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Viewing cable 07ANKARA467, ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07ANKARA467 2007-03-01 15:17 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Ankara
VZCZCXRO4835
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ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 011517Z MAR 07 ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1165
RUEKJCS/CJCS WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEKJCS/OSD WASHDC//PA
RUEUITH/ODC ANKARA TU
INFO RUEHTH/AMEMBASSY ATHENS 7858
RUEHIT/AMCONSUL ISTANBUL 2237
RUEHDA/AMCONSUL ADANA 1700
RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 5774
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO 5520
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 2144
RUEUITH/DET 1 39LG ANKARA TU
RHMFIUU/USDOCO 6ATAF IZMIR TU
RHMFIUU/39OSS 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 02 ANKARA 000467 
 
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 
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007 
 
 
ANKARA 00000467  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
 
In Today's urkish Foreign Ministry (MFA) told Yeni 
Safak Turkey will participate in a March 10 foreign ministerial 
meeting in Baghdad, which would include the US, UK, France, Russia, 
and China.  Zaman says the first meeting will be held in Baghdad on 
March 11 and then Cairo will host the second gathering.  Several 
papers say Ankara is trying to incorporate the G-8 members, Germany, 
Japan and Italy and the UN Security Council's permanent members, 
into the second meeting expected to be held in Istanbul.  Vatan 
reports Ankara will invite Talabani to attend a meeting of Iraq's 
neighbors in Istanbul in April. If the meeting takes place, says 
Hurriyet, Secretary Rice will come together with the representatives 
of Iran and Syria, countries characterized by the US as "rogue 
states." 
 
Turks React to Secretary Rice's Use of 'Kurdistan' 
Hurriyet, Milliyet, Sabah, Radikal, Cumhuriyet, Zaman, Yeni Safak 
and others report on Turkish leaders' reaction to Secretary Rice's 
testimony at the US Senate Appropriations Committee, during which 
the Secretary said, "The PKK, operating on the border between Turkey 
and Kurdistan, is responsible for attacks into Turkey."  Justice 
Minister Cemil Cicek said "Turkey's neighbor to the south is Iraq. 
We do not accept such statements." 
Prime Minister Erdogan told CNN-Turk yesterday that Rice's was "a 
wrong statement," and that "such statements do not matter that much, 
what matters is some 60-70 Muslims are killed in Iraq every day.  It 
disturbs us a lot." 
 
In addition, Zaman says Rice has signaled change to the three-party 
mechanism among Turkey, the US, and Iraq when she said, "When we 
speak of negotiations, it's really discussions between the Kurds and 
the Turks and the Iraqi government, and we are facilitating that. 
And I have retired General Ralston as an envoy to do this, to try 
and mitigate those circumstances and to try to diminish the ability 
of the PKK to attack Turkish territory." 
 
Commenting in the mass appeal Vatan, Okay Gonensin urges a change in 
the Turkish debate over "the Kurdish issue and Kurdistan":  "When it 
comes to the debate about Kurdistan and the Kurdish issue, we see 
the resurrection of old-fashioned formulas.  In fact the discussion 
of Kurdistan requires that it be taken up in combination with the 
Kurdish issue in Turkey as well as the terrorism problem.  How can 
we explain the double standard, as we support sovereign status for 
Turkish Cypriots?  The Kurdistan issue should be taken up free from 
k and vention in Ankara the Kurdish issue and added that the PKK 
should be given the chance to take part in the political process. 
Turk told his party members that the party will be elected to 
Parliament even if candidates have to run as Independents.  Tugluk 
also said that the solitary confinement of jailed PKK leader Ocalan 
should be ended. 
 
Netherlands Queen Beatrix Visits Turkey 
 
ANKARA 00000467  002.3 OF 002 
 
 
Sabah, Milliyet, Radikal and others:  Queen Beatrix was in the 
central Anatolian province of Kayseri yesterday, the home province 
of many of The Netherlands' 350,000 strong Turkish community.  FM 
Gul and his wife accompanied the queen to Kayseri.  Prince Willlem 
Alexander and Princess Maxima were in Ankara to attend a meeting on 
intercultural dialogue at Middle East Technical University.  The 
Queen met with PM Erdogan on the second day of her visit to Turkey 
on the sidelines of an economy meeting at the Prime Minister's 
residence.  Speaking at the meeting Beatrix said company 
representatives would discuss ways to improve bilateral relations. 
Today, the Royal party will be in Istanbul. 
 
Editorial Commentary: Withdrawing from Iraq 
Zafer Atay comments in the economic-political Dunya: "The British 
government has been pulling forces out of Iraq without announcing it 
-- disguising it under other pretexts, such as tactical reasons. 
This time it was made official and Blair declared that the number of 
troops will be reduced first to 5,500 and then to 5,000 this summer. 
 Since Denmark, South Korea and Poland are also preparing to pull 
out from Iraq, there will be almost no coalitiontic News 
 
- Turkey has asked France to extradite the PKK militants captured in 
recent police raids. 
 
- The Diyarbakir court has rejected the objections to the arrest of 
DTP provincial head Hilmi Aydogdu who had said "a Turkish attack on 
Kirkuk will be perceived as attack on Diyarbakir." 
 
- Turkey Green Coordination Group continues a signature campaign for 
Turkey to sign the Kyoto Protocol.  The group hopes to submit to the 
Turkish Parliament 100,000 signatures in April. 
 
- An IMF delegation led by Turkey desk chief Lorenzo Giorgianni will 
come to Turkey on Thursday. 
 
International News 
 
- The Iranian parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee member Hamid 
Reza Haji-Babai called on Turkey to support the nuclear ambitions of 
Iran, warning that otherwise Turkey will become the next target of 
US aggression. 
 
- Iraqi police officials said Wednesday a report that 18 boys were 
killed Tuesday in a bomb attack in Ramadi was false. 
 
- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the US may have a military 
presence in Iraq for a "prolonged period." 
 
- The British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said no one is 
doing enough to tackle a Taliban-led insurgency gripping 
Afghanistan. 
 
 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/ 
 
WILSON