The
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) said 216 devices and
medical equipment including an ultrasound device, echocardiography
equipment, autoclave were provided for the Hargeisa State Hospital,
which serves around 3 million patients. Turkish
Ambassador in Mogadishu Mehmet Yilmaz, Somaliland Health Minister
Hassan Ismail Yusuf and TIKA's coordinator in Somalia Galip Yilmaz
attended the delivery ceremony of the medical supplies.
Speaking
at the ceremony, Yusuf said the equipment provided by Turkey will
contribute to the people of Somaliland receiving healthcare in much
better circumstances. Also speaking at the ceremony, Yilmaz emphasized the brotherhood between the people of Turkey and Somalia.
He
said: “Turkey will continue to increase assistance in the region. We
welcome the Somaliland administration deporting the FETO [Fetullah
Terrorist Organization] terror group and handing the management of the
FETO-linked schools over to the Maarif Foundation.”
Turkey
established the Maarif Foundation after 2016 defeated coup attempt to
take over the administration of overseas schools linked to FETO. It also
establishes schools and education centers abroad.
FETO
and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup
of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200
injured.
By Muhammet Ikbal Arslan/ AA
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