Definition
A young person who agitates for political or other reform; a young person with a rebellious disposition.
Origins
Calque of French Jeune-Turc, from which also Turkish Jön Türk has been borrowed.
In Context
- ""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."