political/emotional/economic/religious etc turmoil• This new party was briefly banned for arousingpolitical turmoil that led to street insurrections in October 1993.• He was beginning to feel as if he had just switched roller-coasters - from one set of emotional turmoil to another.• In addition to their own emotional turmoil, parents must cope with the demands and expectations of those around them.• But the political turmoil that landed her father in prisonprevented her from returning home.• It did not suit her now to observe the emotional turmoilinsideRose.• Yet all this faded into insignificance when compared to the political turmoil it was causing.• Beyond the political confusion, there were other factors that wrought economic turmoil in the wake of partitioning the country.