ATurkophileorTurcophile, (Turkish: Türksever) is a person who has a strong positive predisposition or sympathy toward the government, culture, history, or peopleofTurkey.[1] This could include Turkey itself and its history, the Turkish language, Turkish cuisine, and literature, or in the broader sense, the Turkic peoples in general. The opposite of a Turkophile is a Turkophobe is a person who shows hostility, intolerance, or racism against TurkishorTurkic people, Turkish culture and Turkic countries.
But Urquhart's Turkophilia went so far that even in London he ate Turkish food, bathed in Turkish baths, and lounged on Turkish sofas.
In the case of David Urquhart, who went to fight for the Greeks but stayed on to help establish the post-war boundaries, it helped turn a Philhellene into a Turkophile.
The famous Hungarian Turkologist and Turkophile, Arminius Vambery (1832-1913), embarked on adventurous travels in Russian Central Asia and in Persia and later acquainted his Turkish friends with their Central Asian relatives through his books and lectures.
Auf Betreiben des turkophilen Journalisten Dr. Ernst Jäckh...
And just as Chateaubriand was a Turkophobe, Loti is as much a Turkophile
It should also be mentioned that although he was a definite Turkophile, he was always admired and valued in nationalistic circles.
He also developed a Turkophile attitude in the theory of "ethnic complementarity".
Cu toate că se găsea în capitala unei țări ce reprezenta pentru un român trecutul întunecat și opresiunea, Ralet-scriitorul, opus diplomatului, dobîndește o inexplicabilă simpatie față de turcii înșiși. Le admiră nu doar costumele, limba, frumusețea fizică, dar și comportamentul zilnic; găsește în lumea otomană mai multă toleranță și simț al nuanțelor decît în cea occidental-europeană. Iată-l pe Ralet făcînd din nou opinie separată față de pașoptiști!
The dictionary definition of turkophilia at Wiktionary