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 08ANKARA384, CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH FM BABACAN

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. #08ANKARA384.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08ANKARA384 2008-02-27 15:17 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Ankara
VZCZCXRO8796
RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHBC RUEHDA RUEHDE RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIHL RUEHIK
RUEHKUK RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHPOD RUEHPW RUEHROV RUEHSR
RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHAK #0384/01 0581517
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 271517Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5393
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
RUCNAFG/AFGHANISTAN COLLECTIVE
RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J-3/J-5//
RHEHAAA/NSC WASHDC
RUEUITH/ODC ANKARA TU
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RUEUITH/TLO ANKARA TU
RUEHAK/USDAO ANKARA TU
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 000384 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE, SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958; N/A 
TAGS: PREL PTER PGOV TU
SUBJECT: CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH FM BABACAN 
 
1.  (SBU) SUMMARY:  CODEL Biden discussed with Turkish FM Babacan 
ongoing U.S.-Turkey cooperation and efforts to promote stability in 
the region, notably in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, during a 
February 22 meeting.  Babacan described the EU accession process as 
integral to Turkey's ongoing democratic transformation.  He said 
Turkey will continue its efforts to promote stability in Afghanistan 
and Pakistan, namely through humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan 
and by continuing the trilateral summit process, probably in April. 
He underscored Turkey's support for a prosperous, stable and 
multicultural Iraq, secure in its borders, looked toward progress on 
Cyprus and Armenia in 2008, and said Turkey's approach on the 
Ecumenical Patriarchate should be seen in the context of efforts to 
expand religious freedom in the country.  END SUMMARY. 
 
TRANSFORMING TURKEY 
------------------- 
 
2.  (SBU) Babacan welcomed CODEL Biden and emphasized the broad 
scope of U.S.-Turkey cooperation.  Turkey embraces U.S. values of 
democracy, rule of law, pluralism and multiculturalism.  The EU 
accession process is key to Turkey's future; it's not about one more 
EU member, but about transforming Turkey and the EU.  Such a Turkey 
will negate arguments that Islam, democracy and secularism cannot 
coexist.  From Morocco to Indonesia, Babacan said, the Muslim world 
is following Turkish reform efforts, thus contributing to democracy 
in the region. 
 
STABILIZING PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN 
------------------------------------ 
 
3.  (SBU) Senators Biden, Kerry and Hagel briefly described their 
visit days earlier to Pakistan and Afghanistan.  They praised 
Turkey's effort to bring together Presidents Karzai and Musharraf, 
as well as President Gul's pre-election engagement with Pakistan's 
opposition and Turkey's contributions to NATO/ISAF. 
 
4.  (SBU) Babacan reviewed Turkey's help to win hearts and minds in 
Afghanistan.  He cited the PRT in Wardak.  Turkey has built 24 
schools -- now transferred to Afghan authorities -- and Turkish NGOs 
continue to operate six or seven other schools.  Over 40,000 
students have benefited from these schools.  Turkey has also 
invested in health care facilities.  Afghan perceptions of a foreign 
occupation create a fertile ground for terrorists; Turkey thinks 
more should be done on the development side, Babacan maintained. 
 
5.  (SBU) Turkey plans to bring Presidents Karzai and Musharraf 
together again in Turkey, probably April 8, according to Babacan. 
President Karzai has agreed; confirmation from the Pakistan side is 
pending.  Babacan said he had been the one to ask President Gul to 
visit Pakistan, and Gul's messages to all political parties there 
were clear:  do not damage the stability of the country and 
participate in the political process.  Bhutto's assassination had 
changed the mood, but Turkey will continue to do what it can to 
ensure Pakistan's stability.  Babacan noted his recent visit to 
India, and said he found New Delhi also focused on Pakistan's 
stability.  FM Babacan said he and his Indian counterparts had 
agreed to remain in closer touch on the situation in both Pakistan 
and Afghanistan. 
 
SUCCEEDING IN IRAQ 
------------------ 
 
6.  (SBU) Senator Kerry solicited Babacan's views on Iraq. 
Referring to Turkey's just-announced, limited incursion in northern 
Iraq against the PKK, Kerry urged Babacan to keep the Iraqi 
government in the loop and not complicate what we are trying to get 
done there.  Babacan said Turkey is mindful of the concern Senator 
Kerry noted.  He described Iraq as a neighbor and brother.  Turks 
share ethnicity with the Iraqi people and care deeply about the 
country's stability and prosperity.  Turkey has channels to every 
Iraqi group, without discrimination.  It supports a multicultural 
Iraq, secure in its borders. 
 
7.  (SBU) Asked by Senator Kerry where we are in the process of 
reaching that objective, FM Babacan said the situation there is 
better than a year ago.  The surge has helped, as have efforts to 
engage Sunni groups in the Iraqi government and parliament.  More 
local ownership of Iraq's future is the key.  FM Babacan appealed 
for more predictability in the future U.S.-Iraq relationship. The 
strategic framework agreement to be negotiated between the USG and 
GOI is crucial.  Predictability will lead the Iraqi people to 
support the central government.  Babacan also noted progress 
 
ANKARA 00000384  002 OF 002 
 
 
reflected in recent laws passed by the Iraqi Parliament.  He noted 
Turkey's role in promoting the Iraq neighbors process.  The 
comprehensive communique issued at the Istanbul ministerial 
reflected international consensus on the future of Iraq.  He said 
the future status of Kirkuk is important and requires consensus from 
all sides.  Turkey supports a special status for Kirkuk.   If there 
is a referendum, we should be clear what it is about, who will vote, 
and what size majority will be acceptable. 
 
OPPORUNTITIES FOR PROGRESS ON CYPRUS AND ARMENIA 
--------------------------------------------- --- 
 
8.  (SBU) While emphasizing a shared approach on many issues, 
Senator Biden pointed out two "irritants" in the relationship: 
Cyprus and the Ecumenical Patriarchate.  While not defining issues 
in U.S.-Turkish relations, there is an inconsistency between 
Turkey's current, positive direction and the continued obstacles 
faced by the Patriarchate, such as the closure of the Halki 
Seminary.  Senator Kerry opined that it is time to get something 
done on Cyprus and asked for FM Babacan's views.  Senator Biden 
described as "historic" President Gul's congratulatory message to 
Armenian President-elect Sargsyan. 
 
9.  (SBU) FM Babacan said the biggest obstacle to progress on Cyprus 
was Papadopoulos.  Sincere willingness on all sides to make progress 
is the key.  He observed that the status quo has suited the Greek 
Cypriots.  Nominally representing the whole island, the Greek 
Cypriot government has enjoyed a monopoly on EU funds, 
representation in the European Parliament, trade and tourism. 
Meanwhile, the Turkish Cypriots are isolated.  Turkey would like to 
see more international pressure on Cyprus to solve the problem, 
through a comprehensive -- not piecemeal -- solution, based on the 
existing UN parameters.  On Armenia, FM Babacan reiterated the GOT's 
offer to convene a historical commission to look at the shared 
histories of Turks and Armenians.  Quoting Israeli President Shimon 
Peres, he said politicians should look to the future and historians 
to the past.  Turkey has opened its archives, but this has not been 
reciprocated by Yerevan or by Armenian diaspora groups.  However, 
the Greek, Cypriot, Armenian and Turkish governments have all fresh 
mandates, making 2008 a year of possibility to work toward 
solutions. 
 
10.  (SBU) FM Babacan identified the Patriarchate issue as part of 
Turkey's trend toward religious freedom -- evidenced by the 
headscarf reform.  He said the GOT wants to see European and 
American freedoms in Turkey.  It is a process, but Turkey recognizes 
its responsibility.  What Turkey does, he said, has an impact 
throughout the region, and even globally. 
 
11.  (U) CODEL Biden has cleared this message.