• @JackLSauce
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    41 year ago

    Upvoting just for acknowledging the new spelling

    • xNIBx
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      11 year ago

      It isnt even the new spelling. The new spelling has that weird “u” with the dots. Only Turkey would decide a new international name using characters that arent default. They could have gone with Turkia(like Czechia) or even Turkiye, but no, they had to be assholes for no reason so they can complain when people misspell their name. Victim mentality minmaxing.

      Not to mention that the reason for the change is beyond silly(because the old name sounds like the bird). But at least thats their prerogative.

      • IndiBrony
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        21 year ago

        ü - the dots are called an umlaut 😊

      • @Retrograde
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        11 year ago

        Did they change the spelling because of the English word for the bird?

        • xNIBx
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          1 year ago

          From wikipedia

          The reason given in the circular for preferring Türkiye was that it “represents and expresses the culture, civilisation, and values of the Turkish nation in the best way”. According to Turkish state broadcaster TRT, it was also to avoid a pejorative association with the bird of the same name.

          In any case, there is 0 reason not to use latin characters for your international(english) name. I dont think there is any other country that does that.