Somali politician donates month's salary to Turkey's coronavirus fundraising campaign

[JohnQ]

Somali politician donates month's salary to Turkey's coronavirus fundraising campaign

A Somali politician donated his salary to the recent fundraising campaign launched by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the fight against the coronavirus...

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A Somali politician donated his salary to the recent fundraising campaign launched by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, senior advisor to the speaker of the House of the People of Somalia, donated one month's worth of his salary to the campaign, saying that he made the donation because Turkey has always stood beside the oppressed.

“Turkey does not only look after itself but to all oppressed people. The Turkish people have always been Somali people’s foul-weather friend and now it is time to stand beside the Turkish people,” Nur said on his Twitter account.

Twitter users flooded Nur’s post with messages of gratitude, as many of them praised the solidarity among the two countries.

Nur previously served as an undersecretary at the Somali Federal Republic Embassy in Turkey





Erdoğan on Monday announced a nationwide fundraising campaign to help citizens financially affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Announcing the "We are self-sufficient, Turkey" campaign, Erdoğan said he was donating seven months of his salary as a way to kick-start the fundraiser and added that several ministers have already joined as well.

Turkey, under the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, launched a continental initiative to reach out to African countries whose relations with Turkey have been mostly limited since the early years of the republic’s foundation.

Turkey's vast aid effort at the height of the 2011 famine helped many Somali people, and it has continued to pour in aid, much of it from private companies.

It has built schools, hospitals and infrastructure as well as providing Somalis with scholarships to study in Turkey. Erdoğan has visited Mogadishu twice since his visit to the war-ravaged country in 2011. He was the first non-African leader to visit the war-ravaged country in 20 years.

Turkey's official humanitarian institutions, such as TİKA, the Turkish Red Crescent Kızılay and Diyanet Foundation along with civil initiatives such as the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) and Helping Hands, have implemented many development aid projects relating to infrastructure, education, health and related fields. For instance, TİKA financed projects in Mogadishu that included rehabilitating the Digfer Hospital, constructing 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) of roads and building the Somalian Statehouse.

Shouldn't charity begin at home

Turkey is much more equipped at handling coronavirus than Somalia, but politicians would rather them out than their own people?

 

[repo]

I can’t anymore man I just can’t deal with these people. After sending 20 doctors to Italy they have outdone themselves again.

 

[Crow]

Looks like Turkey putting Turkish history on Mogadishu exams was a smart investment.

Turkey's short colonial efforts in Mogadishu has already raised an entire generation of loyal slaves.

 

[JohnQ]

Translation:

Turkey is not only to Turkey, which is enough for all the oppressed. The Turkish people have always been the bad day friends of the Somali people. Now it's time to be with the Turkish people. As a Somali, I participate in this campaign and donate one (1) month salary.

 

[Al-Burcaawi]

fucking neefs wallahi

 

[Bohol]

It is just good PR after all Turkey injected billions into Somalia in the last decade. However I agree charity starts at home as Somalia is a poor country, he could have used that money to buy hand sanitizers & masks for his village.

 

[Bernie Madoff]

colonized people

 

[@@@@]

What you guys don’t understand is this is perfect PR in the hopes of earning even further aid from Turkey.

 

[Neron]

68 IQ confirmed

 

[Ferrari]

caqliga markuu futada kaa gaalo.

 

[Jiron]

Donating to others who are in need is probably the highest noble thing one can do. Ilaahay kheyr ha siiyo walaalkeen

 

[Knet]

He just wants to be Turkey new booty-call Friend his political friends and putting himself out there to serve the master. And also his giving away stolen public funds and not his actual salary.

 

[Wiiqleh]

Silly Somalian

 

[Abdillahi]

Somalis suffer from Stockholm syndrome loving Turks, Arabs, Muslims, English, Italians anything other than your fellow Somali. The hate they have put into Somalia has poisoned our relationships. This is why Somaliland and Somalia cannot have a constructive conversation.

 

[Mad-MullaH]

Looks like Turkey putting Turkish history on Mogadishu exams was a smart investment.

Turkey's short colonial efforts in Mogadishu has already raised an entire generation of loyal slaves.

Bro you know about ottoman khilafah right?
They actually sent army to us to defeat Portuguese and amxarah

 

[Mercury]

So he sends 1 month of his salary to Turkey?



And while back he tweeted this

 

[Sleepy Hollow]

Looks like Turkey putting Turkish history on Mogadishu exams was a smart investment.

Turkey's short colonial efforts in Mogadishu has already raised an entire generation of loyal slaves.

There was a doqon on Twitter saying "Turkey's population is not 80 million, its 96 million (Turkey + Somalia). We are one beoble!111)"

 

[abdiwarrior]

colonized people

Landers talking about being colonized.

 

[Galool]

This is good for PR. Think about the long term relationship he's establishing for us. It will pay dividends. And he may be eyeing Turkey Ambassador position since he's a former diplomat.

Reading through the replies of this and you'll see this was smart