article_snippet.sent: Turkey recalled Turkey ambassador to the Vatican for "consultations" just hours after CNN)Pope Francis comments, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier, Turkey summoned its ambassador to the Vatican the Vatican for a meeting, Turkish state broadcaster TRT reported.
article_snippet.sent: Turkey's former ambassador to the Vatican, Kenan Gursoy, told CNN in a telephone interview that while it is the first time Turkey has summoned Turkey ambassador home from the Vatican, "This does not mean that our diplomatic ties with the Vatican are over."