Polonezköy

Coordinates: 41°06′36″N 29°12′43″E / 41.11000°N 29.21194°E / 41.11000; 29.21194
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"Adampol" redirects here. For other uses, see Adampol (disambiguation).
Polonezköy
Istanbul
DistrictBeykoz
Population
 (2022)
346
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Our Lady of Częstochowa Church
Memorial plaque commemorating the 150th anniversary of the settlement
Polish festival in Polonezköy

Polonezköy or Adampol is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Istanbul Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 346 (2022).[2] It is on the Asian side of Istanbul, about 30 km (19 mi) from the historic city centre.[3] It was inspired and funded by Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski and settled in 1842 by a small group of Polish emigrės, after the failed November Uprising.[4]
There is still a Polish community there with its own church and cemetery.

History of Polonezköy

Polonezköy (from French polonaise "Polish" and Turkish köy "village"), known in Polish as 'Adampol', was founded in 1842, from an idea of Adam Czartoryski.[5] At the time he was Chairman of the Polish National Uprising Government and the leader of a political émigré party. The settlement was first named Adampol (that is, a Polish transcription of the Turkish Adamköy) in his honour.

Prince Czartoryski wanted to create a second emigration centre in

1848 revolutions, the Crimean War in 1853, and by runaways from Siberia and from captivity in Circassia.[6] The first inhabitants busied themselves with agriculture, cattle raising and forestry. Michał Czajkowski converted to Islam
in 1850 and became known as Mehmed Sadyk Pasza (Mehmet Sadık Paşa).

After Polish independence in 1918, many returned to Poland and the remaining inhabitants took Turkish citizenship in 1938. Already before World War II, the first tourists started arriving in the village. Adampol's village chronicles record the visits of famous people such as

religious confirmation to local children. The first Polish politician to visit after the Second World War was Adam Rapacki, then the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Polish Republic
, accompanied by Turkish dignitaries (1961).

In 1985 the village was visited by Kenan Evren, the head of the temporary military dictatorship during that period in Turkey, and in 1994 by Lech Wałęsa. The next President of Poland, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, came twice to Adampol in 1996 and 2000, when he visited the Memorial House of Zofia Ryży. In 2002 Adampol celebrated the 160th anniversary of its founding.

Polish descendants of the founders of Adampol often visit the settlement of their forebears. Today, there are about 1,000 people in Adampol of whom around 40 speak fluent Polish. There is an annual summer festival in Adampol/Polonezköy which invites folk bands from Poland to play and help maintain the cultural ties between it and Poland. Famous Turks with Polish ancestry include the poet and playwright

Nazım Hikmet and the soprano opera singer Leyla Gencer
.

Monuments and places of interest

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Turkey

Polonezköy is

twinned
with:

See also

References

  1. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. TÜİK
    . Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. doi:10.15804/aoto201715 – via ResearchGate
    .
  4. doi:10.4000/hommesmigrations.4266
    .
  5. ^ Adampol // Tygodnik Samborsko-Drohobycki. - 29 stycznia - 1905. Nr5. - S.3.
  6. ^ Erdönmez, Cihan; Yurdakul Erol, Seçil (May 2010). "Historical development of forest-community relations in Polonezkoy (Adampol)". Sylwan. 154 (5): 291–298 – via ResearchGate.

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