Thursday, April 21, 2005

VATICAN: NEW POPE SEEN AS 'ANTI-TURK' BY TURKISH PRESS

"VATICAN: NEW POPE SEEN AS 'ANTI-TURK' BY TURKISH PRESS

Ankara, 20 April (AKI) - The appointment of Joseph Ratzinger as the Catholic Church's new pope, Benedict XVI, has received a chilly reception in Turkey with the country's media highlighting how Ratzinger has opposed Turkey's bid to join the European Union. 'New pope [is] anti-Turk' said the liberal, pro-EU Sabah daily in its front page headline. �Catholics chose an old Nazi, German Ratzinger as their new Pope. He is against Turkey�s membership to EU for cultural and religious reasons,' Sabah said"

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