perception of the Turks, Czechia, Poland, intercultural relations

Perception of the Turks in Central Europe is presented on the example of two Western Slavonic nations: Czechs and Poles. Because too small migrations between Turkey and Central Europe cannot be an indicator of intercultural relations, we have used surnames signalizing an awareness of foreign nation. We have analysed geographical distribution of surnames “Turk” or "Turkish" in Czechia and Poland from surname databases of both countries. The Czech and Polish people named “Turk” (“Turek” in Czech and Polish language) is relatively higher in Czechia than in Poland and the areas of their higher concentration are in both countries situated in the south-east parts - on real geographical distance of Turkey.