Turks

The Turks is the unofficial nickname of the Investigation Sector of the General Affairs Department of the Shin-Ra Electric Power Company, under the direct command of Shin-Ra's Head of Peacekeeping, Heidegger. The Turks perform black ops on behalf of the corporation, including kidnappings and assassinations. The Turks function as recurring villains throughout the game, although they are not beyond temporary alliances with AVALANCHE, a resistance group, comprised of some of the main characters in the game. The spin-off game Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII focuses exclusively on the Turks in the years leading up to Final Fantasy VII.

In the game, the Turks meet Cloud, Tifa, and Barret while trying to save the pillar in the sector 7 Slums. Later, they meet them throughout the Shin-Ra Bulding. After escaping Midgar, they met in the caves between the Chocobo Ranch and Fort Condor, with new member Elena. They are seen guarding Rufus Shinra at Junon, and then are not seen until Gongaga. On the visit to Wutai, Elena is captured by Don Corneo, as well as Yuffie, where you have the option to team up with the Turks to rescue them. They are lastly seen in the tunnels leading to the Shin-Ra building where they agree to no longer fight Cloud if you helped them earlier.

They also appear in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, which occurs two years after the first video game. Due to the fact that the Shin-Ra empire has collapsed, they are technically no longer Turks, although they continue to wear their Turk uniforms (of note, however, is that the original navy blue colour of their uniforms in the game has been changed to black in Advent Children) and work for their boss, former company president Rufus. They primarily serve as body guards, but they also aid Rufus in his mission to repay Shin-Ra's debt for "putting the world into its current, pathetic state" - with the ultimate goal of rebuilding the wounded conglomerate.

The prequel title Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- features Turks as playable characters, this time with numerous members and a different leader, Veld.

Main members

Template:Spoilers At the time of Final Fantasy VII, the Turks are comprised of the following individuals:

Tseng

Tseng is the stern, temperamental, long black-haired leader of the Turks. Elena is smitten with him. Injured by Sephiroth in the Temple of the Ancients, he was unseen for the rest of Final Fantasy VII. However, he appears in the movie Advent Children together with Elena, saving Rufus after he threw Jenova's head--and himself--off of a building. He was tortured by Kadaj early in the film, but was eventually rescued by Vincent Valentine. Some fans believe he is from Wutai.

Reno

Cocky, cynical and somewhat lazy, he has a long red ponytail. Reno serves as an antagonist throughout Final Fantasy VII. He fights using an electro-magnetic rod, and is usually seen alongside Rude. In the first and last battle he absorbs lightning. In Advent Children, he is seen with Rufus and the rest of the Turks, and helps Cloud fight Kadaj and his gang.

Rude

Rude is a tall, bald man with a little goatee, and is rarely seen without Reno. He wears a pair of dark sunglasses constantly, even keeping a spare pair for if they break. He fights without weapons, much in the same way as Tifa does. He has a soft spot for Tifa, demonstrated by the fact that he will not attack her if she battles him in the many encounters in Final Fantasy VII. In the last battle he absorbs fire. He is seen with Rufus in Advent Children. Also he helps Reno fight Kadaj and his gang.

Elena

A young woman with short, blonde hair and brown eyes, she is naive, impetuous and somewhat overeager. Her older sister was also a Turk, though the two were not on speaking terms. During the time of Final Fantasy VII, she was the newest member of the Turks, promoted after Cloud, Barret, and Tifa injured Reno. She appears to fight using grenades and other projectiles rather than a normal weapon. When you fight her she absorbs ice. She was tortured by Kadaj and spent most of Advent Children recovering, returning with Tseng in time to save Rufus.

Other Turks

Shisune

A young woman whose place of birth is unknown, she wields a crimson Shuriken called "Rekka" in battle as her weapon of choice. She is warm-hearted and has a mothering side which can border on bossy, which often manifests in how she looks after her colleagues. While still in an orphanage at a young age, the Turks expressed an interest in recruiting Shisune, and she was brought up under harsh training techniques. In the history of the Turks, she is the youngest member to join. Though she first appeared in Before Crisis among the nameless Turks, she is to appear in Crisis Core as a key character.

Former Turks

Veld is the previous leader of the Turks. He has no patience with failure from his subordinates. Most of the Turks are terrified of Veld's severity; Tseng, however, considers him a role model and eventually succeeds him. Veld appears only in Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-.
Vincent Valentine served as a gunman in the Turks, thirty years prior to the start of Final Fantasy VII. While on a mission in Nibelheim during the later stages of the Jenova Project, Vincent was shot by Hojo, who then used him for experimental purposes, turning him into the man seen in Final Fantasy VII and its subsequent sequels. The experiment Professor Hojo performed on Vincent altered his body in many ways, one of the most notable is he does not age. Thirty years after the experiment his features remains the same, although he has lived for 57 years.
The main characters of Before Crisis were all Turks at one point. The player chooses from eight unnamed characters, four young men and four young women, each with his or her own back story, personality, strengths, and weaknesses. Six of these Turks also appear in the animated short Last Order: Final Fantasy VII, where they act as support for Tseng, Reno, and Rude, but none are named on screen and they have little dialogue. What happened to these characters after Before Crisis and Last Order is not known.

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