Turkey’s president changes country’s name

Posted by throwaway290 on Saturday June 04, 2022 @01:16PM
from the npr.org dept.

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102596510/turkey-changes-name-turkiye-united-nations

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Re:Turkey’s president changes country’s name by aritmo on Saturday June 04, 2022 @02:01PM (#31623348)

There is an interesting story about the name of the bird https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/11/turkey-in-turkish-a...

The turkey was adopted in Turkey and from Turkey to Europe.

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Re:Turkey’s president changes country’s name by lotux on Saturday June 04, 2022 @03:15PM (#31624096)

I think this is mostly for westeners who have the habit of not using names correctly. Some countries already using correct name since the beginning.

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Re:Turkey’s president changes country’s name by h2odragon on Saturday June 04, 2022 @01:19PM (#31622906)

Considering NPR is right on board with such "symbolic causes" when they're popular enough. the fact that they're not using the new spelling immediately is telling, isn't it?

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Re:Turkey’s president changes country’s name by throwaway290 on Saturday June 04, 2022 @01:21PM (#31622932)

The original title mentions the new name. I don't think anyone is expected to be using it immediately though as people will struggle to get what it means. It's more amusing that this is what is of concern to the government at this time.

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