https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0535-912X
Karolina Wanda Olszowska – doktor nauk humanistycznych, historyczka, turkolożka, pracowniczka badawcza w Instytucie Historii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Współzałożycielka i prezeska Fundacji „Instytut Badań nad Turcją”. Członkini Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk w Przemyślu. Kierowniczka grantu Narodowego Centrum Nauki „Preludium 16”. Specjalizuje się w historii Turcji i Bliskiego Wschodu w XX wieku, historii relacji polsko- -tureckich oraz współczesnej polityce Turcji. Poza licznymi artykułami, autorka m.in. książki: Stosunki turecko-amerykańskie i turecko-sowieckie w latach 1945–1952, Kraków 2023 oraz współredaktorka The European Green Deal and the Eastern Partnership. Towards Resilient, Sustainable and Integrated Economies, New York-London 2024 (wraz z Zofią Gródek-Szostak, Jadwigą Adamczyk, Karoliną Kotulewicz-Wisińską, Agatą Niemczyk i Anną Szeląg-Sikorą).
Karolina Wanda Olszowska
Rocznik Przemyski. Historia, 1 (30) 2024, 2024, s. 419 - 423
https://doi.org/10.4467/24497347RPH.24.021.20525Karolina Wanda Olszowska
Prace Historyczne, Numer 145 (2), 2018, s. 303 - 316
https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.18.015.7817Oriental studies in Lviv and Cracow: Two academic centers and their relationships
Karolina Wanda Olszowska
Prace Historyczne, Numer 148 (4), 2021, s. 813 - 823
https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.21.052.14028Poles have found a place of refuge in Turkey (the Ottoman Empire) for centuries. For example, there is a village near Istanbul, Polonezköy (former Adampol), which was especially created with the Poles on the search for a second home in mind. When one considers the Polish community in Turkey during and after the Second World War, the contributions made by the Polish engineers to the development and expansion of the Turkish aviation and industry are often forgotten. The assistance that Turkey provided Poles with during the war as a ‘friendly’ neutral country has also been overlooked. Although, there were relatively few Poles living in Turkey during this period, they played a vital role in the development of the country. Nowadays they barely receive a mention. For the most part, their accomplishments have been overlooked. The aim of this paper is to draw attention to the shared past and to the period when these two countries came to each other’s assistance once more.
Karolina Wanda Olszowska
Prace Historyczne, Numer 146 (3), 2019, s. 607 - 619
https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.19.034.10388In Turkey, during the Immediate Postwar Period (between 1945–1951), functioned the international specialization organizations, such as the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees (IGCR) and the International Refugee Organization (IRO). Turkey was a country of minor importance in terms of the number of refugees in this period. According to data from IGCR, in 1946, there were 1221 registered refugees in Turkey. Among them were representatives of diff erent nationalities, such as Poles, Yugoslavs, Albanians, Hungarians, Czechoslovaks, Austrians, Germans and Jews of various ethnicities. Later joined by Bulgarians and other anti-communist activists. The international specialization organizations faced various problems, from lack of money to the lack of cooperation from the Turkish government. IRO activists often complained about the sluggishness of Turkish offi cials. The problematic is important as an exemplifi cation of the question of the protection of refugees by the International Community.