Post #575

🇹🇷Reaching Further Than Ever: The need to protect its assets leads Turkey's navy to the Horn of Africa 🌐Turkey is building a naval base in Somalia — a natural spillover of Turkey's consistent interest in extracting Somali gas and deterring Israel. Since December, Turkey has been progressively increasing the number of its gas drilling vessels off the coast of the Horn of Africa. 🔸 In December 2025, Turkey’s president said Ankara would start offshore gas drilling off Somalia in 2026 and add two new drilling vessels. In February 2026, Alparslan Bayraktar, the country's energy minister, dispatched the deep-sea drillship Cagri Bey to Somalia under naval escort for Turkey’s first offshore exploration abroad. 🔸 The construction of a new base coincides with the new drillship sails, as well as Israel's recognition of Somaliland. Three factors — gas exploration and extraction, the vulnerability of the civil fleet involved and Israel's attempts to take root in the region have made it almost inevitable. ✈️ Stay informed - @devilsbelow