Turks in Poland explained

Turks in Poland should not be confused with Lipka Tatars.

Group:	Turks in Poland
Population:	25.000 (2023 estimate from the Turkish government)^[1]

Turks in Poland (Turkish: {{italics correction|Polonya'daki Türkler) are people of Turkish ethnicity living in Poland who form one of the country's smaller minority groups.

History

Very few Turks lived in Poland in the interwar period according to the 1921 Polish census, including three in Lwów, two in Warsaw and one each in Chełm and Grodno.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Demographics

There is little coherent statistical data regarding their numbers. The majority of these Turks live in Warsaw and Łódź but there are also Turkish communities in Gdańsk, Poznań, Kraków, and Wrocław, and students in cities like Lublin or Krosno.^{[6] [7]}

Many Turks in Poland are entrepreneurs and investors.

Naturalization

1998

1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Persons	8	8	4	15	1	5	11	19	36

Notable people

• , film director and screenwriter (Turkish father)
• , graphic artist (Turkish father)
  • • Maria Aurora of Spiegel, Ottoman Turkish mistress of Augustus II the Strong children:
  • Frederick Augustus Rutowsky, commanded Saxon forces in the Siege of Pirna
  • Maria Anna Katharina Rutowska, noblewoman
• Teuvo Tulio, film director (Turkish-Polish father)

Bibliography

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See also

• • Poland–Turkey relations Turks in Europe
    • • • • • • Turks in the Czech Republic Turks in Germany Turks in Russia Turks in Ukraine

Notes and References

1. Web site: Relations between Türkiye and Poland . www.mfa.gov.tr . . 31 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230317151102/https://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkiye-and-poland.en.mfa . 2023-03-17 . en . live.
2. Book: . Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. XIII. 1924. pl. Warszawa. Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 24.
3. Book: . Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. I. 1925. pl. Warszawa. Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 4–5.
4. Book: . Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. IV. 1924. pl. Warszawa. Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 9.
5. Book: . Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. V. 1924. pl. Warszawa. Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 30.
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7. https://www.academia.edu/7322801/Turkish_Community_in_Poland_from_Textile_Vendors_to_Top_Managers Pędziwiatr, K. (2014) Turkish Community in Poland: from Textile Vendors to Top Managers. In: Kujawa, K., eds Polish-Turkish Foreign Policy: 600 Years of Bilateral Relations”, Çanakkale University Publishing House