[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18110-18111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07048]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11396]


Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to the 
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 
(CAATSA), that the Turkish entity Presidency of Defense Industries 
(SSB), formerly known as the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries 
(SSM), has knowingly, on or after August 2, 2017, engaged in a 
significant transaction with a person that is part of, or operates for 
or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government 
of the Russian Federation. The Secretary of State has also selected 
certain sanctions to be imposed upon SSB and Ismail Demir, SSB's 
president; Faruk Yigit, SSB's vice president; Serhat Gencoglu, SSB's 
Head of the Department of Air Defense and Space; and Mustafa Alper 
Deniz, Program Manager for SSB's Regional Air Defense Systems 
Directorate, pursuant to CAATSA.

DATES: The Secretary of State's determination that SSB has knowingly, 
on or after August 2, 2017, engaged in a significant transaction with a 
person that is part of, or operates for or on behalf of, the defense or 
intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation, and 
the Secretary of State's selection of certain sanctions to be imposed 
upon SSB and Ismail Demir, Faruk Yigit, Serhat Gencoglu, and Mustafa 
Alper Deniz are effective on December 14, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas W. Zarzecki, Director, Task 
Force 231, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, 
Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 202-647-7594, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 231(a) of CAATSA and 
Executive Order 13849 the Secretary of State has selected the following 
sanctions to be imposed upon SSB:
     United States Government departments and agencies shall 
not issue any specific license or grant any other specific permission 
or authority under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4801 et seq.), the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et set.), or any statute 
that requires the prior review or approval of the United States 
Government as a condition for the export or re-export of goods or 
technology to SSB;
     United States financial institutions shall be prohibited 
from making loans or providing credits to SSB totaling more than 
$10,000,000 in any 12-month period unless SSB is engaged in activities 
to relieve human suffering and the loans or credits are provided for 
such activities;
     The Export-Import Bank of the United States shall not give 
approval to the issuance of any guarantee, insurance, extension of 
credit, or participation in the extension of credit in connection with 
the export of any goods or services to SSB;
     The United States executive director to each international 
financial institution shall use the voice and vote of the United States 
to oppose any loan from the international financial institution that 
would benefit SSB; and
     Imposition on the principal executive officer or officers 
of SSB, or on persons performing similar functions and with similar 
authorities as such officer or officers, certain sanctions, as selected 
by the Secretary of State and described below.
    The Secretary of State has selected the following sanctions to be 
imposed upon Ismail Demir, Faruk Yigit, Serhat Gencoglu, and Mustafa 
Alper Deniz, pursuant to CAATSA Section 235(a)(12):
     A prohibition on any transactions in foreign exchange that 
are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in which 
Ismail Demir, Faruk Yigit, Serhat Gencoglu, or Mustafa Alper Deniz has 
any interest;
     A prohibition on any transfers of credit or payments 
between financial institutions, or by, through, or to any financial 
institution, to the extent that such transfers or payments are subject 
to the jurisdiction of the United States and involve any interest of 
Ismail Demir, Faruk Yigit, Serhat Gencoglu, or Mustafa Alper Deniz;
     All property and interests in property of Ismail Demir, 
Faruk Yigit, Serhat Gencoglu, or Mustafa Alper Deniz that are in the 
United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that 
are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United

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States person are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, 
withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in; and
     The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to Ismail Demir, 
Faruk Yigit, Serhat Gencoglu, and Mustafa Alper Deniz, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude Ismail Demir, Faruk Yigit, 
Serhat Gencoglu, and Mustafa Alper Deniz from the United States, by 
treating Ismail Demir, Faruk Yigit, Serhat Gencoglu, and Mustafa Alper 
Deniz as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 
2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security 
Council Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
Sanctions).

Ann K. Ganzer,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2021-07048 Filed 4-5-21; 4:15 pm]
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