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> I think Turkey tried a couple of years ago to specify that the spelling of the country’s name in English should be the same as in Turkish They asked for it t
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> I think Turkey tried a couple of years ago to specify that the spelling of the country’s name in English should be the same as in Turkish
They asked for it to be changed, and got what they asked for. Both the UN (https://turkiye.un.org/en/184798-turkeys-name-changed-türkiye https://turkiye.un.org/en/184798-turkeys-name-changed-türkiy..., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Turkey#Presidential_circular_on_use_of_Türkiye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Turkey#Presidential_ci...) and the USA (https://www.dw.com/en/us-officially-changes-spelling-of-turkey-to-turkiye/a-64301304 https://www.dw.com/en/us-officially-changes-spelling-of-turk...) decided to change that spelling.