Turkish Military Base is completed! Suldan Erdogan on his way

[grandpakhalif]

The Turkish Army will open its largest foreign military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu next month during a ceremony expected to be attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Army General Staff Chief General Hulusi Akar as well as top Somali government officials.

According to Turkish newspaper 'Yeni Safak', soldiers from the Somali National Army (SNA) will be trained in batches of 500 per intake at the base. The 400-hectare property will house three military academies, dormitories and military supply depots.

The facility, under construction since March 2015, is in line with a bilateral agreement signed earlier, which provided for Turkish assistance with military training and equipment.

It also provided for direct funding and material assistance for education, infrastructural development, human resources and skills training.


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Speaking during a tour of the facility last week, Somali defence minister General Abdulkadir Ali Dini said his country was grateful the Turkish Army had selected Somalia as host for its largest foreign base.

In a comment posted on his official Twitter account, Somali President Mohammad Abdullah Muhammad Farmajo confirmed the Turkish military
base would be opened soon.

"Turkey's largest military base in the world is almost complete. Soon the Somali Army will return strongly," Farmajo said.

Built at an estimated cost of US$50 million, the base will provide Turkey with an opportunity to project its military power into the Maghreb, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Rim (IOR).

Meanwhile, the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) has announced the deployment of a military medical unit to help the Somali government cope with the humanitarian crisis spawned by years of successive drought.

Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said following cabinet approval of a Somali government request, troops and essential assets will be deployed to Mogadishu shortly as cabinet had approved the Somali government request for help. The unit will deploy from the Saudi capital Riyadh, from where it has been supporting evacuation missions for Malaysian nationals in war-torn Yemen.

"The decision to deploy troops was reached after my meeting with Somalia Deputy Prime Minister Mohamed Omer Arteh Ghalib. He requested assistance in the provision of aid in terms of food, medicine and expertise of the Armed Forces' medical unit.

"Three officers and 17 personnel from the Armed Forces Medical Corps will be sent to Somalia. An infantry unit, consisting of an officer and 10 men, will provide security for the Malaysian delegation. Food and medical supplies will be flown to Somalia via a Hercules C-130 aircraft," Hishammuddin said.

Further, he said the Saudi-based unit was chosen for the Somali mission because through the Yemeni operations, it had gained local experience and expertise and adapted to the operating environment in the Gulf of Aden, the same as that prevailing in the Horn of Africa region.

[Even123]

[bumps]

Mashalla welcome this base and training of soldiers

[AwRastaale]

Good for Mogadishu. The Abgaal will have some professional soldiers.

I congratulate them and they must specify Mogadishu. That's their bread basket. They should not share anything as long as the others are not regardless if their cakes are useless. It's the intentions that count the most.

Hawiye have their Mogadishu and Turkey base.
Turkey base: $50m, $500m-$700m in aid.

Isaaq has his Hargeisa/Berbera and UAE.
UAE base: $2 billion (including Berbera corridor, new airport (military, civilian, cargo), separate military port and further $442 million DP World)

[Tijoux]

Good for Mogadishu. The Abgaal will have some professional soldiers.

I congratulate them and they must specify Mogadishu. That's their bread basket. They should not share anything as long as the others are not regardless if their cakes are useless. It's the intentions that count the most.

Hawiye have their Mogadishu and Turkey base.
Turkey base: $50m, $500m-$700m in aid.

Isaaq has his Hargeisa/Berbera and UAE.
UAE base: $2 billion (including Berbera corridor, new airport (military, civilian, cargo), separate military port and further $442 million DP World)

Hehehe eydoor tryna divide hawiye and darood

For your information , puntland will contribute 3000 soldiers to the SNA to be trained in this military base

[grandpakhalif]

Kkk Does he think these trained units will all be concentrated in Xamar expect a Buhoodle unit coming soon Eydooria

[Strategic]

Silly qabiil iska Dhaafa.

Turkey is trying to Project a soft Power Muslim Nato style with the blessings of Uncle Sam,Turkey is a powerful regional power broker,Rapid Growing Population and a Need for Energy supply route.

The base in Mogadishu Makes sense as the Trillions of Gas has recently been discovered in Tanzania/mozambique,so securing these waters which will Get Congested with Ships/Oil tankers once these countries start exporting their energy products.

Overall,it is a good news for Somalia and we should celebrate it.


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[DalJecel60]

Xamarna hala siiyo Turkey Berberana Hala siiyo Cimaraad haday soomali anfacayso

[Siciid85]

Turkey builds military base and develops port of Mogadishu and Airport =wow Masha Allah, indeed this is supreme achievement

UAE proposes military base in berbera and Dp world to develop berbera sea/dry port: Everyone loses their mind

Red Somalia bal dhinac la idiin raaco sheega?

[Geeljire252]

[paperino]

grandpakhalif, how good are Turks at fighting? I'm asking 'cause they've struggled to dislodge ISIS from Al-Bab and other locations. They needed the assistance of US/Russian airstrikes.

[Tijoux]

grandpakhalif, how good are Turks at fighting? I'm asking 'cause they've struggled to dislodge ISIS from Al-Bab and other locations. They needed the assistance of US/Russian airstrikes.

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[grandpakhalif]

grandpakhalif, how good are Turks at fighting? I'm asking 'cause they've struggled to dislodge ISIS from Al-Bab and other locations. They needed the assistance of US/Russian airstrikes.

Turkey is our last hope as Sunnis but they must be extremely cautious as terror groups cross the border disguised as refuges and attack, Syria is like dismantling a bomb at your neighbor house extreme caution is required or bombs will go off in Instanbul and ankara

[Khalid Ali]

inshallah the turks will not succeed in somalia i hope alsbaab tries an attack there and forces the turks to flee

[bumps]

inshallah the turks will not succeed in somalia i hope alsbaab tries an attack there and forces the turks to flee

why do u hate somalia? u shit terrorist