Pope Leo told Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan that he aims to visit Türkiye at the end of November, according to a readout of their meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday by the Turkish presidency.
The pope, who held an official meeting with the wife of President Tayyip Erdogan at the Vatican's apostolic palace, told her that officials from Ankara and the Vatican were working on the details of the visit, the presidency said in a statement.