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Turkey: Brics instead of EU? (www.eurotopics.net)

submitted 5 months ago by CAVOK@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Apparently the spelling is closer to the pronunciation and is older than the English spelling.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Turkey

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't answer the question asked, however.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

In the wiki article. The request was formally don'e by the government of Turkiye to the UN. It was accepted as a formal name change. And yes, Erdogan is their president. Im also not a fan of him, but calling a country by their name should not be contentious, or should it?