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No more "Turkey", Turkey officially demands the name change

2022-05-31 21:07:28Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
No more "Turkey", Turkey officially demands the name change
Istanbul

Turkey has formally requested that the United Nations and other international organizations change the country's name from Turkey (in English) to Türkiye.

This was stated by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

The change aims to give Turkey the name by which Turks themselves call their nation, eliminating, at least in international documentation, its English-language version.

This means that Turkey will no longer be internationally known as "Turkey", but "Turkiye".

The name Türkiye "represents and expresses the culture, civilization and values ​​of the Turkish nation in the best possible way," Erdogan's decree said.

In a speech to Turkish media, Minister Çavuşoğlu said "Ankara will send an official letter to all international actors on Tuesday and expects the change to become official later this week."

He added that the UN is "ready" for change and that Ankara has encouraged change in Turkey from the English version of Turkey's name to much of its international correspondence, including foreign policy news.

The renaming move followed a decree issued in December by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to change the name in Türkiye to English, French and German, among other languages, including the labeling of export products.

Changing a name from one place to another is not uncommon. The reasons may be different, but they are mainly related to efforts to preserve identity, create a more positive international image, or simply for political issues.

TRT cites the example of the Netherlands, which decided to become internationally known only as "Netherlands", or the name change of Macedonia, which was made by Northern Macedonia due to the conflict with Greece.

Among the countries that have changed their name is Iran, which in 1935 reverted to the old name Persia, to return Iran after the 1979 Islamic revolution.

In the case of Turkey, "Turkiye" is the name used in Turkish, while the English version "Turkey", in addition to identifying the Turkish nation and the geographical area where Turkey lies, has other meanings.

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the word "turkey" also means "turkey", "something that crashes badly", "stupidity", or "funny person".

The majority of Turks, according to surveys conducted over the years, support this change, which they consider as in line with the objective to determine how others should call their country and not how it is conditioned by a foreign language, in this case English.


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