New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-10
FREE MASONRY IN TURKEY.

considerable attention in the East and lodges are be-
;ur established here and a. Smyrna. ! sm informed
that some forty years ago French lodge existed a.
Cons,antipopie, which ceased through want oil SUI
fcient fupporters and that more recently there was
enc 10 Smyrna military lodge. Now 'oere are
three at Smyrna and one is about to be opened mere
At the outset, the lodge of Smyrna was opened
and worked with warrant Of the Grand Lodge OF
Ireland. whose Master is the Duke OF Leinster; tue
6. w, the Earl Of DonOughmore; j. q. W. me
MARQUIS If Gown. ham, and the ID. @ NJ, George
Hoyk esq, asthe Albany Lodge No. 10. seven
teen Nasous of good standing and OF high RANK IN
Masonry constituted themselves an lndependeh'
Grand Ledge of Turkey forming their magma
Charts, and recognized by oil the Grand Lodges VI
Furore. Subsequently AZ Master Masons resident
in Smyrna applied by petition 10 Inc ufanu
L.d.e Of Turkey for warrants to form 'nrce
lodges tributary to the Grand Lodge OF Turkey,
wlCfe authority and superiority over all lodges IA
Turkey, or hereafter to be established Is sckno"i
edged. The Grand Lodge having met 10 Orand
Chspter, after mature deliberatiOn, and lapse oi
two months granted the warrants, 80 that there
are now in Smyrna, legally and regularly formed
consecrated ard installed, three lodges, called iona
No. ], Anatola No. ., Byzantium No. ), with ilo
n
No. works in English No. in Italisn, and No. j
in the French language. As some Of the members
SPEAK only the Greek tongue they also occasionally
work in that language. The Grand Lodge OF Turkey
is composed of these three lodges, and when IL
meets all join in il. The Deputy Grand Master is
Mr.. C.. G. Carer; the Grand Master OF the Iona
is Mr.. j. LaDgdoD, an American; the ByzantIum
| odge has Tor its Grand Master NJ. heger' a
Frenclman; Of the Anatolia ] have not yet heard
the nsme of the Grand Master.
u has been for some time past contemplated TO
arrly for warrant for hdge for this place
There ave large number of Masons here, some OF
whom are Mussumans, among whom are H. r..
Fusd Pa a the present Minister of Foreign Affairs
and H. :. Cabrali Efendi, the Chief Dragoman OF
the Sublime Porte. IL is believed that there are
oiher Mussplmans Masons, though do no. know
their names. Mr.. J. p. Brown, the Dragonan OF
the American Legation, h Master MasOo, Is the
mover Of the lodge intended for COnstantnople.
/ earn flat many Turkish gentlemen will apply
for reception so soon as the lodge is established.
1LeTc hes been for many years past, II Is sad
a Masonic Lodge at Belgrade on the Danube, called
All kOtch, composed Of 40 members, the u. NJ
If " bich is named Tzani Ismail Zcnolah Mchemet
Sasdi. So says "A late account Of it which fnd
in GQiignanis Messenger Of April IA, 1888, taken
from Tre.te paper. ] have made some inquiry
here about this lodge, and have been able to pro-.
cure no satisfactory account Of il. SIN assured
however, that such lodge does exist, under the
nane above mentioned, and this is all. have not
been able to learn that Masonry exists at all among
tie Turks or the Arabs Badly Informed Euro
Iean writer's declare that it has existed among the
Arabs for great number of centuries-lone before
tie Christian era; but no Turkish author, sm
told, mentions anything of the hind, and the beat
read Turks OF this capital, who ought to know it
come of them of Arabian orgin-assure Ire that il
is ] ot so. The individuals mention ed above as be-
ing MssCDs became such in England. The Turks,
general believe MasOns TO be all atheists though
he higher classes are convinced OF the contrary.
| aui almost Inclined 10 believe that the so-called
Masonic Lodge of ''Ali Kotch" at Belgrade is
/ otLing more than Ttkkith, or convent of Der.
vishes Of Persian origin. Its name is not Turkish
am led to this belief from the following part OF the
article above quoted, which says:
ms,k' small brown shawl orbsmen,ed with different
fig, r.s AID d, dabedron Of white marble Of about
~ incl Is in dian .ter highly polshet, and having
red fIois which .i,ny spots OF blood, ana are re-
II iance Of Ali who introduced Free Masonry into
Turkey, ard WIS punished with death for 80 doi1g.
They wear this badge suspended rsand The neck by
whit cod"
Although no mention is made Of the origin Of the
Ali lhus alluded TO- il is not impossible that he was
Persian.
Some time since paid a Wait to the sheik OF the
little convent situated on the hill called Shahid-
leI," above the old Castle Of Europe. The con-
vent is one of the now few remaining ones of the
prohibited sect Of the BeAtashi Deryishes. On
LaIuiDg that was Free Mason be seemed dis
posed TO fraternize With me, and remarked that l
was like those Of the convent or "Tekkieh' Of
All Koteh Of Belgrade. He invited me into his
convent, and afterward into the more private
arsrfnent Of his house, where he showed me sev-
eisl portraits Of the more eminent Sheks of his
Order. did not then offer to fraiernre with him.
lut shsll lake him another visit in search Of in
frmsiiCn. All Mussulman Dervishes are free
thinkers, and those of the Bektashee sect are said
TO be IL ore 20 than any other. For this they are,
cCne1ally, none the less thought Of by the public
though lie stricter class Of Mohammedans, such as
the Clema, bold them in small esteem. Dervish.
II NJ hid its real origin uuder the Abbassiae Calipbs
If Bsednd, during whose reign TRANSACTIONS were
made from lie old Greek philosc phers-Plato,
Aristotle and others-apd their principles are still
tie GUIDE of most of the Deryish orders. AL
lreLt nd that il the old Shek OF the >habider was
GnICsed 10 recOg ize me- as fellow DefyIsh, il was
IA lie ground that, in his estimation vas free
thinker" 1t is well known that this sect, or order,
Of the Bektashees have but Et,le regard for the
Itai principles Of Isamis, and put mott no faith
IN Nolsnu ed inspiration. They regard him only
as napoyrry superior intelligence, filled with be.
revoltnt intentions toward bis fellow Arabs who
were idola:ers, and DESTROYS Of raising their
thoughts up 10 Allah, the Creator Of ali things.
II e rect is prohibited On account Of il connection
n it'll he Janissaries and few convent. exist in
Turkey. AT ConstantDople there are bat two
The o1e in question and another beyond the ,s of
b. city. near the Toss kassu Gate.
l. is net believed that the Ottoman Government
" i'll now in Any way interfere with the reestabsh-
merit Of Masonic Lodges in Turkey, though have
e. ~ hat lodge which once existed in Smyrns
Vas closed ard confscstei by the Government dur.
70 the Cheek Revolution. O.
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We kr o. Of many saDces Of bets ST extraordinary
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