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### Viewing cable 10STATE6451, C) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TURKISH DEPUTY

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Reference ID | Date | Classification | Origin
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10STATE6451 | 2010-01-22 13:01 | CONFIDENTIAL | Secretary of State

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    VZCZCXYZ0000
    RR RUEHWEB

    DE RUEHC #6451 0221349
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    R 221344Z JAN 10
    FM SECSTATE WASHDC
    TO AMEMBASSY ANKARA 1617

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 006451

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/22/2035
    TAGS: PINR TU
    SUBJECT: (C)  REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TURKISH DEPUTY
    PRIME MINISTER BULENT ARINC ASSASSINATION PLOT
    (C-RE9-02710)

    Classified By: ELISSA G. PITTERLE, DIRECTOR, INR/OPS

     ¶1.  (SBU)  WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING
    CIVIL/MILITARY TENSIONS IN TURKEY THAT HAVE BEEN BUILDING
    DURING THE TWO-YEAR ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION.  TURKISH GENERAL
    STAFF (TGS) CHIEF OF DEFENSE ILKER BASBUG, IN A 17 DECEMBER
    SPEECH, WARNED THE GOVERNMENT, JOURNALISTS, AND JUDICIAL
    OFFICIALS AGAINST PURSUING INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST SENIOR
    OFFICERS. TWO DAYS LATER, POLICE DETAINED TWO MILITARY
    OFFICERS OUTSIDE THE HOME OF DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BULENT
    ARINC, WHERE THEY WERE ENGAGED IN APPARENT SURVEILLANCE
    ACTIVITIES, LEADING TO THE FIRST POLICE SEARCHES OF SPECIAL
    FORCES OFFICES AND FURTHER DETENTIONS OF MILITARY OFFICERS.

    ¶2.  (SBU)  WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE INFORMATION ON THIS
    SURVEILLANCE, SUBSEQUENT POLICE SEARCHES, DETENTIONS OF
    MILITARY OFFICERS, THE STATE OF MILITARY/POLICE AND
    CIVIL/MILITARY RELATIONS, AND PERCEPTIONS OF THOSE
    RELATIONSHIPS THAT POST CAN PROVIDE, AS TIME AND RESOURCES
    PERMIT. THIS INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR UPCOMING ANALYTICAL
    PRODUCTION TO KEEP POLICYMAKERS ABREAST OF THE SITUATION.

    ¶A.  (SBU)  WHY WAS ARINC BEING SURVEILLED? WHO AUTHORIZED
    THIS SURVEILLANCE? WHO ELSE KNEW ABOUT IT? WHAT OR WHO TIPPED
    OFF POLICE? DURING THE SEARCH WHAT WERE THEY LOOKING FOR AND
    WHAT DID THEY FIND? WERE THE INVESTIGATORS LOOKING FOR
    SPECIFIC EVIDENCE OR WAS IT A GENERAL SEARCH FOR INFORMATION?
     HOW DO TURKISH LEADERS PERCEIVE THESE EVENTS?

    ¶B.  (SBU)  WHAT IS THE STATE OF CIVIL/MILITARY RELATIONS?

    ¶C.  (SBU)  WHAT IS THE STATE OF MILITARY/POLICE RELATIONS?
    HAVE THESE ARRESTS CAUSED OR INCREASED TENSIONS BETWEEN
    POLICE AND THE MILITARY?

    ¶D.  (SBU)  DOES THE JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY, OR
    ELEMENTS WITHIN IT, SEE THIS INCIDENT AS A MEANS TO FINALLY
    "TAME" THE TGS OR DOES PRIME MINISTER TAYYIP ERDOGAN WISH TO
    EASE FURTHER CONFRONTATION AND APPEASE THE TGS?

    ¶3.  (U)  PLEASE CITE C-RE9-02710 IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF
    REPORTING IN RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS.
    CLINTON

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