Somali president denies TURKSOM is a Turkish military base
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Caasimada Online
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud says Mogadishu’s TURKSOM complex is a training centre for the Somali army, not a Turkish military base. Opened in 2017, the site has trained thousands of Somali soldiers and officers, he told Al Jazeera.
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has denied that the TURKSOM centre in Mogadishu is a Turkish military base. He described the claim as “baseless propaganda” during an interview with Al Jazeera, Caasimada Online reports.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud explained that TURKSOM is used to train the Somali armed forces and that no Turkish soldiers are stationed there. He rejected the idea that Turkey had established its first overseas military base there, according to his statements to Al Jazeera.
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