The turians are a fictional extraterrestrial humanoid sapient species in the Mass Effect multimedia franchise developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. Turians … 展开

The turians originated as a vague idea for a birdlike, proud militaristic race by BioWare's writing department for Mass Effect, which the design team aimed to reflect in their features. The Bioware … 展开

Biology
An asari diplomat poetically described the Turians homeworld, Palaven, as “a silver world of fortresses and fire”, while an alliance admiral stated "The only thing on this planet that isn't silver are the turians. It's all too clear they're … 展开

Turian characters are featured prominently in Mass Effect media, either as leading or supporting characters. One of the main characters of Mass Effect: Revelation, the franchise's inaugural media installment, is Saren Arterius. He is a turian member of the Spectres, a 展开

GameSpot uploaded a video in April 2012 which analyzed the plausibility of life in other parts of the universe, and if complex extraterrestrial life exists, the probability of convergent evolution which the Mass Effect series has adopted for the conception of most of its … 展开

Several turian characters, most notably Garrus, have received a positive reception from players and video game journalists, and are embraced as a popular choice for fan art as well as cosplay at gaming and science fiction conventions since the franchise's inception. … 展开

American electronic musician Baths wrote and composed a song called "Turian Courtship", which is included in a B-Side compilation released in 2011.
An internet meme called "Marauder Shields" originated from negative player reception towards 展开