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UNCLAS ANKARA 007289 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KJUS PREL SNAR MOPS KCRM TU IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQI POLICE TRAINING: TURKS WANT TO PARTICIPATE, 
BUT NOT IN JORDAN - WILL TRAIN IN DIYARBAKIR AND/OR IRAQ 
 
 
REF: STATE 322329 
 
 
¶1. Post was contacted 11/21 by Turkish MFA Coordinator for 
Iraq Assistance Ahmet Okcun regarding reftel demarche.  Okcun 
said he had discussed the issue of police training with MFA 
U/S Ziyal.  Turkey, he said, would like to participate in the 
training of Iraqi police, but would like to do it at the 
Turkish police training facility in Diyarbakir.  Turkey, 
Okcun said, would not participate in the police training in 
Jordan, but was looking favorably at the possibility of 
sending some police trainers to Iraq as well. 
 
 
¶2. Okcun will travel with Ziyal to Washington the first week 
in December and will be available for further discussion of 
this issue. 
EDELMAN