young Turks

Definition of young Turksnext
plural of young Turk

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Noun
  • Then the Department of Justice ordered federal prosecutors and the FBI to investigate Good’s family for ties to left-wing radicals, leading several prosecutors to resign.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The problem is the unhinged reaction to ICE’s presence by leftist radicals who have a lot in common with your average anarchist.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Voters in primary elections may nominate extremists to run in the general election, leaving independents no choice but to vote for the lesser of two evils or to abstain from voting for either.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Republicans pounced on the opportunity to paint Democrats, especially those in vulnerable seats, as extremists.
    Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, rebels in 2024 overthrew Syria’s Bashar Assad after a yearslong, bloody war in which Iran backed his rule.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The Season 2 finale of Percy Jackson and the Olympians saw Percy (Walker Scobell), Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries), Grover (Aryan Simhadri) mobilize the rest of the demigods against Luke (Charlie Bushnell) and his ragtag crew of rebels working to resurrect Kronos.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Those efforts, combined with security operations against both Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias, weakened al-Qaeda between 2007 and 2009, allowing al-Maliki to consolidate power.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Israel — home to more Holocaust survivors than any other country — marks its remembrance day, Yom HaShoah, on the anniversary of the April 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, emphasizing the heroism of the Jewish insurgents who resisted the Nazi terror.
    Vanessa Gera, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Quarters honoring national heroes from the abolitionist, suffragette and civil rights eras have been scrapped and will be replaced by the nation's early White pioneers and revolutionaries.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
  • All three play key roles in the library scene—in which Walker’s revolutionaries, seeking justice for a racial atrocity, hold Morgan’s collection hostage—but none had visited the real thing, on Thirty-sixth Street.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Continue reading … FAITH MEETS FURY – Pastors warn of 'chilling effect' after anti-ICE agitators storm Minnesota church service.
    , FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • On Sunday, January 18, a group of agitators jarringly disrupted our worship gathering.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Young Turks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/young%20Turks. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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