Davutoglu to appoint activist as ambassador to Mogadishu

The Turkish government, which is preparing to reopen its embassy in Somalia, will appoint a leading member of civil society as ambassador to Somalia, officials said yesterday.Kani Torun, a medical doctor who is currently the general director of Manchester-based Doctors Worldwide (DWW), will be appointed as Turkey's ambassador in Mogadishu, diplomatic sources told Today's Zaman yesterday.The appointment will be finalized when the relevant decree is published in the Official Gazette. With the same decree, the government will also appoint a senior bureaucrat as Turkey's new ambassador to Indonesia. Zekeriya Akcam, a former deputy of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) for the Aegean province of Izmir, who is currently serving as the chief advisor in Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office, will be appointed Turkey's new ambassador in Jakarta.