Türkiye

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Türkiye

/ˈtɜːkiːˌjeɪ/ UK
/ˈtɜːkɪə/
/ˈtɝːkiːˌjeɪ/ US
/ˌtɝːˈkiːə/

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Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Türkiye, from Ottoman Turkish تركیه (türkiye), from earlier Ottoman Turkish تركیا (türkiya), from Latin Turcia, ultimately from Medieval Greek Τουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā, “Turkey”). Thus a doublet of Turkey.

First adopted in 2020 by the Turkish Exporters Assembly and then by the Turkish government in December 2021 to replace the exonyms of Turkey in other languages. In English, the change has been attributed to confusion with the noun senses of the homonym turkey. In June 2022, the United Nations accepted the country's request to change its official name there.

proper noun Turkiye

neologism, uncommon A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. THE IRAQI ASYLUM SEEKERS AND TÜRKİYE
Similar: Turkey

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@misc{tu_rkiye_2026,
  title = {Türkiye},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/t%C3%BCrkiye},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}