US Agrees To Adopt Turkey’s New Preferred Spelling

The Associated Press reports:

The State Department said Thursday it has adopted Turkey’s preferred spelling for the name of the country, Turkiye, acceding to a request from the NATO ally after several months of hesitation.

The department has instructed that new official documents refer to Turkiye instead of Turkey, although the pronunciation will not change, officials said.

The move comes ahead of an expected visit to Washington later this month by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during which Turkey’s position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its resistance to allowing Finland and Sweden to join NATO will be high on the agenda.

Read the full article. Last year Turkish diplomats noted the “bad association” with the word turkey in English when referring to people.

US changes to Turkey’s preferred spelling at ally’s request https://t.co/0VWqo5W8he

— MSN (@MSN) January 5, 2023