Catholic Church

Also known as: Türkei (Deutsch), Turquía (español), la Turquie (français), Turchia (Italiano), Turcja (polski), Turquia (Português), Türkiye (Türkmen), 土耳其 (正體中文), トルコ (日本語), Turcia (latine)

Continents: Central and Southwest Asia, East Europe

Capital: Ankara

Population: 68,894,000

Area: 770,760 km²

Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), 0.04% (Catholics), others (mostly Protestants and Jews)

Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek

Motto: Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh (Turkish) (Turkish, Peace in the homeland, peace in the world)

Neighbouring Countries: ← Greece , ↖ Bulgaria , ↗ Georgia , → Armenia , → Iran , ↘ Iraq , ↓ Syria , ↓ Cyprus

Circumscriptions (9): Patriarchates (1), Metr. Archdioceses (1), Archdioceses (2), Apostolic Exarchates (1), Apostolic Vicariates (2), Patriarchal Exarchates (2)

Roman Rite (3): Anatolia, Istanbul, Izmir

Armenian Church (2): Cilicia, Istanbul

Chaldean Church (1): Diarbekir

Greek Church (1): Istanbul

Greek-Melkite Church (1): Istanbul

Syrian Church (1): Turkey

Cardinals: Past Cardinals

Bishops: by Age | by Name | by Precedence | Jubilarians | Recent Events

Apostolic Nunciature: Turkey

Conference of Bishops: Episcopal Conference of Turkey

Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)