Pope Francis up to Turkey in a "historic visit"

Arrived in Turkey in a  visit Pope Francis described as a historic aim to activate dialogue among religions in the country.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Pope greeted upon his arrival in Ankara. It is scheduled to travel to Istanbul Pope to meet with the President of the Orthodox Church.
This is the fourth visit by a pope to a predominantly Muslim Turkey.
It is likely that touches the Pope during his visit to some of these humanitarian issues, including the plight of Syrian refugees.
The visit, which lasts three days at a time, which controls the organization of militants of the Islamic state on a number of areas in Iraq, Syria, Turkey's neighboring countries.
Turkey is now a refuge for at least 1.6 million Syrian refugees, the majority of them settle in areas near the border.
And indicates the BBC in Ankara Mark Lewin that Pope Francis expressed in an interview on the eve of the visit, his feelings direction of the conflict in Syria, where he told an Israeli newspaper that the persecution experienced by Christians in the region is the "worst" since the beginning of the advent of Christianity.
Vatican officials say that religious tolerance will be among the priorities on the agenda of a meeting of Pope Erdogan and Turkey Mufti Mohammed Gurmz.
The Pope is scheduled to visit the Sultanahmet Mosque in Istanbul, as expected also to sign a joint declaration with Patriarch Bartholomew I, who is considered the leader of 300 million Christian Erthodoxa, in an attempt to bridge the gap between Catholics and Orthodox Christians.
Although the majority of Turks totaling 80 million are Muslims, there are approximately 120 thousand Christians in Turkey, which was once a center for Orthodox Christians in the world.