Turkey wants to join the Brics economic community, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said during his visit to China last week - the first by a high-ranking Turkish politician in 12 years.
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?
They did or Erdogan did?
Because this reeks of useless nationalism.
Apparently the spelling is closer to the pronunciation and is older than the English spelling.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Turkey
That doesn’t answer the question asked, however.
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?