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Türkiye's Ambassador Denktas congratulates Poland's President Nawrocki
Türkiye's Ambassador to Warsaw Rauf Alp Denktas attended Poland's Independence Day celebrations and conveyed congratulations to President Karol Nawrocki at a reception in the Presidential Palace. The diplomat recalled that the Ottoman Empire never recognized the partitions of Poland.
Türkiye's Ambassador to Poland Rauf Alp Denktas attended ceremonies marking Poland's Independence Day, observed on November 11. The Turkish Embassy in Warsaw said that after the celebrations, the ambassador conveyed Türkiye's congratulations to Polish President Karol Nawrocki at a reception.
Denktas himself wrote on X that, after the ceremonies in Piłsudski Square, he congratulated the president at the Presidential Palace.
“The ambassador of Lehistan has not yet arrived”
In his post, the ambassador recalled the historical ties between the two countries: “For 123 years, Turks waited for the return of the ambassador of Lehistan, refusing to recognize the partitions of their ally, Poland. Therefore, I had special reasons to mark Poland's 108th anniversary of independence today in Warsaw.”
The Ottoman Empire called Poland Lehistan. A well-known tradition holds that after the partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the end of the 18th century, diplomatic receptions in Istanbul would announce that “the ambassador of Lehistan has not yet arrived,” underscoring the Ottoman Empire's refusal to recognize the disappearance of the Polish state.
Poland restored its independence on November 11, 1918, 123 years after the country's third partition in 1795. In 2014, Türkiye and Poland marked the 600th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
Photo: Rauf Alp Denktas / X; Presidential Palace — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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