Young Turk
- noun
- /jʌŋ tɜrk/
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Joven Turco
- Entrenched in the dominant center, the Young Turks did not see the importance of peripheral structures to members of the periphery.
In the same way that the crimes of Abdul Hamid pale to when you get to The Young Turks.
- In the same way that the crimes of Abdul Hamid pale to when you get to The Young Turks.
Examples
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The Turkification process had already begun during the period of the Young Turks in the latter years of the Ottoman Empire.
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Indeed, until the centralizing efforts of the Young Turks in the last years of the empire, in much of the Ottoman lands, the Sultan ruled largely through his yearly claim of tribute.
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Macridis's critique had a strong effect on the "Young Turks" beginning to write in the field in those days.
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The Young Turks dominated Ottoman politics from 1912 to 1918.
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The Young Turks learned the power of nationalism from the struggle of Ottoman peoples whom they fought against to keep the remaining parts of the empire together.
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The Young Turks took Riza's positivist sociology as a source of quasi-revealed authority on social, religious, moral, and political problems.
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The Young Turks, a group that consisted primarily of members of the bureaucratic and military elites, carried on the political elitism of the Old and Young Ottomans.
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Arab nationalism in the Syrian province developed as an opposition movement and gained momentum as the nationalist Young Turks enforced measures to replace Arabs with Turks and enforced administrative centralization.
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The Young Turks aimed to implement reforms that would modernize the Ottoman Empire.
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During the early 20th century, the Young Turks played a crucial role in the political transformation of the Ottoman Empire.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Young + Turk
Literally 'young' + 'Turk' yields the obvious interpretation 'a young Turkish person', so a learner who knows the words will get a partial sense. However, the established meaning refers to a specific historical/political reformist movement (and by extension a reformist or insurgent individual), which requires cultural-historical knowledge and is not fully predictable from the constituents.
Etymology
The term Young Turk comes from a group of energetic young people in the old Ottoman Empire who wanted to change the government. Because these young people were called Turks and pushed against the old rulers, Young Turk now means 'someone inside a group who wants big change' or 'a rebel'.
