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[–] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The reason for its change was the names association with the animal, the gov didn't like it. But like nobody from turkey actually cares, it's just a formal thing. Funny thing: we call India Hindistan (which means land of the turkey).

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago

You're supposed to read it in Turkish. It is "týɾ.ci.je" in phonetic but you're better off googling its pronunciation.