On 11 May 2018, at a ceremony in Turkish embassy to Warsaw, a medal of merit was presented to Prof. Stanisław Stachowski, a retired academic from the Jagiellonian University Institute of Oriental Studies.
The Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Poland Tunç Üğdül decorated Prof. Stachowski on behalf of the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. The ceremony featured addresses delivered by the Turkish Ambassador, as well as the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Papierz. The Jagiellonian University was also represented by Dr Marzena Pomorska.
Prof. Stanisław Stachowski worked at the Department of Turkish Studies of the JU Institute of Oriental Studies. He became extraordinary professor in 1983 and full professor in 1992. For many years, he was the editor in chief of academic journals Folia Orientalia and Prace Językoznawcze. Zeszyty Naukowe UJ. In 1995 he established the international publishing series Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia. He was the deputy-head and then the head of the JU Institute of Oriental Studies. In 1989 he established the JU Chair in Hungarian Studies, which he headed until 1991.
