Turkey establishes first foreign military base in Somalia
16:59, 30 September 2016
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS. Turkey has established its first foreign military base in Somalia, the Turkish NTV reported.
The military base will begin operating soon.
Approximately 200 Turkish servicemen will be stationed in the base, who will train 10,500 soldiers of Somalia.
In addition, Special Forces will be deployed to the base from Turkey for providing security.
According to NTV, Turkey plans to establish a military base in Qatar as well.