NATO on Tuesday approved the change of the official name of the Republic of Turkey. ‘Turkey’, As Ankara requested last week to “standardize” it internationally.
Turkey’s permanent mission in the Atlantic alliance sent a letter to the secretary general last week, Jens Stoltenberg He wanted the name ‘Turkey’ to be used instead of foreign versions of his name.
Thus, the amendment was adopted a week after the United Nations had reported it. Turkey will “immediately” change the name of the country at the request of the president, According to the news of the Daily Sabah newspaper, Recep Tayyip Erdogan called to change his name in all languages.
Turkey has been a member of NATO since 1952 and in February. turned 70 as part of the alliance. Now, with this measure, the Government wants to “reinforce the Turkish brand in the international arena and reflect its cultural heritage more accurately”.
Erdogan confirmed this after the cabinet meeting.new name will appear in all Government institutions He emphasized that Turkey is an independent country that “can set its own priorities in political and security matters”. Turkey is a country that can develop and implement its own social policies.
UN Secretary General António Guterres’ spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, told Anadolu news agency that Guterres was informed about this. A letter sent by the Turkish foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu wanted to use ‘Turkey’ instead of Turkey.