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House party in northern part of Turkey (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tudor

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'house' is the definition.
(royal house)

'party in northern part of turkey' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'northern' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters go up or 'north').
'part of turkey' becomes 'rut' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rut' back-to-front is 'tur'.
'do' placed within 'tur' is 'TUDOR'.

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(Other definitions for tudor that I've seen before include "Of English C16" , "Style of architecture in 15th century England" , "Name of the English royal family of Elizabeth 1st" , "Half-timbered-house style" , "Dynasty's founder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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