US embassy cable - 03ANKARA2239

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TURKISH CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR CEBECI REPLACED

Identifier: 03ANKARA2239
Wikileaks: View 03ANKARA2239 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ankara
Created: 2003-04-07 13:23:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: EAIR ASEC ATRN TU
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.

UNCLAS ANKARA 002239 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
 
STATE FOR EUR/SE, EB/TRA 
ROME FOR FAA 
PARIS FOR TSA 
FRANKFURT FOR TSA, FAA 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAIR, ASEC, ATRN, TU 
SUBJECT: TURKISH CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR CEBECI REPLACED 
 
This message is sensitive but not classified.  Not for 
internet distribution. 
 
 
1. (SBU) Topa Bilgetin Toker was reinstated on April 1 as 
Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation 
(DGCA), replacing Serdar Cebeci.  Toker, who was discharged 
for unspecified reasons in August 2002, had filed a lawsuit 
against the state.  The court recently determined that Toker 
had been fired without cause, and therefore reinstated him as 
Director General.  Sources at the DGCA told us the 
reinstatement of Toker had been a legal decision, and had 
nothing to do with the AK Party Government.  One DGCA source 
said AK was not likely to replace Toker any time soon, given 
Toker,s successful lawsuit. 
 
 
2. (SBU) Comment:  We do not anticipate that this change will 
affect Turkey,s aviation policy.  Like Cebeci, Toker is an 
approachable contact.  End comment. 
PEARSON 

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