The Last Century in Turkish-Polish Relations (1923-2023)

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DOI :10.26650/B/AH3SSc15SSc21.2025.006.003   IUP :10.26650/B/AH3SSc15SSc21.2025.006.003    Full Text (PDF)

Some Remarks on the First Permanent Turkish Embassy in Poland: İbrahim Tali Bey and His Warsaw Mission (1924-1926)

Hacer Topaktaş Üstüner

After the signing of the Turkish-Polish Friendship Treaty in Lausanne in 1923, Türkiye and Poland started to take the necessary steps to improve their mutual relations. Accordingly, in 1924, both states opened their first permanent embassies in Warsaw and Ankara. Roman Knoll was assigned to Ankara, and İbrahim Tali Bey (Öngören, 1875-1952) to Warsaw. Before that, neither the Ottoman Empire nor Poland had permanent embassies in Warsaw and Istanbul. İbrahim Tali Bey is one of the prominent figures of the Turkish War of Indipendence (1919-1922) and was one of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s colleagues in the establishment of the Republic of Türkiye. In 1919, he set out for Samsun with Mustafa Kemal Pasha and took part in the organization of the struggles. He is also a military doctor and has served as a deputy and inspector for many years. İbrahim Tali Bey’s Warsaw mission is important as it represents the resumption of Turkish-Polish relations in the 20th century. The Warsaw embassy of İbrahim Tali Bey, who has served in Warsaw for almost two years, has not been the subject of studies until now. At this point, this chapter focuses on the Warsaw embassy of İbrahim Tali Bey and examines the benefits of his embassy on bilateral relations. At the same time, this chapter seeks answers to the following questions in the light of the available sources: What dynamics were effective in the beginning of Turkish-Polish relations at the beginning of the 20th century, why was İbrahim Tali Bey appointed to the post of Warsaw embassy, what issues did he deal with during his mission as the first envoy, how did he represent Türkiye, how was his relationship with the Polish authorities? Thus, certain aspects of İbrahim Tali Bey’s Warsaw embassy is analysed in this chapter. The main sources of the work consist of materials from the archives of Türkiye and Poland and related literature.


Keywords: Türkiye, Poland, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Stanisław Wojciechowski, İbrahim Tali Öngören, Warsaw Embassy, envoy, diplomacy

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