Turkish King
Turkish King (also called ) is a Turkish compendium game for four players comprising 20 rounds. It is a variety of the game King, which is popular in France, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Colombia, and Brazil. Rules Turkish King is played with a Turkish 52-card pack, with cards ranking in their natural order, Aces high. Deal and play are anti-clockwise. The dealer shuffles and the player facing him cuts. All cards are then dealt. Turkish King is made up of six negative contracts and one positive: Rıfkı: is the only penalty card, scoring −320 Kız (Girls): Each queen scores −100 Erkek (Boys): Each jack or king scores −60 Kupa (Hearts): Each heart scores −30 Son İki (Last Two): Each of last two tricks scores −180 El Almaz (No Tricks): Each trick scores −50 Trump: Each trick scores +50 Players must follow suit whenever possible, and if unable, must play a trump in a trump contract, a penalty card in negative contracts, and hearts in Rıfkı. No hearts may be lead to start a trick in Hearts and Rıfkı. If a player does not have a card greater than 10 in a Trump contract, they can declare a misdeal. Similarly, if