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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has admitted strains in ties between Turkey and the United States, while calling on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to contribute to progress in relations. 

"We are passing through a very sensitive period in our ties," Erdoğan said, blasting the Obama administration's "wrong choices" in the fight against ISIL in Syria.

A dog cared for by police officer Fethi Sekin, who was described as a hero after preventing a larger-scale attack outside an İzmir courthouse on Jan. 5, has continued to wait at the spot where he lost his life in the assault.

Terrorist organizations will not succeed in their aims, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said amid a spate of recent terror attacks in Turkey. 

The chief public prosecutor's office in Istanbul reportedly holds information regarding the alleged involvement of 8 Turkish military officers, who have applied for asylum in Greece, in an alleged plot to attack Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in July.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on the Turkish people to "mobilize all means" to revive the country's struggling economy. 

"Let mobilize all means. Produce, buy, sell, employ, invest and revive the markets," said Erdoğan in a speech to local neighborhood heads on Jan. 4, calling on businesspeople, tradesmen, craftsmen and citizens.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Jan. 4 that "nobody should be forced to have the same kind of lifestyle" as someone else. 

Two weeks before New Year's Eve and Christmas, contrary to most shopping malls in Istanbul, there were long cashier lines in IKEA stores. As I happened to gaze at people's shopping carts - and yes, people do look at each other's carts - I was surprised to observe that a large number of families were buying Christmas trees and boxes of ornaments.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that Turkey is in "a new war of liberation," as he commented on events that unfolded in Turkey in 2016.

"Turkey has been waging a new war of liberation in the recent years," President Erdoğan said in his New Year's speech on Dec. 31, adding that Turkey is under "a major attack."

The difference in Turkey between life in jail and life outside are gradually decreasing, one of the country's most prominent novelists said upon her release, after being held in prison for 132 days. 

Turkey has pursued an incorrect strategy in culture and the arts, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has admitted at the Presidential Great Culture and Art Awards ceremony, adding that Turkey had failed to nurture an authentic cultural environment while struggling to survive as a state.