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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 006395 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/09/2013 
TAGS: PREL TU CY GR
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CYPRUS 
ELECTIONS WITH U/S ZIYAL 
 
 
REF: STATE 280568 
 
 
(U) Classified by Ambassador Eric Edelman, E.O. 12958, 
reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 
 
 
(C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Turkish MFA U/S 
Ziyal on October 9 in a one-on-one session.  Ziyal agreed on 
the need for transparency in the elections.  Ziyal said he 
believed Denktas would win the elections and said that as a 
result it was even "more important to leave no room to cast 
doubt on the results."  Ziyal said that Minister Gul had 
passed appropriate instructions to the Ministry and that 
Ziyal planed to call in the Turkish Cypriot "Ambassador" on 
October 10 to discuss bringing international observers to 
Cyprus for the elections. 
EDELMAN