A Turkey is still a Turkiye

Turkey rebrands as 'Türkiye,' changing name at the United Nations

The nation of Turkey has had it with being associated with a large bird that is best known as a symbol of the North American Thanksgiving holiday.

The main reason why Turkey is changing its name is to eliminate the association with the bird," said Sinan Ulgen, Chairman of Istanbul-based think-tank EDAM. "But also, the term is used in colloquial language to denote failure."

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Ozymandiaz

I think the bird is named after the country funnily enough

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Zaphod42 · 46-50, M

@bijouxbroussard

SunnydaysinTokyo

@bijouxbroussard It’s the english who named the animal after Türkiye. Not the Türks who decided to make an association so I understand their point

bijouxbroussard · F

@SunnydaysinTokyo I understand, too.

SunnydaysinTokyo

Türkiye is their original name so it’s fair. A lot of countries did that. I remember in french Tokyo used to be Tokio. Makes no sense. It’s only fair to use the original one

Poppies · 61-69, F

Is the pronunciation changing, or only the spelling?

Zaphod42 · 46-50, M

Next up, Buzzard Roost, AR is going to rebrand as Boozaird Roost 😂

LilithoftheTrees

I read that. Wonder how much it will cost the country.

lacrossegirl25 · 22-25, F

I guess it's done

DDonde · 31-35, M

The real challenge is going to be getting english speakers to use the umlaut

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