Young Turkn.

Brit.

/ˌjʌŋ ˈtəːk/, U.S.

/ˌjəŋ ˈtərk/

Forms: also with lower-case initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: young adj., Turk n.¹

Etymology: < young adj. + Turk n.¹In sense 2 after French Jeune-Turc (1876 or earlier). With use in this sense compare also earlier Young Turkey (1864), after French Jeune Turquie (1855 or earlier). Compare also similar uses in Turkish, as Jönler , lit. ‘the young ones’ (1861; < Jön ( < French jeune young: see jeune fille n.) + -lar , -ler , suffix forming plural nouns), Jön Türkler Young Turks (1878 or earlier; after French), and also Yeni Osmanlılar (1865 or earlier; < yeni new, young (see janissary n.) + Osmanlılar , plural of Osmanlı Osmanli n.), all with reference to various reform movements, after the names of 19th-cent. nationalist reform associations in various European languages (see young adj. and n.¹ Compounds 5a).

1. In form young Turk. A naughty or unmanageable child; = little Turk n. at little adj., pron., n., and adv. Compounds 1d. Also as an affectionate form of address to a young child. Cf. Turk n.¹ 4a. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1859 New Monthly Mag. Sept. 16 The baby..closed its little fist round the forefinger Leolin placed within it... ‘You young Turk! you'd like to keep me a prisoner, would you?’

1871 G. Fenton Revenge ix. 93 Who to look at you would ever believe that you were the mother of that young Turk Wilfred?

1904 Police Magistrate in Daily News 26 Nov. 9/2 ‘You are a young Turk, and a bad Turk, too;..I think I ought to send you to a reformatory school.’

1919 J. W. Slaney Little Houses iii. i. 166 She stopped suddenly, and then darted across the room to the child. ‘Come out of it, you young Turk! Good heavens! Look what he's done.’

a. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries: a Turkish person influenced by Western values and ideas, spec. a member of a nationalist reform movement in the Ottoman Empire seeking to introduce Western values and ideas and establish a constitutional monarchy. Usually in plural. Now historical.Contrasted with Old Turk.The Young Turks were effective in bringing about the revolution of 1908 and deposing the sultan, Abdul Hamid II.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics of other European countries > [noun] > principle or policy in Turkish politics > party or association in Turkish politics > member of

Young Turk1876

1872 E. De Leon in Harper's New Monthly Mag. Mar. 608/2 It is not with him [sc. the Turk who has changed but little from his ancestor of four centuries ago] the parallel is to be drawn, but with his more advanced brother, the Young Turk of Constantinople, from whose ranks are recruited the rulers of the provinces.]

1876 Baedeker's Palestine & Syria v. 84 There are two parties of Turks—the Old, and the Young, or liberal party...the two parties usually come into office in rapid succession... The ‘young’ Turks, who profess to imitate European manners, do so in a purely superficial manner.

1896 North Amer. Rev. Jan. 87 Strange to say, the signal was given, among English Liberals, for crying down the most laudable aspirations of the Young Turks.

1916 E. Pears Forty Years in Constantinople xiii. 182 He recognised that if it [sc. the report] went in to the Sultan the Young Turk in question would be exiled at least.

1940 Bks. Abroad 14 182/1 Kemal Ataturk's people, who ever since the Young Turk movement have more and more abandoned the true faith [sc. Islam] and its observances.

1994 W. Hale Turkish Polit. & Mil. iii. 36 Western journalists coined the term ‘Young Turks’ to distinguish the revolutionaries from the ‘Old Turks’ like Abdul Hamid, but the Turks themselves seldom used this catchall phrase, since it covered such a multitude of conflicting factions.

2012 R. P. Adalian in S. Totten Cent. Genocide ii. 45 The Young Turks..hoped to reform the state along the progressive and modernizing course of the Western European countries.

b. Also with lower-case initial(s). A young person embracing innovation and desiring radical change to the established order. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > [noun] > one who or that which changes > that favours change

movable1621

Young Turk1948

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > revolutionary

innovator1598

revolver1698

revolutionist1710

sansculotte1790

revolutionary1795

revolutionizer1798

revolutioner1803

descamisado1821

radical1822

sansculottist1833

revolutionaire1835

red republican1848

redshirt1889

Bolshevik1926

Young Turk1948

society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics of other European countries > [noun] > principle or policy in Turkish politics > party or association in Turkish politics

Young Turkdom1900

Young Turk1948

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the left > radicalism > adherent(s) of

Jacobin1793

radical reformer1795

rad1820

radical1822

pink1921

pinko1930

pinkie1946

Young Turk1948

New Lefter1960

New Leftist1967

1948 C. W. Mills New Men of Power xii. 218 Some of these young Turks..were not very alarmed about the labor legislation of summer, 1947, for they saw this..as increasing the chances of the labor leader who works in new political ways.

1971 A. Mizener Saddest Story 331 E. E. Cummings and Pound..were writers little calculated to attract the Young Turks, for whom they would seem elder statesmen of the modern movement.

1981 J. Dunning Deadline (1982) xvii. 160 Malcolm Dawes had been a career man. He was a young turk, graduating from the FBI Academy in 1952.

2004 Radio Times 3 July (Midlands ed.) 9/3 It's full of drama, passion, humour, clashes of personalities, downright hostility and battles royal between the Young Turks and the Old Guard.

Derivatives

Young ˈTurkish adj. now historical of or designating a Young Turk or Young Turks (sense 2a).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics of other European countries > [adjective] > principle or policy in Turkish politics > association in Turkish politics

Young Turkish1877

1877 Russ. Intrigues 28 Having surrounded himself with individuals belonging to the too famous Young Turkish party, and with Poles newly arrived like crows, he..renders any compromise between the Greeks and Bulgarians impossible.

1935 H. Edib Clown & his Daughter vi. 29 The Pasha was not unaware of his son's sympathy for the Young Turkish cause.

2007 T. Hofmann in H. von Voss Portraits of Hope xlix. 293 Right after Turkey's capitulation, Talaat and other Young Turkish leaders fled the country on a German gunboat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	young turk
释义	Young Turkn. Brit. /ˌjʌŋ ˈtəːk/, U.S. /ˌjəŋ ˈtərk/ Forms: also with lower-case initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: young adj., Turk n.¹ Etymology: < young adj. + Turk n.¹In sense 2 after French Jeune-Turc (1876 or earlier). With use in this sense compare also earlier Young Turkey (1864), after French Jeune Turquie (1855 or earlier). Compare also similar uses in Turkish, as Jönler , lit. ‘the young ones’ (1861; < Jön ( < French jeune young: see jeune fille n.) + -lar , -ler , suffix forming plural nouns), Jön Türkler Young Turks (1878 or earlier; after French), and also Yeni Osmanlılar (1865 or earlier; < yeni new, young (see janissary n.) + Osmanlılar , plural of Osmanlı Osmanli n.), all with reference to various reform movements, after the names of 19th-cent. nationalist reform associations in various European languages (see young adj. and n.¹ Compounds 5a). 1. In form young Turk. A naughty or unmanageable child; = little Turk n. at little adj., pron., n., and adv. Compounds 1d. Also as an affectionate form of address to a young child. Cf. Turk n.¹ 4a. Now rare. ΚΠ 1859 New Monthly Mag. Sept. 16 The baby..closed its little fist round the forefinger Leolin placed within it... ‘You young Turk! you'd like to keep me a prisoner, would you?’ 1871 G. Fenton Revenge ix. 93 Who to look at you would ever believe that you were the mother of that young Turk Wilfred? 1904 Police Magistrate in Daily News 26 Nov. 9/2 ‘You are a young Turk, and a bad Turk, too;..I think I ought to send you to a reformatory school.’ 1919 J. W. Slaney Little Houses iii. i. 166 She stopped suddenly, and then darted across the room to the child. ‘Come out of it, you young Turk! Good heavens! Look what he's done.’ 2. a. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries: a Turkish person influenced by Western values and ideas, spec. a member of a nationalist reform movement in the Ottoman Empire seeking to introduce Western values and ideas and establish a constitutional monarchy. Usually in plural. Now historical.Contrasted with Old Turk.The Young Turks were effective in bringing about the revolution of 1908 and deposing the sultan, Abdul Hamid II. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics of other European countries > [noun] > principle or policy in Turkish politics > party or association in Turkish politics > member of Young Turk1876 1872 E. De Leon in Harper's New Monthly Mag. Mar. 608/2 It is not with him [sc. the Turk who has changed but little from his ancestor of four centuries ago] the parallel is to be drawn, but with his more advanced brother, the Young Turk of Constantinople, from whose ranks are recruited the rulers of the provinces.] 1876 Baedeker's Palestine & Syria v. 84 There are two parties of Turks—the Old, and the Young, or liberal party...the two parties usually come into office in rapid succession... The ‘young’ Turks, who profess to imitate European manners, do so in a purely superficial manner. 1896 North Amer. Rev. Jan. 87 Strange to say, the signal was given, among English Liberals, for crying down the most laudable aspirations of the Young Turks. 1916 E. Pears Forty Years in Constantinople xiii. 182 He recognised that if it [sc. the report] went in to the Sultan the Young Turk in question would be exiled at least. 1940 Bks. Abroad 14 182/1 Kemal Ataturk's people, who ever since the Young Turk movement have more and more abandoned the true faith [sc. Islam] and its observances. 1994 W. Hale Turkish Polit. & Mil. iii. 36 Western journalists coined the term ‘Young Turks’ to distinguish the revolutionaries from the ‘Old Turks’ like Abdul Hamid, but the Turks themselves seldom used this catchall phrase, since it covered such a multitude of conflicting factions. 2012 R. P. Adalian in S. Totten Cent. Genocide ii. 45 The Young Turks..hoped to reform the state along the progressive and modernizing course of the Western European countries. b. Also with lower-case initial(s). A young person embracing innovation and desiring radical change to the established order. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [noun] > one who or that which changes > that favours change movable1621 Young Turk1948 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > revolutionary innovator1598 revolver1698 revolutionist1710 sansculotte1790 revolutionary1795 revolutionizer1798 revolutioner1803 descamisado1821 radical1822 sansculottist1833 revolutionaire1835 red republican1848 redshirt1889 Bolshevik1926 Young Turk1948 society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics of other European countries > [noun] > principle or policy in Turkish politics > party or association in Turkish politics Young Turkdom1900 Young Turk1948 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the left > radicalism > adherent(s) of Jacobin1793 radical reformer1795 rad1820 radical1822 pink1921 pinko1930 pinkie1946 Young Turk1948 New Lefter1960 New Leftist1967 1948 C. W. Mills New Men of Power xii. 218 Some of these young Turks..were not very alarmed about the labor legislation of summer, 1947, for they saw this..as increasing the chances of the labor leader who works in new political ways. 1971 A. Mizener Saddest Story 331 E. E. Cummings and Pound..were writers little calculated to attract the Young Turks, for whom they would seem elder statesmen of the modern movement. 1981 J. Dunning Deadline (1982) xvii. 160 Malcolm Dawes had been a career man. He was a young turk, graduating from the FBI Academy in 1952. 2004 Radio Times 3 July (Midlands ed.) 9/3 It's full of drama, passion, humour, clashes of personalities, downright hostility and battles royal between the Young Turks and the Old Guard. Derivatives Young ˈTurkish adj. now historical of or designating a Young Turk or Young Turks (sense 2a). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics of other European countries > [adjective] > principle or policy in Turkish politics > association in Turkish politics Young Turkish1877 1877 Russ. Intrigues 28 Having surrounded himself with individuals belonging to the too famous Young Turkish party, and with Poles newly arrived like crows, he..renders any compromise between the Greeks and Bulgarians impossible. 1935 H. Edib Clown & his Daughter vi. 29 The Pasha was not unaware of his son's sympathy for the Young Turkish cause. 2007 T. Hofmann in H. von Voss Portraits of Hope xlix. 293 Right after Turkey's capitulation, Talaat and other Young Turkish leaders fled the country on a German gunboat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1859
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