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Turkey to change official name to Türkiye in hopes of ending association with hapless yet delicious bird

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Turkey to change official name to Türkiye in hopes of ending
association with hapless yet delicious bird

By Rob Beschizza
Feb. 14, 2022

Türkiye, as it is known in Turkish, plans to use that name
internationally henceforth instead of the English word Turkey. The
connotations with the bird of plate and plight are too much for
president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said the new name "represents and
expresses the culture, civilisation, and values of the Turkish nation
in the best way".

 The Turkish government is planning to change its internationally
recognised official name in English to Türkiye by registering it to
the United Nations in coming weeks, two Turkish officials told Middle
East Eye. The government could change the name with a simple
notification to the UN registry but the letter "Ü", which isn't in the
nominal Latin alphabet, could be a problem. Türkiye means Turkey in
Turkish. One senior Turkish official said Ankara hadn't discussed the
"Ü" issue with the UN yet, but the source was hopeful that a solution
could be found. Some observers said one such remedy could be using "U"
instead of "Ü" in the new name.

Phonetically, in English, it becomes "Turkeer" or "Turkeyer"—easier
than Czechia, at least.
Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS