Ankara: The name of Turkey is now Turkiye. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government started efforts for this in December. United Nations Organization (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday- ‘Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Kavusoglu wrote a letter saying, now his country should not be known as Turkey but Turkey. We have accepted this request.
Last year, President Erdogan ordered the use of “Turkey” instead of Turkey keeping in mind the Turkish culture. According to this order – Made in Turkeye will be used instead of ‘Made in Turkey’ on all products exported abroad. All Turkish ministries also started writing “Turkeys” in official documents. From the beginning of this year, the government also campaigned continuously to change the name to English. In the tourism promotion video, Turkey was saying “Hello Turkeye”.
What is the purpose?
The government wants to make Turkey a brand name in the world. This is because the word Turkey or Turkish is considered negative according to the language there. For this reason, the citizens here have been calling it ‘Turkey’ since the declaration of Turkey’s independence in 1923. Erdoan had long been trying to get “Turkiye” (pronounced: tur-kee-yay) recognized at the international level. After the recognition of the UN, this effort has now turned into a success.
The government is campaigning for a new name
Turkey’s Directorate of Communication has said- ‘We have launched a campaign to be used as Turkey on international platforms. Turkey’s national broadcaster TRT World argued in favor of changing the country’s name, saying – Turks like to call their country “Turkeys” and they want the rest of the world to know our country as Turkiye.
What is wrong with the word Turkish?
Turkish has many meanings. It is not taken for granted in most ways, especially in English. Actually, Turkey is called Turkey in English. Turkey also means fool. Not only this, it is also used as a failure. There is also a bird named turkey. In India it is called pheasant.
In North America, it is more common to serve and eat its meat at Christmas parties. That’s why Turkey wants to change its name to Turkey according to the Turkish language.
