Monday,
19 October 2020. Turkey has opened a new training course for hundreds of Somali
military personnel at the Turkish military base in the Somali capital
Mogadishu.
The
training, which opened at the Turksom base in Mogadishu, will be given to the
6th Battalion of the Somali National Army and is related to counter-terrorism,
according to a tweet from the Turkish embassy in Somalia.
The
training will be attended by 450 soldiers and will run until March 2021, with
the swearing-in ceremony taking place on October 15th. The training follows a
Turkish training project for young Somali soldiers, but the exact motive behind
it is unknown.
The
trained youths have not yet been deployed to fight Al-Shabaab, but only guard
government buildings and the Turkish official offices like embassy, while
others work at the Turkish military base in Halane. Secondly the Turksoma
training center is not known for its plans and there is no information about
it. As you know, no one can reach Turksoma center, whether senior government
officials, military officers or anyone else.
However,
the opening ceremony was attended by Somali some members from the Somali
federal government, the Turkish embassy in Mogadishu, and members of the
military. These trainings are carried out by the Turks whenever they want and
they are taken to the trainees wherever they want.
The
relationship between Somalia and Turkey is a one-sided win relationship that
during Farmajo's term. Turkey supports financially and militarily, but Somalis
haven’t role in Turkey's involvement in Somalia in recent years. Turkey has
trained one-third of Somalia's military forces, said Turkish Ambassador Mehmet
Yılmaz in Mogadishu, but no victories yet reached by these forces.
Yilmax
told the Anadolu news agency: "In total, Turkey is training a third of the
Somali army, estimated at 15,000 to 16,000 troops. It is not yet clear why
these forces did not bring significant success to the Somali nation and defeat
terrorist groups.
Qatar,
meanwhile, pays for the training of Somali forces. That is why it is
questionable why these troops did not go to the areas controlled by Al-Shabaab,
and this casts doubt on the suspicion that the two countries want to prolong
the Somalia project or provide hidden support to Alshabab.
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