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Goodbye, Turkey. And say hello to Türkiye.
再见，Turkey（土耳其）。你好，Türkiye（土耳其）。
Last May, Turkey requested that the United Nations officially recognize its name as Türkiye.
去年5月，土耳其请求联合国正式承认其国名为Türkiye。
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "The word Türkiye represents and expresses the culture, civilization, and values of the Turkish nation in the best way.”
土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安说：“Türkiye这个词以最好的方式代表和表达了土耳其民族的文化、文明和价值观。”
Erdogan also ordered that “Made in Türkiye” be used instead of “Made in Turkey” on exported products.
埃尔多安还下令在出口产品上使用“Made in Türkiye（土耳其制造）”，而不是“Made in Turkey”。
Turkish government agencies also began using “Türkiye” in official documents.
土耳其政府机构也开始在官方文件中使用“Türkiye”。
Türkiye is how the country’s name is pronounced in Turkish.
Türkiye是土耳其国名在土耳其语中的发音。
However, the English version of Turkey has been widely used around the world and even inside Türkiye.
然而，土耳其国名的英语版本Turkey已经在世界各地广泛使用，甚至在土耳其国内也是如此。
In the mid-1980s, then-Prime Minister Turgut Ozal tried to change the country’s name without success.
20世纪80年代中期，时任总理图尔古特·厄扎尔试图更改国名，但没有成功。
Some people consider the move part of a push by Turkey, or Türkiye, to distance itself from the bird traditionally served on the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.
一些人认为，土耳其此举的部分目的是与美国传统上在感恩节享用的禽类（火鸡）保持距离。
Also, some people might feel insulted that the word “turkey” can be defined as “a stupid, foolish person” in English dictionaries, including ones from Merriam-Webster and Cambridge.
此外，有些人可能会觉得受到了侮辱，因为在包括韦氏词典和剑桥词典在内的英语词典中，turkey这个词都被定义为“愚蠢的人”。
The U.N. and many international organizations have since used Türkiye in place of Turkey.
此后，联合国和许多国际组织都使用Türkiye来代替Turkey。
But it may take some time before people get used to calling the country Türkiye.
但人们可能还需要一段时间才能习惯称这个国家为Türkiye。
In 2016, the Czech Republic officially called itself Czechia.
2016年，捷克共和国正式称自己为Czechia。
While some international organizations use the name, many people still refer to the country as the Czech Republic.
虽然一些国际组织使用这个名字，但许多人仍然将这个国家称为捷克共和国。
It continues to be recognized as the long-form name of the country and continues to be used on the websites of the Czech government and the Czech embassy in Washington, D.C.
它继续被公认为该国的长文名称，并继续在捷克政府和捷克驻华盛顿大使馆的网站上使用。
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