Somalia: The Soft Power Role of Turkey
By Berouk Mesfin, 22 May 2012
Turkey has suddenly and vigorously undertaken a series of initiatives to help Somalia out of its dire political and economic crisis.
Turkey's first visible initiative was organising a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on 17 August 2011. The meeting was attended by 40 member states of the OIC and was intended to support Somalia, which was in the grip of a famine. It ended with a pledge to donate $350 million of humanitarian aid to Somalia.
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