This anectode can be found in the website of Poland Embassy/Ankara.

In 1795 Austria, Russia and Prussia jointly shared Poland and erased this country from the map of Europe. The Ottoman Empire never accepted this fate for Poles.

The following routine became standard procedure in High Ottoman Court for the next 127 years: Whenever Sublime Porte had a meeting with foreign Embassadors, he would deliberately delay the kick-off, call his Grand Vezier and ask him (out loud) where the Polish delegation was. The Vezier, into the Sultan"s ear, but in a tone that everyone heard would say, "they are on their way, but may be a little delayed due to some minor problems". This ritual was repeated for 127 years, until Poland was resurrected after WWI.

The first European country ever to recognize the young Republic of Turkey, after Turkish War of Independence against the rest of Europe, was Republic of Poland.

Hahahah, how nice that you take special interest in Poland.
I'm just wondering - did the Ottomans not recognize the partition because they wanted to invade Europe themselves? (thank god that king Jan III Sobieski stopped them in Vienna in 1683, which broke the advance of the Ottoman Empire into Europe and marked the turning point in the 300-year struggle between the forces of the Central European kingdoms and the Ottomans).

The Poles themselves must have missed your point.

Mr. Alfred Bilinski was another Pole who made his way into Turkish history.

A bit obsolete,but still worth having a look at


http://www.polonya.org.tr/adampol_yuskel_demirel.html
one sentence made me smile"we will never make the same mistake again"

http://bruxelles.blogs.liberation.fr/ksiazka2.pdf
civilisations at war in Europe,p.18
good essay but time consuming

Who cares by whom the Polish want to be invaded by? I wouldn't care less if Poland was a part of Germany or some other country.

I guess you Poles prefer this tone which bears no unnecessary special interest in Poland.