Polish in Turkey

[Kamil Kartal, allingus Translation Services]

Hi friends,
The village is in Istanbul, the northwes Anatolian side, throught the
Bosphorus shore.  It is  POLONEZKOY (KOY = village),
but the story is not true.  I will try to find details for you and turn back
again soon, but before then, it is a
fantastic, unique, and very modern summer village.  People there, are
speaking Turkish as mother lang.
Regards,
Kamil Kartal - Istanbul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans-Werner Hatting" <hwhatting at hotmail.com>
Sent: 05 Aral}k 2000 Sal} 11:46

> On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:09:52 +0000 Larry Trask wrote:

>> There are a few other
>> odds and ends.  When I was living in Turkey, I was told that there
>> was a single Polish-speaking village somewhere in the middle of
>> the country.  I never got to see it, but anyway I doubt that Polish
>> was already spoken in Anatolia before the Ottoman conquest.

> I remember being told about this village when I was hearing a Summer Course
> in Polish history in Krakow 1989. The teacher (I forgot his name) told us
> that these people are descendants of Poles taken as prisoners of war in the
> 17th century, when Poland was constantly at war with the Ottoman empire.
> Best regards,
> Hans-Werner Hatting