"The association with the bird genuinely annoys Erdogan".
BBC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkiokGKBHCc
No news yet on whether the Turks will reciprocate by calling Germany "Deutschland", Greece "Ελλάδα" or China "中国".
Why don't you respect how anybody want to be called? What's the problem with Türkiye or more likely Turkiye?
Nothing strange there. For instance, Belarus insisted to call them Belarus instead of Belarussia (White Russia), because they don't want be associated with Russia.
A lot of countries slowly make the change (including Germany). Notably Finland didn't. They probably don't want to be poke the Russian Bear
https://www.euronews.com/2020/08/21/belarus-or-white-russia-how-the-country-s-name-is-dividing-europeBelarus or "White Russia"? How the country's name is dividing EuropeHowever, on the Dutch Foreign Ministry website, both "Belarus" and "Wit-Rusland" are listed under the same country. In a statement to Euronews, a ministry spokesperson confirmed that the Netherlands considers that both are "correct names"
"Belarus" is used for official documents, such as Treaties, but that "Wis-Rusland" also remains in use.
"Most of the people in the Netherlands are more familiar with Wit-Rusland than Belarus," added the spokesperson.
The Foreign Ministry in Germany follows a similar policy.
While "Belarus" is displayed on the Ministry website and has been officially used by the Foreign Office since March 1992, the term "Weißrussland" ("White Russia") also appears in national communications.
But on August 10, the popular news magazine Der Spiegel also announced it was changing its naming policy.
"In order to make it clear that Belarus is a sovereign state that is not part of Russia, the Federal Foreign Office has been using the official and contemporary name for some time", Der Spiegel said.
"We agree with this development and will in future write Belarus instead of Weißrussland".
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs not only advocated the use of "Belarus" in Swedish language but also expressed that other countries with the Latin alphabet should use that form.
And yet in neighbouring Finland, Belarus is listed as "Valko-Venäjä" ("White-Russia") on the country's Foreign Office website.
In the names and spellings of the countries, we follow the instructions and guidelines of the Finnish Language Center, a Ministry spokesperson told Euronews.
While Belarus is the recommended spelling in English, organisations are instructed to use "Valko-Venäjä" in Finnish.
https://verietyinfo.com/norwayeng/denmark-changes-its-name-in-belarus/https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1317601/white-russia-or-belarus-lithuania-mulls-changing-name-for-its-eastern-neighbour
