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Turk or Turks may refer to:


Communities and ethnic groups

* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages * Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation * Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Turkey * Turks, reference to the Ottoman Empire * Turks (term for Christians), the name given to the Horse-archer Christian unit in the Crusader army. * Turks (term for Muslims), used by the non-Muslim Balkan peoples to denote all Muslim settlers in the region * Turk (caste), Indo-Turkic people in India. *
Turks of South Carolina The Turks of South Carolina also known as Sumter Turks, or Turks of Sumter County, are a group of people who have lived in the general area of Sumter County, South Carolina, since the late 18th century. According to Professor Glen Browder "they ha ...
, in the United States, a group of people * a nickname for inhabitants of Faymonville, Liège, Belgium * a nickname for inhabitants of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales


People

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Turk (surname) Turk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ahmet Türk (born 1942), Kurdish politician * Alex Türk (born 1950), French politician * Alexander Turk (1906–1988), Canadian politician * Barbara Miklič Türk (born 1948), Sloveni ...
, a list of people with the name *
Turk (nickname) Turk or The Turk is a nickname for: * Turk Broda (Walter Edward Broda, 1914–72), a Canadian hockey player * Turk Edwards (Albert Glen Edwards, 1907–1973), American professional football player * Turk Lown (Omar Joseph Lown, 1924–2016), Ameri ...
, a list of people with the nickname * Turk (rapper) (Tab Virgil Jr., born 1981), an American rapper *
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 * Al-Turk, a list of people with the name


Places

* Brig o' Turk, a small rural village in Scotland * Turks Islands, part of the Turks and Caicos Islands, in the West Indies * Turk Site, an archaeological site in Kentucky, U.S.


Arts and entertainment


Fictional entities

* Turks (''Final Fantasy VII''), in the video game ''Final Fantasy VII'' * Turks, a motorcycle club in 1985 film '' Mask'' *
Christopher Turk Christopher Duncan Turk, Doctor of Medicine, M.D., commonly referred to by his last name "Turk" is a fictional character in the American comedy-drama ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'', played by Donald Faison. Turk appeared in every episode of the se ...
, in the TV series ''Scrubs'' * Turkish, in 2000 film ''Snatch'' (film) * Turk Barrett, in Marvel comics * Terry Lynch, in the 1985 film '' Turk 182'' * The Turk, a chess computer from TV series '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'', and the title of an episode


Works

* ''The Turk'' (play), by John Mason, 1610 * "Turk", by High on Fire, from their 2007 album '' Death Is This Communion'' * ''Turks'' (TV series), a 1999 American police drama * "Turks" (song), by Nav and Gunna, 2020


See also

* * Grand Turk (disambiguation) * Turkey (disambiguation) * Turkish (disambiguation) *
Turk's Head (disambiguation) ''Turk's Head'' is a 2010 French film. Turk's Head may also refer to: * Turk's head knot, a decorative knot * Turk's head brush, a type of cleaning brush * Turk's Head Building, in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. * Turks Head, in Ross Island, A ...
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Turck (disambiguation) Turck is a German manufacturing company. Turck may also refer to: * Turck, Kansas, a place in the United States *Eliza Turck (1832–1891), English painter and writer *Ludwig Türck (1810–1868), Austrian neurologist See also *Turk (disambiguat ...
* Turku, a city in Finland * Maumturks, a mountain range in Ireland * Mechanical Turk, an 18th century fake chess-playing machine *
Amazon Mechanical Turk Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a crowdsourcing website for businesses to hire remotely located "crowdworkers" to perform discrete on-demand tasks that computers are currently unable to do. It is operated under Amazon Web Services, and is owned ...
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