Bartholomew I holds great sway in Turkey
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is the spiritual leader of the world's more than 250 million Orthodox Christians and is often called the "first among equals" of the Orthodox religious leaders.
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Turkeyâs election is being cast as a battle between Islamists and secularists. But the real struggle is not over whether the country should be more religious but over whether it should be more European--and more free.
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Pope Benedict told Turkey on Tuesday he backed its bid to join the European Union and believed Islam was a religion of peace, hoping to soothe rows overshadowing a delicate visit to the mainly Muslim country.
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Crowds have begun converging in central Istanbul for a demonstration called by a small Islamist party against the visit to Turkey by Pope Benedict XVI, which starts on Tuesday.
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Pope Benedict wound up a fence-mending visit to Turkey on Friday amid praise from the local press for visiting Istanbul's Blue Mosque and praying toward Mecca "like Muslims".
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Turkey's top Muslim official said on Thursday Pope Benedict should state clearly during a planned visit to Turkey next week he believes Islam, like Christianity, to be a religion of peace.
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Supporters found plenty of reasons to cheer the European Unionâs recommendation of yesterday for talks to begin on making Muslim-majority Turkey a member.
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Turkey took a significant step Wednesday toward its long-cherished goal of joining the European Union when the E.U.'s executive branch proposed opening formal negotiations over membership for the predominately Muslim nation.
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GAZIANTEP, Turkey  - A high-flying City of London economist and a woman are Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's top bets in this fast-growing city to present a modern, liberal face for his Islam-rooted AK Party to voters and the world.
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Turkey is navigating between the forces pulling it closer to Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism.
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Turkey greets Pope Benedict on Tuesday for a four-day official visit, but the welcome will be distinctly cool due to simmering Muslim anger over his comments on Islam and his past opposition to Ankara's EU ambitions.
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Eight years after a lawmaker was thrown  out of Turkey&#39;s parliament for wearing a Muslim-style  headscarf, devout Turks are pinning hopes of more religious  rights on their next president and his headscarf-wearing wife.
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Pope Benedict XVI faces a delicate balancing act in Turkey as he tries to improve Christian-Muslim ties.
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The EU's historic deal with Turkey to  open entry talks with the vast Muslim country was hailed by  supporters as a bridge builder between Europe and the Islamic  world.
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Turkish MPs defy the president by reaffirming their support for constitutional reforms, amid tensions over Islam.
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Analysis: Benedict's words and gestures in Turkey, including a visit to a mosque, reveal a man who is finding his footing but still has a long way to go
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Benedetto XVI ha incontrato presidente Diyanet, Bardakoglu