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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 Turkish nationality law is based primarily on the principle of ''jus sanguinis''. Children who are born to a Turkish mother or a Turkish father (in or out of marriage) are Turkish citizens from birth. The intention to renounce Turkish citiz ...
, 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 hav ...
, in the United States, a group of people * a nickname for inhabitants of
Faymonville Faymonville ( wa, Faimonveye, german: Außenborn) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Waimes, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Its inhabitants are nicknamed the "Turks" by the neighbouring towns and villag ...
, Liège, Belgium * a nickname for inhabitants of
Llanelli Llanelli ("St Elli's Parish"; ) is a market town and the largest community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is located on the Loughor estuary north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carma ...
, 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 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 al ...
(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

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Brig o' Turk Brig o' Turk ( gd, Àird Cheannchnocain) is a small rural village historically in Perthshire and today within the council area of Stirling, Scotland. It is situated in the Trossachs, a range of hills on the A821 road. Features 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 nor ...
, 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, M.D., commonly referred to by his last name "Turk" is a fictional character in the American comedy-drama '' Scrubs'', played by Donald Faison. Turk appeared in every episode of the series except three season 8 episodes, " ...
, 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) * Turck (disambiguation) *
Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; 1 ...
, a city in Finland *
Maumturks , photo=View south to Knocknahillion from Letterbreckaun.jpg , photo_caption= Maumturk Mountains: looking south from Letterbreckaun towards Knocknahillion and Binn idir an dá Log. , country=Republic of Ireland , region = Connacht , region_t ...
, a mountain range in Ireland *
Mechanical Turk The Turk, also known as the Mechanical Turk or Automaton Chess Player (german: Schachtürke, ; hu, A Török), was a fraudulent chess-playing machine constructed in the late 18th century. From 1770 until its destruction by fire in 1854 it was ...
, 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 owne ...
, a crowdsourcing website {{disambig, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages