"The foreign minister in Istanbul (formerly known as Constantinople), Mevlut Cavusoglu, last year said his country wanted to be known in foreign languages as Türkiye to boost “brand value.”"
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@mandy gotta get those Instagram followers.
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@33MHz it's interesting how counties are named in other countries. We call it Turkieh here.
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@nima that sounds a lot like "turkey" to me. πŸ˜… Yeah, it reminds me of a conversation about the Taliban/ISIS/Islamic State naming, where some Muslims don't like them being called the Islamic State…

"USA, please call us 'Emperors of USA'." Wait a minute!
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@33MHz ] I meant Torkieh, my bad. For ISIS we use the Arabic word: 'daesh'. What do they like to be called!? We call you āmrika or emrika!
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@nima haha! Yeah, they want to be called the Islamic State, AFAIK.
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