Turk or The Turk is a

nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...

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Turk Broda Walter Edward "Turk" Broda (May 15, 1914 — October 17, 1972) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. A goaltender, Broda played his entire career for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1935 and 19 ...

(Walter Edward Broda, 1914–72), a Canadian hockey player * Turk Edwards (Albert Glen Edwards, 1907–1973), American professional football player *

Turk Lown Omar Joseph "Turk" Lown (May 30, 1924 – July 8, 2016) was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of 11 seasons (1951–54, 1956–62) with the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. The ...

(Omar Joseph Lown, 1924–2016), American baseball player *

Turk McBride Claude Maurice "Turk" McBride (born May 30, 1985) is a former American football defensive end who played in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college foot ...

(Claude Maurice McBride, born 1985), American football player * Turk Murphy (Melvin Edward Alton Murphy, 1915–1987), trombonist and bandleader * Turk (rapper) (Tab Virgil Jr., born 1981), an American rapper *

Carolina Duer Carolina Raquel Duer (born 5 August 1978) is an Argentine boxer and former world champion. She formerly held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight, and earlier the WBO s ...

(born 1978), known as "The Turk", Argentine world champion boxer * Gerard Gallant (born September 2, 1963), nicknamed “Turk”, Canadian ice hockey coach and former player *

Derek Sanderson Derek Michael Sanderson (born June 16, 1946), nicknamed "Turk", is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre and two-time Stanley Cup champion who helped transform the culture of the professional athlete in the 1970s era. The two-time Sta ...

(born 1946), nicknamed "Turk", Canadian hockey player *

Philippe Liégeois Philippe Liégeois (born 8 July 1947) is a Belgian comic book artist. He is best known by his pen name Turk. He is the co-author of numerous comic books, including '' Colonel Clifton'', '' Léonard'' and '' Robin Dubois''. His usual writer for a ...

(born 1947), pen name "Turk", a Belgian comic book artist *

Raymond Westerling Raymond Pierre Paul Westerling (31 August 1919 – 26 November 1987) was a Greek-Dutch military officer of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. He orchestrated a contraguerrilla in Sulawesi during the Indonesian National Revolution after ...

(1919–87), nicknamed "The Turk", a Dutch officer who attempted a coup in Indonesia

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