Erdogan aide who said Turkey is at war with 'Crusaders' named ambassador to Vatican

Erdogan aide who said Turkey is at war with 'Crusaders' named ambassador to Vatican

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appointed his former communications chief Fahrettin Altun, as Turkey’s ambassador to the Holy See, a move that puts one of Ankara’s most combative government propagandists in the diplomatic post representing a Muslim-majority country to the center of the Catholic world. The appointment comes months after Altun was removed from his powerful role as head of the Presidency’s Director…