{"id":11221,"date":"2026-01-12T12:43:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=11221"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:45:15","slug":"turkiye-emphasizes-strong-support-for-somalia-rejects-israeli-recognition-of-somaliland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/review\/analysis\/turkiye-emphasizes-strong-support-for-somalia-rejects-israeli-recognition-of-somaliland\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00fcrkiye emphasizes \u2018strong support\u2019 for Somalia, rejects Israeli recognition of Somaliland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISTANBUL<\/strong>: T\u00fcrkiye emphasized its \u201cstrong support\u201d for Somalia on Saturday and stressed its rejection of Israel\u2019s recognition of the Somaliland region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkish Deputy Minister Ambassador Musa Kulakl\u0131kaya made the remarks as he chaired the 22nd Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, convened in Saudi Arabia to address Israel\u2019s decision to recognize the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kulakl\u0131kaya \u201cemphasized T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s strong support for Somalia, underlined the rejection of Israel\u2019s recognition of the Somaliland region as being in contravention of international law,\u201d according to a statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Turkish social media platform NSosyal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He \u201creiterated T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s unwavering support for all international efforts aimed at protecting the rights of the Palestinian people and achieving lasting peace and stability in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel announced Dec. 26 that it had officially recognized Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, becoming the only country to do it. The move drew sharp criticism across the region, describing the move as illegal and a threat to international peace and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somaliland has operated as a de facto self-governing entity since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991, but it has not received international recognition as a sovereign state.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISTANBUL: T\u00fcrkiye emphasized its \u201cstrong support\u201d for Somalia on Saturday and stressed its rejection of Israel\u2019s recognition of the Somaliland region. Turkish Deputy Minister Ambassador Musa Kulakl\u0131kaya made the remarks as he chaired the 22nd Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, convened in Saudi Arabia to address [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":11222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}