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Türkiye

Posted on June 6, 2022 by admin1  65

In News

  • Recently, an intergovernmental body agreed to a formal request for the name change in which Turkey will now be known as Türkiye.

About

  • History
    • ‘Turkey’ was adopted following the country’s independence in 1923.
    • Over the centuries, Europeans have referred to firstly the Ottoman state and then to Turkiye by many names.
  • Location of Turkey
    • It is a transcontinental country located mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a portion on the Balkans in Southeast Europe.
  • Borders
    • It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest.
  • Other countries that changed their names
    • The Netherlands, which was changed from Holland
    • Macedonia, which changed its name to North Macedonia due to political disputes with Greece
    • Iran, which changed its name from Persia in 1935
    • Siam which changed its name to Thailand
    • Rhodesia which changed to Zimbabwe to drop its colonial legacy.

Source: IE

 
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