Turk (nickname) explained

Turk or The Turk is a nickname for:

• Turk Broda (1914–72), Canadian hockey player
• Carolina Duer (born 1978), known as "The Turk", Argentine world champion boxer
• Turk Edwards (1907–1973), American football player
• Turk Farrell (1934–1977), American baseball player
• Gerard Gallant (born September 2, 1963), nicknamed "Turk", Canadian ice hockey coach and former player
• Turk Lown (1924–2016), American baseball player
• Turk McBride (born 1985), American football player
• Turk Murphy (1915–1987), American trombonist and bandleader
• Derek Sanderson (born 1946), nicknamed "Turk", Canadian hockey player
• Turk Wendell (born 1967), American baseball player
• Raymond Westerling (1919–87), nicknamed "The Turk", Dutch officer who attempted a coup in Indonesia

See also

• Turk (disambiguation)
• Turk (surname)
• El Turco (Spanish, 'The Turk'), a list of people with the nickname
• Faymonville, Belgium, whose inhabitants are nicknamed Turks
• Llanelli, Wales, whose inhabitants are nicknamed Turks
• Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1655–1707), known as Türkenlouis ('Turkish Louis')