Turcophile

or Tur·ko·phile

[ tur-kuh-fahyl ]

noun

1. a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.

adjective

1. tending to favor Turkey or Turkish customs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Turcophile¹

First recorded in 1875–80; Turco- + -phile

Example Sentences

Turcophile, tur′kō-fil, n. one who favours the Ottoman Turks.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact, the Kaiser's Turcophile policy acquired a new significance owing to the spread of a Pan-Islamic propaganda which sent thrills of fanaticism through North-West Africa, Egypt, and Central Asia.

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His successor—Tricou, a quick-witted Parisian, of a character entirely opposed to the Turcophile Derché—asked permission to follow the army in the next movement, which was intended to be for the subjugation of the central provinces, and Omar bluntly refused.

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He wished harm to no one; so courteous and civilized-over was he that one could easily imagine that such officials at Constantinople might give the Turcophile color to a corps diplomatique.

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None the less, there has been a good deal of clandestine recruiting, and bitter recriminations against this turcophile attitude on the part of Italy—this "reactionary rigorism against every manifestation of sympathy for the Albanian cause."

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