Not the point of the graphic at all, but this is the second time recently I saw the spelling “Turkiye” and was wondering the context behind that change, wondering if it was anything like the change in the spelling of Kyiv (which has now been so engrained in my head that I had to go look up the Russian spelling “Kiev”).

I looked it up and it appears Türkiye has been their own spelling for over 100 years, and they just petitioned the UN to update the spelling of the country’s name in 2021.

Cool, so Türkiye it is! (Plus my phone automatically adds the umlaut, so that’s handy!)

Also in Türkiye they don’t own cats, the cats own them.

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Yeah, the asked the international community not to call them after a ~~water fowl~~ big chicken anymore and use their native name for the country instead. Officially it always was "Republic of Türkiye" and not Turkey anyways.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just a nitpick, Turkeys are ground birds, not water fowl.

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the correction. I honestly just assumed and didn't think.

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