1. Young Turk - Noun
2. Young Turk - Phrase
(historical) From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire.
(idiomatic, by extension) A young person who agitates for political or other reform; a young person with a rebellious disposition.
Young Turk (plural Young Turks)
Alternative form of young Turk
In illuminating the process of Genocide Torosyan effectively dissolves claims, including those of historian Armenian Leo, that the 1915 deportations were inevitable Young Turk responses to an alleged `pro-Russian' Armenian uprising in Van. Source: Internet
This group of "Young Turk" mafiosi was led by Luciano and included Costello, Genovese, Adonis, Gambino and Anastasia on the Masseria side and Profaci, Gagliano, Lucchese, Magliocco and Magaddino on the Maranzano side. Source: Internet
Through these measures, the Young Turk leaders aimed at eliminating the Kurds by deporting them from their ancestral lands and by dispersing them in small pockets of exiled communities. Source: Internet
Yet this Young Turk orientation accelerated in its negative development at the very moment that the ANLM was experiencing a powerful revival and was re-rooting itself among the people. Source: Internet