1. a member of a political group in Turkey in the early 20th Century. Young Turks advocated change and reform in the decaying behemoth that was called the Ottoman Empire.
2.any person who advocates change and reform as opposed to stagnation. A Young Turk doesn't sit still for the status quo when (s)he knows it won't do anymore.
2.any person who advocates change and reform as opposed to stagnation. A Young Turk doesn't sit still for the status quo when (s)he knows it won't do anymore.
1. The Young Turks spearheaded the drive for change in the crumbling Ottoman Empire, which Europeans dubbed as the "Sick Man of Europe".
2. Gandhi, Tutu, MLK, Sun Yat-sen, Ben Franklin, Jesus, Muhummed and many others are Young Turks because they didn't sit and do what society expected them to do, they didn't have this "shit happens" attitude and they strove for reform and improvement.
3. "Young Turks" is a 1981 - 1982 hit by Rod Stewart. It's about 2 teens in love who run away because "there ain't no point in talking when there's nobody listening".
2. Gandhi, Tutu, MLK, Sun Yat-sen, Ben Franklin, Jesus, Muhummed and many others are Young Turks because they didn't sit and do what society expected them to do, they didn't have this "shit happens" attitude and they strove for reform and improvement.
3. "Young Turks" is a 1981 - 1982 hit by Rod Stewart. It's about 2 teens in love who run away because "there ain't no point in talking when there's nobody listening".
by I Saw U2 Live Twice February 21, 2011
Iraqi Turks (also known as Iraqi Turkmen) is an ethnic group in Turkmeneli, Iraq.
The Turkmen of Iraq are not to be confused with the Turkmen of Central Asia who reside primarily in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Iran. Iraqi Turkmen form a distinct group within the Oghuz Turk classification, which includes Ottoman Turks, modern Turkish people, Azeris, and the Turkmen of Central Asia.
The Iraqi Turks speak a dialect of Turkish that is heavily influenced by Arabic and Ottoman Turkish. For their written language, they use the standard Turkish language and Latin-based Turkish alphabet.
The term Turkmen for Iraqi Turks seems to have been created during the course of the discussion on the Mosul issue in the third decade of the last century, in order to isolate the Iraqi Turks from Turkey. This was used as a factor against Turkey during negotiations, in order to join this oil rich Ottoman province to the newly founded Iraq by Britain.
Iraqi Turks are the third main ethnic community in Iraq, representing about 13% of the Iraqi people.
The Turkmen of Iraq are not to be confused with the Turkmen of Central Asia who reside primarily in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Iran. Iraqi Turkmen form a distinct group within the Oghuz Turk classification, which includes Ottoman Turks, modern Turkish people, Azeris, and the Turkmen of Central Asia.
The Iraqi Turks speak a dialect of Turkish that is heavily influenced by Arabic and Ottoman Turkish. For their written language, they use the standard Turkish language and Latin-based Turkish alphabet.
The term Turkmen for Iraqi Turks seems to have been created during the course of the discussion on the Mosul issue in the third decade of the last century, in order to isolate the Iraqi Turks from Turkey. This was used as a factor against Turkey during negotiations, in order to join this oil rich Ottoman province to the newly founded Iraq by Britain.
Iraqi Turks are the third main ethnic community in Iraq, representing about 13% of the Iraqi people.
by bunifa88 December 27, 2008
"You hooked up with Tammy regardless of the fact that she has the swine flu? You had better Trina Turk."
by Gabba Goo October 06, 2009
by conkspotter October 09, 2014
humans used as pieces of machinery, that is, as a mesurable part of an industrial procces, disregarding their humanity in favour of the greater goal. Mechanical turks are usually inserted as procedures in computer programming just like you would commonly say "save file; clear screen; mech-turk-do-something"
Dang! I have to write a program to bypass captchas
Hey, why not program it with mechanical turks?
I'll give it a try though i'm not sure it'll be fast enough
Hey, why not program it with mechanical turks?
I'll give it a try though i'm not sure it'll be fast enough
by Mauro555555555 November 22, 2013
1)To become fearful of your surroundings or present situation unreasonably. (Frequently drug induced).
2)To make bizarre decisions out of worry for the highly improbable.
2)To make bizarre decisions out of worry for the highly improbable.
It was clear from Timmy's inability to make eye contact and his irritability that he was in the midst of a turk-out (/had turked-out/ was turking-out).
by Kaiseraph December 26, 2008