turkish

Definition of turkish in English English dictionary: The official language of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; Of, from, or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language; {a} pertaining to Turkey or the Turks; Turkish means belonging or relating to Turkey, or to its people, language, or culture; {i} language spoken in Turkey, language spoken in the country in western Asia and southeastern Europe between the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea; Turkish is the main language spoken in Turkey. relating to Turkey, its people, or its language. the language used in Turkey. adj. Greco Turkish Wars Italo Turkish War Russo Turkish Wars Turkish Angora cat Turkish bath Turkish language Turkish van cat; a Turkic language spoken by the Turks; a Turkic language spoken by the Turks of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language; "Turkish towels; that of the people of Turkey; The language spoken by Turks, esp; Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks; of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language; "Turkish towels"; {s} of Turkey (republic located in western Asia and southeastern Europe); of the Turkish language; turkeis; turkeys; turkic
Turkish Angora: A domestic cat breed
Turkish Republic: a phrase which refers to republics of Turks or Turkic peoples
Turkish Van: A domestic cat breed
Turkish Vankedisi: A domestic cat breed
Turkish alphabet: The 29-letter (21 consonants and 8 vowels) alphabet of the Turkish language, adapted from the basic Latin alphabet and consisting of the following letters presented in upper case (majuscule) and lower case (minuscule) pairs:
Turkish bath: A Middle Eastern style steam bath followed by a dip in cool water and massage
Turkish bath: An establishment where these facilities are available
Turkish baths: plural form of Turkish bath
Turkish bread: A broad, round and flat bread made of wheat, sometimes considered a type of pita
Turkish coffee: Coffee prepared by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans in a pot, possibly with sugar, and serving it into a cup, where the dregs settle
Turkish coffees: plural form of Turkish coffee
Turkish delight: A soft, sticky confection made from starch and sugar with various flavourings
Turkish delights: plural form of Turkish delight
Turkish pizza: A meal or snack made from an oval piece of Turkish bread baked with various toppings such as minced meat and herbs
Turkish towel: A thick towel with a nap of uncut pile
Turkish towel: A bath towel with rough loose pile
Turkish Grand National Assembly: The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( - TBMM, usually referred to simply as Meclis - "the Parliament") is the unicameral parliament of Turkey which is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Constitution. It was founded in Ankara on 23 April, 1920 in the midst of the Turkish War of Independence. The parliament was fundamental in the efforts of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to found a new state out of the remnants of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of the World War I
turkish taffy: Turkish Taffy was a chewy nougat bar, which came in several flavors. It cost 5¢ in the 1960s. It was made and sold by the long-defunct Bomono Co. The TV advertising for this product was memorable and humorous
turkish towel: (Tekstil) A bath towel with rough loose pile(synonym) terry towel
Turkish Angora cat: Breed of longhaired domestic cat that probably arose from a domesticated cat of Tatars who migrated to Turkey, where it is now regarded as a national treasure. It has a long body, fine bones, a pointed face, and a silky, medium-length coat. White is the most popular colour, but it may be any of several solid colours or any pattern of two or more colours
Turkish bath: A Turkish bath is a place where you can have a Turkish bath. a type of bath in which you sit in a very hot steamy room, have a massage, then take a cold shower or bath. Bath originating in the Middle East, combining exposure to warm air, steam immersion, massage, and a cold bath or shower. The Turkish bath (ammm) reflects the fusion of the massage and cosmetic aspects of the Eastern bath tradition and the plumbing and heating techniques of the Romans. Turkish baths were smaller than the Roman thermae and more sparsely lit. The baths at Constantinople were domed, and rooms were richly decorated with marble or mosaics. Used for socializing and relaxation as well as bathing, the ammm was popular throughout the Islamic world; some baths are still in use. In the 19th century, the Turkish bath was adapted and exported to Europe and the U.S
Turkish bath: A Turkish bath is a type of bath in which you sit in a very hot steamy room, then wash, have a massage, and finally swim or shower in very cold water
Turkish bath: special bath for bathing and massage used after sitting in a hot sauna
Turkish citizen: {i} citizen of Turkey (country in the Middle East)
Turkish coffee: A sweetened brew of pulverized coffee. very strong black coffee that you drink in small cups with sugar
Turkish coffee: type of strong coffee commonly served in Middle Eastern countries
Turkish delight: Turkish delight is a jelly-like sweet that is covered with powdered sugar or chocolate. A candy usually consisting of jellylike cubes covered with powdered sugar. a type of sweet made from firm jelly that is cut into pieces and covered in sugar or chocolate
Turkish delight: candy made of boiled gelatin
Turkish language: Turkic language of Turkey, spoken by about 90% of its population. Turkish has about 59 million speakers, with many enclaves in the Balkans and Cyprus (dating from Ottoman times) and in western Europe. Turkish was introduced into Anatolia with the invasion of Turkmen tribes in the 13th-14th centuries. Anatolian Turkish, written in the Arabic alphabet, is first attested in the 13th century. Ottoman Turkish was so heavily influenced by Persian and Arabic that it lost some of its Turkic characteristics and was incomprehensible to lower social strata. Efforts to re-Turkicize the language began in the 18th century but did not make serious gains until the 20th century and the founding of the Turkish republic. Much Perso-Arabic vocabulary was removed, and the Latin alphabet was adopted with the addition of diacritics to symbolize sounds peculiar to Turkish
Turkish movie: low budget movie with a complicated and melodramatic plot
Turkish ravioli: {i} traditional Turkish dish of pasta filled with ground meat seasoned with spices and served with garlic yogurt sauce (called manti in Turkish)
Turkish salad: mixture of diced vegetables in a spicy tomato sauce
Turkish van cat: Breed of semi-longhaired domestic cat distinguished mainly by its unusual colour pattern: white, with coloured markings only on the head and tail. "Van" is a common term in the breed's native region, Central and South Asia, used also to describe other cats with similar markings. The breed was brought to Europe by returning Crusaders. A unique feature is its cashmere-like, waterproof coat; it loves water, and in its native region it has been called the swimming cat. It is large, active, and intelligent
turkish bath: you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower a steam room where facilities are available for a bath followed by a shower and massage
turkish bath: you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower
turkish bath: a steam room where facilities are available for a bath followed by a shower and massage
turkish coffee: drink made from pulverized coffee beans; usually sweetened
turkish delight: a jellied candy typically flavored with rose water
turkish hizballah: an ethnic Kurdish group of Sunni extremists formed in the late 1980s in southeastern Turkey; seeks to replace Turkey's secular regime with an Islamic state and strict shariah law; responsible for bombings and the torture and murder of Turkish and Kurdish journalists and businessmen; receives support from Iran
turkish monetary unit: monetary unit in Turkey
turkish tobacco: a dark, aromatic, small-leaved tobacco of eastern Europe and used in cigarettes
Ottoman Turkish: The variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Turkish: Of, from, or pertaining to Ottoman Empire, the Ottomans or the Ottoman Turkish language
Greco-Turkish Wars: (1897, 1921-22) Two military conflicts between the Greeks and the Turks. The first, or Thirty Days' War, took place after an 1896 rebellion on Turkish-ruled Crete between Christian residents and their Muslim rulers. Greek troops occupied the island in 1897. The European powers imposed a blockade to prevent assistance to the island. Unable to reach Crete, the Greeks sent a force to attack the Turks in Thessaly, but it was overwhelmed by the superior Turkish army. Though a peace treaty forced the Greeks to withdraw, Turkish troops also left Crete, which had been made an international protectorate and was later (1913) ceded to Greece. The second war occurred after World War I, when the Greeks attempted to claim territories assigned to them by the Treaty of Sèvres (1920). In 1921 the Greek army launched an offensive in Anatolia against nationalist Turks who would not recognize the treaty. The Greek forces were driven out by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and the Treaty of Lausanne (1923) returned the disputed territories to Turkey
Italo-Turkish War: (1911-12) War undertaken by Italy to gain colonies in North Africa by conquering the Turkish provinces of Tripolitana and Cyrenaica (modern Libya). The conflict upset the precarious international balance of power just before World War I by revealing the weakness of Turkey and, within Italy, unleashed the nationalist-expansionist sentiment that guided government policy in the following decades. Turkey conceded its rights to the contested provinces in the peace terms
Ottoman Turkish: The form of the Turkish language used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire, containing extensive borrowings from Arabic and Persian and written in Arabic script
Russo-Turkish Wars: Series of wars fought between Russia and the Ottoman Empire from the 17th to the 19th century. Russia waged the early wars (1676-81, 1686, 1689) in a fruitless attempt to establish a warm-water port on the Black Sea. In the war of 1695-96, however, Peter I captured the fortress of Azov, but subsequent attempts (1710-12, 1735-39) by the Russians to seize the Balkans failed, leading to the Treaty of Belgrade. In Catherine II's reign the first major Russo-Turkish war (1768-74) pushed Russian borders south and gave Russia a vague right of protection over the Ottoman sultan's Christian subjects. (See also Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca.) Catherine annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 1783. Russia gained the entire western Ukrainian Black Sea coast in the Treaty of Jassy (1792). A subsequent war (1806-12) led to the Treaty of Bucharest. In the 19th century wars were fought over the Dardanelles and Bosporus straits, the Caucasus, and Crimea. The war of 1828-29 ended in the Treaty of Edirne (1829), which ceded large tracts to Russia. The Crimean War (1853-56), however, was a major diplomatic setback for Russia. The 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War pitted Russia and Serbia against Turkey over autonomy for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Russia was victorious, but the gains it achieved under the Treaty of San Stefano (1878) were restricted by the Congress of Berlin (1878), imposed by Britain and Austria-Hungary
Turkish delight: locoum