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### Viewing cable 05ANKARA2730, TURKEY MOVES FORWARD (AGAIN) ON AEGEAN CBMS

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05ANKARA2730 | 2005-05-12 08:31 | 2011-06-07 00:00 | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | Embassy Ankara
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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 002730

    SIPDIS

    NOFORN

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/11/2025
    TAGS: PREL MOPS MARR TU GR
    SUBJECT: TURKEY MOVES FORWARD (AGAIN) ON AEGEAN CBMS

    REF: A. ATHENS 1068

         ¶B. ANKARA 1900

    Classified By: Political Military Affairs Counselor Timothy A. Betts fo
    r reason 1.4 (b) and (d).

    ¶1. (C)  Summary:  The CBMs announced during Greek FM
    Molyviatis' visit to Turkey are on track after a temporary
    freeze while TGS waited to see Athens' response to a
    mid-April incident when a desecrated Turkish flag was placed
    in the room of a Turkish cadet on an official exchange to the
    Greek military academy.  With a satisfactory apology and an
    incident-free visit by TU navy cadets to the Greek naval
    academy, TGS is prepared to move forward again.  However,
    there are a few backward steps on the horizon as well.  End
    summary.

    ---------------------------------------
    After a bumpy patch, CBMs back on track
    ---------------------------------------

    ¶2. (C) Turkish General Staff (TGS) J-5 Greece/Cyprus Chief
    RADM Mucahit Sislioglu told polmilcouns on May 11 that TGS
    was again moving forward with the four CBMs announced during
    the April visit to Ankara by Greek Foreign Minister
    Molyviatis:  A direct line between the two countries'
    national air control centers, the exchange of military
    personnel studying the other country's language, sports
    activities between academies in each country, and disaster
    response training and exercises.  Sislioglu explained that
    work on the last three of these were frozen following an
    incident in Greece at the time of the Molyviatis visit when a
    desecrated Turkish flag was found in the room of a visiting
    Turkish cadet at the Greek military academy.  CHOD Ozkok had
    demanded in an April 20 speech a formal apology and a
    thorough investigation from Greek authorities.  Sislioglu
    reported that a formal letter of apology from the Greek Army
    Chief, a public pledge to find the perpetrators, and a
    successful ("excellent," "perfect") visit by a group of TU
    Navy cadets to the Greek naval academy this month had
    convinced TGS to resume work on these CBMs.  Sislioglu
    intended to write the orders necessary the afternoon of May
    11 to begin planning for the exchange/training activities.
    (The Turks continued their work on equipping the Eskisehir
    National Air Control Center to accommodate the agreed hot
    line without any suspension.)

    ¶3. (C) In addition, Sislioglu noted that the Greek Army Chief
    had several days earlier sent a formal invitation for Turkish
    Land Forces Commander GEN Buyukanit to visit Greece.  (DAO
    Ankara reported earlier that Buyukanit's staff was already
    preparing for the trip.)  Also, Greece had invited the
    Turkish navy to send a unit to a national exercise in the
    Ionian Sea and Turkey had accepted.  This would be the first
    time in 30 years that the Turkish and Greek navies had
    participated in an exercise outside of the NATO umbrella,
    according to Sislioglu.

    ------------------
    More bumps to come
    ------------------

    ¶4. (C) "Turkey is ready to do everything," Sislioglu
    exclaimed.  However, the Greek side seemed less eager, he
    observed.  The Greeks had recently approached Ankara to get
    the Turks to rescind its acceptance of the invitation to
    participate in an international air show at Tanagra AB this
    September.  (TGS had accepted and announced it would send the
    TUAF aerobatics team to perform -- ref b.)  Instead, the
    Greeks said a static display would be preferable.  Sislioglu
    assumed this was because Greek authorities did not want to be
    seen authorizing high performance Turkish aircraft to fly in
    Greek territory.  He said Turkey was pulling out of the air
    show.  "They should be careful that they only invite us when
    they want us," Sislioglu opined.

    ¶5. (C/NF) Another potential problem Sislioglu relayed "in
    confidence" was the Turkish Air Force's recommendation to TGS
    that Turkey stop its practice since 2002 of filing Daily
    Flight Schedules (DFS) of its Aegean flights with NATO.  He
    said TUAF argued that this unilateral gesture to the Greeks
    has not only gone un-reciprocated but the Greeks continue to
    complain publicly about the TUAF's refusal to file flight
    plans.  This situation makes it increasingly difficult to
    explain the practice to the troops, TUAF reportedly
    complained.  Sislioglu said TGS was still staffing the TUAF
    recommendation.  He expected MFA would argue against
    rescinding a practice in the Aegean at this time.

    ¶6. (C/NF) Polmilcouns argued that Turkey had worked hard on
    the Cyprus issue and on its relations with Athens in recent
    years.  While the GOG may not have responded to Turkey's
    filing DFS, neither had it taken any more provocative action
    than it was taking before 2002.  Complaints about TUAF
    violations of the Athens FIR were not new, neither were the
    Greek interception of TUAF fighters in the Aegean.  Taking a
    step backwards risked Turkey's ceding the moral high ground.
    He urged Sislioglu to reject the request.

    ¶7. (C) Regarding recent Greek press stories alleging
    historically high numbers of Turkish AF violations of the
    Athens FIR and Greek airspace, Sislioglu asserted that Turkey
    has returned to the pre-2003 level of 400-500 flights per
    month in the Aegean.  Sislioglu indicated that he monitors
    the level of Turkish activity closely to ensure it stays
    within TGS-determined bounds.

    -------------------
    Frustrations Normal
    -------------------

    ¶8. (C/NF) Comment: Sislioglu has warned us before that Greek
    complaints following the 2004 Olympics about increased TUAF
    Aegean flights were increasingly irritating officers within
    TGS.  Nonetheless, we suspect that the frustration is more at
    TUAF headquarters where senior leaders are growing
    uncomfortable defending what they and their troops see as
    Turkey's restraint in the face of continued provocation.  The
    decision to move forward on other CBMs following the flag
    incident suggests this frustration has not yet reached the
    same level in TGS.  However, as even Sislioglu admitted,
    Turks are an emotional people and Ankara, including the
    military, is not above following emotions rather than reason.
     We will need to continue to encourage TGS to reach out to
    their Greek counterparts.  End Comment.
    EDELMAN

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