterranean and Americas Haydar Berk and other appropriate GOT officials. 4. [...] | 2007-06-25 14:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR PARM PREL TU |
07STOCKHOLM370 | SWEDEN: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PTER KTFN PREL PGOV TU IZ SW |
07TALLINN703 | ESTONIA: CONDEMN PKK USE OF VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) On October 29, Polecoff met with Kadri Jogi, Middle East Desk Officer and Annilee Poolekese, Terrorism and Cyber Security Desk Officer to discuss reftel. According to Jogi, the Government of Estonia (GOE) strongly condemns PKK activities, in particular those which have resulted in the de [...] | 2007-10-31 12:14:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN EN |
07TASHKENT1888 | ERK PARTY TALKS WITH HIZB UT-TAHRIR LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, poloff met with Erk political opposition party leader Atanazar Arif, who claimed that Erk was to hold a meeting in Istanbul on October 27 with leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) and other religious extremist factions on coordinating their opposition to President Karimov [...] | 2007-10-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR RS TU UZ |
07TASHKENT769 | SCANDINAVIAN-TURKISH FIRM MAY BUY COSCOM AND [...] (C) Summary: Scandinavian-Turkish joint venture Fintur Holdings may win the Uzbek government's approval to purchase U.S.-based MCT Corporation, the parent of telecom provider COSCOM. COSCOM's General Manager believes that Fintur has made the right approach to the Uzbeks, including lobbying Pr [...] | 2007-04-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECPS PGOV RU TU UZ |
07TBILISI263 | SOUTH CAUCASUS SUMMIT ENERGY RESULTS DISAPPOINT [...] (C) Summary: IN a February 8 meeting with DCM Mark X. Perry, Valeri Chechelashvili, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia expressed strong disappointment that the February 7 meeting of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Georgian President Saaka [...] | 2007-02-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL GG TU AJ |
07TBILISI3146 | GEORGIA: NOT QUITE THERE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Georgia should be able to meet at least 3.5 million of its total 7 million cubic meter per day natural gas needs from Azerbaijan, in the early part of 2008. The rest will have to be purchased from Gazprom. The 2008 Gazprom price is expected to be higher than 2006, but not to do [...] | 2007-12-21 10:01:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL GG AJ RU TU |
07TELAVIV319 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON HAMAS, SYRIA, IRAQI KURDS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with his new Turkish counterpart, former MFA spokesman Namik Tan, in Tel Aviv on January 26. Tan maintained that Turkey's policy of engagement with Hamas and Syria is intended to split them from Iran. He reiterated Ankara's opposition to the Iranian nuclear we [...] | 2007-01-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KWBG KPAL TU SY IR IZ IS |
07TELAVIV421 | ISRAEL-SYRIA: FORMER MFA DG DESCRIBES TRACK-TWO [...] (C) Summary. Former MFA Director General Alon Liel briefed DCM, PAO, and PolCouns February 5 on track two peace negotiations with Syria that lasted from January 2004 until a final meeting in July 2006 during the fighting in Lebanon. The track two discussions were initially sponsored by the T [...] | 2007-02-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SY IS TU |
07TELAVIV513 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEBRUARY 18-20 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General Jerusalem warmly welcome the February 18-20, 2007 visit to Israel of the Congressional Delegation (CODEL) led by Senator John Kyl. Please note that all message traffic concerning travel to Israel and the Occupied Territories should be sent to both [...] | 2007-02-16 10:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ IS JO TU |
07TELAVIV514 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEBRUARY 19-20 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General Jerusalem warmly welcome the February 19-20, 2007 visit to Israel of Representative Jane Harman (D-CA),member, House Energy and Commerce Committee. Please note that all message traffic concerning travel to Israel and the Occupied Territories sho [...] | 2007-02-16 10:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IS TU UK |
07TELAVIV575 | TURKISH DELEGATION POSTPONES VISIT TO MUGHRABI [...] (U) DURING PRIME MINISTER OLMERT'S FEBRUARY 14-15 VISIT TO ANKARA, ISRAELI MEDIA REPORTED THAT OLMERT RESPONDED TO CRITICISM BY TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN OF ISRAELI ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS NEXT TO THE MUGHRABI GATE TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM AL SHARIF BY INVITING A TURKISH DELEGATION TO [...] | 2007-02-23 06:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL TU JO IS |
07TOKYO1058 | JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S "MIDDLE EAST POLICY AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Middle East is currently standing at a critical crossroads between stability and turmoil, and it is imperative that Japan do all it can to secure and reinforce maximum stability in the region, declared Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso February 28 in a policy address titled [...] | 2007-03-12 07:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD EAID XF AF TU JA |
07TOKYO3078 | SENIOR VICE MINISTER ASANO'S SYRIA MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. Syria must tighten its border controls and use its influence to help resolve internal strife in Lebanon, Senior Vice Minister Asano told Syrian President Al-Asad in Damascus on June 25. Asano delivered a "strong message" from Prime Minister Abe during his visit, according to a J [...] | 2007-07-06 01:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE IZ TU JA |
07TOKYO695 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR FOR IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Ambassador in Charge of Reconstruction Assistance to Iraq Gotaro Ogawa visited Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar January 24-31. Ogawa reports he found all four countries to be deeply concerned about the lack of stability in Iraq, critical of United States policy, a [...] | 2007-02-16 09:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SA QA TU SY JA |
07TRIPOLI1032 | LIBYA CLOSES BORDER WITH EGYPT TO NON-EGYPTIAN IMPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 07:56:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV LY EG JO SY TU |
07USEUBRUSSELS1736 | CYPRIOTS DODGE AND WEAVE ON TURKISH DEMANDS FROM [...] (C) Summary. Cyprus responds to Turkish concerns within ESDP by citing its own litany of grievances against Ankara. Any meaningful change in Turkey's status within ESDP requires Council approval, thus being subject to veto. There is no visible pressure being exerted by major Member States on [...] | 2007-05-25 14:32:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN NATO CY TU |
07USEUBRUSSELS1890 | GERMAN PSC AMBASSADOR'S CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACT OF [...] (C) Summary: German PSC Ambassador (and current presidency chair of the EU Political and Security Committee) Clemens Von Goetze warned that Turkish refusal to allow NATO-EU dialogue on the EU Afghan police training mission was not only endangering the mission itself but risked damaging the Tu [...] | 2007-06-08 11:37:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EUN TU CY |
07USEUBRUSSELS2000 | TURKS MAINTAIN THEIR CONCERNS OVER ESDP ARE [...] (C) Summary: According to the Turkish Mission to the EU, Ankara's treatment and status within ESDP represents a serious problem, and their list of demands does not constitute a bargaining ploy related to other political issues. They stress the EU has committed itself to a number of initiative [...] | 2007-06-18 14:07:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN TU |
07USEUBRUSSELS3050 | EU TAKES STEPS TO ADDRESS TURKEY'S ESDP CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. The EU has proposed a series of nine steps designed to address Turkey's concerns over its role within the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). The steps envisioned consist largely of broader and more frequent consultations. More meaningful changes in Turkey's status wi [...] | 2007-10-02 13:41:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU |
07USNATO591 | GENERAL LUTE, COUNSELOR COHEN AND DELEGATION SHARE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy NSA for Iraq and Afghanistan LTG Douglas Lute and Counselor Eliot Cohen used an October 26 meeting with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to discuss their recent trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. State's Director for Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon and OSD DASD f [...] | 2007-11-05 09:22:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF IZ TU |
07VATICAN5 | DRL A/S LOWENKRON CONSULTS WITH HOLY SEE ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: DRL A/S Lowenkron's December 21 meeting with deputy FM Parolin focused largely on religious freedom matters in Vietnam, Lebanon, Turkey, Venezuela, and Cuba. Parolin explained the Holy See's strategy for increasing religious freedom in problem countries and provided details of th [...] | 2007-01-05 12:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CH CU LE TU VM VT |
07VIENNA1928 | AUSTRIA OFFERS LAME EXCUSES FOR RELEASE OF RIZA [...] (S) Following an initial run-around with GoA bureaucrats, the Minister of Justice's Chief of Staff, Albin Dearing, briefed the Charge and Acting EconPol Counselor July 19 on the Riza Altun case. Dearing acknowledged that there had been an internal GoA communication breakdown, as Austrian pol [...] | 2007-07-20 16:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KTFN AU TU |
07VIENNA918 | AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON STOPPING TRAVEL TO [...] (S) On April 5 EconUnit Chief met with Bettina Kirnbauer, Deputy Head of the Austrian Ministry of European and International Affairs' Justice and Home Affairs Division, to convey USG concerns about PKK leaders in Europe traveling to Iraq in the April/May period. EconUnit Chief noted that, wi [...] | 2007-04-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PTER KTFN PREL AU TU IZ |
07VILNIUS781 | LITHUANIA REPORTS NO PKK PRESENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 09:01:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN LH |
07YEREVAN1000 | EUR DAS BRYZA'S VISIT YIELDS UPDATES ON NK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Bryza's intense day of meetings in Yerevan July 30 touched important bases with top GOAM and opposition leaders. The visit was aimed at bilateral business, but Nagorno-Karabakh deliberations nonetheless dominated meetings with the President and Foreign Minister. On Turkey, [...] | 2007-08-07 10:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR |
07YEREVAN102 | ARMENIA LOOKS FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD RE-OPENING [...] (C) During a January 30 meeting with CDA, DFM Arman Kirakossian indicated that the GOAM would consider a signal from Turkey that opening the border was not contingent on a Nagorno-Karabakh settlement as "encouragement" to negotiate seriously normalization of relations between the two countries [...] | 2007-01-30 13:41:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM |
07YEREVAN1032 | TOUCHING ALL THE BASES: DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bryza's opposition party meetings pointed up the sharp contrast between the two, with Heritage on the upswing, and Orinats Yerkir seeming like a spent force. The parliament speaker, typically, delivered a windy oration of questionable relevance on Armenia's constitution. Bryza [...] | 2007-08-16 03:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM TU |
07YEREVAN1089 | PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER, AND OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (U) President Robert Kocharian took time out from his Greek vacation to send a congratulatory message to new Turkish President Abdullah Gul. As Kocharian is abroad on a private trip, details of the message were unavailable in Yerevan. Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian sent his own letter of [...] | 2007-08-31 08:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AM TU |
07YEREVAN1135 | ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1-12, 2007 [...] TABLE OF CONTENTS POLITICAL NEWS: -- FM: Armenia ready for an "effective political dialogue" with NATO, will double Kosovo contingent by year's end -- "Inauguration" Day in "NKR" -- Air Tax to take flight? -- Be careful with that!: GOAM reaction to more Turkish "reconstructions" [...] | 2007-09-12 07:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EINV AM TU |
07YEREVAN1359 | PM STAFF GIVE AND TAKE ON TURKEY, ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM had a long and fruitful conversation with two of PM Sargsian's close advisers. The two men affirmed the PM's desire to start a process to reconcile with Turkey, even before he become president. They agreed that a string of recent events against pro-opposition figures damag [...] | 2007-11-19 04:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TU IR AM |
07YEREVAN1376 | RENEWING THE MESSAGE ON IRAN CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA conveyed Ref A points to the Foreign Minister, Energy Minister, and presidential chief of staff, while A/DCM conveyed to senior staff of the prime minister (Ref B). All interlocutors insisted Armenia had no intention to build infrastructure capable of exporting Iranian gas [...] | 2007-11-26 14:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP IR TU AM |
07YEREVAN149 | ARMENIAN REPLY TO TURKEY ON COMMISSIONS STILL IN [...] (C) CDA and Pol/Econ chief met February 8 with DFM Kirakossian to ask whether/when Armenia would respond to the GOT's latest proposal on bilateral dialogue (i.e. the "commissions" proposal). Kirakossian noted that the recent Erdogan-Saakashvili-Aliyev meeting to celebrate their deal to build [...] | 2007-02-09 12:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU AM |
07YEREVAN165 | ANALYSTS WORRIED, GOVERNMENT UNCONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) GOAM officials' mild public statements about the finalizing of the Kars-Akhalkalki-Baku railway agreement (ref A) belie the significant resentment and frustration they feel about it. Newspapers have been abuzz with analysts' gloomy predictions of further Armenian isolation, and harsh crit [...] | 2007-02-15 13:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG TU AM |
07YEREVAN344 | FM OSKANIAN SKEPTICAL OF TURKISH INTENTIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Oskanian told us March 21 that a deputy culture minister would lead the GOAM's delegation to the Aktamar church opening March 29. He said the Catholicos would also send representatives of the Armenian church from Echmiadzin, as perhaps would the Armenian Patriarch in Istanbul [...] | 2007-03-22 08:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU AM |
07YEREVAN361 | ARMENIA-TURKEY: PM FUNERAL AND AKTAMAR CHURCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: DFM Kirakossian told us March 27 that Deputy Culture Minister's delegation to Aktamar Church opening departed by bus early March 27 in order to reach the March 29 ceremony in time. GOT offers to allow a direct air link did not arrive in time for this to be a viable option. Sep [...] | 2007-03-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU AM |
07YEREVAN588 | FM OSKANIAN DEFENDS VISA REFUSAL OF TURKISH OSCE [...] (C) CDA and the German Ambassador each protested (during a scheduled meeting with CDA and EU chiefs of mission late May 8),Armenia's refusal to grant visas to Turkey's contigent of seconded OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission short-term observers (STOs). Each associated themselves with [...] | 2007-05-09 11:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE TU AM |
07YEREVAN77 | OPENING THE TURKISH-ARMENIAN BORDER: BUSINESSES AND [...] On January 13 and 14 the Armenian International Policy Research Group (AIPRG),with funding from USAID, the British Embassy, and the Eurasia Foundation, held a conference on "The Economic and Social Consequences of Opening the Armenia-Turkish Border." While the caliber of the papers was mixed, [...] | 2007-01-23 06:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ELNT PGOV PREL TU GG AM |
07YEREVAN788 | KOCHARIAN DEAD SET AGAINST ATTENDING BSEC SUMMIT [...] (C) On June 16, Charge raised the issue of Armenia's attendance at the upcoming BSEC Summit with President Kocharian. Kocharian said that there was "absolutely no way" he would consider attending. In fact, he would have preferred that FM Oskanian also skip the event, but relented under Oska [...] | 2007-06-18 09:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OSCE TU AM |
07YEREVAN81 | ARMENIANS REMEMBER HRANT DINK WITH VIGILS, MARCHES [...] Bearing signs that read "We are all Hrants," in acknowledgment of similar slogans borne by protesters in Istanbul, several thousand Armenians attended a January 23 memorial gathering for slain Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink at Yerevan's Freedom Square. Event organizers, a small ad hoc [...] | 2007-01-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV TU AM |
07YEREVAN888 | NEW CDA CALLS ON DFM KIRAKOSSIAN: RADIO LIBERTY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires met Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian for initial GOAM courtesy call, (with FM Oskanian abroad),which then delved into substance. Kirakossian said he and his minister fully agreed with us on Radio Liberty, but urged CDA to raise it at higher levels. Kirakoss [...] | 2007-07-12 05:53:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM HSTC KTIP AM TU |
07YEREVAN914 | FM OSKANIAN DISCUSSES RADIO LIBERTY, NDI, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his initial call July 16, CDA renewed our concerns about forced stoppage of Radio Liberty (RL) broadcasts, but mentioned that the Prime Minister's reply had been somewhat encouraging on this. He highlighted ongoing Washington concerns about Armenia's relationship with Iran, [...] | 2007-07-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR |
07ZAGREB184 | STABILITY PACT TRANSITION ENGAGES THE SEECP [...] (U) Summary: The February 14-15 meeting of the Stability Pact transition Institutions Working Group (IWG) in Zagreb successfully resolved most fundamental issues related to the creation of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) as the successor regional structure to replace the Stability Pact [...] | 2007-02-21 06:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID SR HR EUN MI RO BU GR BK MW YI TU |
07ZAGREB364 | DAS BRYZA'S ZAGREB MEETINGS WITH GREEK AND [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Greek Minister of Development Dimitris Sioufas and Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Rumen Ovcharov on the margins of an April 3 energy conference in Zagreb. Both Sioufas and Ovcharov expressed concern over what they perceive as mixed signals co [...] | 2007-04-16 09:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL GR BU AJ RS TU TX |
07ZAGREB561 | U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH [...] (U) Undersecretary Burns met with Macedonian President Crvenkovski, Turkish Economy Minister Babacan, Bulgarian PM Stanishev and Moldovan President Voronin May 10 and 11 on the margins of the Zagreb SEECP Summit. Macedonia --------- 2. (C) Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski sought U/S [...] | 2007-06-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE NATO HR MK TU BU MD |
08ADANA12 | NEVRUZ 2008: BIG TURNOUT, ISOLATED VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) regards the large turnout as proof of its growing popularity - and sympathy for the PKK, which has been under attack from the Turkish military. Violence erupted in a number of cities where the authorities refused to grant permission for ce [...] | 2008-03-26 08:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
08ADANA15 | TURKEY: COURT TO TRY THREE CHILDREN FOR SINGING KURDISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Diyarbakir court has accepted an indictment against three local teenagers accused of spreading PKK propaganda by singing a Kurdish song at a music festival in San Francisco last October. The offending song, "Ey Rakip," is the national anthem of the Kurdistan Regional Governm [...] | 2008-04-18 13:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU PGOV PHUM PREL |
08ADANA16 | TURKEY: DESPITE BOOMING ENERGY AND COMMODITY PRICES, [...] (SBU) Business leaders in the Cukurova region of southern Turkey share the nation-wide pessimism about economic prospects for 2008. The textile industry's steady decline will likely accelerate when the GOT revises its regional incentive scheme, and plans for investments in other sectors such [...] | 2008-05-02 10:59:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN TU |
08ADANA17 | ASSUME CHARGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-27 09:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ORA TU |
08ADANA20 | ASSUMED CHARGE [...] PRINCIPAL OFFICER ERIC F. GREEN RETURNED TO POST ON 1 JUNE 2008 AND ASSUMED CHARGE. GREEN [...] | 2008-06-02 14:22:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA TU |
08ADANA21 | GOT URGES GREATER U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN NEXT YEAR'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 3rd Iraqi International Trade Fair kicked off in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep on May 22. According to organizers, over 400 local and foreign exhibitors from 32 countries were present at the four-day event. High-ranking Turkish and Iraqi officials in attenda [...] | 2008-06-10 11:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL TU IZ |
08ADANA22 | TURKEY: CODEL TANNER DISCUSSES EU, TERRORISM AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) CODEL Tanner met with Adana Governor Ilhan Atis on May 30. During the meeting, participants discussed topics covering Turkey's European Union accession process, security and terrorism, and energy. Atis said Turkey's bid for the EU was motivated by a desire to improve technology and ec [...] | 2008-06-11 09:22:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL PTER ENRG TU |
08ADANA24 | TURKEY: COURT ACQUITS THREE CHILDREN INDICTED FOR SINGING [...] (U) The Diyarbakir Heavy Criminal Court on June 19 acquitted three teenagers, who were accused of "making propaganda for a terrorist organisation or its aims" under the anti-terrorism law. The prosecution was brought after the children, who are all members of the Diyarbakir Yenisehir Municipa [...] | 2008-06-20 09:13:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ |
08ADANA26 | TURKEY: WIDESPREAD DROUGHT IN SOUTHEAST COMPOUNDING ECONOMIC [...] (U) The Tigris and Euphrates basins in Turkey's heavily Kurdish southeastern region are suffering from the worst drought in a generation, pushing many poor farmers to abandon their villages in desperation due to shortages of water and animal feed. The agriculture minister recently announced a [...] | 2008-07-24 05:50:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON SOCI TU PGOV |
08ADANA27 | TURKEY: PRIVATE KURDISH TV STATION FACING FINES, CLOSURE [...] (SBU) Turkey's sole Kurdish-language television station, Gun-TV, is facing prohibitive fines from regulators for airing reports of the activities of the pro-Kurdish DTP politicians on the grounds that such broadcasts "encourage violence or provoke hatred." Gun officials claim they were report [...] | 2008-08-13 11:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU |
08ADANA28 | ASSUME CHARGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 06:49:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ORA TU |
08ADANA32 | ASSUME CHARGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 05:51:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ORA TU |
08ADANA35 | TURKEY: MERSIN PUSHING FORWARD TO PROSPERITY, WINS EU'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Eastern Mediterranean port of Mersin has become Turkey's first city to win funding under the EU's "Region of Knowledge" (ROK) project, focusing on innovation in agriculture and food processing. The project brings together 12 entities (government, private sector and NGOs) fr [...] | 2008-09-26 08:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN PREL TU ZM |
08ADANA36 | TURKEY: MERSIN PUSHING FORWARD TO PROSPERITY, WINS EU'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Eastern Mediterranean port of Mersin has become Turkey's first city to win funding under the EU's "Region of Knowledge" (ROK) project, focusing on innovation in agriculture and food processing. The project brings together 12 entities (government, private sector and NGOs) fr [...] | 2008-10-06 06:10:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN PREL TU ZM |
08ADANA39 | TURKEY: PUBLIC PROTESTS IN SOUTHEAST MULTIPLY TENSIONS OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Violent riots, organized marches, and rallies in major cities throughout southeast Turkey over the weekend of October 18 were sparked by an announcement made by Abdullah Ocalan's attorneys that the imprisoned PKK leader had been abused by Turkish soldiers. The Pro-Kurdish DTP pa [...] | 2008-10-21 09:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER TU |
08ADANA43 | TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO THE SOUTHEAST PROVOKES [...] (U) Summary: Thousands of Kurds turned out to oppose Prime Minister Erdogan's visit to the southeastern cities of Van and Hakkari and to protest AKP's lack of movement forward on the Kurdish issue. Suspension of municipal services such as garbage collection and public transportation accompani [...] | 2008-11-04 07:35:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ADANA45 | TURKEY: TECHNICAL GLITCH SAID TO RUPTURE KIRKUK-CEYHAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Media report on the afternoon of November 5, a technical malfunction triggered a rupture in the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline near the Bozova district of Sanliurfa province. An MFA source told us the cause of the accident was technical, while a BOTAS official preferred to wait for the [...] | 2008-11-07 15:15:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON SENV TU |
08ADANA46 | TURKEY: PKK CLAIMS ATTACK ON KIRKUK-CEYHAN PIPELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A BOTAS official and local security contacts confirm press reports of a November 21 PKK-perpetrated terrorist attack on the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline approximately 50 miles from the Iraqi border. The alleged bomb explosion wrought a three-day inferno that was recently brought [...] | 2008-11-25 06:16:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON PTER PINS TU IZ |
08ADANA47 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 12, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 08:53:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
08ADANA50 | TURKEY: ADANA MAYOR'S RACE BREAKS WIDE OPEN AS INCUMBENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The sudden resignation of Adana's four-term mayor Aytac Durak from AKP may present an insurmountable challenge to the party's chance to retake Adana in upcoming municipal elections. Outside theories abound on reasons for Durak's renunciation of AKP membership including a spurn [...] | 2008-12-02 16:08:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU |
08ADANA51 | TURKEY: KURDISH ACTIVIST LEYLA ZANA TO APPEAL 10-YEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY. A Diyarbakir court sentenced Kurdish activist Leyla Zana to ten years in prison for being a member of the terrorist PKK and disseminating propaganda for the organization. The court also banned her from participating in politics and voting. Zana's lawyer has announced plans to [...] | 2008-12-05 12:13:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PGOV TU |
08ADANA53 | ASSUME CHARGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 08:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ORA TU |
08AMMAN1208 | JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON ANNUAL PKK MEETING DELIVERED [...] (S) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche April 21 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh said he would inform the Minister and advise his counterpart at the General Intelligence Directorate (GID). 2. (S) Post is following up directly with GID. HA [...] | 2008-04-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KTFN PREL PTER IZ TU JO |
08AMMAN1233 | FM BASHIR DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, LEBANON WITH S/I [...] (C) Summary: In an April 17 discussion with Foreign Minister Salah Bashir, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Jordan to return an ambassador to Baghdad in order to gain a clearer understanding of political developments. In respons [...] | 2008-04-23 06:37:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IR IZ JO LE TU |
08AMMAN1983 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN POLICY REACHES INTO CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Jordan, with the heavy personal engagement of King Abdullah, has been reaching beyond the Middle East for partners on a variety of energy, economic, and political issues. Of particular note are the efforts expended on improving and expanding ties with former Soviet republics in [...] | 2008-07-02 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON KISL ZK ZJ TU IR JO |
08AMMAN299 | TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION REQUEST FOR AMMAN FSN AGRICULTURAL [...] FAS AMMAN REQUESTS APPROVAL FOR FSN AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST MOHAMMED KHRAISHY TO VISIT DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, FEBRUARY 23-28, 2007, TO ESCORT JORDANIAN TRADERS TO THE AMERICAN PAVILION OF THE GULFOOD EXHIBITION. NO ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED. 2. USDA FAS REGIONAL OFFICE IN CAIRO HAS SUFFE [...] | 2008-01-29 09:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR JO OTRA TU |
08ANKARA1 | TURKEY'S 2008 ENERGY SECTOR PRIORITIES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told the Ambassador December 28 that energy issues will continue to play a central role in the GOT's domestic and foreign policy agendas for 2008. Guler noted three main priorities: 1) expanded investment [...] | 2008-01-01 07:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA100 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1000 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1002 | Update on PKK Violence (May 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 16-23, 2008 reporting period, four security [...] | 2008-05-29 07:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1005 | EMBASSY ANKARA RESPONSE FOR OPIC FINANCE: FERSAN [...] Per reftel, we conducted a review of Fersan operations and determined there is no derogatory information about the company, industry, or its prospects. Please see more detail in the internal report emailed to Alfredo Rodriguez by Robert Dunn on May 28. We have no available information on any [...] | 2008-05-29 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV TU |
08ANKARA1006 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1010 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 12:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1014 | TURKEY: IMF, LABOR, AND ILL-ADVISED PENSION [...] (C) Summary. President Abdullah Gul signed into law a new employment and labor reform package this week. Key components include a five-percent reduction in employer social security contributions, five-year GOT subsidies of social security premiums for companies that hire women or young peop [...] | 2008-06-01 13:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
08ANKARA1015 | TURKEY'S KURDISH DTP: HAWKS 1, DOVES 0 [...] (C) The Democratic Society Party's (DTP) July convention is likely to be a turning point for the pro-Kurdish party, following a tumultuous period that saw the ouster of party moderates in favor of hard-line leadership. DTP Parliamentary Group Chairman Ahmet Turk's surprisingly frank statement [...] | 2008-06-02 09:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA102 | TURKEY: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE SURROUNDS KARAMANLIS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Turkey and Greece's decade-long rapprochement will take a much awaited step forward with Greek PM Costas Karamanlis' January 23-25 trip to Ankara and Istanbul -- the first visit of a Greek prime minister to Turkey in 49 years. His meetings with high-level GOT official [...] | 2008-01-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU GR |
08ANKARA1022 | SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER BABACAN'S [...] (C) Summary. FM Ali Babacan is projecting a business-as-usual image as Turkey's domestic political situation continues to roil over the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). With the Prime Ministry focused on Iraq issues and the Presidency tracking Turkey's relations with A [...] | 2008-06-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN EAID TU |
08ANKARA1023 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1024 | Update on PKK Violence (May 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 24-31, 2008 reporting period, one security [...] | 2008-06-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1025 | EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) This report was coordinated with FAS Ankara. 2. (C) Summary: Agricultural Biotechnology is a very sensitive subject in Turkey about which there currently is little public debate. Turkey is taking its lead on biotech policy from Europe, in part due to its desire to join the European Un [...] | 2008-06-03 07:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO TU |
08ANKARA1026 | TURKEY: WHY INVESTORS ARE NERVOUS [...] Summary: Both economic and financial indicators show the honeymoon is over for the Turkish economy. Expectations are negative and Turkish assets are losing value. Our investment banking contacts see more nervousness from investors, occasionally setting Turkey apart from other emerging mark [...] | 2008-06-03 09:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN TU |
08ANKARA1029 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1032 | TURKEY WILL SIGN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nudged by the EU, and seeking greater influence in post-Kyoto negotiations, the GOT announced on June 2 that it would begin a process to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The GOT hopes the parliament will approve the ratification before its July recess, clearing the way for Turkey to [...] | 2008-06-03 16:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TU |
08ANKARA1033 | TURKEY WILL SIGN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nudged by the EU, and seeking greater influence in post-Kyoto negotiations, the GOT announced on June 2 that it would begin a process to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The GOT hopes the parliament will approve the ratification before its July recess, clearing the way for Turkey to pa [...] | 2008-06-04 04:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TU |
08ANKARA1034 | TURKEY WILL SIGN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nudged by the EU, and seeking greater influence in post-Kyoto negotiations, the GOT announced on June 2 that it would begin a process to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The GOT hopes the parliament will approve the ratification before its July recess, clearing the way for Turkey to [...] | 2008-06-04 04:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TU |
08ANKARA1036 | TURKEY CLAIMS GLOCKS SEIZED IN ANTI-AL QAEDA RAIDS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Foreign Ministry provided us June 3 the serial numbers of five Glock pistols recently seized by Turkish authorities. Four of the Glocks were reportedly seized during Turkish law enforcement raids against al Qaeda cells in Gaziantep, Istanbul and elsewhere on January [...] | 2008-06-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC KCRM OIG IZ TU |
08ANKARA1037 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1040 | TURKEY/IRAN: NO STATEMENT ON IAEA REPORT, [...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Department Head for Iranian Affairs Devrim Ozturk and MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Bora Kerimoglu on June 3. Ozturk offered the following response: -- Turkey appreciates the reftel information and has been studying the IAE [...] | 2008-06-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IR |
08ANKARA1043 | TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE POSTS [...] (U) Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate's (Diyanet) guidance on "appropriate" conduct for Muslims, posted on its website, is generating considerable debate, particularly proscriptions governing "sexual life." The list attracted attention during a May Provincial Muftis Conference; Radikal d [...] | 2008-06-05 06:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
08ANKARA1045 | INFLATION TROUBLE IN TURKEY [...] Summary: Following May CPI inflation data that signaled the return of double-digit inflation for the first time since 2004, the Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) significantly revised upward its official inflation target for 2009, 2010, and 2011 to 7.5%, 6.5%, and 5.5%, respectively. Inflation [...] | 2008-06-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1046 | SECRETARY CHERTOFF URGES INCREASED [...] (C) Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff urged more interactive and continuous counterterrorism cooperation with Turkey in May 28 meetings with senior Prime Ministry, Foreign Ministry (MFA),Interior Ministry (MOI),Justice Ministry (MOJ),Jandarma General [...] | 2008-06-05 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA1047 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1048 | TURKEY: BUGGING INCIDENT BOOMERANGS ON OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hastily condemned as Turkey's own Watergate, an alleged government bugging incident is looking increasingly like a technical blooper by the supposed "victim". Despite evidence to the contrary, opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal stands by his man, Se [...] | 2008-06-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA1049 | TURKEY WILL ATTEND 4TH GI MEETING, UNCLEAR AT WHAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP PGOV TU |
08ANKARA105 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1050 | THE MANY FACES OF TURKISH SECULARISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Differing interpretations of secularism in Turkey cloud public discussion of a concept central to the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the struggle to modernize Turkish society. Traditional "secular" elites focus on state authority -- over r [...] | 2008-06-06 03:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1051 | TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ANNULS HEADSCARF [...] (C) Summary and comment. On June 5, Turkey's Constitutional Court annulled two constitutional amendments designed to lift the headscarf ban at universities and halted their implementation. The Court ruled that the amendments are inconsistent with "immutable" Constitutional provisions protect [...] | 2008-06-06 10:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1052 | TURKEY-PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN: "ANKARA PROCESS" [...] (C) Ongoing political wrangling in Pakistan has caused the dates for the next Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral summit (the "Ankara Process") to slip once again, this time to October 2008, according to MFA South Asia Section Head Ilhan Sener. An U/S-level Joint Working Group (JWG) would [...] | 2008-06-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA1054 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1055 | CODELS TANNER AND LEAHY MEET WITH PM ERDOGAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 29 meetings with Codels Tanner and Leahy, President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan lauded improved U.S.-Turkey relations and expressed gratitude for U.S. support against PKK terrorism. Erdogan complained of Congressional resolutions introduced on Cyprus and the Aegean t [...] | 2008-06-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR PTER ENRG ETTC IR IS TU |
08ANKARA1056 | TURKEY: JUNE UPDATE ON IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] (C) Pursuant to Ref A guidance, on June 5 we delivered additional talking points to MFA UN desk chief Nilufer Kaygisiz regarding our continued interest in Turkey's support for Ambassador Bill Swing's IOM Director General candidacy (refs c and d). We emphasized Amb. Swing's strong credentials, [...] | 2008-06-06 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG TU |
08ANKARA1057 | TURKISH GENERALS SPEAK OUT ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: At a June 5-6 symposium on the Middle East in Istanbul organized by the Turkish General Staff's (TGS) Strategic Studies Research Center, TGS Chief General Buyukanit provided a pessimistic outlook on the Middle East in remarks characterized by implicit criticism of the West. Buyuk [...] | 2008-06-09 03:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ IR IS SY |
08ANKARA106 | TGS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FROM JANUARY 15 AIR STRIKES [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) released the following statement on January 18: BEGIN TGS STATEMENT (Unofficial Embassy translation) No. BA-09/08 Evaluations regarding the results of the air operations Turkish Armed Forces carried out against the PKK/KONGRA-GEL terror organization i [...] | 2008-01-18 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ TU |
08ANKARA1061 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1062 | ABKHAZ "FM" SHAMBA IN ANKARA: "INDEPENDENCE NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Addressing a small audience of supporters and Caucasus experts in Ankara June 4, Abkhaz "FM" Shamba underscored the priority Abkhazia attaches to its "special relationship" with the Abkhaz diaspora in Turkey and the importance of opening direct travel with Turkey, but describe [...] | 2008-06-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG TU |
08ANKARA1064 | TURKEY: UPDATED INFORMATION FOR LEADING GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The contact information provided is keyed to reftel request. -- Country: The Republic of Turkey. -- Date of information: May 30, 2008 2. (SBU) Head of Government: Prime Minister -- Last Name: Erdogan -- First/Middle Names: Recep Tayyip -- Conventional Usage: Prime Minister Erdoga [...] | 2008-06-10 06:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL TU |
08ANKARA1065 | Update on PKK Violence (June 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security of [...] | 2008-06-10 06:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1068 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAY 2008) [...] (U) Summary: Turkey continues to progress with proposed enhancements to their existing export controls and has submitted new proposed legislation to combine export control lists, form a Export Control Board (ECB),and improve licensing processes for dual-use and other sensitive items (ref a). [...] | 2008-06-10 08:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA107 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL IN DAMASCUS 1/19 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials told us President Gul plans a one-day visit to Damascus January 19 in connection with a cultural event the SARG is organizing, but will urge Asad to play a positive role in Lebanon. Visiting NEA PDAS Satterfield urged that Gul push Asad hard to allow presidenti [...] | 2008-01-19 16:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU LE SY |
08ANKARA1070 | TURKEY: GULER UPBEAT ON GAS SUPPLY POST-NAKHCHIVAN [...] (C) Summary. PM Erdogan,s meeting with Azerbaijan President Aliyev June 4 in Naxchivan may have produced enough agreement on new Azeri gas supplies for Turkey to unblock the Nabucco and Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas transit negotiations, Energy Minister Guler suggested to Ambassador June 9. [...] | 2008-06-10 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1071 | TURKEY UNVEILS SCHEDULE FOR NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary. On May 30 and June 4, we met with Turkey's Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel and MFA Energy Issues Department Head Berris Ekinci, respectively. Both understood that Turkey is being blamed for lack of progress on Nabucco and they detailed a re-invigorated GOT approach to Nabucco t [...] | 2008-06-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1073 | ANKAIR WILL COMPLY WITH DOC STOP-ORDER AND PLANE'S [...] (SBU) On June 7, we received a copy of the June 6 Temporary Denial Order signed by Department of Commerce (DOC) Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Darryl Jackson, temporarily denying the export privileges of Turkish company Ankair from selling a Boeing 747 to British company Galaxy Av [...] | 2008-06-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL TU IR |
08ANKARA1074 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1076 | TURKEY: EXBS AGREEMENT ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On June 10, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun presented us with a diplomatic note (e-mailed to EUR/SE),dated June 9, advising that the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of [...] | 2008-06-10 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC PTER KNNP PARM TU |
08ANKARA1081 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1085 | BOTAS CONFIRMS SOCAR GAS OFFER [...] (C) Summary. June 4 talks between PM Erdogan and Azerbaijan President Aliev resulted in a SOCAR offer to sell 50% of the Shah Deniz phase II export volumes to Turkey (roughly 5 bcm),BOTAS Chairman Duzyol told the Ambassador on June 11. Duzyol went on at length about Turkey's need for gas; [...] | 2008-06-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1086 | TURKEY: 2008 REPORT ON EXPROPRIATION AND INVESTMENT [...] The following is Embassy Ankara's submission for the 2008 report to the U.S. Congress on expropriation claims and investment disputes, providing an update on the two ongoing cases reported in 2007. 2. Claimant Data: -- Claimants A are Victor and Kristy Bedoian, both U.S. citizens. The [...] | 2008-06-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CASC TU |
08ANKARA1088 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1090 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1091 | TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Parliament passed a law June 11 with a provision that allows state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) to devote one of its 24-hour television channels to foreign-language broadcasting -- specifically, Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian. The bill will be sent [...] | 2008-06-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA1096 | STRESS FRACTURES WITHIN TURKEY'S RULING PARTY [...] (C) Summary and comment. The closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) complicates PM Erdogan's challenge of holding together his big tent party. Under the strain of a possible closure, differences among the traditional AKP factions - National View (Milli Gorus),lib [...] | 2008-06-13 11:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1098 | EXPERT VIEWS ON TURKISH MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings this week with Central Bank (CBRT) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) managers, we heard similar complaints about GOT shortfalls in economic management and fiscal policy. Central Bank Markets Department Manager Cigdem Kose said the CBRT will have trouble [...] | 2008-06-13 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
08ANKARA11 | TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL'S JANUARY VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Abdullah Gul is Turkey's first president to visit Washington since 1999. He took office in August following a sharp confrontation between the government and military in April and an overwhelming Justice and Development Party (AKP) victory in parliamentary elections in July. Gul's move f [...] | 2008-01-03 13:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL PTER ENRG TU |
08ANKARA1100 | TURKEY: SPECIAL REP. OZCELIK ON TURKEY-IRAQ NEXT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkey-Iraq bilateral relations are set to gain another boost with PM Erdogan's visit to Baghdad to establish a TU-IZ senior level bilateral strategic commission o/a July 4 (please protect). GOT Special Representative for Iraq Murat Ozcelik hopes to gain Turkish National Security [...] | 2008-06-13 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG TU IZ |
08ANKARA1101 | TURKEY ADVOCATES PATIENCE ON CIS PEACEKEEPERS IN [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has not yet been briefed by Georgia on any decision to call for the replacement of Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia (ref A),but is aware of the proposal from contacts in other capitals, according to MFA South Caucasus Head of Department Firat Sunel. Sunel believes the pr [...] | 2008-06-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RU TU |
08ANKARA1103 | TURKEY: PRIME MINISTER'S ALEVI ADVISOR RESIGNS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 07:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1108 | TURKEY ON PROPOSED GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Maritime Department Head Mehmet Poroy. Poroy told us that Turkey agrees with the principles of the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) in general; however, he had a number of questions about how the GMP will work operationally that were not answered i [...] | 2008-06-16 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN TU |
08ANKARA1113 | PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S JUNE 6-8 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Cumber underscored the need for cooperation and innovation within the OIC during May 6-8 meetings in Ankara and Istanbul with GOT officials, OIC representatives, intellectuals, and journalists. S/E Cumber explained his mandate and briefed on efforts t [...] | 2008-06-16 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIC PREL PGOV PHUM TU |
08ANKARA1119 | FRANK MERMOUD DISCUSSES NUCLEAR POWER AND [...] (C) Summary. The Secretary's Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud discussed Turkey's vision for civilian nuclear power development with Ministry of Energy Acting Under Secretary Cimen and Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) Chairman Cakiroglu on June 12. M [...] | 2008-06-17 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP KTIA TU |
08ANKARA1120 | ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ SET TO EXPIRE JUNE 30 [...] (C) On June 17, Karadeniz Toptan Elektrik Ticareti (KARTET) Director Nuray Atacik told us that electricity exports to Iraq are set to expire on June 30, 2008, unless Kartet receives two key documents from the GOI, followed by an approval from the GOT. From Iraq, Kartet needs an extension of [...] | 2008-06-17 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1121 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 06:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1122 | TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE DOWNPLAYS [...] (C) Summary and comment: A senior official from Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) called news reports the Diyanet posted a list of sexual do's and dont's on its website (reftel) "irresponsible." The official told us reporters had cherry-picked several items out of a "quite pro [...] | 2008-06-18 07:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA1126 | Update on PKK Violence (June 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two security [...] | 2008-06-18 09:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1132 | TURKEY'S PARTY CLOSURE CASE BARRELS TO CONCLUSION [...] (c) Summary: It is increasingly expected in Turkey that the Constitutional Court will close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and ban a range of its leaders, especially PM Erdogan. In the wake of a ruling that could occur this autumn or possibly sooner, the AKP plans to re-form [...] | 2008-06-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL US TU |
08ANKARA1134 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1135 | EU REACTIONS TO TURKISH CLOSURE CASE [...] (c) UK Ambassador to Turkey Nick Baird has expressed concern to Ambassador about where EU thinking may be heading on reactions to the AKP closure case. Of immediate concern, Baird understands that Enlargement Commissioner Rehn now believes a Constitutional Court ruling to close the party and [...] | 2008-06-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU TU |
08ANKARA1136 | TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY TO URGE IRAN TO ACCEPT P5+1 [...] (C) During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan (reported septel),Ambassador shared information on the P5 1 offer, explained the strategy behind it, and urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the package. Drawing on reftel points, Ambassador stressed that the package was generous, builds [...] | 2008-06-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU |
08ANKARA1137 | TURKEY: CHP'S EMBRACE GETS COLD SHOULDER IN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Deniz Baykal traveled to Turkey's Kurdish southeast June 4-5 to deliver a message of understanding for the needs of the region's farmers and of pride in Turkey's ethnic diversi [...] | 2008-06-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1138 | TURKEY: AMBASSADOR AND MFA U/S APAKAN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan, Ambassador urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the P5 1 package (ref a),sought MFA's assistance in modernizing U.S.-Turkish cooperation in counterterrorism, and recommended Turkey do more to develop a coordinated message on Nabucc [...] | 2008-06-18 16:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG NATO EUN TU |
08ANKARA1139 | TURKISH COURT ORDERS CLOSURE OF GAY-LESBIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment. An Istanbul court ruled May 29 that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual (LGBTT) advocacy organization "Lambda Istanbul" be closed for violating the "general moral rules" of society. Lambda, which appealed to the Court of Cassation (and is allowed to [...] | 2008-06-19 05:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA1142 | TURKEY: MOJ SAYS COURT ERRED IN FIRST ARTICLE 301 [...] (U) Summary and comment: In the first high-profile verdict to be handed down since parliament amended controversial Penal Code Article 301 (insulting "Turkishness"),an Istanbul court sentenced Armenian-British publisher Ragip Zarakolu to pay a fine of 1400 YTL (USD 1100),for publishing a bo [...] | 2008-06-19 09:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA1145 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1148 | EU FRIENDS OF TURKEY ON AKP CLOSURE CASE REACTIONS [...] (c) A close-hold, ad hoc EU Friends of Turkey group consisting of the foreign ministers of the UK, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Finland, plus Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, met June 19 to discuss possible reactions to a Turkish Constitutional Court decision to close the ruling Justice and Dev [...] | 2008-06-20 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU TU |
08ANKARA1149 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1150 | TURKEY: ISRAEL-SYRIA PEACE TALKS' DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Since the media began reporting on the latest round of Israel-Syria peace talks, Turkey's regional leadership role has resonated particularly well with its domestic audience, at a time when the government could use a foreign policy success. The talks are the first major victory f [...] | 2008-06-20 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS SY TU |
08ANKARA1155 | TURKEY: REPORTED FORCED DEPORTATION OF IRANIAN [...] (C) Post raised US concerns over reports of forced repatriations by Turkey to Iraq per reftel at various levels of the MFA. Ambassador has done so twice with MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan. Apakan was initially only slightly aware of the incident from having to approve MFA press guidance and said h [...] | 2008-06-23 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL IR IZ SY TU |
08ANKARA1156 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 13:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1157 | TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY RAISES P5+1 OFFER WITH IRAN [...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sinirlioglu told the Ambassador June 23 Turkey followed up with the Iranians on the updated P5 1 package EU that foreign policy chief Solana presented during his recent visit to Iran. FM Babacan met in Kampala June 20 on the margins of the Organization of the Isl [...] | 2008-06-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU |
08ANKARA1158 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1166 | TURKEY URGING PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN DIALOGUE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish President Gul plans to call Afghan President Karzai, Pakistani President Musharraf and Pakistani PM Gillani to urge them to commit to talks in Ankara in September, per a Turkish MFA contact. The Turks believe Karzai would accept, and even welcome, Gillani's participatio [...] | 2008-06-25 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA1167 | TURKEY: BUREAUCRATIC ELITES CAUGHT HOLDING HANDS IN THE DARK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Evidence of secret alliances among Turkey's unelected elites, including elements of the military, judiciary, and bureaucracy, emerged in recent days. Although Turks have long accepted as fact the existence of an alleged "deep state" network pulling strings behind the scenes, conc [...] | 2008-06-25 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1168 | TURKEY'S YOUTH REMAIN POLITICALLY DISENGAGED [...] (C) Summary and Comment. At a critical time in Turkey's political evolution, the country's youth are politically disengaged, due in part to their own apathy and an authoritarian society. Students, professors, journalists, and NGOs at a DVC hosted by the Ambassador discussed the situation in T [...] | 2008-06-25 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OPRC PGOV PREL SCUL TU |
08ANKARA1170 | TURKEY: MILITARY MACHINATIONS ALLEGED, CRITICIZED [...] (C) Chastened by the unintended consequences of its April 2007 "e-memorandum," Turkey's military has refrained from publicly commenting on politics for well over a year. However, a series of media reports suggest the brass has been busy behind the scenes seeking to influence key institutions a [...] | 2008-06-26 03:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
08ANKARA1172 | EU SUPPORTS TURKEY AS A NATURAL GAS HUB [...] Summary. On June 20, Turkey,s Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel told us the EU and Turkey reached a new level of understanding during June 14-15 talks with the EU Nabucco Coordinator's Assistant Brendan Devlin. Goksel supports the EU's new position which shifts focus from Nabucco to the larg [...] | 2008-06-26 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1173 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-26 11:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1175 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-26 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1176 | FOREIGN INTEREST DOWN FOR TURKEY'S PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Privatization receipts are a significant source of income for Turkey. The AKP-led government has pursued an aggressive privatization program since it took office in 2002. On June 12, Privatization Agency (PA) President Metin Kilci told us that although foreign investor intere [...] | 2008-06-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON TU |
08ANKARA1178 | Update on PKK Violence (June 16 - 23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 16 - 23, 2008 reporting period, one securit [...] | 2008-06-27 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1179 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1182 | TURKEY GSP WAIVER REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador carried out reftel instructions regarding Turkey's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) eligibility for gold jewelry with MFA U/S Apakan by phone June 27 and in person June 28. Apakan reaffirmed the positions stated in Foreign Trade Minister Tuzmen's April 8, 200 [...] | 2008-06-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL TU |
08ANKARA1183 | GOT Electricity Hikes Affect Mission Turkey's Bottom Line [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOT is moving to eliminate subsidies in the electricity sector. This is a welcome and necessary step for privatization of the sector. The combination of high fuel prices (input for electricity generation) and a GOT-imposed price ceiling on electricity prices has resulted [...] | 2008-06-30 10:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABUD AFIN AMGT ECON ENRG TU |
08ANKARA1187 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA119 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-22 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1190 | TURKEY/CYPRUS: MFA TAKING WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a June 27 meeting, MFA Cyprus Section Head Can Oztas told us the MFA remains supportive of current negotiations between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, but has no plans to propose any concessions or gestures towards building momentum for a resolution. He rejected r [...] | 2008-06-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR CY TU |
08ANKARA1191 | TURKEY/CYPRUS: MFA TAKING WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a June 27 meeting, MFA Cyprus Section Head Can Oztas told us the MFA remains supportive of current negotiations between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, but has no plans to propose any concessions or gestures towards building momentum for a resolution. He rejected r [...] | 2008-07-01 04:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR CY TU |
08ANKARA1193 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 12:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1194 | TURKEY: GOVERNMENT COUNTERSTROKE AGAINST DEEP [...] (C) Summary: On the morning of July 1, Turkish police arrested up to 24 individuals associated with the so-called "Ergenekon gang," under investigation for conspiring to topple the government. Among those arrested are two retired four-star Army generals: Hursit Tolon, former First Army Comman [...] | 2008-07-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PHUM TU |
08ANKARA1196 | TURKEY LESS OPTIMISTIC ON PAKISTAN FOLLOWING [...] (C) The GOT is more pessimistic about the prospect for Pakistani political unity following Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Zardari's June 27-28 visit, according to MFA Section Head Ilhan Sener. Zardari, who stopped in Turkey enroute to Socialist International meetings in Athens, explain [...] | 2008-07-01 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA12 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA120 | TURKISH ADVISOR ON GUL VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (c) Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu briefed Ambassador January 22 regarding President Gul's visit January 19 to Damascus. As noted ref a, the proximate cause was a Syrian invitation to an "Arab Cultural Capital of 2008" event. According to Davutoglu, Gul decided [...] | 2008-01-22 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY TU |
08ANKARA1202 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1206 | TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP UNDER ATTACK ON TWO FRONTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is under scrutiny both within Socialist International (SI) and by Turkey's Constitutional Court in unrelated developments that highlight the party's feckless leadership and the lack of meaningful alternatives on the left. CH [...] | 2008-07-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1209 | Update on PKK Violence (June 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 24-30, 2008 reporting period, no security [...] | 2008-07-03 08:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA121 | TURKEY: NEW CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture reported on January 22 that avian influenza was found in dead backyard poultry in the town of Caycuma, in the northern province of Zonguldak. Following the RT-PCR method testing at the Central Veterinary Control and Research Institute, it was determined tha [...] | 2008-01-23 05:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU |
08ANKARA1212 | TURKEY: ERGENEKON ARRESTS AND MILITARY SUCCESSION [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff's (TGS) official reaction to the July 1 "Ergenekon" arrests (ref a),which netted two retired army four-star generals and other former military personnel, has been limited to an official website posting clarifying that searches of military property related to the [...] | 2008-07-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KCRM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1215 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1216 | TURKEY: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PINR PREL KNNP EUN TU |
08ANKARA1217 | TURKEY: COUP THWARTED OR REVENGE TAKEN? [...] (C) Summary. As the shock wanes over the July 1 detention of over 20 people, including two senior retired military officers, in connection with the year-old Ergenekon investigation (reftel),most Turks view the developments as a worrisome escalation of the struggle between Kemalist ultranatio [...] | 2008-07-07 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA122 | Update on PKK Violence (January 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 8-15, 2007 reporting period, no GOT sec [...] | 2008-01-23 05:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1222 | SCENESETTER FOR C. BOYDEN GRAY'S JULY 10-13 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit coincides with political uncertainty surrounding the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) due to a closure case against it pending in the Constitutional Court. Recent high-profile detentions in connection with a year-long investigation into suspec [...] | 2008-07-07 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1223 | TURKEY -- A FINE MESS [...] (c) Summary: The next four weeks in Turkey will likely be as dramatic as any in over a decade. This time frame will probably see a ruling by the Constitutional Court on the AKP closure case, an indictment in the alleged Ergenekon plot by retired military and other Kemalists to overthrow the [...] | 2008-07-07 16:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1224 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 03:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1226 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1227 | TURKS PLAY THE WAITING GAME AS AKP CLOSURE CASE [...] (C) Summary. Following oral arguments last week, the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) enters its final phase. Once the Constitutional Court's rapporteur completes his assessment of the evidence, including a non-binding recommended ruling, the chief justice [...] | 2008-07-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1228 | WHO'S ON FIRST? TURKEY AND THE IMF [...] (C) Summary. On May 10, Turkey's stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ended. Reftels detail the importance investors place on Turkey continuing to have a strong relationship with the IMF, including the ability to borrow if the economy goes south. In separate meeti [...] | 2008-07-09 03:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN TU |
08ANKARA1231 | TURKEY QUIET ON EU CUBA BENCHMARKS [...] (C) The GOT does not intend to endorse publicly the June 23 EU policy statements on Cuba, but believes Turkey will be able to support the EU approach of setting aside sanctions and furthering a political dialogue based on Cuban progress on key human rights benchmarks, MFA Latin America Departm [...] | 2008-07-09 07:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU TU |
08ANKARA1232 | TURKEY: TERRORISM FINANCE: VENEZUELA-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 07:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS VE TU |
08ANKARA1237 | TURKISH-IRANIAN ETHNIC OPPOSITION GROUPS UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iranian regime is suppressing Azeri-Iranian (Turkish) ethnic opposition groups in Iran, leading those groups to become more militant and espouse armed struggle, according to Center for Eurasian and Strategic Studies (ASAM) Middle East Expert Arif Keskin (protect). Ethnic na [...] | 2008-07-09 12:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR TU |
08ANKARA1238 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JUNE 2008) [...] (U) Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator attended annual EXBS Advisor Conference in Washington DC June 9th-13th, 2008. EXBS's long awaited Nonproliferation Agreement was placed into force on June 9th, 2008 by GOT. MFA agrees to co-host a joint EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar in Ankara in Sept [...] | 2008-07-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1239 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1240 | TURKEY REMAINS STAUNCH KOSOVO SUPPORTER, BRUSSELS [...] (C) On July 3 we met with MFA Department Head Ilhan Saygili and made REF A points. Saygili reiterated that Turkey was among the first countries to recognize Kosovo, remains a staunch Kosovo supporter through International Steering Group (ISG) membership, and continues to press for additional [...] | 2008-07-09 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL PGOV TU KV |
08ANKARA1241 | TURKEY EVALUATING SARGSIAN'S INVITATION TO [...] (C) Turkey has received the written invitation to President Gul from Armenian President to attend the Turkey-Armenia World Cup qualification match in Yerevan, September 9 (reftel),according to MFA South Caucasus and Central Asia DDG Umit Yardim. Yardim told us that the invitation was receiv [...] | 2008-07-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM GA TU |
08ANKARA1242 | TURKEY: REACTIONS TO ATTACK ON ISTANBUL CONSULATE [...] (U) Following the attack in front of Consulate General Istanbul at approximately 1100 on July 9, at 15:28 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement (unofficial Embassy translation): "We strongly denounce the heinous armed attack that occurred in front of the US Consulate [...] | 2008-07-09 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA1245 | TURKEY: INFORMATION STILL INCOMPLETE ON ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Turkish National Police (TNP) officials this morning passed the Embassy, unofficially, the names of the assailants in yesterday's attack on the Consulate General in Istanbul: Raif Topcil, born in 1988; Erkan Kargin, born in 1982; Bulent Cinar, born in 1985. (Note: Several newspape [...] | 2008-07-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ANKARA1247 | IF TURKEY'S RULING PARTY IS CLOSED, WHAT THEN? [...] (SBU) Summary. The chance Turkey's Constitutional Court will close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has Turks checking their constitutions to plan their post-closure moves. Even those betting the Court will penalize the party with something short of closure are preparing for the [...] | 2008-07-10 13:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1248 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA125 | TURKEY APPEALS FOR USG HELP TO KEEP PKK ON EU [...] (C) MFA DDG for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar appealed for U.S. support against PKK efforts to be removed from the European Union's list of terrorist organizations during a January 22 meeting with Regional Counterterrorism Coordinator. Reiterating points made by DG Hayati Guven to the Amba [...] | 2008-01-23 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EU UK TU |
08ANKARA1255 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 12:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1256 | TURKEY/IRAN: FM MOTTAKI TO VISIT ANKARA JULY 17-18 [...] (C) FM Mottaki is planning to visit Ankara, July 17-18 (arriving the evening of July 17),according to MFA DDG for South Asia and Iran Babur Hizlan. Mottaki had previously indicated to the Turks an intention to visit Turkey following internal discussion on the refreshed P5 1 package. FM Bab [...] | 2008-07-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR TU |
08ANKARA1259 | TURKEY: STILL AIMING FOR SEPTEMBER AF-PK-TU [...] (C) Turkey believes hosting a meeting between Afghan and Pakistani leaders is more important then ever, given heightened bilateral tensions, but confirming a date and Pakistani representation remains difficult, MFA Deputy U/S for Middle East, South Asia and Iran Sinirlioglu told Ambassador Ju [...] | 2008-07-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA126 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1260 | THE CASE FOR NON-CLOSURE OF TURKEY'S RULING PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. There are signs that at least some in Turkey think that closure of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by the Constitutional Court -- deemed inevitable by many since the case was filed in March -- may not occur. Signals that AKP opponents see value in not c [...] | 2008-07-11 16:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1264 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1265 | SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. US-Turkish relations have been transformed in the nearly three years since your last visit in 2005. You come right after Erdogan's visit to Baghdad (July 10),Boyden Gray's visit here (July 11) and President Bush's July 11 condolence call to President Gul over the Istanbul consul [...] | 2008-07-14 16:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON IZ SY IS IR AF PK CY TU |
08ANKARA1266 | TURKEY: GOVERNMENT EXTENDS INCIRLIK HUB AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: The MFA has extended bilateral agreements on the Air Cargo Hub at Incirlik airbase and related activities only to the end of 2008, anticipating the expiration of UNSCR 1790 (2007),which underpins government approval of those agreements. Extension of those agreements beyond 2008 [...] | 2008-07-15 05:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ TU |
08ANKARA1269 | TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT HEAVY ON GOOD WILL, [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov visited Ankara July 1 to continue ongoing efforts to increase bilateral dialogue. As during FM Babacan's February trip to Moscow, the conversation focused primarily on economic relations. The two leaders reaffirmed mutual views on Iran, Iraq, the Black Sea, and [...] | 2008-07-15 11:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RU TU |
08ANKARA1270 | TURKEY: MEK IRANIAN REFUGUEES STILL NOT WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past few weeks, the issue of MEK (Mujahideen-E-Khalq) Iranians entering Turkey has again come to the fore in Post's conversations with the GOT on refugee issues. At least 45 MEK Iranians are currently known to have entered Turkish territory from Iraq, nearly all having [...] | 2008-07-15 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM TU IZ |
08ANKARA1277 | DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's chief foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told visiting DAS Matt Bryza July 11 that Erdogan's July 10 Baghdad meetings were a "good start." The Turks discussed alternate sources of gas for the Nabucco pipeline with Iraqi officials, acknowledgin [...] | 2008-07-16 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG IZ AM CY TU |
08ANKARA1279 | TURKEY/IRAQ ENERGY COOPERATION: GOT OPTIMISTIC, [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Middle East, Iran and South Asia Sinirlioglu expressed to visiting EUR DAS Bryza July 11 the GOT's satisfaction with PM Erdogan's July 10 visit to Baghdad. The visit was the first full-fledged ceremonial reception of a visiting leader held at Baghdad airport. Sinirliog [...] | 2008-07-16 11:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG IZ TU |
08ANKARA1280 | TURKEY: PRIVATIZATION SUCEEDS DESPITE POLTICAL TURMOIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the global economic downturn and Turkish domestic political turmoil, the GOT successfully privatized two electricity distribution companies earlier this month. This sale demonstrated Turkey's continuing ability to attract foreign investment, to command a good price and [...] | 2008-07-16 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG TU |
08ANKARA1283 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1284 | SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY URGES TURKEY TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray discussed regional energy issues and moving Caspian gas westward with Turkish PM Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler and others on July 11. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's strong support for Nabucco and the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas projects [...] | 2008-07-16 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1286 | CORRECTED: SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY URGES TURKEY TO MOVE [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray discussed regional energy issues and moving Caspian gas westward with Turkish PM Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler and others on July 11. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's strong support for Nabucco and the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas projects [...] | 2008-07-17 09:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1288 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1289 | TURKEY: COURT RAPPORTEUR RECOMMENDS NON-CLOSURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Constitutional Court's rapporteur July 16 submitted a non-binding recommendation against closing the ruling AKP or banning any of its MPs from politics. The Court has ignored the rapporteur's views in the past, when it voted unanimously to accept the AKP closure case and whe [...] | 2008-07-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
08ANKARA129 | TURKEY: GUL FOCUSES ON BUSINESS, ARAB LEAGUE IN [...] (C) President Abdullah Gul's January 14-16 visit to Egypt was successful and primarily focused on enhancing the bilateral economic relationship, according to MFA Levant Desk Officer Murat Omeroglu. In addition to his meetings with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, PM Ahmed Nazif, FM Ahmed Abou [...] | 2008-01-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV ETRD TU EG |
08ANKARA1290 | Update on PKK Violence (July 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one security o [...] | 2008-07-18 07:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1291 | Update on PKK Violence (July 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 8-15, 2008 reporting period, three security [...] | 2008-07-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1293 | TURKEY APPROACHES MEDITERRANEAN UNION WITH CAUTION [...] (C) Summary: Despite PM Erdogan's last minute decision to attend the Mediterranean Union Summit July 13-14, the GOT remains highly skeptical of the organization's viability, as well as French intentions. Turkey's MFA successfully negotiated a series of concessions in the final communiqu to e [...] | 2008-07-18 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR TU IS SY |
08ANKARA1296 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA130 | CODEL SHUSTER IN TURKEY: PKK TERRORISM, ARMENIAN [...] (C) Summary. During a January 11-15 trip to Turkey, MFA U/S Apakan said cooperation against PKK terrorists had created a "renewed partnership" but cautioned the House's Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.R. 106) remains a challenge. Codel Shuster asked the GOT to expand outreach efforts on Capi [...] | 2008-01-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
08ANKARA1301 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1303 | TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY SO FAR UNHINDERED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Domestic political uncertainty arising from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) closure case and Ergenekon prosecution (reftel) has not constrained PM Erdogan from painting himself the statesman through bold foreign policy activism. Turkey's foreign and security appa [...] | 2008-07-21 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1304 | TURKEY: DTP'S YEAR OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Summary and comment. The results of the 2007 parliamentary elections raised hopes that Turkey could achieve progress on the Kurdish issue. Some 20 pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) MPs, elected as independents in districts throughout the Southeast, gave the party parliamentary r [...] | 2008-07-22 09:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU |
08ANKARA1306 | TERRORIST EXTRADITION ROUNDTABLE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Top terrorism prosecutors and judges from Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iraq, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland met in Istanbul, Turkey June 24-26, 2008 to discuss their respective practices and overcome obstacles in extraditing terrorists. The meeting, co-hosted [...] | 2008-07-22 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1307 | TURKEY: MFA OUTLINES UPCOMING AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT [...] (C) MFA Africa Section Chief Aykut Kumbaroglu told us the GOT will host the Turkey-Africa Union Cooperation Summit in Istanbul August 18-21. President Gul extended invitations to heads-of-state from 51 African Union members (all with the exception of Western Sahara, which Turkey does not recog [...] | 2008-07-22 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AF |
08ANKARA131 | EBRD: DONOR TURKEY LUKEWARM ON BECOMING RECIPIENT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey, a founding donor to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, is considering becoming a recipient of EBRD funds. The EBRD would have to change its mandate for Turkey to receive funds, since the original 1991 mandate was to "nurture a new private sector in a [...] | 2008-01-23 17:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
08ANKARA1310 | TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SETS DATE FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Constitutional Court will begin deliberations July 28 on the closure case pending since March against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). It is expected to take several days to produce a verdict, although the Court is not required to rule by any date certain [...] | 2008-07-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
08ANKARA1312 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 11:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1313 | TURKEY: FILAMENT WINDING MACHINES WILL NOT BE [...] (S) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen told us on July 22 that the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (UFT) was recently approached by Tet Makina reps regarding its application to export filament winding machine [...] | 2008-07-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCAE KSCA TU PK |
08ANKARA1314 | ECONOMIC IMPACT IF COURT CLOSES AKP [...] (SBU) Summary: Investors agree that AKP,s closure is the most likely outcome of the court,s deliberations and therefore, the effect of the closure has already been largely factored into market behavior. However, two key unknowns, the fate of PM Erdogan and AKP,s current economic policies, wi [...] | 2008-07-23 19:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN TU |
08ANKARA132 | S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ/PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with FM Babacan, MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, Iraq Coordinator Celikkol, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun January 18, S/I Satterfield noted progress made in Iraq on security and the economy, but characterized gains a [...] | 2008-01-23 17:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR KU |
08ANKARA1325 | TURKEY: MEDIA SUPPORT FOR ARMENIA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish media have reported "secret," high-level Turkey-Armenia talks on normalizing bilateral relations with little fanfare, but positively; the political opposition and their media outlets have not objected. Nor has the military. The media's approach suggests broad public [...] | 2008-07-24 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OPRC AM TU |
08ANKARA1326 | BAKU-TBILISI-KARS RAILWAY GROUNDBREAKING; GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Gul traveled to the ancient Armenian capital of Ani July 23 before joining Georgian President Saakashvili and Azerbaijani President Aliyev for a groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, Turkey on the Turkish leg of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway, July 24. The bilateral m [...] | 2008-07-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV AJ AM GG TU |
08ANKARA1327 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1331 | TURKISH GULENIST SCHOOLS: "BE EVERYWHERE OR BE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Gulenist-administered Turkish schools are inspired by the same humanistic philosophy no matter where they operate in Turkey or the world, according to teachers and students at a leading Gulenist math and science school in Ankara. The teachers underscored that these schools mus [...] | 2008-07-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI TU |
08ANKARA1334 | HARD-LINE TURKISH HISTORIAN OUSTED [...] (C) In a surprise move, reported by the press as a good will gesture toward Armenia, quasi-governmental Turkish Historical Society (TTK) President Yusuf Halacoglu was relieved from his duties by a Cabinet decision published in the July 23 Official Gazette. Halacoglu, during his 15-year tenur [...] | 2008-07-25 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1335 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen and MFA Head of Department for South Asian Affairs Devrim Ozturk on July 22. Our interlocutors thanked us for the information and reaffirmed Turkey's commitment to fully implement the requirements of the UNSC resolut [...] | 2008-07-25 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KNUC ETTC PREL TU IR |
08ANKARA1337 | ERGENEKON INDICTMENT STILL MURKY BUT PROCESS ALONE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court decided July 25 to accept the indictment filed in the Ergenekon case and proceed to prosecution (ref A). The 2,500 page indictment has clarified little about the case. Some Turks see the indictment as a courageous step toward bringing Turkey's stat [...] | 2008-07-25 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL TU |
08ANKARA1338 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] (c) Ambassador spoke July 25 with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan to inquire about FM Babacan's plans to attend the Tehran NAM ministerial and to carry out the demarche in reftel. The Turkish press has been reporting for some days that Babacan may attend, and lower-level MFA staff had previously sugge [...] | 2008-07-25 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR TU |
08ANKARA134 | TURKISH DEPUTY CHOD GEN. SAYGUN'S VISIT TO US [...] (S) Summary: US-Turkish military-to-military relations are stronger now than at any time since 2003. GEN Saygun's January 15 visit to Baghdad has improved prospects for Turkey-Iraq cooperation on PKK terrorism and given impetus to bilateral dialogue. During January 29-30 High Level Defense G [...] | 2008-01-24 08:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER TU |
08ANKARA1340 | (S) SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN DEMARCHE [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 25. Ulgen said the GOT determination that the machine in question was not controlled by the Wassenaar Arrangement or the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was made following consultations with interagency ex [...] | 2008-07-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC PK TU |
08ANKARA1341 | AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY FORCE SIZE INCREASE DEMARCHE [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA South Asia Department Second Secretary Ilhan Sener on July 3. On July 10 MFA South Asia Deputy Director General Babur Hizlan told us Turkey was in favor of the proposal to expand the size of the Afghan National Army. On July 23, we followed up with Devri [...] | 2008-07-25 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO AF TU |
08ANKARA1342 | AKP INSIDERS DISCUSS CLOSURE CASE [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of Turkish Constitutional Court deliberations in the AKP closure case that begin July 28, the outcome is impossible to predict. A senior AKP-affiliated journalist told Ambassador July 24 that he is hopeful the Turkish Constitutional Court may avoid ruling to close the [...] | 2008-07-25 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1345 | Update on PKK Violence (July 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 16-23, 2008 reporting period, two security [...] | 2008-07-28 09:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1348 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1352 | TURKEY: SOUTHEAST LEADERS SAY AKP CLOSURE UNLIKELY TO SPUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) stronghold in Eastern Anatolia, contacts from diverse political persuasions told us AKP's closure would set back Turkey's democratization and send the wrong message to the international community. Citing [...] | 2008-07-29 09:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1353 | TURKEY: EC ENERGY DELEGATION VISIT YIELDS NO [...] (C) Summary. Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Energy Security at the EC Directorate General for Energy Transportation led a technical-level delegation to Ankara for talks with Turkey's Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel on July 17-18. The talks were to prepare the groundwork for the visit of Com [...] | 2008-07-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU IZ |
08ANKARA1355 | TURKEY: IRAQ ARREARS CAUSE DESPERATE ACTION BY [...] (C) Summary. Ignoring pleas from high-level GOT officials, BOTAS (state-owned oil and gas pipeline company) temporarily suspended, then resumed, operation of the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline, a major export route for Iraqi oil on July 22. BOTAS claims the inability to collect on large Iraqi d [...] | 2008-07-29 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU IZ |
08ANKARA1359 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA136 | TURKEY-U.S. RELATIONS: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Turkish MFA U/S Apakan reviewed developments in bilateral relations in the wake of President Gul's January 8-9 talks in Washington. They agreed to coordinate measures for a set of high-level meetings in Washington in mid-April. END SUMMARY. STRENGTHENING U.S.- [...] | 2008-01-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM ENRG EPET ECON TU |
08ANKARA1364 | TURKEY-AFRICA COOPERATION SUMMIT PREPARATIONS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Cevikoz updated the DCM on preparation for the August 18-20 Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit in Istanbul (reftel). 17 heads of state or government have so far confirmed participation and the GOT is expecting more. Zimbabwe has not confirmed President Mugabe's participation, [...] | 2008-07-30 06:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA TU |
08ANKARA1368 | TURKEY: POTENTIAL VISIT BY AHMADINEJAD TO TURKEY [...] (C) We spoke with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan and separately with the MFA Iran Desk July 30 about extensive media reporting indicating GOT preparations for a possible visit by Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Istanbul on August 14. We made the following points: -- With the deadline for an Irania [...] | 2008-07-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR TU |
08ANKARA1369 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1370 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1371 | LOVE FOR SALE - THE TAUDRY TALE OF TURKISH MEDIA OWNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM TU |
08ANKARA1372 | TURKEY: GUL-ALIYEV/SAAKASHVILI BILATERALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Energy issues and Azerbaijani-Turkmen relations monopolized President Gul's bilateral with Azerbaijani President Aliyev, at the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, July 24, MFA U/S Cevikoz told the DCM July 29. Gul also had an unexceptional discussi [...] | 2008-07-30 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELTN ETRD ENRG EPET AJ AM GG TX TU |
08ANKARA1373 | TURKEY'S RULING PARTY FINED BUT NOT CLOSED BY [...] (U) In a six to five vote, Turkey's Constitutional Court decided July 30 not to close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),ending weeks of uncertainty and speculation about Turkey's political future. While six judges voted for closure, the constitution requires that at least seven [...] | 2008-07-30 16:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM TU |
08ANKARA1374 | TURKEY RELIEVED AT COURT DECISION NOT TO CLOSE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turks breathed a collective sigh of relief July 30 as the Constitutional Court released its decision to fine but not close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for anti-secular activities (reftel). Announced after three days of deliberations, the ruling came [...] | 2008-07-31 10:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TU |
08ANKARA1377 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1378 | RUSSIA,S GROWING INTEREST IN TURKISH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. According to the local press and commentators, the July 18 visit of Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev signified warming relations between Turkey and Russia on energy issues. The jury is still out on whether Medvedev's proposals for further access to Turkey's market or his n [...] | 2008-07-31 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU IZ |
08ANKARA1383 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 08:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1384 | AFRICA: TURKEY'S BLUSHING BRIDE? [...] (C) Summary: For Turkey, sub-Saharan Africa represents an opportunity to expand its international influence and advance its multilateral ambitions, foremost a UNSC non-permanent member seat. Since announcing its UNSC candidacy in 2003, the GOT has overtly wooed African states in the hopes of [...] | 2008-08-04 11:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON TU AF |
08ANKARA1386 | REQUESTING DIPLOMATIC STATUS FOR OFFICE OF DEFENSE [...] Post requests Department approve diplomatic status for Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Turkey personnel in accordance with 3 FAH-1 H-2438.2 in lieu of status under the NATO Status of Forces (SOFA) Implementing Agreement with Turkey. ODC Turkey Chief enjoyed diplomatic status until 2005, w [...] | 2008-08-04 12:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | APER MARR TU |
08ANKARA1390 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1391 | TURKEY: SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL RESULTS [...] (U) Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) announced on August 4 the results of its annual meeting to determine new assignments, promotions, and dismissals. As expected, Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) GEN Ilker Basbug (bio info reported septel) was named the new chief of the Turkish G [...] | 2008-08-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS MARR TU |
08ANKARA1392 | TURKEY'S NEW CHOD: GENERAL ILKER BASBUG [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Land Forces Commander General Ilker Basbug (pronounced BAHSH-boo) was named as Turkey's next CHOD at the Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) that concluded on August 4 (full YAS results reported septel). Despite some shifts in civil-military relations, the [...] | 2008-08-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU |
08ANKARA1395 | PARLIAMENT AGAIN APPROVES FOREIGN LAND PURCHASES IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate decisions in January and April 2008, the Constitutional Court struck down portions of both the Title Deed Law and the Foreign Direct Investment Law, effectively barring real estate purchases by foreign real persons or corporations (reftels). In an amendment to the Tit [...] | 2008-08-05 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BEXP TU |
08ANKARA1401 | TURKEY/NATO-EU: NO SIGNS OF LET UP IN TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging recent French efforts to improve NATO-EU ties as a gesture of goodwill, Turkish officials are unimpressed. They view the recent French non-paper proposing a NATO-EU high-level working group with suspicion, and believe it is designed to circumvent the NATO-EU [...] | 2008-08-05 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EUN NATO TU KV |
08ANKARA1402 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1403 | TURKEY: MIND THE GAP: PM ERDOGAN'S SOUTHEAST [...] (C) Summary and comment. The Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) had new life amid renewed doubts. PM Erdogan recently announced the GOT plans to dedicate $21.5 billion to complete the project by 2012 (Ref A). An ambitious $32 billion multi-sector regional development scheme harnessing the [...] | 2008-08-05 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON TU |
08ANKARA1404 | TURKEY: KURDISH VIEWS ON AKP NON-CLOSURE, ERGENEKON [...] (U) This is an AmConsulate Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: Kurds in Turkey,s southeast expressed relief but not elation that the Constitutional Court declined to ban the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). AKP support remains high in conservative parts of the southeast, but nationa [...] | 2008-08-06 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1405 | TURKEY: GOT OUTLINES AHMADINEJAD VISIT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. Iranian President Ahmadinejad will visit Turkey August 14, in what the GOT is describing to us as a "working visit." He will travel only to Istanbul -- not Ankara -- where he will meet with President Gul and, most likely, PM Erdogan. The visit has not been officially anno [...] | 2008-08-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR TU |
08ANKARA1407 | TURKEY'S TERRORISM LAWS: UNORTHODOX BUT WORKABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent extended discussions with Turkish Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials, we reviewed Turkey's legal framework for prosecuting terrorism activities. In response to our concern that Turkey's current terrorism law too narrowly focuses on domestic terrorism and does no [...] | 2008-08-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV TU |
08ANKARA141 | TURKEY: MFA BALKANS CHIEF DISCUSSES KOSOVO, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: GOT officials tell us that Turkey is ready to recognize Kosovo independence. Timing, however, is contingent on EU solidarity. Should a majority of EU countries, including key members, immediately recognize Kosovo, Turkey will rapidly follow suit. MFA Balkans Departm [...] | 2008-01-24 10:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU KV MW |
08ANKARA1410 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1411 | TURKEY'S NEXT DCHOD: GENERAL HASAN IGSIZ [...] (C) Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) (ref a) named General Hasan Igsiz (pronounced Ih-siz) as Turkey's next Deputy Chief of Defense (DCHOD),succeeding GEN Ersin Saygun. He is reportedly a protege of newly named CHOD Ilker Basbug (ref b). As general officers, Igsiz and Basbug have hel [...] | 2008-08-07 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MARR TU |
08ANKARA1415 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1417 | GOT STATUS UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR: THE PLOT THICKENS REF: SECSTATE 84112 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK |
08ANKARA1423 | TFGG01: TURKEY'S REACTION TO GEORGIA/SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 12:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GG TU |
08ANKARA1424 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1426 | TURKEY: NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE PARM GG RU TU |
08ANKARA1430 | TURKISH REACTION TO DEMARCHE DISCOURAGING AN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised US concerns per reftel with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan on August 8. Apakan said the US message was clearly understand and that there would be "nothing new, tangible or solid" on energy signed with Iran anytime soon. MFA Energy Office Director Altay said August 11 [...] | 2008-08-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC AJ IR TU |
08ANKARA1440 | TURKEY: MILITARY VS. OPPOSITION PART DEUX (THIS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish military and the main opposition Republican People,s Party (CHP) recently entered into their second public clash in six months. On August 5, CHP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu publicly criticized the Supreme Military Council's (YAS) decision [...] | 2008-08-12 10:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
08ANKARA1441 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JULY 2008) [...] (SBU) Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator visited Kapikule and Ipsala Border Ports of Entry to review Customs Inspection and Enforcement operations and assess Turkish border security capabilities. MFA confirms Turkish interagency participation in a joint EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar at [...] | 2008-08-12 11:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1442 | TFGG01: TURKEY PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey has provided some humanitarian assistance to Georgia already and is considering an additional request from the Government of Georgia for a field hospital in Gori. A Turkish Red Crescent team is on the ground in Tbilisi assessing the situation. The GOT has not yet evacuate [...] | 2008-08-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU GG |
08ANKARA1446 | TURKEY: ISRAELI CONCERNS ON AHMEDINEJAD VISIT [...] (C) The Israeli Government voiced its concerns to the GOT regarding Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul visit in both Ankara and Tel Aviv, August 7 (reftel). Israeli Embassy Spokesman Amit Zarouk told us Israeli Ambassador Gaby Levy underscored in his meeting with MFA Deputy [...] | 2008-08-12 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREL TU IS IR |
08ANKARA1448 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1449 | TURKEY: KURDS TIRING OF ANKARA'S BIG STICK [...] (U) This is an AmConsulate Adana message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Recent conversations in southeastern Turkey suggest that, regardless of GOT military successes against the terrorist PKK, sympathy for "the organization" is unwavering. Developments in 2008 ) stepped-up military operations, human ri [...] | 2008-08-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1450 | NO TURKISH DECISION ON BIT RENEGOTIATION THIS YEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey continues to tie prospects for renegotiation of its Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to its EU accession process and views a wholesale renegotiation as unlikely. Turkish Treasury DDG for Foreign Investment Murat Alici described the 2004 Model BIT as an overly long, overly [...] | 2008-08-13 06:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV TU |
08ANKARA1451 | TURKEY: TEMPEST IN ACADEMIC TEAPOT [...] (C) Summary and comment: President Abdullah Gul's August 5 appointment of 21 university rectors brought little joy to AKP's opponents. As one of the first high-profile selection procedures following the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) narrow escape from being banned for anti-sec [...] | 2008-08-13 06:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA1452 | Update on PKK Violence (July 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 24-31, 2008 reporting period, five security [...] | 2008-08-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1453 | Update on PKK Violence (August 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 1-7, 2008 reporting period, five village [...] | 2008-08-13 08:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1458 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1459 | TURKEY: NUCLEAR SUPPLIER GROUP EXCEPTION FOR INDIA [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on August 12 to MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Affairs Bora Kerimoglu. Kerimoglu expressed appreciation for the information provided and our offer to respond to any questions the GOT might have on the issue, and pledged to convey th [...] | 2008-08-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC AORC ENRG IN TU |
08ANKARA146 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1465 | TURKEY: AHMADINEJAD VISIT SCHEDULE STILL FLUID [...] (C) President Gul's Foreign Policy Advisor Amb. Gurcan Turkoglu characterized Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul trip to CDA as a "political necessity" to maintain good bilateral relations. It is impossible for Turkey to ignore Iran, he said. Given the nuclear issue's grow [...] | 2008-08-13 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR TU |
08ANKARA147 | TURKEY: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture appears to be following appropriate procedures in response to the AI outbreak in Zonguldak province. 2. On January 22, the Ministry of Agriculture's General Directorate of Protection and Control submitted a report to the World Organization for Animal Hea [...] | 2008-01-24 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU |
08ANKARA1471 | POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS FOR IPR IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. In recent months, the GOT has taken several positive steps in its protection of copyright, and plans to implement encouraging new programs in the latter half of 2008 and early 2009. 1) On June 1, a new system finally came online to certify and track all members of the distributi [...] | 2008-08-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR USTR TU |
08ANKARA1472 | TFGG01: GOT URGED TO DEMAND RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel points August 14 to MFA Deputy U/S for Americas Berk and DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Ozturk. Berk agreed that Russia should fulfill the commitments it made in the agreement with President Sarkozy and that OSCE observers should have immediate access to areas curren [...] | 2008-08-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL GG RS TU UN |
08ANKARA1475 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-15 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
08ANKARA1476 | SECOND UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR REF: A. SECSTATE 84112 B. ANKARA 1417 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-15 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK |