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) The Turk Jamat are a Muslim community found in India. They claim they are descended from the various Turkic tribes that settled in the region. Many members of the community migrated to Pakistan after India's independence and subsequent par ...

, 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

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 al-Turk or el-Turk and their variant casings, are portions of Arabic names, often adopted as a last name (or treated as such) in Western contexts. Those with it in their names include: * Ishaq al-Turk (fl. 8th century), Persian religious leader * ...

, a list of people with the name

Places

* Brig o' Turk, a small rural village in Scotland *

Turks Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and no ...

, 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