Poland's National Day celebrated with a reception...

TÜROB-Türkiye Otelciler Birliği Secretary General İsmail Taşdemir and Board Member Nuri Kalyoncu attended the event hosted by the Consul General of Poland in Istanbul, Witold Lesniak, which brought together representatives from the public sector, business, civil society and foreign missions.

The program, which began with the playing of the Turkish and Polish national anthems, continued with a speech by the Consul General of Poland in Istanbul, Lesniak. Opening his remarks by stating that they were deeply saddened by the terrorist attack that took place last week in Beyoğlu and that they strongly condemned the attack, Consul General Lesniak said they stood in solidarity with the Turkish people. He noted that the history of Türkiye-Poland relations dates back 600 years, and that the two countries have made important contributions to each other in the fields of tourism, trade, education and the arts. He added that they were also very pleased to be celebrating, this year, the 180th anniversary of the founding of the Polonezköy settlement established in Istanbul as a symbol of the friendship between the two countries.