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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by msm_ on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:59AM (#34710951)
> Erdogan released a memorandum and asked the public to use Türkiye to describe the country in every language

I wonder how that works. Does Eredrogan expect every country to write and say "Türkiye? Does it work the other way around - can Germany change their official name in Turkey/Türkiye to "Deutschland"?

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by boomboomsubban on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:50PM (#34711829)
>Does it work the other way around - can Germany change their official name in Turkey/Türkiye to "Deutschland"?

Probably not in the same way, as Turkish is not a UN official language. They could request their name be changed in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, or Arabic though.

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