Ottoman Empire did not accept the partitions of Poland (Lehistan). According to a story, Ottoman diplomats ceremonially asked: “Where is the ambassador of Lehistan?”.
by Longjumping-Mix-9351
Ottoman Empire did not accept the partitions of Poland (Lehistan). According to a story, Ottoman diplomats ceremonially asked: “Where is the ambassador of Lehistan?”.
by Longjumping-Mix-9351
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Kind of nice to have such respect even for such a bitter enemy
same thing happened in ww2. turkey rejected to close embassy of poland.
[The deputy from Lehistan has not arrived yet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_deputy_from_Lehistan_has_not_arrived_yet)
[Polonezkoy in Istanbul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonezk%C3%B6y)
I always liked the name Lehistan that the Ottomans gave to Poland
Poland was partitioned three times between Russia, Prussia and Austria between 1772 and 1795 and literally wiped off the map for 123 years. the Ottomans never recognising it means there was technically always one empire that legally believed Poland still existed. That’s not a small thing.
İt mustve been felt like shit after defeating a massive siege for the favor of european and christian world but then get backstabbed by the allies you were fighting with, guess we turks are really the devil himself according to martin luther
They would specifically say this in front of the ambassadors from Austria and Russia too.
From wikipedia “The story is widely questioned by historians as no record of such habit has been found, and originated from the fact that the Ottoman Empire did not recognize the partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The oldest known written records of the story come from the 1930s and 1940s, and are attributed to Michał Sokolnicki, an ambassador of Poland to Turkey, who used to tell it during diplomatic meetings.”
What interests me is how long did the Ottoman Empire insist on this? And when exactly was a Polish diplomat requested? Whenever they negotiated with Austria, Prussia and Russia?
Ottomans were enemies of Austria. Austria partitioned Poland. Ottomans opposed their enemy gaining new territory.
Edit. Some people mentioned there’s no source for this claim. Well…
Basically because of hatred towards Russia.
They probably just mad they didn’t get to participate in the partition.
I thought lehistan is the Lehigh valley of Pennsylvania