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Africa Horn
Turkey set to open Somalia military base in September
2017-05-14
[SHABELLENEWS] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
 says it will open its military base in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu in the coming September of this year, 2017.

Speaking at London conference on Somalia, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildrim said that a military base in Mogadishu built by Turkey will be functioning in Mogadishu in September.

According to Turkish officials, the military base, whose building began in March 2015, will be used to train Somali forces to strengthen their fight against al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
 gang.

It will have the capacity to train 500 soldiers at a time and will be one of the Turkey’s largest military base in a foreign country.

The plan was to open in April this year, but was delayed until September, according to PM.

Posted by:Fred

#6  Try North by North-East.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-05-14 21:55  

#5  Jumping off point for the secret Seychelles expedition, Pappy?
Posted by: Mullah Richard OTR   2017-05-14 19:33  

#4  Consider its location.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-05-14 11:53  

#3  Erdogan has made four or so visits to Somalia beginning in 2011.

The military base has been under construction since 2015. Turkey has announced it will deploy 200 troops to this facility (some for security, some for training).

The strategic purpose of this effort is unknown.
Posted by: lord garth   2017-05-14 11:38  

#2  Once they've spent the treasure taken from all those accused Gulenists, how will they afford to maintain it all?
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-05-14 10:16  

#1  And the new Ottoman Sultanate continues to grow apace.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-05-14 08:13  

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