From Today’s Zaman: Somali students to receive training in Turkey

Thursday, 02 February 2012

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Turkey's ambassador to Somalia has announced that Turkey plans to extend its educational outreach programs to his famine-stricken country.

Ambassador Cemalettin Kani Torun held a press conference at the Turkish embassy in Mogadishu at which he announced joint plans by the Turkish Education Ministry and the Directorate of Religious Affairs to oversee the education of 650 students and 50 religious officials from Somalia in Turkey.

According to the Anatolia news agency, Torun indicated that the public administration, education and health institutions of Somalia are not be able to sufficiently train Somalia's future leaders due to a civil war that has crippled the country for 21 years.


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