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There was an official name change [1] to Türkiye. 1. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/2/un-registers-turkiye-as-new-country-name-for-turkey https://www.al

There was an official name change [1] to Türkiye. 1. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/2/un-registers-turkiye-as-new-country-name-for-turkey https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/2/un-registers-turkiye...

blagie 4y ago
I'm very well aware of that. Whenever I've been on the receiving end of a name change like that, I (and everyone I knew) found it obnoxious. However, cultures differ. Turkey has a long history with name changes, and has been rather aggressive about them. When it became "Turkey," the post office wouldn't deliver mail unless the new name was used. Likewise, the capital has gone through two names since "Byzantium." I was genuinely curious about local reaction. I have no idea, from the other end of the world, whether this was imposed by Erdogan as a crazy policy to everyone's annoyance, or whether it is wildly popular. I assume somewhere in between.
- dkural 4y ago
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- kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
  They got fed up with Google search returning stuff about birds.
  - aendruk 4y ago
    Who is “they”?
ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
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msm_ 4y ago
> Erdogan released a memorandum and asked the public to use Türkiye to describe the country in every language I wonder how that works. Does Eredrogan expect every country to write and say "Türkiye? Does it work the other way around - can Germany change their official name in Turkey/Türkiye to "Deutschland"?
- boomboomsubban 4y ago
  >Does it work the other way around - can Germany change their official name in Turkey/Türkiye to "Deutschland"? Probably not in the same way, as Turkish is not a UN official language. They could request their name be changed in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, or Arabic though.
numpad0 4y ago
The problem is, the bird is supposedly named after the country, and that if the country had changed/clarified its name, so should the bird, against Turkish intent.

blagie 4y ago

I'm very well aware of that. Whenever I've been on the receiving end of a name change like that, I (and everyone I knew) found it obnoxious. However, cultures differ. Turkey has a long history with name changes, and has been rather aggressive about them. When it became "Turkey," the post office wouldn't deliver mail unless the new name was used. Likewise, the capital has gone through two names since "Byzantium." I was genuinely curious about local reaction. I have no idea, from the other end of the world, whether this was imposed by Erdogan as a crazy policy to everyone's annoyance, or whether it is wildly popular. I assume somewhere in between.

dkural 4y ago
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kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
They got fed up with Google search returning stuff about birds.
- aendruk 4y ago
  Who is “they”?

ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago

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msm_ 4y ago

> Erdogan released a memorandum and asked the public to use Türkiye to describe the country in every language I wonder how that works. Does Eredrogan expect every country to write and say "Türkiye? Does it work the other way around - can Germany change their official name in Turkey/Türkiye to "Deutschland"?

boomboomsubban 4y ago
>Does it work the other way around - can Germany change their official name in Turkey/Türkiye to "Deutschland"? Probably not in the same way, as Turkish is not a UN official language. They could request their name be changed in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, or Arabic though.

numpad0 4y ago

The problem is, the bird is supposedly named after the country, and that if the country had changed/clarified its name, so should the bird, against Turkish intent.