Turk head (heraldry)

In European heraldry, the decapitated Turk head (Hungarian: Törökfej, Polish: Turecka głowa, Czech: Turecká hlava, Slovak: Turecká hlava, Serbo-Croatian: Turska glava), Ukrainian: Турецька голова) most often as pierced by a sword, signifies the many wars fought by European Christian states against the Muslim, Turkish-led Ottoman Empire. Other depictions include the head held up by a victor or picked by a raven. It is used in modern town, municipality and village coat of arms in Hungary, Serbia and Croatia, such as Bezeréd, Derecske, Komádi, Gáborján, Hajdúdorog, Hajdúnánás, Szécsény, Tépe (in Hungary), Kikinda, Vršac (in Serbia), and Đelekovec (in Croatia).

Coat of arms of the Hungarian town Komádi.

It was adopted by some Austro-Hungarian nobility, such as:

  • The Balogh of Nemčice (in Slovakia), Mezőcsávás (in Hungary), Csegö (?), Szász-Czegö (?)
  • The Schwarzenberg of Český Krumlov (in Bohemia)[1]
  • The Baky
  • The Benkeö of Kezdi-Sarfalva
  • The Csernovics
  • The Csernoevicz
  • The Csokits
  • The Dunca of Sajo
  • The Eperjessy of Gyulafehérvár (in Romania)
  • The Kajdachy
  • The Karácson
  • The Kovács
  • The Kruchió
  • The Latinovics
  • The Nagy
  • The Okolicsányi
  • The Pótsa
  • Schwarzenberger arms with a crow pecking at a Turk's head
  • Arms of the town of Ceuașu de Câmpie
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See also

References
  1. Charles Stickney (May 2001). World Enough: Travel Memoirs. iUniverse. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-595-18474-3.

Further reading
  • Palmira Brummett (19 May 2015). Mapping the Ottomans. Cambridge University Press. pp. 209–. ISBN 978-1-107-09077-4.
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