>>16582880I have no idea why they did it. It's not as if anyone's suddenly going to abide by that, just because it's official. Literally everybody still calls it Turkey, because that's what every single person is used to. It's like a tranny trying to get it's redneck family to call it the preferred pronouns. It's not going to happen.
Even way in the future, if this place (or the world in general) exists by then, people are still just going to call it Turkey. So far I haven't seen a single person call it Turkiye instead since they changed it.
And it's not only because people are so used to what it is already, but also because saying Turkey just rolls off the tongue way better. Nobody's going to get themselves used to calling it Turkiye instead, because that's not as easy to say nor to keep in mind.
Maybe if it was any other country, then people might've cared, but this is about Turkey. Who gives a shit about what Turkey wants to be called?
And, just why would we want it to be changed anyway? Turkey is a perfectly fine thing to call it. Is it because of the association with the animal? It's not like that's necessarily a bad thing. I think it's pretty interesting that it's called that. The other name is just boring.
Plus, people aren't going to suddenly start taking Turkey seriously just because it's not called "Turkey" anymore. It's still fucking Turkey.
If that's what they were going for, just not wanting to be mocked anymore or something, then it's like trying to get your bullies to stop calling you nicknames. Again, not gonna happen.
Also, I guess that only goes for English speaking countries. But whatever they called Turkey in other languages, they're still gonna do the same.
So, yeah, I don't understand the change at all. I think most people didn't even notice, lol. Most seem to get surprised when you say that Turkey changed it's name, as if you're telling them an obscure piece of trivia. That says a lot.
