Question about the church in Turkey

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My daughter is a flight attendant based in the Middle East and travels to many parts of the world. Last weekend she was to fly to Ankara and wanted to know whether she could attend Sunday Mass there. I couldn’t give her a definitive answer but told her that as far as I know, the Catholic church does exist there though it may not be the Latin right we are used to here in Bombay.
Can someone provide information/general guidelines about where she can attend Catholic Mass in such countries as Turkey and Greece in particular specially because it may not be the Catholic church as we know it but an Eastern church which may be in communion with Rome.
She has no confusion when visiting Europe or North America apparently.
 
emil2804 said:
My daughter is a flight attendant based in the Middle East and travels to many parts of the world. Last weekend she was to fly to Ankara and wanted to know whether she could attend Sunday Mass there. I couldn’t give her a definitive answer but told her that as far as I know, the Catholic church does exist there though it may not be the Latin right we are used to here in Bombay.
Can someone provide information/general guidelines about where she can attend Catholic Mass in such countries as Turkey and Greece in particular specially because it may not be the Catholic church as we know it but an Eastern church which may be in communion with Rome.
She has no confusion when visiting Europe or North America apparently.
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I fear catholic churches are few and far between. I hope this helps. Double check all details; it is wikipedia, not the most reliable.🙂
 
The way I read that wikipedia entry, it appears that the chances of getting a Catholic Mass, even if not in a language she understands, are pretty slim.
 
This is a list of all the dioceses in Turkey:

catholic-hierarchy.org/country/dtr.html

If you click on Ancira/Angora which are the English names of the Turkish word Ankara, you will find that there once was an Armenian Catholic diocese in the area but that it no longer exists probably due to Armenian emmigration from the region. The Armenians were treated brutally by the Turks.

I managed to find this, however:

Apostolic Nunciature
Mass: Sunday at 10:30 in English.
Vatican Embassy Grounds
Birlik Mahallesi, 3. Cadde, 35 Çankaya Ankara
Tel: (312) 495 35 14
Fax: (312) 495 35 40

I believe it may be Latin rite.

( Source: mymerhaba.com/Ankara%27s-Holy-Places-in-Turkey-329.html )
 
iohanne said:
This is a list of all the dioceses in Turkey:

catholic-hierarchy.org/country/dtr.html

If you click on Ancira/Angora which are the English names of the Turkish word Ankara, you will find that there once was an Armenian Catholic diocese in the area but that it no longer exists probably due to Armenian emmigration from the region. The Armenians were treated brutally by the Turks.

I managed to find this, however:

Apostolic Nunciature
Mass: Sunday at 10:30 in English.
Vatican Embassy Grounds
Birlik Mahallesi, 3. Cadde, 35 Çankaya Ankara
Tel: (312) 495 35 14
Fax: (312) 495 35 40

I believe it may be Latin rite.

( Source: mymerhaba.com/Ankara%27s-Holy-Places-in-Turkey-329.html )
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Thanks for your effort in digging up this info. That sure looks like Latin rite and probably Mass in Latin itself to boot. My daughter can use this information on future visits. Though if the Mass is in Latin it may not be very meaningful for her. Would be just fulfilling her obligation. At least when I myself was a young altar boy I did serve for a very short time at Latin Mass before it all became English. For her it would just be … well… Greek and Latin.
 
emil2804 said:
My daughter is a flight attendant based in the Middle East and travels to many parts of the world. Last weekend she was to fly to Ankara and wanted to know whether she could attend Sunday Mass there. I couldn’t give her a definitive answer but told her that as far as I know, the Catholic church does exist there though it may not be the Latin right we are used to here in Bombay.
Can someone provide information/general guidelines about where she can attend Catholic Mass in such countries as Turkey and Greece in particular specially because it may not be the Catholic church as we know it but an Eastern church which may be in communion with Rome.
She has no confusion when visiting Europe or North America apparently.
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thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=display_site_info&siteid=115056 3 options. 1 Syro Malabar rite. All look like they speak English
 
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