Turkey changes its name in UN documents to Turkiye

United Nations: The UN has granted Turkey’s request to change the name of the republic in all official documents, the UN Secretary General’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric told Sputnik.”Effective immediately, the Republic of Turkey has been renamed to the Republic of Türkiye,” Dujarric said.”The following changes should be made: long (official) name: Republic of Türkiye; short name: Türkiye (no change in English alphabetic placement),” he said. (UNI)