Somalia - First International Flight in 2 Decades Lands in Capital - NYTimes.com Turkish Airlines says it has started twice-weekly flights to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, which because of civil war and insurgency has not had passenger service from an international carrier in more than 20 years. Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag of Turkey announced the development on Tuesday after arriving in Mogadishu on a flight from Istanbul Ataturk Airport. Somalis can now travel the world again, he said.