VATICAN CITY "I am close to you, and I pray for you," Pope Francis told the Turkish people reeling from earthquakes that killed more than 42,000 people in
Pope Francis received the new Turkish ambassador to the Holy See on February 16 and expressed his condolences following the devastating Turkey–Syria earthquake.
"I am close to you, and I pray for you," Pope Francis told the Turkish people reeling from earthquakes that killed nearly 42,000 people in Turkey and neighboring Syria, according to figures updated Feb. 16.
ANKARA: Turkey has appointed a new ambassador to Israel, as both countries move to end four years in the diplomatic wilderness. Sakir Ozkan Torunlar has been named to fill the role left empty after the two regional powers expelled each other’s ambassadors in 2018 in a row over the killing of 60 Palestinians by Israeli forces during protests on the Gaza border. His appointment
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