The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ANTIOCH
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More clues leading to the result ANTIOCH
- Sacred place — it faces north in an old church
- Opponent taking over church and Christian centre
- Ancient city’s once fantastic empty hotel?
- Guide to China’s ancient city
- Ancient city, or a new one adopted by charity
- One who’s against old church in Turkish city
- Opposed to old church in biblical town
- Against old order once found in Turkey
- China to build historic city
- Appeal upheld by an old church in ancient city
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Here the Turks are" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case here the turks are = antioch.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.