| 00ANKARA8112 |
TURKEY: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...]) COMBATTING TERRORISM IS A MAJOR PRIORITY IN TURKEY'S FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICY. THE GOT APPROACHES THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS WITH AN OUTLOOK SIMI[...] |
2000-12-11 11:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PTER TU |
| 01ANKARA3476 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY FORMED AFTER
[...]) ACCORDING TO PATRIOTIC UNION XXXXXXXXXXXXI, ON MAY 30 A SPLIT IN THE ISLAMIC
UNION MOVEMENT OF KURDISTAN (IUMK) RESULTED IN MULLAH ALI �[...] |
2001-05-31 14:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER MARR ETTC UNSC IZ TU |
| 01ANKARA6815 |
IRANIAN VIEWS ON U.S. AND LIFE IN TEHRAN
[...]U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCONS STUART JONES FOR REASONS 1.5
(B) AND (D).
¶2. (C) SUMMARY. AN IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT CLAIMED TH[...] |
2001-10-26 10:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TU IR |
| 01ANKARA7811 |
TURKEY: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...]) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT MARCIEL FOR REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D).
¶2. (U) FIGHTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS LONG [...] |
2001-12-14 14:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PTER |
| 02ANKARA7726 |
TURKEY'S ELECTIONS: OUR ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS
[...]) Summary: The Islam-influenced AK (Justice and
Development) of R. Tayyip Erdogan will be the clear winner in
the Turkish national el[...] |
2002-11-01 10:33:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA7739 |
ELECTION INTERFERENCE FEARS IN COUNTRYSIDE
[...](SBU) SUMMARY: While political leaders acknowledge
that the restrictions in expression in Turkey's
Southeast have generally loosened, [...] |
2002-11-01 12:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA7743 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-01 12:43:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA7757 |
DEMARCHE ON TIED AID BANS: INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE
[...]SBU) On November 1, we shared the U.S. proposal to
consolidate and update existing bans on tied aid to CEE and
FSU countries with Turk[...] |
2002-11-01 13:04:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD EAID TU OECD EXIM |
| 02ANKARA7763 |
CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON POST-ELECTION TASKS,
[...]SBU) Summary: In a October 30 meeting, Central Bank
Governor Serdengecti told us he and Treasury U/S Oztrak have
prepared a document t[...] |
2002-11-01 15:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7766 |
AK PARTY IN A PARLIAMENTARY LANDSLIDE: CLOSE TO A
[...]mmary: Justice and Development (AK) Party's landslide
victory and Establishment standard-bearer Republican People's
Party's (CHP) dist[...] |
2002-11-03 23:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA7775 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT UNHAPPY WITH
[...]) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen
Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr.
Mustafa Ziya Novembe[...] |
2002-11-04 11:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA7847 |
TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON ELECTION RESULTS
[...]U) On November 4, Turkish markets reacted positively to
the AK Party's landslide victory in parliamentary elections.
The lira strength[...] |
2002-11-04 15:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7848 |
GOT REITERATES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE PAROLE OF
[...]) Ahmet Banguoglu, MFA Director General for Bilateral
Political Affairs (Americas), told DCM November 4 the GOT
remains highly concern[...] |
2002-11-04 15:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU |
| 02ANKARA7919 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-05 14:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA7921 |
TURKEY: AK PARTY'S LANDSLIDE VICTORY SWEEPS ASIDE
[...]) Summary: After crushing defeat by AK in Nov. 3
elections, leaders of MHP, ANAP, and DYP, all of which failed
to reenter Parliament, [...] |
2002-11-05 14:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA7924 |
TURKEY: TIMELINE TO ESTABLISH NEXT GOVERNMENT
[...]meline in para 2 lists the sequence of steps to be
followed as the Justice and Development (AK) Party prepares
to establish a governme[...] |
2002-11-05 16:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA7925 |
TURKISH MARKETS RALLY; TREASURY COMMENTS ON
[...]BU) Summary: The post-election rally in Turkish markets
continued on November 5, with trading volumes in both stock
and T-bill markets[...] |
2002-11-05 16:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7942 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-06 12:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA7972 |
TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CITES DEMARCHE ON
[...]ost provided materials in Ref A to MFA Head of
Environment Department Asli Oral. On Nov 5, MFA advised that
an interagency committee m[...] |
2002-11-06 15:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV XX TU |
| 02ANKARA7973 |
FINALIZING THE $200 MILLION GRANT TO TURKEY
[...]SBU) Embassy is concerned with the delays in
implementing the Grant Agreement between Turkey and the
United States, signed on Septembe[...] |
2002-11-06 15:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7974 |
EURODIPLOMATS IN ANKARA SAY TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY
[...]) Summary: EU-member-state diplomats in Ankara say the
EU is headed toward offering Turkey a conditional date for
accession talks, pos[...] |
2002-11-06 15:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU TU |
| 02ANKARA7980 |
IRAQI OPPOSITION: ENSURING TURKMEN FRONT INCLUSION
[...]) The November 6 Washington File reported the Department
spokesman referring to the planned November 22 Iraqi
opposition conference, l[...] |
2002-11-07 13:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ UNSC |
| 02ANKARA7981 |
Demarche on Customs Classifications
[...][...] |
2002-11-07 13:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8007 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-07 14:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8018 |
TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT ADVANCES, BUT KEY
[...]) Summary and comment: Turkey and Greece have reached
agreement on the text of an Intergovernmental Agreement for
the Turkey-Greece g[...] |
2002-11-07 14:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA8064 |
THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, AND SOME
[...]SBU) Summary: The new Turkish Government's most
pressing economic challenge is to bolster market confidence
sufficiently to avoid ano[...] |
2002-11-08 09:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8079 |
TURKEY: CHP ELECTION POSTMORTEM
[...]) Summary: The Nov. 3 Parliamentary elections were a
major defeat for CHP at the hands of AK. Although CHP joins
AK as one of only t[...] |
2002-11-08 12:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8087 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-08 13:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8089 |
TURKS LUKEWARM ABOUT LUKASHENKO'S ATTENDANCE AT
[...][...] |
2002-11-08 13:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO TU NATO |
| 02ANKARA8108 |
AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH AK PARTY
[...]) Summary: Ambassador met with victorious AK Party
leader Erdogan for first post-election visit. He
complimented AK on its constructi[...] |
2002-11-08 15:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON AA POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8110 |
TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODELS BEREUTER, HASTERT,
[...]ummary: Turkey's Nov. 3 national elections produced a
landslide victory for the Islam-influenced AK Party, which
thus far has chosen t[...] |
2002-11-08 15:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS ECON OTRA TU |
| 02ANKARA8111 |
PROBLEMS MEETING THE 2002 PRIMARY SURPLUS TARGET
[...]SBU) Summary: The IMF and Central Bank are worried
about the caretaker government's failure to fully implement
fiscal measures needed[...] |
2002-11-08 16:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8112 |
IMF AND TURKISH CENTRAL BANK ON NEXT STEPS FOR THE
[...]ummary: While the post-election market rally largely
continued on November 8, with T-bill rates dropping a further
2.5 percent, there[...] |
2002-11-08 16:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8126 |
TURKISH MFA STICKING TO ITS GUNS ON ARMENIA
[...]) In separate meetings last week with EUR/SE Director
Hengel, MFA officials reiterated standard Turkish concerns in
relations with Ar[...] |
2002-11-12 11:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM AJ |
| 02ANKARA8132 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-12 13:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8139 |
UNTITLED
[...][...] |
2002-11-12 14:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | *NOTAGS |
| 02ANKARA8141 |
MFA ON TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT
[...]) Summary: MFA Deputy DG for Energy Hakki Akil
reiterated to Econ Couns BOTAS's request for USG assistance
in encouraging the Greeks [...] |
2002-11-12 15:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA8142 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT TO BOYCOTT OPPOSITION
[...]) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen
Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr.
Mustafa Ziya Novembe[...] |
2002-11-12 15:53:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8149 |
SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, October 25, 2002
[...]his is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for
October 25, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports
often contain errors or exa[...] |
2002-11-13 11:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8150 |
UPDATE ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHANISTAN
[...]mbOffs met with MFA's Afghan Reconstruction Coordinator
Ambassador Refat Okcun 11/12 for an update on Turkey's
reconstruction efforts.[...] |
2002-11-13 12:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PREL AF TU |
| 02ANKARA8156 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-13 13:53:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8165 |
CAN AK PARTY REMOVE OBSTACLES TO PARTY LEADER
[...]) Summary: On the surface of it, and given AK Party's
strong parliamentary majority, there should be a
straightforward, if sequential,[...] |
2002-11-13 15:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8230 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-14 14:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8231 |
TURKS RECEIVE WSSD FOLLOW-UP MATERIALS
[...][...] |
2002-11-14 14:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR TU |
| 02ANKARA8250 |
TURKEY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EU AND CYPRUS WITH
[...]) Ambassador met Nov. 14 with EU Hirep Javier Solana to
discuss the EU perspective on UNSYG Annan's plan for a
settlement on Cyprus, a[...] |
2002-11-15 10:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8252 |
TURKEY'S DEEP STATE
[...]) Summary: The Turkish Deep State, the behind-the-scenes machinery and power relationships among selected members of the military, judicial, and burea[...] |
2002-11-15 11:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU |
| 02ANKARA8253 |
TURKISH PARTICIPANTS IN THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING IN
[...]n response to reftel, following are the Turkish
Participants in the
President's November 20 Meeting in Prague with Turkish
Pre[...] |
2002-11-13 23:30:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8255 |
CITIBANK CLIENTS GET SLAPPED WITH $1.5 BILLION
[...]C) SUMMARY: Citibank's foreign investor clients in
Turkey were recently disallowed long-standing preferential
tax treatment on T-bill[...] |
2002-11-15 11:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EINV EFIN TU |
| 02ANKARA8304 |
Turkish Officials Comment on WTO Agriculture
[...]SBU) SUMMARY. TURKISH OFFICIALS REITERATED THEIR
SUPPORT FOR LIBERALIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE BUT
ARGUED THAT HIGH TARIFFS AND SO[...] |
2002-11-15 12:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
| 02ANKARA8305 |
UNTITLED
[...]) CLASSIFIED BY DCM ROBERT S. DEUTSCH; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D).
--------
OVERVIEW
--------
¶2. (U[...] |
2002-11-15 12:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PTER TU |
| 02ANKARA8310 |
AK PARTY MOVES STEP BY STEP TOWARD FORMING
[...]) We understand from top AK Party official Bulent Arinc
that in his Nov. 15 call on President Sezer, AK Party
chairman Erdogan submitt[...] |
2002-11-15 12:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8343 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-15 13:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8356 |
AK PARTY BEGINS TO ENGAGE ON THE ECONOMY
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: In the past week, AK Party moved to
inject discipline into its public statements on the economy,
initiated contacts wit[...] |
2002-11-15 14:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8358 |
AK PARTY TO FORM NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT WITH ABDULLAH GUL AS PRIME MINISTER
[...]) Nov. 16 President Sezer gave the mandate to form the
new Turkish government to AK Party number two Abdullah Gul
(ref A), who announc[...] |
2002-11-16 11:48:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU |
| 02ANKARA8369 |
TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON EU, CYPRUS NEWS
[...]U) The two-week market rallies continued strongly on the
morning of November 18:
-- Treasury bill yields dropped 1.[...] |
2002-11-18 11:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8373 |
ISAF COMMANDER MG ZORLU'S VISIT TO THE US -
[...]) This is an action request. See para 5.
¶2. (C) MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen recently
informed[...] |
2002-11-18 13:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL TU UK AF |
| 02ANKARA8377 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-18 14:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8379 |
INCOMING GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN
[...]SBU) Summary: The economic elements of the incoming
government's action plan, announced by Party leader Tayyip
Erdogan on November 1[...] |
2002-11-18 15:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV TU |
| 02ANKARA8380 |
TURKEY'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: YASAR YAKIS
[...]) Turkey's 58th government, announced Nov. 18, includes
former career diplomat and three-time ambassador Yasar
(Yashar) Yakis (Yah-kis[...] |
2002-11-18 15:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8381 |
THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S CORE ECONOMIC TEAM
[...]C) The new Government Cabinet was announced by Prime
Minister Abdullah Gul, following his meeting with President
Sezer November 18. [...] |
2002-11-18 16:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8382 |
TURKEY'S 58TH GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE
[...]) President Sezer's Nov. 18 approval of the AK Party
government under P.M. Abdullah Gul (ref A; cabinet below,
para 4) puts into place[...] |
2002-11-19 05:45:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8440 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-19 13:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8447 |
TURKEY'S EMERGENCY RULE REGION (OHAL): A LEOPARD
[...]is cable was drafted by Consulate Adana.
¶2. (S) SUMMARY: Both government officials and NGO leaders
agree that, t[...] |
2002-11-19 13:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8448 |
TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT: MORE INSIGHTS INTO
[...]) Summary: President Sezer drew a line by rejecting one
proposed cabinet assignment in the AK government, but allowed
AK to keep the c[...] |
2002-11-19 15:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8453 |
WTO ACCESSION FOR ARMENIA: DEMARCHE TO TURKEY
[...]C) EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA
Department Head Oya Karakas Novmeber 20. Karakas said the
MFA was awaiting word from A[...] |
2002-11-20 09:45:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD AJ TK AM |
| 02ANKARA8454 |
TURKISH MARKET RALLIES HALT, AWAIT GOT ACTION; NEW
[...]U) In morning trading November 20, yields on the
benchmark lira Treasury bill rose to the 52 percent
compounded level, having dropped [...] |
2002-11-20 09:58:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8470 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT FOR
[...][...] |
2002-11-20 13:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8474 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-20 14:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8484 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKEY UPDATE
[...]C) On November 8, we met with Turkish MFA coordinator
for anti-terrorist financing efforts Hakan Okcal to brief him
on the pre-notific[...] |
2002-11-20 16:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS TU EUN |
| 02ANKARA8505 |
TURKEY'S NEW DEFENSE MINISTER: VECDI GONUL
[...]) Summary: GOT DefMin Gonul's principal political task
is to ensure smooth relations between his Islam-influenced AK
Party and a Turki[...] |
2002-11-21 12:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8523 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-21 14:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8524 |
TERRORIST THREAT ASSESSMENTS- USAMA BIN LADIN
[...]S) November 21. DCM passed reftel points to Mr. Berki
Dibek, MFA Special Advisor to Undersecretary Ziyal. RSO
coordinated with Ameri[...] |
2002-11-21 14:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | ASEC PTER CASC TU |
| 02ANKARA8526 |
GOT CONSIDERING POSITION ON EARLY UNFICYP REVIEW
[...][...] |
2002-11-21 15:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO CY TU |
| 02ANKARA8527 |
THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC TEAM STARTS WORK,
[...]) Summary: Prime Minister Gul announced the portfolios
of the state ministers, dividing supervision of the economic
agencies between[...] |
2002-11-21 15:45:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8532 |
BEHIND THE MAN: THE FAMILY OF NEW TURKISH PM
[...]) Summary and comment: Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah
Gul (reftel), Number Two man in the Islam-influenced AK
(Justice and Developmen[...] |
2002-11-22 10:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU |
| 02ANKARA8534 |
ARTICLE 98: GOT SAYS NEGOTIATIONS LIKELY EARLY IN
[...]) Feza Ozturk, head of the MFA International Political
Organizations Department, told Poloff November 21 that the
GOT would likely be [...] |
2002-11-22 10:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8535 |
TURKEY: POSSIBLE VISIT BY SWEDISH FM COULD BOOST
[...]) Anne Dismoor, Swedish Ambassador to Turkey, told
poloff at a November 20 reception that she was hopeful
Swedish FM Lindh would visit[...] |
2002-11-22 11:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SW TU |
| 02ANKARA8545 |
TURKISH MARKETS REACT TO COURT'S SUSPENSION OF KEY
[...]U) On November 22, Turkish press reported that Turkey's
supreme administrative court ("Danistay") issued a decision
to suspend the Ban[...] |
2002-11-22 12:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8546 |
EMBASSY EFFORTS TO STOP TURKISH ATROPINE EXPORTS
[...]) Post has expended substantial and sustained efforts to
encourage the GOT to shut off potential for Iraqi acquisition
of atropine fro[...] |
2002-11-22 12:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8561 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-22 13:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8564 |
TURKISH BROADCASTING BOARD LIFTS SOME RESTRICTIONS
[...]) Summary: Turkey's High Radio and Television Board
(RTUK) enacts a regulation lifting some restrictions on TV
and radio broadcasts in[...] |
2002-11-22 14:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8568 |
SECRETARY'S LETTER TO IAEA BOARD MEMBERS ON DPRK
[...][...] |
2002-11-22 14:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KN MNUC PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8569 |
TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: BETTER, BUT STILL BACKWARD AS
[...]) Summary: The GOT is expected to complete the phased
lifting of the state of emergency November 30 by allowing the
regime to expire [...] |
2002-11-22 15:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8581 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-25 12:52:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8586 |
AK PARTY ANNOUNCES SWEEPING HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM
[...]) Summary: PM Gul announced Nov. 23 a broad plan
including sweeping legal changes designed to bring Turkey
into full compliance with [...] |
2002-11-25 13:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8594 |
UNCERTAINTY FOR PENDING AND EXISTING BOT/TOR
[...]) Summary and comment: Embassy has long emphasized to
the GOT the importance of a rapid and fair settlement to the
pending BOT/TOR pr[...] |
2002-11-25 14:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8596 |
TURKISH MARKETS AWAIT IMF REACTION TO COURT
[...]C) Summary: Turkish markets are awaiting IMF and GOT
reaction to the administrative court decision of November 22,
which suspended the[...] |
2002-11-25 15:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8599 |
PD PROGRAM ALUMNI IN NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT
[...]rkey's November 3, 2002 election swept the new AK Party
into power and also swept away many familiar faces. We have
periodically repor[...] |
2002-11-26 07:33:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO TU |
| 02ANKARA8620 |
DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON FOOD CRISIS IN HORN OF AFRICA
[...]conCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy
Director General for International Relations Osman Paksut on
November 26. Paksut sai[...] |
2002-11-26 13:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL ER ET TU |
| 02ANKARA8622 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-26 14:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8633 |
CODEL HASTERT'S MEETINGS IN ANKARA
[...]) Summary: A codel led by Speaker Hastert met Nov. 21
with P.M. Gul and Parliament President ("Speaker") Arinc.
Speaker Hastert congra[...] |
2002-11-26 14:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8635 |
Update on Intellectual Property Protection
[...]BU) Econoff discussed intellectual property and
market access priorities with American pharmaceuticals
companies and with the copyrigh[...] |
2002-11-26 14:58:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
| 02ANKARA8638 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT TO GRANT
[...]) This is an action request for NEA/NGA, NEA/EX and
EUR/SE. See paras 3-5.
-------
SUMMARY
------- [...] |
2002-11-26 16:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL PINR OTRA ASEC AFIN CPAS AMGT TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8639 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS GIVE CONDITIONAL "GREEN
[...]) This is an action request. See para 4.
¶2. (S) MFA DG for Middle Eastern Affairs Burcuoglu notified
DCM Novemb[...] |
2002-11-26 17:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | OREP ASEC AFIN TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8676 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-11-27 14:04:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8695 |
TURKS WILL ATTEND BONN AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION
[...]U) Turkey will be represented at the Bonn-Petersberg
conference on Afghanistan Reconstruction by Ambassador
Aydemir Erman, the MFA Dep[...] |
2002-11-27 14:48:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL AF TU |
| 02ANKARA8696 |
GOT MOVES ON TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS INITIATIVES
[...]) Summary. MFA Deputy DirGen for Consular Affairs
Topcuoglu told us 11/26 the GOT has established an
inter-agency task force to addre[...] |
2002-11-27 14:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KWMN KCRM PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 02ANKARA8708 |
GOT Non-Committal on U.S. Non-Agricultural
[...]onoff met with Tevfik Mengu, Acting Director
General for Agreements at the Foreign Trade
Undersecretariat, on November 29 to deliver r[...] |
2002-11-29 09:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TU |
| 02ANKARA8717 |
US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING FOLLOW
[...]) This is an action request. See para 4.
-----------
BACKGROUND
----------
¶2.[...] |
2002-11-29 10:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8728 |
EMBASSY RAISES PAMUKBANK CASE WITH AK VICE CHAIRMAN
[...]C) We met November 29 with AK Vice Chairman and MP Murat
Mercan to highlight the risks resulting from the Danistay's
November 22 injun[...] |
2002-11-29 12:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8730 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKMEN FRONT AGREES TO ATTEND
[...]) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Iraqi Turkmen
Front (ITF) Ankara rep and Executive Committee member Dr.
Mustafa Ziya Novembe[...] |
2002-11-29 12:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8738 |
EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS GIVE HIGH MARKS TO NEW GOT'S
[...]) Summary: Ankara-based Eurodiplomats say ruling AK
Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other members of the
new GOT have impressed [...] |
2002-11-29 14:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8740 |
DESPITE REFORM EFFORTS, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY
[...]) Summary: Turkey's three leading human rights
organizations are wary of the new GOT, despite its nascent
reform efforts (reftel). On[...] |
2002-11-29 15:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8753 |
TURKEY: BACKGROUND ON CHP CHAIRMAN DENIZ BAYKAL
[...]) Summary: Combining a sharp intellect with a divisive
manner, Deniz Baykal is back in Parliament as opposition
leader of a CHP reelin[...] |
2002-12-02 12:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8777 |
TURKEY'S DISAFFECTED YOUTH VOTE: CAN IT BE COOPTED?
[...]) Summary: Protest voting is an old tradition in Turkey
but showed a new twist in Nov. 3 national elections.
Motorola deadbeat and Be[...] |
2002-12-02 14:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8778 |
EU AMBIVALENCE, CYPRUS SEEN AS OBSTACLES TO
[...]) Poloff discussed the state of Turkey's EU candidacy
with several Ankara-based European diplomats following a
November 26 meeting wit[...] |
2002-12-02 15:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8779 |
TURKEY: NULLIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS IN SIIRT
[...]) Summary: Anatolia News Agency reports Dec. 2 that the
Supreme Election Board (YSK), acting pursuant to a petition
filed by the Justi[...] |
2002-12-02 15:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8780 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMICS WITH DEPUTY PM SENER
[...]C) Summary: In his initial call on Deputy PM Sener
December 2, Ambassador stressed that the USG wanted the
government's economic pro[...] |
2002-12-03 06:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8783 |
TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP SEES AN AK PARTY DIVIDED
[...]) Summary: Trounced at the polls on Nov. 3, Deniz
Baykal's CHP is already trying to turn the tables on the
Islam-influenced AK Party g[...] |
2002-12-03 09:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8787 |
LETTER FROM TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER YAKIS TO
[...][...] |
2002-12-03 11:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ODIP TU |
| 02ANKARA8790 |
Turkish Agriculture, Trade and EU Membership
[...]SBU) Summary. AgCounselor recently met with
representatives from International Organizations including
the World Bank and FAO as wel[...] |
2002-12-03 12:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 02ANKARA8794 |
Demarche on Doha Declaration on TRIPS and
[...][...] |
2002-12-03 14:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TU USTR WTO |
| 02ANKARA8797 |
TURKEY'S INFLATION/GROWTH OVERPERFORMING; BUT
[...]) November inflation data, released December 3, were
slightly better than market expectations: Wholesale price
increase was 1.6 perce[...] |
2002-12-03 15:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8798 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-03 15:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8845 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-04 13:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8846 |
READ-OUT OF IMF VISIT TO TURKEY: FOCUS ON BUDGET
[...]C) Summary: On December 4, IMF resident representative
briefed EU member countries and us on the December 2-4 visit
of IMF Europe Dir[...] |
2002-12-04 13:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8851 |
TERRORIST FINANCING: LEGAL BACKGROUND FOR USG
[...]C) Summary: With a new, single party Turkish government
at the beginning of its tenure, the timing for the December
16-19 interagency[...] |
2002-12-04 15:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS TU |
| 02ANKARA8852 |
SCENESETTER FOR DEC. 9-10 WASHINGTON VISIT OF AK PARTY CHAIRMAN R. TAYYIP ERDOGAN
[...]) Summary: As Turkey's strongest politician Tayyip
Erdogan is key to our ability to influence the AK Party
government and public opini[...] |
2002-12-04 15:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8859 |
TURKISH HEAD SCARF DEBATE: "THE TURBAN IS A MORAL
[...]C) Summary: As Turkey watchers speculate about
newly-elected Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Recep
Tayyip Erdogan's politica[...] |
2002-12-09 08:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8863 |
IRAQ AND THE TURKISH GAS MARKET
[...]) Summary and comment: The GOT denies recent press
reports that suggest new developments on the Turkey-Iraq gas
project. Although th[...] |
2002-12-09 12:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC AJ GG KZ TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8867 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...]dogan to US
¶2. Turkey-EU
"Ozal treatment for Erdogan"
Washington reporter of mass appe[...] |
2002-12-09 13:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8870 |
TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER
[...]gal issues are the most reported in Turkey's media.
¶2. More WSSD Follow-up.
¶3. Turkey's researchers compete for EU funding. &#[...] |
2002-12-09 14:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KPAO TU |
| 02ANKARA8873 |
DECISION-MAKING IN TURKEY: AK'S INTRODUCTION TO
[...]) Summary: As disparate and well-placed sources had
predicted, Islam-influenced AK Party government received a
lecture on the dangers [...] |
2002-12-10 10:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8879 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-10 12:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8881 |
GOT'S LATEST REFORM PACKAGE - SCORECARD AND
[...]) Summary: The GOT has prepared extensive legislative
reforms designed to crack down on torture and remove barriers
to free expression[...] |
2002-12-10 12:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA8900 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-11 14:20:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8902 |
COOPERATIVE AIRSPACE INITIATIVE AND BALKANS
[...]) On December 11, Pol-MilOff delivered reftel A demarche
on the Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI) to MFA/NATO
officer Oya Ergin em[...] |
2002-12-11 14:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TU NATO |
| 02ANKARA8932 |
TURKS RAISE ISSUE OF FUTURE TRADE WITH IRAQ
[...]C) Foreign Trade Under Secretary Tuncer Kayalar told us
December 11 that, in the event of a military operation in
Iraq, Turkey would s[...] |
2002-12-12 07:59:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8935 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-12 11:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8956 |
TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP CAUTIOUSLY HARDLINE ON
[...]) Establishment standard-bearer Republican People's
Party (CHP) has hardened its Cyprus rhetoric during the EU
summit in Copenhagen. [...] |
2002-12-12 14:45:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU CY |
| 02ANKARA8957 |
Demarche on High-Level Steel Meeting
[...][...] |
2002-12-12 15:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ETRD TU |
| 02ANKARA8959 |
TERRORIST FINANCE- TURKEY: MFA WELCOMES KADEK'S
[...]) On December 11, A/POL and poloff delivered reftel
talking points to Kemal Asya, MFA Deputy Director General for
Intelligence and Res[...] |
2002-12-13 07:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR TU EUN |
| 02ANKARA8961 |
(NIAG 1094) TURKISH COOPERATION WITH IRAQ (S)
[...][...] |
2002-12-13 07:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ MNUC UNSC |
| 02ANKARA8972 |
NO PROGRESS ON RESOLVING PAMUKBANK ISSUE; IMF TAKES FIRM LINE
[...]C) Summary: Three weeks after the state administrative
court (Danistay) suspended BRSA's takeover of Pamukbank,
there has been no pro[...] |
2002-12-13 12:43:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8975 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS TELL PUK ASSISTANCE AGAINST
[...]) Operation Northern Watch POLAD met with Patriotic
Union of Kurdistan Ankara rep Bahros Galali December 13.
Galali said he had met ea[...] |
2002-12-13 14:33:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA8976 |
TURKEY POST-COPENHAGEN
[...]) Summary: Turkey is reacting with disappointment and
resignation to the EU's decision at the Dec. 12-13 Copenhagen
summit: 1) to rev[...] |
2002-12-13 17:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA8986 |
BP STILL ANALYZING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF SHAH
[...]) Summary and comment: BP's gas analyst is struggling
to make the commercial case for Shah Deniz -- although he
claims top management[...] |
2002-12-16 13:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA8991 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-16 13:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA8993 |
TELLING THE STORY OF AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION IN
[...]st appreciates message of sustained interest in telling
the story of US efforts in Afghan reconstruction. Turkey has
a long historical[...] |
2002-12-16 14:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AF PREL SOCI TU |
| 02ANKARA8994 |
TURKEY: CONTROVERSIAL MEHMET AGAR REPLACES TANSU
[...]) Summary: Mehmet Agar, elected in November as in
independent M.P. and a notorious figure in the Susurluk
"State-Mafia" scandal of the[...] |
2002-12-16 16:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA8996 |
DEFMIN HOPES FOR DECISION ON IRAQ WITHIN DAYS
[...]) Summary: In an introductory call on the new Minister
of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gonul December 16,
Ambassador emphasized the p[...] |
2002-12-17 05:30:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA9015 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-17 13:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9037 |
Winning the Battle but Losing the War - Bananas
[...]SBU) Summary. In November 2002, the Government of
Turkey agreed to remove a number of non-tariff barriers on
banana imports in respon[...] |
2002-12-18 12:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 02ANKARA9040 |
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE MEETS WITH TURKISH
[...]) Summary: In Dec. 13 meetings with President Sezer,
MFA Deputy U/S
for the Middle East Tuygan, and representatives of ruling AK �[...] |
2002-12-18 13:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA9041 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-18 13:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9045 |
GOT Response on Doha Declaration on TRIPS and
[...][...] |
2002-12-18 13:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TU |
| 02ANKARA9051 |
TURKEY: AK PARTY SEES DENKTAS AS OBSTACLE TO
[...]) Summary: The political debate in Ankara regarding
Turkey's EU candidacy and the future of Cyprus is revealing
sharp differences betw[...] |
2002-12-19 12:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA9052 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-19 12:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9054 |
DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-19 13:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU |
| 02ANKARA9055 |
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF
[...]) Action recommendation - para 5.
¶2. (U) Per ref B, GOT MFA has provided Embassy with court
documents involving [...] |
2002-12-20 07:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | IR KICT PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA9058 |
WOLFOWITZ AND GROSSMAN PRESS TURKS FOR SUPPORT ON
[...][...] |
2002-12-20 08:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU |
| 02ANKARA9068 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-20 13:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9071 |
SEZER VETO CALLS SIIRT ELECTIONS INTO QUESTION
[...]) President Sezer's Dec. 19 veto of a constitutional
amendment package, which is designed to reinstate AK Leader
Erdogan's political r[...] |
2002-12-20 13:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 02ANKARA9073 |
TURKEY: PRESIDENT'S VETO CLOUDS ERDOGAN'S
[...]) Summary: President Sezer Dec. 19 vetoed a
constitutional amendment package (including changes to
Articles 67, 76, and 78 -- ref A) d[...] |
2002-12-20 14:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA9074 |
AMBASSADOR'S DEC. 17 MEETING WITH INTERIOR
[...]) Summary: In a December 17 meeting with new GOT
Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador discussed anti-torture
efforts; police exchange pr[...] |
2002-12-20 14:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CASC PHUM SNAR EINV TU |
| 02ANKARA9075 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: CONCERN WITH GOT INDECISIVENESS
[...]SBU) Summary: IMF resident rep briefed us on the results
of the ten-day IMF mission which finished December 20. The
IMF is concerned [...] |
2002-12-20 16:43:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA9080 |
2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKISH CONTRIBUTIONS
[...]is is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2002 Report to
Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense.
= = [...] |
2002-12-23 10:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL TU NATO |
| 02ANKARA9084 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-23 13:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9109 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-24 09:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9122 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-26 12:58:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9129 |
IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT RENEWS OPERATION NORTHERN
[...]) On December 25, the Turkish Parliament approved by a
show of hands the Prime Ministry's request to extend the
mandate of Operation N[...] |
2002-12-26 15:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA9132 |
OYMEN DENIES THAT CHP IS DISCOURAGING COOPERATION
[...]) Former Turkish NATO Permrep and current MP from the
opposition CHP
Onur Oymen told Ambassador 12/26 that reports of CHP leader �[...] |
2002-12-27 06:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 02ANKARA9135 |
IRAQ: OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH AND CIVILIAN
[...]) MFA DG/Americas Banguoglu called in the DCM
(accompanied by the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief
and Pol-Mil Counselor) 12/[...] |
2002-12-27 07:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ TU |
| 02ANKARA9161 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2002-12-27 13:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 02ANKARA9166 |
AMB. MANN'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...]) Summary: AK party officials, including Energy
Minister Guler and three newly-elected parliamentarians,
confirmed their support for [...] |
2002-12-30 05:48:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 02ANKARA9181 |
TURKISH GOVERNMENT FULLY RESOLVES CITIBANK TAX
[...]SBU) Citibank General Manager for Turkey Mark Robinson
informed us December 23 that Turkish Finance Minister Kemal
Unakitan reversed a[...] |
2002-12-30 10:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA9183 |
TURKISH PARLIAMENT RE-ENACTS VETOED CONSTITUTIONAL
[...]) Turkish Parliament Dec. 27 re-enacted without changes
a package of constitutional amendments designed to pave the
way for Justice an[...] |
2002-12-30 12:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 02ANKARA9192 |
New Turkish Quarantine Regulations
[...]BU) Summary. Turkey has issued new quarantine
regulations governing imports of all plants and plant
products that is scheduled to go [...] |
2002-12-31 05:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 02ANKARA9193 |
Turkish Foreign Trade Officials Seeking Broader
[...]BU) Summary: In recent meetings, Foreign Trade
officials reiterated their desire for a QIZ with fewer
sectoral restrictions, contendi[...] |
2002-12-31 06:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL TU IS USTR |
| 03ANKARA1002 |
NATO/IRAQ: GOT ACTION ON ARTICLE IV IS AT NATO
[...]) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA Nato Department Fatih
Celan February 8 regarding reftel request instructing Embassy
and USNATO to c[...] |
2003-02-08 13:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU NATO |
| 03ANKARA1003 |
DRAFT TERM SHEET FOR TURKEY GRANT/LOAN FACILITY
[...]SBU) A USG DELEGATION, LED BY TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY
TAYLOR, AND A GOT DELEGATION, LED BY STATE MINISTER BABACAN,
REACHED INFORMAL A[...] |
2003-02-08 15:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAID TU |
| 03ANKARA1005 |
IRAQ: USG-GOT SIGN MOU ON SITE PREPARATIONS
[...]) The USG and GOT negotiating teams signed a Memorandum
of Understanding late February 8 after the GOT accepted the
USG position on th[...] |
2003-02-08 23:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU |
| 03ANKARA1007 |
U/S TAYLOR'S TALKS ON THE GRANT/LOAN FACILITY,
[...]C) On February 6-7, Treasury U/S Taylor and his
delegation met with a GOT delegation, led by Minister of
State in charge of Treasury A[...] |
2003-02-09 15:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EAID ETRD TU |
| 03ANKARA1010 |
TURKISH P.M. GUL TO SEND PRESIDENT BUSH MESSAGE
[...]) In a Feb. 10 meeting with Ambassador, Turkish Daily
News editor Ilnur Cevik said that P.M. Gul plans to send a
letter to President B[...] |
2003-02-10 13:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1015 |
TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON SWITZERLAND'S PROPOSED
[...][...] |
2003-02-11 08:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1024 |
IRAQ: GOT PROVIDES DIP NOTE PUTTING SITE PREP MOU
[...]) Late afternoon February 10, the MFA informed the
Embassy via diplomatic note that the GOT had fulfilled all of
the internal procedur[...] |
2003-02-11 12:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU |
| 03ANKARA1033 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: IMF STAFF SEE LITTLE TO NO
[...]SBU) On February 12, IMF resrep told us the IMF Mission
currently in Ankara has achieved little to no progress on the
Fourth Review. [...] |
2003-02-12 14:04:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1034 |
IRAQ AND HUMAN SHIELDS: TURKS NOT PERMITTING
[...][...] |
2003-02-12 15:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR MOPS TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1035 |
Turkish Officials to Suspend New Quarantine Regs
[...]SBU) Summary. Turkish officials announced that the
temporary suspension of new phytosanitary regulations
implemented on January 3, 20[...] |
2003-02-13 07:51:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1036 |
IRAQ/DEMARCHE ON FRENCH PROPOSALS DELIVERED
[...][...] |
2003-02-13 08:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM FR TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1040 |
TURKISH RESPONSE ON TRIPS MORATORIUM
[...]conoff delivered ref B demarche to MFA and the Foreign
Trade Undersecretariat. Oya Karakas, MFA Head of Department
for Multilateral E[...] |
2003-02-13 10:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1041 |
GOT PLANS TO SEND ONLY GENEVA-BASED
[...][...] |
2003-02-13 11:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PHUM PREL PGOV SZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1044 |
POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY FLIGHT
[...][...] |
2003-02-14 10:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY IR TU |
| 03ANKARA1069 |
Turkey Officially Suspends New Quarantine Regs
[...]urkey officially announced the temporary suspension
until July 7, 2003 of new phytosanitary regulations that had
been implemented on J[...] |
2003-02-18 10:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1072 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS, KDP, PUK AND ITF HOLD
[...]/NF) TGS and Turkish MFA reps discussed in general terms
with KDP, PUK and ITF reps Turkish plans and intentions to
coordinate deploym[...] |
2003-02-18 13:45:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1074 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-02-18 16:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1077 |
TURKISH RESPONSE ON WTO NON-MARKET ACCESS PROCESS
[...][...] |
2003-02-18 16:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TU WTO |
| 03ANKARA1078 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: MARKETS HOPEFUL, IMF SEES SOME
[...]U) On February 18, Turkish financial markets continued
to ignore the news of a deadlock in negotiations over a U.S.
assistance package[...] |
2003-02-18 16:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1079 |
TURKISH REQUEST FOR SMALLPOX/ANTHRAX VACCINES
[...]) MFA's International Political Organizations Department
Head Feza Ozturk reiterated GOT's acceptance of our offer to
provide access t[...] |
2003-02-18 17:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | AMED ASEC AMGT MARR PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1091 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER
[...]BU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It
comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations
have been domin[...] |
2003-02-19 14:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP TU |
| 03ANKARA1092 |
TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HEFLEY
[...]BU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It
comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations
have been domin[...] |
2003-02-19 14:24:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1094 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-02-19 14:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1097 |
TURKEY: 2002 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...]urkey is a major transit route for Southwest Asian
heroin moving to European markets. Turkish law enforcement
agencies attach a high p[...] |
2003-02-19 15:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL SNAR TU |
| 03ANKARA1099 |
MFA ON IRAQ REFUGEE/IDP ISSUE: ACTION REQUEST
[...]U) This is an action request -- see para 8.
¶2. (C) Summary: MFA Depuuty Director General for
International Pol[...] |
2003-02-19 16:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID IZ MOPS TU |
| 03ANKARA1100 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: MARKET AND IMF UPDATE
[...]SBU) Summary: Turkish markets remain hopeful that the
GOT will respond positively to the USG by the weekend, though
Deputy PM Sener's [...] |
2003-02-19 17:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1119 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: ITF COMPLAINS NOT BEING INFORMED
[...]) Operation Northern Watch POLAD received the following
note for Amb. Khalilzad from the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) on
Feb. 19. It ref[...] |
2003-02-20 12:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1126 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-02-20 15:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1131 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: BUDGET IMPASSE WITH IMF
[...]) Summary: Market analysts predict the market's current
positive sentiment will reverse quickly by Monday, in the
absence of news of [...] |
2003-02-20 17:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1132 |
TURKEY ON IRAQ: STUMBLING UNWILLINGLY TOWARD THE
[...]) Summary: Virtually all interlocutors from across the
spectrum assume eventual GOT agreement to deployment of U.S.
forces through Tur[...] |
2003-02-20 20:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU |
| 03ANKARA1153 |
A VERY WORRIED CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
[...]C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti
told us February 21 that, in his view, the government does
not understand the e[...] |
2003-02-21 13:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EAID TU |
| 03ANKARA1158 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE ON
[...]S) On February 18 and 21, MFA Department Head for
Intelligence and Research Nihat Ersen and MFA
counter-terrorism officer Firat Sunel [...] |
2003-02-21 14:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS TU |
| 03ANKARA1161 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-02-21 14:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1200 |
AVIATION SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING IN ISTANBUL
[...]BU) This cable contains an action request. See para 6.
¶2. (SBU) Summary: FAA-funded experts provided guidance on �[...] |
2003-02-24 14:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC ATRN TU |
| 03ANKARA1201 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...]rpaz will remain part of Turkish Cypriot territory and
the Greek Cypriots in the region will be allowed to set up
their autonomous adm[...] |
2003-02-24 15:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1203 |
AIRLINES EXPECT DROP IN BOOKINGS/PROFITS WITH IRAQ
[...]BU) Summary. Turkish Airlines (THY) and Delta Airlines
Istanbul Office are concerned about the impact of a potential
Iraq war on thei[...] |
2003-02-24 15:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1207 |
ON THE EVE OF THE IRAQ VOTE: WHICH WAY WILL TURKEY
[...]) P.M. Gul's cabinet formally submitted a combined draft
resolution -- covering deployment of U.S. troops through
Turkey and deploymen[...] |
2003-02-24 17:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1214 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: PRIVATIZATION UPDATE
[...]BU) Summary: The GOT's ambitious $4 billion
privatization plan for 2003 is moving forward, with some
positive and negative developmen[...] |
2003-02-25 12:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA122 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-01-06 13:43:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1232 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-02-25 13:59:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1255 |
TURKEY FORBIDS ENTRY OF GREEK CYPRIOT SHIPS INTO
[...]) MFA Director for Bilateral Political Affairs Ahmet
Banguoglu called DCM February 25 regarding Greek
Cypriot-flagged ships delivering[...] |
2003-02-26 09:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT TU |
| 03ANKARA126 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO ANKARA BY
[...]SBU) Summary: The December 16-18 visit of the Treasury
and Justice anti-terrorist finance team attracted intense GOT
interest. The vi[...] |
2003-01-06 15:29:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1267 |
IRAQ: CODEL HEFLEY PRESSES FOR TURKISH SUPPORT
[...]C) SUMMARY: In February 20-21 meetings, Codel Hefley
politely but aggressively pressed Turkey's leadership to
permit U.S. forces to us[...] |
2003-02-26 12:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD TU IQ |
| 03ANKARA1273 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-02-26 15:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1275 |
2003 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: RECOMMENDATION TO
[...]BU) Turkey took some limited steps to improve
intellectual property protection in 2002, notably by
suspending a problematic broadcast [...] |
2003-02-26 15:43:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1276 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: DISCUSSIONS OF CHECHEN AND
[...]S) Summary: On February 25, we met with Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director General for Research
and Intelligence Hakan [...] |
2003-02-26 15:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | CVIS EFIN ETTC PTER TU |
| 03ANKARA1281 |
New Approach at Ministry of Agriculture?
[...]SBU) Summary. Since his appointment as the new
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in November, Sami
Goclu appears more willing[...] |
2003-02-27 06:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1303 |
OCALAN'S CONTINUED ISOLATION, POSSIBLE RETURN OF
[...]) Summary: Relatives and attorneys remain unable to
visit jailed PKK leader Ocalan; the last visit took place
November 27. The offici[...] |
2003-02-27 14:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU PKK |
| 03ANKARA1304 |
TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, JAN. - FEB.
[...]oposed environmental law withdrawn
¶2. WSSD Follow-up
¶3. Euros 126 million for accession preparation
¶4. Law on memb[...] |
2003-02-27 14:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA1305 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: BUDGET COULD BE PASSED "IN TWO
[...]SBU) Summary: The Turkish Ministry of Finance's top
budget expert told us the process of enacting the 2003 budget
could take as little[...] |
2003-02-27 14:53:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1311 |
TURKISH MFA REQUESTS HIGH-LEVEL TALKS AND POSSIBLE
[...]) This is an action cable. See para 12 for action
request.
Summary:
--------
¶[...] |
2003-02-27 16:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1313 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-02-28 07:20:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1325 |
IRAQ: TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT AWAIT NSC
[...]) Summary: Turkish Parliament has rescheduled for March
1 -- one day after the powerful National Security Council
(NSC) meets -- its d[...] |
2003-02-28 11:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1332 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-02-28 14:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1345 |
IRAQ: TURKISH PARLIAMENT REJECTS U.S. TROOP
[...]U) On March 1, in closed session, the Turkish Parliament
rejected a motion that would have allowed the U.S. to deploy
troops for opera[...] |
2003-03-01 20:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1346 |
TURKEY: PARLIAMENTARY VOTE POST-MORTEM
[...]C) Summary: MFA U/S told the Ambassador March 1 the
Turkish system was in shock following defeat of the
Parliamentary resolution for [...] |
2003-03-01 21:20:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1350 |
TURKEY: WHY THE VOTE WENT SOUTH
[...]) Summary: Ref A reported the March 1 defeat in
Parliament of the AK Government's petition to permit
deployment of U.S. troops to Turk[...] |
2003-03-03 11:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1351 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 3 AM: GUL AND IMF STATEMENT
[...]SBU) Summary: Early March 3 public statements by PM Gul,
IMF Mission Chief and the Central Bank all helped contain
market sell-offs on[...] |
2003-03-03 11:59:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1357 |
FEB 26 SESSION: US/TU TEAMS AGREE ON TEXT FOR OPS
[...]) The US and TU negotiating teams reached agreement on
all of the remaining outstanding issues in the operations
Memorandum of Underst[...] |
2003-03-03 14:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1359 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-03 14:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1360 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" DEMONSTRATE
[...][...] |
2003-03-03 15:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1364 |
TURKEY: NOTIONAL CALENDAR FOR ERDOGAN'S ASSUMPTION
[...]) AK leader Erdogan is a candidate for Parliament in the
special March 9 election in Siirt province. Assuming he wins
a seat in the l[...] |
2003-03-03 17:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1365 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 3/3 COB: MARKETS STABILIZE,
[...]SBU) Turkish financial markets at COB March 3 stabilized
after a rough morning which saw relatively heavy capital
outflows:
&[...] |
2003-03-03 17:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1368 |
GOT's Preliminary Views for the Special 301
[...][...] |
2003-03-04 06:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU USTR WTO |
| 03ANKARA1374 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKEY SEEKS KDP ASSURANCES OF NO
[...]) This is an action request, para 3.
¶2. (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ali Tuygan called Ambassador
the night of [...] |
2003-03-04 08:52:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1378 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 4 AM: HIGH YIELDS IN T-BILL
[...]SBU) Summary: The GOT raised TL 2 quadrillion in two
Treasury debt auctions on March 4, but yields were high -
62.5 percent on the o[...] |
2003-03-04 12:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1380 |
USAID/DART: NGO REGISTRATION PROCESS IN TURKEY: THE
[...]MANITARIAN NGOS SEEKING FORMAL REGISTRATION IN TURKEY
CONTINUE TO FACE A CUMBERSOME PROCESS, BUT THE TURKISH
GOVERNMENT HAS SAID IT WI[...] |
2003-03-04 12:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF EFIN PHUM AORC MOPS PREL IZ TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1386 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-04 15:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1390 |
GOT PRESSES BOT COMPANIES TO CUT PRICES
[...]) Summary: Energy Minister Guler has asked the BOT
projects to cut their electricity tariffs, which are set in
the companies, contrac[...] |
2003-03-04 15:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1391 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP AND PUK TO UNIFY
[...]/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Ankara rep
Bahros Galali called on Operation Northern Watch POLAD March
3 to inform that after[...] |
2003-03-04 16:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1392 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 4 COB
[...]SBU) Summary: Markets were relieved this afternoon that
today's Treasury auctions had gone relatively well, with the
lira and equities[...] |
2003-03-04 16:08:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1393 |
THE GLOBE PROGRAM: TURKEY'S VIEWS
[...]mbassy met with GLOBE national coordinator Fatma Baykal
2/7 to explore ways to energize program activities. Baykal
advised that despi[...] |
2003-03-04 16:24:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO TSPL TPHY KGLB KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA1395 |
DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES
[...]) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Serra Erarslan,
Turkish MFA Department Head for Iraq, Gulf Countries and OIC.
[...] |
2003-03-04 16:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ XF TU |
| 03ANKARA1396 |
TURKEY: ANTI TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...]) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect
accordingly.
¶2. (U) As requested, Post's responses are keyed to qu[...] |
2003-03-05 08:20:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA140 |
GOT PROTESTS PORT VISIT BY US NAVY TO RHODES
[...]) The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding visits by US Naval
vessels to the isl[...] |
2003-01-07 09:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GR TU |
| 03ANKARA1401 |
KDP ANKARA OFFICE ATTACKED, NO INJURIES, MINOR
[...]rdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Ankara staff member Omar
Merani called Operation Northern Watch POLAD early March 5 to
report that the [...] |
2003-03-05 10:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CASC ASEC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1406 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 5 AM: MARKETS BEGIN TO
[...]SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets improved
throughout the morning of March 5, and at mid-day appeared
poised to continue a ral[...] |
2003-03-05 12:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1410 |
TURKEY: ERDOGAN AND AK LOOKING GOOD IN SIIRT
[...]) Contacts across the political spectrum indicate AK and
its party leader Erdogan are poised to win the March 9
special election in S[...] |
2003-03-05 13:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1411 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-05 14:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1419 |
TURKEY: PARLIAMENT FEELING ITS OATS
[...]) Building on the March 1 defeat of the government
proposal regarding U.S. and Turkish troop deployments to Iraq
(reftel), Parliamenta[...] |
2003-03-05 15:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1420 |
GOT SYMPOSIUM: "RESTRUCTURING THE CIVIL SERVICE"
[...]) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Gul opened a two-day
symposium Feb. 22-23 to support civil service reform.
Turkish academics and un[...] |
2003-03-05 16:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB TU |
| 03ANKARA1421 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 5 COB
[...]U) All Turkish markets continued to strengthen in
afternoon trading on March 5, with expectations of the
rallies continuing into March[...] |
2003-03-05 16:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1422 |
CASE AGAINST GERMAN FOUNDATIONS DISMISSED
[...]) Summary: An Ankara court unanimously dismissed
separatism and espionage charges against representatives of
five German pro-democracy[...] |
2003-03-06 04:29:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA1442 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 6 AM: MARKETS STABLE,
[...]ummary: Turkish financial markets were flat during the
morning of March 6, awaiting confirmation of their
expectation that a new GOT,[...] |
2003-03-06 12:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1446 |
TURKISH LABOR: MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO
[...]) Summary: Turkish labor-related organizations are
focusing on IPEC and employment termination programs. In a
climate where the GOT [...] |
2003-03-06 13:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB TU |
| 03ANKARA1447 |
TEKEL PRIVATIZATION: DOWNSIZING A MONSTER OR JUST
[...]SBU) Summary: The AK government has highlighted its
commitment to accelerate privatization, and to realize $4
billion in privatizatio[...] |
2003-03-06 13:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1448 |
BTC, SHAH DENIZ, TURKEY-GREECE INTERCONNECT: ON
[...]) Summary: BP and BOTAS General Manager Bildaci are
still concerned that BOTAS does not have sufficient authority
to meet its obligat[...] |
2003-03-06 14:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1454 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH INTERIOR
[...]) Summary: Interior Minister Aksu told Ambassador that
Americans in Turkey do not face a greater threat following
Parliament's failure[...] |
2003-03-06 16:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1459 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 6 COB: RETURN OF COMPLACENCY
[...]) On March 6, Turkish financial markets were stable.
The lira remained unchanged at TL 1, 608,000 to the dollar.
Yields on lira-denomi[...] |
2003-03-06 17:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1460 |
TURKS REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON VACCINES
[...]U) This is an ACTION REQUEST.
¶2. (S) Econ officer delivered talking points and information
on vaccine from Ref [...] |
2003-03-06 17:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | TBIO MARR MASS TU |
| 03ANKARA1461 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-07 06:51:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1470 |
HADEP: KURDS FEAR IRAQ WAR WILL LEAD TO CRACKDOWN
[...]) Ahmet Turan Demir, chairman of the pro-Kurdish HADEP
Party, and Nazmi Gur, HADEP international relations advisor,
told us March 4 an[...] |
2003-03-07 11:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA1472 |
IMF AND MARKET UPDATE, MARCH 7 AM
[...]SBU) Summary: IMF Mission Chief told us morning of
March 7 that his team and the GOT could in theory close on
the LOI in a couple of [...] |
2003-03-07 12:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1473 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES FOREIGN INVESTMENT ISSUES WITH
[...]BU) AMB paid an office call on Finance Minister Kemal
Unakitan March 7 largely to discuss the status of the 2003
budget (septel). AM[...] |
2003-03-07 12:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1477 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-07 13:48:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1483 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH ON TURKISH
[...]/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister"
Barham Salih met with Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 7
in Ankara. Sali[...] |
2003-03-07 16:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1485 |
IRAQ: CODEL WEXLER PRESSES RULING AK PARTY LEADER
[...]) Summary: AK Party leader Erdogan initially told Codel
Wexler March 8 he may need several weeks (until end March) to
create the right[...] |
2003-03-08 11:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1487 |
IRAQ: URGENT TURKEY-US-IRAQI OPPOSITION MEETING
[...]) DCM conveyed to MFA Director General for Middle
Eastern Affairs Tahsin Burcuoglu on March 8 reftel urgent
request for Turkey to cons[...] |
2003-03-08 16:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1488 |
TURKEY: ERDOGAN AND AK REPORTEDLY SWEEP SIIRT
[...]cording to unofficial election results as released by
Siirt governor's office, R. Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party
swept all three seat[...] |
2003-03-09 16:51:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1496 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S DEWEY AND
[...]) The Turkish Parliament,s March 1 vote rejecting
deployment of U.S. troops, along with a worsening in
Turkish-Kurdish tensions, has s[...] |
2003-03-10 09:57:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ PREF PREL MOPS TU |
| 03ANKARA1499 |
TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 10: AD REF AGREEMENT ON
[...]SBU) IMF ResRep advised this morning that Fund staff and
GOT officials had reached ad ref agreement on a Letter of
Intent, and that IM[...] |
2003-03-10 11:45:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1503 |
LAWYERS GROUPS OPPOSE NEW PRISON-RELATED
[...]) Summary: Attorneys from the Ankara Bar Association
(ABA) and Contemporary Lawyers Association (CLA) argue that a
newly adopted packa[...] |
2003-03-10 13:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA1508 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-10 14:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1511 |
TURKS MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CBW PROTECTIVE GEAR
[...][...] |
2003-03-10 16:24:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL SOCI MCAP TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1512 |
IRAQ: TURKEY AGREES TO US-TURKEY-KDP/PUK-ITF TALKS
[...]) MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Tahsin
Burcuoglu called in DCM March 10 with response to US Ref A
demarche suggestin[...] |
2003-03-10 16:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1513 |
TURKISH THINK TANK ALLEGES US PLANS TO REDEFINE
[...](C) SUMMARY: ASAM, A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION PROVIDING
ADVICE AND RESEARCH TO THE TGS AND THE GOT, ASSERTS THE USG'S
POST-IRAQ GEOPOLIT[...] |
2003-03-11 05:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ AF |
| 03ANKARA1514 |
"NEIGHBORS" DISAPPROVE OF TURKISH CONDUCT IN
[...]C) Summary: Comments elicited during conversations with
mission representatives of neighboring countries regarding
Turkey's conduct o[...] |
2003-03-11 05:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL PTER TU |
| 03ANKARA1516 |
TURKISH CIVIC SOCIETY: VERDICT SUSPENDED IN CASE
[...]) An Ankara State Security Court (SSC) March 10 ruled
unanimously to postpone a verdict in the trial in absentia of
controversial Isla[...] |
2003-03-11 09:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA152 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-01-07 14:20:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1528 |
AIR POLLUTION IN TURKEY: YOU CAN'T MANAGE WHAT YOU
[...]SBU) Summary. Turkey's air pollution monitoring
infrastructure is inconsistent and largely unreliable,
making it nearly impossible to[...] |
2003-03-11 11:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO TU |
| 03ANKARA1529 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 11: MARKETS QUIET, WEAK
[...]U) On March 11, Turkish Treasury auctioned a 546-day
dollar-denominated bond in the local debt market to weak
demand. The annual yiel[...] |
2003-03-11 12:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1533 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-11 13:51:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1546 |
NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT: WHAT WILL ERDOGAN'S
[...]) Summary: AK Party chairman Erdogan has the mandate to
form a new Turkish government. We expect him to shuffle the
outgoing cabinet,[...] |
2003-03-12 03:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU |
| 03ANKARA1565 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 12: MARKETS IGNORE MOODY'S
[...]U) In the morning of March 12, yields on lira T-bills
inched upwards to close at 57.5 percent (yesterday's close
was 56.8 percent). T[...] |
2003-03-12 11:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1567 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-12 12:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1578 |
ECHR RULING: OCALAN TRIAL UNFAIR, PRISON
[...]) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights ruled that
jailed PKK leader Ocalan did not receive a fair trial, while
also determining[...] |
2003-03-12 17:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK |
| 03ANKARA1579 |
TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT: MORE ON ERDOGAN'S TIMING
[...]) Summary: AK leader Erdogan likely to submit his
candidate cabinet list March 13. Possible he will emerge as
Prime Minister in offic[...] |
2003-03-12 21:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU |
| 03ANKARA1587 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 13: TREASURY U/S OZTRAK
[...]SBU) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Faik Oztrak told
us March 13 that the key to debt sustainability this year is
economic reform pr[...] |
2003-03-13 12:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1593 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-13 14:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1595 |
IRAQI OPPOSITION TALKS IN ANAKARA: TURKS ON BOARD
[...]his is an action request. Please see paragraph 5.
¶2. (S) On March 13, DCM met MFA Director General for the
Mid[...] |
2003-03-13 14:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA160 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: GROWING CONCERNS OVER AK
[...]SBU) Summary: The AK Government's indecisiveness on
economic reforms is continuing to damage market confidence.
The latest evidence w[...] |
2003-01-07 17:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1623 |
TURKEY STILL STRUGGLING TO IMPROVE INVESTMENT
[...]SBU) Summary: Treasury Director General for Foreign
Investments Melek Us told us March 13 that the lack of
high-level direction over [...] |
2003-03-13 15:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1624 |
GOT CLOSES PRO-KURDISH HADEP PARTY, OPENS CASE
[...]) Summary: Turkey's highest court announced the closure
of the pro-Kurdish HADEP party the same day a chief
prosecutor opened a case t[...] |
2003-03-13 16:30:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA1625 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO: ANNOUNCEMENT OF U.S.
[...]oloffs delivered ref (A) demarche March 13 to MFA Head
of Department for Multilateral Cultural Affairs, Gulseren
Celik. Celik express[...] |
2003-03-14 06:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | AORC FR TU |
| 03ANKARA1630 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 14: MARKET WORRIES MOUNT IN
[...]U) Turkish financial markets in morning trading March 14
are beginning to reflect the concern that the U.S. financial
package is off t[...] |
2003-03-14 10:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1631 |
TURKISH KURDS: "WHY DO YOU NEED TURKEY?"
[...]) In March 13 conversation with poloffs, a close Embassy
contact and opposition CHP M.P. discussed Kurdish
perspectives of a possible [...] |
2003-03-14 11:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1632 |
TURKEY: 59TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE
[...]) Poloff March 13 discussed reftel talking points with
Kaan Esener, head of the MFA Council of Europe Department,
and his deputy, Serh[...] |
2003-03-14 12:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU UNHRC |
| 03ANKARA1634 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: OPPOSITION CHP'S GRATUITOUS
[...]) Summary: Contacts from main opposition CHP say that
although another UN resolution could influence some
backbenchers, CHP is likely [...] |
2003-03-14 12:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1635 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...]st Djindjic assassination in Serbia and the Balkans
¶2. Iraq and US-Turkey relations
"Djindjic was victimized by[...] |
2003-03-14 14:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1636 |
OCALAN'S LAWYERS, BROTHER VISIT FOR FIRST TIME IN
[...]) Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan was visited March 12
for the first time since November 27 by his brother Mehmet
and three attorney[...] |
2003-03-14 14:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK |
| 03ANKARA1637 |
TURKEY WILL NOT JOIN INTERNATIONAL WHALING
[...][...] |
2003-03-14 14:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV TU IWC |
| 03ANKARA1638 |
IRAQ: CENTCOM PROPOSAL FOR US-TURKEY-IRAQI KURD
[...]) This is an action request. See para 4.
¶2. (S) DCM was contacted March 14 by CENTCOM POLAD, who said
that CDR [...] |
2003-03-14 14:52:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1660 |
TURKEY'S NEW GOVERNMENT
[...]) Late afternoon March 14 President Sezer approved AK
leader Erdogan's cabinet list and sent it to the Turkish
Parliament for consider[...] |
2003-03-14 16:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1666 |
S13-03: TURKS WILL BLOCK HEAT EXCHANGER EXPORTS
[...]S) On March 13, polmiloff met with Ferhat Alkan of the
MFA's Iraq Desk and delivered Ref A points. Alkan remarked
that the informatio[...] |
2003-03-17 08:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC TU IZ SY JO UNSC CBW |
| 03ANKARA1667 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 17: SELL-OFF IN LOCAL
[...]) News that the U.S. financial package was off the table
led to sell-offs in all Turkish financial markets in the
morning March 17 tra[...] |
2003-03-17 20:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1671 |
"ISLAMIC" UNION HAK-IS ON IRAQ, LABOR ISSUES IN
[...]C) Summary: Turkish Islamic-oriented union Hak-Is
president Salim Uslu expressed: 1) resignation to Turkey's
eventually joining the [...] |
2003-03-17 20:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINS TU ILAB |
| 03ANKARA1679 |
ATLANTIC SUMMIT: HOST GOVERNMENT SUPPORT ON A
[...]) Ambassador delivered a copy of the joint statement
issued at the "Atlantic Summit" to MFA U/S Ziyal (reftel) and
asked the GOT to is[...] |
2003-03-18 06:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1692 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 18: MARKETS TURN AROUND ON
[...]U) The Turkish Treasury raised TL 3.4 quadrillion (about
$ 2 billion) in two lira-denominated debt instrument auctions
on March 18, as[...] |
2003-03-18 11:53:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1701 |
IRAQ: TURKEY WILL CONSIDER OPPOSING UNGA SPECIAL
[...][...] |
2003-03-18 14:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PARM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1702 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-18 14:24:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1704 |
DART: CURRENT PICTURE IN TURKEY FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...]) The current picture in Turkey for International
Organizations, the United Nations, and international NGOs for
cross-border humanitar[...] |
2003-03-18 15:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1705 |
GOT Response on WTO Services Negotiations
[...][...] |
2003-03-18 15:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TU USTR WTO |
| 03ANKARA1706 |
PRM A/S DEWEY'S MEETINGS WITH GOT AND HUMANITARIAN
[...]) An interagency delegation led by PRM Assistant
Secretary Arthur Dewey discussed a range of Iraq-related
SIPDIS
huma[...] |
2003-03-18 15:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1709 |
TURKEY/IRAQ: MOVING TOWARD APPROVAL OF U.S.
[...]) In separate meetings March 17-18, ruling AK party
parliamentary group deputy chairman Salih Kapusuz; former
President Demirel's righ[...] |
2003-03-18 17:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS MARR TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1713 |
TURKISH ECONOMY COB 3/18: RETURN TO NEVER NEVER
[...]) Summary: Reports that the U.S. financial package was
back "on the table" sustained the market's rally this
afternoon, with the lir[...] |
2003-03-18 17:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA172 |
UPDATE ON TURKISH REFUGEE/IDP CONTINGENCY
[...]) Summary: During the January 3 military-military
talks, the Turkish General Staff provided a map identifying
planned locations for T[...] |
2003-01-08 11:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREF AORC IZ MOPS PHUM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1720 |
AK ECONOMIC POLICY: REFORM ONLY AS A LAST RESORT
[...]C) Summary: New Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's
decision not to make any changes in the AK economic team
suggests he is unlikely to b[...] |
2003-03-19 08:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1724 |
CBED AMBASSADOR MANN'S MARCH 12 VISIT TO ANKARA
[...]) Summary: During CBED Ambassador Mann,s March 12
visit to Ankara, MFA and Ministry of Energy officials
requested his intervention wi[...] |
2003-03-19 10:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1732 |
TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 19: ORIGINAL U.S. PACKAGE
[...]U) Turkish financial markets were in a foul mood at OOB
March 19, on news reports (see below) that the original U.S.
financial package[...] |
2003-03-19 11:57:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1737 |
S12-03: TURKS REQUEST FURTHER DETAILS & UPDATE ON
[...]U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5.
¶2. (S) Polmiloff met Ferhat Alkan, of the MFA Iraq Desk, and &#x[...] |
2003-03-19 14:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IZ TU UNSC CBW |
| 03ANKARA1739 |
DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN
[...]C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel
met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source), UNICEF,s
Head of Northern Operations fo[...] |
2003-03-19 15:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1742 |
TURKEY: POLITICAL RETURN OF ISLAMIST LEADER
[...]) Summary: Returning from the political wilderness,
Islamist former Prime Minister Erbakan is bent on using
Saadet Party and the Iraq [...] |
2003-03-19 15:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1743 |
APPROACHING THE GOT ON THE EXPULSION OF IRAQI
[...]//NF) Following up on his March 17 request (ref b),
Ambassador pressed MFA U/S Ziyal March 18 to take action in
response to USG concer[...] |
2003-03-19 15:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PTER ASEC TU |
| 03ANKARA1744 |
TURKISH GENERAL STAFF TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS OEF
[...]) The Embassy learned late March 18 from AMCC Incirlik
that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) has temporarily
suspended the blanket clea[...] |
2003-03-19 15:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1745 |
DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN
[...]C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel
met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source), UNICEF,s
Head of Northern Operations fo[...] |
2003-03-19 15:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1780 |
TURKISH MARKETS COB MARCH 19: LIMITED FURTHER
[...]U) After falling significantly in the morning, Turkish
markets declined only slightly in the afternoon session, as
investors struggle[...] |
2003-03-19 17:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1782 |
TURKS REPLY ON SEEBRIG ASSURANCES
[...]his is an action message. Please see paragraph 3.
¶2. On March 17 polmiloff received a call from Oya Ergin of
t[...] |
2003-03-20 07:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA1787 |
RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN TURKEY'S ECONOMY - BACK TO
[...]C) This is an action request. See paragraph 6.
¶2. (C) The Turkish Government has put itself in a precarious
fi[...] |
2003-03-20 10:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1790 |
TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON ICAO MARKET LIBERALIZATION
[...]Economic officer delivered reftel demarche to MFA Head
of Aviation Department Bekir Uysal on March 18. Bekir noted
that the GOT would[...] |
2003-03-20 11:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD |
| 03ANKARA1791 |
TURKISH AIRLINES SUSPENDS FLIGHTS TO KUWAIT
[...][...] |
2003-03-20 11:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC ATRN TU |
| 03ANKARA1792 |
NOTMAR AND NOTAM DELIVERED TO GOT
[...]conomic Officer delivered Reftel NOTMAR to MFA Chief of
Maritime Affairs Cagatay Erciyes, and reftel NOTAM to MFA
Chief of Aviation Af[...] |
2003-03-20 12:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MOPS MARR XF EWWT PHSA EAIR |
| 03ANKARA1793 |
TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 20: CONTAINED REACTION FOR
[...]U) At OOB March 20, Turkish markets opened sharply down,
but recovered somewhat as the morning went on. JP
MOrgan/Chase bond trader G[...] |
2003-03-20 12:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1799 |
DART: MARCH 18 NGO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA
[...]) On March 18, DART Field Office/North facilitated the
first coordination meeting among Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs), the Uni[...] |
2003-03-20 15:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1801 |
TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PASSES RESOLUTION PERMITTING
[...]) Anadolu Ajansi reports that Parliament on March 20
passed the AK government's resolution authorizing: (1) U.S.
aircraft to overfly T[...] |
2003-03-20 16:29:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1802 |
INITIAL GOT RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CLOSURE OF
[...]/NF) During his March 20 meeting with MFA U/S Ziyal (ref
c), Ambassador followed up his recent requests for the GOT to
expel Iraqi int[...] |
2003-03-20 17:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1805 |
DART: DISCUSSIONS WITH NATO/EADRCC ON HUMANITARIAN
[...]) On March 13, Dart Field Office/North and Embassy
PMA Scott Oudkirk met with Col. Bernie Hunstad and Tom
Nett from NATO,s Euro-Atlant[...] |
2003-03-21 07:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1809 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-21 11:08:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1810 |
TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 21: STEADY DETERIORATION
[...]SBU) On the morning of March 21, foreign investors were
selling both Turkish stocks and Turkish Eurobonds. Lehman
Bros Turkey analyst[...] |
2003-03-21 12:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1811 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-21 12:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1818 |
KEEPING THE IRAQ ISSUE IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL
[...][...] |
2003-03-21 15:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IZ TU UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1832 |
GOT TERMINATES OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH
[...][...] |
2003-03-22 12:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MOPS PARM TU |
| 03ANKARA1835 |
UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: MFA, UN AND
[...]) Emboffs met with MFA, Turkish Red Crescent and UN
officials just before and after the start of military
operations in Iraq to gauge [...] |
2003-03-22 15:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1905 |
TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 24: ERDOGAN SPEECH DOESN'T
[...]BU) Summary: On Sunday evening March 23, PM Erdogan
addressed the nation committing the new GOT to continue the
economic reform progr[...] |
2003-03-24 12:30:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1907 |
TFIZ01: UN AND ICRC ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
[...]) Over the weekend, Reuters, citing UN and ICRC
sources, reported that up to 500,000 persons have been
displaced in northern Iraq. UN[...] |
2003-03-24 14:08:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MOPS PREF IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1908 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-24 14:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1913 |
THY PRIVATIZATION: ON TRACK...FOR NOW
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Airlines (THY - Turk Hava
Yollari) is scheduled for tender in the third quarter 2003,
and the GOT official head[...] |
2003-03-24 15:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1922 |
S63-02 IRANIAN ENTITIES SEEKING TO PROCURE CBW
[...][...] |
2003-03-25 06:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR TU |
| 03ANKARA193 |
TURKISH ECONOMY: PM GUL ANNOUNCES SOME FISCAL
[...]SBU) Summary: The GOT reacted to the market concerns
over the 2003 budget by agreeing on a list of fiscal saving
measures, which PM Gu[...] |
2003-01-08 16:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1931 |
TURKEY'S RULING AK PARTY: DISCONTENT ON HIGH AND
[...]) Summary: Senior AK party reps express concern to us at
AK's mishandling of the Iraq question and relations with the
U.S. Local AK p[...] |
2003-03-25 09:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1936 |
TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 25: TEMPORARY RESPITE ON
[...]) Turkish markets at OOB March 25 were positively
affected by press reports that the US Administration was
seeking Congressional appro[...] |
2003-03-25 11:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1946 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-25 14:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1948 |
TURKISH AIRLINES SUSPENDS MORE FLIGHTS DUE TO IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-03-25 15:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ATRN TU |
| 03ANKARA1949 |
BLOCKING ARAB EFFORTS AT UN ON IRAQ: GOT RESPONSE
[...][...] |
2003-03-25 15:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1952 |
IMPACT OF IRAQ OPERATION ON KIRKUK-YUMURTALIK
[...]) Summary: BOTAS General Manager Bildaci told us the
oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) Pipeline had
decreased by half and li[...] |
2003-03-25 15:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1954 |
ENERGY AND THE IMF: AN INSIGHT INTO AK ECONOMIC
[...]C) Summary: Recent debates within the government over
energy prices and treatment of energy arrears provide
insights into AK's econom[...] |
2003-03-25 16:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA1955 |
TURKS SEEKING NO-COST VACCINES, DELAY DECISION ON
[...]C) MFA advised Economic Officer 3/25 that the GOT is
waiting for no-cost vaccine offers through the NATO
Euro-Atlantic Disaster Respon[...] |
2003-03-25 16:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU |
| 03ANKARA1964 |
GOT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR 2003 TIP
[...]tion request--para 5.
¶2. March 24 MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Firat Topcuoglu
provided us additional informatio[...] |
2003-03-26 10:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA1965 |
TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 26: U.S. AID PROPOSAL SPARKS
[...]SBU) Summary: Markets rallied March 26 am with T-bill
yields dropping six percentage points, on news of the U.S.
war supplemental for[...] |
2003-03-26 12:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1966 |
TFIZ01: TGS CHIEF OF STAFF ISSUES STATEMENT ON TU
[...]) On March 26, Turkish General Staff CHOD General Hilmi
Ozkok issued a public statement on the current presence of TU
forces in northe[...] |
2003-03-26 12:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1967 |
IMPACT OF IRAQ OPERATION ON BTC PIPELINE, TPAO
[...]) BOTAS General Manager Gokhan Bildaci and BP's local
BTC Co. President Yasar Latifov told us March 25-26 the Iraq
Operation thus far [...] |
2003-03-26 13:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1970 |
GOT RESPONSE ON ENCOURAGING POSITIVE STATEMENTS AT
[...][...] |
2003-03-26 15:29:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1971 |
TFIZ01: MFA ON SOURCING AND TRANSIT OF FOOD FOR
[...]) Emboffs and Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART)
Leader discussed humanitarian planning issues on March 26
with Feza Ozturk, MFA[...] |
2003-03-26 17:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ PREF PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1974 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-27 06:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1990 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-27 07:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA1994 |
S13-03: TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE OFFICIAL PROVIDES
[...][...] |
2003-03-27 07:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | ETTC IZ PARM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2010 |
TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 27: MARKETS QUIET;
[...]SBU) Summary: While Turkish markets were relatively
quiet on March 27 am, a wide range of market and GOT contacts
tell us confidence i[...] |
2003-03-27 12:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2015 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-27 12:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2018 |
REPORT OF GROWING WAR ANXIETY IN TURKEY'S KURDISH
[...]) Summary: Kurdish M.P. from Diyarbakir who is also a
member of opposition CHP's Central Administrative Board has
elaborated on concer[...] |
2003-03-27 15:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2021 |
ADDENDUM TO 2002 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...]U) There has been no change in the status of INL-funded
vehicles provided to the Turkish Grain Board (TMO), dogs
provided for Turkish [...] |
2003-03-27 15:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL SNAR TU |
| 03ANKARA2022 |
OESI PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: BLACK SEA LONG-TERM
[...][...] |
2003-03-27 15:43:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS |
| 03ANKARA2025 |
TFIZ01: TURKEY REOPENS FLIGHT CORRIDOR FOR CRUISE
[...][...] |
2003-03-28 07:04:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2039 |
TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 28: CONTINUING PROBLEMATIC
[...]SBU) Summary: Markets remained quiet on March 28 am,
with T-bill yields weakening slightly to 65.7 percent. Two
economic policy devel[...] |
2003-03-28 11:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2042 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PIC STEERING BOARD MEETING
[...]) WE DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MFA BALKANS OFFICER
AHMET ERGIN. ERGIN CONFIRMED THAT HE WOULD INFORM TURKISH
AMBASSADOR TO SARAJEVA[...] |
2003-03-28 13:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK |
| 03ANKARA2044 |
TURKEY APPROVES RESEARCH VESSEL "KNORR" REQUEST TO
[...]his cable is in reference to State file 200Z-097, R/V
Knorr, April 15 - May 16, 2003.
¶2. The Foreign Ministry h[...] |
2003-03-28 14:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT SENV TU |
| 03ANKARA2048 |
TURKEY'S "WHERE ARE THEY NOW" FILE: CHP'S KEMAL
[...]) In a March 28 meeting with poloff, opposition CHP
deputy and former State Minster Kemal Dervis offered his
views of USG-GOT relation[...] |
2003-03-28 15:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ CY TU |
| 03ANKARA2049 |
TFIZ01: MFA PREPARED TO MEET TRILATERALLY WITH USG
[...]) This cable contains an action request. See para 10.
Summary
-------
¶2. (C) Feza Ozt[...] |
2003-03-28 15:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA2051 |
SENIOR BANKING OFFICIALS CONCERNED OVER GOT ECON
[...]C) Summary: In frank discussions March 26 and 27, BRSA
Chairman Engin Akcakoca and the outgoing Chairman of the
State Bank Board Safa[...] |
2003-03-28 16:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2052 |
DEMARCHES ON WAR SUPPLEMENTAL AND BOLSTERING
[...]U) This is an action request -- see para 9.
¶2. (C) Summary: DCM delivered ref A and B points to
Treasury U/S O[...] |
2003-03-28 16:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2056 |
LEYLA ZANA RETRIAL OPENS; COURT DENIES RELEASE
[...]) Summary: The historic retrial of Leyla Zana and three
other Kurdish former M.P.s began March 28 under tight
security. The court rul[...] |
2003-03-28 16:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA2059 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-28 16:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2062 |
TF01IZ: TURKS "SERIOUSLY WORKING" ON CLOSURE OF
[...]S/NF) On March 28, the DCM met with Deputy DG for Middle
Eastern Affairs Safak Gokturk to reiterate our requests
concerning Iraqi inte[...] |
2003-03-28 16:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2094 |
TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 31: PROGRESS ON IMF FOURTH
[...]SBU) Summary: The parliament passed the 2003 budget,
and AK dropped a controversial amendment to the Public
Procurement Law after the[...] |
2003-03-31 11:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2099 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-03-31 13:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA210 |
DELIVERY OF WTO FINANCIAL SERVICES REQUESTS
[...][...] |
2003-01-09 13:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON TU WTO |
| 03ANKARA2101 |
NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETINGS IN ANKARA
[...]BU) DART Field Office/North hosted a 22 March NGO/IO
coordination meeting in Ankara to discuss the NGO
registration process with the T[...] |
2003-03-31 13:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2108 |
DELTA SUSPENDS ISTANBUL-NEW YORK FLIGHTS, OTHER
[...]BU) Delta Airlines, which prior to the start of the Iraq
operation ran four flights per week from Istanbul to New
York, will suspended[...] |
2003-03-31 13:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC ATRN TU |
| 03ANKARA2119 |
WFP AND UNICEF SHIPMENTS TO NORTHERN IRAQ, UN
[...]BU) Summary: Three WFP successfully crossed the
Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and continued on to a UN
warehouse in northern Iraq. [...] |
2003-03-31 14:24:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2121 |
RESUPPLY OF TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR
[...]) This is an action request. See para 6.
---------------------
RESUPPLY OF US FORCES
--------------------- [...] |
2003-03-31 17:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2125 |
TFIZ01: KHALILZAD DISCUSSIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ
[...]/NF) Summary: SPE Zalmay Khalilzad met with a range of
Iraqi opposition leaders in northern Iraq on March 27-28.
Discussions with PUK [...] |
2003-03-31 18:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2126 |
IAEA & IRAN: TURKS TO PASS USG POINTS TO THEIR
[...]U) This is an action request. Please see para 4.
¶2. (C) Polmiloff met MFA Disarmament Department Head Ibrahim
[...] |
2003-04-01 07:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP ENRG TU IAEA |
| 03ANKARA2130 |
PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: THE FIRST MAJOR SALE OF
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: A top GOT Privatization Administration
(PA) official told us March 28 the GOT is on track to meet
its $4 billion sales t[...] |
2003-04-01 11:24:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2133 |
TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 1: MARKETS AWAIT IMF GOOD
[...]) Transactions volumes in Turkish financial markets
were very low on April 1 am. T-bill yields were unchanged
at 65 percent compoun[...] |
2003-04-01 12:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2135 |
IRAQI WAR CRIMES: DEMARCHE TO GOT
[...][...] |
2003-04-01 13:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA2139 |
ANNUAL ARMENIA PROCLAMATION: GOT SENSITIVITIES
[...]C) Summary: MFA DG Tezcan expressed the GOT's opposition
to use of the term "genocide" in referring to the events of
1915 and asked th[...] |
2003-04-01 14:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM TU |
| 03ANKARA2145 |
CYPRUS MIL EXERCISES: TURKS NON-COMMITTAL
[...]C) Summary: MFA is not yet ready to confirm Embassy
Nicosia's reporting that Turkey will not formally conduct
May's Toros I military e[...] |
2003-04-02 07:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL CY GR TU |
| 03ANKARA215 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-01-09 14:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2151 |
TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 2: MARKETS QUIET, GUARDED
[...]SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets improved
slightly in morning trading April 2. Local analysts see a
positive scenario for the[...] |
2003-04-02 10:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2155 |
TURKEY: GOT CONCERN ABOUT CYPRUS EU ACCESSION
[...]) In a March 28 meeting with DCM, MFA Cyprus DG Apakan
raised GOT concerns about the draft EU protocol on Cyprus
that will be attached[...] |
2003-04-02 14:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2165 |
BOTAS GENERAL MANAGER BILDACI DISCHARGED
[...]) The Ministry of Energy has officially dismissed Gokhan
Bildaci from his position as Chairman and General Manager of
BOTAS, the state[...] |
2003-04-03 08:52:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG TU |
| 03ANKARA2170 |
TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 3: MARKETS LIKE SECRETARY'S
[...]U) Positive local press coverage of the Secretary's
April 3 visit translated into a modest bounce in local
financial markets, well tim[...] |
2003-04-03 12:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2173 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-03 13:24:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2183 |
DEMARCHE TO GOT ON UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD
[...][...] |
2003-04-03 15:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | AORC TU UNESCO |
| 03ANKARA2186 |
DRAFT EU PARLIAMENT REPORT CALLS FOR RADICAL
[...]) Summary: A clear-sighted but controversial European
Parliament draft report calls on the GOT to make fundamental
changes to the Kema[...] |
2003-04-03 15:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA2195 |
NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 2 APRIL
[...]U) UN OCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 2
April at UN House in Ankara. UN OCHA, UNHCR, UNDP, UNJLC,
IFRC, the American Re[...] |
2003-04-04 10:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA2197 |
TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 4: GOOD NEWS ON U.S.
[...]U) News that both houses of Congress passed the
supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for Turkey buoyed
the money markets in mornin[...] |
2003-04-04 11:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2198 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-04 12:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2203 |
INITIATION OF COMMERCIAL SUPPLY LOC
[...][...] |
2003-04-04 15:52:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR ETRD IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA221 |
TGS: NO TURKISH TROOP BUILDUP IN NORTHERN IRAQ
[...]) On January 6, Pol-Mil Counselor took a copy of that
day's mass daily newspaper "Milliyet" to Turkish General
Staff Deputy J3 MG Beki[...] |
2003-01-09 15:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2232 |
TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: LEADING MARDIN M.P.S SUPPORT
[...]) Summary: Prominent Kurdish M.P.s representing the
border province of Mardin for both ruling AK and opposition
CHP support the U.S.-l[...] |
2003-04-07 10:48:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2233 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 7: FIRST T-BILL AUCTION OF
[...]SBU) Summary: On April 7, Treasury raised $844 million
in the first of three T-bill auctions scheduled for April
7-8. Treasury's tar[...] |
2003-04-07 11:20:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2234 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-07 12:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2239 |
TURKISH CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR CEBECI REPLACED
[...]BU) Topa Bilgetin Toker was reinstated on April 1 as
Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation
(DGCA), replacing S[...] |
2003-04-07 13:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC ATRN TU |
| 03ANKARA2241 |
TURKEY MOVES CLOSER TO ACCEPTING OFFER TO ACQUIRE
[...][...] |
2003-04-07 13:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU |
| 03ANKARA2243 |
TRANCHING AND CONDITIONING OF U.S. ASSISTANCE TO
[...]C) Assuming Congress approves $1 billion in ESF
assistance for Turkey, we expect the Turkish Government to
leverage that money into th[...] |
2003-04-07 14:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2245 |
CYPRUS MIL EXERCISES: TURKS HAVE NO EXERCISE PLANS
[...]C) On April 7, in response to Post's follow up on Ref A,
acting MFA Cyprus Department Head Barkan Oz contacted
polmiloff with an updat[...] |
2003-04-07 15:29:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL CY GR TU |
| 03ANKARA2246 |
APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS CONVICTION IN LONG-STANDING
[...]) Summary: An appeals court upheld the torture
convictions of 10 police officers in the high-profile 1996
Manisa case; the ruling is f[...] |
2003-04-07 15:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA2247 |
UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD: GOT RESPONSE
[...][...] |
2003-04-07 15:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | AORC TU UNESCO |
| 03ANKARA2254 |
TURKS: RESOLUTION ON AEGEAN CLAIMS "NOT PRODUCTIVE"
[...]C) Summary. MFA's DDG for Maritime and Aviation
Affairs, Vakur Gokdenizler, convoked pol-mil counselor to
tell us that Congress' adop[...] |
2003-04-08 07:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA GR TU |
| 03ANKARA2258 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 8: SUCCESSFUL T-BILL
[...]U) Treasury raised a total of TL 3.26 quadrillion ($1.97
billion) in two debt auctions on the morning of April 8.
Results were: �[...] |
2003-04-08 10:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2259 |
IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO ANKARA: GOT/GOI
[...]) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told the Ambassador late April 7
Iranian FM Kharrazi,s April 6 visit to Ankara revealed a
congruence of views [...] |
2003-04-08 12:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ SY |
| 03ANKARA2269 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-08 14:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2272 |
TURKS AGREE TO ACQUIRE ANTHRAX VACCINE
[...][...] |
2003-04-08 15:04:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU |
| 03ANKARA2287 |
TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, MARCH 2003
[...]oxic Waste Update
¶2. Parliament Rings up "NO SALE" of Forests
¶3. First EIA Guidelines for Provinces
¶4. REC Upda[...] |
2003-04-09 08:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO TU |
| 03ANKARA2292 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 9: NEWS OF U.S. AID
[...]) On April 9 am, in the first trading session for the
new T-bill issued yesterday, volume was quite high - TL 1.1
quadrillion ($670 mi[...] |
2003-04-09 10:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2298 |
TFIZ01: GOT AND TURKISH RED CRESCENT ATTEMPTING TO
[...]) Summary: MFA organized a meeting of Turkish Red
Crescent (TRC), International Committee of the Red Cross and
U.S. Embassy represent[...] |
2003-04-09 13:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA23 |
APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS APPEARS TO
[...]) President Sezer's Dec. 31 approval of a package of
constitutional reforms appears to open the door for Justice
and Development (AK) [...] |
2003-01-02 12:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 03ANKARA2303 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-09 13:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2315 |
ECONOMIC MINISTERS BATTLE FOR INFLUENCE AS ERDOGAN
[...]C) Summary: Infighting among economic ministers is
hindering the Government's efforts to coordinate policy
around an economic "super-[...] |
2003-04-09 14:52:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA2317 |
GOT CONTINUES TO DELAY ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...]) Action request--para 3.
¶2. (C) Feza Ozturk, head of the MFA International Political
Organizations Department, [...] |
2003-04-10 06:59:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA2319 |
MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR ON FUNDING FOR
[...]o years of patience, persistence and cooperation among
Turkish and American agencies have yielded a successful
conclusion to a remarka[...] |
2003-04-10 07:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PHUM KDEM OIIP OTRA TU |
| 03ANKARA2320 |
GOT REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR TURKISH
[...]mbassy has just received MFA diplomatic note no.
2003/CKGY/110744 dated March 25, 2003 requesting USG support
for its candidacies in t[...] |
2003-04-10 10:45:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | IO PREL TU UNESCO |
| 03ANKARA2323 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 10: MARKETS DROP ON NO.
[...]U) As of 2:00 pm local time April 10, local news reports
that Iraqi Kurds have taken Kirkuk are raising market
concerns of a Turkish r[...] |
2003-04-10 11:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2332 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON FROZEN
[...]S) SUMMARY: Turkish officials could not provide exact
dollar amounts regarding the seized assets of NASCO Nasreddin
Holding A.S. or W[...] |
2003-04-10 13:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS TU |
| 03ANKARA2333 |
TURKEY: MEASURES TO PROTECT INTERNATIONAL CIVIL
[...][...] |
2003-04-10 13:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR MOPS |
| 03ANKARA2335 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-10 14:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2336 |
TURKISH AID FOR IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-04-10 14:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PREF PHUM IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA2340 |
EU SUMMIT DOCUMENTARY ANGERS TURKS AND GERMANS,
[...]) Summary: A Danish documentary on the December 2002 EU
Summit has angered Turks and Germans and embarrassed Denmark.
The documentary[...] |
2003-04-10 15:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU |
| 03ANKARA2342 |
UN/CYPRUS: DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON US-UK DRAFT
[...]) D/Polcouns delivered ref A talking points April 10 to
Necip Eguz, MFA DDG for Cyprus-Greece-Aegean affairs. Eguz
noted that, as far[...] |
2003-04-11 04:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2344 |
TURKEY MAKES GOOD PROGRESS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES
[...]ummary. With 71 wetlands of "international importance,"
175 lowland wetlands and 1,000 alpine wetlands, Turkey hosts
one of the most s[...] |
2003-04-11 06:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV GG TU |
| 03ANKARA2347 |
NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 9 APRIL
[...]) Summary: UNOCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting
on 9 April in Ankara. UNOCHA, UNHCR, IFRC, the American Red
Cross, ten NGOs a[...] |
2003-04-11 07:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA2351 |
OSCE MEETING ON ANTI-SEMITISM: TURKISH MFA RESPONSE
[...][...] |
2003-04-11 08:45:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA2353 |
TURKEY: DIFFICULTIES FROM PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN
[...]) Summary: Trouble continues with ruling AK party
parliamentary Human Rights Committee Chairman Elkatmis
regarding Iraq-related anti-A[...] |
2003-04-11 09:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA2363 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 11: INTEREST RATES REMAIN
[...]U) At mid-day April 11, Turkish markets were quiet. FM
Gul's April 10 statements that U.S. forces would prevent a
(Kurdish) fait d'ac[...] |
2003-04-11 12:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2366 |
DEMARCHE FOR APRIL 14 EU FMS MEETING: TURKISH MFA
[...][...] |
2003-04-11 13:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TU EUN |
| 03ANKARA2367 |
GOT's Views on Special 301 Review of
[...]BU) On April 10, Oya Karakas, Head of Department in
the MFA General Directorate of Multilateral Economic
Affairs, sent Embassy the fol[...] |
2003-04-11 13:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
| 03ANKARA2368 |
TURKISH PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE: ILL
[...]) Summary: The parliamentary Human Rights Committee does
not play a significant role in the development of reform
legislation, and the[...] |
2003-04-11 13:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA2371 |
TURKEY/CYPRUS: TURK WAXES INDIGNANT AT GREEK
[...]) MFA Deputy U/S for Bilateral Political Affairs Baki
Ilkin summoned reps from UNSC member countries April 11 to
convey in a meanderin[...] |
2003-04-11 13:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
| 03ANKARA2372 |
APRIL 11 TURKISH GOVT STATEMENTS ON IRAQ
[...]atolia News Agency reported that a written press
announcement issued by the Prime Ministry April 11 stated
that GOT military and civil[...] |
2003-04-11 13:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2374 |
EXBS: TURKS REJECT AGREEMENT ARTICLES; PROPOSE
[...]U) This is an action request. Please see para 7.
¶2. (C) Summary. On March 31, the Turks objected to three
art[...] |
2003-04-11 13:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL KSTC TU |
| 03ANKARA2376 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-11 14:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2384 |
REFUTING THE TURKISH ALLEGATION OF SPE KHALILZAD
[...]) DCM called on MFA Director General for Bilateral
Affairs Burcuoglu to refute strongly the Turkish allegations
of a March 29 meeting [...] |
2003-04-11 16:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PKK |
| 03ANKARA2386 |
DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON STATE OF US-SYRIA BILATERAL
[...]) During a late afternoon April 11 meeting with MFA
Director General for Bilateral Relations Burcuoglu (after FM
Gul had announced he [...] |
2003-04-11 16:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU SY IZ ETTC |
| 03ANKARA2390 |
TURKISH MFA SAYS EU NOT LOBBYING AGAINST ARTICLE
[...][...] |
2003-04-13 13:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA2419 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 14: POSITIVE PUBLIC
[...]SBU) Positive statements by IMF and GOT officials over
the weekend, combined with a lessening of anxiety over Iraq,
gave Turkish marke[...] |
2003-04-14 11:04:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA2420 |
TURKEY-ARMENIA: EMBASSY RECOMMENDS NO USG
[...]) Action recommendation--paras 5-6.
¶2. (C) Embassy Ankara understands that the Department may be
considering iss[...] |
2003-04-14 12:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2432 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-14 14:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2445 |
KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: TANKS FULL, NO NEW
[...]) This is an action request. See para 5.
¶2. (SBU) BOTAS Deputy General Manager Fuat Celepci told
econoff April [...] |
2003-04-15 07:51:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2457 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-15 11:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2459 |
BTC OPERATIONAL ISSUES: PROGRESS, BUT CHALLENGES
[...]) Summary: The GOT has made progress on outstanding BTC
operational issues since BTC Co sent a "material breach"
letter to Energy Min[...] |
2003-04-15 12:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 03ANKARA2467 |
TURKISH KURDS: OVERJOYED BY END OF SADDAM
[...]) In April 15 discussions about the situation in Iraq, a
leading Kurdish political activist from Turkey's Southeast
and two business a[...] |
2003-04-15 14:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2472 |
OUTGOING TREASURY U/S SAYS IT'S ALL ABOUT
[...]C) Summary: Outgoing Treasury U/S Faik Oztrak believes
Turkey has an opportunity to reduce its debt/GNP ratio and
reach its five perc[...] |
2003-04-15 14:52:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA2491 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-16 12:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2495 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKEY DESIGNATES CHECHEN/OTHER
[...]SBU) On April 12, the GOT published a Council of
Ministers decree that formally designates 20
groups/individuals as terrorist financie[...] |
2003-04-16 14:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS TU |
| 03ANKARA2497 |
MTAG 05-96: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MISSILE RELATED
[...][...] |
2003-04-16 14:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TU MTCRE |
| 03ANKARA2498 |
NO ENDORSEMENT OF OPIC FINANCE APPLICATION FOR
[...][...] |
2003-04-16 14:53:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PARM PREL TU EINV IZ |
| 03ANKARA2503 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-17 10:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2504 |
TURKS AND ISRAELIS SAY THEY ARE PLEASED WITH
[...]C) Summary: The Israeli Embassy used terms
like "positive, excellent," and Turkish MFA "successful"
to describe Israeli Foreign Minist[...] |
2003-04-17 10:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IS |
| 03ANKARA2507 |
TURKEY: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY REGARDING
[...]) Ambassador called on MFA Undersecretaries Baki Ilkin
and Ali Tuygan April 17 to deliver reftel message to the GOT
regarding the Apri[...] |
2003-04-17 13:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2511 |
IAEA AND IRAN: TURKS WELCOME CLARIFICATION ON
[...][...] |
2003-04-17 14:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL TU IR IAEA |
| 03ANKARA2516 |
TURKEY: GENC PARTY DREAMS BIG
[...]) Motorola deadbeat Cem Uzan's Genc (Young) Party Ankara
provincial chairman Sule Nazlioglu expounded in a forceful
manner on her part[...] |
2003-04-17 15:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA2521 |
THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF: A FRACTIOUS AND SULLEN POLITICAL COALITION
[...]) Summary: As refs (A-E) note, Turkish General Staff
(TGS) remains deeply involved in day-to-day political life
and policymaking, with[...] |
2003-04-18 08:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA2524 |
TURKEY MARKETS ENJOY A QUIET BUT POSITIVE WEEK
[...]U) Turkish markets rose steadily, if not spectacularly,
this week. The lira strengthened from TL 1.65 million/dollar
at the end of l[...] |
2003-04-18 10:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2542 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-18 13:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2552 |
KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: CLARIFICATION ON
[...]C) Reftel reported that BOTAS executives had informed
Embassy that the storage tanks at Ceyhan were full with about
6.5 million barrel[...] |
2003-04-18 15:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA2568 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-21 12:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2572 |
UPDATE ON TURKEY'S COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...]) Summary. Amb. Ahmet Okcun, MFA Coordinator for
Afghanistan Reconstruction, told us that per Afghan Minister
of Trade, Turkey is Afg[...] |
2003-04-21 13:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EFIN AF TU |
| 03ANKARA2574 |
TURKEY: REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIP INFORMATION
[...]) Per reftels, additional trafficking-in-persons (TIP)
information for Turkey is provided below.
¶2. (C) Below ar[...] |
2003-04-21 13:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA2596 |
TURKEY: FORMER PRESIDENT DEMIREL TELLS AMBASSADOR
[...]) Summary: In an April 21 meeting with Ambassador,
former President Suleyman Demirel offered his thinking on the
way ahead in U.S.-Tur[...] |
2003-04-22 08:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA262 |
TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE UNDERSECRETARIAT ON
[...]) In a January 9 meeting on sensitive Turkish exports to
Iraq (septel), Econoff raised State Minister Kursad Tuzmen's
upcoming visit t[...] |
2003-01-10 13:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU UNSC |
| 03ANKARA263 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-01-10 13:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2646 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-24 14:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2660 |
TFIZ01: MFA DELAYS TURKISH RED CRESCENT AID
[...]) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Francis
Ward for
reasons 1.5 (B) and (D).
¶2. (U) This cab[...] |
2003-04-24 17:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2661 |
FREEZING IRAQI ASSETS: INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE
[...]MMARY: (C) On April 24, we delivered reftel demarche to
Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti and Banking
Regulation and Supervisi[...] |
2003-04-24 17:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETTC EFIN TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2663 |
TFIZ01: MFA DELAYS TURKISH RED CRESCENT AID
[...]) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Francis
Ward for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D).
¶2. (U) This cable conta[...] |
2003-04-24 17:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2664 |
TURKISH IMPLEMENTATION OF OECD BRIBERY CONVENTION
[...]) SUMMARY: The GOT Parliament ratified the OECD Bribery
Convention in 2000, but did not ratify the implementing
legislation until Jan[...] |
2003-04-24 17:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV BR AR SI CI BU |
| 03ANKARA2666 |
TURKEY'S HEADSCARF ISSUE OPENS ANOTHER POLITICAL
[...]) Summary: The Islamist headscarf remains a threatening
symbol for the Kemalist state. In inviting headscarved women
to a reception in[...] |
2003-04-24 17:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA2667 |
TURKISH MFA PLEASED WITH FREE MOVEMENT OF GREEK
[...]BU) MFA Cyprus DG Ertugrul Apakan summoned EU and US
reps to discuss the free movement of Greek and Turkish
Cypriots that began on the[...] |
2003-04-24 17:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TU CY |
| 03ANKARA2695 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 25: POSITIVE NEWS ON
[...]SBU) Summary: Some positive news came at the end of a
relatively quiet week in Turkish markets: the GOT announced
a well-regarded ma[...] |
2003-04-25 11:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2700 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-25 13:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2709 |
EXBS: TURKS REJECT AGREEMENT ARTICLES: NEXT STEPS
[...]U) This is an action request. Please see para 3.
¶2. (C) Polmiloff on April 25 spoke with MFA/Disarmament
Sec[...] |
2003-04-25 14:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2710 |
FLEEING IRAQI OFFICIALS LIST: TURKS SAY NO
[...]U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart
Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (S) On April 24, Pol[...] |
2003-04-25 14:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | MARR MOPS PARM PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2711 |
APRIL 29 MINI-SUMMIT ON ESDP: TURKS SHARE OUR
[...]) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart
Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (C) On April 23, Polm[...] |
2003-04-25 14:43:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU BE FR TU |
| 03ANKARA2712 |
TURKISH ENVIRONMENT NGOS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT
[...]ummary. Many of the 30 Turkish NGOs and other
organizations participating in a recent UNDP meeting in
Ankara expressed concern over t[...] |
2003-04-25 14:51:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TBIO TU |
| 03ANKARA2741 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-28 13:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2758 |
IRAQ/STABILIZATION: TURKS PRESS FOR GOT
[...]U) Classified by Ambassador Robert Pearson. Reasons
1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (C) During an informal breakfast mee[...] |
2003-04-29 11:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2776 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-29 14:30:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA278 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: MASOUD BARZANI IN ANKARA: DESPITE IMPROVEMENT IN "TONE" OF RELATIONS W/GOT, TURKISH MILITARY PRESENCE IN NIRAQ UNACCEPTABLE
[...]/REL UK) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud
Barzani briefed DCM, PolMilCouns, Operation Northern Watch
POLAD and UK Charg[...] |
2003-01-10 16:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF |
| 03ANKARA2781 |
TFIZ01: Turkish Red Crescent Aid Shipment En
[...][...] |
2003-04-29 15:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MOPS IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA2800 |
TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP CONTINUES TO TRY TO HAVE
[...]) Summary: In private conversations with us, opposition
CHP M.P.s assert they value U.S.-Turkey relations and claim
the party is the U[...] |
2003-04-30 07:57:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA2809 |
TURKISH MFA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ARAFAT CONTACTS
[...]) In absence of higher-ranking MFA officials, we
delivered reftel demarche to Acting Head of Department for
Middle East and Maghreb Tu[...] |
2003-04-30 12:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS TU |
| 03ANKARA2811 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-04-30 13:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2812 |
TURKEY/CYPRUS: TURKS ENCOURAGED BY FREE FLOW OF
[...]) Summary: Turkish MFA is encouraged by the flow of
people between the two sides on Cyprus and plans to open
additional gates. Nevert[...] |
2003-04-30 13:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
| 03ANKARA2813 |
Turkish Trade with Iraq
[...]) This cable contains an action request. See para
¶11.
¶2. (SBU) Summary: Turkish foreign trade officials &#[...] |
2003-04-30 13:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA2817 |
IRAQ AND TURKEY: GOT SAYS SHIFTING FOCUS FROM
[...]) According to MFA Iraq Department Head Kerim Uras
(strictly protect), the GOT held a coordination meeting on
Iraq policy April 26 at [...] |
2003-04-30 15:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2819 |
TURKEY SEEKS SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE
[...][...] |
2003-04-30 15:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | IO SENV TU |
| 03ANKARA284 |
TURKEY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL BORDER CONTROL
[...]mbassy Ankara received correspondence dated December 4
from the Turkish Under Secretary for Customs requesting
additional radiation de[...] |
2003-01-13 10:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC ASEC TU |
| 03ANKARA2847 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-01 13:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2853 |
TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, APRIL 2003
[...]pdate on merger of Environment and Forest ministries
¶2. Turkish scientists receive satellite data
¶3. Broad-based committee s[...] |
2003-05-01 14:43:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO TU |
| 03ANKARA286 |
TURKEY: 2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...][...] |
2003-01-13 11:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL SNAR TU |
| 03ANKARA2862 |
TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
[...]) Summary: MFA Director for Iraq Reconstruction Okcun
told EconCouns April 29 that Turkey would pursue an
aggressive private/public s[...] |
2003-05-02 12:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAIR PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2865 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-02 12:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2870 |
ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE IN KOREA: TURKEY
[...]) Sun Kim, Second Secretary at the Korean Embassy in
Ankara, said his Embassy recently sent its formal invitation
to the GOT for the 3[...] |
2003-05-02 14:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV BR AR SI CI BU OECD |
| 03ANKARA2872 |
APRIL 29 BELGIAN MINI-SUMMIT: TURKS SHARE OUR
[...]C) On May 1, Polmiloff, drawing on reftel talking
points, briefed MFA/NATO Department Second Secretary Esra
Dogan on USG concern over[...] |
2003-05-02 14:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TU NATO |
| 03ANKARA2898 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-05 13:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2902 |
SUGAR LAW LEAVES BITTER TASTE
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: A new sugar law implemented in September
2002 was supposed to eliminate the sugar industry's rampant
overproduction, a[...] |
2003-05-05 14:20:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2903 |
TURKEY: FRIENDSHIP AND FEAR IN RURAL ANKARA
[...]) Summary: In conversations at all levels during April
visits to Ankara sub-provinces, poloffs encountered Turks
eager to get U.S.-Tur[...] |
2003-05-05 14:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA2907 |
FOREIGN EMBASSIES IN BAGHDAD: TURKS PLAN TO
[...]U) This is an action request. Please see para 3.
¶2. (C) On May 3, DCM delivered ref A talking points to MFA
[...] |
2003-05-05 14:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IQ |
| 03ANKARA2909 |
EU-RELATED DRAFT REFORM BILL REFLECTS GOT STRUGGLE
[...]) Summary: The GOT has prepared a new package of
EU-related legislative reforms, which it expects to introduce
in Parliament by late M[...] |
2003-05-05 15:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA2912 |
IRAQ: LETTERS FROM TGS CHOD OZKOK TO CJCS MYERS,
[...]) On May 5, 2003, the Embassy received copies of three
letters from TGS CHOD Gen. Ozkok: (1) an April 30 letter to
CJCS Gen. Myers (s[...] |
2003-05-05 16:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA2914 |
AK REVIVES PLANS TO SELL STATE LANDS,
[...]BU) SUMMARY: PM ERDOGAN ANNOUNCED RECENTLY THAT
THE GOT IS PLANNING TO REALIZE BETWEEN $25-30 BILLION
IN NEW REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF[...] |
2003-05-06 04:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA2940 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-06 14:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2950 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY MAY 6: GOOD NEWS ON INFLATION AND
[...]SBU) Summary: On May 6, Turkish markets continued the
recent positive trend. Treasury raised TL 4.9 quadrillion
(nearly $3 billion) i[...] |
2003-05-06 16:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2953 |
UPDATE ON BOT COMPANIES IN TURKEY
[...]) Summary: Energy Minister Guler is continuing to
pressure the BOT projects to cut their electricity tariffs,
threatening parliamenta[...] |
2003-05-07 07:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2957 |
Special 301 Demarche Delivered; GOT Plans to
[...]BU) Summary: Noting outstanding issues in
pharmaceuticals, copyright and trademark protection,
Emboffs informed GOT interlocutors tha[...] |
2003-05-07 08:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU USTR WTO |
| 03ANKARA2975 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-07 13:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA298 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-01-13 14:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA2984 |
TURKEY AND IDEF: SUPPORT FOR STRONG DOD ATTENDANCE
[...]e Embassy supports and encourages direct senior-level
Department of Defense participation in the sixth
International Defense Industry,[...] |
2003-05-07 14:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2997 |
BTC CO LIFTS MATERIAL BREACH CLAIM
[...]) Summary: BTC Co has formally informed the GOT that
the government is no longer in material breach of its
obligations under the BTC [...] |
2003-05-08 04:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
| 03ANKARA2998 |
HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION: "POLICE RAID A WARNING
[...]) Summary: Police May 6 raided the Ankara offices of the
Human Rights Association (HRA), seizing records and computers
as part of an i[...] |
2003-05-08 07:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA301 |
EMBASSY PRESSES AK ON ECONOMIC POLICY
[...]C) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel points to Prime
Minister Gul January 9, emphasizing that any possible U.S.
financial assistan[...] |
2003-01-13 15:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3011 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-08 11:59:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3014 |
TOBACCO CONTROL DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TURKEY STILL
[...][...] |
2003-05-08 13:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3016 |
ERDOGAN ADVISOR BENEFITS FROM GOT GENEROSITY TO
[...]C) Summary: Unable to fulfill his campaign pledge to
raise support prices for Turkey's hazelnut farmers, Prime
Minister Erdogan inste[...] |
2003-05-08 14:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAGR TU |
| 03ANKARA3017 |
MILITARY PENSION FUND THRIVING IN TROUBLED ECONOMY
[...]) Summary: Since Turkey's financial crisis in early
2001, OYAK, the Turkish military pension fund, has been one
of the country's most[...] |
2003-05-08 15:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA3018 |
TURKISH TREASURY RAISES NEXT STEPS ON $1 BILLION
[...]SBU) On May 8, Treasury Deputy Undersecretary Aydin
Karaoz raised with Acting DCM the next steps on effecting the
$1 billion in U.S. a[...] |
2003-05-08 15:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3022 |
TURKISH REQUEST FOR SECURE PASSAGE TO BAGHDAD -
[...]) Pol-Mil Counselor delivered Ref A demarche to MFA
Deputy Director General for the Middle East Safak Gokturk and
Iraq Deskoff Farhat [...] |
2003-05-09 08:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3023 |
AUSTRALIA GROUP SPRAYER NON-PAPER SHARED WITH GOT
[...][...] |
2003-05-09 08:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3036 |
MFA INQUIRY ON KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE
[...]) This cable contains an action request. See para 5.
¶2. (C) MFA Deputy Director General For Energy Hakki Akil
c[...] |
2003-05-09 10:58:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL ETTC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3052 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-09 13:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3055 |
MFA DEMARCHE ON OFF CONTRACTS
[...]) Head of Department for Middle East Bilateral Economic
Affairs Akif Ayhan called in econoff together with the
British DCM May 8 to de[...] |
2003-05-09 14:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3057 |
AFGHANISTAN: TURKS INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING TO
[...]) This is an action request. See para 4.
¶2. (C) MFA Coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan
Reconstruction Ambassa[...] |
2003-05-09 15:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER PGOV MARR MASS MOPS AF TU |
| 03ANKARA3058 |
LIFTING IRAQ SANCTIONS: TURKISH MFA RESPONSE
[...][...] |
2003-05-09 15:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA3059 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKISH REACTION TO BATASUNA
[...]SBU) On May 9, MFA Deputy DG for intelligence and
research Hakan Okcal told us the MFA had circulated
interagency reftel information a[...] |
2003-05-09 15:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS TU |
| 03ANKARA3061 |
Sauces/Fanta Beverage Base Classification;
[...]) Econoff presented U.S. positions on
classification of sauces and of Fanta beverage base
(reftels) to Ercan Saka, General Director, E[...] |
2003-05-12 06:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA3062 |
U.S. Sumbissions on Antidumping, Subsidies and
[...][...] |
2003-05-12 06:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TU |
| 03ANKARA3072 |
Special 301 Demarche: Culture Ministry's Plans
[...]) This cable contains an action request. Please
see para 10.
¶2. (U) Summary: At a meeting to discuss the decis[...] |
2003-05-12 10:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
| 03ANKARA3078 |
IRAQ: TURKISH DELEGATION TO TRAVEL TO IRAQ TO
[...]) MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs
Safak Gokturk informed us May 12 that Turkey intends to send
a three-person "spe[...] |
2003-05-12 11:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3082 |
NEXT STEPS ON FINANCIAL AGREEMENT
[...][...] |
2003-05-12 12:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA3085 |
GOT REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY IN
[...]CTION REQUEST - PARA 4.
¶2. Embassy received MFA diplomatic note no. 2003/UKGY/178657
dated May 5 requesting USG[...] |
2003-05-12 14:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IO TU UN |
| 03ANKARA3093 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-12 14:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3097 |
LETTER FROM FM GUL TO AMB PEARSON THANKING USG FOR
[...]reign Minister Abdullah Gul sends a letter to Ambassador
Pearson dated May 8, 2003. Following is the text of the
letter received by t[...] |
2003-05-12 16:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID TU |
| 03ANKARA31 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-01-02 13:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA310 |
TURKISH RESPONSE TO A/S WAYNE LETTER ON OECD;
[...]) Embassy received an electronic copy of the Turkish
response to A/S Anthony Wayne's letter on OECD reform and
the Anti-Bribery Conven[...] |
2003-01-14 05:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KCRM TU OECD |
| 03ANKARA3151 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-13 14:52:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3153 |
TURKISH MFA DELEGATION VISIT TO IRAQ: ITS IN OUR
[...]) This is an action request. See para 3.
¶2. (C) Reftel reported the MFA's intention to send a
three-person dele[...] |
2003-05-13 15:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3154 |
FORMER MP DISCUSSES ROLE IN MANISA TORTURE
[...]) Summary: Sabri Ergul, one of the prosecuting attorneys
in the high-profile Manisa police torture case, used his
status as a parliame[...] |
2003-05-13 16:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA3155 |
TURKEY: RETURN OF THE HOCA
[...]) Summary: At Saadet Party's May 11 national convention,
long-time leader of Turkey's Islamist movement Necmettin
Erbakan returned to [...] |
2003-05-13 17:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA3157 |
USG CONTRACTOR BEGINS TO EXPORT TURKISH LPG AND
[...]BU) Summary: U.S. military contractor Kellogg, Brown,
and Root (KBR) has successfully delivered its first shipment
of Turkish Liquid [...] |
2003-05-14 04:33:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETTC PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3172 |
GOT OFFICIALS ON IRAQ SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION
[...]) Emboffs met with MFA and Foreign Trade
Undersecretariat officials to obtain information on Turkish
implementation of Iraq sanctions [...] |
2003-05-14 11:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3173 |
REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA: GOT WILL DO BEST
[...][...] |
2003-05-14 12:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3181 |
SEEBRIG ASSURANCES: GOT STRESSES ITS SIGNATURE TO
[...][...] |
2003-05-14 12:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA3186 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-14 14:29:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3187 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHIEF JUSTICE DISCUSSES ROLE
[...]mmary: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador,
Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mustafa Bumin discussed
his views on: the ruling AK Part[...] |
2003-05-14 14:43:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3190 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PIPELINES, BOT PROJECTS WITH
[...]) Summary. Energy Minister Guler reiterated to
Ambassador May 13 his personal commitment to completing BTC
construction on time in Tu[...] |
2003-05-15 08:20:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC GG TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3195 |
DEMARCHE FOR MAY 19 EU FMS MEETING DELIVERED
[...][...] |
2003-05-15 10:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3197 |
HIGHLIGHTS OF APRIL 27-29 CODEL WEXLER
[...]) Summary: During an April 27-29 visit to Ankara,
Representative Robert
Wexler visited with senior GOT leadership to assure continued[...] |
2003-05-15 11:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OREP PGOV PREL TU US |
| 03ANKARA3202 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THREE INSTRUMENTS RELATED TO
[...]) We delivered reftel demarche May 15 to Gokcen Kaya,
MFA Department Head for the United Nations. Kaya noted the
Optional Protocol to[...] |
2003-05-15 13:59:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA3205 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-15 14:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3206 |
IMF READOUT
[...]BU) Summary: IMF resident rep in Ankara briefed us May
13 on the status of the Fifth Review. Given the number of
unmet conditions at[...] |
2003-05-15 15:08:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA3225 |
GOT OFFICIALS ON IRAQ SANCTIONS LIFT RESOLUTION,
[...]) Summary: Senior MFA officials and the Energy Minister
reacted
positively to demarches by the Ambassador and others on the
U[...] |
2003-05-16 06:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA324 |
TURKEY AGREES ON U.S. APPROACH TO EU BALKAN OPS
[...][...] |
2003-01-14 11:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU NATO |
| 03ANKARA3257 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-16 14:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA326 |
PRESSING TURKEY ON ECONOMIC REFORM: NEXT STEPS
[...]C) Embassy will continue to deliver the economic reform
message (reftel) in meetings with senior government
officials, AK Party leader[...] |
2003-01-14 11:48:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3265 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: SOME POSITIVE SIGNS, BUT LITTLE
[...]SBU) Summary: The rapid end of the Iraq war, prospect
of U.S. and IMF money, and a global emerging market rally
have combined to boos[...] |
2003-05-16 14:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA3266 |
GOT RESPONSE TO POLICE RAID OF HUMAN RIGHTS
[...]) Summary: FM Gul and EU leaders have publicly
criticized the May 6 police raid of the Human Rights
Association's (HRA) Ankara offices[...] |
2003-05-16 14:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA3268 |
MFA RAISES KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE AGAIN
[...]) This cable contains an action request. See para 3.
¶2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev �[...] |
2003-05-17 05:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3287 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-20 13:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3288 |
Readout on FM Gul's Visit to Bulgaria: Energy
[...]BU) Summary: MFA characterized FM Gul's recent
visit to Bulgaria as a success. Turkish investment in
Bulgaria and trade in energy we[...] |
2003-05-20 13:52:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG EINV BG TU |
| 03ANKARA329 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-01-14 12:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA33 |
U/S TAYLOR'S DISCUSSIONS WITH GOT ON ECONOMIC
[...]SBU) Summary: In his talks in Ankara December 28 and 29,
Treasury Under Secretary Taylor several times stressed the
need for the GOT t[...] |
2003-01-02 15:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3305 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-21 12:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3306 |
Turkish Red Crescent Travel to Iraq to Explore
[...]) MFA Ambassador for Iraq Reconstruction Issues Ahmed
Rifat Okcun called in Econ Counselor April 21 on Turkish
Red Crescent (TRC) plan[...] |
2003-05-21 13:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA331 |
NATO/IRAQ: TURKEY PATIENT FOR NOW BUT LOOKING FOR
[...]) Summary: MFA DG for International Security Affairs
Morali told DCM January 13 that NATO should move forward
prudently on Articles IV[...] |
2003-01-14 13:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ NATO |
| 03ANKARA3393 |
EXPORT OF TURKISH LPG AND GASOLINE TO IRAQ
[...][...] |
2003-05-23 10:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETTC PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3397 |
UNION OF CHAMBERS PRESIDENT BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON
[...]SBU) Influential Union of Chambers of Commerce (TOBB)
President Rifat Hisarciklioglu told the Ambassador May 22
that he had returned f[...] |
2003-05-23 12:48:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3399 |
TURKEY RESPONDES TO RUSSIAN IMO PAPER ON TURKISH
[...]BU) Summary: MFA Chief of Maritime Affairs Erciyes
told econoff May 22 that the paper Russia had submitted to
the IMO, which claims t[...] |
2003-05-23 13:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EWWT TU |
| 03ANKARA3401 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-23 13:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3408 |
GOT REQUESTS INFORMATION ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...]) This is an action request.
¶2. (C) In a March 22 meeting with Ambassador, Interior
Minister Aksu requested info[...] |
2003-05-23 14:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA3409 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES SECURITY, TIP, CHILD ABDUCTION
[...]) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with Interior Minister
Aksu, Ambassador discussed possible terrorist threats against
the American commu[...] |
2003-05-23 14:53:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CASC PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA3410 |
OPPOSITION FROM TURKEY'S NSC SHARPENS CONFLICT
[...]) Summary: GOT leaders continue to support passage of a
series of reform packages to harmonize Turkey's practices
with EU membership c[...] |
2003-05-23 14:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA3412 |
TURKEY'S CYPRUS POLICY: WHAT NOW?
[...]) Summary: Assessments of how Turkey should move on
Cyprus vary in both the GOT and Turkish State. Some (e.g.,
FonMin Gul) are workin[...] |
2003-05-23 15:08:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU |
| 03ANKARA3416 |
THE TURKS AND THE STABILIZATION FORCE IN IRAQ
[...]) The GOT continues to express an interest in
participating in the stabilization force in Iraq. The Turks
understand the political se[...] |
2003-05-27 06:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA343 |
GOT ANNOUNCES 2003 PRIVATIZATION
[...]MMARY: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SENER
ANNOUNCED JANUARY 13 THE 2003 PRIVATIZATION
PROGRAM, ADOPTED EARLIER BY THE HIGHER
PRIVATI[...] |
2003-01-15 04:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG TU |
| 03ANKARA3458 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-27 14:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3462 |
OIC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: DEMARCHE ON
[...]C) May 27 we delivered reftel demarche to Serra
Erarslan, Turkish MFA OIC department head. Erarslan
undertook to transmit a copy of t[...] |
2003-05-27 15:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ XF TU |
| 03ANKARA3463 |
TURKS FIRM IN THEIR SUPPORT FOR "OPTION TWO" FOR
[...]) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart
Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (C) Polmiloff met with F[...] |
2003-05-27 15:52:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3475 |
COMMUNICATING WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS ON IRAQ
[...]C) Reftels instructed embassies to identify a high-level
point of contact in host governments for a virtual e-mail
contact group on Ir[...] |
2003-05-28 07:30:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA3480 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-28 11:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3481 |
ANKARA OSAC DISCUSSES SOFT TARGET VULNERABILITY
[...]SO, CONS and FCS hosted a reconstituted OSAC Country
Council on 5/27/03 to discuss the critical nature of the
global terrorist threat [...] |
2003-05-28 12:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KSAC PTER |
| 03ANKARA3487 |
TURKEY: MFA D/U/S ILKIN'S MAY 27 CYPRUS BRIEFING
[...]) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin briefed
representatives of EU and Permfive countries May 27 regarding
GOT and "TRNC" efforts to [...] |
2003-05-28 15:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3488 |
POLITICIANS PRESS CENTRAL BANK TO CUT INTEREST
[...]SBU) Government ministers continue to ratchet up the
pressure on the Central Bank to cut overnight interest rates,
arguing that such a[...] |
2003-05-28 15:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA3503 |
TURKEY WORKING ON CATCH-ALL CONTROLS
[...][...] |
2003-05-29 12:52:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC TU |
| 03ANKARA3504 |
TURKS DECLINE OFFER FOR SECOND TRANCHE OF ANTHRAX
[...][...] |
2003-05-29 13:51:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO MARR MASS AMED TU |
| 03ANKARA3506 |
DAS PASCOE'S MAY 21-22 POST-WAR TOUR D'HORIZON
[...]) State Department DAS for European Affairs Lynn Pascoe
told GOT officials May 21-22 the USG was disappointed with
Turkey over its han[...] |
2003-05-29 15:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR AR TU IZ IS |
| 03ANKARA3507 |
TURKISH FONMIN GUL TO OIC: "WE SHOULD FIRST PUT
[...]) Much of May 29 Turkish press highlights what it
reports as Deputy P.M./FonMin Gul's strong pro-democracy
statement at May 28 OIC mee[...] |
2003-05-29 15:30:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV SCUL TU |
| 03ANKARA3509 |
TURKEY: CHP TAKES A TACTICAL VIEW OF REFORM
[...]) Summary: Opposition CHP has publicly, and privately in
meetings with us, endorsed the AK government's EU reform
package but has reje[...] |
2003-05-30 07:04:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA352 |
FOREIGN TRADE CLAIMS TUZMEN'S VISIT TO IRAQ
[...]) Econoff met with Tevfik Mengu, Director General for
Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, on January
14 for a readout on[...] |
2003-01-15 08:45:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU UNSC |
| 03ANKARA3524 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-05-30 12:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3528 |
MFA U/S ZIYAL STRESSES IRAQ IN 5/22 MEETING WITH
[...]) MFA U/S Ziyal told visiting EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe May 22
his main objective was to get the US-Turkey bilateral
relationship back on tr[...] |
2003-05-30 13:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC |
| 03ANKARA3536 |
IMF CONCLUDES STAFF MISSION: STILL MUCH WORK TO DO
[...]SBU) Summary: IMF Mission Director told us May 30 that,
while the staff mission had gone somewhat better than he
expected, Turkish au[...] |
2003-05-30 15:24:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA3537 |
DISCUSSION WITH MFA ON TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE AND
[...]U) This cable contains an action request. See para 8.
¶2. (SBU) Summary: DCM met with MFA Deputy U/S for Economic &#[...] |
2003-05-30 15:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EPET IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA356 |
INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT ON
[...]st provided Ref A materials on 12/26/02 to MFA
Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction Ambassador Ahmet
Okcun whose office responde[...] |
2003-01-15 11:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EFIN AF TU |
| 03ANKARA358 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-01-15 12:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3675 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-06 13:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3677 |
MANPADS AIRPORT ASSESSMENT IN TURKEY
[...]R REFTEL, TURKISH CIVIL AVIATION DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR SECURITY ERDAL UGUR TOLD ECONOFF
THAT THE TURKISH DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF CIVIL &#[...] |
2003-06-06 13:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA3691 |
DEMARCHE ON STROVILIA DELIVERED
[...]BU) We presented reftel demarche to Ethem Barkan Oz,
first secretary in Cyprus Directorate General, who undertook
to convey USG concer[...] |
2003-06-06 13:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY GR |
| 03ANKARA3693 |
UPDATE ON PROGRESS ON IMF REVIEW
[...]SBU) IMF ResRep (strictly protect) told us late today
that he was not thrilled with the GOT's rate of progress
toward meeting the cond[...] |
2003-06-06 14:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3694 |
DEFINING THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY: GENERAL STAFF AND GOVERNMENT STRUGGLE WITH THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER
[...]) Summary: Chief of the General Staff (TGS) Ozkok's
attempt to smother disgruntlement in senior ranks and at the
same time to warn rul[...] |
2003-06-06 14:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 03ANKARA3706 |
NEGOTIATING THE EXBS MOU: MFA SUGGESTS WASHINGTON
[...][...] |
2003-06-09 09:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3707 |
EMBASSY DELIVERS DRAFT FINANCIAL AGREEMENT TO
[...]U) This is an action request -- see para 4.
¶2. (SBU) EconCouns delivered the draft financial agreement
and disb[...] |
2003-06-09 10:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA3729 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-09 13:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA373 |
USG SUPPORTS MANDIL FOR IEA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
[...][...] |
2003-01-15 14:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET AORC TU IEA OECD |
| 03ANKARA3731 |
FACILITATING TURKEY-IRAQ FUEL OIL FOR GASOLINE/LPG
[...]C) In separate June 9 meetings, Ambassador and EconCouns
urged MFA U/S Ziyal and Foreign Trade U/S Kayalar,
respectively, to facilitat[...] |
2003-06-09 15:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL ETRD IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA3732 |
TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP DEVELOPS "NUANCES" ON EU
[...]) Ref A noted main opposition CHP's general support for
the AK government's sixth EU reform package, which could be
brought to Parliam[...] |
2003-06-09 15:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA3738 |
PROSECUTOR OPENS TWO CASES AGAINST WRITER FOR
[...]) Summary: An Ankara prosecutor has opened two cases
against writer and scholar Fikret Baskaya for works
originally published 10 year[...] |
2003-06-10 11:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA3748 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-10 12:53:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3751 |
GOT FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF USG APPROACH FOR JUNE 16
[...]) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch.
Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (U) Action Request at paragr[...] |
2003-06-10 13:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA |
| 03ANKARA3753 |
TURKS ASSERT WILLINGNESS TO MOVE FORWARD DURING
[...]BU) Summary: During a June 1-4 visit to Ankara,
President of the Project on Transitional Democracies Bruce
Jackson urged Turkish offic[...] |
2003-06-10 13:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA376 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: UPDATE ON REFORM MEASURES
[...]SBU) Summary: A GOT team of experts is drafting a letter
of intent for the 2003 IMF program. IMF resrep hopes to
receive the draft by [...] |
2003-01-15 16:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3777 |
Request for Guidance on Iraq-Turkey Civair
[...]Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. This cable contains an action request for the
Department in para 4.
&[...] |
2003-06-11 12:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3784 |
TURKEY'S GENC PARTY: THE KEMALIST STATE'S NEW
[...]) Summary: As reported in reftels, Motorola deadbeat Cem
Uzan is trying to moderate Genc Party's
nationalist-corporatist image by toni[...] |
2003-06-11 12:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA3787 |
TURKEY TRYING TO SUPPORT THE MIDDLE EAST ROADMAP
[...]) Since late May, numerous meetings with GOT officials
and press reports suggest Turkey is seeking to develop a
constructive approach [...] |
2003-06-11 12:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS TU |
| 03ANKARA3794 |
KDP'S CONTINUED PRACTICE OF CHARGING FEES AT
[...]) This is an action request. See para 4.
¶2. (C) Recent reports that the KDP intends to continue
charging taxes/[...] |
2003-06-11 14:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA3795 |
TURKS EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR COOPERATION
[...][...] |
2003-06-11 14:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3797 |
Demarche on WTO Trade Facilitation
[...][...] |
2003-06-11 14:57:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TU USTR WTO |
| 03ANKARA3798 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-11 14:58:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3814 |
GOT FULLY CONCURS WITH USG ASSESSMENT OF DG
[...]) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch.
Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (C) On June 12, we delivered[...] |
2003-06-12 13:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA |
| 03ANKARA3815 |
TURKEY ECONOMIC UPDATE
[...]SBU) Summary: The increasing likelihood of a delay
beyond end-June in the Fifth Review under Turkey's IMF
program so far has not damp[...] |
2003-06-12 13:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA3826 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-12 15:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3827 |
Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border
[...](U) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told
us that two-way crossin[...] |
2003-06-12 15:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3830 |
Turkish Customs Undersecretary on Iraqi Border
[...](U) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Customs Undersecretary told
us that two-way crossin[...] |
2003-06-13 06:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG EAID PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3832 |
GOT Offer of Assistance on Iraqi Hotels
[...](U) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (SBU) This cable contains an action request in para
¶5.
�[...] |
2003-06-13 06:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3842 |
ARTICLE 98: GOT SAYS IT SUPPORTS AGREEMENT IN
[...]) Summary: GOT officials told a visiting State and
Defense Article 98 delegation June 10 that the GOT in
principle favors reaching an [...] |
2003-06-13 10:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA3843 |
TURKS VIEW TIER III TIP RATING AS UNFAIR,
[...]mmary: GOT officials said they are "disappointed" by
Turkey's Tier III ranking in the 2003 TIP Report. They
claimed the report ignore[...] |
2003-06-13 10:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA3848 |
TURKEY-IRAQ ECONOMIC RELATIONS; UPDATE ON BARTER
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
Summary
-------
¶2. (SBU) Finance Minister Unakitan told[...] |
2003-06-13 16:20:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG EAID EAIR PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3858 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-15 04:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3875 |
MFA REQUESTS BILAT BETWEEN SECRETARY POWELL AND FM
[...]) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch.
Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (C) Embassy Ankara understan[...] |
2003-06-16 10:59:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | JO OVIP PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3892 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-16 13:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3895 |
(S) TERRORIST FINANCE: ANKARA: HAMAS NAMES
[...]BU) Classified by Econ Counselor Scot Marciel. Reasons
1.5 (b) (d).
¶2. (C) Econoff conveyed names and backgrou[...] |
2003-06-16 14:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KPAL TU |
| 03ANKARA3896 |
BALKANS WITNESS SECURITY
[...][...] |
2003-06-16 14:48:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PGOV ZL TU |
| 03ANKARA3911 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-17 14:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3913 |
IRAQ: GOT DESIRES TO SHIP OFFICE FURNITURE TO
[...]) The Turkish MFA has responded positively to requests
from the Iraqi MFA and the Iraqi Tribal Coalition to provide
these organization[...] |
2003-06-17 14:30:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3914 |
TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN UN HOSTED TECHNICAL
[...][...] |
2003-06-17 14:51:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3915 |
PENAL CODE AMENDMENTS INCLUDE HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS
[...]) Summary: A revised version of the Turkish Penal Code
(TPC), currently under parliamentary review, includes
measures that would: expa[...] |
2003-06-17 15:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA3916 |
FIFTH REVIEW DELAY RAISES NEW CHALLENGES
[...]SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk
indicated to us today that, even with speedy conclusion of
the GOT's letter of[...] |
2003-06-18 04:29:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA3918 |
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE VISIT TO ANKARA, JUNE 6,
[...]C) Five members of the American Jewish Committee (AJC)
including Harold Tanner, president, Shula Bahat, chief
operating officer, Stan[...] |
2003-06-18 07:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IS TU |
| 03ANKARA392 |
TURKISH BUSINESS LEADER CRITICIZES AKP; SEEKS U.S.
[...]U) In a January 13 news conference in Istanbul, Turkish
Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TUSIAD) Chairman
Tuncay Ozilhan cr[...] |
2003-01-16 06:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3921 |
TURKEY: BALKANS WITNESS SECURITY
[...]) Responding to ref A questions, Atalay Ozdemiroglu,
Assistant Chief of the GOT Ministry of Interior's Department
of Organized Crime a[...] |
2003-06-18 13:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV ZL TU |
| 03ANKARA3922 |
UNILATERAL ACTIONS BY KURDISH GROUPS CONTINUE TO
[...]) This is an action request. See para 3.
-------
SUMMARY
-------
¶2. (C) The K[...] |
2003-06-18 14:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC |
| 03ANKARA3934 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-18 14:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3937 |
TURKEY'S ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS NEEDS TO BE
[...]ummary. Even though Turkey's environmental laws are
written to produce environmentally sound economic
development, regulations fall sh[...] |
2003-06-19 13:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TU |
| 03ANKARA3958 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-19 13:30:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA3974 |
SIXTH EU-RELATED REFORM PACKAGE IN PARLIAMENT,
[...]) Summary: With the Turkish Parliament beginning its
consideration of the GOT's sixth EU-related reform package in
the past two years,[...] |
2003-06-19 15:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA3975 |
TURKEY WAITING FOR RESPONSE TO IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
[...]is cable contains an action request. See paras 2 and 4.
¶2. Summary and action request: The GOT has proposed various &#[...] |
2003-06-19 15:29:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA3976 |
UPDATE ON BOT COMPANIES
[...]BU) Summary: President of the Energy Market Regulatory
Authority (EMRA) Yusuf Gunay told EconCouns June 17 that EMRA
was working on a[...] |
2003-06-20 05:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA3992 |
TURKEY'S LOCAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ANKARA: LET
[...]) Summary: In the metropolitan municipality of Ankara,
the campaign season has begun anew. Local elections must be
held here by April[...] |
2003-06-20 13:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA3997 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-20 13:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA400 |
TURKISH OFFICIALS QUESTION IRAQ IMPACT ON ENERGY
[...]) Summary: Turkish officials have begun to ask about
the potential impact of an Iraq operation on Turkish energy
interests, raising w[...] |
2003-01-16 08:57:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IZ AJ GG KZ TU UNSC |
| 03ANKARA4003 |
TURKEY: KURDISH YEZIDIS SPEAK UP
[...]) Among Turkey's estimated 12-15 million Kurds exists a
minority within a minority -- the Yezidis. According to
Veysi Bulut, a leader[...] |
2003-06-20 14:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4004 |
TURKS AGREE TO FACILITATE TRAVEL OF IRANIAN RFE/RL
[...]) We have conveyed requests as outlined in reftel to
Turkish MFA. Engin Yurur, head of Iran desk, was aware of
the issue and had alre[...] |
2003-06-21 09:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU IR AJ EZ |
| 03ANKARA4013 |
ASSESSMENT OF TURKISH OSCE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE
[...]) Bio: Ahmet Tan, currently the head of the Turkish
Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, is a
journalist, former member of P[...] |
2003-06-23 13:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4016 |
TURKEY, BAE SYSTEMS AND SPEWS II: FURTHER DELAY
[...]) This is an action request. See para 5.
¶2. (C) BAE Systems and the Turkish government have been
trying to secu[...] |
2003-06-23 14:20:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MASS TU PREL |
| 03ANKARA4019 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-23 14:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4024 |
GOT PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT CATCH-ALL CONTROLS IN
[...][...] |
2003-06-24 06:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4025 |
GUIDANCE ON IRAQ-TURKEY CIVAIR AGREEMENT
[...]ghdad minimize considered.
¶2. This cable contains an action request in para 4.
¶3. As repor[...] |
2003-06-24 06:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4026 |
TURKEY: AK GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS THE SCREWS ON
[...]) Summary: AK Party is engaging in a broad and popular
anti-corruption campaign for both normative policy and
narrower, hardball polit[...] |
2003-06-24 11:33:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4031 |
GOT APPROVES REVISED SEEBRIG ASSURANCES
[...]bassy Ankara received a diplomatic note from the Turkish
MFA on June 24, confirming that the SEEBRIG assurances
requested of the GOT ([...] |
2003-06-24 13:24:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | MARR TU MASS |
| 03ANKARA4032 |
TURKS AGREE TO FACILITATE TRAVEL WHEN POSSIBLE
[...]) Embassy confirmed with Turkish officials that they
remain willing to ensure the two journalists will be able to
transit Turkey as t[...] |
2003-06-24 13:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL TU IR AJ EZ |
| 03ANKARA4033 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-24 13:58:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA404 |
SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN,
[...]S/NF) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing
for potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan
¶03. EUCOM/TG[...] |
2003-01-16 10:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ECON MARR MOPS IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA4061 |
CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AROUND PETKIM PRIVATIZATION
[...]SBU) Summary: The first major sale in Turkey's
ambitious 2003 privatization program is nearing the finish
line, with the imminent sub[...] |
2003-06-25 13:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG TU |
| 03ANKARA4066 |
GOT EXPRESSES DETERMINATION ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS
[...]) June 23 DCM delivered reftel talking points to
Ambassador Umur Apaydin, MFA Director General for Consular
Affairs. Apaydin stated G[...] |
2003-06-25 13:45:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA4068 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-25 14:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4070 |
IRAQI SOMO-DELTA PETROLEUM BARTER DEAL UNDERWAY
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (SBU) Delta Petroleum and the MFA confirmed to us that the
GOT had given final[...] |
2003-06-25 15:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4072 |
KURDISH GROUPS' UNILATERAL ACTIONS CONTINUE TO
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (C) Summary and action request: Reftels report the KDP's
practice of charging[...] |
2003-06-25 15:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4073 |
TURKISH CABINENT APPROVES USE OF BASES AND PORTS
[...]) MFA DDG for the Americas Suna Ilicak told the DCM June
25 that the Turkish cabinet earlier this week had approved
the use of Turkish[...] |
2003-06-25 16:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4074 |
TURKISH MARKETS SOFTEN AS IMF CONCERNS RE-EMERGE
[...]SBU) Summary: Turkish markets have softened in recent
days on worries about delays in completion of the IMF
program's fifth review. T[...] |
2003-06-26 03:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV TU |
| 03ANKARA4098 |
THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: GOT REQUEST TO SELL 23
[...]is is an action request. See para 4.
¶2. The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the
Ministry of Fo[...] |
2003-06-26 13:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA4105 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-26 14:46:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4110 |
TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP STILL WALKING TIGHTROPE ON
[...]) Summary: AK government says it will pursue as one or
two additional EU reform packages (the seventh and eighth)
before Parliament go[...] |
2003-06-26 20:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4121 |
WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE: RECENT IMPROVEMENTS
[...]ummary. Turkey's wastewater resources infrastructure
serves its metropolitan populations sufficiently but is
unable to provide adequa[...] |
2003-06-27 12:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PGOV ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA4130 |
THREE AMERICAN CORNERS OPEN IN TURKEY
[...]MMARY: In the past week, the U.S. Mission in Turkey
has opened three uniquely Turkey-specific American corners
in three of the most d[...] |
2003-06-27 14:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KIRC |
| 03ANKARA4131 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-27 14:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4155 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-06-30 14:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA416 |
THE AK GOVERNMENT'S DOMESTIC ENERGY STRATEGY:
[...]) Summary and comment: Two months into its
administration, the AK Government has not yet clearly defined
its domestic energy strategy[...] |
2003-01-16 13:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4160 |
THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: GOT REQUEST TO SELL MURAT
[...]is is an action request. See para 4.
¶2. The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the
Ministry of Fo[...] |
2003-07-01 08:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA4161 |
TURKEY: CORRUPTION CHARGES DIMMING GENC PARTY'S
[...]) Summary: New corruption charges against Motorola
deadbeat Cem Uzan, stemming from his abuse of Uzan-linked
companies against Turkish[...] |
2003-07-01 09:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA417 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-01-16 14:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4170 |
TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, MAY-JUNE 2003
[...]llegal fishing plagues Black and Azov seas
¶2. International team of scientists explore the Black Sea
aboard the Research Vessel K[...] |
2003-07-01 14:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA4171 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-01 14:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4177 |
STATUS OF HIV/AIDS: LOW PREVALENCE, LOW PRIOIRTY
[...]ost used the delivery of Ref A materials on the
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to obtain updated
information on HIV/AIDS i[...] |
2003-07-01 14:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PGOV ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA4178 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-01 14:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA418 |
TURKISH GENERAL STAFF WARNS GOVERNMENT
[...]) Summary: TGS Chief Ozkok's Jan. 8 prepared statement
to assembled media reps: 1) reprimanded AK government's
alleged support for Isl[...] |
2003-01-16 14:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA4180 |
MARKET FIRMS ON Q1 GROWTH
[...]SBU) Summary: Turkish markets rebounded on July 1,
helped by strong growth figures for the first quarter and a
perception that relatio[...] |
2003-07-02 04:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV TU |
| 03ANKARA419 |
EMBASSY REQUESTS MEETING FOR GOT CONFERENCE
[...]) This is an action request. Please see para 2.
¶2. (C) Action Request. That G/TIP director John Miller meet
GO[...] |
2003-01-16 14:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA4190 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-02 12:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4193 |
TURKEY: SEZER UNDER FIRE FOR ANTI-REFORM STANCE
[...]) As reported reftel, President Sezer vetoed an article
in the AK Government's sixth EU Copenhagen Criteria
harmonization package, whi[...] |
2003-07-02 13:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4196 |
GOT CIRCULAR ON ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" SEEN AS
[...]) Summary: Turkish Education Ministry has urged all
fifth- and seventh-graders to write an essay arguing that
allegations that the Ott[...] |
2003-07-02 15:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA4217 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-03 12:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4222 |
IRAQ: TURKS REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT KURDISH
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (U) Classified by DCM Robert Deutsch. Reasons: 1.5 (B
and D).
�[...] |
2003-07-03 13:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4224 |
BOTAS READY TO RESUME PIPELINE OPERATIONS; WAITING
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (SBU) BOTAS General Manager Mehmet Bilgic told econoff
July 3 that the storage[...] |
2003-07-03 13:57:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4230 |
TURKEY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ITS SPECIAL
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (C) Acting Undersecretary of MFA Baki Ilkin convoked DCM
the evening of July 4[...] |
2003-07-04 20:48:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | MOPS PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4231 |
ARREST OF TURKISH SF CLOSES BORDER
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (S) Ambassador spoke with MFA Acting U/S Baki Ilkin the
morning of July 5 conc[...] |
2003-07-05 11:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | MOPS PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4237 |
TURKISH PRESS SLAMS US DETENTION OF TURKISH
[...]ublic reaction and rhetoric about the Turkish SF
detained in Iraq continues to mount in Turkey as evidenced by
increasingly large demo[...] |
2003-07-07 08:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4239 |
GOT CONCURS WITH USG WAY AHEAD ON IAEA/IRAN,
[...]) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch.
Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (C) Per ref A, we delivered [...] |
2003-07-07 09:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
| 03ANKARA4240 |
TURKEY: GROWING HOSTILITY TOWARD USG IN WAKE OF N.
[...]) Summary: Despite the release of the Turks detained by
U.S. forces in Suleimaniye, negative press and public
reaction to the U.S. ope[...] |
2003-07-07 10:51:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4243 |
HABUR BORDER CROSSING CLOSED TO OCPA CONTRACTORS;
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (SBU) Following the U.S. detention of Turkish special
forces in
northe[...] |
2003-07-07 11:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4246 |
EDUCATION MINISTER BLAMES NSC FOR CIRCULAR ON
[...]) Education Minister Celik asserted to us July 3 that
the National Security Council (NSC) is responsible for a
circular urging all fi[...] |
2003-07-07 14:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA4251 |
GOT REOPENS HABUR BORDER CROSSING TO OCPA
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (SBU) Following the reported release of detained Turkish
special forces in nor[...] |
2003-07-07 15:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4256 |
MOJ OFFICIAL BLAMES "NARROW MINDED" JUDGES FOR
[...]) Summary: In pursuing why the Turkish Appeals Court has
ruled to suspend the sentences of two police convicted of
torturing a detaine[...] |
2003-07-08 08:43:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA4268 |
Turkish Airlines Applies for Service to
[...] Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. MFA notified the Embassy on July 8 that Turkish
Airlines (THY) had applied to [...] |
2003-07-08 14:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4278 |
TURKEY: ESTABLISHMENT SEETHES WHILE AK GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS MEASURED STANCE ON IRAQ INCIDENT
[...]) Summary: Turkish press July 8 highlights the divide
between the AK Government and military/Establishment over the
recent arrest and [...] |
2003-07-08 15:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4299 |
TURKEY: PRESS BEGINS TO QUESTION TURKISH MILITARY
[...]) Summary: Turkish press' sensationalist reaction to July
4 U.S. arrest (and subsequent release) of Turkish special
forces soldiers in[...] |
2003-07-09 13:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4313 |
JUDGE BUMIN'S MAY VISIT TO US DEEMED A SUCCESS
[...]) Summary: Turkish Constitutional Court Chairman
Mustafa Bumin called his May visit to the US "intensive
and valuable" and said he was[...] |
2003-07-09 14:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA4315 |
KURDS ACKNOWLEDGE CONFLICT BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS,
[...]) Summary: Leftist Kurdish human rights activists see
some aspects of traditional Kurdish culture as major
impediments to growth of in[...] |
2003-07-09 14:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA4316 |
IMF MISSION BEGINS TALKS AMID GROWING MARKET ANGST
[...]SBU) Summary: An IMF team began talks in Ankara this
afternoon amid growing market nervousness over U.S.-Turkish
relations and contin[...] |
2003-07-09 14:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA4318 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-10 04:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4319 |
TURKISH REACTIONS TO IRAQ INCIDENT: AK GOVERNMENT
[...]) Speaking to reporters July 9, F.M. Gul expanded on the
AK Government's measured stance on the July 4 incident
involving U.S. and Tur[...] |
2003-07-10 04:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4332 |
58TH UNGA: TURKISH HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND
[...][...] |
2003-07-10 10:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA KSEP TU |
| 03ANKARA4337 |
Turkish Quarantine Regs-Oops They've Done it Again
[...]SBU) Summary. Despite recent assurances from the
Ministry of Agriculture officials that new quarantine
regulations would not go into[...] |
2003-07-10 12:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA4349 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-10 13:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4355 |
TURKISH MILITARY AND OPPOSITION CHP CONTINUE
[...]) Action request -- para 10.
¶2. (C) Summary: While some of the Turkish press continues
to fan anti-U.S. and anti[...] |
2003-07-10 16:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 03ANKARA4357 |
U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 58TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...][...] |
2003-07-11 06:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA4358 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER GULER
[...]SBU) Summary: In his July 9 farewell call on Energy
Minister Guler, Ambassador highlighted the importance of
continued cooperation i[...] |
2003-07-11 07:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4376 |
(C) DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL SUSPICIOUS OF MILITARY
[...]) Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has consistently been one
of the most responsible members of the ruling AK government.
In the run-up to[...] |
2003-07-11 13:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4382 |
TURKEY: JULY 11 REACTIONS TO IRAQ INCIDENT
[...]) Summary: sensationalist reporting on the July 4
detentions of Turkish Special Forces (TSF) by U.S. troops
continued to fade in the J[...] |
2003-07-11 14:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4384 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-11 14:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4385 |
PRIME MINISTER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO SYRIAN
[...]C) MFA Director General for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu
briefed DCM July 11 on the July 10 telephone call between PM
Erdogan and Syri[...] |
2003-07-11 14:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU SY IS KWBG |
| 03ANKARA4386 |
TURKISH REGULATORS ON TAKEOVER OF UZAN'S BANK AND
[...]SBU) Summary: Turkish banking regulatory authorities
say their July 3-4 decision to take over management (and
revoke the license) of [...] |
2003-07-11 15:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4387 |
20032 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY
[...]PENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Turkey has been pursuing liberal and outward-oriented
economic policies since the mid-[...] |
2003-07-12 04:53:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
| 03ANKARA4392 |
TURKEY AND THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE
[...]stoms Rome informed the Embassy (ref emails and
telcons) that the port of Izmir has been selected for
inclusion in the second phase of[...] |
2003-07-14 07:08:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD AMGT TU |
| 03ANKARA4406 |
MTAG 05-96/NO EXPORT ACTIVITY FROM TURKEY TO
[...]) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart
Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (S) Ibrahim Yagli, Head [...] |
2003-07-14 10:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL |
| 03ANKARA441 |
Turkish Officials Responding to Quarantine Concerns
[...](SBU) Summary. In the weeks following the
implementation of Turkey's new phytosanitary regulations,
Turkish agriculture and quarantin[...] |
2003-01-17 10:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA4411 |
NIGHT VISION DEVICE CONTROLS IN WASSENAAR
[...][...] |
2003-07-14 10:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KSTC PARM |
| 03ANKARA4414 |
TURKEY AND THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE
[...]stoms Rome informed the Embassy (ref emails and
telcons) that the port of Izmir has been selected for
inclusion in the second phase of[...] |
2003-07-14 11:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD AMGT TU |
| 03ANKARA4422 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
[...]C) During a July 14 farewell call, Ambassador praised
Central Bank Governor Serdengecti for his economic policy
work and his cooperati[...] |
2003-07-14 13:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA4423 |
TURKEY: UNCONTRITE SEZER TELLS AMBASSADOR IRAQ
[...]) Ambassador paid a farewell visit July 14 on President
Sezer, who while maintaining his usually low-key and
disinterested demeanor re[...] |
2003-07-14 13:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4424 |
Ambassador's Meeting with DPM Sener on Economic
[...]BU) Summary: In his farewell call on Deputy Prime
Minister Sener on July 10, the Ambassador encouraged the GOT
to stick with the econ[...] |
2003-07-14 14:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4426 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-14 14:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4451 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-15 13:57:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4464 |
IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL: TURKS UNHAPPY WITH
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (S) After several unsuccessful attempts to schedule a
joint US/UK meeting to d[...] |
2003-07-16 13:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA4467 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-16 14:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4468 |
IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL: TURKS UNHAPPY WITH
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (S) After several unsuccessful attempts to schedule a
joint US/UK meeting to d[...] |
2003-07-17 05:42:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PGOV PREL KPAO IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA4475 |
What Drives Investment in Turkey's Ag Sector?
[...]SBU) Summary. Despite a low level of direct foreign
investment and foreign companies who are discouraged by the
investment climate, [...] |
2003-07-17 07:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA4477 |
SCENESETTER FOR GENS. ABIZAID AND JONES' JULY
[...]) Summary: Your visits come as we try to close the
July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful
role in Iraq. The last[...] |
2003-07-17 08:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4480 |
IMF AND GOT CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON FIFTH REVIEW
[...]SBU) Summary: IMF and Turkish officials are close to an
agreement that would pave the way for the Fifth Review to
proceed, and hope t[...] |
2003-07-17 10:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4481 |
Humanitarian Assistance Update: UN and Energy
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
Summary:
--------
¶2. The World Food Program, Kellogg, [...] |
2003-07-17 11:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4486 |
GOT AGREES TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE
[...]) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch
for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D).
¶2. (U) Baghdad minimize cons[...] |
2003-07-17 13:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | EAIR IZ PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4487 |
ISRAELI PRESIDENT KATZAV'S VISIT TO TURKEY "A
[...]C) Ankara Israeli Embassy contacts are pleased with
President Katzav's July 8-9 visit to Ankara and Istanbul.
Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nah[...] |
2003-07-17 13:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL JO IS TU |
| 03ANKARA4488 |
FOLLOW-UP ON FAA RECOMMENDATIONS ON AVIATION
[...]SBU) EconCouns met with Transportation Deputy U/S Kemal
Albayrak July 16 to reiterate FAA concerns resulting from its
May 21 consultat[...] |
2003-07-17 13:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4489 |
Delivery of Treasury Letter on Iraqi Assets and
[...][...] |
2003-07-17 14:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4490 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-17 14:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4498 |
TURKISH ARMED FORCES AGREE TO MOVE FORWARD ON
[...]) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION ROBERT DEUTSCH.
REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D).
¶2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TURKISH ARM[...] |
2003-07-17 14:33:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU MASS |
| 03ANKARA4499 |
TURKEY: KURDS SLAM PKK "REINTEGRATION" BILL AS
[...]) Summary: Parliament is reviewing a "reintegration" law
that would offer reduced prison sentences to combatants
belonging to the PKK/[...] |
2003-07-17 15:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA4500 |
SCENESETTER FOR ADM NATTER JULY 20-22 VISIT TO
[...]) Summary: Your visit comes as we try to close the
July 4 incident and pull Turkey into a more fully helpful
role in Iraq. The last [...] |
2003-07-18 05:33:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4525 |
TURKEY: DRAFT 2003 IRF
[...]e following text is the draft 2003 report on
International Religious Freedom (IRF) for Turkey:
¶2. The Constituti[...] |
2003-07-18 12:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF TU |
| 03ANKARA4528 |
PRIVATIZATION CHIEF SAYS SALES ARE MOVING FORWARD
[...]BU) Summary: New Privatization Administration (PA)
President Metin Kilci says strong political support is
enabling him to proceed with[...] |
2003-07-18 13:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4539 |
MFA MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR-GENERAL: THERE IS A
[...]) Action request at para 7. Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (S) SUMMARY. DCM met with Tahsin Burcuoglu
(Director[...] |
2003-07-18 15:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | IZ KPAO PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4540 |
MFA DENIES VISA TO THE IRAQI AMBASSADOR IN THE PRC
[...]) Action request at para 4.
¶2. (C) In a meeting between the DCM and Tahsin Burcuoglu
(Director-General for Middl[...] |
2003-07-18 16:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4544 |
TURKISH GENERAL STAFF OBJECTS TO EU REFORM PACKAGE
[...]) CNN Turk and NTV news channels report July 18 that the
Turkish General Staff (TGS) leadership has voiced objections
to the AK Govern[...] |
2003-07-21 07:24:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4545 |
2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY -
[...][...] |
2003-07-21 08:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
| 03ANKARA4546 |
2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY -
[...][...] |
2003-07-21 08:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
| 03ANKARA4547 |
2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY -
[...]PENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT
The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct
investment as vital to the country[...] |
2003-07-21 08:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
| 03ANKARA4548 |
2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY -
[...][...] |
2003-07-21 08:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN TU |
| 03ANKARA4550 |
TURKEY: MFA DISCUSSES ARMENIA, CAUCASUS ISSUES
[...]) Summary: MFA officials have provided us with the
latest GOT thinking on developments regarding Armenia and the
Caucasus, including [...] |
2003-07-21 10:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4551 |
FUND MISSION AND GOT REACH AGREEMENT ON LOI, SHOOT
[...]SBU) IMF Mission Director Reza Mogdaham and State
Minister Ali Babacan announced July 20 that they had reached
initial agreement on a [...] |
2003-07-21 10:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4552 |
SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT
[...]) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to
pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last
year has shaken th[...] |
2003-07-21 10:57:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA4553 |
Turkey Plans to Accede to WIPO Internet
[...]conoff delivered reftel demarche urging accession
to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Copyright Treaty (WCT) and Pe[...] |
2003-07-21 11:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TU |
| 03ANKARA4554 |
GOT Leaning Toward Support for U.S. Position
[...][...] |
2003-07-21 11:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TU |
| 03ANKARA4559 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-21 13:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA458 |
IMF KRUEGER AND WORLD BANK LINN DELIVER TOUGH
[...]BU) Summary: IMF Deputy Managing Director Krueger
delivered a tough message to Prime Minister Gul and the rest
of the GOT January 16,[...] |
2003-01-17 12:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4583 |
TURKISH NGO ASAM ARGUES FOR GREATER ROLE FOR
[...]) In a July 16 meeting, Umit Ozdag, Director of the
Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM -- a leading
Establishment think-tank)[...] |
2003-07-22 10:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4591 |
TURKEY: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 21 FAREWELL CALL ON
[...]) Ambassador paid a farewell call July 21 on I. Melih
Gokcek, long-time and currently independent Mayor of Ankara.
Gokcek provided his[...] |
2003-07-22 13:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4593 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-22 13:51:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA461 |
IRAQ: TURKEY TO HOST IRAQ SUMMIT FOR SIX
[...]) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA DDG/Mideast Safak
Gokturk 1/17 about Turkey's plans for a "peace" summit of
heads of state or gover[...] |
2003-01-17 13:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF UNSC |
| 03ANKARA4613 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON STATE MINISTER
[...]SBU) Summary: In a July 22 farewell call on State
Minister Ali Babacan, Ambassador noted market concerns about
delays in the IMF prog[...] |
2003-07-22 15:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA462 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-01-17 13:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4621 |
TURKISH GOVERNMENT RELEASES ANTI-TIP CIRCULAR
[...] a significant step to further implementation of Turkish
laws and policy combating trafficking in persons, the
Interior Ministry (MOI)[...] |
2003-07-23 08:43:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA4654 |
GOT Intends to Participate in Kimberley
[...][...] |
2003-07-23 12:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ETRD TU |
| 03ANKARA4655 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-23 12:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4656 |
Turkey Not Yet a Party to the ICCAT
[...][...] |
2003-07-23 12:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS AORC PHSA SENV |
| 03ANKARA466 |
Turkey Now on Both Sides of GSM Issue
[...](SBU) Summary: After hearing about the benefits of
USDA credit guarantee program from the Turkish private
sector, the Undersecret[...] |
2003-01-17 14:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA4666 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING THROWS MONKEY WRENCH
[...]SBU) Summary: The Turkish Constitutional Court this
afternoon annulled an additional tax on motor vehicles,
potentially creating a $78[...] |
2003-07-23 15:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4669 |
TURKISH INFORMATION ON IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (S) On July 23 the Government of Turkey passed to the
Embassy the information [...] |
2003-07-24 08:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA467 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER
[...]BU) Your visit comes at a critical time in US-Turkey
relations. Over the last two years the US has supported IMF
packages of unpreced[...] |
2003-01-17 14:44:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP TU |
| 03ANKARA4682 |
TURKEY: RE-INTEGRATION LAW FOR PKK/KADEK ON HOLD
[...]) Ruling AK Party July 23 withdrew from the floor of
Parliament a "reintegration" law that would have reduced
sentences for PKK/KADEK [...] |
2003-07-24 11:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4692 |
LITTLE PROGRESS ON RESOLVING BOT AND CARGILL/ADM
[...]SBU) Summary: Turkish authorities are making little if
any progress toward resolving the investment disputes
involving U.S. power gen[...] |
2003-07-24 12:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA470 |
LATEST EMBASSY MEETINGS ON ECONOMIC REFORM
[...]SBU) Embassy pressed the economic reform message January
16-17 in meetings with State Planning Under Secretary Ahmet
Tiktik, Parliamen[...] |
2003-01-17 15:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA4700 |
Turkey Restrict Street Vendors to Combat
[...]eting with Econoff and Econ Specialist July 23,
Gunay Gormez, Deputy Director General for Copyright
Issues at the Turkish Ministry of [...] |
2003-07-24 14:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TU |
| 03ANKARA4701 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-24 14:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4716 |
Iraq-Turkey Civilian Aviation Agreement Signed
[...] Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. On July 24, Danielle L. Barnes, representing the
Baghdad Area Control Center (A[...] |
2003-07-25 09:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4732 |
TURKEY PROMISES FULL SUPPORT FOR THE USG'S
[...]) Classified by Charge d'Affaires ad interim Robert
Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (C) SUMMARY. NP A/DAS M[...] |
2003-07-25 12:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | DA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
| 03ANKARA4737 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-25 13:09:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4755 |
TURKISH ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (U) Foreign Ministry officials have advised that the GOT
would pledge $5 milli[...] |
2003-07-28 13:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA476 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AK PARTY LEADER ERDOGAN:
[...]) Summary: Noting loss of market confidence, Ambassador
pressed AK party chairman Erdogan to use his influence
clearly to affirm that [...] |
2003-01-21 05:53:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN TU |
| 03ANKARA4761 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-28 13:16:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4765 |
HLG CHAIRMAN'S LETTER PASSED TO THE GOT
[...][...] |
2003-07-28 13:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC |
| 03ANKARA4767 |
TURKEY: THE BATTLE OVER CONTROL OF GOT RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
[...]) Summary: Recent controversy over AK Parliament and
Government proposals to employ an additional 15 thousand
imams at Turkish mosques[...] |
2003-07-28 14:13:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4770 |
TURKS SIGN LOI; PROBLEMS WITH TAKEOVER OF
[...]BU) Summary: Turkish authorities signed the Letter of
Intent (LOI) late July 25, paving the way for the IMF Board
to complete the 5th[...] |
2003-07-28 15:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4777 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-29 12:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4787 |
TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES "RE-INTEGRATION" LAW FOR
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (U) This is an action request. See paras 9 and 10.
¶3. ([...] |
2003-07-29 15:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4804 |
TURKEY: PARLIAMENT TAKES UP CONTROVERSIAL NSC
[...]) Summary: Parliament July 30 -- two days before the
legislative recess -- began debating the AK Government's 7th
EU reform-related pa[...] |
2003-07-30 13:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4805 |
Turkey and Biotechnology
[...](SBU) Summary: The development of biotechnology
legislation has been identified as a priority by the new
Turkish government. Regulati[...] |
2003-07-30 13:17:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR TU |
| 03ANKARA4817 |
PAPER ON THE USG APPROACH IN THE FIRST COMMITTEE
[...]) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please
protect accordingly.
¶2. (SBU) Polmiloff passed reftel non-p[...] |
2003-07-30 14:04:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP |
| 03ANKARA4818 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-30 14:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4832 |
BRSA PRESIDENT ON IMAR BANK PROBLEMS (ACTION
[...]U) This is an action request -- see para 9.
¶2. (C) Summary: Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency
(BRSA) Pr[...] |
2003-07-31 11:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4834 |
TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES NSC REFORM PACKAGE
[...]) Summary: Parliament late July 30 unanimously approved
the AK Government's seventh EU-related reform package. As
noted in reftels, t[...] |
2003-07-31 12:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA484 |
IRAQ: TURKEY'S "PEACE INITIATIVE" - SCHEDULING
[...]) DCM delivered Ref A points concerning the Turkish
peace initiative to the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor
Turkoglu and to MFA D[...] |
2003-01-21 13:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF UNSC |
| 03ANKARA4848 |
AVOIDING DEHAP CONTACTS WITH PKK/KADEK, KDP, PUK,
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (S) Action Request: MFA DG for Middle East Affairs
Burcuoglu called July 31 t[...] |
2003-07-31 13:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4849 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-07-31 14:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4851 |
TURKISH TROOPS FOR IRAQ: GOT NEEDS TO SHOW
[...]) In separate meetings July 30 with MFA Deputy U/S Baki
Ilkin and PM Advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, Charge was told that
the Prime Minister [...] |
2003-07-31 14:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4856 |
TURKEY: MORE ON DEHAP PLAN TO VISIT PKK/KADEK IN
[...]) July 31, following delivery of reftel points to DEHAP
regarding the party's planned Aug. 4 delegation to PKK/KADEK
members in northe[...] |
2003-08-01 07:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA486 |
CSCE STAFFERS PRESS GOT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, FREE
[...]) Summary: In discussions on religious freedom, free
speech, and other human rights issues with GOT officials,
human rights activists,[...] |
2003-01-21 14:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA4862 |
TURKEY: RESIGNATIONS THROW OPPOSITION CHP FOR A
[...]) Two M.P.s from the main opposition, Establishment
standard-bearer CHP resigned over the party's negative stance
on the "re-integrati[...] |
2003-08-01 11:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4864 |
TURKISH MFA READY TO START TALKS ON PKK/KADEK
[...]) In a Aug. 1 meeting, MFA Deputy Undersecretaries Baki
Ilkin and Nabi Sensoy told Charge that the Turkish side will
be ready to begin[...] |
2003-08-01 12:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4867 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-01 14:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4871 |
TURKEY: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE COMMENTS ON REFORM
[...]) Hasim Kilic, a senior Justice of the Turkish
Constitutional Court and a leading proponent of comprehensive
reform in Turkey, offered[...] |
2003-08-01 14:32:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA489 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-01-21 14:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4895 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-04 15:33:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4899 |
MTCR NON-PAPER PASSED TO THE GOT
[...]) Classified by Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Harry Kamian.
Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (C) On August 4, polmiloff pa[...] |
2003-08-05 07:22:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC MASS |
| 03ANKARA4908 |
AUSTRALIA GROUP: NO INDICATION THAT THE GOT WILL
[...]) Classified by Charge d'Affaires ad interim Robert
Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (C) On August 4, polmil[...] |
2003-08-05 12:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL |
| 03ANKARA4911 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-05 13:53:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4912 |
BOTAS ON IRAQI OIL AND GAZPROM
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (C) Summary. BOTAS General Manager Mehmet Bilgic told us
August 1 that a 10-p[...] |
2003-08-05 13:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA4914 |
MARKETS RALLY ON IMF/INFLATION NEWS
[...]SBU) Turkish markets rallied Monday and Tuesday on the
back of good inflation news and the IMF Board's August 1
decisions to approve t[...] |
2003-08-05 15:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA494 |
TURKEY'S ECONOMY: GOOD TREASURY BOND AUCTIONS
[...]U) On January 21, Turkish Treasury auctioned a one-year
fixed rate bond and a two-year floating rate bond today to
strong demand, in a[...] |
2003-01-21 15:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4948 |
MEETING WITH MFA ON BASAYEV PRENOTIFICATION AND
[...]) CLASSSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR SCOT MARCIEL FOR
REASONS 1.5 (B), (D).
¶2. (SBU) ON AUGUST 5, EMBOFFS MET WIT[...] |
2003-08-06 12:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | ETTC KCRM PTER SNAR TU |
| 03ANKARA4949 |
SAWYERS AND DE MELLO VISIT ANKARA TO CONSULT ON
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (C) Summary: Outgoing British Iraq Special Envoy Sawyers
and UN Iraq envoy de [...] |
2003-08-06 13:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS MARR PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA495 |
IRAQ: TURKEY'S "PEACE INITIATIVE" - NOT PREP MTG,
[...]) DDG/Mideast Safak Gokturk told Pol-MilCouns 1/21 that
Turkey's "Peace Initiative" meeting would go ahead as planned
on 1/23 in Istan[...] |
2003-01-21 15:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF |
| 03ANKARA4950 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-06 14:15:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4956 |
MEETINGS WITH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AND TREASURY
[...]) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR SCOT MARCIEL FOR
REASONS 1.5 (B), (D).
¶2. (C) SUMMARY: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] |
2003-08-06 15:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA4984 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-07 13:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5000 |
TURKEY IMPLEMENTS PKK/KADEK REINTEGRATION LAW,
[...]) Summary: Implementing its newly-ratified Reintegration
Law to attract PKK/KADEK members back from Iraq and Western
Europe, the GOT i[...] |
2003-08-08 08:07:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV PINS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5001 |
TURKEY: DERVIS HINTS AT CHALLENGING INEFFECTUAL
[...]) Summary: As opposition CHP struggles in public opinion
polls, former State Minister/current CHP M.P. Kemal Dervis is
beginning to pu[...] |
2003-08-08 09:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 03ANKARA5002 |
TURKISH MFA READOUT OF SYRIAN P.M. MIRO'S VISIT TO
[...]) In a readout of Syrian P.M. Miro's July 29-30 visit
to Ankara, MFA Acting Head of Department for the Middle East
Kemal Tuzun told us[...] |
2003-08-08 09:55:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD TU SY |
| 03ANKARA5015 |
Turkey Suspends Import Licenses, Raises Corn Duty
[...]SBU) Summary. At the end of July, the government of
Turkey (GOT) stopped issuing licenses for corn imports
without any prior notificat[...] |
2003-08-08 12:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA5039 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-08 14:19:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5058 |
CAPSTONE DELEGATION DISCUSSES US-TURKEY RELATIONS,
[...]) Classified by Charge d'Affaires a.i. Robert Deutsch.
Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (C) The participants in the N[...] |
2003-08-11 10:47:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA5072 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-11 13:28:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5073 |
GOT WILL LIKELY SUPPORT USG PROPOSALS AT MTCR
[...]) Classified by Acting Pol-Mil Counselor Harry Kamian.
Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (C) On August 8, polmiloff pa[...] |
2003-08-11 13:30:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR BA TU |
| 03ANKARA5075 |
MORE ON PRIVATIZATION,UZANS, AND BRSA
[...]SBU) SUMMARY: RECENT MEETINGS WITH BANKING REGULATORS
AND THE PRIVATIZATION AUTHORITY HAVE REINFORCED THE MESSAGE
THAT: A) GOT OFFICIA[...] |
2003-08-11 14:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
| 03ANKARA5105 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...]BU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey
is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction
and stabilization e[...] |
2003-08-12 12:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA5107 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...]BU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey
is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction
and stabilization e[...] |
2003-08-12 12:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA5116 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-12 14:00:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5144 |
SPACE COOPERATION: GOT IS ANXIOUS TO CONCLUDE A
[...]) Classified by Charge d'Affaires a.i. Robert Deutsch.
Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).
¶2. (U) Action request at paragra[...] |
2003-08-13 09:06:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA KSTC PARM TU |
| 03ANKARA5154 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-13 12:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5159 |
GOT ACTIONS SINCE MARCH TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN
[...]mmary: Emboffs met August 12-13 with MFA officials and
contacted the director of the Ankara office of the
International Organization f[...] |
2003-08-13 14:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA5186 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-14 13:08:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5187 |
STATUS OF IRAQI ASSET ISSUE IN TURKEY
[...]BU) DEPUTY ECONCOUNS SPOKE AUGUST 14 WITH UZGUR ULUDUZ,
WHO HAS TAKEN OVER THE IRAQI ASSETS ISSUE IN
THE MFA'S BILATERAL ECONOMIC RELA[...] |
2003-08-14 13:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5191 |
TURKS IN GEAR TO DECIDE ON STABILIZATION FORCE
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (S) DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu met with Charge
d'Affaires August 14 to l[...] |
2003-08-14 14:48:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5198 |
TRADE OFFICIAL ON CUSTOMS UNION WITH NORTHERN
[...]C) Summary: Embassy's August 13 discussion with a
senior foreign trade official raised questions about how much
substance there is to[...] |
2003-08-15 06:50:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECIN TU CY |
| 03ANKARA5205 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-15 11:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5208 |
TURKEY PLANS TO AUGMENT AFGHAN PROVINCIAL
[...]) Kabul minimize considered.
¶2. (C) Turkish MFA DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu told
Charge August 14 that Turk[...] |
2003-08-15 13:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS PTER TU AF |
| 03ANKARA5209 |
TURKEY PLANS TO DEPOSIT NATO INSTRUMENT OF
[...][...] |
2003-08-15 13:26:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MARR PREL KTIA |
| 03ANKARA5217 |
ATTORNEY FOR LEYLA ZANA ACCUSES COURT OF BIAS
[...]) Summary: Lead defense attorney in the new trial of
Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs accused the
court of bias for refus[...] |
2003-08-15 14:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA5223 |
TURKEY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE FALL-OUT
[...]) MFA Middle East DG Burcuoglu advised DCM August 14
that the July 22 Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif incident
involving non-Muslim group[...] |
2003-08-18 05:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KPAL KWBG KIRF IS TU |
| 03ANKARA5227 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-18 12:36:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5233 |
TURKEY ENCOURAGES PAKISTAN TO CONTRIBUTE TO IRAQ
[...]) PolMilOff delivered ref B info to MFA Iraq deskoff
Haldun Tekneci August 15. Tekneci thanked PolMilOff but made
no comment on the [...] |
2003-08-18 15:03:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PA |
| 03ANKARA524 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-01-22 13:23:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5269 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-19 14:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5271 |
TURKISH AID DELEGATION PLANS TO TRAVEL TO IRAQ
[...]U) This is an action request -- see para 4.
¶2. (SBU) The Foreign Ministry advised us late August 19 that
a dele[...] |
2003-08-19 14:39:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA528 |
ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON RUSSIAN GAS, BTC
[...]) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told Ambassador
January 15 that one of his top priorities was to renegotiate
Turkey's expensive natu[...] |
2003-01-22 14:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET GG TU KZ ETTC |
| 03ANKARA5312 |
TURKS SHARE CONCERNS ON ESDP AND "BERLIN PLUS"
[...][...] |
2003-08-20 13:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EU TU |
| 03ANKARA5313 |
CODEL MURTHA STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF US-TURKISH
[...]) Visiting Congressmen Murtha and Larson assured
Minister of Defense Gonul and TGS CHOD Gen Ozkok August 19
that Turkey was one of the[...] |
2003-08-20 13:33:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5314 |
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
[...]SBU) Summary: Embassy recommends an ambitious agenda
for the next Economic Partnership Commission meeting,
tentatively slated for Oct[...] |
2003-08-20 13:35:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL ENRG TU |
| 03ANKARA5315 |
REPORTS OF IRANIANS OPENING CONSULATES IN NORTHERN
[...]) This is an action request. See para 3.
¶2. (C) MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Erslan telephoned us
August 20 t[...] |
2003-08-20 13:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC |
| 03ANKARA5325 |
FOLLOW ON TO TURKISH AID DELEGATION PLANS FOR
[...]SBU) In two August 20 diplomatic notes, the MFA advised
that the aid delegation discussed in reftel will delay its
travel to Iraq by o[...] |
2003-08-20 14:48:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5326 |
CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE
[...]) Summary: Turkey's new labor law, drafted to conform
with European Union law, became effective June 10, 2003. It
prohibits all emp[...] |
2003-08-20 14:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID TU |
| 03ANKARA5334 |
58TH UNGA ATTENDANCE: INITIAL HIGH-LEVEL TURKISH
[...][...] |
2003-08-21 07:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OTRA KSEP TU |
| 03ANKARA535 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULES ERDOGAN NO LONGER AK
[...]) Turkish Constitutional Court's 6-5 retroactive ruling
that AK Party (AKP) chairman Erdogan lost his chairmanship
when he was forced [...] |
2003-01-22 16:30:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA5356 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-21 13:49:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5365 |
TERRORIST FINANCING: ANKARA: MEETING WITH MFA RE
[...]) Classified by Economic Counselor Scot Marciel for
Reasons 1.5 (b), (d).
¶2. (C) Summary: Econoffs met with MFA[...] |
2003-08-21 14:01:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | EFIN ETTC PTER TU |
| 03ANKARA539 |
NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR US-TURKEY-KURD
[...]) Ambassador conveyed Ref A points to MFA Undersecretary
Ugur Ziyal Jan. 22. Ziyal said he had no problems with the
ideas therein (wi[...] |
2003-01-22 18:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5409 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS' VISIT TO TURKEY
[...]BU) Your CODEL arrives in Ankara at a time when Turkey
is considering increasing its cooperation in reconstruction
and stabilization e[...] |
2003-08-25 12:27:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA541 |
TURKS IN NO HURRY TO PUSH FOR MESKHETIAN
[...]) Summary: Turkish MFA officials consider resettlement
to Georgia the best long-term solution to the Meskhetian
issue. Aware of Geor[...] |
2003-01-23 06:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU GG RS |
| 03ANKARA5415 |
MTCR PROPOSALS DELIVERED TO TURKEY
[...][...] |
2003-08-25 13:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA TU |
| 03ANKARA5416 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-25 13:40:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5418 |
IRAQ: DELIVERY OF LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY TO FM
[...][...] |
2003-08-25 14:37:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5419 |
IRAQ: KIRKUK VIOLENCE HAVING IMPACT ON TURKISH
[...]) The August 23-24 violence in Kirkuk that left several
Turkmen and Kurds dead/injured was front page news in Turkey
over the weekend,[...] |
2003-08-25 15:02:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5436 |
SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (C) Summary: Senator Lugar reaffirmed to the GOT on
August 20 the importance [...] |
2003-08-26 11:34:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5438 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-26 12:58:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5442 |
AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S INITIAL CALL ON TURKISH
[...]C) Summary: During Ambassador Edelman's initial call on
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer August 25, Sezer
asserted the importance[...] |
2003-08-26 13:51:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | AM CY ECON PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA5443 |
MARKETS BUOYANT DESPITE WEAK BUDGET NUMBERS
[...]U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch
for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D).
¶2. (SBU) Summary: January-J[...] |
2003-08-26 16:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
| 03ANKARA5449 |
IRAN SOLICITING TURKEY'S SUPPORT FOR THE IAEA BOG
[...]) Summary: MFA DG for International Security Affairs
Morali gave DCM August 26 a detailed readout of the visit of
Iranian National Sec[...] |
2003-08-27 07:57:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IAEA |
| 03ANKARA5456 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-28 04:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5464 |
AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON FONMIN GUL: FOCUS ON
[...]) Summary: FonMin Gul said Aug. 27 the GOT wants a
democratic, stable Iraq able to govern itself; GOT will move
cautiously toward a de[...] |
2003-08-28 10:05:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA548 |
SCENESETTER FOR SACEUR GENERAL JONES'S JANUARY 24
[...]) Your visit comes at a critical time in preparing for
potential Iraqi operations. Site surveys began on 14 Jan 03.
EUCOM/TGS milita[...] |
2003-01-23 11:21:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PREL MARR TU |
| 03ANKARA5480 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-29 07:56:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA549 |
TURKEY: PRESS ALLEGATIONS OF USG SUPPORT FOR PKK:
[...]) Summary: Amid strong anxiety in Turkey about a
possible war with Iraq, recent reports in the Turkish media
alleging that the USG and[...] |
2003-01-23 11:31:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
| 03ANKARA5491 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-08-29 10:59:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5515 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFENSE
[...]) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister
of National Defense Vecdi Gonul September 1, Gonul affirmed
his desire to fost[...] |
2003-09-02 14:11:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5516 |
IRAQI MINISTERS: TURKISH OFFICIALS COMPLAIN THERE
[...]) In seperate conversations with the Ambassador and DCM
Sept. 1 and August 30 respectively, MFA Deputy Undersecretary
Ali Tuygan and M[...] |
2003-09-02 14:14:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA553 |
TURKISH RESPONSE TO FAA REQUEST FOR CONSULTATIONS
[...]) This cable contains an action request. See paras 2
and 8.
¶2. (SBU) Summary and action request. EconCouns del[...] |
2003-01-23 12:54:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC ATRN TU |
| 03ANKARA5530 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-09-03 07:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5546 |
TURKISH DELEGATION FROM IRAQ 9/04: ASSISTANCE
[...]) Baghdad minimize considered.
¶2. (C) This is an action request. See para 4.
¶3. (C) Embas[...] |
2003-09-03 13:25:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC |
| 03ANKARA5547 |
ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH INVITES PRESIDENT BUSH TO
[...]) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who will
travel to New York in March 2004, hopes he could also see
President Bush in Wash[...] |
2003-09-03 13:41:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA5548 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...][...] |
2003-09-03 13:57:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA5551 |
IMF RESREP PREPARES FOR BUSY SEASON;
[...]BU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk
told us the Fund is gearing up for an intense period of work
towards the Sixth[...] |
2003-09-03 14:58:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA5553 |
TURKEY'S U/S ZIYAL: QUALMS ABOUT IRAQ, URGENCY ON
[...]) Turkish MFA Undersecretary Ziyal invited Ambassador
for a meeting Sept. 3 to discuss Iraq, the PKK, the NATO
Summit dates and Cyprus[...] |
2003-09-03 15:12:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS CY TU IZ NATO |
| 03ANKARA5566 |
TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY: FOCUS NOW ON IMPLEMENTATION
[...]) Summary: European diplomats in Ankara say the GOT's
extensive human rights reforms have brought Turkey close to
meeting EU accession[...] |
2003-09-04 10:18:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA5576 |
IAEA/IRAN: TURKEY RIDING THE COATTAILS OF THE E.U.
[...]) Because higher level GOT disarmament officials were in
Vienna for the CTBT discussions, PolMilOff delivered reftel
talking points to[...] |
2003-09-05 06:38:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IAEA |
| 03ANKARA5579 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: ANKARA: JI TEN/LIST 40
[...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Scot Marciel for
Reasons 1.5 (b), (d).
¶2. (C) Summary: Econoffs met w[...] |
2003-09-05 10:10:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER |
| 03ANKARA5584 |
AMBASSADOR, INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS PKK, IRAQI
[...]) Summary: In a September 2 introductory meeting with
the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aksu called on the U.S. to
take action against[...] |
2003-09-05 11:45:00 |
Embassy Ankara |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
