Between Minority and Diaspora: The Polish Community in Türkiye

Gizem Karaköse

doi:10.56583/pig.3047

Published : 2025-12-31

No. 6 (2025)

Between Minority and Diaspora: The Polish Community in Türkiye

Gizem Karaköse

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2542-745X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56583/pig.3047

Abstract

Türkiye’deki Polonya diasporası, toplumsal, kültürel ve dilsel açıdan farklılık gösteren iki tarihsel dalga çerçevesinde ele alınabilir. İlk dalga, “eski diaspora” olarak adlandırılmakta olup, 19. yüzyılda özellikle 1830–1831 Kasım ve 1863 Ocak ayaklanmalarının ardından Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’na sığınan Polonyalı sürgünler ve siyasi mültecilerden oluşmuştur. İstanbul yakınlarındaki Polonezköy (eski adıyla Adampol), bu siyasal saiklerle gerçekleşen göçün tarihsel bir simgesi olarak varlığını sürdürmektedir. Buna karşılık, “yeni diaspora” 1990’lardan sonra ortaya çıkmış; Soğuk Savaş’ın sona ermesiyle birlikte Polonyalıların Türkiye’ye mesleki, akademik ya da kişisel nedenlerle yöneldikleri bir göç biçimi olarak şekillenmiştir. Öncekilerden farklı olarak bu grup, siyasal baskılardan ziyade gönüllü motivasyonlarla hareket eden ve daha küresel ölçekte hareket kabiliyeti bulunan bireylerden oluşmaktadır. Bu çalışma, söz konusu iki grubun farklı uyum süreçlerini karşılaştırarak tarihsel bağlam, motivasyon ve entegrasyon kalıplarının Polonya diasporasının Türkiye toplumundaki kimlik ve rollerini nasıl biçimlendirdiğini irdelemektedir

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Polonya diasporası, Polonezköy, Göç, Uyum süreçleri, Kimlik

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