US embassy cable - 05ANKARA5319

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TURKS WILL NOT ACCEPT UIGHURS FROM GITMO

Identifier: 05ANKARA5319
Wikileaks: View 05ANKARA5319 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ankara
Created: 2005-09-13 13:39:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TU CH
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 005319 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/23/2010 
TAGS: MOPS, PREL, PTER, KAWC, PHUM, PREF, PINR, TU, CH 
SUBJECT: TURKS WILL NOT ACCEPT UIGHURS FROM GITMO 
 
REF: STATE 158272 (NOTAL) 
 
Classified By: Acting DCM Timothy A. Betts for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
(C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche Sept. 1 to MFA 
Director General for Security Affairs Amb. Hayati Guven, who 
agreed to consult within MFA, other ministries, and "other 
appropriate authorities" (the military).  On Sept. 9, Guven 
informed PolMilCouns that Turkey will be unable to accept the 
Uighur former detainees for "some reasons."  When pressed, 
Guven acknowledged that Turkey-China relations were the chief 
reason for the decision. 
MCELDOWNEY 

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