Józef Mikosza i jego „Obserwacje polityczne państwa tureckiego”

Abstract

The article presents Józef Mikosza and his work entitled Obserwacje polityczne państwa tureckiego [Political remarks on the Turkish state]. Mikosza’s work was published in Warsaw in 1787 as a result of the author’s remarks and reports on Turkey during his stay in Constantinople. Józef Mikosza lived in Constantinople for several years working as a teacher in the Polish Oriental School, whose aim was to educate future dragomen. In his work Mikosza describes the Ottoman state, its structure, administration, people, culture and various phenomena of his interest. His book contains also Turkish words and phrases used by the author to define and name the discussed objects or phenomena.