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Official name. Turkey adopted its official name, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, known in English as the Republic of Turkey or more commonly known as Turkey, upon the declaration of the republic on 29 October 1923. In 2021, however, via the UN, Turkey changed its spelling to Türkiye .
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
Feb 9, 2023 · Turkey has been spelled and pronounced Türkiye (Tur-kee-yeah) in Turkish since 1923, but only recently asked the world to adopt the same spelling and pronunciation. Learn about the history and reasons behind the name change and other examples of countries with different names.
1 day ago · Turkey, country that occupies a unique geographic position, lying partly in Asia and partly in Europe and serving as both a bridge and a barrier between them. The modern Turkish republic was founded in 1923 after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and its capital is Istanbul (formerly Constantinople).
Nov 25, 2014 · ( SB616) This is a guinea fowl. It's in the same taxonomic family as turkeys and chickens (Galliformes) but it's native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Jun 2, 2022 · The United Nations has changed the Republic of Turkey’s country name at the organisation from “Turkey” to “Türkiye”, following a request from Ankara for the change.
Jun 28, 2022 · The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has asked the international community to recognise Turkey by its Turkish name Türkiye, dropping the long-standing anglicised version that was...
