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TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 12818

TELECOMMUNICATIONS 

Radio Communications Between Amateur 

Stations on Behalf of Third Parties

Arrangement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

and TURKEY

Effected by Exchange of Notes 

Signed at Ankara November 27, 1996
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(1) TIAS 12818

TURKEY 

Telecommunications: Radio Communications 

Between Amateur Stations on Behalf of 

Third Parties 

Arrangement effected by exchange of notes 

Signed at Ankara November 27, 1996; 

Entered into force November 27, 1996.
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TIAS 12818

The Turkish Under Secretary, Ministry of Transport to the American Ambassador

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY 

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

Ankara, November 27, 1996

Excellency, 

I have the honor to propose that a third-party traffic arrangement be concluded between the Governments of Turkey and of the United States of America, 

to permit the exchange of third party messages between the radio amateurs of 

Turkey and the United States, as follows: 

"Amateur radio stations of Turkey and the United States may exchange messages or other communications from or to third parties, provided: 

"1. No compensation may be directly or indirectly paid on such messages 

or communications. 

"2. Such communications shall be limited to conversations or messages of 

a technical or personal nature for which, by reason of their unimportance, 

recourse to the public telecommunications service is not justified. To the extent 

that in the event of disaster, the public telecommunications service is not readily 

available for expeditious handling of communications relating directly to safety 

of life and property, such communications may be handled by amateur stations 

of the respective countries. 

"3. This arrangement shall be applicable with respect to all amateur radio 

stations duly licensed by appropriate authorities of either Turkey or of the United 

States. Such stations taking part in the communications shall at all times be controlled by licensed amateur radio operators. 

"4. This arrangement shall be subject to termination by either government 

on sixty days notice to the other government, by further arrangement between 

the two governments dealing with the same subject, or by enactment of legislation in either country inconsistent therewith."

His Excellency Marc Grossman 

Ambassador of the US to Turkey
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TIAS 12818

I have the honor to propose that the present Note and your Excellency’s 

Note indicating the concurrence of the Government of the United States of 

America, shall constitute an agreement between the two governments, which will 

enter into force on the date of your Excellency’s reply. 

I avail myself of this opportunity to extend to your Excellency the assurance 

of my highest consideration.

Og ̆uz Tezmen 

Undersecretary, 

Ministry of Transport
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TIAS 12818

The American Ambassador to the Turkish Under Secretary, 

Minister of Transportation

AMBASSADOR OF THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

ANKARA, TURKEY

27 November 1996

Excellency: 

I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your Note of this date, containing the following proposal for the conclusion of an arrangement between the 

Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Turkey to 

permit the exchange of third party messages between radio amateurs of Turkey 

and the United States, as follows:

[For text of the Turkish note, see pp. 2-3.]

I take pleasure in informing your Excellency that the Government of the 

United States accepts the proposal to conclude the aforesaid arrangement, and 

confirms that the arrangement shall enter into force on the date of the present 

Note. 

I also take this opportunity to extend to your Excellency the assurance of 

my highest consideration.

Sincerely, 

Marc Grossman

His Excellency 

Og ̆uz Tezmen, 

Under Secretary, 

Ministry of Transportation, 

Ankara, Turkey.