In the 1972 film "The Godfather" which character is nicknamed "The Turk"?

Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather". He is portrayed by Al Lettieri in the 1972 film adaptation. It's noted that Sollozzo was loosely based on Vito Genovese (a real person), who had set up a narcotics network to import heroin into the US from Italy. In addition, Sollozzo could also have been inspired by Vincent Papa (a real person), who was a major narcotics trafficker and a key figure of the French Connection in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

In the film in 1945, the heroin kingpin Virgil Sollozzo asks Vito Andolini Corleone, the leader of the Corleone crime family, as well as the patriarch of the Corleone family, to invest in his operation. Sollozzo is backed by the rival Tattaglia family, and wants Vito's political influence and legal protection. Vito declines, believing the politicians and judges on his payroll would turn against him if he engaged in drug trafficking. During the meeting, Sonny expresses interest in the deal. After the meeting, Vito castigates his son for letting an outsider know his thinking.

At Christmas time, as Vito is buying oranges from a street vendor, Sollozzo's hitmen emerge with guns drawn. Vito runs for his Cadillac, but is shot five times. Fredo (one of Vito's sons), who had been accompanying Vito, drops his gun and is unable to return fire as the assassins escape.

After a brief moment in time and everything appears to be normal. Michael Corleone will shot and kill Sollozzo.