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What is the english name and spelling of the new name Turkey goes by? Turkiye?
by VincentEvans 3y ago
What is the english name and spelling of the new name Turkey goes by? Turkiye?
- Dragonai 3y agoYes. The Republic of Türkiye. https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/turkiye https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/turkiye
- VincentEvans 3y agoCool, ty!
- mensetmanusman 3y agoThe English alphabet does not have ü, so this is incorrect. Turkey insisting on using a name like is analogous to calling Germany Deutschland or China 中國. However, that doesn’t mean it’s not an interesting case of an authoritarian trolling the west.
- kingofpandora 3y agoWell ... I don't know why non-English speaking countries get to decide how English speakers should pronounce/spell their names. Different languages have different names for each other. It's ok. And yes, I would have the same opinion if the UK somehow forced Turks to drop "Birleşik Krallık" in favour of its English name.
- VincentEvans 3y agoMy questions was actually precisely about this - what is now the name of what used to be Turkey in english and how is it spelled in english alphabet. I wasn’t asking (though I am not opposed to hearing about it, it just wasn’t my point) who came up with it, what the underlying agenda is, etc - but what is now the correct and acceptable way to call it. Just like there were other countries that have changed their names over time for this or that reason, I figured same thing could have happened to Turkey while I was not paying attention. Or hasn’t. Hence the question. I admit to still calling it Turkey.
- kingofpandora 3y agoOne of the biggest motivations is that the country shared it's name with the bird.