Bulletin - Sustainable Cooperation and Healthy Competition in a Globalized World

In the same year, the Horn of Africa after China, the Türkiye pumped in significant humanitarian aid to European Union, the United States, Somalia in terms of relief food, healthcare resources the UAE, Japan and India and financial aid to the Somali government (Dahir, 2021). [...] Türkiye’s presence in the Horn of has penetrated to the centre of the African regional Africa is therefore driven by various strategic interests integration and consciousness, since the African Union such as: (AU) is the seat of the AU. [...] Maritime Trade and Maritime Security Geo-strategically, the region occupies one of the world’s sea trade volume and 80% of sea oil transit especially busiest sea trade routes along the Red Sea through the from the Middle East to the rest of the world (Narbone Strait of Bab al Mandeb and Suez Canal. [...] The Türkiye – Horn of Africa relations, are not without risks near two-year conflict threatened the territorial integrity given the nature of foreign policies involved, and the of Ethiopia and general political stability in the country; environment of geopolitical competition and rivalry, some of the worst human rights violations and war crimes as well as regional vulnerabilities. [...] In the case Türkiye’s role in Somalia’s security of Türkiye and Horn of Africa, the former’s economy in sector stabilization through training, terms of GDP (USD 700 billion) is more than double the and equipment has for instance helped combined GDP of the Horn of Africa and Türkiye is the 13th Somalia to achieve significant defence largest and strongest military force in the world (second largest.