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### Viewing cable 05ANKARA3490, TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15,

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05ANKARA3490 | 2005-06-20 06:20 | 2011-08-24 01:00 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Ankara

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 17 ANKARA 003490

    SIPDIS

    DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, EUR/PGI, EUR/SE

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
    SUBJECT: TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15,
    2005

    ¶1. In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and
      international media sources published the following news
      articles about TIP in Turkey.  Text of articles
      originally published in Turkish is provided through
      unofficial local FSN translation.

    ¶2. Published by The Messenger, Georgia's English Language
    Daily, on Wednesday, June 1:

         TITLE:  Georgians working in Greece are "Slaves,
         donkeys, and housekeepers"

         BEGIN TEXT:  According to the newspaper Rezonansi, over
         150,000 Georgians legally live in Greece.  However, the
         newspaper reports that twice as many live in the
         country illegally.

         According to the article, the majority of Georgian
         illegal immigrants living in Greece fall victim to
         human trafficking due to their vulnerable status.  "95
         percent of the illegal migrants are women, including
         children, and 5 percent are men.  The majority of men
         are young," according to the paper.  The article also
         mentions that many Georgians are serving prison
         sentences in Greece, either due to their illegal status
         or because of the crimes they have committed.

         According to their sources, while there are several
         ways of entering Greece, 90 percent of the illegal
         immigrants entered the country through either Turkey
         and Bulgaria.  Some Georgians cross the border on foot,
         and some hide on buses.  The paper adds that although
         some arrive in the country legally, they stay after
         their one month visa has expired.  END TEXT.

    ¶3. Published by the Journal of Turkish Weekly
    (www.turkishweekly.net) on Thursday, June 2:

         TITLE:  New Program Seeks to Halt Human Trafficking

         BEGIN TEXT:  The International Organization for
         Migration (IOM), in close cooperation with the Turkish
         government yesterday launched a campaign to fight
         against human trafficking in Eastern Europe, Turkey,
         and the former states of the Soviet Union.

         The coordinated campaign aims to rescue and protect
         potential and current victims of human trafficking who
         are entering Turkey especially from Moldova and
         Ukraine.

         IOM Chief of Mission in Turkey Marielle Sander-Listrom
         delivered a speech yesterday to introduce the new
         campaign which will be conducted through the media.

         As a part of the media campaign, a free "157" emergency
         hotline to help rescue victims of human trafficking
         will be publicized through TV commercials. "In order to
         protect human rights we will air public service
         announcements on TV for the free 157 emergency hotline
         because we know that the victims watch TV in their free
         time, and this is the best way to reach them," said
         Lindstrom.

         "Human trafficking is a problem that crosses
         international borders.  This campaign embraces a
         comprehensive, regional approach to prevent human
         trafficking," she added.

         Besides TV spots, Turkey will distribute small handouts
         or passport supplements to those who enter Turkey
         through main border gates.  Besides telling about the
         157 emergency lines, these supplements will include
         warnings about human trafficking.

         Similar handouts will also be distributed in Ukraine by
         nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to those planning
         to visit Turkey and groups at risk of falling prey to
         human trafficking.  Distribution will be carried out
         especially at the ports of Odessa and Crimea, and the
         Antalya and Istanbul airports. As a part of the
         campaign, billboard advertisements were also erected at
         those airports.

         The campaign, which includes public education, the
         training of public institutions for the application of
         related laws, and giving direct medical and
         physiological assistance to victims, is funded by a
         $700,000 U.S. grant.  END TEXT.

    ¶3.  Published by Hurriyet on Thursday, June 2:
         BEGIN TEXT:  The NSC Secretary General's office
         completed the writing of the new National Security
         Policy Document.  Upon instructions of Prime Minister
         Erdogan the document was made shorter and limited to 25
         pages. The current version of the document is hundreds
         of pages with its attachments.

         The document will be taken up at the June 21 NSC
         meeting.  Officials are discussing whether or not it
         should be made public.

         Topics in the document as follows include:  Internal
         threats: Fundamentalism, separatism and extreme left
         are the most important elements threatening internal
         security of the country; Regional Differences: Economic
         difficulties, difference of development levels among
         regions and unemployment are internal threats as well.
         They result in crimes of pick pocketing and purse
         snatching as well as provocative acts as witnessed in
         Trabzon and Mersin; External Threats:  For the first
         time in this document external threats are not numbered
         in rank but 12 mile problem with Greece, Iran and Iraq
         and Cyprus issues were mentioned among concerns;
         Asymmetric threats: International drug smuggling,
         international terrorism and human trafficking were
         mentioned among these threats.  END TEXT.

    ¶4.  Published by TurkishPress.com on Friday, June 3, 2005:

         TITLE:  Ukrainian President Yushchenko:  Political
         Relations Between Turkey and Ukraine Should Be Improved

         BEGIN TEXT:  Moscow (AA) - Ukrainian President Viktor
         Yushchenko said on Friday that the trade volume between
         Turkey and Ukraine exceeded 2 billion dollars,
         stressing that the political relations should also be
         upgraded.

         In an exclusive interview with the A.A. prior to his
         official visit to Turkey, scheduled for 7th-8th June,
         Yushchenko said that Turkey was really a special
         partner for Ukraine in respect of political and
         economic relations.

         Yushchenko said that Ukraine favored further
         improvement of bilateral relations with Turkey, adding
         that "we are getting ready to submit proposals to
         Turkey to help solve clashes in international hot
         spots, because we endorse a coordinated operation in
         this area.  More than 2-billion dollars of trade volume
         between our two countries gives us, the politicians,
         the responsibility to upgrade our political relations."

         "Turkey's and Ukraine's political willingness to
         integrate with Europe is identical.  We hope to joint
         he EU soon, like Turkey," said Yushchenko.

         -UKRAINE ERSPECTS CRIMEAN TATARS-

         Referring to the Crimean Tatars, Yushchenko said:  "we
         respect Crimean Tatars who have ties with Turkey.  We
         meet all the expenses of Crimean Tatars who proceed to
         Ukraine from Central Asia.  We thank for the support of
         Turkey extended to us to enforce some social, economic
         and humanitarian assistance programs for Crimean
         Tatars."

         -ECONOMIC RELATIONS-
         Yushchenko said that the contributions of Turkish
         investors to Ukrainian economy was significant, adding
         that "we have lots of things to do in economic area,
         i.e. elimination of double taxation and the
         liberalization of trade.  We must also discuss the
         common projects which we could undertake with our
         Turkish partners in Iraq.  We can also work together in
         transportation and energy fields.  Turkey can be an
         amazing partner for Ukraine as an alternative route in
         respect of transportation of oil and natural gas
         resources."
         Noting that Ukraine decreased customs duties
         significantly, President Yushchenko added that
         Ukrainian liberalized its laws in the banking sector
         and made possible to open foreign banks in Ukraine.

         -LIBERALIZATION OF VISA POLICY-
         When reminded of the problems which Turkish businessmen
         faced in Ukraine such as getting a visa, as well as
         problems in banking sector, Yushchenko said that
         Ukraine is trying to liberalize further its visa
         policy.

         "I am looking forward to meet Turkish officials to
         discuss the visa issue.  But we must also try to
         counter international drug and human trafficking," he
         said.  END TEXT.

    ¶5.  Published by International Herald Tribune on Saturday,
    June 4:

         TITLE:  Turkey's president uses veto on Koran courses

         BEGIN TEXT:  Ankara.  President Ahmet Necdet Sezer of
         Turkey on Friday vetoed an amendment to the country's
         new penal code that would reduce penalties for teaching
         unauthorized courses on the Koran.

         The move could reignite tension between the government,
         which has Islamic roots, and the country's fiercely
         secular establishment.

         The provision was part of a package of amendments
         pushed by the governing Justice and Development Party,
         a conservative movement with Islamic roots.

         The article, which would have allowed those convicted
         of opening and running illegal educational institutions
         to pay a fine rather than face a jail term of up to
         three years, resulted in accusations that the
         government of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was
         condoning religious fundamentalism.

         Islamic activists in Turkey often run clandestine
         schools teaching the Koran, where-free from government
         control-they are accused of indoctrinating students in
         hard-line fundamentalism.

         Sezer, a secularist who has often clashed with the
         Erdogan government, said he had returned the amendment
         to Parliament for reconsideration because the measure
         would encourage "the opening of illegal educational
         institutions."

         The principle of secularism "is the cornerstone of the
         values on which the Turkish Republic is founded," he
         said.

         If the measure passes for a second time without
         changes, Sezer must approve it.  He can, however, ask
         the constitutional court to annul the legislation.

         The provision was introduced by the party as a last-
         minute change to a package of penal code amendments
         during a parliamentary debate last week.

         The main opposition boycotted the session and asserted
         that the governing party had an Islamic agenda, even
         though it has disavowed its roots.

         Turkey's new penal code, which the vetoed package was
         intended to amend, took effect Tuesday.

         The code improves women's rights and imposes tougher
         penalties for rape, torture, human trafficking and
         "honor killings," in which women are killed by
         relatives for actions deemed to tarnish the family
         name.

         But the code has come under attack from journalists and
         human rights groups, who say its provision to jail
         those found guilty of offenses such as insulting state
         institutions or harming national security will curb
         freedom of speech.  END TEXT.

    ¶6.  Reported by CNN Turk and Haberturk on Wednesday, June 1:
         BEGIN TEXT: A 157 Hotline was inaugurated as a human
         trafficking hotline by the IOM in order for foreign
         women who are forced into prostitution in Turkey to
         seek help.

         The IOM determined that only in the past five months 81
         foreign women were brought to Turkey to e used in the
         prostitution sector.  This is the figure that the IOM
         could reach.

         Women, particularly from Russia and the Commonwealth of
         Independent States, from now on will be able to call a
         hotline (157) in order to escape from organized crime
         that takes her passport away and forces her into
         prostitution.

         The promotional footage for introduction of the hotline
         began to be shown on TV in Russia, the Ukraine and
         Moldova.  Callers will be able to talk Russian-,
         Romanian-, Turkish- and English-speaking professional
         advisors.  If the caller is in danger, the hotline
         officials immediately inform the police.

         During the two weeks following the inauguration of the
         hotline, 3000 calls came in, but only three of them
         were women who were in real danger.  Police helped all
         three.  From today on, the hotline will begin a more
         comprehensive campaign.

         Marielle Sander Lindstrom, Turkey representative of
         IOM, is hopeful about the cooperation with the GOT.
         The IOM thinks that with this campaign Turkey will be
         dropped from the Black List on the human trafficking
         issue.

         According to data furnished by IOM, in May 81 women
         were kidnapped in Turkey.  Following were the provinces
         where the kidnapping incidents occurred:

         Istanbul:  36
         Antalya:   16
         Ankara:    14
         Artvin:     6
         Kusadasi:   4

         The citizenship of the 81 women who were kidnapped was:

         Ukrainian:  23
         Moldovan:   19
         Uzbek:      10
         Russian:     9
         Romanian:    6

         Twelve of the 81 kidnapped women were younger than 18
         and
         47 of them were between 19-25 years of age.  The
         Hotline 157 aims at providing psychological, medical
         and direct support to these women.

    ¶7.  Published on Habervitrini (www.habervitrini.com) on
    Thursday, June 2:

         TITLE:  These two beauties will prevent forced
         prostitution

         BEGIN TEXT:  The Hotline 157, which was established by
         the IOM to fight human trafficking at the international
         level, became operation.

         Selin Unal, representative of IOM, made a press
         announcement at Ataturk Airport and introduced the
         Hotline 157 for victims.  Unal said, "The IOM jointly
         promotes with Turkey a Hotline 157 for emergency help.
         This is a line for victims to call.  A brochure for
         promoting the hotline is being prepared in Turkish,
         English and Romanian.  Within the framework of the
         project, which has an annual budget of $700,000,
         financed by the U.S. and Turkey, Turk Telecom
         established a toll free 157 hotline.  A victim can call
         this hotline 24 hours a day and seven days a week and
         she will be directed immediately to police or the
         gendarmerie."

         Unal went on, "The campaign, which was inaugurated for
         victims who came in particular from countries such as
         Moldova, Ukraine and Romania and who were forced to
         work by people with bad intentions, aims at saving
         these people.  Almost all victims, referred to as
         modern slaves, are women and are used primarily in the
         sex trade.  The campaign aims at providing medical,
         psychological and direct support to victims.  It began
         at borders including Ataturk Airport, Antalya and
         Trabzon airports.  Currently this hotline is being
         operated by the IOM and will be transferred to a
         Turkish NGO in November.  Hotline 157 will be promoted
         in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics as
         well, and at the same time it will be helpful in visa
         and repatriation of immigrants."

         IOM officials noted that Turkey was one of the top
         destination countries for human trafficking victims.
         They determined that there were 266 victims of human
         trafficking in Turkey in 2004.  This figure is only a
         small portion of the actual number of victims.  END
         TEXT.

    ¶8.  Published by Radikal on Thursday, June 2:

         TITLE:  Human Trafficking Hotline

         BEGIN TEXT:  Turkey, along with IOM, is inaugurating in
         Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Republics and Turkey
         a special campaign in the fight against human
         trafficking.  First, it will promote the Hotline 157
         that became operation a while ago.  Victims of human
         trafficking who are forced to stay or work will be able
         to call this toll free line around the clock.
         Volunteers are working at the hotline where responders
         speak Turkish, Russian and Romanian.  END TEXT.

    ¶9.  Published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
    (www.rferl.org) on Friday, June 3:

         TITLE:  Middle East:  U.S. Trafficking Report
         Criticizes Four Gulf Allies

         BEGIN TEXT:  The State Department report lists four
         U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region-Saudi Arabia,
         Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates-as among
         the least responsive to the trafficking problem.

         It says they are main destinations for sex slaves and
         forced laborers, mainly women and children, from
         countries including Iran, Afghanistan, and the former
         Soviet Union.

         U.S. officials today stressed that the 14 worst-ranked,
         or "Tier-3," countries have three months to improve
         antitrafficking efforts or face sanctions.  U.S.
         Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters she
         hopes the report will result in increased cooperation.

         "We trust that this year's report will raise
         international awareness of the crime of trafficking,
         and spur governments across the globe to take
         determined actions against it," Rice said.  "All states
         must work together to close down trafficking routes,
         prosecute and convict traffickers, and protect and
         reintegrate victims into society."

         The State Department report examined the situation in
         150 countries.  It said an estimated 600,000 people are
         trafficked across international borders annually, most
         of whom are women and children.  It cited problems of
         poverty and organized crime in countries victimized by
         trafficking as well as the need for richer countries,
         including the United States, to address demand for
         trafficked people.

         The State Departments' senior advisor on human
         trafficking, John Miller, said sex slavery is a
         particular problem.  "When we look at slavery
         worldwide, we believe sex slavery is the largest
         category of transnational slavery," Miller said.  "It
         is intrinsically linked to prostitution, and we find
         that where prostitution is encouraged, the number of
         victims increases.  That is why to combat sex slavery
         we are urging a greater focus on demand, educating and
         dissuading the so-called customers."
         The report also included a "watch-list" of states
         deemed to be of concern for trafficking but not subject
         to sanction.  Those countries include Armenia,
         Azerbaijan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and Slovakia.
         The U.S. report cited a number of tragic cases from
         this region.  It mentioned a 17-year-old orphan from
         Uzbekistan named Lusa whose abduction was engineered by
         her aunt.  She was sold to a prostitution ring in Dubai
         and when she was "no longer useable," was sent to a
         psychiatric center, the report said.  Government
         officials and an Uzbek nongovernmental organization are
         negotiating her release.

         Another case mentioned a young Belarusian woman from
         Minsk named Svetlana, who was trafficked to Turkey.
         She died attempting to escape.  But the U.S. State
         Department's Miller says Belarusian and Turkish
         authorities worked to prosecute those responsible for
         her death.

         "There is a bright spot in this too-common tragedy.
         Belarusian and Turkish authorities cooperated this year
         to arrest and charge those responsible for Svetlana's
         death, which I think brings out the bad things that are
         happening but also how there is-there are
         counterattacks going on," Miller said.

         U.S. officials downplayed the threat of sanctions tied
         to the report but said it could be effective as a
         "naming and shaming" countries linked to human slavery.
         END TEXT.

    ¶10.  Published by Turks.US on Saturday, June 4:

         TITLE:  US Issues report on Human Trafficking

         BEGIN TEXT:  The US annual report on Human Trafficking
         was issued by the State Department on Friday.  Turkey
         was on the list of governments who do not fully comply
         with the US minimum standards, but are however, making
         significant efforts to bring themselves in line with
         those standards.

         The list is an extensive one with seventy seven
         countries with US minimum standards:

         TIER ONE:  Countries whose governments fully comply
         with U.S. minimum standards:  (LIST OF COUNTRIES)

         TIER TWO:  Countries whose governments do not fully
         comply with the minimum standards, but are making
         significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance
         with those standards:  (LIST OF COUNTRIES)

         TIER TWO SPECIAL WATCH LIST:  Countries whose
         governments do not fully comply with the minimum
         standards, but are making significant efforts to bring
         themselves into compliance and meet one of the
         following conditions:

         a)  The absolute number of victims of severe forms of
         trafficking is very significant or is significantly
         increasing.

         b)  There is a failure to provide evidence of
         increasing efforts to combat severe forms of
         trafficking in persons from the previous year.

         c)  The determination that a country is making
         significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance
         with minimum standards was based on commitments by the
         country to take additional future steps over the next
         year.  (LIST OF COUNTRIES)

         TIER THREE:  Countries whose governments do not fully
         comply with the minimum standards and are not making
         significant efforts to do so:  (LIST OF COUNTRIES).
         END TEXT.
    ¶11.  Published by Washington Post on Saturday, June 4:

         TITLE:  Saudis Rebuked on Forced Labor

         BEGIN TEXT:  The United States yesterday names Saudi
         Arabia and three other Persian Gulf Arab allies as
         having among the world's worst records in halting human
         trafficking, a rebuke that could subject the countries
         to sanctions if they do not act quickly to address U.S.
         concerns.

         The finding, in an annual report issued by the State
         Department, places Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab
         Emirates and Saudi Arabia in the same category as such
         countries as Cuba, Burma, North Korea and Sudan.  Human
         rights activists said the inclusion of such close
         allies in the war on terrorism suggests that the
         administration is beginning to eliminate from its human
         rights policy what some have dubbed the "Middle East
         exception."

         Last year, the State Department also faulted Saudi
         Arabia for the first time for its lack of religious
         tolerance.

         The report said as many as 800,000 people, many of them
         women and children, are trafficked across international
         borders as sex workers and forced laborers in a modern-
         day slave trade.  This is the fifth annual report,
         which was mandated by an act of Congress at the
         instigation of an unusual coalition of feminists and
         Christian evangelical groups.  President Bush
         frequently denounced sexual slavery to motivate his
         evangelical base during the 2004 campaign.  In the
         report, the Gulf Arab states were cited primarily for
         practices that allowed the abuse of domestic servants
         and laborers who came to the Middle East primarily from
         Asia.

         The report said the Saudis, for example, lack laws
         criminalizing most trafficking offenses, and there is
         little evidence of whether employers are ever
         prosecuted.  Many of the foreign laborers in Saudi
         Arabia work as domestic servants, and they are not
         covered by Saudi labor laws.

         In Saudi Arabia, "we have domestic workers being
         brought in from many countries into domestic servitude,
         child beggars, a lot of beatings, reports of beatings,
         and rape-very difficult to get shelter, no
         convictions," said John R. Miller, the senior adviser
         for human trafficking.

         "Trafficking in human beings is nothing less than a
         modern form of slavery," Secretary of State Condoleezza
         Rice said.  "The United States has a particular duty to
         fight this scourge because trafficking in persons is an
         affront to the principles of human dignity and liberty
         upon which this nation was founded."

         Rice has made promotion of democracy and freedom a
         central tenet at the State Department.  A senior
         department official said she was involved in the
         decision making on where to rank individual countries
         and had directed analysts to make recommendations based
         on the criteria laid out in the law establishing the
         report.

         Tom Malinowski, Washington advocacy director for Human
         Rights Watch, said the inclusion of the Gulf states in
         this year's report was significant:  "It is another
         positive sign that the administration is willing to be
         honest and straightforward about the shortcomings of
         its allies in the Arab world, including Saudi Arabia."

         Other countries listed as poor performers in stopping
         trafficking include Bolivia, Cambodia, Ecuador,
         Jamaica, Togo and Venezuela.  An additional 27
         countries, including China, India and South Africa,
         were placed on a watch list, meaning they have
         significant problems but the governments appear to be
         making an effort to combat them.
         Countries that are listed as poor performers can lose
         non-humanitarian, non-trade-related assistance from the
         United States, or be deemed ineligible to take part in
         cultural and educational exchange programs.  But
         countries can avoid sanctions if they begin to take
         actions to address U.S. concerns in the next few
         months.
         Two years ago, Turkey and Greece, two NATO allies, fell
         into the bottom category, but they have since improved
         their standing.  Equatorial Guinea and Venezuela have
         been sanctioned since the reports began.

         "The purpose of the law is not to sanction," Miller
         said.  "It is to get progress in freeing the victims
         and throwing the traffickers in jail."  END TEXT.

    ¶12.  Published in Sabah on Sunday, June 5:

         TITLE:  "SNATCH & RUN" IMMIGRATION IN THE U.S. REPORT

         BEGIN TEXT:  The State Department human trafficking
         report noted that Turkey was a transit and destination
         country for women and children kidnapping for sexual
         exploitation.

         The State Department issued its fifth such report and
         in the Turkey portion of the 2005 report it was noted
         that women, men and children were kidnapped for being
         forced into labor.  It was stated, "There has been
         increased evidence that Turkish citizens were kidnapped
         for sexual exploitation and forced labor."

         It was also noted that most of the victims were brought
         from Eastern Europe and former Soviet Republics and in
         particular from Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan,
         Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Romania, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
         and Belarus.

         In the report Turkey is in Tier 2 "watch list."

         It was stated, "The GOT has not been implementing fully
         the minimum standards necessary for eliminating the
         problem.  But it shows a serious effort toward this
         end."  END TEXT.

    ¶13.  Published by Radikal on Saturday, June 4:
         TITLE:  Prostitution Information Line Jammed

         BEGIN TEXT:  Curious Turks jammed the 157 Helpline, for
         foreigners forced into the country or into
         prostitution.  More than three thousand people called
         the helpline in two weeks, and only three people were
         in real danger.

         The Foreign Ministry created a new diversion with the
         phone calls to the 157 Helpline.  The line, starting
         its operation last month, was called by more curious
         Turks than the needy.  The more than 3,000 calls jammed
         the line and the necessary service wasn't given.  The
         Ministry determined that only three of the calls were
         for real reasons.  Due to the curiosity, the phone
         calls were forwarded to tapes in Russian, Romanian and
         Ukrainian.

         The Ministry's goal is to prevent infringement of
         foreigner's human rights, and is signing agreements to
         solve the problem at its base to prevent illegal human
         trafficking and to facilitate the return of those
         people. Viktor Yushchenko, the leader of Ukraine, one
         of the most important source countries will sign one of
         these agreements during his official visit to Turkey
         from 6-8 June.  END TEXT.

    ¶14.  Published by the Journal of Turkish Weekly on Monday,
    June 6:

         TITLE:  Turkey must Fight Human Trafficking

         BEGIN TEXT:  Turkey is a transit and destination
         country for women and children trafficked primarily for
         sexual exploitation, the U.S. State Department said in
         its human trafficking report released on June 1.

         The report claimed that some men, women, and children
         are also trafficked for forced labor.  "There has been
         increasing evidence of the internal trafficking of
         Turkish citizens for forced labor and sexual
         exploitation.  Most victims come from Eastern Europe
         and the former Soviet Union, including Moldova,
         Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia,
         Romania, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus," the
         report added.

         The report went on to claim that the Turkish government
         does not fully comply with the minimum standards for
         the elimination of trafficking.  However, it is making
         significant efforts to do so.

         US:  It's too early to see results of Turkish counter-
         trafficking campaign.

         Concerning the new program in Turkey that aims to fight
         against human trafficking, the U.S. State Department
         report said, "The government publicly launched its 2005
         counter-trafficking campaign, which is too recent to
         show results."

         The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in
         close cooperation with the Turkish government, last
         week launched a campaign to fight human trafficking in
         Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the former states of the
         Soviet Union.  The coordinated campaign aims to rescue
         and protect potential and current victims of human
         trafficking, who are entering Turkey especially from
         Moldova and Ukraine.  As a part of the media campaign,
         a free "157" emergency hotline to help rescue human
         trafficking victims will be publicized through TV
         commercials.  Besides TV commercial spots, Turkey will
         distribute small handouts or passport supplements to
         those who enter Turkey through main border gates.  As
         well as informing people about the 157 emergency lines,
         these supplements will include warnings about human
         trafficking.  END TEXT.

    ¶15.  Published by Iran Focus (www.iranfocus.com) on Monday,
    June 6, 2005:

         TITLE:  Human trafficking not being combated in Iran:
         US State Dept

         BEGIN TEXT:  Iran is a source, transit, and destination
         country for women and girls trafficked for the purposes
         of sexual and labour exploitation, according to the
         2005 annual Trafficking in Persons Report released by
         the United States' Department of State.

         The DoS Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in
         Persons noted that "the Government of Iran does not
         fully comply with the minimum standards for the
         elimination of trafficking."

         "Internal trafficking of women and girls for sexual
         exploitation and children for forced labor also takes
         place," it said, adding that such practices are fueled
         by an increasing number of vulnerable groups, such as
         runaway women, street children, and drug addicts.

         In April, a number of government officials and security
         officers were arrested during raids on at least five
         houses used as brothels in and around the town of Neka
         (northern Iran).

         Many runaway girls, some as young as 13, were being
         forced into prostitution by several organized
         prostitution rings.  A number of officers from Iran's
         notorious State Security Forces (SSF), commanders of
         the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and heads of a
         number of local government departments and institutions
         were among those rounded up in the raids.

         The girls were also arrested pending judicial
         sentencing.

         The DoS report said that Iran should also take steps to
         enhance protection measures for trafficking victims,
         including ensuring those who are punished for
         trafficking are not victims.
         "Women and girls are trafficked to Pakistan, Turkey,
         and Europe for sexual exploitation.  Boys from
         Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan are trafficked
         through Iran to Gulf states, where they are ultimately
         forced to work as camel jockeys, beggars, or laborers,"
         the report also noted.

         "Afghan women and girls are trafficked to Iran for
         sexual exploitation, and for sexual and labor
         exploitation in the context of forced marriage," it
         added.  END TEXT.

    ¶16.  Published by BakuToday.net on Monday, June 6:

         TITLE:  U.S. Report on Trafficking Puts Armenia on
         "Watch List"

         BEGIN TEXT:  The U.S. Department of State has urged
         Armenia to show more consistency and commitment in its
         fight against human trafficking.  In its annual report
         published last week the U.S. Department of State has
         put Armenia on a "watch list" deemed to be of concern
         for trafficking.

         The countries on the "watch list" that also includes
         Azerbaijan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Slovakia
         are not subject to sanctions unlike 14 countries-mainly
         from Asia and Africa-that could face sanctions as worst
         offenders for failing to combat human trafficking.

         In particular, the U.S. Department of State report
         reads:  "Armenia is more a source than a transit
         country for trafficking.  Women and girls from Armenia
         are mainly trafficked as sex slaves to the United Arab
         Emirates and Turkey."

         According to the U.N. data, more than a 1,000 women,
         most of whom are victims of trafficking, are exploited
         as prostitutes in the UAE and Turkey."

         The report says that although the Armenian government
         makes efforts to combat this phenomenon, it still does
         not achieve the results that may meet even the minimum
         requirements.

         U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she hopes
         the report will result in increased efforts to stop the
         trafficking of people.

         "We trust that this year's report will raise
         international awareness of the crime of trafficking,
         and spur governments across the globe to take
         determined actions against it," she said.  "All states
         must work together to close down trafficking routes,
         prosecute and convict traffickers, and protect and
         reintegrate victims into society."

         Armenia appeared on the "watch list" because it failed
         to present proof last year of its commitment to combat
         human trafficking appropriately.

         Despite the increasing number of trafficking-related
         cases examined by the courts, punishments remain
         inappropriately mild and the size of fines low.

         In particular, the report indicates that article 132 of
         the Criminal Code prohibits human trafficking and sets
         four to eight years in prison for this crime.

         But the Armenian Government mainly applies article 262
         that sets a milder punishment.

         The State Department particularly points out that only
         one out of 16 cases examined by Armenian courts in 2004
         resulted in the application of article 132, while
         article 262 was applied in the rest.
         The usual jail terms in sentences passed in trafficking
         cases in Armenia are 6 months to 2 years, there are
         cases that are dismissed or in which the criminal gets
         away by paying a fine.  These punishments, says the
         report, are incommensurate with the gravity of the
         crime.

         The report says that Prosecutor Office members
         criminally assisted people involved in trafficking and
         frontier guards accepted bribes to facilitate their
         movement.

         The government failed to investigate and institute
         criminal cases against those officials involved in
         trafficking, says the report.

         Investigative Journalists NGO head Edik Baghdasarian
         said in an RFE/RL interview that he possesses
         information reported by victims of trafficking
         themselves that some workers of the Prosecutor Office
         accepted bribes from pimps in Dubai.

         In particular, Baghdasarian claims that Prosecutor's
         office worker Arestakes Yeremian is involved in this
         business.

         But Yeremian denied the accusations in a RFE/RL talk.

         Chairman of the Intergovernmental Anti-Trafficking
         Commission Valery Mkrtumian admits that Armenia's
         appearance on the "watch list" is a retrogression for
         the country.

         Regarding the involvement of officials in this
         business, he said: "There are different sources.  We
         can form a certain opinion based on information
         provided by NGOs or other organizations.  But we do not
         know any name of an official involved or assisting in
         this crime." END TEXT.

    ¶17.  Published in The Daily Star (www.dailystar.com.lb) on
    Tuesday, June 7:

         TITLE:  Yushchenko puts energy exports and visas on
         agenda for Turkey visit

         BEGIN TEXT:  Kiev:  Ukrainian President Viktor
         Yushchenko said Monday that freeing up the visa regime
         and greater energy cooperation between Ukraine and
         Turkey would be high on the agenda for his visit to
         Turkey where he was due to arrive later in the day.

         "We are ready to seriously review our visa regime,
         including with Turkey," Yushchenko was quoted as
         telling the Turkish media through his press service.

         Yushchenko was due to leave for Turkey on a three-day
         trip to Ankara and Istanbul, where he was to meet with
         his counterpart Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister
         Recep Tayyip Erdogan as well as local business leaders.

         Ukraine earlier this year withdrew visa requirements
         for European Union passport holders, and Yushchenko
         said Kiev was considering similar measures for other
         countries.

         "In parallel, we have to answer the question of
         security against international terrorism, the narcotics
         trade and human trafficking," he said.  This is why I
         am eagerly awaiting discussions with the Turkish side
         about a reciprocal liberalization of the visa regime."
         Cooperation in the energy sector is another priority
         item in talks between the two countries, which both
         have large portions of the Black Sea coastline.
         Ukraine, on the sea's northern coast, hopes to supply
         electricity exports to energy-hungry Turkey in the
         south.

         "We are ready to present a project for electricity
         exports," Yushchenko said.  Turkey, for its part, could
         ensure oil and gas transport to Ukraine from
         "alternative regions," he said.  Currently, Ukraine
         receives most of its oil and gas from Russia and
         Turkmenistan.

         Ukraine is also interested in boosting Turkish
         investment, which now funds some 331 businesses in the
         ex-Soviet republic.  The two sides will also discuss
         cooperating in Iraq reconstruction projects, Yushchenko
         said.

         Yushchenko and his wife Kateryna were to spend Monday
         and Tuesday in Ankara and Wednesday in Istanbul.  END
         TEXT.

    ¶18.  Reported in Cumhuriyet on Tuesday, June 7:

         BEGIN TEXT:  According to the UN, around 2 million
         people live as refugees around the world.

         Reporting from a refugee conference in Antalya, the
         daily wrote that each year 1 million people emigrate
         through illegal means because of economic, organized
         crime-related reasons and regional wars, political
         chaos and conflicts.

         According to UN figures, each refugee pays
         approximately $3500 to organizers and thus the total
         figure reaches about $9billion.

         The daily wrote that Turkey has been a destination
         country for illegal immigration and human trafficking.
         The daily also wrote that reps from 16 countries
         attended the meeting in Antalya and it was stated that
         Turkey in the past was a transit country.

         Omer Aydin, Deputy Department Head of Smuggling and
         Organized Crime, TNP, who hosted the conference, said,
         "International organized crime rings are organizing the
         refuge smuggling that stems from reasons such as
         economic, social and political (hardships) with (hopes
         of) finding a job and applying for asylum. END TEXT.

    ¶19.  Reported by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Tuesday,
    June 7:

         TITLE:  Ukraine's Yushchenko In Turkey

         BEGIN TEXT:  7 June 2005-Ukrainian President Viktor
         Yushchenko is in Ankara for talks today with Turkey's
         President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and parliament speaker
         Bulent Arinc.

         Yushchenko met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
         shortly after arriving late on 6 June for the three-day
         official visit.  There were few immediate details of
         their meeting.

         Before leaving Ukraine, Yushchenko had said he expects
         to review visa requirements with Turkey during his
         visit.  Ukraine earlier this year withdrew visa
         requirements for European Union passport holders and
         Yushchenko said he is considering similar measures for
         other countries.

         Agreements involving the fight against terrorism,
         drugs, and human trafficking are expected to be signed
         during the visit.  END TEXT.

    ¶20.  Published by Zaman on Wednesday, June 8:

         TITLE:  Turkey Determined to Prevent Human Trafficking

         BEGIN TEXT:  Turkey has been elevated to a category
         along with countries that show intensive effort to
         eliminate human trafficking according to the U.S. State
         Department Human Trafficking Report for 2005, issued on
         June 3.

         In a release by the U.S. State Department on the report
         issued on June 3, 2005, it stated that although Turkey
         has not yet met all the minimum standards on this
         issue, it has been involved in intensive efforts toward
         this end.  Turkey was elevated to Tier 2.  In the 2004
         report, Turkey was in Tier 2, Watch List.
         In this group there are countries which do not meet all
         the minimum standards in eliminating human trafficking,
         but which show major effort in this field, as well as
         countries where the number of human trafficking victims
         increased significantly or a country where there has
         been a drop in human trafficking or a country makes
         commitments about the developments to be recorded in
         the future.  END TEXT.

    ¶21. Published in Radikal on Wednesday, June 8:
         TITLE:  Human Traffickers to Be Sorry
         BEGIN TEXT:  Turkey has been elevated to a category
         along with countries that show intensive effort to
         eliminate human trafficking according to the U.S. State
         Department Human Trafficking Report for 2005, issued on
         June 3.

         In a release by the U.S. State Department, it was
         stated that in 2004, Turkey was in Tier 2 Watch List
         and that as a result of its intensive work in the fight
         against human trafficking, it has been elevated to the
         next group.

         The U.S. has shown the Hotline 157, which was
         inaugurated for helping human trafficking victims, as a
         major step taken for this end. END TEXT.

    ¶22.  Published by Kiev Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday, June 7:

         TITLE:  Ukraine, Turkey Sign Cooperation Agreements

         BEGIN FBIS-TRANSLATED TEXT:  Ukraine and Turkey have
         signed cooperation agreements in science and
         technology, the energy sector and railway
         transportation during the official visit of Ukrainian
         President Viktor Yushchenko to Turkey.  They also
         signed an agreement on readmission.

         [Passage omitted:  who signed the agreements]

         The Ukrainian State Committee for Nuclear Regulation
         and the Turkish state agency for nuclear energy signed
         a memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation
         and exchange of nuclear regulation information.  The
         memorandum was signed by Ukrainian Foreign Minister
         Borys Tarasyuk. END FBIS-TRANSLATED TEXT.

    ¶23.  Reported by Anadolu Ajansi on Tuesday, June 7:

         TITLE:  U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ''TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
         REPORT'' -TURKEY UPGRADED
         BEGIN TEXT:  ANKARA (A.A) - 07.06.2005 - Turkey was
         upgraded to the category of ''countries that make
         significant efforts to combat human smuggling'',
         according to U.S. State Department Trafficking in
         Persons Report.
         Turkish MFA said that in the report which was issued on
         June 3rd, 2005, Turkey was upgraded to the ''Second
         Group'' which expends intensive efforts on this issue
         even if it has not yet fully complied with the minimum
         standards to combat human trafficking.
         Under the ''2004 U.S. Human Trafficking and Victims
         Law'' which the State Department presented to the
         Congress, Turkey had been included in ''second Group-
         Follow Up List,'' which was added to the report as
         fourth category.
         The Turkish MFA announcement said Turkey was upgraded
         to a higher group due to its efforts to combat human
         trafficking in the past year. END TEXT.
    ¶24.  Reported by Anadolu Ajansi on Wednesday, June 8:
         BEGIN TEXT:  Jandarma captured 53 illegal immigrants
         who wanted to cross the border in the Buyuk Altiagac
         village of Meric, Edirne.

         They were on a minibus with the license plate 34 BV
         ¶4521.  The 27 illegal immigrants were from Pakistan,
         Iraq, Mauritania and Palestine.

         Meanwhile, 26 people were captured in the Seren Village
         of Meric.  They were from Mauritania, Somali,
         Palestine, Tunus and Algeria.
         V.A. was sent to the prosecutor for "human
         trafficking."  A total of 53 illegal immigrants were
         sent to the Edirne Police for deportation.  END TEXT.

    ¶25.  Published by Aksam on Saturday, June 4:
         TITLE:  "BAD REPORT FROM THE U.S. ON TURKEY"

         BEGIN TEXT:  In the U.S. State Department's Human
         Trafficking Report it was stated that Turkey was a
         transit and destination country in the women and
         children trafficking in particular for sexual
         exploitation.

         The Department issued its 5th report.  The report on
         2005 noted that some women and children were kidnapped
         for being forced into labor.  Turkey was on Tier 2
         Watch List.  It was stated, "The GOT does not fully
         implement the minimum standards to eliminate human
         trafficking but it shows serious effort." END TEXT.

    ¶26.  Published in Cumhuriyet on Wednesday, June 8:

         TITLE:  WOMEN WHO ARE IGNORED

         BEGIN TEXT:  A "Women Trafficking: A Serious Human
         Rights Violation" conference was held in Trabzon with
         contributions from the EU Commission.  It was stressed
         that the ultimate solution to the problem was the fight
         against poverty.

         Liza Pate, the representative from the EU Commission
         Turkey delegation, address the conference at the Grand
         Zorlu Hotel.  Pate noted that although Turkey recorded
         progress recently, there were still some shortcomings.

         Pate said, "When one looks at the various source,
         transit or destination countries where there is in
         human trafficking, one sees that in most of the cases
         major organized crime networks and other illegal
         organizations were involved."  Pate stated that in
         order to prevent this, victims should be given
         sufficient protection and assistance and that all types
         of sexual violence should be defined as crime and there
         should be judicial cooperation.

         Aspa Plakantonaki, Greece Project Coordinator for
         Medecins Du Monde, said that many people disappeared in
         towns in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as former
         Soviet Republics, and added, "These disappearances were
         neither because of an illness (epidemic?), nor a war.
         They became the victims of human trafficking.  What is
         most bothersome is the fact that this man-made disaster
         can be preventable.  But unfortunately the world is
         ignoring these women."

         Nazan Sati, representative of the International Blue
         Crescent Humanitarian Assistance and Development
         Foundation, said that they produced emergency
         humanitarian assistance, as well as projects on social
         and economic development, on improvements, education
         and health.  She noted that they implemented them at
         national and international level.

         Journalist Ahmet Sefik Mollamehmetoglu stressed that at
         the root of the human trafficking and immigrant
         smuggling problems lays the unequal world system.  He
         said, "All these economic, social, cultural and
         historical reasons lead to human trafficking and
         immigrant smuggling.  As long as these reasons continue
         to exists, so will these violations." END TEXT.

    ¶27.  Published in Milliyet on Saturday, June 4:

         TITLE:  "PROSTITUTION IGNORED IN RETURN FOR BRIBES"

         BEGIN TEXT:  The U.S. Administration noted that Turkey
         was both a transit and a destination country in women
         and children trafficking.  It noted that along with
         those who arrive from the former Soviet Republic,
         Turkish citizens, too, were kidnapped for sexual
         exploitation or forced employment.
         In the most recent State Department Human Trafficking
         report the U.S. listed Turkey among Tier 2 countries
         that do not meet minimum necessary standards to prevent
         human trafficking.  The report also noted that the GOT
         showed significant effort to meet these standards.  It
         emphasized that there was progress in training security
         forces and on automatic deportation of those who were
         smuggled into Turkey.

         In the U.S. report it was also stated that there were
         increasing data that Turkish citizens (too) were
         kidnapped in the country for forced labor or sexual
         exploitation.

         The report pointed to the fact that most of the women
         and children brought to Turkey were from Moldova,
         Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia,
         Romania, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

         The report noted that no Turkish official was detained
         or investigated in 2004 for human trafficking.

         It stated, "There have been reports that officials in
         charge of law enforcement were permitting illegal
         prostitution in return for bribes." END TEXT.

    ¶28.  Published by Radikal on Monday, June 13:

         TITLE:  The Hotline that Saves Women from the Hands of
         Dealers: 157

         BEGIN TEXT:  The 157 hotline established by the IOM to
         save the victims of human trafficking has begun to
         produce early results.

         A Moldavian victim was saved when she called the
         hotline from a hotel room in Antalya.  She also made
         her dealer to be captured.

         Until now the IOM worked with the MFA and the Interior
         Ministry but from now on it will seek the support of
         NGOs nationwide.

         Marielle Sander Lindstrom, the IOM Turkey Mission
         Chief, explained to "Radikal" the early results from a
         week-old 157 hotline.

         She noted that Ukraine, Moldova and Turkey were
         prominent countries in human trafficking.  She said
         that the 157 hotline would resolve  this traffic among
         the three countries.

         She noted that the Moldavian woman who called the
         hotline from an Antalya hotel, made the police
         encounter another woman as well when they walked into
         her room.  She said, "We learned that the other woman
         was not a victim but a dealer.  Unfortunately being a
         dealer becomes more common among women.  Women are
         deceiving other women and our job becomes more
         difficult.  We both save the victims and make dealers
         get captured.  When an information comes to 157
         hotline, immediately 155 police hotline is activated.
         Police go to the site.  The Moldavian victim currently
         is in the shelter in Istanbul.  The woman dealer is in
         jail."

         Turkey became a full member of IOM in November 2004.
         The IOM is impressed with the Turkish authorities'
         efforts to determine and help victims of human
         trafficking.  But it cannot tell how many victims of
         human trafficking exist in Turkey.

         The Turkish security forces determined 262 victims of
         trafficking, including 239 foreigners, in 2004.

         She pointed to the fact that the fight against dealers
         got more intense this year.  She added that IOM reps in
         Ukraine, Moldova and Turkey got together with NGOs with
         the inauguration of the 157 hotline and began a joint
         struggle.

         Media ads have a very special place in this fight.
         With the help of a 30 second ad in Russian on
         television broadcast in Moldova, both the assistance in
         Turkey and the support line in Moldova will be
         introduced. END TEXT.

    ¶29.  Published by Milliyet on Monday, June 13:
         TITLE:  Princess in Ankara

         BEGIN TEXT:  After 71 years a member of the prominent
         Swedish Royal family will visit Turkey. Swedish Crown
         Princess Victoria will give messages of support to
         children, women and human rights.

         Victoria Ingrid Alice Desiree, the first princess for
         whom a special law was adopted in order for her to
         assume the throne after her father King Carl 16 of
         Sweden, will arrive in Turkey today for a two-day
         official visit.

         Victoria will attend a dinner hosted by Prime Minister
         Erdogan and participate in programs that her country
         supports such as improving the situation of women and
         children, as well as improving human rights.

         Princess Victoria will present funds raised by Swedish
         companies doing business in Turkey, to the UNICEF
         Turkey representative at the Swedish National Day
         reception this evening.

         Princess Victoria will present scholarships to two
         Turkish students for them to study human rights law in
         Sweden tomorrow morning.  Scholarships will be given
         for the first time in the memory of Anna Lindh, who was
         known for her support for Turkey's EU membership during
         her tenure as the Foreign Minister from 1998 to 2003,
         when she was assassinated.

         At the ceremony for the scholarship, information will
         be provided on the women's shelter to serve human
         trafficking victims that opened in Ankara with Sweden's
         contributions.

         Princess Victoria's visit will be the first Swedish
         Royal Family visit in 71 years.  There has been
         intensive diplomatic traffic between the governments of
         the two countries.  Her grandfather King Gustav Adolf
         visited Turkey 71 yeas ago as a crown prince and posed
         to photographers with Ataturk.  Now Princess Victoria
         will give a similar pose with Prime Minister Erdogan.

         Princess Victoria is known to be the first princess to
         prove to the world that gender equality is valid for
         assuming the throne as well.

         The 1000-year-old Swedish Royal Family had declared
         only boys as crown princes in the last 300 years.  With
         a constitutional amendment when Victoria was two, the
         rule was changed and the eldest child, without gender
         discrimination, was allowed to assume the throne.

         Victoria, who was born in 1977, is the eldest of the
         three children of the King.  With the help of the
         amendment, Victoria had the right to assume the throne
         before her brother.

         The Princess studied at state schools in Sweden.  She
         also studied at Yale University in the U.S.

         Princess Victoria will also become the commander-in-
         chief of the Swedish army when she assumes the throne.
         The world was interested in her when she received basic
         military training for three weeks in 2003.  Swedish
         public opinion is divided over whether Princess
         Victoria should marry Daniel Westling, a sports
         trainer.  They have been together for three years. END
         TEXT.

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