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

bijouxbroussard · F

@Ozymandiaz That is [b]correct[/b].
[quote]Turkeys, the bird closely associated with Thanksgiving, were first encountered by the Spanish in Mexico. However, given the prominence of the Ottoman empire, the English at the time habitually renamed “exotic” exports with “Turkish” titles, so maize was known as “Turkish wheat,” and turkeys were known as “Turkish-cocks,” which was later shortened.[/quote]

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.