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This is the disambiguation page for the terms Turk, Turkey, Turkic, and Turkish. Because these four terms are highly interrelated, they also refer to similar subjects, all gathered on this one disambiguation page.

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Turk

A Turk is someone from one of the Turkic peoples. Other meanings of Turk are

the Young Turks were a political party in the late Ottoman Empire; the name later came to be applied to any ambitious and non-conformist young adult
the Turk, the first chess-playing automaton
the pen name of cartoonist Philippe Liégeois, as in Turk & De Groot
Turk was a tailor of country-western wear for musicians from the 1940s to the 1970s
Turk was a rapper for the Cash Money Records label, one of the members of the Hot Boys
Sometimes, Turk refers to any citizen of the country Turkey, regardless of their ethnic identity.
Grand Turk is an island that is part of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and overseas dependency of the United Kingdom.

Turkey

The related name of Turkey refers to the country Turkey or, in informal usage, to the Turkish/Ottoman Empire (old usage). Other meanings of turkey are

A turkey bird
Domesticated turkey, often used for food (see Turkey (food)).
Turkey, North Carolina, a town
In bowling, three consecutive strikes.
"Cold turkey", a withdrawal from drug addiction without gradual tapering off of usage.

Turkic

Turkic means relating to the group of countries in Central-Asia, where the people share the same language family. A good reference for this term is found in

Turkish

The term Turkish denotes of or relating to the country of Turkey. Various subjects can be referred to, such as