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The campaign to rebrand as Türkiye began in December. "The process we started under the leadership of our President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in order to increase ...

Cavusoglu told state-run news agency Anadolu on Wednesday that by working with Turkey's Directorate of Communications, which is affiliated with the President's office, the government had been able to successfully lay the groundwork for the rebrand. It doesn't happen every day but it's not unusual that countries change their names." The campaign to rebrand as Türkiye began in December.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government has been pressing for the internationally recognised name Turkey to be changed to Türkiye (tur-key-YAY) as it is ...

Dujarric told the Washington Post: “It is not uncommon for us to receive such requests.” It was not clear whether the name, with a letter that doesn’t exist in the English alphabet, will catch on widely abroad. Anadolu Agency said Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson to UN secretary general António Guterres, confirmed receipt of the letter from Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the Turkish foreign minister.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced this week that his country would be sending a letter to the United Nations and other international ...

“Flip through the Cambridge Dictionary and ‘turkey’ is defined as ‘something that fails badly’ or ‘a stupid or silly person.’” The country had adopted its official name, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, or the Republic of Turkey, after its founding in 1923. The Turkish economy has been in crisis for months due to a rapid rise in inflation, amid the president’s push to cut interest rates. The moves can sometimes cause confusion. The move aligns the country’s English-language name with its Turkish-language name. “It is not uncommon for us to receive such requests,” he told The Washington Post.

Turkey's annual inflation rate jumped to a 24-year high of 73.5% in May, fuelled by the war in Ukraine, rising energy prices and a tumbling lira -- though ...

The median estimate for inflation at year-end stands at 63%, up from 52% in last month's poll. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Nevertheless, the consensus forecast was for annual inflation to rise to 76.55%. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Residents in northern Syria are bracing for a new fight since Turkey's president threatened a major military operation to push back Syrian Kurdish fighters ...

There have been also reports that Turkish troops might enter the strategic border town of Kobani, where the U.S. military and Kurdish fighters first united to defeat IS in 2015. Turkey and Russia support rival sides in Syria’s 11-year conflict but have been closely coordinating in the country’s north. Analysts say Erdogan likely sees a confluence of circumstances, both international and domestic, that make an operation in Syria timely. Erdogan wanted to create that zone in 2019 but a military operation fell short of achieving it. “How much risk does he want to take? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. In northern Syria, residents are bracing for a new fight. By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. A large-scale military operation carries high risks and is likely to anger both the U.S and Russia, who also have a military presence in northern Syria. The Russians are preoccupied with the war in Ukraine, and the Americans need Erdogan to drop his objections to the expansion of NATO to include Finland and Sweden. With the world’s attention focused on the war in Ukraine, Turkey's leader says he’s planning a major military operation to push back Syrian Kurdish fighters and create a long sought-after buffer zone in the border area. Residents in northern Syria are bracing for a new fight since Turkey's president threatened a major military operation to push back Syrian Kurdish fighters and create a long sought-after buffer zone in the border area

Food and transportation are among the hardest-hit sectors. TURKEY-ECONOMY-CURRENCY-DOLLARS-FEATURE. Turkey's annual ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is particularly opposed to the measure, saying in late May: “Those who try to impose on us a link between the benchmark rate and inflation are either illiterates or traitors." Among the most affected sectors are transportation, where prices rose 107.6 percent year on year, and food, where costs increased by 91.6 percent, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute released Friday. It's Turkey's highest level of inflation since 1998, a year before the country adopted a comprehensive IMF-backed disinflation program.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu sent a letter to the United Nations to formally request the name change, a state-run news agency has reported. The ...

The government have been pushing for the country to be recognised as Turkiye (pronounced tur-key-ye) as it is spelt and pronounced in Turkish since December. It is the name the country called itself when it gained independence in 1923. The government has been pushing for the country to be recognised as it is spelt and pronounced in Turkish since December. It is the name the country called itself when it gained independence in 1923. The Turkish presidency's directorate of communications said it launched the campaign "to promote more effectively the use of 'Turkiye' as the country's national and international name on international platforms".

Turkey will now be known internationally as 'Türkiye' as part of a push to rebrand the country. The country's foreign minister Melvut Cavusoglu sent a ...

It is not clear whether the name will catch on widely abroad. The Turkish presidency’s directorate of communications said it launched the campaign “to promote more effectively the use of ‘Türkiye’ as the country’s national and international name on international platforms”. In December, Mr Erdogan ordered the use of “Türkiye” to better represent Turkish culture and values, including a call for “Made in Türkiye” to be used instead of “Made in Turkey” on exported products.

It is understood to be part of ongoing efforts by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government in Ankara to rebrand the nation on the international stage.

It was part of a call for 'Made in Turkiye' to replace 'Made in Turkey' on products exported from the country. It means that Turkey will now be officially be referred to as Turkiye - pronounced tur-key-YAY - which is how it its spelled and pronounced in Turkish. Turkey has applied to the United Nations asking to be formally known as Turkiye, in a move which its leadership says will better represent Turkish culture and values.

A man stands with a national flag as people visit the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara on May 19.

The Kuwaiti embassy late on Thursday summoned the US charge d'affaires on the back of the embassy's "pro-gay rights post," the state-run Kuwait News Agency reported. "From exactly the day after that scandal happened to me, I just talked about cinema, I just thought that I am alive, and I need to work. #Pride2022 #YouAreIncluded," it said, referring to the US president. Ebrahimi fled Iran for France in 2006 after a "private video" of hers leaked, fearing arrest and lashings from judicial authorities, she said. "All human beings should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear no matter who they are or whom they love," the embassy tweeted, in English and Arabic, on Thursday with an image of a pride flag. The timing of the name change is "crucial" to next year's elections, he said. The draft resolution will be in response to two reports obtained by CNN and given to IAEA member states on May 30, stating that Iran has yet to provide answers for unexplained nuclear activities at three undeclared sites. When Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi fled her country in 2006 due to a leaked tape, she thought her career was over. The White House on Thursday however took the rare step of recognizing the role played by MBS in extending a ceasefire in Yemen. However, Iran has not provided any evidence to support this explanation," the report stated. Polls from late last year show support for the ruling AK party at around 31-33% according to Reuters A similar attempt was made in the mid-1980s under Prime Minister Turgut Ozal but it never gained as much traction, he said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu sent a letter to the United Nations on Wednesday formally requesting that his country be referred to as “Türkiye."

In December, Erdogan ordered the use of “Türkiye” to better represent Turkish culture and values. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu sent a letter to the United Nations on Wednesday formally requesting that his country be referred to as “Türkiye,” the state-run news agency reported. It was not clear whether the name, with a letter that doesn’t exist in the English alphabet, will catch on widely abroad.

The Turkish government is asking that the country be called by its Turkish name, a change which the United Nations has now adopted.

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Turkey's opposition to Sweden and Finland joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the wake of Russia's war on Ukraine has elevated the ...

The U.S. and Europe could wait out their stormy relationship with Ankara until after the elections, but that banks on a far-from-certain Erdoğan defeat and the notion that it would result in an immediate change in Turkish foreign policy. It could signal to Ankara that the West is taking its concerns seriously, while also providing a space in which to find mutually beneficial outcomes for all stakeholders in the autonomous enclave. Europe, therefore, has sufficient leverage to condition its continued support for the YPG on the organization opening up political space for its local Kurdish rivals. There will be limited space to address Turkey’s status as a difficult NATO ally or Erdoğan’s combative engagement, and no space to revive the peace process with the PKK. The EU is by far Turkey’s largest trading partner: in 2020, 33.4% of Turkey’s imports came from the EU and 41.3% of the country’s exports went to the bloc. Putting Turkish responsibility for the current state of affairs to one side, the trans-Atlantic alliance is guilty of failing to establish forward-looking approaches to tumult in Turkey’s Middle Eastern neighborhood, opting instead for incoherent and reactive engagement that has put issues like the PKK conflict and broader Kurdish political questions on the back burner. Such dynamics could empower Europe to dial down tensions over NATO and address questions surrounding the future of the PKK’s relationship with the U.S.-led anti-IS coalition, within which a number of European countries are key players. Turkey’s conflict with the PKK has long complicated Turkey’s relations with the U.S. and its European allies. While Turkey may be using the Nordic NATO accession talks to receive Western backing for another campaign, it has a long record of carrying out cross-border incursions against the PKK and Erdoğan may also be trying to secure other concessions, including the lifting of embargoes on Turkey’s defense industry. Turkey’s opposition to Sweden and Finland joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine has elevated the Kurdish question on the international stage. The result was a renewal of a domestic conflict that has taken on multiple transnational dimensions and produced untold humanitarian crises. But Ankara’s opposition to Swedish and Finnish accession, based on their refusal to extradite PKK members, as well as followers of the Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen (whom Ankara accuses of instigating a 2016 coup attempt), highlights that the Kurdish question cannot be decoupled from Western security interests.

President Tayyip Erdogan told NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg by phone that Turkey's security concerns regarding Sweden and Finland's membership ...

The process of rebranding the country's name started last year. In December 2021, the country's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a statement saying the “ ...

The government has started a major re-branding campaign, where “Made in Türkiye ‘ will feature on all exported products. The process of rebranding the country’s name started last year. Turkey will now be known as Türkiye at the United Nations, after the intergovernmental body agreed to a formal request for the name change from Ankara. The UN said it had received a request from Ankara this past week, and the change was made soon after.