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Viewing cable 09ANKARA458, TURKEY: NO GREEN ENERGY INVESTMENTS IN STIMULUS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09ANKARA458 2009-03-26 08:00 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Ankara 
VZCZCXRO0264
PP RUEHDA
DE RUEHAK #0458 0850800
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 260800Z MAR 09
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9192
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY 0366
RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 4302
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 0123
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PRIORITY 0056
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA PRIORITY 0302
RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA PRIORITY 0136
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 3294
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO PRIORITY 0081
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 5658
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 0495
RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 0278
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 5471
RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA PRIORITY 0127
RUEHRH/AMEMBASSY RIYADH PRIORITY 0669
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 6720
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL PRIORITY 0231
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 1006
RUEHDA/AMCONSUL ADANA PRIORITY 3710
RUEHIT/AMCONSUL ISTANBUL PRIORITY 5564
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY
 
UNCLAS ANKARA 000458 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR OES/EGC BARBARA DEROSA-JOYNT AND ED FENDLEY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY: NO GREEN ENERGY INVESTMENTS IN STIMULUS 
PACKAGES 
 
REF: A. STATE 26022 
     B. ANKARA 118 
     C. ANKARA 297 
     D. ANKARA 313 
 
1. (U) Although Turkey has now passed two major stimulus 
packages (see reftels), neither contained any major 
initiatives on green investment.  Despite some expectation 
that they would include tax incentives for automotive firms 
researching clean technologies and retail tax incentives for 
consumers purchasing green vehicles, neither proposal made it 
into the legislation. The upcoming third package is expected 
to focus on credit guarantees and temporary VAT cuts to spur 
consumption. 
 
2. (U) The GOT did grant an amnesty on taxes and fines for 
people who trade-in vehicles older than 30 years for a new 
car, partially with the intent of removing high-emission 
vehicles from the road, but more as a means to spur new car 
purchases.  The success of this plan has been limited, for 
reasons outlined in Ref C.  More successful has been the 
temporary removal of the special consumption tax on new 
vehicles (Ref D), which has sparked a sharp uptick in new 
vehicle sales and will tangentially help replace older 
vehicles with newer, low-emission models.  Again, the goal 
was less to help the environment than to spur the automotive 
industry, and if there is a net gain in overall cars on the 
road the emissions picture may actually worsen. 
 
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at 
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey 
 
Jeffrey