Welcome to OSINT Exercise #003!
Task briefing:
In April 2017 Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, the then president of Somalia, visited Turkey. A news agency published a photo where he was seen shaking hands with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the country’s president. The article did not disclose where the photo was taken. Your task is to find out the name and coordinates of the location seen below.
Click here to see the photo on its own.
Exercise level:
For beginners: Medium
For experts: Easy

Want more? Check out the List of OSINT Exercises.
Finished? Well done! Check if your answers are correct.
Stuck? Watch the video below on how to complete OSINT Exercise #003.
User Walkthroughs:
- walnut – “Challenge to “OSINT Exercise #003,4,5”“
- Donovan Engelmann – “My Solution to Gralhix’s OSINT Exercise #003“
- [FR] KrowZ – “[FR] OSINT Challenge 003 (Gralhix) – Writeup” ⭐
- OSINTtrainee – “Solution for OSINT challenge #003 by Sofia Santos“
- Legion Soul – “OSINT Exercise 003, and 004“
- Collins.K – “GRALHIX OSINT EXCERCISE #003 WALKTHROUGH“
- Vincent A. Barkman – “OSINT Exercise #003 — Write-up“
- Omid Sobhani – “Title: Turkey: Geolocation OSINT Exercise 003“
- Tomi McCluskey – “Gralhix OSINT Excercise #003“
- Ragmthy – “OSINT Exercise 003“
- Mohamed H. Ahmed – “Solving the Challenge: A walkthrough to Sophia Santos’ #003 OSINT Exercise” ⭐
- L00ck3r – “Sofia Santos Challenge #003” ⭐
- InfoRecon76 – “OSINT Exercise #003 Walkthrough: Locating a Diplomatic Venue“
- Tosintndeh – “Gralhix Geolocation #003“
- Viktoras Draugelis – “OSINT Exercise 003“
- Victor Mwai – “OSINT(Exercise 3)“
- Cyber-Jot – “Sofia Santo’s OSINT Exercise #003” ⭐
- Dam Coffee – “Gralhix Exercise #003“
- Elliot MCHX – “OSINT Exercise #003 (My Walkthrough)“
- Fywqdk – “Exercise0043“
- [FR] MenTa – “Step-by-Step Image Geolocation #1” ⭐
- anonymous – “GRALHIX OSINT EXCERCISE #003 WALKTHROUGH“
- alexs106 – “Writeup OSINT exercise 003 by Sofia Santos“
Why is my walkthrough not showing up above?
• I’m no longer accepting walkthroughs for this specific exercise.
• One or more of your answers were incorrect or missing.
• You asked me not to include it on the list, and I’m respecting your wishes.
• You may have sent me an incorrect or incomplete link.
• You linked to a website that tracks who sees your articles (e.g, LinkedIn).
• I suspected AI was heavily involved in the production of your walkthrough.
• I suspected you just wrote a walkthrough based on my video, and not your own work.
• I haven’t had the time to actually read, and add it yet (give me at least a week).
• I forgot about it (doesn’t usually happen, but I’m not flawless).
Why do some walkthroughs have a ⭐ in front of them?
The golden star emojis were introduced on the second year anniversary of OSINT Exercises. I will be adding them to walkthroughts that I feel stand out and deserve extra recognition. You can read more about my reasoning behind the decision in my blog post: “Two Years of OSINT Exercises: The Importance of Community Learning.”
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