diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/internal/ui/view/SystemViewDataDragAdapter.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/internal/ui/view/SystemViewDataDragAdapter.java
index ad56405829c..39d30a91f7b 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/internal/ui/view/SystemViewDataDragAdapter.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/internal/ui/view/SystemViewDataDragAdapter.java
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@
  * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - [186773] split ISystemRegistryUI from ISystemRegistry
  * David Dykstal (IBM) - [142065] fix drag and drop on Mac OS X
  * Kevin Doyle (IBM) - [187536] Drag & Drop file to Editor launchs file in system editor
+ * David McKnight   (IBM)        - [248339] [dnd][encodings] Cannot drag&drop / copy&paste files or folders with turkish or arabic names
  ********************************************************************************/
 
 package org.eclipse.rse.internal.ui.view;
 
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IContainer;
@@ -228,7 +230,15 @@ public class SystemViewDataDragAdapter extends DragSourceAdapter
 					}
 				}
 
-				PluginTransferData data = new PluginTransferData("org.eclipse.rse.ui.view.DropActions", dataStream.toString().getBytes()); //$NON-NLS-1$
+				byte[] bytes = null;
+				try {
+					bytes = dataStream.toString().getBytes("UTF-8"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+				}
+				catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e){
+					bytes = dataStream.toString().getBytes();
+				}
+				
+				PluginTransferData data = new PluginTransferData("org.eclipse.rse.ui.view.DropActions", bytes); //$NON-NLS-1$
 				event.data = data;
 				if (dataStream.length() > 0)
 				{
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/internal/ui/view/SystemViewDataDropAdapter.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/internal/ui/view/SystemViewDataDropAdapter.java
index 3ae32d948b2..546adad6cec 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/internal/ui/view/SystemViewDataDropAdapter.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/internal/ui/view/SystemViewDataDropAdapter.java
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
  * David McKnight (IBM) - [192704] work around drag&drop issues from Project Explorer
  * David McKnight   (IBM)        - [225506] [api][breaking] RSE UI leaks non-API types
  * David McKnight   (IBM)        - [234924] [ftp][dnd][Refresh] Copy/Paste file from Package Explorer doesn't refresh folder
+ * David McKnight   (IBM)        - [248339] [dnd][encodings] Cannot drag&drop / copy&paste files or folders with turkish or arabic names
  ********************************************************************************/
 
 package org.eclipse.rse.internal.ui.view;
 
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -133,8 +135,16 @@ extends ViewerDropAdapter
 		byte[] result = transferData.getData();
 
 		// get the sources	
-		//StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(new String(result), RESOURCE_SEPARATOR);
-		String[] tokens = (new String(result)).split("\\"+SystemViewDataDropAdapter.RESOURCE_SEPARATOR); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		String str = null;
+		try {
+			str = new String(result, "UTF-8"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
+		catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
+		{
+			str = new String(result);
+		}
+		
+		String[] tokens = str.split("\\"+SystemViewDataDropAdapter.RESOURCE_SEPARATOR); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		
 
 		ArrayList srcObjects = new ArrayList();