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It's odd that a publication like the Financial Times can't be bothered to use the correct name of the country, which is Türkiye and has been officially since 20

It's odd that a publication like the Financial Times can't be bothered to use the correct name of the country, which is Türkiye and has been officially since 2022, per the UN. Less rigor might be expected from a less erudite magazine, but these folks should know better.

bookofjoe 1y ago
>Name of Turkey The name for the country Turkey is derived (via Old French Turquie) from the Medieval Latin Turchia, Turquia, from Medieval Greek Τουρκία, itself being Τούρκος (borrowed into Latin as Turcus, 'A Turk, Turkish'). It is first recorded in Middle English (as Turkye, Torke, later Turkie, Turky), attested in Chaucer, c. 1369. The Ottoman Empire was commonly referred to as Turkey or the Turkish Empire among its contemporaries. The word ultimately originates from the autonym Türk, first recorded in the Bugut inscription (as in its plural form türküt) and the Hüis Tolgoi Inscription (as türǖg) of the 6th century, and later, in the Orkhon inscriptions and the Tariat inscriptions (as both türük and türk) (𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜) of the 8th century. In 2022, the Turkish government requested the United Nations and other international organizations to use Türkiye officially in English, to which they agreed.[1][2] Turkey has remained the common and conventional name in the English language. Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Turkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Turkey
mc32 1y ago
Turks can't force language usage -least of all English which does not have a governing body. It's like demanding they obey native language spellings for any number of countries. Go ahead, demand that Turkey spell China using hanzi. It's ludicrous. It's like Spain asking English speakers to spelll Spain "Espanna" (but using a tilde on one of the ens and removing the second en.)
wqaatwt 1y ago
Most countries don’t use the correct name of Deutschland. Quite a few don’t even use Germany. Let’s not even mention Netherlands… > but these folks should know better I’m 100% sure they know and I assume it was a conscious decision.
- dtagames 1y ago
  Türkiye is the official name in English.
  - okeuro49 1y ago
    "Turkey" is what most English people would use, which makes it the defacto official name, despite what the UN might say. Most English people aren't even able to type ü on a keyboard.
  - bookofjoe 1y ago
    >Turkey has remained the common and conventional name in the English language.
  - hollerith 1y ago
    Writers in the free countries are not required to follow a naming suggestion by the Turkish government or the UN.
  - anigbrowl 1y ago
    English doesn't have umlauts.
lm28469 1y ago
It clearly is the most pressing matter Turkey is facing
wara23arish 1y ago
It’s Turkey and literally no one cares. Turkish gov or UN can’t dictate language
- bakql 1y ago
  Yep. Just like Kiev.

bookofjoe 1y ago

>Name of Turkey The name for the country Turkey is derived (via Old French Turquie) from the Medieval Latin Turchia, Turquia, from Medieval Greek Τουρκία, itself being Τούρκος (borrowed into Latin as Turcus, 'A Turk, Turkish'). It is first recorded in Middle English (as Turkye, Torke, later Turkie, Turky), attested in Chaucer, c. 1369. The Ottoman Empire was commonly referred to as Turkey or the Turkish Empire among its contemporaries. The word ultimately originates from the autonym Türk, first recorded in the Bugut inscription (as in its plural form türküt) and the Hüis Tolgoi Inscription (as türǖg) of the 6th century, and later, in the Orkhon inscriptions and the Tariat inscriptions (as both türük and türk) (𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜) of the 8th century. In 2022, the Turkish government requested the United Nations and other international organizations to use Türkiye officially in English, to which they agreed.[1][2] Turkey has remained the common and conventional name in the English language. Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Turkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Turkey

mc32 1y ago

Turks can't force language usage -least of all English which does not have a governing body. It's like demanding they obey native language spellings for any number of countries. Go ahead, demand that Turkey spell China using hanzi. It's ludicrous. It's like Spain asking English speakers to spelll Spain "Espanna" (but using a tilde on one of the ens and removing the second en.)

wqaatwt 1y ago

Most countries don’t use the correct name of Deutschland. Quite a few don’t even use Germany. Let’s not even mention Netherlands… > but these folks should know better I’m 100% sure they know and I assume it was a conscious decision.

dtagames 1y ago
Türkiye is the official name in English.
- okeuro49 1y ago
  "Turkey" is what most English people would use, which makes it the defacto official name, despite what the UN might say. Most English people aren't even able to type ü on a keyboard.
- bookofjoe 1y ago
  >Turkey has remained the common and conventional name in the English language.
- hollerith 1y ago
  Writers in the free countries are not required to follow a naming suggestion by the Turkish government or the UN.
- anigbrowl 1y ago
  English doesn't have umlauts.

lm28469 1y ago

It clearly is the most pressing matter Turkey is facing

wara23arish 1y ago

It’s Turkey and literally no one cares. Turkish gov or UN can’t dictate language

bakql 1y ago
Yep. Just like Kiev.