Turkey today opened its largest overseas military training center in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. The military facility was inaugurated by Ankara's Chief of Staff, Hulusi Akar, and Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, in a ceremony in the new center built by Turkey in Africa. According to reports from the Turkish press, the ceremony took place amidst stringent security measures.
“My government and our people of Somalia will never forget the enormous help of our Turkish brothers. This center will help us train more soldiers, ”Somali Prime Minister Khaire said. 
For his part, the Turkish chief of staff said that the Ankara government intends to continue supporting "the Somali brothers until their country becomes stronger from a military point of view". The new training center in Somalia is located south of Mogadishu and was completed after two years of construction. The area affected by the new structure occupies 4 square kilometers and will be able to accommodate up to 1500 soldiers in training.
It will be intended for the training of Somali forces engaged against the Shebab jihadists. 200 Turkish soldiers and trainers will be deployed to the base, located near the Mogadishu airport. “This academy is different because the Turks will not only train the troops, but will equip them with their military equipment so that they will not be left alone once the training is over.
40 the millions of dollars of investment. After the base in Qatar opened in 2015 the expansionist aims of the Erdogan government have not stopped and continue. In the country of the Horn of Africa the politics of investment and humanitarian aid they have exceeded 400 millions of dollars. Appropriations started in 2011 and were used to open a pharaonic embassy in the capital, for the new airport, for the port run by Turkish companies, for a new hospital named after Erdogan as well as for new roads and their lighting.