Turkey formally requests internationals to change name from "Turkey" to "Türkiye"
2022-05-31 20:45:33
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Turkey will formally ask the United Nations to change its name from "Turkey" to "Türkiye". Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has stated that Ankara will formally send a request to all international actors tomorrow and the change is expected to become official next week.
"Ankara will send an official letter to all international actors today and expects the name change to become official immediately this week," Cavusoglu told the Anadolu agency.
This official request of Turkey comes after the decree of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that the name in English, French and German be changed to "Türkiye", as according to them it represents the culture, civilization and values of the Turkish people in the best way. possible.
However, the real reason for the change of the name of the state and the time in which it is happening remains unclear. State television TRT in December quoted an article on the "unwanted" connotation of the name Turkey in English, meaning a bird born in North America, or when something goes wrong.
