Faced with mass protests on a scale not seen in over a decade, the Turkish government has threatened more arrests and an extended ban on gatherings in Ankara.
BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey after covering protests
-- The Guardian (@theguardian.com) March 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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@#4 ... but I believe that "turkeys" is the correct term. ...
Turkey changes its official name to Türkiye (2022)
www.npr.org
... The Turkish government is asking that the country be called by its Turkish name, a change which the United Nations has now adopted. ...
The new name for Turkey is simply the way it's always been spelled and pronounced in Turkish. One observer noted it would be similar to calling Germany Deutschland. Turkish foreign policy analyst Yoruk Isik says this looks to him like a move to distract people from the long list of problems facing the country. ...
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