Turkey (disambiguation)

Turkey is a country in Thrace and Anatolia, in the extreme west of Asia. It may also refer to:

* Turkey (bird), a large bird native to North America
** meat from the Domesticated turkey, used for food
** two different kinds of birds endemic to Australia, the "Brush Turkey", and the Australian Bustard, sometimes also called the "Australian Turkey"
** a carrion-eating scavenger, the Turkey Vulture, sometimes called the "Turkey Buzzard"
* Turkey, North Carolina, a town in the United States of America
* Turkey, Texas, a town in the United States of America
* Turkey (bowling), a term referring to three consecutive strikes
* Cold turkey, a withdrawal from drug addiction without gradual tapering off usage.
* A derogatory term for Native Americans in relation to their ceremonial songs and feather headdresses.
* A "turkey" (slang): a useless thing, unwise purchase, a box office bomb in entertainment, or a foolish or despicable person in CB Radio jargon.
* Turkey movies are exploitative B-rated or lower films, most often featuring sub-par sex, violence and gore.