Under the Somali Young Researchers Initiative, ISOS held a lecture on “Somali-Ottoman Empire Relations in 1517-1916" on 20 June, 2019. The lecture was presented by Dr Dahir Hussein Addawe. Dr Dahir discussed the ‘Somali-Ottoman Empire Relations from 1517 upto 1916 and how had been started the relations and How was the situation before the Turkish came into the East Africa. The participants contributed with their comments and questions effectively.