During the Crusades, turcopoles or turcopoliers (Greek: "sons of Turks") were mounted archers.

Many would be mixed race Christians recruited from Christianized Seljuqs, but mounted Frankish sergeants were also later included. There were both secular and military orders turcopoles. In the Holy Land, turcopoles were more lightly armoured than knights and were armed with lances and bows to help combat the more mobile Muslim forces.

Later, the Teutonic Order called its own native light cavalry the "Turkopolen".