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Knock! Turkey officially changes its name to the UN, this is the new name

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – New name Turki, Turkiye, will soon be recognized by the United Nations. This was stated by the spokesman for the UN Secretary General, Stephane Dujarric.

In his statement, Dujarric stated that this process had been requested directly by Ankara. These changes will take effect immediately.

“Changes are immediate. Turkey’s official letter requesting changes has been received at UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday (next),” Dujarric was quoted as saying. AFPFriday (3/6/2022).

The day before, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavasoglu had indeedtweet a photo of him signing the letter. Letter addressed to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

“With the letter I sent to the Secretary General of the United Nations today, we registered the name of our country in a foreign language at the United Nations as ‘Turkiye’,” he explained.

The discourse of renaming itself has been voiced by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a long time. Erdogan is of the view that the name ‘Turkey’ which is known in English is the same as the meaning of turkey.

According to him, with a name change, Turkiye can become a representative of the expression, culture, civilization and values ​​of the Anatolian Country.

“In order to strengthen the name Turkiye, in all kinds of activities and correspondence, especially in official relations with other countries and international institutions and organizations, the term Turkiye will be used instead of terms such as ‘Turkey’, ‘Turkei’, ‘Turquie’ and so on, ” he explained in a speech a few months ago.

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