What is "young turk"

alt. 1 (context historical English) From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire. 2 (context idiomatic by extension English) A young person who agitates for political or other reform; a young person with a rebellious disposition. n. 1 (context historical English) From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire. 2 (context idiomatic by extension English) A young person who agitates for political or other reform; a young person with a rebellious disposition.