Turkey is such a country which has its own interesting history. Especially in the case of names. Turkey means the land of the Turks. Although the spelling of its name changed many times. The name that got the most recognition was Turkey.
The earthquake caused havoc in Turkey-Syria. More than 3400 died and many people are buried in the debris. most damage turkeys It happened because the city of Gaziantep here was the epicenter of the earthquake. Turkey is such a country which has its own interesting history. Especially in the case of names. Turkey means the land of the Turks. Although the spelling of its name changed many times. The name that got the most recognition was Turkey. This name was kept in the eighth century, which was formed from the word Turk. Turkey means the land of the Turks.
In June last year, its name was changed from Turkey to Turkey. The United Nations approved it. Interestingly, even though the name of this country was changed in 2022, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had issued a memorandum related to it in 2021 itself.
known by many names
Before Turkey and Turkiye, it was known as Turkia and Turkia in the medieval Latin language. Not only this, it was also written Turkaye, Turke, Turki in medieval English. However, after the beginning of the Ottoman Empire here, the ruler put a final stamp on the Turkish name. Then in 2022 its name was changed to Turkiye.
What is the meaning of Turkey?
President Ardoan had requested the people to use the word Turkish. There have been many reasons for this name change. The first reason was that bird which is found in Turkey. It is also known as Turkey. It has been argued that it has been a tradition in America and Europe to eat its meat. This was creating a wrong image of Turkey. To break this image, the name of Turkey was changed to Turkiye.
turkish means stupid
Not only the bird, there have been many other reasons for changing the name of this country. For example, in the Cambridge dictionary, turkey would mean an idiot, a bad loser, or a crazy person. In this way, this change was made to prevent Turkey from becoming a negative image. The President wanted the name to represent the country’s culture and break the negative image, so it was Turkishised.
When the country got independence in 1923, it was known as Turkey for the first time. In a programme, the President claimed that this is the name which best represents the history and culture of the country.
Desire to get sympathy by changing negative image
President Erdogan cited many reasons behind changing the name of the country, but it was also told in the media report that Erdogan wants to garner sympathy from the people by taking such a decision just before the presidential election. Many times agitations have been done here against the government. After this this decision was taken.
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