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05ANKARA3055 | 2005-06-01 07:49 | 2011-08-24 01:00 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Ankara

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 15 ANKARA 003055

    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, May 15-31,
    2005

    ¶1. (U) 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.  (U) Published in Radikal on Monday, May 16:

         BEGIN TEXT:  The Third Council of European Leaders'
         Summit will draw a roadmap for the development of human
         rights and democratic values in the 21st century.

         There will be three sessions on:  European Union and
         European Values; Problems Facing European Societies;
         and, European Architecture.

         Three agreements on the fight against terrorism, money
         laundering and cooperation in preventing human
         trafficking will be opened to signature.

         The agreement on prevention of human trafficking
         foresees establishment of a monitoring group to protect
         victims of human trafficking.  END TEXT.

    ¶3. (U) Published by The Journal of Turkish Weekly on Monday,
    May 16:

         TITLE:  Another European Summit!

         BEGIN TEXT:  Normal readers of newspapers in Turkey and
         in Turkish have every right to be perplexed about the
         names of two organizations, namely the European Council
         and the Council of Europe, as both are translated into
         Turkish as "Avrupa Konseyi."  The first is the highest
         organ of the European Union, while the second is the
         oldest pan-European organization, set up in 1949.  "The
         aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater
         unity between its members for the purpose of
         safeguarding and realizing the ideals and principles
         which are their common heritage and facilitating their
         economic and social progress," says the body.

         In the course of its 56 years of existence, the Council
         of Europe has brought together the governments and
         parliaments of its member states to cooperate in an
         ongoing program of dialogue and cooperation, setting
         the norms of the societies of Europe for the betterment
         of the lives of individual Europeans.  Nearly 200
         conventions, covering such areas as human rights,
         minorities, local democracy and transfrontier
         cooperation, culture, education, sports, media-legal
         cooperation, the environment, the protection of flora
         and fauna, social affairs and health.

         Certainly, the greatest achievements of the Council of
         Europe lie in the adoption and continuous improvement
         of the European Convention for Human Rights and
         Fundamental Freedoms.  The European Court of Human
         Rights (ECHR) has been the defender of the human rights
         of every European against the abuse of their rights and
         dignity by their governments.

         The Council of Europe has provided all types of
         assistance to the newly independent states after the
         breakups of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, including
         help in writing their constitutions, supervising their
         elections and monitoring their human rights
         performances.  Today the number of member states of the
         Council of Europe has reached 46, including such city-
         states as San Marino, Liechtenstein, Andorra and
         Monaco.  The total population of Council of Europe
         member countries is over 800 million.

         Since the establishment of the European Economic
         Community (EEC), the economic affairs mentioned in the
         Statute of the Council of Europe have been assumed by
         the EEC.  With the start of political cooperation and
         transformation of the EEC into the EU in many areas,
         the work of the two European institutions began to
         overlap.  The overlap grew after the adoption of the
         Paris Charter in 1990 and the establishment of the
         Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
         (OSCE).  The functions of the Council of Europe and of
         the OSCE have become even more overlapped in such areas
         as development democracy and encouraging human rights
         in Europe.  The political role of the Council of Europe
         must now be shared by more than two other European
         institutions.
         Since the concept of security in Europe has radically
         changed from military security to social and individual
         security in Europe, the task of fighting against such
         evils as terrorism, the trafficking drugs and human
         beings and the migrations of peoples have come to
         occupy the agendas of the Council of Europe, the EU,
         the OSCE and, under its new doctrine, also that of
         NATO.  Today the EU has 25 members, which are also
         members of the Council of Europe.  The EU is much
         richer than the Council of Europe.  Even moreso with
         its Mediterranean Program, the New Neighborhood Policy
         and new EU enlargements, which will extend cooperation
         to cover most of Europe.  OSCE membership also extends
         to cover even non-European Central Asian countries.
         The EU has issued a human rights charger of its own,
         even though it's not as effective as that of the
         Council of Europe.

         Although it's true that efforts are being made at every
         level to secure cooperation and dialogue between
         European organizations, it's not possible to prevent
         overlap in many sensitive areas.  The meeting of heads
         of states and governments of the Council of Europe in
         Warsaw this Monday and Tuesday for the institution's
         third summit must, among other issues, address the
         issue of overlapping competencies of these different
         European institutions.

         Unfortunately, this meeting is taking place under the
         shadow of the forthcoming French referendum on the new
         EU Constitutional Treaty.  Doubts raised in France
         about the future structure of the EU may make European
         leaders less willing to make radical decisions at the
         Warsaw summit.

         But the competencies of the three European
         Organizations (the Council of Europe, EU and OSCE) must
         be clearly delimited.  Otherwise, intrusion in the work
         of the Council of Europe, mostly by the EU, of which
         now 25 and in the future many more countries will be
         subjected to the directives of the European Council and
         Commission, will eclipse and eventually supersede it.

         Whatever the leaders may decide, the most important
         role of the Council of Europe is to protect human
         rights and basic freedoms, and to support and promote
         European norms of democracy.  These functions must
         remain intact but must also be enhanced.  We hope that
         Turkey will play an active role at the summit to
         enhance this old but still very effective organization.
         END TEXT.

    ¶4.  (U) Published by Turks.US (www.turks.us) on Monday, May
    16:

         TITLE:  Turkish PM on xenophobia, racism, anti-Semitism

         BEGIN TEXT:  Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
         indicated today (Monday) that xenophobia, racism, anti-
         Semitism, pre-conceived notions against certain
         religions and IDs, as well as followers of radical
         religious ideas always exist.  "These illnesses now
         include enmity towards Islam," stressed Erdogan.

         Erdogan is in Warsaw to attend the Council of Europe
         (COE) Heads of State and Government Summit which
         started at the historical Royal Castle in the Polish
         capital Warsaw.

         "The principles on which the COE has been built will be
         the ones who will guide us in finding solutions to
         global problems.  The standards we have come up in the
         COE are the ones that can be looked upon as role model
         for other regions of the world," told Erdogan.

         "We were hoping to enjoy the positive signs of
         globalization, just after the end of the Cold War and
         until September 11 attacks took place.  These incidents
         who how deadly international terrorism is," said
         Erdogan.

         According to Erdogan, terrorism today kills innocent
         individuals and is taking place everywhere.  "Terror
         hits without making discrimination among regions,
         religions and ethnicity.  The fight against terrorism
         requires strong international cooperation.  Drug and
         human trafficking, corruption and environment have
         become global problems," commented Erdogan.
         Prime Minister Erdogan expressed that, after September
         11, certain circles began to define terrorism within
         the boundaries of a certain religion and culture.  "I
         want to emphasize the point that terrorism has no
         religion, culture, ethnicity or nationality.  There is
         no religion on earth that tolerates killing
         individuals.  September 11 resulted in wrong
         evaluations.  I am pleased to see that logic has won
         the battle against terrorism and further gap between
         civilizations avoided," remarked Erdogan.

         "The COE brings together all European countries within
         the framework of common democratic values and could be
         the best platform to do away with pre-conceived notions
         and intolerance," noted Erdogan.

         Erdogan mentioned that the UN, UNESCO, OIC, OSCE and
         the EU must work together to increase dialog between
         cultures and religions.  "We realize that Turkey, as a
         country which spans on two continents (Asia and
         Europe), has a special obligation to serve as a bridge
         between cultures and religions and enhance dialog,"
         said Erdogan.

         Erdogan stated that, in the past two years,
         comprehensive reforms have been made in Turkey in the
         areas of personal freedoms and transparency.  "We are
         aware of the fact that there is still a lot that Turkey
         must do.  Our experiences show that, a country with a
         predominantly Muslim population, can reach global
         standards of democracy by staying loyal to its
         traditions and moral values.  The concepts of justice,
         equality, accountability, consultations, respect for
         individual and moral values are all concepts present in
         hundreds of years of Turkish culture," added Erdogan.

         Erdogan had a chance to talk to Azeri President Ilham
         Aliyev, Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, Polish
         President Aleksander Kwasniewski, Polish Premier Marek
         Belka, South Cyprus Greek administration leader Tassos
         Papadopoulos, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude
         Juncker, Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik,
         French Minister of Foreign Affairs Michel Barnier,
         Bulgarian Prime Minister Georgi Purvanov, COE
         Parliamentary Council Chairman Rene Van Der Linden and
         COE Secretary Terry Davis.

         Turkish sources said that Erdogan did not meet the
         Armenian President Robert Kocharian.  END TEXT.

    ¶5.  (U) Reported by the Anadolu Ajansi on Monday, May 16:

         BEGIN TEXT:  Col Ferhat Konya, DDG for Smuggling at the
         Jandarma General Command Operation Department, noted
         that about 3 million people around the world became
         victims of human trafficking each year.  He added, "90
         percent of this figure consists of 15-26 year old women
         and children who are subject to prostitution."

         The "Fight Against Human Trafficking Seminar" organized
         by the Jandarma General Command and the IOM Turkey
         office, began at the Porto Bello Hotel in Antalya.

         In his speech at the seminar, Jandarma Col. Konya said
         that human trafficking was spreading around the world
         because of reasons such as poverty, desire for a better
         life, erosion of social values, political and economic
         uncertainties and cheap manpower.

         Konya noted that in particular human trafficking for
         sexual exploitation was disrupting the life quality of
         the victims and that it was a low-risk and high profit
         criminal activity.

         Konya said, "About 3 million people around the world
         each year become victims of human trafficking.  90
         percent of them are women and children who are made
         tools of prostitution.  The remaining 10 percent are
         consisting of man and children who are forced to work
         at factories, land and households, or to beg.  They
         also include those whose organs are taken after being
         deceived.  Many women are deceived by offers of a job
         or promises of a rich and nice life.  Soon after, they
         are being used and exploited as if they are an object."

         Konya stressed that Turkey put great emphasis on the
         fight against human trafficking and that it took
         measures within this framework.  He added that the
         necessary judicial infrastructure was completed and
         legal arrangements were adopted.
         There will be papers presented at the seminars on
         topics such as "Differences Between Human Trafficking
         and Immigrant Smuggling," "Reasons Behind Human
         Trafficking," "Human Trafficking Process," "Determining
         Victims" and "Using Victims as Witnesses."

         The seminar will last until May 18.  Participants
         include IOM Turkey office, the UNHCR Turkey office,
         Scotland Yard officials, and representatives from the
         MFA, Justice Ministry, TNP, Jandarma General Command
         and the IKGV (HRDF). END TEXT.

    ¶6.  (U) Published by Zaman Online (www.zaman.com) on Monday,
    May 16:

         TITLE:  Counter Terror, Laundering, and Human
         Trafficking Rule 3rd EC Summit

         BEGIN TEXT:  Three separate agreements prepared
         regarding the fight against terror, money laundering,
         and human trafficking are seeking the signed approval
         of member countries at the summit of the European
         Council (EC).

         It is reported that nearly 20 members of the 46-member
         EC have signed the said agreements.

         Turkey is not among those countries that signed the
         agreements today.

         According to information an Anatolia News Agency
         correspondent received from diplomatic sources, due to
         a delay of an approval expected from the cabinet,
         Turkey did not sign the agreements during this summit.

         The same diplomatic sources noted that Turkey is
         determined to sign these agreements within the shortest
         possible time.

         These agreements envisage that member countries will
         cooperate more effectively and work together in the
         fight against terror, money laundering, and human
         trafficking.

         Meanwhile, another 21 countries have become parties for
         the 14 protocols, which are seeking signatures with a
         ceremony organized during the summit, prepared for the
         European Court of Human Rights to work more
         effectively.

         Turkey has signed this agreement already but has not
         yet approved it.  END TEXT.

    ¶7.  (U) Reported by TurkishPress.com (www.turkishpress.com)
    on Wednesday, May 18:

         TITLE:  C.O.E. Condemns Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism

         BEGIN TEXT:  Warsaw (AA)-Heads of state & government of
         member-states to the Council of Europe (COE) condemned
         Islamphobia and anti-Semitism, and called on
         establishment of a mechanism to promote non-
         discrimination.

         A final declaration was released on the second day of
         COE Third Summit of Heads of State & Government in
         Polish capital Warsaw.

         In the final declaration, leaders said, "we strongly
         condemn all forms of intolerance and discrimination, in
         particular those based on sex, race and religion,
         including anti-Semitism and Islamphobia.  We affirm our
         determination to further develop, within the COE, rules
         and effective machinery to prevent and eradicate them."
         Islamphobia, which has been rising in Europe in the
         aftermath of the September 11th events in the United
         States, was brought onto agenda of the summit with
         initiatives and effective diplomatic efforts of Turkey.

         The expression of "combat against Islamphobia" was
         included in a formal document of the COE for the first
         time.

         During his speech yesterday (Monday), Turkish Prime
         Minister Erdogan called on the COE to create
         influential mechanisms against Islamphobia.

         Inter-Cultural & Inter-Religious Dialogue -

         Again with the support of Turkey, the COE said in the
         final declaration, "we are resolved to ensure that our
         diversity becomes a source of mutual enrichment, inter
         alia, by fostering political, intercultural and inter-
         religious dialogue."

         The COE has decided to appoint a coordinator to this
         end.

         Meanwhile, the COE expressed its resolution to create a
         new framework for enhanced cooperation and interaction
         with the European Union in areas of common concern, in
         particular human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

         The COE also decided to secure improved practical
         cooperation with the Organization of Security and
         Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

         Combat Against Terrorism -

         "The COE will continue to play an active role in
         combating terrorism, which is a major threat to
         democratic societies and is unjustifiable under any
         circumstances and in any culture.  It will also further
         develop its activities in combating corruption,
         organized crime, including money laundering and
         financial crime, trafficking in human beings and
         cybercrime, and the challenges attendant on scientific
         and technical progress.  We shall promote measures
         consistent with our values to counter those threats,"
         it said.  END TEXT.
    ¶8. (U) Published by RTE News (www.rte.ie) on Saturday, May
    21:

         TITLE:  Wexford remembers Kurdish asylum seekers

         BEGIN TEXT:  A plaque honoring the memory of the eight
         Kurdish asylum seekers who were found dead in a
         container en route to Ireland was unveiled this
         afternoon in Wexford.

         The plaque has been erected close to the site at
         Wexford Business Park where the bodies were discovered
         nearly three and a half years ago.

         Unknown to authorities, 13 people crammed into the back
         of a container at the Belgium port of Zeebrugee in
         December 2001, expecting to arrive in either Britain or
         Ireland, where they were going to seek asylum.

         Over the course of the 53-hour journey to Waterford and
         on to Wexford, eight of them suffocated due to lack of
         oxygen.

         Six men and two young boys died, while four men and a
         woman survived.

         A gang involved in human trafficking was subsequently
         sentenced in Turkey, some to eight years for
         manslaughter and some for two years for conspiracy. END
         TEXT.
    ¶9.  (U) Reported on UTV (www.utvlive.com) on Saturday, May
    21:

         BEGIN TEXT:  A plaque to honour the memory of eight
         Kurdish asylum seekers found dead in a container en
         route to the Republic, has been unveiled in County
         Wexford later today.

         The plaque was erected close to the site at Wexford
         Business Park, where the bodies were discovered in
         December 2001.

         Thirteen people, expecting to arrive in either Ireland
         or the UK as asylum seekers, were crammed into the back
         of a container at Zeebruge in Belgium.

         However, over the course of the 53-hour journey, eight
         people suffocated in the sealed container due to lack
         of oxygen.

         Two young boys and six men died.  Four men and a woman
         survived.

         A number of people involved in human trafficking were
         later sentenced in Turkey.

         Some of the survivors and relatives of those who died
         attended the ceremony.  END TEXT.

    ¶10.  (U) Radikal carried the following report on Monday, May
    23:

         TITLE:  Cooperation against Women (Human) Trafficking

         BEGIN TEXT:  ISTANBUL - Dr. Hercules Moscoff, Human
         Security Advisor to the Greek MFA, noted that
         international organizations and the civic society must
         cooperate in order to prevent human trafficking.

         Speaking at the Prevention of Human Trafficking
         Conference, organized by the Greek Medecins Du Monde
         foundation and the International Blue Crescent
         Humanitarian Assistance and Development Foundation,
         Moscoff noted that regional cooperation was very
         important in fighting against this (type of)
         contemporary slavery. Moscoff stated that victims of
         human trafficking mostly were subject to deportation as
         if they were criminals and added, "Decision-makers,
         international organizations and NGOs must cooperate in
         order to prevent human trafficking.  It is very hard to
         fight against this crime by oneself."

         Attorney Spyros Kloudas, a member of the Athens Bar,
         noted that Greece adopted a law two-and-a-half years
         ago.  He stated that until then they were deporting
         victims of human trafficking and thus making the most
         important witness to prosecute the criminals disappear.
         He said that with the new law they prevented the
         deportation of these people and were providing free
         legal support.

         Sultan Ozturk, member of the Turkey Human Trafficking
         Sub-group at the UNHCR, said that according to the 1951
         Convention, refugees were people who had a rightful
         fear of oppression for being a member of a different
         social group, race, religion and nationality.  She
         noted that these people leave their countries for this
         reason and don't want to return.  Ozturk noted that all
         refugees have the right to have a safe haven.  She said
         that international protection means more than just
         physical security and that refugees in a host-country
         at least should enjoy equal rights and assistance with
         the other foreigners that reside legitimately in the
         country.  END TEXT.

    ¶11.  (U) Radikal published the following article on Sunday,
    May 22:

         TITLE:  There are 200 Networks involved in Human
         Trafficking in Turkey

         BEGIN TEXT:  ISTANBUL - Muzaffer Baca, Vice Chairman of
         the International Blue Crescent Humanitarian Assistance
         and Development Foundation, claimed that women who were
         brought to Turkey from abroad as a help for housework,
         were used as slaves.  Baca said, "There are 200
         networks (gangs) in Turkey that are involved in human
         trafficking."
         The International conference on "Human Trafficking: An
         Important Human Rights Violation," organized by the
         Greek Medecins du Monde and the International Blue
         Crescent Humanitarian Assistance and Development
         Foundation and with the financial support of the EU
         Commission in Turkey, began in Istanbul yesterday
         (Saturday).
         Mehmet Seyan, Deputy Governor of Istanbul, said that
         the conference was important for elevating public
         awareness on the human trafficking issue.  Seyman
         referred to the UN Convention on the Fight Against
         Crimes Crossing Borders and said, "Most common type of
         human trafficking is sexual exploitation of women.
         Unfortunately Turkey has been affected both as a
         target, transit and also as a source country for human
         trafficking.  In Istanbul -- a place where human
         trafficking is more widespread -- 39 incidents of human
         trafficking occurred and 109 victims were saved, 61 of
         the suspects in these incidents were arrested in 2004
         and 2005."

         Nikatas Kanakis, a member of the executive board of the
         Medecins de Monde, said that the human trafficking
         issue would become a worse problem in ten years.

         Baca, on the other hand, said that according to a
         study, there were 200 networks involved in human
         trafficking in Turkey.  He claimed that women who
         wanted to get away from these networks were either
         committing suicide or were found dead.

         Aysen Onen, Vice President of the International Jurist
         Women Federation, said that most of these women were
         deceived by being offered a job or getting married and
         thus they were made subject to human trafficking.

         Muzaffer Baca, Vice Chairman of the International Blue
         Crescent Assistance and Development Foundation, pointed
         to the networks that were involved in women
         trafficking. END TEXT.

    ¶12.  (U) Published by Aksam on Sunday, May 22:

         TITLE:  There are 200 Networks involved in Human
         Trafficking

         BEGIN TEXT:  The "Conference on Prevention of Human
         Trafficking," organized by the financial contributions
         of the EU Commission in Turkey brought into light a
         bitter fact:  It was determined that there are 200
         gangs involved in human trafficking in Turkey.

         Speaking at the opening of the conference, Mehmet
         Seyan, Deputy Governor of Istanbul, said that the most
         common type of human trafficking was sexual
         exploitation of women.

         He said that they mostly see women and immigrant
         trafficking in Istanbul and that the police department
         was conducting works on this issue.

         He noted that the TNP was doing its best to protect the
         victims of women trafficking and that it made sure that
         such foreign women return to their countries safely.

         Seyman said that in the last two years they saved 109
         victims of women trafficking.

         Nikatas Kanakis, a member of the executive board in
         Greece of the Medecins de Monde, said that the human
         trafficking issue was an important problem for the
         region, including Turkey and Greece. END TEXT.

    ¶13. (U) Cumhuriyet published the following on Sunday, May
    22:
         TITLE:  The Only Way Out:  Death
         BEGIN TEXT:  Istanbul News Service - The "Conference on
         Prevention of Human Trafficking," organized with
         financial contributions of the EU Commission in Turkey,
         stressed that in particular women trafficking began to
         spread after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the
         wars in the Gulf and the Balkans.

         Mehmet Seyan, Deputy Governor of Istanbul, said that
         the most common type of human trafficking was the
         sexual exploitation of women.  He noted that Turkey was
         affected from this both as a destination, transit and
         source country.

         The "Conference on Prevention of Human Trafficking,"
         organized by the Medecins de Monde and the Blue
         Crescent Assistance and Development Foundation, began
         at the Point Hotel yesterday.

         Seyman pointed at the UN Convention on Organized Crime
         Crossing Borders that went into effect in 2003 and that
         within this framework it was important to prevent women
         and child trafficking.  Seyman said that Turkey was
         affected both as a destination, transit and source
         country and that they mostly see women and immigrant
         trafficking in Istanbul.  He said that in Istanbul 39
         incidents occurred in 2004 and 2005 and those 109
         victims were saved and 61 suspects were arrested.  He
         added that what was done officially was not enough and
         that for scoring success, the public must get more
         conscious on the human rights issue.

         Nikatas Kanakis, a member of the executive board in
         Greece of the Medecins de Monde, said that the human
         trafficking issue was an important problem for the
         region, including Turkey and Greece and predicted that
         the impact of the problem would increase in a decade.

         Muzaffer Baca, Vice Chairman of the International Blue
         Crescent Assistance and Development Foundation, noted
         that for many years each woman coming to Turkey was
         regarded as a "Natasha," and that these women were
         (actually) brought by a network.  Baca said that women
         were brought from these countries as household help and
         were forced to serve as a slave.  He noted that
         according to a study, there were 200 gangs involved in
         human trafficking in Turkey.  He added that women, who
         want to get rid of these networks, were either
         committing suicide or were found dead.  END TEXT.

    ¶14.  (U) Published by Cumhuriyet on Monday, May 23:

         TITLE:  They Fall in Love with Those Who Sell Them

         BEGIN TEXT:  Istanbul News Service - On the last day of
         the "Conference on Prevention of Human Trafficking,"
         participants discussed support provided to the victims
         of human trafficking and the importance of cooperation
         among institutions on this issue.

         The "Conference on Prevention of Human Trafficking"
         that began at the Point Hotel the other day, ended
         yesterday.

         At the first panel discussion headed by attorney Aysen
         Onen, Galma Jahic, an academician from the Istanbul
         Bilgi University Faculty of Law, stressed the
         importance of cooperation between the NGOs and the
         state in preventing human trafficking.  She gave
         examples from Bosnia-Herzegovina.  Jahic noted that
         there were three NGOs in Bosnia working on this issue
         and said, "cooperation was established over time
         between these institutions and the police.  Now when a
         victim of human trafficking is captured, a
         representative of the NGO, too, is present during their
         first encounter."

         Jahic stressed that women victims actually agree to be
         sex slaves a result of the sort of treatment that they
         were subject to and that the same thing might happen in
         Turkey, so it should be recognized and resolved.
         Alina Budeci, the Moldova representative of La Strada
         Foundation said that they set up a toll-free hotline
         that was open to international calls as well.  She
         noted that they have been serving 24 hours and seven
         days a week through this line to the victims.
         Budeci noted that there were some loopholes and listed
         them as: "During the process to determine the identity
         of the victim, the NGO rep and the police must work
         together.  The rehabilitation and identity
         determination process for the victims must be at the
         same time.  One should adopt a method suitable to each
         victim since each may have a peculiar situation."
         Prof. Bonnie Miller, a psychotherapist and a social
         worker, underlined that victims of human trafficking
         were under severe trauma and depression.  She said,
         "Most of these women do not define themselves as
         victims but as a person who made a mistake.  They feel
         attached to their traffickers and sometimes they even
         fall in love with them.  These women when captured in a
         country should be given at least two or three days of
         rest before they testify to the police.  Their security
         must be provided and they must be explained their
         rights.  They must be helped to get rid of the hatred
         they feel toward their bodies." END TEXT.

    ¶15. (U) Published by Haaretz (www.haarez.com) on Thursday,
    May 26:

         TITLE:  Exploitation or deportation, that is the
         question for Turkish workers

         BEGIN TEXT:  By Ruth Sinai.  Six months ago, two human
         rights organizations asked the High Court of Justice to
         allow 800 Turkish workers employed here by a Turkish
         company, Yilmazlar, to switch employers, alleging that
         the firm had mistreated them.  The workers petitioned
         the court because the state had refused permission for
         them to switch employers.  But at the request of
         Yilmazlar and the state, the hearing has been postponed
         repeatedly, most recently to July 5.  Meanwhile, the
         workers must choose between staying at Yilmazlar and
         being exploited, or quitting and risking deportation.

         Yilmazlar's presence in Israel stems from Israel
         Military Industries' contract to upgrade tanks for the
         Turkish army.  In exchange for this contract, Israel
         promised Turkey a certain amount of business.  Pursuant
         to this promise, Yilmazlar is renting out Turkish
         laborers to Israeli contractors here.

         In their petition, the Hotline for Migrant Workers and
         Kav La'Oved charged that Yilmazlar had failed to pay
         its workers, and forced them to sign promissory notes
         allowing the company to seize their assets in Turkey
         should they quit.  Therefore, they argued that the
         Turks should be able to quit Yilmazlar, just as other
         foreign workers are allowed to leave their employers.
         But the state argued in response that the deal with
         Yilmazlar is a unique contract stemming from the IMI
         deal, one with implications for Israel's foreign
         relations.  Therefore, the workers should not be
         allowed to switch employers.

         The petition, which accused the state of abetting human
         trafficking due to its stance, was filed on November
         29, and the court scheduled a hearing on January 25.
         But Yilmazlar's local attorney, Tal Benenson, requested
         a postponement, saying he had been called up for
         reserve duty.  His service was later canceled, but the
         hearing was postponed until February 16.

         The hearing actually took place four days later, but it
         proved a mere formality:  The court decided that IMI
         should be added to the petition as a respondent, and to
         give it time to prepare its response, scheduled a new
         hearing on April 5.

         This time, the state requested a postponement, saying
         its attorneys were overburdened by the flood of
         petitions against the disengagement.  The court agreed,
         but requested that the delay be brief.  However,
         Benenson then said he was going abroad for a month, so
         the hearing was pushed off until May 15.

         That hearing was later postponed until July 15, and the
         state already has already requested that it be
         postponed again, on the grounds that attorney Orit
         Koren will be in classes that day.

         In her response to the postponement request, Hotline
         attorney Naomi Levenkron argued that Yilmazlar recently
         has moved to seize assets of workers who have quit, and
         attached a copy of one of the promissory notes the
         workers had signed.  But Yilmazlar, whose name appears
         nowhere on the note, insisted it has never asked
         workers to sign such documents, and argued that the
         note must be a private contract signed by the worker.

         The Hotline added that some workers who quit have
         already been deported, since upon resigning, they lost
         their legal status here.  Others have filed suit
         against Yilmazlar.

         Benenson rejected the organizations' accusations
         against Yilmazlar, calling them "tendentious and
         false."  A good example, he said, is the promissory
         note allowing the worker's assets to be seized, "which
         has no connection whatsoever to Yilmazlar.  The company
         is under close supervision by seven agencies, including
         the Turkish and Israeli Labor Ministries, and they
         inspect it every day."  END TEXT.

    ¶16.  (U) Published by Milliyet on Friday, May 27:

         TITLE:  Hello, Help (Line) for Russian Women

         BEGIN TEXT:  Utku Cakirozer, Ankara.  Small cards will
         be given to women traveling to Turkey from the former
         Soviet Union in order to avoid human trafficking.  The
         card gives information on a hotline for such women to
         call in case of emergency.

         The IOM and the GOT entered a joint project to prevent
         women and children from the Ukraine, Moldova, Russia,
         Romania, Georgia and Belarus to be forced into labor,
         including prostitution.  A "Hotline 157" was introduced
         within this framework and it became operational last
         week.  The hotline can be called free of charge from
         regular and cell phones and callers will be responded
         in Turkish, Romanian, Russian and English.

         A 4-page mini promotional card on the hotline will be
         inserted into the passports of tourist women at the
         Turkish border gates.

         The card has a young woman figure and a blue bead on
         it.  END TEXT.

    ¶17.  (U) Reported by adnkronosinternational (www.adnki.com)
    on Friday, May 27:
      TITLE:  Italy:  Police Break Up Chinese Migrant Ring

      BEGIN TEXT:  Rome, 27 May (AKI) - Italian police have
      broken up an international Chinese crime ring involved in
      people smuggling and kidnappings and have carried out
      dozens of arrests in Italy and other areas of Europe.
      The arrests were ordered by magistrates in the central
      Italian city of Ancona and are targeting a mafia-style
      organization.  A general of the carabiniere's special
      squad (ROS) said at least seventy people had been
      arrested so far, and some of these had been picked up in
      Greece, Turkey, France and Germany.

      The members of the organization-mainly Chinese-are
      accused of trafficking in human beings, kidnapping for
      ransom and abetting illegal immigration.

      "This complicated and Chinese-dominated structure took
      hundreds of illegal Chinese immigrants to Italy and
      Europe from their countries of origin through a series of
      stops, particularly in Greece and Turkey" the ROS'
      General Giampaolo Ganzer told Italian state radio.

      The transfer of the Chinese migrants from their home
      country to Italy or other European destinations sometimes
      took as long as a year and inquiries have revealed that
      during this time they were detained and intimidated with
      psychological and physical violence.

      "Dozens of victims were released and the heads of sweat-
      shops arrested," Ganzer added.

      There is a strong density of Chinese migrants in Tuscany
      and also in the area around Naples - many of them are
      involved in the garment industry.

      The ROS operation was made easier by the recent
      introduction of a European-wide arrest warrant.  END
      TEXT.

    ¶18.  (U) Published by Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - News in
    English (www.agi.it) on Friday, May 27:

         TITLE:  Illegal Immigration:  70 Arrests in France,
         Greece, Italy, Turk

         BEGIN TEXT:  (AGI) - Ancona, Italy, May 27 - Around
         seventy people, the majority of whom Chinese, were
         arrested by the Greek and Turkish police, in
         collaboration with Italian Carabinieri.  In Italy, in
         different regions, in France and Greece the Carabinieri
         are issuing arrest warrants against a Chinese mafia
         organization involved in human trafficking, kidnappings
         for extortion and illegal immigration from China.  As
         shown in the investigations, the duration of the
         transfer of immigrants to their destination exceeded in
         some cases a year, in which the immigrants were
         segregated and intimidated with physical and
         psychological violence.  The special investigations
         unit of the Carabinieri concluded the operation thanks
         to European collaboration in the sector, helped by the
         recent norm on the European arrest warrant.  END TEXT.

    ¶19.  (U) Published by the International Herald Tribune
    Europe (www.iht.com) on Saturday, May 28

         TITLE:  Turkish lawmakers push to revise criminal code.

         BEGIN TEXT:  The Associated Press, Reuters, Saturday
         May 28, 2005.  Ankara.  Opposition members of the
         Turkish Parliament have condemned an amendment - one
         among a set of changes to the country's new penal code
         - that softens penalties for teaching unauthorized
         courses on the Koran.

         Turkey was rushing to complete the new code, already
         delayed, by next Wednesday in line with a pledge to the
         European Union, which it wants to join.

         On Friday, 346 deputies in the 550-member chamber
         approved the revamped code and only three voted against
         it.

         The first major overhaul of the 79-year-old legislation
         improves the rights of women and children and brings
         higher human rights standards; it recognizes rape in
         marriage and sexual harassment as crimes; and it
         includes tougher measures against rape, pedophilia,
         human trafficking and torture.

         Ankara must have its revised penal code in force before
         entry talks with the EU can start on Oct. 3.

         The amendment in question will reduce the jail penalty
         for offering courses in the Koran without official
         permission to between three and 12 months, from three
         to six years.

         Turkey's secularists, who often accuse the governing
         Justice and Development Party of trying to undermine
         the country's strict separation of politics and
         religion, fear the amendment will seriously weaken the
         state's ability to monitor and control radical Islamist
         groups.

         Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who leads the party,
         shrugged off their complaints on Friday as being over-
         emotional.
         The Justice and Development Party, which has its roots
         in political Islam, inserted the last-minute amendment
         into Turkey's new penal code late Thursday, setting off
         a walkout by secularist opposition deputies.

         "The real person responsible for this amendment is the
         prime minister himself," Ali Topuz, a senior deputy in
         the main opposition Republican People's Party, told
         reporters in Parliament late Thursday.

         Erdogan criticized the secularist establishment, saying
         it should respect the wishes of Turkish society.  The
         prime minister is under pressure from his conservative
         power base to ease curbs on religious symbols and
         freedoms.  END TEXT.

    ¶20.  (U) Published by Tirana Shekulli on Sunday, May 29

         TITLE:  Albanian Police Break Up Migrant Trafficking
         Network

         BEGIN FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT:  The Albanian police have
         destroyed a trafficking network involving Kurds.  The
         network started in Istanbul, passed through Tirana,
         Kosovo and Slovenia, with EU countries as the final
         destination.  The police operation followed a month of
         tracking by the prosecution authorities, who in
         cooperation with their colleagues from Turkey managed
         to arrest the suspected organizers of this trafficking
         network.  Officials from the Serious Crimes Prosecution
         [PKR] office arrested five individuals:  two Turks, two
         Albanians, and a Macedonian.  The arrests of the five,
         who are suspected of being involved in this network of
         clandestine trafficking, followed the arrest of a group
         of six Kurds by the police at the Rinas [Tirana]
         airport.  They intended to enter Albania, where they
         were to be taken over by the arrested and stay in
         temporary quarters while waiting to travel to Kosovo
         and then to Slovenia.

         Operation

         After the arrest of the five persons charged with
         clandestine trafficking, Dashnor Kaja, deputy director
         general of the state police, explained the details of
         the operation at a press conference.  According to him,
         it has been learned that the final destination of the
         persons were EU countries, such as Italy, Germany, and
         France.  After the arrest of the suspects as organizers
         of Kurds trafficking via the Istanbul route, yesterday
         the police carried out several checks of apartments
         where illegal immigrants are believed to have stayed.
         According to police sources, they also suspect that
         other persons might be involved in this trafficking
         route of illegal immigrants, but as of late yesterday,
         the number of arrested remained at five.  Ali Ademi, a
         Macedonian citizen of Albanian nationality; Jasin Ozel
         (Yasin Ozel), and Ajhan Dogan (Ayhan Dogan), both of
         Turkish citizenship and nationality; and Hysni Mali and
         Tafil Selfo from Albania are charged with cooperating
         with each other in carrying out the trafficking of
         Kurds from Turkey to the West.  During the operation of
         two nights before, the police seized a car, a Mercedes
         owned by Hysni Mali, with license plates TR 3548 J,
         which is believed to have served for transporting
         clandestine immigrants.

         How Trafficking Was Discovered

         At Friday noon, six persons of Turkish citizenship and
         Kurdish nationality arrived at "Mother Teresa" airport
         in Rinas.  Knowing that Turkish and Albanian citizens
         do not need visas, they Kurds had only invitations from
         their friends in Albania.  Of course, the invitations,
         according to police sources, are suspected of being
         forged.  After they passed the Rinas border control and
         customs without any problems, they headed to the
         capital in a Mercedes with plates TR 4815 J, also owned
         by Hysni Mali.  They were dropped off near the center
         of the capital, at "Zogu I Pare" boulevard.  Tafil
         Selfo picked them up at that point in order to take
         them to his house, where the Kurds would be sheltered
         until their departure for Kosovo.  Just as the
         clandestine [Kurds] thought they had succeeded and were
         about to rest, agents from the Tirana police arrived at
         Selfo's house.  The uninvited guests arrested the owner
         of the house, while they took the Kurds to the premises
         of the Tirana police.  There they were interrogated
         individually by the officers of the Anti-trafficking
         Section of the capital police.  According to the
         sources, the clandestine Kurds claimed that the persons
         they had contacted were precisely the two Turks, Ozel
         and Dogan, and the Albanian from Macedonia, Ali Ademi.
         After taking them to the Tirana police station, the
         anti-trafficking agents also carried out checks in
         other apartments that they were suspicious about.

         Four thousand euros was the cost for a Kurd to make his
         European dream come true.  This was what these
         individuals from Turkey, or those of Kurdish
         nationality, had to pay to travel from Istanbul to the
         developed EU countries, passing through the Albanian
         capital as the first obstacle.  In this no-that-little
         payment, the Albanian collaborators of the
         aforementioned network had also their share, each being
         paid for the work he carried out.  The accommodators in
         Kosovo and Slovenia, or the Turkish citizens who were
         in charge of "recruiting" people who wanted to migrate
         to the West also profited.  Having in mind that Turkey
         and Albania have no obstacles given their mutual visa
         regime, as well as Kosovo, the Turks came quite easily
         from their country to Albania.  In this way, the
         suspected members of this network had planned
         everything in detail, not leaving much room for
         thought.  The accommodations, the shuttles from the
         airport in Tirana and from Tirana to the Morina border
         crossing, were guaranteed by their "friends" in Albania
         and Kosovo.  "We came to visit Albania," the Kurds were
         said to have replied when they were caught by the
         police at Selfo's apartment on "Bardhok Biba" street in
         the capital.

         The Trafficking

         This version did not go well for the clandestine Kurds,
         since the interrogation and re-interrogation of them
         discovered that this was a well-organized trafficking
         operation planned in some detail. Twenty thousand leks
         per person was what "cab driver" Hysni Mali was paid to
         transport the Kurds from Rinas to their place of
         shelter.  His knowledge of Turkish, according to the
         Tirana police sources, facilitated communication with
         the Kurds.  Mali attempted to defend himself before the
         investigators from the Anti-trafficking Section.  He
         has had previous detentions as a suspect involved in
         trafficking of humans.  Meanwhile, their transport from
         Tirana to Pristina was to be carried out by various
         buses of the Tirana-Pristina line; these buses leave
         almost every hour of the day from Tirana toward Kosovo.
         After arriving in Pristina and their stay there,
         depending on the conditions, the clandestines were to
         go to Slovenia via the land border of Kosovo, Serbia,
         Bosnia, and finally arrive in Slovenia, where their
         deployment to their final destinations was to be
         carried out.  From Kosovo to Slovenia, according to the
         police sources, the clandestine immigrants would travel
         by vehicle in exchange for various payments.

         Accommodation

         The accommodation for each person cost the trafficking
         network from 1,000-5,000 new leks.  In the house
         adapted to a hotel on "Bardhok Biba" street, the
         immigrants were to stay from two to four days.  This
         depended on the number of persons intending to go to
         Kosovo.  "I simply looked for people to lodge from the
         street," said Tafil Selfo, arrested by the police and a
         suspected member of the aforementioned group of
         clandestine trafficking.  The landlord had managed to
         put four-five beds in a big room in attempting to
         maximize his profit.  It was where the Kurds stayed, in
         order to later take off for the West.  END FBIS
         TRANSLATED TEXT.
    ¶21.  (U) Published by Chisinau Basapress on Thursday, May
    26:

         TITLE:  Suspected Turkish Human Trafficker Detained in
         Moldova
         BEGIN FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT:  Chisinau, 26 May:  The
         Moldovan police have arrested a Turkish national on
         charges of trafficking young Moldovan women to Turkey
         and Cyprus, the press secretary at the Chisinau police
         commissariat, Alla Meleca, told the Basapress news
         agency.

         According to her, Murat Saglam, 29, was detained at the
         Chisinau airport while seeing one of the trafficking
         victims off.

         A criminal probe has found out that since the beginning
         of this year Murat Saglam has sold six Moldovan females
         aged 19-26.  In addition, he helped another nine girls
         to obtain documents to travel to Turkey and Cyprus.

         The Turkish national recruited his victims in Chisinau
         bars.  He promised to help them find jobs as waitresses
         or dancers in Turkey and Cyprus.

         Saglam made deals with potential purchasers through
         Internet, receiving between 1,500 and 2,000 dollars for
         each sexual slave.

         If found guilty, Murat Saglam faces from 10 to 20 years
         of imprisonment.

         Since the beginning of 2005, the police have uncovered
         102 cases of human trafficking.  END FBIS TRANSLATED
         TEXT.

    ¶22.  (U) Broadcast on Rome RAI Radio Uno Network on Friday,
    May 27:

         BEGIN FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT:  Rome Radio Uno Network in
         Italian at 0600 GMT on 27 May reports Italy's military
         police carabinieri are carrying out dozens of arrests
         in several Italian regions, Greece and Turkey.

         The arrests-ordered by a judge in the central Italian
         city of Ancona-are targeting a suspected Chinese-
         dominated "mafia-like organization" dedicated to
         smuggling human beings, and kidnappings.

         So far, 70 have been arrested, according to a
         carabinieri general.

         "In total, 70 people have been arrested.  This morning
         a series of actions promoted by Italy are under way,
         while dozens of people have already been arrested in
         Greece and Turkey," Gen. Giampaolo Ganzer, from the
         carabinieri's Special Operations Department told
         Italian Rai radio:

         "This complicated and Chinese-dominated multi-ethnic
         structure took hundreds of Chinese illegal immigrants
         to Italy and Europe from the country of origin via a
         series of junctures, particularly in Greece and
         Turkey," he added.

         Gen. Ganzer also said that many illegal immigrants were
         reduced into slavery in Chinese illegal workshops in
         Italy:

         "Some people are accused of protracted kidnappings,
         aiding and abetting illegal immigration and, basically,
         slavery, because many of the victims which did not
         manage to pay completely the ransom imposed by the
         organization were then locked up in illegal workshops
         which we have discovered in Italy, particularly in
         Prato and Florence."

         "Dozens of victims were freed and the heads of the
         workshops arrested."  END FBIS TRANSLATED TEXT.

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