US embassy cable - 05ANKARA4858

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OFFICIAL TURKISH REACTION TO HELIOS AIRLINE CRASH

Identifier: 05ANKARA4858
Wikileaks: View 05ANKARA4858 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ankara
Created: 2005-08-18 13:02:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL TU CY GR
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 004858 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/18/2015 
TAGS: PREL, TU, CY, GR 
SUBJECT: OFFICIAL TURKISH REACTION TO HELIOS AIRLINE CRASH 
 
 
(U) Classified by Political Counselor John Kunstadter. E.O. 
12958, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
1.  (U) On August 15, in response to a question, Turkish MFA 
spokesman Tan said Turkey is "deeply saddened for many 
Southern Cypriots and Greeks" who lost their lives in the 
August 14 Helios crash.  Tan noted that PM Erdogan and FM Gul 
sent written condolences to Greek PM Karamanlis and FM 
Molyviatis. 
 
2.  (C) Embassy Information Officer contacted Tan on August 
15, noted that Turkish Cypriot "President" Talat had 
contacted President Papadopoulos and AKEL party leader 
Christofias to express his condolences, and noted the GOT had 
not reached out to Greek Cypriots. 
 
3.  (U) Later on August 15, Prime Ministry spokesman Akif 
Beki issued a written statement saying PM Erdogan "shared the 
sorrow and grief of the Greek Cypriot people" resulting from 
the crash. 
MCELDOWNEY 

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