For the State Department, Now It’s Türkiye, Not Turkey
In a departure from the long-standing tradition The State Department will use the Turkish government's preferred spelling, Turkiye, instead of Turkey an official announced on Thursday.

The spokesperson, Ned Price, said the U.S. Board on Geographic Names has given the new name its approval that is what the State Department will use in "most formal, diplomatic, and bilateral contexts," as well as in "public communications."

The Mr. Price was asked about the change during a news event after the Associated Press reported it on Thursday. The official said that the change was taken as a result of the request of the Turkish Embassy. He added that the other U.S. government departments and agencies have already started using an alternative spelling.

Turkish people have often referred the country of theirs as Turkiye (pronounced"tur-KE-yeh") since the country was founded in 1923, following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. This Anglicized variant of this name of the country is the norm in all of Europe for a long time.

The State Department's announcement came just 6 months following the time that Turkey official changed the name of its country to Turkiye in the United Nations.

In the past President Recep Tayyip Erdoan has repeatedly criticized his country's use of an Anglicized spelling of his country, and has advocated for the majority of the world to use the Turkish name. In April of 2021, he signed an memorandum declaring that Turkiye is the best representation of Turkish heritage and culture which should serve as the name of the country across all the languages. Export-related products should bear the words "Made in Turkiye," not "Made in Turkey," the memo recommended.

"The expression "Turkiye" symbolizes and conveys the Turkish nation's culture, civilization, and values in the best way possible," the memo stated and added that it should be replaced by the spellings that are used elsewhere, like "Turkei" and "Turquie" and "Turkey."

In the past year the state broadcaster's English-language channel, TRT World, promoted an online campaign titled "Hello! Turkiye" to create "global awareness" regarding the new brand. The video illustrates people using the Turkish name of the country.

Erdag Goknar, Associate Professor of Turkish as well as Middle Eastern studies at Duke University and Duke University, stated that although "Turkey" is viewed as an "holdover" from a colonial order, the usage in the name "Turkiye" is seen as emphasising national pride and agency.

"'Turkey' was seen as being an outsider appellation with an imperial and colonial legacy," Professor Goknar declared. "Not least of all, the association with the bird was accepted as a denigrating legacy of a bygone era."

State Department State Department has previously adopted name changes requested by different nations, such as Swaziland that in the year 2018. changed the names by changing it to Kingdom of Eswatini or Eswatini.

At the time of writing at noon, as of Thursday afternoon, the State Department had not changed their website with the new name for Turkey.
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