There are signs that Turkey’s President Erdogan is seeking to appease Western critics with limited gestures to his country’s persecuted Christian minorities. Arriving in Ankara this week, Pope Francis will be able to judge the results for himself During the past two years, Turkey’s strongman President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has courted popularity in the Arab world by reasserting the Islamist credentials of his governing Justice and Development Party, the AKP, even making headlines by claiming it was Muslims who discovered America. While playing down hopes of his country’s early accession to the EU, he has also sought to appease Western critics with limited gestures to non-Muslim groups. In the complex interplay of Turkish politics, however, there are doubts as to ho