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24 August 2026
Six centuries of Polish–Turkish diplomacy, and why 1414 still matters
Poland and Türkiye have exchanged envoys since 1414 — longer than most European pairings. A short history of a relationship built without a shared border, from the first embassy to the Ottoman court to two seats in the same alliance.
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Earlier Perspectives posts remain on record for members, partners, and researchers following Polish–Turkish institutional dialogue.
10 August 2026
“The envoy from Lehistan has not yet arrived”: a sentence, and what stands behind it
The best-loved story in Polish–Turkish relations is that the Ottoman court kept calling for a Polish ambassador for 123 years after Poland was partitioned. The sentence is hard to document. What it stands for is not.
TURKPOL Editorial
27 July 2026
Polonezköy: the Polish village on Istanbul's doorstep
In 1842 Polish exiles founded a village on the Asian side of Istanbul. Its Turkish name means, simply, “the Polish village”. Nearly two centuries later it is still there — and still Polish enough to matter.
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13 July 2026
Vienna 1683: one battle, two national memories
In Poland it is the relief of Vienna and a national high point. In Türkiye it is the Vienna siege and a turning point. Same date, same field, two entirely coherent memories — and a relationship that survived both.
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29 June 2026
Trade, investment and the modern Polish–Turkish economy
The relationship's centre of gravity has moved from diplomacy to commerce. What actually governs Polish–Turkish trade is a customs union signed in 1995 — and a three-hour flight.
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15 June 2026
Turks in Poland: work, study and settling in
The Turkish community in Poland is small, young, concentrated in a few cities and growing. Who it is made up of, where it lives, and what it needs from an association.
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1 June 2026
Poles in Türkiye: from Adampol to Antalya
Four waves of Polish presence in Türkiye, nearly two centuries apart in character: exiles, officers in Ottoman service, engineers of the young Republic, and today's residents on the Mediterranean coast.
TURKPOL Editorial
18 May 2026
Words that travelled: Turkish in Polish, Polish in Turkish
Polish borrowed a surprising amount of everyday vocabulary from Turkish — coffee, carpet, yoghurt, bag. Turkish borrowed one word back that mattered more than all of them: the name of Poland itself.
TURKPOL Editorial
4 May 2026
Two allies: Poland and Türkiye in European security
Türkiye joined NATO in 1952, Poland in 1999. They anchor opposite flanks of the same alliance, and are bound by the same Article 5 — which makes their relationship a security question, not only a cultural one.
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20 April 2026
Tea, bread and hospitality: the habits Poland and Türkiye share
Two countries with no shared border, no shared language family and different religions turn out to run on remarkably similar domestic rules. A guide to what a Turkish guest recognises in a Polish home, and the reverse.
TURKPOL Editorial
26 November 2025
Adam Mickiewicz in Istanbul: a poet's house, a shared memory
The Istanbul home where Poland's national poet lived and died — today a museum, and one of the most tangible bridges of Polish–Türkiye cultural memory.
Editorial
5 February 2025
Perspective: bilateral dialogue in practice
Editorial notes on how institutions, professionals, and civic actors sustain practical cooperation between Poland and Türkiye.
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