Turkey To Be Now Known As 'Turkiye' In Rebranding Move
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Turkish Foreign Minister said the change would bring to an end the process of "increasing the brand value of the country
Turkey has told the United Nations that, at the behest of its president, it wishes from now on to be called "Turkiye" in all languages, the UN announced Thursday. Ülkemizin marka değerini yükseltmek için Sayın Cumhurbaşkanımız @RTErdogan liderliğinde başlattığımız süreç nihayete eriyor.BM Genel Sekreteri'ne bugün gönderdiğim mektupla ülkemizin BM nezdinde yabancı dillerdeki adını da "Türkiye" olarak tescil ediyoruz.Hayırlı olsun! ???????? pic.twitter.com/Zd9UIv2eVy
"The change is immediate," Stephane Dujarric, the UN chief's spokesperson, told AFP by email.
He noted that Ankara's official letter requesting the change had been received at the UN's New York headquarters on Wednesday.
The day before, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavasoglu had tweeted a photo of himself signing the letter, addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
