Turkey

Turkish

Masonic activity in Turkish territory began in the eighteenth century under foreign jurisdictions, with notices of lodges in Smyrna and Aleppo appearing in London newspapers as early as 1738. Early lodges were largely attended by non-Muslims, though Muslim participation increased toward the middle of the nineteenth century, as a paper read before Quatuor Coronati Lodge records. An irregular meeting occurred in Constantinople in 1844, where several Turks were initiated before the government prohibited further gatherings.

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