Example sentences for: turkish

How can you use “turkish” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Turkish government is digging mass graves, and Muslim clerics have suspended Islamic burial rules so that the country can dispose of corpses more quickly.

  • The military leader Jan Sobieski defeated Turkish troops at the Battle of Chocim in 1673, and Sobieski would later be credited with saving Vienna from Turkish forces (and thwarting the Ottoman Empire’s designs on Western Europe).

  • But far more typical was the Time reviewer, Richard Corliss, who gushed: "the junk dealer Watto is a little masterpiece of design: cinnamon stubble on his corrugated face, chipped rocks for teeth, the raspy voice of Brando's Godfather speaking Turkish."

  • The Atatürk revolution, which announced a new Turkish Republic, brought massive upheaval through the area with a forced population exchange between Greece and Turkey beginning in 1923.

  • The Turkish earthquake continues to lead world newspapers, though the focus has now shifted to the inadequacy of rescue efforts, the difficult conditions for survivors, and the apportionment of blame.


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