Admin Posted February 19, 2014 A main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy chairman has submitted a parliamentary question directed at Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over Turkey providing direct budgetary support to Somalia. CHP Deputy Chairman Faruk Loğoğlu submitted the parliamentary question asking Erdoğan to provide details of the direct payments, which are a major source of funding for Somalia's government as it struggles to rebuild the country after more than two decades of war. Turkish and Somali government officials told Reuters last week that financial assistance to Somalia had stopped at the end of 2013 and that there were no immediate plans to resume it. After the reports, Turkey pledged to maintain direct budgetary support this year for the war-ravaged East African country. It is not clear how much money Turkey donated to Somalia in 2013. The questions Loğoğlu addressed to Erdoğan were as follows: “What is the amount of direct budgetary aid to Somalia between 2002 and 2013 on an annual basis? How was the direct budgetary support delivered to the Somali authorities? What is the reason for cutting off direct budgetary support to Somalia at the end of 2013? What fund was the direct budgetary support for Somalia allocated from?” Turkey is a key ally of the Somali government. Its vast humanitarian aid effort at the height of the 2011 famine endeared the country to many Somalis, especially as Ankara continues to build hospitals and dispatch aid across the East African nation. Erdoğan has taken a personal interest in Somalia, becoming the first non-African leader to visit in nearly 20 years when he traveled there in 2011. Since then Turkey has poured in aid, much of it from private companies. Somalia's former central bank chief, Abdusalam Omer, had said during his seven-month tenure that financial support from Turkey amounted to $4.5 million a month, paid in boxes full of cash to the central bank. Source: http://en.cihan.com.tr http://www.somaliaonline.com/turkish-parliament-questions-erdogan-over-turkeys-budget-support-to-the-somali-goverment/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hassan1508736697 Posted February 19, 2014 I will personally email this opposition group to stop any direct aid to the Somali gov because its Luke pouring water into a barrel that has the bottom removed. I can't wait to do it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Holac Posted February 21, 2014 Did you email the opposition group yet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
