ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Pope Francis began his three-day trip to Turkey Friday with a condemnation of violence in Syria and Iraq and a visit to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's controversial new palace in Ankara.
After becoming the first foreign dignitary to visit Erdogan's new 1,000-room palace, the Pope and Erdogan spoke privately, and later addressed a press conference, where the Pope said all faiths have a "moral obligation" to help the 1.6 million Syrian refugees now in Turkey.