In European heraldry, the severed Turk head (, , Czech and , sh-Latn-Cyrl, Turska glava, Турска глава, ), most often as pierced by a sword, signifies the many wars fought by European Christian states against the invading

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, Turkish-led

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. Other depictions include the head held up by a victor or picked by a raven. It is used in modern town, municipality and village coat of arms in

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Cities and towns

*Hungary: Bezeréd, Derecske, Komádi, Gáborján, Hajdúdorog, Hajdúnánás, Szécsény, Tépe *Serbia: Kikinda, Vršac *Croatia: Đelekovec *Czech Republic: Orlík nad Vltavou

Families

It was adopted by some Austro-Hungarian nobility, such as: *The Balogh of Nemčice (in Slovakia), Mezőcsávás (in Romania), Csegö (?), Szász-Czegö (?) *The Schwarzenberg of Český Krumlov (in Bohemia) *The Baky *The Benkeö of Kezdi-Sarfalva *The Branovacki *The Csernovics *The Csernoevicz *The Csokits *The Dunca of Sajo *The Eperjessy of Gyulafehérvár (in Romania) *The Gaines *The Kajdachy *The Karácson *The Kovács *The Kruchió *The Latinovics *The Nagy * The Okolicsányi *The Pótsa

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File:Arms of the house of Schwarzenberg (1599).svg, Schwarzenberg family arms, with a crow pecking at a Turk's head File:Orlík nad Vltavou znak.png, Arms of the town of Orlík nad Vltavou, Czech Republic File:Coa Hungary Town Derecske.svg, Arms of the town of Derecske, Hungary File:Coa Hungary Town Hajdúdorog.svg, Arms of the town of Hajdúdorog, Hungary File:Coa Hungary Family Balogh - Mezőcsávás.svg, Arms of the Balogh family from Mezőcsávás, Hungary File:Coa Hungary Town Tépe.svg, Arms of the town of Tépe, Hungary Mali grb Kikinde.jpg, Arms of the city of Kikinda, Serbia

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