This is a general survey on the historical and modern presence of Freemasonry in Turkey and Turkish Freemasonry.
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In Turkey Freemasonry was introduced by foreign merchants in the eighteenth century (1721) and was outlawed by Mahmud I in 1748, although it slowly came back and Freemasons were exiled as part of a crackdown on the Bektashis in 1826.A Grand Orient was formed in 1909. Freemasonry was suppressed from 1935 to 1948.A schism occurred in 1964, with a small group of freemasons creating the Grand Lodge of Liberal Freemasons of Turkey, which later attached itself to the Grand Orient de France.
(the source: Wikipedia)
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LIBERAL GRAND LODGE OF TURKEY
SUPREME COUNCIL OF TURKEY
WOMEN GRAND LODGE OF TURKEY
SUPREME COUNCIL FEMININE OF TURKEY
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Liberal Jurisdictions of the AASR signed the Istanbul Declaration
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external links
- Freemasonry in Turkey (Wikipedia)
- “The History of Freemasonry In Turkey” – Celil Layiktez (Pietre-Stones)
- “Muslim creationist Adnan Oktar challenges scientists to prove evolution”, Guardian, Monday December 22, 2008.
- An interview with Adnan Oktar by Al Jazeera TV
- Webpage of the Grand Lodge of Liberal Freemasons of Turkey
- Webpage of the Grand Lodge of Turkey
- Harunyahya.com, an anti-Masonic website purporting to be a history of Freemasonry and the Knights Templar in Turkey
- Liberal Grand Lodge of Turkey
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