Turkey straddles Europe and Asia, occupying a strategic position at the entrance to the Black Sea. Rapid economic growth in the 1980s gave way to a slump in the 1990s, and now its economy and trade is strongly linked with the volatile situations in the neighbouring Arabic countries of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iran.
Population: 72 million.
Languages: Turkish, Armenian, Arabic and Kurdish.
Main religion: Islam (Sunni Muslim).
Link man Peter Simpson
CBM activities Local preaching and regular visits arranged from the UK.
Ecclesias A small number of brothers and sisters in Ankara and others in isolation. There is a small Turkish speaking ecclesia in Istanbul and five ecclesias of Iranian refugees scattered across central and western Turkey, together with a small number of brothers and sisters living in isolation.
Website God so loved the world
Turkish literature
Booklets:
- Bible Companion
- Christian Marriage
- Exploring the Bible
- Scriptural Guidelines for ecclesias