Turkey

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).

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CBM activities There have been good responses in Turkey from press advertising and personal testimony, and regular visits are arranged from the UK. The beginnings of an ecclesia have developed in Antakya (Antioch), and literature is being produced in Turkish.

Web site www.bibleinturkey.com

Ecclesias Antakya.

Picture story Easter in Antakya (2007)

Picture story The heat and burden of the day (2005)

Turkish literature

Arabic literature