Goodbye, Turkey. And say hello to Türkiye.
再见，Turkey。向Türkiye问好。
Last May, Turkey requested that the United Nations officially recognize its name as Türkiye.
去年5月，土耳其哀求联合国正式承认其名称为 Türkiye。
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "The word Türkiye represents and expresses the culture, civilization, and values of the Turkish nation in the best way.”
土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安表示，“ Türkiye这个词以最好的办法代表并表达了土耳其民族的文化、文明和代价不雅观。”
Erdoğan also ordered that “Made in Türkiye” be used instead of “Made in Turkey” on exported products. Turkish government agencies also began using “Türkiye” in official documents.
埃尔多安还敕令在出口产品上利用“Türkiye制造”，而不是“Turkey制造。”。土耳其政府机构也开始在官方文件中利用“Türkiye”。
Türkiye is how the country’s name is pronounced in Turkish. However, the English version of Turkey has been widely used around the world and even inside Türkiye.
Türkiye是该国名字在土耳其语中的发音。然而，英语版本的Turkey已经在世界各地乃至Türkiye海内广泛利用。
In the mid-1980s, then-Prime Minister Turgut Ozal tried to change the country’s name without success.
20世纪80年代中期，时任总理图尔古特·奥扎尔（Turgut Ozal）试图改变国家名称，但没有成功。
Some people consider the move part of a push by Turkey, or Türkiye, to distance itself from the bird traditionally served on the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Also, some people might feel insulted that the word “turkey” can be defined as “a stupid, foolish person” in English dictionaries, including ones from Merriam-Webster and Cambridge.
一些人认为此举部分是由于Turkey（或Türkiye）与美国戴德节传统上食用的火鸡保持间隔。此外，一些人可能会以为“火鸡”一词在英语词典中被定义为“屈曲、屈曲的人”，包括《韦氏词典》和剑桥词典。
The U.N. and many international organizations have since used Türkiye in place of Turkey. But it may take some time before people get used to calling the country Türkiye.
此后，联合国和许多国际组织利用Türkiye代替Turkey。但人们可能须要一段韶光才能习气称这个国家为Türkiye。
In 2016, the Czech Republic officially called itself Czechia. While some international organizations use the name, many people still refer to the country as the Czech Republic. It continues to be recognized as the long-form name of the country and continues to be used on the websites of the Czech government and the Czech embassy in Washington, D.C.
2016年，捷克(Czech)共和国正式自称捷克(Czechia)。虽然一些国际组织利用这个名称，但许多人仍旧将该国称为捷克(Czech)共和国。它连续被公认为该国的长格式名称，并连续在捷克政府和捷克驻华盛顿大使馆的网站上利用。
I’m Dorothy Gundy.
