I. noun
Usage: usually capitalized Y&T
Etymology: Young Turkish, member of a revolutionary party in Turkey in the early years of the 20th century
: an insurgent or a member of an insurgent group in a political party : liberal , radical
are the Young Turks … opposed to the ossified conservatism of the older so-called statesmen — John Gunther
the truculence of the Young Turks colliding with the standpat South — Alistair Cooke
II. noun
: one advocating changes within a group typically in opposition to a dominant usually conservative element