Monday, February 13, 2012
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The senior Turkish envoy in Somalia denied on Sunday
allegations that Turks were forcing Somali people to leave public
buildings.
Turkey's Ambassador in Mogadishu Cemalettin Kani Torun said Turkey had nothing to do with evacuation of state buildings.
Somali authorities have started to restore some public buildings in the capital, Mogadishu, most of which were schools.
Somali citizens, who were living in the buildings for years due to civil war, famine and drought, were forced to leave buildings and they were replaced in other places.
"People who were forced to evacuate public buildings accuse Turkey, but Turkey has nothing to do with this evacuation, which is totally a move of the Somali government," Ambassador Torun said.
Torun said this move was exploitation of Turkey's good will, and Turkey was in Somalia for just humanitarian purposes.