Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 06ANKARA3256, ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #06ANKARA3256.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06ANKARA3256 2006-06-05 12:08 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Ankara
VZCZCXRO7796
OO RUEHDA
DE RUEHAK #3256/01 1561208
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 051208Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6253
RUEKJCS/CJCS WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/OSD WASHDC//PA
RUEUITH/ODC ANKARA TU
INFO RUEHTH/AMEMBASSY ATHENS 7239
RUEHIT/AMCONSUL ISTANBUL 0734
RUEHDA/AMCONSUL ADANA 0834
RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 5310
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO 5015
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 1632
RUEUITH/DET 1 39LG ANKARA TU
RHMFISS/USDOCO 6ATAF IZMIR TU
RHMFIUU/39OS INCIRLIK AB TU
RHMFIUU/AFOSI DET 523 IZMIR TU
RHMFIUU/39ABG INCIRLIK AB TU
RHMFIUU/AFOSI DET 522 INCIRLIK AB TU
RUEUITH/AFLO ANKARA TU
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ANKARA 003256 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR INR/R/MR, EUR/SE, EUR/PD, NEA/PD, DRL 
JCS PASS J-5/CDR S. WRIGHT 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPRC KMDR TU
SUBJECT: ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT 
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2006 
 
In Today's Papers 
 
Lagendijk: Turkey Has Lost its EU Enthusiasm 
Milliyet, Radikal, Cumhuriyet, Zaman and others report Joost 
Lagendijk, co-chairman of the Turkey-European Union joint 
parliamentary committee, as saying "Turkey has lost its EU 
enthusiasm," putting the blame regarding the slowdown in 
reforms on the approach of elections in Turkey.  Lagendijk 
told a panel meeting in Amsterdam that Turkey has lost its 
EU membership ambitions and has brought EU-oriented reforms 
to a standstill. 
"The State Council shooting and the failure of the ruling 
AKP to continue the reforms have led to the loss of ambition 
for EU membership in the country," Lagendijk said. 
Lagendijk also criticized the opposition CHP for shifting to 
nationalism. 
 
US Deputy National Security Advisor J. D. Crouch's Visit to 
Ankara 
Aksam, Sabah, Zaman:  On the way to the Bucharest to 
participate at the Black Sea Partnership and Dialogue Forum, 
Deputy US National Security Advisor J. D. Crouch paid a one- 
day visit to Ankara and met with Foreign Ministry 
Undersecretary Ambassador Ali Tuygan and National Security 
Council Secretary General Yigit Alpogan.  Addressing 
journalists following his talks at the Foreign Ministry, the 
US envoy said that President Bush made a very important 
decision last week and put a very sincere proposal on the 
table.  Stressing that the incentive package is to the 
benefit of Iranians, Crouch expressed hope for a positive 
response from Tehran.  Regarding expectations of the United 
States from Turkey on the issue of the Black Sea, Crouch 
said there were several important opportunities in the 
fields of political end economic cooperation, as well as 
security, including combat against smuggling, and expressed 
support for Turkey's leading role here. 
 
Commenting in the leftist-nationalist Cumhuriyet, Turkkaya 
Ataov urges a diplomatic solution be found for the Iran 
crisis, but fears the Bush administration is still trying to 
go it alone:  "As it did during the Iraq crisis, the Bush 
administration is trying to manipulate diplomacy for its own 
purposes regarding the Iran issue.  At this point the 
international community should do everything it can to 
prevent a war.  War must be left out as an option when it 
comes to dealing with Iran.  The US can find ways to resume 
dialogue with Iran which would not necessarily signify 
Washington's approval of the Iranian regime.  The Iranian 
nuclear program should be left up to the IAEA, because 
attacking Iran and creating another Iraq-like, chaotic 
situation is not a solution.  And for the integrity of 
global peace, we should insist that both Iran and Israel 
abandon nuclear weapons programs." 
 
In contrast, Washington-based Ali Aslan writing in the 
Islamist-intellectual daily Zaman credits Secretary Rice for 
the shift in US diplomacy away from the unilateral approach 
of the past: "Secretary Rice has eliminated the concerns 
that her appointment would dilute the role of the State 
Department in forming and conducting foreign policy.  In 
fact she has brought a stronger role for foreign diplomacy 
and helped revitalize the State Department.  These days, the 
Bush administration's usual unilateral approach has been 
replaced by a multilateral attitude with a spirit of 
consensus.  Rice helped the State Department become a key 
player in American foreign politics.  More important than 
the fact that European leaders are predisposed to listen to 
what Rice has to say is that President Bush also pays close 
 
ANKARA 00003256  002 OF 003 
 
 
attention to her thoughts.  This is all positive and 
comforting news for international relations.  Thanks to 
Secretary Rice's wise diplomacy, the Iran issue has not 
 
SIPDIS 
turned into a unilateral act by the US.  The recent US offer 
to resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis has not only received 
support from Europeans, but even China and Russia have felt 
obliged to give support.  Secretary Rice deserves credit as 
President Bush has learned to listen to the voice of common 
sense from his friends.  Now it is Iran's turn." 
 
Sezer Will Not Meet Hamas during Israel-Palestine Visit 
Weekend papers report that during his state visit to Israel 
and Palestine June 6-8, President Sezer will urge the 
Israeli administration to continue the Middle East peace 
process in dialogue with Palestine.  Sezer will also ask the 
Israelis not to halt financial support for the Palestinian 
people.  While in Palestine, Sezer will decline to meet with 
the 
representatives of the Hamas government and will hold talks 
only with President Abbas.  Sezer reportedly turned down a 
request from Hamas Prime Minister Haniyah through Abbas to 
be received by the Turkish President.  Hamas' 
characterization of the April 17 suicide attack claiming 
several civilian deaths in Tel Aviv as "legitimate self- 
defense" played an important role in Sezer's decision. 
Papers say it's unclear whether Sezer will wear a yarmulke 
during his scheduled visit to the Holocaust Memorial. 
 
International Iraqi Fair to Begin in Gaziantep on June 7 
All papers:  The Iraq International Fair will be held on 
June 7-11 in Gaziantep, with over 30 countries and one 
thousand companies participating from the Far East to the 
Middle East and from Africa to Europe.  The fair has been 
organized by the Iraqi Trade Ministry in cooperation with 
the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce, the Turkish Foreign Trade 
Undersecretariat, and the Turkish Union of Chambers (TOBB). 
The fair formerly known as the International Baghdad 
Exhibition, has been unable to hold its annual event since 
ΒΆ2002.  Hotels in Gaziantep, Mardin, Urfa, Adana and 
Kahramanmaras are reportedly booked to capacity. 
 
Turkey to Modernize Own Jetfighters 
Radikal reports Turkey's Defense Industry Undersecretariat 
(SSM) has decided the modernization of 48 F-4 jetfighters 
will be done at the Turkish Aerospace Industry (TAI) 
facilities in Eskisehir rather than contracted to Israeli 
companies.  Israel's IAI company had earlier renewed the 
first batch of 54 jetfighters for USD 632.5 million.  The 
SSM has also decided not to import Israeli radar and flight 
systems, leaving the renewal work to the state-owned 
"Havelsan" and "Aselsan" companies, thus saving USD 400 
million. 
 
Rich-Poor Gap Widening in Turkey 
Milliyet and Cumhuriyet report that Turkey Statistics 
Institute said there is a 25-fold gap between the 
distribution of national income among the wealthiest five 
percent and the poorest five percent, with an average annual 
per capita income of YTL 556 (USD 371) in the poorest group 
against YTL 13,444 (USD 8,960) in the richest.  The poorest 
five percent account for less than one percent of the 
national income. 
 
TV News 
(NTV, 8.00 a.m.) 
 
Domestic News 
 
- Prime Minister Erdogan and Foreign Minister Gul responded 
to criticism from Turkey's prestigious businessmen's 
 
ANKARA 00003256  003 OF 003 
 
 
grouping TUSIAD by saying they will not abandon its EU entry 
bid. 
 
- One Turkish soldier was killed and 8 others were wounded 
in a clash with PKK terrorists in the eastern province of 
Bingol late on Sunday.  Two thousand people condemned 
terrorism at the funeral of a soldier killed by terrorists 
in Sirnak. 
 
- On Sunday, the first oil pumped through the Baku-Tbilisi- 
Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline was loaded onto the tankers at 
Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan to be transported to 
world markets.  The presidents of Turkey, Georgia and 
Azerbaijan are to meet on July 13 in Ceyhan for the official 
opening ceremony.  Turkey will gain USD 300 million annually 
from the BTC which will transport 1 million barrels of oil 
daily. 
 
International News 
 
- Israeli Prime Minister Olmert said after meeting with 
President Mubarak in Egypt on Sunday that he would try to 
resume negotiations with the Palestinian Authority before 
taking any unilateral steps to set Israel's borders. 
 
- Secretary Rice said the incentives offered by the West to 
end Iran's nuclear program were not open-ended: "I'm not one 
for timelines and specific schedules, but I think it's fair 
to say that we really do have to have this settled over a 
matter of weeks, not months." 
 
 
 
 Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at 
 
  http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/ 
 
WILSON