Definitions for young turk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Young′ Turk′(n.)
a member of a reformist and nationalist group in Turkey that was politically dominant from 1908 to 1918.
Category: Western History, Geography (places)
Category: Western History
Origin of Young Turk:
1900–05
Princeton's WordNet
Young Turk(noun)
a member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule
young Turk(noun)
a young radical who agitates for reform
Wiktionary
young Turk(Noun)
From the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire.
young Turk(Noun)
A young person who agitates for political or other reform; a young person with a rebellious disposition.
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