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Somalia signed military cooperation agreements with Turkey in May 2010,<ref name="Tsmaa">{{cite news |title=Turkey-Somalia military agreement approved |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-297699-turkey-somalia-military-agreement-approved.html |access-date=13 August 2013 |newspaper=Today's Zaman |date=9 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623235606/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-297699-turkey-somalia-military-agreement-approved.html |archive-date=23 June 2013}}</ref> February 2014,<ref name="Rsmdsamswtdm">{{cite news |title=SOMALIA: Ministry of Defense signs an agreement of military support with Turkish Defense ministry |url=http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/02/somalia-ministry-of-defense-sings-an-agreement-of-military-support-with-turkish-defense-ministry/ |access-date=10 April 2014 |newspaper=Raxanreeb |date=28 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141402/http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/02/somalia-ministry-of-defense-sings-an-agreement-of-military-support-with-turkish-defense-ministry/ |archive-date=13 April 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and January 2015.<ref name="Gpresv">{{cite news |title=Press Release: Erdogan's Somalia Visit |url=http://goobjoog.com/english/?p=9308 |access-date=29 January 2015 |agency=Goobjoog |date=25 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118163629/http://goobjoog.com/english/?p=9308 |archive-date=18 November 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In early 2016 another agreement was signed to open [[Turkish military base in Somalia|Camp TURKSOM]] in [[Mogadishu]], at which [[Turkish Armed Forces]] officers were to train Somali recruits. Over 1,500 Somalis were to be trained by 200 Turkish personnel. A military school in Somalia to train officers was also planned.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.dailysabah.com/diplomacy/2016/01/19/first-turkish-military-base-in-africa-to-open-in-somalia | title=First Turkish military base in Africa to open in Somalia | access-date=11 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911175637/http://www.dailysabah.com/diplomacy/2016/01/19/first-turkish-military-base-in-africa-to-open-in-somalia | archive-date=11 September 2016 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
 
===Eritrea Training Mission===
===Disappearances of Somali soldiers===
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== Army equipment ==
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