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Young Turk

>A young person who has many new ideas and wants a reform
>A young person eager for rigorous re-order to the established order
>A young person who is defiant and insubordinate to dominate in a company, team, or organization.

This terms is derived from the member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against Ottoman’s rule. The figurative expression of the idiom Young Turks means the new breed, impatient for change. It could be used in postive and negative sense depending on the situation. The Three Pashas – Mehmed Talaat, Ismail Enver, and Ahmed Djemal were called the Young Turks because they were members of the Turkish Nationalist party and led the Turkish revolution of 1908.

Example

>Dan Mannix is one of the investment industry’s Young Turks but his contact book bulges with seasoned veterans.
>Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was a Young Turk that could not be tamed, and he thirsted for glory and victory in all his wars.

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