Etiket polonezkoy

Aneta Rusak “Adampol is ending. It does not resemble the place which it was earlier. It is even hard to count how many Poles live here – approximately the number is 80. Many marriages are mixed and because of that sometimes the Polish culture is not being practiced. Usually children do not know the mother tongue nor the history of Poland,” complains Antoni Wilkoszewki, the muhtar or the headman of Polonezkoy, an interesting enclave of Polish culture located on the Anatolian side of Bosporus surrounded by forests of exceptional natural beauty. “Our customs are celebrated like they used to be. We still have a church with a Polish priest and also when something important is happening we are all getting together and discuss in the Polish language, we do not use Turkish. We are trying to protect our identity from dying,” said WiIlkoszewski. Polonezkoy – previously known as an Adampol – was established by Prince Adam Czartoryski (Chariman of the National Uprising Government and the leader of the Politicial Emigration Party) in 1842. During this period in history, Poland was divided into three and its territory was occupied by its neighbors, Austria, Prussia and Russia. Under the occupation the Polish population rebelled twice against the Russians in 1830 and 1863. These were called the November and January movements. The rebellion was mainly against Russia because it was the Russians who occupied most of Poland. Unfortunately, all of them failed. As a result Poland ceased to exist as an independent nation. Facing oppression and persecution, some of the Polish rebels were forced to emigrate from their country. Prince Czartoryski was one of them. He and his comrades found an asylum in Turkey, then the Ottoman Empire which supported Poles against the Russians. However, the court of Sultan Abdulmecid discreetly agreed to […]