Turkey to Turkey
Stephane Dujarric said that the UN changed Turkey’s name in response to Turkey’s request. According to him, the amendment entered into force immediately after the appeal of the Turkish authorities.
According to the official representative of the UN Secretary General, RIA Novosti, “The name of the Republic of Turkey has been changed to the Republic of Turkey.”
He added that the short version of the country’s name will no longer resemble Turkey, but rather Turkey. At the same time, Turkey’s place in the alphabetical order will not change.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Dujarric said: clarifiedHe stated that the UN received a letter from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to Secretary General António Guterres demanding that the name Turkey be used in the international arena.
President Çavuşoğlu announced that the decision to send a letter to the UN Secretary General regarding the change in the name of the country was taken within the scope of Ankara’s program to “increase the prestige of the country in the international arena”.
“The process we started to increase the brand prestige of our country under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is coming to an end. With the letter I sent to the UN Secretary General today, we are registering our country’s name in foreign languages with the UN as Turkey,” he said.
Speaking to Anadolu later, Çavuşoğlu said that the Turkish Communications Agency had prepared “good ground” for the name change.
The publication also noted that the old name of the country was incompatible and, when translated from English, means “turkey”. For this reason, there may be difficulties when reading the phrase “Made in Turkey” written on Turkish made products.
The name Turkey must now be used in all international forums and official documents in which Turkey is mentioned.
presidential decree
Turkey changed its name on December 3, 2021. Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s relevant decree sent Official Gazette is available on the Official Gazette website.
He explained that the name of the Republic of Turkey changed its spelling “in the light of a thousand-year-old state tradition” and that the Turkish people “protected and glorified their culture and values”.
In a decree, the Turkish leader said, “The name “Turkey”, which attaches great importance to the values and deep-rooted history of the Turkish nation, has been adopted as the roof brand of our country in the national and international media.”
According to him, the word “Turkey” “represents and expresses the culture, civilization and values of the Turkish nation best.”
“In this context, the phrase “Made in Turkey” will be used instead of “Made in Turkey” in our export products, and our products, which are the pride of our country in international trade, will now be represented with the phrase “Made in Turkey”. “Everywhere in Turkey,” he said.
The President added that the new name will be used in other fields, for example, in correspondence with other states and international institutions.