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Turkey primarily refers to:

• Turkey, or the Republic of Turkey, a present-day Eurasian country
• The historic states of Seljuks of Turkey or the Ottoman Empire
• European Turkey was a term used for Ottoman territories in Europe
• Turkey (bird), several species of large birds in the genus Meleagris native to North America and Mexico, including the Wild Turkey, Domestic turkey, and Ocellated Turkey

It may also refer to:

Birds

• Australian Brush-turkey, also called Scrub Turkey or Bush Turkey, a species of mound-building bird from the family Megapodiidae found in eastern Australia
• Australian Bustard, or Bush Turkey, a species of large ground bird in Australia and New Guinea
• Turkey Vulture, or Turkey Buzzard, a scavenger bird native to the Americas

People

• Turkey Stearnes (1901-1979), American baseball player
• Turkey Tayac (1895-1978), American Indian leader and herbal doctor

Places

• Turkey, North Carolina
• Turkey, Texas

Other uses

• Cold turkey, withdrawal from addictive substances
• Synonym for box office bomb, in entertainment
• The Turkey, short story by the American author Flannery O'Connor
• Turkey (bowling)
• Turkey moray, eel found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans
• Turkey tower, type of cloud formation
• USS Turkey, American minesweeper

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