Organizational structure

[MASON]

Organizational structure
Main article: Grand Lodge
Grand Lodges and Grand Orients are independent and sovereign bodies that rule over the fraternity in a given country, state, or geographical area. There is no single general governing body that presides over world-wide Freemasonry. Fraternal connections depend solely on the mutual recognition. There are two major branches of Freemasonry: "Regular"[4] Grand Lodges that are recognized by the United Grand Lodge of England and "liberal" Grand Orients that are recognized by the Grand Orient de France. While in very general terms, one can tell which branch of Freemasonry a Masonic Lodge conforms to by determining whether it was chartered by a Grand Lodge or a Grand Orient, there are exceptions. A few Grand Orients are recognized by UGLE and a few Grand Lodges are recognized by Grand Orient de France. To confuse matters more, many Masonic practices are determined by custom at the individual Lodge level, and so any general description will not be, and cannot be, universally true.

[dogudanesen]

So,is Mason Mahfili in Turkiye related with Grand Orient de France?are they independent?

[MASON]

Dear dogudanesen,

Mason Mahfili is an irregular Lodge which we, Masons call "clandestine". So They may be related to different clandestine Lodges anywhere around the globe but they dont have any connection to even one Regular Lodge. So if you like get some information about those irregular Lodges, you may want to go and ask them instead of us, the regular Masons.

Respectfully