Motherland
Adampol "Polenezköy" [Istanbul]
Leyla Gencer’s mother was born in Polonezköy (Adampol)
in Istanbul, a polish village founded by Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski.
History of Adampol
Polish-Turkish relations have been good since the 18th
century, and the Ottoman Empire was the only major power in the world which
never recognized the dissolution and partitioning of
Poland between Austrai, Russia and Prussia, while (Istanbul) remained
as the only capital city in the world to maintain a Polish Ambassador until the
end of the Great War and the subsequent re-creation of Poland.
Polonezköy (Adampol) was founded by Prince Adam Jerzy
Czartoryski in 1842. He was the Chairman of the Polish National Uprising
Government and the leader of a political emigration party. The settlement was named
Adam-koj (Adamköy) after its founder, which means the Village of Adam in
Turkish (Adampol means Town of Adam in Polish).
Prince Czartoryski wanted to create the second emigration centre here (the
first one was in Paris). He sent his representative, Michal Czajkowsi to
Turkey. Michał Czajkowski, after converting to Islam in 1850, became known as
Mehmed Sadyk Pasza (Mehmet Sadık Paşa). He purchased the forest area which
encompasses present-day Adampol from a missionary order of Lazarists. Plans
were made to establish Adampol on this area in the future.
At the beginning, the village was inhabited by 12
people, but there were no more than 220 people when the village was most
populated. In the course of time, Adampol developed and was flooded by a lot of
emigrants from the rebellion in November 1830, during the Crimean War in 1853,
and by runaways from Siberia and from captivity in Circassia. The first
inhabitants busied themselves with agriculture, raising and forestry. After
Polish independence in 1918, many returned to Poland. Before World War II, the
first tourists already began to arrive to the village. The remaining
inhabitants of Adampol (Polonezköy) took Turkish citizenship in 1938.
Adampol’s town chronicles registered the visits of
famous people such as Franz Liszt (1847), French writer Gustave
Flaubert (1850), Czech writer Karen Droz (1904), the first President
of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1937), Pope Nuncio Angelo
Roncalli – the future Pope John XXII (in 1941 some children received
confirmation from him during his visit) and the first Polish diplomat after the
Second World War, Adam Rapacki, then the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
PRL, accompanied by Turkish dignitaries (1961).
In 1985 the village was visited by the President of
Turkey Kenan Evren, and in 1994 by Lech Walesa. The next President of Poland,
Alexander Kwasniewski, twice came to Adampol (in 1996 and 2000) where he
visited the Memorial House of Zofia Ryzy. Two years later Adampol celebrated
the 160th anniversary of its founding.
Polish citizens (descendants of the founders of
Adampol) often come back to Turkey in order to visit the settlement of their
forefathers. Nowadays, there are about 1,000 people in Adampol and around 40 of
them speak Polish fluently. There is a festival in Adampol (Polonezköy) every
summer which enhances the cultural relationship between Adampol and Poland. The
inhabitants pay some folk bands from Poland on their own and invite them
to come to Adampol.
Famous Turks with partial Polish ancestry include the
poet and playwright Nazım Hikmet, and the opera singer Leyla Gencer.
Adampol - Polonezköy
Rocznica
śmierci Leyla Gencer
13 Maj 2019 @ 10:51
10 maja 2019 obchodziliśmy 11-stą rocznicę śmierci Leyli Gencer – (10.05.2008 Data śmierci)
Matką Leyli Gencer była Alexandra Angela Minakovska, która wychowała najzdolniejszą
do śpiewu dziewczynę na silną kobietę, która późniejszych w latach stała się
Divą nie tylko Turcji, ale całego świata.
Leyla Gencer od najmłodszych lat
śpiewała w chórze kościelnym w Adampolu. Podczas śpiewania w chórze wszyscy Adampolanie
zachwycali się jej głosem i do dziś mieszkańcy starszego pokolenia wspominają
jej głos, jakim echem rozbrzmiewał w kościele.
Młodziutka Leyla tak pięknie śpiewała i tak bardzo się jej głos różnił się
wśród młodzieży, że wyjechała, aby rozwijać swoje zdolności.
Adres museum:
Osmaniye Mahallesi, İncirli Yolu Sokak. No: 27 / 31
BAKIRKÖY / Stambuł
Biografia Leyli Gencer
Wspominamy z wyrazami szacunku i jesteśmy dumni z naszej Leyli oraz z naszych przodków.
Wieczny odpoczynek racz im dać Panie.
Więcej informacji – Zofia Rizi Anı Evi & Dom Pamięci Zofii Ryży Polonezköy – Adampol
On May 10, 2019, we celebrated the 11th anniversary of the death of Leyla Gencer - (10.05.2008 date of death)
Leyla Gencer’s mother was
Alexandra Angela Minakovska, who brought up the most talented girl for a strong
woman who later became Diva in not only Turkey, but the whole world.
Leyla Gencer, from an early age, sang in the church choir in Adampol. While
singing in the choir, all the Adampolans raved about her voice and to this day
the inhabitants of the older generation remember her voice, which echoed in the
church.
The young Leyla sang so beautifully and her voice was so different among young
people that she left to Adampol to develop her abilities.
You can learn a lot about her life career and her life in the Leyla Gencer museum.
Adres museum:
Osmaniye Mahallesi, İncirli Yolu Sokak. No: 27 / 31
BAKIRKÖY / Stambuł
Biography of Leyla Gencer – http://www.biyografya.com/biyografi/15607
We remember with respect and we
are proud of our Leyla and our ancestors. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
