Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the country would no longer be called Turkey, as the name was no longer the “best way” to represent the culture and values of the people.

Erdogan released a statement announcing that the country would be renamed “Turkiye” instead of Turkey, TRT World News reported. The term Turkiye will be used on exported products and brands and for activities and correspondence.

Turkish Communications Director Fahrettin Altun posted a tweet in which he highlighted the name change as “another important step” that will “strengthen the Turkish brand.”

“As part of this, the phrase ‘Made in Turkiye’ instead of ‘Made in Turkey’ began to be used in our export products,” the statement says. “As a result, our products, which are the pride of our country in international trade, are promoted and presented to the rest of the world using the ‘Turkiye’ branding.”

source washingtonexaminer.com