Meaning of young Turk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire.
   historical
2. A young person who agitates for political or other reform; a young person with a rebellious disposition.
   broadly, idiomatic

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Examples

“"What! Roscoe?" inquired the principal. "Yes." "Is he in any mischief?" "Mischief? I should say so! Why, he's a regular young Turk." "A young Turk? I don't think I understand you, James." "I mean, he's a young ruffian."”

“He arrives at a time when jazz's discontented Young Turks have disdainfully turned away from their audiences and gone off to explore the way-out.”

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