Young Turk Meaning
(idiomatic, by extension) A young person who agitates for political or other reform; a young person with a rebellious disposition.
Example: 1885, Horatio Alger, Hector's Inheritance, ch. 14:
"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."
1966 Sep. 30, "Jazz: Man with a Brain," Time:
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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