UN approves Turkey's request to change name to Türkiye

UN approves Turkey's request to change name to Türkiye
June 2, 2022, 8:05 am

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The United Nations on Wednesday (June 1) granted Turkey's request to change its name from Turkey to Türkiye, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told reporters.

The spokesman said, the change came into force immediately at the time when the world body received a letter from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to the UN chief with a request to change the country's name.

A top Turkish diplomat has announced, Turkey has sent a letter to the United Nations to change the name of the country’s foreign name, “Turkey,” and register it as “Türkiye” from now on.

Uploading photos of himself signing a document, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said, “With this letter I will send to the U.N. Secretary-General, we register our country’s name as ‘Türkiye,’” on Jan. 1.

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The initiative to use the country’s foreign name as “Türkiye” at national and international platforms started in December 2021 with a decree signed by Erdoğan.

Cavusoglu reportedly said that the change in the spelling was adopted as part of the steps aimed at increasing the country's prestige in the international arena.

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