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ANKARA, Turkey - A news report says thousands of people have protested incidents of Quran desecration in the United States.

AKDAMAR ISLAND, Turkey - Several thousand Armenian Christian pilgrims took boats to an ancient island cathedral in eastern Turkey on Sunday for the first Mass held in the church since it was abandoned during the mass killings of Armenians 95 years ago.

ISTANBUL - When President Obama visited Turkey last year, he paused to stroke a tabby cat at the former Byzantine church of Haghia Sophia while Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan looked on with a smile.

ANKARA, Turkey - Dignitaries and the faithful have mourned a murdered bishop at a funeral Mass in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun.

ANKARA, Turkey - Authorities in Turkey say an autopsy will be performed on the body of a Roman Catholic bishop who was allegedly stabbed to death by his driver.
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