Summary
Turkey’s soaring inflation, which reached 47% in November, is forcing millions of children into poverty, with many dropping out of school to support their families.
About 7 million Turkish children, or one-third of the population under 18, live in poverty, with families like the Sahins in Istanbul relying on children to scavenge or sell goods to make ends meet.
Rising living costs and inadequate welfare support have deepened child labor and deprivation, creating a “lost generation” trapped in cycles of poverty.
Activists warn of lifelong disadvantages without systemic intervention.
You mean 日本 ?
They certainly don’t try to do it in the nation’s native alphabet. Imagine if some country demanded that and for some reason half the world’s English-language media started only printing the country’s name that way…
Is the dieresis in Türkiye an accepted English mark?
I can’t think of a native English word that uses it. There are loan words that sometimes are spelled with it like übermensch, but even those are often spelled without it… but on the other hand, I have seen it used by the press in proper names.
I am not against this sort of thing happening organically. I just don’t like it in this specific case mainly because it’s a dictator making a demand and the press caving to it. If there were a popular independent movement by Turks around the English-speaking world to change the name, it would be different. But as far as I know, there is no such thing.