In a speech in Ankara, he also called for a renewed Mid-East peace push, saying the region had "for too long been a theatre of fratricidal wars".Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the visit was a "significant" step to enhance regional peace.
The Pope's three-day trip - only the fourth visit by a pope to Muslim-majority Turkey - comes as Turkey hosts 1.6m refugees on its southern border, after Islamic State seized swathes of neighbouring Syria and Iraq.
He also urged more help for refugees from Syria and Iraq.
source: BBC.com
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