From Lehistan to Poland: the Turks and Turkey in Polish Historiography
Journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Year: 2010

Studies of Turkish history in Poland is one of the least familiar topics of Ottoman historiography. In this context, research on Ottoman-Polish relations is also very limited. This article is an attempt to review some aspects of Turkish studies, especially of the Ottoman studies in Poland. Firstly, the article presents the general characteristics of Turkish-Polish relations from their beginning. Secondly, it emphasizes some features of Polish Turkology in its historical evolution, and then inten