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Turkish military company Sadat turns Erdogan-Sarraj alliance into business opportunity

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

Turkish paramilitary company Sadat, headed by former Turkish general Adnan Tanriverdi, has set up a partnership with Fawzi Boukatif-led Libyan company Security Side to train the forces fighting for Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord. The company has been trying for several months to win military training contracts in the wake of Turkey's intervention in the North African country. [...] (958 words)

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Sadat and Security Side are carrying out a training mission among the government's forces. © Reuters

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