Somalia: Turkish Airlines begins flights to Mogadishu
Somali Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmad and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Mogadishu airport with Turkish Airlines in the background, August 2011 Turkey's PM (R) said in August he wanted to challenge the idea that Mogadishu was a no-go area
The first major commercial airline in more than 20 years has landed at Mogadishu airport in war-torn Somalia.
Turkish Airlines says it is the start of a regular service to the Somali capital, the first by an international carrier from outside East Africa.
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