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Turks provide aid in Mogadishu, Somalia, where others fear to tread | McClatchy

Turks provide aid in Mogadishu, Somalia, where others fear to tread

By Alan Boswell | McClatchy Newspapers

On the edge of Somalia’s battered capital of Mogadishu, on a hilltop overlooking the Indian Ocean, there’s an unlikely oasis of white tents laid out in perfect rows, where foreigners mingle with locals, a bakery provides free fresh bread daily and even the sandy floors are swept. Flapping audaciously in the seaside breeze above it all is the symbol of Mogadishu’s newest foreign patron, the red and white flag of Turkey.

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