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List of armed conflicts involving Poland against Turkey

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Poland (Kingdom of Poland and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) and Turkey (Ottoman Empire) have been in a total of 20 armed conflicts against one another. This includes Polish or Ottoman intervention in wars such as the Hungarian–Ottoman War (1437–1442) or the Battle of Verbia.

  Polish or PolishLithuanian victory – 7

  Ottoman victory – 7

  Another result – 6 (Result unknown or indecisive, Status quo ante bellum, treaty or peace without a clear result)

*Some wars may not be included due to lack of evidence. If you have evidence for a war, please include it.

Kingdom of Poland against the Ottoman Empire (1375–1561)

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  Polish victory – 5

  Ottoman victory – 5

  Another result – 1

Year Conflict Polish side Ottoman side Result
1375–1377 Hungarian–Ottoman War[1]
Part of the Hungarian–Ottoman Wars
Location: Balkans, Kingdom of Hungary
Victory of King Louis the Great against the Ottomans in Bulgaria
Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Poland

Ottoman Empire

Bulgarian Empire

Wallachia

Polish–Hungarian victory[2]
  • Great financial losses to Hungarian treasury[3]
1389–1396 Hungarian–Ottoman War[4][5]
Part of the Hungarian–Ottoman Wars
Location: Syrmia, Nikopol, Balkans, Kingdom of Hungary
Battle of Nicopolis
Kingdom of Hungary

Wallachia

France

Croatia

Holy Roman Empire

Bulgarian Empire

District of Branković

Kingdom of Poland

Knights Hospitaller

Ottoman Empire

Moravian Serbia

Ottoman victory[6]
1415–1419 Hungarian–Ottoman War[8]
Part of the Hungarian–Ottoman Wars

Location: Doboj, Nikopol, Balkans, Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Bosnia

Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Poland

 Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Ottoman Empire

Wallachia

Kingdom of Bosnia

Serbian Despotate

Indecisive
1437–1442 Hungarian–Ottoman War[11][12]
Part of the Hungarian–Ottoman Wars
Location: Szendrő, Belgrade, Sibiu, Iron Gates, Balkans, Kingdom of Hungary
Battle of the Iron Gates
Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Poland

Serbian Despotate
Taborites

Kingdom of Bosnia

Ottoman Empire

Wallachia

Polish–Hungarian victory[11][13]
1443–1444 Crusade of Varna[14][15]
Part of the Hungarian–Ottoman Wars and the Crusades
Location: Southern Europe, Balkans
King Władysław III of Poland in the Battle of Varna, by Jan Matejko
Kingdom of Poland

Kingdom of Hungary

Croatia

 Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Serbian Despotate

Crown of Bohemia

Wallachia

Bulgarian rebels

Kingdom of Bosnia

Papal States

Teutonic Order

Burgundy Duchy of Burgundy
 Republic of Venice
Republic of Ragusa

Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire

Ottoman Empire Ottoman victory[14][16][17]
  • Ottoman Empire becomes free from any serious attempts to push it out of Europe for the next few decades[14]
1475 Battle of Vaslui[18]
Part of the Moldavian–Ottoman Wars and Hungarian–Ottoman Wars
Location: Near Vaslui
Location of the battle
Moldavia
Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Hungary
Ottoman Empire Moldavian–allied victory[19]
1485–1503 Polish–Ottoman War[20][21]
Location: Wild Fields, Moldavia, Southern Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Cherubin Gniewosz in the battle of Suceava in 1497 (original by J. Kossak, c. 1890)
Kingdom of Poland

Duchy of Masovia

Teutonic Order

 Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate

Moldavia

Ottoman–led victory[22][23]
1502–1510 Moldavian–Polish War[24]
Part of the Moldavian–Polish Wars
Location: Pokuttia, Moldavia, Kingdom of Poland
The Khotyn Fortress
Kingdom of Poland Moldavia

Ottoman Empire

Polish victory[24][25]
1526 Battle of Mohács[26]
Part of the Hungarian–Ottoman War (1521–1526)
Location: Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary
Battle of Mohacs by Bertalan Szekely
Kingdom of Hungary

Croatia

Serbian Despotate

Crown of Bohemia

Holy Roman Empire

Duchy of Bavaria

Papal States

Kingdom of Poland

Hungarian Slovenes

Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate

Ottoman victory[27]
1561 Battle of Verbia[28]
Part of the Moldavian Magnate Wars
Location: Verbia, Dorohoi County, Moldavia
Approximate route of the 1561 invasion
Rebel forces

Kingdom of Poland

 Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Holy Roman Empire

Sovereign Military Order of Malta Knights Hospitaller

Zaporizhian Sich

Moldavia

Ottoman Empire

Wallachia

Rebel victory[29]

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Ottoman Empire (1593–1699)

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  Polish victory – 2

  Ottoman victory – 2

  Another result – 5

Year Conflict Polish side Ottoman side Result
1593–1606 Long Turkish War[30][31]

Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg Wars

Location: Hungary, Wallachia, Balkans
1593 map of Croatia during the war
Habsburg Monarchy

Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Croatia

Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Knights of St. Stephen

Principality of Transylvania

Wallachia

Moldavia

 France

 Spain

Duchy of Ferrara

Zaporozhian Cossacks

Serbian hajduks

Papal States Papal States

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate

Inconclusive[32]
1595 Jan Zamoyski's expedition to Moldavia[33][34]

Part of the Moldavian Magnate Wars

Location: Iași, Țuțora, Moldavia
Jan Zamoyski
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Moldavia

Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate

Polish–Lithuanian victory[35]
1612 Battle of Cornul lui Sas[36][37]

Part of the Moldavian Magnate Wars

Location: Popricani, Iași County

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Moldavia

Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate

Moldavian–allied victory[36][37]
1615–1616 Samuel Korecki's expedition to Moldavia[38]
Part of the Moldavian–Polish Wars
Location: Iași, Țuțora, Moldavia
Samuel Korecki
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Moldavian opposition
Moldavia

Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate
link Wallachia
Moldavian–Ottoman–Tatar victory
1620–1621 Polish–Ottoman War[40][41]
Location: Moldavia and Bukovina
From top left:
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Registered Cossacks

Moldavia

Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate

Transylvania Transylvania

Inconclusive[42]
1633–1634 Polish–Ottoman War[43]

Location: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Ottoman Empire

Moldavia

Budjak Horde

Inconclusive[43]
1666–1671 Polish–Cossack–Tatar War[44]

Part of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)

Location: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Cossack Hetmanate, Crimean Khanate
Return of the Victorious by Józef Brandt, 19th century
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Cossack Hetmanate

Crimean Khanate

Ottoman Empire

Beginning of the next Polish–Ottoman War
1672–1676 Polish–Ottoman War[45][46]
Location: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
From top left:
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

link Wallachia (1673)

Supporters of Khanenko

Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate

Supporters of Doroshenko

Inconclusive[47]
1683–1699 Polish–Ottoman War[50][51]

Part of the Great Turkish War

Location: Austria, Crimea, Hungary, Moldavia, Serbia, Ukraine
Painting of the Battle of Párkány by Juliusz Kossak (1683)
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Zaporozhian Cossacks

Holy Roman Empire

Tsardom of Russia Tsardom of Russia (1686–1699)

Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate

Principality of Upper Hungary (until 1865)

Transylvania Transylvania

Hungarian Kuruc Resistance

Holy League victory[52]

References

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  41. ^ Battles: Battle of Cecora, Battle of Khotyn (1621)
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  51. ^ Battles: Battle of Vienna, Battle of Párkány, Battle of Chițcani, Battle of Reni, Siege of Kamenets, Battle of Hodów, Battle of Ustechko, Battle of Podhajce
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