Turkish military officials have completed training for Somali youths recruited to join the Gorgor Special Forces after undergoing military training at the Isparta Camp in the west of Turkey
The closing ceremony was attended by officials including the envoy of the Somali embassy in Turkey Gen. Mohamed Mohamud Hussein Garabey who said at the forum that the youths have been highly trained.
This is the 7th batch of the series of Somalia forces trained in Turkey and has been trained to engage with other forces to provide support in conflict and Warfare techniques, according to Gen. Mohamed Mohamud Garabey in charge of military affairs at the Somali Embassy in Turkey.
“It is the seventh batch to be trained here with special training. The six or three-month training is to build on the experience of the soldiers. Our eyes are on the troops who are undergoing special training to work with other forces in the country, ”said Gen. Garabey.
The troops will be deployed to Mogadishu to join the previous Turkish-trained troops. An agreement on the training of soldiers between Somalia and Turkey has resulted in some officers being taken to Turkey while others are being trained in Turksom.
The Turkish trained forces have recently came under sharp criticism for their involvement of security in the politics of the day and for allegedly being employed to suppress the critics.
Former Somalia deputy director of NISA Abdi Salam Guled said that Somalia’s International partners that train and equip the Somali army have failed in their role of holding government accountable for using the army for political purposes.
Turkish trained Somali police have recently raided Radio Mustaqbal, beat its journalists and confiscated its equipment following Mustaqbal’s heightened coverage of days of protests born out of the failed attempt by the government to extend term by two years
