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Turkey is going through very turbulent times - not only economically but politically as well. The difficulty in navigating through this kind of a storm is that it is unlike any we have ever had before. The lines are blurred and money is fluid. 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is a "diplomatic rookie" who must learn not to cross Beijing on issues like trade and Taiwan, Chinese state media said Dec. 6, warning that America could pay dearly for his inexperience.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi formally resigned Dec. 5 after a crushing referendum defeat that has sent shockwaves around Europe - though his departure will be delayed by a final task, passing a budget.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has fired off another Twitter broadside, attacking China over alleged currency manipulation and foreign policy, as he elects retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a presidential rival-turned-supporter, to serve as the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

A mural has been painted in New Belgrade's Block 1 neighborhood depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

Between them is written the message, "Kosovo is Serbia."

Austrian voters roundly rejected on Dec. 4 a candidate vying to become the first freely elected far-right head of state in Europe since World War Two, halting at least temporarily the wave of populism sweeping Western democracies. 

Austria's far-right presidential candidate was soundly defeated on Dec. 4, confounding forecasts of a tight election in which he would ride a wave of populism sweeping the West.

The United States will not give up its support for Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq despite Turkey's opposition, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Mary Beth Long has stated.

Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif called U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 30 to congratulate him on his victory. "You have a very good reputation. You are a terrific guy. You are doing amazing work which is visible in every way," Trump reportedly told Sharif.

The ongoing state of emergency and the crackdown on the Gülen movement after the failed coup attempt are generating uncertainties that are taking a toll on the Turkish economy, economist Selva Demiralp from Koç University in Istanbul has told the Hürriyet Daily News.