Government officials have sent a letter to the United Nations requesting the country's name be changed to 'Türkiye' to disassociate itself from the bird and the English meaning of Turkey.
Turkey will now officially be known as “Türkiye” around the world after the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting the name change.
Turkey will now be known as Türkiye to return it to the traditional spelling and pronunciation. Picture: Getty Images “The process that we started under the leadership of our President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to increase the brand value of our country is coming to an end,” he wrote.
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