Example sentences for: turks

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

  • In 1009, however, churches were destroyed by the fanatical Caliph (Arab ruler) Hakim, and in 1071 Seljuk Turks took over Jerusalem and began attacking Christian pilgrims.

  • From the Greeks to the Turks and Mughals, from Marco Polo to Lord Mountbatten, all have been seduced by India’s riches.

  • The LAT and WP do a good job explaining the German background to the story--last fall, Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, aware of the sensitive mix of the larger number of Kurds and Turks in his country, decided not to ask Italy to hand Ocalan over on an outstanding arrest warrant.

  • The liberation of Kosovar Serbs and Serbian holy places from Muslim tyrants became the nationalist rallying cry, as did the redemption of Albanians who had converted to Islam during the Turks' rule.

  • The Turkish Daily News quoted British Prime Minister Tony Blair as bizarrely describing the EU communiqué on Turkey as "[a] way for Europe not to turn its back, but its face to Turkey," and an unnamed EU spokeswoman as saying, even more bizarrely: "If this was a fair world, Turks would have been rejoicing in Ankara."


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