The
Turkish outgoing ambassador to The Gambia, H.E. Ismael SefarYucerr, has on
Friday hailed the bilateral ties between The Gambia and Turkey since the first
republic.
Mr.
Yucerr, whose term has ended in The Gambia, highlighted in an interview with
The Point that he had very good time and friends in the country for the past
three years of his stay. He added that he came to the country two weeks before
the historic elections in 2016, and had witnessed the transitional justice
period and many developments.
The
Turkish government has been supporting The Gambia armed forces in terms of
training and lethal equipment, and also in the areas of education, health and
capacity building training through various ministries.
“Our
bilateral relationship is great and historical because it started in 1965 with
the first republic. We regained the strong relationship back during the
Barrow’s regime for a visit to Istanbul.”
He
explained that during the past three years, Gambia and Turkey had a very
fruitful cooperation, citing education, health, and the support for the army
and different ministries.
“We
have been supporting the national development plan 2018-2022 and we had
contributed a lot more. Every year we send 30-40 students for the undergraduate
studies in the Turkish private and public universities.”
He
affirmed that they would continue to support the country’s development most
especially the victims of former dictatorial regime for treatments in Turkey.
