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young Turk
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1.
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
informal
colloquial
An energetic, ambitious, or rebellious younger person who challenges established authority or conventions within an organization or field.
A bold upstart or reformer who seeks rapid change and is willing to confront traditionalists.
2.
Turkey
historical contexts worldwide
historical
capitalized
A member or supporter of the late 19th- and early 20th-century political movement in the Ottoman Empire known as the Young Turks, which advocated reform and modernization.
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