Feb. 26, 2012 - Polonezkoy, ''Poland-In-Turkey'' Descendents of 19th century Polish freedom fighters who fought the Tsar, present day members of the pioneer Wilkoszewski family at Polonezkoy greeet head fo clan in from hunting the savage wild boar who by the hundreds froam the heath and woods of Polonezkoy. Women as well as men of Polonezkoy have always been avid hunters. Pan (''Mister'') Wilkoszewski and son display tusks of slain boars. Polonezkoy was grnated in perpetuity to its Polish settlers by a grateful Sultan for services done the Ottoman crown on the field of battle
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Feb. 26, 2012 - Polonezkoy, ''Poland-In-Turkey'' Descendents of 19th century Polish freedom fighters who fought the Tsar, present day members of the pioneer Wilkoszewski family at Polonezkoy greeet head fo clan in from hunting the savage wild boar who by the hundreds froam the heath and woods of Polonezkoy. Women as well as men of Polonezkoy have always been avid hunters. Pan (''Mister'') Wilkoszewski and son display tusks of slain boars. Polonezkoy was grnated in perpetuity to its Polish settlers by a grateful Sultan for services done the Ottoman crown on the field of battle. Descendents of yesterday's Ottoman Cossacks, now make their living tilling the fertile fields of ''Poland-inTurkey, '' producing bacon and ham for the non-Moslem community of Istanbul, and by renting their picturesque farm houses, come weekends, to vacationers from Istanbul and from abroad. (Credit Image: Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS)