Ankara ർ Turkey will henceforth be ‘Turkey’. Turkey writes letter to UN Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said the country should not use the name “Turkey”, which is reminiscent of turkeys and other negative symbols.
A spokesman for the UN Secretary-General said the name change had been in effect since the letter was received yesterday evening. The request to the UN is part of a series of initiatives initiated by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to bring the name change into effect globally.
Since independence in 1923, the name of the country has been spelled and pronounced ‘Turkish’ in Turkish. The government channel TRT World alleges that the Cambridge dictionary even gave Turkey the meaning of “stupid doer”.
English Summary: UN agrees to change Turkey’s official name to Turkiye