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Communities and ethnic groups

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Turkish people Turks (), or Turkish people, are the largest Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group, comprising the majority of the population of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. They generally speak the various Turkish dialects. In addition, centuries-old Turkish co ...
, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation * Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Turkey *
Turkic peoples Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West Asia, West, Central Asia, Central, East Asia, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.. "Turkic peoples, any of various peoples whose members ...
, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages * Turks, reference to the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
* Turk (term for Muslims), used by non-Muslim Balkan peoples * Turks of South Carolina, a group of people in the US * "Turks", nickname for inhabitants of Faymonville, Liège, Belgium * "Turks", nickname for inhabitants of
Llanelli ; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire and the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is on the estuary of the River Loughor and is the largest town in the Principal areas of Wales, ...
, Carmarthenshire, Wales


People

* Turk (surname), a list of people with the name * Turk (nickname), a list of people with the nickname *
Turk (rapper) Tab Virgil Jr. (born February 8, 1981) better known by his stage name Turk (sometimes "Young Turk" or "Hot Boy Turk" or "CFOTAB"), is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known for his late 1990s run at Birdman (rapper), Bi ...
, stage name of American rapper Tab Virgil Jr. (born 1981) * Philippe Liégeois (born 1947), pen name "Turk", 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, West Indies * Turk Site, an archaeological site in Kentucky, US


Arts and entertainment


Fictional entities

* Turks (''Final Fantasy VII''), from the video game ''Final Fantasy VII'' * Turks, a motorcycle club from the 1985 film '' Mask'' * Christopher Turk, from the TV series ''Scrubs'' * Turk Barrett, from Marvel comics * Terry Lynch, from the 1985 film '' Turk 182'' * The Turk, a chess computer from a self-titled episode of the TV series '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' * Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo, an character from the 1972 film ''The Godfather'' * Turk Malloy, a member of Danny Ocean's heist crew from the 2001 film ''Ocean's Eleven''


Works

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


Other uses

* ''Türk'' (magazine), periodical published by the Committee of Union and Progress in Cairo between 1903 and 1907


See also

* * Turkmen (disambiguation) * Turk's Head (disambiguation) * Turck (disambiguation) *
Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...
, a city in Finland * Mechanical Turk or The Turk, a fraudulent chess-playing machine constructed in the late 18th century {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages