The Turkish president announced on Tuesday that the Turkish national airline will be renamed “Türkiye Hava Yolları” instead of “Turkish Airlines” as part of a campaign to internationally spread the country’s new name, which is “Türkiye” instead of “Turkey.”
Weeks earlier, Ankara sent a letter to the United Nations formally registering the name “Türkiye” as it is spelled and pronounced in Turkish. The country took the name “Türkiye in 1923 after declaring its independence.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government says “Türkiye” is more representative of the country’s culture and values, although some observers say it is trying to disassociate the country’s name, since in English “Turkey” means turkey, AP reported.
“Turkey no longer exists. It is Türkiye,” Erdogan said during a ceremony to launch a new communications satellite.
“Türkiye Hava Yolları will be inscribed on the fuselages of our planes instead of Turkish Airlines,” he added.
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