Turkey’s Somalia funding sparks transparency, corruption debate amid economic strain
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A newly enacted $30 million grant agreement between Turkey and Somalia has brought renewed scrutiny to a long-running ...
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Turkey extends naval mission off Somalia, granting Erdogan broad authority over scope and timing
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Parliament on Tuesday approved a one-year extension of the country’s naval deployment in the Gulf of ...
Turkey’s controversial military fund gains sweeping control over Somalia’s fisheries
Levent Kenez/Stockholm OYAK, Turkey’s military pension and investment fund, has signed a far-reaching agreement with Somalia that centralizes the licensing ...
Turkish intelligence report warns of Somalia’s fragility as Ankara boosts military and economic role
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A recent report titled “A Multidimensional Partnership Model” released by Turkey’s National Intelligence Academy examining Turkey–Somali relations warns ...
UN probes Turkish firm that delivered military equipment to Somalia without notification
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish-based maritime company in April 2021 delivered military trucks to Somalia without informing the UN about compliance ...
Turkey’s secret agenda in Somalia to empower jihadists revealed by Erdoğan’s chief aide
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm With the political, military and economic capital it has poured into Somalia, Turkey’s Islamist government is pursuing a ...
Secret report reveals how Erdoğan hushed up probe into al-Shabab financiers in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt A classified report by Turkey’s Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), obtained by Nordic Monitor, reveals how the ...
Turkish court halts deportation of al-Shabab suspect to Netherlands, citing risk of extradition to US
By Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey's top court has ruled that the rights of Ahmed Diini, a Dutch-Somali dual national who faces an ...
Operative of Turkey’s spy agency MİT sent $600,000 to al-Shabab in Somalia
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), led by a pro-Iranian Islamist figure, delivered hundreds of thousands of dollars to the ...
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