"Pope's remarks add to unease over Turkey visit
By Vincent Boland in Ankara
Updated: 10:11 p.m. ET Sept. 24, 2006
When the late Pope John Paul II visited Turkey in 1979, the country was on the verge of a military coup, and engaged in a savage conflict with Kurdish separatists that killed 35,000 people. Most Turks today cannot remember the visit, but those who do say he was received warmly and showed a special affection for a land that is central to biblicalhistory."
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