Turks in Poland () 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.
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..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
Many Turks in Poland are entrepreneurs and investors.
Naturalization
+ Naturalization of Turkish citizens:. Year199819992000200120022003200420052006Persons8841515111936
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) Marcel Łubik, professional footballer
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See also
Poland–Turkey relations Józef Bem, Ottoman pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary Turks in Europe Turks in the Czech Republic Turks in Germany Turks in Russia Turks in Ukraine
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