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To: marcusmaximus

Not Türkiye. Turkey, Turkey, Turkey, Turkey. They just don’t want to be identified with the bird.


4 posted on 05/13/2025 5:38:41 AM PDT by xxqqzz
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To: xxqqzz

By that token we should call Poland, “Polska”.


5 posted on 05/13/2025 5:39:18 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: xxqqzz

Turkey decided to change the name and spelling of their country.

I don’t know why they did that.

There have been other changes made with no explanation. For example, Peking became Beijing, Bombay became Mumbai, Burma now has a different name. Congo became Zaire but I think I heard they went back to Congo.

Just in general, we’re just supposed to accept when they tell us they have changed the name of some geographic location


9 posted on 05/13/2025 6:40:24 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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