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Studying in Istanbul on a full government scholarship, Somali student Nur Hassan Bukhari is worried that
attacks targeting Turkish interests could derail relations between the two countries.
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attacks targeting Turkish interests could derail relations between the two countries.
"It was brutal," Bukhari told Al Jazeera of a bombing on the Turkish mission in Mogadishu on July 27. "Al-
Shabaab always wants our country to become lawless. I hope our relations with Turkey will not suffer."
A Turkish police officer was killed along with three attackers when an explosives-laden car rammed into
an office building housing the Turkish embassy staff in the Somali capital.
While the killings shocked the Turkish public, analysts are not suprised that al-Shabaab claimed
responsibility for the bombing.
The al-Qaeda-linked group has long opposed the
Turkish presence in Somalia. Denouncing Turkey's
involvement as a cover for Western invaders, al-
Shabaab posted a message on Twitter to justify
the attack.
"The Turkish are part of a group of nations
bolstering the apostate regime and attempting to
suppress the establishment of Islamic Sharia," it
read.
Al-Shabaab was forced out of Mogadishu by
Somali and African Union forces two years ago. In August 2011, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan traveled to Somalia, making him the first non-African leader to visit Somalia in the past two
decades.
Erdogan brought a plane full of ministers and consultants with him, during one of the worst famines to hit
the Horn of Africa in 60 years. Since then, Turkey has launched a major diplomatic, economic and
humanitarian effort in Somalia.
Soft power
"Turkey gave more than $1bn in humanitarian aid in 2012," the Global Humanitarian Assistance 2013
report says, making it the fourth-largest donor in the world. In 2011, Somalia was the largest
recipient. According to the Turkish Prime Minister's Office of Public Diplomacy, Turkey sent $365m in cash
and in-kind aid to the country last year.
There are hundreds of Turkish relief workers in
Mogadishu. Among 20 Turkish aid agencies
operating in Somalia, the Turkish Red Crescent and
Turkish International Cooperation and Development
Agency are playing an active role in rebuilding the
country.
They have assisted with drilling boreholes across
the country, building hospitals, rehabilitating parts
of Mogadishu airport and restoring some
government buildings, including the National
Assembly.
In March 2012, Turkish Airlines became the first international airline in two decades to operate regular
flights to Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport.
Turkey hopes to gain not only from Somalia's potential oil reserves, but also wants to play an active role in
Africa's emerging markets.
The Turkish Ministry of Economy has been implementing the "Strategy for Enhancing Trade and
Economic Relations with African Countries" since 2003. Turkey’s exports to the continent grew four-fold
between 2003 and 2011, leaping from $2.1bn to $10.3bn. The number of Turkish embassies in Africa
increased from 12 in 2009 to 34 in 2013.
The Turkish parliament approved an agreement last November to train Somali security forces. This
policy, according to Abdullah Bozkurt, Ankara bureau chief for the newspaper Today's Zaman, was the
motive behind the al-Shabaab attack on the Turkish mission.
"The security dimension is a direct challenge to al-Shabaab and al-Qaeda affiliated groups because Turkey,
a country that has been fighting with terror groups for years, can make a difference in training Somali forces
on how to address to the terror issue," Bozkurt told Al Jazeera. "I believe the aim of the attack is to deter
Turkey from engaging further in rebuilding Somalian security forces including intelligence service; a kind of
warning to the Turkish government to stay away from Somalia."
Security forces knew an attack would be possible,
diplomats said.
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"There was a threat to Turkish institutions, that's
why the sandbags were placed to the outer walls of
buildings. We warned the Somali police, but
unfortunately they didn't take the necessary
measures," Turkey's ambassador to Somalia,
Cemalettin Kani Torun, told Al Jazeera. "If they [had]
prevented the vehicle coming to our front door, this
incident wouldn't [have] occured."
"The message to us is to get out of here, but of
course we will stay and complete the projects we've
launched; that's what the vast majority of Somalia request."
The recent bombing was not al-Shabaab's first attack against Turkish targets. In April, several Somalis were
killed and three Turkish officers injured when a humanitarian convoy of the Turkish Red Crescent was hit in
a bomb attack in Mogadishu.
Al-Shabaab's largest attack was in October 2011. It wasn't directly targeting Turkey's convoys or buildings,
but rather its humanitarian efforts. A suicide truck-bomber killed more than 70 people, many of them
students and their parents, waiting for the results of scholarships offered by Turkey outside of the Ministry
of Higher Education.
The Somali Students Union in Turkey states that there are around 1,600 Somali students who live and study
in Turkey, and 99 percent of these students received scholarships. But it is rare for Somali students to
complete their studies in Turkey. Many have other plans, like Nur Bukhari.
"I am planning to return home soon to serve my people and my country with what I had studied so far,"
Bukhari said. "My country needs educated people who can turn this bad situation into a good one."
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KGB • a month ago
We should appreciate Turkey for its efforts
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hussains • a month ago
Well done Turkey. Islamic nation states have to take a lead role in confronting extremists in all
parts of the world. Look at the state of Somalia, what a mess.
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Adam • a month ago
Can you believe?
Turkey's average income is $15,000 per capita abnd they raised over $350 million.
Rich Arab Gulf countries have much higher average income (Qatar over $82,000, UAE over
$60,000)
This shows you one thing: Islam is about your deeds not your appearance (long beard, short
trouser, etc. as Saudis like portraying themselves). However Islam is about your deeds. Zakat
(charity giving is one of the pillars but for rich Arabs that is not a priority - appearance and
prifiling Muslims is a priority.
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Shiekh Zain • a month ago> Adam
Islam is about deeds , and some of those deeds are to grow your beard following the
way of The Prophet peace be upon him , The corrupt Saudi establishment do not have
beards , in fact these days the Saudi government are freshly shaven , and are attacking
those with beards just like the rest of the secular nations . May Allah reward Erdogan ,
and preserve and protect him and accept his efforts .
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issanur • a month ago> Shiekh Zain
amin
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007 • a month ago> Adam
You are mixing tyrant secular leaders and Islam, All the deed's you mentioned and the
beard is part of the Sunnah of Prophet Mohamed S.a.w It is also true what you have said
about the income. And i also support the government of turkey and leadership of Erdoga.
Allah may reward him to jannah and forgive him for his short comes.
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emoc • a month ago
As a Turkish, this kind of effort is one of the reasons making me love and vote for PM Erdogan in
every election....but they should be more cautious...
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gandu • a month ago
Keep up this good effort Turkey!
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Guest • a month ago
Turkey is doing a great job in Somalia. They have sacrificed their people to help the Somali
people who have been abandoned for many years by the international community and Muslim
countries. I am sure the majority of the Somali population appreciate these efforts and are
saddened by these attacks. The Somali government must make sure the security of our
brothers from Turkey.
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owl905 • a month ago> Guest
Somalia abandoned?? Wow, that sure puts the ole in hyperbole.
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SaidAbdiOsman • a month ago
Al-shabaab is cancer in our society which needs to remove immediately. Sorry to say our
government is a weak, very mismanaged and public services doesn't work. Worse of all Our
Security force is poorly trained, dishonest, undisciplined and cruel.
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1Ummah • a month ago
DEATH TO AL SHABAB SHEYTAN. MAY ALLAH CURSE THEM AND BURN THEM IN HELL.
AMEN
LONG LIVE TURKEY AND ERDOGAN
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The Devil is in the details • a month ago
With Turkey's EU membership in no mans land the country is looking east again. Turkey has a
strong economy and is a major trading partner with the West. Turkey is also a member of
NATO and in terms of influence, in the ME and Africa, has capabilities that go further than many
western countries. A stronghold in Somalia would give Turkey great geopolitical influence over
trading routes from Asia and the Indian ocean but also from Africa and South America. In
addition this would provide the country potential control over what goes in and out of the Suez
Canal. Somalia geography could become a spring board across Africa for Turkey. The Turkish
political model (still seen as largely successful in many Muslim countries in Africa) also brings a
lot of respect too. This makes Turkey a more desirable partner precisely for this reason. But
beyond this, under Erdogan, Turkey has a genuine desire to help countries in difficulty by
providing aid, building schools and allowing exchanges at many levels.
Turkey is in a grand development stage and projects itself far into the future with ambitious
plans for development and influence. Finally, Turkey is a country with centuries of experience in
terms of managing, administering and developing vast expanses and surely has the know-how
to move forward on this scale. The potential for the next 50 years is huge to say the least.
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007 • a month ago> The Devil is in the details
I am sure no one will accept every turkey but at-least Turkey with Erdogan has a genuine
desire to help countries, or Erdogan party. General they are nice nations.
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Khali i f Wardi • a month ago
We, Somalis, are thankful for what Turkey has done for our country and for our people..we
appreciate your work and we will one day pay you back....
We also know that every country has its own interests.....and we Somalis have our own
interests....so mutual interests, each country fulfilling his own interest while helping the other to
fulfill its own interest is not bad and should be welcomed.... For example, we have oil and Turkey
has money..So we gave them oil and they give us money....This will help both of us, because
our both needs are satisfied..To make sure this, Turkey should not try to exploit our oil and our
officials should be vigilant when signing oil deals.......
Turkey should also try to PLAY a mediation role..she should try to Bring both parties on the table
and encourage them to end their disputes on the table..... Arming one side and training them is
not going to bring peace......war doesn't bring peace....They also understand that war could not
end their conflict with PKK and chose talks to end their conflict, so how could they think war and
gun could solve the problem in Somalia?.......
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Homer J • a month ago> Khaliif Wardi
I'm sick-and-tired of hearing my fellow Somalis talking about "mediation" between Al-
Shabab and the Somali government. To hell with Al-Shabab. The Somali government
ought to go for Al-Shabab's jugular vein.
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Khali i f Wardi • a month ago> Homer J
It would have been better if alshabab had one "jugular vein' that could be cut and
the whole violence would stop immediately.....but that is not the case..Alshaba is
a government, with its own weapons, soldiers , administration and it own
ideals....its not like a a few gangs who could be eliminated with a single
operation.... and because its this kind of system, which has international and
domestic support and because the Somali government isn't that strong, i think its
highly and very likely impossible for Alshabab to be eliminated ......
Turkey had the same problem...for 30 years, Turkey was fighting against PKK, a
Kurdish separatist organisation ,which used the same kind of violence which
alshabb is using.....and how did Turkey ended the violence? It was last month
when Turkey and PKK agreed to end their violence on the table, with both parties
compromising, each one leaving some important points behind just to get peace.
....And i think, if the our government chooses a negotiation as the way to solve
the crisis, i think the whole conflict could be solved withing months ..........but if it
doesn't choose negation , then war will continue very , ver long
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Homer J • a month ago> Khaliif Wardi
I would not extend my hand to a group of people who are used to
dismembering human limbs.
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Homer J • a month ago> Khaliif Wardi
Al-Shabab is fighting to change Somalia's DNA while the PKK are fighting
for their own separate country which represent their Kurdish values. The
Somali government ought to offer a one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia for
these fanatics and I'm willing to pay for that.
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dogan • a month ago> Khaliif Wardi
you think Al Shabaab is an organisation who can choose talks to end this conflict ?
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Khali i f Wardi • a month ago> dogan
Yes.......anyone can choose..If KPP can choose, why not alshabab? lets give
them the chance to do so....lets try
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SaidAbdiOsman • a month ago> Khaliif Wardi
My dear respectful friend,it is for sure that some of Al-shabaab's elements
are not willing talks to end this conflict because they never understand the
basic political environment and therefore they have bad attention and they
don't know what and why they dying for.
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Khali i f Wardi • a month ago> SaidAbdiOsman
i think its the government which has not given talks the chance they
deserve..... One, the government has the resources, the upper hand and
it seems more legitimate in the eyes of Somalis than alshabab, so i think
it was the government who should have been offering talks to
alshabab....and i agree with you that there could be some elements in
alshabab who are anti peaceful talks, but do you think, because of those
elements, talks shouldn't be given the chance they deserve ?...To day ,
alshabab is on the run, Hassan dahir ( their spiritual and founding farther)
has surrendered and they don't have any urban bases or any port where
they can import their resources......This could force alshabab to accept
talks, since its the only desirable alternative , but unfortunately, the
government has not sized the opportunity and instead relied on foreign
forces which could leave any time.................
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The government is wasting a valuable opportunity.....
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007 • a month ago> Khaliif Wardi
I agree with you 100%.
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SaidAbdiOsman • a month ago> Khaliif Wardi
I absolutely agree with you that the government doesn't give talks the
chance they deserve as you mention it, they just say ( through the media)
we are willing to talk to them but they never made a plan to do so as long
as we can see.
The government has the legitimacy but I am not sure and don't think that it
has the talent the capacity, the capability and the resource which such
talks need. On their side Al-shabaab doesn't realise the realty on the
ground some of them are not willing to the negotiating table and the
others have no negotiable plan.
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Khali i f Wardi • a month ago> SaidAbdiOsman
The government could use the millions of dollars it uses every day in its
wars to facilitate peaceful talks...I believe it is not matter of resources
which is preventing the talks....its is the will to start talks and this " will" is
missing on both sides
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SaidAbdiOsman • a month ago> Khaliif Wardi
In my point of view the goverment is willing a negotiation to end the War
with al Shabaab but it lacks capacity and the experience which such talks
need to translate the principle of negotiation into practice but al Shabaab’s
different factions specially the powerful leadership council called Majlis al-
Qiyadah which is Ideologically, al Shabaab’s most extreme faction is not
willing negotiation so far. I can take for example the case of Hassan Dahir
which the government is having very hard time to solve it, because he is
not willing political negotiation and the government cannot send him to the
jail because political and ideological environment.
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Khali i f Wardi • a month ago> SaidAbdiOsman
The problem is, the government wants to retain its grounds while at the
same she wants alshabab to change their stance......when .Hassan Dahir
surrendered, he has sent the message that he is willing to
compromise,but the government failed to utilize by refusing to
compromise on its part ..............
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SaidAbdiOsman • a month ago> Khaliif Wardi
I never get any information pointing that Hassan Dahir is wishing to
compromise and I am afraid that he is not that kind of person.
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Khali i f Wardi • a month ago> SaidAbdiOsman
What kind of compromise do you want? he has surrendered and
surrender is the ultimate compromise.... By surrendering ,it means he
has left his ideals behind and put his life in the hands of other people, who
by the way didn't treat him well.........And its this misconduct, that
discouraged Muqtar Robow, who otherwise would have surrender himself
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007 • a month ago> Khaliif Wardi
The way I see is that the so called government is not independent enough
to create or follow own policy's, we need willing leader ship with different
ideas to come out of the comfortable zone and do negotiation.
Like Tony Blair and IRA.
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issanur • a month ago> Khaliif Wardi
I don't believe turkey has any ulterior motive in helping us as you claim.
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mind you, we don't have oil as per now.
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007 • a month ago> dogan
and also don't forget the IRA Terrorist. and Taliban with USA. I am sure every one
else can.
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007 • a month ago> Khaliif Wardi
I agree with you bro. peace is two way street. all those party disagreeing should talk and
resolve there differences. Force wouldn't solve any thing look at the northern Ireland, IRA
is been called terrorist and nothing solved by force until the government talk to them
directly. USA started talking to the Taliban, so it is normal or inevitable that the
government talk to the other camp.
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Tubig Gannon • a month ago
"I believe the aim of the attack is to deter Turkey from engaging further in rebuilding Somalian
security forces including intelligence service; a kind of warning to the Turkish government to
stay away from Somalia." That makes sense, since al-shabaab and al qaeda both want to
establish a Islamist estate in Somalia, and they have to show people that they, and not the
Turks, are the ones in control in Somalia. With their nefarious ambitions, they are the worst
leaders anywhere they find refuge. Al-shabaab and al-qaeda demean and defame Islam with
their brutality, intolerance and ignorance.
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owl905 • a month ago
Al Shabaab wants Sharia instead of infrastructure, health, and prosperity. What has Al Shabaab
ever done to improve the life of people in Somalia?
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SaidAbdiOsman • a month ago> owl905
don't make such mistake, Sharia safeguards all human needs included infrastructure,
health, and prosperity. unfortunately Al Shabab don't know what Sharia is all about, let
alone implementing it.
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Tubig Gannon • a month ago> SaidAbdiOsman
"unfortunately Al Shabab don't know what Sharia is all about, let alone
implementing it." Unfortunately, neither do most Muslims anyway; or at least they
cannot agree on what it is, really.
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SaidAbdiOsman • a month ago> Tubig Gannon
Yes, I agree with you that most Muslims neither do but in our
case(somalis) We have specifically Al-Shabab which don't know what
Sharia is all about and in general Salafis(A hardline Islamist group , that
Al-shabab broken away , funded and founded by Saudi Arabia called in
Somalia Al Ittihad and newly changed their name Alictisam) which is
explain their own Ideology as Sharia. Rests of Somalis are agreed
what Sharia is and what is about. One bad fish can spoil the whole pond
that is the case in Somalia; very few people exploited the whole society.
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issanur • a month ago> SaidAbdiOsman
'hardline islamist group' I feel nauseated when I hear such sentence from
a mouth of a fellow muslim.....nothing of the sought exist in islam. we
have a practicing muslim and anon practicing muslim period.
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jadedcorl iss • a month ago> SaidAbdiOsman
Hahaha, very funny, now stop kidding around.
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mohamad • a month ago> owl905
bring us closer to allah, bless dem good muslim
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If Muslims want to get to heaven, they should do it themselves quickly, without
hurting other people. Thie earth is temporary, so kill yourselves quickly and you
get to heaven faster. Let the rest of the world go at their own pace. There is no
coercion in the real Islam. Your practice is deiviant Islam.
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dogan • a month ago
Turkey not only help somalia.Turkey want to help and make trade relations with all african
countries.
africa need to develope and turkey want to contribute to this aim.
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Kaz • a month ago
Al-Shabaab strength comes from the abundant availability of young Somali men and women
with little education since the fall of the Siad regime....
The fact that they can recruit from Somalis born in the west with high level education just shows
how easier it is for this organization to brainwash much less educated kids.
I think aggression is lacking on the part of federal gov't and AMISOM; there should definately a
larger scale operation, not only targeting Al-Shabaab but harshly dealing with their sympathizers
as well.
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007 • a month ago> Kaz
It will not help at all, it will on;y increase a tension between AMISOM and the government.
And are you going to branded sympathizers any one who disagrees with them? well that
is almost the majority, the reason I say is that how little they truly controls.
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KK Singh • a month ago
Turkey hopes to gain not only from Somalia's potential oil reserves, but also wants to play an
active role in Africa's emerging markets. That's the key word!!
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Khali i f Wardi • a month ago> KK Singh
What is wrong if Turk establishes trade relationship with Somalia....Turkey will get oil and
Somalia will be able to generate a badly needed revenues to rebuild its nation........i
actually don't see anything wrong with that.
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shameer m • a month ago> KK Singh
Pls stop blaming someone extending help for the dying population..If you think they have
vested interests,Pls arrange something of your own or your trusted countries to help
Somalis..shooting in air with out any base is of anyones ability and calls no risk..But
risking ones life to help others is not that everyone can do...
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007 • a month ago> shameer m
Agreed with you two.Khaliif Wardi &
shameer m
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