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不愿再被称“火鸡” 土耳其改名为“Türkiye”

Turkey now has a new name in the halls of the United Nations, who agreed to recognize the change of name on Wednesday after a request from Turkey’s government. The campaign to rebrand its name began in December. “The process we started under the leadership of our President Erdogan in order to increase our country’s brand value is to be completed,” Cavusoglu wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

In the letter addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Cavusoglu wrote: “I would like to inform you that, in line with the Presidential Circular(总统函) ... dated December 2, 2021, on the use of the word ‘Türkiye’ in foreign languages and the subsequent branding strategy, the Government of the Republic of Türkiye, will start using ‘Türkiye’ to replace the words such as ‘Turkey’, ‘Turkei’ and ‘Turquie’ that have been used in the past to refer to the ‘Republic of Türkiye’.”

UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday that the UN accepted the change, and it became effective as soon as they received the request and made sure that the document was legal, which was on Wednesday. “It’s not an issue, it’s not for us to accept or not accept,” Dujarric said. “Countries are free to choose the way they want to be named. It doesn’t happen every day but it’s not unusual that countries change their names. One that comes to the top of my head is Côte d’Ivoire, which used to be referred to in English as Ivory Coast and they requested Côte d’Ivoire.”

Cavusoglu said by working with Turkey’s various departments, the government had been able to successfully lay the groundwork for the rebranding. “We have made it possible for the UN and other international organizations, and countries to see this change to using ‘Türkiye,’” he said.