the name of the country in english is “turkey”, insisting on people changing what it’s called in other languages is nationalist propaganda from the Erdoğan government.
It’s like if germany suddenly decided everyone has to call it “Deutschland”, it’s obviously silly and frankly kinda offensive. You only get to make such requests if you’ve suffered colonialism and oppression by other countries, which turkey most certainly has not (they have been the colonizer and oppressor).
the name of the country in english is “turkey”, insisting on people changing what it’s called in other languages is nationalist propaganda from the Erdoğan government.
It’s like if germany suddenly decided everyone has to call it “Deutschland”, it’s obviously silly and frankly kinda offensive. You only get to make such requests if you’ve suffered colonialism and oppression by other countries, which turkey most certainly has not (they have been the colonizer and oppressor).