Somalia has ordered organizations linked to a US based Turkish cleric shut down after Turkey’s President said Fethullah Gulen was involved Friday’s coup attempt.
The decision came in an extraordinary session of the Somali cabinet yesterday. The government ordered Turkish citizens working for Gulen-linked organizations to leave the country within seven days.
The government said the services the organizations provided, such as education and health care, will continue under new administration.
The cabinet said the decision was in response to a request from the Turkish government. The two countries have close ties. President Hassan Mohamud was one of the first world leaders to oppose the coup attempt as it developed.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Mogadishu in a government-organized rally yesterday against the military coup attempt.