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• One of the members of the Turkish people,
• One of the members of the Turkic peoples,
• Any native speaker of the Turkish language or Turkic languages,
• A citizen or a resident of Republic of Turkey (as per the Constitution of Turkey, Chapter Four, Part I, Article: 66 ^[1])
• The Göktürks
• In some contexts, a Muslim, though this is archaic.

It can also refer to: Languages Turkish Religions Muslim or nominally Muslim, predominantly Sunni Islam, followed by Alevis. ... This article is about the various peoples speaking one of the Turkic languages. ... Turkish (, ) is a Turkic language, and thus a member of the proposed Altaic language family. ... The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ... The Göktürks or Kök-Türks were a Turkic people of ancient Central Asia and China. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ...

• The Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean

Turk

• A native or inhabitant of Turkey, or a member of Turkic speaking communities in Europe or Asia (see Demographics of Russia)
• An Azeri in Iran.

• The Young Turks, a political party in the late Ottoman Empire; the name later came to be applied to any ambitious and non-conformist young adult
• The Turk, the first chess-playing automaton
• Amazon Mechanical Turk or MTurk, a web service
• In the Ottoman Empire, Turk often referred to any Muslim, regardless of ethnicity (as opposed to Ottoman non-Muslims) ^[2]
• Grand Turk Island is part of the Turks and Caicos Islands, an overseas dependency of the United Kingdom
• "The Turks", a common abbreviation for the Maumturks, the chain of mountains in the west of Ireland
• The Turks (Final Fantasy VII) act as the task force of Shinra Corporation
• New Bomb Turks, a garage punk band.

People named "Turk"

• Turk (rapper), a rapper for the Cash Money Records label, one of the members of the Hot Boys
• Philippe Liégeois, whose pen name is Turk
• Dr. Christopher Turk, a fictional character played by Donald Faison on the American sitcom Scrubs.
• Virgil Sollozzo, a character in The Godfather who is nicknamed "The Turk" because he has a nose like a Turkish scimitar and also because he does much of his business (growing poppy plants) in Turkey.

Demography of Russia 1992-2003. ... The Azeri, also referred to as Azerbaijanian Turks, are a Turkic-Muslim people. ... The Young Turks (Turkish Jön Türkler (plural), from French Jeunes Turcs, Turkish: Genç Türkler) was a coalition of various reform groups in favor of reforming the administration of Ottoman Empire. ... An engraving of the Turk from Karl Gottlieb von Windischs 1784 book Inanimate Reason The Turk was a famous hoax that purported to be a chess-playing machine. ... The Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a beta web service by Amazon. ... Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–65) Edirne (1365–1453) Constantinople (Ä°stanbul, 1453–1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 Osman I  - 1918–22 Mehmed VI... The Turks and Caicos Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, southeast of the Bahamas, at 21°45N, 71°35W. The thirty islands total 166 sq. ... Na Sleibhte Mhám Toirc (The Maumturks/Maamturks) are a picturesque mountain range in Connemara in the west of Ireland. ... Rufus Shinra and the Turks (left to right) Elena, Tseng, Rufus, Rude, Reno. ... The New Bomb Turks are a garage punk band from Columbus, Ohio. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Philippe Liégeois is cartoonist of numerous comic books, including Colonel Clifton Leonard Robin Dubois. ... Dr. Christopher Chris Duncan Turk[2] (most commonly referred to as Turk) is a fictional character played by Donald Faison on the American sitcom Scrubs. ... Virgil The Turk Sollozzo is a fictional character in Mario Puzos The Godfather. ...

Turkic

Describing several related ethnic groups and their languages:

• Turkic peoples (see also List of Turks)
• Turkic languages

This article is about the various peoples speaking one of the Turkic languages. ... This is a list of Turks. ... The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ...

Turkish

• Turkish Airlines
• Turkish architecture
• Turkish cuisine
• Turkish culture
• Turkish Empire (old usage)
• Turkish literature
• Turkish march by Mozart
• Turkish music
• Turkish Sign Language

Turkish Airlines (Turkish Türk Hava Yolları) (THY) is the national airline of Turkey based in Istanbul. ... See these examples of Ottoman Architecture: The Topkapi Palace The Dolmabahçe Palace The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii; also known as the Blue Mosque) The Suleiman Mosque (Süleymaniyye Camii) The Ottoman residential buildings, Yalıs See also: Islamic architecture Mosques. ... Turkish cuisine inherited its Ottoman heritage which could be described as a fusion and refinement of Turkic, Arabic, Greek and Persian cuisines. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Imperial motto: unknown The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul (Constantinople) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million (at most) Area (1683) 11 955 000 km² Establishment 1281 Dissolution October 29, 1923 Currency Akçe The flag of... A page from the Dîvân-ı Fuzûlî, the collected poems of the 16th-century Ottoman poet Fuzûlî Turkish literature (Turkish: Türk edebiyatı or Türk yazını) is the collection of written and oral texts composed in the Turkish language, either in its Ottoman form or... Turkish March by Mozart: Piano Sonata No. ... History (Timeline and Samples) Genres: Alternative - Classical - Dance - Folk - Hip hop - Jazz - Military - Ottoman - Opera - Pop - Religious - Rock Music awards Kral Music & Video Awards - MÃœ-YAP Industry Awards - MGD Celebrity Awards Charts MTV Türkiye - Billboard Charts Annual festivals Istanbul International Music Festival - Istanbul International Jazz Festival - Izmir European Jazz... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

See also

• Turkey (disambiguation)

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References

1. ^ The Constitution of Republic of Turkey
2. ^ American Heritage Dictionary (2000). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition - "Turk". Houghton Mifflin Company. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.

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