List of armed conflicts involving Poland against Turkey

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 – 8

  Ottoman victory – 7

  Another result – 5 (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 – 4

  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]
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[5]
1415–1419 Hungarian–Ottoman War[7]
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[10]
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[10][11]
1443–1444 Crusade of Varna[12]
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

  Duchy of Burgundy
  Republic of Venice
Republic of Ragusa

  Byzantine Empire

  Ottoman Empire Ottoman victory[12][13][14]
1475 Battle of Vaslui[15]
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[16]
1485–1503 Polish–Ottoman War[17]
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[18][19]
1502–1510 Moldavian–Polish War[20]
Part of the Moldavian–Polish Wars
Location: Pokuttia, Moldavia, Kingdom of Poland
 
The Khotyn Fortress
  Kingdom of Poland   Moldavia

  Ottoman Empire

Polish victory[20][21]
1526 Battle of Mohács[23]
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[24]
1561 Battle of Verbia[26]
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

  Knights Hospitaller

  Zaporizhian Sich

  Moldavia

  Ottoman Empire

  Wallachia

Rebel victory[27]

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

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  Polish victory – 3

  Ottoman victory – 3

  Another result – 4

Year Conflict Polish side Ottoman side Result
1593–1606 Long Turkish War[28]

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

  Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

  Ottoman Empire

  Crimean Khanate

Inconclusive[29]
1595 Jan Zamoyski's expedition to Moldavia[30]

Part of the Moldavian Magnate Wars

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

  Moldavia

  Crimean Khanate

Polish–Lithuanian victory[31]
1607 Stefan Potocki's raid on Moldavia[33]   Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

  Moldavian opposition

  Moldavia Polish–allied victory[33]
1612 Battle of Cornul lui Sas[34][35]

Part of the Moldavian Magnate Wars

Location: Popricani, Iași County

  Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth  Moldavian opposition   Ottoman Empire

  Moldavia

  Crimean Khanate

Moldavian–allied victory[34][35]
1615–1616 Samuel Korecki's expedition to Moldavia[36]
Part of the Moldavian–Polish Wars
Location: Iași, Țuțora, Moldavia
 
Samuel Korecki
  Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Moldavian opposition
  Ottoman Empire

  Moldavia

  Crimean Khanate
  Wallachia
Moldavian–Ottoman–Tatar victory[37]
1620–1621 Polish–Ottoman War[38]
Location: Moldavia and Bukovina
 
From top left:
  Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

  Registered Cossacks

  Moldavia

  Ottoman Empire

  Crimean Khanate

  Transylvania

Inconclusive[39]
1633–1634 Polish–Ottoman War[40]

Location: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

  Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth   Ottoman Empire

  Moldavia

Budjak Horde

Indecisive[41]
1672–1676 Polish–Ottoman War[43]
Location: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
 
From top left:
  Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

  Wallachia (1673)

  Supporters of Khanenko

  Ottoman Empire

  Crimean Khanate

  Supporters of Doroshenko

Ottoman victory[44]
1683–1699 Polish–Ottoman War[47]

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 (1686–1699)

  Ottoman Empire

  Crimean Khanate

  Principality of Upper Hungary (until 1865)

  Transylvania

Hungarian Kuruc Resistance

Holy League victory[48]

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