Senior Obama advisor: "The president's visit to Turkey helped mend fences"

US President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey this week started to mend Turkish-US relations, said Senior Obama Advisor David Axelrod yesterday. Speaking to White House correspondents, Axelrod said, "We have started fixing our relationship with our key strategic ally." Stating that the US wants a strong relationship with the Islam world, Axelrod added, "Muslims are also victims of extremist groups."