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ANKARA, TÜRKİYE (NOV. 27, 2025) (ANADOLU-ACCESS ALL)

1. POPE LEO XIV DEPARTING ANITKABIR MASELOUM

2. VARIOUS OF CARDINALS ACCOMPANYING POPE LEO XIV ARRIVING AT CEREMONY GROUND

3. PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN EXITING PRESIDENTIAL COMPLEX

4. ERDOGAN SALUTING CEREMONIAL GUARD UNIT

5. VARIOUS OF POPE LEO XIV ARRIVING AT PRESIDENTIAL COMPLEX

6. ERDOGAN GREETING POPE LEO XIV

7. NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF BOTH STATES BEING PLAYED

8. POPE LEO XIV SALUTING CEREMONIAL GUARD UNIT

9. VARIOUS OF ERDOGAN AND POPE LEO XIV GREETING DELEGATIONS

10. ERDOGAN AND POPE LEO XIV POSING FOR PHOTO OUTSIDE COMPLEX

11. ERDOGAN AND POPE LEO XIV ENTERING PRESIDENTIAL COMPLEX ANKARA, TÜRKİYE - NOV. 27, 2025: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the head of the Vatican City State and Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, with an official ceremony in the Turkish capital on Thursday, Nov. 27.

The visit marks the pontiff’s first official trip abroad since ascending to the head of the Catholic Church.

During a one-on-one meeting, President Erdogan and Pope Leo XIV are expected to discuss Türkiye–Vatican relations as well as current regional and global developments, with a particular focus on the situation in Palestine.

The meeting agenda is set to discuss Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine, efforts to build peace in the Middle East, and broader international issues.

Following their bilateral talks, Erdogan and Pope Leo will address a press conference at the Cihannuma Hall of the Presidential Nation’s Library.

Earlier, the pontiff paid respects at Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara, before being officially welcomed at the Presidential Complex.