Flag of Turkey. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 2The UN has granted Turkey's request to change the name of the republic in all official documents, spokesman for the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarric told RIA Novosti.
«Republic of Turkey (Republic of Turkey) was renamed Republic of Türkiye,» Dujarric said. According to him, the change took effect immediately after the appeal of the Turkish authorities.
The short version of the country's name will now look like Türkiye, not Turkey. Turkey's place in alphabetical order will not change, Dujarric added. As Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu explained, the change in the spelling of Turkey's name was adopted as part of Ankara's steps aimed at «increasing the country's prestige in the international arena.» Earlier, the Thai authorities decided to change the official name Bangkok to write in foreign languages in Latin script from Bangkok to Krung Thep Maha Nakhon. Decisions to bring capital names in foreign languages more in line with the sound of the original local ones have already been made by a number of countries, including China, which replaced Beijing with Beijing, and Myanmar, which renamed Rangoon to Yangon.
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